Monday, December 21, 2015

December 21 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths


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Birthdays

VIP



Notable

1118Thomas Becket  (d. 29 Dec 1170)
      English archbishop and saint
      40th Archbishop of Canterbury
1401 – Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428)
1573:  Mathurin Régnier  (d. 22 Oct 1613)
      French satirist
1596 – Peter Mogila  (d. 1646)
      Romanian-Ukrainian metropolitan
1603 – Roger Williams  (d. 1684)
      English-American minister, theologian, and politician
      9th President of the Colony of Rhode Island
1672 – Benjamin Schmolck  (d. 1737)
      German pastor and composer
1714 – John Bradstreet, Canadian-English general (d. 1774)
1728 – Hermann Raupach  (d. 1778)
      German harpsichord player and composer
1778 – Anders Sandøe Ørsted  (d. 1860)
      Danish jurist and politician
      3rd Prime Minister of Denmark
1795 – John Russell, English hunter and dog breeder (d. 1883)
1795 – Leopold von Ranke  (d. 1886)
      German historian, author, and academic
1803 – Achille Vianelli, Italian painter (d. 1894)
1804 – Benjamin Disraeli  (d. 19 Apr 1881)
      English lawyer and politician
      Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1805 – Thomas Graham  (d. 1869)
      Scottish chemist and academic
1808:  Clara Lucas Balfour  (d. 3 Jul 1878)
      English temperance campaigner, lecturer and author
1811 – Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop (d. 1882)
1815 – Thomas Couture, French painter and educator (d. 1879)
1818 – Amalia of Oldenburg (d. 1875)
1820 – William H. Osborn, American businessman (d. 1894)
1830 – Bartolomé Masó  (d. 1907)
      Cuban soldier and politician
1832 – John H. Ketcham  (d. 1906)
      American general and politician
1840 – Namık Kemal  (d. 1888)
      Turkish journalist, playwright, and activist
1843 – Thomas Bracken  (d. 1898)
      Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician
1849:  James Lane Allen  (18 Feb 1925)
      American novelist and short story writer
1850 – Zdeněk Fibich, Czech composer and poet (d. 1900)
1850 – William Wallace Lincoln  (d. 1862)
      American son of Abraham Lincoln
1851 – Thomas Chipman McRae  (d. 1929)
      American lawyer and politician
      26th Governor of Arkansas
1859 – Gustave Kahn, French poet and critic (d. 1936)
1860:  Henrietta Szold  (d. 13 Feb 1945)
      American Jewish Zionist leader
      founder of Hadassah
1866 – Maud Gonne  (d. 1953)
      English-Irish actress and activist
1868 – George W. Fuller, American engineer (d. 1934)
1872 – Sidney Ainsworth, English-American actor (d. 1922)
1872 – Lorenzo Perosi, Italian priest and composer (d. 1956)
1872 – Albert Payson Terhune  (d. 1942)
      American journalist and author
1872 – Trevor Kincaid, American scientist (d. 1970)
1873 – Blagoje Bersa  (d. 1934)
      Croatian composer and educator
1876 – Jack Lang  (d. 1975)
      Australian politician
      23rd Premier of New South Wales
1877 – Jaan Sarv  (d. 1954)
      Estonian mathematician and scholar
1878 – Jan Łukasiewicz  (d. 1956)
      Polish-Irish mathematician and philosopher
1885 – Frank Patrick  (d. 1960)
      Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1888 – Jean Bouin, French runner and rugby player (d. 1914)
1889 – Sewall Wright  (d. 1988)
      American geneticist and biologist
1890 – Hermann Joseph Muller  (d. 1967)
      American geneticist and biologist
      Nobel Prize laureate
1891 – John William McCormack  (d. 22 Nov 1980)
      American lawyer and politician
      53rd Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
1892 – Amy Clarke  (d. 1980)
      English poet, author, and academic
1892 – Walter Hagen, American golfer (d. 1969)
1892 – Rebecca West  (d. 15 Mar 1983)
      English journalist and author
1896:  Eric Johnston  (22 Aug 1963)
      American businessman
1896 – Leroy Robertson  (d. 1971)
      American composer and educator
1903 – Maria Balcerkiewiczówna  (d. 1975)
      Polish-English actress
1905 – Anthony Powell, English author (d. 2000)
1908 – Herbert Hutner, American banker and lawyer (d. 2008)
1909 – Seichō Matsumoto  (d. 1992)
      Japanese journalist and author
1911 – Josh Gibson, American baseball player (d. 1947)
1913 – Arnold Friberg  (d. 2010)
      American illustrator and painter
1914 – Frank Fenner  (d. 2010)
      Australian microbiologist and virologist
1914 – Ivan Generalić, Hungarian-Croatian painter (d. 1992)
1915 – Joe Mantell, American actor (d. 2010)
1915 – Werner von Trapp  (d. 11 Oct 2007)
      Austrian-American singer
1917 – Diana Athill, English author
1917 – Heinrich Böll  (d. 1985)
      German soldier and author, Nobel Prize laureate
1918 – Donald Regan  (d. 10 Jun 2003)
      American colonel and politician
      66th US Treasury Secretary
      11th White House Chief of Staff
1918 – Kurt Waldheim  (d. 14 Jun 2007)
      Austrian colonel and politician
      4th UN Secretary-General
      9th President of Austria
1919: Larry Eisenberg
      American short story author and writer of comic verse
1920 – Bob Bindig  (d. 2007)
      American illustrator and historian
1920 – Jean Gascon, Canadian actor and director (d. 1988)
1921 – Alicia Alonso
      Cuban ballerina and choreographer
      founded the Cuban National Ballet
1921 – Robert Lipshutz  (d. 2010)
      American lawyer and politician
      17th White House Counsel
1922 – Itubwa Amram  (d. 1989)
      Nauruan pastor and politician
1922 – Paul Winchell  (d. 24 Jun 2005)
      American ventriloquist and voice actor
1923 – Richard Hugo, American poet and educator (d. 1982)
1924 – Rita Reys, Dutch singer (d. 2013)
1925 – Olga Aroseva, Russian actress (d. 2013)
1925:  Paul Kurtz  (d. 20 Oct 2012)
      American philosopher, skeptic, and secular humanist
1926:  Elisabeth Elliot  (d. 15 Jun 2015)
      American missionary and author
1926 – Arnošt Lustig, Czech author and playwright (d. 2011)
1926 – Joseph Vincent "Joe" Paterno  (d. 22 Jan 2012)
      American football player and coach
1926:  Frederick Segrest (bka Freddie Hart)
      American country musician and songwriter
1928 – Michalis Kounelis, Greek violinist (d. 1999)
1928 – Ed Nelson, American actor (d. 2014)
1931 – David Baker, American composer and educator
1931 – Moira Orfei, Italian actress (d. 2015)
1932 – U. R. Ananthamurthy  (d. 2014)
      Indian author, poet, and critic
1932 – Edward Hoagland, American author and critic
1933 – Denis E. Dillon  (d. 2010)
      American jurist and politician
1933 – Robert Worcester
     American businessman, founder of MORI
1934 – Giuseppina Leone, Italian sprinter
1935 – John G. Avildsen
      American director, producer, and cinematographer
1935 – Lorenzo Bandini, Italian race car driver (d. 1967)
1935 – Yusuf Bey, American activist (d. 2003)
1935 – Phil Donahue, American talk show host and producer
1935 – Edward Schreyer
      Canadian academic and politician
      22nd Governor General of Canada
1937 – Jane Fonda, American actress, producer, and activist
1937 – Donald F. Munson, American politician
1938 – Larry Bryggman, American actor
1938 – Frank Moorhouse
      Australian journalist, author, and screenwriter
1938 – John Quayle, English actor
1939 – Lloyd Axworthy
      Canadian academic and politician
      2nd Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1939 – Wafic Saïd
      Syrian-Monacan businessman and philanthropist
1940 – Arvi Lind, Finnish journalist
1940 – Ray Hildebrand
      American singer-songwriter (Paul & Paula)
1940 – Frank Zappa  (d. 4 Dec 1993)
      American composer, guitarist, and record producer
      (The Mothers of Invention)
1942 – Hu Jintao
      Chinese engineer and politician, 6th President of China
1942 – Reinhard Mey, German singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942 – Anthony Summers, Irish journalist and author
1942 – Carla Thomas, American singer
1943 – André Arthur, Canadian journalist and politician
1943 – Lena Bergman, Swedish actress
1943 – Albert Lee
      English guitarist and songwriter
      (Heads Hands & Feet and Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings)
1943 – Jack Nance, American actor (d. 1996)
1943 – Walter Spanghero, French rugby player
1944 – Bill Atkinson, English footballer and referee (d. 2013)
1944 – Michael Tilson Thomas
      American pianist, composer, and conductor
1944 – Zheng Xiaoyu, Chinese diplomat (d. 2007)
1946:  Donald Arthur Carson
      Canadian Reformed Evangelical theologian
1946 – Roy Karch
      American director, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Christopher Keene, American conductor (d. 1995)
1946 – Kevin Peek  (d. 2013)
      Australian guitarist and songwriter (Sky)
1946 – Carl Wilson  (d. 1998)
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (The Beach Boys)
1947:  Zoe Lofgren
      American politician
      U.S. Representative, D. CA, 1995-present
1947 – Paco de Lucía  (d. 2014)
      Spanish guitarist, songwriter, and producer
      (Paco de Lucía Sextet)
1947 – Bryan Hamilton, Irish footballer and manager
1948 – Samuel L. Jackson, American actor and producer
1948 – Dave Kingman, American baseball player
1948:  Thierry Mugler
      French fashion designer and perfume designer
1948 – Willi Resetarits
      Austrian singer-songwriter, actor, and activist
1948:  Zev Yaroslavsky
      American politician, D.
      Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors,
            1994-2014
1949 – Nicholas Penny, English historian and academic
1949 – Thomas Sankara  (d. 1987)
      Burkinabé captain and politician
      5th President of Burkina Faso
1949 – Nikolaos Sifounakis, Greek politician
1950 – Jeffrey Katzenberg
      American screenwriter and producer
      co-founded DreamWorks Animation
1950 – Lillebjørn Nilsen
      Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Gitarkameratene)
1950 – David Thacker, English director and screenwriter
1951 – Nick Gilder
      English-Canadian singer-songwriter (Sweeney Todd)
1951 – Steve Perryman, English footballer and manager
1952 – Joaquín Andújar, Dominican baseball player (d. 2015)
1953 – András Schiff, Hungarian-English pianist and conductor
1953 – Betty Wright, American singer-songwriter
1954 – Chris Evert, American tennis player and coach
1954 – Tsurutaro Kataoka
      Japanese boxer, television personality, actor, and artist
1955 – Jane Kaczmarek, American actress
1955 – Kazuyuki Sekiguchi
      Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player
      (Southern All Stars)
1956 – Dave Laut, American shot putter (d. 2009)
1957 – Tom Henke, American baseball player
1957 – Rolf Kanies, German actor
1957 – Ray Romano
      American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1958 – Tamara Bykova, Russian high jumper
1959 – Florence Griffith Joyner  (d. 1998)
      American sprinter and actress
1960 – Roger McDowell, American baseball player and coach
1960 – Sherry Rehman
      Pakistani journalist, politician, and diplomat
      25th Pakistan Ambassador to the United States
1960 – Tim Rucks  (d. 2015)
      American football player and coach
1960 – Andy Van Slyke, American baseball player and coach
1961 – Henry Ford Kamel  (d. 2012)
      Ghanaian banker and politician
1961 – Francis Ng, Hong Kong actor and director
1961 – The Patriot, American wrestler
1961 – Rein Raud, Estonian scholar and author
1961 – Ryuji Sasai, Japanese bass player and composer
1963 – Govinda, Indian actor, singer, and politician
1964 – Rob Kelly, English footballer and manager
1964 – Joe Kocur, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1964 – Kunihiko Ikuhara, Japanese director
1964 – Daniel Suarez, American author
1964 – Fabiana Udenio, Argentinian-Italian actress
1965 – Andy Dick
      American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Anke Engelke
      Canadian-German actress, director, and screenwriter
1965 – Stuart Mitchell, Scottish pianist and composer
1965 – Masahiro Motoki, Japanese actor
1966 – Martin Bayfield
      English rugby player, actor, and stuntman
1966 – Adam Schefter, American journalist and sportscaster
1966 – Kiefer Sutherland
      English-Canadian actor, director, and producer
1966 – Karri Turner, American actress
1967 – Ervin Johnson, American basketball player
1967 – Fritz Karl, Austrian actor
1967 – Terry Mills, American basketball player and coach
1967 – Mikheil Saakashvili
      Georgian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Georgia
1968:  Khrystyne Haje, American actress
1969 – Julie Delpy
      French-American model, actress, director, and screenwriter
1969 – Jack Noseworthy, American actor
1969 – Mihails Zemļinskis
      Latvian footballer, coach, and manager
1971 – Matthieu Chedid
      French singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971 – Margarita Drobiazko, Lithuanian ice dancer
1971 – Fenton Keogh, Australian chef
1971 – Brett Scallions
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Fuel, Manzarek–Krieger, and Circus Diablo)
1971 – Jamie Theakston, English actor and television host
1972 – Gloria De Piero, English journalist and politician
1972 – LaTroy Hawkins, American baseball player
1972 – Dustin Hermanson, American baseball player
1972 – Claudia Poll, Nicaraguan-Costa Rican swimmer
1972 – Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
      Indian journalist and politician
1972 – Erwin Schrott, Uruguayan opera singer
1973 – Irakli Alasania
      Georgian colonel and politician
      Georgian Minister of Defense
1973 – Mike Alstott, American football player
1973 – Karmen Stavec, German-Slovenian singer
1974 – Karrie Webb, Australian golfer
1975 – Paloma Herrera, Argentinian ballerina
1976 – Mirela Maniani, Albanian-Greek javelin thrower
1976 – Lukas Rossi
      Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Rock Star Supernova and Daylight Division)
1977 – A. J. Bowen, American actor and producer
1977 – Toby Rand, Australian singer-songwriter (Juke Kartel)
1978 – Emiliano Brembilla, Italian swimmer
1978 – Mike Vitar, American actor
1979 – Steve Montador, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2015)
1979 – Tuva Novotny, Swedish actress, singer, and director
1979 – Kristjan Sarv, Estonian actor
1980 – Michele Di Piedi, Italian footballer
1980 – Royce Ring, American baseball player
1981 – Frankie Abernathy  (d. 2007)
      American purse designer
      cast member on The Real World: San Diego
1981 – Mohammed Jabarah, Kuwaiti terrorist
1981 – Sajid Mahmood, English cricketer
1981 – Sanita Pušpure, Latvian-Irish rower
1981 – Lynda Thomas
      Mexican singer-songwriter and producer
1981 – Cristian Zaccardo, Italian footballer
1982 – Primo, Puerto Rican and Canadian wrestler
1982 – Mike Gansey, American basketball player
1982 – Philip Humber, American baseball player
1982 – Iljo Keisse, Belgian cyclist
1982 – Tom Payne, English actor
1983 – Steven Yeun, South Korean-American actor
1984 – Andrea Jeremiah, Indian actress and singer
1984 – Sarah Mutch, Canadian model and actress
1984 – Darren Potter, Irish footballer
1985 – James Stewart, Jr., American motorcycle racer
1985 – Tom Sturridge, English actor
1985 – Kotaro Yanagi, Japanese actor
1986 – Davey Browne, Australian boxer (d. 2015)
1986 – Rachel Shenton, English actress
1987 – Denis Alekseyev, Russian sprinter
1987 – Ryza Cenon, Filipino actress and dancer
1987 – Valerie Concepcion, Filipino actress
1987 – Brad Howard, Australian footballer
1987 – Michael Lohan Jr., American actor
1988 – Yasmin, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and DJ
1988 – Alexa Goddard, English singer
1988 – Perri Shakes-Drayton, English sprinter and hurdler
1989 – Tamannaah, Indian model and actress
1989 – Mark Ingram, Jr., American football player
1990 – Ioannis Fetfatzidis, Greek footballer
1994 – Eva Paalma, Estonian tennis player
1996:  Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
1996:  Charlie Tahan, American actor


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Coulee City

1950:  Richard Jenkin
Betty Kendrick
Mary Isaak
Douglas Arney
Jeffery Malone


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Anniversaries

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Deaths

VIP

1937 – Frank B. Kellogg  (b. 1856)
      American lawyer and politician
      45th United States Secretary of State
      Nobel Prize laureate


Notable

72 – Thomas the Apostle, Israeli martyr and saint (b. 1 AD)
882 – Hincmar, French archbishop (b. 806)
1308 – Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse (b. 1244)
1375 – Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian author and poet (b. 1313)
1504 – Berthold von Henneberg, German archbishop (b. 1442)
1549 – Marguerite de Navarre  (b. 1492)
      French wife of Henry II of Navarre
1597 – Peter Canisius, Dutch priest and saint (b. 1521)
1807 – John Newton, English soldier and minister (b. 1725)
1824 – James Parkinson  (b. 1755)
      English physician and paleontologist
1869 – Friedrich Ernst Scheller  (b. 1791)
      German jurist and politician
1873 – Francis Garnier, French admiral and explorer (b. 1839)
1889 – Friedrich August von Quenstedt  (b. 1809)
       German geologist and palaeontologist
1900 – Roger Wolcott  (b. 1847)
      American lawyer and politician
      39th Governor of Massachusetts
1907 – Klara Hitler, Austrian mother of Adolf Hitler (b. 1860)
1920 – Mohammed Abdullah Hassan  (b. 1856)
      Somalian general, founded the Dervish state (b. 1856)
1933 – Knud Rasmussen  (b. 1879)
      Greenlandic anthropologist and explorer
1935 – Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
1935 – Kurt Tucholsky
      German-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1890)
1937 – Ted Healy, American comedian and actor (b. 1896)
1940 – F. Scott Fitzgerald  (b. 1896)
      American novelist and short story writer
1941 – David Howard, American film director (b. 1896)
1945 – George S. Patton, American general (b. 1885)
1952 – Kenneth Edwards, American golfer (b. 1886)
1953 – Kaarlo Koskelo, Finnish-American wrestler (b. 1888)
1957 – Eric Coates  (b. 1886)
      English-American viola player and composer
1958 – Lion Feuchtwanger  (b. 1884)
      German-American author and playwright
1959 – Kitaōji Rosanjin (born Fusajirō Kitaōji)  (b. 1883)
      Japanese calligrapher, engraver, and painter
1962 – Gary Hocking  (b. 1937)
      Welsh-Rhodesian motorcycle racer
1963 – Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist (b. 1882)
1964 – Carl Van Vechten  (b. 1880)
      American author and photographer
1965 – Claude Champagne  (b. 1891)
      Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer 
1967 – Stuart Erwin, American actor (b. 1903)
1968 – Vittorio Pozzo  (b. 1886)
      Italian footballer, coach, and manager
1971 – Charles C. Banks, English fighting pilot (b. 1893)
1974 – James Henry Govier  (b. 1910)
      English painter and illustrator
1974 – Richard Long, American actor and director (b. 1927)
1976 – Karin Ekelund, Swedish actress (b. 1913)
1982 – Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jullundhri  (b. 1900)
      Pakistani poet and composer
1982 – Ants Oras  (b. 1900)
      Estonian-American author and academic
1983 – Paul de Man  (b. 1919)
      Belgian-American philosopher, critic, and academic
1986 – Bill Simpson, Scottish actor (b. 1931)
1987 – John Spence, American singer (No Doubt) (b. 1969)
1988 – Paul Jeffreys  (b. 1952)
      English bass player (Be-Bop Deluxe)
1988 – Nikolaas Tinbergen  (b. 1907)
      Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist
      Nobel Prize laureate
1989 – Rotimi Fani-Kayode  (b. 1955)
      Nigerian-English photographer
      co-founded Autograph ABP
1990 – Clarence Johnson  (b. 1910)
      American engineer, designed the Lockheed U-2 and
            Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
1991 – Sheldon Mayer  (b. 1917)
      American author and illustrator
1992 – Stella Adler, American actress and educator (b. 1901)
1992 – Albert King  (b. 1924)
      American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1992 – Nathan Milstein  (b. 1903)
      Russian-American violinist and composer
1995 – Charlie Tumahai  (b. 1949)
       New Zealand singer-songwriter and bass player
       (Be-Bop Deluxe, Mississippi, and Herbs)
1997 – Amie Comeaux, American singer and actress (b. 1976)
1998 – Roger Avon, English actor (b. 1914)
1998 – Karl Denver, Scottish-English singer (b. 1931)
1998 – Ernst-Günther Schenck  (b. 1904)
      German colonel and physician
2001 – Dick Schaap, American journalist and author (b. 1934)
2003 – Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 1924)
2004 – Autar Singh Paintal  (b. 1925)
      Indian physiologist and neurologist
2005 – Elrod Hendricks  (b. 1940)
      American baseball player and coach
2006 – Scobie Breasley, Australian jockey and trainer (b. 1914)
2006 – Saparmurat Niyazov  (b. 1940)
      Turkmen engineer and politician
      1st President of Turkmenistan
2007 – Ken Hendricks  (b. 1941)
      American businessman, founded ABC Supply
2009 – Edwin G. Krebs  (b. 1918)
      American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
2009 – Christos Lambrakis  (b. 1934)
      Greek journalist and businessman
2010 – Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
2012 – Vivian Anderson, American baseball player (b. 1921)
2012 – Boyd Bartley, American baseball player (b. 1920)
2012 – Lee Dorman  (b. 1942)
      American bass player (Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond)
2012 – David Lomon, English soldier (b. 1918)
2012 – Daphne Oxenford, English actress (b. 1919)
2013 – Eli Beeding, American captain and pilot (b. 1928)
2013 – Edgar Bronfman, Sr.  (b. 1929)
      Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist
2013 – David Coleman  (b. 1926)
      English sportscaster and game show host
2013 – John Eisenhower  (b. 1922)
      American historian, general, and diplomat
      45th United States Ambassador to Belgium
2013 – Richard Hart  (b. 1917)
      Jamaican-English historian, lawyer, and politician
2013 – Rodolfo P. Hernández  (b. 1931)
      American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
2014 – Jane Bown, English photographer (b. 1925)
2014 – Horacio Ferrer, Uruguayan poet and composer (b. 1922)
2014 – Udo Jürgens  (b. 1934)
      Austrian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist
2014 – Sitor Situmorang, Indonesian poet and author (b. 1923)
2014 – Frank Truitt
      American basketball player and coach (b. 1925)
2014 – Billie Whitelaw, English actress (b. 1932)


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