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swampmoose
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| Re: Births And Deaths |
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Today is Tuesday, August 17, 2004.
Births
1586 - Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)
1601 - Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20]
1686 - Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer
1720 - Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)
1775 - Philippe Libon, composer
1779 - Franz de Paula Roser, composer
1786 - Davy Crockett, US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician (Alamo)
1811 - Johannes H Scholten, Dutch theologist (Free Will)
1817 - Joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister (1870-71)
1819 - James Henry Van Alen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
1828 - George William Warren, composer
1834 - Peter Benoit, Flemish composer/conductor (Leie/Rubens Cantata)
1839 - Hubert Platt Main, composer
1839 - Thijs [Matthijs] Maris, Dutch painter/etcher
1840 - Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer (Irish Land League)
1841 - Lus NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet
1844 - Menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913)
1851 - Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist
1856 - Violet Paget, [Vernon Lee], British author (Satan the master)
1870 - Frederick Russell, developed 1st successful typhoid fever vaccine
1876 - Dubler, writer
1876 - Eric Drummond, 1st Secretary-General of League of Nations (1919-33)
1876 - Henri G Winkelman, Dutch general/supreme commander/navy 1940
1876 - Theodor Dubler, German writer (Northern Lights)
1878 - Reg Duff, cricketer (Australian bat, century on debut 1902)
1880 - Leo Ascher, composer
1880 - Percy Sherwell, cricketer (great S African batsman-keeper-captain)
1882 - Samuel Goldwyn, [Goldfish], movie producer (MGM)
1885 - Clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German anarchists/feminist (Wife and society)
1885 - Kurt Hiller, writer
1887 - Charles I, last emperor of Austria-Hungary (1916-18)
1887 - Marcus Garvey, began back-to-Africa movement among US blacks
1888 - Monty Wooley, NYC, actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner)
1890 - Harry L Hopkins, US politician (Loan and Lease law)
1892 - Mae West, Bkln, actress (Go Up and See Her Sometime, Klondike Annie)
1894 - Erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author (Jorden)
1894 - Johan Polet, Dutch sculptor
1896 - Henry P de Vries, Dutch painter/poet (Laws of the Americas)
1898 - Gerard Schmook, Flemish librarian/historian/custodian
1900 - Quincy Howe, Boston Mass, newscaster (CBS Weekend News)
1901 - Henri Tomasi, Marseilles France, composer (Don Juan de Maara)
1903 - Abram Chasins, composer
1905 - John Hay Whitney, publisher (NY Herald Trib 1961-67)
1906 - Hazel Bishop, chemist/cosmetics manufacturer
1906 - Marcello J das Neves Alves Caetano, premier of Portugal (1968-74)
1907 - Marian Viktorovich Koval, composer
1908 - Kurt Hessenberg, composer
1910 - Eric Aaltonen, composer
1910 - J A Manusama, Moluccan politician
1910 - R Peyrefitte, writer
1911 - Frederik de Merode, Belgian prince
1911 - Jan Lode Cantens, Flemish dramatist (God's Murderer)
1912 - Edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop
1914 - Franklin D Roosevelt Jr, son of FDR/(Rep-D-NY, 1949-55)
1916 - Eleanor Steber, opera singer
1916 - John de Young, resistance fighter
1917 - P Roger Peyrefitte, French writer (Singular Love)
1917 - Safa Khulusi, writer
1918 - Mort Marshall, NYC, actor (Cully-Dumplings)
1920 - Georgia Gibbs, Worcester Mass, singer (Ballin the Jack, Kiss of Fire)
1921 - Geoffery Rudolph Elton, historiographer
1921 - Maureen O'Hara, [Fitzsimmons], Dublin, actress (Miracle on 34th St)
1922 - Paul Wiens, writer
1922 - Ralph Roberts, Salisbury NC, actor (Tradition, Gone are the Days)
1922 - Roy Tattersall, cricketer (brilliant England off-spinner early 50's)
1923 - Anton Kersjes, violinist/conductor (Amsterdam Philharmonic Orch)
1923 - Larry Rivers, [Grossberg], NYC, painter (Wash crossing Delaware-1953)
1924 - Evan S Connell, US writer
1924 - Helen Wallis, cartographer/librarian
1924 - John A Emmens, art historian/poet (Kunst and Vliegwerk)
1924 - Laurence Richard Deniz, jazz guitarist
1925 - John Hawkes, US writer (2nd Skin)
1925 - John Howard Purnell, scientist
1926 - Haakon Barfod, Norway, yachting (Olympic-gold-1948, 52)
1926 - Jean Poiret, French actor/writer (Le Dernier Metro)
1927 - Bernard "Bernie" Cornfeld, Romanian/US financier (Fund of Funds)
1927 - Robert Moore, Detroit Mich, actor (Marshall-Diana)
1928 - Jean R Adams, entomologist
1928 - Thomas Jefferson Anderson, composer
1928 - Willem Duys, Dutch radio/TV host
1929 - Francis Gary Powers, US spy (USSR captures him in 1959 U-2 incident)
1930 - James Gulliver, businessman
1930 - Ted Hughes, British poet laureate
1931 - Alain Mimoun O'Kacha, Fran, marathoner (Olympic-gold-1956) [or 1/1/21]
1932 - Chet Allen, Chickasha Okla, actor (Jerry-Bonino, Slats-Troubleshooter)
1932 - Vidiadhar S Naipaul, Trinidad, novelist (Middle Passage)
1934 - Maureen Connally, champion tennis player (Wimbledon)
1936 - Ivan Parik, composer
1937 - Yevgeni Aleksandrovich Illyin, Russia, cosmonaut
1939 - Luther Allison, Mayflower Ark, rock guitarist (Bad News is Coming)
1940 - David E Price, (Rep-D-North Carolina)
1940 - Thomas Williams, US, ice hockey play (Olympic-gold-1960)
1941 - Boog Powell, baseball player (AL MVP 1970)
1941 - Ibrahim Babangida, president of Nigeria (1985- )
1943 - Edward Cowie, composer
1943 - Koos Postema, editor-in-chief (Vrije Volk)/Dutch TV host
1943 - Robert De Niro, NYC, actor (Bang the Drum Slowly, Taxi Driver)
1943 - Yukio Kasaya, Japan, 70m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1972)
1946 - Hans Vandenburg, Dutch singer/guitarist (Gruppo Sportivo)
1947 - Gary Talley, Memphis Tn, rock guitarist (Box Tops)
1948 - Bo Rucker, Tampa FL, actor (Superman, Soup for One, Lock Up)
1949 - Sib Hashian, Boston Mass, rock drummer (Boston)
1951 - Alan Minter, England, light-middleweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1972)
1951 - Robert Joy, Montreal Quebec, actor (Big Shots, Suicide Club)
1952 - Guillermo Vilas, Argentina, tennis champ (US Open-1977)
1952 - Kathryn C Thornton, Montgomery Ala, PhD/astronaut (STS 33, 49, 61, 73)
1952 - Nelson Piquet, auto racer, 3-time Formula One champ (1981, '83, '87)
1952 - Thomas J Hennen, Albany GA, astronaut (STS 44)
1953 - Kevin Rowlands, rock vocalist (Dexy's Midnight Runners-Come on Eileen)
1953 - Robert Brent Thirsk, BC Canada, astronaut (STS 78)
1955 - Colin Moulding, English pop guitarist (XTC)
1955 - Janet Quist Austin TX, playmate (Dec, 1978)
1955 - Kevin Welch, Calif, country songwriter/actor (Thing Called Love)
1958 - Belinda Carlisle, Hollywood Ca, (GoGos lead singer, Heaven on Earth)
1960 - Bruce Penhall, Balboa CA, actor (Savage Beach)
1960 - Sean Penn, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
1961 - Jamie Macoun, Newmarket, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs)
1962 - Gilby Clarke, US pop guitarist (Guns n' Roses-Civil War)
1963 - Carmen Berg, Bismark ND, playmate (July, 1987)
1964 - Pete McCutcheon, Boston Mass, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Quebec Open)
1965 - Dottie Mochrie Pepper, Saratoga Springs NY, golfer (1992 Dinah Shore)
1965 - Fred Grim, soccer player (Cambuur L, Ajax)
1965 - Glen Goldsmith, rocker (What You See is What You Get)
1965 - Robert Manry, Cleve newspaper editor/sailed the Atlantic (in craft)
1965 - Steve Gorman, Hopkinsville Ky, rock drummer (Black Crowes)
1966 - Cedric Figaro, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals)
1966 - Zefross Moss, NFL tackle (Detroit Lions, NE Patriots)
1967 - James Jenkins, NFL tight end (Washington Redskins)
1967 - Kenny Davidson, NFL defensive end (Houston Oilers)
1967 - Nelson Emerson, Hamilton, NHL right wing (Hartford Whalers)
1968 - Ed McCaffrey, NFL wide reciever (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1968 - Vince Marrow, WLAF TE (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1969 - Christian Laettner, NBA forward/center (Atlanta Hawks, Oly-gold-92)
1969 - Donald E Wahlberg Jr, Boston, rocker (New Kids-Hangin' Tough)
1969 - Ed Cunningham, NFL center (Arizona Cardinals)
1969 - Maria Strandlund, Akersberga Sweden, tennis star (1987 Futures NOR)
1970 - Bernard Wilson, NFL defensive tackle (Arizona Cardinals)
1970 - Brad Bretz, WLAF quarterback (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1970 - Jim Courier, Sanford Florida, tennis champ (1990, 91 French)
1972 - Ernie Conwell, tight end (St Louis Rams)
1973 - A J Wood, Pittsburgh, soccer forward (Olympics-gold-96)
1973 - Kerry Mock, WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1973 - Paul Wiggins, offensive linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1973 - Tim Forsyth, Australian high jumper (Olympics-bronze-92, 96)
1977 - Jake Patellis, actor (Paul Bowman-Good Life)
1986 - Bryton McClure, Lakewood Calif, actor (Richie-Family Matters)
1991 - Mikhail Moseyevich Botvinnik, world Chess Champion
Deaths
0754 - Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39
1464 - Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies
1510 - Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded
1510 - Richard Empson, English treasurer, beheaded
1536 - Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight - on Index), dies
1553 - Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies
1635 - Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48
1676 - Grimmelshausen, writer, dies
1681 - Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76
1730 - Mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61
1731 - Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57
1777 - Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54
1785 - Jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies
1786 - Frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74
1792 - Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38
1804 - Barbara Hec, organized 1st methodist church in US, dies
1850 - Jos Francisco de San Martin, South American revolutionary hero, dies
1865 - Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer, dies at 82
1865 - Mosby Munroe Parsons, US Confederate gen-maj, dies in battle
1878 - Richard Upjohn, US architect, died
1880 - Ole Bull, composer, dies at 70
1887 - Franz Commer, composer, dies at 74
1888 - James Jameson, British nature investigator (Congo), dies
1889 - Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor, dies at 42
1893 - Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52[NS=8/29]
1896 - Bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident
1898 - Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56
1901 - Edmond Audran, composer, dies at 61
1909 - Richard Hoffman, composer, dies at 78
1914 - James Grierson, British general
1915 - Leo Frank, lynched for raping 12 year old in Georgia
1920 - Ray Chapman, hit in the head by Yanks' Carl Mays pitch, dies
1924 - Pavel S "Paul" Urysohn, Russian mathematician, drowns at 26
1924 - Tom Kendall, cricketer (14 wickets in Australia's 1st two Tests), dies
1927 - Horace Alderman, US, murderer, hanged
1936 - Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Surgery and Foules), dies at 36
1944 - John Trumble, cricketer (brother of Hugh 7 Tests 1885-86), dies
1945 - Gino Marinuzzi, composer, dies at 61
1945 - Pater Bleijs, [Louis], resistance fighter, dies in car accident
1948 - Nico J Polak, Dutch economist, dies at 60
1953 - Johannes B Tielrooy, literature (French Living Lesson), dies at 66
1954 - Billy Murray, singer (Denver Nightengale), dies at 77
1955 - Fernand Lger, French painter (Grand Parade), dies
1958 - Florent Schmitt, French composer/critic (Jardin Secret), dies at 87
1961 - Carlos Leon Salzedo, composer, dies at 76
1963 - Richard Barthelmess, actor (Heroes for Sales), dies of cancer at 68
1966 - Archibald Palm, cricketer (Test S Africa v England 1927-28), dies
1966 - Michael Garrison, producer (Crowded Sky), dies after a fall at 43
1969 - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, architect (November Group), dies at 83
1969 - Philip Blaiberg, after 19 days with artificial heart, dies
1971 - Horace McMahon, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 64
1972 - Raymond Brulez, Flemish author (Schoone slaapster), dies at 76
1972 - Wampilow, writer, dies
1973 - Conrad Aiken, US poet (Pulitzer), dies at 74
1973 - Jean Barraqu, French composer, dies at 45
1973 - Paul Williams, rocker (Temptations), commits suicide at 32
1974 - Aldo Palazzeschi, [Giurlani], Italian writer, dies at 89
1974 - Edgar Dearing, actor (Free and Easy, Abraham Lincoln), dies at 81
1975 - Sig Arno, Hamburg Germany, actor (My Friend Irma), dies at 80
1975 - Vladimir Kutz, Russian distance runner (Olympic-gold-56) dies at 48
1976 - Murvyn Vye, actor (Road to Bali, Escape to Burma), dies at 63
1976 - William Redfield, actor (Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop), dies at 48
1979 - Vivian Vance, actress (Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy), diesof cancer at 67
1981 - Robert Russell Bennett, US composer/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 87
1982 - Barney Phillips, actor (Dragnet, Felony Squad), dies at 68
1982 - Ruth Voorst, South African (A World Apart), killed by letter bomb
1983 - Ira Gershwin, lyricist, dies in Beverly Hills at 86
1984 - Holly Roffey, youngest heart transplant, dies at 4 weeks
1987 - Charles Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet, dies at 84
1987 - Rudolph Hess, Nazi (46 years in Spandau Prison), commits suicide at 93
1988 - Franklin D Roosevelt Jr, (Rep-D-NY, 1949-55), dies on 74th birthday
1988 - Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq, pres of Pakistan (1978-88), dies in plane crash at 64
1988 - Victoria Shaw, actress (Alvarez Kelly, Westworld), dies
1990 - Pearl Bailey, actress (Landlord)/singer, dies of heart attack at 72
1990 - Roderick Cook, actor (Rockabye), dies of apparent heart attack at 58
1991 - Don Dubbins, actor (Enchanted Island, DI), dies at 63
1991 - Leo Geerts, [Marcel van der Linden], Belgian writer/critic, dies
1991 - Mervyn Nelson, director (Some of My Best Friends Are...), dies at 76
1992 - Andr de Villiers, South African, murdered
1992 - Barbara Morgan, photographer (Martha Graham), dies at 92
1992 - Tommy Nutter, fashion designer (bell bottom pants), dies of AIDs at 49
1993 - Max de Metz, Dutch publisher/translator/interpreter, dies at 72
1993 - Max de Metz, Dutch publisher/translator, dies at 72
1993 - Robert C Maynard, CEO (Oakland Tribune), dies at 56
1994 - Elias Canetti, buried next to James Joyce
1994 - Joseph Paul Jack Sharkey Zukauskas, boxer, dies at 91
1995 - David Warrilow, actor (Simon, Radio Days, Barton Fink), dies at 60
1995 - Howard Koch, screenwriter, dies at 92
1995 - Marjorie Sykes, peace campaigner, dies at 90
1995 - William Strethan "Wild Bill" Davis, musician, dies at 76
1996 - Edward Digby Baltzell, Ivy League sociologist, dies at 80 |
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swampmoose
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| Re: Births And Deaths |
| Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 2:19 am |
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Today is Wednesday, August 18, 2004.
births
0472 - Flavius Ricimer, general of the Western Roman Empire, kingmaker
1450 - Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pechinich, Croatian poet
1579 - Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I of Orange
1587 - 1st English child born in New World (Virginia Dare)
1587 - Virginia Dare, 1st American born of English parents
1685 - Brook Taylor, England, mathematician, discoverer of Taylor's Theorem
1745 - Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, composer
1750 - Antonio Salieri, Italy, composer (Tatare)
1769 - Alexandre Stievenard, composer
1774 - Meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, capt (Lewis and Clark Expedition)
1778 - Fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen, 1st to circumnavigate Antarctica
1792 - John, 1st Earl Russell, British Whig PM (1846-52, 1865-66)
1805 - Josef Danhauser, Austrian painter (Mutterliebe)
1807 - Charles Francis Adams, (Union), died in 1886
1813 - Benjamin Alvord, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1884
1818 - William Farquhar Barry, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879
1823 - Willem J F Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian
1834 - Marshall Field, Conway Massachusetts, owner (Field Dept Store)
1849 - Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer
1856 - Charles Hutchison Gabriel, composer
1856 - Jan Karol Gali, composer
1871 - Johan J Arch, graphic artist (wood cutter)
1873 - Leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor (Othello)
1873 - Otto Harbach, songwriter (Smoke Gets in Your Eyes)
1875 - Johan E Elias, historian (Amsterdam)
1878 - Fritz Brun, composer
1881 - Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher, composer
1882 - Eugeen Calleen, Flemish sculptor
1882 - Marcel Louis Auguste Samuel-Rousseau, composer
1883 - Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer (Chanel)
1887 - Nico J Polak, Dutch economist
1893 - Ernest MacMillan, composer
1896 - Alan Mowbray, London England, actor (Dante, Colonel Flack)
1900 - Walter O'Keefe, Hartford Ct, songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood)
1902 - Julius Kalas, composer
1903 - Ake Olof Sebastian Udden, composer
1904 - Jean Dast, actor (Z, Sorceress, Green Room, Stormy Waters)
1904 - Max Factor Jr, CEO (Max Factor Cosmetics)
1904 - Sterling W Cole, (Rep-R-NY)
1904 - [Francis] Max Factor, cosmetics manufacturer (Max Factor)
1905 - Greta Garbo, actress famed recluse
1905 - Peter Paul Kreuder, composer
1906 - Andre Van Gyseghem, England, actor (Search for the Nile)
1907 - Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, Executive (BBC)
1907 - Enoch Light, Canton Ohio, orch leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith)
1907 - Howard Swanson, composer
1907 - Otto Mortensen, composer
1908 - Armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Belenggu)
1908 - Bill Merritt, cricketer (early NZ Test leg-spinner, also Northants)
1908 - Edgar Faure, thriller writer/PM of France (1952, 52-56)
1908 - Milan Ristic, composer
1909 - Miliza Korjus, Warsaw Poland, actress (Great Waltz)
1910 - Charles Wegg-Prosser, solicitor
1910 - Herman Berlinski, composer
1915 - Max Lanier, baseball player
1916 - Elsa Morante, Italy, writer (L'isola di Arturo)
1916 - Moura Lympany, Saltash England, pianist (OBE-1979)
1917 - Casper Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense (1981-87)
1918 - Elsa Morante, writer
1919 - Walter J Hickel, (Gov-R-Alaska)/US Secretary of Interior (1969-71)
1920 - Bob Kennedy, baseball player
1920 - [Thomas] Godfrey Evans, English cricket keeper (1950's)
1922 - Alain Robbe-Grillet, France, novelist (Voyeur)
1922 - Eric William Hunter Christie, barrister
1922 - Shelley Winters, [Schrift], St Louis Mo, actress (Poseidon Adventure)
1923 - Jahangir Khan Irani, cricket wicketkeeper for India (1947-8 Aust tour)
1923 - Sadu Shinde, cricketer (Indian leg-spinner late 1940's/early 1950's)
1924 - Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq, pres of Pakistan (1977-88)[or Aug 12]
1925 - Brian W[ilson] Aldiss, UK, sci-fi author (Helliconia Trilogy)
1925 - Tonny Til, rocker
1927 - Rosalynn Smith Carter, Georgia, 1st lady (1977-1981), Jimmy's lust
1928 - Marge Schott, CEO (Cincinnati Reds)
1930 - Carl Barger, Lewistown Pa, baseball pres (Pitts Pirates, Fla Marlins)
1930 - Grant Williams, NYC, actor (Hawaiian Eye, Incredible Shrinking Man)
1930 - Johnny Preston, Port Arthur, Tx, rocker (Feel So Fine)
1931 - Henricus AFMO "Hans" van Mierlo, Dutch minister of Defense (D66)
1933 - Roman Polanski, Poland, director (Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, Pirates)
1934 - Rafer Lewis Johnson, Hillsboro Tx, decathlete (Olympic-gold-1960)
1934 - Roberto Clemente, US baseball outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1934 - Vincent Bugliosi, attorney/author (Helter-Skelter)
1935 - Gail Fisher, Orange NJ, actress (Peggy-Mannix)
1935 - Lajos Papp, composer
1935 - Rafer Johnson, Hillsboro Texas, decathlete (Olympics-gold-60)
1937 - Robert Redford, Calif, actor (Sting, Candidate, Natural, Great Gatsby)
1937 - William George Rushton, London, actor/author/cartoonist (TW3)
1939 - Joe Azcue, baseball player
1939 - Johnny Preston singer (Running Bear, Cradle of Love)
1939 - Molly Bee, Oklahoma City OK, actress (Pinky Lee Show)
1940 - Frankie Avalon, rocker (Venus, Beach Blanket Bingo)
1940 - Joan Joyce, Waterbury CT, LPGA golfer (1984 SandH Golf Classic-6th)
1941 - Christopher Jones, Jackson TN, actor (Wild in the Streets)
1941 - Matt Snell, NFL running back (NY Jets, Super Bowl III)
1943 - Martin Mull, Chic Ill, actor/comedian (Bad Manners, Flick, Serial)
1943 - Sarah Dash, Trenton NJ, rock vocalist (Patti LaBelle and Bluebirds)
1944 - Carl Wayne, rocker (Move)
1945 - Barbara Harris, US singer (Toys-A Lover's Concerto)
1945 - Nona Hendryx, Trenton NJ, rocker (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade)
1948 - Carol O'Neal, playmate (July, 1972)
1948 - Rudy Hartono Kurniawan, Indonesia, All-England tennis champ
1949 - Nigel Griggs, rocker (Split Enz)
1950 - Candice Earley, Ft Hood TX, actress (Donna Tyler-All My Children)
1950 - Dennis Elliot, London, rock drummer (Foreigner)
1950 - Lynn Adams, Kingsville TX, LPGA golfer
1951 - Greg Pruitt, NFL running back (LA Raiders, Super Bowl XVIII)
1952 - Elayne Boosler, Brooklyn NY, comedienne (Broadway Baby, Party of One)
1952 - Nicholas John, dramaturge
1952 - Patrick Swayze, Houston Tx, actor/dancer (Dirty Dancing, Ghost)
1954 - Umberto Guidoni, Rome Italy, PhD/astronaut (STS 75)
1956 - Sandeep Patil, cricketer (Indian batsman Great 174 v Adelaide 1981)
1957 - Carole Bouquest, Paris, actress (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
1957 - Dennis Leary, actor/comic (MTV)
1957 - Ron Strykert, Australia, rock guitarist (Men At Work-Who Can it Be)
1958 - Madeleine Stowe, LA Calif, actress (Tropical Snow, Bad Girls)
1960 - Sonny Skinner, Porstmouth VA, Nike golfer (1993 NIKE Shreveport Open)
1961 - John Viscardi, NYC, actor (Father Tony-One Life to Live)
1962 - Sandra Marie Miller Farmer-Patrick, Kingston Jamaica, 400m hurdler
1963 - Luiz Mattar, Brazil, tennis star
1966 - Cees Lock of hair, soccer player (NEC)
1966 - Steve Avery, NFL fullback (Pitts Steelers)
1967 - Blas Elias Gomez, Kennedy TX, rock drummer (Slaughter-Stick it Live)
1967 - John Jurkovic, defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1967 - Julie Kristen Smith, Nuhremburg Germany, choreographer (Showgirls)
1967 - Tracy Tracy, rocker (Primitives-Lovely, Lump of Coal)
1968 - Brian Mitchell, NFL running back (Washington Redskins)
1968 - Carolyn Crudgington, Australian softball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1968 - Greta Lind, Goshen NY, actress (Katie Kennicott-All My Children)
1968 - Griffin Drew, Hazelhurst Georgia, actress (Dinosaur Island)
1968 - John Coyle, West Bloomfield Mich, short track skater (Olympics-1994)
1968 - Justin Strzelczyk, NFL guard/offensive tackle (Pitts Steelers)
1969 - Christian Slater, actor (Robin Hood, Untamed Heart, Heathers)
1969 - Isaac Austin, NBA center (Miami Heat)
1970 - Malcolm Jamal Warner, Jersey City NJ, actor (Theodore-Cosby Show)
1970 - Richie Cunningham, kicker (Dallas Cowboys)
1970 - Robert Higginson, Philadelphia PA, outfielder (Detroit Tigers)
1971 - Jada Pinkett, actress (Set it Off, Nutty Professor, Menace II Society)
1971 - Jonathan David Winter, Wellington NZ, 100m backstroker (Olympics-96)
1971 - Kevin Bouie, NFL running back (Phila Eagles, Ariz Cardinals)
1971 - Mindy Czuleger, Inglewood Ca, WPVA volleyballer (Myrtle Bch-17th-1994)
1971 - Trey Ames, Canton Oh, actor (David-A Year in the Life)
1972 - Derrick Harris, running back (St Louis Rams)
1972 - Loraine Lambert, Ipswich Queensland, golfer (NZ champ 1991, 92)
1972 - Nate Jones, Chicago Ill, heavyweight boxer (Olympics-bronze-96)
1972 - Ray Jacobs, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos)
1973 - Alex Pijper, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen)
1973 - Clarence Benford, NFL tight end (Seattle Seahawks)
1973 - Luke Fickell, defensive tackle (New Orleans Saints)
1974 - Sekou Soumah, soccer player (Willem II)
1974 - Shivnarine Chanderpaul, cricketer (WI left-handed batsman 1994-)
1976 - Daphnee Lynn Duplaix, Manhattan NY, playmate (July 1997)
1976 - Tom Malchow, US, 200m butterfly/free (Olympics-silver-96)
1993 - my little sister kate.
deaths
1227 - Genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror, dies
1236 - Theodorus Van Celles, monastery founder (Kruisheren), dies
1276 - Adrian V, [Ottobono Fieschi], Italian Pope (7/11-8/18/1276), dies
1503 - Alexander VI, [Rodrigo de Borja], Spanish Pope (1492-1503), dies
1559 - Paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], Pope (1555-59), dies at 83
1652 - Benjamin G Cuyp, historical painter, dies at about 40
1765 - Frans I Stefanus, RC German emperor (1745-65), dies at 56
1803 - James Beattie, Scottish poet/philosopher (Essay on Truth), dies at 67
1811 - Johann Heinrich Zang, composer, dies at 78
1840 - Antony CW Staring, Dutch patriot/poet (Jaromir), dies at 73
1850 - H de Balzac, writer, dies at 51
1853 - Peter Lichtenthal, composer, dies at 73
1863 - Thomas Welsh, US Union brig-general (Antietam), dies at 39
1870 - Felix Salm-Salm, Prussian/US prince/brig-general, dies in battle
1894 - William Charles Levey, composer, dies at 57
1896 - Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer, dies at 88
1901 - Richard Kleinmichel, composer, dies at 54
1907 - John Kerr, physicist (magneto-optic Kerr-effect), dies at 82
1915 - Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet (Rbb-i Sjikeste), dies at 47
1916 - Edward D Pain, English journalist (NY World), dies in battle at 36
1934 - Delilah L Beasley, US author/columnist (Oakland Tribune), dies at 61
1942 - Erwin Schulhoff, Czech/Russian composer/pianist, dies at 48
1943 - Hans Jeschonnek, German air force general/chief-staff, commits suicide
1944 - Cecile Chaminade, composer, dies at 87
1944 - Ernst "Teddy" Thlmann, leader of German KPD, dies
1949 - Paul J Mares, US jazz trumpetist/composer (Tin Roof Blues), dies at 49
1950 - Julien Lahaut, chairman Belgian Communist Party, murdered
1952 - Ralph Byrd, actor (Dick Tracy TV Show), dies at 43
1957 - Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski, composer, dies at 41
1961 - Learned Hand, Chief judge of US court of Appeals, dies at 89
1961 - Leonhard Frank, writer, dies at 78
1962 - Cleo Ridgely, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama), dies at 68
1966 - Isaac Keesing, Dutch founder (System Keesing), dies at 80
1966 - Watze Cuperus, Frisian author (Struggle and Blessing), dies at 75
1968 - Cy Walter, pianist (3's Company), dies at 52
1969 - Laci Boldemann, composer, dies at 48
1969 - Mildred Davis, actress (Haunted Spooks), dies of coronary at 68
1969 - Otto Stern, German/US physicist (Nobel 1943), dies at 81
1977 - Tibor Dry, writer, dies at 82
1980 - Norman Cazden, composer, dies at 65
1981 - Anita Loos, US (stage)author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 88
1982 - Beverly Bayne, actress (Romeo and Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87
1988 - Alexandr V Shchukin, Russian cosmonaut, dies in SU-26 crash at 42
1988 - Frederick Ashton, choreographer (Cinderella), dies at 83
1989 - Bert Oosterbosch, cyclist, dies
1989 - Luis Carlos Galan, Colombian presidential candidate, murdered
1990 - B F Skinner, psychologist (Skinner Box), dies of Leukemia at 86
1990 - Raf Reymen, Flemish actor, dies
1991 - Vaughn Shoemaker, US cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies
1992 - Gerard Sonder, Dutch radio host (AVRO), dies
1992 - John Stuges, director (Gunfight at OK Corral), dies of emphysema at 82
1993 - Alf Bold, German festival programmer, dies of AIDS at 47
1994 - Gottlob Frick, singer, dies at 88
1994 - Henri Calef, Bulgarian/French director (Jricho), dies
1994 - John Beavan, newspaper Editor, dies at 84
1994 - Judy Ann Scott-Fox, agent, dies at 56
1994 - Richard Lawrence Millington Synge, chromatographer, dies at 79
1995 - James Ackley Maxwell, actor/director (Traitors, Otley), dies at 66
1995 - Sylvester Louis Adams, murderer, dies at 39
1996 - Geoffrey Dearmer, poet, dies at 103
1996 - Hugo Gabriel Gryn, rabbi, dies at 66
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| Re: Births And Deaths |
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Today is Friday, August 20, 2004.
Births
1517 - Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75)
1526 - Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum)
1561 - Jacopo Peri, composer
1625 - Thomas Corneille, French playwright
1637 - Cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam
1665 - Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed)
1666 - Alphonse d' Eve, composer
1702 - Stepan F graaf Apraksin, Russian general-fieldmarshal
1710 - Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rules of Simpson)
1720 - Bernard de Bury, composer
1756 - Bernardo Bittoni, composer
1764 - Charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies
1778 - Bernardo O'Higgins, won independence for Chile
1779 - Freiherr Jns J Berzelius, Swedish chemist (atomic weight)
1785 - Oliver Hazard Perry, US Naval hero ("We have met the enemy")
1788 - Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer
1799 - Heinrich WA Freiherr von Gagern, German liberal politician
1802 - Cadwalader Ringgold, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1867
1811 - Gilman Marston, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1890
1820 - Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer
1824 - Absalom Baird, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1905
1827 - Charles T H Coster, Belg literary (Lgendes d'Ulenspiegel) [or May 7]
1832 - Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe, inventor, died in 1913
1833 - Benjamin Harrison, North Bend Ohio, (R) 23rd Pres (1889-1893)
1842 - Juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter
1856 - Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter (Laodania) [NS Sept 1]
1860 - Raymond Poincar, France, president/PM (1912)
1873 - Eliel Saarinen, Finland, architect (GM Tech Institute, Mich)
1873 - William Henry Bell, composer
1881 - Edgar Albert Guest, Detroit Mich, poet/newspaperman
1881 - Nikolay Yakovlevich Myaskovsky, composer
1885 - Dino Campana, Italian poet (Canti orfici)
1886 - Paul Tillich, German/US theologist (Die sozial Entscheidung)
1888 - George Sklavos, composer
1889 - Witold Friemann, composer
1890 - H P Lovecraft, US, Gothic novelist (At the Mountains of Madness)
1890 - Howard Phillips Lovecraft, US horror writer (Weird Tales)
1897 - Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author (Det Store Spelet)
1898 - G Kraus, director Santpoort (Insanity in Netherlands)
1898 - Leopold Infeld, Polish nuclear physicist (Whom the God's Love)
1899 - Hanns Lilje, German Lutherian bishop/antifascist (Church und Welt)
1900 - Edward J "Murt" O'Donoghue, snooker player, 1st witnessed 147 break
1901 - Salvatore Quasimodo, Italy, poet/critic/translator (Nobel 1959)
1902 - Ernest Charles Melvin Patrick Ekundio Marke, club owner
1904 - Jaap [Jacob AW] Burger, chairman (PvdA)
1905 - Duncan Macrae, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped)
1905 - Jack [Weldon J] Teagarden, US trombonist/actor (Meet Band Leaders)
1907 - Alan Reed, NYC, actor (Mr Adams and Eve)/voice (Fred Flintstone)
1907 - Anatole Fistoulari, conductor
1907 - Shirley Booth, [Thelma Booth Ford], NYC, actress (Hazel)
1907 - Stanley Devon, photographer
1908 - Alfonso Lopez, baseball player (AL Manager of the year 1959)
1908 - Jeanne Stern, writer
1908 - John Reginald Bevins, politician
1908 - Kingsley Davis, sociologist/demographer, coined (population explosion)
1909 - Albert Roberts, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37)
1909 - Andre Morell, London England, actor (Hound of the Baskervilles)
1910 - Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (IBM Building, MIT Chapel)
1911 - Ronald Udell, England, production designer (Pinewood Studios)
1912 - Philip Kapleau, founder (Rochester Zen Center in New Haven)
1913 - Conrad Hermann Hubertius Maria Apollinaris Josten, jazz guitarist
1914 - Kitei Sohn, Korean marathon runner/coach (Olympic-gold-1936)
1920 - Istv n Szivs, Hungary, water polo player (Olympic-gold-1976)
1921 - Jack Wilson, cricket slow left-armer (Test for Australia 1956)
1921 - Jacqueline Susann, Phila Pa, author (Valley of the Dolls)
1924 - Jim Reeves, US country singer/actor (Gun Fury, Kimberley Jim)
1929 - Norma Connolly, Boston, Mass, actress (Ruby Anderson-General Hospital)
1931 - Bernhard Becher, photographer (industrialist builder 19th/20th)
1931 - Don King, boxing promoter, shocking hairstyle [or Dec 6]
1933 - Don Fuqua, (Rep-D-FL, 1963-86)
1933 - George John Mitchell, (Sen-D-ME, 1980-94/Senate Whip 1989- )
1933 - Larry Robideaux, horse trainer
1935 - Charles Shere, composer
1935 - J J Malone, US soul singer (It's a shame)
1935 - Justin Tubb, San Antonio Tx, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)
1936 - Carla Fracci, Milan Italy, ballerina
1937 - Corrie E Moret-de Jong, Dutch MP (CDA)
1937 - George Thoma, German FR, cross country ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1960)
1938 - Jean-Loup Jaques Marie Chretien, France, cosmonaut (T-6, TM-7, STS 86)
1940 - John Lantree, rocker
1940 - Rex Sellers, Aust cricketer leg-spinner (bowled 5 overs in Tests)
1940 - Sam Melville, Utah, actor (Mike Danko-Rookies, Roughnecks)
1941 - Slobodan Milocevic, premier Serbia
1941 - William H Gray III, Baton Rouge La, (Rep-D-PA, 1978- )
1942 - Hans-Joachim Klein, German FR, 100m swimmer (Olympic-bronze-1964)
1942 - Isaac Hayes, Covington TN, composer (Shaft)
1943 - Robert Plant, English rock vocalist (Led Zeppelin-Whole Lotta Love)
1944 - Graig Nettles, 3rd baseman (NY Yankees, SD Padres, Cleve Indians)
1944 - John Povey, rocker
1944 - Rajiv Gandhi, PM of India (1984-89)
1946 - Connie Chung, TV news anchor (NBC, CBS)
1947 - James Pankow, Chicago IL, rocker (Chicago)
1951 - Greg[ory Dale] Bear, US, sci-fi author (2 Hugos, Eon, Eternity)
1951 - Phil Lynott, Dublin Ireland, rock bassist (Thin Lizzy)
1951 - Svetlana Oktyabrevna Omelchenko, Russia, cosmonaut
1952 - John Emburey, England cricket off-spinner (1978-95, captain 1988)
1952 - John Hiatt, US singer/songwriter (Have a Little Faith in Me)
1952 - Rudy Gatlin, Olney Tx, country singer (Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady)
1953 - Peter Horton, Bellevue Wash, actor (Gary-30 Something)
1954 - Al Roker, Queens NY, weatherman (NBC, Today)
1954 - Theresa Saldana, Bkln NY, actress (Rachel Scali-Commish)
1954 - William Quinn Buckner, Phoenix Ill, basketballer (Olympic-gold-1976)
1955 - Jay Acovone, Mahopac NY, actor (Det Rado-Hollywood Beat)
1955 - Ned Overend, Taipei Taiwan, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1955 - Rob Wiedijk, Dutch rock vocalist (Bob Color)
1956 - Alvin Greenidge, cricketer (WI opener, no relation to Gordon or Geoff)
1956 - Joan Allen, Ill, actress (Peggy Sue Got Married, Tucker, In Country)
1956 - Rick Olsen, rock guitarist (Berlin-Take My Breath Away)
1957 - Cindy Nicholas, Canada, swimmer (swam English Channel 19 times)
1957 - Doug Fleger, rocker
1957 - Jim "Bullseye" Bowen, British TV game show host
1957 - Mike Dodd, Manhattan Beach CA beach volleyballer (Olympics-silver-96)
1957 - Scott Ayakatubby, beach volleyball champ
1958 - Lenny Henry, British comedian (3 of a Kind)
1959 - Missie McGeorge, Pueblo CO, LPGA golfer (1994 PING-Cellular One)
1959 - Richard DeStasio, horse trainer
1960 - Elizabeth Alda, daughter of Alan Alda, actress (Beth-Four Seasons)
1960 - Mark Langston, San Diego CA, pitcher (California Angels)
1960 - Troy Young, horse trainer
1961 - Linda Mantz, NYC, actress (Frankie-Dorothy)
1961 - Rick Rael, heavy metal rocker
1962 - Duffy James Joseph Waldorf Jr, LA CA, PGA golfer (1995 LaCantera Tx)
1962 - Loretta Alderete, LA CA, LPGA golfer (1992 Oldsmobile-14th)
1962 - Robert Meyer, Sacramento Cal, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Morningstar)
1963 - Bruce Hick, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1964 - Giuseppe Giannini, Rome Italy, soccer player (Rome A Team)
1965 - Joe Durigon, jockey
1966 - Courtney Gibbs, Miss USA (1988)/actress (Baywatch)
1966 - Greg Jackson, NFL strong safety (Phila Eagles, SD Chargers)
1966 - Steven Finn, Laval, NHL defenseman (LA Kings)
1967 - Andy Benes, Evansville IN, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1967 - Michael "Sean" Hall, Williamsburg Va, rower (Olympics-1996)
1968 - Sandy Brondello, Australian basketball guard (Olympics-bronze-96)
1969 - Bart Spark, soccer player (Veendam, SC Heerenveen)
1969 - Francisco Torres, jockey
1970 - Els Callens, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star (1996 quarterfinalist Essen)
1970 - Jay McNeil, CFL guard (Calgary Stampeders)
1971 - Bernard Whittington, defensive end (Indianapolis Colts)
1971 - Brett Bech, wide receiver (New Orleans Saints)
1971 - Ke Huy Quan, Saigon Vietnam, actor (Sam-Together We Stand)
1971 - Kevin Hickman, NFL tight end (Detroit Lions)
1971 - Oronde Gadsden, NFL wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys)
1972 - Derrick Alston, NBA forward (Phila 76ers)
1974 - Denesha Reid, Miss USA-Georgia (1997)
1978 - Sanna Lankosaari, ice hockey right wing (Finland, Oly-98)
1979 - Tara Shaffer, Miss Ohio Teen USA (1996)
1980 - Corey Carrier, actor (Young Indiana Jones)
1981 - Lauri Illy, Virginia Beach Va, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96)
1994 - White buffalo, Janesville Wisconsin
Deaths
0984 - John XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies
1153 - Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies
1384 - Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies
1538 - Aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake
1632 - Valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38
1639 - Martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41
1648 - Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65
1672 - Cornelis de Witt, Dutch, statesman, lynched at 49
1672 - Johan de Witt, advisor of Holland, lynched
1679 - Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60
1799 - Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer, dies at 37
1804 - Charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
1813 - Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer, dies at 74
1823 - Pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], Pope (1800-23), dies at 83
1825 - Richard Wainwright, composer, dies at 68
1854 - Friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79
1856 - Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80
1864 - Daniel Chaplin, US Union brig-general, dies
1864 - John H Kelly, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 24
1885 - Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies at 42
1908 - Louis Varney, composer, dies at 64
1910 - Arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64
1912 - William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies
1914 - Pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies
1915 - Paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61
1917 - JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies
1919 - Gregor MacGregor, English cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests 1890-93), dies
1930 - Charles Bannerman, cricketer (1st three Tests for Australia), dies
1931 - Waldemar von Baussnern, composer, dies at 64
1932 - Emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu, composer, dies at 87
1932 - Paul Keller, German writer (Vergrabenes Gut), dies at 59
1932 - Tadeusz Joteyko, composer, dies at 60
1935 - Otakar Ostrcil, composer, dies at 56
1945 - A Roda Roda, writer, dies at 73
1947 - Franz VM Cumont, Belgian religious historian, dies at 79
1948 - David John de Lloyd, composer, dies at 65
1952 - Kurt Schumacher, German politician/chairman (SPD), dies
1956 - [mile M] Louis Madelin, French historian (Fouch), dies at 85
1959 - Alfred Kubin, writer, dies at 82
1960 - Rudolf Moser, composer, dies at 68
1961 - Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer, dies at 82
1968 - Earl Sande, US jockey (Kentucky Derby), dies at 69
1970 - Hildo Krop, modernistic sculptor, dies at 86
1974 - Ilona Massey, actress (Love HAppy, Holiday in Mexico), dies at 62
1976 - Phyllis Konstam, actress (Murder, Skin Game), dies at 69
1978 - Ivan Jirko, composer, dies at 51
1978 - Petros John Petridis, composer, dies at 86
1980 - Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank, dies at 91
1982 - Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (Zulu), dies of bone cancer at 53
1983 - Kerwin Duinmeijer, Antillean boy, murdered by racist at 15
1985 - Harchand Singh Longowai, Sikh leader, shot by Sikh extremists
1986 - Donn Bennett, TV host (The Big Idea), dies at 76
1986 - Thad Jones, jazz trumpeter, dies of cancer at 63
1986 - Walter Brooke, actor (DA Scanlon-Green Hornet), dies at 71
1990 - Marc Turfkruijer, Flemish movie journalist/writer, dies
1991 - Betty Bowden, British dancer/actress (Vote for Nigel), dies at 86
1991 - Lenore Strunsky Gershwin, widow of Ira Gershwin, dies at 90
1992 - Ivan Nikolayevich Anikeyev, cosmonaut, dies at 59
1992 - William Taylor, chairman (FDIC), dies at 53
1993 - Bernard Delfgaauw, philosopher (Johnson murderer!), dies at 80
1994 - Aleksander Petrovic, film Director, dies at 65
1994 - Kalman Kahana, Polish co-founder of state Israel, dies at 81
1995 - Hugo Pratt, graphic artist, dies at 68
1995 - John E Gilmore, tenor Saxophonist, dies at 63
1995 - Paul Foster, singer, dies at 75
1995 - Vladimir Skutina, writer playwright/journalist, dies at 64
1995 - Von McDaniel, baseball player, dies at 56
1995 - William Kennedy, baseball player, dies at 76
1996 - George Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur, dies at 81
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I didnt realize Barbara Eden was That Old!!!Ive had a Crush on her since I Dream Of Jeanie first came on,,(1964 she was 30 years old,,and pregnant) and I dont care how old she is,,I Still Luv Her!!!! |
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| Re: Births And Deaths |
| Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 3:03 pm |
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Today is Tuesday, August 24, 2004.
Births
1113 - Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy
1210 - Floris IV, Count of Holland
1420 - Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg and Eichsttt)
1531 - Ercole Bottrigari, composer
1579 - John Amner, composer
1591 - Robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized)
1669 - Alessandro Marcello, composer
1683 - Meinrad Spiess, composer
1694 - Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25]
1712 - Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer
1725 - Johann Balthasar Kehl, composer
1733 - David Traugott Nicolai, composer
1750 - M Laetitia Bonaparte-Ramolino, [Madame Mre], mother of Napoleon I
1759 - Wilbur Wilberforce, England, crusaded against slavery
1772 - Willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40)
1787 - James Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea)
1808 - Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1808 - Thomas Fenwick Drayton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
1816 - Daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables
1817 - Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS]
1820 - Jacopo Tomadini, composer
1821 - Emmanuele Muzio, composer
1827 - Walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867
1828 - George Hume "Maryland" Steuart, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1837 - Theodore Dubois, composer
1839 - Eduard Napravnik, composer
1842 - Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market)
1854 - Nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer
1856 - Felix Mottl, composer
1865 - Ferdinand I VAM, king of Romania
1872 - Max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review)
1879 - Rentaro Taki, composer
1880 - Joshua L Cowen, inventor (electric train)
1880 - Miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat
1886 - William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships
1889 - Simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet
1890 - Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaii, swimmer (Olympics-3 gold/2 silver-12, 20, 24)
1890 - Franz Philipp, composer
1891 - Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, composer
1891 - Germaine Loosveldt, Flemish actress (Kniertje in On hope)
1894 - Jean Rhys, [Ella Williams], Dominica, writer (Voyage in the Dark)
1896 - Phil Baker, Phila, comedian (Who's Whose)
1898 - Albert Claude, Belgium, biologist/physician (Nobel 1974)
1898 - Malcolm Cowley, Belsano Penn, author (Flowering of New England)
1898 - Marie J Hugenholtz, [Doctor Grandi], surgeon on Curaao
1899 - Johan J Fabricius, Dutch novelist (Island of Demons)
1899 - Jorge Luis Borges, Argentina, writer of fiction, essays (Labyrinths)
1899 - Ruth Schaumann, German painter/writer (Rose, Black King)
1900 - Preston Foster, Ocean City NJ, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger)
1900 - V sa Prhoda, Czech violinist
1902 - Fernand Braudel, French historian (Civililization and Capitalism)
1904 - Rod Redwing, NY, actor (Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory)
1905 - Donald Douglas, Scotland, actor (I Love You Again)
1905 - Sven Johan Stolpe, Swedish author (Ltt, snabb och m)
1909 - Ronnie Grieveson, S Afr cricket keeper/batsman (2 Tests v Eng 1939)
1910 - Bernhard Heiden, composer
1911 - Karl AF Schiller, West German economist/SPD-minister
1911 - Lo Ferr, French singer/composer (Silly-aim, Ni Dieu ni matre)
1912 - Durward Kirby, Indianapolis Ind, TV announcer (Garry Moore Show)
1913 - Dorothy Comingore, [Linda Winters], LA CA, actress (Citizen Kane)
1915 - Alice B[radley] Sheldon, US, sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful)
1915 - Wynonie Harris, rocker
1916 - Anita V Figueredo, physician/humanitarian
1916 - Peter Crichton Kirkpatrick, oarsman
1917 - Dennis James, Jersey City NJ, wrestling announcer/TV host (PDQ)
1918 - Ray McIntire, chemical engineer
1919 - "Drs P" [Heinz H Polzer], Swiss/Dutch songwriter/singer
1919 - Nils Viggo Bentzon, composer
1922 - Rne Lvesque, Quebec premier (1976-85)
1923 - Helena Carter, [Helen Rickerts], US model/actress (River Lady)
1924 - Louis Teicher, pianist (Ferante and Teicher-Exodus)
1927 - Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist
1927 - William V Shannon, journalist/ambassador to Ireland (1977-81)
1929 - William Winfield, rocker (Harptones)
1932 - Richard Graham Meale, composer
1934 - Kenny Baker, actor (R2D2-Star Wars)
1934 - Roger Donald Dickerson, composer
1936 - William J Coyne, (Rep-D-Pennsylvania, 1981- )
1938 - David Freiberg, Boston MA, rock bassist (Quicksilver Messenger)
1938 - Mason Williams, Abilene Tx, writer (Smother Brothers Hour)
1940 - Don Cormier Sr, horse trainer
1940 - Tony Secunda, rock band manager
1941 - Ernest Wright Jr, US rock vocalist (Imperials-So Much)
1942 - Joe Chambers, LA Calif, rock guitarist/vocalist (Chambers Brothers)
1942 - Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck, mathemetician/educator
1943 - John Cipollina, SF Cal, rock guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
1944 - Gregory Bruce Jarvis, Detroit Mich, astronaut (STS 25)
1944 - Jim Capaldi, English singer/songwriter (Traffic-Something So Strong)
1945 - Ken Hensley, rock keyboardist (Blackfoot, Uriah Heep)
1945 - Malcolm "Mollie" Duncan, Scotland, saxophonist (Average White Band)
1946 - Richard "Dick" N Richards, Key West, USN/astr (STS 28, 41, 50, 64)
1949 - Anna Lee Fisher, St Albans NY, MD/astronaut (STS 51-A)
1949 - Joe Regalbuto, Bkln NY, actor (Knots Landing, Frank-Murphy Brown)
1949 - Stephen Harrison Paulus, composer
1950 - Frank Murray, Australian field hockey national coach (Oly-sil-92, 96)
1951 - Jimmy Farrar, Jacksonville Fl, rock vocalist (Molly Hatchet)
1951 - Orson Scott Card, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Nebula, Ender's War)
1955 - Jeffrey Daniel, LA CA, rock vocalist (Shalamar)
1956 - Gerry Cooney, heavyweight boxer (US Olympics team 1980)
1958 - Steve Guttenberg, Bkln NY, actor (Police Academy, Short Circuit)
1959 - Adrian Kuiper, cricketer (South African all-rounder)
1959 - Michel Valke, Dutch soccer player (Sparta, Dordrecht '90)
1960 - Cal Ripken, Havre de Grace MD, shortstop (Balt Orioles, game streak)
1960 - David Guillory, jockey
1960 - Franz Vienboeck, Austria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-13)
1960 - Kris Monaghan, Spokane WA, golfer (1990 Red Robin Kyocera Inamori)
1960 - Steven W Lindsey, Arcadia Calif, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 87, sk:95)
1961 - Cal Ripkin Jr, all-star shortstop (Balt Orioles)
1961 - Colin Angus, Scottish pop musician (Shamen, Ebeneezer Goode)
1961 - Mark "Bedders" Bedfored, London, rock bassist (Madness)
1962 - Mary Ellen Weber, Cleveland Ohio, PhD/astronaut (STS 70)
1963 - John Bush, US heavy metal singer (Anthrax-Armed and Dangerous)
1964 - Pebbles, rock vocalist (Girlfriend)
1964 - Salizhan Sharkirovich Sharipov, Kirhizia, astronaut (STS-89)
1965 - Casey Lambert, jockey
1965 - Marlee Matlin, Ill, deaf actress (Children of Lesser God-Acad Award)
1965 - Reggie Miller, Riverside Calif, NBA guard (Ind Pacers, Oly-gold-96)
1965 - Vince Alcalde, WLAF offensive assistant (Scottish Claymores)
1968 - Andreas Kisser, Brazilian heavy metal guitarist (Sepultura)
1968 - Arnold Galesloot, WLAF tight end (Amsterdam Admirals)
1968 - Benoit Brunet, Pointe Claire, NHL left wing (Montreal Canadiens)
1968 - Tim Salmon, Long Beach CA, outfielder (California Angels)
1970 - Dan Henderson, Downey Calif, 180 lb greco-roman wrestler (Oly-92, 96)
1970 - Sandra Whyte, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98)
1972 - Kurt Miller, Tucson AZ, pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1972 - Lee DeRamus, (NO Saints)
1973 - Andrew Brunette, Sudbury, NHL left wing (Washington Capitals)
1973 - Barret Oliver, actor (Never Ending Story, Secret Garden)
1974 - Tony McCombs, linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)
1978 - Melissa McElroy, Houston Tx, rhythmic gymnast (US team-96)
Deaths
1103 - Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies
1217 - Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle
1313 - Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies
1371 - Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated
1572 - Charles de Fligny, French officer/huguenot, murdered
1572 - Gaspard de Chtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded
1595 - Thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies
1647 - Nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61
1666 - Francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57
1680 - Ferdinand Bulb, Dutch painter/etcher, buried
1712 - Thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 54
1724 - Andreas Kneller, composer, dies at 75
1759 - Ewald C von Kleist, German poet, dies at 44
1770 - Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Revenge), dies
1801 - Jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68
1806 - Paul-Louis Cyffl, Flemish sculptor/goldsmith (Terre Lorraine), dies
1833 - Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65
1840 - Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89
1841 - Karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36
1888 - Rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies
1889 - Jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies
1895 - John F Loudon, entrepreneur/colonial director, dies at 74
1906 - Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, dies
1907 - Pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58
1923 - Kate Douglas Wiggin, author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66
1939 - W H Moule, cricketer (Australia v England 1880)/High Court judge, dies
1940 - Paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies at 80
1943 - Ernst Ottwalt, writer, dies
1943 - Simone Weil, French philosopher (Le pesanteur et la grce), dies at 34
1950 - Ernst Wiechert, writer, dies at 63
1954 - Getlio D Vargas, pres/dictator Brazil: 1930-45, 51-54, suicide at 71
1957 - Albert Edward Sammons, composer, dies at 71
1958 - John G Strijdom, premier of South Africa (1954-58), dies at 65
1958 - Kenneth Leighton, composer, dies at 28
1958 - Leo Blech, composer, dies at 87
1962 - Henry George Ley, composer, dies at 74
1964 - Maurice Schoemaker, composer, dies at 73
1967 - Amanda Randolph, actress (Danny Thomas, Amos n Andy), dies at 65
1967 - Henry J Kaiser, industrialist (Boulder Dam, Liberty ship), dies at 85
1968 - Cyril Vincent, cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35), dies
1972 - Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 59
1973 - Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family), dies at 76
1973 - Slava Vorlova, composer, dies at 79
1975 - Charles H Revson, US cosmetic magnate, dies at 69
1976 - Michael Dewar Head, composer, dies at 76
1978 - Louis Prima, singer, dies at 66
1982 - Jack Siedle, cricketer (batted in 18 Tests for S Africa), dies
1983 - Jack Somack, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show), dies at 64
1983 - Shawn Lewis, 5th wife of Jerry Lee Lewis, dies of methadone OD
1985 - Paul Creston [Giuseppe/Joseph Guttoveggio], US composer, dies at 78
1987 - Bayard Rustin, US civil rights activist, dies at 77
1988 - Leonard Frey, actor (Tattoo, Magic Christian), dies of AIDS at 49
1988 - Max Shulman, author (Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap), dies at 69
1991 - Abel Kivlat, US 1500m runner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies at 99
1991 - Beb [Elizabeth] Vuyk, Neth/Indon writer (Camp Diary), dies at 86
1991 - Bernard Castro, patented convertible couch, dies at 87
1991 - Mike Sokoll, cowboy actor, dies at 97
1992 - Andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader/jurist (Constitution), dies at 74
1992 - Larrie Londin, jazz drummer, dies at 48
1993 - Professor D B Deodhar, cricketer (Ind non-Test bat o 30s), dies at 101
1994 - Jason McRoy, downhill MTB racer, dies at 23
1994 - Wijnanda MC "Nan" Aberson, friend of Gerard Van de Reve Sr, dies at 82
1995 - Erich Geiringer, general Practitioner campaigner, dies at 78
1995 - Gary Crosby, singer/actor (Operation Bikini, Mardi Gras), dies at 61
1996 - Ahmed Bahauddin, journalist, dies at 69
1996 - Emile Noel, international civil servant, dies at 73
1996 - John Christopherson, artist/collector, dies at 75
1996 - Robert Louis Tewdwr Moss, journalist/travel writer, dies at 42
1997 - Phillip Humphrey Vellacott, classicist, dies at 90 |
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