June 5 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths

____________

June 5 in history

____________

Birthdays

VIP

1939 – Joe Clark
      Canadian journalist, businessman, politician, and professor
      16th Prime Minister of Canada, 1979-1980


Notable

1341 – Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York  (d. 1402)
      English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
1412 – Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, Italian ruler (d. 1478)
1493 – Justus Jonas, German priest and academic (d. 1555)
1523 – Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1573)
1640 – Pu Songling, Chinese author (d. 1715)
1646 – Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1684)
1660 – Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1744)
1757 – Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher (d. 1808)
1760 – Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (d. 1852)
1771 – Ernest Augustus I of Hanover (d. 1851)
1781 – Christian Lobeck, German scholar and academic (d. 1860)
1819 – John Couch Adams, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1892)
1829:  George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen  (d. 29 Nov 1921)
      Canadian businesman
1830 – Carmine Crocco, Italian soldier (d. 1905)
1850 – Pat Garrett, American sheriff (d. 1908)
1862 – Allvar Gullstrand  (d. 1930)
      Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate
1868 – James Connolly, Scottish-Irish general (d. 1916)
1870 – Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor (d. 1935)
1876 – Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and academic (d. 1957)
1877 – Willard Miller, Canadian-American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1959)
1878 – Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (d. 1923)
1879 – Robert Mayer, German-English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1985)
1879 – René Pottier, French cyclist (d. 1907)
1883 – John Maynard Keynes, English economist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1946)
1884 – Ralph Benatzky, Czech-Swiss composer (d. 1957)
1884 – Ivy Compton-Burnett, English author (d. 1969)
1884 – Frederick Lorz, American runner (d. 1914)
1887:  Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist and folklorist  (d. 17 Sep 1948)
1892 – Jaan Kikkas, Estonian weightlifter (d. 1944)
1894 – Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet  (d. 1976)
      Canadian-English publisher and academic
1895 – William Boyd, American actor and producer (d. 1972)
1895 – William Roberts, English soldier and painter (d. 1980)
1898 – Salvatore Ferragamo  (d. 1960)
      Italian shoe designer, founded Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.
1898 – Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (d. 1936)
1899 – Otis Barton  (d. 1992)
      American diver, engineer, and actor, designed the bathysphere
1899 – Theippan Maung Wa, Burmese writer (d. 1942)
1900:  Garrett Fort, American writer  (d. 26 Oct 1945)
1900 – Dennis Gabor  (d. 1979)
      Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
1902 – Arthur Powell Davies, American minister, author, and activist (d. 1957)
1905 – John Abbott, English-American actor (d. 1996)
1905 – Wayne Boring, American illustrator (d. 1987)
1905 – Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (d. 1935)
1906 – Helmut Maandi, Estonian politician (d. 1990)
1908 – Ravi Narayana Reddy, Indian politician (d. 1991)
1910 – Herb Vigran, American actor (d. 1986)
1912 – Dean Amadon, American ornithologist and author (d. 2003)
1912 – Eric Hollies, English cricketer (d. 1981)
1913 – Conrad Marca-Relli, American-Italian painter and academic (d. 2000)
1914 – Beatrice De Cardi, English archaeologist and academic
1915:  Alfred Kazin, American critic  (d. 5 Jun 1998)
1916 – Sid Barnes, Australian cricketer (d. 1973)
1916 – Eddie Joost, American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)
1919 – Richard Scarry, American-Swiss author and illustrator (d. 1994)
1920 – Marion Motley, American football player and coach (d. 1999)
1920 – Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American journalist and author (d. 1974)
1922 – Paul Couvret, Dutch-Australian soldier, pilot, and politician (d. 2013)
1922 – Sheila Sim, English actress (d. 2016)
1923 – Jorge Daponte, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1963)
1923 – Roger Lebel, Canadian actor (d. 1994)
1923 – Daniel Pinkham, American organist and composer (d. 2006)
1924 – Lou Brissie, American baseball player and scout (d. 2013)
1924 – Art Donovan, American football player and radio host (d. 2013)
1925 – Bill Hayes, American actor and singer
1926:  Peter George Peterson
      American businessman, investment banker, philanthropist, and author
      20th U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1972-1973
      Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations, 1985-2007
1926 – Paul Soros, Hungarian-American engineer and businessman (d. 2013)
1927:  Manuel Moroun, American businessman
1928 – Robert Lansing, American actor (d. 1994)
1928 – Umberto Maglioli, Italian race car driver (d. 1999)
1928 – Tony Richardson, English-American director and producer (d. 1991)
1929 – Denis Coe, English soldier, educator, and politician (d. 2015)
1930 – Alifa Rifaat, Egyptian author (d. 1996)
1931 – Yves Blais, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1998)
1931 – Jacques Demy, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1931 – Jerzy Prokopiuk, Polish anthropologist and philosopher
1932 – Christy Brown, Irish painter and author (d. 1981)
1932 – Dave Gold, American businessman, founded the 99 Cents Only Stores (d. 2013)
1933 – Bata Živojinović, Serbian actor and politician
1934 – Vilhjálmur Einarsson, Icelandic triple jumper, painter, and educator
1934 – Bill Moyers, American journalist, 13th White House Press Secretary
1937 – Hélène Cixous, French author, poet, and critic
1938 – Moira Anderson, Scottish singer
1938 – Karin Balzer, German hurdler
1938 – Roy Higgins, Australian jockey (d. 2014)
1939 – Margaret Drabble, English author and critic
1939 – L. R. Wright, Canadian author (d. 2001)
1940:  David Brudnoy, American talk radio host  (d. 9 Dec 2004)
1941 – Martha Argerich, Argentinian pianist
1941 – Erasmo Carlos, Brazilian singer-songwriter
1941 – Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1941 – Robert Kraft, American businessman, founded The Kraft Group
1941 – Jeff Rooker, Baron Rooker
      English academic and politician, Minister of State for Immigration
1941 – Gudrun Sjödén, Swedish designer
1942 – Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
      Equatoguinean lieutenant and politician, 2nd President of Equatorial Guinea
1944 – Whitfield Diffie, American cryptographer and academic
1944 – Gillian Hills, Egyptian-English actress and singer
1944:  Jon Kabat-Zinn, American professor of medicine
1944 – Nigel Rees, English game show host and author
1944 – Colm Wilkinson, Irish tenor and actor
1945 – John Carlos, American runner and football player
1945 – André Lacroix, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
1946 – John Bach, Welsh-New Zealand actor
1946 – John Du Cann  (d. 2001)
      English guitarist (Atomic Rooster, Hard Stuff, The Attack, and Andromeda)
1946 – Patrick Head, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Williams F1
1946 – Wanderléa Charlup Boere Salim, Brazilian singer and television host
1946 – Freddie Stone, American singer, guitarist, and pastor
      (Sly and the Family Stone)
1947 – Laurie Anderson, American singer-songwriter and violinist
1947 – Tom Evans, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Badfinger) (d. 1983)
1947 – David Hare, English director, playwright, and screenwriter
1947 – Djuhri Masdjan (bka Jojon), Indonesian comedian and actor (d. 2014)
1949 – Ken Follett, Welsh author
1949 – Elizabeth Gloster, English lawyer and judge
1949 – Alexander Scrymgeour, 12th Earl of Dundee, Scottish politician
1950 – J. J. Bittenbinder, American television host and author
1950 – Ronnie Dyson, American singer and actor (d. 1990)
1950 – Abraham Sarmiento, Jr., Filipino journalist and activist (d. 1977)
1950 – Daniel von Bargen, American actor (d. 2015)
1951:  Jill Biden
      American educator and wife of Vice President Joe Biden
      Second Lady of the United States, 2009-present
1951 – Suze Orman, American financial adviser, author, and television host
1952:  Mary Engelbreit, American graphic artist and illustrator
1952 – Carole Fredericks, American singer (Fredericks Goldman Jones) (d. 2001)
1952 – Nicko McBrain, English drummer and songwriter
      (Iron Maiden, Streetwalkers, and Trust)
1952 – Sarah Thomas, English actress
1953 – Kathleen Kennedy
      American film producer, co-founded Amblin Entertainment
1954 – Haluk Bilginer, Turkish actor
1954 – Simon Hopkinson, English chef and critic
1954 – Phil Neale, English cricketer, coach, and manager
1954 – Nancy Stafford, American model and actress
1955 – Edino Nazareth Filho, Brazilian footballer and manager
1956 – Richard Butler, English singer-songwriter
      (The Psychedelic Furs and Love Spit Love)
1956:  Salvatore J. Cordileone
      American Roman Catholic prelate
      Archbishop of San Francisco, 2012-present
      Bishop of Oakland, 2009-2012
      Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego, 2002-2009
1956 – Kenneth Bruce Gorelick (bka Kenny G)
      American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
      (The Love Unlimited Orchestra)
1956:  Roger Michell, English actor and director
1957 – Charles Nolan, American fashion designer (d. 2011)
1958 – Avigdor Lieberman
      Moldavian-Israeli soldier and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel
1958 – Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi
      Comorian businessman and politician, President of Comoros
1959 – Mark Ella, Australian rugby player
1959 – Robert Lloyd, English singer (The Nightingales, The Prefects, and The Minus 5)
1959 – Werner Schildhauer, German runner
1960 – Boris Dugan, Estonian footballer and coach
1960 – Claire Fox, English author and academic
1960 – Leslie Hendrix, American actress
1961 – Anke Behmer, German heptathlete
1961 – Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress and singer (d. 1999)
1961 – Anthony Burger, American singer and pianist (The Kingsmen Quartet) (d. 2006)
1961 – Aldo Costa, Italian engineer
1961 – Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis player and coach
1962 – Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este
1962 – Jeff Garlin, American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter
1962 – Tõnis Lukas, Estonian historian and politician, 34th Estonian Minister of Education
1963 – Colleen LaRose, American criminal
1963 – Joe Rudán, Hungarian singer and bassist
1964 – Lisa Cholodenko, American director and screenwriter
1964:  Augustin Matata Ponyo
      Congolese politician, Prime Minister of the Congo-Kinshasa
1964 – Dukagjin Pupovci, Kosovo-Albanian critic and academic
1964 – Rick Riordan, American author and educator
1964 – Karl Sanders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Nile)
1964 – Laura Sandys, English journalist and politician
1965 – Michael E. Brown, American astronomer and author
1965 – Sandrine Piau, French soprano
1965 – Alfie Turcotte, American ice hockey player
1966 – Michael McCarthy, Irish actor, singer, and producer
1967 – Matt Bullard, American basketball player and sportscaster
1967 – Joe DeLoach, American sprinter
1967 – Ray Lankford, American baseball player
1967 – Ron Livingston, American actor
1968 – Ed Vaizey, English lawyer and politician
      Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries
1969 – Brian McKnight, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1970:  Gayle Forman, American author
1970 – Martin Gélinas, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1971 – Miyuki Komatsu, Japanese actress
1971 – Susan Lynch, Irish actress
1971 – Tomoko Nakajima, Japanese actress
1971 – Takaya Tsubobayashi, Japanese race car driver
1971 – Mark Wahlberg, American model, actor, producer, and rapper
      (Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch)
1972 – Mike Bucci, American wrestler and manager
1972 – Chuck Klosterman, American journalist and author
1972 – Paweł Kotla, Polish conductor and academic
1973 – Lamon Brewster, American boxer
1973 – Daniel Gildenlöw, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (Pain of Salvation and The Flower Kings)
1973 – Galilea Montijo, Mexican actress
1973 – Gella Vandecaveye, Belgian martial artist
1974 – Chad Allen, American actor
1974 – Nina Conti, English ventriloquist and actress
1974 – Mervyn Dillon, Trinidadian cricketer
1974 – Scott Draper, Australian tennis player and golfer
1974 – Russ Ortiz, American baseball player
1975 – Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Lithuanian-American basketball player
1975 – Dmitri Kurakin, Estonian-German ice dancer
1975 – Duncan Patterson, English drummer and keyboard player
      (Anathema, Antimatter, and Alternative 4)
1975 – Sandra Stals, Belgian runner
1976 – Ian Matthias Bavitz (bka Aesop Rock), American rapper and producer
      (The Weathermen and Hail Mary Mallon)
1976:  Lauren Beukes, South African novelist
1976 – Giannis Giannoulis, Canadian basketball player
1976 – Torry Holt, American football player and sportscaster
1976 – Jack Ross, Scottish footballer
1977 – Jesdaporn Pholdee, Thai actor
1977 – Kristin Gore, American author and screenwriter
1977 – Christian Martucci, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977 – Navi Rawat, American actress
1977 – Liza Weil, American actress
1978:  Nick Kroll, American actor
1978 – Fernando Meira, Portuguese footballer
1979 – David Bisbal, Spanish singer-songwriter and actor
1979 – Stefanos Kotsolis, Greek footballer
1979 – Matthew Scarlett, Australian footballer
1979 – Fraser Watts, Scottish cricketer
1979 – David Weir, English wheelchair racer
1979 – Pete Wentz
      American singer-songwriter, bass player, actor, and fashion designer
      (Fall Out Boy, Black Cards, and Arma Angelus)
1979 – Jason White, American race car driver
1980 – Ryan Devlin, American actor
1980 – Mike Fisher, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Brandi Shearer, American singer-songwriter
1980 – Sutee Suksomkit, Thai footballer
1981 – Serhat Akın, Turkish footballer
1981 – Jade Goody, English television personality and author, contestant on Big Brother (d. 2009)
1981 – Sébastien Lefebvre, Canadian singer and guitarist (Simple Plan)
1982 – Ryan Dallas Cook, American trombonist (Suburban Legends) (d. 2005)
1982 – Baron Geisler, Filipino actor
1983 – Bill Bray, American baseball player
1983 – Marques Colston, American football player
1984 – Robert Barbieri, Canadian-Italian rugby player
1984 – Cécilia Cara, French actress and singer
1984 – Yusuf Güney, Turkish singer-songwriter
1984 – Eric Traoré, Senegalese footballer
1985 – Jeremy Abbott, American figure skater
1985 – Ekaterina Bychkova, Russian tennis player
1985 – Kenny De Ketele, Belgian cyclist
1985 – Bashir Ahmad Rahmati, Afghan wrestler
1986 – Christian Baracat, German rugby player
1986 – Dave Bolland, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 – Amanda Crew, Canadian actress
1986 – Vernon Gholston, American football player
1986 – Jun Hasegawa, Japanese-American model
1987 – Charlie Clements, English actor
1987 – Kenny De Ketele, Belgian cyclist
1987 – Marcus Thornton, American basketball player
1988 – Nuh Omar, Pakistani director and screenwriter
1988 – Alessandro Salvi, Italian footballer
1988 – Sam Slocombe, English footballer
1989 – Monica Castaño, Colombian beauty queen and model
1989 – Megumi Nakajima, Japanese voice actress and singer
1989 – Ellary Porterfield, American actress   IMBd
1990 – Junior Hoilett, Canadian soccer player
1990 – Sophie Lowe, English-Australian actress
1990 – Dijon Isaiah McFarlane (bka DJ Mustard)
      American record producer and songwriter
1991 – Sören Bertram, German footballer
1992 – Joazhiño Arroe, Peruvian footballer
1992 – Sam Rainbird, Australian cricketer
1992 – Emily Seebohm, Australian swimmer
1993 – Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Samoan-New Zealand rugby league player
1995 – Beckii Cruel, English singer and dancer
1995 – Troye Sivan, South African-Australian actor and singer
1995 – Ross Wilson, English table tennis player
1998 – Yulia Lipnitskaya, Russian figure skater
2005 – Doña Irene Urdangarín y de Borbón
      Spanish daughter of Infanta Cristina of Spain


Family



Coulee City

Haley Hatchett
Ray Ervin
Daniel Franklin
Justin Oliver
Darin Goetz


Other




Anniversaries

Coulee City

Erwin & Lauretta Baergen
Randy & Janis Christensen
Ken & Susie Williams
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Tompkins



Deaths

VIP

2004 – Ronald Wilson Reagan  (b. 6 Feb 1911)
      American actor and politician
      40th President of the United States, 1981-1989
      33rd Governor of California, 1967-1975


Notable

301 – Sima Lun, Chinese emperor (b. 249)
535 – Patriarch Epiphanius of Constantinople
567 – Pope Theodosius I of Alexandria
708 – Jacob of Edessa, Syrian bishop and author (b. 640)
754 – Saint Boniface, English missionary, bishop, and martyr (b. 675)
1017 – Emperor Sanjō of Japan (b. 976)
1118 – Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester  (b. 1049)
      English soldier and politician
1296 – Edmund Crouchback  (b. 1245)
      English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
1316 – Louis X of France (b. 1289)
1383 – Dmitry of Suzdal (b. 1324)
1568 – Lamoral, Count of Egmont (b. 1522)
1625 – Orlando Gibbons, English organist and composer (b. 1583)
1667 – Pietro Sforza Pallavicino, Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1607)
1688 – Constantine Phaulkon, Greek adventurer (b. 1667)
1716 – Roger Cotes, English mathematician and academic (b. 1682)
1722 – Johann Kuhnau, German organist and composer (b. 1660)
1738 – Isaac de Beausobre, French pastor and theologian (b. 1659)
1740 – Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, English politician and courtier (b. 1671)
1791 – Frederick Haldimand  (b. 1718)
      Swiss-Canadian general and politician, 22nd Governor of Quebec
1816 – Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer and educator (b. 1741)
1819 – Bodawpaya, Burmese king (b. 1745)
1825 – Odysseas Androutsos, Greek soldier (b. 1788)
1826 – Carl Maria von Weber, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1786)
1866 – John McDouall Stuart, Scottish explorer and surveyor (b. 1815)
1899 – Antonio Luna, Filipino general (b. 1866)
1900 – Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1871)
1902 – Louis J. Weichmann  (b. 1842)
      American clerk, witness in Abraham Lincoln assassination trial
1906 – Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (b. 1842)
1910 – O. Henry, American pharmacist and author (b. 1862)
1913 – Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (b. 1851)
1916 – Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener  (b. 1850)
      Irish field marshal and politician, Secretary of State for War
1920 – Rhoda Broughton, Welsh-English author (b. 1840)
1921 – Will Crooks, English trade unionist and politician (b. 1852)
1921 – Georges Feydeau, French playwright (b. 1862)
1930 – Pascin, Bulgarian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1885)
1947 – Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish-American actor and director (b. 1884)
1967 – Arthur Biram, Israeli philologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1878)
1967 – Harry Brown, Australian public servant (b. 1878)
1970 – Herman Kruusenberg, Estonian wrestler (b. 1898)
1975 – Paul Keres, Estonian chess player and theoretician (b. 1916)
1975 – Lester Matthews, English-American actor (b. 1900)
1976 – Violet Wilkey, American actress (b. 1903)
1993 – Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1933)
1996 – Acharya Kuber Nath Rai, Indian poet and scholar (b. 1933)
1997 – J. Anthony Lukas, American journalist and author (b. 1933)
1998 – Jeanette Nolan, American actress (b. 1911)
1998 – Sam Yorty  (b. 1909)
      American captain and politician, 37th Mayor of Los Angeles
1999 – Mel Tormé, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1925)
2000 – Don Liddle, American baseball player (b. 1925)
2001 – Pedro Laín Entralgo, Spanish medical researcher (b. 1908)
2002 – Gwen Plumb, Australian actress (b. 1912)
2002 – Dee Dee Ramone  (b. 1951)
      American singer-songwriter and bass player (Ramones)
2003 – Jürgen Möllemann  (b. 1945)
      German soldier and politician, 10th Vice-Chancellor of Germany
2003 – Manuel Rosenthal, French composer and conductor (b. 1904)
2004 – Iona Brown, English violinist and conductor (b. 1941)
2005 – Adolfo Aguilar Zínser, Mexican scholar and politician (b. 1949)
2005 – Susi Nicoletti, German-Austrian actress and singer (b. 1918)
2006 – Frederick Franck, Dutch-American painter, sculptor, and author (b. 1909)
2006 – Edward L. Moyers, American businessman (b. 1928)
2007 – Povel Ramel, Swedish singer, pianist, and author (b. 1922)
2009 – Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1978)
2009 – Boris Pokrovsky, Russian director and manager (b. 1912)
2011 – Leon Botha, South African painter and DJ (b. 1985)
2012 – Ray Bradbury, American author and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2012 – Lucky Diamond, American dog (b. 1997)
2012 – Caroline John, English actress (b. 1940)
2012 – Hal Keller, American baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
2012 – Mihai Pătrașcu, Romanian-American computer scientist (b. 1982)
2012 – Charlie Sutton, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1924)
2013 – Don Bowman, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1937)
2013 – Takkō Ishimori, Japanese voice actor (b. 1932)
2013 – Helen McElhone, Scottish politician (b. 1933)
2013 – Stanisław Nagy, Polish cardinal (b. 1921)
2013 – Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, Irish republican activist and politician (b. 1932)
2013 – Michel Ostyn, Belgian physiologist and physician (b. 1924)
2014 – Bob Abrahamian, American DJ and producer (b. 1978)
2014 – Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi, Iraqi commander (b. 1971)
2014 – Ganiyu Akanbi Bello, Nigerian businessman (b. 1930)
2014 – Don Davis, American songwriter and producer (b. 1938)
2014 – Johnny Leach, English table tennis player and coach (b. 1922)
2014 – Reiulf Steen  (b. 1933)
      Norwegian journalist and politician
      Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications
2015 – Tariq Aziz  (b. 1936)
      Iraqi journalist and politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs
2015 – Alan Bond, English-Australian businessman (b. 1938)
2015 – Jerry Collins, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player (b. 1980)
2015 – Giacomo Furia, Italian actor and screenwriter (b. 1925)
2015 – Richard Johnson, English actor (b. 1927)
2015 – Roger Vergé, French chef and author (b. 1930)


Family



Coulee City



Other

June 3 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths

____________

June 3 in history

____________

Birthdays

VIP

1844 – Garret Hobart  (d. 1899)
      American lawyer and politician
      24th Vice President of the United States, 1897-1899
1865 – George V of the United Kingdom  (d. 20 Jan 1936)
      George Frederick Ernest Albert
      King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions,
            and Emperor of India, 1910-1936


Notable

1537 – João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (d. 1554)
1540 – Charles II, Archduke of Austria (d. 1590)
1635 – Philippe Quinault, French playwright and composer (d. 1688)
1636 – John Hale, American minister (d. 1700)
1659 – David Gregory, Scottish-English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1708)
1723 – Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician, geologist, and botanist (d. 1788)
1726 – James Hutton, Scottish geologist and physician (d. 1797)
1736 – Ignaz Fränzl, German violinist and composer (d. 1811)
1770 – Manuel Belgrano, Argentinian economist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1820)
1771:  Sydney Smith, English clergyman  (d. 22 Feb 1845)
1780:  William Hone, English writer  (d. 8 Nov 1842)
1804:  Richard Cobden, English businessman  (d. 2 Apr 1865)
1808 – Jefferson Davis  (d. 1889)
      American colonel and politician
      President of the Confederate States of America
1809:  Margaret Gatty  (d. 4 Oct 1873)
      English children's author and writer on marine biology
1818 – Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician, Governor of Senegal (d. 1889)
1819 – Anton Anderledy  (d. 1892)
      Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus
1832 – Charles Lecocq, French pianist and composer (d. 1918)
1840 – Michael O'Laughlen  (d. 1867)
      American soldier, conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
1843 – Frederick VIII of Denmark (d. 1912)
1844 – Detlev von Liliencron, German poet and author (d. 1909)
1852 – Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic (d. 1896)
1853 – Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist and academic (d. 1942)
1855 – Thecla Åhlander, Swedish actress (d. 1925)
1864 – Otto Erich Hartleben, German poet and playwright (d. 1905)
1864 – Ransom E. Olds  (d. 1950)
      American businessman, founded Oldsmobile and REO Motor Car Company
1866 – George Howells Broadhurst, English-American director and manager (d. 1952)
1873 – Otto Loewi  (d. 1961)
      German-American pharmacologist and psychobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1877 – Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (d. 1953)
1879 – Alla Nazimova, Ukrainian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1945)
1879 – Raymond Pearl, American biologist and botanist (d. 1940)
1879 – Vivian Woodward, English footballer and soldier (d. 1954)
1881 – Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter and set designer (d. 1964)
1882:  Dudley Field Malone  (d. 5 Oct 1950)
       American attorney, politician, liberal activist, and actor
1888 – Tom Brown, American trombonist (d. 1958)
1890 – Baburao Painter, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1954)
1891:  Mary Browne, American tennis player  (d. 19 Aug 1971)
1897 – Lizzie Douglas (bka Memphis Minnie)  (d. 1973)
      American blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter
1899 – Georg von Békésy  (d. 1972)
      Hungarian-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1900 – Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (d. 1932)
1900 – Leo Picard, German-Israeli geologist and academic (d. 1997)
1900:  Gordon Sinclair   (d. 17 May 1984)
      Canadian journalist, writer, and commentator
1901 – Maurice Evans, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
1901 – Zhang Xueliang, Chinese general and warlord (d. 2001)
1903 – Eddie Acuff, American actor (d. 1956)
1904 – Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (d. 1950)
1904 – Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor (d. 1984)
1905 – Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer (d. 1946)
1906 – R. G. D. Allen, English economist, mathematician, and statistician (d. 1983)
1906 – Josephine Baker  (d. 1975)
      American-French actress, singer, and dancer; French Resistance operative
1907 – Nate Barragar, American football player and actor (d. 1985)
1907 – Paul Rotha, English director and producer (d. 1984)
1910 – Paulette Goddard, American actress and model (d. 1990)
1911 – Ellen Corby, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1913 – Pedro Mir, Dominican poet and author (d. 2000)
1913 – Lloyd Percival, Canadian tennis player, boxer, cricketer, and coach (d. 1974)
1914 – Ignacio Ponseti, Spanish physician and orthopedist (d. 2009)
1916 – Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 1969)
1918 – Patrick Cargill, English actor and producer (d. 1996)
1918 – Lili St. Cyr, American dancer (d. 1999)
1921 – Forbes Carlile, Australian pentathlete and coach
1922 – Alain Resnais, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1923 – Igor Shafarevich, Russian mathematician and theorist
1924 – Karunanidhi, Indian screenwriter and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
1924 – Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (d. 1991)
1924 – Bernard Glasser, American director and producer (d. 2014)
1924 – Jimmy Rogers, American singer and guitarist (d. 1997)
1924 – Torsten Wiesel, Swedish neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1925 – Tony Curtis, American actor (d. 2010)
1925 – Arnold Peters, English actor (d. 2013)
1925 – Thomas Winning, Scottish cardinal (d. 2001)
1926:  Roscoe Bartlett, American politician
      U.S. Representative, R. MD, 1993-2013
1926 – Allen Ginsberg, American poet and academic (d. 1997)
1926 – Flora MacDonald  (d. 2015)
      Canadian banker and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Communications
1927:  Mell Lazarus, American cartoonist  (d. 24 May 2016)
1927 – Boots Randolph  (d. 2007)
      American saxophonist and composer (Million Dollar Band)
1928 – Louise Daniel Hutchinson, American historian and educator (d. 2014)
1928 – Donald Judd, American sculptor and painter (d. 1994)
1929 – Werner Arber, Swiss microbiologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate
1929 – Chuck Barris, American game show host and producer
      created The Newlywed Game and The Dating Game
1929:  Howard Simons, American journalist and editor  (d. 13 Jun 1989)
1930 – Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author and poet (d. 1999)
1930 – George Fernandes, Indian journalist and politician, Minister of Defence for India
1930 – Dakota Staton, American singer (d. 2007)
1930 – Ben Wada, Japanese director and producer (d. 2011)
1931 – Françoise Arnoul, Algerian-French actress
1931 – Raúl Castro, Cuban commander and politician, 18th President of Cuba
1931:  Carmen Dell'Orefice, American model and actress
1931 – John Norman, American philosopher and author
1931 – Lindy Remigino, American runner and coach
1933 – Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Bahranian king (d. 1999)
1934 – Rolland D. McCune, American minister and theologian
1935 – Raoul Franklin, English physicist and academic
1935 – Irma P. Hall, American actress
1935 – Enzo Jannacci  (d. 2013)
      Italian singer-songwriter, pianist, actor and stand-up comedian
1936 – Jim Gentile, American baseball player and manager
1936 – Larry McMurtry, American author and screenwriter
1936 – Colin Meads, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1937 – Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, French race car driver
1937 – Solomon P. Ortiz, American politician
      U.S. Representative, D. TX, 1983-2011
1937 – Edward Winter, American actor (d. 2001)
1938 – David L. Mills, American computer scientist and engineer
1939 – Frank Blevins  (d. 2013)
      English-Australian lawyer and politician
      7th Deputy Premier of South Australia
1939 – Steve Dalkowski, American baseball player
1939 – Ian Hunter, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mott the Hoople)
1939 – Jon Tolaas, Norwegian poet and author (d. 2012)
1939 – Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, American model and author (d. 2007)
1940 – Connie Saylor, American race car driver (d. 1993)
1942 – Anita Harris, English singer and actress
1942 – Curtis Mayfield  (d. 1999)
      American singer-songwriter and producer (The Impressions)
1943 – Billy Cunningham, American basketball player and coach
1943:  Scilla Elworthy, American activist
1943:  Joe Henderson, American runner
1944 – Peter Bonfield, English businessman
1944 – Thomas Burns, British British Roman Catholic bishop
1944 – Edith McGuire, American sprinter and educator
1944 – Eddy Ottoz, Italian hurdler and coach
1944 – Mary Thom, American journalist and author
1945 – Hale Irwin, American golfer and architect
1945 – Ramon Jacinto, Filipino singer, guitarist, and businessman
      founded the Rajah Broadcasting Network
1945 – Roger Lane-Nott, English admiral
1945 – Bill Paterson, Scottish-English actor
1946 – Michael Clarke  (d. 1993)
      American drummer (The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Firefall)
1946 – Eddie Holman, American singer
1946 – Tristan Rogers, Australian-American actor
1946 – Penelope Wilton, English actress
1947 – Mike Burgmann, Australian race car driver and accountant (d. 1986)
1947 – John Dykstra, American special effects artist and producer
1947 – Mickey Finn  (d. 2003)
      English drummer (T.Rex, Mickey Finn's T-Rex, and Hapshash and the Coloured Coat)
1948:  Fred LaBour (bka Too Slim), American musician
1948 – Jan Reker, Dutch footballer and manager
1949 – Floyd Lloyd, Jamaican singer
1949 – John Rothman, American actor
1950 – Frédéric François, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter
1950 – Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2015)
1950 – Juan José Muñoz, Argentinian businessman (d. 2013)
1950 – Suzi Quatro
      American-English singer-songwriter, bass player, producer, and actress
      (The Pleasure Seekers/Cradle)
1950 – Christos Verelis, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Transport and Communications
1950 – Deniece Williams, American singer-songwriter and producer
1950 – Robert Z'Dar, American actor and producer (d. 2015)
1951 – Jill Biden, American educator, 37th Second Lady of the United States
1952:  Alan Cooper, American software designer and programmer
1952 – Billy Powell, American keyboard player and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2009)
1952 – David Richards, English businessman
1953 – John Moulder-Brown, English actor
1954 – Dan Hill, Canadian singer-songwriter
1954 – Susan Landau, American mathematician and engineer
1954 – Wally Weir, Canadian ice hockey player
1956 – George Burley, Scottish footballer and manager
1956 – Brad Nessler, American sportscaster
1956 – Danny Wilde, American singer and guitarist
1957 – Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player
1958 – Simon Fraser, English diplomat
1958 – Margot Käßmann, German bishop and theologian
1958 – Suzie Plakson, American actress
1958 – Cameron Sharp, Scottish sprinter
1959 – John Carlson, American radio host
1959 – Imbi Paju, Estonian-Finnish journalist and author
1960 – Don Brown, American novelist, author and attorney.
1960 – Kim Hyun-jun, South Korean basketball player
1961 – Lawrence Lessig
      American lawyer, academic, and author, founded the Creative Commons
1961 – Peter Vidmar, American gymnast
1961 – Ed Wynne, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
      (Ozric Tentacles and Nodens Ictus)
1962 – David Cole, American DJ, producer, and songwriter (C+C Music Factory)
1962 – Susannah Constantine, English fashion designer, journalist, and author
1962 – Dagmar Neubauer, German sprinter
1963 – Rudy Demotte, Belgian politician
      8th Minister-President of the Walloon Region
1963 – Anica Dobra, Serbian actress
1963 – Toshiaki Karasawa, Japanese actor
1964 – Kerry King, American guitarist and songwriter (Slayer)
1964 – James Purefoy, English actor
1965 – Jeff Blumenkrantz, American actor and composer
1965 – Jonathan Djanogly, English lawyer and politician
1965 – Mike Gordon, American singer, bass player, and director
      (Phish, Rhythm Devils, and SerialPod)
1965 – Hans Kroes, Dutch swimmer
1965 – Michael Moore
      British accountant and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
1966 – Wasim Akram, Pakistani cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1966:  Bill Callahan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966 – Jamie O'Neal, American singer-songwriter
1967 – Anderson Cooper, American journalist and author
1967 – Kurk Lee, American basketball player
1967 – Christopher Walker, Gibraltarian triathlete and cyclist
1968:  Harvey Mason, Jr., American songwriter, record producer and movie producer
1968 – Samantha Marie Sprackling (bka Saffron)
      Nigerian singer and dancer (Republica and N-Joi)
1969 – Takako Minekawa, Japanese singer-songwriter
1970 – Greg Hancock, American motorcycle racer
1970 – Esther Hart, Dutch singer
1970 – Julie Masse, Canadian singer
1970 – Ammon McNeely, American rock climber
1970 – Peter Tägtgren, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (Hypocrisy, Pain, Bloodbath, and Lock Up)
1971 – Carl Everett, American baseball player
1971 – John Hodgman, American author and actor
1971 – Gert Kullamäe, Estonian basketball player and coach
1971 – Ryo Narushima, Japanese actress
1971 – Julian Sturdy, English politician
1972 – Steve Crane, English footballer
1972 – Julie Gayet, French actress and producer
1972 – Matt Pike, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Sleep, High on Fire, and Asbestosdeath)
1973 – Jason Jones, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter
1974 – Kelly Jones, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Stereophonics)
1974 – Arianne Zucker, American actress and model
1975 – Jose Molina, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
1975 – Jeff Soto, American painter and illustrator
1976 – Nikos Chatzis, Greek basketball player
1976 – Enda Markey, Irish-Australian actor and producer
1976 – Gregg McClymont, Scottish historian and politician
1976 – Jamie McMurray, American race car driver
1977 – Cris, Brazilian footballer
1977 – Travis Hafner, American baseball player
1977 – Az-Zahir Hakim, American football player
1978 – Lyfe Jennings, American singer-songwriter and producer
1979 – Luis Fernando López, Colombian race walker
1979 – Christian Malcolm, Welsh sprinter
1980 – Amauri, Brazilian-Italian footballer
1980 – Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Qatari king
1980 – Lazaros Papadopoulos, Russian-Greek basketball player
1980 – Tjerk Smeets, Dutch baseball player
1981 – Sosene Anesi, New Zealand rugby player
1981 – Salvatore Giardina, Italian footballer
1981 – Timur Tekkal, German rugby player
1982 – Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter
1982 – Manfred Mölgg, Italian skier
1982 – Dihan Slabbert, South African singer-songwriter and producer (Hi-5)
1983 – Pasquale Foggia, Italian footballer
1983 – Janine Habeck, German model
1984 – Prince Félix of Luxembourg
1985 – Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan, Mongolian boxer
1985 – Papiss Cissé, Senegalese footballer
1985 – Dan Ewing, Australian actor
1985 – Detox Icunt, American drag queen performer and singer (DWV)
1985 – Łukasz Piszczek, Polish footballer
1986 – Al Horford, Dominican basketball player
1986 – Alexandros Karageorgiou, Greek archer
1986 – Micah Kogo, Kenyan runner
1986 – Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player
1986 – Adrián Vallés, Spanish race car driver
1986 – Tomáš Verner, Czech ice skater
1987 – Michelle Keegan, English actress and model
1987 – Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress
1987 – Lalaine Vergara-Paras, American actress and singer (Vanity Theft)
1989 – Katie Hoff, American swimmer
1989:  Imogen Poots, English actress
1989 – Anthony Taugourdeau, French footballer
1990 – Fabian Götze, German footballer
1992 – Mario Götze, German footballer
1992 – Monika Linkytė, Lithuanian singer
1993:  Sean Berdy, American actor
1995 – Triin Tobi, Estonian skier
1995 – Dani Cameranesi, American ice hockey player
2006 – Countess Leonore of Orange-Nassau van Amsberg


Family



Coulee City

Keith Edie, Jr.
Sandra Dumph
Ellen Eaton
Justin Martin
Ron Mastrogiuseppe
Shannon Gwinn


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Anniversaries

Coulee City

George & Mercedes Dormaier
Clarence & Margaret Tritle



Deaths

VIP



Notable

628 – Liang Shidu, Chinese rebel leader
800 – Staurakios, Byzantine general
1395 – Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria (b. 1350)
1397 – William de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English commander (b. 1328)
1411 – Leopold IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1371)
1548 – Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish-Mexican archbishop (b. 1468)
1594 – John Aylmer, English bishop and scholar (b. 1521)
1615 – Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b. 1567)
1640 – Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk  (b. 1584)
      English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
1657 – William Harvey, English physician and academic (b. 1578)
1649 – Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (b. 1590)
1659 – Morgan Llwyd, Welsh minister and poet (b. 1619)
1780 – Thomas Hutchinson  (b. 1711)
      American businessman and politician
      Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
1826 – Nikolay Karamzin, Russian historian and poet (b. 1766)
1858 – Julius Reubke, German pianist and composer (b. 1834)
1861 – Stephen A. Douglas  (b. 1813)
      American lawyer and politician, 7th Secretary of State of Illinois
1865 – Okada Izō, Japanese samurai (b. 1838)
1875 – Georges Bizet, French pianist and composer (b. 1838)
1877 – Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian botanist, composer, and publisher (b. 1800)
1882 – Christian Wilberg, German painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
1894 – Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1812)
1899 – Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1825)
1900 – Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author (b. 1862)
1902 – Vital-Justin Grandin, French-Canadian bishop and missionary (b. 1829)
1906 – John Maxwell, American golfer (b. 1871)
1921 – Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower and physician (b. 1879)
1924 – Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian lawyer and author (b. 1883)
1928 – Li Yuanhong  (b. 1864)
      Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China
1933 – William Muldoon, American wrestler (b. 1852)
1938 – John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower and tug of war competitor (b. 1873)
1946 – Mikhail Kalinin, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1875)
1955 – Barbara Graham, American murderer (b. 1923)
1963 – Edmond Decottignies, French weightlifter (b. 1893)
1963 – Pope John XXIII (b. 1881)
1963 – Nâzım Hikmet Ran, Turkish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1902)
1964 – Kâzım Orbay  (b. 1887)
      Turkish general and politician, 9th Turkish Speaker of the Parliament
1964 – Frans Eemil Sillanpää  (b. 1888)
      Finnish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1969 – George Edwin Cooke, American soccer player (b. 1883)
1970 – Hjalmar Schacht, Danish-German economist, banker, and politician (b. 1877)
1971 – Heinz Hopf, German-Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1894)
1973 – Jean Batmale, French footballer and manager (b. 1895)
1973 – Dory Funk, American wrestler and trainer (b. 1919)
1975 – Ozzie Nelson, American actor, director, producer, and bandleader (b. 1906)
1975 – Eisaku Satō  (b. 1901)
      Japanese lawyer and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Japan
1977 – Archibald Hill  (b. 1886)
      English physiologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
1977 – Roberto Rossellini, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
1981 – Carleton S. Coon, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1904)
1986 – Anna Neagle, English actress and singer (b. 1904)
1987 – Will Sampson, American actor and painter (b. 1933)
1989 – Ruhollah Khomeini  (b. 1902)
      Iranian religious leader and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of Iran
1989 – John McCauley, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (b. 1944)
1990 – Tom Brown, American actor and singer (b. 1913)
1990 – Robert Noyce  (b. 1927)
      American physicist and businessman, co-founded the Intel Corporation
1991 – Katia Krafft, French volcanologist and geologist (b. 1942)
1991 – Maurice Krafft, French volcanologist and geologist (b. 1946)
1991 – Takeshi Nagata, Japanese geophysicist (b. 1913)
1992 – Robert Morley, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1908)
1994 – Puig Aubert, German-French rugby player and coach (b. 1925)
1997 – Dennis James, American actor and game show host (b. 1917)
1998 – Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer (b. 1922)
2001 – Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor and producer (b. 1915)
2002 – Lew Wasserman, American talent agent and manager (b. 1913)
2003 – Felix de Weldon  (b. 1907)
      Austrian-American sculptor, designed the Marine Corps War Memorial
2004 – Frances Shand Kydd, English aristocrat; mother of Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1936)
2004 – Quorthon, Swedish musician, founder and songwriter of the band Bathory
2005 – Harold Cardinal, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1945)
2006 – Johnny Grande, American singer (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1932)
2009 – Sam Butera, American saxophonist (b. 1927)
2009 – David Carradine, American actor (b. 1936)
2009 – Koko Taylor, American singer (b. 1928)
2009 – Shek Wing-cheung (bka Shih Kien), Chinese actor (b. 1913)
2010 – John Hedgecoe, English photographer and author (b. 1932)
2010 – Rue McClanahan, American actress (b. 1934)
2011 – James Arness, American actor and producer (d. 1923)
2011 – Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter and producer (Wax) (b. 1951)
2011 – Bhajan Lal, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of Haryana (b. 1930)
2011 – Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist, author, and activist (b. 1928)
2011 – Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer (b. 1925)
2012 – Carol Ann Abrams, American producer, author, and academic (b. 1942)
2012 – Andy Hamilton, Jamaican-English saxophonist and composer (b. 1918)
2012 – Rajsoomer Lallah, Mauritian lawyer and judge (b. 1933)
2012 – Roy Salvadori, English race car driver and manager (b. 1922)
2012 – Brian Talboys  (b. 1921)
      New Zealand journalist and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
2013 – Will D. Campbell, American minister, author, and activist (b. 1924)
2013 – Atul Chitnis, German-Indian technologist and journalist (b. 1962)
2013 – Józef Czyrek  (b. 1928)
      Polish economist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs
2013 – Arnold Eidus, American violinist and producer (b. 1922)
2013 – Deacon Jones, American football player and actor (b. 1938)
2013 – Jiah Khan, American British-Indian actress and singer (b. 1988)
2013 – Frank Lautenberg, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)
2014 – Svyatoslav Belza, Russian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1942)
2014 – Karl Harris, English motorcycle racer (b. 1979)
2014 – Elodie Lauten, French-American composer and educator (b. 1950)
2014 – Virginia Luque, Argentinian actress and singer (b. 1927)
2014 – Gopinath Munde  (b. 1949)
      Indian politician, 3rd Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
2014 – James Alan Shelton, American guitarist (b. 1960)
2015 – Avi Beker, Israeli political scientist and academic (b. 1951)
2015 – Bevo Francis, American basketball player (b. 1932)
2015 – Margaret Juntwait, American radio host (b. 1957)
2015 – Eugene Kennedy, American psychologist and academic (b. 1928)


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Other

June 4 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths

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June 4 in history

____________

Birthdays

VIP

1738 – George III of the United Kingdom (d. 1820)
          King of Great Britain and Ireland, etc. 1760-1820


Notable

1394 – Philippa of England (d. 1430)
1489 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1544)
1604 – Claudia de' Medici, Italian daughter of Christina of Lorraine (d. 1648)
1665 – Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian captain (d. 1733)
1694 – François Quesnay, French economist and physician (d. 1774)
1704 – Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and businessman (d. 1776)
1744 – Patrick Ferguson, Scottish soldier, designed the Ferguson rifle (d. 1780)
1754 – Miguel de Azcuénaga, Argentinian soldier (d. 1833)
1754 – Franz Xaver von Zach, Slovak astronomer and academic (d. 1832)
1787 – Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (d. 1856)
1801 – James Pennethorne, English architect, designed Victoria Park (d. 1871)
1821 – Apollon Maykov, Russian poet and playwright (d. 1897)
1829 – Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (d. 1903)
1854 – Solko van den Bergh, Dutch target shooter (d. 1916)
1860 – Alexis Lapointe, Canadian runner (d. 1924)
1866 – Miina Sillanpää, Finnish journalist and politician (d. 1952)
1867 – Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim  (d. 1951)
      Finnish general and politician, 6th President of Finland
1876 – Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire, 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1830)
1877 – Heinrich Otto Wieland  (d. 1957)
      German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1879 – Mabel Lucie Attwell, English author and illustrator (d. 1964)
1880 – Clara Blandick, Hong Kong-American actress (d. 1962)
1885 – Arturo Rawson  (d. 1952)
      Argentinian general and politician, 26th President of Argentina
1887 – Tom Longboat, Canadian runner and soldier (d. 1949)
1888:  Lajos Egri, Hungarian author  (d. 7 Feb 1967)
1894 – La Bolduc, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1941)
1898:  Harry Crosby  (d. 10 Dec 1929)
      American writer, poet, and publisher, co-founded Black Sun Press
1899 – Robert Agnew, silent-film era American actor (d. 1983)
1903 – Yevgeny Mravinsky, Russian conductor (d. 1988)
1904 – Bhagat Puran Singh  (d. 1992)
      Indian publisher, environmentalist, and philanthropist
1907 – Jacques Roumain, Haitian journalist and politician (d. 1944)
1907 – Rosalind Russell, American actress and singer (d. 1976)
1907 – Patience Strong, English poet and journalist (d. 1990)
1908 – Geli Raubal, Austrian daughter of Angela Hitler (d. 1931)
1910 – Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (d. 1999)
1912 – Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter (d. 1993)
1915 – Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2006)
1915 – Modibo Keïta, Malian educator and politician, 1st President of Mali (d. 1977)
1915 – Nils Kihlberg, Swedish actor, singer, and director (d. 1965)
1916 – Robert F. Furchgott  (d. 2009)
      American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1916 – Fernand Leduc, Canadian painter (d. 2014)

1916:  Gaylord Nelson  (d. 3 Jul 2005)

      American politician

      U.S. Senator, D. WI, 1963-1981

      35th Governor of Wisconsin, 1959-1963

1917 – Robert Merrill, American actor and singer (d. 2004)
1920 – Russell E. Train, American civil servant (d. 2012)
1921 – Don Diamond, American actor (d. 2011)
1921 – Milan Komar, Slovenian-Argentinian philosopher and academic (d. 2006)
1921 – Bobby Wanzer, American basketball player and coach (d. 2016)
1923 – Elizabeth Jolley, English-Australian author and academic (d. 2007)
1924 – Tofilau Eti Alesana, Samoan politician, 5th Prime Minister of Samoa (d. 1999)
1924 – Dennis Weaver, American actor and director (d. 2006)
1925 – Antonio Puchades, Spanish footballer (d. 2013)
1926 – Robert Earl Hughes  (d. 1958)
      American who was the heaviest human being recorded
            in the history of the world during his lifetime
1926 – Ain Kaalep, Estonian poet, playwright, and critic
1926 – Ivan Karp, American art dealer (d. 2012)
1926 – Judith Malina  (d. 2015)
      German-American actress and director, co-founded The Living Theatre
1927 – Henning Carlsen, Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1927 – Geoffrey Palmer, English actor
1928:  Antônio Ermírio de Moraes  (d. 24 Aug 2014)
      Brazilian businessman, chairman of the Votorantim Group
1928 – Ruth Westheimer, German-American therapist and author
1929 – Karolos Papoulias, Greek lawyer and politician, 5th President of Greece
1930 – George Chesworth, English air marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Moray
1930 – Morgana King, American singer and actress
1930 – Viktor Tikhonov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
1931 – Gustav Nossal, Austrian-Australian biologist and academic
1932 – John Drew Barrymore, American actor (d. 2004)
1932 – Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1975)
1932 – Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (d. 2004)
1933:  Godfried Danneels, Belgian cardinal
      Cardinal-Priest of Santa Anastasia, 1983-present
      Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels, 1979-2010
      Bishop of Antwerp, 1977-1979
1934 – Monica Dacon, Vincentian educator and politician
      6th Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1934 – Seamus Elliott, Irish cyclist (d. 1971)
1934 – Daphne Sheldrick, Kenyan-British conservationist and author
1935 – Colette Boky, Canadian soprano and actress
1935 – Berhanu Dinka, Ethiopian economist and diplomat (d. 2013)
1936 – Nutan Samarth Bahl (bka Nutan), Indian actress and singer (d. 1991)
1936 – Vince Camuto  (d. 2015)
      American fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Nine West
1936 – Bruce Dern, American actor
1936 – Oleg Fyodoseyev, Russian triple jumper (d. 2001)
1937 – Freddy Fender  (d. 2006)
      American singer and guitarist (Texas Tornados and Los Super Seven)
1937 – Robert Fulghum, American author
1937 – Robert James Marella (bka Gorilla Monsoon)  (d. 1999)
      American wrestler, manager, and sportscaster
1937:  Vayalar Ravi, Indian politician
1937 – Mortimer Zuckerman
      Canadian-American businessman and publisher, founded Boston Properties
1938 – John Harvard  (d. 2016)
      Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
1938 – Art Mahaffey, American baseball player
1939 – Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo  (d. 2014)
      Anglo-Irish peer; member, British House of Lords until 1999
1939 – Denis de Belleval, Canadian civil servant and politician
1939 – Henri Pachard, American director and producer (d. 2008)
1939 – George Reid, Scottish journalist and politician
      2nd Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
1940 – David Collings, English actor
1940 – Ludwig Schwarz, Slovak-Austrian bishop
1941 – Kenneth G. Ross, Australian playwright and screenwriter
1942 – Louis Reichardt, American mountaineer
1942 – Bill Rowe, Canadian lawyer and politician
1943 – Sandra Haynie, American golfer
1943 – Tom Jaine, English author
1943 – Joyce Meyer, American author and educator
1944 – Roger Ball, Scottish saxophonist and songwriter
      (Average White Band)
1944 – Michelle Phillips, American singer-songwriter and actress
      (The Mamas & the Papas)
1945 – Anthony Braxton, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
      (Circle and Creative Construction Company)
1945 – Daniel Topolski, English rower and coach (d. 2015)
1945 – Gordon Waller  (d. 2009)
       Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Peter and Gordon)
1946 – S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Indian actor, singer, director, and producer
1946 – Sandra Dawson, English academic
1947 – John Bailey (aka Jack Baker), American actor and screenwriter (d. 1994)
1947 – Viktor Klima
      Austrian businessman and politician, 25th Chancellor of Austria
1947 – Ashok Saraf, Indian actor
1948 – Bob Champion, English jockey
1948 – Sandra Post, Canadian golfer and sportscaster
1948 – Jürgen Sparwasser, German footballer and manager
1948:  Jim Wallis, American Christian writer and activist
1949 – Gabriel Arcand, Canadian actor
1949 – Mark B. Cohen, American lawyer and politician
1950 – Raymond Dumais, Canadian bishop (d. 2012)
1950 – Dagmar Krause, German singer and pianist
      (Slapp Happy, Henry Cow, Art Bears, and News from Babel)
1950 – George Noory, American radio host
1950:  Clifford Stoll, American astronomer, author, and teacher
1950 – Kevin Woodford, Manx chef and actor
1951 – Bronisław Malinowski, Polish runner (d. 1981)
1951 – Melanie Phillips, English journalist and author
1951 – Wendy Pini, American author and illustrator
1951 – David Yip, English actor and playwright
1952 – Bronisław Komorowski
      Polish historian and politician, 5th President of Poland
1952 – Dambudzo Marechera, Zimbabwean author and poet
1952 – Parker Stevenson, American actor and director
1953 – Linda Lingle, American journalist and politician, 6th Governor of Hawaii
1953 – Jimmy McCulloch  (d. 1979)
      Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (One in a Million, Wings,
            Small Faces, The Dukes, and Thunderclap Newman)
1953 – Susumu Ojima, Japanese businessman, founded Huser
1953 – Paul Samson, English guitarist and producer (Samson) (d. 2002)
1954 – Raphael Ravenscroft, English saxophonist and composer (d. 2014)
1954 – Kazuhiro Yamaji, Japanese actor and voice actor
1955 – Val McDermid, Scottish author
1955:  Kevin R. Stone, American physician
      founder of The Stone Clinic and the Stone Research Foundation
1955 – Mary Testa, American singer and actress
1956 – Martin Adams, English darts player
1956 – John Hockenberry, American journalist and author
1956 – Terry Kennedy, American baseball player and manager
1956 – Gerry Ryan, Irish radio and television host (d. 2010)
1956 – Joyce Sidman, American author and poet
1956 – Keith David Williams (bka Keith David), American actor and singer
1957 – Yoon Seok-ho, South Korean director and producer
1957 – John Treacy, Irish runner
1958 – Eddie Velez, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1959:  Anil Ambani, Indian businessman
1959 – Juan Camacho, Bolivian runner
1959 – Georgios Voulgarakis, Greek politician, 21st Greek Minister for Culture
1960 – Miloš Đelmaš, Serbian footballer and manager
1960:  Kristine Kathryn Rusch, American writer and editor
1960 – Paul Taylor, American guitarist and keyboard player (Winger)
1960 – Bradley Walsh, English footballer and actor
1961 – El DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and producer (DeBarge)
1961 – Ferenc Gyurcsány
      Hungarian businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Hungary
1962:  Lindsay Frost, American actress
1962 – Krzysztof Hołowczyc, Polish race car driver
1962 – Zenon Jaskuła, Polish cyclist
1962 – John P. Kee, American singer-songwriter and pastor
1963 – Sean Fitzpatrick, New Zealand rugby union player
1963 – Jim Lachey, American football player and sportscaster
1963 – Xavier McDaniel, American basketball player and coach
1964 – Sean Pertwee, English actor
1964 – Kōji Yamamura, Japanese animator, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer
1965:  Matt Gonzalez, American politician, lawyer, and activist
          Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, 2001-2005
1965 – Andrea Jaeger, American tennis player and preacher
      (Anglican Order of Preachers)
1966 – Cecilia Bartoli, Italian soprano and actress
1966 – Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian mathematician and academic
1966 – Bill Wiggin, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
1967 – Robert S. Kimbrough, American colonel and astronaut
1968 – Roger Lim, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1968 – Niurka Montalvo, Cuban-Spanish long jumper
1968 – Albert Joseph Brown III (aka Al B. Sure!)
      American singer-songwriter and producer
1968 – Scott Wolf, American actor
1969:  Zeresenay Alemseged, Ethiopian paleoanthropologist
1969 – Horatio Sanz, Chilean-American actor and comedian
1970 – Deborah Compagnoni, Italian skier
1970 – Richie Hawtin, English-Canadian DJ and producer
1970 – Dave Pybus, English bass player and songwriter
      (Anathema, Cradle of Filth, and Angtoria)
1970 – Izabella Scorupco, Polish-Swedish actress and model
1971 – James Callis, English actor and screenwriter
1971 – Joseph Kabila, Congolese soldier and politician
      President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
1971 – Mike Lee, American lawyer and politician
1971 – Shoji Meguro, Japanese director and composer
1971 – Karl Martin Sinijärv, Estonian journalist and poet
1971 – Noah Wyle, American actor and producer
1972 – Nikka Costa, American singer-songwriter
1972 – Derian Hatcher, American ice hockey player and coach
1972 – Joe Hill, American author
1972 – Rob Huebel, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1973 – Mikey Whipwreck, American wrestler and trainer
1974 – Jacob Sahaya Kumar Aruni, Indian chef (d. 2012)
1974 – Darin Erstad, American baseball player and coach
1974 – Andrew Gwynne, English lawyer and politician
1974 – Janette Husárová, Slovak tennis player
1974 – Stefan Lessard, American bass player (Dave Matthews Band and Yukon Kornelius)
1974 – Buddy Wakefield, American poet and author
1975 – Russell Brand, English comedian, actor, and singer
1975 – Henry Burris, American football player
1975 – Angelina Jolie, American actress, director, producer, and activist
1975:  Theo Rossi, American actor
1975 – Alex Wharf, English cricketer
1976 – Kasey Chambers, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976 – Alexei Navalny, Russian lawyer and politician
1976 – Nenad Zimonjić, Serbian tennis player
1977 – Dionisis Chiotis, Greek footballer
1977 – Quinten Hann, Australian snooker player
1977 – Berglind Icey, Icelandic swimmer and actress   IMDb
1977 – Alex Manninger, Austrian footballer
1977 – Roman Miroshnichenko, Ukrainian guitarist and composer
1977 – Ingrid Visser, Dutch volleyball player (d. 2013)
1978:  Josh McDermitt, American actor and comedian
1978 – Robin Lord Taylor, American actor
1979 – Ryan Davis, American journalist (d. 2013)
1979 – Christopher Dorner, American lieutenant and police officer (d. 2013)
1979 – Naohiro Takahara, Japanese footballer
1979 – Daniel Vickerman, South African-Australian rugby player
1980 – François Beauchemin, Canadian ice hockey player
1981 – Jennifer Carroll, Canadian swimmer
1981 – T. J. Miller, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1981 – Maxi Nil, Greek singer-songwriter (Elysion, On Thorns I Lay, and Visions of Atlantis)
1981 – Giourkas Seitaridis, Greek footballer
1981 – Natalia Vodopyanova, Russian basketball player
1982 – Jin Au-Yeung (bka MC Jin), American-Chinese rapper and actor
1982 – Abel Kirui, Kenyan runner
1982 – Ronnie Prude, American-Canadian football player
1982:  Amelia Warner, English actress and musician
1983 – Romaric, Ivorian footballer
1983 – Emmanuel Eboué, Ivorian footballer
1983 – Olha Saladuha, Ukrainian triple jumper
1984 – Kento Handa, Japanese actor
1984 – Enrico Rossi Chauvenet, Italian footballer
1984:  Jillian Murray, American actress
1984 – Ian White, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Rainie Yang, Taiwanese singer and actress (4 in Love)
1985 – Leon Botha, South African painter and DJ (d. 2011)
1985 – Anna-Lena Grönefeld, German tennis player
1985 – Alicja Janosz, Polish singer
1985 – Evan Lysacek, American figure skater
1985 – Lukas Podolski, German footballer
1985 – Bar Refaeli, Israeli model and actress
1985 – Oddvar Reiakvam, Norwegian politician
1985 – Ana Carolina Reston, Brazilian model (d. 2006)
1986 – Yoochun, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (TVXQ and JYJ)
1986 – Kimberley Busteed, Australian model
1986 – Oona Chaplin, Spanish-English actress and dancer
1986 – Fahriye Evcen, German-Turkish actress
1986 – Shane Kippel, Canadian actor
1986 – Tori Praver, American model and fashion designer
1986 – Shelly Woods, English wheelchair racer
1987 – Mollie King, English singer-songwriter (The Saturdays)
1987 – Luisa Zissman, English businesswoman
1988 – Li Man, Chinese actress
1988 – Mohsen Shadi, Iranian rower
1989 – Federico Erba, Italian footballer
1989 – Paweł Fajdek, Polish hammer thrower
1989 – Eldar Gasimov, Azerbaijani singer (Ell & Nikki)
1990 – Tippi Degré, Namibian-French director
1990 – Zac Farro, American singer and drummer
      (Paramore, Novel American, and Half Noise)
1990 – Jetsun Pema, Bhutanese wife of Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
1990:  Evan Spiegel, American Internet entrepreneur
          co-founder and CEO of Snapchat
1991 – Jordan Hinson, American actress
1991 – Lorenzo Insigne, Italian footballer
1991 – Kathryn Prescott, English actress
1991 – Megan Prescott, English actress
1992 – Dino Jelusić, Croatian singer-songwriter and pianist
1992 – Brooke Vincent, English actress
1995 – Shiori Tamai, Japanese singer (Momoiro Clover Z)
1996 – Charlotte Drury, American gymnast
1997 – Kana Nakanishi, Japanese singer (Angerme)
1999 – Kim So-hyun, South Korean actress


Family



Coulee City

Alta (Knopp) Paulsson

Karmen Bafus
Chip Smith
Brian Tanneberg
Lori Wilson
Gay Ellen Vinson
Jacob Seed
Matthew Webster
Glen Smith
Jarred Wilson

Other




Anniversaries

Coulee City

Jerry & Tami Elder
Dean & Lisa Thompson
Helmut & Kathryn Treffke
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Wilson
1977:  Mark & Ronda (Meier) Knopp



Deaths

VIP

1801 – Frederick Muhlenberg  (b. 1750)
      American minister and politician
      1st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives


Notable

756 – Shōmu, Japanese emperor (b. 701)
1039 – Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 990)
1134 – Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1106)
1135 – Emperor Huizong of Song (b. 1082)
1206 – Adela of Champagne (b. 1140)
1246 – Isabella of Angoulême (b. 1188)
1257 – Przemysł I of Greater Poland (b. 1221)
1394 – Mary de Bohun, English wife of Henry IV of England (b. 1369)
1453 – Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos, Byzantine commander
1463 – Flavio Biondo, Italian historian and author (b. 1392)
1585 – Muretus, French philosopher and author (b. 1526)
1622 – Péter Révay, Hungarian soldier and historian (b. 1568)
1663 – William Juxon, English archbishop and academic (b. 1582)
1798 – Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and author (b. 1725)
1830 – Antonio José de Sucre  (b. 1795)
      Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Bolivia
1872 – Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
      Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
1875 – Eduard Mörike, German pastor and poet (b. 1804)
1922 – W. H. R. Rivers  (b. 1864)
      English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist
1926 – Fred Spofforth, Australian-English cricketer and coach (b. 1853)
1928 – Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (b. 1873)
1929 – Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent (b. 1881)
1931 – Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Sharif and Emir of Mecca, King of the Hejaz (b. 1853/4)
1933 – Ahmet Haşim, Turkish poet and author (b. 1884)
1937 – Ketevan Geladze, Georgian mother of Joseph Stalin (b. 1858)
1939 – Tommy Ladnier, American trumpet player (b. 1900)
1941 – Wilhelm II, German Emperor (b. 1859)
1942 – Reinhard Heydrich, German SS officer and politician (b. 1904)
1951 – Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor (b. 1874)
1956 – Katherine MacDonald, American actress and producer (b. 1881)
1962 – Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (b. 1882)
1967 – Linda Eenpalu, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1890)
1968 – Dorothy Gish, American actress and director (b. 1898)
1970 – Sonny Tufts, American actor and singer (b. 1911)
1971 – György Lukács, Hungarian historian and philosopher (b. 1885)
1973 – Maurice René Fréchet, French mathematician and academic (b. 1878)
1973 – Murry Wilson, American songwriter, producer, and manager (b. 1917)
1981 – Leslie Averill, New Zealand doctor and soldier (b. 1897)
1989 – Dik Browne, American cartoonist (b. 1917)
1990 – Stiv Bators  (b. 1949)
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (The Dead Boys and The Lords of the New Church)
1992 – Carl Stotz, American businessman, founded Little League Baseball (b. 1910)
1994 – Derek Leckenby, English guitarist (Herman's Hermits) (b. 1943)
1994 – Massimo Troisi, Italian actor and director (b. 1953)
1997 – Vladimir Hütt, Russian-Estonian physicist and philosopher (b. 1936)
1997 – Ronnie Lane  (b. 1946)
      English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Faces and Small Faces)
1998 – Josephine Hutchinson, American actress (b. 1903)
2001 – John Hartford, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (b. 1937)
2001 – Dipendra of Nepal (b. 1971)
2002 – Fernando Belaúnde Terry  (b. 1912)
      Peruvian architect and politician, 42nd President of Peru
2004 – Marvin Heemeyer, American welder (b. 1952)
2004 – Steve Lacy, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1934)
2004 – Nino Manfredi, Italian actor (b. 1921)
2007 – Clete Boyer, American baseball player and manager (b. 1937)
2007 – Bill France, Jr., American businessman (b. 1933)
2007 – Sotiris Moustakas, Cypriot-Greek actor (b. 1940)
2007 – Freddie Scott, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
2007 – Craig L. Thomas, American captain and politician (b. 1933)
2008 – Nikos Sergianopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1952)
2010 – John Wooden, American basketball player and coach (b. 1910)
2011 – Juan Francisco Luis  (b. 1940)
      Virgin Islander sergeant and politician
      23rd Governor of the United States Virgin Islands
2011 – Andreas P. Nielsen, Danish author and composer (b. 1953)
2012 – Abu Yahya al-Libi, Libyan terrorist (b. 1963)
2012 – Peter Beaven  (b. 1925)
      New Zealand architect, designed the Lyttelton Road Tunnel Administration Building
2012 – Pedro Borbón, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1946)
2012 – Jim Fitzgerald, American businessman (b. 1926)
2012 – Eduard Khil, Russian singer (b. 1934)
2012 – Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Guatemalan cardinal (b. 1932)
2012 – Herb Reed, American violinist (The Platters) (b. 1929)
2013 – Walt Arfons, American race car driver (b. 1916)
2013 – Joey Covington, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna) (b. 1945)
2013 – Monti Davis, American basketball player (b. 1958)
2013 – Hermann Gunnarsson, Icelandic footballer, handball player, and sportscaster (b. 1946)
2013 – S. Shamsuddin, Singaporean actor (b. 1929)
2013 – Will Wynn, American football player (b. 1949)
2014 – George Ho, American-Hong Kong businessman (b. 1919)
2014 – Doc Neeson, Irish-Australian singer-songwriter (The Angels) (b. 1947)
2014 – Chester Nez, American soldier (b. 1921)
2014 – Nathan Shamuyarira  (b. 1928)
      Zimbabwean journalist and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs
2014 – Sydney Templeman, Baron Templeman, English lawyer and judge (b. 1920)
2014 – Don Zimmer, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1931)
2015 – Marguerite Patten, English economist and author (1915)
2015 – Leonid Plyushch, Ukrainian mathematician and academic (b. 1938)
2015 – Jabe Thomas, American race car driver (b. 1930)
2015 – Anne Warburton, English academic and diplomat, British Ambassador to Denmark
2015 – Hermann Zapf, German typeface designer and calligrapher (b. 1918)


Family



Coulee City



Other

June 2 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths

____________

June 2 in history

____________

Birthdays

VIP

1535 – Pope Leo XI  (d. 27 Apr 1605)
      born Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici
      232nd Pope of Rome, 1 April 1605 – 27 April 1605
1835 – Pope Pius X  (d. 20 Aug 1914)
      born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto
      257th Pope of Rome, 4 Aug 1903 – 20 August 1914

Notable

1423 – Ferdinand I of Naples (d. 1494)
1489 – Charles, Duke of Vendôme (d. 1537)
1731 – Martha Washington  (d. 1802)
      American wife of George Washington, 1st First Lady of the United States
1739 – Jabez Bowen  (d. 1815)
      American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island
1740 – Marquis de Sade, French philosopher and politician (d. 1814)
1743 – Alessandro Cagliostro, Italian occultist and explorer (d. 1795)
1773 – John Randolph of Roanoke  (d. 1833)
      American planter and politician, 8th United States Ambassador to Russia
1774 – William Lawson, English-Australian explorer and politician (d. 1850)
1813 – Daniel Pollen  (d. 1896)
      Irish-New Zealand politician, 9th Prime Minister of New Zealand
1816:  Grace Aguilar, English novelist, poet, and writer  (16 Sep 1847)
1823 – Gédéon Ouimet  (d. 1905)
      Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec
1838 – Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg (d. 1900)
1840 – Thomas Hardy, English author and poet (d. 1928)
1840:  John Lancaster Spalding   (d. 25 Aug 1916)
      American Roman Catholic bishop
1857 – Edward Elgar, English composer and educator (d. 1934)
1857 – Karl Adolph Gjellerup  (d. 1919)
      Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate
1861 – Concordia Selander, Swedish actress and manager (d. 1935)
1863 – Felix Weingartner  (d. 1942)
      Croatian-Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor
1865 – George Lohmann, English cricketer (d. 1901)
1868:  John Hope, American educator and political activist  (d. 22 Feb 1936)
1869 – Jack O'Connor, American baseball player and manager (d. 1937)
1875 – Charles Stewart Mott  (d. 1973)
      American businessman and politician, 50th Mayor of Flint, Michigan
1878 – Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader (d. 1912)
1881 – Walter Egan, American golfer (d. 1971)
1886 – Hermila Galindo, Mexican feminist (d. 1954)
1887 – Gottlieb Hering, German SS officer (d. 1945)
1887 – Howard Johnson, American songwriter (d. 1941)
1891 – Thurman Arnold, American lawyer and judge (d. 1969)
1891 – Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral and pilot (d. 1945)
1899 – Lotte Reiniger, German animator and director (d. 1981)
1899 – Edwin Way Teale, American environmentalist and photographer (d. 1980)
1904 – Frank Runacres, English painter and educator (d. 1974)
1904 – Johnny Weissmuller, Romanian-American swimmer and actor (d. 1984)
1907 – Dorothy West, American journalist and author (d. 1998)
1907 – John Lehmann, English poet and publisher (d. 1987)
1910 – Hector Dyer, American sprinter (d. 1990)
1911 – Joe McCluskey, American runner (d. 2002)
1913 – Barbara Pym, English author (d. 1980)
1913 – Walter Andreas Schwarz  (d. 1992)
      German singer-songwriter and playwright
1913 – Elsie Tu, English-Hong Kong educator and politician (d. 2015)
1914 – Johnny Bulla, American golfer (d. 2003)
1915 – Walter Tetley, American voice actor (d. 1975)
1915 – Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian spy (d. 1992)
1917 – Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and director (d. 2006)
1917 – Max Showalter, American actor, singer, and pianist (d. 2000)
1918 – Ruth Atkinson, Canadian-American illustrator (d. 1997)
1918 – Kathryn Tucker Windham, American journalist and author (d. 2011)
1919 – Nat Mayer Shapiro, American painter (d. 2005)
1920 – Frank G. Clement, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Tennessee (d. 1969)
1920 – Yolande Donlan, American-English actress (d. 2014)
1920 – Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-German author and critic (d. 2013)
1920 – Tex Schramm, American businessman (d. 2003)
1920 – Johnny Speight, English screenwriter and producer (d. 1998)
1921 – Betty Freeman, American photographer and philanthropist (d. 2009)
1921 – Ernie Royal, American trumpet player (The Tonight Show Band) (d. 1983)
1921 – Sigmund Sternberg, Hungarian-English businessman and philanthropist
1921 – András József Szennay, Hungarian priest (d. 2012)
1922 – Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1922 – Charlie Sifford, American golfer (d. 2015)
1922 – Carmen Silvera, Canadian-English actress and singer (d. 2002)
1923 – Lloyd Shapley  (d. 2016)
      American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1924 – June Callwood, Canadian journalist, author, and activist (d. 2007)
1924 – Al Ruscio, American actor (d. 2013)
1926 – Chiyonoyama Masanobu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st Yokozuna (d. 1977)
1926 – Milo O'Shea, Irish-American actor (d. 2013)
1927 – W. Watts Biggers, American author, screenwriter, and animator (d. 2013)
1927 – Christopher Slade, English lawyer and judge
1928 – Erzsi Kovács, Hungarian singer (d. 2014)
1928 – Rafael A. Lecuona, Cuban-American gymnast and academic (d. 2014)
1929 – Norton Juster, American architect, author, and academic
1929 – Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player (d. 2007)
1930 – Pete Conrad, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1999)
1930 – Bob Lillis, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1931 – William H. Donaldson, American banker and businessman
      co-founded Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
1931 – Larry Jackson, American baseball player and politician (d. 1990)
1931 – Gerry Peacocke, Australian politician (d. 2013)
1932 – Sammy Turner, American singer
1933 – Jerry Lumpe, American baseball player and coach (d. 2014)
1934 – Johnny Carter, American singer (The Flamingos and The Dells) (d. 2009)
1935 – Carol Shields, American-Canadian author, poet, and playwright (d. 2003)
1935 – Roger Brierley, English actor (d. 2005)
1935 – Dimitri Kitsikis, Greek poet and educator
1936 – Richard Harries, Baron Harries of Pentregarth, English bishop and theologian
1936 – Volodymyr Holubnychy, Ukrainian race walker
1936 – Jean Nelissen, Dutch journalist (d. 2010)
1937 – Rosalyn Higgins, English lawyer and judge
1937 – Sally Kellerman, American actress
1937 – Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
1937 – Robert Paul, Canadian figure skater and choreographer
1938 – Kevin Brownlow, English historian and author
1938 – Clifton Cushman, American hurdler and soldier (d. 1966)
1938 – George William Penrose, Lord Penrose, Scottish lawyer and judge
1938 – Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld of Sweden
      Désirée Elisabeth Sibylla
1939:  Michael N. Castle, American politician
          69th Governor of Delaware, 1993-2011
          U.S. Representative, R. DE, 1985-1992
1939 – John Schlee, American golfer (d. 2000)
1940 – Constantine II of Greece
1941 – Ünal Aysal, Turkish businessman
1941 – William Guest  (d. 2015)
      American singer-songwriter and producer (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
1941 – Susan Hart, American actress
1941 – Stacy Keach, American actor
1941 – Lou Nanne, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager
1941 – Charlie Watts, English drummer, songwriter, and producer
      (The Rolling Stones and Blues Incorporated)
1941 – Jeff Winkless, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1942:  Tony Buzan, English author and educational consultant
1942 – Maree Cheatham, American actress
1943 – Ilaiyaraaja, Indian singer-songwriter and producer
1943 – Charles Haid, American actor and director
1943:  Robert Hewison, British cultural historian
1943 – Crescenzio Sepe, Italian cardinal
1944 – Robert Elliott, American actor (d. 2004)
1944 – Marvin Hamlisch, American composer and conductor (d. 2012)
1945:  Michael Leunig, Australian cartoonist, poet, and cultural commentator
1945 – Richard Long, English painter, sculptor, and photographer
1945 – Bonnie Newman, American businessman and politician
1946 – David Arculus, English businessman
1946 – Song Dae-kwan, South Korean singer
1946 – Lasse Hallström, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Peter Sutcliffe, English serial killer
1946 – Tomomichi Nishimura, Japanese voice actor
1947 – Mark Elder, English conductor and director
1948 – Jerry Mathers, American child actor
1949 – Heather Couper, English astronomer and physicist
1949 – Jack Pierce, American baseball player and coach (d. 2012)
1949 – Frank Rich, American journalist and critic
1950 – Jonathan Evans, Welsh lawyer and politician
1950 – Joanna Gleason, Canadian actress and singer
1950 – Anne Phillips, English theorist and academic
1951:  Kenneth Chenault, American businessman
          CEO and Chairman of American Express, 2001-present
1951 – Arnold Mühren, Dutch footballer and manager
1951 – Larry Robinson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1951 – Alexander Wylie, Lord Kinclaven, Scottish lawyer, judge, and educator
1952 – Gary Bettman, American commissioner of the National Hockey League
1953 – Vidar Johansen, Norwegian saxophonist
1953 – Dave Boy Green, English boxer and businessman
1953 – Craig Stadler, American golfer
1953 – Cornel West, American philosopher, author, and academic
1954 – Dennis Haysbert, American actor and producer
1955 – Dana Carvey, American comedian and actor
1955 – Nandan Nilekani, Indian businessman, co-founded Infosys
1955 – Michael Steele, American singer-songwriter and bass player
      (The Bangles and The Runaways)
1956 – Jan Lammers, Dutch race car driver
1956 – Mani Ratnam, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
1957 – Mark Lawrenson, English footballer and manager
1957 – Jonathan Stack, American director and producer
1958 – Lawrence Wendell "Larry" Pfohl (bka Lex Luger)
      American wrestler and football player
1959:  John Bevere, American author
1959 – Rineke Dijkstra, Dutch photographer
1959 – Charlie Huddy, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
1959 – Lydia Lunch, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
      (Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, 8-Eyed Spy, Harry Crews,
            and My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult)
1959 – Erwin Olaf, Dutch photographer
1960 – Olga Bondarenko, Russian runner
1960 – Tony Hadley, English singer-songwriter and actor (Spandau Ballet)
1960 – Kyle Petty, American race car driver and sportscaster
1960 – Shaun Wallace, British television personality and barrister
1961 – Dez Cadena, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Misfits, Black Flag, Osaka Popstar, DC3, The Gentlemen, and Loaded)
1961 – Kare Kauks, Estonian singer and music teacher
1962 – Mark Plaatjes, South African-American runner and coach
1963 – Anand Abhyankar, Indian actor (d. 2012)
1964 – Caroline Link, German director and screenwriter
1965 – Russ Courtnall, Canadian ice hockey player
1965 – Jim Knipfel, American journalist and author
1965 – Sean Stewart, American-Canadian author
1965 – Mark Waugh Australian cricketer and journalist
1965 – Steve Waugh, Australian cricketer
1966 – Pedro Guerra, Spanish singer-songwriter
1966 – Petra van Staveren, Dutch swimmer
1967 – Remigija Nazarovienė, Lithuanian heptathlete and coach
1967 – Mike Stanton, American baseball player
1968 – Andy Cohen, American television host and author
1968 – Jon Culshaw, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1968 – Jason Falkner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
     (Jellyfish, The Grays, and The Three O'Clock)
1968 – Lester Napoleon Green (bka Beetlejuice), American comedian and actor
1969 – Kurt Abbott, American baseball player
1969 – Cy Chadwick, English actor and producer
1969 – Jamie Thraves, English film writer, director and music video director
1969 – David Wheaton, American tennis player, radio host, and athor
1970 – Louis Freese (bka B-Real)
      American rapper, producer, and actor (Cypress Hill and Kush)
1970 – Gökhan Kırdar, Turkish singer-songwriter
1970 – Andy McCollum, American football player and coach
1970:  Patricia Riggen, Mexican American film director
1971 – Kateřina Jacques, Czech translator and politician
1971 – Joseph Glenn Herbert (bka Jo Koy) American comedian and radio host
1971 – Anthony Montgomery, American actor
1972 – Wayne Brady, American actor, comedian, game show host, and singer
1972 – Raúl Ibañez, American baseball player
1972 – Wentworth Miller, American actor and screenwriter
1973 – Carlos Acosta, Cuban-English ballet dancer
1973 – Marko Kristal, Estonian footballer and manager
1973 – Neifi Pérez, Dominican-American baseball player
1974 – Gata Kamsky, Russian-American chess player
1974 – Raiko Pachel, Estonian swimmer
1974 – Matt Serra, American mixed martial artist
1975 – Salvatore Scibona, American author
1975 – Gisle Torvik, Norwegian guitarist
1976 – Earl Boykins, American basketball player
1976 – Martin Čech, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1976 – Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer
1976 – Tim Rice-Oxley, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
      (Keane and Mt. Desolation)
1976 – Queen 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso of Lesotho
1977 – Teet Allas, Estonian footballer
1977 – Dorian Çollaku, Albanian hammer thrower
1977 – Zachary Quinto, American actor and producer
1978 – Dominic Cooper, English actor and singer
1978 – Nikki Cox, American actress
1978 – Justin Long, American actor
1978 – A.J. Styles, American wrestler
1979 – Morena Baccarin, Brazilian-American actress
1979 – Butterfly Boucher, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1979:  James Ransone, American actor
1979 – Natalia Rodríguez, Spanish runner
1979 – Taavi Varm, Estonian artist
1980:  Daniel Breaker, American actor
1980 – Fabrizio Moretti, Brazilian-American drummer (The Strokes and Little Joy)
1980 – Bobby Simmons, American basketball player
1980 – Richard Skuse, English rugby player
1980 – Abby Wambach, American soccer player and coach
1980 – Tomasz Wróblewski, Polish bass player and songwriter
      (Behemoth, Vesania, and Black River)
1981 – Nikolay Davydenko, Russian tennis player
1981 – Catherine Manoukian, Canadian violinist
1981 – Jamie Lynn Szantyr (bka Velvet Sky), American wrestler and manager
1981 – Chin-hui Tsao, Taiwanese baseball player
1982 – Jānis Karlivāns, Latvian decathlete
1982 – Andres Raja, Estonian decathlete
1982 – Jewel Staite, Canadian actress
1982 – Wendy Valdez, Filipino beauty queen and actress
1983 – Chris Higgins, American ice hockey player
1983 – Leela James, American singer-songwriter
1983:  Yuliya Snigir, Russian actress and model
1983 – Brooke White, American singer-songwriter and actress (Jack and White)
1984 – Max Boyer, Canadian wrestler
1984 – Feleti Mateo, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
1985 – Ana Cristina, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1985 – Jacqueline Fernandez
      Sri Lankan model and actress, Miss Sri Lanka Universe 2006
1985 – Miyuki Sawashiro, Japanese voice actress and singer
1986 – Todd Carney, Australian rugby league player
1986 – Curtis Lofton, American football player
1987 – Maryka Holtzhausen, South African netball player
1987 – Yoann Huget, French rugby player
1987 – Matthew Koma, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1987 – Caitlin Mallory, American-Estonian ice dancer
1987 – Angelo Mathews, Sri Lankan cricketer
1987 – Sonakshi Sinha, Indian actress
1987 – Darin Zanyar, Swedish singer-songwriter
1988 – Sergio Agüero, Argentinian footballer
1988 – Patrik Berglund, Swedish ice hockey player
1988 – Joe Lefeged, American football player
1989 – Freddy Adu, Ghanaian-American soccer player
1989 – Michael Dunigan, American basketball player
1989 – Steven Smith, Australian cricketer
1990 – Brittany Curran, American actress
1992 – Pajtim Kasami, Swiss footballer
1993 – Lukas Spendlhofer, Austrian footballer
1993 – Adam Taggart, Australian footballer
1994 – Jemma McKenzie-Brown, English actress
1994 – Antonio Spavone, Italian race car driver
1995 – Sterling Beaumon, American actor
1996 – Morissette Amon, Filipina actress and singer


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Joyce Edie
Eva Logan
Sawyer Hamann
Brandon Boutain
Nick Gnaedinger
Austin Reyes


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Anniversaries

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Rob & Connie Glendinning
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Sample

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Notable

891 – Al-Muwaffaq, Abbasid general (b. 842)
910 – Richilde of Provence (b. 845)
1418 – Catherine of Lancaster (b. 1373)
1567 – Shane O'Neill, Irish king (b. 1530)
1581 – James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton  (b. 1525)
      Scottish soldier and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland
1693 – John Wildman  (b. 1621)
      English soldier and politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom
1701 – Madeleine de Scudéry, French author (b. 1607)
1716 – Ogata Kōrin, Japanese painter and educator (b. 1658)
1720 – Jeremiah Shepard, American minister (b. 1648)
1754 – Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish minister and theologian (b. 1680)
1761 – Jonas Alströmer, Swedish businessman (b. 1685)
1785 – Jean Paul de Gua de Malves, French mathematician and academic (b. 1713)
1806 – William Tate, English painter (b. 1747)
1833 – Simon Byrne, Irish boxer (b. 1806)
1853 – Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English general (b. 1777)
1865 – Ner Middleswarth, American judge and politician (b. 1783)
1875 – Józef Kremer, Polish psychologist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1806)
1881 – Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1801)
1882 – Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (b. 1807)
1901 – George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary and author (b. 1844)
1927 – Hüseyin Avni Lifij, Turkish painter (b. 1886)
1929 – Enrique Gorostieta, Mexican general (b. 1889)
1933 – Frank Jarvis, American runner and triple jumper (b. 1878)
1937 – Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (b. 1870)
1941 – Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (b. 1903)
1942 – Bunny Berigan, American singer and trumpet player (The Dorsey Brothers) (b. 1908)
1947 – John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (b. 1867)
1948 – Viktor Brack, German physician (b. 1904)
1948 – Karl Brandt, German SS officer (b. 1904)
1948 – Karl Gebhardt, German physician (b. 1897)
1948 – Waldemar Hoven, German physician (b. 1903)
1948 – Wolfram Sievers, German SS officer (b. 1905)
1951 – Ernst Pittschau, German actor (b. 1883)
1952 – Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall (b. 1880)
1956 – Jean Hersholt, Danish-American actor, singer, and director (b. 1886)
1961 – George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1889)
1962 – Vita Sackville-West, English author and poet (b. 1892)
1967 – Benno Ohnesorg, German student and activist (b. 1940)
1968 – André Mathieu, Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1929)
1969 – Leo Gorcey, American actor and singer (b. 1917)
1970 – Orhan Kemal, Turkish author (b. 1914)
1970 – Albert Lamorisse, French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
1970 – Bruce McLaren  (b. 1937)
      New Zealand race car driver and engineer, founded the McLaren racing team
1970 – Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian soldier, journalist, and academic (b. 1888)
1974 – Hiroshi Kazato, Japanese race car driver (b. 1949)
1976 – Kenneth Mason, English soldier and geographer (b. 1887)
1976 – Juan José Torres, Bolivian general and politician, 61st President of Bolivia (b. 1920)
1977 – Albert Bittlmayer, German footballer (b. 1952)
1977 – Stephen Boyd, Northern Irish-born American actor (b. 1931)
1978 – Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and coach (b. 1895)
1979 – Jim Hutton, American actor (b. 1934)
1982 – Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th President of Pakistan (b. 1904)
1983 – Stan Rogers, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
1983 – Ray Stehr, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1913)
1986 – Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1901)
1987 – Anthony de Mello, Indian-American priest and psychotherapist (b. 1931)
1987 – Sammy Kaye, American bandleader and songwriter (b. 1910)
1987 – Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (b. 1893)
1988 – Raj Kapoor, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1924)
1989 – Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1907)
1990 – Jack Gilford, American actor and singer (b. 1908)
1990 – Rex Harrison, English-American actor and singer (b. 1908)
1991 – Ahmed Arif, Turkish poet and author (b. 1927)
1992 – Philip Dunne, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
1993 – Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1913)
1994 – David Stove, Australian philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1927)
1996 – John Alton, Hungarian-American cinematographer and director (b. 1901)
1996 – Ray Combs, American actor and game show host (b. 1956)
1996 – Leon Garfield, English author (b. 1921)
1996 – Amos Tversky, Israeli psychologist and academic (b. 1937)
1997 – Doc Cheatham  (b. 1905)
      American trumpet player, singer, and bandleader (McKinney's Cotton Pickers)
1998 – Junkyard Dog, American football player and wrestler (b. 1952)
1999 – Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican singer (Bob Marley and the Wailers) (b. 1949)
2000 – Svyatoslav Fyodorov, Russian ophthalmologist, academic, and politician (b. 1927)
2000 – John Schlee, American golfer (b. 1939)
2000 – Lepo Sumera, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1950)
2000 – Gerald James Whitrow, English mathematician, cosmologist, and historian (b. 1912)
2001 – Imogene Coca, American actress and comedian (b. 1908)
2001 – Giuseppe Antonio Berardinelli (bka Joey Maxim), American boxer (b. 1922)
2002 – Hugo van Lawick, Dutch director and photographer (b. 1937)
2003 – Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager (b. 1918)
2004 – Loyd Sigmon, American radio host (b. 1909)
2005 – Lucien Cliche, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1916)
2005 – Gunder Gundersen, Norwegian skier (b. 1930)
2005 – Samir Kassir, Lebanese journalist and educator (b. 1950)
2005 – Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (b. 1912)
2006 – Keith Smith, English rugby player and coach (b. 1952)
2006 – Vince Welnick  (b. 1951)
      American keyboard player (Grateful Dead, The Tubes, and Missing Man Formation)
2007 – Kentarō Haneda, Japanese pianist and composer (b. 1949)
2007 – Huang Ju  (b. 1938)
      Chinese engineer and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
2008 – Mel Ferrer, American actor (b. 1917)
2008 – Ellas McDaniel (bka Bo Diddley)  (b. 1928)
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
2008 – Cevher Özden, Turkish banker and businessman (b. 1933)
2009 – David Eddings, American author (b. 1931)
2011 – Ray Bryant, American pianist and composer (b. 1931)
2011 – Willem Duys, Dutch television host and producer (b. 1928)
2012 – Avraham Botzer, Polish-Israeli commander (b. 1929)
2012 – Adolfo Calero, Nicaraguan businessman (b. 1931)
2012 – Richard Dawson  (b. 1932)
      English-American actor, television personality, and game show panelist/host
2012 – LeRoy Ellis, American basketball player (b. 1940)
2012 – Kathryn Joosten, American actress (b. 1939)
2012 – Jan Gmelich Meijling, Dutch commander and politician (b. 1943)
2013 – Mick Richard Morris (MickDeth)  (b. 1978)
      American bass player (Eighteen Visions and Clear)
2013 – Mario Bernardi, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1930)
2013 – Chen Xitong, Chinese politician, 8th Mayor of Beijing (b. 1930)
2013 – Nick Keir, Scottish singer-songwriter (The McCalmans) (b. 1953)
2013 – Rob Morsberger, American-English singer-songwriter (b. 1960)
2013 – Mandawuy Yunupingu, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Yothu Yindi) (b. 1956)
2014 – Ivica Brzić, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1941)
2014 – Anjan Das, Indian director and producer (b. 1951)
2014 – Gennadi Gusarov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1937)
2014 – Nikolay Khrenkov, Russian bobsledder (b. 1984)
2014 – Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Indian cardinal (b. 1924)
2014 – Kuaima Riruako, Namibian politician (b. 1935)
2014 – Alexander Shulgin, American pharmacologist and chemist (b. 1925)
2015 – Fernando de Araújo, East Timorese politician, President of East Timor (b. 1963)
2015 – Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas, Colombian-Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1934)
2015 – Irwin Rose, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)


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