June 5
Birthdays:
1971 ~ Mark Wahlberg (né Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg), American actor and model. He was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
1962 ~ Jeff Garlin (né Jeffrey Todd Garlin), American actor best known for his role as Jeff Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
1958 ~ Avigdor Leiberman, Israeli politician. He was born in Chişinău, Modova.
1951 ~ Suze Orman (née Susan Lynn Orman), American financial advisor and television host. She was born in Chicago, Illinois.
1949 ~ Ken Follett (né Kenneth Martin Follett), Welsh author. He was born in Cardiff, Wales.
1947 ~ Laurie Anderson (née Laura Phillips Anderson), American performance artist. She was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
1941 ~ Spalding Gray (né Spalding Rockwell Gray; d. Jan. 11, 2004), American actor and writer. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He died by suicide at age 62 in New York, New York.
1939 ~ Dame Margaret Drabble, Lady Holroyd, English novelist. She was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
1934 ~ Bill Moyers (né Billy Don Moyers), American journalist and 13th White House Press Secretary. He served under President Lyndon B. Johnson from July 1965 until February 1967. He was born in Hugo, Oklahoma.
1932 ~ Christy Brown (d. Sept. 7, 1981), Irish painter and writer. He had cerebral palsy and was able to write and paint only with his feet. His autobiography was entitled My Left Foot, which was later made into a film by the same name. He was born in Dublin, Ireland. He died at age 49 in England.
1926 ~ Paul Soros (né Pál Schwartz d. June 15, 2013), Hungarian-born holocaust survivor who fled to the United States and went on to make millions in the cargo shipping industry. His younger brother is George Soros. He was born in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary. He died 10 days after his 87th birthday in New York, New York.
1924 ~ Arthur “The Bulldog” Donovan, Jr. (né Arthur James Donovan, Jr.; d. Aug. 4, 2013), Hall of Fame tackle for the Baltimore Colts. He was a professional football player. He was born in the Bronx, New York. He died at age 89 in Baltimore, Maryland.
1924 ~ Lou Brissie (né Leland Victor Brissie; d. Nov. 25, 2013), American wounded warrior who became an All-Star professional baseball pitcher. He was severely injured during World War II. Doctors recommended that his injured leg be amputated, however, he insisted that his leg be saved even though that put his life in jeopardy. He returned from the War and began a long professional baseball career. He was born in Ware Shoals, South Carolina. He died at age 89 in Augusta, Georgia.
1919 ~ Richard Scarry (né Richard McClure Scarry; d. Apr. 30, 1994), American author and illustrator of children’s books. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He died of a heart attack at age 74 in Gstaad, Switzerland.
1914 ~ Beatrice de Cardi (née Beatrice Eileen de Cardi; d. July 5, 2016), English archaeologist. She is best known for her work in the Persian Gulf. She was born and died in London, England. She died a month after her 102nd birthday from complications of a fall.
1900 ~ Dennis Gabor (né Günszberg Dénes; d. Feb. 9, 1979), Hungarian-English engineer and physicist. He was the recipient of the 1971 Nobel Prize in Physics. He is best known for inventing the holography. He was born into a Jewish family and later converted to Lutherism. Nazi Germany, however, considered him to be Jewish, thus he fled to England in 1933. He was born in Budapest, Hungary. He died at age 78 in London, England.
1899 ~ Otis Barton (né Frederick Otis Baton, Jr.; d. Apr. 15, 1992), American deep-see diver and engineer. He designed the bathysphere. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 92.
1898 ~ Salvatore Ferragamo (d. Aug. 7, 1960), Italian shoemaker and founder of Salvatore Ferragamo Italia S.p.A. He was born in Bonito, Italy. He died at age 62 in Florence, Italy.
1887 ~ Ruth Benedict (née Ruth Fulton; d. Sept. 17, 1948), American anthropologist and folklorist. She was born and died in New York, New York. She died at age 61.
1883 ~ John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes (d. Apr. 21, 1946), English economist. He was born in Cambridge, England. He died of a heart attack at age 62.
1878 ~ Pancho Villa (né José Doroteo Arango Arámbula; d. July 20, 1923), Mexican revolutionary. He was assassinated at age 45.
1876 ~ Isaac Heinemann (d. July 28, 1957), German-Israeli rabbinical scholar and educator. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany. He died at age 81.
1862 ~ Allvar Gullstrand (d. July 28, 1930), Swedish ophthalmologist and recipient of the 1911 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He died at age 68 in Stockholm, Sweden.
1850 ~ Pat Garrett (né Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett, d. Feb. 29, 1908), American West lawman best known for killing Billy the Kid. He was shot and killed under mysterious circumstances at age 57. He was born in Chambers County, Alabama. He died in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
1819 ~ John Couch Adams (d. Jan. 21, 1892), English mathematician and astronomer. He is best known for calculating the position of Neptune. He was 72 years old.
1771 ~ Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (d. Nov. 18, 1851). He ruled over Hanover from June 1837 until his death. In 1815, he married Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1778 ~ 1841). He was of the House of Hanover. He was the son of George III, King of Great Britain and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He was Protestant. He died at age 80.
1765 ~ Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger (d. Apr. 19, 1831), German mathematician. The moon crater Bohnenberger is named in his honor. He died at age 65.
1762 ~ Bushrod Washington (d. Nov. 26, 1829), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President John Adams. He replaced James Wilson on the High Court. He was succeeded by Henry Baldwin. He served from December 1798 until his death at age 67 in November 1829. He was born in Mount Holly, Virginia. He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1718 ~ Thomas Chippendale (d. Nov. 1779), English furniture maker. He died of tuberculosis. The exact date of his death is not known, but he was buried on November 16, 1779.
1646 ~ Elena Cornaro Piscopia (d. July 26, 1684), Italian mathematician. She was the first woman to receive a Doctor of Philosopher when she graduated from the University of Padua. She died of tuberculosis at age 38 in Padua, Republic of Venice.
1553 ~ Bernardino Baldi (d. Oct. 10, 1617), Italian mathematician. He was born and died in Urbino, Italy. He died at age 63.
1523 ~ Princess Margaret of France (d. Sept. 15, 1574), member of the French royal family. In April 1550, she was made Duchess of Berry in her own right. In 1559, she married Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (1528 ~ 1580), making her the Duchess consort of Savoy. She was of the House of Valois-Angoulême. She was the daughter of Francis I, King of France and Claude, Duchess of Brittany. She died at age 51.
1341 ~ Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (d. Aug. 1, 1402), member of the British royal family. He was married twice. His first wife was Infanta Isabella of Castile (1355 ~ 1839). They married in 1372. After her death, he married Joan Holland (1380 ~ 1434). They married in 1393. He was of the House of Plantagenet by birth and was the founder of the House of York. He was the son of Edward III, King of England and Philippa of Hainault. He died at age 61.
Events that Changed the World:
2017 ~ Montenegro became the 29th member of NATO.
2015 ~ A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck in Malaysia. Eighteen people were killed.
2012 ~ The last Transit of Venus of the 21st century began. The best viewing spot for the event was in Siberia.
2006 ~ Serbia declared its independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
2001 ~ Tropical Storm Allison made landfall in Texas, causing extensive damage in Houston.
1989 ~ An unidentified protester, known only as the Tank Man, stopped a line of tanks for over 30 minutes after the Tiananmen Square protest in China in 1989.
1981 ~ The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first reported in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report that five people in Los Angeles had a rare form of pneumonia. These turned out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS.
1976 ~ The Teton Dam in Idaho collapsed. Eleven people were killed and over 13,000 head of cattle were lost.
1975 ~ The Suez Canal opened for the first time since the Six-Day War.
1968 ~ Robert F. Kennedy (1925 ~ 1968) was shot by an assassin at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. He died the following day on June 6.
1967 ~ The Six-Day War between Israel and Egypt, Jordan and Syria began when the Israeli air force launched pre-emptive strikes on Egypt and Syria.
1963 ~ The Mohammad Pahlavi (1919 ~ 1980) the Shah of Iran had the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (1902 ~ 1989) arrested, which created riots throughout the country.
1963 ~ John Profumo (1915 ~ 2006), the British Secretary of State of War, resigned as a result of a sex scandal, which became known as the Profumo Affair.
1956 ~ Elvis Presley (1935 ~ 1977) sang Hound Dog on the Milton Berle Show. His suggestive hip movements scandalized the audience.
1949 ~ Orapin Chaiyakan (1904 ~ 1996) became the first female member elected to Thailand’s Parliament.
1947 ~ In a speech at Harvard University, United States Secretary of State George Marshall (1880 ~ 1959) announced his plan to provide economic aid to war-torn Europe. This became known as the Marshall Plan.
1942 ~ During World War II, the United States declared war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
1933 ~ The United States Congress abrogated the use of the gold standard in the United States. Creditors could no longer demand payment in gold.
1916 ~ Louis Brandeis (1856 ~ 1941) was sworn in as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was the first American Jew to be appointed to the High Court. He had been confirmed by the Senate 4 days earlier.
1915 ~ An amendment to the Danish Constitution granted women’s suffrage.
1893 ~ Lizzie Borden’s murder trial began in New Bedford, Massachusetts. She was ultimately acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
1888 ~ President Grover Cleveland (1837 ~ 1908) vetoed a bill that would have granted a pension to Johanna Loewinger, the widow of Charles Loewinger, Civil War veteran. Congress granted her a pension 2 years later.
1883 ~ The Orient Express began its regularly scheduled routes. The main terminals of the train route were in Paris, France and Istanbul, Turkey.
1870 ~ A massive fire in Constantinople, Turkey destroyed a huge section of the city and destroyed over 3,000 homes.
1862 ~ The Treaty of Saigon was signed ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France.
1851 ~ The first chapter of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s serial, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was first published in the National Era, an abolitionist newspaper.
1849 ~ Denmark became a constitutional monarchy.
1837 ~ The city of Houston, Texas became incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
70 ~ The date traditionally ascribed to when Titus and his Roman legions breached the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem.
Good-Byes:
2021 ~ Richard Robinson (né Maurice Richard Robinson, Jr.; b. May 15, 1937), American publisher who created a kids’ book giant. From 1975 until his death, he was the chief executive officer of the Scholastic Corporation, the company founded by his father. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He died at age 84 while on vacation on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
2021 ~ Martha White (b. Apr. 2, 1922), American house cleaner who sparked a civil rights protest. On June 15, 1953, after a long day a work, she stepped on a Baton Rouge city bus and sat down in the only empty seat behind the driver in the “whites only” section. She was ordered to move, but she refused. She was ultimately kicked off the bus. This action caused a bus boycott, which was ended in a settlement to reduce the number of “whites only” seats. She was born in Woodville, Mississippi. She died at age 99 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her memorial was held on June 19, 2021, the nation’s first Juneteenth Day.
2020 ~ Vicky Wood (née Victoria Rose Raczak; b. Mar. 15, 1919), American race car driver. She was known as the “Lady Speedster” who smashed auto racing’s gender barrier. She was one of the first women to compete in NASCAR. She was born in Detroit, Michigan. She died at age 101 in Troy, Michigan.
2018 ~ Kate Spade (née Katherine Noel Frances Brosnahan, b. Dec. 24, 2018), American fashion designer who built a handbag empire. She was best known for her designer handbags. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She died at age 55 of an apparent suicide in New York, New York.
2015 ~ Jane B. Hart (né Jane Briggs, b. Oct. 21, 1921), American senator’s wife who spoke her mind. Her husband was the Democratic Senator Phil Hart, from Michigan. She was a strong advocate for women’s rights as well as being active against the war in Viet Nam. She was also a would-be astronaut when she took part in a privately financed project to test women for fitness to enter NASA’s astronaut program and submitting to the same physical and psychological tests as were administered to the Mercury 7 astronauts. She was born in Detroit, Michigan. She died in West Hartford, Connecticut at age 93 years old.
2012 ~ Ray Bradbury (né Ray Douglas Bradbury; b. Aug. 22, 1920), American science-fiction writer. He is best known for his novel Fahrenheit 541. He was born in Waukegan, Illinois. He died at age 91 in Los Angeles, California.
2009 ~ Bernard Barker (né Bernard Leon Barker; b. Mar. 17, 1917), Cuban-born undercover operative in the CIA who was a Watergate burglar. He was convicted and spent a year in prison. He was born in Havana, Cuba. He died of lung cancer at age 92 in Miami, Florida.
2004 ~ Ronald Reagan (né Ronald Wilson Reagan; b. Feb. 6, 1911), American actor who became the 40th President of the United States. He was president from January 1981 until January 1989. He had previously served as the 33rd Governor of California. He was born in Tampico, Illinois. He died at age 93 years old in Los Angeles, California.
2002 ~ Dee Dee Ramone (né Douglas Glenn Colvin; b. Sept. 18, 1951), American singer-songwriter and bassist for The Ramones. He was born in Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia. He died of a heroin overdose at age 50 in Los Angeles, California.
1999 ~ Mel Tormé (né Melvin Howard Tormé; b. Sept. 13, 1925), American singer, composer and actor. He was known as “The Velvet Fog”. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died of a stroke at age 73 in Los Angeles, California.
1998 ~ Sam Yorty (né Samuel William Yorty; b. Oct. 1, 1909), American politician and 37th Mayor of Los Angeles. He served as Mayor from July 1961 until July 1973. He was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. He died at age 88 in Los Angeles, California.
1991 ~ Sylvia Porter (née Sylvia Field Feldman; b. June 18, 1913), American economist and journalist. She was born in Patchogue, New York. She died 13 days before her 78th birthday in Round Ridge, New York.
1965 ~ Eleanor Farjeon (b. Feb. 13, 1881), British author, poet, and playwright. She is known for writing children’s literature. She was born and died in London, England. She died at age 84.
1951 ~ Isabel Pell (née Isabel Townsend Pell, b. Sept. 28, 1900), American socialite and fighter in the French Resistance during World War II. She died at age 50.
1940 ~ Augustus Edward Hough Love (b. Apr. 17, 1863), English mathematician. He died at age 77 in Oxford, England.
1930 ~ Pascin (né Julius Mordecai Pincas; b. Mar. 31, 1885), Sephardi Bulgarian-American painter. He was born in Bidin, Bulgaria. He suffered from depression and died by suicide at age 45 in Paris, France.
1920 ~ Julia A. Moore (né Julia Ann Moore; b. Dec. 1, 1847), American poet. She is known for writing especially bad poetry. She died at age 72.
1910 ~ O. Henry (né William Sydney Porter; b. Sept. 11, 1862), American short-story writer. He was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. He died at age 47 in New York, New York.
1900 ~ Stephen Crane (b. Nov. 1, 1871), American author best known for his Civil War novel, The Red Badge of Courage. He was born in Newark, New Jersey. He died of tuberculosis at age 28 in the German Empire.
1873 ~ Countess Auguste von Harrach zu Rohrau und Thannhausen (b. Aug. 30, 1800), second wife of Frederick William III, King of Prussia (1766 ~ 1840). They married in 1824. This was a morganatic marriage, thus she was never considered the queen consort. She was of the noble family of Harrash. She was the daughter of Count Ferdinand Joseph von Harrash zu Rohrau und thannhausen and Johannah Christiane Rayski von Dubnitz. She was Catholic but converted to Protestantism 2 years after their marriage. She died at age 72.
1716 ~ Roger Cotes (b. July 10, 1682), English mathematician. He died of violent fever at age 33 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
1443 ~ Infante Fernando of Portugal (b. Sept. 29, 1402). He was known as the Holy Prince. He was involved in the Siege of Tangier and was captured by the rulers of Morocco. He was imprisoned where he eventually died in captivity. He never married. He was of the House of Aviz. He was the youngest son of John I, King of Portugal and Philippa of Lancaster. He was Catholic. He died at age 40.
1316 ~ Louis X, King of France (b. Oct. 4, 1289). French king who reigned from November 1314 until his death in June 1316. He was known as Louis the Stubborn and Louis the Quarrelsome. He was married twice. His first wife was Margaret of Burgundy (1290 ~ 1315). They married in 1305. He had her locked in prison for the last year of her life after she was allegedly caught in an act of adultery. After her death, he married Clementia of Hungary (1293 ~ 1328). He was of the House of Capet. He was the son of Philip IV, King of France and Joan I, Queen of Navarre. He was 26 at the time of his death. He was an avid tennis player and after a particularly vigorous game, he consumed a large quantity of cooled wine, which may have led to his death. His death has been attributed to pneumonia but there is some suspicion that he was poisoned.
1296 ~ Edmund Crouchback (b. Jan. 16, 1245), English prince and member of the British royal family. He was married twice. His first wife was Aveline de Forz (1259 ~ 1273). They married in 1269. They married as young children. She died 5 years after the marriage at age 15. After her death, he married Blanche of Artois in 1276 (1248 ~ 1302). He was her second husband. He was of the House of Plantagenet. He was the son of Henry III, King of England and Eleanor of Provence. He died at age 51.
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