Birthdays
VIP
1814: Edwin McMasters Stanton (d. 24 Dec 1869)
American lawyer and politician
27th United States Secretary of War, 1862-1868
25th United States Attorney General, 1860-1861
American lawyer and politician
27th United States Secretary of War, 1862-1868
25th United States Attorney General, 1860-1861
1906 – Leonid Brezhnev (d. 10 Nov 1982)
Ukrainian-Russian marshal, engineer, and politician
4th Head of State of the Soviet Union, 1960-1964, 1977-1982
Notable
Prince of Orange, 1584-1618
1587 – Dorothea Sophia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (d. 10 Feb 1645)
Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg
1683 – Philip V of Spain (d. 9 Jul 1746)
King of Spain, 1700 to 1724; 1724-1746
1699 – William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777)
1714 – John Winthrop (d. 3 May 1779)
American astronomer and educator
1778 – Marie-Thérèse Charlotte of France (d. 19 Oct 1851)
eldest child of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
1779 – Albine de Montholon (d. 1848)
French mistress of Napoleon
1796 – Manuel Bretón de los Herreros (d. 1873)
Spanish poet, playwright, and critic
1817 – James J. Archer (d. 24 Oct 1864)
American lawyer and Confederate general
1820 – Mary Livermore (d. 1905)
American journalist and activist
1825 – George Frederick Bristow (d. 1898)
American violinist and composer
1831 – Bernice Pauahi Bishop (d. 1884)
American philanthropist
1849 – Henry Clay Frick, American businessman (d. 1919)
1852 – Albert Abraham Michelson (d. 1931)
Prussian-American physicist, chemist, and academic
Nobel Prize laureate
1853 – Charles Fitzpatrick (d. 1942)
Canadian lawyer and politician
12th Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec
1861 – Italo Svevo, Italian author and playwright (d. 1928)
1863 – Wallace Bryant, American archer (d. 1953)
1865 – Minnie Maddern Fiske (d. 1932)
American actress and playwright
1868: Eleanor Emily (Hodgman) Porter (d. 21 May 1920)
American novelist, author of Pollyanna
1872: Henry Herbert Williams (d. 29 Sep 1961)
English bishop, Bishop of Carlisle, 1920-1946
1873 – Alphonse Kirchhoffer, French fencer (d. 1913)
1875 – Carter G. Woodson (d. 3 Apr 1950)
American historian and author
founded Black History Month
1876 – Bernard Friedberg (d. 1961)
Austrian-Israeli scholar and author
1881 – John Fraser, Canadian soccer player (d. 1959)
1888 – Fritz Reiner, Hungarian-American conductor (d. 1963)
1891 – Juhan Kallaste, Estonian cleric and actor (d. 1999)
1891 – Edward Bernard Raczyński (d. 1993)
Polish politician, 4th President-in-exile of Poland
1894 – Ford Frick (d. 1978)
American journalist and businessman
1895 – Ingeborg Refling Hagen (d. 1989)
Norwegian author and educator
1899 – Martin Luther King, Sr. (d. 11 Nov 1984)
American pastor, missionary, and activist
1901 – Rudolf Hell (d. 2002)
German engineer, invented the Hellschreiber
1901 – Oliver La Farge (d. 1963)
American anthropologist and author
1901 – Fritz Mauruschat (d. 1974)
German footballer and manager
1902 – Ralph Richardson, English actor (d. 1983)
1903 – George Davis Snell (d. 1996)
American geneticist and immunologist
Nobel Prize laureate
1905 – Irving Kahn, American businessman (d. 2015)
1905 – Giovanni Lurani (d. 1995)
Italian race car driver, engineer, and journalist
1907 – Jimmy McLarnin (d. 2004)
Irish-American boxer, actor, and golfer
1907: H. Allen Smith (d. 24 Feb 1976)
American journalist and humorist
1909 – Wallie Amos "W. A." Criswell (d. 10 Jan 2002)
American pastor and author
1910 – Jean Genet (d. 15 Apr 1986)
French author, poet, and playwright
1914 – Mel Shaw (d. 2012)
American animator and screenwriter
1915 – Édith Piaf (d. 11 Oct 1963)
French singer-songwriter and actress
1915 – Claudia Testoni (d. 1998)
Italian hurdler, sprinter, and long jumper
1916 – Roy Ward Baker (d. 2010)
English director and producer
1916 – Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann (d. 2010)
German political scientist, journalist, and academic
1918 – Henry Roeland "Roy" Byrd (d. 30 Jan 1980)
bka Professor Longhair
American blues singer-songwriter and pianist
1918: Lee Rich (d. 24 May 2012)
American film and television producer
1920 – Little Jimmy Dickens (d. 2015)
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1920 – David Susskind (d. 22 Feb 1987)
American talk show host and producer
1922 – Eamonn Andrews (d. 1987)
Irish radio and television host
1923 – Robert V. Bruce (d. 2008)
American historian and author
1923 – Armando Filiput, Italian hurdler (d. 1982)
1923 – Gordon Jackson, Scottish actor (d. 1990)
1924 – Carlo Chiti, Italian engineer (d. 1994)
1924 – Doug Harvey (d. 1989)
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1924 – Gary Morton (d. 1999)
American comedian, actor, and producer
1924 – Edmund Purdom, English-Italian actor (d. 2009)
1924: Cicely Tyson, American actress
1925 – Tankred Dorst, German playwright and author
1925 – William Schutz (d. 2002)
American psychologist and academic
1925 – Robert B. Sherman (d. 2012)
American songwriter and screenwriter
1926 – Bobby Layne (d. 1986)
American football player and coach
1926 – Herb Stempel, American game show contestant
1927 – James Booth, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1928 – Eve Bunting, Irish-American author and academic
1928 – Nathan Oliveira (d. 2010)
American painter and sculptor
1929 – Bob Brookmeyer (d. 2011)
American trombonist, pianist, and composer
(The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra)
1929 – David Douglas
12th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish ceramic designer
1929 – Gregory Carroll (d. 2013)
American singer-songwriter and producer
(The Orioles and The Four Buddies)
1929 – Howard Sackler (d. 1982)
American playwright and screenwriter
1930 – Wally Olins (d. 2014)
English businessman and academic
1932 – Salvador Elizondo (d. 2006)
Mexican author, poet, playwright, and critic
1933 – Kevan Gosper, Australian runner and politician
1933 – Christopher Smout, Scottish historian and academic
1934 – Rudi Carrell, Dutch actor and singer (d. 2006)
1934 – Al Kaline, American baseball player and sportscaster
1934 – Pratibha Patil
Indian lawyer and politician, 12th President of India
1934 – Casper R. Taylor, Jr., American politician
1935 – Barbara Bostock, American actress
1935 – Bobby Timmons (d. 1974)
American pianist and composer
1935 – Joanne Weaver, American baseball player (d. 2000)
1936 – Marian McKnight, American model, Miss America 1957
1940 – Phil Ochs (d. 1976)
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1941 – Lee Myung-bak
South Korean politician, 10th President of South Korea
1941 – Maurice White
American singer-songwriter and producer
(Earth, Wind & Fire)
1942 – Rufus, French actor
1942 – Cornell Dupree, American guitarist (d. 2011)
1942 – Dennis E. Fitch, American pilot (d. 2012)
1943 – Ross M. Lence (d. 2006)
American political scientist and academic
1943 – James L. Jones
American general and politician
22nd United States National Security Advisor
1943 – Sam Kelly, English actor (d. 2014)
1944 – William Christie
American-French harpsichord player and conductor
(Les Arts Florissants)
1944 – Mitchell Feigenbaum
American physicist and mathematician
1944 – Martin Hume Johnson, English physiologist and academic
1944 – Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleontologist and politician
1944 – Alvin Lee (d. 2013)
English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Ten Years After)
1944 – Tim Reid, American actor and director
1944 – Zal Yanovsky (d. 2002)
Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
(The Lovin' Spoonful)
1945 – Elaine Joyce, American actress
1945 – John McEuen
American guitarist (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
1946 – Rosemary Conley
English businesswoman, author, and broadcaster
1946 – Robert Urich, American actor and producer (d. 2002)
1947 – Jimmy Bain
Scottish bass player and songwriter
(Rainbow and Wild Horses)
1947: Janie Marie Fricke, American country music singer
1947 – Charlie Van Dyke, American actor and radio host
1948 – Ken Brown, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1949 – Orna Berry, Israeli scientist and businesswoman
1949 – Sebastian, Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949 – Nancy Kyes, American actress
1950 – Eleanor J. Hill, American lawyer and diplomat
1951 – Mohammad Reza Aref
Iranian engineer and politician, 2nd Vice President of Iran
1951 – Alan Rouse, English mountaineer and author (d. 1986)
1952 – Walter Murphy, American pianist and composer
1954 – Jeff Allam, English race car driver
1954 – Tim Parks, English author and translator
1955 – Lincoln Hall (d. 2012)
Australian mountaineer and author
1955 – Rob Portman, American lawyer and politician
1956: Alice Barrett, American actress
1956 – Tom Lawless, American baseball player and manager
1956 – Shane McEntee (d. 2012)
Irish farmer and politician
Minister of State for Food, Horticulture and Food Safety
1957 – Cyril Collard (d. 1993)
French actor, director, and composer
1957 – John Gulager
American actor, director, and cinematographer
1957 – Kevin McHale
American basketball player, coach, and manager
1958 – Christopher Hamill (bka Limahl)
English singer and keyboard player
(Kajagoogoo and Brooks)
1958 – Steven Isserlis, English cellist and author
1959 – Iván Vallejo, Ecuadorian mountaineer
1960 – Derrick Jensen, American author and activist
1960 – Mike Lookinland, American actor and singer
1960 – Michelangelo Signorile, American journalist and author
1961: Scott Cohen, American actor
1961 – Eric Allin Cornell
American physicist and academic
Nobel Prize laureate
1961: Abigail Pierrepont "Abby" Johnson
American businesswoman
1961 – Matthew Waterhouse, English actor and author
1961 – Reggie White (d. 2004)
American football player and wrestler
1962 – Gary Fleder
American director, producer, and screenwriter
1962 – Jill Talley, American actress
1963 – Jennifer Beals, American model, actress, and singer
1963: Paul Rhys
Welsh television, film and theatre actor
1963 – Til Schweiger, German actor, director, and producer
1964 – Béatrice Dalle, French actress
1964 – Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball player
1965 – Chito Martínez, Belizean-American baseball player
1965 – Jessica Steen, Canadian actress
1966 – Chuckii Booker
American singer-songwriter and producer
1966 – Rajesh Chauhan, Indian cricketer
1966 – Robert MacNaughton, American actor
1966 – Alberto Tomba, Italian skier
1966 – Eric Weinrich, American ice hockey player and coach
1967 – Criss Angel
American magician and singer (Angel and Angeldust)
1967 – Charles Austin, American high jumper
1967 – Frankie Lam, Hong Kong actor
1968 – Ken Marino
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Michael Bates, American sprinter and football player
1969 – Tom Gugliotta, American basketball player
1969 – Richard Hammond, English journalist and producer
1969 – Nayan Mongia, Indian cricketer
1969 – Kristy Swanson, American actress
1970 – Iman Ali, Pakistani model and actress
1970 – Tyson Beckford, American model and actor
1971 – Amy Locane, American actress
1971 – Karen Pickering, English swimmer
1972 – Rosa Blasi, American actress
1972 – Alyssa Milano, American actress and singer
1972 – Warren Sapp, American football player and sportscaster
1973 – Michalis Grigoriou, Greek footballer and coach
1973 – Takashi Sorimachi, Japanese actor and singer
1973 – Erick Wainaina, Kenyan runner
1973 – Zulfiya Zabirova, Russian cyclist
1974 – Eduard Ivakdalam, Indonesian footballer
1974 – Joe Jurevicius, American football player
1974 – Felipe Lopez, Dominican-American basketball player
1974 – Mikko Paananen, Finnish bass player (HIM)
1974 – Jake Plummer, American football player and sportscaster
1974 – Ricky Ponting, Australian cricketer
1975 – Makis Belevonis, Greek footballer
1975 – Russell Branyan, American baseball player
1975 – Brandon Sanderson, American author and academic
1975 – Jon Smith, English journalist and author
1975 – Olivier Tébily, Ivorian-French footballer
1977 – Jorge Garbajosa, Spanish basketball player
1977 – LaTasha Jenkins, American sprinter
1978 – Patrick Casey
American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1979 – Kevin Devine
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bad Books)
1979 – Paola Rey, Colombian model and actress
1979 – Rafael Soriano, Dominican baseball player
1980 – Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor and producer
1980 – Chris Haslam, Canadian skateboarder
1980 – Marla Sokoloff, American actress and singer
1981 – Grégory Dufer, Belgian footballer
1981 – Eriko Sato, Japanese actress
1982 – Tero Pitkämäki, Finnish javelin thrower
1982 – Mo Williams, American basketball player
1983 – Nektarios Alexandrou, Cypriot footballer
1983 – Casey Crescenzo
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(The Dear Hunter and The Receiving End of Sirens)
1983 – AJ Lamas, American model and actor
1983 – Bridget Phillipson, English politician
1983 – Laura Pomeroy, Canadian swimmer
1983 – Matt Stajan, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Ian Kennedy, American baseball player
1985 – Gary Cahill, English footballer
1985 – Andrea Baldini, Italian fencer
1985 – Neil Kilkenny, English-Australian footballer
1985 – Sally Kipyego, Kenyan runner
1985 – Dan Logan
English bass player
(The Kooks, Cat the Dog, and The Ordinary Boys)
1985 – Lady Sovereign, English rapper
1986 – Ryan Babel, Dutch footballer
1986 – Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Greek footballer
1986 – Zuzana Hejnová, Czech hurdler
1986 – Miguel Lopes, Portuguese footballer
1986 – Calvin Andrew, English footballer
1987 – Cédric Baseya, French-Congolese footballer
1987 – Karim Benzema, French footballer
1987: Ronan Farrow
American activist, journalist, and lawyer
son of actress Mia Farrow
1987 – Slater Young, Filipino-Chinese actor and host
1988: John A. Baker, Jr. (bka Spoken Reasons)
American actor, comedian, poet, and singer
1988 – Paulina Gretzky, American singer and actress
1988 – Alexis Sánchez, Chilean footballer
1988 – Peter Winn, English footballer
1989 – Valdimar Bergstað, Icelandic horse rider
1989 – Yong Jun-hyung
South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper and producer
(Beast and Xing)
1989 – Michał Masłowski, Polish footballer
1989 – Hamza Riazuddin, English cricketer
1990 – Greg Bretz, American snowboarder
1990 – Sally Fitzgibbons, Australian surfer
1991 – Jorge Blanco, Mexican-Argentinian actor and singer
1991 – Declan Galbraith, English singer-songwriter
1991 – Sumire Uesaka, Japanese voice actress and singer
1992 – Iker Muniain, Spanish footballer
1992 – Raphael Spiegel, Swiss footballer
1993 – Isiah Koech, Kenyan runner
1994 – M'Baye Niang, French footballer
Family
Coulee City
Doug Tanneberg
Wayne Bolyard (d.)
Other
Anniversaries
Coulee City
Deaths
VIP
Notable
1111 – Al-Ghazali (b. 1058)
Iranian jurist, philosopher, and mystic
1123 – Saint Berardo, Italian bishop
1327 – Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy (b. 1260)
1370 – Pope Urban V (b. 1310)
1737 – James Louis Sobieski (b. 1667)
Polish son of John III Sobieski
1741 – Vitus Bering (b. 1681)
Danish-Russian hydrographer and explorer
1745 – Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (b. 1684)
1749 – Francesco Antonio Bonporti (b. 1672)
Italian priest and composer
1751 – Louise of Great Britain (b. 1724)
1807 – Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (b. 1723)
German-French author and playwright
1813 – James McGill (b. 1744)
Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist
founded McGill University
1819 – Thomas Fremantle (b. 1765)
English admiral and politician
1848 – Emily Brontë, English author and poet (b. 1818)
1878 – Bayard Taylor, American author and poet (b. 1825)
1899 – Henry Ware Lawton, American general (b. 1843)
1915 – Alois Alzheimer (b. 1864)
German psychiatrist and neuropathologist
1916 – Thibaw Min, Burmese king (b. 1859)
1927 – Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian activist (b. 1900)
1927 – Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian poet and activist (b. 1897)
1927 – Roshan Singh, Indian activist (b. 1892)
1932 – Yun Bong-gil, South Korean activist (b. 1908)
1933 – George Jackson Churchward, English engineer (b. 1857)
1938 – Stephen Warfield Gambrill (b. 1873)
American lawyer and politician
1939 – Hans Langsdorff, German captain (b. 1894)
1944 – Abbas II of Egypt (b. 1874)
1944 – Rudolph Karstadt, German businessman (b. 1856)
1946 – Paul Langevin, French physicist and academic (b. 1872)
1953 – Robert Andrews Millikan (b. 1868)
American physicist and eugenicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1962 – Warren Brittingham, American soccer player (b. 1886)
1968 – Norman Thomas (b. 1884)
American minister and politician
1970 – Mihkel Müller, Estonian-Finnish wrestler (b. 1887)
1972 – Ahmet Emin Yalman (b. 1888)
Turkish journalist, author, and academic
1982 – Dwight Macdonald (b. 1906)
American philosopher, author, and critic
1984 – Joy Ridderhof, American missionary (b. 1903)
1986 – V. C. Andrews, American author (b. 1923)
1986 – Werner Dankwort (b. 1895)
Russian-German colonel and diplomat
1987 – August Mälk (b. 1900)
Estonian author, playwright, and politician
1988 – Robert Bernstein (b. 1919)
American author and playwright
1989 – Preben Mahrt, Danish actor (b. 1920)
1989 – Stella Gibbons (b. 1902)
English journalist, author, and poet
1991 – Joe Cole, American roadie and author (b. 1961)
1993 – Michael Clarke (b. 1946)
American drummer
(The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Firefall)
1996 – Marcello Mastroianni (b. 1924)
Italian-French actor and singer
1997 – Masaru Ibuka (b. 1908)
Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony
1997 – Jimmy Rogers (b. 1924)
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1998 – Mel Fisher, American treasure hunter (b. 1922)
1998 – Antonio Ordóñez, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1932)
1999 – Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh-English actor (b. 1914)
2000 – Rob Buck (b. 1958)
American guitarist and songwriter (10,000 Maniacs)
2000 – Milt Hinton (b. 1910)
American bassist and photographer
2000 – David Dewayne Johnson, American murderer (b. 1963)
2000 – John Lindsay (b. 1921)
American lawyer and politician
103rd Mayor of New York City
2000 – Pops Staples (b. 1915)
American singer and guitarist (The Staple Singers)
2001 – Arkie Whiteley, Australian actress (b. 1964)
2002 – Will Hoy, English race car driver (b. 1952)
2002 – Arthur Rowley (b. 1926)
English footballer and manager
2002 – George Weller (b. 1907)
American author, playwright, and journalist
2003 – Peter Carter-Ruck (b. 1914)
English lawyer, founded Carter-Ruck
2003 – Hope Lange, American actress (b. 1933)
2003 – Les Tremayne, English-American actor (b. 1913)
2004 – Herbert C. Brown (b. 1912)
English-American chemist and academic
Nobel Prize laureate
2004 – Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano (b. 1922)
2005 – Vincent Gigante, American mobster (b. 1927)
2008 – James Bevel, American minister and activist (b. 1936)
2008 – Carol Chomsky (b. 1930)
American linguist and educator
2008 – Michael Connell, American political consultant (b. 1963)
2008 – Kenny Cox, American pianist (b. 1940)
2008 – Dock Ellis, American baseball player and coach (b. 1945)
2009 – Giridharilal Kedia, Indian businessman (b. 1936)
2009 – Hussein-Ali Montazeri (b. 1922)
Iranian theologian, scholar, and activist
2009 – Zeki Ökten, Turkish director and producer (b. 1941)
2009 – Kim Peek, American megasavant (b. 1951)
2010 – Anthony Howard, English journalist and author (b. 1934)
2010 – Trudy Pitts, American singer and pianist (b. 1932)
2012 – Inez Andrews (b. 1929)
American singer-songwriter (The Caravans)
2012 – Robert Bork (b. 1 Mar 1927)
American lawyer, judge, and scholar
Acting United States Attorney General, 1973
2012 – Paul Crauchet, French actor (b. 1920)
2012 – Georges Jobé, Belgian motocross rider (b. 1961)
2012 – Amnon Lipkin-Shahak (b. 1944)
Israeli general and politician
22nd Transportation Minister of Israel
2012 – Larry Morris, American football player (b. 1933)
2012 – Peter Struck (b. 1943)
German lawyer and politician
13th German Federal Minister of Defense
2013 – Winton Dean, English musicologist and author (b. 1916)
2013 – Herb Geller (b. 1928)
American-German saxophonist and composer
2013 – Al Goldstein (b. 1936)
American publisher and pornographer
2013 – Nae Lăzărescu, Romanian actor (b. 1940)
2013 – Ned Vizzini, American author and screenwriter (b. 1981)
2014 – S. Balasubramanian (b. 1936)
Indian journalist and director
2014 – Philip Bradbourn, English politician (b. 1951)
2014 – Arthur Gardner, American actor and producer (b. 1910)
2014 – Igor Rodionov (b. 1936)
Russian general and politician
3rd Russian Minister of Defense
2014 – Dick Thornton (b. 1939)
American-Canadian football player and coach
Family
Coulee City
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