“Jingle Bells” Composed Here

By Roger W. Sinnott, December 24, 2011

1. “Jungle Bells” Composed Here Marker

By Roger W. Sinnott, December 24, 2011

2. Modern Store Front

Nothing remains of the Simpson Tavern.

J. J. Prats Postcard Collection

3. A One-Horse Open Sleigh

Undated postcard titled “Jingle Bells." Plastichrome® No. P8612 by Colourpicture Publishers, Inc., Boston 15, Mass. U.S.A. “Color by Ozzie Sweet.”

Rosemary Clooney

By R. C., November 28, 2006

1. Front of marker

By R. C., November 28, 2006

2. Opposite side of marker

By R. C., November 28, 2006

3. Russell Theater ticket booth

By R. C., November 28, 2006

4. Spanish-style architecture of Russell Theater

By R. C., November 28, 2006

5. "Rosie" Clooney also known as "The Girl Singer..." Star in front of Russell Theater

The stars are singing for you Rosey...

By Mark Hilton, May 10, 2015

6. Russell Theatre added in 1930 to the National Register of Historic Places.

By R. C., November 28, 2006

7. Russell Theater markee

By Karl Howat, March 19, 2008

8. View of the front of the theater

Billy Vaughn

By Duane Hall, August 9, 2015

1. Billy Vaughn Marker

Front Side

By Duane Hall, August 9, 2015

2. Billy Vaughn Marker

Back Side

By Duane Hall

3. Billy Vaughn Marker in Beulah C. Nunn Park

By Duane Hall, August 9, 2015

4. Back Sides of Markers in Beulah C. Nunn Park

View to north towards intersection
of Race Street and Washington Street

By Duane Hall, August 9, 2015

5. Beulah C. Nunn Park

View to southeast

• 694 – At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery.
• 1313 – Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin Frederick I of Austria at the Battle of Gammelsdorf.
• 1330 – At the Battle of Posada, Basarab I of Wallachia defeats the Hungarian army of Charles I Robert.
• 1456 – Ulrich II, Count of Celje, last ruler of the County of Cilli, is assassinated in Belgrade.
• 1520 – More than 50 people are sentenced and executed in the Stockholm Bloodbath
• 1620 – Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
• 1688 – Glorious Revolution: William of Orange captures Exeter.
• 1697 – Pope Innocent XII founds the city of Cervia.
• 1720 – The synagogue of Judah HeHasid is burned down by Arab creditors, leading to the expulsion of the Ashkenazim from Jerusalem.
• 1729 – Spain, France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Seville.
• 1780 – American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Fishdam Ford a force of British and Loyalist troops fail in a surprise attack against the South Carolina Patriot militia under Brigadier General Thomas Sumter.
• 1791 – Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.
• 1799 – Napoleon Bonaparte leads the Coup of 18 Brumaire ending the Directory government, and becoming First Consul of the successor (Consulate Government).
• 1851 – Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape.
• 1861 – The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, Toronto.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed.
• 1867 – Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.
• 1872 – The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
• 1883 – The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.
• 1887 – The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
• 1906 – Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
• 1907 – The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
• 1913 – The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes, destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250 people.
• 1914 – SMS Emden is sunk by HMAS Sydney in the Battle of Cocos.
• 1918 – Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.
• 1921 – The Italian National Fascist Party comes into existence.
• 1923 – In Munich, Germany, police and government troops crush the Beer Hall Putsch in Bavaria. The failed coup is the work of the Nazis.
• 1935 – The Congress of Industrial Organizations is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey, by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor.
• 1937 – The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.
• 1938 – The Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath dies from gunshot wounds by Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate the 1938 national pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht.
• 1940 – Warsaw is awarded the Virtuti Militari.
• 1953 – Cambodia gains independence from France.
• 1960 – Robert McNamara is named president of Ford Motor Company, the first non-Ford to serve in that post. A month later, he resigned to join the administration of newly elected John F. Kennedy.
• 1963 – At Miike coal mine, Miike, Japan, an explosion kills 458, and hospitalises 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning.
• 1965 – Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast blackout of 1965.
• 1965 – A Catholic Worker Movement member, Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building.
• 1967 – Apollo program: NASA launches the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft atop the first Saturn V rocket from Cape Kennedy, Florida.
• 1967 – The first issue of Rolling Stone magazine is published.
• 1970 – Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6–3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.
• 1979 – Nuclear false alarm: The NORAD computers and the Alternate National Military Command Center in Fort Ritchie, Maryland detected purported massive Soviet nuclear strike. After reviewing the raw data from satellites and checking the early-warning radars, the alert is cancelled.
• 1985 – Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating fellow Soviet Anatoly Karpov.
• 1989 – Fall of the Berlin Wall. East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall, allowing its citizens to travel to West Berlin.
• 1993 – Stari Most, the "old bridge" in the Bosnian city of Mostar, built in 1566, collapses after several days of bombing by Croat forces during the Croat–Bosniak War.
• 1994 – The chemical element darmstadtium is discovered.
• 1998 – A US federal judge, in the largest civil settlement in United States history, orders 37 US brokerage houses to pay 1.03 billion United States dollars to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for price fixing.
• 1998 – Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, already abolished for murder, is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences.
• 2005 – The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
• 2005 – Suicide bombers attack three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing at least 60 people.
• 2007 – The German Bundestag passes the controversial data retention bill mandating storage of citizens' telecommunications traffic data for six months without probable cause.
• 2012 – A train carrying liquid fuel crashes and bursts into flames in northern Myanmar, killing 27 people and injuring 80 others.
• 2012 – At least 27 people are killed and dozens are wounded in conflicts between inmates and guards at Welikada prison in Colombo.

Births[edit]

• 955 – Gyeongjong, Korean king (d. 981)
• 1376 – Edmund Mortimer, English nobleman and rebel (d. 1409)
• 1383 – Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara (d. 1441)
• 1389 – Isabella of Valois, queen consort of England (d. 1409)
• 1414 – Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1486)
• 1455 – Johann V of Nassau-Vianden-Dietz, Dutch count (d. 1516)
• 1467 – Charles II, Duke of Guelders, count of Zutphen from 1492 (d. 1538)
• 1467 – Philippa of Guelders, twin sister of Charles II, Dutch duchess consort (d. 1547)
• 1522 – Martin Chemnitz, German astrologer and theologian (d. 1586)
• 1535 – Nanda Bayin, king of Burma (d. 1600)
• 1580 – Johannes Narssius, Dutch physician and poet (d. 1637)
• 1606 – Hermann Conring, German philosopher and educator (d. 1681)
• 1664 – Johann Speth, German organist and composer (d. 1719)
• 1664 – Henry Wharton, English librarian and author (d. 1695)
• 1697 – Claudio Casciolini, Italian singer and composer (d. 1760)
• 1719 – Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani, Italian priest, theoretician, and academic (d. 1796)
• 1721 – Mark Akenside, English physician and poet (d. 1770)
• 1723 – Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (d. 1787)
• 1731 – Benjamin Banneker, American farmer, surveyor, and author (d. 1806)
• 1732 – Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, French businesswoman and author (d. 1776)
• 1773 – Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd, Danish author (d. 1856)
• 1799 – Gustav, Prince of Vasa (d. 1877)
• 1801 – Gail Borden, American surveyor and publisher, invented condensed milk (d. 1874)
• 1802 – Elijah Parish Lovejoy, American minister, journalist, and activist (d. 1837)
• 1810 – Bernhard von Langenbeck, German general, surgeon, and academic (d. 1887)
• 1818 – Ivan Turgenev, Russian author and playwright (d. 1883)
• 1825 – A. P. Hill, American general (d. 1865)
• 1829 – Peter Lumsden, English general (d. 1918)
• 1832 – Émile Gaboriau, French author and journalist (d. 1873)
• 1840 – Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Quebec (d. 1898)
• 1841 – Edward VII of the United Kingdom (d. 1910)
• 1850 – Louis Lewin, German pharmacologist and academic (d. 1929)
• 1853 – Stanford White, American architect and partner, co-founded McKim, Mead & White (d. 1906)
• 1854 – Maud Howe Elliott, American activist and author (d. 1948)
• 1862 – Gigo Gabashvili, Georgian painter and educator (d. 1936)
• 1867 - Shrimad Rajchandra, a prominent Jain Philosopher, Scholar, Poet & spiritual mentor of Mahatma Gandhi (d. 1901)
• 1869 – Marie Dressler, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 1934)
• 1871 – Florence R. Sabin, American medical scientist (d. 1953)
• 1872 – Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian author and poet (d. 1941)
• 1873 – Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and surgeon (d. 1941)
• 1874 – Albert Francis Blakeslee, American botanist and academic (d. 1954)
• 1877 – Enrico De Nicola, Italian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of the Italian Republic (d. 1959)
• 1877 – Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani philosopher, poet, and politician (d. 1938)
• 1878 – Ahn Changho, Korean activist and politician (d. 1938)
• 1879 – Jenő Bory, Hungarian architect and sculptor (d. 1959)
• 1879 – S. O. Davies, Welsh union leader and politician (d. 1972)
• 1879 – Milan Šufflay, Croatian historian and politician (d. 1931)
• 1880 – Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect, designed the red telephone box (d. 1960)
• 1883 – Edna May Oliver, American actress (d. 1942)
• 1885 – Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1954)
• 1885 – Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet and playwright (d. 1922)
• 1885 – Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor and educator (d. 1952)
• 1885 – Hermann Weyl, German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1955)
• 1886 – Ed Wynn, American actor (d. 1966)
• 1888 – Jean Monnet, French economist and diplomat (d. 1979)
• 1891 – Louisa E. Rhine, American botanist and parapsychologist (d. 1983)
• 1892 – Mabel Normand, American actress (d. 1930)
• 1894 – Mae Marsh, American actress (d. 1968)
• 1897 – Harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (d. 1941)
• 1897 – Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978)
• 1900 – Oskar Loorits, Estonian author and academic (d. 1961)
• 1902 – Anthony Asquith, English director and screenwriter (d. 1968)
• 1904 – Viktor Brack, German SS officer (d. 1948)
• 1904 – Heiti Talvik, Estonian poet (d. 1947)
• 1905 – Erika Mann, German-Swiss actress and author (d. 1969)
• 1906 – Arthur Rudolph, German scientist and engineer (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Paulene Myers, American actress (d. 1996)
• 1914 – Thomas Berry, American priest, historian, and theologian (d. 2009)
• 1914 – Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-American actress and inventor (d. 2000)
• 1915 – André François, Romanian-French illustrator, painter, and sculptor (d. 2005)
• 1915 – Sargent Shriver, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st United States Ambassador to France (d. 2011)
• 1916 – Martha Settle Putney, American lieutenant, historian, and educator (d. 2008)
• 1918 – Spiro Agnew, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 39th Vice President of the United States (d. 1996)
• 1918 – Florence Chadwick, American swimmer (d. 1995)
• 1918 – Thomas Ferebee, American colonel (d. 2000)
• 1918 – Choi Hong Hi, South Korean general and martial artist, co-founded taekwondo (d. 2002)
• 1920 – Byron De La Beckwith, American assassin of Medgar Evers (d. 2001)
• 1920 – Philip G. Hodge, American engineer and academic (d. 2014)
• 1921 – Pierrette Alarie, Canadian soprano and actress (d. 2011)
• 1921 – Viktor Chukarin, Ukrainian gymnast and coach (d. 1984)
• 1922 – Dorothy Dandridge, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1965)
• 1922 – Raymond Devos, Belgian-French comedian and clown (d. 2006)
• 1922 – Imre Lakatos, Hungarian mathematician, philosopher, and academic (d. 1974)
• 1923 – Alice Coachman, American high jumper (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Elizabeth Hawley, American-Nepali journalist and historian
• 1923 – James Schuyler, American poet and author (d. 1991)
• 1924 – Robert Frank, Swiss-American photographer and director
• 1925 – Alistair Horne, English-American journalist, historian, and author (d. 2017)
• 1926 – Vicente Aranda, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1926 – Luis Miguel Dominguín, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1996)
• 1928 – Anne Sexton, American poet and academic (d. 1974)
• 1929 – Marc Favreau, Canadian actor and poet (d. 2005)
• 1929 – Imre Kertész, Hungarian author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)
• 1931 – Whitey Herzog, American baseball player and manager
• 1931 – George Witt, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
• 1931 – Valery Shumakov, Russian surgeon and transplantologist (d. 2008)
• 1933 – Ed Corney, American professional bodybuilder
• 1934 – Ingvar Carlsson, Swedish economist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1934 – Ronald Harwood, South African author, playwright, and screenwriter
• 1934 – Carl Sagan, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist (d. 1996)
• 1935 – Bob Gibson, American baseball player and manager
• 1935 – David Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Sunningdale, English businessman and politician
• 1936 – Bob Graham, American lawyer and politician, 38th Governor of Florida
• 1936 – Mikhail Tal, Latvian-Russian chess player and author (d. 1992)
• 1936 – Mary Travers, American singer-songwriter (d. 2009)
• 1937 – Roger McGough, English author, poet, and playwright
• 1937 – Donald Trelford, English journalist and academic
• 1937 – Clyde Wells, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Newfoundland
• 1938 – Ti-Grace Atkinson, American author and critic
• 1939 – Paul Cameron, American psychologist and academic
• 1939 – Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham, English academic and politician
• 1941 – David Constant, English cricketer and umpire
• 1941 – Tom Fogerty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1990)
• 1941 – John Singleton, Australian businessman
• 1942 – Victor Blank, English businessman and philanthropist
• 1942 – Tom Weiskopf, American golfer and sportscaster
• 1944 – Chitresh Das, Indian dancer and choreographer (d. 2015)
• 1944 – Phil May, English singer-songwriter
• 1945 – Moeletsi Mbeki, South African economist and academic
• 1946 – Benny Mardones, American singer-songwriter
• 1946 – Marina Warner, English author and academic
• 1947 – Robert David Hall, American actor, singer, and pianist
• 1948 – Bille August, Danish director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
• 1948 – Joe Bouchard, American bass player and songwriter
• 1948 – Jane Humphries, English economist, historian, and academic
• 1948 – Michel Pagliaro, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 – Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1950 – Parekura Horomia, New Zealand politician, 40th Minister of Māori Affairs (d. 2013)
• 1951 – Lou Ferrigno, American bodybuilder and actor
• 1952 – Sherrod Brown, American academic and politician
• 1952 – Jim Riggleman, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1953 – Gaétan Hart, Canadian boxer
• 1954 – Aed Carabao, Thai singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1955 – Fernando Meirelles, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 – Bob Nault, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1960 – Andreas Brehme, German footballer and manager
• 1960 – Demetra Plakas, American drummer
• 1960 – Sarah Franklin, American-English anthropologist and academic
• 1961 – Jill Dando, English journalist (d. 1999)
• 1964 – Robert Duncan McNeill, American actor, director, and producer
• 1965 – Daphne Guinness, English-Irish model and actress
• 1965 – Andrei Lapushkin, Russian footballer
• 1965 – Bryn Terfel, Welsh opera singer
• 1967 – Ricky Otto, English footballer
• 1968 – Nazzareno Carusi, Italian pianist and educator
• 1968 – Colin Hay, English political scientist, author, and academic
• 1969 – Sandra Denton, Jamaican-American rapper and actress
• 1969 – Ramona Milano, Canadian actress
• 1969 – Roxanne Shanté, American rapper
• 1969 – Allison Wolfe, American singer-songwriter
• 1970 – Nelson Diebel, American swimmer and coach
• 1970 – Domino, American DJ and producer
• 1970 – Guido Görtzen, Dutch volleyball player
• 1970 – Bill Guerin, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1970 – Chris Jericho, American-Canadian wrestler
• 1970 – Scarface, American rapper and producer
• 1970 – Susan Tedeschi, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1971 – David Duval, American golfer and sportscaster
• 1971 – Sabri Lamouchi, French footballer and manager
• 1972 – Eric Dane, American actor
• 1972 – Naomi Shindō, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1972 – Corin Tucker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1973 – Alyson Court, Canadian actress and producer
• 1973 – Nick Lachey, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1973 – Gabrielle Miller, Canadian actress and director
• 1973 – Zisis Vryzas, Greek footballer and coach
• 1974 – Alessandro Del Piero, Italian footballer
• 1974 – Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Italian actress
• 1975 – Gareth Malone, English singer and conductor
• 1976 – Tochiazuma Daisuke, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1977 – Chris Morgan, English footballer and manager
• 1977 – Omar Trujillo, Mexican footballer
• 1978 – Steven López, American martial artist
• 1978 – Even Ormestad, Norwegian bass player and producer
• 1978 – Sisqó, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1979 – Dave Bush, American baseball player
• 1979 – Adam Dunn, American baseball player
• 1979 – Martin Taylor, English footballer
• 1980 – James Harper, English footballer
• 1980 – Vanessa Lachey, Filipino-American television host and actress
• 1980 – Dominique Maltais, Canadian snowboarder
• 1981 – Eyedea, American rapper and producer (d. 2010)
• 1981 – Jobi McAnuff, Jamaican footballer
• 1982 – Boaz Myhill, American-Welsh footballer
• 1982 – Jana Pittman, Australian hurdler
• 1983 – Rob Elloway, German rugby player
• 1983 – Ted Potter, Jr., American golfer
• 1983 – Michael Turner, English footballer
• 1984 – Delta Goodrem, Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress
• 1984 – French Montana, Moroccan-American rapper
• 1984 – Seven, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor
• 1984 – Joel Zumaya, American baseball player
• 1985 – Bakary Soumaré, Malian footballer
• 1986 – Carl Gunnarsson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1987 – Raul Must, Estonian badminton player
• 1988 – Nikki Blonsky, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1988 – Josip Čorić, Croatian-Bosnian footballer
• 1988 – Cadeyrn Neville, Australian rugby player
• 1988 – Analeigh Tipton, American model, actress, and figure skater
• 1988 – Cheyenne Tozzi, Australian model and singer
• 1989 – Baptiste Giabiconi, French model and singer
• 1990 – Hodgy Beats, American rapper and producer
• 1990 – Nosa Igiebor, Nigerian footballer
• 1997 – Matthew Fisher, English cricketer

Deaths[edit]

• 959 – Constantine VII, Byzantine emperor (b. 905)
• 1034 – Oldřich, Duke of Bohemia (b. c. 975)
• 1187 – Emperor Gaozong of Song (b. 1107)
• 1208 – Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon (b. 1154)
• 1261 – Sanchia of Provence, queen consort of Germany
• 1286 – Roger Northwode, English statesman (b. 1230)
• 1312 – Otto III, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1261)
• 1321 – Walter Langton, bishop of Lichfield and treasurer of England (b. 1243)
• 1456 – Ulrich II, Count of Celje (b. 1406)
• 1492 – Jami, Persian poet (b. 1414)
• 1596 – George Peele, English translator, poet, and dramatist (b. 1556)
• 1623 – William Camden, English historian and topographer (b. 1551)
• 1641 – Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (b. 1610)
• 1677 – Aert van der Neer, Dutch painter (b. 1603)
• 1766 – Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer and diplomat (b. 1692)
• 1770 – John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll, Scottish general and politician (b. 1693)
• 1778 – Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1720)
• 1801 – Carl Stamitz, German-Czech violinist and composer (b. 1745)
• 1809 – Paul Sandby, English painter and cartographer (b. 1725)
• 1848 – Robert Blum, German poet and politician (b. 1810)
• 1880 – Edwin Drake, American businessman (b. 1819)
• 1911 – Howard Pyle, American author and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1918 – Guillaume Apollinaire, Italian-French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1880)
• 1918 – Peter Lumsden, English general (b. 1829)
• 1919 – Eduard Müller, Swiss lawyer and politician, 26th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1848)
• 1924 – Henry Cabot Lodge, American historian and politician (b. 1850)
• 1937 – Ramsay MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1866)
• 1938 – Vasily Blyukher, Russian marshal (b. 1889)
• 1940 – Stephen Alencastre, Portuguese-American bishop (b. 1876)
• 1940 – Neville Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1869)
• 1942 – Charles Courtney Curran, American painter (b. 1861)
• 1942 – Edna May Oliver, American actress (b. 1883)
• 1944 – Frank Marshall, American chess player and theoretician (b. 1877)
• 1951 – Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American pianist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1952 – Philip Murray, Scottish-American labor leader (b. 1886)
• 1952 – Chaim Weizmann, Belarusian-Israeli chemist, academic, and politician, 1st President of Israel (b. 1874)
• 1953 – Louise DeKoven Bowen, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1859)
• 1953 – Ibn Saud, Saudi Arabian king (b. 1880)
• 1953 – Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and author (b. 1914)
• 1956 – Aino Kallas, Finnish-Estonian author (b. 1878)
• 1957 – Peter O'Connor, Irish long jumper (b. 1872)
• 1962 – Dhondo Keshav Karve, Indian activist and academic (b. 1858)
• 1968 – Jan Johansson, Swedish pianist (b. 1931)
• 1970 – Charles de Gaulle, French general and politician, 18th President of France (b. 1890)
• 1971 – Maude Fealy, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1972 – Victor Adamson; American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1890)
• 1976 – Armas Taipale, Finnish discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1890)
• 1977 – Fred Haney, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1898)
• 1985 – Marie-Georges Pascal, French actress (b. 1946)
• 1988 – David Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and priest (b. 1924)
• 1988 – John N. Mitchell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 67th United States Attorney General (b. 1913)
• 1988 – Rosemary Timperley, English author and screenwriter (b. 1920)
• 1989 – Bill Neilson, Australian politician, 34th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1925)
• 1991 – Yves Montand, Italian-French actor (b. 1921)
• 1992 – Charles Fraser-Smith, English missionary and author (b. 1904)
• 1992 – William Hillcourt, Danish-American scout leader and author (b. 1900)
• 1992 – T. Sivasithamparam, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1926)
• 1993 – Ross Andru, American illustrator (b. 1925)
• 1996 – Joe Ghiz, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 27th Premier of Prince Edward Island (b. 1945)
• 1997 – Carl Gustav Hempel, German philosopher from the Vienna and the Berlin Circle (b. 1905)
• 1997 – Helenio Herrera, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (b. 1910)
• 1999 – Mabel King, American actress and singer (b. 1932)
• 2000 – Sherwood Johnston, American race car driver (b. 1927)
• 2000 – Eric Morley, English television host, founded Miss World (b. 1918)
• 2001 – Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and curator (b. 1924)
• 2001 – Giovanni Leone, Italian lawyer and politician, 6th President of Italy (b. 1908)
• 2002 – William Schutz, American psychologist and academic (b. 1925)
• 2003 – Art Carney, American actor and comedian (b. 1918)
• 2003 – Gordon Onslow Ford, English-American painter (b. 1912)
• 2003 – Binod Bihari Verma, Indian physician and author (b. 1937)
• 2004 – Iris Chang, American historian, journalist, and author (b. 1968)
• 2004 – Emlyn Hughes, English footballer and manager (b. 1947)
• 2004 – Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and author (b. 1954)
• 2005 – K. R. Narayanan, Indian journalist and politician, 10th President of India (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Ed Bradley, American journalist (b. 1941)
• 2006 – Ellen Willis, American journalist and activist (b. 1941)
• 2006 – Markus Wolf, German intelligence officer (b. 1923)
• 2008 – Hans Freeman, Australian bioinorganic chemist and protein crystallographer (b. 1929)
• 2008 – Huda bin Abdul Haq, Indonesian terrorist (b. 1960)
• 2008 – Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Indonesian terrorist (b. 1962)
• 2008 – Miriam Makeba, South African singer and activist (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Milan Čič, Slovak lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Slovak Socialist Republic (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Joseph D. Early, American soldier and politician (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Sergey Nikolsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1905)
• 2012 – James L. Stone, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Savaş Ay, Turkish journalist (b. 1954)
• 2013 – Helen Eadie, Scottish politician (b. 1947)
• 2013 – Grethe Rytter Hasle, Norwegian biologist and academic (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, American saxophonist (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Steve Prescott, English rugby player (b. 1973)
• 2013 – Emile Zuckerkandl, Austrian-American biologist and academic (b. 1922)
• 2014 – Rubén Alvarez, Argentinian golfer (b. 1961)
• 2014 – Saud bin Muhammed Al Thani, Qatari prince (b. 1966)
• 2014 – R. A. Montgomery, American author and publisher (b. 1936)
• 2014 – Myles Munroe, Bahamian pastor and author (b. 1954)
• 2014 – Orlando Thomas, American football player (b. 1972)
• 2014 – Joe Walsh, Irish politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (b. 1943)
• 2015 – Carol Doda, American actress and dancer (b. 1937)
• 2015 – Ernst Fuchs, Austrian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (b. 1930)
• 2015 – Tommy Hanson, American baseball player (b. 1986)
• 2015 – Byron Krieger, American fencer (b. 1920)
• 2015 – Andy White, Scottish drummer (b. 1930)
• 2016 – Greg Ballard, American basketball player and coach (b. 1955)

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These are the 15 most expensive homes for sale in New York City

New York City has no shortage of high-end real estate options for deep-pocketed buyers.StreetEasy/Zeckendorf Marketing

• The most expensive available listings in New York City range from $50 million to $85 million
• Many feature scenic views of Manhattan and vast amounts of indoor and outdoor space.
• Some of the most luxurious amenities include yachts, chef services, wine cellars, and steam rooms.

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New York City is no stranger to expensive homes and apartments, many of which have astronomical price-to-square-footage ratios.

While celebrities and billionaires continue to snatch up the city's most luxurious residences, sometimes as financial investments rather than living spaces, there are still plenty of options available for anyone with $50 million to spare.

These are the 15 most expensive listings currently available in New York City, according to Streeteasy.

15. 854 Fifth Avenue — $50 million

StreetEasy/Douglas Elliman

With nine floors and plenty of views of Central Park, this townhouse was designed by the architects behind Grand Central Station, who were inspired by the Palace of Versailles.

Source: StreetEasy

14. 219 East 44th Street — $53 million

StreetEasy/Town Residential

Featuring six units on the top seven floors of a 35-story building, this "mansion in the sky" penthouse has floor-to-ceiling windows that provide scenic views of Manhattan.

13. 4 East 66th Street — $55 million

StreetEasy/Brown Harris Stevens

Combining architectural styles from the 1920s with modern flourishes, this apartment features a private elevator and views of Central Park.

12. 151 East 58th Street — $57.5 million

StreetEasy/Douglas Elliman

This 9,000-square-foot duplex has 16 rooms, including five bedrooms and more than six bathrooms. It's currently owned by hedge funder Steve Cohen.

Source: Business Insider

11. 443 Greenwich Street — $58 million

StreetEasy/Cantor and Pecorella

Residents of this Tribeca condominium would have access to a 24-hour valet, 71-foot indoor swimming pool, 5,000-square-foot roof terrace, temperature-controlled wine cellar, private fitness studios, and a Hamam. 

10. 11-13 West 10th Street — $59.5 million

StreetEasy/Brown Harris Stevens

This massive Greenwich Village mansion has 16,560 square feet of indoor space and 5,690 square feet of outdoor space, which includes a garden, roof deck, and terrace. It's owned by former Bearn Sterns executive Warren Spector.

9. 56 Leonard Street — $61 million

StreetEasy/Compass

Floor-to-ceiling windows would give residents of this duplex penthouse panoramic views of New York City.

7 (tie). 100 East 53rd Street — $65 million

StreetEasy/Compass

This 6,760-square-foot penthouse is in a building that offers a 60-foot pool, yoga and pilates rooms, a sauna, steam room, library, culinary market, and five-star restaurant.

7 (tie). 995 Fifth Avenue — $65 million

StreetEasy/Sotheby's International Realty

Located right next to Central Park, this duplex penthouse has five wraparound terraces as part of its 4,817 square feet of outdoor space.

4 (tie). 50 United United Nations Plaza — $70 million

StreetEasy/Zeckendorf Marketing

This duplex penthouse would provide residents with views of the Manhattan skyline, the Chrysler and Empire State buildings, and the East River via a two-story bay window.

4 (tie). 795 Fifth Avenue — $70 million

StreetEasy/Brown Harris Stevens

Located at the top of the Pierre Hotel, this duplex apartment has a total of 14 rooms.

4 (tie). 157 West 57th Street — $70 million

StreetEasy/Sotheby's International Realty

This apartment has unique amenities, including a steam room, spa shower, and heated floors.

3. 834 Fifth Avenue — $76 million

StreetEasy/Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New York Properties

This massive home contains 22 rooms, seven full bathrooms, and a wine cellar across 12,000 square feet.

2. 432 Park Avenue — $82 million

StreetEasy/Douglas Elliman

Located in Midtown, this penthouse in New York's tallest residential building costs a staggering $9,933 per square foot.

1. 635 West 42nd Street — $85 million

Streeteasy

Owners of this apartment, which consists of the entire 45th floor of a condominium complex, would receive a staggering number of add-ons, including a yacht, Lamborghini Aventador Roadster, courtside season tickets for the Brooklyn Nets, a private chef, butler services, and mansion rental in the Hamptons.

Πέθανε ένα από τα  κορίτσια του Τζέιμς Μποντ 

Η βρετανίδα ηθοποιός Karin Dor, η οποία έγινε παγκόσμια 

γνωστή για τον ρόλο της ως «κορίτσι του Τζέημς Μποντ», 

στην ταινία «Για τα μάτια σου μόνο», πέθανε την Δευτέρα 

στο Μόναχο, σε ηλικία 79 ετών.

Στις δεκαετίες του 50, 60, 70 η Karin Dor έπαιζε σε δεκάδες ταινίες. Εγινε

γνωστό ως κορίτσι του Μποντ το 1967, αλλά έπαιξε και στην ταινία Topaz του

 Αλφρεντ Χίτσκοκ.

Τα είκοσι τελευταία χρόνια, η ηθοποιός έπαιζε μόνο στο θέατρο και είχε 

εγκαταλείψει τον κινηματογράφο.

Η Karin Dor άφησε την τελευταία της πνοή στο γηροκομείο που νοσηλευόταν, 

στο Μόναχο την περασμένη Δευτέρα, μετά από τραυματισμούς που της είχαν 

μείνει από ένα σοβαρό ατύχημα που είχε πέρσι το καλοκαίρι.

Πιο συγκεκριμένα, τον περασμένο Ιούλιο έπεσε κάτω, χτύπησε το κεφάλι της και

 έμεινε αναίσθητη για 15 λεπτά. Όταν ξύπνησε ήταν καλά, αλλά όσο πέρναγε

 ο καιρός ταλαιπωρούνταν από πονοκεφάλους και κόπωση. Τελικά, η

 κατάστασή της επιδεινώθηκε και πριν μερικές μέρες πέθανε στο γηροκομείο, που

 νοσηλευόταν.
 

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• 937 – Ten Kingdoms: Li Bian usurps the throne and deposes Emperor Yang Pu. The Wu State is replaced by Li (now called "Xu Zhigao"), who becomes the first ruler of Southern Tang.
• 1202 – Fourth Crusade: Despite letters from Pope Innocent III forbidding it and threatening excommunication, Catholic crusaders begin a siege of Zara (now Zadar, Croatia).
• 1293 – Raden Wijaya is crowned as the first monarch of Majapahit kingdom of Java, taking the throne name Kertarajasa Jayawardhana.
• 1444 – Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Władysław III of Poland (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Władysław III of Varna) are defeated by the Turks under Sultan Murad II and Władysław is killed.
• 1580 – After a three-day siege, the English Army beheads over 600 people, including papal soldiers and civilians, at Dún an Óir, Ireland.
• 1659 – Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maratha King kills Afzal Khan, Adilshahi in the battle popularly known as Battle of Pratapgarh. This is also recognised as the first defence of Swarajya.
• 1674 – Third Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New Netherland to England.
• 1702 – English colonists under the command of James Moore besiege Spanish St. Augustine during Queen Anne's War.
• 1766 – The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
• 1775 – The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.
• 1793 – A Goddess of Reason is proclaimed by the French Convention at the suggestion of Pierre Gaspard Chaumette.
• 1821 – Cry of Independence by Rufina Alfaro at La Villa de Los Santos, Panama setting into motion a revolt which led to Panama's independence from Spain and to it immediately becoming part of Colombia.
• 1847 – The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction of the Fastnet Rock lighthouse.
• 1865 – Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes.
• 1871 – Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".
• 1898 – Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.
• 1910 – The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, although the official founding date is November 23, 1910.
• 1918 – The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.
• 1919 – The first national convention of the American Legion is held in Minneapolis, ending two days later.
• 1940 – The 1940 Vrancea earthquake strikes Romania killing an estimated 1,000 and injuring approximately 4,000 more.
• 1942 – World War II: Germany invades Vichy France following French Admiral François Darlan's agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa.
• 1944 – The ammunition ship USS Mount Hood explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 and wounding 371.
• 1945 – Heavy fighting in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, today celebrated as Heroes' Day (Hari Pahlawan).
• 1951 – With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
• 1954 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington Ridge Park in Arlington County, Virginia.
• 1958 – The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
• 1969 – National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts Sesame Street.
• 1970 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization: For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia.
• 1971 – In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack the city of Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine aircraft.
• 1972 – Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama is hijacked and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the plane lands in Havana, Cuba, where the hijackers are jailed by Fidel Castro.
• 1975 – The 729-foot-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board.
• 1979 – A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in Mississauga, Ontario, just west of Toronto, causing a massive explosion and the largest peacetime evacuation in Canadian history and one of the largest in North American history.
• 1983 – Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0.
• 1989 – Longtime Bulgarian leader Todor Zhivkov is removed from office and replaced by Petar Mladenov.
• 1989 – Germans begin to tear down the Berlin Wall.
• 1995 – In Nigeria, playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, along with eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop), are hanged by government forces.
• 1997 – WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).
• 2002 – Veteran's Day Weekend Tornado Outbreak: A tornado outbreak stretching from Northern Ohio to the Gulf Coast, one of the largest outbreaks recorded in November. The strongest tornado, an F4, hits Van Wert, Ohio, during the early to mid afternoon and destroys a movie theater, which had been evacuated.
• 2006 – Sri Lankan Tamil politician Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo.
• 2006 – The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia is opened and dedicated by U.S. President George W. Bush, who announces that Marine Corporal Jason Dunham will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor.
• 2008 – Over five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the Phoenix mission concluded after communications with the lander were lost.
• 2009 – Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea.

Births[edit]

• 1278 – Philip I, Prince of Taranto (d. 1332)
• 1341 – Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English politician (d. 1408)
• 1433 – Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1477)
• 1480 – Bridget of York, English nun (d. 1517)
• 1483 – Martin Luther, German monk and priest, leader of the Protestant Reformation (d. 1546)
• 1489 – Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Wolfenbüttel (d. 1568)
• 1490 – John III, Duke of Cleves (d. 1539)
• 1520 – Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, Princess of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (d. 1580)
• 1547 – Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, Archbishop of Cologne (d. 1601)
• 1565 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1601)
• 1565 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish astronomer and theologian (d. 1646)
• 1577 – Jacob Cats, Dutch poet, jurist, and politician (d. 1660)
• 1584 – Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg (d. 1638)
• 1620 – Ninon de l'Enclos, French courtier and author (d. 1705)
• 1668 – François Couperin, French organist and composer (d. 1733)
• 1668 – Louis, Prince of Condé (d. 1710)
• 1695 – John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (d. 1771)
• 1697 – William Hogarth, English painter, illustrator, and critic (d. 1764)
• 1710 – Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish courtier, politician, and diplomat (d. 1792)
• 1728 – Oliver Goldsmith, Irish-English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1774)
• 1735 – Granville Sharp, English activist and scholar, co-founded the Sierra Leone Company (d. 1813)
• 1755 – Franz Anton Ries, German violinist and educator (d. 1846)
• 1759 – Friedrich Schiller, German poet, playwright, and historian (d. 1805)
• 1764 – Andrés Manuel del Rio, Spanish-Mexican scientist and discoverer of vanadium (d. 1849)
• 1779 – Anne-Marie Javouhey, French nun, founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny (d. 1851)
• 1801 – Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer and author (d. 1872)
• 1801 – Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (d. 1876)
• 1810 – George Jennings, English plumber and engineer, invented the flush toilet (d. 1882)
• 1834 – José Hernández, Argentinian journalist, poet, and politician (d. 1886)
• 1844 – Henry Eyster Jacobs, American educator and theologian (d. 1932)
• 1845 – John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1894)
• 1848 – Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (d. 1925)
• 1850 – Arthur Goring Thomas, English composer (d. 1892)
• 1851 – Richard Armstedt, German philologist, historian, and educator (d. 1931)
• 1858 – Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (d. 1928)
• 1868 – Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist and educator, founded Shotokan (d. 1957)
• 1869 – Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American assassin of Umberto I of Italy (d. 1901)
• 1871 – Winston Churchill, American author and painter (d. 1947)
• 1873 – Henri Rabaud, French conductor and composer (d. 1949)
• 1874 – Idabelle Smith Firestone, American composer and songwriter (d. 1954)
• 1878 – Cy Morgan, American baseball player (d. 1962)
• 1879 – Vachel Lindsay, American poet and educator (d. 1931)
• 1879 – Patrick Pearse, Irish lawyer, poet, teacher, and insurrectionist; executed for his role in the Easter Rising (d. 1916)
• 1880 – Jacob Epstein, American-English sculptor (d. 1959)
• 1884 – Zofia Nałkowska, Polish author and playwright (d. 1954)
• 1886 – Edward Joseph Collins, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1951)
• 1887 – Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Romanian engineer and academic (d. 1973)
• 1887 – Arnold Zweig, German author and activist (d. 1968)
• 1888 – Andrei Tupolev, Russian engineer and designer, founded the Tupolev Company (d. 1972)
• 1889 – Claude Rains, English-American actor (d. 1967)
• 1891 – Carl Stalling, American pianist and composer (d. 1972)
• 1893 – John P. Marquand, American author (d. 1960)
• 1894 – Boris Furlan, Slovenian lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1957)
• 1895 – József Mátyás Baló, Hungarian physician and academic (d. 1979)
• 1895 – Jack Northrop, American businessman, founded the Northrop Corporation (d. 1981)
• 1896 – Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
• 1906 – Josef Kramer, German SS officer (d. 1945)
• 1907 – Jane Froman, American actor and singer (d. 1980)
• 1907 – John Moore, English activist and author (d. 1967)
• 1908 – Noemí Gerstein, Argentinian sculptor and illustrator (d. 1996)
• 1908 – Charles Merritt, Canadian colonel and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)
• 1909 – Paweł Jasienica, Russian-Polish soldier, journalist, and historian (d. 1970)
• 1909 – Johnny Marks, American composer and songwriter (d. 1985)
• 1910 – Angelo Frattini, Italian sculptor (d. 1975)
• 1912 – Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (d. 1999)
• 1913 – Karl Shapiro, American poet and academic (d. 2000)
• 1916 – Louis le Brocquy, Irish painter and illustrator (d. 2012)
• 1916 – Billy May, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2004)
• 1918 – Ernst Otto Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
• 1919 – George Fenneman, American radio and television announcer (d. 1997)
• 1919 – Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and engineer, designed the AK-47 (d. 2013)
• 1919 – Moise Tshombe, Congolese accountant and politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 1969)
• 1920 – Ina Clough, English actress (d. 2003)
• 1920 – Rafael del Pino, Spanish businessman, founded the Ferrovial Company (d. 2008)
• 1923 – Hachikō, Japanese dog famous for his loyalty to his owner (d. 1935)
• 1924 – Bobby Limb, Australian comedian, actor, and bandleader (d. 1999)
• 1925 – Richard Burton, Welsh actor and singer (d. 1984)
• 1927 – Vaughn O. Lang, American general (d. 2014)
• 1927 – Sohei Miyashita, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (d. 2013)
• 1927 – Vedat Dalokay, Turkish architect and a former mayor of Ankara (d. 1991)
• 1928 – Ennio Morricone, Italian trumpet player, composer, and conductor
• 1929 – Marilyn Bergman, American composer and songwriter
• 1929 – W. E. B. Griffin, American soldier and author
• 1929 – Ninón Sevilla, Cuban-Mexican actress and dancer (d. 2015)
• 1931 – Lilly Pulitzer, American fashion designer (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Paul Bley, Canadian-American pianist and composer (d. 2016)
• 1932 – Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu, Turkish linguist, author, and academic (d. 1996)
• 1932 – Roy Scheider, American actor (d. 2008)
• 1932 – Arthur K. Snyder, American lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
• 1933 – Ronald Evans, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1990)
• 1933 – Seymour Nurse, Barbadian cricketer
• 1934 – Lucien Bianchi, Italian-Belgian race car driver (d. 1969)
• 1934 – Garry Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford, English sociologist and academic
• 1934 – A. Thurairajah, Sri Lankan engineer and academic (d. 1994)
• 1935 – Bernard Babior, American physician and biochemist (d. 2004)
• 1935 – Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Russian astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist
• 1939 – Anscar Chupungco, Filipino monk and theologian (d. 2013)
• 1939 – Tommy Facenda, American rock & roll singer and guitarist
• 1939 – Allan Moffat, Canadian-Australian race car driver
• 1940 – Richard Cotton, Australian geneticist and academic (d. 2015)
• 1940 – Screaming Lord Sutch, English singer-songwriter and politician (d. 1999)
• 1941 – John Geoghegan, American lieutenant (d. 1965)
• 1942 – Robert F. Engle, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1942 – James Hood, American activist (d. 2013)
• 1942 – Hans-Rudolf Merz, Swiss lawyer and politician, 92nd President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1943 – Saxby Chambliss, American lawyer and politician
• 1943 – Ross Warner, Australian rugby league player
• 1944 – Askar Akayev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician, 1st President of Kyrgyzstan
• 1944 – Mark E. Neely, Jr., American historian, author, and academic
• 1944 – Silvestre Reyes, American sergeant and politician
• 1944 – Tim Rice, English lyricist and author
• 1945 – Terence Davies, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1945 – Donna Fargo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 – Glen Buxton, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1997)
• 1947 – Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese commander and politician (d. 1982)
• 1947 – Greg Lake, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2016)
• 1947 – Dave Loggins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 – Aaron Brown, American journalist and academic
• 1948 – Shigesato Itoi, Japanese video game designer and voice actor, created EarthBound
• 1948 – Steven Utley, American author and poet (d. 2013)
• 1949 – Ann Reinking, American actress, dancer, and choreographer
• 1949 – Don Saleski, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1949 – Mustafa Denizli, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1950 – Debra Hill, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)
• 1950 – Bram Tchaikovsky, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 – Les Miles, American football player and coach
• 1954 – Kevin Spraggett, Canadian chess player
• 1954 – Bob Stanley, American baseball player and coach
• 1955 – Jack Clark, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1955 – Roland Emmerich, German director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1956 – Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian businessman and activist
• 1956 – Sinbad, American comedian, actor, and producer
• 1957 – Nigel Evans, Welsh politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
• 1958 – Deborah Cameron, English linguist, anthropologist, and academic
• 1958 – Stephen Herek, American director and producer
• 1958 – Omar Minaya, American baseball player and manager
• 1958 – Massimo Morsello, Italian singer-songwriter and activist (d. 2001)
• 1958 – Brooks Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 – Mackenzie Phillips, American actress
• 1959 – Michael Schröder, German footballer and manager
• 1960 – Neil Gaiman, English author, illustrator, and screenwriter
• 1960 – Dan Hawkins, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1960 – Naomi Kawashima, Japanese actress and singer (d. 2015)
• 1960 – Maeve Sherlock, English politician
• 1961 – Rudolf Grimm, German-Austrian physicist and academic
• 1961 – John Walton, English darts player
• 1962 – Bob Lindner, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1962 – Daniel Waters, American director and screenwriter
• 1963 – Hugh Bonneville, English actor
• 1963 – Mike McCarthy, American football player and coach
• 1963 – Mike Powell, American long jumper
• 1963 – Tommy Davidson, American actor and comedian
• 1964 – Kenny Rogers, American baseball player and coach
• 1965 – Jamie Dixon, American basketball player and coach
• 1965 – Eddie Irvine, Northern Irish race car driver
• 1965 – Robert Jones, Welsh rugby player and coach
• 1967 – Jackie Fairweather, Australian runner and coach (d. 2014)
• 1968 – Tracy Morgan, American comedian, actor, and producer
• 1968 – Tom Papa, American comedian, actor, television host
• 1969 – Faustino Asprilla, Colombian footballer and coach
• 1969 – Jens Lehmann, German footballer and actor
• 1969 – Ellen Pompeo, American actress and producer
• 1970 – Freddy Loix, Belgian race car driver
• 1970 – Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian footballer and manager
• 1970 – Warren G, American rapper and producer
• 1971 – Big Pun, American rapper (d. 2000)
• 1971 – Holly Black, American journalist, author, and poet
• 1971 – Walton Goggins, American actor and producer
• 1971 – Magnus Johansson, Swedish footballer
• 1971 – Niki Karimi, Iranian actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1971 – Terry Pearson, American baseball player
• 1972 – Virág Csurgó, Hungarian tennis player
• 1972 – Shawn Green, American baseball player
• 1972 – Greg LaRocca, American baseball player
• 1973 – Patrik Berger, Czech footballer
• 1973 – Marco Antonio Rodríguez, Mexican footballer and referee
• 1974 – Chris Lilley, Australian comedian and producer
• 1975 – Jim Adkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jimmy Eat World)
• 1975 – Markko Märtin, Estonian race car driver
• 1976 – Martin Åslund, Swedish footballer and sportscaster
• 1976 – Sergio González Soriano, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1976 – Steffen Iversen, Norwegian footballer
• 1976 – Shefki Kuqi, Finnish footballer and manager
• 1976 – Mike Leclerc, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Josh Barnett, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
• 1977 – Brittany Murphy, American actress (d. 2009)
• 1977 – Erik Nevland, Norwegian footballer
• 1978 – Ruth Davidson, Scottish politician
• 1978 – Jorge DePaula, Dominican baseball player
• 1978 – Eve, American rapper and producer
• 1978 – Kristian Huselius, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1978 – Drew McConnell, Irish bass player
• 1978 – David Paetkau, Canadian actor
• 1979 – Chris Joannou, Australian bass player
• 1979 – Anthony Réveillère, French footballer
• 1979 – Ragnvald Soma, Norwegian footballer
• 1980 – Danilo Belić, Serbian footballer
• 1980 – Troy Bell, American basketball player
• 1980 – Agustín De La Canal, Argentinian footballer
• 1980 – Jeroen Ketting, Dutch footballer
• 1980 – Donté Stallworth, American football player
• 1981 – Tony Blanco, Dominican baseball player
• 1981 – Jason Dunham, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2004)
• 1981 – Ezequiel Garré, Argentinian footballer
• 1981 – Paul Kipsiele Koech, Kenyan runner
• 1981 – Ryback, American wrestler
• 1981 – Miroslav Slepička, Czech footballer
• 1981 – Brett Tamburrino, Australian baseball player
• 1982 – Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Australian footballer
• 1982 – Chris Canty, American football player
• 1982 – Clayton Fortune, English footballer
• 1982 – Heather Matarazzo, American actress
• 1982 – Matt Pagnozzi, American baseball player
• 1982 – Rafael Rosell, Filipino actor and model
• 1983 – Brian Dinkelman, American baseball player
• 1983 – Dinko Felić, Norwegian footballer
• 1983 – Miranda Lambert, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1983 – Ryan Mattheus, American baseball player
• 1983 – Craig Smith, American basketball player
• 1983 – Marius Žaliūkas, Lithuanian footballer
• 1984 – Jarno Mattila, Finnish footballer
• 1984 – Ludovic Obraniak, Polish footballer
• 1984 – Kendrick Perkins, American basketball player
• 1985 – Ricki-Lee Coulter, New Zealand singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1985 – Daan Huiskamp, Dutch footballer
• 1985 – Aleksandar Kolarov, Serbian footballer
• 1985 – Cherno Samba, Gambian footballer
• 1985 – Krystian Trochowski, German rugby player
• 1986 – Aaron Crow, American baseball player
• 1986 – Will Hendry, English footballer
• 1986 – Josh Peck, American actor
• 1986 – Goran Jerković, French footballer
• 1986 – Stanislav Namașco, Moldovan footballer
• 1986 – Eric Thames, American baseball player
• 1986 – Samuel Wanjiru, Kenyan runner (d. 2011)
• 1987 – Sam Malsom, English footballer
• 1987 – Kana Oya, Japanese model and actress
• 1987 – Charles Hamilton, American rapper
• 1987 – Theo Peckham, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Massimo Coda, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Pauleen Luna, Filipino actress
• 1988 – Aiden Tolman, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 – Daniel Agyei, Ghanaian footballer
• 1989 – Luke Daley, English footballer
• 1989 – Taron Egerton, Welsh Actor
• 1989 – Matt Magill, American baseball player
• 1989 – Adrian Nikçi, Swiss footballer
• 1989 – Sarah Wells, Canadian hurdler
• 1990 – Andre Blackman, English footballer
• 1990 – Marcus Browne, American boxer
• 1990 – Aaron Murray, American football player
• 1990 – Robert Primus, Trinidadian footballer
• 1990 – Kristina Vogel, German track cyclist
• 1990 – Leo, South Korean singer
• 1992 – Marko Blaževski, Macedonian swimmer
• 1992 – Teddy Bridgewater, American football player
• 1992 – Marek Frimmel, Slovak footballer
• 1992 – Dimitri Petratos, Australian footballer
• 1992 – Rafał Wolski, Polish footballer
• 1992 – Wilfried Zaha, English footballer
• 1993 – Daieishō Hayato, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1994 – Zoey Deutch, American actress
• 1994 – Claudio Dias, English footballer
• 1995 – Ralfs Grīnbergs, Latvian ice hockey player
• 1999 – Kiernan Shipka, American actress

Deaths[edit]

• 461 – Pope Leo I (b. 400)
• 627 – Justus, Italian-English archbishop and saint
• 901 – Adelaide of Paris (b. 850)
• 948 – Zhao Yanshou, Chinese general and governor
• 1066 – John Scotus, bishop of Mecklenburg
• 1068 – Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine, regent of Aquitaine
• 1187 – Guðrøðr Óláfsson, King of the Isles
• 1241 – Pope Celestine IV
• 1258 – William de Bondington, Bishop of Glasgow
• 1290 – Al-Mansur Qalawun, Sultan of Egypt (b. c. 1222)
• 1293 – Isabella de Forz, Countess of Devon (b. 1237)
• 1299 – John I, Count of Holland (b. 1284)
• 1444 – Władysław III of Poland (b. 1424)
• 1549 – Pope Paul III (b. 1468)
• 1556 – Richard Chancellor, English explorer(b. c. 1521)
• 1617 – Barnabe Rich, English soldier and author (b. 1540)
• 1624 – Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (b. 1573)
• 1644 – Luis Vélez de Guevara, Spanish author and playwright (b. 1579)
• 1659 – Afzal Khan, Indian commander
• 1673 – Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (b. 1640)
• 1727 – Alphonse de Tonty, French-American sailor and explorer (b. 1659)
• 1728 – Fyodor Apraksin, Russian admiral (b. 1661)
• 1772 – Pedro Correia Garção, Portuguese poet and author (b. 1724)
• 1777 – Cornstalk, American tribal chief (b. 1720)
• 1808 – Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Irish-born English general and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (b. 1724)
• 1865 – Henry Wirz, Swiss-American captain (b. 1823)
• 1869 – John E. Wool, American general (b. 1784)
• 1887 – Louis Lingg, German-American carpenter and activist (b. 1864)
• 1891 – Arthur Rimbaud, French poet and educator (b. 1854)
• 1909 – George Essex Evans, Australian poet and educator (b. 1863)
• 1917 – Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (b. 1866)
• 1928 – Anita Berber, German dancer (b. 1899)
• 1936 – Louis Gustave Binger, French general and explorer (b. 1856)
• 1938 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Turkish field marshal and politician, 1st President of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1946 – Louis Zutter, Swiss gymnast (b. 1856)
• 1956 – Gordon MacQuarrie, American author and journalist (b. 1900)
• 1962 – Julius Lenhart, Austrian gymnast and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1963 – Klara Dan von Neumann, Hungarian-American computer scientist (b. 1911)
• 1971 – Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author and academic (b. 1909)
• 1975 – Ernest M. McSorley, Canadian-American captain (b. 1912)
• 1982 – Leonid Brezhnev, Ukrainian-Russian general and politician, 4th Head of State of the Soviet Union (b. 1906)
• 1984 – Xavier Herbert, Australian author (b. 1901)
• 1986 – Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician (b. 1916)
• 1986 – Gordon Richards, English jockey and manager (b. 1904)
• 1987 – Noor Hossain, Bangladeshi activist (b. 1961)
• 1990 – Aurelio Monteagudo, Cuban baseball player and manager (b. 1943)
• 1990 – Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist and academic (b. 1914)
• 1991 – William Afflis, American football player and wrestler (b. 1929)
• 1992 – Chuck Connors, American actor (b. 1921)
• 1994 – Carmen McRae, American singer, pianist, and actress (b. 1920)
• 1995 – Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and activist (b. 1941)
• 1998 – Mary Millar, English actress (b. 1936)
• 2000 – Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, 171st Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
• 2000 – Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French general and politician, 153rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1915)
• 2001 – Ken Kesey, American novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 1935)
• 2002 – Michel Boisrond, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2003 – Canaan Banana, Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (b. 1936)
• 2003 – Irv Kupcinet, American journalist and talk show host (b. 1912)
• 2004 – Katy de la Cruz, Filipino-American singer and actress (b. 1907)
• 2004 – Şeref Görkey, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1913)
• 2006 – Diana Coupland, English actress and singer (b. 1932)
• 2006 – Fokko du Cloux, Dutch mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1954)
• 2006 – Gerald Levert, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1966)
• 2006 – Jack Palance, American boxer and actor (b. 1919)
• 2006 – Nadarajah Raviraj, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1962)
• 2006 – Jack Williamson, American author, critic, and academic (b. 1908)
• 2007 – Laraine Day, American actress (b. 1920)
• 2007 – Augustus F. Hawkins, American engineer and politician (b. 1907)
• 2007 – Norman Mailer, American novelist and essayist (b. 1923)
• 2008 – Miriam Makeba, South African singer-songwriter, actress, and activist (b. 1932)
• 2008 – Wannes Van de Velde, Belgian singer and poet (b. 1937)
• 2008 – Kiyosi Itô, Japanese mathematician and academic (b. 1915)
• 2009 – Robert Enke, German footballer (b. 1977)
• 2009 – John Allen Muhammad, American spree killer (b. 1960)
• 2010 – Dino De Laurentiis, Italian-American actor, producer, and production manager (b. 1919)
• 2011 – Peter J. Biondi, American soldier and politician (b. 1942)
• 2011 – Ivan Martin Jirous, Czech poet (b. 1944)
• 2012 – John Louis Coffey, American lawyer and judge (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Mitsuko Mori, Japanese actress (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Piet van Zeil, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Vijaydan Detha, Indian author (b. 1926)
• 2013 – John Grant, Australian neurosurgeon (b. 1922)
• 2013 – John Matchefts, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Giorgio Orelli, Swiss poet and translator (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Josip Boljkovac, Croatian soldier and politician, 1st Croatia Minister of the Interior (b. 1920)
• 2014 – Wayne Goss, Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Premier of Queensland (b. 1951)
• 2014 – John Hans Krebs, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
• 2014 – Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, American surfer and physician (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Al Renfrew, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1924)
• 2015 – Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer, founded the Amdahl Corporation (b. 1922)
• 2015 – Pat Eddery, Irish jockey and trainer (b. 1952)
• 2015 – André Glucksmann, French philosopher and author (b. 1937)
• 2015 – Helmut Schmidt, German soldier, economist, and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1918)
• 2015 – Allen Toussaint, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1938)