June 3
National Donut Day
Birthdays:
1963 ~ Amy Silverstein (née Amy Jill Shorin; d. May 5, 2023), American chronicler of a life with three failing hearts. She was diagnosed with congestive heart failure and received her first heart transplant in 1988. This heart lasted 25 years, when she required a second heart transplant. She wrote about her experiences in two books. She was born in Queens New York. She died of cancer a month before her 60th birthday.
1967 ~ Anderson Cooper (né Anderson Hays Cooper), American journalist and son of Gloria Vanderbilt. He was born in New York, New York.
1954 ~ Susan Landau, American mathematician, and engineer. She was born in New York, New York.
1951 ~ Jill Biden, First Lady of the United States and second wife of President Joe Biden. She was born in Hammonton, New Jersey.
1950 ~ Melissa Mathison (née Melissa Marie Mathison; d. Nov. 4, 2015), American Hollywood screenwriter who created E.T. She was married to Harrison Ford from 1983 until 2004. She was born and died in Los Angles, California. She died of neuroendocrine cancer at age 65.
1946 ~ Dame Penelope Wilton (née Penelope Alice Wilton), British actress. She was born in Scarborough, England.
1939 ~ Steve Dalkowski (né Stephen Louis Dalkowski, Jr.; d. Apr. 19, 2020), American professional fastball pitcher whose failure became a legend. He was a left-handed pitcher in the major leagues. He had a fastball that probably exceeded 100 mph. He was born and died in New Britain, Connecticut. He died at age 80 of dementia complicated by Covid 19.
1936 ~ Larry McMurtry (né Larry Jeff McMurtry; d. Mar. 25, 2021), Texan-American author who wrote unsentimental tales of the West. He is best known for his western novel, Lonesome Dove. He was born and died in Archer City, Texas. He died at age 84.
1931 ~ Norman Brinker (né Norman Eugene Brinker; d. June 9, 2009), American restaurateur who pioneered the salad bar. He was born in Denver, Colorado. He died 6 days after his 78th birthday in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1931 ~ Raúl Castro, President of Cuba and younger brother of Fidel Castro. He assumed the Office of President in February 2008. He is also the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba. He was born in Birán, Cuba.
1930 ~ Marion Zimmer Bradley (née Marion Eleanor Zimmer; d. Sept 25, 1999), American author. She is best known for her Arthurian novel, The Mists of Avalon. She was born in Albany, New York. She died of heart failure at age 69 in Berkeley, California.
1930 ~ Joe Coulombe (né Joseph Hardin Coulombe; d. Feb. 28, 2020), American businessman and founder of Trader Joe’s. He was born in San Diego, California. He died at age 89 in Pasadena, California.
1929 ~ Chuck Barris (né Charles Hirsch Barris; d. Mar. 21, 2017), American game show producer who embraced bad taste. He is best remembered for hosting The Gong Show and creating The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died of natural causes at age 87 in Palisades, New York.
1929 ~ Werner Arber, Swiss microbiologist and geneticist. He was the recipient of the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
1926 ~ Allen Ginsberg (né Irwin Allen Ginsberg; d. Apr. 5, 1997), American beat-poet. He was born in Newark, New Jersey. He died of liver cancer at age 70 in New York, New York.
1925 ~ Tony Curtis (né Bernard Schwartz; d. Sept. 29, 2010), American actor and singer. He was the father of actress Jamie Lee Curtis. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 85 in Henderson, Nevada.
1924 ~ Colleen Dewhurst (née Colleen Rose Dewhurst; b. Aug. 22, 1991), Canadian actress. She was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She died of cancer at age 67 in South Salem, New York.
1924 ~ Torsten Wiesel (né Torsten Nils Wiesel), Swedish neurophysiologist and recipient of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He was born in Uppsala, Sweden.
1923 ~ Igor Shafarevich (d. Feb. 19, 2017), Russian mathematician. He died at age 93 in Moscow, Russia.
1923 ~ June Newton (née Julie Brown; d. Apr. 9, 2021), Australian photographer who took soul-stealing shots. She worked as a photographer under the name Alice Springs. She was the wife of photographer Helmut Newton. She was also an actress and model. She was born in Melbourne, Australia. She died at age 97 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
1922 ~ Alain Resnais (d. March 1, 2014), the French filmmaker who challenged viewers. He was born in Vannes, France. He died at age 91 in Paris, France.
1913 ~ Azellia White (d. Sept. 15, 2019), African-American aviator who found freedom in the sky. She was one of the first African-American women to earn a pilot’s license. She was born in Gonzales, Texas. She died at age 106 in Houston, Texas.
1910 ~ Paulette Goddard (née Marion Levy; d. Apr. 23, 1990), American actress and model. She was born in Queens, New York. She died of heart failure at age 79 in Switzerland.
1906 ~ Josephine Baker (née Freda Josephine McDonald; d. Apr. 12, 1975), American-born French actress, activist, and humanitarian. As an African-American, she was not able to perform in America. She became a French citizen and was able to become a well-known and respected artist. She supported the French Resistance during World War II. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She died of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 68 in Paris, France.
1906 ~ Sir Roy George Douglas Allen (d. Sept. 29, 1983), British economist and mathematician. He died at age 77.
1904 ~ Charles Drew (né Charles Richard Drew; d. Apr. 1, 1950), African-American physician and surgeon. He was active in blood research and blood transfusions. He was born in Washington, D.C. He was at age 45 killed in a car accident in Burlington, North Carolina. A school in New Orleans was named after him.
1904 ~ Jan Peerce (né Jacob Pincus Perlemuth; d. Dec. 15, 1984), American tenor. He was born in Poland (now Belarus). He died at age 80 in New Rochelle, New York.
1900 ~ Adelaide Ames (d. June 26, 1932), American astronomer. She died in a boating accident on Squam Lake in New Hampshire just 3 weeks after her 32nd birthday.
1900 ~ Leo Picard (d. Apr. 4, 1997), German-Israeli geologist. He died at age 96.
1899 ~ Georg von Békésy (d. June 13, 1972), Hungarian biophysicist and recipient of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on the function of the cochlea in hearing. He became a professor at the University of Hawaii. He was born in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary. He died in Honolulu, Hawaii 10 days after his 73rd birthday.
1882 ~ Dudley Field Malone (d. Oct. 5, 1950), American attorney and political activist. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 68 in Culver City, California.
1873 ~ Otto Loewi (d. Dec. 25, 1961), German pharmacologist and recipient of the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of how acetylcholine helped enhance medical therapy. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany, but immigrated to the United States. He died at age 88 in New York, New York.
1865 ~ George V, King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India (d. Jan. 20, 1936). He was King from May 1910 until his death 26 years later. In 1893, he married to Mary of Teck (1867 ~ 1953). They were the parents of Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom and George VI, King of the United Kingdom. He was of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha until 1917 when the family became known as Windsor. He was the son of Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom and Alexandra of Denmark. He was Anglican. He died at age 70.
1864 ~ Ransom E. Olds (né Ransom Eli Olds; d. Aug. 26, 1950), American automobile pioneer. He was born in Geneva, Ohio. He died at age 86 in Lansing, Michigan.
1844 ~ Garret Hobart (né Garrett Augustus Hobart; d. Nov. 21, 1899), 24th Vice President of the United States. He served under President William McKinley; however, he died while in office and was replaced by Theodore Roosevelt. He was born in Long Branch, New Jersey. He died in Paterson, New Jersey of heart disease at age 55.
1843 ~ Frederick VIII, King of Denmark (d. May 12, 1912). He was King from January 1906 until his death 6 years later. He was married to Princess Louise of Sweden (1851 ~ 1926). They married in 1869. They were the parents of Christian X, King of Denmark and Haakon VII, King of Norway. He was of the House of Glücksburg. He was the son of Christian IX, King of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. He was Lutheran. He died 20 days before his 69th birthday.
1833 ~ Rosa Vercellana (d. Dec. 26, 1885), second wife of Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy (1820 ~ 1878). She was born on the same date as the King’s first wife. She had been his mistress before they married in 1869. Theirs was a morganatic marriage, thus she was never recognized as the Queen consort. She was the daughter of Giovanni Battista Vercellana and Maria Teresa Griglio. She died at age 52.
1822 ~ Adelaide, Archduchess of Austria (d. Jan. 20, 1855), Queen consort of Sardinia and first wife of Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia (1820 ~ 1878). They married in 1842. He later became the 1st King of united Italy, but Adelaide died before he gained the Italian throne, so she was never the Queen consort of Italy. They were the parent of Umberto I King of Italy and Amadeo I, King of Spain. She was of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. She was the daughter of Archduke Rainer of Austria and Princess Elizabeth of Savoy. She was Roman Catholic. She died at age 32 of gastroenteritis.
1817 ~ Princess Clémentine of Orléans (d. Feb. 16, 1907), member of the French royal family. She was the wife of Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1818 ~ 1881). They were the parents of Ferdinand I, Tsar of Bulgaria. She was of the House of Orléans. She was the daughter of Louis Philippe I, King of France and Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies. She was Roman Catholic. She died at age 89.
1808 ~ Jefferson Davis (né Jefferson Finis Davis; d. Dec. 6, 1889), President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. He has previously served as the United States Secretary of War from March 1853 until March 1857, under Franklin Pierce. Following the Civil War, he was imprisoned at Fort Monroe, in Virginia. He was born in Fairview, Kentucky. He died at age 81 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1771 ~ Sydney Smith (d. Feb. 22, 1845), British author, humorist, and Anglican cleric. He died at age 73.
1761 ~ Henry Shrapnel (d. Mar. 13, 1842), British general and inventor. He invented the Shrapnel Shell. He died at age 80.
1659 ~ David Gregory (d. Oct. 10, 1708), Scottish-English mathematician and astronomer. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. The exact date of his birth is unknown, but it is believed to have been June 3, 1659. He died at age 49.
1554 ~ Pietro de’Medici (d. Apr. 25, 1604), Italian nobleman. He married his 1st cousin, Eleonora di Garzia di Toledo (1553 ~ 1576), whom he later accused of adultery. He strangled his wife with a dog leash in July 1576. He later married Beatriz de Lara. He was the youngest son of Cosimo I de’Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Eleonora di Toledo. He died deeply in debt at age 49.
1540 ~ Charles II, Archduke of Austria (d. July 10, 1590). He was the Archduke of Inner Austria from July 1564 until his death in 1590. He was married to Maria Anna of Bavaria (1551 ~ 1608). She was his niece. He was of the House of Habsburg. He was the son of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. He was Roman Catholic. He died at age 50.
1537 ~ John Manuel, Prince of Portugal (d. Jan. 2, 1554), member of the Portuguese royal family. In 1552, he married Joanna, Archduchess of Austria (1535 ~ 1573). They were the parents of Sebastian, King of Portugal. He was of the House of Aviz. He was the eighth son of John III, King of Portugal and Catherine, Archduchess of Austria. He was Roman Catholic. He died at age 16 of either tuberculosis or diabetes. Eighteen days after his death, his son, the future king of Portugal was born.
1421 ~ Giovanni de Comiso de’Medici (d. Sept. 23, 1463), Italian noble, banker and patron of the arts. In 1452, he married to Ginevra Alessandri. He was the son of Cosimo de’Medici and Contessina de’Bardi. He died at age 42.
Events that Changed the World:
2018 ~ The Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupted suddenly with no warning. At least 75 people were killed from ash.
2017 ~ A terrorist attack in London left 8 people dead and several others wounded. A van struck several people on the London Bridge. The suspects then left the vehicle and began stabbing others. All three suspects were ultimately shot and killed by police. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack.
2012 ~ The Diamond Jubilee celebrating 60 years of the reign of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom was held. As part of the celebration, there were 670 boats on the River Thames.
2006 ~ The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro came to an end when Montenegro formally declared its independence. The two republics had united following the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991.
1991 ~ The volcanic mountain, Mount Unzen in Japan, erupted. Forty-three people were killed.
1989 ~ The Chinese government sent out troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.
1982 ~ Shlomo Argov (1929 ~ 2003), the Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, was shot in London. He survived but was permanently paralyzed.
1979 ~ A blowout at the Mexican-owned Ixtoc I oil well in the Gulf of Mexico caused at least 3,000,000 barrels of oil to be spilled into the Gulf, making it one of the worst accidental oil spills at the time.
1965 ~ Astronaut Edwin H White (1930 ~ 1967) who was aboard Gemini 4, became the first American to walk in space.
1962 ~ Air France Flight 007 overran the runway at the Orly Airport in Paris and exploded. One hundred thirty passengers and crew members were killed.
1943 ~ The Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles, California began when United States Navy sailors and Marines clashed with Latino youths.
1937 ~ The Duke of Windsor (1894 ~ 1972), formerly Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom, married the twice divorced American Wallis Simpson (1896 ~ 1986).
1889 ~The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States was completed. It ran 14 miles from a generator at Willamette Falls to downtown Portland, Oregon.
1888 ~ Ernest Lawrence Thayer’s (1863 ~ 1940) poem, Casey at the Bat, was first published. It appeared in the San Francisco Examiner.
1839 ~ Lin Tse-Hsü (1785 ~ 1850), a Chinese scholar of the Qing Dynasty who opposed the opium trade, destroyed over a million kilograms of opium that had been confiscated from British merchants. This act led to the First Opium War.
1621 ~ The Dutch West India Company received its charter for New Netherlands, which is now New York City.
1539 ~ Hernando de Soto (1500 ~ 1542) claimed what is now the State of Florida for Spain.
1140 ~ French scholar and theologian Peter Abelard (1079 ~ 1142) was found guilty of heresy.
Good-Byes:
2022 ~ Ann Turner Cook (née Ann Leslie Turner; b. Nov. 20, 1926), American educator and mystery novelist who gave Gerber its baby face. In 1928, when Gerber was looking for a face for its line of baby food, a drawing of Ann Turner was selected. She was born in Westport, Connecticut. She died at age 95 in St. Petersburg, Florida.
2022 ~ Sophie Freud (née Miriam Sophie Freud; b. Aug. 6, 1924), Austrian-born grandchild of Sigmund Freud who became his severe critic. She considered psychoanalysis a “narcissistic indulgence.” She was born in Vienna, Austria. She died at age 97 in Lincoln, Massachusetts.
2021 ~ F. Lee Bailey (né Francis Lee Bailey, Jr.; d. June 10, 1933), American celebrity attorney who defended the infamous. He is best known for being one of O.J. Simpson’s defense attorneys. He also defended the Boston Strangler and Patty Hearst. He was disbarred in the early 2000s for misconduct while defending a marijuana dealer. He was born in Waltham, Massachusetts. He died in Atlanta, Georgia a week before his 88th birthday.
2020 ~ Bruce Jay Friedman (b. Apr. 26, 1930), American novelist who found laughs in male neurosis. He was a trailblazer in the style of American black humor. He was born in The Bronx, New York. He died at age 90 in Brooklyn, New York.
2017 ~ Jimmy Piersall (né James Anthony Piersall; b. Nov. 14, 1929), American eccentric professional baseball player who battled mental illness. He was best known for his well-publicized battle with bipolar disorder that was the subject of the book, Fear Strikes Out. He was born in Waterbury, Connecticut. He died at age 87 in Wheaton, Illinois.
2016 ~ Muhammad Ali (né Cassius Marcellus Clay; b. Jan. 17, 1942), African-American heavyweight boxing champion who shook up the world. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He died at age 74 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
2015 ~ Horst Brandstätter (b. June 27, 1933), German toymaker who encouraged imaginative play. His company began the production of the Playmobil toys that had been created by Hans Beck. He died 24 days before his 82nd birthday.
2015 ~ Bevo Francis (né Clarence Francis; b. Sept. 4, 1932), American professional basketball player who broke college records with his high-scoring. He was born in Hammondsville, Ohio. He died at age 82 years old in Highlandtown, Ohio.
2013 ~ Frank Lautenberg (né Frank Raleigh Lautenberg; d. Jan. 23, 1924), American politician and United States Senator from New Jersey who retired only to return again. He served New Jersey as senator for nearly 30 years. He was born in Paterson, New Jersey. He died in office at age 89 in New York, New York.
2011 ~ Jack Kevorkian (né Murad Kervorkian; b. May 26, 1928), American pathologist and activist for assisted suicide. Ironically, he chose not to die by suicide. He was born in Pontiac, Michigan. He died 8 days after his 83rd birthday in Royal Oak, Michigan.
2011 ~ James Arness (b. May 26, 1923), American rugged actor who played Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke. His brother was Peter Graves. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Arness died 8 days after his 88th birthday in Los Angeles, California.
2011 ~ Harry Bernstein (né Harry Louis Bernstein, b. May 30, 1910), British-born journalist and author. He is best known for his book, The Invisible Wall, which described his life as a Jewish young child in a small town in England. This book was published when he was 96 years old. He died just 4 days after his 101st birthday in New York City.
2010 ~ Vladimir Arnold (b. June 12, 1937), Soviet-born mathematician. He was born in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. He died 9 days before his 73rd birthday in Paris, France.
2009 ~ David Carradine (né John Arthur Carradine, Jr.; b. Dec. 8, 1936), American actor, best known for his role as Kwai Chang Caine in the TV show, Kung Fu. He was born in Los Angeles, California. He died at age 72 in Bangkok, Thailand.
2004 ~ Frances Shand Kydd (née Frances Ruth Roche; b. Jan. 20, 1936), British mother of Diana, Princess of Wales. She was born in Sandringham, Norfolk, England. She died of Parkinson’s disease at age 68 in Seil, United Kingdom.
2001 ~ Anthony Quinn (né Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca; b. April 21, 1915), Mexican-American actor. He was born in Chihuahua, Mexico. He died of throat cancer and respiratory failure in Boston, Massachusetts at age 86.
2000 ~ William E. Simon (né William Edward Simon; b. Nov. 27, 1927), 63rd United States Secretary of the Treasury. He served during the Nixon and Ford administrations from May 1974 until January 1977. He was born in Paterson, New Jersey. He died of complications of pulmonary fibrosis at age 72 in Santa Barbara, California.
2000 ~ Merton Miller (né Merton Howard Miller; b. May 16, 1923), American economist and recipient of the 1990 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He died 23 days after his 77th birthday in Chicago, Illinois.
1995 ~ J. Presper Eckert (né John Adams Presper Eckert, Jr.; b. Apr. 9, 1919), American electrical engineer and inventor of the ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer). He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died of leukemia at age 76 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
1992 ~ Robert Morley (né Robert Adolph Wilton Morley; b. May 26, 1908), British actor. He died 8 days after his 84thbirthday.
1991 ~ Katia Krafft (née Catherine Joséphine Conrad; b. Apr. 17, 1942), French volcanologist. She and her husband, Maurice Krafft, were known for being pioneers in filming and photographing volcanos. She was born in Guebwiller, France. She and her husband were killed in a pyroclastic lava flow on Mount Unzen in Japan. She died at age 49.
1991 ~ Lê Văn Thiêm (b. Mar. 29, 1918), Vietnamese mathematician. He died at age 73 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
1990 ~ Robert Noyce (né Robert Norton Noyce, b. Dec. 12, 1927), American inventor of the microchip. He was also the co-founder of the Intel Corporation. He was born in Burlington, Iowa. He died at age 62 of a heart attack in Austin, Texas.
1989 ~ Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (b. Sept. 24, 1902), Iranian Shi’ite spiritual leader during the Iranian revolution. He was the 1st Supreme Leader of Iran. He died at age 86 in Tehran, Iran.
1977 ~ Roberto Rossellini (b. May 8, 1906), Italian movie director. He was the father of actress Isabella Rossellini. He was born and died in Rome, Italy. He died of a heart attack less than a month after his 71st birthday.
1977 ~ Archibald Hill (né Archibald Vivian Hill; b. Sept. 26, 1886), English physiologist and recipient of the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He was one of the founders of biophysics and operations research. He was born in Bristol, England. He died at age 90 in Cambridge, England.
1975 ~ Ozzie Nelson (né Oswald George Nelson; b. Mar. 20, 1906), American bandleader and actor. He was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. He died of liver cancer at age 69 in Los Angeles, California.
1975 ~ Eisaku Satō (b. Mar 27, 1901), Prime Minister of Japan. He served three terms between November 1964 and July 1972. He was the recipient of the 1974 Nobel Peace Prize for representing the Japanese’s desire for peace and signing the nuclear arms Non-Proliferation treating in 1970. He died of a stroke at age 74 in Tokyo, Japan.
1971 ~ Heinz Hopf (b. Nov. 19, 1894), German mathematician whose major field was topology and geometry. He died at age 76.
1964 ~ Frans Eemil Sillanpää (b. Sept. 16, 1888), Finish writer and recipient of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Literature. He died at age 75 in Heksinki, Finland.
1963 ~ Pope Saint John XXIII (né Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, b. Nov. 25, 1881). He was known for the institution of Vatican II. He was Pope from October 1958 until his death on this date 4.5 years later. He was canonized as a Saint in April 2014. He died at age 81.
1934 ~ Frank Corr (b. Jan. 12, 1877), Acting Mayor of Chicago. He became interim mayor after the assassination of Anton Cermak in March 1933. Corr served as mayor for less than a month, from March 1933 until April 1933. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, He died at age 57 in Chicago, Illinois.
1924 ~ Franz Kafka (b. July 3, 1883), Czech novelist. He was born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. He died of tuberculosis a month before his 41st birthday.
1900 ~ Mary Kingsley (née Mary Henrietta Kingsley; b. Oct. 13, 1862), British explorer and author. She traveled and explored extensively in Africa. She was born in London, England. She worked as a nurse in South Africa during the Boer War. She contracted typhoid fever at age 37 in Simon’s Town, South Africa.
1899 ~ Johann Strauss II (b. Oct. 25, 1825), Austrian composer best known as the Waltz King. He was born and died in Vienna, Austrian Empire. He died of pleuropneumonia at age 73.
1877 ~ Sophie of Württemberg (b. June 17, 1818), Queen consort of the Netherlands, and first wife of William III, King of the Netherlands (1817 ~ 1890). It was not a happy marriage. She was of the House of Württemberg. She was the daughter of William I, King of Württemberg and Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia. She died 2 weeks before her 59th birthday. She was buried in her wedding dress because, in her view, she died the day she married.
1875 ~ Georges Bizet (né Alexandre César Léopold Bizet; b. Oct. 25, 1838), French composer, best known for his opera, Carmen. He was born in Paris, France. He died of a heart attack at age 36.
1861 ~ Stephen A. Douglas (né Stephen Arnold Douglas; b. Apr. 23, 1813), United States Senator and Presidential candidate who ran against Abraham Lincoln. He was born in Brandon, Vermont. He died at age 48 of typhoid fever in Chicago, Illinois.
1780 ~ Thomas Hutchinson (b. Sept. 9, 1711), early American politician and Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America. He died at age 68.
1657 ~ William Harvey (b. April 1, 1578), English physician. He is best known for his study of blood and the circulatory system. He died at age 79 in London, England.
1411 ~ Leopold IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1317). In 1393, he married Catherine of Burgundy (1378 ~ 1425). He was of the House of Habsburg. He was the son of Leopold III, Duke of Austria and Viridis Visconti. The date of his birth is not known. He is believed to have been about 39 or 40 at the time of his death.
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