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915 – Pope John X crowned Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor.
1775 – The USS Alfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.
1799 – War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Wiesloch: Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal Anton Sztáray defeats the French at Wiesloch.
1800 – War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden: French General Moreau decisively defeats the Archduke John of Austria near Munich. Coupled with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte's earlier victory at Marengo, this will force the Austrians to sign an armistice and end the war.
1800 – United States presidential election, 1800 The Elector College casts votes for President and Vice President that resulted in a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.
1818 – Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state.
1834 – The Zollverein (German Customs Union) begins the first regular census in Germany.
1854 – Battle of the Eureka Stockade: More than 20 gold miners at Ballarat, Victoria, are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences.
1898 – The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16-0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football.
1901 – In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt asks Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".
1904 – The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
1910 – Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
1912 – Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)
1919 – After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.
1920 – Following more than a month of Turkish–Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.
1927 – Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.
1944 – Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army.
1959 – The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.
1960 – The musical Camelot debuts at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. It will become associated with the Kennedy administration.
1964 – Free Speech Movement: Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest of the UC Regents' decision to forbid protests on UC property.
1967 – At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard carries out the first heart transplant on a human (53-year-old Louis Washkansky).
1971 – Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: Pakistan launches a pre-emptive strike against India and a full-scale war begins claiming hundreds of lives.
1973 – Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.
1976 – An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley. He is shot twice, and plays a concert two days later.
1979 – In Cincinnati, 11 fans are suffocated in a crush for seats on the concourse outside Riverfront Coliseum before a Who concert.
1979 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran.
1982 – A soil sample is taken from Times Beach, Missouri, that will be found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin.
1984 – Bhopal disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800 people outright and injures 150,000–600,000 others (some 6,000 of whom would later die from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.
1989 – Cold War: In a meeting off the coast of Malta, U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the Cold War between NATO and the Soviet Union may be coming to an end.
1992 – The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching A Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo.
1992 – A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague.
1994 – The PlayStation was released in Japan
1997 – In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.
1999 – NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
2005 – XCOR Aerospace makes the first manned rocket aircraft delivery of U.S. Mail in Kern County, California.
2007 – Winter storms cause the Chehalis River to flood many cities in Lewis County, Washington, and close a 20-mile portion of Interstate 5 for several days. At least eight deaths and billions of dollars in damages are blamed on the floods.
2009 – A suicide bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.
2012 – At least 475 people are killed after Typhoon Bopha makes landfall in the Philippines.
2014 – The Japanese space agency, JAXA, launches the space explorer Hayabusa 2 from the Tanegashima Space Center on a six-year round trip mission to an asteroid to collect rock samples.

Births[edit]

1368 – Charles VI of France (d. 1422)
1447 – Bayezid II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1512)
1483 – Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German theologian and Protestant reformer (d. 1565)
1560 – Jan Gruter, Dutch scholar and critic (d. 1627)
1590 – Daniel Seghers, Flemish Jesuit brother and painter (d. 1661)
1616 – John Wallis, English mathematician and cryptographer (d. 1703)
1684 – Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and writer (d. 1754)
1722 – Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian poet, composer, and philosopher (d. 1794)
1729 – Antonio Soler, Spanish composer and theorist (d. 1783)
1755 – Gilbert Stuart, American painter (d. 1828)
1793 – Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, English painter and academic (d. 1867)
1800 – France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (d. 1849)
1826 – George B. McClellan, American general and politician, 24th Governor of New Jersey (d. 1885)
1833 – Carlos Finlay, Cuban epidemiologist and physician (d. 1915)
1838 – Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (d. 1916)
1838 – Octavia Hill, English activist and author (d. 1912)
1838 – Princess Louise of Prussia (d. 1923)
1842 – Phoebe Hearst, American philanthropist and activist (d. 1919)
1842 – Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, founded the Pillsbury Company (d. 1899)
1842 – Ellen Swallow Richards, American chemist, ecologist, and educator (d. 1911)
1857 – Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist (d. 1924)
1857 – Mathilde Kralik, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1944)
1863 – Gussie Davis, African-American songwriter (d. 1899)
1864 – Herman Heijermans, Dutch author and playwright (d. 1924)
1867 – William John Bowser, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of British Columbia (d. 1933)
1872 – Arthur Charles Hardy, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate (d. 1962)
1872 – William Haselden, English cartoonist (d. 1953)
1875 – Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter and educator (d. 1955)
1878 – Francis A. Nixon, American businessman (d. 1956)
1879 – Albert Asher, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1965)
1879 – Charles Hutchison, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1949)
1879 – Kafū Nagai, Japanese author and playwright (d. 1959)
1879 – Donald Matheson Sutherland, Canadian physician and politician, 5th Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 1970)
1880 – Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (d. 1945)
1883 – Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1945)
1884 – Rajendra Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st President of India (d. 1963)
1884 – Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1965)
1886 – Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978)
1887 – Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Japanese general and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1990)
1891 – Thomas Farrell, American general (d. 1967)
1894 – Deiva Zivarattinam, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1975)
1895 – Anna Freud, Austrian-English psychologist and psychoanalyst (d. 1982)
1895 – Sheng Shicai, Chinese warlord (d. 1970)
1897 – William Gropper, American cartoonist and painter (d. 1977)
1899 – Hayato Ikeda, Japanese politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1965)
1899 – Howard Kinsey, American tennis player (d. 1966)
1900 – Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountaineer (d. 2004)
1900 – Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
1901 – Glenn Hartranft, American shot putter and discus thrower (d. 1970)
1901 – Mildred Wiley, American high jumper (d. 2000)
1902 – Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese captain and pilot (d. 1976)
1902 – Feliks Kibbermann, Estonian chess player and philologist (d. 1993)
1904 – Edgar Moon, Australian tennis player (d. 1976)
1905 – Les Ames, English cricketer (d. 1990)
1907 – Connee Boswell, American jazz singer (d. 1976)
1911 – Nino Rota, Italian pianist, composer, conductor, and academic (d. 1979)
1914 – Irving Fine, American composer and academic (d. 1962)
1918 – Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general and politician, 12th Indonesian Minister of Defence (d. 2000)
1919 – Charles Lynch, Canadian journalist and author (d. 1994)
1921 – Phyllis Curtin, American soprano and academic (d. 2016)
1921 – John Doar, American lawyer and activist (d. 2014)
1922 – Len Lesser, American actor (d. 2011)
1922 – Eli Mandel, Canadian poet, critic, and academic (d. 1992)
1922 – Sven Nykvist, Swedish director and cinematographer (d. 2006)
1923 – Trevor Bailey, English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2011)
1923 – Stjepan Bobek, Croatian-Serbian footballer and manager (d. 2010)
1923 – Moyra Fraser, Australian-English actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2009)
1924 – Wiel Coerver, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2011)
1924 – F. Sionil José, Filipino journalist, writer and author
1924 – Roberto Mieres, Argentinian race car driver and sailor (d. 2012)
1925 – Ferlin Husky, American country music singer (d. 2011)
1927 – Andy Williams, American singer (d. 2012)
1928 – Thomas M. Foglietta, American politician and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (d. 2004)
1928 – Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (d. 2014)
1929 – John S. Dunne, American priest and theologian (d. 2013)
1930 – Jean-Luc Godard, French-Swiss director and screenwriter
1930 – Raul M. Gonzalez, Filipino lawyer and politician, 42nd Filipino Secretary of Justice (d. 2014)
1930 – Yves Trudeau, Canadian sculptor
1931 – Franz Josef Degenhardt, German author and poet (d. 2011)
1931 – Jaye P. Morgan, American singer and actress
1932 – Takao Fujinami, Japanese lawyer and politician (d. 2007)
1933 – Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
1934 – Nicolas Coster, British-American actor
1934 – Viktor Gorbatko, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut
1934 – Abimael Guzmán, Peruvian philosopher and academic
1935 – Eddie Bernice Johnson, American nurse and politician
1937 – Bobby Allison, American race car driver and businessman
1937 – Morgan Llywelyn, American-Irish model and author
1937 – Binod Bihari Verma, Indian physician and author (d. 2003)
1938 – Jean-Claude Malépart, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989)
1938 – Sally Shlaer, American mathematician and engineer (d. 1998)
1939 – John Paul, Sr., Dutch-American race car driver
1939 – David Phillips, English chemist and academic
1940 – Jeffrey R. Holland, American academic and religious leader
1942 – Mike Gibson, Northern Irish-Irish rugby player
1942 – Pedro Rocha, Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1942 – Alice Schwarzer, German journalist and publisher, founded EMMA Magazine
1942 – David K. Shipler, American journalist and author
1943 – J. Philippe Rushton, English-Canadian psychologist and academic (d. 2012)
1943 – Joseph Franklin Ada, Guamanian lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Guam
1944 – Ralph McTell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944 – Craig Raine, English poet, author, and playwright
1948 – Jan Hrubý, Czech violinist and songwriter
1948 – Maxwell Hutchinson, English architect and television host
1948 – Ozzy Osbourne, English singer-songwriter
1949 – Heather Menzies, Canadian-American actress
1949 – Mickey Thomas, American singer-songwriter
1950 – Alberto Juantorena, Cuban runner
1951 – Mike Bantom, American basketball player and manager
1951 – Ray Candy, American wrestler and trainer (d. 1994)
1951 – Rick Mears, American race car driver
1951 – Mike Stock, English songwriter, record producer, and musician
1952 – Don Barnes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952 – Duane Roland, American guitarist and songwriter (Molly Hatchet) (d. 2006)
1953 – Franz Klammer, Austrian skier and race car driver
1953 – Rob Waring, American-Norwegian vibraphonist and contemporary composer
1954 – Grace Andreacchi, American-English author, poet, and playwright
1956 – Ewa Kopacz, Polish physician and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland
1957 – Maxim Korobov, Russian businessman and politician
1959 – Eamonn Holmes, Irish journalist and game show host
1960 – Daryl Hannah, American actress and producer
1960 – Igor Larionov, Russian ice hockey player
1960 – Julianne Moore, American actress and author
1960 – Mike Ramsey, American ice hockey player and coach
1962 – Richard Bacon, English banker, journalist, and politician
1962 – Nataliya Grygoryeva, Ukrainian hurdler
1963 – Joe Lally, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1963 – Terri Schiavo, American medical patient (d. 2005)
1964 – Darryl Hamilton, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
1965 – Andrew Stanton, American voice actor, director, producer, screenwriter
1965 – Katarina Witt, German figure skater and actress
1966 – Flemming Povlsen, Danish footballer and manager
1966 – Irina Zhuk, Russian figure skater and coach
1967 – Marie Françoise Ouedraogo, Burkinabé mathematician
1968 – Brendan Fraser, American actor and producer
1968 – Montell Jordan, American singer-songwriter and producer
1969 – Bill Steer, English guitarist and songwriter
1969 – Hal Steinbrenner, American businessman, co-owner of the New York Yankees
1970 – Paul Byrd, American baseball player
1970 – Lindsey Hunter, American basketball player and coach
1970 – Christian Karembeu, French footballer
1970 – Laura Schuler, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1971 – Frank Sinclair, English-Jamaican footballer and manager
1971 – Henk Timmer, Dutch footballer and manager
1971 – Vernon White, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
1972 – Danilo Goffi, Italian runner
1973 – Holly Marie Combs, American actress and producer
1974 – Lucette Rådström, Swedish journalist
1976 – Mark Boucher, South African cricketer
1976 – Gary Glover, American baseball player
1976 – Cornelius Griffin, American football player
1976 – Byron Kelleher, New Zealand rugby player
1976 – Tomotaka Okamoto, Japanese soprano
1977 – Chad Durbin, American baseball player
1977 – Troy Evans, American football player
1977 – Adam Małysz, Polish ski jumper and race car driver
1977 – Yelena Zadorozhnaya, Russian runner
1978 – Trina, American rapper and producer
1978 – Daniel Alexandersson, Swedish footballer
1978 – Jiří Bicek, Slovak ice hockey player
1978 – Bram Tankink, Dutch cyclist
1979 – Daniel Bedingfield, New Zealand-English singer-songwriter
1979 – Rock Cartwright, American football player
1980 – Anna Chlumsky, American actress
1980 – Jenna Dewan, American actress and dancer
1981 – Ioannis Amanatidis, Greek footballer
1981 – Tyjuan Hagler, American football player
1981 – Edwin Valero, Venezuelan boxer (d. 2010)
1981 – David Villa, Spanish footballer
1982 – Manny Corpas, Panamanian baseball player
1982 – Michael Essien, Ghanaian footballer
1982 – Dascha Polanco Dominican-American actress
1982 – Franco Sbaraglini, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
1983 – Stephen Donald, New Zealand rugby player
1983 – Sherri DuPree, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983 – Andy Grammer, American singer, songwriter, and record producer
1983 – James Ihedigbo, American football player
1983 – Aleksey Drozdov, Russian decathlete
1984 – Avraam Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
1985 – László Cseh, Hungarian swimmer
1985 – Mike Randolph, American soccer player
1985 – Amanda Seyfried, American actress
1985 – Robert Swift, American basketball player
1985 – Marcus Williams, American basketball player
1987 – Michael Angarano, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1987 – Erik Grönwall, Swedish singer-songwriter
1987 – Brian Robiskie, American football player
1987 – Alicia Sacramone, American gymnast
1988 – Melissa Aldana, Chilean saxophonist
1989 – Alex McCarthy, English footballer
1989 – Selçuk Alibaz, Turkish footballer
1989 – Tomasz Narkun, Polish mixed martial artist
1990 – Christian Benteke, Belgian footballer
1990 – Sharon Fichman, Canadian-Israeli tennis player
1991 – Ekaterine Gorgodze, Georgian tennis player
1992 – Cristian Ceballos, Spanish footballer

Deaths[edit]

311 – Diocletian, Roman emperor (b. 244)
649 – Birinus, French-English bishop and saint (b. 600)
860 – Abbo, bishop of Auxerre
937 – Siegfried, Frankish nobleman
978 – Abraham, Coptic pope of Alexandria
1038 – Emma of Lesum, Saxon countess and Saint
1099 – Saint Osmund (b. 1065)
1154 – Pope Anastasius IV (b. 1073)
1265 – Odofredus, Italian lawyer and jurist
1266 – Henry III the White, Duke of Wroclaw
1309 – Henry III, Duke of Głogów (b. 1251/60)
1322 – Maud Chaworth, Countess of Leicester (b. 1282)
1532 – Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (b. 1502)
1533 – Vasili III of Russia (b. 1479)
1542 – Jean Tixier de Ravisi, French scholar and academic (b. 1470)
1552 – Francis Xavier, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1506)
1592 – Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1545)
1610 – Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general and daimyo (b. 1548)
1668 – William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (b. 1591)
1706 – Countess Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen (b. 1637)
1765 – Lord John Sackville, English cricketer and politician (b. 1713)
1789 – Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (b. 1714)
1815 – John Carroll, American archbishop (b. 1735)
1876 – Samuel Cooper, American general (b. 1798)
1882 – Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1811)
1888 – Carl Zeiss, German physicist and lens maker, created the optical instrument (b. 1816)
1890 – Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
1892 – Afanasy Fet, Russian author and poet (b. 1820)
1894 – Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (b. 1850)
1902 – Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (b. 1833)
1904 – David Bratton, American water polo player (b. 1869)
1910 – Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (b. 1821)
1912 – Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (b. 1841)
1917 – Harold Garnett, English-French cricketer (b. 1879)
1919 – Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (b. 1841)
1928 – Ezra Meeker, American farmer and politician (b. 1830)
1934 – Charles James O'Donnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1849)
1935 – Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1868)
1941 – Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet (b. 1883)
1949 – Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and educator (b. 1876)
1952 – Rudolf Margolius, Czech lawyer and politician (b. 1913)
1956 – Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1908)
1956 – Alexander Rodchenko, Russian sculptor, photographer, and graphic designer (b. 1891)
1967 – Harry Wismer, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1913)
1972 – William Manuel Johnson, American bassist (b. 1872)
1973 – Emile Christian, American trombonist, cornet player, and composer (b. 1895)
1979 – Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player and coach (b. 1905)
1980 – Oswald Mosley, English lieutenant, fascist, and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1896)
1981 – Walter Knott, American farmer, founded Knott's Berry Farm (b. 1889)
1984 – Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1919)
1989 – Fernando Martín Espina, Spanish basketball player (b. 1962)
1989 – Connie B. Gay, American businessman, founded the Country Music Association (b. 1914)
1993 – Lewis Thomas, American physician, etymologist, and academic (b. 1913)
1996 – Georges Duby, French historian and author (b. 1919)
1998 – Pierre Hétu, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1936)
1999 – John Archer, American actor (b. 1915)
1999 – Scatman John, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1942)
1999 – Madeline Kahn, American actress, comedian, and singer (b. 1942)
1999 – Horst Mahseli, Polish footballer (b. 1934)
1999 – Jarl Wahlström, Finnish 12th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1918)
2000 – Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet and educator (b. 1917)
2000 – Hoyt Curtin, American composer and producer (b. 1922)
2002 – Adrienne Adams, American illustrator (b. 1906)
2002 – Glenn Quinn, Irish-American actor (b. 1970)
2003 – David Hemmings, English actor (b. 1941)
2004 – Shiing-Shen Chern, Chinese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1911)
2005 – Frederick Ashworth, American admiral (b. 1912)
2005 – Herb Moford, American baseball player (b. 1928)
2007 – James Kemsley, Australian cartoonist and actor (b. 1948)
2008 – Robert Zajonc, Polish-American psychologist and author (b. 1923)
2009 – Leila Lopes, Brazilian actress and journalist (b. 1959)
2009 – Richard Todd, Irish-born British soldier and actor (b. 1919)
2010 – Abdumalik Bahori, Azerbaijani poet and author (b. 1927)
2011 – Dev Anand, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)
2012 – Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, Iraqi-Lebanese archbishop (b. 1938)
2012 – Kuntal Chandra, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984)
2012 – Fyodor Khitruk, Russian animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
2012 – Diego Mendieta, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1980)
2012 – Janet Shaw, Australian cyclist and author (b. 1966)
2013 – Paul Aussaresses, French general (b. 1918)
2013 – Reda Mahmoud Hafez Mohamed, Egyptian air marshal (b. 1952)
2013 – Ahmed Fouad Negm, Egyptian poet and educator (b. 1929)
2014 – Herman Badillo, Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician (b. 1929)
2014 – Jacques Barrot, French politician, French European Commissioner (b. 1937)
2014 – Nathaniel Branden, Canadian–American psychotherapist and author (b. 1930)
2014 – Ian McLagan, English-American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1945)
2014 – James Stewart, Canadian mathematician and academic (b. 1941)
2015 – Gladstone Anderson, Jamaican singer and pianist (b. 1934)
2015 – Eevi Huttunen, Finnish speed skater (b. 1922)
2015 – Scott Weiland, American singer-songwriter (b. 1967)

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915 – Pope John X crowned Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor.
1775 – The USS Alfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.
1799 – War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Wiesloch: Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal Anton Sztáray defeats the French at Wiesloch.
1800 – War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden: French General Moreau decisively defeats the Archduke John of Austria near Munich. Coupled with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte's earlier victory at Marengo, this will force the Austrians to sign an armistice and end the war.
1800 – United States presidential election, 1800 The Elector College casts votes for President and Vice President that resulted in a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.
1818 – Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state.
1834 – The Zollverein (German Customs Union) begins the first regular census in Germany.
1854 – Battle of the Eureka Stockade: More than 20 gold miners at Ballarat, Victoria, are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences.
1898 – The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16-0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football.
1901 – In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt asks Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".
1904 – The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
1910 – Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
1912 – Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)
1919 – After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.
1920 – Following more than a month of Turkish–Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.
1927 – Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.
1944 – Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army.
1959 – The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.
1960 – The musical Camelot debuts at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. It will become associated with the Kennedy administration.
1964 – Free Speech Movement: Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest of the UC Regents' decision to forbid protests on UC property.
1967 – At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard carries out the first heart transplant on a human (53-year-old Louis Washkansky).
1971 – Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: Pakistan launches a pre-emptive strike against India and a full-scale war begins claiming hundreds of lives.
1973 – Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.
1976 – An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley. He is shot twice, and plays a concert two days later.
1979 – In Cincinnati, 11 fans are suffocated in a crush for seats on the concourse outside Riverfront Coliseum before a Who concert.
1979 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran.
1982 – A soil sample is taken from Times Beach, Missouri, that will be found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin.
1984 – Bhopal disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800 people outright and injures 150,000–600,000 others (some 6,000 of whom would later die from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.
1989 – Cold War: In a meeting off the coast of Malta, U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the Cold War between NATO and the Soviet Union may be coming to an end.
1992 – The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching A Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo.
1992 – A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague.
1994 – The PlayStation was released in Japan
1997 – In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.
1999 – NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
2005 – XCOR Aerospace makes the first manned rocket aircraft delivery of U.S. Mail in Kern County, California.
2007 – Winter storms cause the Chehalis River to flood many cities in Lewis County, Washington, and close a 20-mile portion of Interstate 5 for several days. At least eight deaths and billions of dollars in damages are blamed on the floods.
2009 – A suicide bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.
2012 – At least 475 people are killed after Typhoon Bopha makes landfall in the Philippines.
2014 – The Japanese space agency, JAXA, launches the space explorer Hayabusa 2 from the Tanegashima Space Center on a six-year round trip mission to an asteroid to collect rock samples.

Births[edit]

1368 – Charles VI of France (d. 1422)
1447 – Bayezid II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1512)
1483 – Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German theologian and Protestant reformer (d. 1565)
1560 – Jan Gruter, Dutch scholar and critic (d. 1627)
1590 – Daniel Seghers, Flemish Jesuit brother and painter (d. 1661)
1616 – John Wallis, English mathematician and cryptographer (d. 1703)
1684 – Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and writer (d. 1754)
1722 – Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian poet, composer, and philosopher (d. 1794)
1729 – Antonio Soler, Spanish composer and theorist (d. 1783)
1755 – Gilbert Stuart, American painter (d. 1828)
1793 – Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, English painter and academic (d. 1867)
1800 – France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (d. 1849)
1826 – George B. McClellan, American general and politician, 24th Governor of New Jersey (d. 1885)
1833 – Carlos Finlay, Cuban epidemiologist and physician (d. 1915)
1838 – Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (d. 1916)
1838 – Octavia Hill, English activist and author (d. 1912)
1838 – Princess Louise of Prussia (d. 1923)
1842 – Phoebe Hearst, American philanthropist and activist (d. 1919)
1842 – Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, founded the Pillsbury Company (d. 1899)
1842 – Ellen Swallow Richards, American chemist, ecologist, and educator (d. 1911)
1857 – Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist (d. 1924)
1857 – Mathilde Kralik, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1944)
1863 – Gussie Davis, African-American songwriter (d. 1899)
1864 – Herman Heijermans, Dutch author and playwright (d. 1924)
1867 – William John Bowser, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of British Columbia (d. 1933)
1872 – Arthur Charles Hardy, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate (d. 1962)
1872 – William Haselden, English cartoonist (d. 1953)
1875 – Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter and educator (d. 1955)
1878 – Francis A. Nixon, American businessman (d. 1956)
1879 – Albert Asher, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1965)
1879 – Charles Hutchison, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1949)
1879 – Kafū Nagai, Japanese author and playwright (d. 1959)
1879 – Donald Matheson Sutherland, Canadian physician and politician, 5th Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 1970)
1880 – Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (d. 1945)
1883 – Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1945)
1884 – Rajendra Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st President of India (d. 1963)
1884 – Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1965)
1886 – Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978)
1887 – Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Japanese general and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1990)
1891 – Thomas Farrell, American general (d. 1967)
1894 – Deiva Zivarattinam, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1975)
1895 – Anna Freud, Austrian-English psychologist and psychoanalyst (d. 1982)
1895 – Sheng Shicai, Chinese warlord (d. 1970)
1897 – William Gropper, American cartoonist and painter (d. 1977)
1899 – Hayato Ikeda, Japanese politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1965)
1899 – Howard Kinsey, American tennis player (d. 1966)
1900 – Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountaineer (d. 2004)
1900 – Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
1901 – Glenn Hartranft, American shot putter and discus thrower (d. 1970)
1901 – Mildred Wiley, American high jumper (d. 2000)
1902 – Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese captain and pilot (d. 1976)
1902 – Feliks Kibbermann, Estonian chess player and philologist (d. 1993)
1904 – Edgar Moon, Australian tennis player (d. 1976)
1905 – Les Ames, English cricketer (d. 1990)
1907 – Connee Boswell, American jazz singer (d. 1976)
1911 – Nino Rota, Italian pianist, composer, conductor, and academic (d. 1979)
1914 – Irving Fine, American composer and academic (d. 1962)
1918 – Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general and politician, 12th Indonesian Minister of Defence (d. 2000)
1919 – Charles Lynch, Canadian journalist and author (d. 1994)
1921 – Phyllis Curtin, American soprano and academic (d. 2016)
1921 – John Doar, American lawyer and activist (d. 2014)
1922 – Len Lesser, American actor (d. 2011)
1922 – Eli Mandel, Canadian poet, critic, and academic (d. 1992)
1922 – Sven Nykvist, Swedish director and cinematographer (d. 2006)
1923 – Trevor Bailey, English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2011)
1923 – Stjepan Bobek, Croatian-Serbian footballer and manager (d. 2010)
1923 – Moyra Fraser, Australian-English actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2009)
1924 – Wiel Coerver, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2011)
1924 – F. Sionil José, Filipino journalist, writer and author
1924 – Roberto Mieres, Argentinian race car driver and sailor (d. 2012)
1925 – Ferlin Husky, American country music singer (d. 2011)
1927 – Andy Williams, American singer (d. 2012)
1928 – Thomas M. Foglietta, American politician and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (d. 2004)
1928 – Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (d. 2014)
1929 – John S. Dunne, American priest and theologian (d. 2013)
1930 – Jean-Luc Godard, French-Swiss director and screenwriter
1930 – Raul M. Gonzalez, Filipino lawyer and politician, 42nd Filipino Secretary of Justice (d. 2014)
1930 – Yves Trudeau, Canadian sculptor
1931 – Franz Josef Degenhardt, German author and poet (d. 2011)
1931 – Jaye P. Morgan, American singer and actress
1932 – Takao Fujinami, Japanese lawyer and politician (d. 2007)
1933 – Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
1934 – Nicolas Coster, British-American actor
1934 – Viktor Gorbatko, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut
1934 – Abimael Guzmán, Peruvian philosopher and academic
1935 – Eddie Bernice Johnson, American nurse and politician
1937 – Bobby Allison, American race car driver and businessman
1937 – Morgan Llywelyn, American-Irish model and author
1937 – Binod Bihari Verma, Indian physician and author (d. 2003)
1938 – Jean-Claude Malépart, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989)
1938 – Sally Shlaer, American mathematician and engineer (d. 1998)
1939 – John Paul, Sr., Dutch-American race car driver
1939 – David Phillips, English chemist and academic
1940 – Jeffrey R. Holland, American academic and religious leader
1942 – Mike Gibson, Northern Irish-Irish rugby player
1942 – Pedro Rocha, Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1942 – Alice Schwarzer, German journalist and publisher, founded EMMA Magazine
1942 – David K. Shipler, American journalist and author
1943 – J. Philippe Rushton, English-Canadian psychologist and academic (d. 2012)
1943 – Joseph Franklin Ada, Guamanian lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Guam
1944 – Ralph McTell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944 – Craig Raine, English poet, author, and playwright
1948 – Jan Hrubý, Czech violinist and songwriter
1948 – Maxwell Hutchinson, English architect and television host
1948 – Ozzy Osbourne, English singer-songwriter
1949 – Heather Menzies, Canadian-American actress
1949 – Mickey Thomas, American singer-songwriter
1950 – Alberto Juantorena, Cuban runner
1951 – Mike Bantom, American basketball player and manager
1951 – Ray Candy, American wrestler and trainer (d. 1994)
1951 – Rick Mears, American race car driver
1951 – Mike Stock, English songwriter, record producer, and musician
1952 – Don Barnes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952 – Duane Roland, American guitarist and songwriter (Molly Hatchet) (d. 2006)
1953 – Franz Klammer, Austrian skier and race car driver
1953 – Rob Waring, American-Norwegian vibraphonist and contemporary composer
1954 – Grace Andreacchi, American-English author, poet, and playwright
1956 – Ewa Kopacz, Polish physician and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland
1957 – Maxim Korobov, Russian businessman and politician
1959 – Eamonn Holmes, Irish journalist and game show host
1960 – Daryl Hannah, American actress and producer
1960 – Igor Larionov, Russian ice hockey player
1960 – Julianne Moore, American actress and author
1960 – Mike Ramsey, American ice hockey player and coach
1962 – Richard Bacon, English banker, journalist, and politician
1962 – Nataliya Grygoryeva, Ukrainian hurdler
1963 – Joe Lally, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1963 – Terri Schiavo, American medical patient (d. 2005)
1964 – Darryl Hamilton, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
1965 – Andrew Stanton, American voice actor, director, producer, screenwriter
1965 – Katarina Witt, German figure skater and actress
1966 – Flemming Povlsen, Danish footballer and manager
1966 – Irina Zhuk, Russian figure skater and coach
1967 – Marie Françoise Ouedraogo, Burkinabé mathematician
1968 – Brendan Fraser, American actor and producer
1968 – Montell Jordan, American singer-songwriter and producer
1969 – Bill Steer, English guitarist and songwriter
1969 – Hal Steinbrenner, American businessman, co-owner of the New York Yankees
1970 – Paul Byrd, American baseball player
1970 – Lindsey Hunter, American basketball player and coach
1970 – Christian Karembeu, French footballer
1970 – Laura Schuler, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1971 – Frank Sinclair, English-Jamaican footballer and manager
1971 – Henk Timmer, Dutch footballer and manager
1971 – Vernon White, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
1972 – Danilo Goffi, Italian runner
1973 – Holly Marie Combs, American actress and producer
1974 – Lucette Rådström, Swedish journalist
1976 – Mark Boucher, South African cricketer
1976 – Gary Glover, American baseball player
1976 – Cornelius Griffin, American football player
1976 – Byron Kelleher, New Zealand rugby player
1976 – Tomotaka Okamoto, Japanese soprano
1977 – Chad Durbin, American baseball player
1977 – Troy Evans, American football player
1977 – Adam Małysz, Polish ski jumper and race car driver
1977 – Yelena Zadorozhnaya, Russian runner
1978 – Trina, American rapper and producer
1978 – Daniel Alexandersson, Swedish footballer
1978 – Jiří Bicek, Slovak ice hockey player
1978 – Bram Tankink, Dutch cyclist
1979 – Daniel Bedingfield, New Zealand-English singer-songwriter
1979 – Rock Cartwright, American football player
1980 – Anna Chlumsky, American actress
1980 – Jenna Dewan, American actress and dancer
1981 – Ioannis Amanatidis, Greek footballer
1981 – Tyjuan Hagler, American football player
1981 – Edwin Valero, Venezuelan boxer (d. 2010)
1981 – David Villa, Spanish footballer
1982 – Manny Corpas, Panamanian baseball player
1982 – Michael Essien, Ghanaian footballer
1982 – Dascha Polanco Dominican-American actress
1982 – Franco Sbaraglini, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
1983 – Stephen Donald, New Zealand rugby player
1983 – Sherri DuPree, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983 – Andy Grammer, American singer, songwriter, and record producer
1983 – James Ihedigbo, American football player
1983 – Aleksey Drozdov, Russian decathlete
1984 – Avraam Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
1985 – László Cseh, Hungarian swimmer
1985 – Mike Randolph, American soccer player
1985 – Amanda Seyfried, American actress
1985 – Robert Swift, American basketball player
1985 – Marcus Williams, American basketball player
1987 – Michael Angarano, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1987 – Erik Grönwall, Swedish singer-songwriter
1987 – Brian Robiskie, American football player
1987 – Alicia Sacramone, American gymnast
1988 – Melissa Aldana, Chilean saxophonist
1989 – Alex McCarthy, English footballer
1989 – Selçuk Alibaz, Turkish footballer
1989 – Tomasz Narkun, Polish mixed martial artist
1990 – Christian Benteke, Belgian footballer
1990 – Sharon Fichman, Canadian-Israeli tennis player
1991 – Ekaterine Gorgodze, Georgian tennis player
1992 – Cristian Ceballos, Spanish footballer

Deaths[edit]

311 – Diocletian, Roman emperor (b. 244)
649 – Birinus, French-English bishop and saint (b. 600)
860 – Abbo, bishop of Auxerre
937 – Siegfried, Frankish nobleman
978 – Abraham, Coptic pope of Alexandria
1038 – Emma of Lesum, Saxon countess and Saint
1099 – Saint Osmund (b. 1065)
1154 – Pope Anastasius IV (b. 1073)
1265 – Odofredus, Italian lawyer and jurist
1266 – Henry III the White, Duke of Wroclaw
1309 – Henry III, Duke of Głogów (b. 1251/60)
1322 – Maud Chaworth, Countess of Leicester (b. 1282)
1532 – Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (b. 1502)
1533 – Vasili III of Russia (b. 1479)
1542 – Jean Tixier de Ravisi, French scholar and academic (b. 1470)
1552 – Francis Xavier, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1506)
1592 – Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1545)
1610 – Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general and daimyo (b. 1548)
1668 – William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (b. 1591)
1706 – Countess Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen (b. 1637)
1765 – Lord John Sackville, English cricketer and politician (b. 1713)
1789 – Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (b. 1714)
1815 – John Carroll, American archbishop (b. 1735)
1876 – Samuel Cooper, American general (b. 1798)
1882 – Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1811)
1888 – Carl Zeiss, German physicist and lens maker, created the optical instrument (b. 1816)
1890 – Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
1892 – Afanasy Fet, Russian author and poet (b. 1820)
1894 – Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (b. 1850)
1902 – Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (b. 1833)
1904 – David Bratton, American water polo player (b. 1869)
1910 – Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (b. 1821)
1912 – Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (b. 1841)
1917 – Harold Garnett, English-French cricketer (b. 1879)
1919 – Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (b. 1841)
1928 – Ezra Meeker, American farmer and politician (b. 1830)
1934 – Charles James O'Donnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1849)
1935 – Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1868)
1941 – Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet (b. 1883)
1949 – Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and educator (b. 1876)
1952 – Rudolf Margolius, Czech lawyer and politician (b. 1913)
1956 – Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1908)
1956 – Alexander Rodchenko, Russian sculptor, photographer, and graphic designer (b. 1891)
1967 – Harry Wismer, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1913)
1972 – William Manuel Johnson, American bassist (b. 1872)
1973 – Emile Christian, American trombonist, cornet player, and composer (b. 1895)
1979 – Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player and coach (b. 1905)
1980 – Oswald Mosley, English lieutenant, fascist, and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1896)
1981 – Walter Knott, American farmer, founded Knott's Berry Farm (b. 1889)
1984 – Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1919)
1989 – Fernando Martín Espina, Spanish basketball player (b. 1962)
1989 – Connie B. Gay, American businessman, founded the Country Music Association (b. 1914)
1993 – Lewis Thomas, American physician, etymologist, and academic (b. 1913)
1996 – Georges Duby, French historian and author (b. 1919)
1998 – Pierre Hétu, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1936)
1999 – John Archer, American actor (b. 1915)
1999 – Scatman John, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1942)
1999 – Madeline Kahn, American actress, comedian, and singer (b. 1942)
1999 – Horst Mahseli, Polish footballer (b. 1934)
1999 – Jarl Wahlström, Finnish 12th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1918)
2000 – Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet and educator (b. 1917)
2000 – Hoyt Curtin, American composer and producer (b. 1922)
2002 – Adrienne Adams, American illustrator (b. 1906)
2002 – Glenn Quinn, Irish-American actor (b. 1970)
2003 – David Hemmings, English actor (b. 1941)
2004 – Shiing-Shen Chern, Chinese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1911)
2005 – Frederick Ashworth, American admiral (b. 1912)
2005 – Herb Moford, American baseball player (b. 1928)
2007 – James Kemsley, Australian cartoonist and actor (b. 1948)
2008 – Robert Zajonc, Polish-American psychologist and author (b. 1923)
2009 – Leila Lopes, Brazilian actress and journalist (b. 1959)
2009 – Richard Todd, Irish-born British soldier and actor (b. 1919)
2010 – Abdumalik Bahori, Azerbaijani poet and author (b. 1927)
2011 – Dev Anand, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)
2012 – Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, Iraqi-Lebanese archbishop (b. 1938)
2012 – Kuntal Chandra, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984)
2012 – Fyodor Khitruk, Russian animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
2012 – Diego Mendieta, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1980)
2012 – Janet Shaw, Australian cyclist and author (b. 1966)
2013 – Paul Aussaresses, French general (b. 1918)
2013 – Reda Mahmoud Hafez Mohamed, Egyptian air marshal (b. 1952)
2013 – Ahmed Fouad Negm, Egyptian poet and educator (b. 1929)
2014 – Herman Badillo, Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician (b. 1929)
2014 – Jacques Barrot, French politician, French European Commissioner (b. 1937)
2014 – Nathaniel Branden, Canadian–American psychotherapist and author (b. 1930)
2014 – Ian McLagan, English-American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1945)
2014 – James Stewart, Canadian mathematician and academic (b. 1941)
2015 – Gladstone Anderson, Jamaican singer and pianist (b. 1934)
2015 – Eevi Huttunen, Finnish speed skater (b. 1922)
2015 – Scott Weiland, American singer-songwriter (b. 1967)

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December 3rd: On this Day

1955, Elvis Presley's first release on RCA Victor Records was announced. The first two songs ‘Mystery Train’ and ‘I Forgot to Remember to Forget’ had been purchased from Sam Phillips of Sun Records. Elvis was described by his new record company as 'The most talked about personality in recorded music in the last 10 years.'

1956, Guy Mitchell was at No.1 on the US singles chart with his version of 'Singing The Blues', which spent nine weeks at the top of the charts. Two other charting versions of the song were released almost simultaneously with Mitchell's, one by UK singer Tommy Steele (with the Steelmen) and the other by US country singer Marty Robbins.

1961, Brian Epstein invited The Beatles into his office to discuss the possibility of becoming their manager. John Lennon, George Harrison and Pete Best arrived late for the 4pm meeting, (they had been drinking at the Grapes pub in Matthew Street), but Paul McCartney was not with them, because, as Harrison explained, he had just got up and was "taking a bath".

1964, The Rolling Stones had their second UK No.1 single with their version of 'Little Red Rooster'. The Stones had recorded the song at Chess Studios in Chicago, the same studios where Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters and Little Walter had recorded their blues classics.

1964,

1965, Rolling Stone Keith Richards was knocked unconscious by an electric shock on stage at the Memorial Hall In Sacramento, California, when his guitar made contact with his microphone.

1965, The Beatles set out on what would be their last ever UK tour at Glasgow's Odeon Cinema. Also on the bill, The Moody Blues The Koobas and Beryl Marsden. The last show was at Cardiff's Capitol Cinema on 12th December.

1966, British act The New Vaudeville Band started a three-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Winchester Cathedral'. A No.4 hit in the UK.

1966, Ray Charles was given a five year suspended prison sentence and a $10,000 fine after being convicted of possessing heroin and marijuana.

1966, The Monkees made their live debut at the International Arena, Honolulu. The massive success of the TV series and its spin-off records had created intense pressure to mount a touring version of the group.

1969, The Rolling Stones recorded 'Brown Sugar' at Muscle Shoals studios. The single went on to be a UK & US No.1. The song was written by Mick Jagger with Marsha Hunt in mind; Hunt was Jagger's secret girlfriend and mother of his first child Karis.

1975, Ronnie Wood's wife Krisse was arrested for alleged possession of cannabis and cocaine after a raid on the couple's house in Richmond. Krissie’s friend Audrey Burgon was also arrested, newspapers reported that the two women were found ‘sleeping together.’

1976, A giant 40ft inflatable pig could be seen floating above London, England after breaking free from its moorings. The pig, nicknamed Algie, was being photographed for the forthcoming Pink Floyd Animals album cover. The Civil Aviation Authority issued a warning to all pilots that a flying pig was on the run, and the pig eventually crashed into a barn in Godmersham, Kent, where the farmer complained of his cows being scared by the incident.

1976, An attempt was made on Bob Marley's life when seven gunmen burst into his Kingston home injuring Marley his wife Rita and manager Don Taylor, the attack was believed to be politically motivated.

1976, An estimated three and a half million people applied for ABBA's forthcoming British Albert Hall concerts, there were just over 11 thousand tickets available.

1977, Wings started a nine-week run at No.1 in the UK with 'Mull Of Kintyre'. The first single to sell over 2 million copies in the UK, (it was co-written by Denny Laine who sold his rights to the song when he became bankrupt).

1979, A concert by The Who at The Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, turned to disaster when 11 members of the audience were trampled to death after a stampede to claim unreserved seats, another 26 fans were injured. The concert was using 'festival seating' where seats are available on a first come-first served basis. When the waiting fans outside the Coliseum heard the band performing a late sound check, they thought that the concert was beginning and tried to rush into the still-closed doors.

1979,

1986, Judas Priest were sued by two family's, alleging that the band were responsible for their son's forming a suicide pact and shooting themselves after listening to Judas Priest records. The parents and their legal team alleged that a subliminal message of 'do it' had been included in the Judas Priest song Better By You, Better Than Me from the Stained Class album and alleged the command in the song triggered the suicide attempt. The trial lasted from 16 July to 24 August 1990, when the suit was dismissed.

1994, Boyz II Men knocked themselves off the No.1 position on the US singles chart when 'On Bended Knee' started a six week run a No.1. The group's 'I'll Make Love To You' had been at No.1 for a record breaking 14 weeks.

1999, It was reported that rapper Jay-Z had been arrested in connection with the stabbing of music executive Lance Rivera. The rapper was charged with first-degree assault.

1999, U2 singer Bono had his missing laptop computer returned after losing it. A young man had bought it for £300 discovered he had the missing laptop, which contained tracks from the forthcoming U2 album.

2000, American composer Hoyt Curtin died of heart failure aged 78. He was the composer of many of the Hanna-Barbera cartoons' theme songs, including The Flintstones, Top Cat, Jonny Quest, Superfriends, The Jetsons, Josie and the Pussycats, and The New Scooby-Doo Movies.

2001, American session guitarist Grady Martin died aged 72. He was a member of the legendary Nashville A-Team, playing guitar on hits ranging from Roy Orbison's‘Oh, Pretty Woman’, Marty Robbins'‘El Paso’ and Loretta Lynn's ‘Coal Miner's Daughter’. During a 50-year career, Martin backed such names as Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Joan Baez and J. J. Cale.

2003, A Los Angeles court ruled that the privacy of singer Barbra Streisand was not violated when a picture of her Malibu estate was posted on a website. Streisand had filed a $10m action against software entrepreneur Kenneth Adelman after he posted a photo of her home on his conservation site.

2006, The reformed Take That topped the UK singles and album charts simultaneously for the first time ever in their career. The single ‘Patience’ remained at number for the second week, and Beautiful World the group’s new album entered the chart at No.1.

2007, Diana Ross and the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson both collected awards for contributions to US culture a ceremony in Washington, attended by President Bush. Hootie and the Blowfish paid tribute to Brian Wilson with a medley of some of the Beach Boys' best-known songs.

2008, Composer, keyboardist and arranger Derek Wadsworth died in Oxfordshire, England. As a musician he worked with Georgie Fame, Alan Price, George Harrison, Mike Oldfield, Diana Ross, Tom Jones, Dionne Warwick, Simply Red. Arranger for David Essex, Dusty Springfield, Nina Simone, Judy Garland, Kate Bush, Cat Stevens, Rod Stewart, Small Faces, The Rolling Stones and Manfred Mann.

2009, Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood was arrested in Esher, Surrey on suspicion of assault, after a passer-by dialled 999 as a violent argument took place between Wood and his 21-year-old on-off girlfriend Ekaterina Ivanova. He was later cautioned by police.

2014, Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran was named the most-streamed artist in the world by Spotify. The 23-year-old had racked up more than 860 million streams on the service, beating Eminem and Coldplay who came second and third respectively. Katy Perry was the year's most streamed female artist, with Ariana Grande second and Lana Del Rey third.

2014, English keyboard instrumentalist Ian McLagan died of a stroke age 69. He was a member of Small Faces and The Faces and also worked with many other artists including with The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, Joe Cocker, Billy Bragg, Jackson Browne, Chuck Berry and Bruce Springsteen.

2015, American musician and singer-songwriter Scott Weiland died aged 48. He was found in cardiac arrest on his tour bus in Bloomington, Minnesota, just before he was scheduled to go on stage with his band The Wildabouts. He was 48 years old. Weiland was best known as the lead singer for Stone Temple Pilots from 1986 to 2013, as well as Velvet Revolver from 2003 to 2008.

2015, Jamaican pianist, keyboard player, and singer, Gladstone Anderson (also known by his nickname "Gladdy") died age 81. He played a major part in the island's musical history, playing a key role in defining the ska sound and the rocksteady beat, and playing on hundreds of recordings and as leader of Gladdy's All Stars who scored the instrumental song hit with 'The Liquidator' in 1969 and 1980.


December 3rd: Born on this day

1928, Born on this day, Andy Williams, US singer, (1957 US & UK No.1 single 'Butterfly', 1963 US & UK No.2 single ''Can't Get Used To Losing You'', plus over 25 other US Top 40 singles. Presented the long running Andy Williams TV show). Williams died on Sept 25th 2012 at the age of 84 of bladder cancer.

1942, Born on this day, Ken Lewis, Ivy League, (1965 UK No.3 single 'Tossing and Turning').

1944, Born on this day, Ralph McTell, UK folk singer songwriter & children's TV presenter, (1975 UK No.2 single 'Streets of London').

1946, Born on this day, Vic Malcolm, Geordie, (1973 UK No.6 single 'All Because Of You').

1948, Born on this day, John Wilson, drums, Taste, (1970 UK No.18 album 'On The Boards').

1948, Born on this day, Ozzy Osbourne (John Michael Osbourne), vocals, Black Sabbath, (1970 UK No.4 single 'Paranoid', the bands self-titled 1970 album was voted as the best British rock albums ever by Kerrang! in 2005.). Solo (1986 UK No.20 single 'Shot In The Dark'). Star of The Osbournes MTV show.

1949, Born on this day, American rock singer Mickey Thomas, best known as one of the lead vocalists of Jefferson Starship and Starship, (1987 UK & US No.1 single 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us'). Thomas also worked with the Elvin Bishop Group.

1951, Born on this day, Mike Stock, (part of the Stock, Aitken, Waterman production team, produced over 10 UK No.1 singles.

1951, Born on this day, Nicky Stevens, Brotherhood Of Man, (1976 UK No.1 single 'Save Your Kisses For Me').

1952, Born on this day, Duane Roland, guitar, Molly Hatchet, (1980 album 'Beatin' The Odds).

1952, Born on this day, American rock vocalist and guitarist Don Barnes, one of the founding members of the Southern rock band 38 Special.

1968, Born on this day, Montell Jordan, singer, (1995 US No.1 & UK No.11 single 'This Is How We Do It').

1979, Born on this day, Daniel Bedingfield, singer, songwriter, (2001 UK No.1 single 'Gotta Get Thru This').

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Αν θεωρείτε ότι η καλύτερη πόλη για βραδινή έξοδο είναι κάποιο από τα πιο γνωστά κοσμοπολίτικα μέρη του κόσμου όπως το Λονδίνο ή η Νέα Υόρκη, μάλλον κάνετε λάθος καθώς σύμφωνα με μία νέα έρευνα καμιά τους δεν πληρεί όλα τα κριτήρια ώστε να αναδειχθεί παγκόσμια πρωτεύουσα της νυχτερινής ζωής.

Το Αμβούργο, το μεγαλύτερο λιμάνι της Γερμανίας, είναι σύμφωνα την έρευνα που διεξήγαγε το Hostelworld, η πόλη με την καλύτερη νυχτερινή ζωή στον κόσμο. Στην έρευνα συμμετείχαν 4.100 άτομα κάτοικοι 41 πόλεων από τους οποίους ζητήθηκε να αξιολογήσουν τις βραδινές τους εξόδους με βάση πέντε κριτήρια: την ποιότητα, τη φιλοξενία των ντόπιων, την ευκολία στις μετακινήσεις, την ασφάλεια και το κόστος.

Η ξεχωριστή μίξη της underground σκηνής, των αριστοκρατικών cocktail bar και των φθηνών στεκιών, ήταν οι βασικοί λόγοι που το Αμβούργο αναδείχθηκε η πρωτεύουσα της νυχτερινής ζωής παγκοσμίως, ενώ στο γεγονός αυτό συνέβαλε και η περιοχή St Pauli που πλέον κάθε Σαββατοκύριακο προσελκύει χιλιάδες ανθρώπους που θέλουν να διασκεδάσουν.

Ενημερωτικά, στη δεύτερη θέση ήρθε η Κοπεγχάγη και στην τρίτη το Βερολίνο, ενώ τον κατάλογο των δέκα πρώτων συμπληρώνουν κατά σειρά το Δουβλίνο, το Άμστερνταμ, το Σαν Φρανσίσκο, το Γκέτεμποργκ, η Πράγα, η Βαρσοβία και η Νέα Υόρκη.

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December 3, 2017, 11:56 pm

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Η απίστευτη προσφορά της Aegean

Η Aegean ανακοινώνει τη νέα προσφορά της, για συνδέσεις με 9 αγαπημένα νησιά, με 50.000 θέσεις από 19€.

Aφορά σε απευθείας πτήσεις από/προς Αθήνα προς Κάρπαθο, Ικαρία, Χίο, Κω, Λέρο, Λήμνο, Μυτιλήνη, Ρόδο και Σάμο με απλή μετάβαση και με επιστροφή.

Αφορά σε κρατήσεις που θα πραγματοποιηθούν στο aegeanair.com έως και 04/12/2017 για πτήσεις που εκτελούνται με το δίκτυο της Olympic Air από 08/01/2018 έως και 29/03/2018. Η προσφορά ισχύει για ναύλους πτήσεων απλής μετάβασης όπου περιλαμβάνονται όλοι οι φόροι για κάθε επιβάτη.

Η χαμηλότερη διαθέσιμη τιμή ξεκινά από 19€ για πτήσεις προς την Αθήνα και από 41€ για πτήσεις από την Αθήνα. Σε περίπτωση αλλαγής του εισιτηρίου υπάρχει χρέωση ανάλογη με την κατηγορία του ναύλου.

Σε περίπτωση ακύρωσης ισχύουν οι κανονισμοί που αντιστοιχούν σε κάθε κατηγορία ναύλου. Για συναλλαγές με χρεωστικές και πιστωτικές κάρτες δεν υφίσταται χρέωση κάρτας πληρωμής. Υπάρχει η δυνατότητα δωρεάν μεταφοράς μίας χειραποσκευής έως 8kg με το ναύλο GoLight.

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December 4, 2017, 12:01 am

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το ψηλότερο (φυσικό) χριστουγεννιάτικο δέντρο της Ελλάδας

Στην κεντρική πλατεία των Τρικάλων μύρισε Χριστούγεννα για τα καλά αφού χθες βράδυ, παρά την έντονη βροχή, πραγματοποιήθηκε η φωταγώγηση του χριστουγεννιάτικου δέντρου, το οποίο μάλιστα είναι το ψηλότερο φυσικό χριστουγεννιάτικο δέντρο στη χώρα.

Μετρά ήδη τέσσερις δεκαετίες ζωής και έχεις ύψος περίπου 33 μέτρων.

Στην εκδήλωση για την έναρξη της χριστουγεννιάτικης περιόδου στην πόλη, ο δήμαρχος της πόλης κ. Δημήτρης Παπαστεργίου, μαζί με τον Άι Βασίλη και μία ομάδα παιδιών, μέτρησαν αντίστροφα για την φωταγώγηση.

Ακολούθησαν δεκάδες πολύχρωμα πυροτεχνήματα, ενώ παράλληλα φωταγωγήθηκαν και οι όχθες του Ληθαίου ποταμού που διασχίζει την πόλη.

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December 4, 2017, 12:05 am

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H102 «ROMANCE CONTEMPORAINE»

Υψηλή αισθητική στις παρυφές του Υμηττού

Ακόμα ένα έξαιρετικό project του Παύλου Χατζηαγγελίδη και του 314 Architecture Studio

Σε μια περίοδο που ο ΕΝΦΙΑ και η εφιαλτική κατάρρευση της αγοράς ακινήτων σχεδόν εξαφάνισαν την αρχιτεκτονική παραγωγή κατοικιών, το να βλέπει κανείς νέα κτήρια με ιδιαίτερο χαρακτήρα, κυρίως στην Αθήνα, αποτελεί «όαση» αισθητικής ενάντια στη μουντή, καταθλιπτική ατμόσφαιρα που αποπνέουν οι περισσότερες περιοχές του λεκανοπεδίου. Αν εξαιρέσει κανείς το θείο δώρο της θάλασσας, του γαλάζιου ουρανού και του ήλιου που απολαμβάνει για χιλιάδες χρόνια ο κάτοικος της Αττικής, η πραγματική εγκατάλειψη που γνωρίζει το μεγαλύτερο μέρος των κατοικιών, εξαιτίας όλων των δυσβάσταχτων για τους ιδιοκτήτες φόρων, δημιουργεί ένα συνολικό κλίμα απογοήτευσης και -σε πολλές περιπτώσεις- απελπισίας.

Από την άλλη, όλοι αναγνωρίζουν πως ένα κτήριο για να μπορεί να προσφέρει υπεραξία στον επενδυτή του θα πρέπει πλέον να διαθέτει κάτι «ιδιαίτερο», εκτός από την απαραίτητη λειτουργικότητα και την αξιοπιστία στην κατασκευή του. Γιατί δεν αρκεί να διαθέτεις μια υπέροχη θέα προς τη θάλασσα, την οποία έτσι κι αλλιώς απολαμβάνεις περπατώντας δίπλα στην πιο κοντινή ακτή, αλλά αξίζει να την απολαμβάνεις κάτω από τις κατάλληλες συνθήκες που δημιουργεί μια εξαιρετική σε αρχιτεκτονική και διακόσμηση κατοικία.

Μία τέτοια περίπτωση «νέου» κτηρίου αποτελεί ακόμα ένα έξαιρετικό project του Παύλου Χατζηαγγελίδη και του 314 Architecture Studio στις παρυφές του Υμηττού, στην Άνω Γλυφάδα. Ουσιαστικά, πρόκειται για την ανακαίνιση εκ των θεμελίων πολυκατοικίας που κατασκευάστηκε τη δεκαετία του 1970, σε μία περιοχή που τα τελευταία χρόνια συνεχίζει να συγκεντρώνει το ενδιαφέρον πολλών επενδυτών εξαιτίας της προνομιακής της -σε σχέση με τη θέα και την απόσταση από τη θάλασσα- γεωγραφική θέση. Το h102 «Romance Contemporaine», όπως ονομάζει το project το αρχιτεκτονικό γραφείο 314, είναι μια κατοικία συνολικής επιφάνειας 300 τετραγωνικών μέτρων, σε οικόπεδο έκτασης 370 τετραγωνικών και αναπτύσσεται σε τέσσερα επίπεδα. Το εντυπωσιακό στο κτήριο της Γλυφάδας είναι το τελευταίο επίπεδο της, ένα όροφος ο οποίος διαθέτει ένα πρωτοποριακό για τα ελληνικά δεδομένα συρόμενο σύστημα από μεταλικές κουρτίνες, αρκετά διαδεδομένο τα τελευταία χρόνια στις ταράτσες του Παρισιού και το οποίο προσφέρει στους ενοίκους τη μοναδική αίσθηση του εξωτερικού περιβάλλοντος, εξασφαλίζοντας όμως παράλληλα τόσο την ιδιωτικότητα όσο και την προστασία από τον ζεστό ήλιο του καλοκαιριού.

Κατά τα άλλα, στην πυλωτή, στην πρωταρχική βιώσιμη λειτουργία της κατοικίας, περιλαμβάνεται μια συρόμενη οροφή που ρυθμίζει την κυκλοφορία του θερμού αέρα μέσα στο κτήριο. Ταυτόχρονα, στη δυτική πλευρά, τα υπάρχοντα προεξέχοντα στοιχεία μετατρέπονται σε «ηλιακά τοιχώματα», το γνωστό πλέον και στην Ελλάδα σύστημα «sun walls trombe», το οποίο περιλαμβάνει εξαιρετικά τροπικά φυτά. Παράλληλα, αποικοδομήθηκαν όλοι οι εφαπτόμενοι εσωτερικοί τοίχοι, επιτρέποντας έτσι στον κήπο να «εισβάλει» στην κυριολεξία στην κατοικία μέσω νέων, εξαιρετικά κομψών καμπυλωτών ανοιγμάτων. Περιττό βέβαια να αναφερθεί ότι το κυρίως υπνοδωμάτιο της οικίας διαθέτει ιδιατέρως μεγάλα ανοίγματα που προσφέρουν μια απίστευτη θέα προς τη θάλασσα, ενώ αξίζει να σημειώσουμε ότι η κουζίνα και η τραπεζαρία βρίσκονται στον πρώτο όροφο.

ΚΑΝΤΕ ΚΛΙΚ ΣΤΙΣ ΕΙΚΟΝΕΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΟ ΦΥΣΙΚΟ ΤΟΥΣ ΜΕΓΕΘΟΣ

Αrchitect: 314 architecture studio
Location: glyfada, athens, greece
Design team: pavlos chatziangelidis, giota chala, iasonas ntounis, niki kourti, mara kissa, styliana charitou, iasonas degleris, filippos lagos, kristiana olga avgitidou, dimitrios panagiotou, francisco garrido roca, javier lopez sabate, georgios tsagkarakis, stauros zotos, andrianna triantafyllopoulou, aycan duman, buse gumusturkmen
Structural design: foteini karagianni – civil engineer
Electric mechanical design: stefanos karagiannis

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December 4, 2017, 12:34 am

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1586: ο σερ Τόμας Χέριοτ γνωρίζει στους ’Αγγλους τις πατάτες, τις οποίες εισάγει από την Κολομβία.

1601: οι Τούρκοι απαγχονίζουν τον αρχιεπίσκοπο Φαναρίου και Νεοχωρίου στη Θεσσαλία Σεραφείμ καθώς και άλλους ιεράρχες. Ο Σεραφείμ ηγήθηκε στην περιοχή των Αγράφων του επαναστατικού κινήματος, που είχε οργανώσει στη Θεσσαλία ο μητροπολίτης Διονύσιος ο Σκυλόσοφος.

1833: συστήνεται η «Κοινωνία κατά της Δουλείας» από τον ’Αρθουρ Τάπαν στη Φιλαδέλφεια των ΗΠΑ.

1866: γεννιέται ο Ρώσος ζωγράφος Βασίλι Καντίνσκι.

1872: το αγγλικό πλοίο Dei Gratia εντοπίζει το αμερικανικό πλοίο Marie Celeste, που πλέει κοντά στα νησιά Αζόρες του Ατλαντικού, με ανέπαφες τις προμήθειες, αλλά και χωρίς κανένα μέλος του πληρώματος.

1875: γεννιέται στην Πράγα ο Αυστρογερμανός λυρικός ποιητής και μυθιστοριογράφος Μαρία Ράινερ Ρίλκε.

1877: ο Τόμας Έντισον εφευρίσκει το φωνόγραφο.

1881: ο Χανς Ρίχτερ διευθύνει, στη Βιέννη με σολίστ τον ’Αντολφ Μπρόντσκυ, την πρώτη ερμηνεία του Κοντσέρτου για Βιολί και Ορχήστρα του Πιότρ Ίλιτς Τσαϊκόφσκι.

1897: υπογράφεται η Συνθήκη της Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, με την οποία τερματίζεται ο ελληνοτουρκικός πόλεμος. Η Ελλάδα υποχρεώνεται να καταβάλλει 4.000.000 τουρκικές λίρες ως πολεμική αποζημίωση στην Οθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία.

1900: στο Παρίσι, η Εθνοσυνέλευση απορρίπτει την πρόταση του εθνικιστή στρατηγού Μερσιέ περί εισβολής στην Αγγλία.

1903: παραιτείται η Κυβέρνηση Ράλλη. Η εντολή σχηματισμού κυβέρνησης ανατίθεται στον Θεοτόκη.

1913: με το Πρωτόκολλο της Φλωρεντίας δημιουργείται το αλβανικό κράτος, στο οποίο ενσωματώνεται, με απόφαση των Μεγάλων Δυνάμεων, η Βόρεια Ήπειρος.

1916: "ο Σόμερσετ Μομ, μυθιστοριογράφος και θεατρικός συγγραφέας, ξεκινά το ταξίδι του για το Πάγκο Πάγκο, κατά τη διάρκεια του οποίου θα εμπνευστεί την ιστορία, ""Δις Τόμπσον"". Η τελευταία θα συμπεριληφθεί μεταξύ άλλων στη συλλογή, ""The Trebling of a Leaf""και θα γίνει αργότερα το θεατρικό έργο ""Rain""."

1918: η Γαλλία ακυρώνει όλες τις συνδικαλιστικές συμφωνίες για να αντιμετωπίσει τον ανταγωνισμό της μεταπολεμικής περιόδου.

1918: ο Αμερικανός Πρόεδρος Γουίλσον ξεκινά την περιοδεία του στην Ευρώπη, την πρώτη Αμερικανού Προέδρου στη Γηραιά Ήπειρο.

1920: αποτυχημένη απόπειρα δολοφονίας του βασιλιά Κωνσταντίνου σημειώνεται στο Μιλάνο. Οι συλληφθέντες καταθέτουν ότι, διατελούσαν σε επαφή και με άλλους συνενόχους και σκόπευαν να τοποθετήσουν βόμβες στην αμαξοστοιχία, στην οποία επέβαινε ο βασιλιάς.

1921: η βρετανική Κυβέρνηση ζητά από τη γαλλική διευκρινίσεις για το περιεχόμενο και τους όρους της γαλλοτουρκικής συμφωνίας.

1929: η ελληνική Κυβέρνηση αρνείται τη χορήγηση του 13ου μισθού στους εργάτες.

1934: πεθαίνει ο συγγραφέας και διανοούμενος Φώτος Πολίτης.

1939: η ΕΣΣΔ αρνείται τη φιλανδική πρόταση ειρήνευσης.

1942: τα αμερικανικά αεροπλάνα αρχίζουν τις πρώτες επιδρομές στην Ιταλία.

1943: ο κομισάριος του μπέιζμπολ Κένσο Λάντις ανακοινώνει ότι, οι ομάδες είναι ελεύθερες να χρησιμοποιούν έγχρωμους παίκτες, δικαίωμα, που, όμως, δεν θα υιοθετηθεί μέχρι το 1947.

1944: "μεγάλη διαδήλωση διαμαρτυρίας πραγματοποιείται στην Αθήνα για τα θύματα της 3/12/1944, της ημέρας, που ξεκίνησαν τα ""Δεκεμβριανά"". Ακολουθούν νέα επεισόδια και συμπλοκές με 100 νεκρούς και πολλούς τραυματίες. Ο Βρετανός στρατηγός Σκόμπι κηρύσσει στρατιωτικό νόμο στην Αθήνα."

1945: οι Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες γίνονται μέλος του Οργανισμού Ηνωμένων Εθνών.

1947: η ΕΣΣΔ γίνεται μέλος της Διεθνούς Ένωσης Ερασιτεχνών και αποκτά το δικαίωμα της διοργάνωσης των Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων του 1948.

1949: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός σταρ του Χόλιγουντ Τζεφ Μπρίτζες.

1959: στις ΗΠΑ, ο πίθηκος Σαμ επιζεί από το ταξίδι στο διάστημα, ανοίγοντας το δρόμο για τον άνθρωπο.

1963: γεννιέται ο κορυφαίος επικοντιστής όλων των εποχών, Σεργκέι Μπούμκα.

1963: ο ’Αλντο Μόρο, ηγέτης των Ιταλών χριστιανοδημοκρατών και μετέπειτα θύμα των Ερυθρών Ταξιαρχιών σχηματίζει Κυβέρνηση στην Ιταλία.

1965: οι ΗΠΑ εκτοξεύουν στο Διάστημα το «Τζέμινι 7» προκειμένου να συνδεθεί με το «Τζέμινι 6».

1971: δεκατρείς άνθρωποι σκοτώνονται και 19 τραυματίζονται από έκρηξη σε κέντρο διασκέδασης στο Μπέλφαστ, της Βόρειας Ιρλανδίας.

1972: στην Ονδούρα, ανατρέπεται η Κυβέρνηση του Ραμόν Κρουζ με στρατιωτικό πραξικόπημα υπό τον στρατηγό Οσβάλντο Λοπέζ Αρεγιάνο.

1974: ο Ζαν Πολ Σαρτρ επισκέπτεται στη φυλακή τον ηγέτη της RAF - Φράξια Κόκκινος Στρατός, Αντρέα Μπάαντερ.

1976: ο δικτάτορας των Φιλιππίνων Μάρκος αρνείται συμφωνία, που δεσμεύει 1 δισ. δολάρια αμερικανικής βοήθειας σε χρήση στρατιωτικών βάσεων.

1976: πεθαίνει σε ηλικία 25 ετών ο Tommy Bolin των Deep Purple, από υπερβολική δόση ναρκωτικών.

1977: ακτινογραφείται» το Ερεχθείο και ομάδα ειδικών προχωρεί σε ριζική αναστήλωση της Ακρόπολης.

1977: ο Ζαν Μπεντέλ Μποκάσα αυτοανακηρύσσεται αυτοκράτορας της Κεντρικής Αφρικανικής Δημοκρατίας.

1980: "κατά τη διάρκεια ληστείας σε σούπερ μάρκετ σκοτώνεται σε ηλικία 69 ετών ο Στέφαν Γουαλάσιεβιτς, ο οποίος υπήρξε ""νικήτρια""των 100μ στους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες του Λος ’Αντζελες το 1932, αφού αγωνίστηκε σαν γυναίκα με το όνομα Στέλλα Γουόλς ξεγελώντας τους διοργανωτές. Η νεκροψία θα αποδείξει, ότι ποτέ δεν υπήρξε γυναίκα."

1980: ο πρωθυπουργός της Πορτογαλίας Φανσίσκο Σα Καρνέιρο, 46 ετών, καθώς κι άλλα έξι άτομα, σκοτώνονται, όταν το μικρό αεροσκάφος, στο οποίο επιβαίνουν προσκρούει στη στέγη πολυκατοικίας και καταπέφτει.

1980: "οι Led Zeppelin ανακοινώνουν την απόφασή τους να διαλυθούν, μετά το θάνατο του ντράμερ John ""Bonzo"" Bonham."

1982: η Κίνα υιοθετεί Σύνταγμα.

1983: στη Συρία, δυο αμερικανικά αεροσκάφη καταρρίπτονται κατά τη διάρκεια επίθεσης εναντίον συριακής αντιαεροπορικής βάσης.

1989: κατά τη διάσκεψη του ΝΑΤΟ στις Βρυξέλλες, ο πρωθυπουργός Ξενοφών Ζολώτας προτείνει την παροχή οικονομικής βοήθειας στις χώρες της ανατολικής Ευρώπης.

1990: ο Πρόεδρος του Μπαγκλαντές, Χουσεΐν Μοχάμεντ Έρχαντ, παραιτείται μετά από οκτώ χρόνια στην εξουσία.

1991: μνημόνιο για τη δημιουργία ελληνικού παραδοσιακού χωριού στο ιαπωνικό νησί Σοντοσίμα, υπογράφεται μεταξύ του ΕΟΤ και ιαπωνικής εταιρίας.

1991: ο δημοσιογράφος Τέρι ’Αντερσον ελευθερώνεται από την ισλαμική οργάνωση Τζιχάντ, μετά από 2.454 ημέρες ομηρίας.

1992: ο Πρόεδρος Τζορτζ Μπους, ο πρεσβύτερος, στέλνει περισσότερους από 28.000 Αμερικανούς στρατιώτες στη Σομαλία με εντολή να προστατεύσουν τις προσπάθειες των ανθρωπιστικών οργανώσεων.

1992: στη Βρετανία, ο IRA αναλαμβάνει την ευθύνη των βομβιστικών επιθέσεων στο Μάντσεστερ, που προκάλεσαν τον τραυματισμό 65 ατόμων.

1992: σύμφωνα με σφυγμομέτρηση, οι 3 στους 4 Ισραηλινούς πιστεύουν ότι, ο νεοναζισμός θα εδραιωθεί και θα εξαπλωθεί στη Γερμανία.

1993: η Κυβέρνηση της Ανγκόλας και η UNITA καταλήγουν επίσημα σε συμφωνία εκεχειρίας, τερματίζοντας τον 18ετή εμφύλιο πόλεμο.

1993: πεθαίνει στις ΗΠΑ από καρκίνο του προστάτη, σε ηλικία 52 ετών, ο διάσημος μουσικός Φρανκ Ζάπα, από τους πρώτους, που συνδύασαν τη ροκ, την τζαζ και την κλασική μουσική.

1994: η Τουρκία χορηγεί όπλα στη Βοσνία, παρά το εμπάργκο, αναφέρει ο πρώην αρχηγός του Γενικού Επιτελείου των Τουρκικών Ενόπλων Δυνάμεων, Ντογκάν Γκιουρές.

1994: "στην Αλγερία, δολοφονείται ο δημοσιογράφος Σαϊντ Μεκμπέλ, διευθυντής της ανεξάρτητης γαλλόφωνης εφημερίδας ""Λε Ματέν""."

1995: ο Ισραηλινός πρωθυπουργός Σιμόν Πέρες δηλώνει ότι, το Ισραήλ δεν θα δεχθεί τη διχοτόμηση της Ιερουσαλήμ.

1995: στο Καμερούν, συντρίβεται αεροσκάφος Μπόινγκ 737, με αποτέλεσμα να σκοτωθούν 60 από τους 78 επιβαίνοντες.

1996: η General Motors βγάζει στην αγορά το πρώτο ηλεκτρικό αυτοκίνητο.

1996: "οι Orlando Magic ισοφαρίζουν το χαμηλότερο σκορ στο ΝΒΑ από την χρήση του χρονομέτρου των 24""την περίοδο 1954-55 όταν χάνουν από τους Cleveland Cavaliers με 84-57."

1996: συνεχίζονται οι απεργιακές κινητοποιήσεις των αγροτών στη Βόρεια Ελλάδα, ενώ ναυαγεί η σύσκεψη του υπουργού Γεωργίας με εκπροσώπους των αγροτών.

1996: το διαστημόπλοιο Pathfinder εκτοξεύεται στον ’Αρη. Προσεδαφίζεται με επιτυχία στις 4 Ιουλίου 1997.

1997: η UNESCO αποφασίζει να χαρακτηρίσει άλλες 46 τοποθεσίες ως παγκόσμια κληρονομιά της γης, ανεβάζοντας έτσι το συνολικό αριθμό των προστατευόμενων χώρων.

1998: ο Νίκος Μαχλάς σκοράρει δύο φορές με τη Βίτεσε και γίνεται ο πρώτος ξένος σκόρερ όλων των εποχών στο oλλανδικό πρωτάθλημα με 31 γκολ, σπάζοντας το 29χρονο ρεκόρ του Σουηδού Ove Kindval της Φέγενορντ την περίοδο 1968-69, το οποίο είχε ισοφαρίσει ο Ronaldo την περίοδο 1995-96.

1999: στον αγώνα της 10ης αγωνιστικής Ηρακλής - Ολυμπιακός 3 - 4 ο διεθνής αμυντικός Κυριάκος Καραταΐδης κάνει την 346η εμφάνιση με την φανέλα του Ολυμπιακού και ισοφαρίζει το ρεκόρ του Γιάννη Γκαϊτατζή με τις περισσότερες εμφανίσεις στο πρωτάθλημα. Ο Καραταϊδης είχε κάνει ντεμπούτο με τον Ολυμπιακό στον αγώνα εναντίον του Πανιωνίου στις 9/10/88 στο Στάδιο Καραϊσκάκη, όπου είχε σημειώσει και γκολ.

2000: στην Κένυα ανακοινώνεται ότι ανακαλύφθηκαν απολιθώματα πέντε ανθρωπίδων ηλικίας 6 εκατομμυρίων ετών.

2002: αποκωδικοποιείται σχεδόν ολόκληρο το γονιδίωμα του ποντικού, αποκαλύπτοντας ότι, περισσότερα από το 80% των γονιδίων των ποντικών είναι ίδια με τα ανθρώπινα, ενώ στο 99% είναι παρόμοια. Στην έρευνα έλαβαν μέρος και δύο Έλληνες επιστήμονες. Από τις γενετικές ομοιότητες ανάμεσα στον άνθρωπο και το ποντίκι, αναμένεται να καταστεί κατανοητή η γενετική βάση ανθρώπινων ασθενειών, οι οποίες έχουν μελετηθεί στο ποντίκι. Από τις διαφορές δεν αποκλείεται να οδηγηθούν οι ειδικοί επιστήμονες στις αιτίες, που κάποια φάρμακα, δεν είναι το ίδιο αποτελεσματικά στον άνθρωπο όσο στα ζώα.

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771 – Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne king of the now complete Frankish Kingdom.
1110 – The Kingdom of Jerusalem captures Sidon.
1259 – Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels.
1563 – The final session of the Council of Trent is held. (It had opened on December 13, 1545.)
1619 – Thirty-eight colonists arrive at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia. The group's charter proclaims that the day "be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God."
1674 – Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illiniwek. (The mission would later grow into the city of Chicago.)
1676 – Battle of Lund: A Danish army under the command of King Christian V engages the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt.
1745 – Charles Edward Stuart's army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the Second Jacobite Rising.
1783 – At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers.
1786 – Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).
1791 – The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.
1829 – In the face of fierce local opposition, British Governor-General Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that anyone who abets suttee in Bengal is guilty of culpable homicide.
1861 – The 109 Electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President.
1864 – American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta.
1867 – Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).
1872 – The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged.
1875 – Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.
1881 – The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
1893 – First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.
1906 – Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
1909 – In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
1909 – The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
1918 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.
1939 – World War II: HMS Nelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.
1942 – World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.
1943 – World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.
1943 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.
1945 – By a vote of 65–7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)
1954 – The first Burger King is opened in Miami.
1956 – The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.
1965 – The Grateful Dead's first concert performance under this new name.
1967 – Vietnam War: U.S. and South Vietnamese forces engage Viet Cong troops in the Mekong Delta.
1969 – Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
1971 – The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi.
1977 – Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire.
1977 – Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100.
1978 – Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco's first female mayor.
1979 – The Hastie fire in Hull kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee.
1981 – South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).
1982 – The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution.
1984 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill 107–150 civilians in Mannar.
1991 – Terry A. Anderson is released after seven years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut; he is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon.
1991 – Pan American World Airways ceases its operations after 64 years.
1992 – Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 U.S. troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa.
1998 – The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.
2005 – Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the government to allow universal and equal suffrage.
2006 – Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana.
2014 – Islamic insurgents kill three state police at a traffic circle before taking an empty school and a "press house" in Grozny. Ten state forces die with 28 injured in gun battles ending with ten insurgents killed.
2015 – A firebomb is thrown into a restaurant in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, killing 17 people.

Births[edit]

AD 34 – Persius, Roman poet (d. 62)
1428 – Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe (d. 1511)
1506 – Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Chiche (d. 1558)
1555 – Heinrich Meibom, German poet and historian (d. 1625)
1575 – Sister Virginia Maria, Italian nun (d. 1650)
1580 – Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)
1585 – John Cotton, English-American minister and theologian (d. 1652)
1595 – Jean Chapelain, French poet and critic (d. 1674)

1647 – Daniel Eberlin, German soldier and composer (d. 1715)
1660 – André Campra, French composer and conductor (d. 1744)
1667 – Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, French composer and educator (d. 1737)
1670 – John Aislabie, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1742)
1713 – Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic (d. 1786)
1777 – Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (d. 1849)
1795 – Thomas Carlyle, Scottish-English historian, philosopher, and academic (d. 1881)
1798 – Jules Armand Dufaure, French lawyer and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of France (d. 1881)
1817 – Nikoloz Baratashvili, Georgian poet and author (d. 1845)
1835 – Samuel Butler, English author and critic (d. 1902)
1844 – Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1914)
1861 – Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1922)
1865 – Edith Cavell, English nurse, humanitarian, and saint (Anglicanism) (d. 1915)
1866 – Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-German Abstract painter and author (d. 1944)
1868 – Jesse Burkett, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1953)
1875 – Joe Corbett, American baseball player and coach (d. 1945)
1875 – Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian-Swiss poet and author (d. 1926)
1881 – Erwin von Witzleben, Polish-German field marshal (d. 1944)
1882 – Constance Davey, Australian psychologist (d. 1963)
1883 – Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian author and playwright (d. 1969)
1892 – Francisco Franco, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1975)
1892 – Liu Bocheng, Chinese commander and politician (d. 1986)
1893 – Herbert Read, English poet and critic (d. 1968)
1895 – Feng Youlan, Chinese philosopher and academic (d. 1990)
1897 – Robert Redfield, American anthropologist of Mexico (d. 1958)
1899 – Karl-Günther Heimsoth, German physician and politician (d. 1934)
1899 – Charlie Spencer, English footballer and manager (d. 1953)
1903 – Cornell Woolrich, American author (d. 1968)
1904 – Albert Norden, German journalist and politician (d. 1982)
1908 – Alfred Hershey, American bacteriologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
1910 – Alex North, American composer and conductor (d. 1991)
1910 – R. Venkataraman, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India (d. 2009)
1912 – Pappy Boyington, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1988)
1913 – Mark Robson, Canadian-American director and producer (d. 1978)
1914 – Rudolf Hausner, Austrian painter and sculptor (d. 1995)
1914 – Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (d. 1993)
1915 – Eddie Heywood, American pianist and composer (d. 1989)
1916 – Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American journalist and author (d. 1994)
1919 – I. K. Gujral, Indian poet and politician, 12th Prime Minister of India (d. 2012)
1920 – Nadir Afonso, Portuguese painter and architect (d. 2013)
1920 – Michael Bates, English actor (d. 1978)
1920 – Jeanne Manford, American educator and activist, co-founded PFLAG (d. 2013)
1921 – Deanna Durbin, Canadian actress and singer (d. 2013)
1923 – Charles Keating, American lawyer and financier (d. 2014)
1923 – Eagle Keys, American-Canadian football player and coach (d. 2012)
1923 – John Krish, English director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1924 – John C. Portman, Jr., American architect, designed the Renaissance Center and Tomorrow Square
1925 – Albert Bandura, Canadian-American psychologist and academic
1926 – Monty M. Wyche, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 2014)
1929 – Şakir Eczacıbaşı, Turkish pharmacist, photographer, and businessman (d. 2010)
1930 – Ronnie Corbett, Scottish actor and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1930 – Jim Hall, American guitarist and composer (d. 2013)
1931 – Alex Delvecchio, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1931 – Wally George, American radio and television host (d. 2003)
1932 – Roh Tae-woo, South Korean general and politician, 6th President of South Korea
1933 – Wink Martindale, American game show host and producer
1933 – Horst Buchholz, German actor (d. 2003)
1934 – Victor French, American actor and director (d. 1989)
1935 – Paul O'Neill, American businessman and politician, 72nd United States Secretary of the Treasury
1936 – John Giorno, American poet and performance artist
1937 – Max Baer, Jr., American actor, director, and producer
1937 – Bill Collins, Australian film critic and author
1938 – Andre Marrou, American lawyer and politician
1938 – Yvonne Minton, Australian-English soprano and actress
1939 – Stephen W. Bosworth, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Korea (d. 2016)
1939 – Joan Brady, American-British author
1939 – Freddy Cannon, American singer and guitarist
1940 – Gerd Achterberg, German footballer and manager
1940 – Gary Gilmore, American murderer (d. 1977)
1941 – Marty Riessen, American tennis player and coach
1942 – Bob Mosley, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1944 – Chris Hillman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944 – Anna McGarrigle, Canadian musician and singer-songwriter
1944 – François Migault, French race car driver (d. 2012)
1944 – Dennis Wilson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and drummer (d. 1983)
1945 – Roberta Bondar, Canadian neurologist, academic, and astronaut
1947 – Jane Lubchenco, American ecologist, academic, and diplomat
1948 – Southside Johnny, American singer-songwriter
1949 – Jeff Bridges, American actor
1949 – Jock Stirrup, Baron Stirrup, English air marshal and politician
1950 – Bjørn Kjellemyr, Norwegian bassist and composer
1951 – Gary Rossington, American guitarist
1951 – Patricia Wettig, American actress and playwright
1953 – Rick Middleton, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1955 – Philip Hammond, English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
1955 – Dave Taylor, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager
1955 – Cassandra Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer
1956 – Nia Griffith, Welsh educator and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
1956 – Bernard King, American basketball player and sportscaster
1957 – Raul Boesel, Brazilian race car driver and radio host
1957 – Eric S. Raymond, American computer programmer and author
1960 – David Green, Nicaraguan-American baseball player
1960 – Glynis Nunn, Australian heptathlete and hurler
1961 – Frank Reich, American football player and coach
1962 – Vinnie Dombroski, American singer-songwriter and musician (Sponge)
1962 – Gary Freeman, New Zealand rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
1962 – Nixon Kiprotich, Kenyan runner
1962 – Kevin Richardson, English footballer and manager
1963 – Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian pole vaulter
1963 – Nigel Heslop, English rugby player
1964 – Scott Hastings, Scottish rugby player and sportscaster
1964 – Marisa Tomei, American actress
1965 – Álex de la Iglesia, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Shaun Hollamby, English race car driver and businessman
1966 – Fred Armisen, American actor and musician
1966 – Andy Hess, American bass player
1966 – Suzanne Malveaux, American journalist
1966 – Suzette M. Malveaux, American lawyer and academic
1967 – Chris Shepherd, English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter
1968 – Dionne Farris, American singer-songwriter, producer and actress
1969 – Jay Z, American rapper, producer, and actor, co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records
1969 – Plum Sykes, English journalist and author
1971 – Shannon Briggs, American boxer and actor
1972 – Jassen Cullimore, Canadian ice hockey player
1972 – Yūko Miyamura, Japanese voice actress and singer
1973 – Tyra Banks, American model, actress, and producer
1973 – Frank Boeijen, Dutch keyboard player
1973 – Mina Caputo, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1973 – Michael Jackson, English footballer and manager
1973 – Steven Menzies, Australian rugby league player
1973 – Kate Rusby, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973 – Racci Shay, American drummer
1974 – Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball player
1976 – Kristina Groves, Canadian speed skater
1977 – Ajit Agarkar, Indian cricketer
1977 – Darvis Patton, American sprinter
1977 – Morten Veland, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter
1978 – Jaclyn Victor, Malaysian singer and actress
1979 – Ysabella Brave, American singer-songwriter
1979 – Jay DeMerit, American soccer player
1980 – Rick Victor, Canadian wrestler and manager
1981 – Brian Vandborg, Danish cyclist
1982 – Nathan Douglas, English triple jumper
1982 – Waldo Ponce, Chilean footballer
1982 – Ho-Pin Tung, Dutch-Chinese race car driver
1982 – Nick Vujicic, Australian evangelist
1983 – Jimmy Bartel, Australian footballer
1984 – Marco Giambruno, Italian footballer
1984 – Anna Petrakova, Russian basketball player
1984 – Joe Thomas, American football player
1985 – Andrew Brackman, American baseball player
1985 – Stephen Dawson, Irish footballer
1985 – Carlos Gómez, Dominican baseball player
1986 – Kaija Udras, Estonian skier
1986 – Martell Webster, American basketball player
1987 – Orlando Brown, American actor and rapper
1988 – Andriy Pylyavskyi, Ukrainian footballer
1988 – Yeng Constantino, Filipina singer and songwriter
1990 – Lukman Haruna, Nigerian footballer
1990 – Blake Leary, Australian rugby league player
1990 – Igor Sjunin, Estonian triple jumper
1992 – Peta Hiku, New Zealand rugby league player
1992 – Jean-Claude Iranzi, Rwandan footballer
1996 – Diogo Jota, Portuguese professional footballer
1996 – Sebastián Vegas, Chilean footballer
1996 – Sheryl Sheinafia, Indonesian singer-songwriter and actress
1996 – Ivan Belikov, Russian football player

Deaths[edit]

530 BC – Cyrus the Great, king of Persia (b. 600 BC)
749 – John of Damascus, Syrian priest and saint (b. 676)
771 – Carloman I, Frankish king (b. 751)
870 – Suairlech ind Eidnén mac Ciaráin, Irish bishop
1075 – Anno II, German archbishop and saint (b. 1010)
1131 – Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)
1214 – William the Lion, Scottish king (b. 1143)
1260 – Aymer de Valence, Bishop of Winchester (b. 1222)
1270 – Theobald II of Navarre (b. 1238)
1334 – Pope John XXII (b. 1249)
1340 – Henry Burghersh, English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1292)
1341 – Janisław I, Archbishop of Gniezno
1408 – Valentina Visconti, wife of Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans
1456 – Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1401)
1459 – Adolphus VIII, Count of Holstein (b. 1401)
1576 – Georg Joachim Rheticus, Austrian-Slovak mathematician and cartographer (b. 1514)
1585 – John Willock, Scottish minister and reformer (b. 1515)
1603 – Maerten de Vos, Flemish painter and draughtsman (b. 1532)
1609 – Alexander Hume, Scottish poet (b. 1560)
1637 – Nicholas Ferrar, English trader (b. 1592)
1642 – Cardinal Richelieu, French cardinal and politician, Chief Minister to the French Monarch (b. 1585)
1649 – William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (b. 1585)
1679 – Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher and theorist (b. 1588)
1680 – Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)
1696 – Empress Meishō of Japan (b. 1624)
1732 – John Gay, English poet and playwright (b. 1685)
1798 – Luigi Galvani, Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1737)
1828 – Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
1841 – David Daniel Davis, Welsh-English physician and academic (b. 1777)
1845 – Gregor MacGregor, Scottish soldier and explorer (b. 1786)
1850 – William Sturgeon, English physicist, invented the electric motor (b. 1783)
1893 – John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820)
1897 – Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
1902 – Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
1926 – Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (b. 1861)
1933 – Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868)
1935 – Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
1935 – Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
1938 – Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
1942 – Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)
1942 – Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883)
1944 – Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
1945 – Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
1948 – Frank Benford, American physicist and engineer (b. 1883)
1954 – George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd (b. 1881)
1955 – József Galamb, Hungarian-American engineer (b. 1881)
1963 – Constance Davey, Australian psychologist (b. 1882)
1967 – Bert Lahr, American actor (b. 1895)
1971 – Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator, founded the San Francisco Zen Center (b. 1904)
1975 – Hannah Arendt, German-American historian, theorist, and academic (b. 1906)
1976 – Tommy Bolin, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1951)
1976 – Benjamin Britten, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1913)
1976 – W. F. McCoy, Irish soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1886)
1980 – Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1934)
1980 – Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-American runner (b. 1911)
1980 – Don Warrington, Canadian football player (b. 1948)
1981 – Jeanne Block, American psychologist (b. 1923)
1984 – Jack Mercer, American animator, screenwriter, voice actor, and singer (b. 1910)
1987 – Arnold Lobel, American author and illustrator (b. 1933)
1987 – Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
1988 – Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic (b. 1899)
1992 – Henry Clausen, American lawyer and author (b. 1905)
1993 – Margaret Landon, American missionary and author (b. 1903)
1993 – Frank Zappa, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1940)
1999 – Rose Bird, American academic and judge, 25th Chief Justice of California (b. 1936)
2000 – Henck Arron, Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (b. 1936)
2003 – Iggy Katona, American race car driver (b. 1916)
2004 – Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano and actress (b. 1943)
2005 – Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand soldier and author (b. 1924)
2005 – Gregg Hoffman, American film producer (b. 1963)
2006 – K. Ganeshalingam, Sri Lankan accountant and politician, Mayor of Colombo (b. 1938)
2006 – Ross A. McGinnis, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1987)
2009 – Liam Clancy, Irish singer, actor, and guitarist (b. 1935)
2010 – King Curtis Iaukea, American wrestler (b. 1937)
2011 – Sócrates, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1954)
2011 – Hubert Sumlin, American singer and guitarist (b. 1931)
2012 – Vasily Belov, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)
2012 – Jack Brooks, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1922)
2012 – Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer and manager (b. 1971)
2012 – Anthony Deane-Drummond, English general (b. 1917)
2012 – Carroll E. Lanier, American sailor and politician (b. 1926)
2013 – Joana Raspall i Juanola, Spanish author and poet (b. 1913)
2014 – Claudia Emerson, American poet and academic (b. 1957)
2014 – V. R. Krishna Iyer, Indian lawyer and judge (b. 1914)
2014 – Vincent L. McKusick, American lawyer and judge (b. 1921)
2014 – Jeremy Thorpe, English lawyer and politician (b. 1929)
2015 – Bill Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Premier of British Columbia (b. 1932)
2015 – Robert Loggia, American actor and director (b. 1930)
2015 – Yossi Sarid, Israeli journalist and politician, 15th Israeli Minister of Education (b. 1940)
2016 – Patricia Robins, British writer and WAAF officer (b. 1921).

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1956, The so-called 'Million Dollar Quartet' impromptu jam session took place at Sun Studios in Memphis with Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins.

1960, The Crickets released the single 'I Fought the Law' on Coral Records. Written by Sonny Curtis of the Crickets, a remake by the Bobby Fuller Four became a top-ten hit for the band in 1966 and was also recorded by The Clash in 1979 after Joe Strummer and guitarist Mick Jones heard the song on a jukebox in San Francisco.

1962, The Beatles made their London-area debut on television when they appeared in a live broadcast from Wembley on Tuesday Rendezvous, on ITV station Rediffusion. The Beatles performed live, doing lip-sync performances of 'Love Me Do'and 45 seconds of ‘P.S. I Love You.’

1963,

1964, The Beatles released their fourth album 'Beatles For Sale'. The album featured: ‘No Reply’, ‘I'm a Loser’, ‘Baby's in Black’, ‘Rock and Roll Music’, ‘I'll Follow the Sun’, ‘Mr. Moonlight’, ‘Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey’, ‘Eight Days a Week’, ‘Words of Love’, ‘Honey Don't’, ‘Every Little Thing’, ‘I Don't Want to Spoil the Party’, ‘What You're Doing’, and ‘Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby’. It spent 11 weeks as the UK No.1 album.

1965, The Byrds started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Turn! Turn! Turn!' the group's second No.1. A No.26 hit in the UK. Unlike their first chart topper, ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’, the entire band was allowed to play on the recording, instead of studio musicians.

1967, This was the penultimate night of a 16-date UK package tour, on which Pink Floyd joined The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Move, The Nice, The Eire Apparent, The Outer Limits and Amen Corner to play at the City Hall, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Jimi Hendrix was having equipment problems and in his frustration rammed his GibsonFlying V into his speaker cabinets. Like an enormous arrow, the guitar became stuck in the amplifier, which the audience greeted as all was part of the act.

1971, The Montreux Casino in Switzerland burnt to the ground during a gig by Frank Zappa. The incident is immortalized by Deep Purple's 'Smoke On The Water'. In 1967 the Casino became the venue for the Montreux Jazz Festival, which was the brainchild of music promoter Claude Nobs. On the night of the blaze, Nobs saved several young people who, thinking they would be sheltered from the flames, had hidden in the casino from the blaze. A recording of the outbreak and fire announcement can be found on a Frank Zappa Bootleg album titled Swiss Cheese / Fire.

1971, Led Zeppelin started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK chart with the Four Symbols album, otherwise known as Led Zeppelin IV. Featuring the 8-minute track 'Stairway To Heaven', the album stayed on the US chart for one week short of five years, selling over 23 million copies in the US alone.

1971,

1976, American guitarist Tommy Bolin died from a heroin overdose aged 25 the day after opening a show for Jeff Beck in Miami, Florida. Bolin was a member of Zephyr (1969 to 1971), The James Gang (1973 to 1974) and Deep Purple (1975 to 1976).

1976, Workers at EMI records went on strike, refusing to package The Sex Pistols single 'Anarchy In The UK.'

1979, U2 appeared at The Hope and Anchor, Islington, London. Misnamed ‘The U2s’, they played to only nine people and the show ended abruptly after The Edge broke a guitar string.

1980, Prince played the first night on his 31 date Dirty Mind North American tour at Shea’s in Buffalo, New York. After being told by his managers he couldn't wear spandex pants without any underwear, Prince began performing in a long trench coat, black high heeled boots and leggings, and bikini brief trunks.

1982, The Jam were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Beat Surrender', the group's fourth UK No.1 and final single. They split in 1983, and leader Paul Weller formed the Style Council.

1988, Roy Orbison played his final ever gig when he appeared in Cleveland, Ohio. Orbison died of a heart attack two days later.

1993, Multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer, Frank Zappa died of prostate cancer. Zappa recorded many albums with The Mothers Of Invention as well a solo recordings including the 1969 album 'Hot Rats' and 1974 album 'Apostrophe'. Zappa recorded one of the first concept albums, 'Freak Out' released in 1966, it was also one of the earliest double albums in rock music (although Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde preceded it by a week). He married Adelaide Gail Sloatman, in 1967, they had four children: Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet Emuukha Rodan and Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen.

1999, Rapper Jay-Z was released on $50,000 bail, after being accused of attacking Lance Rivera when a fight broke out at a party for rapper Q-Tip at a Manhattan Club. Police declined to say what caused the dispute.

2002, Whitney Houston admitted in an US TV interview that drink and drugs nearly killed her. Bobby Brown's missus also admitted to being addicted to sex. She said her business is sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, and got into the lifestyle after missing out on partying when her career kicked off aged 18.

2006, Yahoo revealed that Britney Spears was the most searched for term of 2006 with more online searches done about Spears than any other topic or person. Female celebrities dominated the top 10 overall search list, with Shakira at number three, Jessica Simpson at number four and Paris Hilton at number five.

2012, Randy Blythe, the frontman of US metal band Lamb of God, was charged over the death of a fan at a concert in Prague in 2010. The singer was accused of pushing the fan off stage during a show in the Czech Republic. The fan hit his head when he fell to the concrete floor and died of his injuries 14 days later. The 41-year-old singer faced five to 10 years in prison if convicted.

2015, Justin Bieber scored his third UK No.1 single with 'Love Yourself', which knocked his previous chart topper, 'Sorry', to No.2. The last living artists to achieve the feat were The Beatles in 1963 with 'She Loves You' and 'I Want to Hold Your Hand'.

2015, A new statue of The Beatles was unveiled in Liverpool - 50 years after their last show in Merseyside. The bronze sculpture, by Andy Edwards which weighed 1.2 tonnes, had been given to the city by The Cavern Club the venue synonymous with the Fab Four in the 1960s.

2016, Wayne Duncan, bassist with Australian rock band Daddy Cool died following a stroke. Their debut 1971 single 'Eagle Rock' stayed at No.1 on the Australian singles chart for ten weeks. Their debut July 1971 LP Daddy Who? Daddy Cool also reached No.1 and became the first Australian album to sell more than 100,000 copies.


December 4th: Born on this day

1940, Born on this day, Freddy Cannon, singer, (1959 US & UK No.3 single, 'Way Down Yonder In New Orleans').

1942, Born on this day, Bob Mosley, Moby Grape, (1967 'Moby Grape').

1944, Born on this day, Chris Hillman, bass, vocals, The Byrds, (1965 UK & US No.1 single 'Mr Tambourine Man'), Flying Burrito Brothers, The Souther, Hillman, Furay Band, (1974 US No.27 single 'Fallin' In Love').

1944, Born on this day, American musician, singer, and songwriter Dennis Wilson who co-founded The Beach Boys, He is best remembered as their drummer and as the middle brother of bandmates Brian and Carl Wilson. (1966 UK & US No.1 single 'Good Vibrations', plus over 25 other UK Top 40 singles). Wilson drowned while swimming from his boat moored in Marina Del Rey, California on 28th December 1983 after a heavy day's drinking.

1944,

1947, Born on this day, Terry Woods, The Pogues, (1987 UK No.8 single 'The Irish Rover').

1948, Born on this day, Southside Johnny, vocals, harmonica, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, (1978 album 'Hearts Of Stone').

1951, Born on this day, Gary Rossington, guitar, Lynyrd Skynyrd, (1974 US No. 8 single 'Sweet Home Alabama', 1982 UK No.21 single 'Freebird').

1967, Born on this day, Adamski, (Adam Tinley, 1990 UK No.1 single 'Killer').

1969, Born on this day, Jay-Z, (Shawn Carter), 1998 UK No.2 single 'Hard Knock Life' 1999 UK No. 10 single with Mariah Carey, 'Heartbreaker' 2001 US No.1 album 'The Blueprint'. Jay-Z married singer Beyoncé in 2008 and as a couple, they have an estimated combined net worth of $1.16 billion.

1972, Born on this day, Justin Welch, drums, Elastica, (1995 UK No.13 single 'Waking Up'), Me Me Me, (1996 UK No.19 single 'Hanging Around').

1973, Born on this day, Kate Rusby, UK folk singer, songwriter. 2007 No.2 indie album Awkward Annie.

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Στην Αθήνα παραμένει ο Γκοτιέ -Στο θέατρο για να δει τη Βανδή

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Ο διάσημος Γάλλος σχεδιαστής Ζαν Πολ Γκοτιέ, βρίσκεται

τις τελευταίες ημέρες στην Αθήνα, αφού την προηγούμενη

Τρίτη παρουσίασε στο Μουσείο Μπενάκη μία σειρά από

δημιουργίες του εμπνευσμένες από την Ελλάδα, σε μία

εκδήλωση με φιλανθρωπικό χαρακτήρα

Ο σχεδιαστής πέρασε το Σαββατοκύριακό του κάνοντας βόλτες στην πόλη, και

μάλιστα πήγε και θέατρο να παρακολουθήσει την παράσταση «Mamma Mia»,

στην οποία πρωταγωνιστεί η Δέσποινα Βανδή.

Στο τέλος της παράστασης συναντήθηκε με τους πρωταγωνιστές και

φωτογραφήθηκε μαζί τους.

Η Δέσποινα Βανδή ανέβασε τις φωτογραφίες στον προσωπικό της

λογαριασμό στο instagram. Η τραγουδίστρια, φορώντας μία μπλούζα που

έγραφε «το στυλ μου ειναι καλύτερο από το δικό σου»,

αστιεύεται στη λεζάντα της φωτογραφίας, γράφοντας χαρακτηριστικά

«Όχι Jean Paul! Αυτό που γράφει η μπλούζα μου δεν ισχύει για σένα!!! Εσύ

είσαι μοναδικός και αξεπέραστος».

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FOS NATURAL CREATIVITY

Μια «Mala Peruviana» να την πιεις μονορούφι

Πως δύο αδέρφια από τη Βοιωτία δημιούργησαν έναν εξαιρετικό χυμό ντομάτας με ιδιαίτερα «ζωηρό» χαρακτήρα...

Πόσες φορές δεν έχουμε ζηλέψει ανθρώπους γύρω μας που τα έχουν παρατήσει όλα, σχεδόν εν μία νυκτί, για να πραγματοποιήσουν τα όνειρα τους. Ανεξάρτητα αν τελικά πετυχαίνουν στους στόχους τους, σημασία πάντα έχει η διαδρομή και η προσπάθεια. Όσο για τους υπολοίπους; Πάντα θα αναρωτιόμαστε γιατί δεν προσπαθήσαμε, αλλά μάλλον αυτό είναι ένα άλλου είδους άρθρο…
Στο τελευταίο ερώτημα πάντως δεν μπορούν σίγουρα να απαντήσουν δύο νέοι άνθρωποι, αδέρφια από την Βοιωτία, ο Σάκης, σεφ με πτυχίο και μεγάλη εμπειρία στον χώρο της εστίασης και ο Φώτης Τουρκοχωρίτης, γραφίστας στο επάγγελμα, οι οποίοι αποφάσισαν να κλείσουν το μπαρ που διατηρούσαν επί δέκα χρόνια στην περιοχή του Γκάζι και να διοχετεύσουν τη δημιουργικότητά τους σε κάτι που αγαπούσαν, όχι πολύ διαφορετικό με την μέχρι πρότινος εργασία τους.

Έτσι, το 2014, με έδρα τα Βάγια Βοιωτίας έστησαν την εταιρεία Fos Natural Creativity, δημιουργώντας τη Mala Peruviana, ένα ξεχωριστό προϊόν που αποτελείται από 100% φυσικό χυμό ντομάτας με την προσθήκη θαλασσινού αλατιού και λεμονιού ως φυσικού συντηρητικού. Στην ουσία, μετέτρεψαν σε επιχειρηματική ιδέα την παραδοσιακή συνήθεια των νοικοκυριών της υπαίθρου να φτιάχνουν την εποχή της συλλογής της ντομάτας σπιτικό χυμό για να καλύψουν τις ανάγκες του χειμώνα, στοχεύοντας όμως -μέσω μιας πιο εντυπωσιακής σε όψη συσκευασίας- όχι μόνο τις κουζίνες αλλά από τους χώρους εστίασης και τα μπαρ μέχρι και τα γυμναστήρια.

Πέρα από τον ίδιο το χυμό ντομάτας, τα αδέρφια Τουρκοχωρίτη προσέδωσαν στο προϊόν τους ένα ξεχωριστό χαρακτήρα, φέρνοντας στην επιφάνεια τη θεωρία περί χρωμάτων του Αριστοτέλη. Ο αρχαίος φιλόσοφος υποστήριζε πως το βασικό χρώμα είναι το μαύρο και πως σε συνδυασμό με το «φως» του ήλιου φέρει κόκκινο «της φωτιάς».Η θεωρία εφαρμόζεται και στη Μala Ρeruviana. Η συσκευασία είναι μαύρη, η επωνυμία της εταιρείας FOS Natural Creativity και το περιεχόμενό της δεν είναι άλλο από τον πολτό κατακόκκινης ντομάτας. Σύμφωνα με τα αδέρφια, το όνομα Mala Peruviana, που σημαίνει «κακιά περουβιανή», χρησιμοποιήθηκε για να γεφυρώσουν (και να ενημερώσουν) την ιστορική ερμηνεία του καρπού της ντομάτας με την ελληνικότητα των προϊόντων που παράγουν. Σύμφωνα με τα ιστορικά στοιχεία, όταν το φυτό έφτασε στην Ευρώπη ονομάστηκε έτσι διότι οι άνθρωποι παρατηρούσαν τα ζώα να δηλητηριάζονται τρώγοντας το και αυτό γιατί τα φύλλα του περιέχουν μια ουσία που ονομάζεται σολανίνη. Όταν δοκίμασαν όμως τον καρπό ανακάλυψαν το εξαιρετικό αυτό φρούτο, τόσο γευστικά όσο και διαθρεπτικά, ενώ γρήγορα η ντομάτα πήρε μια σημαντική θέση στις διατροφικές τους συνήθειες.

Η Mala Peruviana είναι χυμός από ελληνικές ντομάτες που συντηρείται με φυσικό τρόπο, χωρίς την προσθήκη συντηρητικών και χρωστικών ουσιών. Την συμπληρώνουν, ο χυμός πορτοκαλί ντομάτας (Orange) και ένα Virgin Blend κόκκινου χυμού,αρωματισμένο με πουρέ φρέσκων λαχανικών, μια καλή βάση για την παρασκευή κοκτέηλ, ως ενεργειακό ποτό και για όσους αρέσκονται να πίνουν χυμό ντομάτας. Το Orange,είναι ένα πρωτοποριακό προϊόν το οποίο αλλάζει τα δεδομένα για τον χυμό ντομάτας χρωματικά και γευστικά. Όσο για το Virgin Blend αποτελεί ιδανικό συνδυασμό για να καταναλωθεί δροσερό ως έχει. Αποτελεί φυσικό ενεργειακό ποτό για τους αθλητές κυρίως για την αερόβια γυμναστική και τους μαραθωνοδρόμους.

Τέλος, αξίζει να σημειώσουμε ότι η παραγωγή των προϊόντων της εταιρείας γίνεται μόνο τους καλοκαιρινούς μήνες, κυρίως Αύγουστο-Σεπτέμβρη και χρησιμοποιούνται μόνο υπαίθριες ντομάτες. Οι εκτάσεις που επιλέγονται είναι κυρίως σε ημιορεινές περιοχές, λόγω κλίματος, τα προϊόντα δεν περιέχουν συντηρητικά και χρωστικές, ενώ ίσως κάποιες φορές να χρησιμοποιηθεί μικρή ποσότητα λεμονιού ή ξινό για την ρύθμιση του ph, όταν κριθεί απαραίτητο. Οι χρήσεις που ενδείκνυται η Mala Peruviana είναι για ελαφρύ και υγιεινό μαγείρεμα, για την παρασκευή cocktail, ως ενεργειακό ποτό για τους αθλητές και φυσικά είναι ένα αναψυκτικό για τους λάτρεις του τοματοχυμού. Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες επισκεφτείτε το site της εταιρείας αλλά και την σελίδα της στο Facebook!

ΚΑΝΤΕ ΚΛΙΚ ΣΤΙΣ ΕΙΚΟΝΕΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΟ ΦΥΣΙΚΟ ΤΟΥΣ ΜΕΓΕΘΟΣ

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Chico Freeman Trio Πέμπτη 14 Δεκεμβρίου 21:30

“ΞΕΦΩΤΟ” Live Stage Θεσσαλονίκη

Chico Freeman: η στάση ενός ζωντανού θρύλου στη Θεσσαλονίκη

Ένα από τα πιο δυναμικά σαξόφωνα της τζαζ τις τελευταίες δεκαετίες, ο Chico Freeman επισκέπτεται τη Θεσσαλονίκη για μία και μοναδική εμφάνιση στα Λαδάδικα (Ξέφωτο Live Stage) την Πέμπτη 14 Δεκεμβρίου, όπου το κοινό θα γευτεί την αγνή πρόθεση, την αυθεντική εκτέλεση και την τονική ακρίβεια ενός σαξοφωνίστα-θρύλου που ζει για να εκφράζει την αλήθεια του την ώρα που παίζει ζωντανά μπροστά στο κοινό του.

Ο θρυλικός μουσικός, συνθέτης και παραγωγός Chico Freeman αποτελεί μια εξαιρετικά καλογραμμένη σελίδα στην jazz ιστορία. Γιός του μυθικού τενόρου σαξοφωνίστα Von Freeman, πέρασε από το hard bop στην avant garde ή την afro latin jazz και το blues έχοντας ήδη συμπληρώσει 45 χρόνια στην καρδιά της μεγάλης jazz δημιουργίας.

Έχει πραγματοποιήσει εμφανίσεις και ηχογραφήσεις με τους πιο πρωτοποριακούς μουσικούς στον κόσμο. Οι μουσικές συνεργασίες του περιλαμβάνουν θρυλικά ονόματα όπως οι Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Charles Mingus, ArtBlakey, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Joe Henderson, Roy Haynes, Lester Bowie, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Eurythmics, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Tito Puente, Arturo Sandoval, Celia Cruz και πολλοί άλλοι.

Είναι ένας ζωντανός θρύλος της τζαζ.

www.chicofreeman.com

ΙNFO

“ΞΕΦΩΤΟ” Live Stage 21:30

Λυκούργου 5 Λαδάδικα, Θεσσαλονίκη

Τηλέφωνο : 231 401 5911

ΣΗΜΕΙΑ ΠΡΟΠΩΛΗΣΗΣ :

11876, www.viva.gr και στο δίκτυο Viva, Stereodisc, Boca music bar, “Ξέφωτο”

TΙΜΕΣ ΕΙΣIΤΗΡΙΩΝ : καθήμενοι 18 €, όρθιοι 15 €

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το πιο πολυτελες σαλέ στα βουνά του Άσπεν

Aσπεν, Κολοράντο! Μία από τις ακριβότερες περιοχές του πλανήτη Γη, τόπος αφιλόξενος πριν 150 χρόνια, απομονωμένος από τον υπόλοιπο κόσμο, πνιγμένος στην κυριολεξία μέσα σε αιωνόβια δάση από απαστράπτουσες πανύψηλες λεύκες και έλατα, στο τελευταίο άκρο των Rocky Mountains, σε υψόμετρο 2.300 περίπου μέτρων από τη στάθμη της θάλασσας.

Με μεγάλη ιστορία στα μέσα και στα τέλη του 19ου αιώνα ως πόλη μεταλλωρύχων, το Άσπεν εγκαταλείφθηκε σχετικά γρήγορα όταν κατέρρευσε η αγορά του ασημιού και έπρεπε να περάσουν σχεδόν 60 χρόνια ερημοποίησης για να αρχίσει να ξαναγεννιέται.
Ήταν τότε, στα μέσα του περασμένου αιώνα, λίγο μετά τον πόλεμο, όταν με τη δημιουργία του πρώτου χιονοδρομικού κέντρου στην περιοχή, στα Aspen Mountains και την αγορά από τον μεγιστάνα βιομήχανο Walter Paepcke τεράστιων εκτάσεων γης, ο κόσμος άρχισε να ανακαλύπτει ξανά τον πανέμορφο ορεινό όγκο του Κολοράντο.

Σήμερα, το Ασπεν είναι ένας από τους πιο φημισμένους, χειμερινούς,προορισμούς των εύπορων και διασήμων του πλανήτη και εκτός από τα πανάκριβα ξενοδοχεία και resorts, περιλαμβάνει τα ακριβότερα κομμάτια γης στον κόσμο με σαλέ και επαύλεις των οποίων η αξία φτάνει σε δυσθεώρητα ύψη. Και όχι τυχαία, καθώς εκτός από τα τέσσερα υπερσύγχρονα χιονοδρομικά κέντρα που υπάρχουν στη γύρω περιοχή, ο εθνικός δρυμός του White River είναι ένας από τους πιο εντυπωσιακούς σε φυσική ομορφιά στον κόσμο, ενώ το χειμώνα, όταν τα βουνά και η μεγάλη κοιλάδα καλύπτονται από παχύ στρώμα χιονιού, το Άσπεν μετατρέπεται σε ένα μέρος βγαλμένο από τα παραμύθια της Disney.

Εδώ, σε μία από τις πιο γνωστές περιοχές του Άσπεν, δυτικά του περίφημου χιονοδρομικού Buttermilk Ski με τις τρεις υπερσύγχρονες πίστες και σε μια παρθέναέκταση 240 στρεμάτων, απλώνεται ένα από τα πιο εντυπωσιακά ράντσα/σαλέ/επαύλεις όχι μόνο της περιοχής αλλά και ολόκληρων των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών. Περιτριγυρισμένο από βουνά και με άμεση πρόσβαση στο χιονοδρομικό, το Owl Mountain Ranch είναι χτισμένο πάνω σε έναν λόφο με απίστευτη θέα προς την κοιλάδα και περιλαμβάνει ένα από τα πιο πολυτελή σαλέ στον κόσμο, επιφανείας 1.455 τετραγωνικών μέτρων με 7 κρεβατοκάμαρες, όπως επίσης ξεχωριστό χώρο 185 τετραγωνικών με τρεις κρεβατοκάμαρες για το προσωπικό και ένα ακόμα ξεχωριστό οίκημα-αχυρώνα 700 τετραγωνικών που χρησιμοποιείται κυρίως για τα αυτοκίνητα αλλά και από το οποίο ξεκινάει ένα lift που οδηγεί απευθείας στο χιονοδρομικό χωρίς να χρειάζεται να πάει κάποιος οδικώς.

Το Owl Mountain Ranch, το οποίο είναι «προς πώληση» από το μεσιτικό γραφείο τηςSotheby’s International Realty αντί του αστρονομικού ποσού των 50 εκατ. δολαρίων, αποτελεί την επιτομή της πολυτέλειας, τόσο στους εξωτερικούς του χώρους όσο και στους εσωτερικούς, στους οποίους κυριαρχεί το εξαιρετικής ποιότητας ξύλο της περιοχής όπως επίσης και οι θολωτές ή σε άλλα σχήματα -επενδεδυμένες επίσης με καλό ξύλο- οροφές.

Ουσιαστικά πρόκειται για ένα συγκρότημα πετρόχτιστων μικρών κτιρίων που συνδέονται εσωτερικά μεταξύ τους είτε με ξύλινες μικρές πυλωτές είτε με εσωτερικές σκάλες και στις οποίες κυριαρχούν τα πανάκριβα -αλλά κάπως «βαριάς» αισθητικής- έπιπλα, τα τεράστια αλλά πανέμορφα τζάκια και τα πολλά παράθυρα που δίνουν τη δυνατότητα στον φιλοξενούμενο να θαυμάζει το μαγευτικό εξωτερικό περιβάλλον σε όποια γωνιά του σαλέ και αν βρίσκεται.

Στην πραγματικότητα, το Owl Mountain Ranch και το σαλέ του είναι χτισμένο με τέτοιο τρόπο ώστε να εξυπηρετεί στην απόλυτη χαλάρωση αλλά και στη διασκέδαση των ιδιοκτητών του, με όλους τους χώρους του να προσφέρουν κάτι το εντελώς ιδιαίτερο και μοναδικό, όπως το τεράστιο καθιστικό με την απίστευτη θέα, το δωμάτιο διασκέδασης που είναι στην ουσία ένα μικρό πολυτελές σινεμά, η αίθουσα μπιλιάρδου, η εξωτερική θερμαινόμενη τραπεζαρία με τζάκι και μπάρμπεκιου και η εξωτερική θερμαινόμενη πισίνα που ατενίζει τα βουνά.

Δεν χρειάζεται βέβαια να αναφέρουμε το πόσο πανέμορφες είναι οι κρεβατοκάμαρες του σαλέ ή τα μαρμάρινα μπάνια, τα επτά από τα οποία είναι εντός των δωματίων, ενώ τρία στους υπόλοιπους χώρους του κυρίως οικήματος.

Το Owl Mountain Ranch θα ήθελε ένα ολόκληρο βιβλίο αλλά οι φωτογραφίες του, της Sotheby’s International Realty, είναι ικανές για να καταλάβει ο οποιοσδήποτε γιατί κοστίζει $50.000.000 η απόκτηση του.

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Τα καραβάκια των ευχών για την Αγία Βαρβάρα στη Δράμα

Κάθε χρόνο, παραμονή της Αγίας Βαρβάρας, τρεις γενιές (παππούς, μπαμπάς και γιος) συγκεντρώνονται γύρω από τη μικρή λίμνη της Δράμας για να αναβιώσουν ένα έθιμο, οι ρίζες του οποίου χάνονται στη μακρά ιστορική παράδοση της ακριτικής αυτής πόλης.

Είναι αυτή η ανάγκη να «επικοινωνήσουν» (με) την ιστορία τους, με το παρελθόν τους, που οδηγεί αυτούς τους ανθρώπους στην αναβίωση του εθίμου.
Είναι η χαρά του μικρού παιδιού να τηρήσει το έθιμο που γνώρισε από τον πατέρα του κι αυτός με τη σειρά του από τον δικό του πατέρα.

Είναι η επιθυμία να στείλουν μια ευχή στο χθες για να πάρουν μια χαρά στο μέλλον. Είναι η ικανοποίηση της κατασκευής του μικρού καραβιού, που θα μεταφέρει αυτή την ευχή στο κέντρο της λίμνης! Και κυρίως, είναι η περηφάνια όλων, μικρών και μεγάλων, όταν η ομαδική δουλειά για να κατασκευαστεί το «καραβάκι των ευχών» φτάνει στο τέλος της.

Τότε, έρχεται η ώρα, το καραβάκι να φωτιστεί με κεριά ή φωτάκια με μπαταρία και να πέσει στη λίμνη για να κάνει ένα μικρό ταξίδι μεταφέροντας πολύτιμα αισθήματα: ευχές, προσδοκίες, όνειρα, ελπίδες.

Τα «καραβάκια των ευχών» τα τελευταία χρόνια έχουν μετατραπεί σε μια μεγάλη γιορτή, σε ένα μικρό πανηγύρι γύρω από τα νερά της Αγίας Βαρβάρας με επίκεντρο τον περικαλλή μικρό ναό της Αγίας, που και φέτος δέχθηκε χιλιάδες πιστούς.

Την παραμονή του εορτασμού της πολιούχου της Δράμας, εκεί, γύρω από τη λίμνη, το παρελθόν «συναντάει» το παρόν, οι μνήμες γυρίζουν στο σήμερα, τα έθιμα κρατούνται ζωντανά, οι άνθρωποι γιορτάζουν και επικοινωνούν γύρω από τη μικρή λίμνη και οι γενιές μεταλαμπαδεύουν η μία στην άλλη αξίες, ήθη, έθιμα και παραδόσεις.

Τι κι αν η φύση φέτος δεν κατάφερε να γεμίσει τη μικρή λίμνη.
Η παρέμβαση των ανθρώπων και ειδικότερα του Δήμου Δράμας και της Δημοτικής Επιχείρησης Ύδρευσης και Αποχέτευσης έδωσε τη λύση, αφού τα τελευταία 24ώρα η λίμνη εμπλουτίστηκε με νερό μέσα από αντλίες που το μετέφεραν, ώστε να τηρηθεί το έθιμο και η γιορτή να αποτελεί μια ευκαιρία για μια όμορφη συνάθροιση γενεών.

Μάλιστα, η στάθμη του νερού είχε πέσει τόσο πολύ τις προηγούμενες μέρες, που φάνηκαν τα θεμέλια του παλιού ιστορικού ναού που βρίσκονται στο μέσον της λίμνης.

Τι λέει ο μύθος

Σύμφωνα με τον λαϊκό θρύλο που «τυλίγει» τις πηγές της πόλης, όταν το 1830 η Δράμα κατακτήθηκε από τους Τούρκους, το παλιό εκκλησάκι της Αγίας Βαρβάρας γκρεμίστηκε για να χτιστεί στη θέση του ένα τζαμί. Τα σχέδια των κατακτητών, όμως, άλλαξαν ανήμερα της γιορτής.

Η περιοχή πλημμύρισε με νερό κι έτσι το τζαμί δεν χτίστηκε ποτέ. Από τότε, η Αγία Βαρβάρα έγινε η πολιούχος της Δράμας και ακριβώς απέναντι από τη λίμνη, με τα θεμέλια της παλιάς εκκλησίας στα σπλάχνα της, χτίστηκε η καινούρια εκκλησία, που αφιερώθηκε στην Αγία που έσωσε το εκκλησάκι της.

Όσο για το έθιμο με τα καραβάκια των ευχών υπάρχουν δυο εκδοχές: σύμφωνα με την πρώτη, την παραμονή της Αγίας Βαρβάρας, μετά τη λιτανεία, ο κόσμος έστελνε στο βυθισμένο εκκλησάκι το κεράκι του για την Αγία πάνω σε ένα σανίδι από ξύλο.
Η δεύτερη εκδοχή βασίζεται στο ότι η Αγία Βαρβάρα ήταν και προστάτιδα των κοριτσιών που τις φυλούσε από τη γλωσσοφαγιά και τις βοηθούσε στα αισθηματικά τους. Έτσι, όλα τα ελεύθερα κορίτσια, στις 3 Δεκέμβριου, στη διάρκεια της ακολουθίας του εσπερινού και μόλις σκοτείνιαζε, έβαζαν τα κεράκια τους πάνω σε σανίδες ξύλου και μαζί με μια ευχή τα έστελναν στο βυθισμένο εκκλησάκι της Αγίας Βαρβάρας.

Η πορεία της σανίδας στη λίμνη έδειχνε, αν η ευχή θα μπορούσε να πραγματοποιηθεί. Αν το κεράκι έσβηνε, θεωρούσαν πως επρόκειτο για αποτυχία, αλλά η ελπίδα έμενε, καθώς το επόμενο πρωί όλα τα κορίτσια κατέφθαναν και πάλι στη λίμνη για να πλυθούν με το νερό που η Αγία Βαρβάρα είχε αγιάσει το προηγούμενο βράδυ.

Σε κάθε περίπτωση, η γιορτή της Αγίας Βαρβάρας είναι άρρηκτα συνδεδεμένη με την ιστορία της πόλης και των ανθρώπων της.

Για μια ακόμη χρονιά, εκατοντάδες μικροί και μεγάλοι, κρατώντας τα καραβάκια τους στα χέρια, κατασκευασμένα πάντα με ανακυκλώσιμα υλικά, διέσχισαν την πόλη φτάνοντας μέχρι τις πηγές της Αγίας Βαρβάρας.

Εκεί, μέσα στο κατάφυτο και το μοναδικής φυσικής ομορφιάς πάρκο, όπου δεσπόζει επιβλητικά η παλιά καπναποθήκη της οικογένειας Spierer, που πλέον μεταμορφώθηκε σε έναν πανέμορφο χώρο φιλοξενίας, τα έθιμα και οι μνήμες ζωντάνεψαν και πάλι ταξιδεύοντας όλους στο χθες προσμένοντας ένα καλύτερο αύριο.

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Το αρχαιότερο γεφύρι της Ευρώπης βρίσκεται στην Ελλάδα!

Δεκαπέντε χιλιόμετρα νότια της Σπάρτης, κοντά στους πρόποδες του Ταϋγέτου, βρίσκεται η κωμόπολη του Ξηροκαμπίου, μια πανέμορφη κωμόπολη «πνιγμένη στο πράσινο».

Στην έξοδο του φαραγγιού του Ανακώλου, του οποίου ρέει ο ποταμός Ερασίνος (Ρασίνα), ο επισκέπτης μένει έκθαμβος στο αντίκρισμα του γεφυριού που ενώνει τις 2 όχθες. Πρόκειται για ένα ανεπανάληπτης πραγματικά δομικής κατασκευής γεφύρι ηλικίας 2.000 χρόνων που χρησιμοποιείται κανονικότατα ως σήμερα, πάνω από τον αρχαίο δρόμο Σπάρτης-Καρδαμύλης.

Λέγεται πως είναι το αρχαιότερο σε λειτουργία γεφύρι της Ευρώπης. Έχει κτιστεί από τους Σπαρτιάτες, την εποχή που ο Αύγουστος (τέλη 1ου π.χ. αιώνα) τους παραχώρησε την Καρδαμύλη ως επίνειο.

Ονομάστηκε από τους χριστιανούς «Ελληνικό», έργο δηλαδή των αρχαίων ελλήνων και από τους κατοίκους της γύρω περιοχής «Καμάρα».

Ο λαός το συνδύασε με την φυγή προς την Τροία της ωραίας Ελένης και την εμφάνιση τη νύχτα του φαντάσματος της γυναίκας του πρωτομάστορα, η οποία θυσιάστηκε για να θεμελιωθεί το γεφύρι…

Φέρει μία στρώση καμαρόλιθων, η διάμετρος της καμάρας του υπολογίζεται στα περίπου 4 μ., ενώ το κατάστρωμα, ο διάδρομος διάβασης, είναι επίπεδος.

Η άψογη μηχανική του δεν αλλοιώνεται από τις υποστηρικτικές κατασκευές που έχουν γίνει στο πέρασμα των αιώνων, ιδίως στο αριστερό τμήμα του κατά τον 17ο αιώνα.

Κατά την τοπική παράδοση αναφέρονται 3 μύθοι για το γεφύρι:

Ο 1ος μύθος αναφέρει ότι: από το γεφύρι αυτό πέρασε ο Πάρις, γιος του Πριάμου με την ωραία Ελένη του Μενέλαου, κατευθυνόμενοι προς την νησίδα Κρανάη του Γυθείου, απ’ όπου απέπλευσαν προς Τροία.

Ο 2ος μύθος αναφέρει ότι: από το ίδιο γεφύρι πέρασε ερχόμενος από την Καρδαμύλη μέσα από τον Ταΰγετο, ο γιος του Αχιλλέα, Πύρρος ή αλλιώς Νεοπτόλεμος για να πάει στην Σπάρτη να παντρευτεί την κόρη του Μενέλαου και της Ελένης, Ερμιόνη.

Ο 3ος μύθος αναφέρει ότι: ο Τηλέμαχος πέρασε από αυτό το γεφύρι ερχόμενος απ’ την Πύλο, το βασίλειο του Νέστορα για να πάει στην Σπάρτη να ρωτήσει τον Μενέλαο για τον πατέρα του Οδυσσέα.

Καθώς το ρέμα αναζητά τον δρόμο του ανάμεσα στα βράχια και τα τοιχία που ανακόπτουν την ορμή του, σχηματίζει υδάτινα παραπετάσματα και διαδρόμους: ένα θέαμα που βρίσκεται σε μεγάλες δόξες τους χειμερινούς και ανοιξιάτικους μήνες.

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1776: ιδρύεται η Φι Μπέτα Κάππα (ΦΒΚ), η πρώτη πανεπιστημιακή αδελφότητα στο Κολέγιο William and Mary, στο Γουίλιαμσμπεργκ της Βιρτζίνια των ΗΠΑ. Σκοπός της ήταν η μελέτη των ελληνικών κλασσικών γραμμάτων.

1782: γεννιέται ο Μάρτιν Βαν Μπιούρεν, 8ος Πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ

1791: πεθαίνει στη Βιέννη, σε ηλικία 35 ετών, ο μεγάλος συνθέτης Βόλφγκανγκ Αμαντέους Μότσαρτ. Το έργο του περιλαμβάνει 41 συμφωνίες.

1804: επανεκλέγεται Πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ ο Τόμας Τζέφερσον, που σύνταξε τη Διακήρυξη της Ανεξαρτησίας.

1870: πεθαίνει σε ηλικία 68 ετών ο Γάλλος συγγραφέας Αλέξανδρος Δουμάς, ο πατέρας, συγγραφέας των «Τριών Σωματοφυλάκων» και του «Κόμη Μοντεκρίστο».

1892: εκλέγεται στη Ράιχσταγκ, τη γερμανική Βουλή ο αντισημίτης Χέρμαν ’Αλουαρντ.

1893: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός στρατηγός του ιππικού Τζορτζ ’Αρμστρονγκ Κάστερ. Έγινε διάσημος όταν έχασε τη μάχη του Λιτλ Μπινγκ Χορν ενάντια στους Ινδιάνους Σιου, υπό τον αρχηγό Καθιστό Ταύρο, όπου σκοτώθηκαν ο ίδιος και όλοι οι στρατιώτες του.

1901: γεννιέται ο Γουόλτ Ντίσνεϋ, δημιουργός του Μίκυ Μάους και των πάρκων Ντίσνεϋλαντ. Πέθανε στις 15 Δεκεμβρίου 1966.

1905: στη Βρετανία, ο αρχηγός των Φιλελευθέρων Χένρι Κάμπελ-Μπάνερμαν γίνεται πρωθυπουργός μετά την παραίτηση του ’Αρθουρ Μπάλφουρ

1906: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός παραγωγός, σκηνοθέτης και ηθοποιός Ότο Πρέμινγκερ.

1908: χρησιμοποιούνται για πρώτη φορά στο αμερικανικό ποδόσφαιρο αριθμοί στις φανέλες, από τους Πάνθηρες του Πανεπιστημίου Pittsburgh στο14-0 επί του Πανεπιστημίου Washington & Jefferson

1909: "πεθαίνει στο Μόναχο ο γνωστός ελληνιστής και βυζαντινολόγος Κάρολος Κρουμπάχερ, συγγραφέας της ""Ιστορίας των Βυζαντινών Γραμμάτων""και διευθυντής του ""Βυζαντινού Δελτίου""."

1910: "νέο πολιτικό κόμμα, που συγκροτείται από τη γνωστή ομάδα ""Κοινωνιολόγων""του Αλέξανδρου Παπαναστασίου, κάνει την εμφάνισή του στη νέα Βουλή."

1912: για πρώτη φορά στον κόσμο, οι Έλληνες χρησιμοποιούν τα αεροπλάνα για βομβαρδισμούς στο Μπιζάνι.

1917: συναντώνται στο Μπρετ - Λιτόβσκ εκπρόσωποι της Γερμανίας και της Ρωσίας των Μπολσεβίκων και συμφωνούν την ομωνυμη ανακωχή, που θα αρχίσει να ισχύει από τις 21 Δεκεμβρίου.

1921: η Βρετανία φτάνει σε συμβιβασμό με την οργάνωση Σιν Φέιν. Η Ιρλανδία γίνεται ελεύθερο κράτος μέσα στη βρετανική αυτοκρατορία.

1926: "πεθαίνει σε ηλικία 86 ετών ο Γάλλος ζωγράφος Κλοντ Μονέ, που θεωρείται ο ""πατέρας""του ιμπρεσιονισμού."

1931: στη συνάντηση Νιουκάστλ- Πόρτσμουθ δεν σημειώνεται ούτε ένα κόρνερ.

1932: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός τραγουδιστής και στιχουργός Λιτλ Ρίτσαρντ. Το πραγματικό του όνομα ήταν Ρίτσαρντ Πένιμαν.

1933: με την 21ης τροποποίηση στο αμερικανικό Σύνταγμα παύεται η ποταπαγόρευση, που είχε επιβληθεί το 1920.

1934: γεννιέται ο ηθοποιός και διευθυντής του Εθνικού Θεάτρου Νίκος Κούρκουλος.

1940: ο ελληνικός στρατός καταλαμβάνει την Πρεμετή. Ο εχθρός τρέπεται σε φυγή προς την Κλεισούρα. Την ίδια μέρα σκοτώνεται ο πρώτος Έλληνας αξιωματικός, ο εβραϊκού θρησκεύματος συνταγματάρχης, Μαρδοχαίος Φριζής.

1941: "εκδίδεται το μυθιστόρημα ,""Η θάλασσα του Κορτέζ"", του Τζον Στάινμπεκ"

1941: οι γερμανικές δυνάμεις, που είχαν προχωρήσει σε απόσταση 20 μιλίων από τη Μόσχα, υποχωρούν κάτω από την αποφασιστική αντεπίθεση των Ρώσων

1945: χάνονται αεροσκάφη της αμερικανικής αεροπορίας κατά την πτήση τους στο τρίγωνο των Βερμούδων.

1946: γεννιέται στη Μπαρτσελόνα ο Ισπανός λυρικός τενόρος Χοσέ Καρρέρας.

1950: σκάνδαλο στη Μονή Κερατέας έρχεται στο φως της δημοσιότητας, όταν κατά την επέμβαση αστυνομικών και εισαγγελέα απελευθερώνονται πολλές πλούσιες ηλικιωμένες γυναίκες, που κρατούνταν σε άσχημες συνθήκες μαζί με 36 αγόρια και κορίτσια.

1951: "πεθαίνει στη Νότια Καρολίνα σε ηλικία 64 ετών ο ""Ξυπόλητος Joe"" Jackson, ο παίκτης των White Sox, που υπήρξε το ίνδαλμα της δεκαετίας 1910-20. Είχε κατηγορηθεί μαζί με άλλους 7 συμπαίκτες για στημένα παιχνίδια στο World Series του 1919, όταν η ομάδα του έχασε επίτηδες, δωροδοκημένη από πανίσχυρους μπουκμέικερ έναντι του ποσού των 80.000 δολαρίων με μεσάζοντα τον Chick Gandil"

1952: "κάνει πρεμιέρα το σόου ""’Αμποτ και Κοστέλο""."

1953: αποκαθίστανται οι διπλωματικές σχέσεις μεταξύ Βρετανίας και Ιράν.

1961: γεννιέται η τραγουδίστρια Σοφία Βόσσου.

1961: στο Κογκό, δυνάμεις του ΟΗΕ εξαπολύουν επίθεση στην Κατάνγκα.

1962: οι ΗΠΑ και η ΕΣΣΔ συμφωνούν να συνεργαστούν ως προς τις ειρηνικές χρήσεις του διαστήματος.

1963: ορκίζεται δεύτερος αντιπρόεδρος της ελληνικής κυβέρνησης ο Στέφανος Στεφανόπουλος.

1969: "η ""τεχνητή βηματοδότηση""της καρδιάς αρχίζει να εφαρμόζεται με επιτυχία και στην Ελλάδα."

1969: ο Εμίλ Ζάποτεκ αποτάσσεται από τον στρατό, όπου είχε το βαθμό του συνταγματάρχη, επειδή εκφράζει την υποστήριξή του στην ’Ανοιξη της Πράγας.

1977: η Αίγυπτος διακόπτει τις διπλωματικές της σχέσεις με τη Συρία, την Αλγερία, τη Λιβύη, το Ιράκ και τη Νότια Υεμένη.

1981: η ελληνική κυβέρνηση αποφασίζει να καταργήσει το άρθρο 357 του Ποινικού Κώδικα, που προέβλεπε την ποινή φυλάκισης για τη μοιχεία.

1984: ο Καρίμ Αμπντούλ Τζαμπάρ γίνεται ο γηραιότερος παίκτης στην ιστορία του ΝΒΑ, όταν σε ηλικία 37 ετών υπογράφει συμβόλαιο ενός έτους με τους LA Lakers

1985: η Βρετανία πραγματοποιεί πυρηνική δοκιμή. Την ίδια μέρα ανακοινώνει την αποχώρηση της από την UNESCO στις 31 Δεκεμβρίου, κατηγορώντας τον οργανισμό για προκατάληψη κατά της Δύσης και ανορθολογική οικονομική διαχείριση.

1985: "στο No.1 του Billboard βρίσκεται το ""Broken Wings""των Mr. Mister, που γράφτηκε μέσα σε 20 μόλις λεπτά."

1988: σύμφωνα με δημοσιεύματα του αμερικανικού επιστημονικού περιοδικού «Nucleicweeks», το Δεκέμβριο του 1987 στο Μπίμπλις της Δυτικής Γερμανίας θα μπορούσε να είχε συμβεί «τήξη πυρήνα». Το σοβαρότατο αυτό ατύχημα είχε μείνει μυστικό.

1989: γαλλική αμαξοστοιχία σπάει το ρεκόρ ταχύτητας στα τρένα, τρέχοντας με 480 χλμ. την ώρα.

1990: ο Ινδοβρετανός συγγραφέας Σαλμάν Ρούσντι, ο οποίος κρύβεται από τη στιγμή, που το Ιράν, με φεχτά διέταξε το θάνατό του για βλασφημία, κάνει την πρώτη δημόσια εμφάνισή του μετά από δύο χρόνια.

1991: στην Αλβανία, συλλαμβάνεται η χήρα του Ενβέρ Χότζα, Νετζμιγιέ, με τις κατηγορίες της διαφθοράς και των καταχρήσεων.

1992: δεκαπέντε άτομα σκοτώνονται και επτά τραυματίζονται από εκτροχιασμό αμαξοστοιχίας στην ανατολική Αιθιοπία.

1992: "στρατιωτικοί αξιωματούχοι δηλώνουν ότι, ο έλεγχος της επιχείρησης ""Restore Hope""στη Σομαλία θα είναι από τις δυσκολότερες, που επιχειρήθηκαν ποτέ."

1993: "η αστυνομία του Ιράν, στο πλαίσιο της ""κοινωνικής εκστρατείας""εναντίον της διαφθοράς από τη Δύση, προειδοποιεί τους κομμωτές να μην κουρεύουν τους νέους με την τελευταία λέξη της μόδας."

1993: στη Βενεζουέλα, ο λαός εκλέγει Πρόεδρο τον Ραφαέλ Καλντέρα, για δεύτερη φορά μέσα σε 25 χρόνια.

1993: στην Αγκόλα, η κυβέρνηση και οι αντάρτες της UNITA καταλήγουν επίσημα σε συμφωνία εκεχειρίας, τερματίζοντας τον 18ετή εμφύλιο πόλεμο.

1994: κατά της διεύρυνσης του ΝΑΤΟ προς ανατολάς, τάσσεται ο Ρώσος Πρόεδρος Μπόρις Γέλτσιν, στην 9η σύνοδο της ΔΑΣΕ, καθώς τα σύνορα της Συμμαχίας θα προσεγγίζουν τα ρωσικά.

1995: "δίωξη κατά του καθηγητή του Παντείου Γιώργο Ρούσση και του ηθοποιού Βασίλη Διαμαντόπουλου ασκείται για ""εγκωμιασμό αξιόποινων πράξεων"", όπως χαρακτηρίστηκαν οι απόψεις, που διετύπωσαν για τα επεισόδια που έγιναν κατά τη διάρκεια του εορτασμού της επετείου του Πολυτεχνείου λίγες μέρες νωρίτερα."

1995: η Γαλλία αποφασίζει να επανενταχθεί στο στρατιωτικό σκέλος της Ατλαντικής Συμμαχίας, 30 χρόνια αφότου αποχώρησε επί προεδρίας του στρατηγού Ντε Γκολ. Την ίδια μέρα στη Γαλλία, διανύεται η 12η ημέρα της απεργίας των εργαζομένων στο δημόσιο τομέα, με μαζικές διαδηλώσεις στο Παρίσι και σε άλλες μεγάλες πόλεις, με αποτέλεσμα να σημειωθούν αρκετά βίαια επεισόδια και η αστυνομία να προβεί σε 28 συλλήψεις.

1995: στο Καμερούν, συντρίβεται αεροσκάφος Μπόινγκ 737, με αποτέλεσμα να σκοτωθούν 60 από τους 78 επιβαίνοντες.

1996: "σύμφωνα με την ετήσια παγκόσμια έκθεση της οργάνωσης ""Human Rights Watch"", στην Ελλάδα συνεχίζονται οι παραβιάσεις ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων των μειονοτήτων, η κακομεταχείριση μεταναστών και οι περιορισμοί στην ελευθερία έκφρασης."

1996: συνεχίζονται οι απεργιακές κινητοποιήσεις των αγροτών στη Βόρεια Ελλάδα, ενώ ναυαγεί η σύσκεψη του υπουργού Γεωργίας με εκπροσώπους των αγροτών

1997: επεισόδια με συγκρούσεις ανάμεσα σε φοιτητές και ΜΑΤ ξεσπούν στο κέντρο της Αθήνας

1997: ο πρόεδρος του Παναθηναϊκού Γιώργος Βαρδινογιάννης, σε συνάντησή του με τους εκπροσώπους των οργανωμένων οπαδών, ανακοινώνει ότι, ο ΠΑΟ θα επιχειρήσει να δώσει λύση στο φαινόμενο της βίας και των επεισοδίων στα γήπεδα με ομάδες περιφρούρησης. Έτσι, ο κάθε σύνδεσμος θα έχει υποχρεωτικά δέκα άτομα περιφρούρηση και θα είναι αποκλειστικά υπεύθυνος για ότι συμβεί στον χώρο ευθύνης του. Ακόμα, απειλεί με διάλυση τον σύνδεσμο, που τα μέλη του θα προξενήσουν έκτροπα.

2003: "τουλάχιστον 45 άτομα χάνουν τη ζωή τους και 160 τραυματίζονται από επίθεση αυτοκτονίας που πραγματοποιούν Τσετσένοι αυτονομιστές σε τρένο στη νότια Ρωσία, το οποίο ήταν γεμάτο εργαζόμενους που πήγαιναν στη δουλειά τους. Ο Ρώσος Πρόεδρος χαρακτήρισε την επίθεση ως ""προσπάθεια αποσταθεροποίησης""της χώρας, καθώς έγινε δύο μέρες πριν από τις κοινοβουλευτικές εκλογές. Για αποτρόπαια και αδικαιολόγητη ενέργεια κάνει λόγο η διεθνής κοινότητα."

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63 BC – Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations.
633 – Fourth Council of Toledo takes place.
1082 – Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated.
1408 – Emir Edigu of Golden Horde reaches Moscow.
1484 – Pope Innocent VIII issues the Summis desiderantes affectibus, a papal bull that deputizes Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger as inquisitors to root out alleged witchcraft in Germany.
1492 – Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
1496 – King Manuel I of Portugal issues a decree ordering the expulsion of "heretics" from the country.
1560 – Charles IX becomes king of France.
1757 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen – Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
1766 – In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.
1775 – At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1831 – Former U.S. President John Quincy Adams takes his seat in the House of Representatives.
1847 – Jefferson Davis is elected to the U.S. Senate.
1848 – California Gold Rush: In a message to the United States Congress, U.S. President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.
1865 – Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
1931 – Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin.
1932 – German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
1933 – The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
1934 – Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.
1936 – The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.
1941 – World War II: In the Battle of Moscow, Georgy Zhukov launches a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army.
1941 – World War II: Great Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary and Romania.
1943 – World War II: Allied air forces begin attacking Germany's secret weapons bases in Operation Crossbow.
1952 – Great Smog: A cold fog descends upon London, combining with air pollution and killing at least 12,000 in the weeks and months that follow.
1955 – The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.
1955 – E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
1958 – Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.
1958 – The Preston By-pass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. (It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.)
1964 – Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.
1964 – Lloyd J. Old discovered the first linkage between the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and disease—mouse leukemia—opening the way for the recognition of the importance of the MHC in the immune response.
1977 – Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. The move is in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt.
1983 – Dissolution of the Military Junta in Argentina.
1995 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lanka's government announces the conquest of the Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.
2004 – The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.
2005 – The 6.8 M_w Lake Tanganyika earthquake shakes the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing six people.
2006 – Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.
2013 – Militants attack a Defense Ministry compound in Sana'a, Yemen, killing at least 56 people and injuring 200 others.

Births[edit]

852 – Zhu Wen, Chinese emperor (d. 912)
1377 – Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)
1389 – Zbigniew Oleśnicki, Polish cardinal and statesman (d. 1455)
1443 – Pope Julius II (d. 1513)
1470 – Willibald Pirckheimer, German lawyer and author (d. 1530)
1495 – Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish philologist and lexicographer (d. 1542)
1537 – Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597)
1539 – Fausto Sozzini, Italian theologian and author (d. 1604)
1547 – Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (d. 1625)
1556 – Anne Cecil, Countess of Oxford, English countess (d. 1588)
1595 – Henry Lawes, English composer (d. 1662)
1661 – Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (d. 1724)
1666 – Francesco Scarlatti, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1741)
1687 – Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1762)
1697 – Giuseppe de Majo, Italian organist and composer (d. 1771)
1782 – Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (d. 1862)
1784 – George Shepherd, English illustrator and painter (d. 1862)
1803 – Fyodor Tyutchev, Russian poet and diplomat (d. 1873)
1820 – Afanasy Fet, Russian poet and author (d. 1892)
1822 – Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American philosopher and academic, co-founded Radcliffe College (d. 1907)
1829 – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (d. 1908)
1830 – Christina Rossetti, English poet and author (d. 1894)
1839 – George Armstrong Custer, American general (d. 1876)
1841 – Marcus Daly, Irish-American businessman (d. 1900)
1849 – Eduard Seler, German anthropologist, ethnohistorian, linguist, and academic (d. 1922)
1855 – Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist, ornithologist, entomologist, and ethnographer (d. 1942)
1859 – John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, English admiral and politician, 2nd Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1935)
1861 – Konstantin Korovin, Russian-French painter and set designer (d. 1939)
1863 – Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France (d. 1933)
1866 – John Beresford, Irish polo player (d. 1944)
1866 – Traian Demetrescu, Romanian poet and author (d. 1896)
1867 – Antti Aarne, Finnish author and academic (d. 1925)
1867 – Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (d. 1935)
1868 – Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (d. 1951)
1869 – Ellis Parker Butler, American author and poet (d. 1937)
1870 – Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator (d. 1949)
1872 – Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player (d. 1906)
1875 – Arthur Currie, Canadian general (d. 1933)
1879 – Clyde Vernon Cessna, American pilot and businessman, founded the Cessna Aircraft Corporation (d. 1954)
1881 – René Cresté, French actor and director (d. 1922)
1886 – Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author (d. 1968)
1886 – Pieter Oud, Dutch historian, academic, and politician, Minister of Finance of the Netherlands (d. 1968)
1886 – Nikolai Uglanov, Soviet politician (d. 1937)
1890 – David Bomberg, English painter, illustrator, and academic (d. 1957)
1890 – Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1976)
1891 – Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and academic (d. 1951)
1894 – Charles Robberts Swart, South African lawyer and politician, 1st State President of South Africa (d. 1982)
1895 – Elbert Frank Cox, American mathematician and academic (d. 1969)
1896 – Ann Nolan Clark, American historian, author, and educator (d. 1995)
1896 – Carl Ferdinand Cori, Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
1897 – Nunnally Johnson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
1897 – Gershom Scholem, German-Israeli philosopher and historian (d. 1982)
1898 – Josh Malihabadi, Indian-Pakistani poet and translator (d. 1982)
1898 – Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (d. 1947)
1900 – Jimmy Dimmock, English footballer (d. 1972)
1901 – Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (d. 1966)
1901 – Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist and author (d. 1980)
1901 – Werner Heisenberg, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
1902 – Emeric Pressburger, Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1988)
1902 – Strom Thurmond, American educator, general, and politician, 103rd Governor of South Carolina (d. 2003)
1903 – Johannes Heesters, Dutch-German actor and singer (d. 2011)
1903 – C. F. Powell, English-Italian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1969)
1905 – Gus Mancuso, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1984)
1905 – Otto Preminger, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (d. 1986)
1905 – Francisco Javier Arana, Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (d.1949)
1907 – Lin Biao, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1971)
1907 – Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian-French physicist and academic (d. 1993)
1910 – Abraham Polonsky, American director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1911 – Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and composer (d. 2000)
1912 – Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d. 1965)
1912 – Kate Simon, American travel writer (d. 1990)
1913 – Esther Borja, Cuban soprano and actress (d. 2013)
1914 – Hans Hellmut Kirst, German lieutenant and author (d. 1989)
1916 – Hilary Koprowski, Polish-American virologist and immunologist, created the world's first effective live polio vaccine (d. 2013)
1916 – Walt McPherson, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
1917 – Ken Downing, English race car driver (d. 2004)
1919 – Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont, English historian and politician
1921 – Alvy Moore, American actor and producer (d. 1997)
1922 – Casey Ribicoff, American philanthropist (d. 2011)
1922 – Don Robertson, American songwriter and pianist (d. 2015)
1924 – Robert Sobukwe, South African banker and politician (d. 1978)
1925 – Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan politician, 73rd President of Nicaragua (d. 1980)
1927 – Bhumibol Adulyadej, Thai king (d. 2016)
1927 – W.D. Amaradeva, Sri Lankan musician and composer (d. 2016)
1929 – Madis Kõiv, Estonian physicist, philosopher, and author (d. 2014)
1931 – Ladislav Novák, Czech footballer and manager (d. 2011)
1932 – Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs, British politician
1932 – Sheldon Lee Glashow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1932 – Jim Hurtubise, American race car driver (d. 1989)
1932 – Little Richard, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor
1933 – Gennadiy Agapov, Russian race walker (d. 1999)
1934 – Joan Didion, American novelist and screenwriter
1935 – Calvin Trillin, American novelist, humorist, and journalist
1935 – Yury Vlasov, Ukrainian-Russian weightlifter and politician
1936 – James Lee Burke, American journalist, author, and academic
1938 – J. J. Cale, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1940 – Tony Crafter, Australian cricket umpire
1940 – Boris Ignatyev, Russian footballer and manager
1940 – Peter Pohl, Swedish author, director, and screenwriter
1940 – Frank Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2012)
1942 – Bryan Murray, Canadian ice hockey coach (d. 2017)
1943 – Eva Joly, Norwegian-French judge and politician
1943 – Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, South Korean cardinal
1944 – Jeroen Krabbé, Dutch actor, director, and producer
1945 – Serge Chapleau, Canadian cartoonist
1945 – Moshe Katsav, Iranian-Israeli educator and politician, 8th President of Israel
1946 – José Carreras, Spanish tenor and actor
1946 – Andy Kim, Canadian pop singer-songwriter
1946 – Sarel van der Merwe, South African race car driver
1947 – Rudy Fernandez, Filipino triathlete
1947 – Bruce Golding, Jamaican lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Jamaica
1947 – Tony Gregory, Irish activist and politician (d. 2009)
1947 – Jim Messina, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1947 – Jim Plunkett, American football player and radio host
1947 – Kim Simmonds, Welsh blues-rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Savoy Brown)
1947 – Don Touhig, Welsh journalist and politician
1948 – Denise Drysdale, Australian television host and actress
1949 – John Altman, English composer and conductor
1949 – David Manning, English civil servant and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States
1951 – Link Byfield, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2015)
1951 – Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven, Belgian painter and illustrator
1953 – Gwen Lister, South African-Namibian journalist, publisher, and activist
1954 – Hanif Kureishi, English author and playwright
1954 – Gary Roenicke, American baseball player and scout
1955 – Miyuki Kawanaka, Japanese singer
1955 – Juha Tiainen, Finnish hammer thrower (d. 2003)
1956 – Klaus Allofs, German footballer and manager
1956 – Adam Thorpe, French-English author, poet, and playwright
1956 – Krystian Zimerman, Polish virtuoso pianist
1957 – Raquel Argandoña, Chilean model, actress, and politician
1959 – Lee Chapman, English footballer
1959 – Oleksandr Yaroslavsky, Ukrainian businessman
1960 – Frans Adelaar, Dutch footballer and manager
1960 – Osvaldo Golijov, Argentinian-American composer and educator
1960 – Jack Russell, American singer-songwriter and producer
1960 – Matthew Taylor, English businessman and politician
1961 – Ralf Dujmovits, German mountaineer
1961 – Laura Flanders, British journalist
1962 – José Cura, Argentinian tenor, conductor, and director
1962 – Pablo Morales, American swimmer and coach
1962 – Nivek Ogre, Canadian singer-songwriter
1962 – Fred Rutten, Dutch footballer and manager
1963 – Doctor Dré, American television and radio host
1963 – Carrie Hamilton, American actress and playwright (d. 2002)
1963 – Alberto Nisman, Argentinian lawyer (d. 2015)
1964 – Martin Vinnicombe, Australian cyclist
1965 – Manish Malhotra, Indian fashion designer
1965 – John Rzeznik, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1965 – Wayne Smith, Jamaican rapper (d. 2014)
1965 – Valeriy Spitsyn, Russian race walker
1967 – Gary Allan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968 – Margaret Cho, American comedian, actress, producer, and screenwriter
1968 – Lisa Marie, American model and actress
1968 – Lydia Millet, American novelist
1968 – Falilat Ogunkoya, Nigerian sprinter
1969 – Eric Etebari, American actor, director, and producer
1969 – Morgan J. Freeman, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Sajid Javid, English banker and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
1969 – Lewis Pugh, English swimmer and lawyer
1969 – Ramón Ramírez, Mexican footballer
1970 – Michel'le, American singer-songwriter
1970 – Kevin Haller, Canadian ice hockey player
1971 – Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, German businessman and politician, German Federal Minister of Defence
1971 – Ashia Hansen, American-English triple jumper
1971 – Gabriel Hjertstedt, Swedish golfer
1972 – Cliff Floyd, American baseball player and sportscaster
1972 – Mike Mahoney, American baseball player
1972 – Duane Ross, American hurdler and coach
1973 – Argo Arbeiter, Estonian footballer
1973 – Andrei Krasnopjorov, Estonian footballer
1973 – Mikelangelo Loconte, Italian singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1973 – Luboš Motl, Czech physicist and academic
1974 – Charlie Batch, American football player and sportscaster
1974 – Ravish Kumar, Indian journalist and author
1974 – Brian Lewis, American sprinter
1975 – Ronnie O'Sullivan, English snooker player and radio host
1975 – Paula Patton, American actress
1976 – Amy Acker, American actress
1976 – Xavier Garbajosa, French rugby player
1976 – Sachiko Kokubu, Japanese actress and model
1976 – Rachel Komisarz, American swimmer and coach
1977 – Peter van der Vlag, Dutch footballer
1978 – Neil Druckmann, American video game designer and author
1978 – Olli Jokinen, Finnish ice hockey player
1978 – Marcelo Zalayeta, Uruguayan footballer
1979 – Matteo Ferrari, Italian footballer
1979 – Niklas Hagman, Finnish ice hockey player
1979 – Gareth McAuley, Northern Irish footballer
1979 – Nick Stahl, American actor and producer
1980 – Ibrahim Maalouf, Lebanese-French trumpet player and composer
1982 – Eddy Curry, American basketball player
1982 – Trai Essex, American football player
1982 – Keri Hilson, American singer-songwriter and actress
1983 – Cooper Cronk, Australian rugby league player
1985 – Shikhar Dhawan, Indian cricketer
1985 – Frankie Muniz, American actor, drummer, and race car driver
1985 – Nico Verdonck, Belgian race car driver
1985 – Danny Wicks, Australian rugby league player
1986 – LeGarrette Blount, American football player
1986 – James Hinchcliffe, Canadian race car driver
1986 – Justin Smoak, American baseball player
1987 – Tommy Fraser, English footballer
1988 – Joanna Rowsell, English cyclist
1990 – Montee Ball, American football player
1991 – Jacopo Sala, Italian footballer
1992 – Ilja Antonov, Estonian footballer
1993 – Ross Barkley, English footballer
1994 – Ondrej Duda, Slovak footballer
1994 – Grant Ward, English footballer
1995 – Danny Levi, New Zealand rugby league player
1995 – Anthony Martial, French footballer

Deaths[edit]

63 BC – Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura, Roman politician (b. 114 BC)
334 – Li Ban, emperor of Chang Han (b. 288)
902 – Ealhswith, queen consort and wife of Alfred the Great, King of Wessex
1082 – Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona (b. 1053)
1212 – Dirk van Are, bishop and lord of Utrecht
1244 – Joan, Countess of Flanders and Hainault(b. 1199 or 1200)
1355 – John III, Duke of Brabant (b. 1300)
1560 – Francis II of France (b. 1544)
1570 – Johan Friis, Danish politician (b. 1494)
1624 – Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist and physician (b. 1560)
1654 – Jean François Sarrazin, French author and poet (b. 1611)
1663 – Severo Bonini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1582)
1749 – Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, Canadian commander and explorer (b. 1685)
1758 – Johann Friedrich Fasch, German violinist and composer (b. 1688)
1770 – James Stirling, Scottish mathematician and surveyor (b. 1692)
1784 – Phillis Wheatley, Senegal-born slave, later American poet (b. 1753)
1791 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer and musician (b. 1756)
1819 – Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (b. 1750)
1870 – Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (b. 1802)
1887 – Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
1891 – Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)
1918 – Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
1925 – Władysław Reymont, Polish noelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
1926 – Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
1931 – Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
1940 – Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
1941 – Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Pakistani painter (b. 1913)
1942 – Jock Delves Broughton, English captain (b. 1883)
1946 – Louis Dewis, Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1872)
1951 – Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
1951 – Abanindranath Tagore, Indian painter, author, and academic (b. 1871)
1953 – William Sterling Parsons, American admiral (b. 1901)
1955 – Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company (b. 1886)
1961 – Emil Fuchs, German-American lawyer and businessman (b. 1878)
1963 – Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer and educator (b. 1905)
1963 – Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1892)
1964 – V. Veerasingam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (b. 1892)
1965 – Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, neuroscientist, and academic Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
1968 – Fred Clark, American actor (b. 1914)
1969 – Claude Dornier, German engineer and businessman, founded Dornier Flugzeugwerke (b. 1884)
1969 – Princess Alice of Battenberg (b. 1885)
1973 – Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish engineer, invented the radar (b. 1892)
1975 – Constance McLaughlin Green, American historian and author (b. 1897)
1977 – Katherine Milhous, American author and illustrator (b. 1894)
1977 – Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Russian marshal and politician, Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
1979 – Jesse Pearson, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
1983 – Robert Aldrich, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1918)
1984 – Cecil M. Harden, American politician (b. 1894)
1986 – Edward Youde, Welsh-Chinese sinologist and diplomat, 26th Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1924)
1989 – John Pritchard, English conductor and director (b. 1921)
1990 – Alfonso A. Ossorio, Filipino-American painter and sculptor (b. 1916)
1994 – Harry Horner, Czech-American director, producer, and production designer (b. 1910)
1995 – L. B. Cole, American illustrator and publisher (b. 1918)
1995 – Charles Evans, English mountaineer, surgeon, and educator (b. 1918)
1995 – Gwen Harwood, Australian poet and playwright (b. 1920)
1995 – Clair Cameron Patterson, American scientist (b. 1922)
1997 – Eugen Cicero, Romanian-German jazz pianist (b. 1940)
1998 – Albert Gore, Sr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1907)
2001 – Franco Rasetti, Italian-American physicist and academic (b. 1901)
2002 – Roone Arledge, American sportscaster and producer (b. 1931)
2002 – Ne Win, Burmese general and politician, 4th President of Burma (b. 1911)
2005 – Edward L. Masry, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
2006 – David Bronstein, Ukrainian-Belarusian chess player and theoretician (b. 1924)
2007 – Andrew Imbrie, American composer and academic (b. 1921)
2007 – George Paraskevaides, Greek-Cypriot businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Joannou & Paraskevaides (b. 1916)
2007 – Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer and academic (b. 1928)
2008 – Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (b. 1929)
2008 – George Brecht, American chemist and composer (b. 1926)
2008 – Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress (b. 1924)
2008 – Beverly Garland, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1926)
2008 – Anca Parghel, Romanian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1957)
2009 – William Lederer, American soldier and author (b. 1912)
2010 – Alan Armer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2010 – Don Meredith, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (b. 1938)
2011 – Peter Gethin, English race car driver (b. 1940)
2011 – Gennady Logofet, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1942)
2012 – Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer (b. 1920)
2012 – Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian philanthropist (b. 1909)
2012 – Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, designed the United Nations Headquarters and Cathedral of Brasília (b. 1907)
2012 – Ignatius IV of Antioch, Syrian patriarch (b. 1920)
2013 – Fred Bassetti, American architect and academic, founded Bassetti Architects (b. 1917)
2013 – William B. Edmondson, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Africa (b. 1927)
2013 – Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
2014 – Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot (b. 1931)
2014 – Fabiola, Queen of Belgium (b. 1928)
2014 – Talât Sait Halman, Turkish poet, translator, and historian (b. 1931)
2014 – Jackie Healy-Rae, Irish hurdler and politician (b. 1931)
2014 – Silvio Zavala, Mexican historian and author (b. 1909)
2015 – Vic Eliason, American clergyman and radio host, founded VCY America (b. 1936)
2015 – Tibor Rubin, Hungarian-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1929)
2015 – Chuck Williams, American businessman and author, founded Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (b. 1915)
2016 – Jayalalithaa, Indian politician, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (b. 1948)

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December 5th: On this Day

1960, Elvis Presley started a ten-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'G.I. Blues'. His fifth US No.1 album. Music on this album comprised songs that had appeared in the film of the same name.

1960, Paul McCartney and Pete Best were arrested for pinning a condom to a brick wall and then igniting it. The two were told to leave Germany and The Beatlesreturned home, discouraged.

1964, Lorne Greene star of the NBC TV show 'Bonanza' was at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Ringo', making him the second Canadian (after Paul Anka) to have a US No.1 single. The song was a No.22 hit in the UK.

1965, The Beatles played their last ever show in their hometown of Liverpool when they appeared at The Liverpool Empire during the group's final UK tour. Only 5,100 tickets were available, but there were 40,000 applications for tickets. The group also had the UK No.1 single with 'We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper.'

1967, This was the final night of a 16-date UK package tour with Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, The Move, The Nice, The Outer Limits, The Erie Apparent and Amen Corner at Green's Playhouse, Glasgow. All performances had two shows per night, in this case at 6.15pm, with the second at 8.45pm. Jimi Hendrix had the curtains closed on him halfway through his set, after the management at the venue regarded his movements with his guitar as having sexual overtones.

1968, The release of The Rolling Stones' new album Beggars Banquet was celebrated at a party in London. A food fight with custard pies was the highlight of the event that went on without an ill Keith Richards. The original cover for the LP was in the form of a plain white invitation, but was later changed.

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1970, 'Amazing Grace' by Judy Collins entered the UK singles chart for the first of eight times, it spent a total of 67 weeks on the chart never making the No.1 position. 'Amazing Grace' is a Christian hymn with lyrics written by the English poet and clergyman John Newton which was first published in 1779.

1973, Paul McCartney released Band On The Run, his fifth album since his departure from The Beatles. Two hit singles from the album – 'Jet' and 'Band on the Run' made it McCartney's most successful album. The majority of Band on the Run was recorded at EMI's studio in Lagos, Nigeria, as McCartney wanted to make an album in an exotic location. McCartney went into the studio with just his wife Linda and Denny Laine, doubling on drums, percussion and most of the lead guitar parts himself as well as bass.

1976, Music weekly NME reviewed The Sex Pistols debut single 'Anarchy In The UK' saying "Johnny Rotten sings flat, the song is laughably naive, and the overall feeling is of a third-rate Who imitation."

1981, Julio Iglesias was at No.1 in the UK singles chart with 'Begin The Beguine.' A Cole Porter song from 1935 with Spanish lyrics it was the singers only UK chart topper.

1987, Fat Larry James, drummer, singer and leader of Fat Larry’s Band died of a heart attack aged 38. Scored the 1982 UK No.2 single 'Zoom'. The opening drum break from Down On The Avenue, from the band's first album, Feel It has been sampled by N.W.A. Ice-T, Jungle Brothers and Run-D.M.C.

1987, Belinda Carlisle went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Heaven Is a Place on Earth', the ex Go-Go's member first solo No.1, also a No.1 hit in the UK. The promotional video was directed by Academy Award-winning actress Diane Keaton and features an appearance of Carlisle's husband Morgan Mason.

1987, The Jesus And Mary Chain were banned from appearing on a US music TV show after complaints of blasphemy when the group's name was flashed across the screen. The CBS show asked the band to be called JANC but the group didn't agree.

1992, Whitney Houston started a ten-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Will Always Love You'. The longest ever run at No.1 for a female artist the Dolly Parton penned song was taken from the Bodyguard soundtrack.

1993, Co-founder of Gin Blossoms Doug Hopkins died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds age 32. The guitarist and songwriter was in a detox unit of Phoenix's St. Luke's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona when he snuck out and bought a .38 caliber pistol. The next day Hopkins committed suicide.

2004, Band Aid 20 started a four week at No.1 on the UK singles chart with a new version of Do They Know It’s Christmas? The third time the song had reached No.1. The new version featured, Joss Stone, Busted, Chris Martin, Bono, Justin Hawkins, Dizzee Rascal, Tom Chaplin, Ms Dynamite, Beverly Knight, Will Young, Jamelia, Fran Healy, Sugababes, Dido and Robbie Williams.

2004, U2 started a two week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb', the bands ninth UK No.1 album. The band also went to No.1 on the US album chart giving them their sixth US No.1 album.

2006, Beatles lyrics handwritten by Sir Paul McCartney to an early version of Maxwell's Silver Hammer sold for $192,000 (£97,000) at an auction in New York. A guitar owned by Jimi Hendrix fetched $168,000 (£85,000), a notebook containing lyrics written by Bob Marley sold for $72,000 (£36,445) and a poem penned by Doors frontman Jim Morrison made $49,000 (£25,500) at the Christie's sale.

2007, Robbie Williams apologised to Nigel Martin-Smith the ex-manager of Take That and agreed to pay undisclosed damages over an allegation he made about him in a song. In the lyrics of ‘The 90s’ Williams had suggested that Nigel Martin-Smith had stolen funds from the band.

2009, In an interview with the UK daily newspaper The Guardian, George Michael said he had cut back on his cannabis intake and now only smoked 'seven or eight' spliffs per day instead of the 25 he used to smoke.

2009, Phish played the final show of their 2009 Fall Tour at the John Paul Jones Arena at the University of Virginia. At the beginning of a first set an erratic fan proceeded to run on stage fully naked. He ran up and hugged guitarist Trey Anastasio and kissed him on the cheek. He made three laps around the stage before finally being chased down by security.

2011, After spending 45 weeks at the top end of the UK charts, singer Adele'ssecond album ‘21’ become the biggest selling LP in Britain this century, surpassing the late Amy Winehouse's 2006 LP ‘Back to Black’.

2013, Spotify responded to critics by revealing how much acts can expect to earn from the music streaming site. The company said it paid an average of $0.007 per play, according to figures on its new website Spotify Artists, aimed specifically at musicians. Explaining its business model, Spotify said it had paid more than $1bn (£612m) in royalties since its 2008 launch. Earlier this year Radiohead singer Thom Yorke pulled material from the site in protest at how much it pays artists.

2016, A statue of David Bowie was set to go up in the town where he first performed as Ziggy Stardust following the success of a crowdfunding campaign. More than 650 people pledged sums totalling more than the £100,000 goal, 19 hours before the deadline. The statue would be put up in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, where Bowie unveiled his Ziggy character.


December 5th: Born on this day

1899, Born on this day, Sonny Boy Williamson II, American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. He used various names, including Rice Miller and Little Boy Blue, before calling himself Sonny Boy Williamson. Van Morrison, The Who The Animals, Yardbirds and Moody Blues and many blues and rock artists have recorded his songs. He died on 25th May 1965.

1932, Born on this day, American musician, singer and songwriter Richard Penniman, (Little Richard) who had the 1956 US No. 6 & 1957 UK No.3 single 'Long Tall Sally', plus over 10 other US & UK Top 40 singles. His music played a key role in the formation of other popular music genres, including soul and funk and helped shape rhythm and blues for generations to come.

1938, Born on this day, JJ Cale, US guitarist, singer songwriter. Songs written by Cale that have been covered by other musicians include 'After Midnight' by Eric Clapton, Phish and Jerry Garcia, 'Cocaine' by Eric Clapton, 'Clyde' by Waylon Jenningsand Dr. Hook, and 'Call Me the Breeze' by Lynyrd Skynyrd, John Mayer, Johnny Cash,Bobby Bare and Eric Clapton. Cale died on 26th July 2013 of a heart attack.

1945, Born on this day, Eduardo Delgado, ? & The Mysterians, (1966 US No. 1 & UK No.37 single '96 Tears'). '96 Tears' was a UK No.17 hit for The Stranglers in 1990.

1947, Born on this day, Jim Messina, Buffalo Springfield, (1967 US No.17 single 'For What It's Worth'). Loggins and Messina, (1972 US No.4 single 'Your Mama Don't Dance').

1952, Born on this day, Andy Kim, singer, (1974 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Rock Me Gently')

1960, Born on this day, Les Nemes, bass, Haircut 100. The band had four UK Top 10 hit singles between 1981 and 1982, including 'Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)', 'Love Plus One' and 'Fantastic Day'.

1965, Born on this day, Johnny Rzeznik, singer and guitarist with Goo Goo Dolls who had the 2002 US No.3 album 'Gutterflower'. In 2007, Rzeznik was a judge on the Fox network's The Next Great American Band.

1971, Born on this day, Craig Gill,drummer with Inspiral Carpets, (1990 UK No.14 single 'This Is How It Feels'). He ran musical tours of the Manchester area, explaining landmarks relating to the Madchester scene and Manchester's musical heritage. He co-wrote the book, The Manchester Musical History Tour. Gill died at the age of 44 on 22 November 2016.

1980, Born on this day, Zainam Higgins, vocals, Cleopatra, (1998 UK No.3 single 'Cleopatra's Theme').

1980, Born on this day, Christian Smith Pancorvo, drummer, Serafin. Previously a member of Razorlight with Johnny Borrell.

1982, Born on this day, Keri Lynn Hilson, American R&B singer and songwriter, part of a collective of writers and producers known as The Clutch.

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Sir Elton John 'in shock' after his mother dies aged 92

Elton John and Sheila Farebrother — Image captionElton John poses with his mother in 2002

Sir Elton John says he is "in shock" after the death of his mother, Sheila Farebrother, just months after their reconciliation.

"So sad to say that my mother passed away this morning," he said on his Facebook page, alongside a photo of them together.

"I only saw her last Monday and I am in shock. Travel safe, mum. Thank you for everything."

Sir Elton, who was born Reginald Dwight, was an only child.

Although his father - a flight lieutenant in the RAF - was a trumpeter in his spare time, it was his mother who ignited his love of pop music.

An avid record collector, she brought home music by artists such as Elvis Presley and Bill Haley and supported Sir Elton throughout his career.

Petty argument

But they fell out over a "petty" argument in 2008, when Sir Elton asked her to sever ties with two old friends, Bob Halley and John Reid.

Mr Halley had worked for Sir Elton for three decades, first as a driver then later as a personal assistant, before he resigned as part of a series of changes Sir Elton was making to his team.

Mr Reid, who had been Sir Elton's manager and briefly his lover, helped the musician become one of the world's most famous - and richest - performers, but they too fell out.

Elton John and David Furnish — Image captionSir Elton and David Furnish, pictured here last month, have two children together

"I told him: 'I'm not about to do that and drop them,'" Ms Farebrother told the Daily Mail.

"Then to my utter amazement, he told me he hated me. And he then banged the phone down. Imagine! To me, his mother!"

Ms Farebrother told the newspaper at the time that she had never met her grandsons Zachary and Elijah, who Sir Elton and his partner David Furnish fathered through IVF with an American surrogate mother.

For her 90th birthday, Ms Farebrother hired an Elton John tribute act to perform.

Her son got in touch soon after, sending her white orchids to celebrate the milestone.

But their relationship was still strained. Sir Elton told Rolling Stone that his mother had not called him to say thank you after the bouquet arrived.

"To be honest with you, I don't miss her," he said. "I look after her, but I don't want her in my life."

However, the pair appear to have fully reconciled this year, after Sir Elton recovered from a potentially fatal bacterial infection.

"Dear Mum, Happy Mother's Day!" he wrote on Instagram in February. "So happy we are back in touch. Love, Elton xo"

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