2015 Event The smaller of twin cubs born to giant panda Mei Xiang at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C., has died; though both cubs appeared to be healthy at birth, the smaller cub failed to gain weight and may have caught a respiratory infection 2015 Event Giant panda Mei Xiang gives birth to twin cubs at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C.; the cubs appear healthy but will alternate between an incubator and nursing time with their mother 2015 Event Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, announce the birth of a baby girl but have not yet revealed her name 2014 Event JPMorgan Chase discloses that a July data breach resulted in exposure of contact information for 83 million households; the bank states that security information, such as passwords and birth dates, did not appear to have been compromised 2014 Event Chelsea Clinton and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, announce the birth of their first child, Charlotte, making grandparents of former U.S. presidential couple Bill and Hillary Clinton 2014 Event Reality star Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West are married in Florence, Italy, about 7 months after the birth of their daughter, North West; the celebrities have been together since early 2012 2013 Event Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, gives birth to a son, the third in line to the British throne; the child, named George Alexander Louis, is formally known as His Royal Highness Prince of Cambridge 2013 Event A 2-year old Mississippi girl born with HIV/AIDS is pronounced HIV negative after receiving treatment for the virus within 30 hours after her birth 2012 Event The National Zoo in Washington, D.C., announces a successful artificial insemination as Mei Xiang gives birth to her second giant panda cub 2005 Event Adriana Iliescu becomes the oldest woman in the world to give birth at 66 1994 Death Roland Ratzenberger, race car driver, claimed 1962 as birth year to appear younger and extend racing career, won 1986 Brands Hatch Formula Ford Festival, dies while qualifying for San Marino Prix, in 1994 1993 Death Lillian Gish, U.S. actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 96 1989 Event 29 year old French woman gives birth to sextuplets in Paris 1988 Event Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl 1988 Birthday Beatrice E M, Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl 1987 Event Astronomers at University of California see 1st sight of birth of a galaxy 1985 Birthday Frustaci Septuplets, California, Patricia Frustaci gives birth to 7 1983 Event Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death in Roanoke, Virginia 1968 Event Pope Paul VI, in an encyclical entitled "Humanae Vitae" (Of Human Life), declares any artificial forms of birth control prohibited 1968 Event Pope Paul VI encyclical against On regulation of birth 1968 Death Mae Marsh, actress (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance), dies at 72 1966 Death Margaret Sanger, U.S. feminist/birth control pioneer, dies at 86 1963 Event Mary Ann Fischer, Aberdeen, South Dakota, gave birth to America's 1st surviving quintuplets, 4 girls and a boy 1963 Event Ines Cuervo de Priete, 34, gives birth to quintuplets, all boys 1963 Event Jacqueline Kennedy becomes 1st, 1st lady to give birth since Mrs. Cleveland 1962 Event Bekkers of Bosch makes TV speech in Netherlands for birth control 1962 Event Dutch RC bishop Beckers declares himself in favor of birth control 1960 Birthday Roland Ratzenberger, Salzburg, Austria, race car driver, claimed 1962 as birth year to appear younger and extend racing career, won 1986 Brands Hatch Formula Ford Festival 1960 Event U.S. is 1st country to use the birth control pill legally 1959 Death Madame Sul-To-Wan, Conley, actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 85 1958 Death Marie Stopes, birth control pioneer, dies 1952 Event 1st human birth televised to public (KOA-TV Denver, Colorado) 1930 Event Vatican approves rhythm method for birth control 1929 Birthday Sheila Kitzinger, author, anthropologist and child birth educator 1928 Death George Siegmann, actor (Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba), dies at 46 1923 Death Wallace Reid, actor (Birth of a Nation), dies at 31 1921 Event National Birth Control League and Voluntary Parenthood League merge as American Birth Control League 1921 Event Dr. Marie Stopes opens Britain's 1st birth control clinic (London) 1916 Event Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control) 1916 Event Margaret Sanger opens 1st birth control clinic (46 Amboy St, Bkln) 1916 Event Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on birth control 1915 Event "Birth of a Nation" opens at Clune's Auditorium in LA 1911 Birthday Anna Russell, born in London, England, possibly born in London, Ontario, birth name Maida Vale, Anna Claudia Russell-Brown, composer, singer, comedian, recording artist 1898 Birthday Yuri N Libedinski, Ukrainian writer, Birth of Hero, 1898 Birthday Yuri N Libedinski, Ukrainian writer, Birth of Hero, 1896 Birthday Lillian Gish, silent film/stage actress, Birth of a Nation 1895 Birthday Mae Marsh, Madrid, New Mexico, silent film actress, Birth of a Nation 1893 Birthday Robert Harron, born in New York City, actor, Birth of a Nation, Intolerance 1882 Birthday George Siegmann, actor, Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist 1879 Birthday Margaret Sanger, feminist/nurse/birth control proponent 1878 Birthday Henry B. Walthall, born in Shelby City, Alabama, actor, Birth of a Nation, Klondike 1875 Birthday D. W. Griffith, movie producer/director, Birth of a Nation 1867 Death Faustin-Elie Soulouque, emperor of Haiti, dies (birth date unknown) 1836 Event British parliament accept registration of birth/marriage/death 1823 Event Georgia passes 1st U.S. state birth registration law 1786 Death Patience Wright, 1st U.S. woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown) 1769 Death Edmond Hoyle, games expert, dies (birth date unknown) 1672 Death Anne Bradstreet, American poet, dies (birth date unknown) 1656 Death Myles Standish, Plymouth Colony leader, dies (birth date unknown) 1655 Death Tristan l'Hermite, French dramatist/poet, dies (birth date unknown) 1631 Death John Donne, Metaphysical poet, dies (birth date unknown) 1624 Death Jakob Bohme, German philosophical mystic, dies (birth date unknown) 1616 Death Francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown) 1614 Death El Greco, Spanish painter (View of Toledo), dies (birth date unknown) 1612 Death Christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown) 1593 Death Giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1st surrealist painter, dies (birth date unkn) 1557 Death Jacques Cartier, French explorer, dies (birth date unknown) 1510 Death Alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65 1444 Birthday Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter, Birth of Venus 810 Death Pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown) 468 Death Pope Hilarius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)
