Tuesday, May 31, 2016

June 1 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths


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Birthdays

VIP

1833 – John Marshall Harlan  (d. 14 Oct 1911)
      American lawyer, jurist, and politician
      Associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1877-1911
      Attorney General of Kentucky, 1863-1867


Notable

1076 – Mstislav I of Kiev (d. 1132)
1134 – Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (d. 1158)
1300 – Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk  (d. 1338)
      English politician, Lord Marshal of England
1455 – Anne of Savoy (d. 1480)
1480 – Tiedemann Giese, Polish bishop (d. 1550)
1503 – Wilhelm von Grumbach, German knight (d. 1567)
1563 – Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury  (d. 1612)
      English politician, Secretary of State for England
1633 – Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer and academic (d. 1687)
1637 – Jacques Marquette, French missionary and explorer (d. 1675)
1653 – Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (d. 1704)
1675 – Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei  (d. 1755)
      Italian archaeologist and playwright
1754 – Ferdinand, Duke of Breisgau (d. 1806)
1762 – Edmund Ignatius Rice  (d. 1844)
      Irish priest and missionary, founded the Irish Christian Brothers
1770 – Friedrich Laun, German author (d. 1849)
1780 – Carl von ClausewitzPrussian general  (d. 16 Nov 1831)
1790 – Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian actor and playwright (d. 1836)
1796 – Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (d. 1832)
1800 – Edward Deas Thomson  (d. 1879)
      Australian educator and politician, Chief Secretary of New South Wales
1801 – Brigham Young  (d. 29 Aug 1877)
      American 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1804 – Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (d. 1857)
1815 – Otto of Greece (d. 1862)
1815 – Philip Kearny, American general  (d. 1 Sep 1862)
1819 – Francis V, Duke of Modena (d. 1875)
1825 – John Hunt Morgan, American general (d. 1864)
1831 – John Bell Hood, American general (d. 1879)
1843 – Henry Faulds  (d. 1930)
      Scottish physician and missionary, developed fingerprinting
1844 – John J. Toffey, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1911)
1866:  Charles DavenportAmerican eugenicist and biologist  (18 Feb 1944)
1878 – John Masefield, English author and poet (d. 1967)
1879 – Max Emmerich, American triathlete and gymnast (d. 1956)
1882 – Nicolae Bivol  (d. 1940)
      Moldovan businessman and politician, Mayor of Chișinău
1882:  John Drinkwater, English poet and playwright  (d. 25 Mar 1937)
1888:  Henry Beston, American writer and naturalist  (d. 15 Apr 1968)
1889 – James Daugherty, American author, illustrator, and painter (d. 1974)
1889 – Charles Kay Ogden, English linguist and philosopher (d. 1957)
1890 – Frank Morgan, American actor (d. 1949)
1892:  Amanullah Khan  (d. 25 Apr 1960)
      Emir and Malik (King, after 1926) of the Kingdom of Afghanistan, 1919-1929
1899 – Edward Charles Titchmarsh, English mathematician and academic (d. 1963)
1901 – Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and manager (d. 1990)
1901 – Raymond Souplex, French singer and actor (d. 1972)
1901 – John Van Druten, English-American playwright and director (d. 1957)
1903 – Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop and martyr (d. 1973)
1903 – Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist and academic (d. 1986)
1905 – Robert Newton, English-American actor (d. 1956)
1906:  Walter LeggeBritish businessman  (d. 22 Mar 1979)
1907 – Frank Whittle  (d. 1996)
      English soldier and engineer, developed the jet engine
1908 – Julie Campbell Tatham, American author (d. 1999)
1909 – Yechezkel Kutscher, Slovakian-Israeli philologist and linguist (d. 1971)
1912 – Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, author, and mountaineer (d. 1987)
1913 – Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician (d. 2007)
1915 – John Randolph, American actor (d. 2004)
1917 – William Standish Knowles  (d. 2012)
      American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1920 – Robert Clarke, American actor and producer (d. 2005)
1921 – Nelson Riddle, American composer and bandleader (d. 1985)
1922 – Joan Caulfield, American model and actress (d. 1991)
1922 – Joan Copeland, American actress
1922 – Povel Ramel, Swedish singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2007)
1923 – Barry Till, English priest, author, and academic (d. 2013)
1924 – William Sloane Coffin, American minister and activist (d. 2006)
1924 – John Tooley, English director and manager
1925 – Dilia Díaz Cisneros, Venezuelan poet and educator
1925 – Hazel Dickens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
1925 – Marie Knight, American singer (d. 2009)
1926 – Andy Griffith, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1926 – Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (d. 1962)
1926 – Richard Schweiker  (d. 31 Jul 2015)
      American soldier and politician
      14th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1981-1983
      U.S. Senator, R. PA, 1969-1981
      U.S. Representative, R. PA, 1961-1969
1928 – Georgy Dobrovolsky, Ukrainian pilot and astronaut (d. 1971)
1928 – Steve Dodd, Australian actor and composer (d. 2014)
1928 – Bob Monkhouse, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2003)
1928 – Larry Zeidel  (d. 2014)
      Canadian-American ice hockey player and sportscaster
1929 – Nargis, Indian actress (d. 1981)
1929 – James H. Billington, American librarian and academic
1930 – John Lemmon, English logician and philosopher (d. 1966)
1930 – Richard Levins, American ecologist and geneticist (d. 2016)
1930 – Matt Poore, New Zealand cricketer
1930 – Edward Woodward, English actor (d. 2009)
1931 – Hal Smith, American baseball player and coach (d. 2014)
1932 – Frank Cameron, New Zealand cricketer
1932 – Christopher Lasch, American historian and critic (d. 1994)
1933 – Haruo Remeliik, Palauan politician, 1st President of Palau (d. 1985)
1933 – Charles Wilson, American lieutenant and politician (d. 2010)
1934 – Pat Boone, American singer-songwriter and actor
1934 – Peter Masterson, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
1934 – Ken McElroy, American criminal (d. 1981)
1935 – Hazel Dickens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
1935 – Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank
      English architect, founded Foster and Partners
1935 – Reverend Ike, American minister and television host (d. 2009)
1935 – Jack Kralick, American baseball player (d. 2012)
1935 – John C. Reynolds, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2013)
1936 – André Bourbeau, Canadian politician
1936 – Bekim Fehmiu, Bosnian-Serbian actor (d. 2010)
1936 – Gerald Scarfe, English illustrator and animator
1937 – Morgan Freeman, American actor and producer
1937 – Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress and singer
1937 – Colleen McCullough  (d. 2015)
      Australian neuroscientist, author, and academic
1938 – Khawar Rizvi, Pakistani poet and scholar (d. 1981)
1939 – Cleavon Little, American actor (d. 1992)
1940 – René Auberjonois, American actor
1940 – Katerina Gogou, Greek actress and poet (d. 1993)
1940 – Kip Thorne, American physicist, astronomer, and academic
1941 – Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (d. 2015)
1941 – Edo de Waart, Dutch conductor and director
1941 – Toyo Ito, Japanese architect
      designed the Torre Realia BCN and Hotel Porta Fira
1941 – Wayne Kemp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
1941 – Alexander V. Zakharov, Russian physicist and astronomer
1942 – Bruce George, Welsh politician
1942 – Parveen Kumar, Pakistani-English physician and academic
1942 – Paco Peña, Spanish guitarist and composer
1943 – Richard Goode, American pianist
1943 – David Newbery, English economist and academic
1943 – Lorrie Wilmot, South African cricketer (d. 2004)
1944 – Colin Blakemore, English neurobiologist and academic
1944 – Robert Powell, English actor
1945 – Jim McCarty
      American blues rock guitarist (Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels)
1945 – Brian Oldfield, American shot putter
1945 – Linda Scott, American singer
1945 – Lydia Shum, Chinese-Hong Kong actress (d. 2008)
1945 – Kerry Vincent, Australian chef and author
1945 – Frederica von Stade, American soprano and actress
1946 – Brian Cox, Scottish actor and singer
1946 – Jody Stecher, American singer
1947 – Ron Dennis, English businessman, founded the McLaren Group
1947 – Jonathan Pryce, Welsh actor and singer
1947:  Don Tapscott, Canadian businessman, author, consultant, and speaker
1947 – Ronnie Wood, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
      (The Rolling Stones, The Faces, The Jeff Beck Group, The Birds,
            and The Creation)
1948 – Joe Andrew, English author and academic
1948 – Powers Boothe, American actor
1948 – Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
1948 – Tom Sneva, American race car driver and sportscaster
1948 – Juhan Viiding, Estonian poet and actor (d. 1995)
1950 – Perrin Beatty, Canadian businessman and politician
1950:  Tim Bishop, American politician
      U.S. Representative, D. NY, 2003-2015
1950 – Gemma Craven, Irish actress and singer
1950 – Jean Lambert, English educator and politician
1950 – Michael McDowell, American author and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1950 – Wayne Nelson, American singer and bass player (Little River Band)
1950 – Charlene Marilynn D'Angelo Oliver, American singer
1950 – Tom Robinson, English singer-songwriter and bass player
      (Sector 27 and Tom Robinson Band)
1950:  Johann Rupert, South African businessman
1951 – Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey, English actress and author
1952 – Şenol Güneş, Turkish footballer and manager
1952 – David Lan, South African-English director and playwright
1952 – Mihaela Loghin, Romanian shot putter
1953 – Timothy Bentinck, Australian-English actor
1953 – David Berkowitz, American serial killer
1953 – Ronnie Dunn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Brooks & Dunn)
1953 – Ted Field, American entrepreneur and racing driver
1954 – Jill Black, English lawyer and judge
1955 – Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler
1955 – Lorraine Moller, New Zealand runner
1955Tony Snow  (d. 2008)
      American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary, 2006-2007
1956 – Lisa Hartman Black, American actress and singer
1956 – Abdullah Çatlı, Turkish criminal (d. 1996)
1956:  Gregg Harper, American politician
          U.S. Representative, R. MS, 2009-present
1956:  Tom Irwin, American actor
1956 – Robin Mattson, American actress
1957:  Jeff HawkinsAmerican businessman
1957 – Dorota Kędzierzawska, Polish director and screenwriter
1958 – Ahron Bregman, Israeli-English political scientist and journalist
1958 – Nambaryn Enkhbayar
      Mongolian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Mongolia
1958 – Gennadiy Valyukevich, Belarusian triple jumper
1959 – Martin Brundle, English race car driver and sportscaster
1959 – John Pullinger, English statistician and librarian
1959 – Alan Wilder, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
      (Depeche Mode and Recoil)
1960 – Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2012)
1960 – Sergey Kuznetsov, Russian footballer and manager
1960 – Giorgos Lillikas, Cypriot politician, 8th Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs
1961 – Paul Coffey, Canadian ice hockey player
1961 – Mark Curry, American actor
1961 – Werner Günthör, Swiss shot putter and bobsledder
1961 – John Huston, American golfer
1961 – Peter Machajdík, Slovakian-German pianist and composer
1963 – Mike Joyce, English drummer (The Smiths and Buzzcocks)
1963 – Miles J. Padgett, Scottish physicist and academic
1964:  David Alan Lewis, Irish cricketer
1965 – Larisa Lazutina, Russian skier
1965 – Olga Nazarova, Russian sprinter
1965 – Nigel Short, English chess player and journalist
1966 – Greg Schiano, American football player and coach
1967 – Roger Sanchez, American DJ and producer
1968 – Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer
1968 – Mark Gonzales, American skateboarder
1968 – Jeff Hackett, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1968 – Susan Jones, Welsh politician
1968 – Mathias Rust, German pilot
1969 – Rene Liu, Taiwanese actress and singer
1969 – Teri Polo, American actress
1969 – Richard Murrian, American photographer
1970 – Alexi Lalas, American soccer player, manager, and sportscaster
1970 – R. Madhavan, Indian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1970 – Karen Mulder, Dutch model and singer
1970 – Paul Schrier, American actor and director
1971:  Dan Bartlett, American public servant
          Counselor to the President, 2005-2007
          White House Communications Director, 2001-2005
1971 – Mario Cimarro, Cuban-American actor and singer
1971 – DJ Nihal, English radio and television host
1972 – Huáscar Aparicio, Bolivian singer (d. 2013)
1972 – Daniel Casey, English actor
1972 – Mike Dunham, American ice hockey player and coach
1972 – Mindy Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973 – Frédérik Deburghgraeve, Belgian swimmer
1973 – Adam Garcia, Australian actor
1973 – Derek Lowe, American baseball player
1973 – Heidi Klum, German-American model, fashion designer, and producer
1974 – Ashok Jadeja, Indian criminal
1974 – Alanis Morissette, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress
1974 – Michael Rasmussen, Danish cyclist
1974 – Melissa Sagemiller, American actress
1974 – Sarah Teather, English politician
1974 – Akis Zikos, Greek footballer and coach
1975 – James Allen Cox (bka James Storm), American wrestler
1975 – Michal Grošek, Czech-Swiss ice hockey player and coach
1975 – Kate Magowan, English actress
1975 – Ēriks Rags, Latvian javelin thrower
1976 – Marlon Devonish, English sprinter and coach
1976 – Kōhei Murakami, Japanese actor
1977 – Sarah Wayne Callies, American actress
1977 – Danielle Harris, American actress
1977 – Brad Wilkerson, American baseball player and coach
1978 – Hasna Benhassi, Moroccan runner
1978 – Antonietta Di Martino, Italian high jumper
1978 – Matthew Hittinger, American poet and author
1978:  Charles Lincoln "Link" Neal III, American comedian
1979 – Santana Moss, American football player
1979 – Markus Persson, Swedish game designer, founded Mojang
1980:  Damien Fahey, American writer, comedian, TV Host, and drummer
1980 – Oliver James, English actor and singer
1980:  Jason Woliner, American comedy director, writer, and former child actor
1981 – Brandi Carlile, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981 – Smush Parker, American basketball player
1981 – Amy Schumer, American comedian, actress, and screenwriter
1981 – Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan-American baseball player
1982 – Justine Henin, Belgian tennis player
1983 – Tetyana Hamera-Shmyrko, Ukrainian runner
1983 – Tõnis Sahk, Estonian long jumper
1983 – Jake Silbermann, American actor
1984:  Taylor Handley, American actor
1984 – David Neville, American sprinter
1984 – Olivier Tielemans, Dutch race car driver
1984 – Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar, Mongolian martial artist
1985 – Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopian runner
1985 – Ari Herstand, American singer-songwriter and actor
1985 – Mário Hipólito, Angolan footballer
1985 – Dinesh Karthik, Indian cricketer
1985 – Tanel Leok, Estonian motocross racer
1985 – Nick Young, American basketball player
1985 – Sam Young, American basketball player
1985 – L.A. Lopez, Filipino actor and singer
1986 – Oliver Dene Jones (bka Skream)
      English DJ and producer (Magnetic Man)
1986 – Moses Ndiema Masai, Kenyan runner
1986 – Dayana Mendoza, Venezuelan model, Miss Universe 2008
1986 – Chinedu Obasi, Nigerian footballer
1986 – Ben Smith, New Zealand rugby player
1987 – Zoltán Harsányi, Slovakian footballer
1987 – Jerel McNeal, American basketball player
1987 – Johan Santos, Filipino actor
1987 – Yarisley Silva, Cuban pole vaulter
1988 – Javier Hernández, Mexican footballer
1988 – Nami Tamaki, Japanese singer
1989 – Brooklyn Lee, American porn actress
1989 – Sammy Alex Mutahi, Kenyan runner
1990 – Kennie Chopart, Danish footballer
1990 – Rie Murakawa, Japanese voice actress and singer
1990 – Carlota Ciganda, Spanish golfer
1990 – Kieren Emery, German-English rower
1990 – Misha Fisenko, Russian ice hockey player
1990 – Roman Josi, Swiss ice hockey player
1990 – Martin Pembleton, English footballer
1990 – Bianca Perie, Romanian hammer thrower
1991 – Tyrone Roberts, Australian rugby league player
1992 – Jenna McDougall, Australian singer-songwriter (Tonight Alive)
1992 – Kira Plastinina, Russian fashion designer
1995 – Carlos Castro García, Spanish footballer
1996 – Tom Holland, English actor
2000 – Willow Shields, American actress
2001:  Ed Oxenbould, Australian actor


Family



Coulee City

Karl Edie
Elizabeth Gail Daniel
Megan Walker
Billy Welch
Darrel Camden
Chuck Evers
Mildred Plochelman
Jim Visness
Wayne Riehle


Other





Anniversaries

Coulee City

Paul & Laura Bolyard
Don & Debbie Nutt
Mr. & Mrs. Strouf



Deaths

VIP

1868 – James Buchanan  (b. 1791)
      American lawyer and politician
      15th President of the United States

Notable

195 BC – Emperor Gaozu of Han (b. 256 BC)
193 – Didius Julianus, Roman emperor (b. 133)
1432 – Dan II of Wallachia
1434 – Władysław II Jagiełło, Polish husband of Jadwiga of Poland (b. 1351)
1571 – John Story, English martyr (b. 1504)
1616 – Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1543)
1625 – Honoré d'Urfé, French author and poet (b. 1568)
1639 – Melchior Franck, German composer (b. 1579)
1660 – Mary Dyer, English-American martyr (b. 1611)
1662 – Zhu Youlang, Chinese emperor (b. 1623)
1710 – David Mitchell, Scottish admiral and politician (b. 1642)
1740 – Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (b. 1657)
1769 – Edward Holyoke, American pastor and academic (b. 1689)
1795 – Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (b. 1744)
1815 – Louis-Alexandre Berthier  (b. 1753)
      French general and politician, French Minister of War
1823 – Louis-Nicolas Davout  (b. 1770)
      French general and politician, French Minister of War
1826 – J. F. Oberlin, French pastor and philanthropist (b. 1740)
1830 – Swaminarayan, Indian religious leader (b. 1781)
1841 – David Wilkie, Scottish painter and academic (b. 1785)
1846 – Pope Gregory XVI (b. 1765)
1861 – John Quincy Marr, American captain (b. 1825)
1864 – Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel, led the Taiping Rebellion (b. 1812)
1872 – James Gordon Bennett, Sr.  (b. 1795)
      American publisher, founded the New York Herald
1873 – Joseph Howe  (b. 1804)
      Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia
1876 – Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and journalist (b. 1848)
1879 – Napoléon, Prince Imperial of France (b. 1856)
1908 – Allen Butler Talcott, American painter (b. 1867)
1927 – Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (b. 1860)
1927 – J. B. Bury, Irish historian, philologist, and scholar (b. 1861)
1934 – Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet  (b. 1867)
      English colonel and polo player
1935 – Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Romanian-Hungarian general (d. 1857)
1938 – Ödön von Horváth, Croatian-French author and playwright (b. 1901)
1941 – Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic (b. 1873)
1941 – Hugh Walpole, New Zealand-English author (b. 1884)
1943 – Leslie Howard, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
1943 – Wilfrid Israel, English-German businessman and philanthropist (b. 1899)
1946 – Ion Antonescu  (b. 1882)
      Romanian marshal and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Romania
1947 – Anna Hofman-Uddgren, Swedish actress, singer, and director (b. 1868)
1948 – Alex Gard, Russian-American cartoonist (b. 1900)
1948 – Sonny Boy Williamson I  (b. 1914)
      American singer-songwriter and harmonica player
1952 – John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1859)
1953 – Emanuel Vidović, Croatian painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
1954 – Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish-German journalist and author (b. 1869)
1955 – Kathleen Pelham-Clinton, Duchess of Newcastle (b. 1872)
1957 – Luisa Casati, Italian eccentric, artistic muse, and patron of the arts (b. 1881)
1959 – Sax Rohmer, English author (b. 1883)
1960 – Paula Hitler, Austrian-German sister of Adolf Hitler (b. 1896)
1960 – Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1883)
1962 – Adolf Eichmann, German colonel (b. 1906)
1965 – Curly Lambeau  (b. 1898)
      American football player and coach, founded the Green Bay Packers
1966 – Papa Jack Laine, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1873)
1968 – Helen Keller, American author and activist (b. 1880)
1968 – André Laurendeau, Canadian playwright, journalist, and politician (b. 1912)
1969 – Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1904)
1971 – Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian and academic (b. 1892)
1973 – Mary Kornman, American actress (b. 1915)
1975 – Tadeusz Olsza, Polish actor (b. 1895)
1979 – Werner Forssmann  (b. 1904)
      German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1980 – Rube Marquard, American baseball player and manager (b. 1886)
1980 – Arthur Nielsen  (b. 1897)
      American businessman, founded the ACNielsen company
1981 – Carl Vinson, American lawyer and politician (b. 1883)
1982 – Einar Juhl, Danish actor (b. 1896)
1983 – Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (b. 1903)
1985 – Richard Greene, English actor and soldier (b. 1918)
1986 – Jo Gartner, Austrian race car driver (b. 1958)
1987 – Rashid Karami  (b. 1921)
      Lebanese lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Lebanon
1989 – Aurelio Lampredi  (b. 1917)
      Italian engineer, designed the Ferrari Lampredi engine
1991 – David Ruffin, American singer and drummer (The Temptations) (b. 1941)
1994 – Frances Heflin, American actress (b. 1923)
1996 – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian politician, 6th President of India (b. 1913)
1999 – Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (b. 1910)
2000 – Tito Puente, American drummer, composer, and producer (b. 1923)
2001 – Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist, created Dennis the Menace (b. 1920)
2001 – Aishwarya of Nepal (b. 1949)
2001 – Birendra of Nepal (b. 1945)
2001 – Dhirendra of Nepal (b. 1950)
2001 – Prince Nirajan of Nepal (b. 1978)
2001 – Princess Shruti of Nepal (b. 1976)
2002 – Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (b. 1969)
2004 – William Manchester, American historian and author (b. 1922)
2005 – Hilda Crosby Standish, American physician (b. 1902)
2005 – George Mikan, American basketball player and coach (b. 1924)
2006 – Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
2007 – Arn Shein, American journalist (b. 1928)
2007 – Tony Thompson, American singer (Hi-Five) (b. 1975)
2008 – Tommy Lapid, Israeli journalist and politician, 17th Justice Minister of Israel (b. 1931)
2008 – Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer, founded Saint Laurent Paris (b. 1936)
2009 – Thomas Berry, American priest and theologian (b. 1914)
2009 – Bob Christie, American racing driver (b. 1924)
2009 – Vincent O'Brien, Irish horse trainer (b. 1917)
2010 – William H. Ginn Jr., American general (b. 1928)
2010 – Andrei Voznesensky, Russian poet (b. 1933)
2011 – Haleh Sahabi, Iranian humanitarian and activist (b. 1957)
2012 – Faruq Z. Bey, American saxophonist and composer (Griot Galaxy) (b. 1942)
2012 – Pádraig Faulkner, Irish educator and politician, 19th Irish Minister of Defence (b. 1918)
2012 – Milan Gaľa, Slovak politician (b. 1953)
2012 – Brahmeshwar Singh, Indian militia leader (b. 1947)
2013 – Oliver Bernard, English poet and translator (b. 1925)
2013 – Mott Green, American businessman (b. 1966)
2013 – Bill Gunston, English pilot and author (b. 1927)
2013 – Ian P. Howard, English-Canadian psychologist and academic (b. 1927)
2013 – James Kelleher, Canadian lawyer and politician, 33rd Solicitor General of Canada (b. 1930)
2013 – Hanfried Lenz, German mathematician and academic (b. 1916)
2013 – Edward Cornelius Reed Jr., American sergeant and judge (b. 1924)
2014 – Ann B. Davis, American actress (b. 1926)
2014 – Karlheinz Hackl, Austrian actor and director (b. 1949)
2014 – Yuri Kochiyama, American activist (b. 1921)
2014 – Dhondutai Kulkarni, Indian singer (b. 1927)
2014 – Jay Lake, American author (b. 1964)
2014 – Valentin Mankin, Ukrainian sailor (b. 1938)
2014 – Tom Rounds, American broadcaster (b. 1936)
2014 – Hugo White, English admiral and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (b. 1939)
2015 – Charles Kennedy, Scottish journalist and politician (b. 1959)
2015 – Joan Kirner, Australian educator and politician, 42nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1938)
2015 – Nicholas Liverpool, Dominican lawyer and politician, 6th President of Dominica (b. 1934)
2015 – Jacques Parizeau, Canadian economist and politician, 26th Premier of Quebec (b. 1930)
2015 – Jean Ritchie, American singer-songwriter (b. 1922)


Family



Coulee City



Other




Monday, May 30, 2016

May 31 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths


____________

____________


Birthdays

VIP

1857 – Pope Pius XI (d. 10 Feb 1939)
      259th Pope of Rome, 1922-1939


Notable

1443 – Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby (d. 1509)
1469 – Manuel I of Portugal (d. 1521)
1527 – Agnes of Hesse (d. 1555)
1535 – Alessandro Allori, Italian painter (d. 1607)
1557 – Feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)
1613 – John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)
1640 – Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki  (d. 1673)
      Polish husband of Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland
1641 – Patriarch Dositheos II of Jerusalem (d. 1707)
1656 – Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (d. 1728)
1683 – Jean-Pierre Christin  (d. 1755)
      French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer
      invented the Celsius thermometer
1732 – Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (d. 1812)
1753 – Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, French lawyer and politician (d. 1793)
1754 – Andrea Appiani, Italian painter and educator (d. 1817)
1773 – Ludwig Tieck, German poet, author, and critic (d. 1853)
1801 – Johann Georg Baiter, Swiss philologist and scholar (d. 1887)
1818 – John Albion Andrew  (d. 30 Oct 1867)
      American lawyer and politician
      25th Governor of Massachusetts, 1861-1866
1819 – Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist(d. 26 Mar 1892)
1835 – Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander (d. 1869)
1838 – Henry Sidgwick, English economist and philosopher (d. 1900)
1847 – William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie  (d. 1924)
      Canadian-Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast
1847:  James Jeffrey Roche  (d.3 Apr 1808)
      Irish-American poet, journalist and diplomat
1852 – Francisco Moreno, Argentinian explorer and academic (d. 1919)
1852 – Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist, invented the Petri dish (d. 1921)
1860 – Walter Sickert, English painter (d. 1942)
1863 – Francis Younghusband, Indian-English captain and explorer (d. 1942)
1872 – W. Heath Robinson, English illustrator (d. 1944)
1879 – Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano (d. 1952)
1882 – Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War (d. 1956)
1883 – Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician, 2nd President of Finland (d. 1942)
1884:  Phyllis Bottome, British novelist  (d. 22 Aug 1963)
1885 – Alois Hudal, Austrian bishop (d. 1963)
1887 – Saint-John Perse, French poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
1892 – Michel Kikoine, Belarusian-French painter (d. 1968)
1892 – Erich Neumann, German lieutenant and politician (d. 1951)
1892 – Konstantin Paustovsky, Russian poet and author (d. 1968)
1892 – Gregor Strasser, German lieutenant and politician (d. 1934)
1894 – Fred Allen, American comedian, actor, and radio host (d. 17 Mar 1956)
1898 – Norman Vincent Peale, American minister and author (d. 24 Dec 1993)
1898 – John Wesley Roper, American Navy Vice Admiral  (d. 8 Sep 1963)
1901 – Alfredo Antonini, Italian-American conductor and composer (d. 1983)
1902 – Billy Mayerl, English pianist and composer (d. 1959)
1905 – Florence Desmond, English actress and singer (d. 1993)
1908 – Don Ameche, American actor and singer (d. 1993)
1908 – Sigfred Johansen, Danish actor (d. 1953)
1908 – Nils Poppe, Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2000)
1909 – Art Coulter, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2000)
1909 – Aurore Gagnon, Canadian child abuse victim (d. 1920)
1911 – Maurice Allais, French economist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)
1912 – Alfred Deller, English singer (d. 1979)
1912:  Henry M. Jackson  (d. 1 Sep 1983)
      American lawyer and politician
      U.S. Senator, D. WA, 1953-1983
      U.S. Representative, D. WA, 1941-1953
1912 – Chien-Shiung Wu
      Chinese-American experimental physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
1914 – Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer and educator (d. 2006)
1915:  Judith WrightAustralian poet  (d. 25 Jun 2000)
1916 – Bert Haanstra, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1997)
1916 – Bernard Lewis, English-American historian and author
1918 – Sadie Corré, English actress and dancer (d. 2009)
1919 – Cù Huy Cận, Vietnamese poet (d. 19 Feb 2005)
1919 – Robie Macauley, American editor, novelist and critic (d. 1995)
1919:  Huston Smith, American religious studies academic
1920:  Edward Bennett Williams, American lawyer  (d. 13 Aug 1988)
1921 – Edna Doré, English actress (d. 2014)
1921 – Howard Reig, American radio and television announcer (d. 2008)
1921 – Alida Valli, Austrian-Italian actress and singer (d. 2006)
1922 – Denholm Elliott, English-Spanish actor (d. 1992)
1923 – Ellsworth Kelly, American painter and sculptor (d. 2015)
1923 – Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (d. 2005)
1924 – Russell Endean, South African cricketer (d. 2003)
1924:  Patricia Roberts Harris  (d. 23 Mar 1985)
      American activist, attorney, public servant, and diplomat
      1st U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1980-1981
      U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1979-1980
      U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1977-1979
      U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1965-1967
1925 – Julian Beck, American actor and director (d. 1986)
1927 – James Eberle, English admiral
1927 – Michael Sandberg, Baron Sandberg, English lieutenant and banker
1927 – Lloyd Thaxton, American television host and producer (d. 2008)
1928 – Pankaj Roy, Indian cricketer (d. 2001)
1929 – Menahem Golan, Israeli director and producer (d. 2014)
1930 – Clint Eastwood, American actor, director, and producer
1931 – John Robert Schrieffer, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1931 – Shirley Verrett, American soprano and actress (d. 2010)
1932 – Ed Lincoln, Brazilian pianist, bassist, and composer (d. 2012)
1932 – Jay Miner, American computer scientist and engineer (d. 1994)
1932 – Hanno Selg, Estonian pentathlete
1933 – Henry B. Eyring, American religious leader, educator, and author
1934 – Jim Hutton, American actor (d. 1979)
1935 – Jim Bolger, New Zealand businessman and politician
      35th Prime Minister of New Zealand
1938 – Johnny Paycheck, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
1938 – John Prescott, Welsh sailor and politician
      Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1938 – Peter Yarrow, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (Peter, Paul and Mary)
1939 – Terry Waite, English humanitarian and author
1940 – Anatoliy Bondarchuk, Ukrainian hammer thrower and coach
1940 – Gilbert Shelton, American illustrator
1941 – June Clark, Welsh nurse and educator
1941 – Louis Ignarro, American pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1942 – Chris J. Leaver, Emeritus Professor of Plant Sciences at the University of Oxford
1943:  Al From, American founder of the Democratic Leadership Council
1943 – Sharon Gless, American actress
1943 – Joe Namath, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
1944 – Samantha Juste, English-American singer and television host (d. 2014)
1945:  Pepe Eliaschev, Argentine journalist  (d. 18 Nov 2014)
1945 – Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1982)
1945 – Laurent Gbagbo, Ivorian academic and politician, 4th President of Côte d'Ivoire
1945 – Bernard Goldberg, American journalist and author
1946 – Ted Baehr, American publisher and critic
1946 – Steve Bucknor, Jamaican cricketer and umpire
1946 – Krista Kilvet, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat (d. 2009)
1946 – Debbie Moore, English model and businesswoman
1946 – Nancy Shade, American soprano and actress
1947 – Junior Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Marmalade)
1947 – Gabriele Hinzmann, German discus thrower
1947 – David Rowlands, English civil servant (d. 2014)
1948 – Svetlana Alexievich, Belarusian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate
1948 – Lynda Bellingham, Canadian-English actress and television host (d. 2014)
1948 – John Bonham  (d. 1980)
      English drummer and songwriter (Led Zeppelin and Band of Joy)
1948 – Duncan Hunter, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician
1949 – Tom Berenger  American actor and producer
1949 – Tapio Kantanen, Finnish runner
1950 – Jean Chalopin, French director, producer, and screenwriter
      founded DIC Entertainment
1950 – Gregory Harrison, American actor, director, and producer
1950 – Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior
1951 – Karl-Hans Riehm, German hammer thrower
1951:  Marilyn Tavenner, American public servant
      Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 2011-2015
1952 – Karl Bartos, German singer-songwriter and keyboard player
      (Kraftwerk and Electronic)
1953 – Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Finnish actor and screenwriter
1953 – Linda Riordan, English politician
1953 – Lynne Truss, English journalist and author
1954 – Thomas Mavros, Greek footballer
1954 – Vicki Sue Robinson, American actress and singer (d. 2000)
1955 – Bruce Adolphe, American pianist, composer, and scholar
1955 – Ben de Lisi, American fashion designer
1955 – Tommy Emmanuel, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dragon)
1955 – Susie Essman, American actress and screenwriter
1955:  Lynne Truss, English writer and journalist
1955 – Nilüfer Yumlu, Turkish singer-songwriter
1956:  Regina Brett, American author and columnist
1956 – Fritz Hilpert, German drummer and composer (Kraftwerk)
1956 – John Young, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Qango and Strawbs)
1957 – Jim Craig, American ice hockey player
1957 – Kyle Secor, American actor and director
1958 – Roma Maffia, American actress
1959 – Andrea de Cesaris, Italian race car driver (d. 2014)
1959 – Phil Wilson, English politician
1960 – Greg Adams, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman
1960 – Chris Elliott, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
1960 – Peter Winterbottom, English rugby player
1961 – Ray Cote, Canadian ice hockey player
1961 – Justin Madden, Australian footballer and politician
1961:  Patti Stanger, American businesswoman
1961 – Lea Thompson, American actress, director, and producer
1962:  Larry Bucshon, American politician and heart surgeon
          U.S. Representative, R. IN, 2011-present
1962 – Corey Hart, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
1962 – Sebastian Koch, German actor
1962 – Noriko Nagai (bka Noriko Hidaka), Japanese voice actress and singer
1963 – Hugh Dillon, Canadian singer, producer, and actor
      (Headstones, Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir)
1963 – Viktor Orbán, Hungarian politician, 38th Prime Minister of Hungary
1963 – Wesley Willis  (d. 2003)
      American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Wesley Willis Fiasco)
1964 – Leonard Asper, Canadian lawyer and businessman
1964 – Stéphane Caristan, French hurdler and coach
1964 – Yukio Edano, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs
1964 – Scotti Hill, American guitarist and songwriter (Skid Row)
1964 – Darryl McDaniels, American rapper and producer (Run–D.M.C.)
1965 – Brooke Shields, American model, actress, and producer
1965 – Yoko Soumi, Japanese voice actress
1966 – Jeremy Hotz, Canadian-American comedian and actor
1966 – Roshan Mahanama, Sri Lankan cricketer and referee
1966 – Nick Scotti, American model, actor, and singer
1967 – Sandrine Bonnaire, French actress and director
1967 – Ian Richard Hodgkinson (bka Vampiro)
      Canadian-Mexican wrestler and sportscaster
1967 – Phil Keoghan, New Zealand television host and producer
1967 – Kenny Lofton, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
1968 – John Connolly, Irish journalist and author
1968:  Jane Green, English author
1968 – Stéphane E. Roy, Canadian comedian and actor
1968 – Kyōka Suzuki, Japanese actress
1969:  Hendrik Poinar, Dutch biologist
1970:  Paolo Sorrentino, Italian filmmaker
1971 – Diana Damrau, German soprano and actress
1972 – Frode Estil, Norwegian skier
1972 – Karl Geary, Irish-American actor and club owner
1972 – John Godina, American shot putter and discus thrower
1972 – Sarah Murdoch, English-Australian model and actress
1972 – Antti Niemi, Finnish footballer and coach
1972 – Archie Panjabi, English actress
1972 – Dave Roberts, American baseball player and coach
1973 – Chris Harmse, South African hammer thrower
1973 – Kate Howey, English martial artist and coach
1973 – Dominique Monami, Belgian tennis player
1974 – Hiroiki Ariyoshi, Japanese comedian and singer
1974 – Chad Campbell, American golfer
1974 – Kenan Doğulu, Turkish singer-songwriter and producer
1974 – Zsolt Erdei, Hungarian boxer
1974 – Tristram Hunt, English historian and politician
      Shadow Secretary of State for Education
1974 – Adrian Tomine, American author and illustrator
1975 – Mac Suzuki, Japanese baseball player
1975 – Yiasoumis Yiasoumi, Cypriot footballer
1976 – Colin Farrell, Irish actor
1976 – Matt Harpring, American basketball player and sportscaster
1976 – Tonka Tomicic, Chilean model and television host, Miss World Chile 1995
1976 – Mashona Washington, American tennis player
1977 – Theodoros Baev, Bulgarian-Greek volleyball player
1977 – Phil Devey, Canadian baseball player
1977 – Domenico Fioravanti, Italian swimmer
1977:  Nicola Formichetti, Italian-Japanese fashion designer
1977 – Scott Klopfenstein, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player
      (Reel Big Fish, The Littlest Man Band, The Scholars, and Nuckle Brothers)
1977 – Greg Leeb, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Eric Christian Olsen, American actor
1977 – Joachim Olsen, Danish shot putter and politician
1977 – Joel Ross, English radio and television host
1977 – June Sarpong, English television host
1977 – Moses Sichone, Zambian footballer
1977 – Petr Tenkrát, Czech ice hockey player
1978:  Robin Wasserman, American novelist
1978 – Aleksey Zagornyi, Russian hammer thrower
1979:  Vir Das, Indian Bollywood actor and comedian
1979 – Jean-François Gillet, Belgian footballer
1980 – Craig Bolton, Australian footballer and sportscaster
1980 – Andy Hurley, American drummer (The Damned Things, Project Rocket, Racetraitor)
1980 – Mika Katsumura, Japanese actress
1980 – Kaori Manabe, Japanese television personality and model
1981 – Mikael Antonsson, Swedish footballer
1981 – Yoon Mi-rae, American-South Korean singer (Uptown)
1981 – Jake Peavy, American baseball player
1981 – Daniele Bonera, Italian footballer
1982 – Brett Firman, Australian rugby league player
1982:  Casey James, American musician
1982 – Jonathan Tucker, American actor
1983 – David Hernandez, American model and singer
1983:  Zana Marjanovic, Bosnian actress
1983 – Dustin Wells, New Zealand footballer
1983 – Reggie Yates, English actor and television host
1984 – Andrew Bailey, American baseball player
1984 – Milorad Čavić, Serbian swimmer
1984 – Nate Robinson, American basketball player
1984 – Jason Smith, Australian actor
1985 – Navene Koperweis, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
      (Animals as Leaders, The Faceless, and Animosity)
1985 – Ian Vougioukas, Greek basketball player
1986 – Robert Gesink, Dutch cyclist
1986 – Juaquin James Malphurs (bka Waka Flocka Flame), American rapper
1986 – Melissa McIntyre, Canadian actress
1987 – Shaun Fleming, American actor, singer, and drummer
      (Foxygen and Diane Coffee)
1987 – Meredith Hagner, American actress
1987 – Curtis Williams, American actor
1987 – Nagi Yanagi, Japanese singer-songwriter
1988 – Lisa Bund, German singer-songwriter
1988 – Hope Partlow Wilson, American singer
1989 – Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer
1989 – Lauren Barnes, American soccer player
1989 – Katherine Connors, American model, Miss Iowa USA 2010
1989 – Bas Dost, Dutch footballer
1989 – Noah Gundersen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Courage)
1989 – Sean Johnson, American soccer player
1989 – Kim Daul, South Korean model, painter, and blogger (d. 2009)
1989 – Marco Reus, German footballer
1989 – Chase Stanley, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player
1990 – Erik Karlsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1991 – Azealia Banks, American rapper
1992 – Laura Ikauniece, Latvian heptathlete
1993 – Jason Taumalolo, New Zealand rugby league player
1997 – Inês Murta, Portuguese tennis player
1997 – Milka-Emilia Pasanen, Finnish tennis player


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Notable

455 – Petronius Maximus, Roman emperor (b. 396)
1076 – Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria, English politician (b. 1050)
1162 – Géza II of Hungary (b. 1130)
1349 – Thomas Wake, 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell, English politician (b. 1297)
1408 – Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)
1495 – Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (b. 1415)
1558 – Philip Hoby, English general and diplomat (b. 1505)
1567 – Guido de Bres, Belgian pastor and theologian (b. 1522)
1594 – Tintoretto, Italian painter and educator (b. 1518)
1680 – Joachim Neander, German theologian and educator (b. 1650)
1740 – Frederick William I of Prussia (b. 1688)
1747 – Andrey Osterman  (b. 1686)
      German-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1809 – Joseph Haydn, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1732)
1809 – Jean Lannes, French general (b. 1769)
1831 – Samuel Bentham, English architect and engineer (b. 1757)
1832 – Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1811)
1837 – Joseph Grimaldi, English comedian and actor, created the clown (b. 1779)
1846 – Philip Marheineke, German pastor and philosopher (b. 1780)
1847 – Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister and economist (b. 1780)
1848 – Eugénie de Guérin, French author (b. 1805)
1908 – Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)
1910 – Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)
1931 – Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1866)
1931 – Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (b. 1864)
1945 – Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (b. 1904)
1954 – Antonis Benakis  (b. 1873)
      Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the Benaki Museum
1957 – Stefanos Sarafis, Greek general and politician (b. 1890)
1957 – Leopold Staff, Polish poet and academic (b. 1878)
1960 – Willem Elsschot, Flemish author and poet (b. 1882)
1960 – Walther Funk  (b. 1890)
      German economist, journalist, and politician, German Minister of Economics
1961 – Walter Little, Canadian politician (b. 1877)
1962 – Henry F. Ashurst, American lawyer and politician (b. 1874)
1962 – Erik von Holst, Estonian-German sailor (b. 1894)
1963 – Edith Hamilton, German-American author and educator (b. 1867)
1967 – Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (b. 1915)
1970 – Terry Sawchuk, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1929)
1972 – Walter Jackson Freeman II, American physician and psychiatrist (b. 1895)
1976 – Jacques Monod, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
1977 – William Castle, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
1978 – József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1925)
1981 – Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist and journalist (b. 1914)
1982 – Carlo Mauri, Italian mountaineer and explorer (b. 1930)
1983 – Jack Dempsey, American boxer and lieutenant (b. 1895)
1985 – Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer and author (b. 1921)
1986 – Jane Frank, American painter and sculptor (b. 1918)
1986 – James Rainwater, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
1987 – John Abraham, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1937)
1989 – Owen Lattimore, American author and academic (b. 1900)
1992 – Walter Neugebauer, Croatian-German author and illustrator (b. 1921)
1993 – Francis Lynch, American politician (b. 1920)
1994 – Uzay Heparı, Turkish actor, producer, and composer (b. 1969)
1994 – Herva Nelli, Italian-American soprano (b. 1909)
1995 – Stanley Elkin, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1930)
1996 – Timothy Leary, American psychologist and author (b. 1920)
1998 – Charles Van Acker, Belgian-American race car driver (b. 1912)
1999 – Neil Shanahan, Irish race car driver (b. 1979)
2000 – Johnnie Taylor, American singer (b. 1938)
2000 – A. Jeyaratnam Wilson, Sri Lankan historian, author, and academic (b. 1928)
2001 – Arlene Francis, American actress, talk show host, and television personality (b. 1907)
2002 – Subhash Gupte, Indian cricketer (b. 1929)
2004 – Aiyathurai Nadesan, Sri Lankan journalist (b. 1954)
2004 – Robert Quine, American guitarist (Richard Hell and the Voidoids) (b. 1941)
2004 – Étienne Roda-Gil, French screenwriter and composer (b. 1941)
2006 – Ryan Bennett, American sportscaster (b. 1970)
2006 – Miguel Ortiz Berrocal, Spanish sculptor (b. 1933)
2006 – Raymond Davis, Jr., American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
2006 – Lula Mae Hardaway, American songwriter (b. 1930)
2008 – John Ambler, English businessman (b. 1924)
2009 – Millvina Dean, English civil servant and cartographer (b. 1912)
2009 – Danny La Rue, Irish-born British drag queen performer and singer (b. 1927)
2009 – George Tiller, American physician (b. 1941)
2010 – Louise Bourgeois, French-American sculptor and painter (b. 1911)
2010 – Brian Duffy, English photographer and producer (b. 1933)
2010 – William A. Fraker, American director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1923)
2010 – Rubén Juárez, Argentinian singer-songwriter and bandoneón player (b. 1947)
2010 – Merata Mita, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
2011 – Pauline Betz, American tennis player (b. 1919)
2011 – Jonas Bevacqua  (b. 1977)
      American fashion designer, co-founded the Lifted Research Group
2011 – Derek Hodge  (b. 1941)
      Virgin Islander lawyer and politician
      Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands
2011 – Hans Keilson, German-Dutch psychoanalyst and author (b. 1909)
2011 – John Martin, English admiral and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (b. 1918)
2011 – Adolfas Mekas, Lithuanian-American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
2011 – Andy Robustelli, American football player and manager (b. 1925)
2011 – Grant Sullivan, American actor (b. 1924)
2011 – Sølvi Wang, Norwegian actress (b. 1929)
2012 – Christopher Challis, English cinematographer (b. 1919)
2012 – Randall B. Kester, American lawyer and judge (b. 1916)
2012 – Mark Midler, Russian fencer (b. 1931)
2012 – Paul Pietsch, German race car driver and publisher (b. 1911)
2012 – Orlando Woolridge, American basketball player and coach (b. 1959)
2013 – Gerald E. Brown, American physicist and academic (b. 1926)
2013 – Abir Goswami, Indian actor (b. 1976)
2013 – Frederic Lindsay, Scottish author and educator (b. 1933)
2013 – Miguel Méndez, American author and poet (b. 1930)
2013 – Tim Samaras, American engineer and storm chaser (b. 1957)
2013 – Jairo Mora Sandoval, Costa Rican environmentalist (b. 1987)
2013 – Jean Stapleton, American actress and singer (b. 1923)
2014 – Marilyn Beck, American journalist (b. 1928)
2014 – Marinho Chagas, Brazilian footballer and coach (b. 1952)
2014 – Hoss Ellington, American race car driver (b. 1935)
2014 – Martha Hyer, American actress (b. 1924)
2014 – Lewis Katz, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1942)
2014 – Brajanath Ratha, Indian poet and author (b. 1936)
2014 – Mary Soames, Baroness Soames, English author (b. 1922)
2015 – Nico Castel, Portuguese-American tenor and actor (b. 1931)
2015 – Hiroshi Koizumi, Japanese actor and producer (b. 1926)
2015 – Pat Petersen, American runner (b. 1959)
2015 – Slim Richey, American guitarist and fiddler (b. 1938)
2015 – Gladys Taylor, Canadian author and publisher (b. 1917)


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from Colorado Independent
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Douglas County family flees ‘Big Brother’ school reform

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Christian Refugees in Germany Report High Levels of Religious Violence
Sharing resettlement centers with Muslims can be dangerous for Christian asylum-seekers, Open Doors reports.

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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)

Trump’s War on Amazon.com Explained
On February 2016, Donald Trump began a public relations war against one of America’s most successful companies. He directly threatened Amazon.com and its founder Jeff Bezos with political reprisal should he become president.



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Recall petition against Harney County Judge Steve Grasty validated

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from Overpasses For America

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from Roll Call

McMorris Rodgers Voted for Trump, But 'Not Exactly' With Enthusiasm

Polls Show Trump, Clinton Close
Presumptive GOP nominee in a competitive position for the general election

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Trump targets Michigan to end Democratic dominance

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Bill Introduced to Get United States out of the United Nations

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from POLITICO
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Poll: Trump narrows Clinton's lead nationally to 3 points

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