2014 Event Kaci Hickox, the first person held under New Jersey's new quarantine provisions for those who have worked with Ebola patients, speaks out to protest the conditions of her confinement at a local hospital; Hickox has tested negative for the virus 2014 Event The U.N. will remove peacekeepers from the Syrian side of Golan Heights after the recent capture and release of 45 U.N. troops from Fiji by Syrian rebel forces; the U.N. has worked in the area for 40 years to keep peace between Syria and Israel 2013 Event Conservationists determine poachers killed the last known rhinoceroses in Mozambique; these poachers worked with game rangers responsible for protecting them 2013 Event The release of 1.7 million U.S diplomatic and intelligence documents from 1973-1976 when Henry Kissinger was U.S. Secretary of State were released by Wikileaks; Julian Assange worked on the project inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London 2007 Death Alan Coren, English writer, satirist, and humorist, worked with the BBC, died of necrotising fasciitis 2004 Death Robert Quine, guitarist, guitar soloist, worked with Matthew Sweet, Marianne Faithfull, style combines jazz, rock, blues, dies 1997 Death Tom Blackburn, writer, author, screenwriter, lyricist, worked for Walt Disney's story department, dies at 71 1996 Death Amelia Rosselli, daughter of political activist Carlo Rosselli, worked in Italy as a poet and literary translator, dies at 65 1996 Death Edmund Happold, structural engineer, founded engineering constituency, Buro Happold, worked on Sydney Opera House, dies at 65 1994 Death David Bache, son of footballer Joe Bache, car designer, worked with Rover, dies at 69 1994 Death Warwick Hutton, illustrator, artist, author, created illustrations for children's books, worked with texts by Hans Christian Andersen, dies at 55 of cancer in Cambridge, England 1994 Death Lex Humphries, born in New York City, New York, drummer, music style mixed world music with jazz, worked with John Coltrane, Yusef Lateef, dies at 57 1977 Death Carter De Haven, Francis O'Callaghan, actor, director, writer, worked with Charlie Chaplin, dies in Glendale, California, at age 90 1974 Death Stewart Alsop, columnist and political analyst, worked for Saturday Evening Post and Newsweek, dies 1961 Birthday Hiro Hase, born in Oyabe, Japan, professional wrestler, worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling, transitioned to position of chairman for the PWF, in the Japanese parliament 1959 Birthday Martin Atkins, born in Coventry, England, Martin Clive Atkins, rocker, musician, worked with post-punk, industrial group Public Image Ltd., Ministry 1953 Birthday Kengo Kimura, born in Niihama, Japan, professional wrestler, worked for New Japan Pro Wrestling, trained by Antonio Inoki 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 1950 Birthday Gary Green, born in Stroud Green, England, guitarist for Gentle Giant rock band, worked with Billy Sherwood on album, 'Back Against The Wall', 2005 1950 Birthday Jeremy Paxman, born in Leeds, England, journalist, television presenter, broadcaster, worked for the BBC since 1977, known for abrasive interview style 1948 Birthday Jimmy Hood, born in Lesmahagow, Scotland, Member of Parliament for Lanark and Hamilton East, Labor Party, worked as a mining engineer 1948 Birthday Billy Zoom, born in Savanna, Illinois, musician, guitarist, founder of punk rock band X, Guitar Player named him greatest guitar player of all time in 2007, worked with Gene Vincent, rockabilly legend, as well as Etta James, Big Joe Turner 1948 Birthday Mel Pritchard, born in Oldham, England, Melvyn Pritchard, Mel Pritchard, drummer, rocker, played progressive rock with Barclay James Harvest, worked with Les Holroyd 1947 Birthday Simon Bates, born in Birmingham, English, UK disc jockey, worked at BBC Radio 1 1976 - 1993, and Classic FM 1947 Birthday Rod Clements, born in North Shields, England, singer, songwriter, guitarist, worked with Wizz Jones, Peter Hamill, Michael Chapman 1946 Birthday David Liebman, born in Brooklyn, New York, musician, rocker, saxaphonist, flautist, worked with Steve Swallow, Pete La Roca, played with Elvin Jones, Miles Davis's group, appeared on 'Big Fun' album, among others 1944 Birthday Michael Franks, born in LaJolla, California, singer, songwriter, jazz music genre, worked with Art Garfunkel, Patti Austin 1944 Birthday Byron Berline, born in Caldwell, Kansas, musician, fiddle, mandolin player, famous for contemporary bluegrass music, played with The Flying Burrito Brothers, worked with Manassas, founded Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival 1944 Birthday Joseph Celli, born in America, composer, musician, experimental, contemporary music genres, worked with John Cage, the Kronos Quartet 1943 Birthday Chas Hodges, born in Edmonton, London, rocker, pianist, guitarist, vocalist, member of English duo Chas & Dave, worked with producer Joe Meek, backed Jerry Lee Lewis 1942 Birthday Robert Quine, born in Akron, Ohio, guitarist, guitar soloist, worked with Matthew Sweet, Marianne Faithfull, style combines jazz, rock, blues 1940 Birthday Pete Brown, born in Ashtead, England, poet, lyricist, musical producer, worked with The Battered Ornaments, created Pete Brown & Piblokto! 1939 Birthday Warwick Hutton, born in Britain, illustrator, artist, author, created illustrations for children's books, worked with texts by Hans Christian Andersen 1938 Birthday Mike Mainieri, born in the Bronx, New York, jazz fusion vibraphonist, worked with Steps Ahead, pioneer in 'synth-vibe' electronic vibraphone music, recorded with Buddy Rich, Jeremy Steig, featured on Dire Straights tracks 1938 Birthday Alan Coren, born in London, England, English writer, satirist, and humorist, worked with the BBC 1936 Birthday Lex Humphries, born in New York City, New York, drummer, music style mixed world music with jazz, worked with John Coltrane, Yusef Lateef 1934 Birthday Alan Ridout, born in West Wickham, England, composer, teacher, professor Royal College of Music, worked with Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, prolific instrumental and choral music composer 1934 Birthday Peter Arnett, born in Riverton, New Zealand, journalist, worked for CNN 1933 Birthday Garnett Mimms, born in Ashland, West Virginia, singer, songwriter, record producer, worked with Bert Berns, Jimi Hendrix, recorded on MGM, Verve Records, funk, rhythm and blues music 1932 Birthday Graham Arnold, born in England, artist, founder of Brotherhood of Ruralists, other members include Jann Haworth, Sir Peter Blake, worked with oil and mixed media, realistic and surrealistic elements 1930 Birthday Edmund Happold, born in England, structural engineer, founded engineering constituency, Buro Happold, worked on Sydney Opera House 1930 Birthday Amelia Rosselli, born in Paris, France, poet, of Italian origin, daughter of political activist Carlo Rosselli, worked in Italy as a poet and literary translator, wrote prose in English, French and Italian, major work, 'Spazi metrici' 1928 Birthday Karlheinz Stockhausen, born in Germany, composer, worked with electronic music, musical spatialization 1925 Birthday David Bache, born in Worcestershire, England, David Ernest Bache, son of footballer Joe Bache, car designer, worked with Rover, established design company David Bache Associates, created the Land Rover, Series II Land Rover 1923 Birthday Baroness Ryder, of Warsaw and Cavendish, worked for sick and disabled 1923 Birthday Tom Blackburn, born in Raton, New Mexico, writer, author, screenwriter, lyricist, worked for Walt Disney's story department, wrote lyrics to The Ballad of Davy Crockett 1922 Birthday Kai Winding, born in Aarhus, Denmark, jazz composer, trombonist, worked with J.J. Johnson, Benny Goodman, Paul Chambers, recorded "More" from "Mondo Cane" movie with Verve records 1922 Birthday Robert W. Holley, U.S., biochemist, worked with RNA, Nobel '68 1921 Birthday Amilcar Cabral, worked for independence of Portuguese Africa 1919 Birthday Bulent Arel, born in Istanbul, composer, electronic music, contemporary classical music, worked with Edgard Varese, designed, installed electronic music laboratory at Yale University 1916 Birthday Maurice Wilkins, England, physicist, worked with DNA, Nobel 1962 1915 Birthday Ray Evans, born in New York, lyricist, composer, Oscar-winner, worked with Jay Livingston, wrote "Mona Lisa" 1914 Birthday George Tabori, born in Budapest, Gyorgy Tabori, writer, theater director, worked for BBC in London, moved to United States, became screenwriter, translated works by Bertolt Brecht, Max Frisch 1914 Birthday Stewart Alsop, born in Avon, Connecticut, columnist and political analyst, worked for Saturday Evening Post and Newsweek 1914 Birthday Sid Weiss, born in America, musician, jazz double-bassist, played clarinet, violin, tuba as a child, began playing bass as a teenager, worked with Louis Prima, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman 1908 Birthday A D Hershey, U.S., biologist, worked with bacteriophages, Nobel 1969 1905 Birthday Jef Maes, born in Antwerp, Belgium, composer, lecturer, worked for the Knokke orchestra, studied with Albert van de Vijver, Karel Candaeil, and Napoleon Distelmans 1900 Birthday Richard Kuhn, Austria, biochemist, worked with vitamins, Nobel 1938 1895 Birthday Oscar Hammerstein II, born in New York City, lyricist who worked with Richard Rodgers 1886 Birthday Carter De Haven, born in Woodland Hills, California, Francis O'Callaghan, actor, director, writer, worked with Charlie Chaplin 1885 Birthday George Minot, U.S., physician, worked on anemia, Nobel 1934 1884 Birthday Theodor Svedberg, Sweden, chemist, worked with colloids, Nobel 1926 1752 Birthday Adrien-Marie Lagendre, mathematician, worked on elliptic integrals
