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Important events in history
on December 27 th

Events

  1. 2019

    1. Bek Air Flight 2100 crashes during takeoff from Almaty International Airport in Almaty, Kazakhstan, killing 13.

      1. 2019 plane crash

        Bek Air Flight 2100

        Bek Air Flight 2100 was a domestic passenger flight from Almaty to Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, operated by a Fokker 100 that crashed on 27 December 2019 while taking off from Almaty International Airport. Of the 98 people on board – 93 passengers and five crew, 13 died in the crash and 66 were injured. The Kazakh government started investigations the same day.

      2. Busiest airport in Kazakhstan

        Almaty International Airport

        Almaty International Airport is a major international airport 15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of Almaty, the largest city and commercial capital of Kazakhstan. It is the busiest airport in Kazakhstan, accounting for 6.42 million passengers in 2019.

      3. Largest city in Kazakhstan

        Almaty

        Almaty, formerly known as Alma-Ata, is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of the Soviet Union, then from 1936 to 1991 as a union republic and finally from 1991 as an independent state to 1997 when the government relocated the capital to Akmola.

      4. Country straddling Central Asia and Eastern Europe

        Kazakhstan

        Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbekistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest, with a coastline along the Caspian Sea. Its capital is Astana, known as Nur-Sultan from 2019 to 2022. Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, was the country's capital until 1997. Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country, the largest and northernmost Muslim-majority country by land area, and the ninth-largest country in the world. It has a population of 19 million people, and one of the lowest population densities in the world, at fewer than 6 people per square kilometre.

  2. 2009

    1. Iranian election protests: On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, Iran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators.

      1. Protests against the 2009 re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

        2009 Iranian presidential election protests

        After incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared victory in the 2009 Iranian presidential election, protests broke out in major cities across Iran in support of opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi. The protests continued until 2010, and were titled the Iranian Green Movement by their proponents, reflecting Mousavi's campaign theme, and Persian Awakening, Persian Spring or Green Revolution.

      2. 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram

        Ashura

        Ashura is a day of commemoration in Islam. It occurs annually on the 10th of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. Among Shia Muslims, Ashura is observed through large demonstrations of high-scale mourning as it marks the death of Husayn ibn Ali, who was beheaded during the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE. Among Sunni Muslims, Ashura is observed through celebratory fasting as it marks the day of salvation for Moses and the Israelites, who successfully escaped from Biblical Egypt after Moses called upon God's power to part the Red Sea. While Husayn's death is also regarded as a great tragedy by Sunnis, open displays of mourning are either discouraged or outright prohibited, depending on the specific act.

      3. Capital city of Iran

        Tehran

        Tehran is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and 15 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, and has the second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East, after Cairo. It is ranked 24th in the world by metropolitan area population.

      4. Country in Western Asia

        Iran

        Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan to the north, by Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east, and by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. It covers an area of 1.64 million square kilometres, making it the 17th-largest country. Iran has a population of 86 million, making it the 17th-most populous country in the world, and the second-largest in the Middle East. Its largest cities, in descending order, are the capital Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, Shiraz, and Tabriz.

      5. Nationwide demonstrations in Iran following the disputed June 2009 presidential election

        Ashura protests

        The Ashura protests were a series of protests which occurred on 27 December 2009 in Iran against the outcome of the June 2009 Iranian presidential election, which demonstrators claim was rigged. The demonstrations were part of the 2009 Iranian election protests and were the largest since June. In December 2009, the protests saw an escalation in violence.

  3. 2008

    1. Citing rocket attacks from Palestinian armed groups, Israel launched a surprise attack against the Gaza Strip, opening the three-week Gaza War.

      1. Palestinian homemade artillery rocket

        Qassam rocket

        The Qassam rocket is a simple, steel artillery rocket developed and deployed by the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military arm of Hamas. These rockets cannot be fired to target specific military objectives in or near civilian areas, and are "indiscriminate when used against targets in population centers".

      2. Ethnonational group of the Levant

        Palestinians

        Palestinians or Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinian Arabs, are an ethnonational group descending from peoples who have inhabited the region of Palestine over the millennia, and who are today culturally and linguistically Arab.

      3. Self-governing Palestinian territory next to Egypt and Israel

        Gaza Strip

        The Gaza Strip, or simply Gaza, is a Palestinian exclave on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The smaller of the two Palestinian territories, it borders Egypt on the southwest for 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) and Israel on the east and north along a 51 km (32 mi) border. Together, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank make up the State of Palestine, while being under Israeli military occupation since 1967.

      4. Armed conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip

        Gaza War (2008–2009)

        The Gaza War, also known as Operation Cast Lead, also known in the Muslim world as the Gaza Massacre, and referred to as the Battle of al-Furqan by Hamas, was a three-week armed conflict between Gaza Strip Palestinian paramilitary groups and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) that began on 27 December 2008 and ended on 18 January 2009 with a unilateral ceasefire. The conflict resulted in between 1,166 and 1,417 Palestinian and 13 Israeli deaths.

    2. Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches three-week operation on Gaza.

      1. Armed conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip

        Gaza War (2008–2009)

        The Gaza War, also known as Operation Cast Lead, also known in the Muslim world as the Gaza Massacre, and referred to as the Battle of al-Furqan by Hamas, was a three-week armed conflict between Gaza Strip Palestinian paramilitary groups and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) that began on 27 December 2008 and ended on 18 January 2009 with a unilateral ceasefire. The conflict resulted in between 1,166 and 1,417 Palestinian and 13 Israeli deaths.

  4. 2007

    1. Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated while leaving a Pakistan Peoples Party political rally at Liaqat National Bagh in Rawalpindi.

      1. 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan (1988–90, 1993–96)

        Benazir Bhutto

        Benazir Bhutto was a Pakistani politician and stateswoman who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996. She was the first Muslim woman elected to head a democratic government. She was the daughter of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Ideologically a liberal and a secularist, she chaired or co-chaired the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from the early 1980s until her assassination in 2007 at a rally.

      2. 2007 murder in Rawalpindi, Pakistan

        Assassination of Benazir Bhutto

        The assassination of Benazir Bhutto took place on 27 December 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Benazir Bhutto, twice Prime Minister of Pakistan and then-leader of the opposition. Pakistan Peoples Party, had been campaigning ahead of elections scheduled for January 2008. Shots were fired at her after a political rally at Liaqat National Bagh, and a suicide bomb was detonated immediately following the shooting. She was declared dead at 18:16 local time, at Rawalpindi General Hospital. Twenty-three other people were killed by the bombing. Bhutto had previously survived a similar attempt on her life that killed at least 180 people, after her return from exile two months earlier. Following the tragic event, Election Commission of Pakistan postponed the general elections by a month, which saw Bhutto's party win.

      3. Social-democratic political party in Pakistan

        Pakistan People's Party

        The Pakistan People's Party is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded in 1967 in Lahore, when a number of prominent left-wing politicians in the country joined hands against the military dictatorship of President Ayub Khan, under the leadership of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Affiliated with Socialist International, the PPP's platform has formerly been socialist, and its stated priorities continue to include transforming Pakistan into a social-democratic state, promoting secular and egalitarian values, establishing social justice, and maintaining a strong military. The party, alongside the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, is one of the 3 largest political parties of Pakistan.

      4. Liaqat National Bagh

        Liaqat National Bagh (Park), usually just referred to as Liaqat Bagh, is a famous park on Murree Road in the city of Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. It is close to Arya Mohalla and Government Gordon College, which are two well known residential and commercial areas of Rawalpindi.

      5. Metropolis in Punjab, Pakistan

        Rawalpindi

        Rawalpindi is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's capital Islamabad, and the two are jointly known as the "twin cities" because of the social and economic links between them.

    2. Riots erupted in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of the presidential election—the first event in a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis.

      1. City in Mombasa County, Kenya

        Mombasa

        Mombasa is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of the British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital city status. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is known as "the white and blue city" in Kenya. It is the country's oldest and second-largest city after the capital Nairobi, with a population of about 1,208,333 people according to the 2019 census. Its metropolitan region is the second-largest in the country, and has a population of 3,528,940 people.

      2. President of Kenya from 2002 to 2013

        Mwai Kibaki

        Emilio Stanley Mwai Kibaki was a Kenyan politician who served as the third President of Kenya from December 2002 until April 2013 and is regarded as one of Kenya's founding fathers.

      3. General election held in Kenya

        2007 Kenyan general election

        General elections were held in Kenya on 27 December 2007. Voters elected the President, and members of the National Assembly. They coincided with the 2007 Kenyan local elections.

      4. Inter-ethnic violence in Kenya after the disputed 2007 election of Pres. Mwai Kibaki

        2007–2008 Kenyan crisis

        The 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis was a violent political, economic, and humanitarian crisis that erupted in Kenya after former President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of the presidential election held on December 27, 2007. Supporters of Kibaki's main opponent in that election, Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement, alleged electoral manipulation. This position was widely confirmed by international observers, as being perpetrated by both parties in the election. Even the head of the electoral commission himself confirmed that he did not know who had won the elections despite announcing the incumbent as president.

    3. Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident.

      1. Top minister of cabinet and government

        Prime minister

        A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not the head of state, but rather the head of government, serving under either a monarch in a democratic constitutional monarchy or under a president in a republican form of government.

      2. 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan (1988–90, 1993–96)

        Benazir Bhutto

        Benazir Bhutto was a Pakistani politician and stateswoman who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996. She was the first Muslim woman elected to head a democratic government. She was the daughter of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Ideologically a liberal and a secularist, she chaired or co-chaired the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from the early 1980s until her assassination in 2007 at a rally.

      3. 2007 murder in Rawalpindi, Pakistan

        Assassination of Benazir Bhutto

        The assassination of Benazir Bhutto took place on 27 December 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Benazir Bhutto, twice Prime Minister of Pakistan and then-leader of the opposition. Pakistan Peoples Party, had been campaigning ahead of elections scheduled for January 2008. Shots were fired at her after a political rally at Liaqat National Bagh, and a suicide bomb was detonated immediately following the shooting. She was declared dead at 18:16 local time, at Rawalpindi General Hospital. Twenty-three other people were killed by the bombing. Bhutto had previously survived a similar attempt on her life that killed at least 180 people, after her return from exile two months earlier. Following the tragic event, Election Commission of Pakistan postponed the general elections by a month, which saw Bhutto's party win.

    4. Riots erupt in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of the presidential election, triggering a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis.

      1. City in Mombasa County, Kenya

        Mombasa

        Mombasa is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of the British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital city status. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is known as "the white and blue city" in Kenya. It is the country's oldest and second-largest city after the capital Nairobi, with a population of about 1,208,333 people according to the 2019 census. Its metropolitan region is the second-largest in the country, and has a population of 3,528,940 people.

      2. President of Kenya from 2002 to 2013

        Mwai Kibaki

        Emilio Stanley Mwai Kibaki was a Kenyan politician who served as the third President of Kenya from December 2002 until April 2013 and is regarded as one of Kenya's founding fathers.

      3. General election held in Kenya

        2007 Kenyan general election

        General elections were held in Kenya on 27 December 2007. Voters elected the President, and members of the National Assembly. They coincided with the 2007 Kenyan local elections.

      4. Inter-ethnic violence in Kenya after the disputed 2007 election of Pres. Mwai Kibaki

        2007–2008 Kenyan crisis

        The 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis was a violent political, economic, and humanitarian crisis that erupted in Kenya after former President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of the presidential election held on December 27, 2007. Supporters of Kibaki's main opponent in that election, Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement, alleged electoral manipulation. This position was widely confirmed by international observers, as being perpetrated by both parties in the election. Even the head of the electoral commission himself confirmed that he did not know who had won the elections despite announcing the incumbent as president.

  5. 2004

    1. Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.

      1. Waves or particles moving through space

        Radiation

        In physics, radiation is the emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles through space or through a material medium. This includes:electromagnetic radiation, such as radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, x-rays, and gamma radiation (γ) particle radiation, such as alpha radiation (α), beta radiation (β), proton radiation and neutron radiation acoustic radiation, such as ultrasound, sound, and seismic waves gravitational radiation, that takes the form of gravitational waves, or ripples in the curvature of spacetime

      2. Type of neutron star with a strong magnetic field

        Magnetar

        A magnetar is a type of neutron star with an extremely powerful magnetic field (∼109 to 1011 T, ∼1013 to 1015 G). The magnetic-field decay powers the emission of high-energy electromagnetic radiation, particularly X-rays and gamma rays.

      3. A magnetar, a type of neutron star, with the most powerful magnetic field known

        SGR 1806−20

        SGR 1806−20 is a magnetar, a type of neutron star with a very powerful magnetic field, that was discovered in 1979 and identified as a soft gamma repeater. SGR 1806−20 is located about 13 kiloparsecs (42,000 light-years) from Earth on the far side of the Milky Way in the constellation of Sagittarius. It has a diameter of no more than 20 kilometres (12 mi) and rotates on its axis every 7.5 seconds (30,000 kilometres per hour (19,000 mph) rotation speed at the surface). As of 2016, SGR 1806-20 is the most highly magnetized object ever observed, with a magnetic field over 1015 gauss (G) (1011 tesla) in intensity (compared to the Sun's 1–5 G and Earth's 0.25–0.65 G).

      4. Any astronomical object that exists outside the Solar System

        Extrasolar object

        An extrasolar object is an astronomical object that exists outside the Solar System. It is not applied to stars, or any other celestial object that is larger than a star or the Solar System, such as a galaxy. The terms for extrasolar examples of Solar System bodies are:Extrasolar planet, also called an "exoplanet" Extrasolar moon, also called an "exomoon" Exocomet, an extrasolar comet Extrasolar asteroid, with one identified as of 2013, orbiting GD 61

  6. 2002

    1. The company Clonaid claimed that a cloned human baby had been born, although it has yet to present any verifiable evidence.

      1. Human cloning organization

        Clonaid

        Clonaid is an American-based human cloning organization, registered as a company in the Bahamas. Founded in 1997, it has philosophical ties with the UFO religion Raëlism, which sees cloning as the first step in achieving immortality. On December 27, 2002, Clonaid's chief executive, Brigitte Boisselier, claimed that a baby clone, named Eve, was born. Media coverage of the claim sparked serious criticism and ethical debate that lasted more than a year. Florida attorney Bernard Siegel tried to appoint a special guardian for Eve and threatened to sue Clonaid, because he was afraid that the child might be treated like a lab rat. Siegel, who heard the company's actual name was not Clonaid, decided that the Clonaid project was a sham. Bioethicist Clara Alto condemned Clonaid for premature human experimentation and noted the high incidence of malformations and thousands of fetal deaths in animal cloning.

      2. Creation of a genetically identical copy of a human

        Human cloning

        Human cloning is the creation of a genetically identical copy of a human. The term is generally used to refer to artificial human cloning, which is the reproduction of human cells and tissue. It does not refer to the natural conception and delivery of identical twins. The possibility of human cloning has raised controversies. These ethical concerns have prompted several nations to pass laws regarding human cloning.

    2. Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.

      1. 2002 incident in Grozny, Chechnya

        2002 Grozny truck bombing

        The Grozny truck bombing occurred on December 27, 2002, when three Chechen suicide bombers ran vehicles into the heavily guarded republic's government headquarters in the regional capital Grozny.

      2. Capital city of Chechnya

        Grozny

        Grozny, also spelled Groznyy, is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia.

      3. First-level administrative division of Russia

        Chechnya

        Chechnya, officially the Chechen Republic, is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, close to the Caspian Sea. The republic forms a part of the North Caucasian Federal District, and shares land borders with the country of Georgia to its south; with the Russian republics of Dagestan, Ingushetia, and North Ossetia-Alania to its east, north, and west; and with Stavropol Krai to its northwest.

  7. 1997

    1. Loyalist Volunteer Force leader Billy Wright was assassinated in the HM Prison Maze by members of the Irish National Liberation Army.

      1. Former Ulster loyalist paramilitary group

        Loyalist Volunteer Force

        The Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) is a small Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland. It was formed by Billy Wright in 1996 when he and his unit split from the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) after breaking its ceasefire. Most of its members came from the UVF's Mid-Ulster Brigade, which Wright had commanded. In a two-year period from August 1996, the LVF waged a paramilitary campaign in opposition to Irish republicanism and the Northern Ireland peace process. During this time it killed at least 14 people in gun and bomb attacks, almost all of them Catholic civilians killed at random. The LVF called off its campaign in August 1998 and decommissioned some of its weapons, but in the early 2000s a loyalist feud led to several killings. Since then, the LVF has been largely inactive, but its members are believed to have been involved in rioting and organized crime. In 2015, the security forces stated that the LVF "exists only as a criminal group" in Mid-Ulster and Antrim.

      2. Ulster loyalist leader during the Troubles in Northern Ireland

        Billy Wright (loyalist)

        William Stephen Wright was a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary leader during the Troubles. He joined the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) in his hometown of Portadown around 1975. After spending several years in prison, he became a born again Christian preacher. Wright resumed his UVF activities around 1986 and became commander of its Mid-Ulster Brigade in the early 1990s, taking over from Robin "the Jackal" Jackson. According to the Royal Ulster Constabulary, Wright was involved in the sectarian killings of up to 20 Catholics, although he was never convicted for any. It has been alleged that Wright, like his predecessor, was working with RUC Special Branch.

      3. 1971–2000 prison in Northern Ireland

        HM Prison Maze

        Her Majesty's Prison Maze was a prison in Northern Ireland that was used to house alleged paramilitary prisoners during the Troubles from August 1971 to September 2000.

      4. Irish republican paramilitary group formed in 1974

        Irish National Liberation Army

        The Irish National Liberation Army is an Irish republican socialist paramilitary group formed on 10 December 1974, during the 30-year period of conflict known as "the Troubles". The group seeks to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and create a socialist republic encompassing all of Ireland. With membership estimated at 80–100 at their peak, it is the paramilitary wing of the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP).

    2. Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

      1. Ulster loyalist leader during the Troubles in Northern Ireland

        Billy Wright (loyalist)

        William Stephen Wright was a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary leader during the Troubles. He joined the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) in his hometown of Portadown around 1975. After spending several years in prison, he became a born again Christian preacher. Wright resumed his UVF activities around 1986 and became commander of its Mid-Ulster Brigade in the early 1990s, taking over from Robin "the Jackal" Jackson. According to the Royal Ulster Constabulary, Wright was involved in the sectarian killings of up to 20 Catholics, although he was never convicted for any. It has been alleged that Wright, like his predecessor, was working with RUC Special Branch.

      2. Part of the United Kingdom on the island of Ireland

        Northern Ireland

        Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares a border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland. In 2021, its population was 1,903,100, making up about 27% of Ireland's population and about 3% of the UK's population. The Northern Ireland Assembly, established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998, holds responsibility for a range of devolved policy matters, while other areas are reserved for the UK Government. Northern Ireland cooperates with the Republic of Ireland in several areas.

  8. 1996

    1. Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan.

      1. Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)

        Taliban

        The Taliban, which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalist, militant Islamist, jihadist, and Pashtun nationalist political movement in Afghanistan. It ruled approximately three-quarters of the country from 1996 to 2001, before being overthrown following the United States invasion. It recaptured Kabul on 15 August 2021 after nearly 20 years of insurgency, and currently controls all of the country, although its government has not yet been recognized by any country. The Taliban government has been criticized for restricting human rights in Afghanistan, including the right of women and girls to work and to have an education.

      2. Military base in Afghanistan

        Bagram Airfield

        Bagram Airfield-BAF, also known as Bagram Air Base, is located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) southeast of Charikar in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan. It is under the Afghan Ministry of Defense. Sitting on the site of the ancient Bagram at an elevation of 4,895 feet (1,492 m) above sea level, the air base has two concrete runways. The main one measures 11,819 by 151 feet, capable of handling large military aircraft, including the Lockheed Martin C-5 Galaxy. The second runway measures 9,687 by 85 feet. The air base also has at least three large hangars, a control tower, numerous support buildings, and various housing areas. There are also more than 13 hectares of ramp space and five aircraft dispersal areas, with over 110 revetments.

      3. Capital and the largest city of Afghanistan

        Kabul

        Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. According to late 2022 estimates, the population of Kabul was 13.5 million people. In contemporary times, the city has served as Afghanistan's political, cultural, and economical centre, and rapid urbanisation has made Kabul the 75th-largest city in the world and the country's primate city.

      4. Country in Central and South Asia

        Afghanistan

        Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east. Occupying 652,864 square kilometers (252,072 sq mi) of land, the country is predominantly mountainous with plains in the north and the southwest, which are separated by the Hindu Kush mountain range. As of 2021, its population is 40.2 million, composed mostly of ethnic Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, and Uzbeks. Kabul is the country's largest city and serves as its capital.

  9. 1991

    1. Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 751 crashes in Gottröra in the Norrtälje Municipality in Sweden, injuring 25.

      1. 1991 aviation incident

        Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 751

        Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 751 was a regularly scheduled Scandinavian Airlines passenger flight from Stockholm, Sweden, to Warsaw, Poland, via Copenhagen, Denmark. On 27 December 1991, a McDonnell Douglas MD-81 operating the flight, registration OY-KHO, piloted by Danish Captain Stefan G. Rasmussen (44) and Swedish first officer Ulf Cedermark (34), both experienced pilots with 8,000 and 3,000 flight hours, respectively, was forced to make an emergency landing in a field near Gottröra, Sweden. Ice had collected on the wings' inner roots before takeoff, broke off, and was ingested into the engines as the aircraft became airborne on takeoff, ultimately resulting in the failure of both engines. All 129 passengers and crew aboard survived.

      2. Village in Norrtälje Municipality, Uppland province, Sweden

        Gottröra

        Gottröra is a village in Norrtälje Municipality in the province of Uppland, Sweden. Several hundred ancient monuments are registered in Gottröra.

      3. Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden

        Norrtälje Municipality

        Norrtälje Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Norrtälje.

      4. Country in Northern Europe

        Sweden

        Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country in Scandinavia. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge–tunnel across the Öresund. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.5 million, and a low population density of 25.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (66/sq mi), with around 87% of Swedes residing in urban areas in the central and southern half of the country.

  10. 1989

    1. The Romanian Revolution concludes, as the last minor street confrontations and stray shootings abruptly end in the country's capital, Bucharest.

      1. 1989 popular uprising in Romania against the regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu

        Romanian Revolution

        The Romanian Revolution, also known as the Christmas Revolution, was a period of violent civil unrest in Romania during December 1989 as a part of the Revolutions of 1989 that occurred in several countries around the world. The Romanian Revolution started in the city of Timișoara and soon spread throughout the country, ultimately culminating in the drumhead trial and execution of longtime Romanian Communist Party (PCR) General Secretary Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena, and the end of 42 years of Communist rule in Romania. It was also the last removal of a Marxist–Leninist government in a Warsaw Pact country during the events of 1989, and the only one that violently overthrew a country's leadership and executed its leader; according to estimates, over one thousand people died and thousands more were injured.

      2. Capital and largest city of Romania

        Bucharest

        Bucharest is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than 60 km (37.3 mi) north of the Danube River and the Bulgarian border.

  11. 1985

    1. The body of murdered American primatologist Dian Fossey was discovered inside her cabin in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.

      1. Scientific study of primates

        Primatology

        Primatology is the scientific study of primates. It is a diverse discipline at the boundary between mammalogy and anthropology, and researchers can be found in academic departments of anatomy, anthropology, biology, medicine, psychology, veterinary sciences and zoology, as well as in animal sanctuaries, biomedical research facilities, museums and zoos. Primatologists study both living and extinct primates in their natural habitats and in laboratories by conducting field studies and experiments in order to understand aspects of their evolution and behavior.

      2. American primatologist and conservationist (1932–1985)

        Dian Fossey

        Dian Fossey was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her murder in 1985. She studied them daily in the mountain forests of Rwanda, initially encouraged to work there by paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey. Gorillas in the Mist, a book published two years before her death, is Fossey's account of her scientific study of the gorillas at Karisoke Research Center and prior career. It was adapted into a 1988 film of the same name.

      3. Volcanoes National Park

        Volcanoes National Park is a national park in northwestern Rwanda. It covers 160 km2 (62 sq mi) of rainforest and encompasses five of the eight volcanoes in the Virunga Mountains, namely Karisimbi, Bisoke, Muhabura, Gahinga and Sabyinyo. It borders Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda. It is home to the mountain gorilla and the golden monkey, and was the base for the primatologist Dian Fossey.

    2. Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside the airports of Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria.

      1. Ethnonational group of the Levant

        Palestinians

        Palestinians or Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinian Arabs, are an ethnonational group descending from peoples who have inhabited the region of Palestine over the millennia, and who are today culturally and linguistically Arab.

      2. 1985 terror attacks by Palestinian nationalists

        1985 Rome and Vienna airport attacks

        The Rome and Vienna airport attacks were two major terrorist attacks carried out on 27 December 1985. Seven Arab terrorists attacked two airports in Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria with assault rifles and hand grenades. Nineteen civilians were killed and over a hundred were injured before four of the terrorists were killed by El Al Security personnel and local police, who captured the remaining three.

      3. Capital and largest city of Italy

        Rome

        Rome is the capital city of Italy. It is also the capital of the Lazio region, the centre of the Metropolitan City of Rome, and a special comune named Comune di Roma Capitale. With 2,860,009 residents in 1,285 km2 (496.1 sq mi), Rome is the country's most populated comune and the third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome, with a population of 4,355,725 residents, is the most populous metropolitan city in Italy. Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber. Vatican City is an independent country inside the city boundaries of Rome, the only existing example of a country within a city. Rome is often referred to as the City of Seven Hills due to its geographic location, and also as the "Eternal City". Rome is generally considered to be the "cradle of Western civilization and Christian culture", and the centre of the Catholic Church.

      4. Capital and largest city of Austria

        Vienna

        Vienna is the capital, largest city, and one of nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's most populous city and its primate city, with about two million inhabitants, and its cultural, economic, and political center. It is the 6th-largest city proper by population in the European Union and the largest of all cities on the Danube river.

  12. 1983

    1. Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rebibbia's prison and personally forgives him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square.

      1. Head of the Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005

        Pope John Paul II

        Pope John Paul II was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in April 2005, and was later canonised as Pope Saint John Paul II.

      2. Turkish assassin and Grey Wolves member (born 1958)

        Mehmet Ali Ağca

        Mehmet Ali Ağca is a Turkish assassin who murdered left-wing journalist Abdi İpekçi on 1 February 1979, and later shot and wounded Pope John Paul II on 13 May 1981, after escaping from a Turkish prison. After serving 19 years of imprisonment in Italy where he was visited by the Pope, he was deported to Turkey, where he served a ten-year sentence. According to his own words, he converted to the Roman Catholic Church on 13 May 2007.

      3. Urban zone of Rome, Italy

        Rebibbia

        Rebibbia is an urban zone of Rome, Italy. It was located on the road Via Tiburtina on the north-east edge of the city. Administratively Rebibbia is part of both Ponte Mammolo quarter of Rome and Municipio IV of Rome.

      4. Public plaza in the Vatican City

        St. Peter's Square

        Saint Peter's Square is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the papal enclave inside Rome, directly west of the neighborhood (rione) of Borgo. Both the square and the basilica are named after Saint Peter, an apostle of Jesus whom Catholics consider to be the first Pope.

  13. 1979

    1. Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet troops stormed Tajbeg Palace outside Kabul and killed Afghan president Hafizullah Amin and his 100–150 elite guards.

      1. 1979–1989 war between the Soviet Union and Afghan insurgents

        Soviet–Afghan War

        The Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989) was a nine-year guerrilla war fought by insurgent groups known collectively as the Mujahideen, as well as smaller Maoist groups, against the military occupation of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union and their satellite state, the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA). The conflict lasted throughout the 1980s and fighting took place mostly in the Afghan countryside.

      2. 1979 Soviet assassination of Afghan leader Hafizullah Amin

        Operation Storm-333

        Operation Storm-333, also known as the Tajbeg Palace Assault, was executed by the Soviet Union in Afghanistan on 27 December 1979. It saw Spetsnaz storm the heavily fortified Tajbeg Palace in Kabul and subsequently assassinate Afghan leader Hafizullah Amin, a Khalqist of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) who had taken power in the Saur Revolution of April 1978. The Soviet military operation marked the beginning of what would later become known as the Soviet–Afghan War.

      3. Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan

        Tajbeg Palace

        Tajbeg Palace, also inaccurately called the Queen's Palace, is one of the palaces in the popular Darulaman area of Kabul, Afghanistan. The stately mansion is located about 10 miles (16 km) south-west from the city's center. It sits on top of a knoll among foothills where the Afghan royal family once hunted and picnicked. It should not be confused with Darul Aman Palace, which is roughly 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) northeast from Tajbeg Palace.

      4. Capital and the largest city of Afghanistan

        Kabul

        Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. According to late 2022 estimates, the population of Kabul was 13.5 million people. In contemporary times, the city has served as Afghanistan's political, cultural, and economical centre, and rapid urbanisation has made Kabul the 75th-largest city in the world and the country's primate city.

      5. Leader of socialist Afghanistan in 1979

        Hafizullah Amin

        Hafizullah Amin was an Afghan communist revolutionary, politician and teacher. He organized the Saur Revolution of 1978 and co-founded the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA), ruling Afghanistan as General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party from September 1979 until his assassination in December 1979.

  14. 1978

    1. Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship.

      1. Political transition to democracy following the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975

        Spanish transition to democracy

        The Spanish transition to democracy, known in Spain as la Transición or la Transición española, is a period of modern Spanish history encompassing the regime change that moved from the Francoist dictatorship to the consolidation of a parliamentary system, in the form of constitutional monarchy under Juan Carlos I.

      2. Form of government

        Dictatorship

        A dictatorship is a form of government which is characterized by a leader or a group of leaders which holds governmental powers with few to no limitations on them. The leader of a dictatorship is called a dictator. Politics in a dictatorship take place between the dictator, the inner circle, and the opposition, which may be peaceful or violent. Dictatorships can be formed by a military coup that overthrows the previous government through force or by a self-coup in which elected leaders make their rule permanent. Dictatorships are authoritarian or totalitarian and can be classified as military dictatorships, one-party dictatorships, personalist dictatorships, or absolute monarchies.

  15. 1968

    1. Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital crewed mission to the Moon.

      1. 1961–1972 American crewed lunar exploration program

        Apollo program

        The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in preparing and landing the first humans on the Moon from 1968 to 1972. It was first conceived in 1960 during President Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration as a three-person spacecraft to follow the one-person Project Mercury, which put the first Americans in space. Apollo was later dedicated to President John F. Kennedy's national goal for the 1960s of "landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth" in an address to Congress on May 25, 1961. It was the third US human spaceflight program to fly, preceded by the two-person Project Gemini conceived in 1961 to extend spaceflight capability in support of Apollo.

      2. First crewed space mission to orbit the Moon

        Apollo 8

        Apollo 8 was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon. The crew orbited the Moon ten times without landing, and then departed safely back to Earth. These three astronauts—Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders—were the first humans to personally witness and photograph the far side of the Moon and an Earthrise.

  16. 1966

    1. A group of three men made the first descent into the Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, in Aquismón, Mexico.

      1. Open-air pit cave in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

        Cave of Swallows

        The Cave of Swallows, also called the Cave of the Swallows, is an open-air pit cave in the municipality of Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The elliptical mouth, on a slope of karst, is 49 by 62 m wide and is undercut around all of its perimeter, widening to a room approximately 303 by 135 meters wide. The floor of the cave is a 333-meter (1,092 ft) freefall drop from the lowest side of the opening, with a 370-meter (1,214 ft) drop from the highest side, making it the largest known cave shaft in the world, the second deepest pit in Mexico and perhaps the 11th deepest sheer drop in the world. List of deepest caves uses different criteria, not sheer drop but accessibility.

      2. Municipality and town in San Luis Potosí, Mexico

        Aquismón

        Aquismón is a town and municipality in San Luis Potosí in central Mexico. In 2010 the municipality had an area of 796 square kilometres (307 sq mi) and a population of 47,423. The town had a population of 2,127.

    2. The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

      1. Open-air pit cave in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

        Cave of Swallows

        The Cave of Swallows, also called the Cave of the Swallows, is an open-air pit cave in the municipality of Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The elliptical mouth, on a slope of karst, is 49 by 62 m wide and is undercut around all of its perimeter, widening to a room approximately 303 by 135 meters wide. The floor of the cave is a 333-meter (1,092 ft) freefall drop from the lowest side of the opening, with a 370-meter (1,214 ft) drop from the highest side, making it the largest known cave shaft in the world, the second deepest pit in Mexico and perhaps the 11th deepest sheer drop in the world. List of deepest caves uses different criteria, not sheer drop but accessibility.

      2. Municipality and town in San Luis Potosí, Mexico

        Aquismón

        Aquismón is a town and municipality in San Luis Potosí in central Mexico. In 2010 the municipality had an area of 796 square kilometres (307 sq mi) and a population of 47,423. The town had a population of 2,127.

      3. State of Mexico

        San Luis Potosí

        San Luis Potosí, officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí, is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and its capital city is San Luis Potosí City.

  17. 1949

    1. Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.

      1. 1945–1949 conflict against Dutch rule

        Indonesian National Revolution

        The Indonesian National Revolution, or the Indonesian War of Independence, was an armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between the Republic of Indonesia and the Dutch Empire and an internal social revolution during postwar and postcolonial Indonesia. It took place between Indonesia's declaration of independence in 1945 and the Netherlands' transfer of sovereignty over the Dutch East Indies to the Republic of the United States of Indonesia at the end of 1949.

      2. Country in Southeast Asia and Oceania

        Indonesia

        Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the 14th-largest country by area, at 1,904,569 square kilometres. With over 275 million people, Indonesia is the world's fourth-most populous country and the most populous Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's most populous island, is home to more than half of the country's population.

      3. 1816–1949 Dutch colony, now Indonesia

        Dutch East Indies

        The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies, was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which came under the administration of the Dutch government in 1800.

  18. 1945

    1. The International Monetary Fund is created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.

      1. International financial institution

        International Monetary Fund

        The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world." Formed in 1944, started on 27 December 1945, at the Bretton Woods Conference primarily by the ideas of Harry Dexter White and John Maynard Keynes, it came into formal existence in 1945 with 29 member countries and the goal of reconstructing the international monetary system. It now plays a central role in the management of balance of payments difficulties and international financial crises. Countries contribute funds to a pool through a quota system from which countries experiencing balance of payments problems can borrow money. As of 2016, the fund had XDR 477 billion. The IMF is regarded as the global lender of last resort.

  19. 1939

    1. The 7.8 Mw  Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 32,700 people were killed.

      1. Earthquake in Turkey in 1939

        1939 Erzincan earthquake

        The 1939 Erzincan earthquake struck eastern Turkey at 1:57:23 a.m. on 27 December local time with a moment magnitude of 7.8 Mw and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XII (Extreme). It was the second most powerful earthquake recorded in Turkey, after the 1668 North Anatolia earthquake. This was one of the largest in a sequence of violent shocks to affect Turkey along the North Anatolian Fault between 1939 and 1999. Surface rupturing, with a horizontal displacement of up to 3.7 meters, occurred in a 360 km long segment of the North Anatolian Fault Zone. The earthquake was the most severe natural loss of life in Turkey in the 20th century, with 32,968 dead, and some 100,000 injured.

      2. Country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe

        Turkey

        Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. It shares borders with the Black Sea to the north; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq to the southeast; Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest. Cyprus is located off the south coast. Turks form the vast majority of the nation's population and Kurds are the largest minority. Ankara is Turkey's capital, while Istanbul is its largest city and financial centre.

      3. Seismic intensity scale used to quantify the degree of shaking during earthquakes

        Modified Mercalli intensity scale

        The Modified Mercalli intensity scale, developed from Giuseppe Mercalli's Mercalli intensity scale of 1902, is a seismic intensity scale used for measuring the intensity of shaking produced by an earthquake. It measures the effects of an earthquake at a given location, distinguished from the earthquake's inherent force or strength as measured by seismic magnitude scales. While shaking is caused by the seismic energy released by an earthquake, earthquakes differ in how much of their energy is radiated as seismic waves. Deeper earthquakes also have less interaction with the surface, and their energy is spread out across a larger volume. Shaking intensity is localized, generally diminishing with distance from the earthquake's epicenter, but can be amplified in sedimentary basins and certain kinds of unconsolidated soils.

    2. Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja.

      1. 1939–1940 war between the Soviet Union and Finland

        Winter War

        The Winter War, also known as the First Soviet-Finnish War, was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland. The war began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak of World War II, and ended three and a half months later with the Moscow Peace Treaty on 13 March 1940. Despite superior military strength, especially in tanks and aircraft, the Soviet Union suffered severe losses and initially made little headway. The League of Nations deemed the attack illegal and expelled the Soviet Union from the organisation.

      2. Country in Eurasia (1922–1991)

        Soviet Union

        The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk, Tashkent, Alma-Ata, and Novosibirsk. It was the largest country in the world, covering over 22,402,200 square kilometres (8,649,500 sq mi) and spanning eleven time zones.

      3. 1939 battle of the Winter War

        Battle of Kelja

        The Battle of Kelja, fought from December 25 to December 27, 1939 in and around the village of Kelja, was a part of the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.

  20. 1935

    1. Regina Jonas is ordained as the first female rabbi in the history of Judaism.

      1. First woman to be ordained as a rabbi (1902–1944)

        Regina Jonas

        Regina Jonas was a Berlin-born Reform rabbi. In 1935, she became the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi. Jonas was murdered in the Holocaust.

      2. Teacher of Torah in Judaism

        Rabbi

        A rabbi is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as semikha – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of the rabbi developed in the Pharisaic and Talmudic eras, when learned teachers assembled to codify Judaism's written and oral laws. The title "rabbi" was first used in the first century CE. In more recent centuries, the duties of a rabbi became increasingly influenced by the duties of the Protestant Christian minister, hence the title "pulpit rabbis", and in 19th-century Germany and the United States rabbinic activities including sermons, pastoral counseling, and representing the community to the outside, all increased in importance.

      3. Ethnic religion of the Jewish people

        Judaism

        Judaism is an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people. It has its roots as an organized religion in the Middle East during the Bronze Age. Modern Judaism evolved from Yahwism, the religion of ancient Israel and Judah, by the late 6th century BCE, and is thus considered to be one of the oldest monotheistic religions. Judaism is considered by religious Jews to be the expression of the covenant that God established with the Israelites, their ancestors. It encompasses a wide body of texts, practices, theological positions, and forms of organization.

  21. 1932

    1. New York City's Radio City Music Hall opened with the world's largest auditorium at the time.

      1. Entertainment venue in New York City

        Radio City Music Hall

        Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue and theater at 1260 Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Nicknamed "The Showplace of the Nation", it is the headquarters for the Rockettes. Radio City Music Hall was designed by Edward Durell Stone and Donald Deskey in the Art Deco style.

    2. Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.

      1. Entertainment venue in New York City

        Radio City Music Hall

        Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue and theater at 1260 Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Nicknamed "The Showplace of the Nation", it is the headquarters for the Rockettes. Radio City Music Hall was designed by Edward Durell Stone and Donald Deskey in the Art Deco style.

  22. 1929

    1. Joseph Stalin announced the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class", beginning a period of political repression against prosperous peasants (poster pictured).

      1. Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953

        Joseph Stalin

        Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–1952) and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1941–1953). Initially governing the country as part of a collective leadership, he consolidated power to become a dictator by the 1930s. Ideologically adhering to the Leninist interpretation of Marxism, he formalised these ideas as Marxism–Leninism, while his own policies are called Stalinism.

      2. Wealthy independent farmer in the Russian Empire, designated as class enemy in the Soviet Union

        Kulak

        Kulak, also kurkul or golchomag, was the term which was used to describe peasants who owned over 8 acres of land towards the end of the Russian Empire. In the early Soviet Union, particularly in Soviet Russia and Azerbaijan, kulak became a vague reference to property ownership among peasants who were considered hesitant allies of the Bolshevik Revolution. In Ukraine during 1930–1931, there also existed a term of pidkurkulnyk ; these were considered "sub-kulaks".

      3. Political repression of prosperous peasants (kulaks) in the USSR (1929–32)

        Dekulakization

        Dekulakization was the Soviet campaign of political repressions, including arrests, deportations, or executions of millions of kulaks and their families. Redistribution of farmland started in 1917 and lasted until 1933, but was most active in the 1929–1932 period of the first five-year plan. To facilitate the expropriations of farmland, the Soviet government portrayed kulaks as class enemies of the Soviet Union.

    2. Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class".

      1. De facto leader of the Soviet Union

        General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

        The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, more commonly called the General Secretary was the leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). From 1929 until the union's dissolution in 1991, the officeholder was the recognized leader of the Soviet Union. Officially, the General Secretary solely controlled the Communist Party directly. However, since the party had a monopoly on political power, the General Secretary had executive control of the Soviet government. Because of the office's ability to direct both the foreign and domestic policies of the state and preeminence over the Soviet Communist Party, it was the de facto highest office of the Soviet Union.

      2. Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953

        Joseph Stalin

        Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–1952) and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1941–1953). Initially governing the country as part of a collective leadership, he consolidated power to become a dictator by the 1930s. Ideologically adhering to the Leninist interpretation of Marxism, he formalised these ideas as Marxism–Leninism, while his own policies are called Stalinism.

      3. Political repression of prosperous peasants (kulaks) in the USSR (1929–32)

        Dekulakization

        Dekulakization was the Soviet campaign of political repressions, including arrests, deportations, or executions of millions of kulaks and their families. Redistribution of farmland started in 1917 and lasted until 1933, but was most active in the 1929–1932 period of the first five-year plan. To facilitate the expropriations of farmland, the Soviet government portrayed kulaks as class enemies of the Soviet Union.

  23. 1927

    1. Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.

      1. 1927 musical by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II

        Show Boat

        Show Boat is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock workers on the Cotton Blossom, a Mississippi River show boat, over 40 years from 1887 to 1927. Its themes include racial prejudice and tragic, enduring love. The musical contributed such classic songs as "Ol' Man River", "Make Believe", and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man".

      2. Former Broadway theater in Manhattan, New York

        Ziegfeld Theatre (1927)

        The Ziegfeld Theatre was a Broadway theatre located at 1341 Sixth Avenue, corner of 54th Street in Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1927 and, despite public protests, was razed in 1966.

      3. Type of theatre in New York City

        Broadway theatre

        Broadway theatre, or Broadway, are the theatrical performances presented in the 41 professional theatres, each with 500 or more seats, located in the Theater District and the Lincoln Center along Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Broadway and London's West End together represent the highest commercial level of live theater in the English-speaking world.

  24. 1922

    1. The Imperial Japanese Navy commissioned Hōshō, the world's first purpose-built aircraft carrier.

      1. Naval branch of the Empire of Japan

        Imperial Japanese Navy

        The Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrender in World War II. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) was formed between 1952–1954 after the dissolution of the IJN.

      2. Aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy

        Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō

        Hōshō was the world's first commissioned ship that was built as an aircraft carrier, and the first aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Commissioned in 1922, the ship was used for testing carrier aircraft operations equipment, techniques, such as take-offs and landings, and carrier aircraft operational methods and tactics. The ship provided valuable lessons and experience for the IJN in early carrier air operations. Hōshō's superstructure and other obstructions to the flight deck were removed in 1924 on the advice of experienced aircrews.

      3. Warship that serves as a seagoing airbase

        Aircraft carrier

        An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft. Typically, it is the capital ship of a fleet, as it allows a naval force to project air power worldwide without depending on local bases for staging aircraft operations. Carriers have evolved since their inception in the early twentieth century from wooden vessels used to deploy balloons to nuclear-powered warships that carry numerous fighters, strike aircraft, helicopters, and other types of aircraft. While heavier aircraft such as fixed-wing gunships and bombers have been launched from aircraft carriers, these aircraft have not successfully landed on a carrier. By its diplomatic and tactical power, its mobility, its autonomy and the variety of its means, the aircraft carrier is often the centerpiece of modern combat fleets. Tactically or even strategically, it replaced the battleship in the role of flagship of a fleet. One of its great advantages is that, by sailing in international waters, it does not interfere with any territorial sovereignty and thus obviates the need for overflight authorizations from third-party countries, reduces the times and transit distances of aircraft and therefore significantly increase the time of availability on the combat zone.

    2. Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.

      1. Aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy

        Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō

        Hōshō was the world's first commissioned ship that was built as an aircraft carrier, and the first aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Commissioned in 1922, the ship was used for testing carrier aircraft operations equipment, techniques, such as take-offs and landings, and carrier aircraft operational methods and tactics. The ship provided valuable lessons and experience for the IJN in early carrier air operations. Hōshō's superstructure and other obstructions to the flight deck were removed in 1924 on the advice of experienced aircrews.

      2. Warship that serves as a seagoing airbase

        Aircraft carrier

        An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft. Typically, it is the capital ship of a fleet, as it allows a naval force to project air power worldwide without depending on local bases for staging aircraft operations. Carriers have evolved since their inception in the early twentieth century from wooden vessels used to deploy balloons to nuclear-powered warships that carry numerous fighters, strike aircraft, helicopters, and other types of aircraft. While heavier aircraft such as fixed-wing gunships and bombers have been launched from aircraft carriers, these aircraft have not successfully landed on a carrier. By its diplomatic and tactical power, its mobility, its autonomy and the variety of its means, the aircraft carrier is often the centerpiece of modern combat fleets. Tactically or even strategically, it replaced the battleship in the role of flagship of a fleet. One of its great advantages is that, by sailing in international waters, it does not interfere with any territorial sovereignty and thus obviates the need for overflight authorizations from third-party countries, reduces the times and transit distances of aircraft and therefore significantly increase the time of availability on the combat zone.

  25. 1918

    1. The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.

      1. 1918-19 military insurrection in German-occupied Greater Poland

        Greater Poland uprising (1918–1919)

        The Greater Poland uprising of 1918–1919, or Wielkopolska uprising of 1918–1919 or Posnanian War was a military insurrection of Poles in the Greater Poland region against German rule. The uprising had a significant effect on the Treaty of Versailles, which granted a reconstituted Second Polish Republic the area won by the Polish insurrectionists. The region had been part of the Kingdom of Poland and then Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth before the 1793 Second Partition of Poland when it was annexed by the German Kingdom of Prussia. It had also, following the 1806 Greater Poland uprising, been part of the Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1815), a French puppet state during the Napoleonic Wars.

    2. Ukrainian War of Independence: The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine occupies Yekaterinoslav and seizes seven airplanes from the UPRAF, establishing an Insurgent Air Fleet.

      1. Eastern European military conflict (1917–1921)

        Ukrainian War of Independence

        The Ukrainian War of Independence was a series of conflicts involving many adversaries that lasted from 1917 to 1921 and resulted in the establishment and development of a Ukrainian republic, most of which was later absorbed into the Soviet Union as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of 1922–1991.

      2. Anarchist army of Ukrainian and Crimean peasants and workers (1918–21)

        Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine

        The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine, also known as the Black Army or as Makhnovtsi, named after their leader Nestor Makhno, was an anarchist army formed largely of Ukrainian peasants and workers during the Russian Civil War of 1917–1922. They protected the operation of "free soviets" and libertarian communes by the Makhnovshchina, an attempt to form a stateless libertarian communist society from 1918 to 1921 during the Ukrainian War of Independence. They were founded and inspired based on the Black Guards.

      3. City and administrative center of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine

        Dnipro

        Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, 391 km (243 mi) southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper River, after which its Ukrainian language name (Dnipro) it is named. Dnipro is the administrative centre of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. It hosts the administration of Dnipro urban hromada. The population of Dnipro is 968,502

      4. Air Force of the Ukrainian People's Republic (1917-21)

        Ukrainian People's Republic Air Fleet

        The Air Fleet of the UPR was the air force of the Ukrainian People's Republic in 1917–1921.

      5. Air force of the Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine (1918-21)

        Air Fleet of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine

        The Air Fleet of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine was one of the branches of the Revolutionary Insurgent Armed Forces.

  26. 1911

    1. "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, was first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

      1. National anthem of India

        Jana Gana Mana

        "Jana Gana Mana" is the national anthem of the Republic of India. It was originally composed as Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata in Bengali by polymath Rabindranath Tagore. The first stanza of the song Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India as the National Anthem on 24 January 1950. A formal rendition of the national anthem takes approximately 52 seconds. A shortened version consisting of the first and last lines is also staged occasionally. It was first publicly sung on 27 December 1911 at the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

      2. Indian political party

        Indian National Congress

        The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. The Congress led India to independence from the United Kingdom, and significantly influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire.

    2. "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

      1. National anthem of India

        Jana Gana Mana

        "Jana Gana Mana" is the national anthem of the Republic of India. It was originally composed as Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata in Bengali by polymath Rabindranath Tagore. The first stanza of the song Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India as the National Anthem on 24 January 1950. A formal rendition of the national anthem takes approximately 52 seconds. A shortened version consisting of the first and last lines is also staged occasionally. It was first publicly sung on 27 December 1911 at the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

      2. Song that represents a country or sovereign state

        National anthem

        A national anthem is a patriotic musical composition symbolizing and evoking eulogies of the history and traditions of a country or nation. The majority of national anthems are marches or hymns in style. American, Central Asian, and European nations tend towards more ornate and operatic pieces, while those in the Middle East, Oceania, Africa, and the Caribbean use a more simplistic fanfare. Some countries that are devolved into multiple constituent states have their own official musical compositions for them ; their constituencies' songs are sometimes referred to as national anthems even though they are not sovereign states.

      3. Indian political party

        Indian National Congress

        The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. The Congress led India to independence from the United Kingdom, and significantly influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire.

  27. 1904

    1. The stage play Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, by Scottish author J. M. Barrie, premiered in London.

      1. Book and play by J. M. Barrie

        Peter and Wendy

        Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up or Peter and Wendy, often known simply as Peter Pan, is a work by J. M. Barrie, in the form of a 1904 play and a 1911 novel. Both versions tell the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous little boy who can fly, and has many adventures on the island of Neverland that is inhabited by mermaids, fairies, Native Americans, and pirates. The Peter Pan stories also involve the characters Wendy Darling and her two brothers John and Michael, Peter's fairy Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, and the pirate Captain Hook. The play and novel were inspired by Barrie's friendship with the Llewelyn Davies family. Barrie continued to revise the play for years after its debut until publication of the play script in 1928.

      2. British novelist and playwright (1860–1937)

        J. M. Barrie

        Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several successful novels and plays. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens, then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a 1904 West End "fairy play" about an ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland.

  28. 1845

    1. John L. O'Sullivan, in his newspaper the New York Morning News, argued that the United States had the right to claim the entire Oregon Country "by the right of our manifest destiny", popularizing the term's use.

      1. 19th-century American politician and newspaperman

        John L. O'Sullivan

        John Louis O'Sullivan was an American columnist, editor, and diplomat who used the term "manifest destiny" in 1845 to promote the annexation of Texas and the Oregon Country to the United States. O'Sullivan was an influential political writer and advocate for the Democratic Party at that time and served as U.S. minister to Portugal during the administration of President Franklin Pierce (1853–1857).

      2. Early 19th century US fur trade district in North America

        Oregon Country

        Oregon Country was a large region of the Pacific Northwest of North America that was subject to a long dispute between the United Kingdom and the United States in the early 19th century. The area, which had been created by the Treaty of 1818, consisted of the land north of 42°N latitude, south of 54°40′N latitude, and west of the Rocky Mountains down to the Pacific Ocean and east to the Continental Divide. Article III of the 1818 treaty gave joint control to both nations for ten years, allowed land to be claimed, and guaranteed free navigation to all mercantile trade. However, both countries disputed the terms of the international treaty. Oregon Country was the American name while the British used Columbia District for the region.

      3. Cultural belief of 19th-century American expansionists

        Manifest destiny

        Manifest destiny was a cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand across North America.

    2. Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Long in Jefferson, Georgia.

      1. Organic chemical compound

        Diethyl ether

        Diethyl ether, or simply ether, is an organic compound in the ether class with the formula (C2H5)2O, sometimes abbreviated as Et2O. It is a colourless, highly volatile, sweet-smelling, extremely flammable liquid. It is commonly used as a solvent in laboratories and as a starting fluid for some engines. It was formerly used as a general anesthetic, until non-flammable drugs were developed, such as halothane. It has been used as a recreational drug to cause intoxication.

      2. Drug that causes anesthesia

        Anesthetic

        An anesthetic or anaesthetic is a drug used to induce anesthesia ⁠— ⁠in other words, to result in a temporary loss of sensation or awareness. They may be divided into two broad classes: general anesthetics, which result in a reversible loss of consciousness, and local anesthetics, which cause a reversible loss of sensation for a limited region of the body without necessarily affecting consciousness.

      3. City in Georgia, United States

        Jefferson, Georgia

        Jefferson is a city in Jackson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 9,432 at the 2010 census, up from 3,825 at the 2000 census. As of 2019 the estimated population was 12,032. The city is the county seat of Jackson County.

    3. Having coined the phrase "manifest destiny" the previous July, journalist John L. O'Sullivan argued in his newspaper New York Morning News that the United States had the right to claim the entire Oregon Country.

      1. Cultural belief of 19th-century American expansionists

        Manifest destiny

        Manifest destiny was a cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand across North America.

      2. 19th-century American politician and newspaperman

        John L. O'Sullivan

        John Louis O'Sullivan was an American columnist, editor, and diplomat who used the term "manifest destiny" in 1845 to promote the annexation of Texas and the Oregon Country to the United States. O'Sullivan was an influential political writer and advocate for the Democratic Party at that time and served as U.S. minister to Portugal during the administration of President Franklin Pierce (1853–1857).

      3. Early 19th century US fur trade district in North America

        Oregon Country

        Oregon Country was a large region of the Pacific Northwest of North America that was subject to a long dispute between the United Kingdom and the United States in the early 19th century. The area, which had been created by the Treaty of 1818, consisted of the land north of 42°N latitude, south of 54°40′N latitude, and west of the Rocky Mountains down to the Pacific Ocean and east to the Continental Divide. Article III of the 1818 treaty gave joint control to both nations for ten years, allowed land to be claimed, and guaranteed free navigation to all mercantile trade. However, both countries disputed the terms of the international treaty. Oregon Country was the American name while the British used Columbia District for the region.

  29. 1836

    1. The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing eight people.

      1. Deadliest known avalanche in the United Kingdom

        Lewes avalanche

        The Lewes avalanche occurred on 27 December 1836 in Lewes, East Sussex, when a huge build-up of snow on a chalk cliff overlooking the town collapsed into the settlement 100 metres below, destroying a row of cottages and killing eight people. It remains the deadliest avalanche on record in the United Kingdom.

      2. Administrative centre town in East Sussex, England

        Lewes

        Lewes is the county town of East Sussex, England. It is the police and judicial centre for all of Sussex and is home to Sussex Police, East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service, Lewes Crown Court and HMP Lewes. The civil parish is the centre of the Lewes local government district and the seat of East Sussex County Council at East Sussex County Hall.

      3. Historical county of England (Also known as the United Kingdom)

        Sussex

        Sussex, from the Old English Sūþsēaxe, is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English Channel, and divided for many purposes into the ceremonial counties of West Sussex and East Sussex.

  30. 1831

    1. HMS Beagle departed Plymouth, England, on a voyage to South America that would make a name for Charles Darwin as a naturalist.

      1. 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy; notably carried Charles Darwin

        HMS Beagle

        HMS Beagle was a Cherokee-class 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, one of more than 100 ships of this class. The vessel, constructed at a cost of £7,803, was launched on 11 May 1820 from the Woolwich Dockyard on the River Thames. Later reports say the ship took part in celebrations of the coronation of King George IV of the United Kingdom, passing through the old London Bridge, and was the first rigged man-of-war afloat upriver of the bridge. There was no immediate need for Beagle so she "lay in ordinary", moored afloat but without masts or rigging. She was then adapted as a survey barque and took part in three survey expeditions.

      2. City and unitary authority in England

        Plymouth

        Plymouth is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately 36 miles (58 km) south-west of Exeter and 193 miles (311 km) south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west.

      3. Scientific research mission carrying Charles Darwin

        Second voyage of HMS Beagle

        The second voyage of HMS Beagle, from 27 December 1831 to 2 October 1836, was the second survey expedition of HMS Beagle, under captain Robert FitzRoy who had taken over command of the ship on its first voyage after the previous captain, Pringle Stokes, committed suicide. FitzRoy had thought of the advantages of having someone onboard who could investigate geology, and sought a naturalist to accompany them as a supernumerary. At the age of 22, the graduate Charles Darwin hoped to see the tropics before becoming a parson and accepted the opportunity. He was greatly influenced by reading Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology during the voyage. By the end of the expedition, Darwin had made his name as a geologist and fossil collector and the publication of his journal gave him wide renown as a writer.

      4. English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)

        Charles Darwin

        Charles Robert Darwin was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended from a common ancestor is now generally accepted and considered a fundamental concept in science. In a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace, he introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process he called natural selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding. Darwin has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history and was honoured by burial in Westminster Abbey.

      5. Study of organisms including plants or animals in their environment

        Natural history

        Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study. A person who studies natural history is called a naturalist or natural historian.

    2. Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate his theory of evolution.

      1. English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)

        Charles Darwin

        Charles Robert Darwin was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended from a common ancestor is now generally accepted and considered a fundamental concept in science. In a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace, he introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process he called natural selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding. Darwin has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history and was honoured by burial in Westminster Abbey.

      2. Scientific research mission carrying Charles Darwin

        Second voyage of HMS Beagle

        The second voyage of HMS Beagle, from 27 December 1831 to 2 October 1836, was the second survey expedition of HMS Beagle, under captain Robert FitzRoy who had taken over command of the ship on its first voyage after the previous captain, Pringle Stokes, committed suicide. FitzRoy had thought of the advantages of having someone onboard who could investigate geology, and sought a naturalist to accompany them as a supernumerary. At the age of 22, the graduate Charles Darwin hoped to see the tropics before becoming a parson and accepted the opportunity. He was greatly influenced by reading Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology during the voyage. By the end of the expedition, Darwin had made his name as a geologist and fossil collector and the publication of his journal gave him wide renown as a writer.

      3. 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy; notably carried Charles Darwin

        HMS Beagle

        HMS Beagle was a Cherokee-class 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, one of more than 100 ships of this class. The vessel, constructed at a cost of £7,803, was launched on 11 May 1820 from the Woolwich Dockyard on the River Thames. Later reports say the ship took part in celebrations of the coronation of King George IV of the United Kingdom, passing through the old London Bridge, and was the first rigged man-of-war afloat upriver of the bridge. There was no immediate need for Beagle so she "lay in ordinary", moored afloat but without masts or rigging. She was then adapted as a survey barque and took part in three survey expeditions.

      4. Change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations

        Evolution

        Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. These characteristics are the expressions of genes, which are passed on from parent to offspring during reproduction. Variation tends to exist within any given population as a result of genetic mutation and recombination. Evolution occurs when evolutionary processes such as natural selection and genetic drift act on this variation, resulting in certain characteristics becoming more common or more rare within a population. The evolutionary pressures that determine whether a characteristic is common or rare within a population constantly change, resulting in a change in heritable characteristics arising over successive generations. It is this process of evolution that has given rise to biodiversity at every level of biological organisation, including the levels of species, individual organisms, and molecules.

  31. 1814

    1. War of 1812: The destruction of the schooner USS Carolina brings to an end Commodore Daniel Patterson's makeshift fleet, which fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans.

      1. Conflict between the United States and the British Empire from 1812 to 1815

        War of 1812

        The War of 1812 was fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida. It began when the United States declared war on 18 June 1812 and, although peace terms were agreed upon in the December 1814 Treaty of Ghent, did not officially end until the peace treaty was ratified by Congress on 17 February 1815.

      2. Schooner of the US Navy, in service from 1813 to 1814

        USS Carolina (1812)

        USS Carolina, a schooner, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the British colony that became the states of North Carolina and South Carolina. Her keel was laid down at Charleston, South Carolina. She was purchased by the Navy while still on the stocks, launched on 10 November 1812, and commissioned on 4 June 1813 with Lieutenant J. D. Henley in command.

      3. US Navy officer (1786–1839)

        Daniel Patterson (naval officer)

        Daniel Todd Patterson was an officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France, the First Barbary War, and the War of 1812.

      4. President of the United States from 1829 to 1837

        Andrew Jackson

        Andrew Jackson was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, he gained fame as a general in the United States Army and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. Although often praised as an advocate for ordinary Americans and for his work in preserving the union of states, Jackson has also been criticized for his racial policies, particularly his treatment of Native Americans.

      5. Battle of the War of 1812

        Battle of New Orleans

        The Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8, 1815 between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson, roughly 5 miles (8 km) southeast of the French Quarter of New Orleans, in the current suburb of Chalmette, Louisiana.

  32. 1703

    1. Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which allows Portugal to export wines to England on favorable trade terms.

      1. 1703 treaty between England and Portugal

        Methuen Treaty

        The Methuen Treaty was a military and commercial treaty between England and Portugal that was signed in 1703 as part of the War of the Spanish Succession.

      2. Alcoholic drink made by fermentation of grapes

        Wine

        Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts are major factors in different styles of wine. These differences result from the complex interactions between the biochemical development of the grape, the reactions involved in fermentation, the grape's growing environment (terroir), and the wine production process. Many countries enact legal appellations intended to define styles and qualities of wine. These typically restrict the geographical origin and permitted varieties of grapes, as well as other aspects of wine production. Wines not made from grapes involve fermentation of other crops including rice wine and other fruit wines such as plum, cherry, pomegranate, currant and elderberry.

  33. 1657

    1. Citizens of New Netherland presented the Flushing Remonstrance to Peter Stuyvesant, the director general, requesting an exemption to his ban on Quaker worship.

      1. 17th-century Dutch colony in North America

        New Netherland

        New Netherland was a 17th-century colonial province of the Dutch Republic that was located on the east coast of what is now the United States. The claimed territories extended from the Delmarva Peninsula to southwestern Cape Cod, while the more limited settled areas are now part of the U.S. states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Massachusetts and Connecticut, with small outposts in Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.

      2. Demand for religious liberty made to Peter Stuyvesant in 1657

        Flushing Remonstrance

        The Flushing Remonstrance was a 1657 petition to Director-General of New Netherland Peter Stuyvesant, in which some thirty residents of the small settlement at Flushing requested an exemption to his ban on Quaker worship. It is considered a precursor to the United States Constitution's provision on freedom of religion in the Bill of Rights.

      3. 17th-century Dutch politician

        Peter Stuyvesant

        Peter Stuyvesant was a Dutch colonial officer who served as the last Dutch director-general of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664, after which it was split into New York and New Jersey with lesser territory becoming parts of other colonies, and later, states. He was a major figure in the early history of New York City and his name has been given to various landmarks and points of interest throughout the city.

      4. Wikimedia list article

        Director of New Netherland

        This is a list of Directors, appointed by the Dutch West India Company, of the 17th century Dutch province of New Netherland in North America. Only the last, Peter Stuyvesant, held the title of Director General. As the colony grew, citizens advisory boards – known as the Twelve Men, Eight Men, and Nine Men – exerted more influence on the director and thus affairs of province.

      5. Family of Christian religious movements

        Quakers

        Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations known formally as the Religious Society of Friends. Members of these movements are generally united by a belief in each human's ability to experience the light within or see "that of God in every one". Some profess a priesthood of all believers inspired by the First Epistle of Peter. They include those with evangelical, holiness, liberal, and traditional Quaker understandings of Christianity. There are also Nontheist Quakers, whose spiritual practice does not rely on the existence of God. To differing extents, the Friends avoid creeds and hierarchical structures. In 2017, there were approximately 377,557 adult Quakers, 49% of them in Africa.

    2. The Flushing Remonstrance articulates for the first time in North American history that freedom of religion is a fundamental right.

      1. Demand for religious liberty made to Peter Stuyvesant in 1657

        Flushing Remonstrance

        The Flushing Remonstrance was a 1657 petition to Director-General of New Netherland Peter Stuyvesant, in which some thirty residents of the small settlement at Flushing requested an exemption to his ban on Quaker worship. It is considered a precursor to the United States Constitution's provision on freedom of religion in the Bill of Rights.

      2. Human right to practice, or not, a religion without conflict from governing powers

        Freedom of religion

        Freedom of religion or religious liberty is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance. It also includes the freedom to change one's religion or beliefs, "the right not to profess any religion or belief", or "not to practise a religion".

  34. 1655

    1. Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.

      1. Conflict in Europe, 1655 to 1660

        Second Northern War

        The Second Northern War (1655–60), was fought between Sweden and its adversaries the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1655–60), the Tsardom of Russia (1656–58), Brandenburg-Prussia (1657–60), the Habsburg monarchy (1657–60) and Denmark–Norway. The Dutch Republic waged an informal trade war against Sweden and seized the colony of New Sweden in 1655, but was not a recognized part of the Polish–Danish alliance.

      2. 1648–1666 invasions of Poland-Lithuania

        Deluge (history)

        The Deluge was a series of mid-17th-century military campaigns in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In a wider sense it applies to the period between the Khmelnytsky Uprising of 1648 and the Truce of Andrusovo in 1667, thus comprising the Polish theatres of the Russo-Polish and Second Northern Wars. In a stricter sense, the term refers to the Swedish invasion and occupation of the Commonwealth as a theatre of the Second Northern War (1655–1660) only; in Poland and Lithuania this period is called the Swedish Deluge, or less commonly the Russo–Swedish Deluge due to the simultaneous Russo-Polish War. The term "deluge" was popularized by Henryk Sienkiewicz in his novel The Deluge (1886).

      3. Historic Catholic shrine and pilgrimage site in Częstochowa, Poland

        Jasna Góra Monastery

        The Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa, Poland, is a shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary and one of the country's places of pilgrimage. The image of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa, also known as Our Lady of Częstochowa, to which miraculous powers are attributed, is one of Jasna Góra's most precious treasures.

      4. City in southern Poland

        Częstochowa

        Częstochowa is a city in southern Poland on the Warta River with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since 1999, and was previously the capital of the Częstochowa Voivodeship (1975–1998). However, Częstochowa is historically part of the Lesser Poland region, not of Silesia, and before 1795, it belonged to the Kraków Voivodeship. Częstochowa is located in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. It is the largest economic, cultural and administrative hub in the northern part of the Silesian Voivodeship.

      5. Part of the Second Northern War ('The Deluge')

        Siege of Jasna Góra

        The siege of Jasna Góra took place in the winter of 1655 during the Second Northern War, or 'The Deluge' – as the Swedish invasion of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth is known. The Swedes were attempting to capture the Jasna Góra monastery in Częstochowa. Their month-long siege, however, was unsuccessful, as a small force consisting of monks from the Jasna Góra monastery led by their Prior and supported by local volunteers, mostly from the szlachta, fought off the numerically superior Germans, saved their sacred icon, the Black Madonna of Częstochowa, and, according to some accounts, turned the course of the war.

  35. 1521

    1. A period of unrest in Wittenberg, Saxony, following the arrival of the Zwickau prophets, was quelled after the release of Martin Luther from custody.

      1. Town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

        Wittenberg

        Wittenberg, is the fourth largest town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Wittenberg is situated on the River Elbe, 60 kilometers (37 mi) north of Leipzig and 90 kilometers (56 mi) south-west of Berlin, and has a population of 46,008 (2018).

      2. State of the Holy Roman Empire (1356–1806)

        Electorate of Saxony

        The Electorate of Saxony, also known as Electoral Saxony, was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356–1806. It was centered around the cities of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz.

      3. Three men of the Radical Reformation in Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (16th century)

        Zwickau prophets

        The Zwickau Prophets were three men of the Radical Reformation from Zwickau in the Electorate of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire, who were possibly involved in a disturbance in nearby Wittenberg and its evolving Reformation in early 1522.

      4. German priest, theologian and author

        Martin Luther

        Martin Luther was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation and the namesake of Lutheranism.

    2. The Zwickau prophets arrive in Wittenberg, disturbing the peace and preaching the Apocalypse.

      1. Three men of the Radical Reformation in Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (16th century)

        Zwickau prophets

        The Zwickau Prophets were three men of the Radical Reformation from Zwickau in the Electorate of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire, who were possibly involved in a disturbance in nearby Wittenberg and its evolving Reformation in early 1522.

      2. Town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

        Wittenberg

        Wittenberg, is the fourth largest town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Wittenberg is situated on the River Elbe, 60 kilometers (37 mi) north of Leipzig and 90 kilometers (56 mi) south-west of Berlin, and has a population of 46,008 (2018).

      3. Concept of a prophetic revelation, sometimes about eschatology

        Apocalypse

        Apocalypse is a literary genre in which a supernatural being reveals cosmic mysteries or the future to a human intermediary. The means of mediation include dreams, visions and heavenly journeys, and they typically feature symbolic imagery drawn from the Hebrew Bible, cosmological and (pessimistic) historical surveys, the division of time into periods, esoteric numerology, and claims of ecstasy and inspiration. Almost all are written under pseudonyms, claiming as author a venerated hero from previous centuries, as with Book of Daniel, composed during the 2nd century BCE but bearing the name of the legendary Daniel.

  36. 1512

    1. The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regard to native Indians in the New World.

      1. First codified set of laws governing Spaniards in the Americas (1512-42)

        Laws of Burgos

        The Laws of Burgos, promulgated on 27 December 1512 in Burgos, Crown of Castile (Spain), was the first codified set of laws governing the behavior of Spaniards in the Americas, particularly with regard to the Indigenous people of the Americas. They forbade the slavery of the indigenous people and endorsed their conversion to Catholicism. The laws were created following the conquest and Spanish colonization of the Americas in the West Indies, where the common law of Castile was not fully applicable.

      2. Native populations of North and South America

        Indigenous peoples of the Americas

        The Indigenous peoples of the Americas are the inhabitants of the Americas before the arrival of the European settlers in the 15th century, and the ethnic groups who now identify themselves with those peoples.

      3. Collectively, the Americas

        New World

        The term New World is often used to mean the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas. The term gained prominence in the early 16th century, during Europe's Age of Discovery, shortly after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci concluded that America represented a new continent, and subsequently published his findings in a pamphlet he titled Latin: Mundus Novus. This realization expanded the geographical horizon of classical European geographers, who had thought the world consisted of Africa, Europe, and Asia, collectively now referred to as the Old World, or Afro-Eurasia. The Americas were thus also referred to as "the fourth part of the world".

  37. 537

    1. The second Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is consecrated.

      1. Medieval-era grand mosque and former Byzantine Orthodox patriarchal cathedral

        Hagia Sophia

        Hagia Sophia, officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, is a mosque and major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey. The cathedral was a Greek Orthodox church from 360 AD until the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire in 1453. It served as a mosque until 1935, when it became a museum. In 2020, the site once again became a mosque.

Births & Deaths

  1. 2019

    1. Maria Creveling, American League of Legends player (b. 1995) deaths

      1. American League of Legends player (1995–2019)

        Remilia

        Maria Creveling, better known as Remilia, was an American professional League of Legends player. She was the first woman and transgender person to compete in the NA LCS, debuting in the 2016 Spring Split as the support for Renegades. However, she took a sudden hiatus from professional play a few weeks into her debut season due to on-stage pressure and online harassment. During her career she was particularly known for her mastery of the champion Thresh, which earned her the nicknames "Madwife" and "Thresh Queen".

  2. 2018

    1. Frank Blaichman, Polish resistance fighter (b. 1922) deaths

      1. Polish resistance fighter

        Frank Blaichman

        Frank Blaichman, also known as Ephraim Blaichman, occasionally spelled Frank Bleichman, and in Polish Franek or Franciszek Blajchman, was a Polish-Jewish leader of a communist armed organization during World War II and a Holocaust survivor. In post-war communist Poland, Blaichman was the head of the Prison and Camps Department at the Security Office in Kielce.

  3. 2016

    1. Carrie Fisher, American actress, screenwriter, author, producer, and speaker (b. 1956) deaths

      1. American actress and writer (1956–2016)

        Carrie Fisher

        Carrie Frances Fisher was an American actress and writer. She played Princess Leia in the Star Wars films (1977–1983). She reprised the role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017)—a posthumous release that was dedicated to her—and appeared in The Rise of Skywalker (2019), through the use of unreleased footage from The Force Awakens.

    2. Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1933) deaths

      1. Sri Lankan politician (1933–2016)

        Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

        Ratnasiri Wickremanayake was a Sri Lankan politician who was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2001 and again from 2005 to 2010 and has served as Leader of the Opposition from 2001 to 2002. He was a Member of Parliament representing Horana electorate and later Kalutara District.

  4. 2015

    1. Stein Eriksen, Norwegian-American skier (b. 1927) deaths

      1. Norwegian alpine skier

        Stein Eriksen

        Stein Eriksen was an alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Norway. Following his racing career, he was a ski school director and ambassador at various resorts in the United States.

    2. Dave Henderson, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1958) deaths

      1. American baseball player (1958–2015)

        Dave Henderson

        David Lee Henderson, nicknamed "Hendu", was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics, and Kansas City Royals during his 14-year career, primarily as an outfielder.

    3. Ellsworth Kelly, American painter and sculptor (b. 1923) deaths

      1. American painter

        Ellsworth Kelly

        Ellsworth Kelly was an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker associated with hard-edge painting, Color Field painting and minimalism. His works demonstrate unassuming techniques emphasizing line, color and form, similar to the work of John McLaughlin and Kenneth Noland. Kelly often employed bright colors. He lived and worked in Spencertown, New York.

    4. Meadowlark Lemon, American basketball player and minister (b. 1932) deaths

      1. American basketball player, actor, and minister (1932–2015)

        Meadowlark Lemon

        Meadow Lemon III, known professionally as Meadowlark Lemon, was an American basketball player, actor, and Christian minister. Beginning in 1994, he ran Meadowlark Lemon Ministries in Scottsdale, Arizona. For 22 years, he was known as the "Clown Prince" of the touring Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. He played in more than 16,000 games for the Globetrotters and was a 2003 inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

    5. Alfredo Pacheco, Salvadoran footballer (b. 1982) deaths

      1. Salvadoran footballer

        Alfredo Pacheco

        Alfredo Alberto Pacheco was a Salvadoran footballer who had the record for most appearances on the El Salvador national football team when he was banned for life in 2013, for match-fixing while playing for the national team. He was murdered on December 27, 2015.

    6. Stevie Wright, English-Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1947) deaths

      1. Australian singer (1947–2015)

        Stevie Wright

        Stephen Carlton Wright was an Australian musician and songwriter who has been called Australia's first international pop star. During 1964–69, he was lead singer of Sydney-based rock and roll band the Easybeats, widely regarded as the greatest Australian pop band of the 1960s.

  5. 2014

    1. Ben Ammi Ben-Israel, American-Israeli religious leader, founded the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem (b. 1939) deaths

      1. Spiritual leader of the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem

        Ben Ammi Ben-Israel

        Ben Ammi Ben-Israel was the American-born founder and spiritual leader of the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem.

      2. African American spiritual group claiming descent from the Twelve Tribes of Israel

        African Hebrew Israelites in Israel

        African Hebrew Israelites in Israel, officially known as The African Hebrew Israelite Nation of Jerusalem is a spiritual community which is now mainly based in Dimona, Israel, whose members believe that they are descended from the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The community now numbers around 5,000. They came from a group of African Americans, many from Chicago, Illinois, who migrated to Israel in the late 1960s.

    2. Ulises Estrella, Ecuadorian poet and academic (b. 1939) deaths

      1. Ulises Estrella

        Ulises Estrella Moya was an Ecuadorian poet. He was the co-founder of Tzantzismo, a movement of the 1960s, Ecuador. He was also a film expert, who headed the film department of the House of Ecuadorian Culture for over 30 years.

    3. Ronald Li, Hong Kong accountant and businessman (b. 1929) deaths

      1. Ronald Li

        Ronald Li Fook-shiu was the founder and former chairman of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and died of cancer.

    4. Karel Poma, Belgian bacteriologist and politician (b. 1920) deaths

      1. Belgian politician (1920–2014)

        Karel Poma

        Karel Emiel Hubert, Baron Poma was a Belgian liberal and politician for the PVV.

  6. 2013

    1. Richard Ambler, English-Scottish biologist and academic (b. 1933) deaths

      1. English molecular biologist

        Richard Ambler

        Richard Penry Ambler was an English molecular biologist who conducted groundbreaking research into the evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Ambler was the first scientist to publish an amino acid sequence of a bacterial protein, and had a long academic career at the University of Edinburgh.

    2. Mohamad Chatah, Lebanese economist and politician, Lebanese Minister of Finance (b. 1951) deaths

      1. Lebanese economist and diplomat

        Mohamad Chatah

        Mohamad Chatah was a Lebanese economist and diplomat.

      2. Ministry of Finance (Lebanon)

        The Ministry of Finance is a ministry of the government of Lebanon.

    3. Gianna D'Angelo, American soprano and educator (b. 1929) deaths

      1. American opera singer

        Gianna D'Angelo

        Gianna D'Angelo was an American coloratura soprano, primarily active in the 1950s and 1960s.

    4. John Matheson, Canadian colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1917) deaths

      1. Canadian politician

        John Matheson

        John Ross Matheson, was a Canadian politician, lawyer, and judge who helped develop both the national flag of Canada and the Order of Canada.

    5. Farooq Sheikh, Indian actor, philanthropist and a popular television presenter (b. 1948) deaths

      1. Indian actor (1948–2013)

        Farooq Sheikh

        Farooq Shaikh was an Indian actor, philanthropist and television presenter. He was best known for his work in Hindi films from 1973 to 1993 and for his work in television between 1988 and 2002. He returned to acting in films in 2008 and continued to do so until his death on 28 December 2013. His major contribution was in Parallel Cinema or the New Indian Cinema. He worked with directors like Satyajit Ray, Sai Paranjpye, Muzaffar Ali, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Ketan Mehta.

  7. 2012

    1. Harry Carey, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921) deaths

      1. American actor (1921–2012)

        Harry Carey Jr.

        Henry George Carey Jr. was an American actor. He appeared in more than 90 films, including several John Ford Westerns, as well as numerous television series.

    2. Lloyd Charmers, Jamaican singer, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1938) deaths

      1. Jamaican singer and keyboardist

        Lloyd Charmers

        Lloyd Charmers was a Jamaican ska and reggae singer, keyboard player and record producer.

    3. Tingye Li, Chinese-American physicist and engineer (b. 1931) deaths

      1. Chinese-American scientist

        Tingye Li

        Tingye Li was a Chinese-American scientist in the fields of microwaves, lasers and optical communications. His innovative work at AT&T pioneered the research and application of lightwave communication, and has had a far-reaching impact on information technology for over four decades.

    4. Archie Roy, Scottish astronomer and academic (b. 1924) deaths

      1. Archie Roy

        Archie Edmiston Roy FRSE, FRAS was Professor Emeritus of Astronomy in the University of Glasgow.

    5. Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., American general and engineer (b. 1934) deaths

      1. United States Army general (1934–2012)

        Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.

        Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. was a United States Army general. While serving as the commander of United States Central Command, he led all coalition forces in the Gulf War.

    6. Salt Walther, American race car driver (b. 1947) deaths

      1. American racing driver

        Salt Walther

        David "Salt" Walther was a driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. He also drove NASCAR stock cars and unlimited hydroplane boats, and was a car owner in USAC. Walther is best remembered for a crash at the start of the 1973 Indianapolis 500 that left him critically injured. He recovered from his injuries, returned in 1974, and placed 9th in the 1976 race. He also co-drove a car with Bob Harkey to 10th place in 1975.

  8. 2011

    1. Catê, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1973) deaths

      1. Brazilian footballer

        Catê

        Marco Antônio Lemos Tozzi, commonly known as Catê, was a Brazilian footballer who played for clubs of Brazil, Chile, Italy, the United States and Venezuela.

    2. Michael Dummett, English soldier, philosopher, and academic (b. 1925) deaths

      1. British philosopher (1925–2011)

        Michael Dummett

        Sir Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett was an English academic described as "among the most significant British philosophers of the last century and a leading campaigner for racial tolerance and equality." He was, until 1992, Wykeham Professor of Logic at the University of Oxford. He wrote on the history of analytic philosophy, notably as an interpreter of Frege, and made original contributions particularly in the philosophies of mathematics, logic, language and metaphysics. He was known for his work on truth and meaning and their implications to debates between realism and anti-realism, a term he helped to popularize. He devised the Quota Borda system of proportional voting, based on the Borda count. In mathematical logic, he developed an intermediate logic, already studied by Kurt Gödel: the Gödel–Dummett logic.

    3. Helen Frankenthaler, American painter and educator (b. 1928) deaths

      1. American painter

        Helen Frankenthaler

        Helen Frankenthaler was an American abstract expressionist painter. She was a major contributor to the history of postwar American painting. Having exhibited her work for over six decades, she spanned several generations of abstract painters while continuing to produce vital and ever-changing new work. Frankenthaler began exhibiting her large-scale abstract expressionist paintings in contemporary museums and galleries in the early 1950s. She was included in the 1964 Post-Painterly Abstraction exhibition curated by Clement Greenberg that introduced a newer generation of abstract painting that came to be known as color field. Born in Manhattan, she was influenced by Greenberg, Hans Hofmann, and Jackson Pollock's paintings. Her work has been the subject of several retrospective exhibitions, including a 1989 retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and been exhibited worldwide since the 1950s. In 2001, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts.

    4. Johnny Wilson, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1929) deaths

      1. Ice hockey player

        Johnny Wilson (ice hockey)

        John Edward Wilson was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and head coach. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Black Hawks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and New York Rangers between 1950 and 1962. With Detroit Wilson won the Stanley Cup four times. After his playing career he coached in the NHL with the Los Angeles Kings, Detroit, the Colorado Rockies, and Pittsburgh Penguins between 1969 and 1980. He also coached the Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades and Cleveland Crusaders of the World Hockey Association between 1974 and 1976, as well as the Canadian national team at the 1977 World Championship

  9. 2009

    1. Isaac Schwartz, Ukrainian-Russian composer and educator (b. 1923) deaths

      1. Isaac Schwartz

        Isaac Iosifovich Schwartz, also known as Isaak Shvarts, was a Soviet composer.

  10. 2008

    1. Delaney Bramlett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1939) deaths

      1. American musician (1939–2008)

        Delaney Bramlett

        Delaine Alvin "Delaney" Bramlett was an American singer and guitarist. He was best known for his musical partnership with his wife Bonnie Bramlett in the band Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, which included a wide variety of other musicians, many of whom were successful in other contexts.

    2. Robert Graham, Mexican-American sculptor (b. 1938) deaths

      1. American sculptor

        Robert Graham (sculptor)

        Robert Graham was a Mexican-born American sculptor based in the state of California in the United States. His monumental bronzes commemorate the human figure, and are featured in public places across America.

  11. 2007

    1. Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1953) deaths

      1. 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan (1988–90, 1993–96)

        Benazir Bhutto

        Benazir Bhutto was a Pakistani politician and stateswoman who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996. She was the first Muslim woman elected to head a democratic government. She was the daughter of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Ideologically a liberal and a secularist, she chaired or co-chaired the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from the early 1980s until her assassination in 2007 at a rally.

      2. Leader of the executive branch of the Government of Pakistan

        Prime Minister of Pakistan

        The prime minister of Pakistan is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen cabinet, despite the president of Pakistan serving as the nominal head of executive. The prime minister is often the leader of the party or the coalition with a majority in the lower house of the Parliament of Pakistan, the National Assembly where he serves as Leader of the House. Prime minister holds office by virtue of their ability to command the confidence of the National Assembly. The prime minister is designated as the "Chief Executive of the Islamic Republic".

    2. Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1922) deaths

      1. Jerzy Kawalerowicz

        Jerzy Franciszek Kawalerowicz was a Polish film director and politician, having been a member of Polish United Workers' Party from 1954 until its dissolution in 1990 and a deputy in Polish parliament since 1985 until 1989.

    3. Jaan Kross, Estonian author and poet (b. 1920) deaths

      1. Estonian writer

        Jaan Kross

        Jaan Kross was an Estonian writer. He won the 1995 International Nonino Prize in Italy.

  12. 2004

    1. Hank Garland, American guitarist (b. 1930) deaths

      1. American guitarist and songwriter

        Hank Garland

        Walter Louis Garland, professionally Hank Garland, was an American guitarist and songwriter. He started as a country musician, played rock and roll as it became popular in the 1950s, and released a jazz album in 1960. His career was cut short when a car accident in 1961 left him unable to perform.

  13. 2003

    1. Alan Bates, English actor (b. 1934) deaths

      1. English actor

        Alan Bates

        Sir Alan Arthur Bates was an English actor who came to prominence in the 1960s, when he appeared in films ranging from the popular children's story Whistle Down the Wind to the "kitchen sink" drama A Kind of Loving.

    2. Iván Calderón, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (b. 1962) deaths

      1. Puerto Rican baseball player and murder victim

        Iván Calderón (baseball)

        Iván Calderón Pérez was a Puerto Rican professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four teams from 1984 to 1993, and was named an All-Star in 1991. Listed at 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) and 220 pounds (100 kg), he batted and threw right-handed. Nicknamed "Ivan the Terrible", Calderón was killed in a shooting in Puerto Rico in December 2003.

  14. 2002

    1. George Roy Hill, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922) deaths

      1. American film director

        George Roy Hill

        George Roy Hill was an American film director. He is most noted for directing such films as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and The Sting (1973), both starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford.

  15. 1999

    1. Michael McDowell, American author and screenwriter (b. 1950) deaths

      1. American novelist and screenwriter

        Michael McDowell (author)

        Michael McEachern McDowell was an American novelist and screenwriter described by author Stephen King as "the finest writer of paperback originals in America today". His best-known work is the screenplay for the Tim Burton film Beetlejuice.

  16. 1997

    1. Vachirawit Chiva-aree, Thai actor and singer births

      1. Thai actor, host, and model (born 1997)

        Vachirawit Chivaaree

        Vachirawit Chivaaree, popularly known as Bright Vachirawit or Bright, is a famous Thai actor, singer, host, model and entertainer. He is best known for his main lead roles in 2gether: The Series and F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers.

    2. Ana Konjuh, Croatian tennis player births

      1. Croatian tennis player

        Ana Konjuh

        Ana Konjuh is a Croatian tennis player.

    3. Brendan Gill, American journalist and essayist (b. 1914) deaths

      1. American journalist

        Brendan Gill

        Brendan Gill was an American journalist. He wrote for The New Yorker for more than 60 years. Gill also contributed film criticism for Film Comment and wrote a popular book about his time at the New Yorker magazine.

    4. Billy Wright, Northern Irish loyalist leader (b. 1960) deaths

      1. Ulster loyalist leader during the Troubles in Northern Ireland

        Billy Wright (loyalist)

        William Stephen Wright was a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary leader during the Troubles. He joined the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) in his hometown of Portadown around 1975. After spending several years in prison, he became a born again Christian preacher. Wright resumed his UVF activities around 1986 and became commander of its Mid-Ulster Brigade in the early 1990s, taking over from Robin "the Jackal" Jackson. According to the Royal Ulster Constabulary, Wright was involved in the sectarian killings of up to 20 Catholics, although he was never convicted for any. It has been alleged that Wright, like his predecessor, was working with RUC Special Branch.

  17. 1995

    1. Timothée Chalamet, American actor births

      1. American actor (born 1995)

        Timothée Chalamet

        Timothée Hal Chalamet is an American actor. He has received various accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and three BAFTA Film Awards.

    2. Nick Chubb, American football player births

      1. American football player (born 1995)

        Nick Chubb

        Nicholas Jamaal Chubb is an American football running back for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Georgia and was drafted by the Browns in the second round of the 2018 NFL Draft.

    3. Mark Lapidus, Estonian chess player births

      1. Estonian chess player

        Mark Lapidus

        Mark Lapidus is an Estonian chess player who won the Estonian Chess Championship in 2012.

    4. Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist (b. 1909) deaths

      1. American classical pianist (1909–1995)

        Shura Cherkassky

        Shura Cherkassky was a Ukrainian-American concert pianist known for his performances of the romantic repertoire. His playing was characterized by a virtuoso technique and singing piano tone. For much of his later life, Cherkassky resided in London.

    5. Genrikh Kasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer (b. 1910) deaths

      1. Soviet chess player

        Genrikh Kasparyan

        Genrikh Kasparyan was a Soviet chess player. He is considered to have been one of the greatest composers of chess endgame studies. Outside Armenia, he is better known by the Russian version of his name Genrikh Moiseyevich Kasparyan or Kasparian.

  18. 1994

    1. Fanny Cradock, English author and critic (b. 1909) deaths

      1. Restaurant critic, television celebrity cook and writer from England

        Fanny Cradock

        Phyllis Nan Sortain Pechey, better known as Fanny Cradock, was an English restaurant critic, television chef and writer. She frequently appeared on television, at cookery demonstrations and in print with her fourth husband Major Johnnie Cradock who played the part of a slightly bumbling hen-pecked partner.

    2. J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1902) deaths

      1. J. B. L. Reyes

        Jose Benedicto Luna "J.B.L." Reyes was a noted Filipino jurist who served as Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court from 1954 until 1972.

  19. 1993

    1. Olivia Cooke, English actress births

      1. English actress (born 1993)

        Olivia Cooke

        Olivia Kate Cooke is an English actress. In television, she has starred as Emma Decody in the thriller Bates Motel (2013–2017), Becky Sharp in the period drama Vanity Fair (2018), and Alicent Hightower in the fantasy drama House of the Dragon.

    2. Feliks Kibbermann, Estonian chess player and philologist (b. 1902) deaths

      1. Estonian chess player, philologist, pedagogue

        Feliks Kibbermann

        Feliks (Felix) Kibbermann was an Estonian chess master, philologist of German language, lexicographer and pedagogue.

    3. Evald Mikson, Estonian footballer (b. 1911) deaths

      1. Estonian footballer

        Evald Mikson

        Evald Mikson, was a goalkeeper in the Estonian national football team, winning seven caps between 1934 and 1938. Mikson played a controversial role as a collaborator during his service in the police during the 1941–1944 Nazi German occupation of Estonia, and he has been accused of committing war crimes against Jews during World War II.

    4. André Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1918) deaths

      1. André Pilette

        André Pilette, son of former Indy 500 participant Théodore Pilette, was a racing driver from Belgium. He participated in 14 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 17 June 1951. He scored 2 championship points. His son Teddy Pilette also became a racing driver, although his F1 career in the mid-1970s was much briefer.

  20. 1992

    1. Joel Indermitte, Estonian footballer births

      1. Estonian footballer

        Joel Indermitte

        Joel Indermitte is a retired Estonian footballer and current football manager. He played the position of centre back.

    2. Maicel Uibo, Estonian decathlete births

      1. Estonian decathlete

        Maicel Uibo

        Maicel Uibo is an Estonian decathlete. While competing for the University of Georgia, he won the 2014 and 2015 NCAA championships in decathlon. Uibo won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships, setting his personal best in the event with 8604 points.

    3. Kay Boyle, American novelist, poet, and educator (b. 1902) deaths

      1. American poet

        Kay Boyle

        Kay Boyle was an American novelist, short story writer, educator, and political activist. She was a Guggenheim Fellow and O. Henry Award winner.

  21. 1991

    1. Michael Morgan, Australian rugby league player births

      1. Australia international rugby league footballer

        Michael Morgan (rugby league, born 1991)

        Michael Morgan is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the NRL.

    2. Danny Wilson, Scottish footballer births

      1. Scottish footballer

        Danny Wilson (footballer, born 1991)

        Daniel John Wilson is a Scottish footballer who plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids.

  22. 1990

    1. Max Lindholm, Finnish figure skater births

      1. Finnish former ice dancer (born 1990)

        Max Lindholm

        Max Lindholm is a Finnish former ice dancer. With partner Olesia Karmi, he is the 2015 CS Ice Challenge bronze medalist, 2014 NRW Trophy bronze medalist, and a two-time Finnish national champion. The duo reached the free skate at two ISU Championships – 2013 Europeans in Zagreb and 2015 Europeans in Stockholm. They were 22nd at the 2013 World Championships in London, Ontario.

    2. Jon Marchessault, Canadian ice hockey player births

      1. Canadian ice hockey player

        Jonathan Marchessault

        Jonathan Marchessault is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Columbus Blue Jackets, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Florida Panthers.

    3. Milos Raonic, Canadian tennis player births

      1. Canadian tennis player

        Milos Raonic

        Milos Raonic is a Canadian inactive professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved on 21 November 2016, making him the highest-ranked Canadian player in history. Raonic is the first Canadian man in the Open Era to reach the Australian Open semifinals, the French Open quarterfinals, and the Wimbledon final. He has won eight ATP Tour titles.Raonic's career highlights include a major final at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships; two major semifinals at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and 2016 Australian Open; and four ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals at the 2013 Canadian Open, 2014 Paris Masters, 2016 Indian Wells Masters, and the 2020 Cincinnati Masters. Raonic first gained widespread recognition by reaching the fourth round of the 2011 Australian Open as a qualifier, where he was said to be the future of professional tennis. Coupled with his first ATP Tour title three weeks later, his world ranking rose from No. 152 to No. 37 in one month, and he was awarded the 2011 ATP Newcomer of the Year. Raonic is the first player born in the 1990s to win an ATP Tour title, to be ranked in the top 10, and to qualify for the ATP Tour Finals. Raonic is frequently described as having one of the best serves among his contemporaries. Statistically, Raonic is one of the best servers in the Open Era, winning 91% of service games to rank third of all time. Aided by his serve, he plays an all-court style with an emphasis on short points. All his singles titles have been won on hardcourts. His overall winning percentage of 68% is one of the highest among currently active players.

  23. 1989

    1. Ingrid Várgas Calvo, Peruvian tennis player births

      1. Peruvian tennis player

        Ingrid Várgas Calvo

        Ingrid Esperanza Várgas Calvo is a Peruvian former tennis player.

  24. 1988

    1. Hera Hilmar, Icelandic actress births

      1. Icelandic actress

        Hera Hilmar

        Hera Hilmarsdóttir, known professionally as Hera Hilmar, is an Icelandic actress. She has been active in the film industry since 1995.

    2. Zavon Hines, Jamaican-English footballer births

      1. Footballer (born 1988)

        Zavon Hines

        Zavon Albert Hines is a football coach and former professional footballer who played as a winger. He is the coach for the West Ham United under-14 team.

    3. Ok Taec-yeon, South Korean singer and actor births

      1. South Korean singer and actor

        Ok Taec-yeon

        Ok Taec-yeon, known mononymously as Taecyeon, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, actor and entrepreneur. He is the main rapper of the South Korean boy band 2PM.

    4. Rick Porcello, American baseball player births

      1. American baseball player

        Rick Porcello

        Frederick Alfred Porcello III is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and New York Mets.

    5. Hayley Williams, American singer-songwriter births

      1. American singer, songwriter, and musician

        Hayley Williams

        Hayley Nichole Williams is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and businesswoman who is best known as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter, and keyboardist of the rock band Paramore.

    6. Hal Ashby, American director and producer (b. 1929) deaths

      1. American film director and editor (1929–1988)

        Hal Ashby

        William Hal Ashby was an American film director and editor associated with the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking.

  25. 1987

    1. Tim Browne, Australian rugby league player births

      1. Australian rugby league footballer

        Tim Browne

        Tim Browne is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League. He played as a prop. He previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

    2. Lily Cole, English model births

      1. English model and actress (born 1987)

        Lily Cole

        Lily Luahana Cole is a British model, author, film director, actress and entrepreneur. Cole pursued a modelling career as a teenager and was listed in 2009 by Vogue Paris as one of the top 30 models of the 2000s. She was booked for her first British Vogue cover at age 16, named "Model of the Year" at the 2004 British Fashion Awards, and worked with many well-known brands, including Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Jean Paul Gaultier and Moschino. Her advertising campaigns have included Longchamp, Anna Sui, Rimmel and Cacharel. In 2020, Lily published Who Cares Wins, a book about how our lives impact the planet and how we can respond to the climate emergency challenges we face. In 2021, the book was turned into a podcast in which Lily invites guests with different perspectives to explore critical issues - and their relationship to the environment - from technology, food, to mental health and capitalism.

    3. Rewi Alley, New Zealand writer and political activist (b. 1897) deaths

      1. New Zealand writer and political activist

        Rewi Alley

        Rewi Alley was a New Zealand-born writer and political activist. A member of the Chinese Communist Party, he dedicated 60 years of his life to the cause and was a key figure in the establishment of Chinese Industrial Cooperatives and technical training schools, including the Peili Vocational Institute. Alley was a prolific writer about 20th century China, and especially the communist revolution. He also translated numerous Chinese poems.

  26. 1986

    1. Torah Bright, Australian snowboarder births

      1. Australian professional snowboarder

        Torah Bright

        Torah Jane Bright is an Australian professional snowboarder. She is Australia's most successful Winter Olympian, former Olympic gold and silver medalist, two time X Games gold medalist, three time US Open winner, two time Global Open Champion, three time World Superpipe Champion, former TTR World Champion and recipient of the Best Female Action Sports Athlete at the ESPY awards. In 2014 Bright became the first Olympic athlete to qualify for all three snowboarding disciplines; halfpipe, slopestyle and boarder-cross.

    2. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jamaican sprinter births

      1. Jamaican track and field sprinter (born 1986)

        Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

        Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce OD, OJ is a Jamaican track and field sprinter competing in the 60 metres, 100 m and 200 m. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time.

    3. George Dangerfield, English-American historian and journalist (b. 1904) deaths

      1. American journalist

        George Dangerfield

        George Bubb Dangerfield was a British-born American journalist, historian, and the literary editor of Vanity Fair from 1933 to 1935. He is known primarily for his book The Strange Death of Liberal England (1935), a classic account of how the Liberal Party in Great Britain ruined itself in dealing with the House of Lords, woman suffrage, the Irish question, and labour unions, 1906–1914. His book on early 19th century US history The Era of Good Feelings, won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for History.

    4. Dumas Malone, American historian and author (b. 1892) deaths

      1. American historian and writer

        Dumas Malone

        Dumas Malone was an American historian, biographer, and editor noted for his six-volume biography on Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson and His Time, for which he received the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for history and his co-editorship of the twenty-volume Dictionary of American Biography. In 1983, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

  27. 1985

    1. Logan Bailly, Belgian footballer births

      1. Belgian footballer

        Logan Bailly

        Logan Bailly is a Belgian retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Having started his career at Genk, Bailly has had spells at German Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach, Scottish Premiership club Celtic and Belgian Pro League side Oud-Heverlee Leuven. In March 2021 he announced to have signed with Bressoux playing in the Belgian Provincial Leagues, but early August of that same year he instead retired and became goalkeeper manager at FC Differdange 03.

    2. Jérôme d'Ambrosio, Belgian race car driver births

      1. Belgian racing driver

        Jérôme d'Ambrosio

        Jérôme D’Ambrosio is a Belgian former professional racing driver, motorsport executive and former Team Principal of Venturi Racing in Formula E.

    3. Paul Stastny, Canadian-American ice hockey player births

      1. American ice hockey player

        Paul Stastny

        Paul Stastny is a Canadian-born American professional ice hockey center for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Colorado Avalanche, St. Louis Blues, Winnipeg Jets and Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL).

    4. Halley Gross, American screenwriter births

      1. American screenwriter

        Halley Gross

        Halley Wegryn Gross is an American screenwriter and former actress. She is best known for writing two 2016 episodes of the HBO series Westworld and co-writing the 2020 video game The Last of Us Part II.

    5. Jean Rondeau, French race car driver (b. 1946) deaths

      1. Jean Rondeau

        Jean Rondeau was a French race car driver and constructor, who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1980, in a car bearing his own name, an achievement which remains unique in the history of the race.

  28. 1984

    1. Andrejs Perepļotkins, Ukrainian-Latvian footballer births

      1. Ukrainian-born Latvian footballer

        Andrejs Perepļotkins

        Andrejs Perepļotkins is a Ukrainian born Latvian footballer, who plays primarily as a right winger for SK Super Nova.

    2. Gilles Simon, French tennis player births

      1. French tennis player

        Gilles Simon

        Gilles Simon is a French former professional tennis player. He had a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 6 attained on 5 January 2009. He turned professional in 2002 and won 14 singles titles on the ATP Tour.

  29. 1983

    1. Anthony Boric, New Zealand rugby union player births

      1. Rugby player

        Anthony Boric

        Anthony Frank Boric is a former rugby union footballer who represented the New Zealand in international rugby, and was a member of the 2011 Rugby World Cup winning All Blacks squad. He played as a lock.

    2. Cole Hamels, American baseball player births

      1. American baseball player (born 1983)

        Cole Hamels

        Colbert Michael Hamels, nicknamed "Hollywood", is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (2006–2015), Texas Rangers (2015–2018), Chicago Cubs (2018–2019), and Atlanta Braves (2020). Originally from San Diego, California, Hamels excelled at Rancho Bernardo High School both academically and athletically. The Phillies drafted Hamels out of high school, in the first round of the 2002 MLB Draft, and he began playing in the Phillies’ minor league system. Numerous issues, including an injury sustained in a bar fight, among other injuries, occurred during Hamels’ first few minor league seasons. When he reached the Triple-A level, he was the top pitcher in the Phillies' minor league system in 2006.

    3. Jesse Williams, American high jumper births

      1. American high jumper

        Jesse Williams (high jumper)

        Jesse Daniel Williams is an American high jumper and the 2011 World Champion. He was ranked the #2 jumper in the world, outdoors, in 2010 and #1 in the world in 2011. He has jumped 53 centimeters above his height, a differential which places him among the top 20 jumpers of all time.

  30. 1982

    1. Erin E. Stead, American illustrator births

      1. American children's book illustrator (born 1982)

        Erin E. Stead

        Erin E. Stead is an American illustrator of children's books. She won the 2011 Caldecott Medal for the year's best-illustrated U.S. picture book, recognizing her first publication, A Sick Day for Amos McGee.

    2. Jack Swigert, American pilot, astronaut, and politician (b. 1931) deaths

      1. American astronaut and politician

        Jack Swigert

        John Leonard Swigert Jr. was an American NASA astronaut, test pilot, mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, United States Air Force pilot, and politician. In April 1970, as command module pilot of Apollo 13, he became one of twenty-four astronauts who flew to the Moon.

  31. 1981

    1. David Aardsma, American baseball player births

      1. American baseball pitcher (born 1981)

        David Aardsma

        David Allan Aardsma is an American former professional baseball pitcher, currently serving in the Toronto Blue Jays front office as a coordinator of player development. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, New York Mets, and Atlanta Braves.

    2. Emilie de Ravin, Australian actress births

      1. Australian actress

        Emilie de Ravin

        Emilie de Ravin is an Australian actress. She starred as Tess Harding on Roswell (2000–2002), Claire Littleton on the ABC drama Lost, and as Belle on the ABC drama Once Upon a Time (2011–2018). De Ravin's film credits include Santa's Slay (2005), The Hills Have Eyes (2006) and Ball Don't Lie (2008). She starred as Emily, the heroin-addicted ex-girlfriend of Brendan Frye, in the neo-noir film Brick (2005). She had a cameo in Public Enemies (2009) and starred as Ally in Remember Me (2010). De Ravin has appeared on Maxim's 'Hot 100' list three times.

    3. Moise Joseph, American-Haitian runner births

      1. Haitian middle-distance runner

        Moise Joseph

        Moise Joseph is a Haitian middle-distance runner specializing in the 800 meters. He competed at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, placing sixth in his heat and getting eliminated. He competed again at the 2012 Olympic Games, but was again eliminated in the heats.

    4. Patrick Sharp, Canadian ice hockey player births

      1. Canadian hockey player

        Patrick Sharp

        Patrick Sharp is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Chicago Blackhawks and Dallas Stars. After his retirement as a player, Sharp joined NBC Sports as an studio analyst. He works with NBC Sports Chicago to provide color commentary for Blackhawks broadcasts. Sharp was also a member of the University of Vermont coaching staff in 2021.

    5. Hoagy Carmichael, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1899) deaths

      1. American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader (1899–1981)

        Hoagy Carmichael

        Hoagland Howard Carmichael was an American musician, composer, songwriter, actor and lawyer. Carmichael was one of the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s, and was among the first singer-songwriters in the age of mass media to utilize new communication technologies such as television, electronic microphones, and sound recordings.

  32. 1980

    1. Bernard Berrian, American football player births

      1. American football player (born 1980)

        Bernard Berrian

        Bernard Berrian is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the third round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at Fresno State.

    2. Cesaro, Swiss professional wrestler births

      1. Swiss professional wrestler

        Claudio Castagnoli

        Claudio Castagnoli is a Swiss professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under his real name, and is a member of the Blackpool Combat Club stable. Castagnoli also performs for AEW's sister promotion, Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a former one-time ROH World Champion. Castagnoli is also known for his 11-year tenure in WWE from 2011 to 2022, where he performed under the ring names Antonio Cesaro and Cesaro.

    3. Dahntay Jones, American basketball player births

      1. American basketball coach and player (born 1980)

        Dahntay Jones

        Dahntay Lavall Jones is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and Duke Blue Devils. Jones played in the NBA as a small forward and shooting guard from 2003 to 2017. He won an NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016.

    4. Meelis Kompus, Estonian journalist births

      1. Estonian civil servant and media personality

        Meelis Kompus

        Meelis Kompus is an Estonian civil servant and former Estonian TV and radio host, employed by the Estonian Public Broadcasting.

  33. 1979

    1. Pascale Dorcelus, Canadian weightlifter births

      1. Canadian weightlifter

        Pascale Dorcelus

        Pascale Dorcelus is a Canadian weightlifter.

    2. David Dunn, English footballer and manager births

      1. English footballer

        David Dunn

        David John Ian Dunn is an English former professional football player and manager; he is now a coach at EFL League One club Port Vale.

    3. Carson Palmer, American football player births

      1. American football player (born 1979)

        Carson Palmer

        Carson Hilton Palmer is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons, primarily with the Cincinnati Bengals and Arizona Cardinals. He played college football at USC where he won the Heisman Trophy in 2002 as a senior.

    4. Hafizullah Amin, Afghan educator and politician, 2nd General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (b. 1929) deaths

      1. Leader of socialist Afghanistan in 1979

        Hafizullah Amin

        Hafizullah Amin was an Afghan communist revolutionary, politician and teacher. He organized the Saur Revolution of 1978 and co-founded the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA), ruling Afghanistan as General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party from September 1979 until his assassination in December 1979.

      2. Ruling party of Afghanistan from 1978 to 1992

        People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan

        The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) was a Marxist–Leninist political party in Afghanistan established on 1 January 1965. Four members of the party won seats in the 1965 Afghan parliamentary election, reduced to two seats in 1969, albeit both before parties were fully legal. For most of its existence, the party was split between the hardline Khalq and moderate Parcham factions, each of which claimed to represent the "true" PDPA.

  34. 1978

    1. Deuce McAllister, American football player births

      1. American football player (born 1978)

        Deuce McAllister

        Dulymus Jenod "Deuce" McAllister is a former American football running back who played eight seasons for the New Orleans Saints in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Ole Miss and was drafted by the Saints in the first round of the 2001 NFL Draft. McAllister was selected to two Pro Bowls in his career. As of 2010, he lives in Metairie, Louisiana.

    2. Chris Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951) deaths

      1. American singer

        Chris Bell (American musician)

        Christopher Branford Bell was an American musician, guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Along with Alex Chilton, he led the power pop band Big Star through its first album #1 Record (1972). He also pursued a solo career throughout the mid-1970s, resulting in the posthumous I Am the Cosmos LP.

    3. Houari Boumediene, Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Algeria (b. 1932) deaths

      1. Second President of Algeria

        Houari Boumédiène

        Houari Boumédiène was an Algerian politician and army colonel who served as Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of Algeria from 19 June 1965 until 12 December 1976 and thereafter as the second President of Algeria until his death in 1978.

      2. Head of state and chief executive of Algeria

        President of Algeria

        The president of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is the head of state and chief executive of Algeria, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Algerian People's National Armed Forces.

    4. Bob Luman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937) deaths

      1. American singer-songwriter

        Bob Luman

        Robert Glynn Luman was an American country and rockabilly singer-songwriter.

  35. 1977

    1. Jacqueline Pillon, Canadian actress births

      1. Canadian voice actress (born 1977)

        Jacqueline Pillon

        Jacqueline Patricia Pillon is a Canadian actress. She is best known as the voice of Matt from Cyberchase and Cookie Falcone (MacDougall) in Fugget About It.

    2. Chris Tate, English footballer births

      1. English footballer

        Chris Tate (footballer)

        Christopher Douglas Tate is an English former footballer who played as a striker for various teams in the Football League.

  36. 1976

    1. Nikolaos Georgeas, Greek footballer births

      1. Greek footballer

        Nikolaos Georgeas

        Nikolaos "Nikos" Georgeas is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He is the current administrative director of AEK Athens Academy.

    2. Piotr Morawski, Polish mountaineer (d. 2009) births

      1. Piotr Morawski

        Piotr Morawski was a Polish mountaineer. He was best known for making the first successful winter ascent together with Simone Moro of Shishapangma on January 14, 2005. Morawski died aged 32 during an international Dhaulagiri/Manaslu expedition in Nepal. He fell into a crevasse at an elevation of 5500 m while acclimatizing.

    3. Daimí Pernía, Cuban basketball player and hurdler births

      1. Cuban hurdler

        Daimí Pernía

        Daimí Pernía Figueroa is a retired Cuban athlete competing mainly in 400 m hurdles. A former basketball player, she did not rise to international level until 1999, when she lowered her personal best from 55.51s to 52.89s and even became world champion. She announced her retirement in 2007.

    4. Fernando Pisani, Canadian-Italian ice hockey player births

      1. Ice hockey player

        Fernando Pisani

        Fernando Antonio Pisani is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger. He played professionally in the National Hockey League for his hometown Edmonton Oilers for seven NHL seasons, and one for the Chicago Blackhawks.

  37. 1975

    1. Aigars Fadejevs, Latvian race walker and therapist births

      1. Latvian racewalker

        Aigars Fadejevs

        Aigars Fadejevs is a former Latvian athlete, competing in 20 km, 50 km walk and marathon running, and a rehabilitologist for sprinters.

    2. Kjell Eriksson, Swedish television personality births

      1. Kjell Eriksson (radio presenter)

        Kjell Mikael Eriksson is a Swedish radio presenter, television personality, blogger and author. In 2008 he was a regular guest at VAKNA! med The Voice which was broadcast both on the radio station The Voice and on Kanal 5. Eriksson also goes by the pseudonyms of "Kjelleman", "Kjell ger igen" and "DumKjell". He has worked on the comedy show Pippirull and has presented the morning show Morgonpasset, and Sovmorgon all of them broadcast on Sveriges Radio. He also has presented the show Långlunch at the local radio Sveriges Radio Stockholm. Eriksson has frequently appeared on commercial television and radio channels such as RIX FM, The Voice, Kanal 5 and TV3. He has also written the biography Kjell, about his upbringing in Täby in the 1980s when he was severely overweight.

    3. Heather O'Rourke, American actress (d. 1988) births

      1. American child actress (1975–1988)

        Heather O'Rourke

        Heather Michele O'Rourke was an American child actress. She had her breakthrough starring as Carol Anne Freeling in the supernatural horror film Poltergeist (1982), which received critical acclaim and established her as an influential figure in the genre. She went on to reprise the role in Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) and Poltergeist III (1988), the latter of which was released posthumously.

  38. 1974

    1. Tomáš Janků, Czech high jumper births

      1. Czech high jumper

        Tomáš Janků

        Tomáš Janků is a former Czech high jumper.

    2. Masi Oka, Japanese-American actor and visual effects designer births

      1. Japanese actor

        Masi Oka

        Masayori "Masi" Oka is a Japanese actor, producer, and digital effects artist who became widely known for starring in NBC's Heroes as Hiro Nakamura and in CBS's Hawaii Five-0 as Doctor Max Bergman.

    3. Fumiko Orikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer births

      1. Japanese actress

        Fumiko Orikasa

        Fumiko Orikasa is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. She has been the voice of Rukia Kuchiki in Bleach, Meyrin Hawke in Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny, Chun-Li in Street Fighter, Kanade Minamino/Cure Rhythm in Suite PreCure, Lotte Yanson in Little Witch Academia and Riza Hawkeye in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.

    4. Jay Pandolfo, American ice hockey player and coach births

      1. American ice hockey player and coach

        Jay Pandolfo

        Jay Paul Pandolfo is an American professional ice hockey head coach and former forward. He spent most of his National Hockey League career with the New Jersey Devils before playing the 2011–12 season with the New York Islanders and the 2012–13 season with the Boston Bruins. His younger brother Mike was also once a member of the Devils organization. He currently works as the head coach for the Boston University men's Ice Hockey team.

    5. Vladimir Fock, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1898) deaths

      1. Russian physicist (1898–1974)

        Vladimir Fock

        Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock was a Soviet physicist, who did foundational work on quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics.

    6. Amy Vanderbilt, American author (b. 1908) deaths

      1. American Author and Socialite

        Amy Vanderbilt

        Amy Osborne Vanderbilt was an American authority on etiquette. In 1952 she published the best-selling book Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette. The book, later retitled Amy Vanderbilt's Etiquette, has been updated and is still in circulation. The most recent edition (ISBN 0-385-41342-4) was edited by Nancy Tuckerman and Nancy Dunnan. Its longtime popularity has led to its being considered a standard of etiquette writing.

  39. 1973

    1. Kristoffer Zegers, Dutch pianist and composer births

      1. Dutch composer (born 1973)

        Kristoffer Zegers

        Kristoffer Zegers is a Dutch composer.

  40. 1972

    1. Colin Charvis, Welsh rugby union player and coach births

      1. Wales and British Lions international rugby union player

        Colin Charvis

        Colin Charvis is a former captain of the Wales national rugby union team and also played for the British & Irish Lions. A back row forward, Charvis was equally adept as a flanker or as the no. 8.

    2. Kevin Ollie, American basketball player and coach births

      1. American basketball player and coach (born 1972)

        Kevin Ollie

        Kevin Jermaine Ollie is an American basketball coach and former player. Kevin is the head coach for Overtime Elite, a professional basketball league co-founded by Dan Porter and Zack Weiner for top players between 16 and 20 years old, founded in 2021.

    3. Matt Slocum, American guitarist and songwriter births

      1. Musical artist

        Matt Slocum

        Matt Slocum is a guitarist, cellist, pianist and composer, known for his work as the principal songwriter and lead guitarist of Sixpence None the Richer.

    4. Lester B. Pearson, Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897) deaths

      1. Prime minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968

        Lester B. Pearson

        Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson was a Canadian scholar, statesman, diplomat, and politician who served as the 14th prime minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968.

      2. Head of government of Canada

        Prime Minister of Canada

        The prime minister of Canada is the head of government of Canada. Under the Westminster system, the prime minister governs with the confidence of a majority the elected House of Commons; as such, the prime minister typically sits as a member of Parliament (MP) and leads the largest party or a coalition of parties. As first minister, the prime minister selects ministers to form the Cabinet, and serves as its chair. Constitutionally, the Crown exercises executive power on the advice of the Cabinet, which is collectively responsible to the House of Commons.

      3. One of five Nobel Prizes established by Alfred Nobel

        Nobel Peace Prize

        The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine and Literature. Since March 1901, it has been awarded annually to those who have "done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses".

  41. 1971

    1. Duncan Ferguson, Scottish footballer and coach births

      1. Scottish former professional footballer

        Duncan Ferguson

        Duncan Cowan Ferguson is a Scottish former professional footballer. Ferguson was the caretaker manager of Everton in 2019 and 2022. He began his career at Dundee United in 1990, and moved to Rangers in 1993 for what was then a British transfer record fee. He spent the remainder of his career in England, moving to Everton in 1994 before a stint with Newcastle United between 1998 and 2000, after which he returned to Everton where he retired in 2006.

    2. Guthrie Govan, English guitarist and educator births

      1. British musician

        Guthrie Govan

        Guthrie Govan is an English guitarist and guitar teacher, known for his work with the bands the Aristocrats, Asia, GPS, the Young Punx and the Fellowship, as well as his solo project Erotic Cakes. More recently, he has collaborated with Steven Wilson and Hans Zimmer. He is a noted guitar teacher, working with the UK magazine Guitar Techniques, Guildford's Academy of Contemporary Music, Lick Library, and formerly the Brighton Institute of Modern Music. Govan was named "Guitarist of the Year" by Guitarist magazine in 1993.

    3. Savannah Guthrie, American television journalist births

      1. American journalist and attorney (born 1971)

        Savannah Guthrie

        Savannah Clark Guthrie is an American broadcast journalist and attorney. She is a main co-anchor of the NBC News, morning show Today, a position she has held since July 2012.

    4. Jason Hawes, American paranormal investigator and author, founded The Atlantic Paranormal Society births

      1. American paranormal investigator (born 1971)

        Jason Hawes

        Jason Conrad Hawes is an American plumber and the co-founder of The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS), which is based in Warwick, Rhode Island. He is also one of the stars and co-producers of Syfy's Ghost Hunters, which ended its initial run after its eleventh season on October 26, 2016. Several years later, the show was renewed and revived for a 12th season at A&E, with new episodes premiering in August 2019 without Hawes's participation. TAPS co-founder and former lead investigator Grant Wilson returned to lead a brand new team, while Hawes moved on to lead his own show with Ghost Hunters alumni Dave Tango and Steve Gonsalves in Ghost Nation, which has been airing on the Travel Channel since October 2019.

      2. Investigation group

        The Atlantic Paranormal Society

        The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS) is an organization that investigates reported paranormal activity. Based in Warwick, Rhode Island, TAPS was founded in 1990 by Jason Hawes. In 2004, the organization itself became the subject of Ghost Hunters, a popular weekly American paranormal reality television series on the Syfy channel. The show ran for eleven seasons on Syfy in the US. The show aired in the UK nine months after the US premier on Living It.

    5. Bryan Smolinski, American ice hockey player and coach births

      1. American ice hockey player

        Bryan Smolinski

        Bryan Anthony Smolinski is an American former professional ice hockey center. The Boston Bruins drafted him 21st overall in 1990. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Islanders, Los Angeles Kings, Ottawa Senators, Chicago Blackhawks, Vancouver Canucks and Montreal Canadiens. He had also previously played with the Port Huron Icehawks of the International Hockey League (IHL).

  42. 1970

    1. Brendon Cook, Australian race car driver and rugby player births

      1. Brendon Cook

        Brendon John Cook is a former race driver who raced mainly in Australia, but also in Europe.

    2. Lorenzo Neal, American football player and radio host births

      1. American football player (born 1970)

        Lorenzo Neal

        Lorenzo LaVonne Neal is an American former professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL) for sixteen seasons. Neal played college football for the Fresno State Bulldogs. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the fourth round of the 1993 NFL Draft. A four-time Pro Bowl selection and three-time All-Pro, he was also a member of the New York Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tennessee Titans, Cincinnati Bengals, San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Ravens, and Oakland Raiders. Considered one of the best blocking fullbacks in NFL history, Neal blocked for a 1,000+ yard running back in eleven straight seasons from 1997 to 2007.

  43. 1969

    1. Jean-Christophe Boullion, French race car driver births

      1. French racing driver

        Jean-Christophe Boullion

        Jean-Christophe "Jules" Boullion is a French professional racing driver who raced in Formula One for the Sauber team.

    2. Sarah Vowell, American author and journalist births

      1. American author, journalist and voice actress

        Sarah Vowell

        Sarah Jane Vowell is an American author, journalist, essayist, social commentator and voice actress. She has written seven nonfiction books on American history and culture. She was a contributing editor for the radio program This American Life on Public Radio International from 1996 to 2008, where she produced numerous commentaries and documentaries and toured the country in many of the program's live shows. She was also the voice of Violet Parr in the 2004 animated film The Incredibles and its 2018 sequel.

    3. Chyna, American professional wrestler and actress (d. 2016) births

      1. American professional wrestler, glamour model and bodybuilder (1969–2016)

        Chyna

        Chyna was an American professional wrestler, bodybuilder and television personality.

  44. 1966

    1. Marianne Elliott, English director and producer births

      1. British theatre director

        Marianne Elliott

        Marianne Phoebe Elliott is a British theatre director and producer who works on the West End and Broadway. She has received numerous accolades including three Laurence Olivier Awards and four Tony Awards.

    2. Bill Goldberg, American football player, wrestler and actor births

      1. American professional wrestler and football player (born 1966)

        Bill Goldberg

        William Scott Goldberg, often known mononymously as Goldberg, is an American professional wrestler and former professional football player. He is best known for his tenures in WCW and WWE.

    3. Eva LaRue, American model and actress births

      1. American actress and model (born 1966)

        Eva LaRue

        Eva Maria LaRue is an American actress and model. She is known for her roles as Maria Santos on All My Children and Det. Natalia Boa Vista on CSI: Miami.

    4. Fabian Núñez, American politician births

      1. American politician

        Fabian Núñez

        Fabian Núñez is an American politician and labor union adviser. A member of the Democratic Party, he served three two-year terms as a member of the California State Assembly, leaving office in late 2008. During his last two terms, Núñez served as the 66th Speaker of the California State Assembly.

  45. 1965

    1. Chris Mainwaring, Australian footballer and journalist (d. 2007) births

      1. Australian rules footballer, born 1965

        Chris Mainwaring

        Christopher Douglas Mainwaring was an Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL) and for the East Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).

    2. Salman Khan, Indian film actor and producer births

      1. Indian actor and producer

        Salman Khan

        Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films. In a film career spanning over thirty years, Khan has received numerous awards, including two National Film Awards as a film producer, and two Filmfare Awards as an actor. He is cited in the media as one of the most commercially successful actors of Indian cinema. Forbes has included Khan in listings of the highest-paid celebrities in the world, in 2015 and 2018, with him being the highest-ranked Indian in the latter year.

    3. Edgar Ende, German painter (b. 1901) deaths

      1. German surrealist painter

        Edgar Ende

        Edgar Karl Alfons Ende was a German surrealist painter and father of the children's novelist Michael Ende.

  46. 1963

    1. Gaspar Noé, Argentinian-French director and screenwriter births

      1. Argentine director, screenwriter, cinematographer and film producer

        Gaspar Noé

        Gaspar Noé is an Argentine filmmaker based in Paris, France. He is the son of Argentine painter, writer, and intellectual Luis Felipe Noé.

  47. 1962

    1. Mark Few, American basketball player and coach births

      1. American college basketball coach (born 1962)

        Mark Few

        Mark Norman Few is an American college basketball coach who has been the head coach at Gonzaga University since 1999. He has served on Gonzaga's coaching staff since 1989, and has been a constant on the sidelines throughout a period that has seen the Bulldogs rise from mid-major obscurity to consistent NCAA tournament contenders. During his tenure as head coach, Few has led the Bulldogs to the NCAA Tournament every season, a stretch that has garnered the Bulldogs recognition as a major basketball power despite playing in a mid-major conference.

    2. John Kampfner, Singaporean journalist and author births

      1. British journalist

        John Kampfner

        John Kampfner is a British author, broadcaster and commentator. He is now an Executive Director at Chatham House, leading its UK in the World initiative. His sixth book Why The Germans Do It Better, Notes From A Grown-Up Country, was published in 2020 and chosen as one of the books of the year in 2020 and 2021 in a number of newspapers. He is currently working on a new book about Berlin.

    3. Bill Self, American basketball player and coach births

      1. American basketball player and coach (born 1962)

        Bill Self

        Billy Eugene Self Jr. is an American basketball coach. He is the head men's basketball coach at the University of Kansas, a position he has held since 2003. During his 19 seasons as head coach, he has led the Jayhawks to 16 Big 12 regular season championships, including an NCAA record 14 consecutive Big 12 regular season championships, some of which were shared (2005–2018). He has also led the Jayhawks to four NCAA Final Four appearances, the 2008 NCAA championship and 2022 NCAA championship. Self was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017. At the end of the 2021–22 season, Self had the 18th most wins among Division I coaches in NCAA history and 4th among active head coaches. He is the second-winningest coach in Kansas history, behind only Hall of Famer Phog Allen and is the only coach in Kansas history to lead Kansas to multiple NCAA Tournament National Championships.

    4. Sherri Steinhauer, American golfer births

      1. American professional golfer (born 1962)

        Sherri Steinhauer

        Sherri Steinhauer is an American professional golfer who plays on the Legends Tour. She retired from the LPGA Tour in 2012 after a 26-year career. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin and attended The University of Texas at Austin. Her rookie season on the LPGA Tour was 1986. She has won eight tournaments on the Tour, including two major championships, the 1992 du Maurier Classic and 2006 Women's British Open.

  48. 1961

    1. Guido Westerwelle, German lawyer and politician, 15th Vice-Chancellor of Germany (d. 2016) births

      1. German politician

        Guido Westerwelle

        Guido Westerwelle was a German politician who served as Foreign Minister in the second cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel and Vice-Chancellor of Germany from 2009 to 2011, being the first openly gay person to hold any of these positions. He also led the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 2001 until he stepped down in 2011. A lawyer by profession, he was a member of the Bundestag from 1996 to 2013. For his party he was also its first and so far only Chancellor candidate in the 2002 federal election, becoming also the youngest candidate for the office of Chancellor to date.

      2. German cabinet member

        Vice-Chancellor of Germany

        The vice-chancellor of Germany, unofficially the vice-chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, officially the deputy to the federal chancellor, is the second highest ranking German cabinet member. The chancellor is the head of government and, according to the constitution, gives this title of deputy to one of the federal ministers. It is common that the title is given to the major minister provided by the (smaller) coalition partner.

  49. 1960

    1. Maryam d'Abo, English actress births

      1. British actress

        Maryam d'Abo

        Maryam d'Abo is a British actress, best known as Bond girl Kara Milovy in the 1987 James Bond film The Living Daylights.

    2. Donald Nally, American conductor and academic births

      1. Musical artist

        Donald Nally

        Donald Nally is an American conductor, chorus master, and professor of conducting, specializing in chamber choirs, opera, and new music. He is conductor of the professional new-music choir, The Crossing, based in Philadelphia. He teaches graduate students at Northwestern University's Bienen School of Music.

    3. Terry Price, Australian golfer births

      1. Australian professional golfer

        Terry Price (golfer)

        Terry Price is an Australian professional golfer.

  50. 1959

    1. Gerina Dunwich, American astrologer, historian, and author births

      1. American astrologer, occult historian

        Gerina Dunwich

        Gerina Dunwich is a professional astrologer, occult historian, and New Age author, best known for her books on Wicca and various occult subjects. She is also involved in paranormal research and is the founder of the Paranormal Animal Research Group, which investigates cases of alleged hauntings by animal spirits.

    2. Andre Tippett, American football player and coach births

      1. American football player (born 1959)

        Andre Tippett

        Andre Bernard Tippett Sr. is an American former professional football player who was an outside linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons with the New England Patriots. He played college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes, where he was recognized as a consensus All-American in 1981. A second-round pick in the 1982 NFL Draft, Tippett was selected to five Pro Bowls and was named first-team All-Pro twice in his career. Since 2007, he has been the Patriots' executive director of community affairs. He was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2008. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.

  51. 1958

    1. Steve Jones, American golfer births

      1. American professional golfer

        Steve Jones (golfer)

        Steven Glen Jones is an American professional golfer, best known for winning the U.S. Open in 1996.

  52. 1956

    1. Doina Melinte, Romanian runner births

      1. Romanian middle-distance runner

        Doina Melinte

        Doina Ofelia Melinte is a retired Romanian middle-distance runner. She competed at four Olympics (1980–92), and won a gold medal in the 800 metres and a silver medal in the 1500 metres in 1984. She won the world indoor title in 1987 and 1989 and the European indoor title in 1985, 1988 and 1990 in the 1500 m. Her world indoor mile record of 4:17.41 in 1990, stood for 26 years.

    2. Lambert McKenna, Irish priest and lexicographer (b. 1870) deaths

      1. Irish academic

        Lambert McKenna

        Lambert McKenna S.J. was a Jesuit priest and writer.

  53. 1955

    1. Brad Murphey, American race car driver births

      1. American racing driver

        Brad Murphey

        Brad Murphey, is a former American racecar driver in the Indy Racing League. He raced in the 1996 and 1996-1997 seasons for Hemelgarn Racing with 3 career starts, including the Indianapolis 500 where he was credited with 23rd place, but never finished a race or led a lap. His last IRL race was the inaugural 500K at Las Vegas Motor Speedway where his right leg/pelvis was broken while involved in an accident with Eddie Cheever and Stephane Gregoire on lap 29.

    2. Barbara Olson, American journalist and author (d. 2001) births

      1. American lawyer

        Barbara Olson

        Barbara Kay Olson was an American lawyer and conservative television commentator who worked for CNN, Fox News Channel, and several other outlets. She was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77 en route to a taping of Bill Maher's television show Politically Incorrect when it was flown into the Pentagon in the September 11 attacks.

    3. Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1881) deaths

      1. Alfred Carpenter

        Vice-Admiral Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter, VC was a Royal Navy officer who was selected by his fellow officers and men to receive the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

      2. Highest military decoration awarded for valour in armed forces of various Commonwealth countries

        Victoria Cross

        The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces and may be awarded posthumously. It was previously awarded by countries of the Commonwealth of Nations, most of which have established their own honours systems and no longer recommend British honours. It may be awarded to a person of any military rank in any service and to civilians under military command. No civilian has received the award since 1879. Since the first awards were presented by Queen Victoria in 1857, two-thirds of all awards have been personally presented by the British monarch. The investitures are usually held at Buckingham Palace.

  54. 1954

    1. Edmund Zagorski, American convicted murderer (d. 2018) births

      1. American executed criminal (1954–2018)

        Edmund Zagorski

        Edmund George Zagorski was an American convicted murderer from Michigan who was executed by the state of Tennessee for the 1983 murders of John Dotson and Jimmy Porter in Robertson County. Zagorski lured the two men into a wooded hunting ground under the pretense of selling them 100 lb of marijuana before shooting them and slitting their throats.

    2. Mandie Fletcher, English director, producer, and production manager births

      1. British television director

        Mandie Fletcher

        Mandie Elizabeth Fletcher is a British television and film director.

    3. Teo Chee Hean, Singaporean politician and 5th Senior Minister of Singapore births

      1. Singaporean politician

        Teo Chee Hean

        Teo Chee Hean is a Singaporean politician and former two-star rear-admiral who has been serving as Senior Minister of Singapore since 2019 alongside Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Coordinating Minister for National Security since 2015. A member of the governing People's Action Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Pasir Ris West division of Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC since 2001.

      2. Cabinet position in the Government of Singapore

        Senior Minister of Singapore

        Senior Minister of Singapore is a position in the Cabinet of Singapore. Holders of this office have served as either the prime minister or the deputy prime minister. Among the executive branch officeholders in the order of precedence, the position ranks after the prime minister and the deputy prime minister. They also serve as part of the Prime Minister's Office and work at The Istana.

  55. 1953

    1. Şükrü Saracoğlu, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1887) deaths

      1. 5th Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey from 1942 to 1946

        Şükrü Saracoğlu

        Mehmet Şükrü Saracoğlu was a Turkish politician, the fifth Prime Minister of Turkey and the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs during the early stages of World War II. He signed the German–Turkish Treaty of Friendship in 1941, which would prevent Turkish involvement in the war. He was also the chairman of the Turkish sports club Fenerbahçe S.K. for 16 years between 1934 and 1950, including holding that post concurrently with his time as Prime Minister from 1942 to 1946.

      2. Head of government of the Republic of Turkey (1920–2018)

        Prime Minister of Turkey

        The prime minister of the Republic of Turkey was the head of government of the Republic of Turkey from 1920 to 2018, who led a political coalition in the Turkish Parliament and presided over the cabinet. Throughout the political history of Turkey, functions and powers of the post have changed occasionally. Prior to its dissolution as a result of the 2017 Constitutional Referendum, the prime minister was generally the dominant figure in Turkish politics, outweighing the president.

    2. Julian Tuwim, Polish poet and author (b. 1894) deaths

      1. Polish poet

        Julian Tuwim

        Julian Tuwim, known also under the pseudonym "Oldlen" as a lyricist, was a Polish poet, born in Łódź, then part of the Russian Partition. He was educated in Łódź and in Warsaw where he studied law and philosophy at Warsaw University. After Poland's return to independence in 1918, Tuwim co-founded the Skamander group of experimental poets with Antoni Słonimski and Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz. He was a major figure in Polish literature, admired also for his contribution to children's literature. He was a recipient of the prestigious Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature in 1935.

  56. 1952

    1. Tovah Feldshuh, American actress, singer, and playwright births

      1. American actress, singer and playwright

        Tovah Feldshuh

        Terri Sue "Tovah" Feldshuh is an American actress, singer, and playwright. She has been a Broadway star for more than four decades, earning four Tony Award nominations. She has also received two Emmy Award nominations for Holocaust and Law & Order, and appeared in such films as A Walk on the Moon, She's Funny That Way, and Kissing Jessica Stein. In 2015–2016, she played the role of Deanna Monroe on AMC's television adaptation of The Walking Dead.

    2. Jay Hill, Canadian farmer and politician births

      1. Canadian politician

        Jay Hill

        Jay D. Hill is a Canadian politician who served as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Prince George—Peace River in British Columbia from 1993 to 2010. He served as Government House Leader in the House of Commons during his tenure (2008–2010). On July 21, 2010, Hill announced that he would be retiring at the May 2011 federal election. In October 2010, he announced he would retire on October 25, 2010. He recently served as the interim leader of the Maverick Party from 2020-2022.

    3. David Knopfler, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer births

      1. British singer-songwriter

        David Knopfler

        David Knopfler is a British singer-songwriter. He was born in Scotland and raised in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, from the age of two. Together with his older brother Mark Knopfler, John Illsley, and Pick Withers, he founded the rock band Dire Straits in 1977, serving as rhythm guitarist on their first two albums. After quitting the band, Knopfler embarked upon a solo career as a recording artist. Knopfler initially created smaller record labels, publishing companies, and indie labels.

    4. Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest, author, and educator (b. 1878) deaths

      1. John O'Brien (poet)

        Monsignor Patrick Joseph Hartigan was an Australian Roman Catholic priest, educator, author and poet, writing under the name John O'Brien.

  57. 1951

    1. Ernesto Zedillo, Mexican economist and politician, 54th President of Mexico births

      1. President of Mexico from 1994 to 2000

        Ernesto Zedillo

        Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León is a Mexican economist and politician. He was 61st president of Mexico from 1 December 1994 to 30 November 2000, as the last of the uninterrupted 71-year line of Mexican presidents from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

      2. Head of state and Head of government of Mexico

        President of Mexico

        The president of Mexico, officially the president of the United Mexican States, is the head of state and head of government of Mexico. Under the Constitution of Mexico, the president heads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the Mexican Armed Forces. The current president is Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who took office on 1 December 2018.

  58. 1950

    1. Haris Alexiou, Greek singer-songwriter births

      1. Greek singer

        Haris Alexiou

        Haris Alexiou is a Greek singer. She is considered one of the most popular singers in Greece and has been commercially successful since the 1970s. She has worked with important Greek songwriters and composers, has performed at top musical theatres all over the world, and has received several awards. She has recorded over thirty albums and has been featured on albums of other musicians. On 14 March 2010 Alpha TV ranked Alexiou as the first top-certified female artist in Greece in the phonographic era, Chart Show: Your Countdown and the Number 3 overall ranking with regards to the sale of the personal albums certified Gold or Platinum in Greek discography since 1970, behind the male singers George Dalaras and Yiannis Parios. Eight of her personal albums released between 1977 and 2003 have surpassed 1.5 million sales, the only Greek female singer to do so.

    2. Roberto Bettega, Italian footballer and manager births

      1. Italian footballer

        Roberto Bettega

        Roberto Bettega is an Italian former footballer who played as a forward.

    3. Terry Bozzio, American drummer and songwriter births

      1. American drummer (born 1950)

        Terry Bozzio

        Terry John Bozzio is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa. He has been featured on nine solo or collaborative albums, 26 albums with Zappa and seven albums with Missing Persons. Bozzio has been a prolific sideman, playing on numerous releases by other artists since the mid-1970s. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1997. His son and stepdaughter are also drummers with the latter, Marina, being a member of the band Aldious.

    4. Max Beckmann, German-American painter and sculptor (b. 1884) deaths

      1. German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and writer

        Max Beckmann

        Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann was a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer. Although he is classified as an Expressionist artist, he rejected both the term and the movement. In the 1920s, he was associated with the New Objectivity, an outgrowth of Expressionism that opposed its introverted emotionalism. Even when dealing with light subject matter like circus performers, Beckmann often had an undercurrent of moodiness or unease in his works. By the 1930s, his work became more explicit in its horrifying imagery and distorted forms with combination of brutal realism and social criticism, coinciding with the rise of nazism in Germany.

  59. 1949

    1. Terry Ito, Japanese director, producer, and critic births

      1. Terry Ito

        Teruo Ito , better known as Terry Ito , is a Japanese director, television producer, critic, and writer. His name "Terry" comes from his first name, "Teruo". His ancestral home is in Yokoshibahikari, Sanbu District, Chiba Prefecture.

  60. 1948

    1. Gérard Depardieu, French-Russian actor births

      1. French actor (born 1948)

        Gérard Depardieu

        Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu, CQ is a French actor, filmmaker, businessman and vineyard owner since 1989 who is one of the most prolific thespians in film history having completed over 250 films since 1967 almost exclusively as a lead. Depardieu has worked with over 150 film directors whose most notable collaborations include Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Maurice Pialat, Alain Resnais, Claude Chabrol, Ridley Scott and Bernardo Bertolucci. He is the second highest grossing actor in the history of French Cinema behind Louis de Funès. As of January 2022, his body of work also include countless television productions, 18 theatre plays, 16 records and 9 books. He is mostly known as a character actor and for having portrayed numerous leading historical and fictitious figures of the Western world including Georges Danton, Joseph Stalin, Honoré de Balzac, Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Rodin, Cyrano de Bergerac, Jean Valjean, Edmond Dantès, Christopher Columbus, Obélix, and Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

  61. 1947

    1. Bill Eadie, American wrestler and coach births

      1. American professional wrestler

        Ax (wrestler)

        William Reid "Bill" Eadie is an American retired professional wrestler who has competed under the names of Ax as part of Demolition and The Masked Superstar. He was a high school teacher and coach at Cambridge High School in Cambridge, Ohio, and at East Liverpool, Ohio.

    2. Doug Livermore, English footballer and manager births

      1. Doug Livermore

        Douglas Ernest Livermore is a former professional footballer and manager.

    3. Osman Pamukoğlu, Turkish general and politician births

      1. Turkish general

        Osman Pamukoğlu

        Osman Pamukoğlu is a retired major general of the Turkish Army, author and politician who founded the Rights and Equality Party on September 4, 2008 in remembrance of the Congress of Sivas.

    4. Willy Polleunis, Belgian runner births

      1. Belgian long-distance runner

        Willy Polleunis

        Willy Polleunis is a retired long-distance runner from Belgium who won the silver medal in the 3000 metres at the 1973 European Indoor Championships, behind his clubmate Emiel Puttemans. He competed in the 5000 and 10000 metres events at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics with the best achievement of sixth place in the 5000 metres in 1976. At the start of the final lap, he was in tenth place, but he accelerated, and possibly ran the final lap even faster than the winner, Lasse Viren.

  62. 1946

    1. Lenny Kaye, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer births

      1. American guitarist, composer, and writer (born 1946)

        Lenny Kaye

        Lenny Kaye is an American guitarist, composer, and writer who is best known as a member of the Patti Smith Group.

    2. Joe Kinnear, Irish footballer and manager births

      1. Irish former football manager and player (born 1946)

        Joe Kinnear

        Joseph Patrick Kinnear is an Irish former football manager and player. Kinnear played as a defender, spending the majority of his career—ten seasons—with Tottenham Hotspur. With Tottenham he won the FA Cup, the EFL Cup twice, the FA Community Shield and the UEFA Cup. Kinnear was born in Dublin, moving to Watford, England at the age of seven. He was capped 26 times for the Republic of Ireland national football team. Following the end of his playing career he has also been the manager of India, Nepal, Doncaster Rovers, Wimbledon, Luton Town, Nottingham Forest and Newcastle United.

    3. Janet Street-Porter, English journalist and producer births

      1. British media personality, journalist and broadcaster

        Janet Street-Porter

        Janet Vera Street-Porter is an English broadcaster, journalist, writer, and media personality. She began her career as a fashion writer and columnist at the Daily Mail and was later appointed fashion editor of the Evening Standard in 1971. In 1973, she co-presented a mid-morning radio show with Paul Callan on LBC.

    4. Polly Toynbee, English journalist and author births

      1. English journalist and writer

        Polly Toynbee

        Mary Louisa "Polly" Toynbee is a British journalist and writer. She has been a columnist for The Guardian newspaper since 1998.

  63. 1944

    1. Mick Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer births

      1. English rock guitarist

        Mick Jones (Foreigner guitarist)

        Michael Leslie Jones is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known as the last remaining original member of the British-American rock band Foreigner. Prior to Foreigner, he was in the band Spooky Tooth.

  64. 1943

    1. Cokie Roberts, American journalist and author (d. 2019) births

      1. American journalist and author (1943–2019)

        Cokie Roberts

        Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne "Cokie" Roberts was an American journalist and author. Her career included decades as a political reporter and analyst for National Public Radio, PBS, and ABC News, with prominent positions on Morning Edition, The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, World News Tonight, and This Week. She was considered one of NPR's "Founding Mothers" along with Susan Stamberg, Linda Wertheimer and Nina Totenberg.

    2. Joan Manuel Serrat, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist births

      1. Spanish musician

        Joan Manuel Serrat

        Joan Manuel Serrat i Teresa is a Spanish musician, singer and composer. He is considered one of the most important figures of modern, popular music in both the Spanish and Catalan languages.

    3. Peter Sinfield, English songwriter and producer births

      1. English poet and songwriter

        Peter Sinfield

        Peter John Sinfield is an English poet and songwriter. He is best known as the co-founder and former lyricist of King Crimson, whose debut album In the Court of the Crimson King is considered one of the first and most influential progressive rock albums ever released.

    4. Roy White, American baseball player and coach births

      1. American baseball player

        Roy White

        Roy Hilton White is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played his entire career in Major League Baseball as an outfielder for the New York Yankees between 1965 and 1979. With the Yankees, he won two championships in 1977 and '78, both over his hometown Los Angeles Dodgers.

    5. Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1887) deaths

      1. Estonian military officer (1887–1943)

        Ants Kurvits

        Ants Kurvits or Hans Kurvits was an Estonian military commander, reaching rank of major general. He participated in the Estonian War of Independence and later became the founder and long-time leader of the Estonian Border Guard. Kurvits also served briefly as Minister of War.

      2. Estonian cabinet position

        Minister of Defence (Estonia)

        The Minister of Defence is the senior minister at the Ministry of Defence (Kaitseministeerium) in the Estonian Government. The minister is one of the most important members of the Estonian government, with responsibility for coordinating the governments policies on national defence and the military forces. The defence minister is chosen by the prime minister as a part of the government.

  65. 1942

    1. Byron Browne, American baseball player births

      1. American baseball player (born 1942)

        Byron Browne (baseball)

        Byron Ellis Browne is an American former professional baseball outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals, and Philadelphia Phillies, between 1965 and 1972. He attended Central High School in St. Joseph, MO.

    2. Thomas Menino, American politician, 53rd Mayor of Boston (d. 2014) births

      1. 53rd mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

        Thomas Menino

        Thomas Michael Menino was an American politician who served as the 53rd mayor of Boston, from 1993 to 2014. He was the city's longest-serving mayor. He was elected mayor in 1993 after first serving three months in the position of "acting mayor" following the resignation of his predecessor Raymond Flynn. Before serving as mayor, Menino was a member of Boston City Council and had been elected president of the City Council in 1993.

      2. Head of municipal government in Boston, Massachusetts, United States

        Mayor of Boston

        The mayor of Boston is the head of the municipal government in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston has a mayor–council government. Boston's mayoral elections are nonpartisan, and elect a mayor to a four-year term; there are no term limits. The mayor's office is in Boston City Hall, in Government Center.

    3. Ron Rothstein, American basketball player and coach births

      1. Ron Rothstein

        Ronald L. Rothstein is an American former professional basketball coach and college basketball player, who has led many different NBA teams. He served as the first head coach for the Miami Heat, and later coached the Detroit Pistons. He has also coached in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). In 2007-08, he also filled in for Pat Riley as an interim coach for the Heat.

  66. 1941

    1. Miles Aiken, American basketball player and coach births

      1. American basketball player

        Miles Aiken

        Miles Aiken is an American former professional basketball player, coach of the British Olympic basketball team, and sportscaster of basketball and American football.

    2. Mike Pinder, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player births

      1. British musician

        Mike Pinder

        Michael Thomas Pinder is an English rock musician, and is a founding member and original keyboard player of the British rock group the Moody Blues. He left the group following the recording of the band's ninth album Octave in 1978. He is especially noted for his technological contribution to music. In 2018, Pinder was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Moody Blues.

    3. Nolan Richardson, American basketball player and coach births

      1. American college basketball coach

        Nolan Richardson

        Nolan Richardson Jr. is a former American basketball head coach best known for his tenure at the University of Arkansas, where he won the 1994 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and led the Razorbacks to three Final Fours. Elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008 and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014, Richardson coached teams to winning a Division I Basketball National Championship, an NIT championship, and a Junior College National Championship, making him the only coach to win all three championships. During his 22 seasons of coaching in NCAA Division I, Richardson made a post-season tournament appearance 20 times.

  67. 1940

    1. David Shepherd, English cricketer and umpire (d. 2009) births

      1. English cricket umpire

        David Shepherd (umpire)

        David Robert Shepherd was a first-class cricketer who played county cricket for Gloucestershire, and later became one of the cricket world's best-known umpires. He stood in 92 Test matches, the last of them in June 2005, the most for any English umpire. He also umpired 172 ODIs, including three consecutive World Cup finals in 1996, 1999 and 2003.

  68. 1939

    1. John Amos, American actor births

      1. American actor

        John Amos

        John Allen Amos Jr. is an American actor known for his role as James Evans Sr. on the CBS television series Good Times. Amos's other television work includes The Mary Tyler Moore Show, a recurring role as Admiral Percy Fitzwallace on The West Wing, and the role of Washington, D.C., Mayor Ethan Baker in the series The District. Amos has appeared on Broadway and in numerous films in his five-decade career. He has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and an NAACP Image Award. On film, he has played numerous supporting roles in movies such as The Beastmaster (1982), Coming to America (1988), Die Hard 2 (1990) and Coming 2 America (2021).

    2. Rinaldo Cuneo, American painter (b. 1877) deaths

      1. American painter (1877–1939)

        Rinaldo Cuneo

        Rinaldo Cuneo, was an American artist known for his landscape paintings and murals. He was dubbed "the Painter of San Francisco".

  69. 1938

    1. Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic (b. 1889) deaths

      1. American scientist (1889–1938)

        Calvin Bridges

        Calvin Blackman Bridges was an American scientist known for his contributions to the field of genetics. Along with Alfred Sturtevant and H.J. Muller, Bridges was part of Thomas Hunt Morgan's famous "Fly Room" at Columbia University.

    2. Osip Mandelstam, Polish-Russian poet and critic (b. 1891) deaths

      1. Russian and Soviet poet (1891–1938)

        Osip Mandelstam

        Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam was a Russian and Soviet poet. He was one of the foremost members of the Acmeist school.

    3. Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1874) deaths

      1. American writer

        Zona Gale

        Zona Gale, also known by her married name, Zona Gale Breese, was an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright. She became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1921. The close relationship she had with her parents set the tone for her writing and her personal life. Her books based upon her home town were found to be charming and had an intimate sense of realism, in which she captures the underlying feelings and motivations of her characters. All of her works were written under her maiden name, Zona Gale.

  70. 1936

    1. Phil Sharpe, English cricketer (d. 2014) births

      1. English cricketer

        Phil Sharpe (cricketer)

        Philip John Sharpe was an English cricketer, who played in twelve Tests from 1963 to 1969, and was one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1963. He played all of his county cricket for Yorkshire and Derbyshire, and played in Minor counties cricket for Norfolk. However he was despised by Geoff Boycott because of what Boycott perceived as his “social, rather weak and insipid attitude towards cricket”.

    2. Eve Uusmees, Estonian swimmer and coach births

      1. Estonian swimmer

        Eve Uusmees

        Eve-Mai Maurer is an Estonian former breaststroke swimmer who won a silver medal in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships. She also competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the 200 m breaststroke but was eliminated in the preliminaries.

    3. Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician (b. 1873) deaths

      1. Turkish poet, author, academic and politician (1873–1936)

        Mehmet Akif Ersoy

        Mehmet Akif Ersoy was a Turkish pan-Islamist poet, writer, academic, politician, and the author of the Turkish National Anthem. Widely regarded as one of the premiere literary minds of his time, Ersoy is noted for his command of the Turkish language, as well as his patriotism and role in the Turkish War of Independence.

  71. 1935

    1. Michael Turnbull, English bishop births

      1. Michael Turnbull (bishop)

        Anthony Michael Arnold Turnbull is a retired Church of England bishop. He was ordained in 1961 and in 1988 he was consecrated as the Bishop of Rochester. In 1994, he became the Bishop of Durham until he retired in 2003. In his retirement, Turnbull continues "preaching and teaching and writing".

  72. 1934

    1. Larisa Latynina, Ukrainian gymnast and coach births

      1. Soviet gymnast (born 1934)

        Larisa Latynina

        Larisa Semyonovna Latynina is a former Soviet artistic gymnast. Between 1956 and 1964 she won 14 individual Olympic medals and four team medals. She holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals by a gymnast, male or female, with 9. Her total of 18 Olympic medals was a record for 48 years. She held the record for individual event medals, winning 14 over 52 years. She is credited with helping to establish the Soviet Union as a dominant force in gymnastics.

    2. Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow, English businessman births

      1. Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow

        Jeffrey Maurice Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow, is a British businessman and Conservative peer. The Plaistow referred to is Plaistow, West Sussex, reflected in the land holdings in the county.

  73. 1933

    1. Dave Marr, American golfer (d. 1997) births

      1. American professional golfer and sportscaster

        Dave Marr

        David Francis Marr, Jr. was an American professional golfer and sportscaster, best known for winning the 1965 PGA Championship.

  74. 1931

    1. Scotty Moore, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2016) births

      1. American guitarist (1931–2016)

        Scotty Moore

        Winfield Scott Moore III was an American guitarist who formed The Blue Moon Boys in 1954, Elvis Presley's backing band. He was studio and touring guitarist for Presley between 1954 and 1968.

  75. 1930

    1. Marshall Sahlins, American anthropologist and academic (d. 2021) births

      1. American anthropologist (1930–2021)

        Marshall Sahlins

        Marshall David Sahlins was an American cultural anthropologist best known for his ethnographic work in the Pacific and for his contributions to anthropological theory. He was Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and of Social Sciences at the University of Chicago.

    2. Wilfrid Sheed, English-born American novelist and essayist (d. 2011) births

      1. American novelist

        Wilfrid Sheed

        Wilfrid John Joseph Sheed was an English-born American novelist and essayist.

  76. 1927

    1. Antony Gardner, English engineer and politician (d. 2011) births

      1. British politician

        Antony Gardner

        Antony (Tony) John Gardner was a British Labour Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1966 to 1970.

    2. Nityanand Swami, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (d. 2012) births

      1. 1st Chief Minister of Uttarakhand

        Nityanand Swami (politician)

        Nityanand Swami was the chief minister of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, named Uttaranchal during his administration. He was the first chief minister of the state, serving from 9 November 2000 to 29 October 2001.

      2. List of chief ministers of Uttarakhand

        The chief minister of Uttarakhand is the chief executive of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the legislative assembly, the state's governor usually invites the party with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.

    3. Audrey Wagner, American baseball player, obstetrician, and gynecologist (d. 1984) births

      1. Baseball player

        Audrey Wagner

        Genevieve "Audrey" Wagner [Audrey] was an outfielder who played from 1943 through 1949 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m), 145 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.

  77. 1926

    1. Jerome Courtland, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2012) births

      1. American actor and producer

        Jerome Courtland

        Jerome Courtland was an American actor, director and producer. He acted in films in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, and in television in the 1950s and 1960s. Courtland also appeared on Broadway in the musical Flahooley in the early 1950s. He directed and produced television series in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He served in the Pacific Theater of World War II.

  78. 1925

    1. Michel Piccoli, French actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2020) births

      1. French actor (1925–2020)

        Michel Piccoli

        Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli was a French actor, producer and film director with a career spanning 70 years. He was lauded as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation who played a wide variety of roles and worked with many acclaimed directors, being awarded with a Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and a Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival.

  79. 1924

    1. Jean Bartik, American computer scientist and engineer (d. 2011) births

      1. American ENIAC computer programmer (1924–2011)

        Jean Bartik

        Jean Bartik was one of the original six programmers for the ENIAC computer.

    2. James A. McClure, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2011) births

      1. American politician and lawyer

        James A. McClure

        James Albertus McClure was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Idaho, most notably serving as a Republican in the U.S. Senate for three terms.

    3. Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (b. 1866) deaths

      1. 19th and 20th-century Swedish nurse and activist

        Agda Meyerson

        Agda Meyerson was a Swedish nurse who became an activist to improve the education, pay and working conditions of her profession. She served as vice chair of the Swedish Nursing Association in 1910 and on the board of numerous nursing facilities. She is recognized as one of the pioneers of the profession in Sweden.

  80. 1923

    1. Bruno Bobak, Polish-Canadian painter and educator (d. 2012) births

      1. Bruno Bobak

        Bruno Bobak, LL.D., D.Litt was a Polish-born Canadian war painter and art teacher. His main medium was watercolour painting but he also produced woodcuts.

    2. Lucas Mangope, South African politician (d. 2018) births

      1. Lucas Mangope

        Kgosi Lucas Manyane Mangope was the leader of the Bantustan (homeland) of Bophuthatswana. The territory he ruled over was distributed between the Orange Free State – what is now Free State – and North West Province. He was also the founder and leader of the United Christian Democratic Party, a political party based in the North West of South Africa.

    3. Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (b. 1832) deaths

      1. French civil engineer (1832–1923)

        Gustave Eiffel

        Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was a French civil engineer. A graduate of École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, he made his name with various bridges for the French railway network, most famously the Garabit Viaduct. He is best known for the world-famous Eiffel Tower, designed by his company and built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, and his contribution to building the Statue of Liberty in New York. After his retirement from engineering, Eiffel focused on research into meteorology and aerodynamics, making significant contributions in both fields.

      2. Tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France

        Eiffel Tower

        The Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower.

  81. 1921

    1. John Whitworth, English countertenor (d. 2013) births

      1. Musical artist

        John Whitworth (musician)

        John Anthony Whitworth was an English countertenor, organist, and teacher of music. He was a lay vicar at Westminster Abbey and a professor at the Guildhall School of Music.

  82. 1920

    1. Bruce Hobbs, American jockey and trainer (d. 2005) births

      1. British jockey (1920–2005)

        Bruce Hobbs

        Bruce Robertson Hobbs was an English jockey and racehorse trainer.

  83. 1919

    1. Charles Sweeney, American general and pilot (d. 2004) births

      1. United States Air Force general

        Charles Sweeney

        Charles William Sweeney was an officer in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and the pilot who flew Bockscar carrying the Fat Man atomic bomb to the Japanese city of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Separating from active duty at the end of World War II, he later became an officer in the Massachusetts Air National Guard as the Army Air Forces transitioned to an independent United States Air Force, eventually rising to the rank of major general.

    2. Achilles Alferaki, Russian-Greek composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (b. 1846) deaths

      1. Russian composer

        Achilles Alferaki

        Achilles Nikolayevich Alferaki was a Russian composer and mayor of Greek descent. His brother was Sergei Alphéraky.

      2. Governor of Taganrog

        The Governor of Taganrog was the head of the Taganrog borough or governorate, between October 8, 1802 and May 19, 1887.

  84. 1918

    1. John Celardo, American captain and illustrator (d. 2012) births

      1. American cartoonist (1918–2012)

        John Celardo

        John Celardo was an American comic strip and comic book artist, best known for illustrating the Tarzan comic strip.

  85. 1917

    1. Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 2015) births

      1. Musical artist

        Buddy Boudreaux

        John Landry “Buddy” Boudreaux was a big band and jazz musician in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He played saxophone and clarinet. Since 1934, he directed and played in a number of bands that have toured the southern United States and drawn nationally known performers to Baton Rouge. The State-Times newspaper called him “the city’s sound of big band.” His bands backed such artists as Andy Williams, Bernadette Peters, Doc Severinsen, Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Burt Bacharach, Johnny Mathis, The Four Tops, Bob Hope, George Burns and Joan Rivers. He opened shows for Tony Bennett, Tony Orlando, Louise Mandrell, The Beach Boys and Bill Cosby. He was co-author—with his barber, Michael T. Abadie—of “My Baton Rouge,” which in 1998 was declared the city's official song.

    2. T. Nadaraja, Sri Lankan lawyer and academic (d. 2004) births

      1. Sri Lankan academic, lawyer and author

        T. Nadaraja

        Professor Thambiah Nadaraja was a Sri Lankan academic, lawyer and author. He was dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ceylon and chancellor of the University of Jaffna.

    3. Onni Palaste, Finnish soldier and author (d. 2009) births

      1. Onni Palaste

        Onni Palaste, born Onni Bovellan was a Finnish Winter War veteran and writer.

  86. 1916

    1. Werner Baumbach, German pilot (d. 1953) births

      1. German bomber pilot

        Werner Baumbach

        Werner Baumbach was a German bomber pilot during World War II. He commanded the secret bomber wing Kampfgeschwader 200 of the Luftwaffe, the air force of Nazi Germany. Baumbach received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords for the destruction of over 300,000 gross register tons (GRT) of Allied shipping.

    2. Cathy Lewis, American actress (d. 1968) births

      1. American actress (1916–1968)

        Cathy Lewis

        Catherine Lee Lewis was an American actress on radio, film, and television. She is remembered best for numerous radio appearances but also noted for making a number of film and television appearances in the last decade of her life.

    3. William Garnett, American landscape photographer (d. 2006) births

      1. American photographer

        William Garnett (photographer)

        William A. Garnett was an American landscape photographer who specialized in aerial photography.

  87. 1915

    1. William Masters, American gynecologist, author, and academic (d. 2001) births

      1. American gynecologist

        William Masters

        William Howell Masters was an American gynecologist, best known as the senior member of the Masters and Johnson sexuality research team. Along with his partner Virginia E. Johnson, he pioneered research into the nature of human sexual response and the diagnosis and treatment of sexual dysfunctions and disorders from 1957 until the 1990s.

    2. Gyula Zsengellér, Hungarian-Cypriot footballer and manager (d. 1999) births

      1. Hungarian footballer

        Gyula Zsengellér

        Gyula Zsengellér was a Hungarian footballer who played as a striker. A legend of Újpest FC, he is most famous for his part in taking the Hungarian national team to the 1938 World Cup Final. He was that tournament's second-highest scorer, behind Leonidas of Brazil.

  88. 1914

    1. Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (b. 1863) deaths

      1. 19th and 20th-century American chemist

        Charles Martin Hall

        Charles Martin Hall was an American inventor, businessman, and chemist. He is best known for his invention in 1886 of an inexpensive method for producing aluminum, which became the first metal to attain widespread use since the prehistoric discovery of iron. He was one of the founders of Alcoa. Alfred E. Hunt, together with Charles Hall and a group of five other individuals – his partner at the Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory, George Hubbard Clapp; his chief chemist, W. S. Sample; Howard Lash, head of the Carbon Steel Company; Millard Hunsiker, sales manager for the Carbon Steel Company; and Robert Scott, a mill superintendent for the Carnegie Steel Company – raised $20,000 to launch the Pittsburgh Reduction Company, which was later renamed Aluminum Company of America and shortened to Alcoa.

  89. 1911

    1. Anna Russell, English-Canadian singer and actress (d. 2006) births

      1. Anna Russell

        Anna Russell was an English–Canadian singer and comedian. She gave many concerts in which she sang and played comic musical sketches on the piano. Among her best-known works are her concert performances and famous recordings of The Ring of the Nibelungs – a humorous 22-minute synopsis of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen – and her parody How to Write Your Own Gilbert and Sullivan Opera.

  90. 1910

    1. Charles Olson, American poet and educator (d. 1970) births

      1. American poet (1910–1970)

        Charles Olson

        Charles Olson was a second generation modern American poet who was a link between earlier figures such as Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams and the New American poets, which includes the New York School, the Black Mountain School, the Beat poets, and the San Francisco Renaissance. Consequently, many postmodern groups, such as the poets of the language school, include Olson as a primary and precedent figure. He described himself not so much as a poet or writer but as "an archeologist of morning."

  91. 1909

    1. James Riddell, English skier and author (d. 2000) births

      1. James Riddell (skier)

        W. James Riddell MBE was a British champion skier and author who was involved in the early days of skiing as a competitive sport and holiday industry. Like his near contemporary, Sir Arnold Lunn, he matched his adventurism on the slopes and knowledge of the Alpine countries with an elegant record of his times.

  92. 1907

    1. Asaf Halet Çelebi, Turkish poet (d. 1958) births

      1. Turkish poet

        Asaf Halet Çelebi

        Asaf Halet Çelebi was a Turkish mystical poet. Although not very widely known, due to his erudite and often foreign-influenced style, he is considered to be Turkey's first surrealist poet.

    2. Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and author (d. 1999) births

      1. German journalist and author (1907–1999)

        Sebastian Haffner

        Raimund Pretzel, better known by his pseudonym Sebastian Haffner, was a German journalist and historian. As an émigré in Britain during World War II, Haffner argued that accommodation was impossible not only with Adolf Hitler but also with the German Reich with which Hitler had gambled. Peace could be secured only by rolling back "seventy-five years of German history" and restoring Germany to a network of smaller states.

    3. Mary Howard, English author (d. 1991) births

      1. British writer

        Mary Howard (novelist)

        Mary Mussi, née Edgar, was a British writer of over 50 romance novels as Mary Howard, who also wrote over 10 gothic romance as Josephine Edgar. She is one of the two novelists to win three times the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.

    4. Conrad L. Raiford, American baseball player and activist (d. 2002) births

      1. Conrad L. Raiford

        Conrad Laurel Raiford was an American athlete, goodwill ambassador and one of Greensboro, North Carolina's first African-American police officers.

    5. Willem van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer (d. 1978) births

      1. Dutch conductor and composer

        Willem van Otterloo

        Jan Willem van Otterloo was a Dutch conductor, cellist and composer.

  93. 1906

    1. Oscar Levant, American pianist, composer, and actor (d. 1972) births

      1. American comedian, composer, pianist and actor (1906-1972)

        Oscar Levant

        Oscar Levant was an American concert pianist, composer, conductor, author, radio game show panelist, television talk show host, comedian and actor. He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for recordings featuring his piano performances. He was equally famous for his mordant character and witticisms, on the radio and later in movies and television, as for his music.

  94. 1905

    1. Cliff Arquette, American actor and comedian (d. 1974) births

      1. American actor and comedian (1905–1974)

        Cliff Arquette

        Clifford Charles Arquette was an American actor and comedian. Famous for his persona Charley Weaver, played on numerous television shows.

  95. 1904

    1. René Bonnet, French race car driver and engineer (d. 1983) births

      1. René Bonnet

        René Bonnet was a French driver and automobile constructor.

  96. 1901

    1. Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress and singer (d. 1992) births

      1. German-born American actress and singer (1901–1992)

        Marlene Dietrich

        Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich was a German-born American actress and singer whose career spanned from the 1910s to the 1980s.

    2. Irene Handl, English actress (d. 1987) births

      1. British character actress in over 100 films (1901-1987)

        Irene Handl

        Irene Handl was a British author and character actress who appeared in more than 100 British films.

  97. 1900

    1. Hans Stuck, German race car driver (d. 1978) births

      1. German racecar driver (1900–1978)

        Hans Stuck

        Hans Stuck was a German motor racing driver. Both his son Hans-Joachim Stuck and his grandsons Johannes and Ferdinand Stuck became race drivers.

    2. William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (b. 1810) deaths

      1. English inventor, scientist, engineer and industrialist

        William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong

        William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, was an English engineer and industrialist who founded the Armstrong Whitworth manufacturing concern on Tyneside. He was also an eminent scientist, inventor and philanthropist. In collaboration with the architect Richard Norman Shaw, he built Cragside in Northumberland, the first house in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity. He is regarded as the inventor of modern artillery.

      2. Former British heavy engineering company

        Armstrong Whitworth

        Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd was a major British manufacturing company of the early years of the 20th century. With headquarters in Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, Armstrong Whitworth built armaments, ships, locomotives, automobiles and aircraft.

  98. 1898

    1. Inejiro Asanuma, Japanese politician (d. 1960) births

      1. Japanese politician (1898–1960)

        Inejirō Asanuma

        Inejiro Asanuma was a Japanese politician and leader of the Japan Socialist Party. During World War II, Asanuma was aligned with the Imperial Rule Assistance Association and advocated for war in Asia. Asanuma later became a forceful advocate of socialism in post-war Japan. He was noted for his support of the newly established People's Republic of China (PRC) as well as the criticism of United States–Japanese relations, making him a polarizing figure.

  99. 1896

    1. Louis Bromfield, American author and theorist (d. 1956) births

      1. American author and conservationist (1896—1956)

        Louis Bromfield

        Louis Bromfield was an American writer and conservationist. A bestselling novelist in the 1920s, he reinvented himself as a farmer in the late 1930s and became one of the earliest proponents of sustainable and organic agriculture in the United States. He won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1927 for Early Autumn, founded the experimental Malabar Farm near Mansfield, Ohio, and played an important role in the early environmental movement.

    2. Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (d. 1952) births

      1. Belgian cyclist

        Maurice De Waele

        Maurice De Waele was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.

    3. Carl Zuckmayer, German author and playwright (d. 1977) births