Cousin Sam: December 2015

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Birthdays

VIP

1880 – George C. Marshall (d. 16 Oct 1959)
American Army general and statesman
50th U.S. Secretary of State, 1947-1949
3rd United States Secretary of Defense, 1950-1951
15th United States Army Chief of Staff, 1939-1945
1953 Nobel Peace Prize

Notable

695 – Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)
1378 – Pope Callixtus III (d. 6 Aug 1458)
born Alfonso de Borja
209th Pope of Rome, 1455-1458
1491 – Jacques Cartier, French navigator and explorer (d. 1557)
1493 – Eleonora Gonzaga, Italian noble and Duchess of Urbino (d. 1570)
1514 – Andreas Vesalius, Belgian anatomist, physician, and author (d. 1564)
1552 – Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)
1572 – Emperor Go-Yōzei of Japan, (d. 1617)
1585 – Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (d. 1645)
Spanish general and politician
24th Governor of the Duchy of Milan
1668 – Herman Boerhaave, Dutch botanist and physician (d. 1738)
1714 – Arima Yoriyuki, Japanese mathematician and educator (d. 1783)
1720 – Charles Edward Stuart (d. 1788)
Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland
1738 – Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (d. 1805)
English general and politician, 3rd Governor-General of India
1741 – Gottfried August Bürger, German poet and academic (d. 1794)
1741 – Princess Isabella of Parma (d. 1763)

Spanish royalty

1763 – Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806)
1776 – Johann Spurzheim (d. 1832)
German-American physician and phrenologist
1779: Horace Smith, English poet and novelist (d. 12 Jul 1849)
1790 – Antonie Adamberger, Austrian actress (d. 1867)
1798 – Friedrich Robert Faehlmann (d. 1850)
Estonian physician, philologist, and academic
1805 – Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author (d. 1876)
1815 – George Meade, American general and engineer (d. 1872)
1817: James Thomas Fields (d. 24 Apr 1881)
American publisher, editor, and poet

1829: Alexander Smith, Scottish poet (d. 5 Jan 1867)

1830 – Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian politician (d. 1895)
1851 – Henry Carter Adams, American economist and academic (d. 1921)
1855 – Giovanni Pascoli, Italian poet and scholar (d. 1912)
1857 – King Kelly, American baseball player and manager (d. 1894)
1860 – Joseph S. Cullinan (d. 1937)
American businessman, co-founded Texaco
1864 – Robert Grant Aitken, American astronomer and academic (d. 1951)
1869 – Henri Matisse, French painter and sculptor (d. 1954)
1872 – Fred Marriott, American racing driver (d. 1956)
1873 – Konstantin Konik (d. 1936)
Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education
1874: George Holbrook Jackson (d. 16 Jun 1948)
British journalist, writer, and publisher
1874 – Julius Meier (d. 14 Jul 1937)
American businessman and politician
20th Governor of Oregon, 1931-1935
1877 – Lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author (d. 1967)
1878 – Elizabeth Arden (d. 1966)
Canadian businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc.
1878 – Horacio Quiroga (d. 1937)
Uruguayan-Argentinian author, poet, and playwright
1880 – Fred Beebe, American baseball player and coach (d. 1957)
1881 – Max Pechstein, German painter and academic (d. 1955)
1884 – Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (d. 1964)
1884 – Mihály Fekete (d. 1960)
Hungarian actor, screenwriter, and film director
1885 – Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 3 Oct 1970)

Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1905-1970
1898: Erich Sauer, German theologian (d. 25 Feb 1959)

1899 – Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1940)
1900 – Ivan Riley, American hurdler (d. 1943)
1901 – Nikos Ploumpidis, Greek politician (d. 1954)
1902 – Lionel Daunais, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1982)
1904 – William Heynes, English engineer (d. 1989)
1905 – Helen Dodson Prince, American astronomer (d. 2002)
1905 – Jule Styne, English-American composer (d. 1994)
1906: Charles Lederer, American screenwriter and director (d. 5 Mar 1976)
1908 – Simon Wiesenthal, Ukrainian-Austrian Holocaust survivor (d. 2005)
1899 – Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1940)
1900 – Ivan Riley, American hurdler (d. 1943)
1901 – Nikos Ploumpidis, Greek politician (d. 1954)
1902 – Lionel Daunais, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1982)
1904 – William Heynes, English engineer (d. 1989)
1905 – Helen Dodson Prince, American astronomer (d. 2002)
1905 – Jule Styne, English-American composer (d. 1994)
1908 – Simon Wiesenthal, Ukrainian-Austrian Holocaust survivor (d. 2005)
1909 – Jonah Jones, American trumpet player and saxophonist (d. 2000)
1910 – Carl Dudley, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973)
1911 – Dal Stivens, Australian author (d. 1997)
1912 – John Frost, Indian-English general (d. 1993)
1914 – Yrjö Nikkanen, Finnish javelin thrower (d. 1985)
1915 – Sam Ragan, American journalist, author, and poet (d. 1996)
1917 – Evelyn Knight, American singer (d. 2007)
1917 – Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (d. 1962)
1918 – Virginia Davis, American actress (d. 2009)
1919 – Tommy Byrne, American baseball player, coach, and politician (d. 2007)
1919 – Carmen Contreras-Bozak, Puerto Rican-American soldier
1919 – Fritz Schwab, Swiss race walker (d. 2006)
1919 – G. Wood, American actor (d. 2000)
1920 – Rex Allen, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1999)
1922 – Tomás Balduino, Brazilian bishop (d. 2014)
1922 – Halina Czerny-Stefańska, Polish pianist (d. 2001)
1922 – Luis Zuloaga, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2013)
1923 – Giannis Dalianidis, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1924 – Taylor Mead, American actor and poet (d. 2013)
1925 – Irina Korschunow, German author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1925 – Sri Lal Sukla, Indian author (d. 2011)
1926 – Valerie Pearl, English historian and academic
1926 – Billy Snedden (d. 1987)
Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Attorney-General for Australia
1928 – Siné, French singer and cartoonist
1928 – Tatyana Shmyga, Russian actress and singer (d. 2011)
1928 – Veijo Meri, Finnish writer (d. 2015)
1929 – Mies Bouwman, Dutch television host
1930 – Jaime Escalante, Bolivian-American educator (d. 2010)
1930 – Odetta Holmes (bka Odetta) (d. 2008)
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1931 – Ray Graves, American football player and coach (d. 2015)
1931 – Bob Shaw, Northern Irish journalist and author (d. 1996)
1932 – Don James, American football player and coach (d. 2013)
1932 – Felix Rexhausen, German journalist, editor and author (d. 1992)
1933 – Edward Bunker, American author, screenwriter, and actor (d. 2005)
1934 – Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan, Indian scholar, author, and poet
1935 – Salman of Saudi Arabia
1936 – Noel Jan Tyl, American astrologer and author
1937 – Avram Hershko
Hungarian-Israeli biochemist and physician
Nobel Prize laureate
1937 – Anthony Hopkins, Welsh-American actor, director, and composer
1937 – Barry Hughes, Welsh footballer and manager
1937 – Tess Jaray, Austrian-English painter
1937: Hal Rogers
American politician
U.S. Representative, R. KY, 1981-present
1937 – Alvis Wayne, American singer (d. 2013)
1938 – Rosalind Cash, American actress and singer (d. 1995)
1938 – Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Dutch speed skater (d. 2013)
1939: Peter Camejo (d. 13 Sep 2008)
  Venezuelan American author, activist and politician
1939 – Willye White, American sprinter and long jumper (d. 2007)
1940: Tim Considine
American actor, writer, photographer, and automotive historian
1940 – Mani Neumeier, German drummer (Guru Guru)
1941 – Sean S. Cunningham, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1941 – Alex Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager
1941 – Johnny Leeze, English actor
1941 – Sarah Miles, English actress
1942 – Taufiq Kiemas (d. 2013)
Indonesian politician, 5th First Gentleman of Indonesia
1942 – Andy Summers
English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
(The Police and Zoot Money's Big Roll Band)
1943 – John Denver (d. 1997)
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
(The John Denver Band and Chad Mitchell Trio)
1943: Ronald Kessler, American journalist and author
1943 – Ben Kingsley, English actor
1943 – Mavis Maclean, English scholar and academic
1943 – Pete Quaife, English bass player (The Kinks) (d. 2010)
1944 – Taylor Hackford, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1944 – Neil Ross, English-American voice actor
1945 – Connie Willis, American author
1946 – Diane von Fürstenberg, Belgian-American fashion designer
1946 – Roy Greenslade, English journalist and academic
1946 – Pius Ncube, Zimbabwean archbishop
1946 – Lyudmila Pakhomova, Russian ice dancer (d. 1986)
1946 – Eric Robson, Scottish journalist and author
1946 – Nigel Rudd, English businessman, founded Williams Holdings
1946 – Tim Stevens, English bishop
1947 – Burton Cummings
Canadian keyboard player and songwriter (The Guess Who)
1947 – Rita Lee, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (Os Mutantes)
1947 – Tim Matheson, American actor, director, and producer
1948 – Joe Dallesandro, American actor
1948 – Sandy Jardine, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1948 – René Robert, Canadian ice hockey player
1948 – Donna Summer, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 17 May 2012)
1949 – Ellen Datlow, American anthologist and author
1949 – Seub Nakhasathien, Thai environmentalist (d. 1990)
1949 – Susan Shwartz, American author
1950 – Phil Blakeway, Welsh-English rugby player
1950 – Inge Helten, German sprinter
1950 – Cheryl Womack, American businesswoman and philanthropist
1951: Susan Eisenhower
American consultant, author, and policy and international relations expert
1951 – Tom Hamilton, American bass player and songwriter (Aerosmith)
1951 – Terry Rhoads, American actor (d. 2013)
1952 – Vaughan Jones, New Zealand mathematician and academic
1952 – Elizabeth Norment, American actress (d. 2014)
1953 – Jane Badler, American actress and singer
1953 – Michael Hedges, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)
1953 – Trevor Phillips, English broadcaster and politician
1953 – James Remar, American actor
1954 – Alex Salmond
Scottish economist and politician, 4th First Minister of Scotland
1954: Eric Schneiderman
  American attorney and politician
  65th Attorney General of New York, 2011-present
1954 – Hermann Tilke, German race car driver and engineer
1956 – Robert Goodwill, English farmer and politician
1956 – Helma Knorscheidt, German shot putter
1956 – Steve Rude, American author and illustrator
1956 – Hussein Ahmed Salah, Djiboutian runner
1958 – Bebe Neuwirth, American actress and singer
1959 – Liveris Andritsos, Greek basketball player
1959 – Ron Bennington, American comedian and radio host
1959 – Val Kilmer, American actor, singer, and producer
1959 – Phill Kline, American lawyer and politician, Kansas Attorney General
1959 – Baron Waqa, Nauruan politician, 14th President of Nauru
1959 – Paul Westerberg
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Replacements)
1960 – Steve Bruce, English footballer and manager
1960 – John Allen Muhammad, American murderer (d. 2009)
1961 – Rick Aguilera, American baseball player and coach
1961 – Jeremy Heywood, English economist and civil servant
1961 – Nina Li, Chinese actress
1962 – Tyrone Corbin, American basketball player and coach
1962 – Don Diamont, American actor
1962: Jeff Flake
American politician
U.S. Senator, R. AZ, 2013-present
U.S. Representative, R. AZ, 2001-2013
1962 – Chris Hallam, English-Welsh swimmer and wheelchair racer (d. 2013)
1962: Jennifer Higdon, American composer
1962 – Heather McCartney, American-English potter
1963: Stephen Elop
Canadian American businessman
  Executive Vice President of the Microsoft Devices Group, 2014-2015
1963 – Scott Ian
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Anthrax, Stormtroopers of Death, The Damned Things, and Damnocracy)
1963 – Konishiki Yasokichi, American-Japanese sumo wrestler
1964 – Michael McDonald, American comedian, actor, and director
1965 – Tony Dorigo, Australian-English footballer and sportscaster
1965 – Julie Doucet, Canadian cartoonist
1965 – Gong Li, Chinese actress
1965 – Nicholas Sparks, American author, screenwriter, and producer
1965 – Jeff Williams, American sprinter
1966 – Lisa Joyner, American journalist and actress
1968 – Gerry Dee, Canadian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1968 – Junot Díaz, Dominican-American author and academic
1968 – Luciano Szafir, Brazilian model and actor
1969 – Dominik Diamond, Scottish radio and television host
1969 – Are Kalvø, Norwegian author and radio host
1970 – Jorge Alberto da Costa Silva, Brazilian footballer
1970 – Danny McNamara, English singer-songwriter (Embrace)
1970 – Carlos Morales Quintana, Spanish-Danish architect and sailor
1970 – Bryon Russell, American basketball player
1970 – Chandra West, Canadian actress
1971 – Brent Barry, American basketball player and sportscaster
1971 – Esteban Loaiza, Mexican baseball player
1972 – Joey McIntyre
American singer-songwriter and actor (New Kids on the Block)
1973 – Shandon Anderson, American basketball player
1973 – Crystal Knight, American porn actress and model
1973 – Malcolm Middleton, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Arab Strap)
1974 – Joe Abercrombie, English author
1974 – Mario Aerts, Belgian cyclist
1974 – Tony Kanaan, Brazilian race car driver
1974 – Ryan Sakoda, Japanese-American wrestler
1975 – Rami Alanko, Finnish ice hockey player
1975 – Toni Kuivasto, Finnish footballer and coach
1975 – Rob Penders, Dutch footballer
1975 – Sander Schutgens, Dutch runner
1976 – Luís Carreira, Portuguese motorcycle racer (d. 2012)
1976 – Matthew Hoggard, English cricketer
1976: Vanessa Kerry
  American physician and health care administrator
daughter of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry
1976 – Craig Reucassel, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1976: Chris Terrio, American film director and screenwriter
1977 – Wardy Alfaro, Costa Rican footballer
1977 – Park Jae-sang (bka Psy)
South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer
1977 – Donald Trump, Jr., American businessman
1978 – Eisa Al Dah, Emirati boxer
1979 – Elaine Cassidy, Irish actress
1979 – Noriko Nakagoshi, Japanese actress
1979 – Paul O'Neill, English race car driver
1980 – Jesse Carlson, American baseball player
1980 – Matt Cross, American wrestler
1980 – Richie McCaw, New Zealand rugby player
1980 – Carsten Schlangen, German runner
1981 – Jason Campbell, American football player
1981 – Matthew Pavlich, Australian footballer
1981 – Margaret Simpson, Ghanaian heptathlete
1982 – Julio DePaula, Dominican baseball player
1982 – Craig Gordon, Scottish footballer
1982 – Luke Schenscher, Australian basketball player
1982 – The Rocket Summer, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1983 – Mariana Renata, French-Indonesian model and actress
1984 – Édgar Lugo, Mexican footballer
1984 – Paul Rodriguez, American skateboarder and actor
1984 – Calvin Zola, Congolese footballer
1985: Erich Bergen, American actor and presenter
1985 – Jonathan Horton, American gymnast
1985 – Jan Smit, Dutch singer and television host
1986 – Nate Freiman, American baseball player
1986 – Bronson Pelletier, Canadian actor
1987 – Javaris Crittenton, American basketball player
1987 – Danny Holla, Dutch footballer
1987 – Émilie Le Pennec, French gymnast
1987 – Nemanja Nikolić, Hungarian footballer
1990 – Patrick Chan, Canadian figure skater
1990 – Sam Faiers, English model
1991 – Camila Giorgi, Italian tennis player
1991 – Bojana Jovanovski, Serbian tennis player
1992 – Karl Kruuda, Estonian race car driver
1993 – Ryan Blaney, American race car driver
1995 – Gabby Douglas, American gymnast
2005 – Lakshmi Tatma, Indian deformed girl

Family

Coulee City

Bob Engman

Chad Eagle

Morgan Adams

Robert Little

Joel Hamlin

Stacey Jess

Terrie Edwards

Jerry Elder

Staci Guirsch

Other

Anniversaries

Coulee City

Jim & Sally Howard

Ray & Brenda Green

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Peterson

Deaths

VIP

Notable

192 – Commodus, Roman emperor (b. 161)
335 – Pope Sylvester I
669 – Li Shiji, Chinese general (b. 594)
1164 – Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)
1194 – Leopold V, Duke of Austria (b. 1157)
1297 – Humphrey de Bohun  (b. 1249)
3rd Earl of Hereford, English politician
Lord High Constable of England
1302 – Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)
1384 – John Wycliffe, reformer and translator (b. 1331)
1426 – Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter (b. 1377)
1460 – Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury  (b. 1400)
English politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom
1510 – Bianca Maria Sforza  (b. 1472)
Italian wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
1535 – William Skeffington  (b. 1465)
English-Irish politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland
1568 – Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese daimyo (b. 1493)
1575 – Pierino Belli, Italian commander and jurist (b. 1502)
1583 – Thomas Erastus, Swiss physician and theologian (b. 1524)
1610 – Ludolph van Ceulen  (b. 1540)
German-Dutch mathematician and academic
1650 – Dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612)
1655 – Janusz Radziwiłł, Polish–Lithuanian politician (b. 1612)
1673 – Oliver St John  (b. 1598)
English judge and politician, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
1679 – Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608)
1691 – Robert Boyle, Irish chemist and physicist (b. 1627)
1691 – Dudley North, English merchant and economist (b. 1641)
1705 – Catherine of Braganza (b. 1638)
1719 – John Flamsteed, English astronomer (b. 1646)
1742 – Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661)
1799 – Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and author (b. 1723)
1872 – Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (b. 1834)
1876 – Catherine Labouré, French nun and saint (b. 1806)
1877 – Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter (b. 1819)
1888 – Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi and scholar (b. 1808)
1889 – Ion Creangă, Romanian author and educator (b. 1837)
1890 – Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1826)
1891 – Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Nigerian bishop and linguist (b. 1809)
1894 – Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
1909 – Spencer Trask, American financier and philanthropist (b. 1844)
1910 – Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot (b. 1884)
1910 – John Moisant, American pilot and engineer (b. 1868)
1921 – Boies Penrose, American lawyer and politician (b. 1860)
1936 – Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1864)
1948 – Malcolm Campbell, English race car driver (b. 1885)
1949 – Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1913)
1950 – Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (b. 1867)
1953 – Albert Plesman, Dutch businessman, founded KLM (b. 1889)
1964 – Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (b. 1884)
1964 – Ólafur Thors  (b. 1892)
Icelandic politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland
1964 – Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson  (b. 1881)
English field marshal
1968 – George Lewis, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1900)
1971 – Pete Duel American actor (b. 1940)
1971 – Marin Sais, American actress (b. 1890)
1972 – Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1934)
1972 – Henry Gerber  (b. 1892)
German-American activist, founded the Society for Human Rights
1977 – Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1924)
1978 – Basil Wolverton, American illustrator (b. 1909)
1980 – Marshall McLuhan, Canadian philosopher and theorist (b. 1911)
1980 – Raoul Walsh  (b. 1887)
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1985 – Ricky Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1940)
1987 – Jerry Turner, American journalist (b. 1929)
1988 – Nicolas Calas, Greek-American poet and critic (b. 1907)
1990 – George Allen, American football player and coach (b. 1918)
1990 – Vasily Lazarev, Russian physician, colonel, and astronaut (b. 1928)
1990 – Giovanni Michelucci  (b. 1891)
Italian architect, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station
1993 – Zviad Gamsakhurdia  (b. 1939)
Georgian anthropologist and politician, 1st President of Georgia
1993 – Brandon Teena, American murder victim (b. 1972)
1994 – Leigh Bowery, Australian-English singer and actor (b. 1961)
1994 – Woody Strode, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1914)
1997 – Floyd Cramer, American pianist (Million Dollar Band) (b. 1933)
1997 – Billie Dove, American actress (b. 1903)
1997 – Michael LeMoyne Kennedy, American son of Robert F. Kennedy (b. 1958)
1999 – Elliot Richardson  (b. 1920)
American lawyer and politician
69th United States Attorney General
2000 – Alan Cranston, American journalist and politician (b. 1914)
2000 – José Greco, Italian-American dancer and choreographer (b. 1918)
2000 – Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, American-Israeli rabbi and scholar (b. 1966)
2001 – Eileen Heckart, American actress (b. 1919)
2002 – Kevin MacMichael  (b. 1951)
American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Cutting Crew)
2003 – Arthur R. von Hippel German-American physicist and author (b. 1898)
2004 – Gérard Debreu  (b. 1921)
French economist and mathematician
Nobel Prize laureate
2005 – Enrico Di Giuseppe, American tenor (b. 1932)
2005 – Phillip Whitehead  (b. 1937)
English screenwriter, producer, and politician
2006 – Seymour Martin Lipset  (b. 1922)
American sociologist, author, and academic
2006 – George Sisler, Jr., American businessman (b. 1917)
2007 – Roy Amara, American scientific researcher (b. 1925)
2007 – Tommy Dickson, Irish footballer (b. 1929)
2007 – Michael Goldberg, American painter and educator (b. 1924)
2007 – Bill Idelson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1919)
2007 – Kathryn Ish, American actress (b. 1936)
2007 – Milton L. Klein, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1910)
2007 – Markku Peltola, Finnish actor and singer (b. 1956)
2007 – Ettore Sottsass, Austrian-Italian architect and designer (b. 1917)
2008 – Donald E. Westlake, American author and screenwriter (b. 1933)
2008 – Barry Nelson, American actor (b. 1918)
2009 – Erica Boyer  (b. 1956)
American porn actress, producer, and screenwriter
2009 – Cahal Daly, Irish cardinal and philosopher (b. 1917)
2009 – Justin Keating  (b. 1930)
Irish surgeon, journalist, and politician
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
2010 – Raymond Impanis, Belgian cyclist (b. 1925)
2010 – Per Oscarsson  (b. 1927)
Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)
2012 – Peter Ebert, English director and producer (b. 1918)
2012 – Tarak Mekki, Tunisian businessman and politician (b. 1958)
2012 – Jovette Marchessault, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1938)
2012 – James B. Reuter, American-Filipino priest and journalist (b. 1916)
2012 – Günter Rössler, German photographer and journalist (b. 1926)
2013 – Antonio Allocca, Italian actor (b. 1937)
2013 – James Avery, American actor (b. 1945)
2013 – Roberto Ciotti, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1953)
2013 – John Fortune, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1939)
2013 – Bob Grant, American radio host (b. 1929)
2013 – Irina Korschunow, German author and screenwriter (b. 1925)
2013 – Al Porcino, American musician (b. 1925)
2014 – Edward Herrmann, American actor and singer (b. 1943)
2014 – Abdullah Hussain, Malaysian author (b. 1920)
2014 – Norm Phelps, American author and activist (b. 1939)
2014 – S. Arthur Spiegel, American captain, lawyer, and judge (b. 1920)
2014 – Arthur Valerian Wellesley  (b. 1915)
8th Duke of Wellington, Italian-English soldier and politician
2015: Natalie Cole, American singer, songwriter, and performer (b. 6 Feb 1950)
2015: Wayne Rogers, American film and television actor (b. 7 Apr 1933)

Family

Coulee City

Other

Cousin Sam

Thursday, December 31, 2015

JULY — DECEMBER, 2015

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

December 31 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths