May 13
Birthdays:
1986 ~ Lena Dunham, American actress, director, and screenwriter. She was born in New York, New York.
1964 ~ Stephen Colbert (né Stephen Tyrone Colbert), American comedian and host of the Colbert Report from 2005 until 2014. In 2015, he became the host of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He was born in Washington, D.C.
1961 ~ Dennis Rodman (né Dennis Keith Rodman), American professional basketball player. He was born in Trenton, New Jersey.
1950 ~ Stevie Wonder (né Stevland Hardaway Judkins), American singer. He was born in Saginaw, Michigan.
1947 ~ Diane Noomin (née Diane Robin Rosenblatt; d. Sept. 1, 2022), American feminist cartoonist who drew DiDi Glitz. Her cartoon character addressed such social issues as feminism, body image and miscarriage. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. She died of uterine cancer at age 75 in Hadlyme, Connecticut.
1943 ~ Mary Wells (née Mary Esther Wells; d. July 26, 1992), African-American singer and member of The Supremes. She was born in Detroit, Michigan. She died of cancer at age 59 in Los Angeles, California.
1941 ~ Ritchie Valens (né Richard Steven Valenzuela; d. Feb. 3, 1959), Mexican-American singer who was killed in a plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa along with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper. He was born in Los Angeles, California. He was 17 years old.
1940 ~ Bruce Chatwin (né Charles Bruce Chatwin; d. Jan. 18, 1989), English travel writer. He died following a long illness at age 48.
1939 ~ Harvey Keitel, American actor. He was born in Brooklyn, New York.
1934 ~ Ehud Netzer (d. Oct. 28, 2010), Israeli archaeologist. He is best known for his excavation of the Herodium, where he uncovered the tomb of Herod the Great. He died at age 76 of injuries sustained when he fell from a railing that gave way at the dig at the Herodium. He was born in Jerusalem, Israel. He died at Hadassah Hospital in Ein Karem, Israel.
1930 ~ Mike Gravel (né Maurice Robert Gravel; d. June 26, 2021), American idiosyncratic Democratic senator who hated war and elitism. He served as a United States Senator from Alaska from January 1969 until January 1981. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. He died at age 91 in Seaside, California.
1927 ~ Clive Barnes (né Clive Alexander Barnes; d. Nov. 19, 2008), English critic who wielded Broadway’s most pointed pen. He was born in London, England. He died of liver cancer at age 81 in New York, New York.
1922 ~ Bea Arthur (née Bernice Frankel; d. Apr. 25, 2009), American actress. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. She died in Los Angeles, California, just 18 days before her 87th birthday.
1914 ~ Joe Louis (né Joseph Louis Barrow; d. Apr. 12, 1981), American boxer. He was born in LaFayette, Alabama. He died of cardiac arrest a month before his 67th birthday in Paradise, Nevada.
1914 ~ Antonia Ferrín Moreiras (d. Aug. 6, 2009), Spanish mathematician and astronomer. She died at age 95.
1912 ~ Judah Nadich (d. Aug. 26, 2007), American rabbi from the Conservative movement. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He died at age 95 in New York, New York.
1911 ~ Wayne Hays (né Wayne Levere Hays; d. Feb. 10, 1989), American politician from Ohio whose career was cut short due to a sex scandal. He was a Member of the United States House of Representatives. He was born in Bannock, Ohio. He died of a heart attack at age 77 in Wheeling, West Virginia.
1907 ~ Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning (d. Apr. 19, 1989), British novelist, best known for her book, Rebecca. She was born in London, England. She died less than a month before her 82nd birthday.
1888 ~ Inge Lehmann (d. Feb. 21, 1993), Danish seismologist and geophysicist who discovered the Earth’s inner core. She was born and died in Copenhagen, Denmark. She died at age 104.
1883 ~ Georgios Papanikolaou (d. Feb. 19, 1962), Greek pathologist who developed the pap smear. He died at age 78 in Miami, Florida.
1882 ~ Georges Braque (d. Aug. 31, 1963), French artist, painter and sculptor. He died at age 81 in Paris, France.
1859 ~ Kate Marsden (d. May 26, 1931), British nurse best known for traveling to Siberia to research and find a cure for leprosy. She was born and died in London, England. She died 13 days after her 72nd birthday.
1857 ~ Sir Ronald Ross (d. Sept. 16, 1932), English physician and mathematician. He was the recipient of the 1902 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work in the study of malaria. He discovered that malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes. He died at age 75 in London, England.
1842 ~ Sir Arthur Sullivan (né Arthur Seymour Sullivan; d. Nov. 22, 1900), English composer who collaborated with Sir William Gilbert and composed a number of comic operettas. He was born and died in London, England. He died of heart failure at age 58.
1792 ~ Pope Pius IX (né Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti; d. Feb. 7, 1878). He was Pope from June 1846 until his death 32 years later. He died at age 85.
1753 ~ Lazare Carnot, Count Carnot (né Lazare Micholas Marguerite; d. Aug. 2, 1823), French mathematician and politician. He died at age 70.
1742 ~ Maria Christina (d. June 24, 1798), Duchess of Teschen. In 1766, she married Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen. Upon their marriage, they received the Duchy of Teschen. She was of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. She was the fifth child of Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. She was born on her mother’s 25thbirthday. She was Roman Catholic. She died at age 56.
1730 ~ Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (d. July 1, 1782), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He served two terms as Prime Minister, both during the reign of King George III. The first term was from July 1765 through July 1766. His second term was only from March 1782 until his death of influenza at age 52 just 4 months later.
1717 ~ Maria Theresa (née Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina; d. Nov. 29, 1780), Holy Roman Empress. She was the only woman to become Holy Roman Empress in her own right. She despised Jews and Protestants and was known to expel them from her realm. In 1836, she married Francis III Stephen, Duke of Lorraine (1708 ~ 1765). Upon their marriage, he became Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. They were the parents of 16 children. She was of the House of Habsburg. She was the daughter of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor and Princess Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. She was born and died in Vienna, Austria, Holy Roman Empire. She died at age 63.
1713 ~ Alexis Clairaut (né Alexis Claude Clairaut; d May 17, 1765), French mathematician and astronomer. He was born and died in Paris, France. He died 4 days after his 52nd birthday.
1655 ~ Pope Innocent XIII (né Michelangelo dei Conti; d. Mar. 7, 1724). He was Pope from May 1721 until his death on this date 3 years later. To date, he is the last pope to select Innocent as his papal name. He was born in Poli, Italy. He died at age 68 in Rome, Italy.
1588 ~ Ole Worm (d. Aug. 31, 1654), Danish physician and historian. He died at age 66 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
1254 ~ Marie of Brabant (d. Jan. 12, 1322), Queen consort of France and second wife of Philip III, King of France (1245 ~ 1285). They married in 1274. She was of the House of Reginar. She was the daughter of Henry III, Duke of Brabant and Adelaide of Burgundy. She was Roman Catholic. She died at age 67.
Events that Changed the World:
2018 ~ Mother’s Day in the United States.
2014 ~ Over 300 miners were killed in the Soma Mine explosion, the worst mining disaster in Turkish history. The explosion caused an underground fire. Of the 780 workers in the mine at the time of the explosion, there were only about 480 survivors.
2012 ~ Mother’s Day in the United States.
1989 ~ Large groups of students began to occupy Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China and began a hunger strike.
1981 ~ An assassination attempt was made on Pope John Paul II (1920 ~ 2005) in St. Peter’s Square in Rome. Turkish national, Mehmet Ali Ağca (b. 1958), the alleged assassin, was quickly arrested and served time in prison. He was released from prison in January 2010.
1963 ~ The United States Supreme Court handed down the decision in Brady v. Maryland, in which the Court held that the prosecution cannot withhold exculpatory evidence and to do such violates the defendant’s due process rights. Associate Justice William O. Douglas (1898 ~ 1980) wrote the opinion for the Court.
1958 ~ The trademark Velcro® was registered.
1948 ~ The Kfar Ttzion massacre, where 129 Jews were killed by Arabs, occurred the day before the declaration of the independence of the State of Israel.
1846 ~ The United States declared war on Mexico starting the Mexican-American War in the dispute over Texas territory.
1787 ~ Captain Arthur Phillip (1738 ~ 1814) set sail from Portsmouth, England with eleven ships filled with convicts to establish a penal colony in Australia.
1607 ~ About 100 English colonists are believed to have arrived in what is now Virginia, to settle Jamestown.
1515 ~ Mary Tudor, Queen of France (1496 ~ 1533) married Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. (1484 ~ 1545). He was her second husband. Her first husband was King Louis XII of France (1462 ~ 1515). Mary Tudor was the sister of the Henry VIII, King of England (1491 ~ 1547).
Good-Byes:
2022 ~ Teresa Berganza (née Teresa Berganza Vargar; b. Mar. 16, 1933), Spanish diva who wowed as the ideal Carmen. She was an opera singer. She was born in Madrid, Spain. She died at age 89.
2022 ~ Ben Roy Mottelson (b. July 9, 1926), American-Danish physicist and recipient of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died at age 95 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
2020 ~ Marie Pino (née Marie Smith; b. Nov. 9, 1952), Native American teacher. She educated generations children in the Navajo Nation. Her son, Marcus Pino who was a basketball coach, died weeks before at age 42 of Covid-19, when she began to experience symptoms of the disease. She died at age 67 of complications from Covid-19.
2019 ~ Doris Day (née Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff; b. Apr. 3, 1922), sunny film star who became America’s girl next door. She was an actress and singer. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She died at age 97 in Carmel Valley, California.
2018 ~ Margot Kidder (née Margaret Ruth Kidder; b. Oct. 17, 1948), Canadian-born Superman star who battled bipolar disorder. She was best known for her portrayal of Lois Lane in the Superman film series. She was born in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. She died at age 69 in Livingston, Montana.
2016 ~ Bill Backer (né William Montague Backer; b. June 9, 1926), American adman who taught the world to sing. He is known for coining some of advertisings catchiest slogans and jingles. He created the Coca-Cola campaign and accompanying song, I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing. He was born in Manhattan, New York. He died 27 days before his 90th birthday in Warrenton, Virginia.
2013 ~ Dr. Joyce Brothers (née Joyce Diane Bauer; b. Oct. 20, 1927), American psychologist who became a media star. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. She died of respiratory failure at age 85 in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
2009 ~ Meir Brandsdorfer (b. Sept. 7, 1934), Belgian-Israeli rabbi. He died at age 74 of cardio-vascular disease.
2006 ~ Jaroslav Pelikan (né Jaroslav Jan Pelikan, Jr.; b. Dec. 17, 1923), American historian. He specialized in Christian history and Christian theology. He was born in Akron, Ohio. He died in Hamden, Connecticut at age 82.
2005 ~ George Dantzig (né George Bernard Dantzig; b. Nov. 8, 1914), American mathematician. He was born in Portland, Oregon. He died at age 90 in Stanford, California.
2000 ~ Paul Bartel (b. Aug. 6, 1938), American actor best known for his movie, Eating Raoul. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died of a heart attack at age 61.
1995 ~ Hao Wang (b. May 20, 1921), Chinese-American logician and mathematician. He was born in Jinan, Shandong, China. He died 7 days before his 74th birthday in New York, New York.
1985 ~ Selma Diamond (b. Aug. 6, 1920), Canadian-American actress best known for her role as Selma Hacker on the Television sit-com, Night Court. She was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She died of lung cancer at age 64 in Los Angeles, California.
1984 ~ Stanislaw Ulam (né Stanislaw Marcin Ulam, b. Apr. 13, 1909), Ukrainian-born mathematician. He emigrated to the United States. He was born in Lviv, Ukraine. He died of a heart attack a month after his 75th birthday in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1975 ~ Marguerite Perey (née Marguerite Catherine Perey; b. Oct. 19, 1909); French physicist. She was a student of Marie Curie. She is best known for her discovery of Francium. She died of cancer at age 65.
1972 ~ Dan Blocker (né Bobby Dan Davis Blocker, d. Dec. 10, 1928), American actor best known for his role as Hoss Cartwright on the television show Bonanza. He was born in De Kalb, Texas. He died of a pulmonary embolism at age 43 in Los Angeles, California.
1962 ~ H. Trendley Dean (né Henry Trendley Dean; b. Aug. 25, 1893), American dentist. He is known for his research in water fluoridation for the prevention of tooth decay. He was born in East St. Louis, Illinois. He died at age 68 after a long battle with asthma and emphysema.
1961 ~ Gary Cooper (né Frank James Cooper; b. May 7, 1901), American actor. He was born in Helena, Montana. He died in Los Angeles, California of prostate cancer 6 days after his 60th birthday.
1957 ~ Michael Fekete (b. July 19, 1886), Hungarian-born Israeli mathematician. He died at age 70 in Jerusalem, Israel.
1948 ~ Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (née Kathleen Agnes Kennedy; b. Feb. 20, 1920), American socialite and daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Kennedy. She was known as Kick Kennedy. She married William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington in 1944, despite her mother’s objection because he was not Catholic. He was killed 4 months after their wedding. She was later killed in a plane crash while flying to the French Riviera for a vacation. She was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. She was 28 years old.
1938 ~ Charles Édouard Guillaume (b. Feb. 15, 1861), Swiss physicist and recipient of the 1920 Nobel Physics Prize. He died at age 77.
1930 ~ Fridtjof Nansen (b. Oct. 10, 1861), Norwegian explorer and diplomat. He was the recipient of the 1922 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on behalf of displaced victims of World War I. He died of a heart attack at age 68.
1916 ~ Sholem Aleichem (né Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich; b. Mar. 2, 1859), Russian-Yiddish writer and humorist. He died of tuberculosis and diabetes at age 57 in New York, New York.
1884 ~ Cyrus McCormick (né Cyrus Hall McCormick; b. Feb. 15, 1809), America inventor of harvesting machinery and founder of the International Harvester company. He was born in Raphine, Virginia. He died at age 75 in Chicago, Illinois.
1835 ~ John Nash (b. Jan. 18, 1752), British architect. He designed a number of buildings, including Buckingham Palace. He died at age 83.
1826 ~ Christian Kramp (b. July 8, 1760), French mathematician. He worked primarily with fractals. He was born and died in Strasbourg, France. He died at age 65.
1646 ~ Infanta Maria Anna of Spain (b. Aug. 18, 1606), Holy Roman Empress consort and first wife of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (1608 ~ 1657). They married in 1631. She was of the House of Habsburg. She was the daughter of Philip III, King of Spain and Margaret, Archduchess of Inner Austria. She was Roman Catholic. She died at age 39 of complications from childbirth.
1604 ~ Christine of Hesse (b. June 29, 1543), Duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp. She was the wife of Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1526 ~ 1586), son of Frederick I, King of Denmark. They married in 1564. She was of the House of Hess. She was the daughter of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse and Christine of Saxony. She died at age 60.
189 ~ Emperor Ling of Han (b. 156), Chinese Emperor of the Han Dynasty. He ruled for 21 years. The exact date of his birth is not known, but he is believed to have been about 32 or 33 at the time of his death.
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