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The Newly Found Bone Switch That Could Stop Osteoporosis

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Scientists found a “bone switch” that could stop osteoporosis and keep bones strong with age. Credit: Shutterstock

Researchers in Germany have uncovered a hidden receptor, GPR133, that plays a vital role in bone strength.

By activating it with a new compound called AP503, they boosted bone density in mice and even reversed osteoporosis-like symptoms.

Rising Need for Osteoporosis Treatments

There is a strong need for medications that can safely and effectively prevent bone loss over the long term. Osteoporosis, the medical term for this condition, affects roughly six million people in Germany, the majority of them women. To develop better treatments with fewer side effects, scientists are working to identify new biological targets. One promising candidate is the adhesion G protein-coupled receptor GPR133, which belongs to a largely underexplored family of receptors. In a recent investigation, researchers at Leipzig University showed that GPR133 is essential for the formation and maintenance of strong bones.

“If this receptor is impaired by genetic changes, mice show signs of loss of bone density at an early age – similar to osteoporosis in humans. Using the substance AP503, which was only recently identified via a computer-assisted screen as a stimulator of GPR133, we were able to significantly increase bone strength in both healthy and osteoporotic mice,” explains Professor Ines Liebscher, lead investigator of the study from the Rudolf Schönheimer Institute of Biochemistry at the Faculty of Medicine.

How Bone Strengthening Signals Work

Within bone tissue, GPR133 is switched on through both interactions between neighboring bone cells and mechanical strain. This activation launches a signal that boosts the activity of bone-building cells (osteoblasts) while suppressing bone-breaking cells (osteoclasts). The outcome is stronger, more durable bones. AP503 has the ability to replicate this natural signaling process. Looking ahead, it may be used to enhance bone health in individuals with no disease and to rebuild bone in those with osteoporosis, particularly women after menopause.

GPR133 Activated in Bone Tissue
When GPR133 is activated in bone tissue, it triggers a signal that stimulates bone-forming cells (osteoblasts) and inhibits bone-resorbing cells (osteoclasts). Credit: Biorender, Ines Liebscher

Great Potential for an Aging Population

In an earlier study, researchers at Leipzig University had already found that activation with AP503 also strengthens skeletal muscle. “The newly demonstrated parallel strengthening of bone once again highlights the great potential this receptor holds for medical applications in an ageing population,” says Dr Juliane Lehmann, lead author of the study and a researcher at the Rudolf Schönheimer Institute of Biochemistry. The Leipzig research team is already working on several follow-up projects to explore the use of AP503 in various diseases and to further investigate the role of GPR133 in the body.

Background: A Decade of GPCR Research

For more than ten years, the study of adhesion G protein-coupled receptors has been a key focus at Leipzig University within Collaborative Research Centre 1423, Structural Dynamics of GPCR Activation and Signaling. Internationally, Leipzig is regarded as a leading center in this field of research.

Reference: “The mechanosensitive adhesion G protein-coupled receptor 133 (GPR133/ADGRD1) enhances bone formation” by Juliane Lehmann, Hui Lin, Zihao Zhang, Maren Wiermann, Albert M. Ricken, Franziska Brinkmann, Jana Brendler, Christian Ullmann, Luisa Bayer, Sandra Berndt, Anja Penk, Nadine Winkler, Franz Wolfgang Hirsch, Thomas Fuhs, Josef Käs, Peng Xiao, Torsten Schöneberg, Martina Rauner, Jin-Peng Sun and Ines Liebscher, 30 June 2025, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy.
DOI: 10.1038/s41392-025-02291-y

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This Simple Blood Test Might Catch Alzheimer’s Before It Steals Your Memory

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A routine blood test may soon uncover Alzheimer’s before symptoms take hold. Credit: Shutterstock

A landmark study has uncovered that a simple blood test could reveal early warning signs of Alzheimer’s years before symptoms appear.

By analyzing blood biomarkers in more than 5,700 Hispanic and Latino adults, researchers at UC San Diego identified proteins tied to memory loss and cognitive decline, even in otherwise healthy individuals. This breakthrough offers hope for faster, less invasive, and more affordable screening.

Blood-Based Clues to Alzheimer’s Detection

A landmark study involving Hispanic and Latino adults has found that self-reported memory and thinking problems are linked to blood-based biomarkers. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say this discovery could open the door to a simple blood test for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Such a test would be faster, less invasive, and more affordable than the screening methods currently in use. The findings were published in JAMA Network Open.

“We need ways to identify underlying neurodegenerative diseases earlier in patients with cognitive symptoms,” said corresponding author Freddie Márquez, Ph.D., a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Neurosciences at UC San Diego School of Medicine. “This study highlights the promise of blood-based biomarkers as a more accessible and scalable tool for understanding cognitive decline, particularly in populations that have been underserved by traditional methods.”

Current Blood Tests: Expensive and Limited

At present, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared only one blood test to assist in diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease. This test, called the Lumipulse G pTau217/Aβ42 plasma ratio, can detect Alzheimer’s-related proteins in the blood but remains costly and is only offered in specialized medical centers. Whether blood tests can be consistently relied upon for early Alzheimer’s detection across wider populations is still uncertain.

To investigate this further, the UC San Diego team drew on data from the Study of Latinos–Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging. This clinical study involved participants from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos, the largest and most detailed long-term investigation of Hispanic and Latino health and disease in the United States.

Alzheimer’s Risk and Representation in Research

“Hispanic and Latino adults are thought to be more likely to get Alzheimer’s and related dementias, and this group is projected to have the largest increases in disease prevalence over the coming decades,” said senior author Hector M. González, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Neurosciences at UC San Diego School of Medicine. “Despite this, they’re still significantly underrepresented in Alzheimer’s and dementia research, which is something our study aimed to address.”

The researchers tested the blood of 5,712 Hispanic and/or Latino adults between the ages of 50 and 86, looking for proteins that are present in the brain in people with Alzheimer’s disease, such as amyloid beta and tau proteins. They also assessed participants for subjective cognitive decline, which refers to a decline in cognitive status that the individual themself perceives.

The researchers found:

  • Higher blood levels of NfL (nerve cell injury marker) and GFAP (brain inflammation marker) were associated with more self-reported declines in thinking, planning and overall cognitive performance. Higher blood levels of NfL and tau protein (ptau-181) were also associated with more self-reported declines in memory.
  • Blood levels of amyloid-beta protein (Aβ42/40), a protein well-known to be associated with Alzheimer’s disease in the brain, showed no associations with subjective cognitive decline.
  • Even in cognitively healthy individuals, associations between NfL and self-reported declines in cognitive performance remained, suggesting that NfL may be detecting early changes in cognition.

In addition to providing evidence that blood-based biomarkers can be used to detect Alzheimer’s and related dementias early, the researchers also note that a strength of their study is its diverse population.

“By including participants from underrepresented communities, we’re able to better understand how social determinants of health and comorbidities may influence cognitive trajectories and dementia risk,” added Márquez. “This makes our findings especially relevant for real-world settings.”

Proceeding With Caution

However, the researchers also caution that it will take further research for this approach to make its way into widespread clinical practice, and that even when this happens, the test will still be just one tool in a clinician’s diagnostic arsenal.

It’s important to note that there’s still a lot we don’t know about the utility of blood-based biomarkers for Alzheimer’s detection,” said Márquez. “These tests have tremendous potential, but they should complement existing approaches, not replace them.”

Reference: “Alzheimer Disease Biomarkers and Subjective Cognitive Decline Among Hispanic and/or Latino Adults” by Freddie Márquez, Wassim Tarraf, Kevin Gonzalez, Deisha F. Valencia, Ariana M. Stickel, Natasha Z. Anita, Daniela Sotres-Alvarez, Bonnie E. Levin, Michael A. Yassa, Haibo Zhou, Martha Daviglus, Amber Pirzada, Zachary T. Goodman, Bharat Thyagarajan, Linda C. Gallo and Hector M. González, 5 September 2025, JAMA Network Open.
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.31038

Additional coauthors of the study include Kevin Gonzalez, Deisha F. Valencia and Natasha Z. Anita at UC San Diego, Wassim Tarraf at Wayne State University, Ariana M. Stickel and Linda C. Gallo at San Diego State University, Daniela Sotres-Alvarez and Haibo Zhou at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Bonnie E. Levin and Zachary T. Goodman at University of Miami, Michael A. Yassa at UC Irvine, Martha Daviglus and Amber Pirzada at University of Illinois at Chicago and Bharat Thyagarajan at University of Minnesota.

This study was funded, in part, by grants from the National Institute on Aging (R01AG075758). The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) is a collaborative study supported by contracts from the NHLBI to the University of North Carolina (grant Nos. HHSN268201300001I/N01-HC-65233), University of Miami (grant Nos. HHSN268201300004I/N01-HC-65234), Albert Einstein College of Medicine (grant Nos. HHSN268201300002I/N01-HC-65235), University of Illinois at Chicago (grant Nos. HHSN268201300003I/N01- HC-65236 Northwestern University), and San Diego State University (grant Nos. HHSN268201300005I/N01-HC-65237).

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Archaeologists Unearth Europe’s Oldest Naval Artillery on Sunken Royal Ship

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Phillip Short and Brendan Foley Recover a Gun Bed
Phillip Short and Brendan Foley recover a gun bed from the wreck of Gribshunden, 2021. Credit: Klas Malmberg

The shipwreck of Gribshunden revealed unique artillery and insights into European exploration. Denmark, however, prioritized Baltic control over Atlantic expansion.

Archaeologists from Lund University have uncovered new information about late medieval artillery preserved in the wreck of the royal Danish-Norwegian flagship Gribshunden.

This vessel is the only surviving example of its kind from the medieval era, with both the ship and its weaponry closely resembling those later used by early Spanish and Portuguese explorers. The research highlights how maritime powers of the late 15th century were equipped to begin asserting control and establishing colonies across the globe.

“Exploring a royal shipwreck from the late medieval period is thrilling on its own. Yet the greatest reward comes when we can assemble the evidence afterward, drawing on Martin’s expertise in castles and Kay’s deep knowledge of artillery,” explains Brendan Foley, the marine archaeologist leading the project. He collaborated with fellow Lund University archaeologist Martin Hansson and medieval artillery specialist Kay Douglas Smith.

Brendan Foley
Brendan Foley. Credit: Lund University

Gribshunden, the flagship of King Hans of Denmark and Norway, sank under mysterious circumstances in 1495 near Ronneby, Sweden. Its remains are of global importance, representing the best-preserved ship from the Age of Exploration and serving as a close parallel to the vessels of Columbus and Vasco da Gama.

Ocean-going ships such as Gribshunden, along with the artillery they carried, became essential technologies for European seafaring after 1492. These innovations enabled voyages to the Americas and into the Indian Ocean around the Cape of Good Hope, paving the way for widespread European colonization. Gribshunden is particularly valuable to archaeology because it is the most intact example yet found of a late medieval carvel-built warship.

Researchers Standing Beside Oak Beds
Oak beds of artillery pieces recovered from the wreck of Gribshunden, curated at Blekinge Museum. Credit: University of Lund

The ship was armed with 50 or more small-caliber guns that fired lead projectiles with iron cores. These weapons were designed for close-range combat, targeting the crews of enemy vessels to disable them before boarding for capture.

Under the direction of Professor Nicolo Dell’Unto, the Lund University team digitally reconstructed these guns using 3D models created from the recovered artifacts.

Brendan Foley, Mikkel Haugstrup Thomsen and Marie Jonsson
Archaeologists Brendan Foley (Lund University), Mikkel Haugstrup Thomsen and Marie Jonsson (Viking Ship Museum) inspect an artillery bed and ship elements recovered from Gribshunden in 2021. Credit: Brett Seymour

A Danish ‘floating castle’

Gribshunden was built near Rotterdam between 1483-84. King Hans of Denmark and Norway had taken possession of the ship by spring 1486. The high cost of building and equipping these ships meant Gribshunden probably absorbed about 8% of the Danish national budget in 1485.

Oak Beds of Artillery Pieces, Gribshunden
Oak beds of artillery pieces recovered from the wreck of Gribshunden, curated at Blekinge Museum. Credit: Brendan Foley

Hans utilized his flagship differently from other monarchs; he personally sailed on it frequently, using it not for exploration, but to solidify his grasp on his kingdom. It was his floating castle, enabling royal travel to Sweden and all around the Danish realm, including Gotland and especially Norway.

The king used this vessel in ways similar to a terrestrial royal fortification. This included several soft power functions: economic, diplomatic, social, cultural, and administrative. Underpinning all of these was the obvious hard power of the ship’s martial purpose embodied by the guns and other weapons carried aboard.

3D Scanner on a Oak Bed
The artillery was uniquely preserved, likely due to favorable conditions in the Baltic Sea. Credit: Lund University

Evidence of explosion

Gribshunden served the crown for a decade before sinking while the king was en route from Copenhagen to a political summit in Sweden, where he expected to unify the entire Nordic region in a new Kalmar Union.

Five Deformed Lead Shot
Five flattened shot, possibly evidence of the explosion that sank Gribshunden in 1495. Credit: Morgan Olsson, Blekinge Museum

Historical documents, including eyewitness accounts, relate that while Hans was ashore in Ronneby, an explosion and fire claimed the ship while it was anchored off the town.

Among the 22-lead artillery shots from Gribshunden, several are flattened on one or two sides. This may be a result of the explosion that sank the vessel. Shot stored in the hold near the gunpowder ricocheted inside the ship.

Marie Jonsson Holds a Crossbow
Viking Ship Museum archaeologist Marie Jonsson holds a crossbow stock recovered from Gribshunden in 2021. Credit: Staffan von Arbin

No Nordic expansion into North America

So, given the existence of these warships, why didn’t Denmark compete in expanding to the Americas? Denmark and Norway shared the long Viking and medieval Nordic history of exploration and settlement in the west, with colonies in Iceland and Greenland, and settlements in North America.

Coupled with the adoption of this new enabling technology, Hans might have successfully competed with the Iberian rulers in global exploration and expansion to the Americas.

Gun Bed, Gribshunden With Scale
Gun bed 29812.45 on the wreck site immediately after discovery in 2022, and rendering from 3D model. Credit: Brett Seymour, 2022; Carolina Larsson, Lund University HumLab

However, Hans’ primary concern was consolidating rule over the Baltic region. In pursuit of that goal, Hans himself sailed on Gribshunden into the Atlantic on several royal visits, and to Kalmar on the ship’s final voyage.

Diving at the Gribshunden Wreck
Diving at the Gribshunden wreck. Credit: Klas Malmberg

One reason for Denmark’s inattention to the Americas might have been a 1493 papal bull signed by Pope Alexander VI. This granted Spain rights to the Americas, and a treaty between Spain and Portugal ceded the Indian Ocean to the latter. Prior to the Reformation, the threat of excommunication for ignoring the papal ‘Inter Caetera’ was very real.

Reference: “Late Medieval Shipboard Artillery on a Northern European Carvel: Gribshunden (1495)” by Brendan Foley, Kay Douglas Smith and Martin Hansson, 31 July 2025, International Journal of Nautical Archaeology.
DOI: 10.1080/10572414.2025.2532166

The research was funded by grants from the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet), Crafoordska Stifltelsen, Huckleberry Foundation (USA), and with support from Blekinge Museum and the Lund University Department of Archaeology and Ancient History.

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2026 Full-Time Faculty Positions — Graduate Institute of Development Studies (GIDS), National Chengchi University Appointment Start Date: August 1, 2026 – National Chengchi University – nccu.edu.tw

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Roman bronze miniature ship’s prow found in Austria – The History Blog

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A Roman-era miniature ship’s prow made of bronze has been discovered in Salzburg’s old town in Austria. It was a decoration attached with an iron spike to the door or wall of an urban villa. Bronze objects were usually melted down for later reuse, so it is rare for one of this size to survive. It is the largest bronze artifact from Roman Salzburg found since 1943.

The object was unearthed last year during excavations of the Neue Residenz in the historic site, the site of the new Salzburg branch of the Vienna Belvedere Museum. The remains of a Roman villa dating to the 2nd or 3rd century A.D. were discovered there and the bronze ship’s bow was found beneath rubble of a collapsed wall.

Because the object was deformed and broken, it was initially suspected that it might be an oil lamp shaped like an ancient ship’s prow. The object was exposed under a microscope using a scalpel and ultrasonic fine chisel. The unstable bronze material was then strengthened with specially adapted acrylic resins. The surface was also given a protective coating of microcrystalline wax.

In the museum’s archaeological workshop, “a reshaping and reconstruction of the spectacular object was then carried out based on the plastic copies,” explained Maximilian Bertet, the museum’s archaeological conservator. “It was therefore clear to me that this was not an oil lamp, but a decorative piece.” The object represented the prow of a Roman warship, complete with its ram.

It was discovered that the ship’s prow, cast in bronze, was originally attached to a wall or door with an iron spike. The spike was anchored in the hollow prow with a complex overlay cast. A decorative disc was also fixed between the wall and the prow. “The ship’s prow impresses with its attention to detail, which even clearly shows the railing,” the museum states.

Ship’s prows were symbols of conquest and of political position. The Roman Forum’s platform where political speeches were made, the rostrum, was decorated with the prows of captured ships and even named after them. The author Titus Petronius describes a miniature rostrum decorating the doorposts of the dining room of Trimalchio, the nouveau riche protagonist of his 1st century fiction work Satyricon.

The high quality of the piece, the complexity of casting such a shape, its ornamental mount and the iron reinforcement underscore that the owners of the house had to have been members of the elite. The symbolism underscores how far Roman cultural and political iconography spread through the provinces as the empire grew.

The bronze artifact will go on display after conservation at the new Iuvavum Archaeology Museum in Salzburg starting in 2028. A reconstruction with its original shiny golden patina will be displayed alongside it so visitors can see what it looked like when new.

There is evidence of occupation in and around Salzburg going back to the Neolithic, and several Celtic settlements dotted the area when the Romans invaded in 15 A.D. The Roman city of Iuvavum was founded in just after the invasion where Salzburg’s old town is today. It was granted municipium (the right to independent municipal government) in 45 A.D. and was one of the most important cities in province of Noricum. It was devastated in 170 A.D. during the emperor Marcus Aurelius’ war against the Marcommani and other Germanic peoples. The city never fully recovered from the Marcomannic attack and much of the Romanized population abandoned the city in 448 A.D. when the Gothic king of Italy Odoacer who offered them refuge in Italy.



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Faculty crisis at SPPU hits research, admin work: 62% of govt-sanctioned posts vacant, over 75% in many depts – The Indian Express

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Famous Deaths on September 12

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  • 346 Maximin of Trier, Bishop of Trier who opposed Arianism, Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint, dies at unknown age (birth date undocumented)
  • 413 Marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint, executed for participating in a rebellion (later exonerated)
  • 1012 Guido of Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim and saint known as the ‘Poor Man of Anderlecht’, dies
  • 1015 Lambert I with the Beard, Count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 65
  • 1185 Andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (1183-85), lynched
  • 1213 Peter II, King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona (1196-1213), killed in the Battle of Muret at 35
  • 1362 Innocent VI [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies

English heiress and wife of John of Gaunt, dies possibly of the plague at 24 [age disputed]

Blanche of Lancaster

  • 1500 Albert III, Duke and ruler of Saxony, dies at 57
  • 1591 Richard Grenville, English privateer, explorer, politician and vice-admiral (established Roanoke colony), dies fighting a rearguard action as a result of the naval Battle of Flores at 49
  • 1604 Louis Gunther, Count of Nassau, dies in battle at about 29
  • 1612 Tsar Vasily IV of Russia (1606-10), dies deposed as a prisoner (b. 1552)
  • 1642 Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, marquis de Cinq Mars, French nobleman, beheaded for treason in plot again Cardinal de Richelieu (b. 1620)
  • 1647 Joos Banckert, Swiss Dutch navy admiral, known as the “Scourge of the Marranos” and “Terror of the Portuguese” due to his military prowess, dies at sea returning from Brazil at about 48 (exact birth date unknown, born c.
  • 1660 Jacob Cats [Father Cats], Dutch grand pensionary and poet (Houwelyck), dies at 82
  • 1661 Jacobus de la Torra, RC apostole vicar of Holland, dies at about 53
  • 1665 Jean Bolland, Flemish Jesuit writer and historian (Acta Sanctorum), dies at 69
  • 1672 Tanneguy Lefebvre, French classical scholar (b. 1615)
  • 1674 Nicolaas Tulp, Mayor of Amsterdam (1654-71), dies at 80
  • 1683 Afonso VI, mentally ill King of Portugal (1656-67), dies at 40
  • 1691 Johann Georg III, Elector of Saxony (1680-91), dies at 44
  • 1695 Jacob Abendana, Spanish scholar (b. 1630)
  • 1732 Jean Philippe Eugène de Mérode, Belgian nobleman (Marquis of Westerloo), dies at 58
  • 1739 Reinhard Keiser, German opera conductor and composer, chiefly of operas and oratorios (Almira; Lukas-Passion), dies at 65
  • 1764 Jean Philippe Rameau, French composer (Castor en Pollux), dies at 80
  • 1779 Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, dies at 67
  • 1789 Franz Xaver Richter, Austro-Moravian singer, violinist, composer, conductor and music theorist, dies at 79
  • 1806 Christian Gottfried Thomas, German composer, publisher, and musicologist, dies at 58
  • 1807 Edward Miller, English organist, flautist, composer (Rockingham; Galway), and musical theorist (Treatise of Thorough Bass and Composition), dies at 71
  • 1812 Pyotr Bagration, Georgian-Russian prince and general, dies fighting during Napoleonic invasion of Russia at 47

Edmund Randolph

  • 1815 José Maurício, Portuguese organist, and sacred music and modinha (love song) composer, dies at 63
  • 1819 Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian Field Marshal during the Napoleonic Wars (Battle of Waterloo), dies at 76
  • 1824 Louis Albert Guislain Bacler d’Albe, French cartographer to Napoleon, dies at 62
  • 1836 Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer and dramatist, dies from the effects of syphilis at 34
  • 1860 John Winebrenner, American clergyman (founded Church of God General Conference), dies at 63
  • 1861 George N. Briggs, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of Massachusetts, dies at 65

British lexicographer (Roget‘s Thesaurus) and inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard), dies at 90

Peter Mark Roget

  • 1870 Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American author (The Hasheesh Eater), dies at 34
  • 1871 Karl Collan, Finnish composer, dies at 43
  • 1874 François Guizot, French historian and politician (17th Prime Minister of France), dies at 86
  • 1876 Henry A. Wise, American lawyer and politician (33rd Governor of Virginia), dies at 69
  • 1877 Julius Reitz, German cellist, composer, teacher, and music editor, dies at 64
  • 1878 Friedrich August von Alberti, German geologist (Triasic Age), dies at 83
  • 1879 Peter Arnold Heise, Danish organist, composer (Drot og Marsk (King and Marshal); Jylland mellem tvende), and teacher, dies at 49
  • 1880 Bushrod Rust Johnson, American general in the Confederate Army and university chancellor, dies at 62
  • 1889 Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, French historian and sociologist, dies at 59
  • 1892 Carl Faust, Prussian military musician and composer (Marsch Glück auf – Lucky March), and conductor, dies at 62
  • 1912 Pierre-Hector Cardinal Coullie, Cardinal-Archbishop of Lyon
  • 1917 Eric Lundie, South African cricketer (WWI Test South Africa v England 1914), dies at the Battle of Passchendaele at 29
  • 1918 George Reid, fourth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1845)
  • 1919 Leonid Andreyev, Russian journalist and writer (Red Laugh, Seven Hangs), dies at 48
  • 1923 Jules Violle, French physicist and inventor, dies at 81
  • 1926 Edmund Jenkins, American clarinetist and composer (Charlestonia; Afram), dies at 32
  • 1927 Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer, dies at 80
  • 1927 Walther Amelung, German archaeologist, dies at 61
  • 1929 Rainis [Jānis Pliekšāns], Latvian poet and playwright, dies at 64
  • 1931 Charles Seeberger, American inventor (coined term escalator and designed 1st commercially produced escalator), dies at 74 [1]
  • 1934 Catherine Breshkovsky ‘Babushka’ Russian Socialist (one of founders Socialist Revolutionary Party, considered Grandmother of Russian Revolution), dies at 90
  • 1936 Hermann Hirt, German linguist (Indo-European Grammar), dies at 70
  • 1947 Harry Rowe Shelley, American hymn composer, dies at 89

African American baritone and composer (Five Songs of Laurence Hope), and Springarn Medal winner (1917), dies at 82

Harry Burleigh

  • 1953 Hugo Schmeisser, German inventor and weapons designer, dies at 68
  • 1953 Lewis Stone, American actor (The Lost World, Prisoner of Zenda), dies of a heart attack at 73
  • 1955 Gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary figure (La Gazette), dies at 86
  • 1956 Hans Carossa, German writer, dies at 77
  • 1956 Sándor Graf Festetics, Hungarian nobleman and politician (Minister of War, 1918-19), dies at 74
  • 1960 Jules Buffano, American composer and pianist (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 62
  • 1961 Carl Hermann, German physicist (crystallography), and pacifist who assisted persecuted Jews, dies at 63
  • 1962 William Frederick Archdall Ellison, Irish clergyman and astronomer (director of the Armagh Observatory), dies at 53
  • 1963 Mervyn A. Ellison, British astronomer (spectrohelioscope), dies at 63
  • 1971 Edgar Wind, German art historian specializing in the Renaissance and the first professor of art history at Oxford University, dies at 71
  • 1972 William Boyd, American film actor, cowboy hero (Hopalong Cassidy), dies at 77
  • 1973 Eduard Flipse, Dutch conductor and composer, dies at 77
  • 1973 Marjorie Merriweather Post, American philanthropist and businesswoman (General Foods Corp), who built Mar-a-Largo, dies at 86 [1]
  • 1975 Doc Alexander, American College Football Hall of Fame guard (Syracuse; All Pro 1921, 22; Rochester Jeffersons; NFL C’ship 1925; NY Giants), dies at 78
  • 1977 Robert Lowell, American poet and pacifist (Lord Weary’s Castle, Near the Ocean), dies at 60
  • 1977 Steven Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist, dies in police custody at 30
  • 1978 Frank Ferguson, American character actor (My Friend Flicka – “Gus”; Peyton Place – “Eli Carson”), dies of cancer at 71 (0r 78, birthdate disputed)
  • 1979 Denis Smith, English cricketer (England left-handed batsman 1935), dies at 72
  • 1980 André Chéron, French chess player (French Champion, 1926, 1927 & 1929) and endgame theorist, dies at 84
  • 1980 Lillian Randolph, American radio and screen actress (The Great Gildersleeve; Amos ‘n Andy; It’s A Wonderful Life: Roots; The Onion Field), dies of cancer at 81
  • 1981 Eugenio Montale, Italian poet and translator (Xenia-Nobel 1975), dies at 84
  • 1982 Karen Aabye, Danishjournalist, author (Min bedstemor er jomfru (My Grandmother is a Virgin)), and WWII resistance fighter, dies at 77
  • 1982 Kommer Kleijn, Dutch actor and radio play director (Tomorrow It Will Be Better), dies at 89
  • 1983 Sabin Carr, American athlete (Olympic gold pole vault 1928; WR 4.27m 1927), dies at 79
  • 1984 Geoffrey Lloyd, Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd, British Conservative politician and Governor of the BBC, dies at 82
  • 1986 Frank Nelson, American comedic radio and screen actor (The Jack Benny Show; I Love Lucy), dies of cancer at 75
  • 1986 Jacques-Henri Lartigue, French photographer and painter, dies at 92
  • 1987 John Qualen, Canadian actor (Casablanca, The Grapes of Wrath, The Searchers), dies at 87
  • 1988 (Carlos) “Charlie” Palmieri, American salsa and charanga music bandleader, musical director, and piano player (Tito Puente; Alegre All-Stars), dies after a heart attack at 60
  • 1988 Alan Bible, American lawyer and politician (Sen-D-Nev, 1954-74), dies at 78
  • 1988 Lauris Norstad, American general (NATO commander) and CEO (Owens-Corning Fiberglass), dies at 71

American child psychologist (Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood), dies at 83

Margaret McFarland

  • 1989 Anton Lubowski, Namibian attorney (SWAPO), murdered at 37
  • 1990 Athene Seyler, English actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 101
  • 1991 Chris Von Erich, American professional wrestler whose life is portrayed in film “The Iron Claw”, commits suicide at 21
  • 1991 Regis Toomey, American actor (Burke’s Law, Petticoat Junction), dies at 93

American actor (Psycho; Friendly Persuasion; Fear Strikes Out; Pretty Poison), and singer, dies from AIDS-related pneumonia at 60 [1]

Anthony Perkins

  • 1992 Ed Peck, American character actor (Zoot Suit; Bullitt; Happy Days – “Officer Kirk”), dies of a heart attack at 75
  • 1992 Ruth Nelson, American stage and screen actress (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; 3 Women; Awakenings), dies at 87
  • 1993 Charles Lamont, American actor and director (Abbott & Costello films), dies at 95
  • 1993 Harold Innocent, English actor (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves), dies at 60
  • 1993 Herman Nieland, Dutch organist, pianist, composer (Te Deum Laudamus; Blätterlos), and educator, dies at 82
  • 1993 Raymond Burr, Canadian-American actor (Perry Mason; Ironsides; Godzilla), dies of liver cancer at 76
  • 1994 Boris Yegorov, Soviet physician and cosmonaut (Voskhod I), dies at 56
  • 1994 Major Bill Smith, American record producer, dies at 72
  • 1994 Tom Ewell [Sam Yewell Tompkins], American actor (Tom Ewell Show, The Seven Year Itch), dies at 85
  • 1995 Geoffrey Stokes, American rock & roll writer, dies at 55
  • 1995 Jeremy Brett [Peter Huggins], British actor (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; My Fair Lady), dies of heart failure at 61
  • 1995 John Stuart-Jervis, British-American balloonist, dies after his balloon is mistakenly shot down over Belarus at 68
  • 1995 Larry Gales, American jazz double-bassist, dies of leukemia at 59
  • 1996 Ernesto Geisel, 29th President of Brazil (1974-79), dies at 89
  • 1996 Geoffrey Bryan Bentley, British Canon of Windsor and moral theologian, dies at 87
  • 1996 James Gulliver, Scottish businessman (Argyll Foods), dies at 66
  • 1996 Lloyd Turner, Australian-British journalist and newspaper editor (Daily Express, Daily Star – libel case with Jeffery Archer), dies at 57
  • 1996 Ricardo López, Uruguayan-born American stalker of Björk, commits suicide aged 21
  • 1996 Richard Barrer, New Zealand-born chemist (father of zeolite chemistry), dies at 86
  • 1996 Toma Prošev, Macedonian composer, and pedagogue, dies at 64
  • 1997 (Stig) “Stikkan” Anderson, Swedish actor, music entrepreneur and co-founder of Polar Music (ABBA), dies of a heart attack at 66
  • 1997 Janet Leach, American potter, dies at 79
  • 1997 Judith Merril [Judith Josephine Grossman], American-Canadian sci-fi writer (edited influential anthologies), dies at 74
  • 1999 Bill Quackenbush, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman (8 x NHL All-Star; Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings) and coach (Princeton), dies from Alzheimer’s disease at 77
  • 2000 Gary Olsen [Grant], British stage and screen actor (2point4 Children – “Ben”), dies of cancer at 42
  • 2000 Stanley Turrentine, American jazz saxophonist (Wonderland), dies at 66
  • 2001 Victor Wong [Yee Keung Victor Wong], American actor (Big Trouble in Little China), dies of a heart attack at 74

American country singer (“I Walk the Line”; “Ring of Fire”; “A Boy Named Sue”), dies at 71

Johnny Cash

  • 2004 John Buller, British composer, dies at 77
  • 2004 Kenny Buttrey, American session drummer based in Nashville (Bob Dylan; Neil Young; Elvis Presley; Joan Baez, Jimmy Buffett), dies of cancer at 59
  • 2004 Max Abramovitz, American architect (Lincoln Center, UN Building), dies at 96
  • 2007 Phil Frank, American cartoonist (Farley, The Elderberries comics), dies at 64
  • 2008 Bob Quinn, Australian Football Hall of Fame rover (All Australian captain 1947; SA captain 1945-47; Magarey Medal 1938, 45; Port Adelaide FC), dies at 93
  • 2008 David Foster Wallace, American author and essayist (b. 1962)
  • 2009 Des Bartlett [Norman Desmond Bartlett], Australian wildlife photographer and documentarian (The Flight of the Snow Geese, Survivors of the Skeleton Coast), dies at 82

Jack Kramer

  • 2009 Norman Borlaug, American agronomist (Green revolution – Nobel Peace Prize 1970), dies at 95
  • 2009 Willy Ronis, French photographer (Paris in Color), dies at 99
  • 2010 Claude Chabrol, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1930)
  • 2010 Giulio Zignoli, Italian footballer (b. 1946)
  • 2011 Alexander Galimov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1985)
  • 2011 Frits Castricum, Dutch journalist and politician (PvdA), dies at 64

American engineer, sound expert, and inventor (Dolby noise reduction system), dies of leukemia at 80

Ray Dolby

  • 2014 Donald Sinden, English actor, dies from prostate cancer at 90

First Minister of Northern Ireland (Democratic Unionist Party: 2007-08), loyalist politician and Protestant religious leader, dies at 88

Ian Paisley

  • 2014 Joe Sample, American jazz and session keyboardist and composer (The Jazz Crusaders), dies of mesothelioma at 75
  • 2014 Johnny Gustafson, British rock bassist (The Merseybeats; Roxy Music; Ian Gillan Band), dies of cancer at 72
  • 2014 Salah El Mahdi, Tunisian composer, conductor, musicologist, and artistic director, dies at 89
  • 2015 Bryn Merrick, British musician (The Damned), dies at 56
  • 2015 Frank D. Gilroy, American writer (Subject Was Roses), dies at 89
  • 2015 Max Beauvoir, Haiti Chief Voodoo Priest, dies at 79
  • 2016 Ali Javan, Iranian American physicist and inventor (Helium-Neon Laser), dies at 89 [1]
  • 2016 Hidayat Inayat Khan, British-French violinist, classical composer (Gandhi Symphony; La Monotonia; Chansons Exotique), conductor, and Sufi teacher, dies at 99
  • 2017 Edith Windsor [née Schlain], American LGBT rights activist (lead plaintiff in United States v. Windsor), dies at 88
  • 2017 Heiner Geißler, German politician (Federal Minister for Youth, Family and Health, 1982–85), and party leader (General Secretary of Christian Democratic Union, 1977-89), dies at 87
  • 2017 Riem de Wolff, Indonesian-Dutch singer and guitarist (The Blue Diamonds), dies of stroke complications while suffering from lung and liver cancer at 74
  • 2017 Siegfried Köhler, German conductor, music director, and composer, dies at 94
  • 2020 Barbara Jefford, British stage actress (James Joyce’s Ulysses), dies at 90
  • 2020 Edna Wright, American pop singer (Honey Cone – “Want Ads”), dies of a heart attack while suffering from COPD at 75
  • 2020 Terence Conran, English designer and restaurateur (Habitat), dies at 88
  • 2021 Michel Maïque, French rugby league second rower (8 Tests; FC Lézignan) and politician (Mayor of Lézignan-Corbières 2014-20), dies from acute pancreatitis at 73
  • 2022 Harry Landis, British stage director and character actor (EastEnders, 1995-97 – “Felix”; Friday Night Dinner, 2012-14 – “Mr. Morris”), dies at 90
  • 2022 Ramsey Lewis, American Grammy Award-winning jazz-pop pianist (“The In Crowd”; “Wade in the Water”), dies at 87 [1]
  • 2023 Dominique Colonna, French soccer goalkeeper (13 caps; Stade Français, OGC Nice, Reims) and manager (Cameroon 1965-70), dies at 95
  • 2023 Gordon Kennett, English motorcycle speedway rider (World Pairs C’ship [Malcolm Simmons] 1978; World Championship 1978 runner-up), dies at 70
  • 2023 Jean Boht, English actress (Bread – “Nellie”; Distant Voices; Still Lives), dies of Alzheimer’s disease at 91
  • 2023 Roy Kidd, American College Football HOF coach (Eastern Kentucky University 1964-2002, record 314–124–8), dies at 91

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  • 1492 Lorenzo II de’ Medici, Duke of Urbino, born in Florence (d. 1519)

King of France (1515-47), born in Cognac, France

Francis I of France

  • 1559 Lodovico Cardi da Cigoli, Italian painter and architect, born in Tuscany, Italy (d. 1613)
  • 1605 William Dugdale, English antiquarian and Garter King of Arms (1677-86), born in Shustoke, Warwickshire, England (d. 1686)
  • 1655 Sebastien de Brossard, French composer and music theorist, born in Dompierre, Orne, France (d. 1730)
  • 1688 Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor and carver of the Baroque era, born in Chomutov, Czech Republic (d. 1731)
  • 1690 Peter Dens, Flemish Catholic theologian, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1775)
  • 1720 Frederick Philipse III, American land owner (Bronx, Westchester & Putnam), born in New York City (d. 1785)
  • 1725 Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer, born in Coutances, France (d. 1792)
  • 1740 Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (Heinrich Stillings Leben), born in Hilchenbach, Germany (d. 1817)
  • 1768 Benjamin Carr, American organist, composer, choirmaster, teacher, music publisher, and co-founder of Philadelphia’s Music Fund Society, born in London (d. 1831)
  • 1788 Alexander Campbell, Irish-American clergyman and Founder of Disciples of Christ, born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland (d. 1866)
  • 1801 Giuseppe Concone, Italian singing teacher, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1861)
  • 1806 Andrew Hull Foote, American Rear Admiral (Union Navy), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1863)
  • 1811 James Hall, American geologist and paleontologist (Natural history of NY), born in Hingham, Massachusetts (d. 1898)
  • 1812 Richard Hoe, American inventor and industrialist, born in New York City (d. 1886)

American inventor famous for the Gatling Gun, the 1st hand-cranked machine gun, born in Hertford County, North Carolina

Richard Jordan Gatling

  • 1829 Anselm Feuerbach, German painter, born in Speyer, Germany (d. 1880)
  • 1829 Charles Dudley Warner, American novelist (Being a Boy), born in Plainfield, Massachusetts (d. 1900)
  • 1830 William Sprague IV, American politician and Governor of Rhode Island (1859-63), born in Cranston, Rhode Island (d. 1915)

H. H. Asquith

  • 1855 Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian politician and 12th Premier of Quebec (1900-05), born in Beauport, Quebec City (d. 1920)
  • 1856 Johann Heinrich Beck, American composer, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1924)
  • 1857 George H. Breitner, Dutch impressionist painter, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1923)
  • 1858 Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter and sculptor, born in Grembergen, Dendermonde, Belgium (d. 1921)
  • 1871 Prince Friedrich Aloys Johannes Maria, Prince of Liechtenstein, born in Arad, Hungarian Kingdom (now Romania) (d. 1959)
  • 1875 Matsunosuke Onoe [Tsuruzo Nakamura], Japanese actor (Araki Mataemon, Yajîkita: zenpen), born in Naka-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan (d. 1926)
  • 1876 Flor Alpaerts, Flemish composer (Tyl Uilenspiegel; Pallieter), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1954)
  • 1879 Fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter, born in Lugano, Switzerland (d. 1944)

American newspaperman and critic (Prejudices, Smart Set), born in Baltimore, Maryland

H. L. Mencken

  • 1881 Daniel Jones, English phoneticist (English pronouncing dictionary), born in London (d. 1967)
  • 1884 Bob Groom, American baseball pitcher (Washington Senators; no-hitter 1917 St. Louis Browns), born in Belleville, Illinois (d. 1948)
  • 1887 George Georgescu, Romanian conductor and composer, born in Sulina, Romania (d. 1964)
  • 1888 Maurice Chevalier, French actor (Can Can; Gigi) and singer (“Thank Heaven For Little Girls”), born in Paris (d. 1972)
  • 1890 Guido Guerrini, Italian composer, born in Faenza, Italy (d. 1965)
  • 1891 Adolph Weiss, American bassoonist and composer, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1971)
  • 1891 János Viski, Hungarian painter best known for his works of galloping horses, born in Szokolya, Hungary (d. 1987)
  • 1891 Pedro Albizu Campos, Advocate for Puerto Rican independence, born in Ponce, Puerto Rico (d. 1965)
  • 1892 Alfred A. Knopf, American publisher (1966 Alexander Hamilton Medal), born in New York City (d. 1984)
  • 1894 Billy Gilbert, American actor (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1971)
  • 1895 Alice Lake, American silent screen actress (Glamour, Wicked), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1967)
  • 1896 Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Il Libro Dell’Alpe), born in Broglio, Switzerland (d. 1952)

French chemist and physicist (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1935) and daughter of Marie Curie, born in Paris, France

Irène Joliot-Curie

  • 1898 Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter (1964 Arts & Letters), born in Kaunas, Lithuania (d. 1969)
  • 1898 Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1963)
  • 1899 Gerard Hordijk, Dutch architect and painter, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1958)
  • 1900 Eric Harding Thiman, English composer, born in Ashford, Kent (d. 1975)
  • 1901 Ben Blue, Canadian actor and comedian (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1975)
  • 1901 Ernst Pepping, German composer, born in Duisburg, Germany (d. 1981)
  • 1902 Juscelino Kubitschek, President Brazil (1955-60), born in Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil (d. 1976)
  • 1904 Gavriil Popov, Soviet Russian composer, born in Novocherkassk, Russia (d. 1972)
  • 1905 Ali Amini, Iranian politician and government official (Prime Minister, 1961-62; Ambassador to US, 1956-58; Member of Parliament, 1947-49), born in Tehran, Persia (d. 1992)
  • 1905 Boris Arapov, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1992)
  • 1906 Ruvim Pergament, Russian composer, born in Petrozavodsk, Russia (d. 1965)
  • 1907 Joe Lederer, Austrian actress and writer (Drei Tage Liebe), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1987)
  • 1907 Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright, born in Belfast, Ireland (d. 1963)
  • 1909 Donald MacDonald, Canadian politician and former president of the Canadian Labour Congress (1967-74), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia (d. 1986)
  • 1909 Lawrence Brooks, American US Army soldier, 1940-45 (91st Engineer Battalion – New Guinea, The Philippines), and longest-living American World War II veteran, born in Norwood, Louisiana (d. 2022)
  • 1909 Spud Chandler, American baseball player (AL MVP 1943), born in Commerce, Georgia (d. 1990)
  • 1913 Ben Polak, Dutch physician, communist and resistance fighter, born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1993)

American athlete (4 Olympic gold 100/200m, long jump, 4x100m relay 1936), born in Oakville, Alabama

Jesse Owens

  • 1913 Kenneth Lo, cookery writer and restaurateur, born in Foochow, China (d. 1995)
  • 1914 Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh actor (James Bond films, 1963-99), WWII army veteran and POW, born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales (d. 1999)
  • 1914 Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani poet and psychoanalyst, born in Amroha, India (d. 1988)
  • 1915 Billy Daniels, African-American jazz singer (“That Old Black Magic”) and television pioneer (The Billy Daniels Show), born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 1988)
  • 1916 Edward Binns, American actor (12 Angry Men; Fail-Safe), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1990)
  • 1916 Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver, born in Tinley Park, Illinois (d. 1961)
  • 1917 Pierre Sévigny, Canadian military officer and politician, born in Quebec, Canada (d. 2004)
  • 1917 Seumas MacNeill, Scottish bagpiper, educator (College of Bagpipes), broadcaster, and editor (The Piping Times), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1996)
  • 1920 Irene Dailey, American actress (Another World, Grissom Gang), born in New York City (d. 2008)
  • 1920 Jan W. Schulte Nordholt, Dutch poet and historian (Blossoming Stone), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1995)
  • 1921 Frank McGee, American news anchor (NBC Evening News), born in Monroe, Louisiana (d. 1974)
  • 1921 Stanislaw Lem, Polish sci-fi author (Solaris, Invincible), born in Lwów, Second Polish Republic (d. 2006)
  • 1922 Conrad Shinn, American pilot and the first person to land a plane at the South Pole, born in Leaksville, North Carolina (d. 2025) [1]
  • 1922 Ellen Demming, American actress (Guiding Light), born in Schenectady, New York (d. 2002)
  • 1922 Jackson Mac Low, American poet and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2004)
  • 1923 Julie Mandell, American pop and theatre songwriter, and classical composer (The Pious Cat), born in New York City
  • 1924 Howard Curtis Nielson, American politician (Rep-R-UT, 1983-91), born in Richfield, Utah (d. 2020)
  • 1924 Jean Le Poulain, French actor (Divine), born in Marseille, France (d. 1988)
  • 1925 Dickie Moore, actor (Expert, Oliver Twist, Little Men), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2015)
  • 1925 Stan Lopata, American baseball player, born in Delray, Detroit, Michigan (d. 2013)
  • 1927 Gianna Maria Canale, Italian actress (Go For Broke), born in Reggio Calabria, Italy (d. 2009)
  • 1929 Harvey Schmidt, American musical theatre composer (The Fantasticks; 110 In the Shade), and illustrator, born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2018)
  • 1930 Larry Austin, American classical and electronic composer and educator, born in Duncan, Oklahoma (d. 2018)
  • 1931 George Jones, American country singer-songwriter (“Golden Rings”; “Oh Lonesome Me”), born in Saratoga, Texas (d. 2013)
  • 1931 Kristin Hunter, African-American author (God Bless the Child), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2008)
  • 1931 Sir Ian Holm, eminent English actor (The Lord of the Rings, Alien, King Lear), born in Goodmayes, Essex (d. 2020)
  • 1932 Marcel Bonin, Canadian ice hockey forward (5 x NHL All Star; Stanley Cup 1955 Detroit Red Wings; 1958, 59, 60 Montreal Canadiens), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2025)
  • 1932 Waqar Hasan, Pakistani cricket batsman (21 Tests, top score 189; member Pakistan’s inaugural Test squad), born in Amritsar, Punjab, India (d. 2020)
  • 1933 Denny Stolz, American college football coach (Alma College, Michigan State University, Bowling Green State Uni, San Diego State Uni), born in Lansing, Michigan (d. 2023)
  • 1933 Stafford Heginbotham, British toymaker (Tebro Toys) and Bradford City AFC Chairman during time of the fire, born in England (d. 1995)
  • 1933 Tatiana Doronina, Russian stage and screen actress (Three Poplars on Plyuschikha Street, Machekha), born in St. Petersburg, Russia
  • 1934 Edward Wistenberg, Dutch concert harpist and pedagogue, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 1934 Glenn Davis, American athlete (Olympic gold 1956,60), born in Wellsburg, West Virginia (d. 2009)
  • 1934 Gunther Gebel-Williams, animal trainer and lion tamer (Ringling Bros Circus), born in Świdnica, Poland (d. 2001)
  • 1934 Jaegwon Kim, Korean-born American philosopher, born in Daegu, South Korea (d. 2019)
  • 1935 Allan B. Swift, American broadcast journalist and politician (US Representative for Washington (D), 1979-95), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 2018)
  • 1935 Richard Hunt, American sculptor (We Will; Pyramidal Complex), and 1st African American to have major retrospective at MOMA, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2023) [1] [2]
  • 1935 Víctor Benítez, Peruvian soccer centre-back/defensive midfielder (11 caps; AC Milan, Roma, Inter Milan, Boca Juniors), born in Lima, Peru (d. 2022)
  • 1937 Daniela Rocca, Italian actress (Battle of Austerlitz, Empty Canvas), born in Acireale, Italy (d. 1995)
  • 1937 George Chuvalo, Canadian boxer, born in Toronto, Ontario
  • 1937 Wes Hall, West Indian cricket fast bowler (48 Tests, 192 wickets; Barbados, Queensland CA, Trinidad) and politician (Minister of Tourism & Sport, Barbados), born in Glebe Land, Station Hill, Barbados
  • 1938 Claude Ruel, Canadian NHL coach (Stanley Cup 1968-69, Montreal Canadiens), born in Sherbrooke, Quebec (d. 2015)
  • 1938 Judy Clay [Guions], American soul and gospel singer, born in St Paul, North Carolina (d. 2001)
  • 1938 Tatiana Troyanos, American mezzo-soprano (Der Rosenleavalier – “Octavian”), born in New York City (d. 1993)
  • 1939 Henry Waxman, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1939 Phillip Ramey, American pianist, contemporary classical composer (Proclamation for Orchestra; Cat Songs for Soprano, Flute and Piano), and music writer, born in Elmhurst, Illinois
  • 1940 “Papa” John DeFrancesco, American Hammond B-3 jazz organist (Doodlin’), born in Niagara Falls, New York (d. 2024) [1]
  • 1940 Linda Gray, American actress (Sue Ellen Ewing-Dallas), born in Santa Monica, California
  • 1940 Mickey Lolich, American pitcher (Detroit Tiger, won 25 in 1971), born in Portland, Oregon
  • 1940 Patrick Mower, British actor (Emmerdale, Carry On England), born in Oxford, England
  • 1940 Roger K. Crouch, American astronaut (STS 83, 94), born in Jamestown, Tennessee
  • 1940 Stephen Solarz, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), born in New York City (d. 2010)
  • 1940 Wayne McLaren, American stuntman, rodeo performer, model and actor best known for playing the Marlboro Man and for dying of lung cancer, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana (d. 1992)
  • 1941 Hans-Karsten Raecke, German composer, born in Rostock, Germany
  • 1942 Michel Drucker, French journalist and television host (Vivement dimanche), born in Vire, France
  • 1942 Tomés Marco, Spanish composer (Transfiguración), born in Madrid, Spain
  • 1943 Maria Muldaur, American folk-blues-pop singer (“Midnight at the Oasis”), born in Greenwich Village, New York City
  • 1943 Michael Ondaatje, Sri Lankan-Canadian writer (The English Patient; Running in the Family), and poet (There’s a Trick With a Knife I’m Learning to Do), born in Colombo, Ceylon
  • 1943 Ralph Neely, American football offensive tackle (Super Bowl 1971, 1977 Dallas Cowboys; Pro Bowl 1967, 1969; All Pro 1966-69), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 2022)

American singer (“Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe”; “You’re The First, The Last, My Everything”), born in Galveston, Texas

Barry White

  • 1944 Colin Young, Barbadian-British singer (The Foundations – “Build Me Up Buttercup”), born in Barbados, West Indies
  • 1944 Leonard Peltier, Native American activist (American Indian Movement), born in Grand Forks, North Dakota
  • 1944 Yoshio Kikugawa, Japanese soccer defender (16 caps; Mitsubishi Motors FC) and manager (Avispa Fukuoka FC 1982-94), born in Fujieda, Japan (d. 2022)
  • 1945 David Garrick [Philip Darryl Core], British pop singer (“Dear Mrs Applebee”), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2013)
  • 1945 John Mauceri, American conductor (Washington, D.C. Opera), born in New York City
  • 1945 Maria Aitken, Irish-English actress (Fish Called Wanda), born in Dublin, Ireland
  • 1945 Richard Thaler, American economist (nudge theory, Nobel Prize 2017), born in East Orange, New Jersey
  • 1945 Vern Lindblad, Turkologist, born in Seattle, Washington
  • 1946 Tony “T-Bone” Bellamy, American rock guitarist (Redbone), born in Las Vegas, Nevada (d. 2009)
  • 1948 Luis Lima, Argentinian operatic tenor, born in Córdoba, Argentina
  • 1948 Max Walker, Australian cricket fast bowler (34 Tests, 138 wickets) and broadcaster (Nine Network), born in Hobart, Australia (d. 2016)
  • 1949 Irina Rodnina, Russian pairs figure skater (Olympic gold 1972, 76, 80), born in Moscow, Soviet Union
  • 1949 Tony Stevens, English rocker (Foghat; Savoy Brown), born in London
  • 1950 Cynthia Myers, American Playmate (Dec 1968) and actress (Beyond Valley of Dolls), born in Toledo, Ohio
  • 1950 Gustav Brunner, Austrian Formula One designer and engineer, born in Graz, Austria
  • 1951 Berty Ahern, Prime Minister of Ireland (1997-2008), born in Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland
  • 1951 Gerald Stano, American serial killer (confessed to killing 41 people), born in Schenectady, New York (d. 1998)
  • 1951 Joe Pantoliano, American actor (Finelli Boys, Fugitive), born in Jersey City, New Jersey
  • 1952 Gerry Beckley, American rock vocalist, guitarist and songwriter (America – “Sister Golden Hair”), born in Fort Worth, Texas
  • 1952 Neil Peart, Canadian rock drummer and lyricist (Rush – “Limelight”; “Peaceable Kingdom”), born in Hamilton, Ontario (d. 2020)
  • 1953 John Williams, American archer (Olympic gold individual 1972; World C’ship gold 1971), born in Cranesville, Pennsylvania
  • 1953 Nancy “Nan” Goldin, American photographer (The Ballad of Sexual Dependency), born in Washington, D.C.
  • 1954 Jeff Jarvis, American journalist (This Week in Google, What Would Google Do?), public speaker, and advocate for the Open Web, born in United States [1] [2]
  • 1954 Neal Brendel, American rugby union prop (6 Tests; Pittsburgh RC) and executive (Chairman USA Rugby 2002-05), born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania (d. 2021)
  • 1955 Nina Blackwood, American actress and VJ (MTV, Solid Gold, Vice Squad), born in Springfield, Massachusetts
  • 1955 Peter Scolari, American stage and screen Emmy Award-winning actor (Newhart – “Michael”; Girls – “Tad”; Bosom Buddies – “Henry”), born in New Rochelle, New York (d. 2021) [1]
  • 1956 Barry Andrews, British rock musician (XTC; League of Gentlemen; Shreikback), born in West Norwood, London
  • 1956 Chip Beck, American golfer (US Open 1986, 89, Masters 1993 runner-up; shot 59 in 1991), born in Fayetteville, North Carolina
  • 1956 Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor, singer and composer (Farewell My Concubine), born in Hong Kong (d. 2003)
  • 1956 Ricky Rudd, American auto racer (NASCAR Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year 1977; IROC Champion 1992; Brickyard 400 1997, born in Norfolk County, Virginia
  • 1956 Sam Brownback, American attorney and politician (46th Governor of Kansas), born in Garnett, Kansas
  • 1957 Hans Zimmer, German Grammy and Academy Award-winning film score composer (The Lion King; Dune (2021); Inception; Kung Fu Panda), born in Frankfurt, West Germany
  • 1957 Rachel Ward, English-Australian actress (Thorn Birds), born in Cornwell, Oxfordshire, England
  • 1958 Gregg Edelman, American actor (Green Card), born in Chicago, Illinois

1958 Puerto Rican boxer (youngest world champion at 17 years, 176 days [WBA Light Welterweight]), born in New York City

Wilfred Benítez

  • 1959 Cindy Rarick, American golfer (5 LPGA Tour titles), born in Glenwood, Minnesota
  • 1959 Peter Anthony Togni, Canadian pianist, organist, composer (Responsio), and radio broadcaster, born in Pembroke, Ontario
  • 1960 Road Warrior Animal [Joseph Laurinaitis], American pro wrestler (3 x WWE Tag Team C’ship; WWE Hall of Fame), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2020)
  • 1961 Christiane Jolissaint, Swiss tennis star, born in Vevey, Switzerland
  • 1961 Kadim Al Sahir, Iraqi singer-songwriter (Ana Wa Laila – Me and Laila), born in Mosul, Iraq
  • 1961 Mylène Farmer, Canadian-French singer (Cendres de Lune) and actress, born in Montreal, Quebec
  • 1962 Amy Yasbeck, American actress (Casey Davenport-Wings, Mask), born in Blue Ash, Ohio
  • 1962 Dino Merlin, Bosnian singer and songwriter, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 1964 Dieter Hecking, German football player and manager, born in Castrop-Rauxel, West Germany
  • 1964 Greig Oliver, Scottish rugby union scrum-half (3 Tests) and coach (development officer Munster Rugby), born in Hawick, Scotland (d. 2023)
  • 1965 Einstein Kristiansen, Norwegian cartoonist, designer and TV host, born in Greåker, Sarpsborg, Norway
  • 1965 Joe Schmidt, New Zealand rugby union coach (Leinster; Ireland: 6 Nations C’ship 2014, 15, 18; Grand Slam 2018; Triple Crown 2018), born in Kawakawa, New Zealand
  • 1965 John Norwood Fisher, American ska-funk bassist (Fishbone), born in California
  • 1965 Silke Hörner, German breaststroke swimmer (2 Olympic gold 1988), born in Leipzig, Germany
  • 1966 Ben Folds, American singer and songwriter (Ben Folds Five), born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • 1966 Darren E. Burrows, American actor (Northern Exposure – “Ed Chigliak”), born in Winfield, Kansas
  • 1967 Louis C.K. [Louis Székely] American-Mexican comedian (Louie), born in Washington, D. C.
  • 1967 Pat Listach, American baseball infielder (Milwaukee Brewers), born in Natchitoches, Louisiana
  • 1968 Larry LaLonde, American rock guitarist (Primus – “Frizzle Fry”), born in Richmond, California
  • 1968 Paul F. Tompkins, American comedian and actor (BoJack Horseman, Mr. Show with Bob and David), born in Mount Airy, Pennsylvania
  • 1969 Ángel Cabrera, Argentine golfer (US Open 2007, US Masters 2009), born in Córdoba, Argentina
  • 1969 James Frey, American writer (Bright Shiny Morning), born in Cleveland, Ohio
  • 1969 Shigeki Maruyama, Japanese golfer (3 PGA Tour titles; Presidents Cup 1998, 2000), born in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture
  • 1970 Nathan Larson, American guitarist and composer (Shudder To Think, Hot One), born in Maryland
  • 1971 Terry Dehere, American politician and NBA guard (Sacramento Kings), born in New York City
  • 1972 Avijit Roy, Bangladeshi-American anti-censorship activist and blogger, born in Bangladesh (d. 2015)
  • 1972 Paul Green, Australian rugby league coach (North Queensland Cowboys NRL premiership 2015; Queensland) and halfback (Australia SL 2 games, Queensland 7 games), born in Brisbane, Australia (d. 2022)
  • 1973 Darren Campbell, British athlete (Olympic gold 4x100m relay 2004, silver 200m 2000), born in Manchester, England
  • 1973 Martin Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Ville St. Pierre, Quebec, Canada
  • 1973 Maximiliano Hernández, American actor (Mr. Mercedes; The Americans, 2013; Marvel Universe films), born in Brooklyn, NYC

American actor (The Fast and the Furious), born in Glendale, California

Paul Walker

  • 1973 Tarana Burke, American activist, founder of #MeToo, born in New York City
  • 1974 Caroline Aigle, French first woman fighter pilot in the French Air Force aged 25, born in Montauban, France (d. 2007)
  • 1974 Jennifer Nettles, American country singer (Sugarland), born in Douglas, Georgia
  • 1974 Nuno Valente, Portuguese soccer defender (32 caps; Porto, Everton), born in Lisbon, Portugal
  • 1976 Bizzy Bone [Bryon Anthony McCane], American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony), born in Columbus, Ohio
  • 1976 Maciej Żurawski, Polish footballer, born in Poznań, Poland
  • 1977 2 Chainz [Tauheed Epps], American rapper, born in College Park, Georgia
  • 1977 Grant Denyer, Australian television personality and TV Host, born in Coffs Harbour, Australia
  • 1977 Idan Raichel, Israeli singer-songwriter, born in Kfar Saba, Israel
  • 1977 James McCartney, British musician son of Paul & Linda McCartney, born in London, England
  • 1977 Jeff Irwin, American rock and jazz bassist, born in Creve Coeur, Missouri
  • 1977 Nathan Bracken, Australian cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 12 wickets; 116 ODIs, 174 wickets; NSW), born in Penrith, Australia
  • 1978 Baloji, Belgian-Congolese rapper and film director known for “Omen”, born in Lubumbashi, Zaire
  • 1978 Ben McKenzie, American actor (Gotham), born in Austin, Texas
  • 1978 Elisabetta Canalis, Italian model and actress (Leverage, Fratelli Benvenuti), born in Sassari, Italy
  • 1978 Michael Paget, Welsh guitarist (Bullet for My Valentine), born in Bridgend, South Wales
  • 1978 Ruben Studdard, American singer (American Idol, “I Need An Angel”), born in Frankfurt, Germany
  • 1980 Fernando César de Souza, Brazilian footballer, born in Jardinopolis, Brazil
  • 1980 Gus G. Konstantinos Karamitroudis], Greek heavy metal guitarist (Firewind; Dream Evil), born in Thessaloniki, Greece
  • 1980 Josef Vašíček, Czech ice hockey center (World C’ship gold 2005; Carolina Hurricanes), born in Havlíčkův Brod, Czechoslovakia (d. 2011)
  • 1980 Yao Ming, Chinese basketball player, born in Shanghai

1981 American Academy Award-winning actress (Dreamgirls; Respect) and Grammy Award-winning singer (“And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going”), television talk show host, and Tony Award-winning producer (A Strange Loop), born in Chicago, Illinois

Jennifer Hudson

  • 1983 Carly Smithson, Irish singer (Ultimate High), born in Dublin, Ireland
  • 1983 Daniel Muir, American football player, born in Washington, D.C.
  • 1984 Taylor Jenkins, American basketball head coach (Memphis Grizzlies 2019-), born in Arlington, Texas
  • 1985 Champian Fulton, American jazz pianist and singer (Birdsong), born in Norman, Oklahoma
  • 1985 Jack Wilkinson, English footballer (Hartlepool United), born in Beverley, England
  • 1986 Alfie Allen, English actor (Game of Thrones), born in London, England
  • 1986 Emmy Rossum, American actress and singer (Phantom of the Opera (film); Shameless), born in New York City
  • 1986 Yang Mi, Chinese actress (Eternal Love), born in Xuanwu District, Beijing, China
  • 1988 Aaron Sidwell, British actor (Steven Beale in “EastEnders”), born in Maidstone, England
  • 1989 Andrew Luck, American NFL player (Indianapolis Colts), born in Washington D.C.
  • 1992 Johannes Strolz, Austrian alpine ski racer (Olympic gold men’s Combined 2022), born in Bludenz, Austria
  • 1993 Kelsea Ballerini, American singer-songwriter (“Love Me Like You Mean It”), born in Mascot, Tennessee
  • 1994 Elina Svitolina, Ukrainian tennis player (WTA Finals champion 2018), born in Odessa, Ukraine
  • 1994 RM [Kim Nam-joon], South Korean rapper (BTS), born in Ilsan, South Korea
  • 1996 Colin Ford, American actor (Under the Dome; We Bought a Zoo), born in Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1996 Joshua Cheptegei, Ugandan athlete (Olympic gold 5,000m 2020, 10,000m 2024; World C’ship gold 10,000m 2019, 22, 23; World Cross Country gold 2019), born in Kapsewui, Uganda
  • 1997 Sydney Sweeney, American actress (Euphoria, The White Lotus), born in Spokane, Washington
  • 2006 Zachary Arthur, American actor (Chucky), born in Los Angeles, California

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Historical Events on September 12

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Second Quebec Conference

1944 Second Quebec Conference: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and the Combined Chiefs of Staff meet in Quebec City, Canada to discuss Allied occupation zones, the Morgenthau Plan, U.S. Lend-Lease aid to Britain and the role of the Royal Navy



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What Happened on September 12

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United States’ first known female police officer, Alice Stebbins Wells, is appointed by the LAPD

September 12, 1910


Fun Fact About September 12

Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of a nuclear chain reaction

September 12, 1933

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