2014 Event French President Francois Hollande proposes that terminally ill patients should have the right to be sedated until death; the proposal does not suggest assisted termination of the patient's life 2014 Event A Van Gogh painting, 'Still Life, Vase with Daisies, and Poppies', sells for $61.8 million, exceeding its estimated worth of $50 million; the artist painted the work at his doctor's home shortly before his death 2014 Event Sulaiman Abu Ghayth, son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, is sentenced in the U.S. to life in prison for providing support to al-Qaeda after the 9/11 attacks; Abu Ghayth commented that hundreds of young Muslims would rise up as a result of his imprisonment 2014 Event Two former Khmer Rouge leaders, Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea, have been convicted of war crimes during the period of Cambodian genocide in the 1970s; a U.N.-supported war crimes tribunal sentenced the two men to life in prison; both men are in their 80s 2014 Event The NBA names business executive Dick Parsons as acting CEO of the L.A. Clippers; owner Donald Sterling was banned for life from contact with the Clippers or the NBA after he made racist remarks; the NBA plans to attempt a forced sale of the team 2014 Event Researchers have developed synthetic nucleobases, the molecules that form the backbone of DNA; organisms successfully replicated the synthetic bases, implying that creation of new life forms with these additional bases may be possible in the future 2014 Event Donald Sterling, L.A. Clippers owner, is banned for life after reports of his racist comments; a new CEO will be appointed, and other team owners are encouraged to pressure Sterling into selling; many parties have already expressed interest 2014 Event Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who has been granted temporary asylum in Russia, claims that his decision to leak classified NSA documents about mining emails and telephone call logs, has resulted in several significant threats to his life 2014 Event The Midwest experiences life threateningly low temperatures and forces over 2,500 flight cancellations; the tunnel of arctic air called the "polar vortex" should head eastward during the week 2013 Event Author J.K. Rowling announces she is producing a play based on the life of her character Harry Potter; the play tells the previously untold story of life before the boy wizard goes to Hogwarts; the play will premiere in London's West End within the next two years 2013 Event In an effort to hunt for terrorists 'hiding in plain sight' online, spies at U.S. surveillance agencies may have spent time playing online games such as 'World of Warcraft', 'Second Life', and may have gathered information on the gaming network, Xbox Live 2013 Event Scientists in Canada bring 400 year-old bryophyte specimens left behind by retreating glaciers during the Ice Age back to life 2013 Event Prosecutors for Boston Marathon bomber and Islamic terrorist Dzhokar Tsarnaev discuss a plea deal to avoid the death penalty in exchange for life in prison without parole 2013 Event Scientists discover that a large amount of bacterial life forms live in the deepest part of the world's oceans, the Mariana Trench, which is about 6.831 miles 2013 Event The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences award is established by Mark Zuckerburg of Facebook, Sergey Brin of Google and venture capitalize Yuri Milner; the prize rewards excellence in life sciences, with 11 awards and $3 million in prizes 2012 Event NASA's Curiosity rover continues to make small discoveries as the organization works to discredit rumors of evidence of life on Mars 2012 Event 2011 Tucson shooter, Jared Lee Loughner, is given 7 consecutive life sentences 2012 Event Former award-winning cyclist, American Lance Armstrong, is banned for life from participating in International Cycling Union-sanctioned events and stripped of his seven Tour de France titles based on the findings of a systematic doping investigation 2012 Event After his decision not to context charges of doping by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Lance Armstrong learns the organization has banned him for life and recommended he be stripped of his record seven Tour de France titles 2012 Event The U.S. Supreme Court rules that minor's cannot be automatically be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole 2012 Event Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, reported to be in a coma, is removed from life support 2012 Event Egypt's former president, Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life in prison, along with his former interior minister, Habib al-Adly, for being complicit in killing of demonstrators in the 2011 revolution 2012 Event Following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the Cabinet of Japan approves a bill placing a 40-year cap on the life of nuclear reactors 2011 Event The robotic Mars Science Laboratory, the largest rover ever sent to Mars, is launched by NASA; the goal is to find evidence of past or present life on Mars 2010 Event The Census of Marline Life 10-year study reports that 230,000 species of animal live in the world's oceans 2009 Event Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has 4,000 prisoners death sentences commuted to life imprisonment 2009 Death Frank McCourt, author, teacher, wrote Pulitzer-Prize winning book, 'Angela's Ashes', a memoir of his impoverished life in Ireland, dies at age 78 in Manhattan, New York 2005 Event Dennis Rader, the BTK killer, receives 10 consecutive life sentences 2004 Death Gibson Kente, wrote about life in South African black townships, known as Father of Black Theater in South Africa, dies 2004 Death Carl Mydans, photographer, Life, dies at 97 2003 Death Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, author and feminist, 'In the Last Analysis' and 'Writing a Woman's Life', committed suicide 2002 Death Eileen Farrell, singer, Can't Help Singing: The Life of Eileen Farrell, dies at 82 2000 Death Todd Karns, actor/theater director and founder, It's a Wonderful Life, dies at 79 1998 Death Rodney Harvey, actor, model, featured in Life Magazine spread with Madonna, appeared in Fox series, 'The Outsiders', guest on television show 'Twin Peaks', appeared in 'My Own Private Idaho', died at age 30, of a heroin overdose 1998 Event World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef sentenced to life 1997 Event "Jackie - An American Life," opens at Belasco Theater New York City 1997 Event British au pair Louise Woodward, 19, sentenced to life in death of Matthew Eappen 8 months (judge changes to time served)00690901 1997 Death Jeffrey Bernard, journalist, wrote column, 'Low Life', for The Spectator magazine, dies in Soho, England, after refusing dialysis treatment 1997 Death James Stewart, actor, It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, dies at 89 1997 Death George Fenneman, announcer, 'You Bet Your Life', dies at 77 1997 Event "Life," opens at Barrymore Theater New York City 1997 Event 5 sue Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, because his smoking has violated the country's constitution guaranteeing a wholesome life 1996 Event NASA announces that life may have existed on Mars 1994 Event U.S. Ice Skating Federation bars Tonya Harding for life 1994 Event Medgar Evers' murderer Byron De La Beckwith sentenced to life, in Jackson Miss, 30 years after the crime 1993 Death Kamaran Abdalla, Iraq/English/Netherlands actor (Best Thing in Life), dies at 34 1993 Death Tom Fuccella, actor (Paul-One Life to Live), dies of AIDs at 56 1993 Event Opposition leader Xanana Gusmao of East-Timor sentenced to life 1993 Event Paul Cezannes still life sells for $28,600,000 in New York City 1992 Event Microwave Observing Project begins (seeking alien life) 1992 Event John Gotti begins life sentence in jail 1992 Death George Berkeley, actor (Life Stinks, Captains and Kings), dies at 70 1991 Event 6,000th episode of One Life To Live 1991 Event Soap opera "One Life To Live" airs its 6,000th episode 1991 Event Dallas Mavericks Roy Tarpley becomes 7th to be banned from NBA for life under the league's anti-drug agreement 1991 Death Frank Capra, director (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 94 1991 Death Toni Gerry, actress (Bullet for Joey, Lust for Life), dies at 61 1991 Event British Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment 1991 Death Clara Eggink, Ebbele, Dutch poet (Life with J C Bloem), dies at 84 1991 Event "Real Life With Jane Pauley" premieres on NBC-TV 1990 Death Ed van der Elsken, Dutch photographer (Sweet Life), dies at 65 1990 Death Roald Dahl, Br short story author (Sweet Mystery of Life), dies at 74 1990 Event "Normal Life" starring Moon Unit and Dweezil Zappa premieres on CBS-TV 1990 Death Michael Powell, English director (Life and Death of Col Blimp), dies at 84 1989 Death Jo[hanne M Bos-]Vincent, Dutch soprano (Songs for Life), dies at 91 1989 Death Irving Stone, U.S. writer (Love is Eternal, Lust for Life), dies 1989 Event Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling 1989 Birthday Hayden Panettiere, actress, One Life to Live 1988 Death Dick Clair, comedian (Clair and McMahon, Facts of Life), dies of AIDS 1988 Event "Facts of Life," Lisa Whelchel weds Steve Cauble 1988 Death Lee Goodman, actor (Imitation of Life), dies of TB at 64 1987 Event Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, serving a life sentence for attempted assassination of President Gerald R Ford escapes from Alderson Prison 1987 Birthday Michael Roman, actor, Al-One Life to Live 1987 Event Ohio nurse Donald Harvey sentence to triple life (poisoned 24) 1987 Event Nazi Klaus Barbie, "Butcher of Lyon" sentenced to life in France 1985 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge at Aqueduct 1985 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge 1985 Death Brian Gwynne Horrocks, English Lieutenant-General (A Full Life), dies at 89 1985 Event Actress Judith Licht (Who's the Boss) marries Robert Desiderio (One Life to Live) 1984 Death David, spent most of his life in a plastic bubble, dies at 12 1983 Event "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life," released in France 1983 Event China's supreme court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life 1983 Event Thom Syles keeps a life saver intact in his mouth for over 7 hours 1982 Event "Doll's Life" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 5 performances 1982 Event "Doll's Life" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 5 performances 1982 Death John C Gardner, U.S., writer (Life and Times of Chaucer High), dies at 49 1982 Event 36th Tony Awards: Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby and Nine win 1982 Event "Is There Life after High School?" closes at Barrymore after 12 performances 1982 Event "Is There Life after High School?" opens at Barrymore New York City for 12 performances 1981 Event Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 2 black joggers in Salt Lake City 1981 Birthday Nicole Richie, actress, socialite, known for television series, 'The Simple Life' with Paris Hilton, author of 'The Truth About Diamonds' 1981 Event Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life for Lennon's murder 1981 Event Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca sentenced in a Rome to life 1981 Death William Saroyan, U.S. stagewriter (Time of your life), dies at 72 1981 Birthday Paris Hilton, born in New York City, New York, model, actress, socialite, heiress, fashion designer, appeared in 'The Simple Life' television series 1981 Death Beulah Bondi, actress (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 89 1981 Death Beulah Bondi, actress (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 88 1980 Birthday Eliza Dushku, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, This Boy's Life, True Lies, Journey 1980 Death Rachael Roberts, actress (This Sporting Life), dies at age 53 1980 Event Supreme Court rules new forms of life created in labs could be patented 1980 Death Dick Haymes, actor (Real Life, Betrayal), dies 1980 Event Soap opera "Love of Life" ends a 28 year run 1979 Death Ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67 1979 Death Fulton J Sheen, bishop (Life is Worth Living), dies at 84 1979 Event Hugh Leonards "Life," premieres in Dublin 1979 Event Monty Python's "Life of Brian" premieres 1979 Death Emory Parnell, St. Paul, Minnesota, actor (Life of Riley), dies at 85 1979 Event Brian Clark's "Whose Life is it Anyway?," premieres in London 1979 Birthday Claire Danes, New York City, actress, Angela-My So Called Life, Romeo and Juliet 1978 Birthday Devon Gummersall, born in Colorado, actor, 'Relativity', Brian in 'My So Called Life' 1978 Event Filming on Monty Python's Life of Brian, begins 1978 Event David Berkowitz sentenced in New York Supreme Court to 25 years to life 1978 Death Peggy Wood, actress (One Life to Live, Mama), dies at 86 1977 Event Paleontologist Elso Barghoorn announces that 3.4-billion-year-old one-celled fossils, the earliest life forms, had been discovered 1977 Event David Mamet's "Life in the Theater," premieres in New York City 1977 Event Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life," goes #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks 1977 Birthday Jake Patellis, actor, Paul Bowman-Good Life 1977 Event Andreas Baader and members of Baader-Meinhoff jailed for life after a trial lasting nearly 2 years in Stuttgart, Germany 1977 Event Bette Davis is 1st woman to receive Life Achievement Award 1977 Death Onslow Stevens, actor (Mr Fisher-This is the Life), dies at 74 1976 Event Scientists in Pasadena, California, announce Viking I found strongest indications to date of possible life on Mars 1976 Death Victor Dalby Lord, ficticious character on One Life to Live, dies 1976 Event Sara Jane Moore sentenced to life for attempting to shoot President Ford 1975 Event Lynette Fromme sentenced to life for attempt on President Ford's life 1975 Birthday Kellie Martin, Riverside California, actress, Life Goes On, Cristy 1975 Death William Hartnell, actor (Jackpot, This Sporting Life), dies at 67 1975 Death Maxwell Maltz, cosmetic surgeon, author, self-help pioneer, invented Psycho-Cybernetics, system to improve one's self-image, lead a better life, wrote, 'Psycho-Cybernetics', believes positive self-view key to achieving goals, dies 1974 Birthday Ryan Phillippe, born in New Castle, Delaware, actor, appeared in 'One Life to Live' soap opera, films include, 'Cruel Intentions', 'Crash' 1974 Event Padres owner Ray Kroc, addresses fans "Ladies and gentlemen, I suffer with you I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life" 1974 Birthday Devon Odessa, actor, Sharon-My So Called Life, Girl of Limberlost 1973 Birthday Wilson Cruz, actor, My So Called Life, Ally McBeal 1973 Birthday Christie Clark, Louisiana, actress, Carrie Brady-Days of Our Life 1973 Death Michael O'Shea, actor (Denny- It's a Great Life), dies at 67 1973 Birthday MacKenzie Astin, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Facts of Life, Garbage Pail Kids 1973 Event Juan Corona sentenced to 25 life sentences for 25 murders 1973 Event Juan Corona sentenced to 25 consecutive life terms for 25 murders 1973 Event New Philippine constitution names Marcos president for life 1972 Event Life magazine ceases publication 1972 Birthday Jared Leto, born in Bossier City, Louisiana, actor, Jordan-My So Called Life 1972 Death Oscar Levant, actor (American in Paris, Dance of Life), dies at 65 1972 Event Jean-Bedel Bokassa appoints himself President for life of Cent African Rep 1971 Birthday Dido Armstrong, born in London, England, known as 'Dido', singer, songwriter, album, 'No Angel' sold over 16 million copies worldwide, 'Life for Rent' sold over 12 million copies 1971 Event Wings release their 1st album "Wild Life" 1971 Birthday Ricky Martin, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, singer, famous member of Menudo, Latin boy band, albums include 'Sound Loaded', 'Life' 1971 Birthday Caprice Bourret, born in Whittier, California, lingerie model, actress, businesswoman, appeared on television's 'The Surreal Life', Wonderbra model 1971 Birthday Trey Ames, born in Canton, Ohio, actor, David-A Year in the Life 1971 Event Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda sworn in as President for Life of Malawi 1971 Event 50,000 attend Celebration of Life, rock concert, McCrea Louisiana 1971 Event Charles Manson sentenced to life (Sharon Tate murder) 1971 Event U.S. Lt Wiliam Calley (My Lai Massacre) sentenced to life 1971 Event William Calley sentenced to life for Mi Lai Massacre 1971 Death Selmer Jackson, actor (Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 82 1970 Event Treblinka SS commander Franz Stangl sentenced to life imprisonment 1970 Birthday Macy Gray, born in Canton, Ohio, singer, songwriter, actress, Grammy-Award winner, films, 'Idlewild', 'Training Day', hit song, 'I Try', famous album, 'On How Life Is' 1969 Death Salvatore Baccaloni, opera singer and actor (Full of Life), dies at 69 1969 Birthday Mark Brettschneider, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actor, Jason-One Life to Live 1969 Birthday Kim Fields Freeman, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Tootie-Facts of Life 1969 Death Barbara Bates, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life), dies at 43 1968 Event "That's Life" premieres-A Broadway musical type TV show 1968 Event Pope Paul VI, in an encyclical entitled "Humanae Vitae" (Of Human Life), declares any artificial forms of birth control prohibited 1968 Event "One Life to Live" premieres on TV 1968 Event Soap opera "One Life To Live" premieres 1968 Birthday Yasmine Bleeth, born in New York City, actress, Ryan's Hope, 1 Life to Live, Baywatch 1968 Birthday Susan Haskell, actress, Marty-One Life to Live, Strictly Business 1968 Event LIFE mag calls Jimi Hendrix "most spectacular guitarist in the world" 1967 Birthday Sean Moynihan, Burlington, Vermont, actor, Powell-One Life to Live 1967 Birthday Rodney Harvey, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, actor, model, featured in Life Magazine spread with Madonna, appeared in Fox series, 'The Outsiders', guest on television show 'Twin Peaks', appeared in 'My Own Private Idaho' 1967 Event BBC bans Beatle's "A Day in the Life" (drug references) 1967 Event Albert DeSalvo (Boston Strangler) sentenced to life in prison 1967 Birthday Jeff Bankett, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Tyler-1 Life to Live 1966 Birthday Irene Jacob, born in Suresnes, France, actress, famous for lead role in film 'The Double Life of Veronique', 'Three Colores: Red', considered one of the preeminent French actresses of her generation 1966 Birthday Mindy Cohn, Louisiana, actress, Facts of Life 1966 Birthday Nancy McKeon, born in Westbury, New York, actress, Jo Polniazek-Facts of Life 1966 Death Russel Crouse, U.S. stagewriter (Life with Father), dies at 73 1966 Birthday Thorsten Kaye, soap actor, Patrick-One Life to Live, Silencers 1966 Birthday Bronwen Booth, London, actress, Andy-One Life to Live, Eternal Evil 1965 Birthday Gregory Scott [Koenig], Dearborn, Michigan, guitarist, Signs of Life 1965 Event Auschwitz trials end with 6 life sentences 1965 Birthday Lisa Rinna, born in Newport Beach, California, actress, Billie-Days of Our Life 1965 Event Revised International Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect 1965 Birthday Fia Porter, Mexia, Texas, actress, Audrey Ames-One Life to Live 1965 Death Forrest Taylor, actor (This is Life, Man Without a Gun), dies at 81 1964 Death William Bendix, actor (Life of Riley), dies at 58 1964 Birthday Cornelia Guest, debutante, Debutante's Guide to Life 1964 Birthday Leonard Stabb, actor, Hunter Guthrie-One Life to Live, Guiding Light 1964 Birthday Dave Parsons, rocker, Transvision Vamp, Sham 69-That's Life 1964 Event Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa 1963 Birthday Lisa Howard, actress, Days of Our Life, Rolling Vengeance 1963 Death Ralph Sanford, actor (Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 64 1963 Death Zasu Pitts, actress (Wedding March, Life With Father), dies at 65 1963 Birthday Lisa Whelchel, Fort Worth Texas, actress, Blair-Facts of Life 1963 Birthday Tracey E. Bregman Recht, Munich Germany, actress, Days of Our Life 1963 Birthday Joel Osteen, born in Houston, Texas, pastor, Lakewood Church, ministry reaches over seven million viewers per week in the U.S., author of 'Your Best Life Now' 1963 Birthday Jessica Tuck, New York City, actress, Megan-1 Life to Live 1962 Birthday Karen Witter, California, actress, Tina-One Life to Live, playmate, Mar, 1982 1962 Birthday Holly Gagnier, Louisiana, actress, One Life to Live 1962 Birthday Tonja Walker, Huntington, West Virginia, actress, Alex-One Life to Live 1962 Event OAS leader general Raoul Salan sentenced to life 1962 Event "Gay Life" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 113 performances 1962 Birthday Robert Mailhouse, New Haven, Connecticut, actor, Brian-Days of our Life 1961 Event "Gay Life" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 113 performances 1961 Death Billy House, actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg and I), dies at 71 1961 Birthday John Viscardi, New York City, actor, Father Tony-One Life to Live 1961 Birthday Roma Downey, Derry Ire, actress, 1 Life to Live, Touched by an Angel 1961 Birthday John Clarke, actor, Mickey-Days of Our Life 1961 Birthday Kassie Wesley, born in Kentucky, actress, Evil Dead 2, Blair-One Life to Live 1961 Death Jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59 1960 Death Anna Blaman, Dutch writer (Life and Death), dies at 55 1960 Birthday Valerie Pettiford, New York City, actress, Sheila Price-One Life to Live 1960 Birthday Chris Elliott, actor/comedian, Get a Life, David Letterman Show 1960 Birthday Fiona Hutchison, born in Miami, Florida, actress, One Life to Live, Guiding Light 1959 Death William Bishop, actor (Steve-It's a Great Life), dies at 42 1959 Birthday Basia Trzetrzelevska, Poland, jazz singer, Time and Life 1959 Birthday Joyce Sims, born in Rochester, New York, singer, songwriter, released U.S. and UK hit single titled, 'Come Into My Life', 1987 1959 Birthday Patricia Pease Jeffers, born in North Carolina, actress, Kimberly-Days of our Life 1959 Death Lou Bandy, Dutch revue-artist (Life Ain't Bad), commits suicide at 69 1959 Birthday Eileen Davidson, born in Artesia, California, actress, Kristen-Days of our Life 1959 Birthday Shelley Burch, born in Tucson, Arizona, actress, One Life to Live, Identity Crisis 1958 Birthday Billy Hufsey, actor, Christopher-Fame, Days of our Life 1958 Event 14 people named 1st life peers in U.K. 1957 Birthday James De Paiva, Hayward California, actor, Max Holden-One Life to Live 1957 Birthday Andrea Evans, actress, Young and Restless, Tina-One Life to Live 1957 Birthday Hillary Bailey Smith, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Nora-One Life to Live 1956 Birthday Juliet Stevenson, Essex England, actress, Secret Rapture, Life Story 1956 Birthday Debby Boone, born in Hackensack, New Jersey, singer, You Light Up My Life 1956 Birthday Sandra Guiboard, born in U.S. AFB West Germany, actress, Donna-One Life to Live 1956 Birthday Julie Montgomery, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Samantha-1 Life to Live, Kindred 1956 Birthday Woody Brown, Dayton Ohio, actor, Cliff-Facts of Life 1955 Birthday Mark Mitchell, actor, Larger than Life, Lift Off, Ground Zero 1955 Birthday Patti Weaver, West Virginia, actress, Days of our Life, Gina-Young and Restless 1955 Birthday Michael Sabatino, born in California, actor, Days of Our Life, Bold and Beautiful 1955 Birthday Marcia McCabe, actress, Alice-One Life to Live 1955 Birthday Clive Aslet, British editor, Country Life 1954 Birthday Matt Groening, cartoonist, Life in Hell, Simpsons 1953 Birthday Roy Firestone, sportscaster, Life's Most Embarrassing Moments 1953 Birthday Michael Zaslow, Inglewood California, actor, One Life to Live, Guiding Light 1952 Birthday Roberto Benigni, born in Manciano, Italy, actor, comedian, screenwriter, best known for movie, 'Life Is Beautiful', Academy-Award winner for Best Actor 1952 Birthday Deborah Adair, actress, Tracey-Dynasty, Kate-Day of Our Life 1951 Event 1st broadcast of "Love of Life" on CBS-TV 1951 Birthday Gerald Anthony, actor, Marco Dane-General Hospital, One Life to Live 1951 Birthday Peter Gordon, born in New York City, New York, Peter Laurence Gordon, experimental composer, musician, opera, world music, jazz, rock influences, founder, Love of Life Orchestra, composed for Suzanne Vega, Laurie Anderson, worked on Desperate Housewives soundtrack 1951 Birthday Tanya Boyd, born in Detroit, Michigan, actress, Celeste-Days of our Life 1951 Birthday Kim Zimmer, Michigan, actress, Guiding Light, Doctors, One Life to Live 1951 Event Life After Tomorrow, 1st film to receive an "X" rating, premieres 1950 Birthday Karl Rove, born in Denver, Colorado, Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush, author, 'Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight' 1950 Event Dutch NSB leader C van Gelderen sentenced to life 1950 Birthday Nathan Purdee, actor, Nathan-Young and Restless, Hank-1 Life to Live 1950 Birthday Keith Bradley, born in Birmingham, England, British politician, life peer, Labour Member of Parliament for Manchester Withington 1950 Birthday Robert S. Woods, born in California, actor, Bo-One Life to Live, Waltons 1949 Death Arthur Chesney, actor (Lodger, Chelsea Life), dies at 67 1949 Birthday Jeremy Thomas, actor, Family Life 1949 Event "Love Life" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 252 performances 1949 Birthday Patti LuPone, born in Northport, New York, actress and singer, Evita, Life Goes On 1949 Birthday John Shea, born in North Conway, New Hampshire, actor, Honeymoon, New Life, Lois and Clark 1949 Birthday Helene Hayman, born in England, Baroness Helene Hayman, Helene Valerie Hayman, Member of Parliament, Life Peer, Lord Speaker of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom 1949 Birthday Ric Ocasek, born in Baltimore, rock vocalist, Cars-Double Life, Bye Bye Love 1949 Birthday Denny Albee, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, actor, Dr. Janssen-One Life to Live 1949 Birthday Kalevi Aho, born in Forssa, Finland, composer, large-scale works, symphonies, vocal works, concertos, operas, including 'The Key', 'Insect Life' 1949 Birthday Judith Light, Trenton, New Jersey, Angela-Who's the Boss, 1 Life to Live 1949 Event Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty sentenced to life in prison 1948 Event "Love Life" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 252 performances 1948 Event Bijz Criminal division sentences war criminal Jacob Folks to life 1948 Event Sir Laurence Olivier on the cover of LIFE magazine 1947 Event "You Bet Your Life," with Groucho Marx, premieres on ABC radio 1947 Birthday Lyndon Harrison, born in Britain, Baron Harrison, life peer, House of Lords, Member of the European Parliament 1989 - 1999 1947 Birthday Linda Thorson, born in Toronto, actress, Tara-Avengers, Julia-1 Life to Live 1947 Birthday Judy Loe, born in Urmston Manchester, United Kingdom, actress, Singles, Meaning of Life 1947 Birthday Lewis Moonie, born in Dundee, England, Baron Moonie, politician, life peer, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Kircaldy 1947 Death Grace Moore, U.S. soprano/actress (1 Night of Life), dies at 45 1946 Event Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life," premieres 1946 Birthday Gloria Loring, New York City, actress and singer, Days of our Life 1946 Birthday Jacqueline Courtney, New Jersey, actress, Another World, One Life to Live 1946 Birthday Alison Steadman, Liverpool England, actress, Life is Sweet 1946 Birthday Erika Slezak, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Viki-One Life to Live 1946 Birthday Lasse Hallstrom, director, Once Around, My Life as a Dog, ABBA 1946 Birthday Dan Millman, born in America, author, wrote, published 14 self-help books focusing on human potential, wrote 'The Life You Were Born to Live' 1945 Birthday Thaao Penghlis, actor, Mission Impossible, Tony-Days of Our Life 1945 Birthday Catherine Burns, New York City, actress, Last Summer, One Life to Live, Catcher 1945 Birthday John Lodge, born in Birmingham, England, musician, singer, songwriter, bass guitar player, member of The Moody Blues rock band, created songs 'Candle of Life', 'Eyes of a Child', 'Send Me No Wine' 1945 Birthday Tobias Wolff, U.S. writer, This Boy's Life 1945 Birthday Robin Strasser, New York City, actress, Dorian-One Life to Live, Another World 1945 Birthday Sam Abell, born in Toledo, Ohio, photographer, published in National Geographic, artistic photographic style, noted for transcendent qualities, graduate, University of Kentucky, photographic books include 'The Photographic Life', 'The Life of a Photograph' 1944 Death Henry J Wood, English conductor (My Life of Music, Proms), dies at 75 1944 Birthday Colin Nutley, director and writer, Such is Life, Black Jack 1944 Birthday E J Peaker, Tulsa Oklahoma, actress, That's Life 1943 Birthday Winfred "Blue" Lovett, U.S. singer, Manhattans-One Life to Live 1943 Birthday Susan Seaforth Hayes, actress, Days of our Life, Young and Restless 1943 Event Metropolitan Life Insurances issues a $225 million check to Chase 1943 Birthday Tom McNally, born in England, Thomas McNally, Baron McNally, politician, Liberal Party, Liberal Democrat leader in the House of Lords, life peer, Baron of Blackpool in the County of Lancashire 1943 Event 4 chaplains drown after giving up their life jackets to others 1943 Death Alexander Goode, rabbi who surrended his life jacket, drowns 1943 Birthday Kenneth Kelley, U.S. singer, Manhattans, One Life to Live 1942 Birthday Tessa Blackstone, born in England, Baroness Blackstone, politician, university administrator, Labor Party, life peer, House of Lords, Baroness Blackstone of Stoke Newington in Greater London 1942 Birthday Patricia Elliot, born in Gunnison, Colorado, actress, Renee-Empire, One Life to Live 1942 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life) 1942 Birthday Sandra Dee, Zuck, Bayonne, New Jersey, actress, Gidget, Imitation of Life 1941 Event "Life Certificates" issued to some Jews of Vilna, rest exterminated 1941 Birthday Robin Leach, born in London, England, TV host, Life Styles of Rich and Famous 1940 Death Florence Scovel Shinn, artist, book illustrator, metaphysical writer, wrote, 'The Game of Life and how to Play it", 1925, writings follow thought principles of Emma Curtis Hopkins, Myrtle Fillmore, Phineas Quimby, Charles Fillmore, dies 1940 Birthday George Reinholt, Philadelphia, actor, Steve-Another World, One Life to Live 1940 Death Emma Goldman, U.S. anarchists/feminist/author (Living My Life), dies 1939 Event H Lindsay and R Crouse' "Life with Father," premieres in New York City 1939 Event William Saroyan's "Time of Your Life," premieres in New York City 1939 Birthday Volker Braun, born in Dresden, German, writer, poet, playwright, wrote 'Das ungezwungne Leben Kasts' or 'The Unrestrained Life of Kast' 1939 Birthday Robert Nye, writer, Facts of Life and other fiction, 3 Views of Man 1939 Birthday Gwen Taylor, British actress, Life of Brian, Sob Sisters, Screaming 1938 Event Clifford Goldsmith' "What a Life," premieres in New York City 1938 Event "Our Town," Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winner of small-town life in Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, premieres 1937 Birthday Richard Foreman, New York City, theatrical director, Daily Life 1937 Birthday Elinor Donahue, born in Tacoma, Washington, actress, Father Knows Best, Get a Life 1936 Event 1st issue of Life, picture magazine created by Henry R Luce 1936 Event Life magazine hit newsstands 1936 Birthday Susan Kohner, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Imitation of Life, Gene Krupa Story 1936 Death Harriet Monroe, U.S. poet (Poet's Life), dies at 75 1936 Birthday Hans Haacke, Cologne Germany, artist, Right to Life, Dripper Boxes 1936 Birthday Timothy Spall, actor, 1871, Life is Sweet, Crusoe, Remembrance 1935 Death Clarence Day, writer (Life with Father), dies 1934 Birthday Judith Herzberg, Dutch poet and author, Charlotte Life or Theater 1934 Birthday Al Freeman, Jr., born in Texas, actor, One Life to Live, My Sweet Charlie 1934 Event Stalin ends 17th CPSU-congress, says "Life becomes merrier" 1933 Birthday Richard Schickel, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, documentary filmmaker, film critic, author, journalist, historian, received Guggenheim Fellowship, published in Time, and Life, magazines, books include, 'Woody Allen: A Life in Film', 'Elia Kazan: A Biography' 1932 Birthday Gibson Kente, born in South Africa, wrote about life in South African black townships, known as Father of Black Theater in South Africa 1932 Birthday Jeffrey Bernard, born in London, England, journalist, wrote column, 'Low Life', for The Spectator magazine 1931 Birthday Robert Morse, Newton Massachusetts, actor, That's Life, Jack Frost 1931 Birthday Leslie Thomas, born in Newport, Wales, author, published 'In My Wildest Dreams', recounting childhood in South Wales, in early life, wrote columns for London Evening News newspaper 1930 Birthday Ben Gazzara, New York City, actor, Run for Your Life, QB VII 1930 Birthday Frank McCourt, born in Brooklyn, New York, author, teacher, wrote Pulitzer-Prize winning book, 'Angela's Ashes', a memoir of his impoverished life in Ireland 1930 Birthday Nicolas Christopher Henry Browne-Wilkinson, born in England, life peer as Baron Browne-Wilkinson, studied at Lancing College and Magdalen College, Oxford, former head of the Privy Council and Vice-Chancellor of the High Court 1928 Birthday Michael Blakemore, British theater director, Country Life 1927 Birthday Martin Milner, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Route 66, Adam 12, Life of Riley 1927 Birthday John Gilbert, born in England, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Dudley East, life peer as Baron Gilbert, of Dudley in the County of West Midlands 1926 Birthday Louise L. Hay, born in Los Angeles, California, motivational author, professional speaker, self-help and motivational writer, 'You Can Heal Your Life', 1984, on the New York Times Bestseller list, sold 35 million copies in 30 languages, made into movie of the same title, founder, Hay House Publishing 1926 Birthday Cranley Onslow, born in England, politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Woking, called for lower middle class taxes, life peer as Baron Onslow of Working in Surrey County 1926 Birthday Charlotte Rae, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, actress, Edna-Facts of Life 1926 Birthday Richard DeVos, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, World War II veteran, businessman, author, billionaire, co-founder Amway - now Alticor, owner Orlando Magic, wrote 'Hope from My Heart: Ten Lessons For Life' 1926 Birthday Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter of Josef Stalin/author, My Life 1926 Birthday Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, born in East Orange, New Jersey, author and feminist, 'In the Last Analysis' and 'Writing a Woman's Life' 1925 Birthday Barbara Bates, born in Denver, Colorado, actress, Kathy-It's a Great Life 1925 Birthday Phil Carey, born in Hackensack, New Jersey, actor, Asa Buchanan-One Life to Live 1925 Birthday Bill Hayes, born in Harvey, Illinois, actor, Your Show of Shows, Days of our Life 1925 Birthday Peter Lane, born in England, Baron Lane of Horsell, Lord Land of Horsell, politician, businessman, Conservative Party, served in Royal Navy, life peer, House of Lords 1923 Birthday Douglas Wass, CEO, Equity and Law Life Assurance Company 1923 Birthday Bob Elliot, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Bob and Ray, Get a Life 1923 Birthday Pamela Sharples, born in England, Baroness Sharples, BConservative Party, made a Life Peer of Chawton in the County of Hampshire, after husband, Sir Richard Sharples, was assassinated 1922 Event Greek parliament bans prince Andreas for life 1922 Birthday Erving Goffman, sociologist, presentation of self in everyday life 1922 Birthday John Braine, English novelist, Life at the Top 1921 Birthday Donna Reed, born in Denison, Iowa, From Here to Eternity, Wonderful Life 1920 Birthday Carmen McRae, Clark, U.S. jazz singer/pianist, Dream of Life 1920 Birthday William Butterfield, born in England, born William John Hughes Butterfield, Lord Butterfield, life peer as Baron Butterfield of Stechford, Order of the British Empire, medical researcher, clinician, administrator 1919 Birthday Steve Brodie, Eldorado, Kansas, actor, Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp 1919 Birthday George Fenneman, born in in Peking, China, TV announcer, 'You Bet Your Life' 1919 Death Bruce F Cummings, English author (Enjoying Life), dies at 30 1919 Event Liberty Life Insurance Co (Chicago) organized by blacks 1918 Birthday Mervyn Pike, born in England, Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike, Baroness Pike, Conservative, Life Peerk, knighted, Member of Parliament for Melton, in the county of Leicestershire 1918 Birthday Maurice Laing, life president, John Laing 1917 Birthday William Bishop, born in Oak Park, Illinois, actor, Steve-It's a Great Life 1917 Birthday Robert Conquest, English author, Back to Life 1917 Birthday Glenn Reeves, Massillon, Ohio, actor, Defending Your Life 1917 Birthday Joop Waasdorp, Dutch writer, Naked Life 1916 Birthday Victor Dalby Lord, ficticious character on One Life to Live 1916 Birthday John Vivyan, actor, Mr Lucky, Wrong Man, Imitation of Life 1916 Birthday John Vivyan, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Imitation of Life, Mr. Lucky 1915 Event Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Georgia after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life 1915 Birthday Signe Hasso, Stockholm Sweden, actress, Johnny Angel, Double Life 1915 Event U.S. Coast Guard created from Life Saving and Revenue Cutter services 1914 Birthday Donald Stokes, born in Plymouth, England, born Donald Gresham Stokes, Baron Stokes, Lord Stokes, industrialist, life peer in the House of Lords, managing director of British Leyland Motor Corporation 1914 Birthday Harold Russell, actor, Best Years of Our Life 1913 Birthday Ralph Edwards, born in Merino, Colorado, TV host, This is Your Life 1913 Birthday MacDonald Carey, born in Sioux City, Iowa, actor, One Life to Live, Dream Girl 1913 Birthday Ralph Edwards, born in Merino, Colorado, TV host, This is Your Life 1912 Birthday Garson Kanin, born in Rochester, New York, playwright/producer, Double Life 1912 Birthday Ann Dvorak, McKim, New York City, actress, G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface 1912 Birthday Roy Winsor, born in Chicago, producer, Search for Tomorrow, Love of Life 1912 Birthday Cuthbert Alport, born in England, born Cuthbert James McCall Alport, Lord Alport, Baron Alport, politician, Conservative Party, Cabinet Minister, life peer, Deputy Lieutenant for Essex 1910 Birthday Arthur Hazlerigg, born in England, Lord Hazlerigg, 2nd Baron Hazlerigg, awarded Military Cross, judge, Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire, soldier, served during World War II, life peer 1908 Birthday Yousuf Karsh, portrait photographer, Life Magazine 1908 Birthday William Saroyan, U.S., novelist/playwright, Time of Your Life 1908 Birthday Jimmy Stewart, Pennsylvania, actor, Mr Smith Goes to Wash, Wonderful Life 1907 Birthday Sid Tomack, actor, Life of Riley 1906 Birthday Oscar Levant, Pittsburgh, actor, American in Paris, Dance of Life 1906 Birthday Hermione Baddeley, England, actress, Camp Runamuck, Maude, Good Life 1906 Birthday Hendrikus G "Han" Hoekstra, poet, Ongerijmde life 1906 Birthday Belle Stewart, born near Bloirgowrie, Scotland, Scottish traditional singer, led life of a Scottish Traveler, daughter Sheila Stewart wrote her biography 'Queen Amang the Heather; the Life of Belle Stewart' 1906 Birthday Frank Parker, born in New York City, actor, Shawn-Days of our Life 1906 Birthday Roger Livesey, born in Barry, Wales, actor, Drums, Life and Death of Col Blimp 1906 Birthday Clara Eggink, Ebbele, Dutch poet, Life with JC Bloem 1906 Birthday Michael O'Shea, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Denny-It's a Great Life 1906 Birthday William Bendix, born in New York City, actor, Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story, Life of Riley 1905 Event Atlanta Life Insurance Company forms 1904 Birthday Fifi D'Orsay, born in Montreal, actress, Life Jimmy Dolan, Girl from Calgary 1903 Birthday Irving Stone, U.S., author, Love is Eternal, Lust for Life 1903 Birthday Malcolm Muggeridge, English writer, Observer of Life 1902 Birthday Gerard[us M] Rutten, director, Miraculous Life of Willem Parel 1902 Birthday Onslow Stevens, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Mr Fisher-This is the Life 1901 Birthday James Dunn, New York City, actor, Tree Grows in Brooklyn, It's a Great Life 1901 Death Clara Maass, army nurse sacrificied her life at 25 to prove that the mosquito carries yellow fever 1900 Birthday Maurice Gilliams, Flemish writer/poet/essayist, Maria's Life 1900 Birthday Fjodor Godunov-Tcherdynchev, Russian poet, Life of Tchernyshevsky 1900 Birthday William Haines, Staunton, Virginia, actor, Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney 1899 Birthday Ralph Sanford, Springfield Massachusetts, actor, Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp 1899 Birthday Maxwell Maltz, born in America, cosmetic surgeon, author, self-help pioneer, invented Psycho-Cybernetics, system to improve one's self-image, lead a better life, wrote, 'Psycho-Cybernetics', believes positive self-view key to achieving goals 1898 Birthday Henry R. Luce, born in Tengchow, China, publisher, Time, Fortune, Life 1898 Event 1st installment of William Dean Howell's "Life and Letters" appears 1898 Birthday ZaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress, Life With Father, Dames 1897 Birthday Frank Capra, Italy, director, Its a Wonderful Life, Arsenic and Old Lace 1896 Birthday Edna Purviance, Lovelock NV, Dog's Pleasure, Dog's Life 1895 Birthday Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher, Songs of Life 1895 Birthday Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher, Songs of Life 1895 Birthday Fulton J Sheen, El Paso, Illinois, bishop, Life is Worth Living 1894 Death Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84 1893 Birthday Russel Crouse, journalist/novelist/playwright, Life with Father 1893 Birthday Henry C Rumke, Dutch psychiatrist, Periods in Man's Life 1892 Birthday Beulah Bondi, Chicago, actress, It's a Wonderful Life 1892 Birthday Peggy Wood, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, One Life to Live, Mama 1890 Birthday Groucho Marx, born in New York City, comedian, Marx Bros, 'You Bet Your Life' 1890 Birthday Billy House, Minnesota, actor, Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg and I 1888 Birthday Selmer Jackson, Iowa, actor, Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp 1887 Birthday Muriel Aked, Bingley England actress, Happiest Days of Your Life 1887 Birthday Juan Gris, born in Spain, cubist painter, Still Life Before an Open Window 1885 Event Maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Netherlands 1884 Event Sporting Life announces that both pennant winners will meet in 3 game series Oct 23-25 at Polo Grounds New York City to determine baseball champion 1883 Birthday Scott Nearing, U.S. sociologist/pacifist/author, The Good Life 1881 Death Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35 1879 Birthday John Erskine, U.S., poet/pianist, Private Life of Helen of Troy 1879 Birthday Ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst, Life and Work of Sigmund Freud 1876 Birthday Frank L Gillespie, Arkansas, founded Supreme Life Insurance Company 1874 Birthday Clarence Shepard Day, New York City, author, Life with Father 1873 Birthday Jakob Wassermann, born in Germany, novelist, My Life as German and Jew 1873 Birthday Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author/novelist, Pages from My Life 1871 Birthday Florence Scovel Shinn, born in New Jersey, artist, book illustrator, metaphysical writer, wrote, 'The Game of Life and how to Play it", 1925, writings follow thought principles of Emma Curtis Hopkins, Myrtle Fillmore, Phineas Quimby, Charles Fillmore 1869 Birthday Herbert David Croly, U.S. author, Promise of American Life 1868 Event Metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms 1859 Birthday Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet, A Buried Life 1859 Birthday Arthur Conan Doyle, UK, author brought Sherlock Holmes to life twice 1858 Birthday Vladimir Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, playwright, Life in Russian Theater 1858 Birthday Arnold Aletrino, Dutch physician-criminologist and author, From Life 1858 Event French Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed 1857 Birthday George Gissing, English author, Thyrza, Crown of Life 1856 Birthday Richard B. Haldane, British viscount/lord-chancellor, Life of A Smith 1856 Birthday Frank Harris, England, journalist and writer, My Life and Loves 1846 Birthday Mildred Childe "Life" Lee, daughter of confederate General Robert E Lee 1843 Event 1st chartered mutual life insurance company opens 1841 Event Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin (New York City) 1841 Event N E Guerin of New York patents cork-filled life preserver 1834 Death Lionel Lukin, life boat pioneer, dies 1832 Birthday Moncure Daniel Conway, U.S., abolitionist, Life of Thomas Paine 1817 Birthday George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer, Life of Goethe 1809 Birthday Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, Belg, paleont, life cycle of tapeworms 1808 Birthday David F Strauss, Germany, theologist, Jesus' Life 1802 Event Napoleon declared "Counsel for Life" 1798 Death Giacomo Casanova, writer, author, adventurer, book, 'Histoire de ma vie', or, 'History of My Life', profiles customs of 18th century European social life, dies at age 73 1794 Birthday John G Lockhart, Scorpion, biographer, Life of Sir Walter Scott 1792 Event 1st life insurance policy issued in U.S. in Philadelphia 1779 Death Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin, French still life painter, dies at 80 1761 Event 1st life insurance policy in U.S., issued in Philadelphia 1759 Event 1st American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia 1757 Birthday ALF, alien life form, ALF 1755 Birthday Nathan Hale, hanged patriot, had but one life to give for his country 1749 Death Jan van Huysum, Dutch still life painter, dies at 66 1739 Event 35 Jews sentenced to life in prison in Lisbon Portugal 1725 Birthday Giacomo Casanova, writer, author, adventurer, book, 'Histoire de ma vie', or, 'History of My Life', profiles customs of 18th century European social life 1710 Birthday Willem van Haren, Frisian nobleman/poet, Human Life 1699 Birthday Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin, French still life painter 1695 Death Melchior de Hondecoeter, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 58 1693 Death Willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73 1687 Death Jurriaen van Streeck, Dutch still life painter, buried 1681 Death Pedro Calderon de la Barca, writer, dramatist, Spanish Golden Age, works include, 'La vida es sueno', or, 'Life is a Dream', dies at 81 1679 Death Abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, dies at 38 1661 Death Pieter Claesz, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 64 1640 Birthday Abraham Mignon, still life painter 1620 Birthday John Evelyn, British diarist, Life of Mrs. Godolphin 1619 Event Hugo the Great sentenced to life in prison 1612 Death Piotr Skarga, Polish theology/Prime Minister (Sanctity of Life), dies at 76 1600 Birthday Pedro Calderon de la Barca, born in Madrid, Spain, writer, dramatist, Spanish Golden Age, works include, 'La vida es sueno', or, 'Life is a Dream' 1583 Event Richard Martin of London takes out 1st life insurance policy, on William Gibbons, premium was 383 pounds 1253 Event Clara van Assisi leads rules of life in order of Clarissen
