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The Secret Fossil Fuel Network Running Through America’s Backyards

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Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Oil Pipeline Grass FieldMillions of Americans live surprisingly close to fossil fuel infrastructure—not just oil wells and power plants, but also refineries, storage sites, and pipelines that make up a vast, mostly hidden energy network. A new nationwide analysis shows that 46.6 million people reside within about a mile of at least one such facility. Many of these […]



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Bronze Age log coffin readied for display – The History Blog

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After years of conservation and reconstruction, the massive Bronze Age log coffin discovered during work on the water trap at Tetney Golf Course in East Lindsey in 2018 has been transported to its new permanent home at the Lincoln Museum where it will go on public display for the first time.

Carved from the trunk of an oak tree approximately 4,000 years ago, the coffin contained the remains of a relatively tall man (5’9″) who was in his late 30s or early 40s when he died. Osteological examination of his bones revealed osteoarthritis from a lifetime of heavy physical labor. He was buried with a miniature battle axe with a stone head still mounted to its complete wooden handle in like-new condition.

The coffin in 10 feet long, but was broken into several pieces when it was discovered in the muddy soil. The largest piece is almost eight feet long and weighs half a ton. To preserve it from rapid drying and crumbling to dust after its discovery exposed it to air, the pieces were placed in cold storage at the Mary Rose Trust in Portsmouth for a year. They were then transported to the York Archaeological Trust for stabilization, conservation and reconstruction.

Further analysis and research was led by a team of independent specialists, with the coffin providing a precious glimpse into elaborate Bronze Age burial practices.

An investigation of the plant and pollen remains found inside the coffin revealed that the man was laid on a bed of oak and yew branches and had a garland of flowers around his neck. Hazelnuts and other plants may have formed part of a food offering.

The Tetney Coffin was moved to Lincoln Museum last week. Museum conservators are now reading the coffin for display, stabilizing it in its new space and creating a custom support structure for its long-term exhibition.

The Lincoln Museum closed in October 2024 for a wide-ranging redevelopment. Every artifact on display was removed to safe storage to make way for a complete redesign of the archaeology gallery. The new gallery will feature interactive displays that will give visitors an immersive, hands-on experience of Lincolnshire’s history and pre-history. The Tetney Coffin will be the flagship attraction of the museum’s renewed archaeology gallery when it reopens next year.



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Famous Deaths on November 17

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  • 375 Valentinian I “The Great”, Roman Co-Emperor and Ruler of Western Roman Empire (336-75), dies at 54
  • 474 Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies at age 7

Gallo-Roman chronicler and bishop (History of the Franks), dies at 55

Gregory of Tours

  • 641 Jomei [Tamura], 34th Emperor of Japan (629-41), dies at 48
  • 680 Hilda of Whitby, Christian saint and founding abbess of Whitby monastery (b. 614)
  • 885 Liutgard of Saxony, Queen of the Franks (876-882)
  • 1093 Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies
  • 1231 Elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1207)
  • 1302 St. Gertrude the Great, German Benedictine nun (b. 1256)
  • 1326 Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician, dies at 41
  • 1494 Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian scholar and Renaissance philosopher (Oration on the Dignity of Man), dies under mysterious circumstances, possibly poisoned, at 31
  • 1512 Kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered
  • 1525 Eleanor of Viseu, Queen of Portugal (1481-95), dies at 67

Mary I of England

  • 1558 Reginald Pole, English cardinal, scholar and “heretic”, dies at 58
  • 1562 Antoine de Bourbon, King of Navarre (1555-62), father of Henry IV of France, dies at 44
  • 1563 John Bale, English bishop and anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan), and historian, dies at 67
  • 1592 John III, King of Sweden (1568-92), dies at 54
  • 1600 Kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese naval commander, commits seppuku (ritual suicide) after defeat at Battle of Sekigahara (b. 1542)
  • 1632 Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal, dies at 38
  • 1643 Jean-Baptiste Budes, Comte de Guébriant, Marshal of France (b. 1602)
  • 1648 Thomas Ford, English composer and lutenist to the royal court, dies (b. 1580)
  • 1665 John Earle, English bishop and author, tutor to Charles II (b. c. 1601)
  • 1668 Joseph Alleine, English Nonconformist travelling preacher (b. 1634)
  • 1690 Charles de Sainte-Maure, first Duke of Montausier, French military officer and royal tutor of the dauphin under King Louis XIV, dies at 80 [1] [2]
  • 1713 Abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1709-13), dies of dysentery at 60

English pirate captain who operated in the Bahamas and Cuba, executed for piracy by hanging in Port Royal at 37

Calico Jack

  • 1747 Alain-René Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79
  • 1757 Maria Josepha of Austria, Queen consort of Poland (1734-57), dies at 57

Thomas Pelham-Holles

  • 1770 Gian Francesco de Majo, Italian composer, dies at 38
  • 1776 James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer, dies at 66
  • 1780 Bernardo Bellotto, Italian painter (b. 1720)
  • 1794 Jacques François Dugommier, French general, dies at 56
  • 1808 David Zeisberger, Moravian clergyman and missionary, dies at 87
  • 1808 Mustafa IV, 29th Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1807-08), dies at 29
  • 1818 Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England, consort to King George III, dies at 74
  • 1826 Louise Reichardt, German composer of lieder and scared songs, educator, and choral conductor, dies at 47
  • 1848 Joseph Bernard Cannaert “Olim”, Flemish lawyer, dies at 80
  • 1849 Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, German priest and reputed miracle-worker, dies at 55
  • 1856 William Knyvett, British singer and composer, dies at 77
  • 1858 Robert Owen, British father of the cooperative movement (b. 1771)
  • 1862 Alexey Verstovsky, Russian composer, dies at 63
  • 1865 James McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist, dies at 52
  • 1875 Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos & indians), dies
  • 1893 Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, Prince of Bulgaria (1879-86), dies at 36
  • 1897 George Hendric Houghton, American Protestant Episcopal clergyman and founder of the Church of Transfiguration, dies at 77
  • 1900 J. J. Ferris, Australian cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 61 wickets, BB 7/37; NSWCA, Gloucestershire CCC), dies at 33
  • 1902 Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh Methodist Social reformer, dies at 55
  • 1905 Adolphe [Adolf Wilhelm August Karl Friedrich], Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1890-1905), dies at 88
  • 1905 Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders and son of Leopold I, dies at 68
  • 1907 Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish-born British naval officer and explorer who confirmed fate of Franklin’s 1845 Artic expedition, dies at 88

French sculptor (Baiser, Thinker), dies at 77

Auguste Rodin

  • 1917 Charles Holroyd, English artist and curator, Director of the National Gallery (1906-16), dies at 56
  • 1921 John McLaren, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1912), dies
  • 1921 Pa Chay Vue, Hmong Nationalist
  • 1922 Robert Comtesse, Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1899-1912), dies at 75
  • 1926 Carl Akeley, American taxidermist and naturalist who developed the animal mount process and other techniques for museums, dies at 62
  • 1927 Adolph Joffe, Russian Communist revolutionary and writer (Brest-Litovsk), commits suicide at 44
  • 1928 Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author, politician, and freedom fighter, dies from police baton injuries during a peaceful protest at 63
  • 1929 Dick Lilley, English cricket wicket-keepe (92 dismissals in 35 Tests 1896-1909), dies at 62
  • 1929 Herman Hollerith, German/US statistician (punch card), dies at 69
  • 1931 Georgi Atanasov, Bulgarian composer (Gergana), dies at 50
  • 1931 Hara Prasad Shastri, Indian academic, Sanskrit scholar, archivist and historian of Bengali literature, dies at 77
  • 1931 John Paulus Lotsy, Dutch botanist and geneticist (Resumptio Genetics), dies at 64
  • 1934 Joachim Ringelnatz [Hans Bötticher], German writer and artist, dies at 51
  • 1936 Ernestine Schumann-Heink (née Rössler), Austrian-American contralto (Bayreuth Festival, 1896-1914; Metropolitan Opera, 1899-1932), dies of leukemia at 75
  • 1937 Jack Worrall, Australian cricket batsman (11 Tests, 5 x 50s; Victoria CA) and VFL premiership coach (Carlton 1906, 07, 08; Essendon 1911, 12), dies at 76
  • 1938 Ante Trumbić, Croatian politician (23rd Mayor of Split), dies at 74
  • 1940 Eric Gill, British sculptor, engraver and typographer (Perpetua, Gill Sans), dies of cancer at 58
  • 1940 Raymond Pearl, American biologist, statistician, and one of the founders of biometry, dies at 61 [1]
  • 1941 Ernst Udet, German WWI pilot and notable flying ace who helped develop the Luftwaffe under the Nazi Party, commits suicide at 45
  • 1942 Ben Reitman, American anarchist, physician (b. 1879)
  • 1943 Paul Charles Rene Landormy, French musicologist, music critic, and composer, dies at 74
  • 1944 Archie MacLaren, English cricket batsman and captain (35 Tests; 424 Lancashire v Somerset 1895), dies at 72
  • 1944 Johan Hermanus Doorn, Dutch journalist and resistance fighter (Orange Newspaper), dies at 34
  • 1945 Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, dies at 63
  • 1947 Ricarda Huch, German writer and historian “First Lady of German humanism”, dies at 83
  • 1947 Victor Serge, Russian anarchist, novelist, and historian (b. 1890)
  • 1955 James P. Johnson, American pianist and jazz composer (Charleston), dies at 64
  • 1957 Cora Witherspoon, American actress (Quality Street; The Bank Dick), dies at 67
  • 1958 Marcelle Meyer, French concert pianist specializing in both contemporary classical (Les Six) and Baroque revivalist (Bach; Rameau) repertoires, dies of a heart attack while at the keyboard at 61
  • 1958 Mort Cooper, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1942, 43, 45, 46; World Series 1942, 44; NL MVP 1942), dies of cirrhosis and a staphylococcal infection at 45
  • 1958 Yutaka Taniyama, Japanese mathematician, known for the Taniyama–Shimura conjecture, commits suicide at 31
  • 1959 Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian cellist, guitarist, and conductor, and composer (Bachianas Brasileiras), dies at 72
  • 1962 Arthur Vining Davis, American industrialist and CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95
  • 1966 Jean-Pierre Peugeot III, French industrialist and leader of the Peugeot company (1928-66), dies at 70 [1] [2]
  • 1967 Fred Koch, American chemical engineer and entrepreneur (Koch Industries), dies at 67
  • 1968 Mervyn Peake, British writer and illustrator (Gormenghast books), dies at 57
  • 1968 Wilhelm Lehmann, German writer, dies at 86
  • 1970 Naunton Wayne, Welsh actor (Quartet, Hidden Room, Double Confession), dies at 69
  • 1971 Gladys Cooper, actress (Margaret-The Rogues), dies at 83
  • 1973 Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader (Sri Aurobindo), known as “The Mother”, dies at 95
  • 1974 Clive Brook, British actor and director (List of Adrian Messenger, On Approval), dies at 87
  • 1975 Kay Johnson, actress (Real Glory, Of Human Bondage), dies at 70
  • 1976 Victor Alessandro, composer, dies at 60
  • 1979 Immanuel Velikovsky, Russian writer (Worlds in Collision), dies at 84
  • 1979 John Glascock, British bass guitarist and singer (Carmen, 1972-75; Jethro Tull, 1976-79 – “Too Old To Rock ‘n’ Roll, Too Young To Die”), dies of congenital heart valve defect at 28
  • 1980 Shah Maghsoud Sadegh Angha, Iranian Sufi master and poet, master of the Oveyssi-Shahmaghsoudi Sufi Order, dies at 64
  • 1981 Bob Eberly [Eberle], American big band singer (Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra), dies of a heart attack at 65 [1]
  • 1982 Bill Baldwin, announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 69
  • 1982 Duk Koo Kim, South Korean boxer, legally declared dead
  • 1982 Eduard Tubin, Estonian-Swedish composer and conductor, dies at 77
  • 1982 Ruth Donnelly, comedienne, dies at 86 in NYC
  • 1985 Jimmy Ritz [Samuel Joachim], American vaudevillian, actor and comedian (Ritz Brothers – The Gorilla;, Hi’ya, Chum; Straight, Place and Show), dies of heart failure at 81
  • 1986 Alan Hewitt, actor (Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian), dies at 71
  • 1986 Georges Besse, French president-director of Renault, murdered
  • 1987 Irene Wicker, singer/actress (Singing Lady), dies at 81
  • 1987 Paul Derringer, American baseball pitcher (6 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1931 St. Louis Cardinals, 1940 Cincinnati Reds), dies at 81
  • 1988 Sheilah Graham, gossip columnist, dies of heart failure at 84
  • 1989 Billy Lee, actor (Sons of Legion, Biscuit Eater), dies
  • 1989 Emerson Buckley, American conductor (Greater Miami Opera, 1950-86), dies at 73
  • 1989 Gus Farace, American gangster (b. 1960)

American atomic physicist and Nobel laureate (electron scattering in atomic nuclei), dies at 75

Robert Hofstadter

Australian tennis player, analyst (Australian C’ship 1936, 40, 48), dies at 78

Adrian Quist

  • 1991 John Blatnik, (Rep-Minn, 1947-75), dies at 80
  • 1991 Kelly Jean Van Dyke-Nance, American actress, adult film performer and Jerry Van Dyke’s daughter, commits suicide at 33
  • 1991 Paul Reid Roman, actor (Aviator, Blue Knight), dies of cancer at 55
  • 1991 Rudolf Petzold, German educator and composer, dies at 83
  • 1992 Audre Lorde, American writer, feminist and activist (Black Unicorn), dies of cancer at 58
  • 1993 Gérard D. Levesque, Canadian politician, dies at 67
  • 1994 G Waller, German/Swiss movie journalist (NRC/Variety), dies at 82
  • 1995 Alan Hull, British folk singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Lindisfarne – “Lady Eleanor”), dies of a heart attack at 50
  • 1995 Edward LeBone Molotlegi, Kgosi (king) of the Bafokeng (1956-95), dies at 66
  • 1995 John Prickett, teacher/ecumenist, dies at 88
  • 1995 Marguerite Young, writer, dies at 87
  • 1995 Pete Welding, American music writer (Down Beat), musicologist (Testament Records), and jazz and blues record producer (Doug Quattlebaum), dies of a heart attack at 60
  • 1996 Johan Fleming Ramsland, Australian-British broadcaster (Managing Editor BBC World), dies of cancer at 54
  • 1997 David Ignatow, American poet (Tread the Dark, Rescue the Dead), dies at 83
  • 1997 Wilfred Josephs, British composer (Rebecca; Requiem), dies at 70
  • 1998 Esther Rolle, Bahamian-American actress (Good Times; Maude), dies from complications of diabetes at 78
  • 1998 Weeb Ewbank, American NFL coach (Baltimore Colts, NY Jets), dies at 91
  • 2000 Louis Eugène Félix Néel, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
  • 2001 Billy Vessels, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1952, University of Oklahoma), dies at 70
  • 2001 Michael Karoli, German rock guitarist (Can), dies of cancer at 53 (b. 1948)
  • 2002 Abba Eban [Aubrey Solomon Meir Eban], Israeli diplomat, ambassador to US (1950-59), and scholar (Diplomacy for the Next Century), dies at 87 [1] [2]
  • 2002 Leo P. Kelley, American sci-fi author (Dead Moon, Vacation in Space), dies at 74
  • 2003 Arthur Conley, American singer (“Sweet Soul Music”), dies of intestinal cancer at 57
  • 2003 Don Gibson, American country musician (“Sweet Dreams”), dies at 75
  • 2003 Surjit Bindrakhia [Bains], Punjabi Bhangra singer (“Lakk Tunoo Tunoo”; “Dupatta Tera Satrang Da”), dies of cardiac arrest at 41
  • 2004 Alexander Ragulin, Russian ice hockey player (Olympic gold 1964, 68, 72), dies at 63
  • 2004 Mikael Ljungberg, Swedish wrestler (Olympic gold 2000), dies at 34
  • 2005 Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor (Janosik), dies at 63
  • 2006 Bo Schembechler Jr., American College Football Hall of Fame tackle (Miami U), coach (Miami U 1963-68, University of Michigan 1969-89; career record 234–65–8), and administrator (Michigan), dies at 77
  • 2006 Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian soccer forward (Hungary 85 caps, Spain 4; Real Madrid, Budapest Honvéd) and manager (Panathinaikos), dies of pneumonia at 79
  • 2006 Flo Sandon’s [Mammola Sadon], Italian jazz and pop singer (Sanremo Music Festival, 1953 – “Viale d’autunno”), dies at 82
  • 2006 Gale Cleven, American WWII pilot (100th Bomb Group), portrayed by Austin Butler in “Masters of the Air”, dies at 87
  • 2006 Ruth Brown, American actress and singer sometimes known as the “Queen of R&B” (“So Long”; “Teardrops From My Eyes”), dies at 78
  • 2006 Tony Pithey, Rhodesian cricket batsman (17 Tests for South Africa; top score 154, 1965), dies at 73
  • 2008 George Stephen Morrison, American admiral and father of The Doors’ lead singer Jim Morrison
  • 2008 Guy Peellaert, Belgian graphic artist, photographer (Rock Dreams), movie poster and album cover designer (David Bowie -“Diamond Dogs’; Rolling Stones – “It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll”), dies of cancer at 74
  • 2008 Pete Newell, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach (Uni of San Francisco, Michigan State Uni; NCAA men’s C’ship 1959, Cal Berkeley; Olympic gold 1960), dies at 93
  • 2009 José Aboulker, French Algerian Jewish leader of anti-Nazi resistance and advocate for Algerians, dies at 89
  • 2011 Kurt Budke, American basketball coach (b. 1961)
  • 2011 Olin Branstetter, American businessman and politician (b. 1929)
  • 2012 Margaret Yorke, English crime fiction writer, dies at 88
  • 2013 Doris Lessing, British novelist (Adore; Memoirs of a Survivor; Golden Notebook), and Nobel Laureate (2007), dies at 94 [1] [2]
  • 2013 Omprakash Valmiki, Indian Dalit writer and poet (Joothan), dies of stomach cancer at 63
  • 2014 Jimmy Ruffin, American soul singer “(What Becomes of the Brokenhearted”), dies at 78
  • 2014 Ray Sadecki, American MLB player, dies from blood cancer at 73
  • 2017 Azzedine Alaïa, Tunisian-born fashion designer, dies at 82
  • 2017 Earle Hyman, American stage and screen actor (The Cosby Show – “Russell Huxtable”; ThunderCats; Coriolanus), dies at 91
  • 2017 Salvatore Riina, Italian mobster and chief of the Sicilian Mafia, dies in prison hospital ward at 87
  • 2017 William Mayer, American composer (A Death in the Family; Brief Candle; Octagon), dies from heart failure at 91
  • 2018 Mary Kay Stearns, American actress (Mary Kay & Johnny), dies at 93
  • 2018 Richard Baker, English broadcaster (newsreader for BBC News, 1954-1982), dies at 93
  • 2019 Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi and Emirati politician and diplomat (Iraq Minister of Foreign Affairs during Six-Day War), dies at 96
  • 2020 Walt Davis, American athlete (Olympic gold high jump 1952) and basketball center (NBA C’ship 1956, 58; Philadelphia Warriors, St. Louis Hawks), dies at 89
  • 2021 Dave Frishberg, American jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and lyricist (“I’m Just A Bill”; “Van Lingle Mungo”), dies at 88
  • 2021 Keith Alison, American session and touring guitarist (Paul Revere and The Raiders, 1968-75), and songwriter, dies at 79
  • 2022 Aleksandr Gorshkov, Russian ice dancer (World C’ship gold x 6; Olympic gold USSR 1976; with Lyudmila Pakhomova), dies at 76
  • 2022 Tomáš Svoboda, Czech pianist and composer (Etude; Symphony of Nature), dies at 82
  • 2023 Abe Stoklasa, American country music songwriter and musician, dies at 36
  • 2023 Henning Munk Jensen, Danish soccer defender (62 caps; PSV Eindhoven, Aalborg BK 392 games; Danish Player of the Year 1968, 75), dies at 76
  • 2023 Seóirse Bodley, Irish composer and professor of music (University College Dublin), dies at 90 [1]

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Famous Birthdays on November 17

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Vespasian

  • 331 Julian ‘the Apostate’, Roman Emperor (361-63) tried to re-instate paganism, born in Constantinople (d. 363)
  • 1503 Il Bronzino, Italian Florentine painter in Mannerist style (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son), born in Florence (d. 1572)
  • 1576 Roque Gonzales, Spanish-Guaraní Jesuit missionary to Paraguay, martyr, and Catholic saint, born in Asunción, Spanish Governorate of New Andalusia (d. 1628)
  • 1587 Louis de Geer, Walloon-Swedish entrepreneur, banker, industrialist (weapons of war), and slave trader, born in Liège, Prince-Bishopric of Liège, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1652)
  • 1594 Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch writer and town physician of Dordrecht (Treasure of Health, Treasure of Disease), born in Dordrecht, Dutch republic (d. 1647) [1] [2]
  • 1612 Dorgon, Manchu prince (Prince-Regent for Shunzhi Emperor, 1643-50) who introduced compulsory wearing of hair in queues for Han men, born in Yenden, China (d. 1650)
  • 1681 Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian, born in Rouen, France (d. 1776)
  • 1685 Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, French Canadian military officer, fur trader, and explorer of North Dakota and the upper Missouri River, born in Trois-Rivières, New France (d. 1749)
  • 1690 Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French Baroque painter and cartoonist, born in Paris (d. 1734)
  • 1729 Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain, Queen of Sardinia, born in the Royal Alcázar of Seville, Spain (d. 1785)
  • 1752 Nicolas Appert, French inventor of airtight food preservation (food canning, bouillon tablet), born in Châlons-en-Champagne, France (d. 1841)

1st post-revolutionary King of France (1814-24), born in Versailles, France

Louis XVIII

  • 1765 Étienne-Jacques MacDonald, Duc de Tarente, French marshal during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, born in Sedan, France (d. 1840)
  • 1771 Jonathan Huntington, Early American composer, born in Windham, British Colony of Connecticut (d. 1838)
  • 1787 Michele Carafa, Italian opera composer (Le nozze di Lammermoor), born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1872)
  • 1790 August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer, discovered the Möbius strip, born in Schulpforta, Saxony (d. 1868)
  • 1794 George Grote, British historian (History of Greece), born in Clay Hill, England (d. 1871)
  • 1794 John Barrien Montgomery, American naval commander during American-Mexican War, born in Allentown, New Jersey (d. 1873) [1]
  • 1799 Titian Peale, American artist and naturalist (American Ornithology), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1885)
  • 1808 Alberich Zwyssig, Swiss monk and composer (Swiss psalm – Swiss National Anthem), born in Bauen, Switzerland (d. 1854)
  • 1814 Joseph Finegan, American businessman and Brigadier General in the Confederate Army (Battle of Olustee), born in Clones, Ireland (d. 1885)
  • 1816 August Wilhelm Ambros, Austrian Czech musicologist (History of Music), born in Vysoké Mýto, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1876)
  • 1826 John McArthur, Scottish-American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Erskine, Scotland (d. 1906)
  • 1827 Petko Slaveykov, Bulgarian revolutionary writer, poet and politician, born in Turnovo, Bulgaria (d. 1895)
  • 1834 Stephen Hinsdale Weed, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Potsdam, New York (d. 1863)
  • 1835 Andrew L. Harris, American Civil War hero and Governor of Ohio (1906-09), born in MiIlton Township, Ohio (d. 1915)
  • 1837 Willem Coenen, Dutch composer and pianist, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1918)
  • 1854 Louis Lyautey, French general and colonial administrator (Indochina, Morocco) Minister of Defense (1916-17), born in Nancy, France (d. 1934)
  • 1859 Gerhard Schjelderup, Norwegian opera composer and musicologist, born in Kristiansand, Norway (d. 1933)
  • 1865 John Stanley Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett’s twins), born in Hickson, Ontario (d. 1941)
  • 1866 Voltairine de Cleyre, American anarchist, writer and speaker, born in Leslie, Michigan (d. 1912)
  • 1876 Joseph Vandemeulebroek, Belgian politician (Mayor of Brussels,1939-41 and 1944-56), born in Laeken, Brussels, Belgium (d. 1958)
  • 1877 Frank Calder, British born Canadian ice hockey executive (first NHL President), born in Bristol, England (d. 1943)
  • 1878 Grace Abbott, American social worker (US Children’s Bureau), born in Grand Island, Nebraska (d. 1939)
  • 1885 Hendrik de Man, Belgian sociologist and politician (Belgian Labour Party), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1953)
  • 1885 Henri de Man, Belgian educator, socialist theoretician (Plan de Man), politician (Chairman of Belgian Workers Party), and memoirist (Après Coup), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1953) [1]
  • 1886 Crane Wilbur, American director and writer (Bat, Canon City, Yellow Cargo), born in Athens, New York (d. 1973)

1st Viscount Alamein, British WWII Field Marshal (African campaign, D-Day) and WWI officer, born in London

Bernard Montgomery

  • 1890 Jack Cusack, American pro football pioneer (Canton Bulldogs), born in Canton, Ohio (d. 1973)
  • 1891 Guido Pannain Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1977)
  • 1891 Jean Del Val [Gautier], French actor (Sainted Devil, Flying Deuces), born in Reims, France (d. 1975)
  • 1892 Max Deutsch, Austrian-French composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1982)
  • 1894 Eelco van Kleffens, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1939-46) and diplomat, born in Heerenveen, Netherlands (d. 1983)
  • 1894 Sophocles Venizelos, Greek politician, premier of Greece (1944, 50-51), born in Chania, Crete (d. 1964)
  • 1895 Gregorio López y Fuentes, Mexican author of the Mexican Revolution known for “El Indio”, born in Zontecomatlán, Mexico (d. 1966)
  • 1895 Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher, born in Oryol, Russian Empire (d. 1975)

Russian psychologist notable for contributions to the understanding of psychological development in children, born in Orsha, Russian Empire

Lev Vygotsky

  • 1897 Eddie Baker, American actor (A Man About Town, Collars and Cuffs), born in Davis, West Virginia (d. 1968)
  • 1897 Frank Fay, American vaudeville comedian and actor (God’s Gift to Women, Love Nest), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1961)
  • 1897 Sara Haden, American actress (A Family Affair), born in Galveston, Texas (d. 1981)
  • 1898 Harold Bennett, English actor (Are You Being Served? – “Young Mr. Grace”), born in Hastings, Sussex, England (d. 1981)
  • 1899 Douglas Shearer, Canadian film engineer, made technological sound advances in film at MGM, born in Quebec Westmount, Quebec, born in Westmount, Quebec (d. 1971)
  • 1899 Roger Vitrac, French poet and dramatist (Coup of Trafalgar), born in Pinsac, France (d. 1952)
  • 1901 Joyce Wethered, British golfer (English Ladies’ champion 1920–24), born in London, England (d. 1997)
  • 1901 Lee Strasberg, Austrian acting coach and actor (The Godfather: Part II, Somewhere in the Night), born in Budzanów, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1982)
  • 1901 Max Zehnder, Swiss neo-classical composer, born in Turgi, Switzerland (d. 1972)
  • 1901 Walter Hallstein, West German politician (CDU) (Hallstein doctrine, 1st President of the EU 1958-67)), born in Mainz, German Empire (d. 1982)
  • 1902 Eugene Wigner, Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician (1963 Nobel Prize for Physics), worked on the Manhattan Project, born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1995)
  • 1903 Joseph Kaminski, Russian born Israeli composer, born in Odessa, Ukraine (d. 1972)
  • 1904 Isamu Noguchi, Japanese American sculptor (1963 Fine Arts Medal, Noguchi table), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1988)
  • 1904 L.F. “Jack” Owen, American blues singer and guitarist (“It Must’ve Been The Devil”), born in Bentonia, Mississippi (d. 1997)
  • 1904 Salomėja Nėris [Salomėja Bačinskaitė – Bučienė], Lithuanian poet, born in Kiršai, Poland (d. 1945)
  • 1905 Adam Ważyk [Adam Wagman], Polish poet and author (Eyes & Mouth), born in Warsaw, Russian Empire (d. 1982)
  • 1905 Arthur Chipperfield, Australian cricketer (batsman and leggie 99 on Test debut), born in Ashfield, New South Wales (d. 1987)
  • 1905 Astrid of Sweden, Queen of the Belgians, first wife of King Leopold III (1934-35), born in Arvfurstens Palace, Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden (d. 1935)
  • 1905 Mischa Auer [Ounskowsky], Russian actor (My Man Godfrey), born in St Petersburg, Russia (d. 1967)
  • 1906 Betty Bronson, American actress (Evel Knievel, One Stolen Night), born in Trenton, New Jersey (d. 1971)

Soichiro Honda

  • 1907 Israel Regardie, English occultist, Aleister Crowley’s secretary, born in London, England (d. 1985)
  • 1909 Gerald Savory, British actor playwright and TV producer (Heart of the Matter), born in London, England (d. 1996)
  • 1911 Charles Walters, American actor, choreographer and director (Lili, Easter parade), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1982)
  • 1911 Christian Fouchet, French diplomat, born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France (d. 1974)
  • 1911 Jimmy DeBerry, American blues guitarist, banjo player, and singer, born in Gumwood, Arkansas (d. 1985)
  • 1911 Nobutaka Shikanai, Japanese media CEO (Fujisankei Communications Group), born in Hokkaido, Japan (d. 1990) [1]
  • 1911 William Tannen, American actor (Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull), born in New York City (d. 1976)
  • 1914 Archie Campbell, American country recording artist, comedian, and writer (Hee Haw), born in Bullsgap, Tennessee (d. 1987)
  • 1915 (Clarence) “Shorty” Cherock, American swing jazz and big band trumpeter (Jimmy Dorsey; Gene Krupa; Nelson Riddle), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1980)
  • 1916 Winson Hudson, American civil rights activist (rural Mississippi), born in Harmony, Mississippi (d. 2004)
  • 1917 Jack Lescoulie, American TV host (Jackie Gleason Show), born in Sacramento, California (d. 1987)
  • 1919 Hershy Kay, American composer (Olympic Hymn, A Chorus Line), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1981)
  • 1919 Ludwig Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord, German journalist, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1996)
  • 1920 Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgish baritone pop and schlager singer (“Bonjour les amies / Hello Friends”), lyricist, translator (“I Want to Hold Your Hand / Komm, gib mir deine Hand”; “She Loves You / Sie liebt dich”), and broadcaster, born in Tétange, Luxembourg (d. 2005)
  • 1921 Albert Bertelsen, Danish painter and graphic artist, born in Vejle, Denmark (d. 2019)
  • 1922 Émile Noël, French European civil servant (helped bring about European Union), born in Istanbul, Turkey (d. 1996)
  • 1923 Bert Sutcliffe, New Zealand cricket batsman (42 Tests, 5 x 100s, TS 230no; Otago CA), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2001)
  • 1923 Mike Garcia, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1952, 53, 54; AL ERA leader 1949, 54; World Series 1948 Cleveland Indians), born in San Gabriel, California (d. 1986)
  • 1923 Robert Heuston, Irish legal scholar, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1995)
  • 1925 Charles Mackerras, Australian conductor, born in Schenectady, New York (d. 2010)
  • 1925 Colin Mitchell, British army officer (Battle of Crater during Arden uprising), born in Croyden, England (d. 1996)
  • 1925 Libby Newman, American artist, born in Rockland, Delaware (d. 2023)

American actor (Pillow Talk, A Farewell to Arms, Ice Station Zebra), born in Winnetka, Illinois

Rock Hudson

  • 1926 [Robin] “Robert” Brown, American actor (Here Come the Brides – “Jason”; Primus), born in Trenton, New Jersey (d. 2022)
  • 1927 Fenella Fielding, English actress (Carry On films), born in London (d. 2018)
  • 1927 Robert Drasnin, American clarinetist, composer, and film and television music supervisor (CBS, 1977-91), born in Charleston, West Virginia (d. 2015)
  • 1928 Colin McDonald, Australian cricket batsman (47 Tests, 5 x 100s; Victoria), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2021)
  • 1928 Ellis Hillman, British Labour party politician, lecturer, and writer (London Under London), born in London (d. 1996)
  • 1928 John Sangster, Australian jazz composer (The Hobbit Suite), born in Sandringham, Australia (d. 1995)
  • 1928 Rance Howard, American actor (Splash, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind), born in Duncan, Oklahoma (d. 2017)
  • 1929 Edgar White, American yachtsman (Olympic gold 5.5m class 1952), born in NYC, New York (d. 2014)
  • 1929 Jackie Ferrara [Jacqueline Hirschhorn], American minimalist sculptor (Amphitheater 1999, Trid 1978), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2025)
  • 1929 Sumner White, US yachtsman (Olympic gold 1952), born in New York City (d. 1988)
  • 1930 Bob Mathias, American decathlete (Olympic gold 1948, 52) and congressman, born in Tulare, California (d. 2006)
  • 1930 Brian Lenihan, Sr,Irish politician (Member of Parliament (Teachta Dála), 1961-73 and 1977-95), born in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland (d. 1995)
  • 1930 David Amram, American classical, jazz, folk, and film score composer (Shakespeare in the Park; Splendor in the Grass; The Manchurian Candidate), musician, conductor, and educator, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1931 Pierre Nora, French historian and scholar known for his work on the role of memory in the writing of history, born in Paris, France (d. 2025) [1]
  • 1931 Wayne Andre, American jazz and session trombonist, born in Manchester, Connecticut (d. 2003)
  • 1933 Alan Harrington, Welsh soccer defender (11 caps; Cardiff City 348 games), born in Penarth, Wales (d. 2019)
  • 1934 Alan Curtis, American harpsichordist, musicologist and conductor, born in Mason, Michigan (d. 2015)
  • 1934 Jim Inhofe, American politician (US Senator -R- Oklahoma 1995-2023, US Representative -R- Oklahoma 1987-94), and climate change skeptic, born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 2024) [1]
  • 1934 Marion Montgomery [Marian Runnells], American-British jazz singer (“Maybe the Morning”), born in Natchez, Mississippi, (d. 2002)
  • 1935 Imrat Khan, Indian sitar and surbahar player and composer, born in Calcutta, British India (d. 2018)
  • 1935 Roswell Rudd, American free-jazz trombonist (Archie Shepp) and avant-garde composer (New York Art Quartet), born in Sharon, Connecticut (d. 2017)
  • 1935 Toni Sailer, Austrian alpine skier (Olympic gold Downhill, Slalom, Giant slalom 1956; World C’ship gold x 7), born in Kitzbühel, Austria (d. 2009)
  • 1936 Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet and translator, born in Ramat Gan, Palestine (d. 2005)
  • 1936 John Wells, English actor (Casino Royale; The Bobo), screenwriter, screenwriter, and satirist (That Was the Week That Was), born in Ashford, Kent (d. 1998)
  • 1937 Peter Cook, British comic and actor (Bedazzled: Yellowbeard; The Princess Bride), born in Torquay England (d. 1995)
  • 1938 Álvaro Cassuto, Portuguese composer and conductor, born in Porto, Portugal

Canadian folk singer (“Sundown”; “The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald”), born in Orillia, Ontario

Gordon Lightfoot

  • 1939 Auberon Waugh, British author and journalist (Private Eye), born in Dulverton, England (d. 2001)
  • 1940 Jillian Sackler [Gillian Tully], British philanthropist and patron of the arts (The Sackler Wing at the Metropolitan Museum), born in Stoke-on-Trent, England (d. 2025) [1]
  • 1940 Luke Kelly, Irish folk music singer and banjo player, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1984)
  • 1940 William Simons, Welsh actor (Heartbeat – “PC Alf Ventress”), born in Swansea, Wales (d. 2019)
  • 1941 Peter Hoagland, American politician (Rep-D-Nebraska 1989-95), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2007)
  • 1942 Bob Gaudio, American pop-rock musician and songwriter (Four Seasons – “Sherry”; “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You”), born in The Bronx, New York City
  • 1942 Khang Khek Leu ‘Comrade Dutch’, Cambodian Khmer Rouge figure convicted of crimes against humanity, born in Choyaot village, Cambodia (d. 2020)

Martin Scorsese

  • 1943 Lauren Hutton [Mary], model/actress (American Gigolo), born in Charleston, South Carolina
  • 1943 Richard Anthony Hewson, British musician, producer, arranger, and conductor (RAH Band – “The Crunch”), born in Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside, England
  • 1944 (Harold Eugene) Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter (The Byrds – “Eight Miles High”), born in Tipton, Missouri (d. 1991)

1944 American Emmy Award-winning actor (Taxi – “Louie”; Ruthless People; Twins; It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – “Frank”), and director (“Throw Momma from the Train”, “The War of the Roses”, born in Neptune Township, New Jersey

Danny DeVito

  • 1944 Jim Boeheim, Basketball Hall of Fame coach (Syracuse; John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award 2006), born in Lyons, New York

1944 Canadian TV producer, actor and comedy writer (Saturday Night Live), born in Toronto, Ontario

Lorne Michaels

  • 1944 Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architect (Pritzker Prize, 2000), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • 1944 Sarolta Monspart, Hungarian orienteering competitor (first non-Scandinavian female to win World C’ship 1972; 14 x national titles), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2021)

American Baseball HOF pitcher (NL Cy Young Award 1969, 73, 75; 12 x MLB All Star; NY Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago WS), born in Fresno, California [1]

Tom Seaver

1945 American Basketball Hall of Fame forward (NBA All-Star 1969–1980; NBA scoring champion 1969), born in Rayville, Louisiana

Elvin Hayes

  • 1945 Roland Joffe, English director (“The Mission”, “The Killing Fields”), born in London
  • 1946 Lawrence “Black” Ardoin, American zydeco accordionist, drummer, and Vietnam War veteran, born in Duralde, Louisiana (d. 2022)
  • 1946 Martin Barre, British rock guitarist (Jethro Tull – “Aqualung”), born in Kings Heath, Birmingham, England
  • 1946 Terry Branstad, American politician and ambassador, Governor of Iowa (1983-1999, 2011-17), born in Leland, Iowa
  • 1947 Inky Mark, Canadian politician, born in Taishan, China
  • 1947 Rod Clements, English rocker (Lindisfarne), born in North Shields, Tyne and Wear
  • 1947 Steven E. de Souza, American scriptwriter and producer (Die Hard, Commando), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1947 Stewkey [Robert Antoni], American power pop-rock vocalist and keyboard player (Nazz – “Open My Eyes”, “Hello It’s Me), born in Newport, Rhode Island (d. 2023)
  • 1948 Howard Dean, American politician, Governor of Vermont (1991-2003), born in East Hampton, New York
  • 1948 Howard Fineman, American journalist and political commentator (Newsweek; NBC News; AOL Huffington Post Media Group), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2024)
  • 1948 Iain Sutherland, Scottish folk-soft rock vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist (Sutherland Brothers & Quiver – “Arms of Mary”; “(I Don’t Want to Love You But) You Got Me Anyway”), born in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (d. 2019)
  • 1948 Tom Wolf, American politician, Governor of Pennsylvania (2015-23), born in Mount Wolf, Pennsylvania
  • 1949 John Boehner, American politician (Rep-R-Ohio 1991-2015, Speaker of the House 2011-15), born in Reading, Ohio
  • 1950 Roland Matthes, German swimmer (Olympic gold 100, 200m backstroke 1968, 72; WR x 19), born in Pößneck, Thuringia, Germany
  • 1950 Tom Walkinshaw, Scottish auto racer (European Touring Car C’ship 1984) and team owner (TWR, Gloucester Rugby), born in Mauldslie Farm, Scotland (d. 2010)
  • 1951 Butch Davis, American football coach (Cleveland Browns 2007–10; Uni of North Carolina 2017–21; FIU 2017-21), born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma
  • 1951 Dean Paul Martin, Jr, American pop singer (Dino, Desi & Billy), and actor (Misfits of Science), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 1987)
  • 1951 Jack Vettriano, Scottish painter (The Singing Butler), born in Methil, Scotland
  • 1951 Stephen Root, American actor (“Get Out”, “Barry”), born in Sarasota, Florida

Cyril Ramaphosa

  • 1952 Roman Ogaza, Polish soccer striker (21 caps; Szombierki Bytom, GKS Tychy, Szombierki Bytom, RC Lens), born in Katowice, Poland (d. 2006)
  • 1953 Jilly Johnson (née Gosden), British model and pop vocalist (Blonde on Blonde), born in Queensland, Australia
  • 1953 Vítor Oliveira, Portuguese soccer midfielder (Braga, Portimonense) and manager (won 11 promotions to Primeira Liga, 6 as champion), born in Matosinhos, Portugal (d. 2020)
  • 1954 Jeremy Lloyds, English cricket umpire (5 Tests, 18 ODIs, 1 T20I) and all-rounder (Somerset CCC, Orange Free State, Gloucestershire CCC), born in Penang, Malaya (d. 2022)
  • 1954 Jorge Hernández, Cuban boxer Olympic gold light flyweight 1976; World C’ship gold 1974, 78), born in Havana, Cuba (d. 2019)
  • 1954 Mark “Chopper” Read, Australian criminal and crime author (Chopper: From the Inside), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2013)
  • 1955 Bill McCreary, Canadian ice hockey referee (Winter Olympics 1998, 2002, 10; Stanley Cup x 15; 1,737 NHL games), born in Guelph, Ontario
  • 1955 Peter Cox, British pop-rock singer-songwriter (Go West – “Call Me”; “King of Wishful Thinking”), born in Kingston upon Thames, England
  • 1955 Yolanda King, American actress (Fluke, Ghosts of Mississippi) and activist, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., born in Montgomery, Alabama (d. 2007)
  • 1956 Enzo Favata, Italian jazz saxophonist and composer, born in Alghero, Sardinia, Italy
  • 1957 Debbie Thrower, British journalist and news presenter (BBC National News, Songs of Praise), born in Nairobi, Kenya
  • 1957 Jim Babjak, American guitarist and songwriter (The Smithereens – “Only A Memory”), born in Salzburg, Austria
  • 1958 Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, American actress (Color of Money), born in Oak Park, Illinois
  • 1959 Terry Fenwick, English footballer (Queens Park Rangers, England), born in Seaham, England
  • 1959 William R. Moses, American actor (Cole-Falcon Crest), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1960 Jonathan Ross, English talk show host (Friday Night with Jonathan Ross), born in London
  • 1960 Kirk Fogg, American TV host of “Legends of the Hidden Temple”, born in Los Angeles, California

1960 American drag queen, actor, singer and TV personality (RuPaul’s Drag Race), born in San Diego, California

RuPaul

Chanda Kochhar

  • 1961 Merete Van Kemp, Danish actress (Grace in “Dallas”, “Princess Daisy”), born in Kolding, Denmark
  • 1961 Pat Toomey, American politician (Senator-R-Pennsylvania 2011-, Rep-R-PA 1999-2005), born in Providence, Rhode Island
  • 1961 Robert Stethem, U.S. Navy Seabee diver murdered by terrorists on TWA Flight 847, born in Waterbury, Connecticut (d. 1985)
  • 1962 (André) “Dédé” Fortin, Canadian rock and ska singer-songwriter (Les Colocs), born in Saint-Thomas-Didyme, Quebec (d. 2000)
  • 1962 Eric Olson, American actor (Apple’s Way), born in Santa Monica, California
  • 1962 Torleif Thedéen, Swedish concert cellist, born in Sweden
  • 1963 Pedro Luis Estrada, American murderer (FBI Most Wanted List), born in Brooklyn, New York
  • 1964 Marina Cherkasova, Russian figure skater (World C’ship gold Pairs 1980; Olympic silver 1980), born in Moscow, Russia
  • 1964 Ralph Garman, American actor (The Joe Schmo Show), and radio personality, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1965 Amanda Brown, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens, 1986-89) and film composer (Brazen Hussies), born in Sydney, Australia
  • 1965 Danton Supple, British rock record producer and sound mixer (Coldplay; Spandau Ballet), born in London, England
  • 1966 Daisy Fuentes, Cuban-American VJ and TV presenter (America’s Funniest Videos), born in Havana, Cuba
  • 1966 Jeff Buckley, American musician and singer (“Hallelujah”), born in Anaheim, California (d. 1997)
  • 1966 Jeff Nelson, pitcher (NY Yankees), born in Baltimore, Maryland
  • 1966 Kate Ceberano, Australian singer (“Pash”; “Bedroom Eyes”), and actress, born in Melbourne, Australia
  • 1966 Richard Fortus, American guitarist (The Psychedelic Furs; Guns N’ Roses, since 2002), born in St. Louis, Missouri
  • 1966 Sophie Marceau, French actress (Braveheart, L’Amour Braque), born in Paris, France
  • 1967 Ronnie Devoe, American pop and R&B vocalist (New Edition – “Cool It Now”; Bell Biv Devoe – “Do Me!”), born in Boston, Massachusetts
  • 1967 Sheila Lussier, actress (Reform School, My Chauffeur), born in La Mesa, California
  • 1968 Robin Li [Li Yanhong], Chinese founder of the Chinese search engine Baidu, born in Yangquan, Shanxi
  • 1968 Sean Miller, American College basketball coach (Xavier Uni, Uni of Arizona; 3 × Pac-12 Coach of the Year), born in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania
  • 1969 Ryotaro Okiayu, Japanese voice actor for Lee Chaolan, and Byakuya Kuchiki, born in Kitakyushu, Japan
  • 1970 Paul Allender, British heavy metal guitarist (Cradle of Filth), born in Colchester, England
  • 1972 Kimya Dawson, American folk singer (Moldy Peaches – “Anyone Else but You”), born in Bedford Hills, New York

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  • 473 The future Zeno I is named associate emperor by Emperor Leo I
  • 1183 Battle of Mizushima: Japanese Taira clan defeat the Minamoto
  • 1278 680 Jews are arrested in England for counterfeiting coins, and 293 are hanged
  • 1292 (O.S.) John Balliol becomes King of Scots

Charles VIII and Anne of Brittany

1491 Anne of Brittany becomes engaged to King Charles VIII of France

  • 1511 England, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire sign anti-French covenant The Treaty of Westminster

1558 Elizabeth I, aged 25, ascends the English throne upon the death of her half-sister, Queen Mary I

Church of England Independence

1558 The independence of the Church of England is re-established upon ascension of Elizabeth I to the throne

Walter Raleigh

1603 English explorer, writer and courtier Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason

  • 1636 Brazilian general Henrique Dias wins a decisive battle against the Dutch in Brazil
  • 1659 Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain

Andromaque

1667 Jean Racine‘s tragedy “Andromaque” premieres in Paris in the private chambers of Queen Marie-Thérèse

  • 1734 Printer John Zenger, arrested for libel against NY colonial governor William Cosby; later acquitted
  • 1774 First City Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry formed at Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia, one of the oldest US military units still in service
  • 1785 Church of England organizes in New England

Battle of Arcole

1796 Battle of Arcole: French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte defeat an Austrian force led by József Alvinczi after a 3 day battle at Arcole, Republic of Venice

  • 1798 Beginning of a 5 day New England Blizzard that covers thousands of houses and kills hundreds
  • 1800 Congress meets for the first time in the newly built but still incomplete Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., established by the Residence Act of 1790
  • 1812 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Krasnoi during Napoleon‘s retreat from Moscow
  • 1827 The Delta Phi fraternity, America’s oldest continuous social fraternity, founded at Union College in Schenectady, New York
  • 1831 Ecuador and Venezuela separate from Gran Colombia

Oberto

1839 Giuseppe Verdi‘s opera “Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio” premieres at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan

  • 1842 Fugitive slave George Latimer captured in Boston
  • 1842 Opera “Linda di Chamounix” by Gaetano Donizetti is produced in London
  • 1853 Street signs authorized at San Francisco intersections

Victoria Falls

1855 David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls in what is now Zambia and Zimbabwe

  • 1856 On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.
  • 1858 Origin of Modified Julian Period
  • 1862 Confederate Secretary of War George B. Randolph resigns

Fredericksburg Campaign

1862 Union General Ambrose Burnside marches north out of Washington, D.C., to begin the Fredericksburg campaign

  • 1863 -Dec 4th) Battle of Knoxville, Tennessee
  • 1866 Opera “Mignon” by Ambroise Thomas premieres at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, Francce
  • 1869 Englishman James Moore wins the first bicycle race, racing 13 km from Paris to Rouen, France
  • 1869 Suez Canal in Egypt opens, linking the Mediterranean and Red seas
  • 1871 National Rifle Association is first chartered in the State of New York
  • 1873 Rival cities of Buda & Pest unite to form the capital of Hungary
  • 1874 Emigrant ship Cospatrick catches fire & sinks off Auckland, New Zealand
  • 1875 American Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky & Colonel Olcott
  • 1877 Russia launches a surprise night attack that overruns Turkish forces at Kars, Armenia
  • 1878 First assassination attempt against King Umberto I of Italy
  • 1882 British gunboat HMS Flirt fires at and destroys village of Torofani on the Forcado River in Niger, in retaliation for attack on British owned factory that left 5 Brits missing

Sullivan Arrested

1884 Police arrest boxer John L. Sullivan in the second round of a match for being “cruel”

  • 1885 The Serbian Army, with Russian support, invades Bulgaria
  • 1888 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky‘ conducts the premiere of his 5th Symphony at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, Russia
  • 1889 Union Pacific begins daily through service, Chicago-Portland & San Francisco
  • 1894 Daily Racing Form founded

Killer Holmes Arrested

1894 Serial killer H. H. Holmes is arrested in Boston after being tracked there from Philadelphia by the Pinkertons

  • 1903 Dahomey (Benin) becomes a French protectorate
  • 1903 In the Treaty of Petropolis, Bolivia cedes the territory of Arce to Brazil; Bolivia gains rail and water outlets in the east
  • 1905 The Eulsa Treaty is signed between Japan and Korea
  • 1913 1st US dental hygienists course forms, Bridgeport, Connecticut
  • 1913 The first ship sails through the Panama Canal, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
  • 1914 US declares Panama Canal Zone neutral

Freedom of the Press

1917 Vladimir Lenin defends “temporary” removal of freedom of the press

  • 1918 German troops evacuate Brussels
  • 1918 Social Democratic Party becomes Communistc Party Holland: CPH

1922 The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, is expelled to Malta on a British warship

  • 1926 NHL’s Chicago Black Hawks play their 1st game, beat Tor St Pats 4-1
  • 1927 Tornado hits Washington, D.C.
  • 1928 Boston Garden officially opens
  • 1928 Notre Dame finally loses a football game at home after 23 years

Politburo Power Struggle

1929 Nikolai Bukharin is expelled from the Soviet Politburo amidst a power struggle with Joseph Stalin

  • 1929 Pascual Ortiz Rubio elected president of Mexico

American Clipper

1931 Charles Lindbergh inaugurates Pan Am service from Cuba to South America in the Sikorsky flying boat “American Clipper”

  • 1931 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney opens Whitney Museum of American Art on West Eighth Street. NY, after the Met Museum refuses to accept her collection [1]
  • 1932 German government of von Papen resigns
  • 1933 Marx Brothers film “Duck Soup,” directed by Leo McCarey and starring the Marx Brothers, is released in the US
  • 1933 United States recognizes Soviet Union, opens trade
  • 1936 Edgar Bergen and dummy Charlie McCarthy become an overnight success on radio
  • 1937 Britain’s Lord Halifax visits Germany, beginning of appeasement
  • 1938 Italy passes its own version of anti-Jewish Nuremberg laws
  • 1939 German U-boat torpedoes passenger ship
  • 1939 The Rome-Rio de Janeiro air connection created
  • 1940 Green Bay Packers become the first NFL team to travel by plane
  • 1941 Virgil Thomson’s 2nd Symphony, premieres
  • 1945 H. J. Wilson of the RAF sets a new world airspeed record of 606 mph (975 km/h)
  • 1947 The Screen Actors Guild in the US implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath
  • 1948 Britain’s House of Commons votes to nationalize steel industry
  • 1951 Britain reports development of the world’s first nuclear-powered heating system
  • 1953 St Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc
  • 1953 The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland are evacuated to the mainland
  • 1953 United States joins the United Nations in condemning Israel’s raid on Jordan on October 4, 1953

NCAA Record

1956 Syracuse fullback Jim Brown, scores NCAA record of 43 pts (vs Colgate)

  • 1956 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
  • 1957 WBOY TV channel 12 in Clarksburg, West Virginia (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
  • 1958 KAII TV channel 7 in Wailuku, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting
  • 1959 De Beers of South Africa announces the invention of a new synthetic diamond process

McCovey Rookie of Year

1959 SF Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Willie McCovey wins NL Rookie of the Year

  • 1959 William Shea shows proposed NYC stadium with transparent roof
  • 1960 New MLB Washington franchise is awarded to Elwood Quesada

Dulles International

1962 US President JFK dedicates Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C.

  • 1962 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh, Semipalitinsk USSR
  • 1964 British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa
  • 1965 General Meeting of UN refuses admittance of People’s Republic of China
  • 1965 The NVA ambushes American troops of the 7th Cavalry at Landing Zone Albany in the la Drang Valley, almost wiping them out
  • 1965 William Eckert is unanimously elected commissioner of baseball
  • 1966 Leonids meteor shower peaks at over 150,000 per hour for 20 minutes, a storm so intense that some people think it is the end of the world
  • 1967 Beatles Ltd and Apple Music Ltd swap names

Monkee Opens Boutique

1967 Davy Jones of the Monkees opens a boutique, Zilch I, in Greenwich Village, New York

  • 1967 French author Régis Debray sentenced to 30 years in Bolivia
  • 1967 Surveyor 6 becomes 1st man-made object to lift off Moon
  • 1968 “Heidi Game”, NBC cuts to show “Heidi” and misses Raider’s rally to beat Jets, 43-32
  • 1968 Alexandros Panagoulis is condemned to death for attempting to assassinate Greek dictator George Papadopoulos

TV Show Appearance

1968 Beatle George Harrison makes cameo appearance on American television’s “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour”

  • 1968 KHNE TV channel 29 in Hastings, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
  • 1969 SALT-discussions open in Helsinki Finland
  • 1970 British newspaper Sun puts 1st pinup girl on page 3 (Stephanie Rahn)

Elton John’s Live Studio Concert

1970 Elton John performs a live studio concert broadcast for WABC in New York City, later released as his 11-17-70 album

  • 1970 Russia lands Lunokhod 1 unmanned remote-controlled vehicle on Moon
  • 1973 Greek regime attacks students with tanks, 100s killed

Film & TV History

1973 Teri Garr plays new nurse, Lt Suzanne Marquetten, on “The Sniper” episode of TV series M*A*S*H

Nixon: “I’m Not a Crook”

1973 US President Richard Nixon tells AP “…people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook”

  • 1974 Aliança Operário-Camponesa (Worker-Peasant Alliance) founded in Portugal as a front of PCP(m-l)
  • 1974 Bonnie Bryant becomes the first left-handed player in history to win an LPGA Tour event; scores a 3-stroke victory in the Bill Branch Golf Classic in Fort Myers, Florida

Music History

1974 Swedish pop group ABBA begins their first international tour at the Kalkonerteater in Copenhagen, Denmark

  • 1974 Union of Banana Exporting Countries (UPEB) forms
  • 1976 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
  • 1977 Bernard Pomerance’s “Elephant Man” premieres in London

Sadat Accepts Israeli Invitation

1977 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel

Salem’s Lot

1979 “Salem’s Lot”, American two-part miniseries based on the horror novel of the same name by Stephen King, premieres in the United States

  • 1979 Daniel Okrent sketches out 1st draft rules for Rotisserie Baseball on a flight to Austin, TX
  • 1979 NY Stars (WBL) home opener at Madison Square Garden in NYC

9 to 5 and Odd Jobs

1980 RCA-Victor Records releases “9 to 5 and Odd Jobs”, the 23rd studio album by country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton

  • 1980 WHHM Television in Washington, D.C., becomes the first African-American public-broadcasting television station
  • 1981 NBA NY Knick Bill Cartwright, ties record of 19 of 19 free throws
  • 1983 Harm Wiersma retains checkers world championship
  • 1983 Philadelphia Flyers win 13th straight NHL game
  • 1984 Golden State Warrior Purvis Short scores career high 59 points though team loses to NJ Nets 124-110
  • 1984 Islanders score 20 assists against Rangers

Diamond’s 9th Symphony

1985 David Diamond’s 9th Symphony, dedicated to Dmitri Mitropoulos, premieres with the American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein

  • 1985 NBC’s premiere of controversial TV thriller “Hostage Flight”
  • 1985 NY Jets best offensive production beating Tampa Bay 62-28
  • 1987 George Bell is 1st Blue Jay ever to win the AL MVP

You Can Dance

1987 The Madonna compilation album “You Can Dance” is released

  • 1989 Student demonstration in Prague put down by riot police, leading to an uprising (the Velvet Revolution) that will topple the communist government on Dec. 29
  • 1990 American singer David Crosby breaks his left leg, ankle and shoulder in a motorcycle accident in Los Angeles, California
  • 1991 1st TV condom ad aired (FOX- TV)
  • 1991 Detroit Lion Mike Utley is paralized in a game vs LA Rams
  • 1992 “The Bodyguard” movie soundtrack is released by Arista Records (Billboard Album of the Year 1993)
  • 1992 Blue Jay Nigel Wilson is 1st pick of Marlins in expansion draft
  • 1992 Dateline NBC airs a demonstration show General Motors trucks, blowing up on impact, later revealed NBC rigged test
  • 1992 Erling Kagge begins successful exploration at South pole
  • 1993 Antonov AN-124 flies in South Iran against mountain: 17 killed

Nigerian Military Coup

1993 General Sani Abacha leads a military coup against Ernest Shonekan’s transitional administration and returns the Nigerian government to military control

  • 1993 US House of Representatives approve Nafta
  • 1994 3rd Germany government of Kohl forms
  • 1994 Irish government of Reynolds resigns
  • 1996 “Present Laughter” opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
  • 1996 Paleoanthropologists Tim White and Berhane Asfaw discover the 2.5-million-year-old fossils of Australopithecus garhi, representing a new species of early hominid, in the Middle Awash region of Ethiopia
  • 1997 In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by 6 Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre (The police then kill the assailants).
  • 1998 Tori Amos release a compilation of her videos, “Tori Amos: The Complete Collection: 1992-1998”

My Love is Your Love

1998 Whitney Houston releases her fourth studio album “My Love is Your Love”

  • 2000 A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills 7, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.

Hewitt’s Back-to-Back Titles

2002 Australian Leyton Hewitt scores back-to-back season-ending Tennis Masters Cup titles with a classic 7–5, 7–5, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4 victory over Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero in Shanghai, China

Britney Spears

2003 Britney Spears, at 21 years old, becomes the youngest singer to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

  • 2004 Kmart Corp. announces it is buying Sears, Roebuck and Co. for $11 billion USD and naming the newly merged company Sears Holdings Corporation.

Rent

2005 Film adaptation of Joanthan Larson’s musical “Rent”, starring Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs, premieres at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC

  • 2005 Italy’s choice of national anthem, “Il Canto degli Italiani”, becomes official in law for the first time, almost 60 years after it was provisionally chosen following the birth of the republic.
  • 2006 Official naming of element 111, Roentgenium (Rg).
  • 2008 Japan, the world’s second-biggest economy, slides into its first recession in seven years
  • 2012 50 schoolchildren and a bus driver are killed after a train collides with a school bus in Manfalut, Egypt
  • 2013 50 people are killed after a Boeing 737 aircraft crashes in Kazan, Russia
  • 2013 Abdulla Yameen becomes the President of the Maldives

2013 German Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel wins a record 8th consecutive Formula 1 race with victory in the US Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas

  • 2013 Giorgi Margvelashvili becomes the President of Georgia
  • 2014 The Church of England adopts legislation enabling the appointment of female bishops
  • 2015 Cormac Gollogly and Richard Dowling marry in Clonmel, County Tipperary, in Ireland’s first same-sex wedding
  • 2015 Suicide bomber kills more than 30 in a market in Yola, north-eastern Nigeria, with Boko Haram blamed
  • 2016 Smaller pyramid find within 2 known Kukulkan “nesting” pyramids announced at Chichen Itza in Yucatan, Mexico, dating to 550-80 AD

Film & TV History

2018 “Danny DeVito Day” observed in the state of New Jersey, championed by Asbury Park mayor John Moor

  • 2018 Ireland beats Rugby World Cup champions New Zealand, 16-9 at Aviva Stadium, Dublin; first victory over the All Blacks ever on home soil; flyhalf Johnny Sexton kicks 3 penalties and a conversion
  • 2018 Missing Argentine naval submarine ARA San Juan with 44 on board found on sea floor a year after it disappeared off coast of Argentina
  • 2018 Protests across France against rising fuel prices leave 400 injured

Oil Unrest In Tehran

2019 Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei labels protesters “thugs” after unrest over higher gasoline prices brought Tehran to a standstill day before

  • 2021 British Columbia declares a state of emergency after an “atmospheric river” storm causes widespread rain and flooding [1]
  • 2021 Delhi authorities order schools shut till further notice and construction halted as Supreme Court calls for a “pollution lockdown” as city battles winter smog
  • 2021 Record number of Americans, over 100,000, died of drug overdoses April 2020 – April 2021 according to the CDC [1]
  • 2021 US capitol rioter QAnon Shaman [Jacob Chansley] sentenced to three years in prison by a federal court [1]
  • 2021 US National Book Award given to Jason Mott (fiction), Tiya Miles (nonfiction) and Martín Espada (poetry)

Pelosi To Step Down

2022 Nancy Pelosi, the first female speaker of the US House of Represetnatives and one of its most influential in recent times, announces she will step down [1]

  • 2023 Earth’s hottest day: global average surface temperature more than 2°C (2.06°C) above pre-industrial levels for the first time according to EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service [1]
  • 2023 High profile AI boss Sam Altman sacked from the company he co-founded – OpenAI, the company behind the ChatGPT bot, after the company board “lost confidence” in him [1]
  • 2023 Zimbabwe declares a state of emergency in its capital Harare over a cholera outbreak, with 7,398 suspected cases, 50 confirmed deaths, and 109 people in hospital [1]

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Congress meets for the first time in the newly built but still incomplete Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., established by the Residence Act of 1790

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US President Richard Nixon tells AP “…people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook”

November 17, 1973

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Intestinal Gut Bacteria MicrobiomeResearchers found that a non-absorbed antibiotic can trigger gut bacteria to make longevity-promoting compounds. A research team has discovered a method for turning the bacteria that live in animal digestive systems to function like miniature factories capable of generating compounds that support longer life in their hosts, showing a potential new direction for drug development. […]



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High Speed Cameras Capture Swarms of BubblesScientists have uncovered evidence of classic turbulence occurring within swarms of rising gas bubbles. An international team of scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Johns Hopkins University, and Duke University has found that a classic theory describing turbulence in fluids also explains how bubbles rising through water create chaotic motion. Their study, which tracked both […]



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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – These books are as mysterious and rare as they contain ancient secrets that were not meant to be seen by ordinary people. Historical events forced those who wrote or owned these books to keep them secret. What is the real truth about the mysterious ancient individual connected to some of these peculiar books?

Rare 'Forbidden' Books With Ancient Knowledge Concealed From The World Examined By Experts

Experts now have a unique opportunity to examine these fascinating books. Imagine the mysteries and profound wisdom waiting to be unveiled within their pages! Some volumes remain remarkably intact, preserved through the ages, while others present intricate puzzles that demand patience and perseverance. What is certain is that knowledge once concealed from the world is now brought to light by those who dare to explore their enigmatic pages!

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