Όλος ο πλούτος του Ντόναλντ Τραμπ σε εικόνες

Δεν είναι απλά πλούσιος. Είναι Κροίσος.
Το όνομα του είναι ταυτισμένο με τον πλούτο και την χλιδή στις ΗΠΑ, και δεν το κρύβει καθόλου στην κούρσα για τις προεδρικές εκλογές.
Ο Ντοναλντ Τραμπ είναι η επιτομή του καπιταλισμού.

Ραψωδία σ’ ένα θέμα του Παγκανίνι

Ο Σεργκέι Ραχμάνινοφ στο πιάνο του

These next-level underwater villas are making waves

Photos: A sea of possibilities

Floatwing – This floating abode is all about sustainable, mobile living -- anywhere in the world. From the designers of Friday SA, a Portuguese design and engineering firm, Floatwing was built to travel and its modular design can be broken down and transported in two or three shipping containers. You can anchor where you wish, or motor around at a speed of up to 3 knots.

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

Floatwing – As stylish as it is sustainable, Floatwing homes come with a wine cellar, barbecue area and a rooftop terrace. As for sustainability, the designers chose eco-friendly materials such as cork and wood. It's energy efficient too, thanks to double-glazed panels for insulations and solar panels that cover up to 80 percent of energy consumption throughout the year.

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

Floating House Lake Huron, Ontario – Tucked away in the Great Lakes, MOS Architects' one-bedroom Floating House rests atop steel pontoons, allowing it to rise and fall with water levels. Built off site, the house traveled about 50 miles before reaching its home on the remote island in Lake Huron.

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

Floating House Lake Huron, Ontario – Inspired by the surroundings, MOS Architects designed Floating House Lake Huron with clean lines and a natural palette. Inside, bright white walls and enormous windows open up the ground floor's 1,000-square-foot space (92 square meters), while cedar rain screens on the facade offer both form and function.

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

Lake Union Float Home, Seattle – A project by Designs Northwest Architects, Lake Union Float Home is part of Seattle's unique houseboat community. Inspired by the century-old marina warehouses on the docks, the architects created a modern home with historical touches, evident in the industrial form, steel beams, polished concrete and caged spiral staircase.

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

UFO – Don't worry: these are not a figment of your imagination. Made of two fiberglass shells, the UFO (which in this case, stands for unidentified floating object) is essentially what it looks like -- a spherical boat, able to reach a top speed of 3-5 knots.

Hide Caption

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

UFO – The shells are made of fiberglass and secured with a hermetic seal, which keep it afloat and stable. The Italian company behind the concept, Jet Capsule, says the sphere is unsinkable, utilizing a special elastic anchor system to maintain stability in rough seas.

Hide Caption

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

UFO – The UFO is completely self-sustaining, incorporating innovative features like a water generator that turns salt water and rain into potable water. The mobile home also has solar panels and optional water turbines to power the battery. 

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

Watervilla Weesperzijde, Amsterdam – Stretching across 2,152 square feet, Watervilla Weesperzijde sits on Amsterdam's Amstel River. Designed by +31ARCHITECTS, it's all about the river views: luxurious floating abode boasts a glass façade and a terrace that runs the entire length of the villa. Tech-savvy touches, such as automatic sun shades and strategically placed LED lights add a modern touch.

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

Watervilla de Omval, Amsterdam – House boats are nothing new in the Netherlands, where much of the land lies beneath sea level and is susceptible to flooding. Designed and constructed by +31ARCHITECTS, the 2,120-square-foot Watervilla de Omval floats on the Amstel River. It's a contemporary take on the traditional houseboat, featuring a curvaceous exterior, glass-front façade and a rooftop terrace to make the most of the surrounds.

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

ParkArk Oog-in-Al, Utrecht – You won't find any portholes aboard The ParkArk Oog-in-Al, but the contemporary houseboat still floods with natural light from enormous windows and skylights. Another custom project from BYTR architects, the copper-clad boat is moored on a leafy green canal in Utrecht right next to a footbridge. Due to its public location, the designers strategically planned the home's doors and windows to enable park and river views while maintaining a sense of privacy.

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

Muntboot Utrecht, Utrecht – Designed and built by BYTR architects, Muntboot sits on a quiet canal in Utrecht, a city in the Netherlands that's known for its medieval waterways. The split-level houseboat could easily double as a piece of artwork, thanks to wooden slants of various widths that give the façade texture and depth.

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The Floating Seahorse, Dubai – The Floating Seahorse villas take the houseboat 

concept to the next level. For starters, each three-story retreat features an entire floor

 submerged beneath the sea. Brought to life by Kleindienst real estate and property

 developers, the villas are part of the Heart of Europe resort opening off the coast

 of Dubai.

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

The Floating Seahorse, Dubai – On the outside hull, the architects used three main components: Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP), steel, and acrylic. Connecting the acrylic to the hull was another challenge, as it required a highly flexible, long-lasting sealant that only about three companies in the world make -- of those, only one supplier was able to match the project's technical requirements. 

Hide Caption

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

The Floating Seahorse, Dubai – Stretching across three levels, Floating Seahorse villas include two underwater bedrooms, an outdoor sun deck, and a rooftop with a glass-bottom Jacuzzi. Around 50 floating abodes will be ready to welcome guests at the end of this year, with a total of 131 villas expected by the end of 2017. 

Hide Caption

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

The Floating Seahorse, Dubai – At just 9.5 centimeters thick, the floor-to-ceiling underwater windows make it seems like there's nothing between you and the fish. However they're not made of glass, as that would cause distortion and could not withstand the water pressure. Instead, the team looked to aquariums and submarines and used acrylic for its durability and crystal-clear views. 

Hide Caption

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

The Floating Seahorse, Dubai – Inspired by the mysteries of the deep, Kleindienst studied underwater projects for decades until he finally had the chance to bring his vision to life in 2008, as part of the "The World" project off the coast of Dubai.

Hide Caption

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

The Floating House – Designed by Singapore-based architect Dymitr Malcew, The Floating House aims to make the nomad life as leisurely and luxurious as possible. Each home is fully sustainable, built with its own water purification system and solar panels for electricity.

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

The Floating House – When building The Floating House, one of architect Dymitr Malcew's main goals was to complement the surroundings. Taking inspiration from nature, the design accentuates the landscape, featuring floor-to-ceiling glass curtain walls and an abundance of wood. Each room has easy-access to a wrap-around terrace, and enormous windows let in lots of natural light.

Hide Caption

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

The Floating House – To enable The Floating House to rise and fall with the tides, architect Dymitr Malcew constructed the home on floating steel pontoons. An engine can be installed upon request, enabling owners to travel the world from the comfort of their own home.

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

Citadel, Westland – An ambitious project from Dutch developers ONW/BNG GO, the Citadel is Europe's first floating apartment building. It's part of the New Water development project, which will comprise six floating apartment buildings -- all designed to adapt to flooding and rising water levels.

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

Citadel, Westland – The Citadel floating apartment building is home to 180 modules, which rest on top of a floating concrete foundation. A floating road connects the complex to the shore, so residents can park their cars on site. Dutch developers ONW/BNG GO designed the complex to be highly efficient, consuming 25 percent less energy than a conventional building of the same size.

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

Randall T. Fennell Residence, Portland – Made with a mix of western red cedar, Douglas Fir and copper, the Randall T. Fennell Residence sits gracefully on the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. Curving rooftops mimic the ripples in the water below and create an eye-catching silhouette.

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

Randall T. Fennell Residence, Portland – The residence's exposed beams add an industrial feel, while curved ceilings and rich wood warm up the vibe. A deck wraps around the home, leading visitors to the open-air patio in the front of the home where they can take in dramatic sunset views.

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

Randall T. Fennell Residence, Portland – Surprisingly spacious inside, the 2,153-square-foot (200sqm) houseboat includes a loft-style master bedroom and an open living space. Drawn up like a sail, a clean white wall draws focus to the piece de resistance: a floor-to-ceiling glass window that looks onto the river.

Hide Caption

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

Floatwing – This floating abode is all about sustainable, mobile living -- anywhere in the world. From the designers of Friday SA, a Portuguese design and engineering firm, Floatwing was built to travel and its modular design can be broken down and transported in two or three shipping containers. You can anchor where you wish, or motor around at a speed of up to 3 knots.

Hide Caption

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

Floatwing – As stylish as it is sustainable, Floatwing homes come with a wine cellar, barbecue area and a rooftop terrace. As for sustainability, the designers chose eco-friendly materials such as cork and wood. It's energy efficient too, thanks to double-glazed panels for insulations and solar panels that cover up to 80 percent of energy consumption throughout the year.

Hide Caption

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

Floating House Lake Huron, Ontario – Tucked away in the Great Lakes, MOS Architects' one-bedroom Floating House rests atop steel pontoons, allowing it to rise and fall with water levels. Built off site, the house traveled about 50 miles before reaching its home on the remote island in Lake Huron.

Hide Caption

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

Floating House Lake Huron, Ontario – Inspired by the surroundings, MOS Architects designed Floating House Lake Huron with clean lines and a natural palette. Inside, bright white walls and enormous windows open up the ground floor's 1,000-square-foot space (92 square meters), while cedar rain screens on the facade offer both form and function.

Hide Caption

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

Lake Union Float Home, Seattle – A project by Designs Northwest Architects, Lake Union Float Home is part of Seattle's unique houseboat community. Inspired by the century-old marina warehouses on the docks, the architects created a modern home with historical touches, evident in the industrial form, steel beams, polished concrete and caged spiral staircase.

Hide Caption

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

UFO – Don't worry: these are not a figment of your imagination. Made of two fiberglass shells, the UFO (which in this case, stands for unidentified floating object) is essentially what it looks like -- a spherical boat, able to reach a top speed of 3-5 knots.

Hide Caption

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

UFO – The shells are made of fiberglass and secured with a hermetic seal, which keep it afloat and stable. The Italian company behind the concept, Jet Capsule, says the sphere is unsinkable, utilizing a special elastic anchor system to maintain stability in rough seas.

Hide Caption

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

UFO – The UFO is completely self-sustaining, incorporating innovative features like a water generator that turns salt water and rain into potable water. The mobile home also has solar panels and optional water turbines to power the battery. 

Hide Caption

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

Watervilla Weesperzijde, Amsterdam – Stretching across 2,152 square feet, Watervilla Weesperzijde sits on Amsterdam's Amstel River. Designed by +31ARCHITECTS, it's all about the river views: luxurious floating abode boasts a glass façade and a terrace that runs the entire length of the villa. Tech-savvy touches, such as automatic sun shades and strategically placed LED lights add a modern touch.

Hide Caption

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

Watervilla de Omval, Amsterdam – House boats are nothing new in the Netherlands, where much of the land lies beneath sea level and is susceptible to flooding. Designed and constructed by +31ARCHITECTS, the 2,120-square-foot Watervilla de Omval floats on the Amstel River. It's a contemporary take on the traditional houseboat, featuring a curvaceous exterior, glass-front façade and a rooftop terrace to make the most of the surrounds.

Hide Caption

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

ParkArk Oog-in-Al, Utrecht – You won't find any portholes aboard The ParkArk Oog-in-Al, but the contemporary houseboat still floods with natural light from enormous windows and skylights. Another custom project from BYTR architects, the copper-clad boat is moored on a leafy green canal in Utrecht right next to a footbridge. Due to its public location, the designers strategically planned the home's doors and windows to enable park and river views while maintaining a sense of privacy.

Hide Caption

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

Muntboot Utrecht, Utrecht – Designed and built by BYTR architects, Muntboot sits on a quiet canal in Utrecht, a city in the Netherlands that's known for its medieval waterways. The split-level houseboat could easily double as a piece of artwork, thanks to wooden slants of various widths that give the façade texture and depth.

Hide Caption

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

The Floating Seahorse, Dubai – The Floating Seahorse villas take the houseboat concept to the next level. For starters, each three-story retreat features an entire floor submerged beneath the sea. Brought to life by Kleindienst real estate and property developers, the villas are part of the Heart of Europe resort opening off the coast of Dubai.

Hide Caption

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

The Floating Seahorse, Dubai – On the outside hull, the architects used three main components: Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP), steel, and acrylic. Connecting the acrylic to the hull was another challenge, as it required a highly flexible, long-lasting sealant that only about three companies in the world make -- of those, only one supplier was able to match the project's technical requirements. 

Hide Caption

2 of 25

Photos: A sea of possibilities

The Floating Seahorse, Dubai – Stretching across three levels, Floating Seahorse villas include two underwater bedrooms, an outdoor sun deck, and a rooftop with a glass-bottom Jacuzzi. Around 50 floating abodes will be ready to welcome guests at the end of this year, with a total of 131 villas expected by the end of 2017. 

Hide Caption

3 of 25

Photos: A sea of possibilities

The Floating Seahorse, Dubai – At just 9.5 centimeters thick, the floor-to-ceiling underwater windows make it seems like there's nothing between you and the fish. However they're not made of glass, as that would cause distortion and could not withstand the water pressure. Instead, the team looked to aquariums and submarines and used acrylic for its durability and crystal-clear views. 

Hide Caption

4 of 25

Photos: A sea of possibilities

The Floating Seahorse, Dubai – Inspired by the mysteries of the deep, Kleindienst studied underwater projects for decades until he finally had the chance to bring his vision to life in 2008, as part of the "The World" project off the coast of Dubai.

Hide Caption

5 of 25

Photos: A sea of possibilities

The Floating House – Designed by Singapore-based architect Dymitr Malcew, The Floating House aims to make the nomad life as leisurely and luxurious as possible. Each home is fully sustainable, built with its own water purification system and solar panels for electricity.

Hide Caption

6 of 25

Photos: A sea of possibilities

The Floating House – When building The Floating House, one of architect Dymitr Malcew's main goals was to complement the surroundings. Taking inspiration from nature, the design accentuates the landscape, featuring floor-to-ceiling glass curtain walls and an abundance of wood. Each room has easy-access to a wrap-around terrace, and enormous windows let in lots of natural light.

Hide Caption

7 of 25

Photos: A sea of possibilities

The Floating House – To enable The Floating House to rise and fall with the tides, architect Dymitr Malcew constructed the home on floating steel pontoons. An engine can be installed upon request, enabling owners to travel the world from the comfort of their own home.

Hide Caption

8 of 25

Photos: A sea of possibilities

Citadel, Westland – An ambitious project from Dutch developers ONW/BNG GO, the Citadel is Europe's first floating apartment building. It's part of the New Water development project, which will comprise six floating apartment buildings -- all designed to adapt to flooding and rising water levels.

Hide Caption

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

Citadel, Westland – The Citadel floating apartment building is home to 180 modules, which rest on top of a floating concrete foundation. A floating road connects the complex to the shore, so residents can park their cars on site. Dutch developers ONW/BNG GO designed the complex to be highly efficient, consuming 25 percent less energy than a conventional building of the same size.

Hide Caption

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Photos: A sea of possibilities

Randall T. Fennell Residence, Portland – Made with a mix of western red cedar, Douglas Fir and copper, the Randall T. Fennell Residence sits gracefully on the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. Curving rooftops mimic the ripples in the water below and create an eye-catching silhouette.

Hide Caption

11 of 25

Photos: A sea of possibilities

Randall T. Fennell Residence, Portland – The residence's exposed beams add an industrial feel, while curved ceilings and rich wood warm up the vibe. A deck wraps around the home, leading visitors to the open-air patio in the front of the home where they can take in dramatic sunset views.

Hide Caption

12 of 25

Photos: A sea of possibilities

Randall T. Fennell Residence, Portland – Surprisingly spacious inside, the 2,153-square-foot (200sqm) houseboat includes a loft-style master bedroom and an open living space. Drawn up like a sail, a clean white wall draws focus to the piece de resistance: a floor-to-ceiling glass window that looks onto the river.

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• 50.000 δολάρια του προϋπολογισμού για τα προσωπικά του έξοδα, 
• 100.000 δολάρια ως μη φορολογούμενη αποζημίωση για τα ταξίδια του 
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• 308 – At Carnuntum, Emperor emeritus Diocletian confers with Galerius, Augustus of the East, and Maximianus, the recently returned former Augustus of the West, in an attempt to end the civil wars of the Tetrarchy.
• 1100 – Henry I of England marries Matilda of Scotland, the daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland and a direct descendant of the Saxon king Edmund Ironside.
• 1215 – The Fourth Lateran Council meets, defining the doctrine of transubstantiation, the process by which bread and wine are, by that doctrine, said to transform into the body and blood of Christ.
• 1500 – Treaty of Granada: Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon agree to divide the Kingdom of Naples between them.
• 1620 – The Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod.
• 1634 – Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery.
• 1673 – Second Battle of Khotyn in Ukraine: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jan Sobieski defeat the Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets made by Kazimierz Siemienowicz are successfully used.
• 1675 – Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x).
• 1724 – Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London.
• 1750 – Riots break out in Lhasa after the murder of the Tibetan regent.
• 1750 – The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity.
• 1778 – Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
• 1805 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Dürenstein: Eight thousand French troops attempt to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force.
• 1813 – War of 1812: Battle of Crysler's Farm: British and Canadian forces defeat a larger American force, causing the Americans to abandon their Saint Lawrence campaign.
• 1831 – In Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising.
• 1839 – The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia.
• 1864 – American Civil War: General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta to the ground in preparation for his march to the sea.
• 1865 – Treaty of Sinchula is signed whereby Bhutan cedes the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.
• 1869 – The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.
• 1880 – Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
• 1887 – August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.
• 1889 – The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
• 1911 – Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.
• 1918 – World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.
• 1918 – Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland - symbolic first day of Polish independence.
• 1918 – Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power.
• 1919 – The Industrial Workers of the World attack an Armistice Day parade in Centralia, Washington, ultimately resulting in the deaths of five people.
• 1919 – Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence.
• 1921 – The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.
• 1926 – The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
• 1930 – Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.
• 1934 – The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
• 1940 – World War II: In the Battle of Taranto, the Royal Navy launches the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history.
• 1940 – World War II: The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis captures top secret British mail from the Automedon, and sends it to Japan.
• 1942 – World War II: France's zone libre is occupied by German forces in Case Anton.
• 1960 – A military coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam is crushed.
• 1961 – Thirteen Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to the Congo as a part of the UN peacekeeping force are massacred by a mob in Kindu.
• 1962 – Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.
• 1965 – In Rhodesia (modern-day Zimbabwe), the white-minority government of Ian Smith unilaterally declares independence.
• 1966 – NASA launches Gemini 12.
• 1967 – Vietnam War: In a propaganda ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, three American prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong and turned over to "new left" antiwar activist Tom Hayden.
• 1968 – Vietnam War: Operation Commando Hunt initiated. The goal is to interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh trail, through Laos into South Vietnam.
• 1972 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization: The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.
• 1975 – Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam, appoints Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister and announces a general election to be held in early December.
• 1975 – Independence of Angola.
• 1981 – Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations.
• 1992 – The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.
• 1993 – A sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War is dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
• 1999 – The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage.
• 2000 – Kaprun disaster: One hundred fifty-five skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel in Kaprun, Austria.
• 2001 – Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they are traveling in.
• 2004 – New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington.
• 2004 – The Palestine Liberation Organization confirms the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.
• 2006 – Queen Elizabeth II unveils the New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army.
• 2012 – A strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hits northern Burma, killing at least 26 people.
• 2014 – Fifty-eight people are killed in a bus crash in the Sukkur District in southern Pakistan's Sindh province.

Births[edit]

• 1050 – Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1106)
• 1154 – Sancho I of Portugal (d. 1212)
• 1155 – Alfonso VIII of Castile (d. 1214)
• 1220 – Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (d. 1271)
• 1493 – Paracelsus, Swiss-German physician, botanist, astrologer, and occultist (d. 1541)
• 1493 – Bernardo Tasso, Italian courtier and poet (d. 1569)
• 1569 – Martin Ruland the Younger, German physician and chemist (d. 1611)
• 1579 – Frans Snyders, Flemish painter (d. 1657)
• 1599 – Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg (d. 1655)
• 1599 – Ottavio Piccolomini, Austrian-Italian field marshal (d. 1656)
• 1633 – George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1695)
• 1668 – Johann Albert Fabricius, German author and scholar (d. 1736)
• 1696 – Andrea Zani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1757)
• 1743 – Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist, entomologist, and psychologist (d. 1828)
• 1748 – Charles IV of Spain (d. 1819)
• 1791 – Josef Munzinger, Swiss lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1855)
• 1821 – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian philosopher and author (d. 1881)
• 1836 – Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American poet and author (d. 1907)
• 1852 – Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austrian-Hungarian field marshal (d. 1925)
• 1855 – Stevan Sremac, Serbian author and activist (d. 1906)
• 1857 – Janet Erskine Stuart, English nun and educator (d. 1914)
• 1863 – Paul Signac, French painter and educator (d. 1935)
• 1864 – Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1921)
• 1868 – Édouard Vuillard, French painter and academic (d. 1940)
• 1869 – Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (d. 1947)
• 1872 – David I. Walsh, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1947)
• 1882 – Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (d. 1973)
• 1883 – Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor and academic (d. 1969)
• 1885 – George S. Patton, American general (d. 1945)
• 1887 – Roland Young, English-American actor and singer (d. 1953)
• 1888 – Abul Kalam Azad, Indian activist, scholar, and politician, Indian Minister of Education (d. 1958)
• 1888 – J. B. Kripalani, Indian lawyer and politician (d.1982)
• 1891 – Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player and manager (d. 1954)
• 1894 – Beverly Bayne, American actress (d. 1982)
• 1896 – Shirley Graham Du Bois, American author, playwright, composer, and activist (d. 1977)
• 1898 – René Clair, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1981)
• 1899 – Pat O'Brien, American actor (d. 1983)
• 1901 – Sam Spiegel, American film producer (d. 1985)
• 1901 – F. Van Wyck Mason, American historian and author (d. 1978)
• 1904 – Andrzej Bogucki, Polish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1978)
• 1904 – Alger Hiss, American lawyer and spy (d. 1996)
• 1904 – J. H. C. Whitehead, Indian-American mathematician and academic (d. 1960)
• 1906 – Brother Theodore, German-American monologuist and comedian (d. 2001)
• 1907 – Orestis Laskos, Greek director, screenwriter, and poet (d. 1992)
• 1909 – Robert Ryan, American actor (d. 1973)
• 1909 – Piero Scotti, Italian race car driver (d. 1976)
• 1911 – Roberto Matta, Chilean-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 2002)
• 1912 – Thomas C. Mann, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to El Salvador (d. 1999)
• 1914 – James Gilbert Baker, American astronomer, optician, and academic (d. 2005)
• 1914 – Taslim Olawale Elias, Nigerian academic and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (d. 1991)
• 1914 – Howard Fast, American author and screenwriter (d. 2003)
• 1914 – Henry Wade, American soldier and lawyer (d. 2001)
• 1915 – William Proxmire, American soldier, journalist, and politician (d. 2005)
• 1915 – Anna Schwartz, American economist and author (d. 2012)
• 1916 – Robert Carr, English engineer and politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 2012)
• 1918 – Stubby Kaye, American entertainer (d. 1997)
• 1919 – Kalle Päätalo, Finnish soldier and author (d. 2000)
• 1920 – Roy Jenkins, Welsh-English captain, academic, and politician, President of the European Commission (d. 2003)
• 1920 – Walter Krupinski, German captain and pilot (d. 2000)
• 1921 – Terrel Bell, American sergeant, academic, and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Education (d. 1996)
• 1922 – Kurt Vonnegut, American soldier, author, and academic (d. 2007)
• 1925 – John Guillermin, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1925 – June Whitfield, English actress
• 1925 – Jonathan Winters, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Harry Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)
• 1926 – Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian race car driver (d. 2016)
• 1927 – Mose Allison, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1927 – Martin Špegelj, Croatian general and politician, 2nd Croatian Minister of Defence (d. 2014)
• 1928 – Ernestine Anderson, American singer (d. 2016)
• 1928 – Len Fulford, English photographer and director (d. 2011)
• 1928 – Carlos Fuentes, Panamanian-Mexican author and academic (d. 2012)
• 1929 – LaVern Baker, American singer and actress (d. 1997)
• 1929 – Hans Magnus Enzensberger, German author and poet
• 1929 – Martin Jacomb, English lawyer, businessman, and academic
• 1930 – Hugh Everett III, American physicist and mathematician (d. 1982)
• 1930 – Vernon Handley, English conductor (d. 2008)
• 1930 – Mildred Dresselhaus, American physicist and academic
• 1932 – Germano Mosconi, Italian journalist (d. 2012)
• 1933 – Jim Boyd, American actor (d. 2013)
• 1933 – Martino Finotto, Italian race car driver (d. 2014)
• 1933 – Peter B. Lewis, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
• 1935 – Bibi Andersson, Swedish actress
• 1936 – Jack Keller, American songwriter and producer (d. 2005)
• 1936 – Susan Kohner, American actress
• 1937 – Vittorio Brambilla, Italian race car driver (d. 2001)
• 1937 – Stephen Lewis, Canadian politician and diplomat, 14th Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations
• 1937 – Alicia Ostriker, American poet and scholar
• 1938 – Ants Antson, Estonian speed skater (d. 2015)
• 1938 – Haruhiro Yamashita, Japanese gymnast and coach
• 1939 – Denise Alexander, American actress
• 1940 – Barbara Boxer, American journalist and politician
• 1940 – Dennis Coffey, American guitarist
• 1942 – Jonathan Fenby, English journalist and businessman
• 1942 – Roy Fredericks, Guyanese-American cricketer and politician (d. 2000)
• 1942 – Diane Wolkstein, American author and radio host (d. 2013)
• 1943 – Doug Frost, Australian swim coach
• 1943 – Jorien van den Herik, Dutch businessman
• 1945 – Chris Dreja, English guitarist and songwriter (The Yardbirds)
• 1945 – Vince Martell, American singer and guitarist
• 1945 – Daniel Ortega, Nicaraguan politician, President of Nicaragua
• 1946 – Al Holbert, American race car driver (d. 1988)
• 1948 – Andrzej Czok, Polish mountaineer (d. 1986)
• 1948 – Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1949 – Kathy Postlewait, American golfer
• 1950 – Mircea Dinescu, Romanian journalist and poet
• 1950 – Jim Peterik, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1951 – Kim Peek, American megasavant (d. 2009)
• 1951 – Fuzzy Zoeller, American golfer
• 1951 – Marc Summers, American television host and producer
• 1953 – Marshall Crenshaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 – Andy Partridge, Maltese-English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1954 – Steve Brain, English rugby player
• 1954 – Mary Gaitskill, American author
• 1954 – Roger Slifer, American author, illustrator, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2015)
• 1955 – Dave Alvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 – Ian Craig Marsh, English guitarist
• 1958 – Luz Casal, Spanish singer-songwriter and actress
• 1958 – Kazimieras Černis, Lithuanian astronomer and astrophysicist
• 1958 – Carlos Lacámara, Cuban-American actor and playwright
• 1958 – Kathy Lette, Australian-English author
• 1959 – Lee Haney, American bodybuilder
• 1959 – Richard Rowe, English jockey and trainer
• 1959 – Christian Schwarzenegger, Swiss criminologist and academic
• 1959 – Carl Williams, American boxer (d. 2013)
• 1960 – Colin Harvey, English author and critic (d. 2011)
• 1960 – Chuck Hernandez, American baseball player and coach
• 1960 – Paquito Ochoa, Jr., Filipino lawyer and politician, 37th Executive Secretary of the Philippines
• 1960 – Cristina Odone, Kenyan-Italian journalist and author
• 1960 – Peter Parros, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 – Stanley Tucci, American actor and director
• 1962 – Mario Fenech, Maltese-Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1962 – Georgios Mitsibonas, Greek footballer (d. 1997)
• 1962 – Demi Moore, American actress, director, and producer
• 1962 – James Morrison, Australian trumpet player and composer
• 1963 – Billy Gunn, American wrestler and actor
• 1964 – Anabel Alonso, Spanish actress
• 1964 – Margarete Bagshaw, American painter and potter (d. 2015)
• 1964 – Calista Flockhart, American actress
• 1965 – Max Mutchnick, American screenwriter and producer
• 1965 – Kim Stockwood, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1966 – Vince Colosimo, Australian actor
• 1966 – Alison Doody, Irish model and actress
• 1967 – Gil de Ferran, Brazilian race car driver
• 1967 – David Doak, Northern Irish video game designer
• 1967 – Frank John Hughes, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1968 – David L. Cook, American singer-songwriter and comedian
• 1968 – Muangchai Kittikasem, Thai boxer
• 1971 – Jennifer Celotta, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 – Paul Chaloner, English sportscaster
• 1971 – David DeLuise, American actor and director
• 1971 – Tomas Pačėsas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
• 1972 – Adam Beach, Canadian actor and producer
• 1972 – Danny Rios, Spanish baseball player
• 1973 – Shinji Maggy, Japanese comedian and magician
• 1973 – Melissa Stark, American journalist and sportscaster
• 1973 – Jason White, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1974 – Jon B., American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1974 – Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor and producer
• 1974 – Static Major, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2008)
• 1974 – Wajahatullah Wasti, Pakistani cricketer
• 1975 – Daisuke Ohata, Japanese rugby player
• 1975 – Angélica Vale Mexican actress and singer
• 1976 – Lisa Gleave, Australian-American model and actress
• 1976 – Jason Grilli, American baseball player
• 1976 – Jesse F. Keeler, Canadian bass player
• 1977 – Ben Hollioake, Australian-English cricketer (d. 2002)
• 1977 – Maniche, Portuguese footballer and manager
• 1977 – Marsha Mehran, Iranian-American author (d. 2014)
• 1978 – Lou Vincent, New Zealand cricketer
• 1980 – Jaeson Ma, American rapper, actor, and minister
• 1980 – Pinkan Mambo, Indonesian singer
• 1980 – Willie Parker, American football player and coach
• 1980 – Edmoore Takaendesa, Zimbabwean-German rugby player
• 1982 – Gonzalo Canale, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
• 1982 – Jeremy Williams, English model, actor, and poet
• 1983 – Arouna Koné, Ivorian footballer
• 1983 – Philipp Lahm, German footballer
• 1983 – Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Japanese voice actor and singer
• 1984 – Stephen Hunt, English footballer
• 1984 – Birkir Már Sævarsson, Icelandic footballer
• 1985 – Osvaldo Alonso, Cuban footballer
• 1985 – Austin Collie, American football player
• 1985 – Tiidrek Nurme, Estonian runner
• 1985 – Kalan Porter, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1985 – Jessica Sierra, American singer
• 1985 – Robin Uthappa, Indian cricketer
• 1986 – Jon Batiste, American singer and pianist
• 1986 – Victor Cruz, American football player
• 1986 – Mark Sanchez, American football player
• 1986 – François Trinh-Duc, French rugby player
• 1987 – Vinny Guadagnino, American actor
• 1987 – Chanelle Hayes, English model and singer
• 1987 – Yuya Tegoshi, Japanese singer
• 1988 – David Depetris, Argentinian-Slovak footballer
• 1988 – Mikako Komatsu, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1988 – Kyle Naughton, English footballer
• 1989 – Adam Rippon, American figure skater
• 1989 – Reina Tanaka, Japanese singer
• 1989 – Lewis Williamson, Scottish race car driver
• 1990 – James Segeyaro, Papua New Guinean rugby league player
• 1990 – Georginio Wijnaldum, Dutch footballer
• 1991 – Christa B. Allen, American actress
• 1991 – Emma Blackery, British singer-songwriter
• 1992 – Kairi Himanen, Estonian footballer
• 1992 – Sofía Luini, Argentine tennis player
• 1993 – Jamaal Lascelles, English footballer
• 1994 – Connor Price, Canadian actor
• 1994 – Ellie Simmonds, English swimmer

Deaths[edit]

• 405 – Arsacius of Tarsus, Tarsian archbishop (b. 324)
• 865 – Petronas, Byzantine general
• 865 – Antony the Younger, Byzantine monk and saint (b. 785)
• 1028 – Constantine VIII, Byzantine emperor (b. 960)
• 1623 – Philippe de Mornay, French theorist and author (b. 1549)
• 1638 – Cornelis van Haarlem, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1562)
• 1724 – Joseph Blake, English criminal (b. 1700)
• 1812 – Platon Levshin, Russian metropolitan (b. 1737)
• 1831 – Nat Turner, American slave and rebel leader (b. 1800)
• 1855 – Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1813)
• 1861 – Pedro V of Portugal (b. 1837)
• 1862 – James Madison Porter, American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Secretary of War (b. 1793)
• 1880 – Ned Kelly, Australian criminal (b. 1855)
• 1880 – Lucretia Mott, American activist (b. 1793)
• 1884 – Alfred Brehm German zoologist, author, and illustrator (b. 1827)
• 1887 – Haymarket affair defendants:
  • George Engel, German-American businessman and activist (b. 1836)
  • Adolph Fischer, German-American printer and activist (b. 1858)
  • Albert Parsons, American journalist and activist (b. 1848)
  • August Spies, American journalist and activist (b. 1855)
• 1917 – Liliuokalani of Hawaii (b. 1838)
• 1918 – George Lawrence Price, Canadian soldier (b. 1892)
• 1919 – Pavel Chistyakov, Russian painter and educator (b. 1832)
• 1921 – Léon Moreaux, French target shooter (b. 1852)
• 1931 – Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese businessman (b. 1840)
• 1939 – Bob Marshall, American author and activist (b. 1901)
• 1940 – Muhittin Akyüz, Turkish general and diplomat (b. 1870)
• 1944 – Munir Ertegun, Turkish diplomat (b. 1883)
• 1945 – Jerome Kern, American composer (b. 1885)
• 1949 – Loukas Kanakaris-Roufos, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister  (b. 1878)
• 1950 – Alexandros Diomidis, Greek banker and politician, 145th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1875)
• 1953 – Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1866)
• 1961 – Behiç Erkin, Turkish colonel and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1876)
• 1962 – Joseph Ruddy, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1878)
• 1972 – Berry Oakley, American bass player (b. 1948)
• 1973 – Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1973 – Richard von Frankenberg, German race car driver and journalist (b. 1922)
• 1974 – Alfonso Leng, Chilean dentist, composer, and academic (b. 1894)
• 1976 – Alexander Calder, American sculptor (b. 1898)
• 1977 – Greta Keller, Austrian-American actress and singer (b. 1903)
• 1977 – Abraham Sarmiento, Jr., Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1950)
• 1979 – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-American composer and conductor (b. 1894)
• 1984 – Martin Luther King, Sr., American pastor, missionary, and activist (b. 1899)
• 1985 – Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1959)
• 1985 – Arthur Rothstein, American photographer and educator (b. 1915)
• 1988 – Charles Groves Wright Anderson, South African-Australian colonel and politician (b. 1897)
• 1988 – William Ifor Jones, Welsh conductor and organist (b. 1900)
• 1990 – Attilio Demaría, Argentinian footballer (b. 1909)
• 1990 – Sadi Irmak, Turkish physician and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1904)
• 1990 – Alexis Minotis, Greek actor and director (b. 1898)
• 1990 – Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1909)
• 1993 – Erskine Hawkins, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1914)
• 1993 – John Stanley, American author and illustrator (b. 1914)
• 1994 – John A. Volpe, American soldier and politician, 61st Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1908)
• 1994 – Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist, historian, and publicist (b. 1922)
• 1997 – Rod Milburn, American hurdler and coach (b. 1950)
• 1997 – William Alland, American film producer and writer (b. 1916)
• 1998 – Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player and soldier (b. 1913)
• 1999 – Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (b. 1961)
• 1999 – Jacobo Timerman, Argentinian journalist and author (b. 1923)
• 2000 – Sandra Schmitt, German skier (b. 1981)
• 2001 – Erna Viitol, Estonian sculptor (b. 1920)
• 2003 – Miquel Martí i Pol, Catalan poet (b. 1929)
• 2004 – Dayton Allen, American comedian and voice actor (b. 1919)
• 2004 – Yasser Arafat, Palestinian engineer and politician, 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929)
• 2004 – Richard Dembo, French director and screenwriter (b. 1948)
• 2005 – Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American director and producer (b. 1930)
• 2005 – Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, English photographer (b. 1939)
• 2005 – Peter Drucker, Austrian-American author, theorist, and educator (b. 1909)
• 2006 – Belinda Emmett, Australian actress (b. 1974)
• 2007 – Delbert Mann, American director and producer (b. 1920)
• 2008 – Herb Score, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1933)
• 2008 – Mustafa Şekip Birgöl, Turkish colonel (b. 1903)
• 2010 – Marie Osborne Yeats, American actress and costume designer (b. 1911)
• 2011 – Francisco Blake Mora, Mexican lawyer and politician, Mexican Secretary of the Interior (b. 1966)
• 2012 – Lam Adesina, Nigerian educator and politician, Governor of Oyo State (b. 1939)
• 2012 – Joe Egan, English rugby player and coach (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Rex Hunt, English lieutenant, pilot, and diplomat, Governor of the Falkland Islands (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Victor Mees, Belgian footballer (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Harry Wayland Randall, American photographer (b. 1915)
• 2013 – John Barnhill, American basketball player and coach (b. 1938)
• 2013 – Domenico Bartolucci, Italian cardinal and composer (b. 1917)
• 2013 – Bob Beckham, American singer-songwriter (b. 1927)
• 2013 – John S. Dunne, American priest and theologian (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Atilla Karaosmanoğlu, Turkish economist and politician, 33rd Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1931)
• 2014 – John Doar, American lawyer and activist (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Big Bank Hank, American rapper (b. 1956)
• 2014 – Philip G. Hodge, American engineer and academic (b. 1920)
• 2014 – Harry Lonsdale, American chemist, businessman, and politician (b. 1932)
• 2014 – Jim Rogers, American academic and politician (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Carol Ann Susi, American actress (b. 1952)
• 2015 – Rita Gross, American theologian and author (b. 1943)
• 2015 – Nathaniel Marston, American actor and producer (b. 1975)
• 2015 – Phil Taylor, English drummer (b. 1954)

Canadian singer Leonard Cohen dies aged 82

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Canadian singer Leonard Cohen has died aged 82, according to a statement on his official Facebook page.

"It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet, songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen has passed away," the announcement said.

"We have lost one of music's most revered and prolific visionaries."

There were no details about the cause of Cohen's death. A memorial will take place in Los Angeles at a later date, the announcement said.

The Montreal-born singer's hits included Suzanne and I'm Your Man and he released his 14th album, You Want It Darker, just last month.

He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008.

"This is a very unlikely occasion for me. It is not a distinction that I coveted or even dared dream about," he said.

Born into a Jewish family, he later became a student of Zen Buddhism.

For five years, from 1994 to 1999, he took a break from the music industry and lived at Mount Baldy Zen Center, east of Los Angeles.

"My life was filled with great disorder, with chaos, and I achieved a little discipline there," he said. 

"So I decided to return to music.''

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'High priest of pathos'

Leonard Cohen was called "the high priest of pathos" and the "godfather of gloom"

But the influence and appeal of this poet, novelist, songwriter and legendary ladies' man has endured throughout his career.

Often prone to depression throughout his life, his often witty, charming and self-deprecating manner was reflected in his lyrics.

Obituary: Leonard Cohen

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Record label Sony Music said it was proud to have "celebrated Cohen's artistry" over his six-decade career.

"Leonard Cohen was an unparalleled artist whose stunning body of original work has been embraced by generations of fans and artists alike," it said in a statement.

"The Sony Music Canada family joins the world in mourning Leonard Cohen's passing."

Cohen's songs included Bird On The Wire, Hallelujah and So Long Marianne, written about his lover and muse Marianne Ihlen, whom he met in Greece in the 1960s.

She also inspired the song Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye.

In July this year, when he heard that Ihlen was near to death, he wrote to her: "Well Marianne, it's come to this time when we are really so old and our bodies are falling apart and I think I will follow you very soon."

Singers, writers and politicians paid tribute to Cohen on social media.

Η Υδρα που αγάπησε ο Λέοναρντ Κοέν 

Ο θρύλος πλησιάζει την πραγματικότητα στην περίπτωσή του.

 Ο Λέοναρντ Κοέν είχει διηγηθεί αρκετές φορές πώς 

αποφάσισε να φύγει για την Ελλάδα και να επιλέξει την Υδρα.

Απρίλιος του 1960. Ο Κοέν περπατάει στην Bank Street του Λονδίνου. Είναι Καναδός, ποιητής και όχι ακόμη διάσημος τραγουδιστής. Βρέχει στο Λονδίνο και πονάει από ένα δόντι που μόλις έβγαλε. Είχε φθάσει στο Λονδίνο λίγους μήνες νωρίτερα από τον Καναδά, αναζητώντας νέες εμπειρίες και διεθνή αναγνώριση. Αλλά η βροχή του Λονδίνου είναι χειρότερη και από την ομίχλη του Κεμπέκ.

«Είδα λοιπόν την πόρτα της Τράπεζας της Ελλάδας μπροστά μου», δήλωσε ο Κοέν 

το 1991, σε μια συνέντευξη στο περιοδικό Les Inrockuptibles. «Μπήκα και είδα

 κάποιον ταμία αρκετά μαυρισμένο πίσω από το ταμείο. Τον ρωτάω «Τι καιρό κάνει

 στην Ελλάδα;» και μου λέει «Είναι άνοιξη». Δύο ημέρες αργότερα έφευγα για την

 Ελλάδα».

Μετά από μια σύντομη στάση στην Αθήνα, ο Λέοναρντ Κοέν φεύγει για την Υδρα.

 Χωρίς να ξέρει ότι αυτό το μικρό νησί θα γίνει για πολλά χρόνια ένας σημαντικός

 σταθμός στη ζωή του.

Στο παραδοσιακό σπίτι που αγόρασε εκεί, έζησε επτά χρόνια με τη σύντροφό του, 

Μάριαν, και έγραψε μερικά από τα σημαντικότερα έργα του. Το ξακουστό σπίτι του

 στην Υδρα το πλήρωσε μόλις 1.500 δολάρια, χρησιμοποιώντας κάποια χρήματα που

 του είχε αφήσει στην κληρονομιά της η γιαγιά του. Οπως δήλωσε αργότερα, αυτή

 ήταν η πιο έξυπνη απόφαση που πήρε ποτέ στη ζωή του. Η κορμοστασιά του

 δέντρου στην αυλή ενός σχεδόν αρχαίου ασβεστωμένου σπιτιού, τα πέντε

 δωμάτια του σε ισάριθμα διαφορετικά επίπεδα και η αύρα του Αιγαίου ήταν

 αυτά που τον έκαναν να το αγοράσει αμέσως, χωρίς να σκεφθεί τα βασικά

 προβλήματα που είχε το οικοδόμημα, που ήταν η έλλειψη ηλεκτρισμού, 

υδραυλικού συστήματος και τρεχούμενου νερού. Στον τρίτο όροφο έφτιαξε ένα 

μουσικό δωμάτιο.

Σε ένα γράμμα που έστειλε στη μητέρα του, η περιγραφή που της κάνει του σπιτιού

 «ζωγραφίζει» με μοναδικό τρόπο τη μεγάλη αγάπη που νιώθει ο καλλιτέχνης

 για αυτό το ιδιαίτερο νησί.  «Το σπίτι έχει μια τεράστια βεράντα που κοιτάζει

 ένα δραματικό βουνό και πολλά λευκά σπίτια να λάμπουν πάνω του. Τα δωμάτια

 είναι μεγάλα και δροσερά, με βαθιά παράθυρα σε χοντρούς τοίχους. Υποθέτω

 ότι πρέπει να είναι πολύ παλιό, πάνω από 200 ετών, και συχνά σκέφτομαι πόσες

 γενιές ναυτικών έχουν ζήσει εδώ. Χρειάζεται αρκετή δουλειά, αλλά αν ξεκινήσω

 από τώρα, σε μερικά χρόνια θα είναι ένα μέγαρο. Ζω σε έναν λόφο και σκέφτομαι 

πως η ζωή παραμένει η ίδια εδώ και εκατοντάδες χρόνια. Ολη τη μέρα ακούω

 τις φωνές των μικροπωλητών που περνούν από κάτω και οι φωνές τους είναι τόσο

 μουσικές. Σηκώνομαι κάθε μέρα στις επτά και εργάζομαι μέχρι το μεσημέρι.

 Νωρίς το πρωί είναι πιο δροσερά και άρα καλύτερα, αλλά εξάλλου αγαπάω τη

 ζέστη, ειδικά όταν σκέφτομαι ότι η θάλασσα του Αιγαίου είναι μόλις δέκα λεπτά

 από την πόρτα μου» έγραφε.

Οπως γράφει στην ιστοσελίδα του, ο Λέοναρντ Κοέν κατάλαβε ότι έγινε αποδεκτός

 από την κοινότητα όταν άρχισε να δέχεται τακτικές επισκέψεις από τον άνθρωπο

 που μάζευε τα σκουπίδια και τον γάιδαρό του. «Είναι σαν να λαμβάνεις τη

 Λεγεώνα της Τιμής» είχε γράψει σε ένα φίλο του. «Το να έχω αυτό εδώ το σπίτι

 κάνει τις μεγάλες πόλεις λιγότερο τρομακτικές. Μπορώ πάντα να επιστρέφω εδώ

 και να περνάω όμορφα, να τα βγάζω πέρα σε έναν μικρό παράδεισο. Αυτό, βέβαια, 

δεν σημαίνει ότι θέλω να χάσω την επαφή με την μητροπολιτική εμπειρία».

Η αγορά του σπιτιού χάρισε στον καλλιτέχνη και μια πρωτόγνωρη αυτοπεποίθηση.

 «Τα χρόνια πετάνε», είχε γράψει «και όλοι σπαταλάμε τόσο χρόνο να

 αναρωτιόμαστε αν θα έπρεπε να τολμήσουμε το ένα ή το άλλο. Το θέμα είναι να 

κάνεις το μεγάλο βήμα, να τολμάς, να προσπαθείς, να αρπάζεις την ευκαιρία».

Στην Ύδρα, όλοι οι παλιοί ξέρουν το σπίτι του Λεονάρδου, όπως τον φωνάζουν εκεί.

 Ετσι τον έμαθαν.

Σ’ αυτό το όμορφο οίκημα του 19ου αιώνα ο Κοέν δεν άλλαξε σχεδόν τίποτα.

 Αντίθετα, διατήρησε τον ιδιαίτερο χαρακτήρα του σπιτιού, του κήπου, της

 βεράντας και της διακόσμησης του χώρου. Το κτίσμα αυτό, όμοιο εξωτερικά με

 τα υπόλοιπα σπίτια του νησιού, βρίσκεται σε ένα από τα πιο ψηλά σημεία της 

Χώρας, και από τη βεράντα του, η θέα προς το λιμάνι κόβει την ανάσα, ακριβώς

 όπως και η ανηφόρα για να φτάσεις σ’ αυτό. Εδώ ο Κόεν ανακάλυψε τον

 ελληνικό τρόπο ζωής. Εδώ άρχισε να αποκρυσταλλώνει τη σοφία των

 καλύτερων του ποιημάτων και να γράφει σπουδαία τραγούδια. Εδώ 

ξαναγεννήθηκε, όπως λένε, όσοι τον ξέρουν.

Εδώ συνάντησε την πανέμορφη Νορβηγίδα Μάριαν Ιλεν, μια νεαρή καλλονή 

που όλοι θαύμαζαν για την εξυπνάδα και το χιούμορ της. Μια θεϊκή ύπαρξη,

 που όπως έλεγε χαρακτηριστικά ο ίδιος ο Κόεν, «οι θεοί έφεραν στον δρόμο μου» 

και με την οποία μοιράστηκε δέκα ολόκληρα χρόνια μουσικής και ποίησης, 

την πιο ειδυλλιακή περίοδο της ζωής του. Για την Μάριαν, τη μούσα του, 

ο Κόεν έγραψε το τραγούδι «So Long, Marianne» και Bird on the Wire”.  

Την γνώρισε σε ένα παντοπωλείο στην Υδρα και έγιναν ζευγάρι. Επί χρόνια η Μάριαν Ιλεν και ο γιός της Αξελ μοιράστηκαν τη ζωή του Κοέν στην Ελλάδα και στον Καναδά. Η Μάριαν Ιλεν πέθανε στις 28 Ιουλίου 2016, σε ηλικία 81 ετών στη Νορβηγία.

Εδώ η Μάριαν Ιλεν ποζάρει για την αιωνιότητα στο οπισθόφυλλο του δεύτερου δίσκου του τραγουδιστή, Songs from a Room, ο οποίος κυκλοφόρησε το 1969, και ξεκινάει με το κομμάτι Bird on the Wire.Η Μάριαν ήταν συγγραφέας και ποιήτρια και εδώ κάθεται μπροστά στη γραφομηχανή της, στο μικρό σπίτι της Υδρας, όμορφη και ντυμένη μόνο με μια πετσέτα.

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• 1028 – Future Byzantine empress Zoe takes the throne as empress consort to Romanos III Argyros.
• 1330 – Battle of Posada, Wallachian Voievode Basarab I defeats the Hungarian army by ambush.
• 1439 – Plymouth, becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament.
• 1555 – The Second Statute of Repeal re-establishes Roman Catholicism in England under Queen Mary I.
• 1793 – Jean Sylvain Bailly, the first Mayor of Paris, is guillotined.
• 1892 – William Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.
• 1893 – The treaty of the Durand Line delineating the border between present day Pakistan and Afghanistan is signed by Sir Mortimer Durand, a British diplomat in British India, and the Afghan Amir Abdur Rahman Khan; the Durand Line has gained international recognition as an international border between the two nations.
• 1905 – Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly-independent country
• 1912 – King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.
• 1912 – The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
• 1918 – Austria becomes a republic.
• 1920 – Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes sign the Treaty of Rapallo.
• 1927 – Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.
• 1928 – SS Vestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320 km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
• 1936 – In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
• 1940 – World War II: The Battle of Gabon ends as Free French Forces take Libreville, Gabon, and all of French Equatorial Africa from Vichy French forces.
• 1940 – World War II: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers.
• 1941 – World War II: Temperatures around Moscow drop to -12 °C as the Soviet Union launches ski troops for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city.
• 1941 – World War II: The Soviet cruiser Chervona Ukraina is destroyed during the Battle of Sevastopol.
• 1942 – World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal. The battle lasts for three days and ends with an American victory.
• 1944 – World War II: The Royal Air Force launches 29 Avro Lancaster bombers, which sink the German battleship Tirpitz, with 12,000 lb Tallboy bombs off Tromsø, Norway.
• 1948 – In Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East sentences seven Japanese military and government officials, including General Hideki Tojo, to death for their roles in World War II.
• 1956 – Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.
• 1956 – In the midst of the Suez Crisis, Palestinian refugees are shot dead in Rafah by Israeli soldiers following the invasion of the Gaza Strip.
• 1958 – A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
• 1969 – Vietnam War: Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the story of the My Lai Massacre.
• 1970 – The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.
• 1970 – The 1970 Bhola cyclone makes landfall on the coast of East Pakistan becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone in history.
• 1971 – Vietnam War: As part of Vietnamization, US President Richard Nixon sets February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam.
• 1975 – The Comoros joins the United Nations.
• 1979 – Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, US President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran.
• 1980 – The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings.
• 1981 – Space Shuttle program: Mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice.
• 1982 – USSR: Yuri Andropov becomes the General Secretary of the Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding Leonid I. Brezhnev.
• 1990 – Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch.
• 1990 – Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.
• 1991 – Santa Cruz massacre: Indonesian forces open fire on a crowd of student protesters in Dili, East Timor.
• 1995 – Erdut Agreement regarding the peaceful resolution to the Croatian War of Independence was reached.
• 1996 – A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakh Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane collide in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349. The deadliest mid-air collision to date.
• 1997 – Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
• 1999 – The 7.2 M_w Düzce earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 845 people were killed and almost 5,000 were injured.
• 2001 – In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 en route to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.
• 2001 – War in Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.
• 2003 – Iraq War: In Nasiriyah, Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.
• 2003 – Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311 mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.
• 2011 – Silvio Berlusconi tenders his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy, effective November 16, due in large part to the European sovereign debt crisis.
• 2014 – The Philae lander, deployed from the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe, reaches the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
• 2015 – Two suicide bombers detonated explosives in Bourj el-Barajneh, Beirut, killing 43 people and injuring over 200 others.

Births[edit]

• 1528 – Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)
• 1547 – Claude of Valois (d. 1575)
• 1606 – Jeanne Mance, French-Canadian nurse, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (d. 1673)
• 1615 – Richard Baxter, English minister, poet, and theologian (d. 1691)
• 1627 – Diego Luis de San Vitores, Spanish Jesuit missionary (d. 1672)
• 1651 – Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican nun, poet, and scholar (d. 1695)
• 1684 – Edward Vernon, English admiral and politician (d. 1757)
• 1729 – Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer (d. 1811)
• 1755 – Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (d. 1813)
• 1780 – Piet Retief, South African ruler (d. 1838)
• 1793 – Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Livonian physician and botanist (d. 1831)
• 1795 – Thaddeus William Harris, American entomologist and botanist (d. 1856)
• 1815 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (d. 1902)
• 1817 – Bahá'u'lláh, Persian spiritual leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1892)
• 1833 – Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (d. 1887)
• 1840 – Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator, created The Thinker (d. 1917)
• 1842 – John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
• 1848 – Eduard Müller, Swiss lawyer and politician, 51st President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1919)
• 1850 – Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player and theoretician (d. 1908)
• 1866 – Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (d. 1925)
• 1872 – William Fay, Irish actor and producer (d. 1947)
• 1881 – Olev Siinmaa, Estonian-Swedish architect (d. 1948)
• 1881 – Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (d. 1954)
• 1886 – Günther Dyhrenfurth, German geologist and mountaineer (d. 1975)
• 1886 – Ben Travers, English author and playwright (d. 1980)
• 1889 – DeWitt Wallace, American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader's Digest (d. 1981)
• 1890 – Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (d. 1974)
• 1892 – Tudor Davies, Welsh tenor and actor (d. 1958)
• 1894 – Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist and comparative psychologist (d. 1976)
• 1896 – Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist and author (d. 1987)
• 1896 – Nima Yooshij, Iranian poet and academic (d. 1960)
• 1897 – Karl Marx, German composer and conductor (d. 1985)
• 1898 – Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast (d. 1999)
• 1901 – James Luther Adams, American minister and theologian (d. 1994)
• 1903 – Jack Oakie, American actor (d. 1978)
• 1904 – Max Hoffman, Austrian-born car importer and businessman (d. 1981)
• 1905 – Louise Thaden, American pilot (d. 1979)
• 1906 – George Dillon, American soldier and poet (d. 1968)
• 1908 – Harry Blackmun, American lawyer and judge (d. 1999)
• 1910 – Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (d. 1981)
• 1911 – Buck Clayton, American trumpet player and academic (d. 1991)
• 1914 – Peter Whitehead, English race car driver (d. 1958)
• 1915 – Roland Barthes, French philosopher, theorist, and critic (d. 1980)
• 1916 – Paul Emery, English race car driver (d. 1993)
• 1916 – Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic (d. 2000)
• 1917 – Jo Stafford, American singer (d. 2008)
• 1919 – Jackie Washington, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2009)
• 1920 – Richard Quine, American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
• 1922 – Tadeusz Borowski, Polish poet, author, and journalist (d. 1951)
• 1922 – Kim Hunter, American actress (d. 2002)
• 1923 – Ian Graham, English archaeologist and explorer
• 1923 – Rubén Bonifaz Nuño, Mexican poet and scholar (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Sam Jones, American bassist, cellist, and composer (d. 1981)
• 1926 – Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley, English lawyer and judge (d. 2016)
• 1927 – František Šťastný, Czech motorcycle racer and sportscaster (d. 2000)
• 1927 – Yutaka Taniyama, Japanese mathematician and theorist (d. 1958)
• 1928 – Bob Holness, English radio and television host (d. 2012)
• 1929 – Grace Kelly, American actress, later Princess Grace of Monaco (d. 1982)
• 1929 –Michael Ende, German author and fiction writer (d. 1995)
• 1930 – Bob Crewe, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2014)
• 1933 – Jalal Talabani, Iraqi politician, 6th President of Iraq
• 1934 – Charles Manson, American cult leader and mass murderer
• 1934 – John McGahern, Irish author and educator (d. 2006)
• 1936 – Mills Lane, American boxer, referee, lawyer, and judge
• 1936 – Mort Shuman, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1991)
• 1937 – Richard H. Truly, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut
• 1938 – Denis DeJordy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1938 – Benjamin Mkapa, Tanzanian journalist and politician, 3rd President of Tanzania
• 1939 – Terry McDonald, English footballer and coach
• 1939 – Lucia Popp, Slovak soprano (d. 1993)
• 1940 – Michel Audet, Canadian economist and politician
• 1940 – Jürgen Todenhöfer, German judge and politician
• 1941 – Carol Gluck, American historian, author, and academic
• 1943 – Errol Brown, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
• 1943 – Brian Hyland, American pop singer
• 1943 – Wallace Shawn, American actor and playwright
• 1943 – Björn Waldegård, Swedish race car driver (d. 2014)
• 1943 – John Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
• 1944 – Booker T. Jones, American pianist, saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
• 1944 – Al Michaels, American sportscaster
• 1945 – Michael Bishop, American author and educator
• 1945 – Tracy Kidder, American journalist and author
• 1945 – Neil Young, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1946 – Alexandra Charles, Swedish businesswoman
• 1947 – Buck Dharma, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 – Patrice Leconte, French director and screenwriter
• 1948 – Banjō Ginga, Japanese voice actor
• 1948 – Hassan Rouhani, Iranian lawyer and politician; 7th President of Iran
• 1949 – Ron Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1992)
• 1949 – Jack Reed, American soldier and politician
• 1950 – Barbara Fairchild, American singer-songwriter
• 1953 – Baaba Maal, Senegalese singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 – Rob Lytle, American football player (d. 2010)
• 1955 – Les McKeown, Scottish pop-rock singer
• 1955 – Katharine Weber, American author and academic
• 1957 – Paul Dennis Reid, American murderer (d. 2013)
• 1957 – Tim Samaras, American engineer and storm chaser (d. 2013)
• 1958 – Megan Mullally, American actress and singer
• 1958 – Nick Stellino, Italian-American chef and author
• 1958 – Mykola Vynnychenko, Ukrainian race walker
• 1959 – Vincent Irizarry, American actor
• 1959 – Toshihiko Sahashi, Japanese composer
• 1960 – Maurane, Belgian singer and actress
• 1961 – Nadia Comăneci, Romanian gymnast and coach
• 1961 – Enzo Francescoli, Uruguayan footballer
• 1962 – Kuniko Asagi, Japanese actress and television host
• 1962 – Jon Dough, American porn actor, director, and producer (d. 2006)
• 1962 – Mariella Frostrup, Norwegian journalist and actress
• 1962 – Mark Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1962 – Neal Shusterman, American author and poet
• 1962 – Naomi Wolf, American author and activist
• 1964 – Vic Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
• 1964 – David Ellefson, American bass player and songwriter
• 1964 – Wang Kuang-hui, Taiwanese baseball player and coach
• 1965 – Lex Lang, American voice actor and producer
• 1967 – Disco Inferno, American wrestler and manager
• 1967 – Iryna Khalip, Belarusian journalist
• 1967 – Michael Moorer, American boxer
• 1968 – Kathleen Hanna, American singer-songwriter
• 1968 – Sammy Sosa, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1968 – Aaron Stainthorpe, English-German singer-songwriter
• 1969 – Ian Bremmer, American political scientist and author
• 1969 – Jason Cundy, English footballer and sportscaster
• 1969 – Rob Schrab, American writer and artist
• 1970 – Elektra, American wrestler, model, and dancer
• 1970 – Sarah Harmer, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1970 – Oscar Strasnoy, French-Argentine composer
• 1971 – Chen Guangcheng, Chinese-American lawyer and activist
• 1972 – Vassilios Tsiartas, Greek footballer
• 1973 – Radha Mitchell, Australian actress
• 1976 – Tevin Campbell, American R&B singer-songwriter and actor
• 1976 – Judith Holofernes, German singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1976 – Richelle Mead, American author and educator
• 1976 – Mirosław Szymkowiak, Polish footballer and journalist
• 1977 – Benni McCarthy, South African footballer
• 1977 – Lee Murray, English mixed martial artist
• 1978 – Alexandra Maria Lara, Romanian-German actress
• 1978 – Ashley Williams, American actress
• 1979 – Matt Cappotelli, American wrestler and trainer
• 1979 – Cote de Pablo, Chilean actress
• 1979 – Lucas Glover, American golfer
• 1979 – Corey Maggette, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1979 – Matt Stevic, Australian footballer and umpire
• 1980 – Trent Acid, American wrestler (d. 2010)
• 1980 – Shaun Cooper, American bass player
• 1980 – Nur Fettahoğlu, German-Turkish journalist and actress
• 1980 – Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor
• 1981 – Annika Becker, German pole vaulter
• 1981 – DJ Campbell, English footballer
• 1981 – Sergio Floccari, Italian footballer
• 1982 – Anne Hathaway, American actress
• 1982 – Mikele Leigertwood, English footballer
• 1983 – Charlie Morton, American baseball player
• 1984 – Sepp De Roover, Belgian footballer
• 1984 – Benjamin Okolski, American figure skater
• 1984 – Sandara Park, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
• 1984 – Conrad Rautenbach, Zimbabwean race car driver
• 1984 – Yan Zi, Chinese tennis player
• 1985 – Arianny Celeste, American model and actress
• 1985 – Adlène Guedioura, French-Algerian footballer
• 1986 – Ignazio Abate, Italian footballer
• 1986 – Robert Müller, German footballer
• 1986 – Nedum Onuoha, English footballer
• 1986 – Evan Yo, Taiwanese singer-songwriter
• 1987 – Jason Day, Australian golfer
• 1987 – Kengo Kora, Japanese actor
• 1987 – Bryan Little, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Alistair Brammer, English actor and singer
• 1988 – Russell Westbrook, American basketball player
• 1989 – Gino M. Santos, Filipino director and producer
• 1989 – Hiroshi Kiyotake, Japanese footballer
• 1990 – Florent Manaudou, French swimmer
• 1990 – Harmeet Singh, Norwegian footballer
• 1990 – Siim-Sander Vene, Estonian basketball player
• 1991 – Gijs Van Hoecke, Belgian cyclist
• 1992 – Giulietta, Australian singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1992 – Trey Burke, American basketball player
• 1992 – Adam Larsson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1993 – Luguelín Santos, Dominican sprinter
• 1994 – Anna Khnychenkova, Ukrainian figure skater
• 1998 – Fanny Stollár, Hungarian tennis player

Deaths[edit]

• 607 – Pope Boniface III
• 1035 – Cnut the Great, Danish-English king (b. 985)
• 1094 – Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)
• 1434 – Louis III of Naples (b. 1403)
• 1555 – Stephen Gardiner, English bishop and politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1497)
• 1567 – Anne de Montmorency, French general and diplomat (b. 1493)
• 1595 – John Hawkins, English admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1532)
• 1667 – Hans Nansen, Danish politician (b. 1598)
• 1671 – Thomas Fairfax, English general and politician (b. 1612)
• 1742 – Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
• 1793 – Jean Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer, mathematician, and politician, 1st Mayor of Paris (b. 1736)
• 1793 – Lord George Gordon, English politician (b. 1751)
• 1836 – Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1773)
• 1865 – Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (b. 1810)
• 1896 – Joseph James Cheeseman, Liberian politician, 12th President of Liberia (b. 1843)
• 1902 – William Henry Barlow, English engineer (b. 1812)
• 1916 – Percival Lowell, American astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1855)
• 1933 – John Cady, American golfer (b. 1866)
• 1933 – F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (b. 1864)
• 1939 – Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and humanitarian (b. 1890)
• 1946 – Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (b. 1875)
• 1946 – Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
• 1948 – Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (b. 1867)
• 1950 – Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler (b. 1883)
• 1950 – Julia Marlowe, English-American actress (b. 1865)
• 1955 – Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect, designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika (b. 1878)
• 1955 – Tin Ujević, Croatian poet and translator (b. 1891)
• 1955 – Sarah Wambaugh, American political scientist, world authority on plebiscites (b. 1882)
• 1958 – Gustaf Söderström, Swedish shot putter, discus thrower, and tug of war competitor (b. 1865)
• 1965 – Taher Saifuddin, Indian spiritual leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq (b. 1888)
• 1969 – Liu Shaoqi, Chinese politician, 2nd Chairman of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)
• 1972 – Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist and composer (b. 1879)
• 1972 – Tommy Wisdom, English race car driver and journalist (b. 1906)
• 1976 – Mikhail Gurevich, Russian engineer, co-founded Mikoyan (b. 1893)
• 1976 – Walter Piston, American composer and academic (b. 1894)
• 1981 – William Holden, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1984 – Chester Himes, American-French author (b. 1909)
• 1986 – Minoru Yasui, American lawyer and activist (b. 1916)
• 1987 – Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1937)
• 1990 – Eve Arden, American actress and comedian (b. 1908)
• 1991 – Gabriele Tinti, Italian actor (b. 1932)
• 1993 – H. R. Haldeman, American diplomat, 4th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1926)
• 1994 – Wilma Rudolph, American sprinter and educator (b. 1940)
• 1997 – Carlos Surinach, Spanish-American composer and conductor (b. 1915)
• 1998 – Roy Hollis, English footballer (b. 1925)
• 1998 – Sally Shlaer, American mathematician and engineer (b. 1938)
• 2000 – Franck Pourcel, French conductor and composer (b. 1913)
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Robert Vaughn, Man from UNCLE actor, dies aged 83

Actor Robert Vaughn, best known as the secret agent Napoleon Solo in The Man from UNCLE, has died aged 83.

Vaughn was also famous for his role as Lee in the Magnificent Seven, and television roles in Hustle and Coronation Street.

The iconic actor died after a battle with acute leukaemia, his manager, Matthew Sullivan, told the BBC.

Vaughn died in New York on Friday morning surrounded by his family, he said.

• The suave, debonair and impeccably dressed star

David McCallum, from the hit TV show NCIS, who as Illya Kuryakin starred alongside Vaughn in The Man From UNCLE, told TVLine.com he was "utterly devastated" by the news.

"Robert and I worked together for many years and losing him is like losing a part of me. My deepest sympathies go out to Linda and the Vaughn family," he said.

Vaughn, who was "a few months shy of 84" had been seeking treatment for his leukaemia, Mr Sullivan said.

"He was a great human being. I enjoyed every day of working with him," he said.

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Vaughn had only recently finished two projects - an appearance on Law and Order: SVU, and a starring role in the upcoming film Gold Star, about a young woman caring for her dying father.

Famous films Vaughn worked on included Bullitt and Towering Inferno, both with Steve McQueen, and he took the role of the villain in Superman III.

He was also well-known in Britain for his 1970s appearance as Harry Rule in the ITV series, The Protectors.

The plot featured three wealthy individuals getting together each week, usually in exotic locations, to solve crimes and protect the innocent.

Though extremely popular, it was later described by Vaughn in his autobiography as "tasteless junk".

Decades later, he would have another hit UK series with Hustle, a BBC series in which he played elderly con man Albert Stroller, responsible for setting up potential targets for a younger generation of grifters.

He is survived by his wife Linda and two children, Cassidy and Caitlin Vaughn.

On social media, fans paid tribute to his work.

"Robert Vaughn, such a fine actor, one of the best Columbo villains (no higher praise than that) and an utterly charming man," tweeted Stephen Fry.

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Actor Jon Donahue said: "As an 80s kid, I grew up with Superman III... Robert Vaughn was a badass!" referencing Vaughn's role as Superman's nemesis.

Gavin Free, creator of the YouTube series The Slow Mo Guys paid tribute to Vaughn's work ethic. "I got to work with him on Hustle five years ago. He did his own slow mo stunts that day while in his late 70s," he wrote.

Fellow fictional secret agent, Sir Roger Moore, whose incarnation of James Bond came several years after The Man From UNCLE, said he was sorry to hear the news.