Το ρετιρέ του Calvin Klein πωλείται για 35 εκατ. δολ

Πωλείται έναντι 35 εκατομμυρίων δολαρίων το πολυτελές ρετιρέ του Calvin Klein που βρίσκεται στην κορυφή του διάσημου Clock Tower στο Μπρούκλιν.

Το χλιδάτο ρετιρέ προσφέρει εκπληκτική θέα 360 μοιρών στη Νέα Υόρκη.

Παλαιότερα, η οικία ήταν αστυνομικό αρχηγείο, ενώ ένα μυστικό δωμάτιο το οποίο ανακαλύφθηκε πρόσφατα, καθώς και η κυκλική σκάλα μαζί με τον εσωτερικό ανελκυστήρα και το κυκλικό σαλόνι στον τρούλο, σε κάνει να νομίζεις ότι πριν ζούσε ο... Μπάτμαν.

Η πολυτελής οικία διαθέτει τέσσερα υπνοδωμάτια, τέσσερα μπάνια, δύο κουζίνες, γυμναστήριο, ένα "μυστικό"σαλόνι μέσα στον τρούλο του πύργου, ενώ το «κρυμμένο» δωμάτιο ουσιαστικά βρισκόταν πίσω από ένα παλιό ρολόι.

Με το σαλόνι να έχει μεγαλοπρεπείς πολυελαίους και χρυσές λεπτομέρειες στους τοίχους, τα οποία δημιουργούν μία ενδιαφέρουσα αντίθεση με τα κόκκινα καπιτονέ έπιπλα και τα πράσινα φυτά εσωτερικού χώρου, σίγουρα πιο πολύ με παλάτι μοιάζει παρά με ρετιρέ.

Εικάζεται ότι όταν ήταν αστυνομικό φρούριο, η αστυνομία χρησιμοποιούσε το μπαλκόνι κτιρίου για να έχει την πλήρη εποπτεία της περιοχής, καθώς από εκεί μπορείς να δεις από την γέφυρα του Μπρούκλιν μέχρι τον Πύργο της Ελευθερίας.

Εκτός από την εκπληκτική θέα, στη νότια πτέρυγα του κτιρίου, υπάρχει ένα κομψό μαρμάρινο μπάνιο με θέα το κέντρο της πόλης.

Υπάρχουν ακόμη τρία υπνοδωμάτια κι ένα «οικογενειακό» δωμάτιο που είναι σαν ένα μικρό διαμέρισμα από μόνο του, καθώς έχει την δική του κουζίνα,  τουαλέτα ακόμη και δικό του δωμάτιο με πλυντήριο.

Ήδη έχουν δοθεί στην δημοσιότητα φωτογραφίες από την οικία, κάνοντάς μας να πιστεύουμε ότι ο νέος ιδιοκτήτης θα είναι πολύ τυχερός.

Τα ξένα μέσα αποθεώνουν τη Μαίρη Κατράντζου 

ΠΩΛ ΚΑΙ ΡΙΝΓΚΟ ΜΑΖΙ 

Οι δύο θρυλικοί Beatles, ο Πολ Μακάρτνεϊ και ο Ρίνγκο Σταρ

 ξαναβρέθηκαν για μια ηχογράφηση στο στούντιο του

 τελευταίου στο Λος Άντζελες, όπως αποκάλυψε ο ντράμερ του

 συγκροτήματος.

«Σ'ευχαριστώ που ήρθες παλιόφιλε και έπαιξες μπάσο. Σ'αγαπώ, ειρήνη και

 αγάπη», έγραψε ο Ρίνγκο στο Twitter, αναρτώντας και μια φωτογραφία που τον

δείχνει ν'αγκαλιάζει τον σερ Πολ.

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• 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution.
• 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I orders the building of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia.
• 1455 – Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type.
• 1554 – Mapuche forces, under the leadership of Lautaro, score a victory over the Spanish at the Battle of Marihueñu in Chile.
• 1739 – At York Castle, the outlaw Dick Turpin is identified by his former schoolteacher. Turpin had been using the name Richard Palmer.
• 1778 – American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
• 1820 – Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed.
• 1836 – Texas Revolution: The Siege of the Alamo (prelude to the Battle of the Alamo) begins in San Antonio, Texas.
• 1847 – Mexican–American War: Battle of Buena Vista: In Mexico, American troops under future president General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
• 1854 – The official independence of the Orange Free State is declared.
• 1861 – President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.
• 1870 – Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
• 1883 – Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
• 1885 – Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
• 1886 – Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of man-made aluminum, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
• 1887 – The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
• 1898 – Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing "J'accuse", a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
• 1900 – Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
• 1903 – Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
• 1905 – Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
• 1909 – The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
• 1917 – First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8th in the Gregorian calendar).
• 1927 – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
• 1927 – German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
• 1934 – Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
• 1941 – Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.
• 1942 – World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.
• 1943 – A fire breaks out at Saint Joseph's Orphanage, County Cavan, Ireland, killing 35 children and one adult.
• 1943 – Greek Resistance: The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth is founded in Greece.
• 1944 – The Soviet Union begins the forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia.
• 1945 – World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines and a U.S. Navy hospital corpsman reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag.
• 1945 – World War II: The 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, free the captives of the Los Baños internment camp.
• 1945 – World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces.
• 1945 – World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces.
• 1945 – World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.
• 1954 – The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
• 1966 – In Syria, Ba'ath Party member Salah Jadid leads an intra-party military coup that replaces the previous government of General Amin al-Hafiz, also a Baathist.
• 1974 – The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
• 1980 – Iran hostage crisis: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.
• 1981 – In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
• 1983 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.
• 1987 – Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
• 1991 – Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.
• 1991 – In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.
• 1998 – In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people.
• 1999 – Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
• 2007 – A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 88. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.
• 2008 – A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2.
• 2010 – Unknown criminals pour more than 2.5 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in northern Italy, sparking an environmental disaster.
• 2012 – A series of attacks across Iraq leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured.

Births[edit]

• 1417 – Pope Paul II (d. 1471)
• 1417 – Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1479)
• 1443 – Matthias Corvinus, Hungarian king (d. 1490)
• 1583 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (d. 1656)
• 1633 – Samuel Pepys, English soldier and politician (d. 1703)
• 1646 – Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709)
• 1680 – Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, Canadian politician, 2nd Colonial Governor of Louisiana (d. 1767)
• 1685 – George Frideric Handel, German-English organist and composer (d. 1759)
• 1723 – Richard Price, Welsh-English minister and philosopher (d. 1791)
• 1744 – Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker and businessman (d. 1812)
• 1840 – Carl Menger, Austrian economist and educator (d. 1921)
• 1842 – Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (d. 1906)
• 1850 – César Ritz, Swiss businessman, founded The Ritz Hotel, London and Hôtel Ritz Paris (d. 1918)
• 1852 – Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1883)
• 1868 – W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist (d. 1963)
• 1868 – Anna Hofman-Uddgren, Swedish actress, singer, and director (d. 1947)
• 1873 – Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar (d. 1929)
• 1874 – Konstantin Päts, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Estonia (d. 1956)
• 1878 – Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and theorist (d. 1935)
• 1883 – Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (d. 1969)
• 1883 – Guy C. Wiggins, American painter (d. 1962)
• 1889 – Musidora, French actress and director (d. 1957)
• 1889 – Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor (d. 1975)
• 1889 – Victor Fleming, American director, cinematographer, and producer (d. 1949)
• 1889 – John Gilbert Winant, American captain, pilot, and politician, 60th Governor of New Hampshire (d. 1947)
• 1892 – Kathleen Harrison, English actress (d. 1995)
• 1894 – Harold Horder, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1978)
• 1899 – Erich Kästner, German author and poet (d. 1974)
• 1899 – Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter (d. 1981)
• 1904 – Terence Fisher, English director and screenwriter (d. 1980)
• 1904 – William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian (d. 1993)
• 1908 – William McMahon, Australian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1988)
• 1915 – Jon Hall, American actor and director (d. 1979)
• 1915 – Paul Tibbets, American general and pilot (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Johnny Carey, Irish footballer and manager (d. 1995)
• 1920 – Paul Gérin-Lajoie, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1923 – Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Ioannis Grivas, Greek judge and politician, 176th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2016)
• 1923 – Dante Lavelli, American football player (d. 2009)
• 1923 – Mary Francis Shura, American author (d. 1991)
• 1924 – Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
• 1925 – Louis Stokes, American lawyer and politician (d. 2015)
• 1927 – Régine Crespin, French soprano and actress (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Hans Herrmann, German race car driver
• 1928 – Vasily Lazarev, Russian colonel, physician, and astronaut (d. 1990)
• 1929 – Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (d. 2008)
• 1929 – Elston Howard, American baseball player and coach (d. 1980)
• 1930 – Paul West, English-American author, poet, and academic (d. 2015)
• 1931 – Tom Wesselmann, American painter and sculptor (d. 2004)
• 1932 – Majel Barrett, American actress and producer (d. 2008)
• 1937 – Tom Osborne, American football player, coach, and politician
• 1938 – Paul Morrissey, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1938 – Diane Varsi, American actress (d. 1992)
• 1940 – Peter Fonda, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1940 – Jackie Smith, American football player
• 1941 – Ron Hunt, American baseball player
• 1943 – Fred Biletnikoff, American football player and coach
• 1943 – Bobby Mitchell, American golfer
• 1944 – Bernard Cornwell, English author and educator
• 1944 – Florian Fricke, German keyboard player and composer (d. 2001)
• 1944 – Johnny Winter, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2014)
• 1945 – Allan Boesak, South African cleric and politician
• 1946 – Rusty Young, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 – Pia Kjærsgaard, Danish politician, Speaker of the Danish Parliament
• 1947 – Anton Mosimann, Swiss chef and author
• 1948 – Bill Alexander, English director and producer
• 1948 – Trevor Cherry, English footballer
• 1948 – Steve Priest, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1949 – César Aira, Argentinian author and translator
• 1949 – Marc Garneau, Canadian engineer, astronaut, and politician
• 1950 – Rebecca Goldstein, American philosopher and author
• 1951 – Eddie Dibbs, American tennis player
• 1951 – Ed "Too Tall" Jones, American football player and boxer
• 1951 – Patricia Richardson, American actress
• 1952 – Brad Whitford, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1953 – Kenny Bee, Hong Kong singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1953 – Satoru Nakajima, Japanese race car driver
• 1954 – Rajini Thiranagama, Sri Lankan physician and academic (d. 1989)
• 1954 – Viktor Yushchenko, Ukrainian captain and politician, 3rd President of Ukraine
• 1955 – Howard Jones, English singer-songwriter
• 1955 – Flip Saunders, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
• 1956 – Sandra Osborne, Scottish politician
• 1958 – David Sylvian, English singer-songwriter
• 1959 – Clayton Anderson, American engineer and astronaut
• 1959 – Nick de Bois, English politician
• 1959 – Ian Liddell-Grainger, Scottish soldier and politician
• 1959 – Linda Nolan, Irish singer and actress
• 1960 – Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan
• 1962 – Michael Wilton, American guitarist
• 1963 – Bobby Bonilla, American baseball player
• 1963 – Radosław Sikorski, Polish journalist and politician, 11th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland
• 1964 – John Norum, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter
• 1965 – Michael Dell, American businessman
• 1965 – Helena Suková, Czech-Monacan tennis player
• 1967 – Steve Stricker, American golfer
• 1967 – Chris Vrenna, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
• 1969 – Michael Campbell, New Zealand-Australian golfer
• 1969 – Daymond John, American fashion designer and businessman, founded FUBU
• 1970 – Niecy Nash, American actress and producer
• 1971 – Carin Koch, Swedish golfer
• 1971 – Melinda Messenger, English model and television host
• 1971 – Joe-Max Moore, American soccer player
• 1972 – Alessandro Sturba, Italian footballer
• 1972 – Rondell White, American baseball player
• 1973 – Jeff Nordgaard, American-Polish basketball player
• 1974 – Herschelle Gibbs, South African cricketer
• 1974 – Robbi Kempson, South African rugby player
• 1975 – Michael Cornacchia, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1976 – Scott Elarton, American baseball player and coach
• 1976 – Kelly Macdonald, Scottish actress
• 1976 – Jeff O'Neill, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1977 – Kristina Šmigun-Vähi, Estonian skier
• 1978 – Residente, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter
• 1978 – Dan Snyder, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
• 1979 – S. E. Cupp, American journalist and author
• 1981 – Gareth Barry, English footballer
• 1981 – Josh Gad, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1981 – Charles Tillman, American football player
• 1982 – Adam Hann-Byrd, American actor and screenwriter
• 1983 – Mido, Egyptian footballer and sportscaster
• 1983 – Aziz Ansari, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1983 – Emily Blunt, English actress
• 1986 – Emerson Conceição, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 – Skylar Grey, American singer-songwriter
• 1986 – Kazuya Kamenashi, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
• 1986 – Jerod Mayo, American football player
• 1986 – Ola Svensson, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1987 – Ab-Soul, American rapper
• 1987 – Theophilus London, Trinidadian-American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1988 – Nicolás Gaitán, Argentinian footballer
• 1989 – Evan Bates, American ice dancer
• 1989 – Jérémy Pied, French footballer
• 1990 – Terry Hawkridge, English footballer
• 1992 – Casemiro, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 – Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1993 – Chris Grevsmuhl, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 – Dakota Fanning, American actress
• 1995 – Andrew Wiggins, Canadian basketball player

Deaths[edit]

• 715 – Al-Walid I, Arab caliph (b. 668)
• 908 – Li Keyong, Shatuo, military governor during the Tang Dynasty in China (b. 856)
• 943 – Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, (b. 884)
• 1011 – Willigis, German archbishop (b. 940)
• 1100 – Emperor Zhezong of Song (b. 1076)
• 1270 – Isabel of France (b. 1225)
• 1447 – Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1390)
• 1447 – Pope Eugene IV (b. 1383)
• 1464 – Emperor Yingzong of Ming (b. 1427)
• 1554 – Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire (b. 1515)
• 1603 – Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519)
• 1704 – Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (b. 1653)
• 1766 – Stanisław Leszczyński, Polish king (b. 1677)
• 1781 – George Taylor, Irish-American blacksmith and politician (b. 1716)
• 1792 – Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic (b. 1723)
• 1821 – John Keats, English poet (b. 1795)
• 1848 – John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1855 – Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 – Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1879 – Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 – Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 – Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 – Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 – Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 – Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 – Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 – Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1944 – Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1946 – Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1948 – John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (b. 1866)
• 1955 – Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1965 – Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian (b. 1890)
• 1969 – Madhubala, Indian actress and producer (b. 1933)
• 1973 – Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1974 – Harry Ruby, American composer and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1976 – L. S. Lowry, English painter (b. 1887)
• 1979 – W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian businessman and politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia (b. 1900)
• 1983 – Herbert Howells, English organist and composer (b. 1892)
• 1990 – José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran engineer and politician, President of El Salvador (b. 1925)
• 1995 – James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (b. 1916)
• 1997 – Tony Williams, American drummer, composer, and producer (b. 1945)
• 1998 – Philip Abbott, American actor and director (b. 1924)
• 1999 – The Renegade, American wrestler (b. 1965)
• 2000 – Ofra Haza, Israeli singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1957)
• 2000 – Stanley Matthews, English footballer and manager (b. 1915)
• 2003 – Howie Epstein, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (b. 1955)
• 2003 – Robert K. Merton, American sociologist and academic (b. 1910)
• 2004 – Vijay Anand, Indian director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1934)
• 2004 – Sikander Bakht, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (b. 1918)
• 2006 – Telmo Zarra, Spanish footballer (b. 1921)
• 2007 – John Ritchie, English footballer (b. 1941)
• 2008 – Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian economist and politician, 2nd President of Slovenia (b. 1950)
• 2008 – Paul Frère, Belgian race car driver and journalist (b. 1917)
• 2010 – Orlando Zapata, Cuban plumber and activist (b. 1967)
• 2011 – Nirmala Srivastava, Indian religious leader, founded Sahaja Yoga (b. 1923)
• 2012 – William Raggio, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
• 2012 – David Sayre, American physicist and mathematician (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Kazimierz Żygulski, Polish sociologist and activist (b. 1919)
• 2013 – Eugene Bookhammer, American soldier and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware (b. 1918)
• 2013 – Julien Ries, Belgian cardinal (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Lotika Sarkar, Indian lawyer and academic (b. 1945)
• 2014 – Alice Herz-Sommer, Czech-English Holocaust survivor, pianist and educator (b. 1903)
• 2014 – Roger Hilsman, American soldier, academic, and politician (b. 1919)
• 2015 – James Aldridge, Australian-English journalist and author (b. 1918)
• 2015 – Rana Bhagwandas, Pakistani lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan (b. 1942)
• 2015 – W. E. "Bill" Dykes, American soldier and politician (b. 1925)
• 2016 – Peter Lustig, German television host and author (b. 1937)
• 2016 – Jacqueline Mattson, American baseball player (b. 1928)

Brit Awards 2017: The winners

«Εφυγε» σε ηλικία 90 ετών ο Νίκος Κούνδουρος

Σε ηλικία 90 ετών έφυγε από τη ζωή ο Νίκος Κούνδουρος, 

ένας από τους σημαντικότερους σύγχρονους Έλληνες 

σκηνοθέτες.

Το τελευταίο διάστημα νοσηλευόταν στο νοσοκομείο με αναπνευστικά προβλήματα.

Ο Νίκος Κούνδουρος γεννήθηκε στην Αθήνα, αλλά οι γονείς του, από ατελείωτες 

γενιές Κρητικοί, δεν ανέχονταν να πολιτογραφηθεί σαν Αθηναίος. Τον

 μετέφεραν στην Κρήτη, τυλιγμένο σε μία πάνα, ώστε να γραφτεί στα δημοτολόγια 

του Αγίου Νικολάου της Κρήτης στις 15 Δεκεμβρίου του 1926. Είναι γιος του

 δικηγόρου και πολιτικού Ιωσήφ Κούνδουρου.

Σπούδασε ζωγραφική και γλυπτική στην Ανωτάτη Σχολή Καλών Τεχνών της 

Αθήνας από την οποία και αποφοίτησε το 1948. Κατά το Β΄ Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο 

είχε ενταχθεί στις τάξεις του ΕΑΜ-ΕΛΑΣ, και μετά τον πόλεμο εξορίστηκε στη 

Μακρονήσο, λόγω των αριστερών φρονημάτων του.

Στα 28 του χρόνια αποφάσισε να ασχοληθεί με τον κινηματογράφο. Ξεκίνησε τη

 σταδιοδρομία του ως σκηνοθέτης με τη Μαγική Πόλη (1954), όπου συνδύασε 

τις επιρροές του από το νεορεαλισμό με την εικαστική του ματιά. Με το σύνθετο 

και πρωτοποριακό έργο «Ο Δράκος» (1956), ο Νίκος Κούνδουρος καθιερώνεται.

Ακολούθησαν «Οι παράνομοι» (1958), «Το ποτάμι» (1959), «Μικρές Αφροδίτες» 

(1963), «Το πρόσωπο της Μέδουσας» (1967), «Τα τραγούδια της φωτιάς» (1974),

 «1922» (1978) κ.ά.

Aντιπροσώπευσε τον ελληνικό κινηματογράφο πολλές φορές στο εξωτερικό 

όπως στο Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογράφου Βενετίας το 1953 και 1956, στο Φεστιβάλ

 Βερολίνου το 1958, 1963 και 1967. Έχει επίσης τιμηθεί με το Πρώτο Βραβείο

 σκηνοθεσίας στο Φεστιβάλ Θεσσαλονίκης και Βερολίνου το 1963 για την ταινία 

«Μικρές Αφροδίτες» καθώς και για την ταινία του «Το ποτάμι» στο Φεστιβάλ 

Θεσσαλονίκης το 1959. Ειδικότερα για την ταινία «Μικρές Αφροδίτες» τιμήθηκε

και με το Βραβείο της Διεθνούς Ένωσης Κριτικών Κινηματογράφου. Η δε ταινία

 του «Ο Δράκος» χαρακτηρίστηκε ως η καλύτερη ελληνική ταινία στη δεκαετία

 του 1950-1960. Τόσο η ελληνική όσο και η γαλλική και αγγλική τηλεόραση έχουν 

προβάλει κατ'επανάληψη ταινίες του Κούνδουρου. Σημειώνεται επίσης πως

 αντίγραφα (κόπιες) πολλών ταινιών του βρίσκονται στο Ευρωπαϊκό Μουσείο 

Κινηματογράφου, στη Γαλλική Ταινιοθήκη καθώς και στο Μητροπολιτικό 

(Μητροπόλιταν) Μουσείο της Νέας Υόρκης.

Για την απώλεια του Νίκου Κούνδουρου εξέδωσε ανακοίνωση η Εταιρεία Ελλήνων

 σκηνοθετών, αποχαιρετώντας τον σκηνοθέτης χαρακτηρίζοντας τον

 «εγγύηση για την ταυτότητα της Ελλάδας».

«Ο τελευταίος μεγάλος των πρωτεργατών του Ελληνικού Κινηματογράφου και

 του Ελληνικού Πολιτισμού έφυγε από κοντά μας χθες,Τετάρτη 22 Φεβρουαρίου 2017.

Άνοιξε δρόμους στο εξωτερικό για τον Ελληνικό Κινηματογράφο, στήριξε με

 πάθος τους νέους ανθρώπους και υπήρξε ο δημιουργός του σωματείου μας,

 Εταιρεία Ελλήνων Σκηνοθετών.

Ο Νίκος Κούνδουρος υπήρξε εγγύηση για την ταυτότητα της Ελλάδας», αναφέρει.

«Σουρωτή ΑΕ»- ο Ιβάν Σαββίδης απέκτησε το 48,6%

Οι Ελληνες των Οσκαρ: Ποιοι ήταν υποψήφιοι, ποιοι κέρδισαν 

Αυτή την Κυριακή τρεις Έλληνες  θα εμφανιστούν στην απονομή των Όσκαρ , διεκδικώντας το χρυσό αγαλματίδιο.

 Ο λόγος βέβαια για τους Γιώργο Λάνθιμο και Εύθυμη Φιλίππου που διαγωνίζονται στην κατηγορία πρωτότυπου σεναρίου για την ταινία «Αστακός», αλλά και για την Δάφνη Ματζιαράκη,  που είναι υποψήφια στην κατηγορία Ντοκιμαντέρ Μικρού Μήκους με την ταινία της «4.1 Miles.

Οι δυο πρώτοι βέβαια έχουν ξαναβρεθεί  στην μεγάλη κινηματογραφική γιορτή το 2011,  όταν ο «Κυνόδοντας» ήταν υποψήφιος για το Όσκαρ καλύτερης ξενόγλωσσης ταινίας.

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 Ας θυμηθούμε ποιοι άλλοι Έλληνες, ή ελληνικής καταγωγής καλλιτέχνες κέρδισαν ή διεκδίκησαν το πολυπόθητο αγαλματίδιο μέσα στα χρόνια.

Ο πρώτος ήταν ο Ελληνοαμερικανικής καταγωγής  χορευτής και στενός συνεργάτης του Φρεντ Αστέρ, Ερμής Παναγιωτόπουλος, γνωστός ως Hermes Pan, που κέρδισε το 1937 κέρδισε το Βραβείο Όσκαρ  για τις χορογραφίες του  στην ταινία «A Damsel in Distress». Ήταν υποψήφιος ακόμα δύο φορές:  με το «Top Hat» το 1935 και  με το «Swing Time»  το 1936.

Η πρώτη Ελληνίδα ηθοποίος των βραβείων ήταν η Kατίνα Παξινού, που κέρδισε το Όσκαρ Β΄ γυναικείου ρόλου  το 1943 για την ερμηνεία της στην ταινία «Για ποιον χτυπά η καμπάνα».  Μάλιστα ήταν η πρώτη μη Αμερικανίδα ηθοποιός που πέτυχε αυτή τη διάκριση. Το βραβείο της τότε το είχε  αφιερώσει στους συναδέλφους της στο Εθνικό, ζώντες και νεκρούς, ενώ είχε αναφερθεί και στη χώρα μας που βρισκόταν υπό Κατοχή. 

Ο ελληνικής καταγωγής σκηνοθέτης Ελία Καζάν- Ηλίας Καζαντζόγλου ήταν το όνομά του- , προτάθηκε 5 φορές για το βραβείο καλύτερης σκηνοθεσίας:  το 1948  για την ταινία «Συμφωνία Κυρίων», το 1952  για το «Λεωφορείο ο Πόθος», το 1955 για το  «Το λιμάνι της αγωνίας», το 1956  για το «Ανατολικά της Εδέμ» και το 1964  για το «Αμέρικα, Αμέρικα». Κέρδισε δύο  φορές, το 1948 και το 1955, ενώ πολλοί από τους ηθοποιούς του επίσης βρέθηκαν στη λίστα των Όσκαρ χάρη στους ρόλους που ερμήνευσαν στις ταινίες του.  Είναι, ίσως, ο Έλληνας με τις περισσότερες οσκαρικές εμφανίσεις, όμως η φήμη του  αμαυρώθηκε όταν συνεργάστηκε το 1952 με την Επιτροπή Αντιαμερικανικών Δραστηριοτήτων, καταδίδοντας συναδέλφους του  που μπήκαν στην περιβόητη  «μαύρη λίστα».

Μεγάλος σκηνοθέτης και ηθοποιός του Χόλιγουντ ήταν ο ελληνικής καταγωγής, Τζον Κασσαβέτης, που  το 1968 διεκδικεί  Όσκαρ Β΄ ανδρικού ρόλου για την ταινία  «Και οι 12 ήταν καθάρματα», ενώ την επόμενη χρονιά  είναι υποψήφιος για το Όσκαρ  πρωτότυπου σενάριο  για την ταινία «Faces». Τελευταία του συμμετοχή στη μεγάλη διοργάνωση ήταν το 1975, οπότε και διεκδίκησε το αγαλματίδιο για τη σκηνοθεσία του στο «A woman under the Influence».

Ακόμα ένας σκηνοθέτης, ο Eλληνοκύπριος Μιχάλης Κακογιάννης το 1965 διεκδίκησε το Όσκαρ σκηνοθεσίας, καλύτερη ταινίας και καλύτερου διασκευασμένου σεναρίου  με τον «Ζορμπά». Αν και έχασε  η ταινία έμεινε στην ιστορία, κερδίζοντας 3 Όσκαρ, μεταξύ των οποίων κι ένα για τη σκηνογραφία ενός σημαντικού Έλληνα δημιουργού, του Βασίλη Φωτόπουλου.

Το 1970 ο Κώστας Γαβράς διασχίζει το κόκκινο χαλί διεκδικώντας το Όσκαρ καλύτερης σκηνοθεσίας για το «Ζ». Η ταινία διεκδικεί και τα Όσκαρ καλύτερης ταινίας και διασκευασμένου σεναρίου,  αλλά δεν κερδίζει κανένα από τα δύο. Το 1983 ο Γαβράς  είναι και πάλι  υποψήφιος με τον «Αγνοούμενο». Η ταινία απέσπασε τελικά  το Όσκαρ διασκευασμένου σεναρίου. Τελευταίος στη λίστα των σκηνοθετών πριν από τον Γιώργο Λάνθιμο είναι ο Ελληναμερικανός ο Αλεξάντερ Πέιν, που  δυο φορές έχει τιμηθεί με το Όσκαρ διασκευασμένου σεναρίου:  το 2004 για το  «Πλαγίως»  και  το 2011  για τους «Απόγονους», ενώ τρεις φορές έχει προταθεί και για Όσκαρ σκηνοθεσίας.

Οι Έλληνες ηθοποιοί δεν έχουν μεγάλο γκελ στα  Όσκαρ  των πρώτων  ρόλων.

Η Μελίνα Μερκούρη διεκδίκησε  το Όσκαρ Α΄ γυναικείου ρόλου με το «Ποτέ την Κυριακή» το 1960  κάνοντας μεγάλη εντύπωση, αλλά νικήτρια τότε ήταν η Ελίζαμπεθ Τέιλορ.

 Εκείνη τη χρονιά όμως ήρθε ένα Όσκαρ για τη χώρα μας, από τον Μάνο Χατζιδάκι που είχε υπογράψει τη μουσική της ταινίας.

Όσκαρ Α΄ ανδρικού ρόλου έχει διεκδικήσει μόνο ο Χιου Τζάκμαν για τους « Άθλιους », αν και οι ελληνικές του ρίζες χάνονται στο χρόνο.

Στους δεύτερους ρόλους όμως  τα πάμε καλύτερα, με την Κατίνα Παξινού βέβαια να  ξεχωρίζει.  Επίσης το 1962 ο Γιώργος Τσακίρης κερδίζει το Όσκαρ Β'Ανδρικού Ρόλου για την ταινία «West Side Story»,  ενώ την επόμενη χρονιά ο Τέλης Σαβάλας  ήταν υποψήφιος για την ταινία «Ο βαρυποινίτης του Αλκατράζ». Το 1976 ο Ελληνοαμερικανός Κρις Σάραντον διεκδίκησε το ίδιο αγαλματίδιο για την ερμηνεία του στην ταινία «Σκυλίσια μέρα», πρωταγωνιστώντας δίπλα στον Αλ Πατσίνο. Τέλος το 1988, η ελληνικής καταγωγής Ολυμπία Δουκάκις κερδίζει τις εντυπώσεις και αποσπάει το Όσκαρ Β΄ Γυναικείου ρόλου για το «Moonstruck».

 Στη μουσική, εκτός από τον Χατζιδάκι, κι ο διεθνούς φήμης  Βαγγέλης Παπαθανασίου  το 1982  κατακτά το Όσκαρ καλύτερης μουσικής για τους «Δρόμους της Φωτιάς». Ο ίδιος δεν παρευρέθηκε στην τελετή και το χρυσό αγαλματίδιο το παρέλαβε εκ μέρους του ο  William Hurt. Επίσης  ο Ελληνογάλλος Alexandre Desplat είναι επίσης μία κατηγορία μόνος του με ήδη 7 υποψηφιότητες στο ενεργητικό του και μια νίκη για την ταινία  «Τhe  grand Hotel Budapest» το  2014.  Πέρα από αυτό, ο  διάσημος συνθέτης  έχει γράψει τη μουσική για πάρα πολλές διάσημες κινηματογραφικές ταινίες. Μια κυρία της ενδυματολογίας που έχει πατήσει πολλές φορές το κόκκινο χαλί είναι η Θεώνη Βαχλιώτη-Όλντριτζ. Το 1961  εκείνη έντυσε την  Μελίνα στο «Ποτέ την Κυριακή», κερδίζοντας  την πρώτη της υποψηφιότητα,  ενώ το 1963  είναι και πάλι υποψήφια για την «Φαίδρα» του Ζιλ Ντασέν.
 

Το αγαλματίδιο όμως έφτασε στα χέρια της το 1974  με τον  «Υπέροχο Γκάτσμπι»,  όπου πρωταγωνιστούσαν ο Ρόμπερτ Ρέντφορντ και η Μία Φάροου.  Στα βήματα της,  η ελληνικής καταγωγής  Πατρίτσια Φιλντ το 2007 βρίσκεται ανάμεσα στις υποψήφιες  για το βραβείο ενδυματολογίας για την ταινία «Ο διάβολος φοράει  Πράντα». Ο Ελληνοαυστραλός  Τζορτζ Μίλλερ έχει βραβευθεί  για την καλύτερη ταινία κινουμένων σχεδίων, το «Happy Feet»  (2007) . Ο ίδιος ήταν υποψήφιος  και το 1993 για το  Όσκαρ πρωτότυπου σεναρίου  για την ταινία «Το λάδι του Λορέντζο», ενώ δύο χρόνια αργότερα βρίσκεται στην ίδια θέση,  διεκδικώντας τα Όσκαρ καλύτερης Ταινίας και καλύτερου Διασκευασμένου Σεναρίου  για το «Babe».

Οι διευθυντές φωτογραφίας μας επίσης τα πάνε καλά με τον Θείο Όσκαρ. Ο Φαίδων Παπαμιχαήλ ήταν  το 2013 υποψήφιος για την «Νεμπράσκα» του Αλεξάντερ Πέιν.  Ο Κωνσταντίνος ή Ντιν Ταβουλάρις όμως έχει σπάσει όλα τα ρεκόρ, αφού έχει προταθεί πέντε φορές: το 1975 για τον «Νονό 2» όπου και κέρδισε, το 1979 για το «The Brinks’ Job», το 1980 για το «Αποκάλυψη τώρα», το 1989 για το «Tucker: The Man and His Dream» και το 1991 για τον «Νονό 3». Η Χριστίνα Λαζαρίδη το 2001 ήταν υποψήφια για το Όσκαρ καλύτερης ταινίας μικρού μήκους  για το «One Day Crossing» και 2 χρόνια αργότερα τη Νία Βαρντάλος  διεκδικεί το χρυσό αγαλματίδιο για το πρωτότυπο σενάριο της εισπρακτικής επιτυχίας «My Big Fat Greek Wedding». Ο  Aλεξάντερ Ντινελάρης βραβεύτηκε με το Όσκαρ Καλύτερου Πρωτότυπου Σεναρίου για την ταινία  «Birdman», μαζί με τους Aλεχάντρο Ιναρίτου, Νίκολας Γιακομπόνε και Αρμάντο Μπο το  2014. 

Το 2009 ο ελληνικής καταγωγής σκηνοθέτης Λουί Ψυχογιός κερδίζει το δικό του Όσκαρ στην κατηγορία Ντοκιμαντέρ μεγάλου μήκους για το «The Cove».  Οι ελληνικές ταινίες που έχουν βρεθεί υποψήφιες στην κατηγορία καλύτερης ξενόγλωσσης ταινίας δεν είναι λίγες.  Πρώτος ήταν ο Μιχάλης Κακογιάννης με την «Ηλέκτρα» το 1963, το βραβείο όμως  τότε πήγε στη Γαλλία. 

Τον επόμενο χρόνο ο Βασίλης Γεωργιάδης  συνέχισε την παράδοση με τα «Κόκκινα Φανάρια» και το 1966 με «Το χώμα βάφτηκε κόκκινο». 

Η  «Ιφιγένεια» και πάλι σε σκηνοθεσία του Μιχάλη Κακογιάννη φτάνει  το 1977 στα Όσκαρ,  ενώ  το 2011  ο Γιώργος Λάνθιμος ήταν υποψήφιος με  τον «Κυνόδοντα». Αξίζει πάντως να αναφέρουμε και το  «Μεντιτερανέο»,  που το 1991 τιμήθηκε με το Όσκαρ καλύτερης ξενόγλωσσης ταινίας, στην οποία πρωταγωνιστούσε η Βάνα Μπάρμπα.

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• 303 – Galerius publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Roman Empire.
• 484 – King Huneric removes the Christian bishops from their offices and banished some to Corsica. A few are martyred, including former proconsul Victorian along with Frumentius and other merchants. They are killed at Hadrumetum after refusing to become Arians.
• 1303 – Battle of Roslin, of the First War of Scottish Independence.
• 1386 – King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda.
• 1525 – A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia.
• 1538 – Treaty of Nagyvárad between Ferdinand I and John Zápolya.
• 1582 – With the papal bull Inter gravissimas, Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
• 1607 – L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance.
• 1711 – The London première of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.
• 1739 – Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
• 1803 – In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review.
• 1809 – London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute.
• 1821 – Final stage of the Mexican War of Independence from Spain with Plan of Iguala.
• 1822 – The first Swaminarayan temple in the world, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad, is inaugurated.
• 1826 – The signing of the Treaty of Yandabo marks the end of the First Anglo-Burmese War.
• 1831 – The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West.
• 1848 – King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne.
• 1854 – A Penny Red with perforations was the first perforated postage stamp to be officially issued for distribution.
• 1863 – Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
• 1868 – Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
• 1875 – The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
• 1881 – China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
• 1895 – Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence, that ends with the Spanish–American War in 1898.
• 1916 – The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
• 1917 – World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
• 1918 – Estonian Declaration of Independence.
• 1920 – The Nazi Party is founded.
• 1920 – Nancy Astor became the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
• 1942 – The Battle of Los Angeles: A false alarm led to an anti-aircraft barrage that lasted into the early hours of February 25.
• 1942 – An order-in-council passed under the Defence of Canada Regulations of the War Measures Act gives the Canadian federal government the power to intern all "persons of Japanese racial origin".
• 1944 – Merrill's Marauders: The Marauders begin their 1,000-mile journey through Japanese occupied Burma.
• 1945 – Egyptian Premier Ahmad Mahir Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.
• 1946 – Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, elected to his first term as President of Argentina.
• 1968 – Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué.
• 1971 – The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed three days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.
• 1976 – The current constitution of Cuba is formally proclaimed.
• 1980 – The United States Olympic hockey team completes its Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4–2 to win the gold medal.
• 1981 – The 6.7 Ms Gulf of Corinth earthquake affects Central Greece with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The shock killed 22 people and destroyed buildings in several towns west of Athens.
• 1983 – A special commission of the United States Congress condemns the Japanese American internment during World War II.
• 1984 – Tyrone Mitchell perpetrates the 49th Street Elementary School shooting in Los Angeles, killing two children and injuring 12 more.
• 1989 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa and offers a USD $3 million bounty for the death of Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.
• 1989 – United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, rips open during flight, blowing nine passengers out of the business-class section.
• 1996 – Two civilian airplanes operated by the Miami-based group Brothers to the Rescue are shot down in international waters by the Cuban Air Force.
• 2004 – The 6.3 Mw Al Hoceima earthquake strikes northern Morocco with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 628 people are killed, 926 are injured, and up to 15,000 are displaced.
• 2006 – Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue a possible military coup.
• 2007 – Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
• 2008 – Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years. He remains as head of the Communist Party for another 3 years.
• 2015 – A Metrolink train derails in Oxnard, California following a collision with a truck, leaving more than 30 injured.
• 2016 – Tara Air Flight 193, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft, crashed, with 23 fatalities, in Solighopte, Myagdi District, Dhaulagiri Zone, while en route from Pokhara Airport to Jomsom Airport.

Births[edit]

• 1103 – Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)
• 1304 – Ibn Battuta, Moroccan jurist
• 1413 – Louis, Duke of Savoy (d. 1465)
• 1500 – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1558)
• 1545 – John of Austria (d. 1578)
• 1557 – Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1619)
• 1593 – Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford, English soldier and courtier (d. 1625)
• 1595 – Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (d. 1640)
• 1619 – Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist (d. 1690)
• 1622 – Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665)
• 1709 – Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (d. 1782)
• 1721 – John McKinly, Irish-American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (d. 1796)
• 1723 – John Burgoyne, English general and politician (d. 1792)
• 1736 – Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1806)
• 1743 – Joseph Banks, English botanist and explorer (d. 1820)
• 1762 – Charles Frederick Horn, German-English composer and educator (d. 1830)
• 1767 – Rama II of Siam (d. 1824)
• 1774 – Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)
• 1786 – Martin W. Bates, American lawyer and politician (d. 1869)
• 1786 – Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist, author, and academic (d. 1859)
• 1788 – Johan Christian Dahl, Norwegian-German painter (d. 1857)
• 1827 – Lydia Becker, English-French activist (d. 1890)
• 1831 – Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1899)
• 1835 – Julius Vogel, English-New Zealand journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1899)
• 1836 – Winslow Homer, American painter and illustrator (d. 1910)
• 1837 – Rosalía de Castro, Spanish poet (d. 1885)
• 1842 – Arrigo Boito, Italian journalist, author, and composer (d. 1918)
• 1848 – Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician (d. 1907)
• 1852 – George Moore, Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1933)
• 1868 – Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (d. 1949)
• 1874 – Honus Wagner, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1955)
• 1877 – Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1972)
• 1877 – Ettie Rout, Australian-New Zealand educator and activist (d. 1936)
• 1885 – Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (d. 1966)
• 1885 – Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, poet, and painter (d. 1939)
• 1890 – Marjorie Main, American actress (d. 1975)
• 1896 – Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
• 1898 – Kurt Tank, German pilot and engineer (d. 1983)
• 1903 – Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright (d. 1967)
• 1908 – Telford Taylor, American general, lawyer, and historian (d. 1998)
• 1909 – August Derleth, American anthologist and author (d. 1971)
• 1914 – Ralph Erskine, English-Swedish architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall (d. 2005)
• 1914 – Weldon Kees, American author, poet, painter, and pianist (d. 1955)
• 1915 – Jim Ferrier, Australian golfer (d. 1986)
• 1921 – Abe Vigoda, American actor (d. 2016)
• 1922 – Richard Hamilton, English painter and academic (d. 2011)
• 1922 – Steven Hill, American actor (d. 2016)
• 1924 – Hal Herring, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Erik Nielsen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2008)
• 1925 – Bud Day, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013)
• 1927 – Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (d. 2017)
• 1929 – Kintaro Ohki, South Korean wrestler (d. 2006)
• 1930 – Barbara Lawrence, American model and actress (d. 2013)
• 1931 – Dominic Chianese, American actor and singer
• 1931 – Brian Close, English cricketer and coach (d. 2015)
• 1932 – Michel Legrand, French pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1932 – Zell Miller, American sergeant and politician, 79th Governor of Georgia
• 1932 – John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (d. 2005)
• 1933 – Judah Folkman, American physician and biologist (d. 2008)
• 1933 – Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (d. 2014)
• 1933 – David "Fathead" Newman, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2009)
• 1934 – Bettino Craxi, Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2000)
• 1934 – Renata Scotto, Italian soprano
• 1935 – Ryhor Baradulin, Belarusian poet, essayist, and translator (d. 2014)
• 1936 – Guillermo O'Donnell, Argentine political scientist (d. 2011)
• 1938 – James Farentino, American actor (d. 2012)
• 1938 – Phil Knight, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Nike, Inc.
• 1939 – Jamal Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist (d. 2013)
• 1940 – Pete Duel, American actor (d. 1971)
• 1940 – Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (d. 2014)
• 1940 – Denis Law, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
• 1941 – Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress
• 1942 – Colin Bond, Australian race car driver
• 1942 – Paul Jones, English singer, harmonica player, and actor
• 1942 – Joe Lieberman, American lawyer and politician
• 1942 – Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Indian philosopher, theorist, and academic
• 1943 – Pablo Milanés, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 – Terry Semel, American businessman
• 1944 – Nicky Hopkins, English keyboard player (d. 1994)
• 1944 – Ivica Račan, Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (d. 2007)
• 1945 – Barry Bostwick, American actor and singer
• 1946 – Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician and academic
• 1947 – Mike Fratello, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1947 – Rupert Holmes, English-American singer-songwriter and playwright
• 1947 – Edward James Olmos, American actor and director
• 1948 – Jayalalithaa, Indian actress and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d.2016)
• 1948 – Walter Smith, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1948 – Tim Staffell, English singer and guitarist
• 1948 – Dennis Waterman, English actor
• 1950 – Steve McCurry, American photographer and journalist
• 1950 – George Thorogood, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1951 – David Ford, Northern Irish social worker and politician
• 1951 – Derek Randall, English cricketer
• 1951 – Debra Jo Rupp, American actress
• 1951 – Helen Shaver, Canadian actress and director
• 1951 – Laimdota Straujuma, Latvian economist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Latvia
• 1954 – Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1954 – Sid Meier, Canadian-American game designer and programmer, created the Civilization series
• 1954 – Mike Pickering, English DJ and saxophonist
• 1955 – Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Inc. and Pixar (d. 2011)
• 1955 – Eddie Johnson, American basketball player
• 1955 – Alain Prost, French race car driver
• 1956 – Judith Butler, American philosopher, theorist, and author
• 1956 – Eddie Murray, American baseball player and coach
• 1956 – Paula Zahn, American journalist and producer
• 1958 – Sammy Kershaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 – Mark Moses, American actor
• 1959 – Beth Broderick, American actress and director
• 1959 – Mike Whitney, Australian cricketer and television host
• 1962 – Michelle Shocked, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1963 – Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
• 1963 – Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1964 – Russell Ingall, British-Australian race car driver and sportscaster* 1965 – Paul Gruber, American football player
• 1965 – Jane Swift, American businesswoman and politician, Governor of Massachusetts
• 1966 – Billy Zane, American actor and producer
• 1967 – Brian Schmidt, Australian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1968 – Mitch Hedberg, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
• 1969 – Kim Seung-woo, South Korean actor
• 1970 – Jeff Garcia, American football player and coach
• 1970 – Neil Sullivan, English-Scottish footballer and coach
• 1971 – Josh Bernstein, American anthropologist, explorer, and author
• 1971 – Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish race car driver
• 1971 – Brian Savage, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1972 – Teodor Currentzis, Greek conductor and composer
• 1972 – Manon Rhéaume, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1973 – Stubby Clapp, Canadian baseball player and coach
• 1973 – Chris Fehn, American drummer
• 1973 – Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player and pilot
• 1974 – Chad Hugo, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
• 1974 – Mike Lowell, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1974 – Bonnie Somerville, American actress
• 1975 – Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler
• 1976 – Crista Flanagan, American actress and screenwriter
• 1976 – Zach Johnson, American golfer
• 1976 – Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist and coach
• 1976 – Matt Skiba, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1977 – Jason Akermanis, Australian footballer and coach
• 1977 – Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player and singer
• 1977 – Floyd Mayweather, Jr., American boxer
• 1978 – Gary, South Korean rapper and producer
• 1978 – Shinya, Japanese drummer and songwriter
• 1978 – John Nolan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1978 – DeWayne Wise, American baseball player
• 1978 – Leon Constantine, English footballer
• 1980 – Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1981 – Felipe Baloy, Panamanian footballer
• 1981 – Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
• 1981 – Mauro Rosales, Argentinian footballer
• 1981 – Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer
• 1982 – Nick Blackburn, American baseball player
• 1982 – Emanuel Villa, Argentinian footballer
• 1982 – Klára Koukalová, Czech tennis player
• 1982 – Fala Chen, Chinese actress and singer
• 1984 – Corey Graves, American wrestler and sportscaster
• 1987 – Kim Kyu-jong, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor
• 1988 – Mathieu Baudry, French footballer
• 1988 – Levi Hanssen, New Zealand footballer
• 1989 – Trace Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1989 – Kosta Koufos, American basketball player
• 1991 – Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer
• 1991 – Semih Kaya, Turkish footballer
• 1994 – Earl Sweatshirt, American hip-hop artist

Deaths[edit]

• 616 – Æthelberht of Kent (b. 560)
• 1386 – Charles III of Naples (b. 1345)
• 1563 – Francis, Duke of Guise (b. 1519)
• 1588 – Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist (b. 1515)
• 1666 – Nicholas Lanier, English composer and painter (b. 1588)
• 1685 – Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland (b. 1629)
• 1704 – Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (b. 1643)
• 1714 – Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1637)
• 1721 – John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1648)
• 1732 – Francis Charteris, Scottish soldier (b. 1675)
• 1777 – Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)
• 1785 – Carlo Buonaparte, Corsican lawyer and politician (b. 1746)
• 1799 – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic (b. 1742)
• 1810 – Henry Cavendish, French-English physicist and chemist (b. 1731)
• 1812 – Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775)
• 1815 – Robert Fulton, American engineer (b. 1765)
• 1825 – Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (b. 1754)
• 1856 – Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1792)
• 1876 – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (b. 1809)
• 1879 – Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (b. 1825)
• 1910 – Osman Hamdi Bey, Greek archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)
• 1914 – Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
• 1925 – Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1927 – Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
• 1929 – André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1930 – Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
• 1953 – Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)
• 1953 – Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
• 1970 – Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1974 – Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1893)
• 1975 – Hans Bellmer, German artist (b. 1902)^{[citation needed]}
• 1975 – Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
• 1978 – Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (b.1891)
• 1982 – Virginia Bruce, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1986 – Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1904)
• 1990 – Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (b. 1945)
• 1990 – Malcolm Forbes, American sergeant and publisher (b. 1917)
• 1990 – Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (b. 1896)
• 1990 – Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1927)
• 1991 – John Daly, American journalist and game show host (b. 1914)
• 1991 – George Gobel, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1991 – Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)
• 1993 – Danny Gallivan, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1917)
• 1993 – Bobby Moore, English footballer and manager (b. 1941)
• 1994 – Jean Sablon, French singer and actor (b. 1906)
• 1994 – Dinah Shore, American actress and singer (b. 1916)
• 1998 – Antonio Prohías, Cuban-American cartoonist (b. 1921)
• 1998 – Henny Youngman, English-American comedian and violinist (b. 1906)
• 1999 – Andre Dubus, American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (b. 1936)
• 2001 – Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (b. 1912)
• 2001 – Claude Shannon, American mathematician, cryptographer, and engineer (b. 1916)
• 2002 – Leo Ornstein, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (b. 1893)
• 2004 – John Randolph, American actor (b. 1915)
• 2005 – Coşkun Kırca, Turkish diplomat, journalist and politician (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Octavia E. Butler, American author and educator (b. 1947)
• 2006 – Don Knotts, American actor and comedian (b. 1924)
• 2006 – John Martin, Canadian broadcaster, co-founded MuchMusic (b. 1947)
• 2006 – Dennis Weaver, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (b. 1906)
• 2007 – Damien Nash, American football player (b. 1982)
• 2008 – Larry Norman, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
• 2010 – Dawn Brancheau, senior animal trainer at SeaWorld (b. 1969)
• 2011 – Anant Pai, Indian author and illustrator (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Agnes Allen, American baseball player and therapist (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Oliver Wrong, English nephrologist and academic (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Virgil Johnson, American singer (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Franny Beecher, American guitarist (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (b. 1948)
• 2014 – Carlos Páez Vilaró, Uruguayan painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
• 2015 – Mefodiy, Ukrainian metropolitan (b. 1949)
• 2015 – Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (b. 1962)
• 2016 – Peter Kenilorea, Solomon Islands politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (b. 1943)
• 2016 – Nabil Maleh, Syrian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
• 2016 – George C. Nichopoulos, American soldier and physician (b. 1927)