Today in History

 

1. May I help?  (sorry for the extensive list, but I am related to one of the folks on this list)

   1257 - King Przemysl II of Poland (d. 1296)
   1404 - Marie of Anjou, queen of France (d. 1463)
   1493 - Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (d. 1568)
   1499 - Claude of France, wife of Louis XII of France (d. 1524)
   1542 - Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din, 3rd Mogol emperor of India (1556-1605)
   1606 - Johan Maetsuyker, Dutch governor-general of Ceylon (1653-78)
   1630 - Sophia of Hanover, Princess Palatine and Electress of Saxony (d. 1714)
   1633 - James II Stuart, king of England/Scotland (James VII) (1685-88)
   1639 - Simon van der Stel, Dutch governor of Cape colony (1679-99)
   1643 - Bahadur Shah I, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1712)
   1644 - William Penn, English Quaker & founder of PA
   1687 - Robert Simson, Scotland, mathematician
   1712 - George Grenville, British PM (1763-65)
   1726 - Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, English sailor and politician (d. 1813)
   1730 - Jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer
   1733 - François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (d. 1798)
   1734 - Francis Lightfoot Lee, US farmer/signer (Decl of Independence)
   1738 - Giovanni Calisto Andrea Zanotti, composer
   1740 - Joannes Siberg, Dutch governor-general of Neth Indies (1801-05)
   1753 - Franz Anton Dimmler, composer
   1764 - Charles-Henri Plantade, composer
   1774 - Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician
   1784 - Ferdinand VII MF, king of Spain
   1789 - Constant van Crombrugghe, Flemish monastery founder
   1790 - Thursday October Christian (d. 1831)
   1796 - Adolf Ganz, composer
   1801 - Joseph AF Plateau, Belgium, physicist (blinded-stared at Sun 25 secs)
   1806 - Preston King, U.S. Senator from New York (d. 1865)
   1827 - James Sidney Robinson, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1892
   1827 - William GGVV Harcourt, English lawyer/Min of Finance
   1837 - Ellison Capers, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1908
   1842 - Joe Start, American baseball player (d. 1927)
   1853 - Ciprian Porumbescu, composer
   1855 - George Edwardes, British composer (Gaiety Girl)
   1857 - Elwood Haynes, auto pioneer, built one of 1st US autos
   1859 - Camille Chevillard, composer
   1861 - Bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer
   1861 - Artur Gavazzi, Croatian geographer (d. 1944)
   1864 - Maurice de Plessys, French poet (Palace Occidental)
   1867 - Masaoka Shiki, Japan, haiku & tanka poet/diarist (Salt Water Ballads)
   1869 - Joseph Duveen, England, art connoisseur (Elgin marbles)
   1871 - Alexander von Zemlinsky, Vienna Austria, composer (Schneeman)
   1873 - Jose Serrano Simeon, composer
   1873 - Ray Ewry, Lafayette Ind, jumper (Olympics-10 gold-1900, 04, 06, 08)
   1873 - Jules Rimet, president of FIFA (d. 1954)
   1874 - Margarete Susman, writer
   1880 - Otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet/writer (Sak och sken)
   1882 - Charlie Parker, cricketer (legend Gloucs SLA, but 2-32 in only Test)
   1882 - Eamon DeValera, NY, Pres of Ireland (1937-48, 51-54, 57-59)
   1882 - Eamon de Valera, Irish politician and patriot (d. 1975)
   1883 - Adrianus PHA de Kleyn, throat/nose/otologist (ear doctor)
   1884 - Jimmy Conlin, Camden NJ, actor (Sin of Harold Diddlebock)
   1888 - Ernest Pingoud, composer
   1888 - Kathrin Mansfield, NZ writer (Aloe, Garden Party)
   1889 - Jean Canneel, Flemish sculptor
   1890 - Dwight D Eisenhower, Denison Tx, (R) 34th Pres (1953-1961)/Gen (WW 2)
   1890 - Frank Conroy, Derby England, actor (Call of the Wild)
   1891 - Paul de Keyser, Flemish story teller/philologist/folklorist
   1892 - Sumner Welles, US undersecretary/diplomat (Good neighbor policy)
   1893 - Lillian Gish, American actress (d. 1993)
   1894 - Sutan Ibrahim gelor Datuk Tan Malaka, founder (Indonesian Communist)
   1894 - e. e. cummings, Cambridge Mass, poet (Tulips & Chimneys)
   1896 - Lillian Gish, silent film/stage actress (Birth of a Nation)
   1898 - Cruys Voorbergh, Dutch actor/director (Flying Dutchman)
   1899 - Alan Washbond, US, 2-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1932)
   1900 - Edwin McLeod, cricketer (played in NZ’s 2nd-ever Test 1930)
   1901 - Willem A Wagenaar, journalist/writer (Shanghai)
   1902 - Stanley Coen, cricketer (South African batsman in two Tests 1927-28)
   1902 - Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist (d. 1963)
   1904 - Karel Srom, composer
   1906 - Benita Hume, London England, actress (Vicky-Halls of Ivy)
   1906 - Hannah Arendt, Germany, historian (Origins of Totalitarianism)
   1906 - Imam Hassan al Banna, Egyptian founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (d. 1949)
   1907 - “Red” McKenzie, jazz singer (played comb-with-tissue-paper) [or 1899]
   1907 - Allan Jones, Scranton PA, actor/singer (A Day at the Races, Showboat)
   1907 - Barend Barendse, Dutch sports reporter
   1907 - Pert Kelton, Great Falls Mont, actress (Cavalcade of Stars)
   1908 - Ruth Hale, American playwright and actress (d. 2003)
   1909 - Bernd Rosemeyer, German auto racer (Indy 500)
   1909 - Kalervo Tuukkanen, composer
   1909 - Dorothy Kingsley, American screenwriter (d. 1996)
   1910 - Jef Keuleers, Belgian worker’s union leader
   1910 - John Wooden, basketball coach (UCLA-10 national championships)
   1911 - Le Duc Tho, North Vietnamese representive at Paris peace talk
   1912 - Helmut Schelsky, German sociologist (Sociology of Sex)
   1912 - Jack Crapp, cricketer (England batsman 1948-49)
   1912 - Jack Young, cricketer (Middlesex & England slow left-armer post-WW2)
   1913 - Ginty Lush, cricketer (NSW quick of the 30’s who didn’t play for Aust)
   1913 - Victor Trumper Jr, cricketer (son of Mr & Mrs Trumper NSW 1940-41)
   1914 - Brendan Gill, critic
   1914 - Dick Durrance, American skier (d. 2004)
   1916 - C Everett Koop, surgeon general (1981-89)
   1918 - Doug Ring, cricketer (Australian leggie of the late 40’s early 50’s)
   1918 - Marcel Chaput, French Canadian politician (d. 1991)
   1919 - Edward L Feightner, US rear-admiral (WW II-Santa Cruz Islands)
   1924 - Robert Webber, Santa Ana Calif, actor (79 Park Avenue)
   1925 - Louis Cohen, physicist
   1926 - Bill Justis, rocker
   1926 - Willy Alberti, [Carel Verbrugge], singer/actor (Riffin in Amsterdam)
   1927 - Roger Moore, London England, actor (Alaskans, Maverick, Saint)
   1928 - Gary Graffman, NYC, pianist (Leventritt Award)
   1928 - Frank E. Resnik, American business executive (d. 1995)
   1929 - Alfredo Santos Buenaventura, composer
   1929 - Yvon Durelle, Canadian boxer (d. 2007)
   1930 - Joseph-Desire Kuku NWZA Mobutu Sese Seko, president Zaire (1965- )
   1930 - Robert Parker, US saxophonist/soul singer (Barefootin’)
   1931 - Rafael Puyana, Bogota Colombia, baroque harpsichordist (NY debut 1957)
   1931 - Nikhil Banerjee, Indian classical musician (d. 1986)
   1932 - Anatoly Larkin, Russian-American physicist (d. 2005)
   1932 - Enrico di Giuseppe, American tenor (d. 2005)
   1935 - La Monte Young, Bern Idaho, composer (Composition in 1990)
   1938 - John Dean III, former White House counsel (Watergate figure)
   1938 - Empress Farah Diba of Iran

   1939 - Mary Ann Shockley, great grand daughter of (19th century) German immigrants (Woodwards) and mother to Reiuxcat (me).

   1939 - Hugh Delane Thompson, Shreveport LA, PGA golfer (1991 MONY Syracuse)
   1939 - Ralph Lauren, fashion designer (Chaps)
   1940 - Christopher Timothy, English actor (All Creatures Great & Small)
   1940 - Cliff Richards, [Harry Webb], Lucknow India, rock voclist (Suddenly)
   1940 - Jesse Carlyle Snead, Hot Springs VA, PGA golfer (1972 Phila Classic)
   1940 - Pat Finley, Asheville NC, actress (Ellen Hartley-Bob Newhart Show)
   1941 - Jim Courter, (Rep-R-NJ, 1979- )
   1941 - Art Shamsky, American baseball player
   1942 - Billy Harrison, Belfast Ireland, rock guitarist (Them)
   1943 - Anthony Iannaccone, composer
   1943 - Lance Rentzel, NFL receiver (Minn, LA)/ex-husband of Joey Heatherton
   1943 - Noreen Corcoran, Quincy Mass, actress (Kelly-Bachelor Father)
   1944 - Udo Kier, Germany, actress (Warhol Dracula, Warhol Frankenstein)
   1945 - Colin Hodgkinson, English musician (Whitesnake)
   1946 - Justin Hayward, England, vocalist (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin)
   1946 - James Robert “Radio” Kennedy, American football coach
   1946 - Craig Venter, American biologist
   1946 - Al Oliver, American baseball player
   1946 - Dan McCafferty, Scottish musician (Nazareth)
   1947 - Charlie Joiner, Many La, NFL receiver (Houston, Cincinnati, San Diego)
   1947 - Al Atkins, English musician (Judas Priest)
   1947 - Lukas Resetarits, Austrian cabaret artist
   1948 - Harry Anderson, American actor
   1948 - David Ruprecht, American game show host
   1948 - Engin Arık, Turkish nuclear physicist (d. 2007)
   1949 - Katy Manning, English/Australian actress
   1949 - Katha Pollitt, American writer
   1950 - Sheila Young Ochowicz, Birmingham Mich, speed skater (Oly-gold/sil-76)
   1951 - Marcia Barrett, St Catherine’s Jamaica, rock vocalist (Boney M)
   1952 - Daisy Eshuijs, singer/pianist/composer (Eye to Eye)
   1952 - Harry Anderson, Newport RI, actor (Judge Harry Stone-Night Court)
   1952 - Margriet Eshuijs, Dutch singer/pianist
   1952 - Nikolai Adrianov, USSR, gymnast (Olympic-4 gold/2 silver/bronze-1976)
   1953 - Greg Evigan, South Amboy NJ, actor (BJ-BJ & the Bear, Melrose Place)
   1953 - Marcel R Zeeuw, Suriname lt-colonel (coup 1982)
   1953 - Olga Nikolayevna Klyushnikova, Russia, cosmonaut
   1953 - Roland Butcher, cricketer (1st black to play for England 1981)
   1953 - Shelley Ackerman, American astrologer, writer, singer
   1954 - Carole Malone, English newspaper columnist
   1956 - Beth Daniel, Charleston SC, LPGA golfer (1990 Kemper Open)
   1957 - Gregory T Linteris, Demarest NJ, PhD/astronaut (STS 83, 94)
   1957 - Karen Permezel, LPGA golfer
   1957 - Michel Després, Quebec politician
   1958 - Thomas Dolby, Cairo Egypt, rock vocalist (She Blinded Me With Science)
   1959 - A J Pero, Staten Is, drummer (Twisted Sister-Not Gonna Take It)
   1960 - John Aalberg, Orland Norway, US cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
   1960 - Steve Cram, English runner (world record mile/2 km)
   1961 - Melanie Wilson, actress (Jennifer-Perfect Strangers)
   1961 - Mike Tramp, Denmark, heavy metal rocker (White Lion-Mane Attraction)
   1961 - Isaac Mizrahi American fashion designer
   1962 - Shahar Perkiss, Israel, tennis star
   1962 - Jaan Ehlvest, Estonian chess player
   1963 - Keith Byars, NFL running back (Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots)
   1963 - Yim Jae-beom, South Korean singer
   1964 - Joe Girardi, Peoria IL, catcher (NY Yankees)
   1964 - Pieter Axe, soccer player (FC Utrecht/SC Heerenveen)
   1964 - Olu Oguibe, American artist
   1965 - Karyn White, singer
   1965 - Jüri Jaanson, Estonian rower
   1965 - Constantine Koukias, Australian composer
   1966 - Savanna Samson, American porn star
   1967 - Arleen Sorkin, actress (Days of Our Lives, America’s Funniest Videos)
   1967 - Dave Hajek, Roseville CA, infielder (Houston Astros)
   1967 - Sylvain Lefebvre, Richmond, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche)
   1967 - Pat Kelly, American baseball player
   1967 - Stephen A. Smith, American sports journalist
   1968 - Dwayne Schintzius, NBA center (Indiana Pacers)
   1968 - Gene Williams, NFL guard/tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
   1968 - Rashid Latif, cricketer (Pakistani wicket-keeper)
   1968 - Wanda Guyton, WNBA forward (Houston Comets)
   1968 - Matthew Le Tissier, English footballer
   1968 - Johnny Goudie, American musician
   1969 - Mark Verhoeven, Dutch soccer player (MVV/NEC)
   1969 - P J Brown, NBA center/forward (NJ Nets, Miami Heat)
   1969 - David Strickland, American actor (d. 1999)
   1970 - Daniela Pestova, [Chameleon], Prague Czech, model (1995 SI/L’Oreal)
   1970 - Jim Jackson, NBA guard (Dallas Mavericks, Phila 76ers)
   1970 - Nina Kemppel, Anchorage Alaska, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
   1970 - Jon Seda, Puerto Rican actor
   1970 - Pär Zetterberg, Swedish football player
   1971 - Derrick Rodgers, linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
   1971 - Frank Wycheck, NFL tight end (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
   1971 - Jorge Costa, Portuguese footballer
   1972 - Erika de Lone, Boston Mass, tennis star (1996 Futures-Wilmington DE)
   1972 - J J Smith, NFL running back (KC Chiefs)
   1972 - Mike Archie, running back (Tennessee Oilers)
   1972 - Nelson Van waes, CFL defensive linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders)

   Ok, I added my Mom’s line.  Thank you for your indulgence today.

   Posted by Reiuxcat       10/14/2011  at  11:41 AM  



2. Thanks cat. I assume this is the ‘Births’ for today? I don’t suppose you could edit it down to just family and people most of us would know?

   Example: William Penn, George Grenville, Francis Lightfoot Lee.

   And, of course, don’t forget to mention your Mom’s tie.

   I’ll be happy to update your ‘births’ that my iPad app screwed up?

   Posted by Christopher       10/14/2011  at  11:56 AM  



3. Yeah, I knew that was way too many names, and except for obvious minor celebrities, I didn’t know who to remove.  Crazy day today, just got home. 

   Mainly wanted to plug Mom.  HB Mom!

   Please pare as you see fit.

   Posted by Reiuxcat       10/14/2011  at  07:08 PM  

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