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Birthdays
VIP
1845 – Elihu Root (d. 7 Feb 1937)
American lawyer and politician
38th U.S. Secretary of State, 1905 – 1909
41st U.S. Secretary of War, 1899 – 1904
1912 Nobel Peace Prize
1892 – James Forrestal (d. 22 May 1949)
American lieutenant and politician
1st U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1947-1949
47th U.S. Sec. of the Navy, 1944-1947
1929 – James R. Schlesinger (d. 27 Mar 2014)
American economist and politician
1st U.S. Secretary of Energy, 1977-1979
12th U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1973-1975
9th Director of Central Intelligence, 1973
American economist and politician
1st U.S. Secretary of Energy, 1977-1979
12th U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1973-1975
9th Director of Central Intelligence, 1973
Chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1971-1973
Notable
1377 – Ladislaus of Naples (d. 6 Aug 1414)
King of Naples, 1386 – 1414
1458 – Ivan the Young (d. 6 Mar 1490)
son of Ivan III of Russia
1471 – Piero de' Medici (Piero the Unfortunate) (d. 1503)
Gran maestro [Lord] of Florence, 1492 – 1494.
1564 – Galileo Galilei (d. 8 Jan 1642)
Italian astronomer and physicist
1571 – Michael Praetorius (d. 1621)
German organist and composer
1612 – Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve (d. 9 Sep 1676)
French soldier, founded Montreal
1620 – François Charpentier (d. 1702)
French archaeologist and academic
1705 – Charles-André van Loo, French painter (d. 1765)
1710 – Louis XV of France (d. 10 May 1774)
Bourbon King of France, 1715 – 1774
1725 – Abraham Clark (d. 1794)
American surveyor, lawyer, and politician
1734 – William Stacy, American colonel (d. 1802)
1739 – Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart (d. 1813)
French architect, designed the Paris Bourse
1748 – Jeremy Bentham (d. 6 Jun 1832)
English jurist and philosopher
1759 – Friedrich August Wolf (d. 1824)
German philologist and critic
1760 – Jean-François Le Sueur (d. 1837)
French composer and educator
1761 – Jacob Kimball, Jr., American composer (d. 1826)
1792 – Floride Calhoun
American wife of John C. Calhoun
4th Second Lady of the United States (d. 1866)
1797 – Henry E. Steinway (d. 7 Feb 1871)
German-American businessman, founded Steinway & Sons
1809 – André Dumont (d. 1857)
Belgian geologist and academic
1809 – Cyrus McCormick (d. 13 May 1884)
American businessman, co-founded International Harvester
1811 – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (d. 1888)
Argentinian journalist and politician
7th President of Argentina
1812 – Charles Lewis Tiffany (d. 18 Feb 1902)
American jeweler, founded Tiffany & Co.
1820 – Susan B. Anthony (d. 13 Mar 1906)
American social reformer active in women's suffrage
and Anti-Slavery movements
1825 – Carter Harrison, Sr. (d. 1893)
American politician, 29th Mayor of Chicago
1834 – V. A. Urechia (d. 1901)
Moldavian-Romanian historian, author, and playwright
1835 – Nguyễn Khuyến (d. 1909)
Vietnamese scholar, poet, and educator
1835 – Demetrius Vikelas (d. 1908)
Greek businessman and philanthropist
1840 – Titu Maiorescu (d. 1917)
Romanian philosopher, academic, and politician
23rd Prime Minister of Romania
1841 – Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (d. 1913)
Brazilian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Brazil
1847 – Robert Fuchs (d. 1927)
Austrian composer and educator
1849 – Rickman Godlee (d. 1925)
English surgeon and academic
1850 – Ion Andreescu, Romanian painter (d. 1882)
1851 – Spiru Haret (d. 1912)
Romanian mathematician, astronomer, and politician
55th Interior Minister of Romania
1856 – Emil Kraepelin (d. 1926)
German psychiatrist and academic
1861 – Martin Burns, American wrestler and coach (d. 1937)
1861 – Charles Édouard Guillaume (d. 1938)
Swiss-French physicist and academic
Nobel Prize laureate
1861 – Alfred North Whitehead (d. 1947)
English mathematician and philosopher
1873 – Hans von Euler-Chelpin (d. 1964)
German-Swiss biochemist and academic
Nobel Prize laureate
1874 – Ernest Shackleton, Irish explorer (d. 1922)
1880: Joseph Hergesheimer, American writer (d. 25 Apr 1954)
1883 – Sax Rohmer, English-American author (d. 1959)
1885 – Frank Thorpe, Australian public servant (d. 1967)
1890 – Robert Ley, German politician (d. 1945)
1891 – Dino Borgioli, Italian tenor (d. 1960)
1893 – James Phinney Baxter III (d. 1975)
American historian and author
1895 – Earl Thomson, Canadian hurdler and coach (d. 1971)
1896 – Arthur Shields, Irish-American actor (d. 1970)
1897 – Gerrit Kleerekoper, Dutch gymnast and coach (d. 1943)
1898 – Totò, Italian actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1967)
1899 – Georges Auric, French composer (d. 1983)
1899: Lucy Beatrice Malleson (d. 9 Dec 1973)
aka Anthony Gilbert and Anne Meredith
English crime writer
1899 – Gale Sondergaard, American actress (d. 1985)
1904 – Antonin Magne, French cyclist and manager (d. 1983)
1905 – Harold Arlen, American composer (d. 1986)
1907 – Jean Langlais, French organist and composer (d. 1991)
1907 – Cesar Romero (d. 1 Jan 1994)
American actor, singer, and dancer
1908 – Sarto Fournier (d. 1980)
Canadian lawyer and politician, 38th Mayor of Montreal
1909 – Miep Gies (d. 2010)
Austrian-Dutch humanitarian
helped hide Anne Frank and her family
1910 – Irena Sendler, Polish nurse and social worker (d. 2008)
1911 – Leonard Woodcock (d. 16 Jan 2001)
American union leader and diplomat
1912 – George Mikes (d. 1987)
Hungarian-English journalist and author
1913 – Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (d. 1997)
1913: William Scott, British artist (d. 28 Dec 1989)
1914 – Hale Boggs, American lawyer and politician (d. 1972)
1914 – Kevin McCarthy, American actor (d. 11 Sep 2010)
1916 – Mary Jane Croft, American actress (d. 24 Aug 1999)
1916 – Jack Hanlon, American actor (d. 13 Dec 2012)
1918 – Allan Arbus (d. 2013)
American actor and photographer
1918 – Hank Locklin (d. 2009)
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1919 – Ducky Detweiler (d. 2013)
American baseball player and manager
1920 – Endicott Peabody (d. 1 Dec 1997)
American soldier, lawyer, and politician
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
1920 – Eio Sakata, Japanese Go player (d. 2010)
1921 – Radha Krishna Choudhary (d. 1985)
Indian historian and author
1922 – John B. Anderson
American lawyer and politician
U.S. Representative, R. IL, 1969-1979
1922: Herman Kahn (d. 7 Jul 1983)
American futurist, military strategist, and systems theorist
1923 – Yelena Bonner, Russian activist (d. 2011)
1924 – Robert Drew, American director and producer (d. 2014)
1927 – Frank Dunlop, English actor and director
1927 – Harvey Korman (d. 29 May 2008)
American actor, singer, and director
1927 – Yehoshua Neuwirth, Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 2013)
1928 – Norman Bridwell (d. 2014)
American author and illustrator
created Clifford the Big Red Dog
1928 – Eno Raud, Estonian children's literature author (d. 1996)
1928 – Joseph Willcox Jenkins (d. 2014)
American composer, conductor, and educator
1929 – Graham Hill, English race car driver (d. 1975)
1929 – Kauko Armas Nieminen, Finnish physicist and author
1930 – Bruce Dawe, Australian poet and academic
1930 – Nico Minardos, Greek-American actor (d. 2011)
1931 – Claire Bloom, English actress
1931 – Geoff Edwards (d. 2014)
American actor and game show host
1931 – Jonathan Steele, English journalist and author
1932 – Troy Kennedy Martin, Scottish screenwriter (d. 2009)
1934 – Jimmy Bloomfield (d. 1983)
English footballer and manager
1934 – Graham Kennedy, Australian actor (d. 2005)
1934 – Niklaus Wirth
Swiss computer scientist
created the Pascal programming language
1934 – Abe Woodson (d. 2014)
American football player and minister
1935 – Susan Brownmiller, American journalist and author
1935 – Roger B. Chaffee (d. 27 Jan 1967)
American lieutenant, engineer, and astronaut
1935 – Gene Hickerson, American football player (d. 2008)
1937 – Nathan Davis, American saxophonist and clarinet player
1937 – Gregory Mcdonald, American author (d. 2008)
1939 – Gerd Bohnsack, German footballer and manager
1939 – Robert Hansen, American serial killer (d. 2014)
1940 – İsmail Cem İpekçi (d. 2007)
Turkish journalist and politician
45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs
1940 – John Hadl, American football player and coach
1940 – Hamzah Haz
Indonesian journalist and politician
9th Vice President of Indonesia
1940 – Vaino Vahing (d. 2008)
Estonian psychiatrist, author, and playwright
1941 – Florinda Bolkan, Brazilian actress
1941 – Eddie Holland
American songwriter (Holland–Dozier–Holland)
1942 – Sherry Jackson, American actress
1942 – Masaomi Kondō, Japanese actor
1943 – Griselda Blanco, Colombian drug lord (d. 2012)
1944 – Mick Avory
English drummer (The Kinks and The Kast Off Kinks)
1945 – Jack Dann, American-Australian author and poet
1945 – John Helliwell
English saxophonist and keyboard player
(Supertramp and The Alan Bown Set)
1945 – Douglas Hofstadter, American author and academic
1946: Matthieu Ricard, French writer and Buddhist monk
1946 – Esko Seppänen, Finnish journalist and politician
1946 – Clare Short
English politician
Secretary of State for International Development
1947 – John Adams, American composer
1947 – Marisa Berenson, American actress and model
1947 – Rusty Hamer, American actor (d. 18 Jan 1990)
1947: Kishore Chandra Deo, Indian politician
1947 – Ádám Nádasdy, Hungarian linguist and poet
1948 – Ron Cey, American baseball player and sportscaster
1948 – Tino Insana
American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1948 – Art Spiegelman, American cartoonist
1949 – Ken Anderson, American football player and coach
1949 – Hans Graf, Austrian conductor and academic
1949 – Francisco Maturana, Colombian footballer and manager
1950 – David Brown (d. 4 Sep 2000)
American bass player and songwriter (Santana)
1950 – Tsui Hark
Vietnamese-Hong Kong director, producer, and screenwriter
1951: Linda Grant, English novelist and journalist
1951 – Melissa Manchester
American singer-songwriter and actress (Harlettes)
1951 – Jane Seymour
English-American actress, producer, and jewelry designer
1952 – Tomislav Nikolić
Serbian politician, 4th President of Serbia
1952 – Nikolai Sorokin, Russian actor and director (d. 2013)
1953 – Tony Adams (d. 2005)
Irish-American screenwriter and producer
1953 – Gregory Campbell, Northern Irish politician
1953 – John Goodsall
American guitarist (Brand X and Atomic Rooster)
1954 – Matt Groening
American animator, producer, and screenwriter
1954 – Tatekawa Shinosuke, Japanese entertainer
1955 – Janice Dickinson, American model, agent, and author
1955 – Christopher McDonald, American actor
1956 – Desmond Haynes, Barbadian cricketer and coach
1956 – Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese race car driver (d. 1992)
1957 – Jake E. Lee, American guitarist (Badlands)
1957 – Jimmy Spencer
American race car driver and sportscaster
1958 – Chrystine Brouillet, Canadian author
1958 – Tony McKegney, Canadian ice hockey player
1958 – Matthew Ward
American singer-songwriter (2nd Chapter of Acts)
1958 – Adam Boulton, English journalist
1959 – Ali Campbell
English singer-songwriter and guitarist (UB40)
1959 – Brian Propp
Canadian-American ice hockey player and sportscaster
1959 – Martin Rowson, English author and illustrator
1959 – Hugo Savinovich, Ecuadorian wrestler and sportscaster
1960 – Mikey Craig, English bass player (Culture Club)
1960 – Darrell Green, American football player
1960 – Roman Kostrzewski
Polish singer-songwriter
(Kat and Kat & Roman Kostrzewski)
1962 – Milo Đukanović
Montenegrin politician
29th Prime Minister of Montenegro
1963 – Steven Michael Quezada
American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Chris Farley (d. 18 Dec 1997)
American comedian and actor
1964 – Leland D. Melvin, American engineer and astronaut
1964 – Mark Price, American basketball player and coach
1967 – Jane Child, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
1967: Michael Easton
American television actor, poet, author and photographer
1967 – Chiemi Hori, Japanese singer, actress, and entertainer
1967 – Syed Kamall, English academic and politician
1967: Adam Ross, American novelist and short story writer
1967 – Craig Simpson
Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1968 – Axelle Red, Belgian singer-songwriter
1968: Gloria Trevi, Mexican pop-rock singer-songwriter
1968 – Yōka Wao, Japanese actress
1969 – Josh Marshall
American journalist, founded the Talking Points Memo
1969 – Bryan Williams (bka Birdman)
American rapper and producer (Big Tymers)
1970: Frank Shepard Fairey
American contemporary street artist, graphic designer,
activist, and illustrator
founder of OBEY (clothing)
1970 – Mariko Yoshida, Japanese wrestler
1971 – Renee O'Connor
American actress, director, and producer
1971 – Ray Sefo, New Zealand boxer and mixed martial artist
1972 – Anna-Jane Casey, English actress, singer, and dancer
1972 – Jaromír Jágr, Czech ice hockey player
1973 – Alexandrea "Alex" Borstein
American actress, writer, and producer
1973 – Kateřina Neumannová, Czech skier
1973 – Amy Van Dyken, American swimmer and sportscaster
1973 – Sarah Wynter, Australian actress
1974 – Miranda July
American actress, director, and screenwriter
1974 – Tomi Putaansuu, Finnish singer-songwriter (Lordi)
1974 – Ugueth Urbina, Venezuelan baseball player
1974 – Alexander Wurz, Austrian race car driver
1975 – Serge Aubin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1975 – Annemarie Kramer, Dutch sprinter
1975 – Brendon Small
American animator, producer, screenwriter, and actor
1976 – Brandon Boyd, American singer-songwriter (Incubus)
1976 – Ronnie Vannucci, Jr.
American drummer and songwriter
(The Killers and Big Talk)
1977 – Gran Naniwa, Japanese wrestler (d. 2010)
1977 – Brooks Wackerman
American drummer (Bad Religion, Infectious Grooves,
Fear and the Nervous System, and Bad4Good)
1978 – Yiruma, South Korean pianist and composer
1978 – Kimberly Goss
American singer and keyboard player
(Sinergy and Ancient)
1979 – Chantal Janzen, Dutch actress and singer
1979 – Josh Low, English footballer
1979 – Hamish Marshall, New Zealand cricketer
1979 – James Marshall, New Zealand cricketer
1979 – Scott Severin, Scottish footballer
1979 – Gordon Shedden, Scottish race car driver
1980 – Conor Oberst
American singer-songwriter
(Bright Eyes, Desaparecidos, and Commander Venus)
1980 – Josh Sole, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
1981 – Heurelho Gomes, Brazilian footballer
1981 – Rita Jeptoo, Kenyan runner
1981 – Diego Martínez, Mexican footballer
1981: Jenna Morasca, American actress
1982 – Shameka Christon, American basketball player
1982 – Alex Nodari, Italian footballer
1982 – James Yap, Filipino basketball player
1983 – Don Cowie, Scottish footballer
1983 – David Degen, Swiss footballer
1983 – Philipp Degen, Swiss footballer
1983 – Russell Martin, Canadian baseball player
1984 – Doda, Polish singer-songwriter (Virgin)
1984 – Erik Cadée, Dutch discus thrower
1984: Gary Clark Jr., American guitarist and actor
1985 – Serkan Kırıntılı, Turkish footballer
1985: Natalie Morales, American actress
1986 – Valeri Bojinov, Bulgarian footballer
1986 – Johnny Cueto, Dominican baseball player
1986 – Ami Koshimizu, Japanese voice actress and singer
1986 – Gabriel Paletta, Argentinian footballer
1986 – Amber Riley, American actress and singer
1988: Jessica De Gouw, Australian actress
1988 – Jarryd Hayne
Australian rugby league player and football player
1988 – Hironori Kusano, Japanese singer and actor (NEWS)
1990 – Dejan Lazarević, Slovenian footballer
1990 – Masashi Ebinuma, Japanese judoka
1991 – Ángel Sepúlveda, Mexican footballer
1991 – Panagiotis Tachtsidis, Greek footballer
1998 – Zachary Gordon, American actor
Family
Coulee City
Carol Hughes
Lucy Worth
Other
Anniversaries
Coulee City
Deaths
VIP
1844 – Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (b. 1757)
English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1928 – H. H. Asquith (b. 1852)
English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Notable
670 – Oswiu of Northumbria (b. 612)
706 – Leontios, Byzantine emperor
706 – Tiberios III, Byzantine emperor
1145 – Pope Lucius II
1400 – Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl of Oxford (b. c. 1338)
1417 – Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford (b. 1385)
English noblemen and commander
1621 – Michael Praetorius, German organist and composer (b. 1571)
1637 – Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1578)
1738 – Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (b. 1684)
1781 – Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German author and philosopher (b. 1729)
1818 – Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (b. 1746)
1835 – Henry Hunt, English farmer and politician (b. 1773)
1839 – François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian rebel (b. 1803)
1842 – Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon and botanist (b. 1754)
1847 – Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician and engineer (b. 1794)
1848 – Hermann von Boyen (b. 1771)
Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War
1849 – Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)
1857 – Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (b. 1804)
1869 – Ghalib, Indian poet and educator (b. 1796)
1885 – Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian geologist and engineer (b. 1803)
1897 – Dimitrie Ghica (b. 1816)
Romanian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Romania
1905 – Lew Wallace (b. 1827)
American general and politician, 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory
1911 – Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic (b. 1859)
1924 – Lionel Monckton, English composer (b. 1861)
1933 – Pat Sullivan, Australian animator and producer (b. 1887)
1935 – Basil Hall Chamberlain, English professor (b. 1850)
1939 – Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Russian painter and author (b. 1878)
1948 – Subhadra Kumari Chauhan Indian poet (b. 1904)
1956 – Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer and politician (b. 1878)
1959 – Owen Willans Richardson (b. 1879)
English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1961 – Laurence Owen, American figure skater (b. 1944)
1965 – Nat King Cole, American singer and pianist (b. 1919)
1966 – Gerard Antoni Ciołek, Polish architect and historian (b. 1909)
1966 – Camilo Torres Restrepo, Colombian priest and theologian (b. 1929)
1967 – Antonio Moreno, Spanish-American actor and director (b. 1887)
1970 – Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, Scottish air marshal (b. 1882)
1973 – Wally Cox, American actor (b. 1924)
1973 – Tim Holt, American actor (b. 1919)
1974 – Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer and engineer (b. 1887)
1975 – Michał Sopoćko, Polish saint, the Apostle of Divine Mercy (b. 1888)
1981 – Karl Richter, German organist and conductor (b. 1926)
1984 – Avon Long, American actor and singer (b. 1910)
1984 – Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (b. 1908)
1988 – Richard Feynman (b. 1918)
American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1990 – Michel Drach, French director and producer (b. 1930)
1991 – Birger Malmsten, Swedish actor (b. 1920)
1992 – María Elena Moyano, Peruvian activist (b. 1960)
1992 – William Schuman, American composer and academic (b. 1910)
1996 – Lucio Agostini, Italian-Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1913)
1996 – Tommy Rettig, American actor and engineer (b. 1941)
1996 – McLean Stevenson, American actor (b. 1929)
1998 – Martha Gellhorn, American journalist and author (b. 1908)
1999 – Henry Way Kendall (b. 1926)
American physicist and mountaineer, Nobel Prize laureate
2000 – Angus MacLean (b. 1914)
Canadian commander and politician, 25th Premier of Prince Edward Island
2002 – Howard K. Smith, American journalist and actor (b. 1914)
2002 – Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (b. 1963)
2003 – Faik Türün, Turkish general (b. 1913)
2004 – Jens Evensen (b. 1917)
Norwegian lawyer, judge, and politician, Norwegian Minister of Trade
2004 – Jan Miner, American actress (b. 1917)
2005 – Pierre Bachelet, French singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
2007 – Walker Edmiston, American actor and voice artist (b. 1925)
2007 – Ray Evans, American songwriter (b. 1915)
2008 – Amnon Netzer, Iranian-Israeli journalist and historian (b. 1934)
2009 – Joe Cuba, American singer and drummer (b. 1931)
2012 – Charles Anthony, American tenor (b. 1929)
2012 – Lina Romay, Spanish actress and director (b. 1954)
2013 – Sanan Kachornprasart, Thai general and politician (b. 1935)
2013 – Todor Kolev, Bulgarian actor (b. 1939)
2014 – Mary Grace Canfield, American actress (b. 1924)
2014 – Christopher Malcolm, Scottish-Canadian actor and singer (b. 1946)
2015 – Steve Montador, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1979)
Family
Coulee City
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