Thursday, July 7, 2016

July 6 Births, Anniversaries, & Deaths


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Births

VIP

1946George W. Bush
      American businessman and politician
      43rd President of the United States, 2001-2009
      46th Governor of Texas, 1995-2000


Notable

1580 – Johann Stobäus, German lute player and composer (d. 1646)
1623 – Jacopo Melani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1676)
1678 – Nicola Francesco Haym, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1729)
1686 – Antoine de Jussieu, French biologist and academic (d. 1758)
1736 – Daniel Morgan, American general and politician (d. 1802)
1747 – John Paul Jones, Scottish-American captain (d. 1792)
1766 – Alexander Wilson, Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (d. 1813)
1781 – Stamford Raffles, English politician, founded Singapore (d. 1826)
1782 – Maria Luisa of Spain (d. 1824)
1785 – William Hooker, English botanist and academic (d. 1865)
1789 – María Isabella of Spain (d. 1846)
1796 – Nicholas I of Russia (d. 1855)
1817 – Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (d. 1905)
1818 – Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (d. 1879)
1829 – Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1880)
1831 – Sylvester Pennoyer, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Oregon (d. 1902)
1832 – Maximilian I of Mexico (d. 1867)
1837 – R. G. Bhandarkar, Indian orientalist and scholar (d. 1925)
1838 – Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian philologist and scholar (d. 1923)
1840 – José María Velasco Gómez, Mexican painter and academic (d. 1912)
1847:  Katherine Tingley, American social worker and Theosophist  (d. 11 Jul 1929)
1858:  John A. Hobson  (d. 1 Apr 1940)
      English economist, social scientist, and critic of imperialism
1859 – Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
1865 – Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss composer and educator (d. 1950)
1868 – Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1935)
1875:  Roger Babson, American educator  (d. 5 Mar 1967)
1875 – Charles Perrin, French rower (d. 1954)
1878 – Eino Leino, Finnish poet and journalist (d. 1926)
1884 – Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American businessman and sailor (d. 1970)
1885 – Ernst Busch, German field marshal (d. 1945)
1886 – Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (d. 1944)
1887 – Marc Chagall, Belarusian-French painter and poet (d. 1985)
1887 – Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer and actress (d. 1975)
1889 – Paul Rinne, Estonian chess player (d. 1946)
1890 – Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Indian-American author and scholar (d. 1936)
1892 – Will James, American author and illustrator (d. 1942)
1897 – Richard Krautheimer, German-American historian and scholar (d. 1994)
1898 – Hanns Eisler, German-Austrian soldier and composer (d. 1962)
1899 – Susannah Mushatt Jones, American super-centenarian (d. 2016)
1900 – Frederica Sagor Maas, American author and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1903 – Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982)
1904 – Robert Whitney, American conductor and composer (d. 1986)
1904 – Erik Wickberg, Swedish 9th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1996)
1907 – Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter and educator (d. 1954)
1907 – George Stanley, Canadian soldier, historian, and author, designed the flag of Canada (d. 2002)
1908 – Anton Muttukumaru, Sri Lankan general and diplomat (d. 2001)
1910:  Alexander Kendrick, American broadcast journalist  (17 May 1991)
1910 – René Le Grèves, French cyclist (d. 1946)
1912 – Heinrich Harrer, Austrian geographer and mountaineer (d. 2006)
1914 – Vince McMahon, Sr., American wrestling promoter, founded WWE (d. 1984)
1916 – Harold Norse, American poet and author (d. 2009)
1917 – Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach (d. 2004)
1918 – Sebastian Cabot, English-Canadian actor (d. 1977)
1919 – Ernst Haefliger, Swiss tenor and educator (d. 2007)
1921 – Allan MacEachen, Canadian economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
1921 – Nancy Reagan, American actress and activist, 42nd First Lady of the United States (d. 2016)
1922 – William Schallert, American actor; president (1979-81) of the Screen Actors Guild (d. 2016)
1923 – Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general and politician, 1st President of Poland (d. 2014)
1924 – Louie Bellson, American drummer, composer, and bandleader (d. 2009)
1924:  Jon Wynne-Tyson
      British author, publisher, activist and pacifist; founded Centaur Press, 1954
1925 – Merv Griffin, American actor, singer, and producer, created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! (d. 2007)
1925 – Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (d. 1981)
1925 – Gazi Yaşargil, Turkish neurosurgeon and academic
1926:  Neal A. Maxwell, American LDS Church Apostle  (d. 21 Jul 2004)
1926 – Sulev Vahtre, Estonian historian and academic (d. 2007)
1927 – Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess player and journalist (d. 1988)
1927 – Janet Leigh, American actress and author (d. 2004)
1927 – Pat Paulsen, American comedian and actor (d. 1997)
1927 – Nilo Soruco, Bolivian singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
1930 – George Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1930 – M. Balamuralikrishna, Indian singer-songwriter
1930 – Ian Burgess, English racing driver (d. 2012)
1931 – Jean Campeau, Canadian businessman and politician
1931 – Della Reese, American actress and singer
1931 – László Tábori, Hungarian runner and coach
1932 – Herman Hertzberger, Dutch architect and academic
1935 – Candy Barr, American model, dancer, and actress (d. 2005)
1935 – Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
1935:  Will McDonough, American sportswriter  (9 Jan 2003)
1936 – Dave Allen, Irish comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1937 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian-Icelandic pianist and conductor
1937 – Ned Beatty, American actor
1937 – Gene Chandler, American singer-songwriter and producer
1937:  Bessie Head, South African writer  (d.17 Apr 1986)
1937 – Michael Sata  (d. 2014)
      Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia
1938 – Luana Patten, American actress (d. 1996)
1939 – Jet Harris, English bass player  (d. 2011)
      (The Shadows, The Jeff Beck Group, and The Vipers Skiffle Group)
1939 – Mary Peters, English-Irish pentathlete and shot putter
1940 – Rex Cawley, American hurdler
1940 – Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakh politician, 1st President of Kazakhstan
1941 – David Crystal, British linguist, author, and academic
1941 – Reinhard Roder, German footballer and manager
1943 – Tamara Sinyavskaya, Russian soprano
1944 – Gunhild Hoffmeister, German runner
1944:  Bernhard Schlink, German writer
1945:  Burt Ward, American television actor and activist
1946 – Fred Dryer, American football player and actor
1946 – Peter Singer, Australian philosopher and academic
1946 – Sylvester Stallone, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1946 – Jamie Wyeth, American painter
1947:  Shelley Hack
      American model, actress, producer, and political and media advisor
1948 – Nathalie Baye, French actress
1948 – Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Canadian academic and politician
     26th Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs
1948 – Brad Park, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
1949 – Noli de Castro, Filipino journalist and politician, 14th Vice President of the Philippines
1949 – Phyllis Hyman, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1995)
1949:  Tibor Kalman, American graphic designer  (d. 2 May 1999)
1950 – John Byrne, English-American author and illustrator
1950 – Geraldine James, English actress
1950 – Hélène Scherrer, Canadian politician
1951:  Mickey Kaus, American journalist
1951 – Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor and producer
1952:  Grant Goodeve, American actor
1952 – Hilary Mantel, English author and critic
1953 – Nanci Griffith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953 – Kaiser Kalambo, Zambian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1953 – Robert Ménard, French politician and former journalist
1954 – Allyce Beasley, American actress
1954 – Willie Randolph, American baseball player and manager
1957:  Susan Ford, American author and photojournalist
      daughter of U.S. President Gerald Ford
1958 – Jennifer Saunders, English actress, comedian and screenwriter
1959 – Richard Dacoury, French basketball player
1960 – Valerie Brisco-Hooks, American sprinter
1960 – Jozef Pribilinec, Slovakian race walker
1960 – Asahifuji Seiya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 63rd Yokozuna
1960 – Maria Wasiak, Polish businesswoman and politician
      Polish Minister of Infrastructure and Development
1961 – Robin Antin, American dancer, choreographer, and businesswoman
1961 – Vandana Chavan, Indian politician and lawyer
1961 – Benita Fitzgerald-Brown, American hurdler
1961 – Rick Price, Australian singer-songwriter and producer
1962 – Todd Bennett, English runner and coach (d. 2013)
1962 – Peter Hedges, American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and director
1963 – Sorin Matei, Romanian high jumper
1964 – Cristina D'Avena, Italian singer and actress
1964:  Kim Jee-woon, South Korean film director and screenwriter
1964 – Lillie Leatherwood, American sprinter
1966 – Brian Posehn, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1967:  Glen Mazzara, American television writer and producer
1967 – Heather Nova, Bermudian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967 – Omar Olivares, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
1968 – Tiit Aleksejev, Estonian author and historian
1968 – Gaspare Manos, Thai-Italian painter and sculptor
1969 – Brian Van Holt, American actor
1970 – Inspectah Deck, American rapper, producer, and actor (Wu-Tang Clan)
1970 – Martin Smith, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Delirious?)
1971:  Josh Elliott, American journalist
1972 – Isabelle Boulay, Canadian singer
1972 – Laurent Gaudé, French author and playwright
1972 – Greg Norton, American baseball player and coach
1972 – Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Ukrainian sprinter
1974 – Zé Roberto, Brazilian footballer
1974 – Babi Xavier, Brazilian actress and singer
1975Curtis James Jackson III (bka 50 Cent)
      American rapper, producer, and actor (G-Unit)
1975 – Amir-Abbas Fakhravar, Iranian journalist and activist
1975 – Sebastián Rulli, Argentine-Mexican actor and model
1977 – Con Blatsis, Australian footballer
1977 – Max Mirnyi, Belarusian tennis player
1977 – Makhaya Ntini, South African cricketer
1978 – Adam Busch, American actor, director, and producer
1978 – Tamera Mowry, American actress and producer
1978 – Tia Mowry, American actress and producer
1978 – Kevin Senio, New Zealand rugby player
1979 – Matthew Barnson, American viola player and composer
1979 – Nic Cester, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jet and The Wrights)
1979 – Kevin Hart, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1979 – C. J. Hobgood, American surfer
1980 – Kenny Deuchar, Scottish footballer
1980 – Pau Gasol, Spanish basketball player
1980 – Joell Ortiz, American rapper (Slaughterhouse)
1980 – Eva Green, French actress and model
1980 – JB Magsaysay, Filipino actor, businessman and politician
1981 – Mike Karney, American football player
1982 – Brandon Jacobs, American football player
1982 – Bree Robertson, Australian gymnast and actress
1982 – Misty Upham, American actress (d. 2014)
1982 – Tay Zonday, American actor and singer
1983 – Gregory Smith, Canadian actor, director, and producer
1984 – Lauren Harris, English singer and actress
1984 – Zhang Hao, Chinese figure skater
1984 – Natasha Zlobina, Uzbek-French actress and model
1985 – Maria Arredondo, Norwegian singer
1985 – John O'Regan (bka Diamond Rings)
      Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Matters)
1985 – Ranveer Singh, Indian actor
1985 – Melisa Sözen, Turkish actress
1986 – Sarah Gronert, German tennis player
1986 – David Karp, American businessman, founded Tumblr
1986 – Derrick Williams, American football player
1987 – Sophie Auster, American singer-songwriter and actress
1987 – Manteo Mitchell, American runner
1987 – Kate Nash, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1987 – Matt O'Leary, American actor
1987 – Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model
1988 – Kevin Fickentscher, Swiss footballer
1990 – Ajoo, South Korean singer and dancer
1990 – Magaye Gueye, French footballer
1990 – Jamal Idris, Australian rugby player
1990 – Jeremy Suarez, American actor
1990 – Justin Schultz, Canadian ice hockey player
1991 – Klas Dahlbeck, Swedish ice hockey player
1991 – Victoire Thivisol, French actress
1992 – Manny Machado, American baseball player
1996 – Robert Naylor, Canadian actor
1996 – Sun Ziyue, Chinese tennis player


Family



Coulee City

David L. Daniel
Debra Burbank
Sel Trexler
David Spurbeck
Natalie Erickson
Charlie Erickson
Mary Beth White
Brock Boutain
Shan Herdrick
Vera Bauman
Phyllis Kosa


Other




Anniversaries

Coulee City

Scott & Jeannie Isaak
Mr. & Mrs. David Kosa
Arnold & Kristie Silva  (1996)
Bill & Mary Brown Sieg  (2011)


Deaths

VIP

1835 – John Marshall  (b. 24 Sep 1755)
      American captain and politician
      4th Chief Justice of the United States, 1801-1835
      4th United States Secretary of State, 1800-1801
      U.S. Representative, VA, 1799-1800
2009 – Robert McNamara  (b. 1916)
      American businessman and politician
      8th United States Secretary of Defense


Notable

371 BC – Cleombrotus I, Spartan king
649 – Goar of Aquitaine, French-German bishop and saint (b. 585)
918 – William I, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 875)
1017 – Genshin, Japanese monk and scholar (b. 942)
1189 – Henry II of England (b. 1133)
1218 – Odo III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)
1249 – Alexander II of Scotland (b. 1198)
1415 – Jan Hus, Czech priest, philosopher, and reformer (b. 1369)
1476 – Regiomontanus, German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer (b. 1436)
1480 – Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1416)
1533 – Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet and playwright (b. 1474)
1535 – Thomas More  (b. 1478)
      English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1553 – Edward VI of England (b. 1537)
1583 – Edmund Grindal, English archbishop (b. 1519)
1585 – Thomas Aufield, English priest and martyr (b. 1552)
1684 – Peter Gunning, English bishop (b. 1614)
1758 – George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, English general and politician (b. 1725)
1768 – Conrad Beissel, German-American religious leader (b. 1690)
1802 – Daniel Morgan, American general and politician (b. 1736)
1809 – Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, French general (b. 1775)
1813 – Granville Sharp, English activist (b. 1735)
1815 – Samuel Whitbread, English politician (b. 1764)
1854 – Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1789)
1863 – Ernst Merck, German businessman and politician (d. 1811)
1868 – Harada Sanosuke, Japanese captain (b. 1840)
1893 – Guy de Maupassant, French author and poet (b. 1850)
1901 – Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (b. 1819)
1902 – Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint (b. 1890)
1904 – Abai Qunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet and philosopher (b. 1845)
1907 – August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist and theologian (b. 1826)
1916 – Odilon Redon, French painter and illustrator (b. 1840)
1922 – Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian nun and missionary (b. 1863)
1930 – Cormic Cosgrove, American soccer player (b. 1869)
1932 – Kenneth Grahame, Scottish-English author (b. 1859)
1934 – Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian commander (b. 1888)
1946 – Horace Pippin, American painter (b. 1888)
1947 – Adolfo Müller-Ury, Swiss-American painter (b. 1862)
1952 – Gertrud Wolle, German actress (b. 1891)
1959 – George Grosz, German painter and illustrator (b. 1893)
1960 – Aneurin Bevan, Welsh-English politician, Secretary of State for Health (b. 1897)
1961 – Scott LaFaro, American bassist (b. 1936)
1961 – Woodall Rodgers, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Dallas (b. 1890)
1962 – Paul Boffa, Maltese soldier and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1890)
1962 – William Faulkner, American author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
1962 – Archduke Joseph August of Austria (b. 1872)
1963 – George, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1899)
1964 – Claude V. Ricketts, American admiral (b. 1906)
1966 – Harold Breen, Australian public servant (b. 1893)
1966 – Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player and manager (b. 1892)
1967 – Hilda Taba, Estonian architect and educator (b. 1902)
1971 – Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1901)
1973 – Otto Klemperer, German-American conductor and composer (b. 1885)
1974 – Francis Blanche, French actor (b. 1921)
1975 – Reşat Ekrem Koçu, Turkish historian, scholar, and poet (b. 1905)
1976 – Zhu De, Chinese general and politician, President of the People's Republic of China (b. 1886)
1976 – Fritz Lenz, German geneticist and physician (b. 1887)
1977 – Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (b. 1907)
1978 – Babe Paley, American socialite and fashion style icon (b. 1915)
1979 – Van McCoy, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
1980 – Mart Raud, Estonian poet and author (b. 1903)
1982 – Bob Johnson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1905)
1986 – Jagjivan Ram, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1908)
1989 – János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, Hungarian Minister of the Interior (b. 1912)
1991 – Mudashiru Lawal, Nigerian footballer (b. 1954)
1992 – Marsha P. Johnson, American drag queen performer and activist (b. 1945)
1994 – Ahmet Haxhiu, Kosovan activist (b. 1932)
1995 – Aziz Nesin, Turkish author and poet (b. 1915)
1997 – Chetan Anand, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
1998 – Roy Rogers, American cowboy, actor, and singer (b. 1911)
1999 – Gary M. Heidnik, American murderer (b. 1943)
1999 – Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1901)
1999 – Barry Winchell, American soldier (b. 1977)
2000 – Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1911)
2002 – Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman, founded Reliance Industries (b. 1932)
2002 – John Frankenheimer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
2003 – Buddy Ebsen, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1908)
2003 – Çelik Gülersoy, Turkish lawyer, historical preservationist, writer and poet (b. 1930)
2004 – Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician, 10th President of Austria (b. 1932)
2004 – Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
2005 – Bruno Augenstein, German-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1923)
2005 – L. Patrick Gray, American FBI director (b. 1916)
2005 – Ed McBain, American author and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2005 – Claude Simon, French novelist Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
2005 – Richard Verreau, Canadian tenor (b. 1926)
2006 – Kasey Rogers, American actress (b. 1926)
2006 – Tom Weir, Scottish climber, author and television host (b. 1914)
2007 – Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, American author (b. 1939)
2009 – Vasily Aksyonov, Russian author and academic (b. 1932)
2009 – Johnny Collins, English folk singer (b. 1938)
2010 – Harvey Fuqua  (b. 1929)
      American singer-songwriter and producer (The Moonglows and New Birth)
2011 – Karthigesu Sivathamby, Sri Lankan academic (b. 1932)
2012 – Hani al-Hassan, Palestinian engineer and politician (b. 1939)
2012 – Anthony Sedlak, Canadian chef and television host (b. 1983)
2013 – Lo Hsing Han, Burmese businessman, co-founded Asia World (b. 1935)
2013 – Ruben J. Villote, Filipino priest and activist (b. 1932)
2014 – Dave Bickers, English motorcross racer and stuntman (b. 1938)
2014 – Alan J. Dixon  (b. 1927)
      American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th Illinois Secretary of State
2014 – S. D. Gunadasa, Sri Lankan businessman (b. 1931)
2014 – Dave Legeno, English actor and mixed martial artist (b. 1963)
2014 – Andrew Mango, Turkish-English historian and author (b. 1926)
2014 – Martin Van Geneugden, Belgian cyclist (b. 1932)
2015 – Jerry Weintraub, American film producer, and talent agent (b. 1937)


Family

1952 – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau  (b. 5 Mar 1867)
      Canadian lawyer and politician
      14th Premier of Quebec, 1920-1936
      [2nd cousin 2x removed]


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