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This Day in History for 29th November


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Physicist Christian Doppler (1803)     Author and theologian C. S. Lewis (1898)     Actress Cathy Moriarty (1960)


1229 - Louis II, the Stern, ruler (upper Baveria)
1338 - Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (d. 1368)
1427 - Zhengtong, Emperor of China (d. 1464)
1484 - Joachim Vadian, Swiss humanist (d. 1551)
1627 - John Ray, English naturalist (d. 1705)
1690 - Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (d. 1747)
1752 - Jemima Wilkinson, American preacher (d. 1819)
1761 - Fridolin Weber, composer
1762 - Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist (d. 1833)
1770 - Peter Hansel, composer
1781 - Andres Bello, Venezuela poet/diplomat/scholar (Silvas Americanas)
1797 - Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, composer
1798 - Alexander Brullov, Russian painter (d. 1877)
1799 - Amos Bronson Alcott, US educator/poet (Concord Days)
1802 - Wilhelm Hauff, writer
1803 - Christian Doppler, Salzburg, Austria, physicist (Doppler effect), (d. 1853)
1803 - Gottfried Semper, German architect (d. 1879)
1811 - Wendell Phillips, women's suffrage/antislavery/prison reformer
1813 - Franz von Miklosich, Slovenian linguist (d. 1891)
           Physicist Christian DopplerPhysicist Christian Doppler (1803) 1815 - Stephen Augustus
           Hurlbut, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1882
1816 - Carl Binder, composer
1816 - Morrison Waite, American jurist (d. 1888)
1818 - George Brown, Canada, publisher (Toronto Globe), PM (L) (1858)
1825 - Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (d. 1893)
1832 - Louisa May Alcott, Germantown Pa, author (Little Women)
1833 - Louis Douglass Watkins, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
1834 - Thomas Edward Greenfield Ransom, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1835 - Empress Dowager Cixi, Chinese ruler (d. 1908)
1838 - Aeneas Mackay, Baron/Dutch minister of interior/Colonies
1839 - Ludwig Anzengruber, Austrian playwright (Der Schandfleck)
1849 - Ambrose Fleming, inventor (diode)
1852 - Paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer
1856 - Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German Chancellor/premier Prussia
1857 - Theodor Escherich, German pediatrician (d. 1911)
1860 - Hans Haym, composer
1862 - Friedrich Klose, composer
1863 - Spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer
1866 - Waldemar von Baussnern, composer
1870 - Andre Lichtenberger, French sociologist/writer (Le petit roi)
1870 - Harry Graham, cricketer (107 on Test debut Aust v Eng 1893)
1872 - Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg, Austrian soprano/director
1874 - Antonio Egas Moniz, Portugal, lobotomist (Nobel 1949)
1874 - Francis Dodd, British artist (d. 1949)
1879 - Jacob Gade, Danish composer(d. 1963)
1888 - Joe Slater, Australian Rules footballer (d. 1917)
1891 - Julius Raab, Austrian Chancellor (1953-61)
1891 - Richard Frank Donovan, composer
1894 - Yakima Canutt, [Enos Edward], Colfax WA, actor/dir (Texas Terror)
1894 - Lucille Hegamin, American singer and entertainer (d. 1970)
1895 - Busby Berkeley, Los Angeles CA, choreographer
1895 - Lodovico Rocca, composer
1895 - William V S Tubman, (Whig), 17th Liberian president (1943-70)
1896 - Philip L Carret, Lynn Mass, CEO (Pioneer Fund)
1896 - Rod(erique) La Rocque (La Tour), western actor (Beau Bandit)
1896 - Yakima Canutt, American actor and stuntman (d. 1986)
1897 - Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer (Little Emperor)
1898 - C. S. Lewis [Clive Staples], Belfast, sci-fi author (Silver Chair), (d. 1963)
1898 - Rod La Rocque, Chicago IL, actor (Our Modern Maidens)
1899 - Gustave Reese, composer
1899 - Andrija Artuković, Croatian war criminal (d. 1988)
1901 - Genevieve Tobin, actress (Zaza, Great Gambini, Uncertain Lady)
1901 - Mildred Harris, Cheyenne WY, actress (No No Nannette)
1902 - Carlo Levi, Italy, painter/novelist (Of Fear & Freedom)
1902 - Georges Poulet, French/Belgian critic (Temps Humain)
1904 - Kay Johnson, Mt Vernon NY, actress (Real Glory, Of Human Bondage)
1904 - Piet Ketting, pianist/conductor/composer (Glorify Kokila)
1904 - Egon Eiermann, German architect (d. 1970)
1905 - Mowbray Henry Gordon Howard, 6th Earl of Effingham
1905 - Marcel Lefebvre, French Roman catholic bishop (d. 1991)
1906 - Luis Van Rooten, Mexico City Mexico, actor (One Man's Family)
1907 - Merle Travis, Muhlenberg County KY, country singer (16 Tons)
1908 - Adam Clayton Powell Jr, (Rep-D-NY)/minister
1908 - N. S. Krishnan, Tamil film comedian (d. 1957)
1909 - Rupert Davies, methodist Scholar
1910 - Louis Levy Jr, music publisher
1911 - Klaus E J Fuchs, Rüsselsheim Germany, German/British atomic physicist/spy
1914 - Edith Tilton Penrose, economist
1914 - Taisen Deshimaru, Saga City Japan, found several Zen centers in France
1915 - Earl W Sutherland, US pharmacologist (Nobel 1971)
1915 - Billy Strayhorn, American musician and composer (d. 1967)
1916 - Valentino Bucchi, composer
1916 - Fran Ryan, American actress (d. 2000)
1917 - Merle Travis, American singer (d. 1983)
1918 - Herb Shriner, Toledo Ohio, host/humorist (Herb Shriner Show)
1918 - Madeleine L'Engle, [Franklin], US, sci-fi author (Ilsa, Love Letters)
1919 - Pearl Primus, dancer
1920 - Yegor Ligachev, Soviet politician
1922 - Benjamin Smit, Curacaos architect (St Elizabeth Hospital)
1922 - Minnie Miñoso, Cuban baseball player
1923 - Frank Reynolds, E Chicago Ind, news anchor (ABC Evening News)
1926 - Dagmar, Huntington, West Virginia, American actress (Broadway's Open House)
1927 - Rubert Crosse, NYC, actor (Det Robinson-The Partners)
1927 - Vin[ce] Scully, sportscaster (NBC Baseball Game of the Week)
1928 - Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter
1928 - Paul Simon, American politician (d. 2003)
1929 - Don January, pro golfer (1976 Vardon Trophy)
1929 - Jackie Stallone, mother of Sylvester Stallone
1930 - Shirley Porter, English politician
1931 - Frank T Mdlalose, KwaZulu minister of Internal minister
1931 - Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor (d. 1997)
1931 - André Noyelle, Belgian cyclist (d. 2003)
1932 - Antoine Tisne, composer
1932 - Diane Ladd, Meridian Miss, actress (Wild Angels, Wild at Heart)
1932 - John Gary, Watertown, NY, singer
1932 - Jacques Chirac, French politician
1933 - David Reuben, author (Everything You Wanted to Know about Sex)
1933 - John Mayall, MacClesfield England, pop musician (Don't Washed Me Time)
1933 - James Rosenquist, American artist
1936 - Davide Anzagai, composer
1936 - Gerti Tetzner, writer
1937 - Johan J Holst, Norwegian minister of Defense/Foreign affairs
1939 - Gennadiy Volnov, USSR, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1972)
1939 - Meco, rocker
1939 - Peter Bergman, American comedian, (d. 2012)
1939 - Domenico Monardo, American record producer
1940 - Chuck Mangione, Rochester NY, jazz hornist (Chasing the Clouds Away)
1941 - Dennis Doherty, Halifax Canada, rocker (Mamas & The Papas)
1941 - Ronald D Coleman, (Rep-D-TX, 1983- )
1942 - Felix Cavaliere, American musician
1942 - Philippe Huttenlocher, Swiss opera singer
1942 - Maggie Thompson, American magazine editor
1943 - Sue Miller, American author
1944 - Felix Cavaliere, Pelham NY, rock keyboardist (Rascals-Lonely too Long)
1945 - Roger Bambuck, Guadeloupe, French 4X100 runner (Olympic-bronze-1968)
1946 - Suzy Chaffee, US, skier/chapstick user (Olympics-1968)
1946 - Silvio Rodríguez, Cuban poet
1947 - Petra Kelly, Gunzburg, Bavaria, German politician and activist (German Green Party)
1947 - Ronnie Montrose, Denver Colorado, American guitarist, (d. 2012)
1949 - Garry Shandling, AZ, comedian (Garry Shandling, Larry Sanders Show)
1949 - Kenneth D Cameron, Cleve Oh, Lt Col USMC/astronaut (STS 37, 56, 74)
1949 - Stan Rogers, Canadian folk musician and songwriter (d. 1983)
1949 - Wayne Cowan, American wrestler
1949 - Jerry Lawler, American wrestler
1950 - Kevin O'Donnell Jr, US, sci-fi author (Caverns, Reefs, Lava)
1951 - Barry Goudreau, Boston Mass, rock guitarist (Boston)
1951 - Jonathan Zeitlyn, artist
1951 - Roger Troutman, American musician (d. 1999)
1952 - Christine Pascal, actress/director (Smile, Nothing But Lies, Elsa)
1952 - Dusty Hare, English rugby player
1953 - Alex Grey, American artist
1954 - Joel Coen, Minneapolis Mn, actor/dir (Spies Like Us, Barton Fink)
1955 - Howie Mandel, Toronto Canada, comedian (Dr Wayne Fiscus-St Elsewhere)
1956 - Hinton Battle, American dancer
1956 - Leo Laporte, American television personality
1956 - Eric Laakso, American football player
1957 - Charles Grant, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, American actor (Evan Frame-Another World,
           Bold & Beautiful)
1957 - Matthew Rubel, CEO of Collective Brands Licensing
1958 - Pamela Prati, Rome Italy, Million $ Cap (1984)/actress
1958 - Mario Petrucci, Anglo-Italian Poet and Ecologist
1959 - Neal Broten, Roseau Canada, NHL center (NJ Devils)
1959 - Rich Camarillo, NFL punter (Houston Oilers)
1960 - Cathy Moriarty, Bronx NY, actress (Raging Bull, Bless This House)
1960 - Howard Johnson, American baseball player
1961 - Kim Delaney, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American actress (All My Children, NYPD Blue)
1961 - Masayoshi Yamashita, Japanese musician
1962 - Andrew McCarthy, NYC, actor (St Elmo's Fire, Class)
1962 - Sadanand Viswanath, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (v Sri Lanka 1985-86)
1962 - Andy LaRocque Swedish musician (King Diamond)
1964 - Don Cheadle, actor (Boogie Nights)
1964 - Kris Kamm, Evanston Ill, actor (Stuart Rosebrock-Coach)
1964 - Perry Parker, South Laguna Beach California, golfer (1992 Xerox BC Open)
1964 - Cork Graham, American journalist, actor and author
1965 - Ellen Cleghorne, comedienne (Saturday Night Live)
1965 - Neill Barry, NYC, actor (Old Enough, Heat)
1965 - Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese musician (d. 1992)
1967 - Marcus Muler, WLAF adm asst (Amsterdam Admirals)
1967 - Sean Carlin, Australian hammer thrower (Olympics-8-1992, 96)
1967 - John Layfield, American professional wrestler
1968 - Dee Brown, NBA guard (Boston Celtics)
1968 - Jiri Veber, Kladno CZE, hockey (Team Czech Rep)
1968 - Jonathan Raleigh Knight, Mass, rocker (New Kids-Hangin' Tough)
1968 - Pedro A Martinez, Villa Mella Dom Rep, pitcher (NY Mets)
1968 - Peter Gross-Pass, WLAF defensive linebacker (Rhein Fire)
1968 - T J Rubley, WLAF quarterback (Rhein Fire)
1969 - Ben Iroha, soccer player (Vitesse)
1969 - Craig Evans, cricketer (Zimbabwe batsman 1996 World Cup)
1969 - J-Me Carney, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1969 - John Knight, rocker
1969 - Mariano Rivera, Panama City Panama, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1969 - Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch soccer player (NAC, Celtic)
1969 - Kasey Keller, American soccer player
1970 - David Beinhoff, mayor
1970 - Guy Hill, Atlanta Georgia, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 NCAA-3rd)
1970 - Lamar Smith, NFL running back (Seattle Seahawks)
1970 - Tonya Gill, LPGA golfer (1995 Ping/Welch-14th)
1970 - Mark Pembridge, Welsh footballer
1971 - Amy Peterson, Maplewood Minn, short track skater (Olympics-1994)
1971 - Bernadette Przybycien, Miss Illinois USA (1996)
1971 - Brad May, Toronto, NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres)
1971 - Gena Lee Nolin, actress/model (Baywatch)
1971 - Gregory Byrne, American college administrator
1972 - Artis Houston, WLAF cornerback (Rhein Fire)
1972 - Jamal Mashburn, NBA forward (Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks)
1972 - Larry Williams, WLAF defensive tackle (Scotland Claymores)
1972 - Brian Baumgartner, American actor
1972 - Larry Joe Campbell, American actor
1972 - Minoru Tanaka, Japanese pro-wrestler
1973 - Craig Glassock, cricketer (NSW wicket-keeper 1994-95)
1973 - Dick van Burik, soccer player (Ajax/NAC)
1973 - Duane Butler, safety (Minnesota Vikings)
1973 - Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer
1973 - Sarah Jones, American playwright
1974 - Pavol Demitra, Dubnica Slo, NHL right wing (Ottawa Senators, Blues)
1974 - Lin Chi-ling, Taiwanese model
1976 - Anna Faris, American actress
1976 - Michalis Kakiouzis, Greek basketball player
1976 - Ehren McGhehey, American actor
1978 - Dimitrious Konstantopolous, Greek footballer
1978 - Ludwika Paleta, Polish-born actress
1978 - Alessandro Fei, Italian volleyball player
1979 - Simon Amstell, English comedian and television presenter
1979 - Francis Beltrán, Dominican baseball player
1979 - Jayceon "The Game" Taylor, American rapper
1979 - Chamillionaire, American rapper
1981 - Nicholas Teo, Malaysian singer and actor
1982 - Lucas Black, actor (Sling Blade)
1982 - Ashley Force, American race car driver
1983 - Tanner Glass, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 - Sitti Navarro, Philippine bossa nova artist
1985 - Taguchi Junnosuke, Japanese idol (KAT-TUN)
1985 - Shannon Brown, American basketball player
1987 - Stephen O'Halloran, Irish footballer
1990 - Blake Tuomy-Wilhoit, actor (Full House)
1990 - Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit, actor (Full House)

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This Day in History for 29th November


Famous Deaths

Composer Giacomo Puccini (1924)


561 - Chlotarius I, king of the France (558-61), dies at about 61
917 - Radboud, bishop of Utrecht/Deventer (900-17)/saint, dies
1253 - Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1206)
1268 - Clement IV, [Guido Fulcodi], Pope (1265-68), dies
1314 - Philip IV, the Handsome, King of France (1285-1314), (b. 1268)
1330 - Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (b. 1287)
1342 - Michael of Cesena, Italian Franciscan leader (b. 1270)
1378 - Charles IV, Roman-German King/German emperor (Univ of Prague), dies
1530 - Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal,adviser and Lord Chancellor, (1514-29) to England's King Henry VIII
           (approx. 60)
1577 - Cuthbert Mayne, English saint (b. 1543)
1590 - Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (b. 1547)
1595 - Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (b. 1533)
1626 - Ernst, Graf von Mansfield, German soldier (c. 1580)
1632 - Frederick V, Elector Palatine and King of Bohemia, dies at 36
1643 - Claudio Giovanni Monteverdi, Italian composer (L'arianna), dies at 76
1643 - William Cartwright, English dramatist (b. 1611)
1646 - Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (b. 1565)
1661 - Brian Walton, English clergyman and scholar (b. 1600)
1682 - Rupert, prince of Palts/adm/chemist/engraver/mathematician, dies at 62
1695 - James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair, Scottish lawyer and statesman (b. 1619)
1699 - Patrick Gordon, Scottish general (b. 1635)
1759 - Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1687)
1775 - Lorenzo Somis, composer, dies at 87
1780 - Maria Theresia Hapsburg, Queen of Austria, dies at 63
1797 - Samuel Langdon, American President of Harvard University (b. 1723)
1813 - Giambattista Bodoni, Ital stamp cutter/publisher (bodoni), dies at 73
1843 - Marco Santucci, composer, dies at 81
1865 - Herman van Sonsbeeck, Dutch lawyer/statesman, dies at 69
1872 - Cornelius Kreighoff, Canadian, dies
1872 - Giovanni Tadolini, composer, dies at 83
1872 - Horace Greeley, US founder/publisher (NY Tribune), dies at 61
1895 - Eduard count von Taaffe, Austria premier (1868..93), dies at 62
1918 - Harald Kidde, Danish writer (Helten), dies at 40
1921 - Ivan Caryll, composer (Pink Lady), dies at 60
1924 - Giacomo Puccini, Ital composer (Mme Butterfly), dies in Brussels at 65
1925 - Karl Flodin, composer, dies at 67
1927 - George Giffen, cricketer (251 FC games, 11758 runs, 1023 wkts), dies
1939 - Philipp Scheidemann, German MP (SPD)/mayor of Kassel, dies at 74
1952 - Rosa Lewis, English chef/owner (Cavendish Hotel London), dies
1952 - Vladimir N Ipatiev, Russian/US chemist, dies at 85
1953 - Alfons Fryland, Austrian actor (b. 1888)
1953 - Sam De Grasse, American actor (b. 1875)
1953 - Milt Gross, American comic book illustrator and animator (b. 1895)
1954 - Enrico Fermi, Italian/US nuclear physicist, dies
1954 - George Edward Robey, English comic/actor (Henry IV), dies at 85
1954 - Dink Johnson, American musician (b. 1892)
1957 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austria/US composer (Kathrin), dies at 60
1959 - Fritz Brun, composer, dies at 81
1959 - Hans Henny Jahnn, writer, dies at 64
1962 - Rav Aaron Kotler, Orthodox Talmudic scholar, dies in Lakewood NJ
1964 - Anne de Vries, Dutch teacher/author (Bartje), dies at 60
1967 - Theo Marcuse, actor (Mara of Wilderness), dies in auto accident at 47
1970 - Robert Ruthenfranz, composer, dies at 65
1971 - Heinz Tiessen, composer, dies at 84
1972 - Carl Stalling, American composer (b. 1888)
1974 - Haroldson L Hunt, US multi-millionaire, dies at 85
1974 - Ouida Bergere, scriptwriter, dies at 88
1974 - James J. Braddock, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1905)
1976 - Godfrey Cambridge, actor (Watermelon Man), dies at 43
1976 - Judith Lowry, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays ...), dies at 86
1977 - George Hamilton Combs, TV host (Through the Curtain), dies at 78
1978 - Alan Richardson, composer, dies at 74
1980 - Dorothy Day, American journalist, social activist and devout member of the Roman Catholic
           Church, dies at 83
1981 - Natalie Wood, actress (West Side Story), drowns at 43
1981 - Fredric Wertham, German-born psychologist (b. 1895)
1982 - Percy Williams, Canadian athlete (b. 1908)
1984 - Gotthard Günther, German philosopher (b. 1900)
1985 - Rik Jacobs, Flemish stage manager, dies at 71
1986 - Cary Grant, actor (Charades), dies in Davenport Iowa at 82
1986 - Herb Vigran, actor (Vampire, Mark of Vampire), dies
1987 - Howard Pyle, (Gov-R-Az, 1951-55), dies at 81
1987 - Irene Handl, actress (Riding High, Morgan), dies at 85
1989 - Ann Burton, [Anna Rafalowicz], singer, dies at 56
1989 - George Oswald Browning "Gubby" Allen, cricketer, dies
1991 - Frank Yerby, US writer (Health Card, The Dahomean), dies at 75
1991 - Ralph Bellamy, actor (Rosemary's Baby, His Girl Friday), dies at 87
1992 - Cary Scott Lowenstein, dancer/singer, dies of AIDS at 30
1992 - Emilio Pucci, Italian fashion designer (Jackie Kennedy), dies at 78
1992 - Robert F Simon, US actor (Operation Petticoat, M*A*S*H), dies at 83
1992 - Robert Shayne, US actor (Tora! Tora! Tora!), dies of cancer at 92
1992 - Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician (b. 1906)
1993 - JRD Tata, Indies industrialist (Air-India), dies at 89
1994 - Muhammad Ali Araki, ayatollah of Iran, dies
1994 - Ronald "Buster" Edwards, robber, dies at 63
1994 - Sviatoslav S Stravinsky, French/US composer/son of Igor S, dies at 84
1995 - Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro, doctor/social reformer, dies at 79
1995 - Stone Cates, fictional character on General Hospital, dies of AIDS
1996 - Dan Flavin, American artist (b. 1933)
1997 - Coleman Young, 1st black mayor of a major city, dies at 79
1998 - Martin Ruane, English professional wrestler (b. 1947)
1998 - Frank Latimore, American actor (b. 1925)
1999 - Gene Rayburn, American game show host (b. 1917)
2001 - Mic Christopher, Irish singer and songwriter (b. 1969)
2001 - George Harrison, English singer, guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943)
2001 - John Knowles, American author (b. 1926)
2002 - Daniel Gélin, French actor (b. 1921)
2002 - George "Two Ton" Harris, American professional wrestler (b. 1927)
2003 - Moondog Spot, American professional wrestler (b. 1952)
2004 - Anne Samson, oldest-ever nun documented (b. 1891)
2004 - Harry Danning, American baseball player (b. 1911)
2004 - John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b. 1929)
2005 - Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (Back to the Future), dies of breast cancer at 47
2005 - David di Tommaso, French footballer (b. 1979)
2006 - Allen Carr, English anti-smoking campaigner (b. 1934)
2007 - Henry Hyde, American politician (b. 1924)
2007 - James Barber, Canadian chef and writer (b. 1923)
2007 - Ralph Beard, American basketball player (b. 1927)
2007 - Roger Bonham Smith, Former chairman and CEO of General Motors (b. 1925)
2007 - Tom Terrell, musicologist, NPR reviewer, deejay (b. 1950)
2008 - Jørn Utzon, Danish architect (b. 1918)
2009 - Robert Holdstock, English author (b. 1948)
2010 - Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet (b. 1937)
2010 - Mario Monicelli, Italian film director (b. 1915)
2010 - Stephen J. Solarz, American politician (b. 1940)
2010 - Maurice Wilkes, British computer scientist (b. 1913)
2010 - Alfred Masini, American television producer (b. 1930)
2012 - Merv Pregulman, American NFL player, dies at 90

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This Day in History for 30th November


Historical Events

                                   
United States Founding Father                 Dictator of Nazi Germany                    Baseball Player Jackie Robinson
Benjamin Franklin                                    Adolf Hitler

                                   
Boxing Champ Archie Moore                42nd US President Bill Clinton                   US First Lady and Politician
                                                                                                                                 Hillary Clinton


306 - St Marcellus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
722 - Pope Gregory II names Boniface as missionary bishop
1016 - Cnut (or Canute), king of Denmark, claims the English throne the death of Edmund 'Ironside'.
1215 - Pope Innocent III closes 4th council of Lateranen
1406 - Angelo Correr elected Pope Gregory XII
1523 - Amsterdam bans assembly of heretics
1554 - England reconciles with Pope Julius III
1630 - 16,000 inhabitants of Venice died this month of plague
1648 - English Parliamentary army captures King Charles I
1678 - Roman Catholics banned from English parliament
1700 - King Charles XII of Sweden defeats Russia at Narva [NS]
1700 - Turkey declares war on Russia
1700 - Utrecht/Overijssel/Buren/Leerdam/IJsselstein go on Gregoria calendar
1731 - Beijing hit by Earthquake; about 100,000 die
1735 - States of Holland forbid Free Masonry
1747 - Dutch State of Zealand declare governorship hereditary for women
1753 - Benjamin Franklin receives Godfrey Copley-Penny
1776 - Capt Cook begins 3rd & last trip to Pacific (South Sea)
1782 - Britain signs agreement recognizing US independence
1786 - Peter Leopold Joseph of Habsburg-Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, promulgates a penal
           reform making his country the first state to abolish the death penalty. November 30 is
            therefore commemorated by 300 cities around the world as Cities for Life Day.
1787 - Spanish governor leaves Philippines
1803 - Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France
1804 - Impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase begins
1813 - Prince Willem Frederik returns to Netherlands
1824 - First ground is broken at Allenburg for the building of the original Welland Canal.
1829 - First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, 5 years to the day from the ground breaking.
1838 - Mexico declares war on France
1861 - Harper's Weekly publishes EE Beers' "All quiet along the Potomac"
1863 - Confederate troops vacate Fort Esperanza, Texas
1864 - Battle of Franklin Tennessee: Confederate attack fails, 7,700 casualities
1864 - Battle of Honey Hill SC (Broad River) 96 dead/665 wounded
1866 - Work begins on 1st US underwater highway tunnel, Chicago
1868 - The inauguration of a statue of King Charles XII of Sweden takes place in the King's garden in
           Stockholm.
1872 - 1st intl soccer game, Scotland-England 0-0 (Glasgow)
1885 - Opera "El Cid" premieres (Paris)
1886 - 1st commercially successful AC electric power plant opens, Buffalo
1886 - The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.
1887 - 1st indoor softball game (Chicago)
1891 - Pope Leo XIII's encyclical "Rerum novarum" published
1900 - A German engineer patents front-wheel drive for automobiles
1902 - American Old West: Second-in-command of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang, Kid Curry
           Logan, is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labor.
1907 - Pike Place Market dedicated in Seattle
1912 - 4th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Alerts defeats Toronto Argonauts, 11-4
1915 - St John Ervine's "John Ferguson," premieres in Dublin
1916 - Costa Rica becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1922 - 1st speed test of 1st genuine Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho
1922 - Hitler speaks to 50,000 national-socialists in Munich
1923 - Dutch Catholic minority government of Wilhelm Marx forms
1924 - 1st photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio (London-NYC)
1924 - Last French/Belgian troops leave Ruhrgebied
1924 - French/Belgium troops completely withdrawn from the Rurh
1928 - Test Cricket debut of Don Bradman, who scored 18 & 1 vs England
1929 - 17th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Regina Roughriders, 14-3
1931 - Crystal Palace in Hyde Park London destroyed by fire
1931 - His Master's Voice & Columbia Records merge into EMI
1933 - CCC Camps are established in Cleveland Park District
1936 - London's Crystal Palace (built 1851), destroyed by fire
1937 - 3rd Heisman Trophy Award: Clint Frank, Yale (HB)
1938 - Fascist coup in Romania, fails
1938 - Germany bans Jews being lawyers
1939 - 21 U boats sunk this month (52,000 ton)
1939 - Paul Osborn's "Mornings at 7," premieres in NYC
1939 - USSR invades Finland, bombs Helsinki
1940 - 28th CFL Grey Cup (Game 1): Toronto Balmy Beach defeats Ottawa, 8-2
1940 - 32 U boats sunk this month (147,000 ton)
1941 - 101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes its last run
1941 - 13 U boats sunk this month (62,000 ton)
1941 - Japanese Emperor Hirohito consults with admirals Shimada & Nagano
1942 - -Dec 1st: Sea battle at Tassafaronga, Guadalcanal
1942 - 109 U boats sunk this month (729,000 ton)
1942 - 30th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Hurricanes defeats Winnipeg Bombers, 8-5
1942 - Bill Terry resigns as supervisor of NY Giants minor league system
1942 - German scout ship Altmark explode & sinks off Yokohama
1944 - Biggest & last British Battleship HMS Vanguard runs aground
1945 - 33rd CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 35-0
1946 - Bradman scores 187 in 1st Test Cricket v England at the Gabba
1947 - Arab terrorist campaign opens in Palestine
1947 - Day after UN decree for Israel, Jewish settlements attacked
1948 - Baseball's Negro National League disbands
1948 - Player-manager Lou Boudreau is selected AL MVP
1948 - Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin
1949 - Chinese Communists captured Chungking
1949 - KOTV TV channel 6 in Tulsa, OK (CBS) begins broadcasting
1950 - US Pres Harry Truman threatens China with atom bomb
1952 - Jackie Robinson charges NY Yankees with racism
1953 - French parachutist under Col De Castries attacks Dien Bien Phu
1953 - Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir
           Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
1954 - 1st meteorite known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga Ala)
1954 - 20th Heisman Trophy Award: Alan Ameche, Wisconsin (FB)
1954 - John Strydom succeeds Malan as premier of South Africa
1955 - "Pipe Dream" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 245 performances
1955 - Argentine government disbands Peronistic party
1956 - 1st use of videotape on TV (Douglas Edwards & the News)
1956 - Floyd Patterson KOs Archie Moore in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1957 - "Happy Hunting" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 413 performances
1957 - 45th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 32-7
1957 - Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, kills 8
1958 - 1st guided missile destroyer launched, Dewey, Bath, Me
1958 - WKBW TV channel 7 in Buffalo, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
1959 - Joe Foss named 1st commissioner of AFL
1960 - French Senate condemns building own nuclear weapons
1960 - Tad Mosels "All the Way Home" premieres in NYC
1961 - Billy Williams of the Cubs is voted NL Rookie of Year
1961 - USSR vetoes Kuwaits application for UN membership
1962 - U Thant of Burma elected 3rd Secretary-General of UN unanimously
1963 - 51st CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats BC Lions, 21-10
1963 - Martin Walser's "Überlebensgross Herr Krott" premieres in Stuttgart
1964 - USSR launches Zond 2 towards Mars; no data returned
1966 - Barbados gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1966 - Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Maryland
1966 - Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1967 - Democratic People's republic of Yemen gains independence
1967 - Julie Nixon & David Eisenhower announce their engagement
1967 - Kuria Muria Islands ceded by Britain to Oman
1967 - People's Democratic Republic of Yemen declares independence from UK
1967 - People's Rep of South Yemen (Aden) gains independence from Britain
1967 - Senenator Eugene McCarthy begins run for US presidency
1967 - The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto who becomes its first Chairman
           later as the Head of state and Head of government after the 1971 Civil War.
1968 - 56th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeat Calgary Stampeder, 24-21
1969 - 57th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 29-11
1969 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1970 - George Harrison releases his triple album set "All Things Must Pass"
1971 - TV movie "Brian's Song," airs for 1st time on ABC-TV
1972 - BBC bans Wings' "Hi, Hi, Hi"
1972 - Illegal fireworks factory explodes killing 15 (Rome Italy)
1973 - M T Ghani scores 104 on FC debut for Commerce Bank (Pak) age 44
1973 - Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Jim Godman
1974 - "Good Evening" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 438 performances
1974 - "Mack & Mabel" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 66 performances
1974 - 20th time Islanders shut-out (3-0 vs Canucks)
1974 - Miss Teenage America Pageant
1974 - Most complete early human skeleton (Lucy, Australopithecus) is discovered by Donald
           Johanson, Maurice Taieb, Yves Coppens and Tim White in the Middle Awash of Ethiopia's Afar
           Depression.
1975 - Dahomey becomes Benin
1976 - 42nd Heisman Trophy Award: Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh (RB)
1978 - France performs nuclear test
1979 - Ted Koppel becomes anchor of nightly news on Iranian Hostages (ABC)
1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1980 - "Banjo Dancing" closes at Century Theater NYC after 38 performances
1980 - "Perfectly Frank" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 16 performances
1980 - "West Side Story" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 341 perfs
1980 - Uruguay's new constitution rejected by referendum
1981 - NY Yankee Dave Righetti wins AL Rookie of Year Award
1981 - Porn star John Holmes arrested on fugitive charges
1981 - South Africa anti apartheid advocate Bulelani Ngcuka arrested
1981 - Yankees Dave Righetti wins AL Rookie of Year
1981 - Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to
           negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe (the meetings ended
           inconclusively on December 17).
1982 - STS-6 vehicle moves to launch pad
1982 - US sub Thomas Edison collides with US Navy destroyer in So China Sea
1982 - USSR performs nuclear test
1983 - 6th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1983 - Police free kidnapped beer magnate Alfred Heineken in Amsterdam
1983 - Radio Shack announces Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip)
1983 - Raúl Alfonsín wins Argentine presidential election
1983 - Sam Shepards "Fool for love," premieres in NYC
1983 - Denver Nugget coach Doug Moe, hoplessly behind, advise team to let Blazers break their
           scoring record
1986 - "Flamenco Puro" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 40 perfs
1986 - 74th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 39-15
1986 - Ivan Lendl is 1st tennis player to earn over $10 million, lifetime
1987 - Afghanistan Constitution adopted
1988 - Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed
1988 - France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island
1988 - NYC furrier sues Mike Tyson for $92,000 for non payment of purchase
1988 - Soviets stop jamming Radio Liberty; 1st time in 38 yrs
1988 - UN General Assembly (151-2) censures US for refusing PLO's Arafat visa
1988 - Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. buys RJR Nabisco for $25.07 billion USD.
1989 - Deutsche Bank board member Alfred Herrhausen is killed by a Red Army Faction terrorist
           bomb.
1990 - Actor Burt Lancaster suffers a stroke
1990 - Bush proposes US-Iraq meeting to avoid war
1991 - 1st world championship of women's soccer, US defeats Norway 2-1
1991 - 93 cars & 11 truck accident near SF during a dust storm, 17 die
1991 - Rob Pilatus, 27, of Milli-Vanilli attempts suicide
1991 - San Diego State's Marshall Faulk is 1st freshman to capture national rushing & scoring titles
1992 - David Boon's 14th Test Cricket century, 111 v WI at Brisbane
1992 - Intercity-train derailed at Village chief, 5 die
1993 - NFL announces 30th franchise - Jacksonville Jaguars
1993 - President Clinton signs Brady Gun Control Bill
1994 - Beatles' 1st album in 25 years, "Live at BBC" is released in Britain
1994 - Cruiser Achille Lauro destroyed by fire at Somalia, 4 die
1994 - Man Mohan Adhikary sworn in as 1st communist premier of Nepal
1995 - Official end of Operation Desert Storm.
1997 - "Eugene Onegin" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC
1997 - 86th Davis Cup: Sweden sweeps US in Gothenburg (5-0)
1998 - Deutsche Bank announces a $10 billion USDdeal to buy Bankers Trust, thus creating the
           largest financial institution in the world.
1999 - In Seattle, Washington, United States, protests against the WTO meeting by anti-
           globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening 
           ceremonies.
1999 - British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's
           largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.
2004 - Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge resigns.
2004 - Longtime Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, Utah finally loses, leaving him
           with $2,520,700 USD, television's all-time biggest game show haul.
2004 - Lion Air Flight 538 crash lands in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, killing 26.
2005 - John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his
           enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.
2007 - Hillary Clinton presidential campaign office hostage crisis: Leeland Eisenberg entered the
           campaign office of Hillary Clinton in Rochester, New Hampshire with a device suspected of
           being a bomb and held three people hostage for 5 hours.
2012 - At least 32 people are killed in a Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane crash in the Congo

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This Day in History for 30th November


Famous Weddings

1940 - "I Love Lucy" actress Lucille Ball (28) weds actor Desi Arnaz (23) in Greenwich, Connecticut
1973 - Science fiction author Issac Asimov marries 2nd wife psychoanalyst and science fiction author
           Janet Jeppson
1973 - Sci-fi author Isaac Asimov (53) weds author Janet Jeppson (47)
1996 - Multimillionaire and top-selling female suspense novelist Mary Higgins Clark (67) weds Merrill
           Lynch Futures retired CEO John Conheeney (67) in Saddle River, New Jersey
1996 - "All My Children" actress-model Eva LaRue (29) weds John Callahan (42) under a 500-year-old
           banyan tree at Koele in Lanai, Hawaii
2005 - "Only Fools and Horses" actor David Jason (65) weds Gill Hinchcliffe at Buckingham Palace in
           London

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 30th November


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Satirist Jonathan Swift (1667)           Soldier, author, journalist, politician                 Congresswoman
                                                                 Winston Churchill (1874)                         Shirley Chisholm (1924)


538 - St Gregory of Tours, Auvergne, Gaul, chronicler/bishop (Historia Francorum), (d. 594)
1340 - John duke of Berry, captain of Paris/art collector
1364 - John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (d. 1390)
1373 - Ferdinand I, the Righteous, king of Aragon/Sicily
1427 - Kazimierz IV, king of Poland (1447-92)
1466 - Andrea Doria, Genoese statesman/admiral
1485 - Veronica Gambara, Italian poetess
1498 - Andrés de Urdaneta, Spanish Augustinian friar, sail-captain and explorer (d. 1568)
1508 - Andrea Palladio, [Andrea di Pietro della Gondola], architect
1554 - Philip Sidney, England, poet/statesman/soldier (Arcadia)
1593 - Johann Dilliger, composer
1594 - John Cosin, English clergyman (d. 1672)
1622 - Thomas of Apshoven, Flemish painter, baptized
1625 - Jean Domat, French jurist (d. 1696)
1634 - Andres de Sola, composer
1637 - Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (d. 1698)
1645 - Andreas Werkmeister, composer
1667 - Jonathan Swift, Dublin, satirist (Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal), (d. 1745)
1670 - John Toland, Irish philosopher (d. 1722)
1683 - Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (d. 1744)
1693 - Christoph Forster, composer
1699 - Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway
1719 - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales (d. 1772)
1722 - Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (d. 1761)
1723 - William Livingston, revolutionary Governor of New Jersey (d. 1790)
1726 - Jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver
1753 - Johann Baptist Schenk, composer
1756 - Ernst Chladni, German physicist (d. 1827)
1764 - Franz Xaver Gerl, composer
1768 - Jędrzej Śniadecki, Polish writer, physician, chemist and biologist (d. 1838)
1781 - Alexander Berry, British adventurer (d. 1873)
1796 - Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer
1809 - Thomas Molleson Mudie, composer
1810 - Oliver Fisher Winchester, rifle maker (Winchester)
1813 - Charles-Henri Valentin Alkan, composer
1813 - Hermann Kurz, German author/poet
1813 - Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet (d. 1890)
1817 - Theodor Mommsen, Germ, historian/author (Imperial Lives, Nobel 1902)
1821 - Gustavus Woodson Smith, Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1896
1821 - Frederick Temple, 95th Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1902)
1826 - George Washington Deitzler, Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
1827 - Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary lawyer/senator
1827 - Ernest H Baillon, French botanist (History of Plants)
1828 - Jedediah Hotchkiss, Engineer (Confederate Army), died in 1899
1835 - Mark Twain, [Samuel L Clemens], author (Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn)
1836 - Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician (d. 1882)
1840 - Henry Birks, Canadian businessman (d. 1928)
1843 - Jozsef Kiss, Hungarian literary (Zsido Dalok)
1847 - August Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer
1855 - Marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of Agriculture/Finance
1857 - Robert Abel, cricketer (The Guv'nor Surrey & England batsman)
1858 - Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist (d. 1937)
1859 - Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov, composer
1861 - French Gailliard, Belgian painter (Zeustempel in Athens)
1861 - Ludwig Thuille, composer
1863 - Andres Bonifacio, leader of 1896 Philippine revolt against Spain
1863 - Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer
1869 - Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1937)
1870 - Cecil Forsyth, composer
1870 - Princess Henriette, Duchess of Vendôme and Alençon (d. 1948)
1872 - Dr. John McCrae, Canadian physician and soldier (d. 1918)
1874 - Winston Churchill, (C) British Prime Minister (1940-45, 1951-55, Nobel 1953)
1874 - Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (d. 1942)
1885 - Albrecht (von) Kesselring, German fieldmarshal (Poland/Netherland)
1889 - Edgar D Adrian, English physiologist (Nobel 1932)
1890 - John Tasker Howard, composer
1890 - Oege Bakker, Dutch economist
1895 - Johann Nepomuk David, composer
1897 - Andreas Nezertis, composer
1897 - Quinto Maganini, composer
1898 - Roy "Link" Lyman, NFL tackle (Chicago Bears)
1900 - Korneel Goossens, Flemish literature/art historian
1903 - Germaine Emilie Madame Gres Krebs, haute Couturist
1904 - Clyfford Still, US, abstract painter
1904 - Philip Burton, teacher/writer/dramatist
1904 - Philip H Burton, Welsh director/acting teacher (Richard Burton)
1906 - Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/husband of English prince George
1907 - Gyorgy Ranki, composer
1907 - Jacques Barzun, France, author (The House of Interlect), (d. 2012)
1909 - Robert Nighthawk, American musician (d. 1967)
1910 - Paul Cerutti, Monaco, trap shooter, disqualified for drugs in 76 oly
1911 - Jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (d. 1953)
1912 - Constant Stotijn, Dutch oboist (Residence Orchestra)
1912 - Gordon Parks, Ft Scott KS, film director/author (Learning Tree)
1913 - John K M McCaffery, Moscow Idaho, TV host (One Minute Please)
1915 - Angier Biddle Duke, NYC, US Ambassador (Spain)
1915 - Henry Taube, chemist (Nobel 1983)
1915 - Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee, Knoxville Tennessee, American blues singer/guitarist
1916 - Michael Gwynn, Bath England, actor (Village of Damned, Question 7)
1918 - Efren Zimbalist Jr, NYC, actor (77 Sunset Strip, FBI, Scruples)
1919 - Anne S Wadman, Frisian literary (Fioele & faem, Smearlappen)
1919 - Jan Elburg, [Joannes G], Dutch poet (Through the Night)
1920 - Virginia Mayo, St Louis Mo, actress (Out of the Blue, White Heat)
1922 - Robert Evett, composer
1924 - Allan Sherman, parody singer/songwriter (Hello Muddah, Hello Fardah)
1924 - Klaus Huber, composer
1924 - Shirley Chisholm, (Rep-D-NY) 1st black congresswoman/pres candidate
1925 - Maxwell Street Jimmy Charles Davis Thomas, blues musician
1926 - Richard Crenna, LA Cal, actor (Rambo, Summer Rental, Sand Pebbles)
1927 - Robert Guillaume, [Williams], St Louis Mo, actor (Benson, Soap)
1928 - Chic Hecht, (Sen-R-NV, 1983- )
1928 - Joe B. Hall, American basketball coach
1929 - Joan Ganz Cooney, Phoenix Az, TV exec (Children's TV Workshop)
1930 - G[eorge] Gordon Liddy, head CIA/ate a rat/Watergate felon/radio host
1930 - James Felton Boyd, Rocky Mount NC, light HW boxer (Olympic-gold-1956)
1930 - William H Dana, Pasadena California, test pilot (X-15)
1931 - Bill Walsh, NFL coach (SF 49ers)/sportscaster
1931 - Gunther Herbig, Usti-nad-Labem Czech, conductor (East Berlin Orch)
1931 - Jack Ging, Alva Ok, actor (11th Hour, Ripcord, Tales of Wells Fargo)
1931 - Jack Sheldon, Jacksonville Fla, actor (Run Buddy Run, Merv Griffin)
1932 - David Lincoln Lightbown, politician
1932 - Cho Namchul, South Korean professional Go player (d. 2006)
1933 - Linwood C Ivey, NC, (Mayor-Garysburg NC)
1933 - Norman Deeley, English footballer (d. 2007)
1936 - Abbie Hoffman, aka Free, Yippie/activist/author (Steal this Book)
1936 - Michael Jinks, child care pioneer
1937 - Jimmy Bowen, rocker
1937 - Paul Stookey, Balt, singer (Peter, Paul & Mary-Wedding Song)
1937 - Richard Threlkeld, newscaster (ABC-TV)
1937 - Ridley Scott, director (Alien, Blade Runner)
1937 - Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese Writer
1937 - Tom Simpson, British cyclist (d. 1967)
1938 - Jean Eustache, French filmmaker
1940 - Glenn English, (Rep-D-OK, 1975- )
1943 - J[ames] J[ay] Barnes, US gospel/singer (Please Let Me In)
1943 - Jerry Hunt, composer
1943 - Leo Lyons, Standbridge Beds, rock bassist (Ten Years After)
1943 - Oscar Harris, Surinames/Dutch singer (Try a Little Love)
1943 - Terrence Malick, actress (Gail-Baywatch)
1944 - Dian Parkinson, [Dianna Lynn Batts], Camp LeJune NC, Miss USA (1965)
1944 - Luther T Ingram, US singer/songwriter (I'll Be Your Shelter)
1944 - Rob Grill, Los Angeles California, rock bassist/vocalist (Grass Roots)
1945 - Michael Joyce, stage manager
1945 - Radu Lupu, Galati Romania, pianist (Enesco 1st prize-1967)
1945 - Roger Glover, British hard rock bassist (Episode Six-Deep Purple)
1946 - Ken Wadsworth, cricket keeper (NZ dashing batsman)
1946 - Marina Abramović, Belgrade Serbia, US based performance artist
1947 - David Mamet, Chicago, playwright/dir (Speed the Plow, House of Games)
1947 - Sergio Badilla Castillo, Chilean poet
1949 - Arthur Lee Washington Jr, Neptune NJ, murderer (FBI Most Wanted)
1950 - Greg Gordon, rock vocalist (Boys Band)
1950 - Kathryn Witt, Miami Fla, actress (Lenny, Pam-Flying High)
1950 - Margaret Whitton, Balt Md, actress (Good & Evil, Major League)
1950 - Paul Westphal, NBA guard (Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns)
1951 - Christian Bernard, mystic
1951 - June Chadwick, British actress
1952 - Mandy Patinkin, Chicago Il, actor/singer (Yentl, Alien Nation)
1952 - Keith Giffen, American comic book writer and artist
1953 - Mike Espy, (Rep-D-Mississippi)
1953 - Shuggie Otis, rocker
1954 - George McArdle, rock bassist (Little River Band Melbourne
1954 - June Pointer, singer (Pointer Sisters-I'm So excited)
1954 - Simonetta Stefanelli, Italian Actress (The Godfather)
1955 - Andy Gray, English soccer player
1955 - Billy Idol, [William Broad], rocker (White Wedding)
1955 - Brad Fabel, Louisville KY, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Gateway Classic)
1955 - Kevin Conroy, Westport CT, actor (Tour of Duty, Another World)
1955 - Richard Burr, American politician
1955 - Gordon Liu, Chinese actor
1957 - John Ashton, English guitarist (Psychedelic Furs)
1957 - Richard Barbieri, British keyboardist (Porcupine Tree)
1957 - Andrew Calhoun, American musician
1957 - Joël Champetier, French Canadian author
1957 - Colin Mochrie, Scottish-born Canadian comedian
1958 - Juliette Bergmann, Dutch bodybuilder
1958 - Stacey Q, American singer
1959 - Sylvia Hanika, Munich West Germany, tennis player (Avon-1982)
1959 - Lorraine Kelly, British presenter and journalist
1960 - Bob Tewksbury, Concord NH, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
1960 - Dan Rashovich, CFL linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1960 - Danny Briggs, Abilene TX, Nike golfer (1986 Tallahassee Open-6th)
1960 - Gary Lineker, English soccer player (World Cup 1986)
1960 - Rich Fields, American television personality
1961 - Innocent Egbunike, Nigeria, 4x400m runner (Olympic-bronze-1984)
1962 - Bo Jackson, baseball/football player (KC Royals, LA Raiders)
1962 - Daniel Keys Moran, American writer
1964 - David Wood, NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks)
1964 - Michael Cudlitz, American actor
1965 - Ben Stiller, NYC, actor (Ben Stiller Show, Next of Kin, Cable Guy)
1965 - Mike Zandofsky, NFL guard (Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles)
1965 - Aldair, Brazilian footballer
1965 - Lee Klein, American Writer
1965 - Prince Akishino of Japan
1966 - Phillipe Bozon, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
1966 - Ed Kemper, American serial killer
1966 - Wil Mara, American author
1966 - David Nicholls, English novelist and screenwriter
1967 - Gary Jones, NFL safety (NY Jets)
1967 - Margaret Platt, New York City NY, golfer (1995 Healthsouth-9th)
1968 - Des'ree [Desirée Annette Weeks], English singer (Feel So High, You Gotta Be, Life)
1968 - Laurent Jalabert, French cyclist
1969 - Carrie Jean Yazel, Huntington Beach California, playmate (May, 1991)
1969 - Larry Brown, NFL cornerback (Dallas Cowboys, Oakland Raiders)
1969 - Mark Lewis, Hamilton OH, infielder (Detroit Tigers)
1970 - Corrina Kennedy, Saskatoon Saskatchawan, kayaker (Olympics-96)
1970 - James Brown, tackle (Miami Dolphins)
1970 - John DeWitt, WLAF defensive end (Scottish Claymores)
1970 - Mario Bailey, WLAF receiver (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1970 - Natalie Williams, Long Beach California, volleyball outside hitter (Oly-96)
1970 - Ricky Powers, WLAF running back (Rhein Fire)
1970 - Robert Griffith, NFL strong safety (Minnesota Vikings)
1970 - Yayuk Basuki, Yogyakarta Indonesia, tennis star (1996 Hobart doubles)
1971 - Bryan Proby, NFL/WLAF defensive tackle (KC Chiefs, Scottish Claymores)
1971 - Heath Te-Ihi-O-Te-Rangy Davis, cricket bowler (NZ open v England 1994)
1971 - Ivan Rodriguez, Vega Baja Puerto Rico, catcher (Texas Rangers)
1971 - John Anderson, WLAF safety (Rhein Fire)
1971 - Ray Durham, Charlotte, North Carolina, American MLB infielder (Chicago White Sox)
1972 - Adeline Ong, Miss Universe-Malaysia (1996)
1972 - Spence Fischer, WLAF quarterback (Scotland Claymores)
1972 - Abel Xavier, Portuguese footballer
1972 - Christopher Fitzgerald, American stage actor
1973 - Jay Hamilton, CFL running back (Edmonton Eskimos)
1973 - Ty Howard, cornerback (Arizona Cardinals)
1973 - John Moyer, American bassist (Disturbed)
1973 - Jason Reso (aka "Christian Cage"), Canadian professional wrestler
1974 - Luther Broughton, HB (Philadelphia Eagles)
1974 - Marcellus Wiley, defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
1975 - Mindy McCready, country/western singer, (d. 2013)
1975 - Ben Thatcher, Welsh footballer
1976 - Shaneika Lightbourne, Miss Universe-Turks & Caicos (1996)
1976 - Josh Lewsey, English rugby union footballer
1976 - Cypher Zero, American circus innovator (New York Circus Arts)
1977 - Iván Guerrero, Honduran footballer
1977 - Kazumi Saitoh, Japanese baseball player
1977 - Olivier Schoenfelder, French ice dancer
1978 - Emil Steiner, American writer
1978 - Clay Aiken, American singer
1978 - Gael García Bernal, Mexican actor
1979 - Chris Atkinson, Australian rally driver
1979 - Andrés Nocioni, Argentine basketball player
1980 - Jamie Ashdown, English footballer
1981 - Rich Harden, Canadian baseball player
1982 - Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress
1982 - Tony Giarratano, American baseball player
1982 - Clémence Poésy, French actress
1982 - Jason Pominville, Canadian ice hockey player
1983 - Adrian Cristea, Romanian footballer
1983 - Andy Akinwolere, English television presenter
1984 - Nigel de Jong, Dutch footballer
1984 - Alan Hutton, Scottish footballer
1984 - Omahyra Mota, Dominican model/actress
1984 - Francisco Sandaza, Spanish Footballer
1985 - Kaley Cuoco, American actress and model
1986 - Jordan Farmar, National Basketball Association player
1987 - Dougie Poynter, British singer and bassist (McFly)
1987 - Vasilisa Bardina, Russian tennis player
1987 - Ian Hecox, Part of the America Online comedy duo Smosh
1989 - Chanel Iman, American supermodel
1989 - Margaret Nales Wilson, Filipino model
1990 - Kara Crane, American actress
1990 - Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess Grandmaster
1993 - Yuuri Chinen,Japanese singer
1994 - Nyjah Huston, American skateboarder

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 30th November


Famous Deaths

                                   
Writer/Poet Oscar Wilde (1900)             Author James Baldwin (1987)                   Motorcycle Daredevil
                                                                                                                                Evel Knievel (2007)


1016 - Edmund II, Ironsides, King of the Saxons (1016), dies at 27
1519 - Michael Wolgemut, German painter (Weltchronik), dies at about 85
1528 - Great Wierd, Dutch Gelderland army commander, beheaded
1580 - Richard Farrant, English composer
1626 - Thomas Weelkes, English composer
1631 - Rabbi Samuel Eliezer ben Judah ha-levi Edels, dies
1646 - John C Lichthart, admiral (Cape Augustine), dies at about 45
1654 - John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (b. 1584)
1675 - Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, colonial Governor of Maryland (b. 1605)
1678 - Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71), dies at 67
1679 - Pieter van Schooten, Dutch mathematician/fort architect, dies at 45
1694 - Marcello Malpighi, father of microscopic anatomy, dies
1700 - Artus II Quellinus [Quellien/"the Young], Flemish sculptor, dies at 75
1703 - Nicolas de Grigny, composer, dies at 31
1705 - Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II of England (b. 1638)
1718 - Charles XII, king of Sweden (1697-1718), dies during a siege of the fortress Fredriksten in
           Norway at 36
1761 - John Dollond, British optician (b. 1706)
1764 - Dieudonne Raick, composer, dies at 61
1765 - George Glas, British merchant and adventurer (b. 1725)
1777 - Jean-Marie Leclair, composer, dies at 74
1792 - Ernst William Wolf, composer, dies at 57
1798 - Friedrich Fleischmann, composer, dies at 32
1813 - Friedrich August Baumbach, composer, dies at 60
1824 - Johann Georg Christoph Schetky, composer, dies at 87
1830 - Pius VIII, [Francesco S Castiglioni], Ital Pope (1829-30), dies at 69
1841 - Charles Louis W J van Keverberg, Dutch government official, dies at 73
1864 - Hiram Bronson Granbury, Confederate brigadier general, dies in the Battle of Franklin at 33
1864 - John Adams, US Confederate brigadier general, dies in the Battle of Franklin at about 39
1864 - Otto French Strahl, US Confederate brigadier general, dies in the Battle of Franklin at 33
1864 - Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, US Confederate brigadier general, dies in the Battle of Franklin at
           33
1893 - Jacobus J Backer, German sea historian, dies at 68
1897 - Abraham C Wertheim, Dutch banker/MP (Lib), dies at 64
1900 - Oscar Wilde, Irish author, dies in Paris at 46
1901 - Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica), dies at 86
1904 - Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer, dies at 64
1909 - Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/translator, dies at 53 [NS=Dec 13]
1931 - John Hyatt Brewer, composer, dies at 75
1931 - Marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas, composer, dies at 46
1933 - Sir Arthur Currie, Canadian general (b. 1875)
1934 - Hélène Boucher, French aviatrix (b. 1908)
1935 - Fernando A N Pessoa, Portuguese poet (Book of Disquiet), dies at 47
1938 - Corneliu Codreanu, Romania fascist/putschist (Iron Guard), dies
1940 - Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer, dies at 78
1944 - Max Halbe, writer, dies at 79
1947 - Earnest Lubitsch, actor/director (Anna Boleyn, Ninotchka), dies
1948 - Franco Vittadini, composer, dies at 64
1954 - Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (b. 1886)
1955 - Josip Slavenski, composer, dies at 59
1957 - Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (b. 1890)
1958 - Hubert Wilkins, Australian polar explorer (b. 1888)
1961 - Stanislaw Kazuro, composer, dies at 80
1964 - Don Redman, orchestra leader (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 64
1967 - Patrick Kavanagh, Irish screenwriterr (Great Hunger), dies
1972 - Hans-Erich Apostel, Austrian composer (Kubiniana, Requiem), dies at 71
1972 - Neil H McElroy, soap manufacturer/minister of Defense (1957-59), dies
1972 - Valentin Ruiz Azner, composer, dies at 70
1973 - Bruce Yarnell, Los Angeles California, actor (Outlaws), dies at 35
1976 - Fritz Rasp, actor (Diary of a Lost Girl), dies at 85
1977 - Terrence Rattigan, British writer and playwright (b. 1911)
1979 - Joyce Grenfell (Adventure for Two), actress, dies at 69
1979 - Zeppo Marx, [Herbert], US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 78
1981 - Robert H Harris, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 72
1983 - George Headley, cricket (10 tons in 22 Tests, 1st black WI capt), dies
1986 - Cary Grant, Brit/US actor (Awful Truth, Charade, Father Goose), dies
1987 - Arthur H Dean, lawyer/advisor to FDR, dies at 89
1987 - James Baldwin, writer (Go Tell it on the Mountain), dies at 63
1987 - Simon Carmiggelt, journalist/literary (Kronkel), dies at 74
1989 - Alfred Herrhausen, German CEO (Deutsche Bank), murdered at 59
1990 - Hilde Spiel, writer, dies at 78
1990 - Horst Bienek, German author, dies
1990 - Norman Cousins, editor (Saturday Review), dies at 75
1991 - P G Z (Zin) Harris, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ 1962-65), dies
1992 - Jorge Donn, dancer, dies after long illness at 45
1993 - Bob Wolf, agent (New Kids on the Block, Larry Bird), dies
1993 - Sebastian Kappen, Indian theologian (b. 1924)
1994 - Connie Conrad Henry Kirnon Kay, jazz Drummer, dies at 67
1994 - Guy Debord, situationist, dies at 63
1994 - Irwin Kostal, US arranger/conductor (Sound of Music), dies at 83
1994 - Lionel Stander, US blacklisted actor (Hart to Hart), dies at 86
1995 - Hopper Levett, Kent cricket wicketkeeper (1930-47, Test 1934), dies
1995 - June Rosemary Fisher, teacher/trade unionist, dies at 66
1995 - William Roerick, actor (Guiding Light), dies in car crash at 83
1995 - Randy Walker (AKA Stretch), American musician (b. 1972)
1996 - Dan Flavin, minimalist sculptor, dies at 63
1996 - Koji Kobayashi, industrialist, dies at 89
1996 - Paul Derrick, co-operator/Christian socialist, dies at 80
1996 - Tiny Tim, [Herbert Khaury], entertainer (Tip Toe), dies at 71
1997 - Clare Lucy Madeleine Evans, historian, dies at 37
1997 - Kathy Acker, writer, dead Cancer Died, dies at 54
1997 - Ron Gulliford, educationalist, dies at 76
1999 - Charlie Byrd, American jazz guitarist (b. 1925)
2002 - Tim Woods, American professional wrestler (b. 1934)
2003 - Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (b. 1906)
2004 - Pierre Berton, Canadian author (b. 1920)
2005 - Jean Parker, American actress (b. 1915)
2006 - Elhadi Adam, Sudanese poet and lyricist (b. 1927)
2006 - Rafael Buenaventura, Former BSP Governor (b. 1938)
2007 - Evel Knievel, American motorcycle daredevil, at 69
2007 - Engin Arık, Turkish nuclear physicist (b. 1948)
2008 - Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer (Loudness) (b. 1958)
2010 - Peter Hofmann, Czech-born German operatic tenor (b. 1944)
2010 - Rajiv Dixit, Indian scientist and Swadeshi movement figure (b. 1967)
2010 - Faye Wright, American spiritual figure (b. 1914)
2010 - Garry Gross, American photographer (b. 1937)
2011 - William L. Waller, American politician and ex-Governor of Mississippi, dies at 85
2011 - Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, referred to as King Leka I by Albanian monarchists (b. 1939)

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This Day in History for 1st December


Historical Events

                                   
Composer/Pianist Franz Liszt                    Inventor James Naismith                       Dictator of Nazi Germany
                                                                                                                                 Adolf Hitler

                                   
Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco                   Civil Rights Activist                   Musician & member of the Beatles
                                                                          Rosa Lee Parks                                        Paul McCartney

                                   
First Director of the FBI                            Hall of Fame MLB shortstop                 38th US President Gerald Ford
 J. Edgar Hoover                                               Ernie Banks

                 
King of Pop Michael Jackson                  264th Pope John Paul II


772 - Pope Adrian I elected
800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican.
1167 - Northern Italian towns form Lombardi League
1420 - Henry V of England enters Paris.
1566 - Spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva
1626 - Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical gov of Jerusalem, driven out
1640 - Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule
1641 - Mass becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery
1653 - An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St Albans to London in less
           than 90 minutes
1656 - Germany promises Poland aid against Sweden
1708 - Great Alliance occupies Brussels
1742 - Empress Elisabeth orders expulsion of all Jews from Russia
1750 - 1st American school to offer manual training courses opens, Md
1768 - The slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøy in Norway.
1783 - Jacques Charles & Nicolas Roberts make first untethered ascension with gas hydrogen balloon
           in Paris
1821 - Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep) proclaims independence from Spain
1822 - Dom Pedro crowned emperor of Brazil
1822 - Franz Liszts (11) debut as pianist Isabella Colbran
1824 - House of Reps begins to end election deadlock between JQ Adams
1824 - Jackson, WH Crawford & H Clay Adams eventually declared president
1831 - Erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather
1835 - Hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales
1843 - 1st chartered mutual life insurance company opens
1852 - Telegraph company opens throughout Netherlands
1864 - Raid at Stoneman: Knoxville, TN to Saltville, VA
1864 - Skirmish at Millen Brutal, Georgia
1868 - John D Rockefeller begins anti oil war
1878 - 1st White House telephone installed
1884 - American Old West: Near Frisco, New Mexico, deputy sheriff Elfego Baca holds off a gang of
           80 Texan cowboys who want to kill him for arresting Charles McCarthy.
1887 - Sherlock Holmes 1st appears in print: "Study in Scarlet"
1887 - Sino-Portuguese treaty recognizes Portugal's control of Macao
1891 - James Naismith creates the game of basketball
1896 - 1st certified public accountants receive certificates (NY)
1900 - South African president Paul Kruger visits Flanders
1903 - "The Great Train Robbery", the 1st Western film, released
1906 - Cinema Omnia Pathe, world's 1st cinema, opens (Paris)
1906 - Shoemaker Wilhelm Voigt (Capt of Köpenick) sentenced to 4 yrs
1909 - 1st Christmas Club payment made, to Carlisle Trust Co, Pa
1909 - 1st Israeli kibbutz founded, Deganya Alef
1913 - 1st drive-up gasoline station opens (Pitts)
1913 - Continuous moving assembly line introduced by Ford (car every 2:38)
1917 - Boys Town founded by Father Edward Flanagan west of Omaha Neb
1918 - Danish parliament passed an act to grant Iceland independence
1918 - Iceland becomes independent state under Danish crown
1918 - Serbian-Croatian-Slovic kingdom proclaimed in Belgrade
1918 - Yugoslavia declares independence; monarchy established
1919 - AA Milne's "Mr Pim Passes By" premieres in Manchester
1919 - Lady Nancy Astor sworn-in as 1st female member of British Parliament
1921 - 1st US helium-filled dirigible makes 1st flight
1921 - US Post Office establishes philatelic agency
1922 - 1st skywriting over US-"Hello USA"-by Capt Turner, RAF
1922 - Polish state chief marshal Jozef Pilsudski resigns
1923 - CFL Grey Cup: Queen's U beats Regina 54-0 at Toronto
1924 - Calles becomes president of Mexico
1924 - George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Lady Be Good" premieres in NYC
1925 - Treaty of Locarno signed
1928 - CFL Grey Cup: Ham Tigers beats Regina 30-0 at Hamilton
1928 - Railroad museum opens in Utrecht Neth
1929 - Game of Bingo invented by Edwin S Lowe
1930 - NHL drops 20 minute slashing-about-the-head penalty
1930 - Ruth Nichols becomes 1st woman pilot to cross continent
1931 - Ottawa branch of Royal Mint begins operation as Royal Canadian Mint
1933 - Rudolf Hess & Earnest Rohm become a minister in Hitler government
1934 - Leningrad mayor Sergey Kirov assassinated, used by Stalin as the excuse to begin the Great
           Purge of 1934-38.
1935 - Austria has world's 1st Day of Postage Stamp
1936 - 2nd Heisman Trophy Award: Larry Kelley, Yale (E)
1936 - Bell Labs tests coaxial cable for TV use
1936 - EW Brundin & FF Lyon obtain patent on soilless culture of plants
1937 - Japan recognizes Franco government
1938 - School bus & train collide in Salt Lake City Utah
1939 - SS-Fuhrer Himmler begins deportation of Polish Jews
1941 - British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Python
1941 - Japanese emperor Hirohito signs declaration of war
1941 - Last day of first-class cricket in Australia for 4 years
1941 - US Civil Air Patrol (CAP) organizes
1942 - Gasoline rationed in US
1942 - The Beveridge Report is published by the British government unveiling plans for a post-war
           welfare state
1943 - FDR, Churchill & Stalin agree to Operation Overlord (D-Day)
1944 - Béla Bartòk's Concerto for orchestra, premieres
1944 - Mail routing resumes in free South Netherlands
1944 - Prokofjev's 8th Piano sonata, premieres
1945 - CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Winnipeg 35-0 at Toronto
1946 - Australia compile 645 v India at the Gabba (Bradman 187)
1947 - Bradman scores 185 in the 1st Cricket Test v India at the Gabba
1947 - India cricket all out for 58 v Australia at the Gabba, Toshack 5-2
1948 - Arabic Congress names Abdullah of Trans Jordan as King of Palestine
1948 - Piet Roozenburg becomes world champion checker player
1949 - WBNG TV channel 12 in Binghamton, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
1949 - WKTV TV channel 2 in Utica, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting
1951 - 17th Heisman Trophy Award: Dick Kazmaier, Princeton (HB)
1951 - Benjamin Britten's opera "Billy Budd" premieres in London
1951 - Golden Gate Bridge closes due to high winds
1952 - The New York Daily News reports the first successful sexual reassignment operation.
1953 - Red Sox trade M McDermott & Tom Umphlett for Wash's Jackie Jensen
1953 - WAIM (now WAXA) TV channel 40 in Anderson, SC (IND) 1st broadcast
1953 - WCSH TV channel 6 in Portland, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 - Walter Alston named Dodger manager
1954 - Nationalist China & US sign dike agreement
1954 - Yanks send Miller, Segrist, Leppert & 2 minors to Orioles for Blayzka, Kryhoski, Johnson,
           Fridley & Del Guercio (completing 18 player deal)
1955 - Rosa Parks (black) arrested for refusing to move to the back of bus
1956 - "Candide" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 73 performances
1956 - Alain Mimoun wins 13th Olympics marathon (2:25:00.0)
1956 - Frank Robinson (NL) & Luis Aparicio (AL) voted Rookie of the Year
1956 - Indonesian VP Mohammed Hatta resigns
1957 - Sam Cooke and Buddy Holly and Crickets debut on Ed Sullivan Show
1958 - "Flower Drum Song" opens at St James Theater NYC for 602 performances
1958 - Central African Rep made autonomous member of Fr Comm (Natl Day)
1958 - Our Lady of Angels School burns, killing 92 students & 3 nuns (Chic)
1959 - 12 nations sign treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica
1959 - 1st color photograph of Earth from outer space
1959 - 25th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Cannon, LSU (HB)
1959 - The 1st color photograph of Earth received from outer space
1960 - Patrice Lumumba caught in the Congo
1960 - Paul McCartney and Pete Best arrested then deported from Hamburg, Germany for accusation
           of attempted arson.
1961 - The independent Republic of West Papua is proclaimed in modern-day Western New Guinea.
1962 - Grey Cup halted by fog, resumed next day (Winnipeg 28, Hamilton 27)
1962 - KGMB TV channel 9 in Honolulu, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting
1963 - NY Jets 1st shutout, beat KC 17-0
1963 - Nagaland becomes a state of Indian union
1964 - Houston Colt .45s change name to Astros
1964 - ML King speaks to J. Edgar Hoover about his slander campaign
1965 - Airlift of refugees from Cuba to US began
1965 - South Africa government says children of white fathers are white
1966 - Georg Kiesinger elected West German chancellor
1966 - Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Md to Boulder, Colo
1967 - Pacific Northwest Sports awarded AL expansion franchise (Seattle)
1967 - Queen Elizabeth inaugurates 98-inch (249-cm) Isaac Newton telescope
1967 - Seattle awarded one of the 2 AL expansion franchise teams
1967 - Wilt Chamberlain set NBA record of 22 free throws misses
1968 - "Promises Promises" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 1281 performances
1968 - Burt Bacharach/Hal David's musical premieres in NYC
1968 - Gonzalo Barrios, Venezuelan presidential candidate
1968 - Peggy Wilson wins LPGA Hollywood Lakes Golf Open
1968 - Pirate Radio Modern (259) (England) begins transmitting
1969 - US government holds its 1st draft lottery since WW II
1970 - Luis Echeverria Alvarez sworn in as president of Mexico
1970 - NHL takes control of Pittsburgh Penguins
1970 - Independent People's Republic of South Yemen becomes People Democratic Republic of
           Yemen
1971 - Cubs release Ernie Banks & sign him as a coach
1971 - Galt MacDermot/John Guare's "2 gentlemen of Verona" opens at St James Theater NYC for
           613 perfs
1971 - John & Yoko release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US
1971 - People's Republic of South Yemen renames itself People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
1971 - Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government
           positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray.
1972 - Wings release "Hi, Hi, Hi" in UK
1973 - Australia grants self-government to Papua New Guinea
1973 - Jack Nicklaus becomes 1st golfer to earn $2M in a year
1973 - Jan Ferraris wins LPGA-Japan Golf Classic
1973 - Stan Stasiak beats Pedro Morales in Philadelphia, to become WWF champ
1974 - Boeing 727 crashes in Upperville Virginia, 92 died
1974 - Jacqueline Hansen runs female world record marathon (2:43:54.5)
1974 - LA Skid Row slasher kills 1st of 8
1975 - US president Gerald Ford visits China PR
1976 - Angola admitted to UN
1976 - Bangladesh General Ziaur Rahman declares himself president
1976 - Sex Pistols using profanity on TV, gets them branded as "rotten punks"
1978 - Pres Carter more than doubles national park system size
1978 - Test Cricket debut of Rodney Hogg, v England at the Gabba
1978 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 - 46th Heisman Trophy Award: George Rogers, South Carolina (RB)
1980 - Mel Harris appears on M*A*S*H in "Cementing Relationships"
1980 - US Justice Dept sues Yonkers siting racial discrimination
1981 - 180 dies as Yugoslav DC-9 jetliner slams into a mountain
1981 - Yugoslavic DC-9 crashes into mountain at Corsica, 174 killed
1981 - The AIDS virus is officially recognized.
1982 - Dentist Barney B Clark gets 1st artificial heart
1982 - Michael Jackson releases his album "Thriller"
1982 - Miguel de la Madrid inaugurated as pres of Mexico
1983 - Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury
1984 - 50th Heisman Trophy Award: Doug Flutie, Boston College (QB)
1984 - France performs nuclear test
1984 - Greg Page KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 8 for WBA heavyweight boxing title
1985 - Noraly Beyer becomes Neth's 1st black TV newscaster
1985 - STS 61-C vehicle moves to launch pad
1985 - South Africa's Cosatu union centre forms
1986 - Muséed'orsay opens in Paris
1986 - Paul McCartney releases "Only Love Remains"
1987 - Digging begins to link England & France under English Channel
1988 - 596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, half a million homeless
1988 - Benazir Bhutto named 1st female Prime Minister of a Moslem country (Pakistan)
1988 - Chinese minister of Foreign affairs Qian Qichen visits Moscow
1988 - NBC bids record $401M to capture rights to 1992 Barcelona Olympics
1988 - NY Islanders greatest shutout lose (8-0) vs St Louis Blues
1989 - "Day Without Art"-Artists demonstrate against AIDS
1989 - East Germany drops communist monopoly from its constitution
1989 - Mark Langston signs record $3.2 million per year Cal Angels contract
1989 - USSR Pres Mikhail S Gorbachev meets Pope John Paul II at the Vatican
1990 - 56th Heisman Trophy Award: Ty Detmer, Brigham Young (QB)
1990 - British & French workers meet in English Channel's tunnel (Chunnel)
1990 - Hissène Habré of Chad flees to Cameroon
1990 - Iraq accepts Bush's offer for talks
1990 - Lithuania, Estonia & Latvia hold their 1st joint session
1990 - NY Knicks Patrick Ewing scores 50 points beating Charlotte 113-96
1991 - "Moscow Circus Cirk Valentin" closes at Gershwin NYC after 32 perfs
1991 - "Once on this Island" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 469 perfs
1991 - 80th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Lyon (3-1)
1991 - AIDS awareness day
1991 - Colorado party wins Paraguay parliamentary election
1991 - Nursultan Nazarbayev sworn in as president of Kazakhstan
1991 - US 75th manned space mission "STS 44" Atlantis 10 lands
1991 - Ukrainian people vote for independence
1992 - 2 C-141B Starlifters collide in Montana & crash, 13 die
1992 - Amy Fisher sentenced 5-15 yrs for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco
1993 - Northwest Airlink plane crashes in Minn, killing 18
1994 - 3 Seattle Seahawks injured in a car accident
1994 - Cindy Crawford & Richard Gere announce they are seperating
1994 - Ernesto Zedillo innaugrated as president of Mexico
1994 - PTL leader Jim Bakker released from jail
1994 - Rober Schumanns 2nd Symphony premieres in London
1996 - 85th Davis Cup: France beats Sweden in Malmo (3-2)
1996 - Lance Klusener takes 8-64 in debut Test Cricket to trounce India
1997 - GS Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, attacks his coach P J Carlesimo
1997 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Davenport IA on KORB 93.5 FM
1997 - Westinghouse formally changes its name to CBS
1998 - Exxon announces a $73.7 billion USD deal to buy Mobil, thus creating Exxon-Mobil, the
           world's largest company.
2001 - Captain Bill Compton brings Trans World Airlines Flight 220, an MD-83, into St. Louis
           International Airport bringing to an end 76 years of TWA operations following TWA's
           purchase by American Airlines.
2012 - 8 people are killed and 36 injured after a bus overturns in Bolivia
2012 - Enrique Peña Nieto sworn in as President of Mexico
2012 - Ukranian Anna Ushenina wins the Women's World Chess Championship 2012

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This Day in History for 1st December


Famous Weddings

1996 - Model-actress Angie Everhart (27) weds actor Ashley Hamilton (22) at the Beverly Hills
           Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles
2012 - Congressman Joseph Kennedy III (32) weds Lauren Anne Birchfield (28) at the Community
           Church in Corona del Mar, California
2012 - "The Bachelorette" reality star Ashley Hebert weds J.P. Rosenbaum at the Langham
           Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, California
2012 - "X Factor" and "Extra" host Mario Lopez (39) weds actress Courtney Mazza (31) in an
           outdoor ceremony in Punta Mita, Mexico
2012 - Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard (33) weds Philadelphia Eagles cheerleader
           Krystle Campbell in Maui, Hawaii
2012 - Minnesota Twins baseball catcher Joe Mauer (29) weds Maddie Bisanz at Nativity of Our Lord
          Catholic Church in St. Paul, Minnesota

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This Day in History for 1st December


Famous Divorces

2008 - "CSI" actress Marg Helgenberger (50) divorces actor Alan Rosenberg (58) due to irreconcilable
           differences after 19 years of marriage

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This Day in History for 1st December


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Actress Mary Martin (1913)                     Actor, Screenwriter & Director               Actress/Singer Bette Midler (1945)
                                                                                                                            Woody Allen (1935)


Colombian Drug
Lord Pablo Escobar (1949)


1081 - Louis VI of France (d. 1137)
1083 - Anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153)
1521 - Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573)
1525 - Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)
1549 - Johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC)
1566 - Philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen
1573 - Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile
1580 - Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637)
1605 - Juan de Padilla, composer
1634 - John-Erasmus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish painter
1671 - Keill, mathematician
1671 - Francesco Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius
1690 - Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1764)
1709 - Franz Xaver Richter, composer
1712 - Bernhard Christian Weber, composer
1716 - Etienne-Maurice Falconet, French sculptor (d. 1791)
1722 - A L Karschin, writer
1724 - Charles Theodoor, elector (Palts & Bayern)
1724 - Dismas Hatas, composer
1726 - Eggert Olafsson, Icelandic writer
1726 - Oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Declar of Independence)
1729 - Giuseppe Sarti, composer
1743 - Martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium)
1766 - Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, Russian writer (d. 1826)
1779 - Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, composer
1781 - Charles Philippe Lafont, composer
1784 - Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer
1787 - Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer
1792 - Lobachevsky, mathematician
1810 - Joseph Gungl, composer
1814 - August Rockel, composer
1823 - Ernest Reyer, composer
1826 - William Mahone, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
1832 - Archibald Gracie Jr, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1835 - Micah Jenkins, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1844 - Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain/Ireland
1844 - Alfred Cellier, composer
1847 - Agathe Grondahl, composer
1850 - Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer
1869 - Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish assassin of Gabriel Narutowicz (d. 1923)
1871 - Archie MacLaren, cricketer (424 Lancashire v Somerset 1895)
1873 - Charles JM Ruys de Beerenbrouck, premier of Neth (1918-25, 29-33)
1873 - Valery Bryusov, Russian poet (d. 1924)
1874 - Dominicus Johner, composer
1876 - Johanna W "Mina" Bakker, Dutch actress (Boefje)
1878 - Arthur B Spingarn, US NAACP-chairman (1940-65)
1883 - Romanos Hovakimi Melik'yan, composer
1884 - Torben Myer, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Girl Who Came Back)
1884 - Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter (d. 1976)
1885 - Guy de Lioncourt, composer
1886 - Jack Crawford, cricketer (England all-rounder in 12 Tests 1905-08)
1886 - Pierre Kemp, Dutch poet (Fugitives & Constants)
1886 - Rex Stout, Noblesville Indiana, American mystery writer (Nero Wolf novels)
1886 - Willem E Crown, Antillian writer
1891 - Foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer (wreck laws)
1893 - Ernst Toller, writer
1893 - Herman Griffith, cricketer (pioneering WI pace bowler)
1895 - Henry Williamson, English author (d. 1977)
1896 - Petko Staynov, composer
1897 - Manuel A Neat, Curacaos author (Nobleza di Coerazon)
1898 - Cyril Ritchard, Sydney Australia, actor (Peter Pan, Hans Brinker)
1899 - Robert Welch, found John Birch Society
1901 - Dorothy James, composer
1901 - Ilona Feher, Hungarian-Jewish violinist (d. 1988)
1902 - Morris "Red" Badgro, Wash, NFL hall of famer (Yanks, Giants, Dodgers)
1904 - W A "Tony" Boyle, United Mine Workers president
1905 - Charles Finney, US, author (Circus of Dr Lao)
1905 - Ida Carroll, musician
1905 - Alexander Wilson, Canadian and Notre Dame athlete (d. 1994)
1906 - Jean Cartan, composer
1908 - Georgios Kasassoglou, Greek musician (d. 1984)
1909 - Jan Koplowitz, writer
1910 - Dame Markova, [Alicia Lilian Alice Marks], London, ballerina
1910 - Joel Fluellen, LA, actor (Burning Cross, Learning Tree)
1911 - Walter Alston, baseball manager (Dodgers)
1911 - Calvin Griffith, Canadian-born baseball executive (d. 1999)
1912 - Minoru Yamasaki, architect (World Trade Center, NY)
1912 - Terence Beckles, pianist/teacher
1913 - Mary Martin, Weatherford Tx, actress (Peter Pan) Larry Hagman's mom
1914 - Dame Alicia Markova, ballerina (Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1925-32)
1914 - Johnny Johnston, St Louis Mo, singer (Make that Spare)
1917 - Marty Marion, baseball player (NL MVP 1944)
1917 - William Tracy, Pitts, actor (To the Shores of Tripoli)
1918 - Kirby Laing, English contractor/multi-millionaire
1919 - Anne Cox Chambers, Dayton Ohio, US ambassador to Belgium (1977-81)
1919 - Ike Isaacs, guitarist
1921 - Ralph Manza, SF California, actor (Banacek, Mama Malone, Newhart)
1922 - Geraldine McCulloug, Maywood Ill, painter/sculptor (Phoenix)
1922 - Paul Picerni, NYC, actor (Agent Lee Hobson-Untouchables)
1922 - Vsevolod Bobrov, Soviet ice hockey player (d. 1979)
1923 - Stansfield Turner, CIA director
1923 - Morris, Belgian cartoonist (Lucky Luke) (d. 2001)
1925 - Jaime Mendoza-Nava, composer
1925 - Jordan Klein, Miami Fla, cameraman/director (Thunderball)
1925 - Martin Rodbell, American scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
1926 - Allyn Ann McLerie, Quebec, actress (Tony Randall Show, Thorn Birds)
1926 - Keith Michell, Adelaide Australia, actor (6 Wives of Henry VIII)
1926 - Robert Symonds, Bristow Oklahoma, actor (Robert E. Lee-Blue & Gray)
1927 - Grant Beglarian, composer
1929 - David Doyle, Omaha, Nebraska, American actor (Charlie's Angels, Rugrats)
1929 - Alan Mouncer, film director/producer
1929 - Dick Shawn, Buffalo NY, actor (Producers, Maid to Order, Angel)
1929 - Emily McLaughlin, White Plains NY, actress (Jessie-General Hospital)
1929 - Leon Biriotti, composer
1930 - Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (d. 2002)
1931 - Jimmy Lyons, American musician (d. 1986)
1931 - Jim Nesbitt, singer (d. 2007)
1932 - Robert T Herres, Denver Colorado, USAF/astronaut
1932 - Matt Monro, English singer (d. 1985)
1933 - Fujiko F. Fujio, Japanese cartoon artist (d. 1996)
1933 - Lou Rawls, Chicago Illinois, vocalist (Dean Martin's Golddigers, Natural Man), (d. 2006)
1934 - Billy Paul, Phila, singer (Me & Mrs Jones)
1934 - Hilly Axwijk, Suriname social worker
1935 - Roger Christian, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)
1935 - Woody Allen, [Allen Konigsberg], Bkln, actor (Zelig, Annie Hall)
1937 - Gordon Crosse, Bury Lancashire England, composer (Grace of Todd)
1937 - Chuck Low, American actor
1937 - Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, 6th President of Latvia
1938 - Bill Playle, cricketer (NZ batsman in 8 Tests without distinction)
1938 - Sandy Nelson, Santa Monica, 50s rocker (Teen Beat, All Night Long)
1939 - Dianne Lennon, Los Angeles California, singer (Lennon Sisters)
1939 - Lee Buck Trevino, Dallas Tx, PGA golfer (US Open 1968, 71)
1940 - Matthias Habich, actor (Straight to the Heart, A Corps Perdu)
1940 - Mike Denness, cricketer (England batsman & captain mid-70s), (d. 2013)
1940 - Richard Pryor, Ill, comedian/actor (Lady Sings the Blues, Stir Crazy)
1940 - Ron Finn, Toronto, NHL linesman
1942 - John Crowley, US, sci-fi author (Deep, Beasts, Novelty)
1942 - Peter Kalikow, Queens NYC, real estate developer/publisher (NY Post)
1943 - Nicholas Peter Negroponte, NYC, founder/director (Media Lab at MIT)
1943 - Orton Enderlein, German FR, luge (Olympic-gold-1964)
1944 - Pierre Arditi, French film and stage actor
1944 - Eric Bloom, American rock vocalist/guitarist (Blue Öyster Cult)
1944 - Tahar Ben Jelloun, French writer of Moroccan origin
1944 - Daniel Pennac, French writer born in Morocco
1944 - Michael W. Hagee, 33rd Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
1945 - John Densmore, LA, drummer (Doors-C'mon Light My Fire)
1945 - Ross Edwards, cricketer (Aussie middle-order bat of the 70's)
1945 - Bette Midler, Honolulu, Hawaii,actress and singer (Beaches, Wind Beneath my Wings)
1946 - Gilbert O'Sullivan, Ireland, singer (Alone Again Naturally)
1946 - Ho-Jun Li, Korea PR, rifle (Olympic-gold-1972)
1947 - Alain Bashung, French singer
1947 - Bob Fulton, English-born Australian rugby league footballer
1948 - Sarfraz Nawaz, cricketer (successful Pakistani pace bowler 1969-84)
1948 - George Foster, American baseball player
1948 - Tom Wright, English bishop and theologian
1949 - Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron
1949 - Sebastián Piñera, Chilean businessman and presidential candidate
1950 - Richard Keith, Lafayette La, actor (Little Ricky-I Love Lucy)
1950 - Keith Thibodeaux, American actor and drummer
1951 - Alexander Panayotov Aleksandrov, Bulgaria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-5)
1951 - Jaco Pastorius, US jazz guitarist (Weather Report-Word of Mouth)
1951 - Treat Williams, Rowayton CT, actor (Flashpoint, Hair)
1951 - Jaco Pastorious, jazz bassist and composer (Weather Report)
1954 - Bob Goen, TV host (Wheel of Fortune, Entertainment Tonight)
1955 - Uwe Benter, German FR, coxsman (Olympic-gold-1972)
1955 - Mark Thompson, American disc jockey and actor
1955 - Verónica Forqué, Spanish actress
1956 - Stuart Kimball, rock guitarist (Face To Face)
1956 - Julee Cruise, American singer and actress
1958 - Charlene Tilton, San Diego California, actress (Lucy Ewing-Dallas)
1959 - Billy Childish, English painter, writer and musician
1959 - Rick Leventhal, American broadcast journalist
1959 - Wally Lewis, Australian rugby league footballer
1960 - Carol Alt[man], Queens NY (Mrs Ron Greshner)/actress (Private Parts)
1961 - Barb Mucha, Parma OH, LPGA golfer (1992 Oldsmobile Classic)
1961 - Jeremy Northam, English actor
1961 - Armin Meiwes, German cannibal
1962 - Pamela McGee, WNBA center/forward (Sacramento Monarchs)
1962 - Stan Albers, Pleasant Beach NJ, actor (Curtis-Loving)
1963 - Arjuna Ranatunga, cricketer (Sri Lankan Test batsman since 1982)
1963 - Marco Greco, Brazilian racing driver
1964 - Soren Henriksen, Denmark cricket all-rounder (86-94 ICC, Lancs 85-86)
1964 - Salvatore Schillaci, Italian footballer
1966 - Craig David Parry, Sunshine Victoria, PGA golfer (1994 Honda-2nd)
1966 - Greg McMichael, Knoxville TN, pitcher (Atlanta Braves)
1966 - Matthew Laborteaux, actor (Killing Stone, Deadly Friend)
1966 - Mike Flores, NFL defensive end (Washington Redskins)
1966 - Steve Walsh, St. Paul Minnesota, NFL quarterback (Chic Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1966 - Katherine LaNasa, American actress
1967 - Nestor Carbonell, NYC, actor (Luis-Suddenly Susan)
1967 - Reggie Sanders, Florence SC, outfielder (Cin Reds)
1968 - Anders Holmertz, Swedish free style swimmer (world record 400m)
1968 - Eddie Britton, wide reciever (Baltimore Ravens)
1968 - Justin Chadwick, British actor and director
1970 - Kirk Rueter, Centralia IL, pitcher (Montreal Expos)
1970 - Takahiro Ikenoue, WLAF LB (Rhein Fire)
1970 - Todd Steussie, NFL guard/tackle (Minnesota Vikings)
1970 - Jouko Ahola, Finnish strongman
1970 - Sarah Silverman, American actress and comedian
1971 - Oscar Sturgis, WLAF DE (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1971 - Rob Zatechka, NFL guard (NY Giants)
1971 - Tom Robsock, NFL/WLAF guard (Raiders, Barcelona Dragons)
1971 - Stephanie Finochio, American professional wrestler
1971 - Dolgorsürengiin Serjbüdee, Mongolian professional wrestler
1971 - Peter Van de Veire, Belgian radio-presenter
1971 - John Schlimm, American author
1972 - Andre Royal, linebacker (Carolina Panthers)
1972 - Charlie Jones, wide reciever (San Diego Chargers)
1972 - Norbert Wójtowicz, Polish historian and theologian
1973 - Eric Thomas, Chartage Texas, 400m hurdler
1973 - Mia Farrance, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1973 - Jon Theodore, American musician
1974 - Richard Jordan, linebacker (Detroit Lions)
1974 - Costinha, Portuguese footballer
1974 - David Ludwig, American composer
1975 - Alya Rohali, Miss Universe-Indonesia (1996)
1975 - Sandra Maidana, Miss Universe-Uruguay (1996)
1975 - Sophia Skou, Danish swimmer
1976 - Konerak Sinthasomphone, Milwaukee Wisc, Jeffrey Dahmer's victim
1976 - Brently Heilbron, American satirist
1976 - Matthew Shepard, American murder victim (d. 1998)
1977 - Jared Fogle, American Subway spokesperson
1977 - Brad Delson, American guitarist (Linkin Park)
1978 - Mat Kearney, American singer and songwriter
1979 - Ryan Malone, American Hockey Player
1979 - Angelique Bates, American Actress
1980 - Mohammad Kaif, Indian cricketer
1988 - Zoe Kravitz, daughter of Lisa Bonet & Lenny Kravitz
2001 - Aiko, Princess Toshi of Japan

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 1st December


Famous Deaths

                                   
Pope Leo X (1521)                                   First Israeli Prime Minister                    Indian Politician and Diplomat
                                                                  David Ben-Gurion (1973)                       Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1990)


660 - Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies
1135 - Henry I Beauclerc, King of England (1st English King fluent in the English language), dies
1241 - Isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214)
1374 - Magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies
1377 - King Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316)
1417 - Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies
1433 - Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377)
1455 - Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77
1521 - Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italian Pope (1513-21), dies at 45
1530 - Margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51
1580 - Edmund Campion, English jesuit, hanged at 42
1580 - Giovanni Morone, Italian theologian/diplomat/cardinal, dies at 71
1581 - Ralph Sherwin, English Catholic saint (b. 1550)
1581 - Alexander Briant, English saint (b. around 1556)
1602 - Kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1582)
1623 - Thomas Weelkes, composer, dies at 47
1633 - Isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67
1635 - Melchior Teschner, composer, dies at 51
1651 - Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer, dies at 65
1660 - Pierre d'Hozier, French historian (b. 1592)
1700 - Willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53
1707 - Jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies
1709 - Abraham a Sancta Clara, [Johann Megerle], German court preacher and friar, dies at 65
1723 - Susanna Centlivre, English dramatist and actress
1727 - Johann Heinrich Buttstett, composer, dies at 61
1729 - Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer, dies at 59
1729 - Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (b. 1665)
1736 - Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), dies at 72
1750 - Doppelmayr, mathematician
1755 - Maurice Greene, composer, dies at 59
1767 - Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, British Freemason (b. 1710)
1797 - Oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71
1808 - Anton Fischer, composer, dies at 30
1813 - Ferdinando Bertoni, composer, dies at 88
1817 - Justin Heinrich Knechtl, composer, dies at 65
1825 - Tsar Alexander I of Russia (b. 1777). Reigned from 1801
1842 - Philip Spencer, 1st US naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged
1865 - Constant van Crombrugghe, Flemish monastery founder, dies at 76
1865 - Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss poet (b. 1796)
1866 - George Everest, Welsh surveyor and namesake of Mt. Everest (d. 1790)
1884 - William Swainson (lawyer), second, and last, Attorney-General (New Zealand) of the Crown
           Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)
1887 - Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 78
1892 - Joseph Lippens, Belgian lieutenant in Congo, murdered
1893 - Eduard Franck, composer, dies at 76
1901 - George Lohmann, cricketer (in South Africa 18 Tests, 112 wickets), dies
1916 - Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer, dies at 58
1923 - Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (b. 1836)
1925 - Vicente Arregui Garay, composer, dies at 54
1926 - Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg, composer, dies at 83
1928 - José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian writer (b. 1888)
1932 - Amadeo Vives, composer, dies at 61
1934 - Sergei M Kirov, Josef Stalin's collaborator, assassinated in Leningrad
1935 - Bernard Schmidt, inventor (Schmidt camera), dies
1939 - Max Fiedler, composer, dies at 79
1941 - Horace Chapman, cricketer (2 Tests for South Africa, 39 runs, 1 wkt), dies
1943 - Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai prince and historian (b. 1862)
1945 - Harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer, dies at 64
1947 - Aleister Edward S Crowley, British occultist, dies at 72
1947 - Hardy, mathematician, dies
1950 - Ernest John Moeran, British composer, dies at 55
1951 - Felix Petyrek, composer, dies at 59
1952 - Victor E Orlando, Italian premier (1917-19), dies at 92
1954 - Fred Rose, American songwriter and music publishing executive (b. 1897)
1960 - Ion Vasilescu, composer, dies at 57
1964 - J. B. S. Haldane, Scottish geneticist (b. 1892)
1968 - Hugo Haas, actor/director (Bait, Pick Up), dies of asthma at 66
1968 - Dario Moreno, Turkish-Jewish singer (b. 1921)
1969 - Magic Sam, American blues guitarist and singer (b. 1937)
1970 - Frank Smailes, cricketer (England pace bowler Test v India 1946), dies
1971 - Arthur B Springarn, US NAACP chairman (1940-65), dies at 93
1972 - Antonio Segni, Italian PM/pres (1955-57, 59-60, 62-64), dies at 81
1973 - David Ben-Gurion, founding father of Israel, dies in Tel Aviv at 87
1974 - Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author (Angry Angel), dies at 83
1974 - Stephen Gill Spottswood, US bishop/chairman (NAACP), dies at 77
1975 - Nick Kenny, US columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show), dies at 80
1975 - Nellie Fox, American baseball player (b. 1927)
1975 - Anna E. Roosevelt, American radio personality (b. 1906)
1977 - Paul Hardy, Belgian designer (Italian Country, dies at 69
1980 - Sam Levene, actor (Purple Heart, Designing Women), dies at 75
1982 - Dorothy James, composer, dies on 81st birthday
1983 - Mirsky, mathematician, dies
1984 - Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (b. 1911)
1986 - Horace Heidt, orchestra leader (Swift Show Wagon), dies at 85
1986 - Robert L "Bobby" Layne, football player (Detroit Lions), dies at 59
1986 - [Irving] Lee Dorsey, [Kid Chocolate], US boxer/singer, dies at 59
1987 - Donn Fulton Eisele, Col USAF/astronaut, dies of a heart attack at 57
1987 - James Arthur Baldwin, writer (Another Country), dies at 63
1987 - Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey coach and general manager (b. 1918)
1989 - Alvin Ailey, US choreographer (Blues Suite, Revelations), dies at 58
1990 - Jan H de Groot, Dutch co-founder (Vrij Nederland), dies
1990 - Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Indian diplomat and politician, dies at 90
1991 - Byron Webster, actor (That Man Bolt), dies of AIDS at 58
1991 - George Joseph Stigler, US economist (Nobel 1982), dies at 80
1994 - Hugh Chilvers, cricketer (151 wickets leg-spin for NSW 1928-37), dies
1994 - Lionel Stander, actor (Max-Hart to Hart), dies at 86
1996 - Barbak Karmal, politician, dies at 67
1996 - Irving Gordon, songwriter, dies at 81
1997 - Denis Gerald Barrington, artist, dies at 67
1997 - Stephane Grappelli, French jazz violinist, dies at 89
1997 - Michel Bélanger, French Canadian businessman and banker (b. 1929)
1997 - Endicott Peabody, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1920)
1998 - Freddie Young, British cinematographer (b. 1902)
2001 - Ellis R Dungan, American born Indian film director (b. 1909)
2002 - Dave McNally, American baseball player (b. 1942)
2003 - Clark Kerr, first Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley (b. 1911)
2003 - Eugenio Monti, Italian bobsledder (b. 1928)
2004 - Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (b. 1911)
2005 - Gust Avrakotos, American intelligence case officer (b. 1938)
2006 - Claude Jade, French actress (b. 1948)
2006 - Bruce Trigger, Canadian archaeologist (McGill University) (b. 1937)
2007 - Anton Rodgers, British actor (b. 1933)
2008 - Mikel Laboa, Basque singer and songwriter (b. 1934)
2008 - Joseph B. Wirthlin, religious leader, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, businessman (b. 1917)
2008 - Paul Benedict, American actor (b. 1938)
2009 - Gustavo Adolfo Palma, Guatemalan singer (b. 1920)
2010 - Hillard Elkins, American theatre and film producer (b. 1929)
2011 - Christa Wolf, German writer (b. 1929)
2012 - Jovan Belcher, American football linebacker, commits suicide by gunshot at 25
2012 - Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano opera singer, dies at 85

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 2nd December


Historical Events

                                   
4th US President James Madison              Author and Nobel Laureate                   Novelist Charles Dickens
                                                                 Gerhart Hauptmann

                                   
Cuban President Fidel Castro             Politician, statesman Henry Kissinger          Beatles Drummer Ringo Starr

                 
Singer-songwriter Neil Diamond          Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber


1409 - The University of Leipzig opens.
1620 - English language newspaper "Namloos" begins publishing in Amsterdam
1682 - English Earl of Shaftesbury flees to Amsterdam
1697 - St Paul's Cathedral opens in London
1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire.
1763 - Touro shul of Newport RI dedicated (oldest existing US synagogue)
1777 - British Gen Howe plots attack on Washington's army for Dec 4
1790 - Austrian army occupies Brussels
1802 - Britain sells Suriname to the Netherlands
1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned emperor of France in Paris
1805 - Napoleon defeats Russians & Austrians at Austerlitz
1812 - James Madison re-elected president of US, E Gerry vice-pres
1813 - Prince Willem Frederik accepts constitutional monarchy
1816 - 1st savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society)
1822 - In San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US
1823 - President James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine"
1840 - Gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita," premieres in Paris
1840 - William H Harrison elected 9th President of USA
1845 - Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States
           should aggressively expand into the West.
1848 - Franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria & King of Hungary
1851 - Louis Napoleon takes power in France in a Coup d'etat
1851 - Newly-elected French President Charles Louis Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.
1852 - 2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor
1864 - Skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia
1867 - In a New York City theater, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the
           United States.
1868 - 1st British government of Disraeli resigns
1877 - Camille Saint-Saëns' opera "Samson et Dalila," premieres in Weimar
1882 - Amsterdam Artis Zoo opens aquarium
1883 - John Brahms' 3rd Symphony in F, premieres
1885 - Opera "Regina di Saba" premieres in Vienna
1887 - Amsterdam's Oscar Carrés Circus Theater opens
1887 - French president Grevy (80) resigns
1891 - 52nd Congress (1891-93) convenes
1895 - 54th Congress (1895-97) convenes
1896 - Gerhart Hauptmann's "Die versunkene Glocke," premieres in Berlin
1899 - US & Germany agree to divide Samoa between them
1899 - Philippine-American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is
           fought.
1900 - South African president Paul Kruger arrives in Germany
1901 - Gillette patents 1st disposable razor
1901 - King Camp Gillette begins selling safety razor blades
1902 - Soccer team Go Ahead forms in Deventer
1907 - English Professional Football Players' Association forms
1907 - Tommy Burns KOs Gunner Moir in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1908 - Child Emperor Pu Yi ascends the Chinese throne at the age of two
1913 - Archdiocese of Managua created
1913 - Government -Barthou falls due to overtime conscription
1914 - Austria army occupies Belgrade Serbia
1916 - Baseballers who are injured now get full pay for duration of contract
1917 - Han Yong-woon, found Zen awakening at Osean Monastery Korea
1922 - 10th CFL Grey Cup: Queen's University defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 13-1
1924 - British-German trade agreement signed
1927 - 1st Model A Fords sold, for $385
1928 - Cardinals' 1B Jim Bottomley is voted NL MVP
1929 - 1st skull of Peking man found, 50 km out of Peking at Tsjoe Koe Tien
1932 - "Adventures of Charlie Chan" 1st heard on NBC-Blue radio network
1933 - Fred Astaire's 1st film, "Dancing Lady," released
1934 - 5.08-m (200") Mt Palomar Observatory mirror is cast
1939 - British Imperial Airways & British Airways merge to form BOAC
1939 - NY's La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago lands, 1 minute after
           midnight
1941 - Largest roller skating rink (outside of NYC) opens in Peekskill NY
1941 - NY Giants name Mel Ott as player-manager, replacing Bill Terry
1941 - Naval Intelligence ceases bugging Japanese consul
1941 - Yamamoto sends his fleet to Pearl Harbor
1942 - 1st controlled nuclear chain reaction (Enrico Fermi-U of Chicago)
1943 - 1st RSHA transport out of Vienna reaches Birkenau camp
1944 - 10th Heisman Trophy Award: Les Horvath, Ohio State (QB)
1944 - General De Gaulle arrives in Moscow
1944 - German troops seize Betuwse dikes
1944 - US 95th Infantry division occupies bridge at Saar
1947 - 13th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lujack, Notre Dame (QB)
1948 - Stan Musial is picked NL MVP
1950 - Vic Toweel knocks down Danny O'Sullivan 14 times in a title fight
1951 - "Borscht Capades" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 90 performances
1951 - Phila sets NFL record of 25 1st-downs rushing
1952 - 18th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Vessels, Oklahoma (HB)
1952 - 1st human birth televised to public (KOA-TV Denver, Colo)
1954 - "Hit the Trail" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 4 performances
1954 - Frank Selvy of Milwaukee sets then NBA record of 24 of 26 free throws
1954 - US Senate censures Joe McCarthy (Sen-R-Wisc) for "conduct that tends to bring Senate into
           dishonor & disrepute"
1956 - Fidel Castro lands with "Granma" on coast of Cuba
1957 - 1st US large scale nuclear power plant opens (Shippingport Penn)
1957 - Sam Cooke's "You Send Me" reaches #1
1958 - 24th Heisman Trophy Award: Pete Dawkins, Army (HB)
1958 - Benelux treaty signed by Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg
1958 - KNOP TV channel 2 in North Platte, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting
1959 - Malpasset dam collapses destroying French Riviera town of Frejus
1961 - Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, & will lead Cuba to Communism
1961 - Wind Bell, journal of SF Zen Center, begins publishing
1962 - 50th CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg beats Hamilton, 28-27 at Toronto [OT]
1963 - 1st Dutch rocket launched/reaches height of 10 km
1963 - ML Rules Committee bans oversized catcher's mitts, effective in 1965
1964 - Ringo Starr's tonsils are removed
1966 - Love, Moby Grape & Lee Michaels perform at Fillmore East
1967 - 55th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Saskatchewan, 24-1
1968 - Pres Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor
1969 - "Buck White" opens at George Abbott Theater NYC for 7 performances
1969 - Boeing 747 jumbo jet 1st public preview (Seattle to NYC)
1970 - Environmental Protection Agency begins (Dir: William Ruckelshaus)
1970 - Tippetts Opera "Knot Garden" premieres in London
1971 - Soviet Mars 3 is 1st to soft land on Mars
1971 - United Arab Emirates (Trucial States) declares independence from UK
1971 - Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujeira, Sharjah & Umm ak Qiwain form United Arab Emirates
1971 - Zayid bin Sultan Al Nuhayyan of Abu Dhabi becomes pres of UAE
1972 - "December Giant" largest sinkhole in US collapses (Alabama)
1972 - "Via Galactica" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 7 performances
1972 - 60th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Saskatchewan, 13-10
1972 - In 1 of their worst trades Yanks get Rich McKinney for Stan Bahnsen
1973 - 62nd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (5-0)
1973 - Capital Centre (USAir Arena) in Wash DC opens
1973 - US Air Arena opens in Landover Maryland, Bullets beat Seattle, 98-96
1974 - Cowhide, rather than just horsehide, can be used to make baseballs
1974 - Giant Baba beats Jack Brisco in Kagoshimi, to become NWA champ
1974 - Soyuz 16 launched into Earth orbit for 6 days
1975 - 7 South Moluccans hijack train at Wijster Drente, 3 killed
1975 - G S Chappell gets ton in each inn of 1st Test Cricket as capt v WI
1975 - Laos king Sisavang Vatthana resigns, republic forms
1975 - Lao People's Democratic Republic founded (National Day)
1976 - Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.
1978 - Chanting "Allah is great," anti-Shah protesters poured through Tehran
1978 - Neil Diamond & Barbra Striesand's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" hits #1
1978 - Streisand & Diamond's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," goes #1
1979 - Crowds attack US embassy at Tripoli Libya
1979 - Foots Walker becomes 1st Cleve Cavalier to score a triple-double
1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1980 - 4 American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador
1981 - Fernando Valenzuela (Dodgers) wins NL Rookie of the Year
1981 - Moscone Convention Center, SF opens at 11:30 AM
1981 - Spanish government requests membership in NATO
1982 - 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (U of Utah) in retired dentist Barney
           Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart
1984 - 4th meeting of Giants-Jets, Giants even series at 2 with 20-10 win
1984 - Bob Holland takes 9-83 for NSW against South Australia, SCG
1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1985 - "Mystery of Edwin Drood" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 608 perfs
1985 - Philipine Chief staff Gen Fabian speaks of B Aquino's murder
1985 - Rupert Holmes' musical "Mystery of Edwin Drood," premieres in NYC
1986 - Dow-Jones index hits record 1,955.57
1987 - Chicago City Council elects Eugene Sawyer acting mayor
1987 - Jennifer Steele, 17, of Colo becomes Miss Teen of America [Approx]
1987 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1987 - "334" club forms as 334 brave Devil fans journey through 20" of snow to attend NJ Devils 7-
           5 victory over Calgary at Meadowlands
1988 - "Naked Gun" premieres, a movie based on TV's "Police Squad"
1988 - 5 gunmen who hijacked Soviet Aeroflot jet, surrender in Israel
1988 - STS-27 Atlantis launched (Secret military mission)
1988 - UN votes 151-2 (Isr & US) to move PLO debate to Geneva, Brit abstains
1989 - 55th Heisman Trophy Award: Andre Ware, Houston (QB)
1989 - KHJ-TV in Los Angeles CA changes call letters to KCAL-TV
1989 - Vishwanath Pratap Singh sworn in as president of India
1990 - 1st parlimentary election in newly reunified Germany
1990 - 1st time 12 people in space
1990 - 79th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in St Petersburg (3-2)
1990 - Beth Daniel/Davis Love wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1990 - US 69th manned space mission STS 35 (Columbia 11) launches into orbit
1991 - Bobby Bonilla signs record $29 million-5 year pact with NY Mets
1991 - Muslim Shites release American held in Lebanon hostage Joseph Cicippio
1992 - WQEW-AM radio replaces WQXR on 1560 in NYC
1993 - A Websters musical "Sunset Promenade" premieres in LA
1993 - Dow-Jones hits record 3702.11
1993 - Houston Rockets tie NBA record of 15-0 start
1993 - Space shuttle STS-61 (Endeavour 5), launches
1994 - "Cobb" premieres
1994 - Achille Lauro (Willem Ruys) sinks off the coast of Somalia
1994 - Andrew Lloyd Webber admitted to the hospital for ulcer treatment
1994 - Jury finds Heidi Fleiss guilty of running a call girl ring
1995 - 17th ACE Cable Awards
1997 - MCI Center opens in Wash DC, Wizards vs SuperSonics
1999 - The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland
           Executive.
2001 - Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
2005 - Van Tuong Nguyen is executed in Singapore for drug trafficking.
2008 - Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat resigns after the 2008 Thailand political crisis.
2012 - 9 people are killed after 30 cars are trapped in Sasago Tunnel, Japan
2012 - Borut Pahor is elected President of Slovenia
2012 - Pier Luigi Bersani is elected Italian Prime Minister

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 2nd December


Famous Weddings

1886 - 26th US President Theodore Roosevelt (28) weds second wife Edith Kermit Carow (25) in
           London
1933 - 1st transatlantic telephone wedding (Bertil Clason-Sigrid Carlson)
2000 - Mexican singer Thalia (29) weds co-owner of Casablanca Records Tommy Mottola (51) at St.
           Patrick
2006 - "Emmerdale" actor Nick Miles (44) weds Stephanie Lumb at the Roundthorn Country House
           Hotel in Penrith, England

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 2nd December


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Post-Impressionist Painter            Fashion Designer Gianni Versace (1946)           Pop Star Britney Spears (1981)
Georges Seurat (1859)


1578 - Agostino Agazzari, composer
1678 - Nicolaas S Cruquius, Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer)
1694 - William Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771)
1703 - Ferdinand Konscak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759)
1710 - Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783)
1728 - Ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat
1738 - Richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775)
1754 - William Cooper, American judge (d. 1809)
1760 - Joseph Graetz, composer
1760 - John Breckinridge, American politician (d. 1806)
1777 - Henry Doeff, colonialist (wrote Dutch-Japanese dictionary)
1802 - Melancthon Smith Wade, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
1811 - Jean-Charles Chapais, French Canadian politician, Father of the Canadian Confederation (d.
           1885)
1813 - Jacob Rosenhaim, composer
1817 - Heinrich von Sybel, German historian (d. 1895)
1821 - Rufus Barringer, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
1825 - Pedro II van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1831-89)
1837 - Charles Garrison Harker, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1846 - Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French Min of Foreign affairs/premier
1856 - Robert Kajanus, composer
1859 - Georges Seurat, Paris France, post-impressionist painter (Grande Jatte), (d. 1891)
1860 - C T Studd, cricketer (brother of G B, five Tests for England)
1863 - Gustav Wohlgemuth, composer
1863 - Charles Ringling, American circus owner (d. 1926)
1866 - Henry Thacker Burleigh, Erie Pa, black composer (Springarn Medal)
1868 - Francis Jammes, French poet/writer (Jammisme)
1869 - Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Theory of the Dialects)
1870 - Francis Louis Casadesus, French violinist/composer/conductor
1875 - Frank Reicher, Munich Germany, actor (King Kong, Son of Kong)
1884 - Ruth Draper, US, lecture artist [or 1989]
1885 - George Minot, US, physician, worked on anemia (Nobel 1934)
1891 - Charles H. Wesley, author writer and Brother of Alpha Phi Alpha Inc. (d. 1987)
1892 - Leo Ornstein, composer
1893 - Julius Bissier, German painter
1893 - Louis Freeman, band leader
1893 - William Gaxton, SF California, actor (Destry, Convoy)
1894 - Warren William, [Krech], Aitkin MN, actor (Caesar in Cleopatra)
1895 - Klaas Voskuil, journalist
1895 - Harriet Cohen, British pianist (d. 1967)
1896 - Georgi K Zjukov, marshal of Moskow/Stalingrad [NS-Dec 11]
1897 - Rewi Alley, NZ, writer (Americans in China)
1897 - Hovhannes Bagramyan, Marshall of the Soviet Union (d. 1982)
1898 - Indra Lal Roy, Indian pilot (d. 1918)
1899 - John Barbirolli, English conductor (NY Philharmonic Orchestra)
1899 - John Cobb, British racing driver (d. 1952)
1899 - Ray Morehart, American baseball player (d. 1989)
1901 - Staf Gustaf Frans Nees, Belgian composer
1901 - Staff Nees, Flemish organist/composer (Simon Peter)
1901 - Raimundo Orsi, Argentine-born footballer (d. 1986)
1902 - Horace A Hildreth, (Gov-Maine, 1945-49)
1902 - Miroslav Ponc, composer
1904 - Donald Woods, Brandon Manitoba, actor (Tammy)
1905 - Osvaldo Pugliese, musician/composer
1906 - Eric Dalton, cricketer (2 centuries in 15 Tests for South Africa 1929-39)
1906 - John Bentley, England, actor (Hammer the Tuff)
1906 - Peter Carl Goldmark, developed color TV & LP records
1908 - Robert F Simon, Mansfield Oh, actor (Man who shot Liberty Valance)
1908 - Rufe Davis, OK, actor (Cocoanut Grove, Trail Blazers, Gangs of Sonora)
1910 - Robert Paige, Indianapolis Ind, actor (Colgate Comedy Hour)
1910 - Russell Lynes, American art historian, photographer, author and managing editor of Harper's
           Magazine (d. 1991)
1914 - Ray Walston, New Orleans LA, actor (My Favorite Martian, Damn Yankees)
1914 - Eddie Sauter, Bkln, musician (Sauter-Finegan Band, Sat Night Revue)
1915 - Adolph Green, songwriter (married to Phyllis Newman)
1915 - Nico Richter, composer
1915 - Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher
1916 - John Bentley, Warwickshire England, actor (Chair)
1917 - Ezra Stone, US, actor/producer (Henry Aldrich)
1917 - Sylvia Syms, American jazz singer (Hello Dolly, Dream Girl, Them There Eyes). Died 1992.
1918 - Milton Delugg, Los Angeles California, orchestra leader (Tonight Show)
1919 - Michael Geoffrey Corcos, medical researcher
1920 - Robert Moevs, composer
1922 - Leo V Gordon, Baltimore MD, actor (Circus Boy, Enos, Winds of War)
1923 - Maria M Callas, NYC, soprano (Carmen)
1923 - Meshulam Riklis, husband of Pia Zadora
1924 - Alexander Haig Jr, Bala-Cynwyd Pa, US Sec of State (1981-82)/General
1924 - Jonathan Frid, actor (Barnabas Collins-Dark Shadows)
1925 - Julie Harris, Grosse Pt Mich, actress (Bell Jar, East of Eden), (d. 2013)
1929 - Harvey Phillips, Aurora Missouri, tubist (NYC Ballet Orch)
1929 - Jaap Boersma, Dutch minister for Social Affairs (ARP)
1929 - Lowell North, Springfield Mass, yachtsman (Olympic-Gold-1968)
1930 - Gary Becker, American economist, recipient of the Bank of Sweden Prize
1931 - Edwin Meese III, prude, US attorney General (1985-88)
1931 - Hatsumi Masaaki, Founder and head of the Bujinkan Dojo organization
1933 - Michael Larrabee, American athlete (d. 2003)
1933 - K. Veeramani, Indian anti-caste activist
1934 - Andre Rodgers, baseball player (d. 2004)
1935 - Jurg Wyttenbach, composer
1935 - David Hackett Fischer, American historian
1936 - Peter Michael Braun, composer
1937 - Brian Lumley, England, sci-fi author (Compleat Crow, Psychomech)
1939 - Yael Dayan, Israeli writer and politician
1939 - Harry Reid, American politician
1939 - Francis Fox, Canadian politician, member of the Senate
1940 - Gerry Cheevers, NHL goalie (Bruin, longest undefeated streak-32 games)
1940 - Willie Brown, NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders)
1941 - Paul C W Chu, China, physicist (superconductivity)
1941 - Tom McGuiness, rocker (McGuiness-Flint)
1942 - Bob E Smith, Sacramento CA, PGA golfer (1993 Yanase Cup)
1942 - Ted Bluechel, San Pedro Ca, rock vocalist/drummer (Association)
1943 - David Munden, rocker
1943 - Wayne Allard, American politician
1944 - Cathy Lee Crosby, LA, actress (Coach, That's Incredible)
1944 - Roger Omond, journalist
1944 - Ibrahim Rugova, first President of Kosovo (d. 2006)
1944 - Botho Strauß, German author
1944 - Inger Davidson, Swedish politician
1945 - Alan "Froggy" Thomson, cricketer (Australian quickie 1970-71)
1945 - Penelope Spheeris, American film director
1946 - Gianni Versace, Reggio Calabria, Italy, fashion designer (Versace), (d. 1997)
1947 - Dhiraj Parsana, cricket pace bowler (Indian v WI 1978-79)
1947 - Michael Green, English TV/video producer
1947 - Ivan Atanassov Petrov, Bulgarian neurologist
1947 - Tommy Jenkins, English football player
1948 - T. Coraghessan Boyle, American writer
1949 - Ron Raines, Teax City, Texas, actor (Guiding Light)
1950 - Merrill Ashley, St Paul Minn, ballerina (NYC Ballet)
1950 - Amin Saikal, Afghan-Australian academic
1951 - Adrian Devine, American baseball pitcher
1952 - Keith Szarabajka, Oak Park IL, actor (Nightlife)
1952 - Carol Shea-Porter, American Congresswoman
1953 - Jay Dean Haas, St Louis MO, PGA golfer (1978 Andy Williams-San Diego)
1953 - Meg Griffin, DJ (WNEW-FM, WPLJ-FM, WKRK-FM)/VJ (V-1)
1953 - Myung-Whan Chung, Seoul Korea, pianist (Chung Sisters)
1954 - Dan Butler, actor (Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe-Frasier)
1954 - Danielle Alexander, Fort Worth Tx, country music pianist
1954 - Huub Stapel, Dutch actor (Amsterdamned, Attic: Hiding of Anne Frank)
1954 - Stone Phillips, news host (NBC Dateline)
1955 - Dennis Christopher, Phila, actor (Breaking Away, California Dreaming)
1956 - Steven Bauer, Havana Cuba, actor (Scarface, Thief of Hearts)
1957 - Dagfinn Høybråten, Norwegian politician
1958 - Vladimir Parfenovich, USSR, 500m kayak (Olympic-gold-1980)
1958 - Uladzimir Parfianovich, Belarusian canoer
1958 - George Saunders, American writer
1959 - Greg Barton, kayak (Olympics-2 gold-88)
1959 - Patty Jordan, Buffalo NY, LPGA golfer (1988 Mitsubishi Motors Ocean)
1960 - Rick Savage, bass player (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages)
1960 - Nicholas Dingley alias Razzle, British Drummer (Hanoi Rocks)
1962 - Kardam, Prince of Turnovo, titular Bulgarian royal family
1963 - Ann Patchett, American novelist
1964 - Brian Habib, NFL guard (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1964 - Chip Hale, Santa Clara CA, infielder (Minnesota Twins)
1964 - Yolanda Henry, Houston Texas, high jumper
1965 - Karrie Mitchell, Arvada Colorado, Miss Colorado-America (1991-top 10)
1966 - Anita Jokiel, Poland, gymnist (Olympic-1980)
1966 - Clive Eksteen, cricketer (South African slow left-armer 1993)
1966 - Kelly Buchberger, Langenburg, NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers)
1966 - Rob Sullivan, Chicago Ill, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Tri-City Pro-Am)
1966 - Jinsei Shinzaki, Japanese professional wrestler
1967 - Naeem Akhtar, Rawalpindi cricket medium-pacer (10-28 vs Peshawar 1995)
1967 - Sharry Konopski, Longview Wash, playmate (August, 1987)
1968 - Darryl Kile, Garden Grove CA, pitcher (Houston Astros)
1968 - Elna Reinach, Pretoria South Africa, tennis star
1968 - Jiri Dopita, Sumperk CZE, hockey forward (Team Czech Oly-Gold-1998)
1968 - Mark Harding, Bath England, keeper of Internet biographies
1968 - Rena Sofer, actress (Rocky-Loving, Lois Cerullo-General Hospital)
1968 - Lucy Liu, American actress
1968 - Nate Mendel, American bassist (Foo Fighters)
1969 - Lewis Bush, NFL outside linebacker (San Diego Chargers)
1969 - O J McDuffie, NFL wide receiver (Miami Dolphins)
1969 - Paul Francis Stankowski, Oxnard CA, PGA golfer (1994 Las Vegas-5th)
1970 - Rene Pucher, Presov CZE, hockey forward (Team Slovakia)
1971 - Jessie Hicks, WNBA forward/center (Utah Starzz)
1971 - Rachel McQuillan, Merewether NSW Aust, tennis star (1989 Futures ITA)
1971 - Roy van de Hill, soccer player (Roda JC)
1971 - Wilson Jermaine Heredia, American actor
1971 - Francesco Toldo, Italian Football Player (Inter Milan)
1972 - Alan Henderson, NBA forward (Atlanta Hawks)
1972 - Chris Burns, CFL tackle (Calgary Stampeders, Hamilton Tiger-Cats & Ottawa Renegades)
1972 - James Willis, linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles)
1972 - Sunjith Somasunder, cricketer (Karnataka & India ODI opening bat 1996)
1972 - Zack Crockett, NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts)
1973 - Kevin Feighery, NFL/WLAF punter (NY Giants, Panthers, Galaxy)
1973 - Monica Seles, Novi Sad Yugoslavia, tennis star (US Open 1992)
1973 - Jan Ullrich, German cyclist
1975 - Brett Lindros, London, NHL right wing (NY Islanders)
1975 - Mark Kotsay, Whittier CA, baseball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
1976 - Jennifer Robinson, Barrie Ontario, (1996 Canadian Champ)
1976 - Eddy Garabito, professional baseball player
1977 - Siyabonga Nomvethe, South African footballer plays for Aalborg BK
1978 - Nelly Furtado, Canadian singer and songwriter
1978 - Chris Wolstenholme, British bassist (Muse)
1978 - David Rivas, Spanish Footballer plays for Real Betis
1978 - Jason Collins, American basketball player for New Jersey Nets
1978 - Jarron Collins, American basketball player for Utah Jazz
1978 - Peter Moylan, Australian Major League Baseball Pitcher for the Atlanta Braves
1979 - Michael McIndoe, Scottish professional footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
1979 - Yvonne Catterfeld, German singer and actress
1981 - Britney Spears, Kentwood, Louisiana, singer and popstar ("Baby One More Time," "Oops! ...I
           did it again" and "I'm A Slave 4 U")
1981 - Danijel Pranjić, Croatian football player plays for SC Heerenveen
1982 - Michelle Banzer, model/beauty queen
1982 - Hristos Karipidis, Greek footballer
1982 - Matt Ware, American football player
1982 - Pizon, American rapper/producer
1983 - Bibiana Candelas, Mexican volleyball player
1983 - Chris Burke (footballer), Scottish footballer plays for Rangers F.C.
1983 - Aaron Rodgers, American football player for Green Bay Packers
1984 - Péter Máté, Hungarian footballer (Reading F.C.)
1985 - Dorell Wright, American basketball player
1986 - Claudiu Keserü, Romanian football player (FC Nantes Atlantique)
1987 - Teairra Mari, American R&B singer
1988 - Edward EMG baron Downpatrick, grandson of English prince Edward
1988 - Alfred Enoch, British Actor
1988 - Soniya Mehra, Indian Actress
1989 - Cassie Steele, Canadian actress

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 2nd December


Famous Deaths

                 
Abolitionist John Brown (1859)            Colombian Drug Lord Pablo Escobar (1993)


537 - Sylvester, Italian Pope (536-37), dies
1348 - Emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297)
1381 - John of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic
1463 - Archduke Albert VI of Austria (b. 1418)
1515 - Gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies
1552 - Francis Xavier, Spanish Catholic missionary (b. 1506)
1592 - Alexander Farnese, land guardian of Neth (1579-92), dies at 46
1615 - Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general
1665 - Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French socialite (b. 1588)
1694 - Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (b. 1622)
1719 - Pasquier Quesnel, French theologist (La Foi), dies at 85
1723 - Philip, French duke of Orleans/regent (1715-23)/PM (1723), dies
1726 - Samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian (b. 1665)
1747 - Vincent Bourne, English classical scholar (b. 1695)
1748 - Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (b. 1662)
1763 - Carl August Thielo, composer, dies at 56
1774 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54
1814 - Marquis de Sade, writer, dies at 74
1828 - Simon Paap, Dutch 56 cm long dwarf/cabaret artist, dies at 39
1831 - Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, composer, dies at 56
1844 - Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768)
1845 - Johannes Simon Mayr, composer, dies at 82
1849 - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, wife of William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)
1859 - John Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59
1860 - Alfred Bunn, British theatrical manager (b. 1796)
1864 - Archibald Gracie III, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at Siege of Petersburg, Virginia
           aged 32
1880 - Josephine Lang, composer, dies at 65
1888 - Franz Xaver Witt, composer, dies at 54
1888 - Mehmed N Kemal Bey, Turkish writer/journalist (Vatan), dies at 47
1892 - Jay Gould, American entrepreneur (b. 1836)
1899 - Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general (killed at Battle of Tirad Pass) (b. 1875)
1903 - Victor Roger, composer, dies at 50
1915 - Jan Malat, composer, dies at 72
1916 - Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer, dies at 69
1918 - Margit Kaffka, writer, dies at 38
1918 - Edmond Rostand, French poet and dramatist (b. 1868)
1919 - Henry Clay Frick, built largest coke & steel operation, dies at 69
1923 - Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer, dies at 72
1924 - Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian philologist (b. 1879)
1925 - Julio Garreta, composer, dies at 50
1931 - Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent D'indy, French count/composer, dies at 80
1933 - Josef Gruber, composer, dies at 78
1935 - Albert Kessel, 1st to die in California gas chamber
1936 - John Ringling, American circus owner (b. 1866)
1943 - Nordahl Grieg, writer, dies
1944 - Filippo T Marinetti, Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67
1944 - JW Ummels, Dutch resistance fighter (House of Saxon-Nazi), dies
1950 - Dino Lipatti, composer, dies at 33
1953 - Ernest Hayes, cricketer (Surrey bat played 5 Tests for England), dies
1953 - Francis Picabia, French painter/illustrator, dies at 75
1953 - Reginald Baker, Australian athlete and actor (b. 1884)
1957 - Harrison Ford, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires), dies at 73
1957 - Manfred Sakel, Polish psychiatrist (b. 1902)
1963 - Sabu Sabu, actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at 39
1963 - Thomas J. Hicks, British-born runner (b. 1875)
1965 - The Rajkumar of Vizianagram, cricketer (Indian Test capt 1936), dies
1966 - Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician, dies at 85
1967 - Francis J "Cardinal" Spellman, archbishop of NY, dies at 78
1969 - Kliment J Voroshilov, president USSR (1953-60), dies
1972 - Friedrich Christian Christiansen, German Luftwaffe general, dies
1972 - Jose Limon, Mexican/US dancer (moor's pavane), dies at 64
1974 - Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer, dies at 72
1974 - Max Weber, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1897)
1976 - Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 59
1976 - William Tannen, actor (Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull), dies at 65
1979 - Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, composer, dies at 72
1980 - Romain Gary, Lithuanian-born French writer (b. 1914)
1981 - Hershy Kay, composer, dies at 62
1981 - Nicolaas "Cola" Debrot, gov of Dutch Antilles (1962-70), dies at 79
1981 - Wallace K[irkman] Harrison, US architect (UN), dies at 86
1982 - David Blue, rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41
1982 - Marty Feldman, comedian (Young Frankenstein), dies at 49
1983 - Atholl Mckinnon, cricketer (South African lefty spinner in 8 Tests), dies
1983 - Fifi D'Orsay, "French Bombshell" (Dixie Jamboree), dies cancer at 79
1985 - Alex Courtney, actor (Sword of Justice), dies
1985 - Philip Larkin, [hermit of Hull], English poet, dies at 63
1985 - Aniello Dellacroce, American gangster (b. 1914)
1986 - Desi Arnaz, actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy), dies at 69 of cancer
1986 - Lee Dorsey, R&B singer, dies at 59
1986 - John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist (b. 1912)
1987 - Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist (b. 1914)
1988 - Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra)
1990 - Aaron Copeland, composer (Fanfare for Common Man), dies at 90
1990 - Robert Cummings, actor (Love that Bob), dies of kidney failure at 82
1992 - Gary Mascaro, choreographer, dies at 43
1992 - Loek Elfferich, Dutch journalist/historian (Treason in Rotterdam), die
1993 - Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44
1994 - Donald John Urquhart, librarian, dies at 85
1994 - James Norman Dalrymple Anderson, lawyer, dies at 86
1995 - Francis Joseph Quinn, academic, dies at 90
1995 - Roxie Roker, actress (Helen Willis-Jeffersons), dies at 66
1995 - Stanley Devon, photographer, dies at 88
1995 - [William] Robertson Davies, novelist essayist/dramatist, dies
1996 - Penelope Jessel, politcal activist, dies at 76
1997 - Shirley Crabtree, British professional wrestler (b. 1930)
1997 - Michael Hedges, American guitarist known for originality (b. 1953)
2002 - Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and philosopher (b. 1926)
2002 - Arno Peters, German historian (b. 1916)
2003 - Alan Davidson, British author (b. 1924)
2004 - Mona Van Duyn, American poet (b. 1921)
2004 - Alicia Markova, British ballerina (b. 1910)
2005 - Kenneth Lee Boyd, American convicted murderer (executed) (b. 1948)
2005 - Nat Mayer Shapiro, American painter (b. 1919)
2005 - Van Tuong Nguyen, Australian drug smuggler (hanged) (b. 1980)
2006 - Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (b. 1947)
2008 - Edward Samuel Rogers, Canadian entrepreneur (b. 1933)
2008 - Kathleen Baskin-Ball, American United Methodist Pastor
2008 - Odetta, American singer (b. 1930)
2009 - Maggie Jones, English actress (b. 1934)
2009 - Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer and producer (The Alan Parsons Project) (b. 1945)
2009 - Foge Fazio, American college football coach (b. 1938)
2010 - Ron Santo, American baseball player and broadcaster (b. 1940)