2015 Event Queen Elizabeth II surpasses her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria as the U.K.'s longest-reigning royal with 63 years on the throne; Elizabeth II was installed on the throne at age 25 in 1952 after the sudden death of her father, George VI 2015 Event The U.S. state of Hawaii raises the legal smoking age from 18 to 21, the highest smoking age among all the states 2015 Event The Japanese parliament votes to lower the nation's voting age to 18 from 20; the change will make about 2.4 million people eligible to vote 2015 Event Juan Felipe Herrera, age 66, has been named by U.S. Congress as this year's national poet laureate; Herrera, who is the first Latino to be given the title, has served for the past three years as California poet laureate 2015 Event Blues legend B.B. King dies at age 89 after battling health issues related to diabetes and high blood pressure 2015 Event Jordan Spieth, age 21, wins the Masters golf tournament, tying Tiger Woods' record-setting 72-hole score of 18 under par at the course in 1997 2015 Event The world's oldest living person, Gertrude Weaver of the U.S., dies at age 116, just five days after the death of the previous record holder, Misao Okawa of Japan, who died at age 117 2015 Event Lee Kuan Yew, founder of the nation of Singapore and prime minister for 31 years, dies at the age of 91 after suffering for weeks from pneumonia 2015 Event Actor, director, photographer and writer Leonard Nimoy, most popularly known as Dr. Spock on 'Star Trek,' dies at age 83 from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); Nimoy had been suffering from the illness for about a year 2015 Event New Zealand professional golfer Lydia Ko, age 17, becomes the youngest No. 1 ranked golfer in the world, beating the record set by Tiger Woods in 1997 at age 21 2015 Event King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud of Saudi Arabia dies at age 90 after hospitalization for pneumonia three weeks earlier; he has been succeeded by his half brother Salman of Saudi Arabia 2014 Event Mike Nichols, director of a long list of successful productions in TV, film and theater, dies at age 83 of a heart attack; Nichols was one of very few directors to earn all four major industry awards: the Emmy, Golden Globe, Oscar and Tony 2014 Event Dominican fashion designer Oscar de la Renta dies at age 82 at his home in Kent, Connecticut, after battling cancer for 8 years 2014 Event Former Haitian leader Jean Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier dies of a heart attack at age 63; known for an oppressive regime, he fled the country in 1986 but returned in 2011, pleading not guilty to charges of corruption and human rights violations 2014 Event Joan Rivers dies at age 81; the outspoken comedienne passed after complications from surgery on her vocal cords 2014 Event Rory McIlroy wins the PGA Championship, marking his fourth major championship; McIlroy is now one of only four players in golf history to reach this achievement by age 25 2014 Event Former Press Secretary James S. Brady dies at age 73; Brady's death has been ruled a homicide due to a gunshot wound made 33 years earlier by John W. Hinckley, Jr.; Hinckley was found to be insane and was not charged with the original crime 2014 Event Tobacco company R. J. Reynolds must pay over $23 billion in resolution of a lawsuit filed by the widow of a man who died from lung cancer at age 36; the suit accused the company of hiding the health risks and habit-forming nature of cigarettes 2014 Death Tommy Ramone, former drummer and the last living member of punk rock band The Ramones, dies at age 65 of cancer 2014 Event Bobby Womack, renowned singer and the writer of many chart-toppers, dies at age 70 2014 Event The world's oldest man, Alexander Imich, passes away at age 111 in New York; the oldest living woman is currently 116 years old and lives in Japan 2014 Event Maya Angelou, American author of 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' and many other works, dies of natural causes at age 86 2014 Event Storied American actor Mickey Rooney dies at age 93 of natural causes 2014 Event Action-movie star Steven Segal, age 61, considers a run for Arizona governor 2014 Event The 2011 abortion rate reportedly is at its lowest in 30 years; the rate of 16.9 abortions per thousand women of childbearing age was 19.4 per thousand in 2008, and 29.3 per thousand in 1981 2014 Event After eight years in a coma following a stroke in 2006, Ariel Sharon, Israel's former Prime Minister, dies at the age of 85 2013 Event Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the AK-47 assault rifle bearing his name, dies at his home in the city of Izhevsk at the age of 94 2013 Event Joan Fontaine, a British and American actress and sister of Olivia de Havilland, dies at the age of 96; Fontaine is famous for roles in Alfred Hitchcock thrillers Suspicion and Rebecca 2013 Event After a long illness, British actor Peter O'Toole, known for playing Lawrence, in 'Lawrence of Arabia', dies at the age of 81 2013 Event Former South African President and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, dies at the age of 95 2013 Event Palestinian investigators claim their former leader, Yasser Arafat, did not die of old age or ill health; they believe Israel killed him because his exhumed body contained high levels of the radioactive element polonium-210 2013 Event Famous Chicago chef, Charlie Trotter dies of a brain aneurysm in his Lincoln Park hom at the age of 54 2013 Event Astronaut Scott Carpenter, the second American to orbit the earth on Mercury 7, dies of complications from a stroke at the age of 88 2013 Event Best-selling American author Tom Clancy dies at the age of 66; the author's debut book, 'The Hunt for Red October' has been cited as one of the greatest genre novels ever written 2013 Event The brother of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, dies at age 44 following complications from a skiing accident 2013 Death Helen Thomas, an American Journalist who reported on the White House for nearly fifty years, dies at the age of 92 2013 Death James Gandolfini, the actor known for his role in the show, The Sopranos, dies at age 51 of a heart attack 2013 Death The world's oldest living person and verified longest lived man ever, Jiroemon Kimura, dies in the city of Kyotango, Japan at age 116 2013 Death Robert W. Fogel, the Nobel-Prize-winning economist, dies at the age of 86 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 In Rome, Italy, Giulio Andreotti, seven-time prime minister of Italy, dies at age 94 2013 Event Suspects in the Boston Marathon Bombings are identified as Kyrgyzstan-born Muslims Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, age 19, and his 28-year old brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev 2013 Event The Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine for in vitro fertilisation, Robert G. Edwards, dies at age 87 2013 Event Britain's former Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, dies of a stroke at age 87 in London 2013 Event After being hospitalized for nine days for pneumonia, former South African President Nelson Mandela, age 94, was released from the hospital 2013 Event Zillur Rahman, age 84, the President of Bangladesh, dies in office after a long illness at a hospital in Singapore; the government declared three days of mourning 2013 Event Anti-apartheid leader and former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, age 94 is hospitalized for, what sources say, was a routine checkup 2013 Event In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the governor of the Riyadh Province, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, member of the House of Saud, dies at age 72 2013 Event Former Mayor of New York City, Ed Koch, dies in Manhattan of congestive heart failure at age 88 2012 Event Famous American pianist and jazz composer, Dave Brubeck, dies at the age of 91 2012 Death Joseph Murray, a Nobel prize winner, plastic surgeon and the first person to perform a kidney transplantation, dies at age 93 2012 Death British film actress, Dinah Sheridan, dies at the age of 92 2012 Event Former U.S. Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern dies at age 90 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota 2012 Event Antisa Khvichava, a Georgian woman believed to be the oldest woman of all time, dies at age 132 2012 Event Astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first person on the Moon, dies at age 82 2012 Event The writer of 'Carrie's War,' Nina Bawden, who was shortlisted for the 1987 Booker Prize and the Lost Man Booker Prize in 2010, dies in London at age 87 2012 Event The editor-in-chief of 'Cosmopolitan' magazine and leader of the 1960's sexual revolution, Helen Gurley Brown, dies at age 90 in New York City 2012 Event America's first female astronaut, Sally Ride, dies of pancreatic cancer at age 61 2012 Event Academy award-winning actor Ernest Borgnine, dies at the age of 95 2012 Event German opera singer and baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, dies age age 86 2012 Event U.S. researchers report that preventable infections are the leading cause of the world's child mortality rate, where out of 7.6 million children who died before the age of 5 in 21010, 60% died of infections like pneumonia 2012 Event One of the heroes of the French Resistance, Raymond Aubrac, dies at the age of 97 2012 Event American singer and actress Whitney Houston dies suddenly at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel in California at age 48 2012 Event Florence Green, the last known veteran from World War I, dies in the United Kingdom at the age of 110 2011 Event The world's oldest performer, Dutch actor and singer Johannes Heesters dies at the age of 108 2011 Event Lynn Margulis, an American evolutionary biologist, dies at age 73 2011 Event American innovator, businessman, co-founder and longtime CEO of Apple Inc., dies of pancreatic cancer at the age of 56 2011 Event The oldest panda in the world, Ming Ming, dies at the age of 34 in Guangdong, China 2011 Event The last surviving veteran of World War I, Frank Buckles, dies in Charles Town, West Virginia at the age of 110 2011 Event Researchers in Fairbanks, Alaska, discover remains of a 3-year old child from the Ice Age and named it Xaasaa Cheege Ts'eniin, 'Upper Sun River Mouth Child' 2011 Event Pakistan's President, Asif Ali Zardari, launched an emergency polio immunization programme targeting 32 million children under age 5 2010 Event In Heuneburg, Germany, scientists discover a late Bronze Age grave of a Celtic princess, containing amber, gold, bronze and coal 2010 Event President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejects Iran's successful family planning program and urges young Iranian girls to marry at age 16 2010 Event American Alexandria Mills, age 18, wins the 60th Miss World pageant in China 2010 Death Famous Australian opera singer Dame Joan Sutherland dies in Switzerland at age 83, after a lengthy illness 2010 Event In France, over 200 protests occur in as part of the 2010 strikes to fight against plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62 2010 Event Trade unions in France launch a round of strikes in response to President Sarkozy's plan to lift the pension age to 62 2010 Death Robert Byrd, born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, Senator 1959 - 2010, longest serving member of the U.S. Senate, dies at age 92 2010 Death Dennis Hopper, actor, True Grit, Blue Velvet, Easy Rider, dies in Venice, California, of prostate cancer, at age 74 2010 Event Nepal declares a national day of mourning in honor of Girija Prasad Koirala, the 'elder statesman of South Asia' who dies in Kathmandu at age 86 2010 Death J.D. Salinger, 'Catcher in the Rye' author, dies at the age of 91 2009 Birthday Brittany Murphy, actress, appeared in films, 'Sin City', 'Happy Feet', 'Clueless', 'Riding in Cars with Boys', 'Abandoned', dies in Los Angeles, California at age 32 2009 Death Derek B, rapper, record producer, remixer, popular songs included 'Bad Young Brother' and 'Goodgroove', dies of a heart attack in London, at age 44 2009 Death Ellie Greenwich, record producer, singer, songwriter, rock and roll, pop music genres, co-wrote 'Da Doo Ron Ron', dies in Manhattan, New York, at age 68 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 2009 Death Billy Mays, famous television pitchman, direct response advertising salesman for 'As Seen on TV' products, CEO, Founder, Mays Promotions, Inc., dies at age 50 2009 Death Kelly Groucutt, bass player, Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, musician, pop, rock, rock and roll genres, dies in Worcester, England, at age 63 2009 Death Hugh Leonard, writer, winner, Jacob's Award, for 'Wuthering Heights', wrote Sunday Independent column 'The Curmudgeon', dies at age 82 2009 Death Mike Francis, Michele Francesco Puccioni, singer, composer, known for Survivor, a 1982 disco hit, recorded ten studio albums during his career, last album, 'The Very Best of Mike Francis', produced before dying of lung cancer, at age 47 2008 Death Edmund Hillary, dies of heart failure at age 88 2007 Death Kevin DuBrow, singer, lead vocalist, Quiet Riot, heavy metal band 1973 - 2007, dies in Las Vegas, Nevada at age 52 2007 Death Peter Hoagland, Representative-D-Nebraska 1989 - 1995, died at age 65 2007 Death Johnny Hart, cartoonist, creator, comic strips, 'The Wizard of Id', 'B.C.', strips each appeared in over 1,000 newspapers, dies of a stroke while at the drawing table, at age 76 2007 Death Louis W. Ballard, Native American composer, author, artist, wrote 'Incident at Wounded Knee', dies of cancer in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at age 75 2006 Death Eileen Caddy, new age author, spiritual teacher, founded Findhorn Foundation commune, an international New Age community, dubbed 'Vatican of the New Age', today home to 400 residents from more than 40 countries, dies at age 89 in Findhorn, Scotland 2006 Death John M. Ford, author, science fiction and fantasy, poet, game designer, wrote, 'The Final Reflection', 'How Much Just for the Planet?', dies of natural causes, at age 49 2006 Death Jim Olin, Representative-D-Virginia 1983 - 1993, died at age 86 2006 Death Jack Wild, actor, theater, stage, Academy Award nominee at age 16 for role of Artful Dodger in film production of 'Oliver!', favorite subject, teen magazines, dies of cancer, in Tebworth, England, at age 53 2005 Death James H. Scheuer, Representative-D-New York 1965 - 1973, 1975 - 1983 and 1983 - 1993, died of natural causes at age 85 2005 Death Harold Kalin, singer, member of pop music duo with brother Herbert 'Herbie' Kalin, dies from automobile accident injuries, at age 71 2005 Death Fay Godwin, British photographer, noted for black-and-white landscapes of British coast and countryside, took portraits of literary figures, Saul Bellow, Salman Rushdie, Anthony Powell, dies at age 74, in Hastings, England 2005 Death Mitch Hedberg, comedian, appeared on television show, 'The Late Show with David Letterman' and film, 'Lords of Dogtown', dies at age 37, in Livingston, New Jersey 2005 Death Tom Bevill, Representative-D-Alabama 1967 - 1997, died from heart problems at age 84 2005 Event The Supreme Court rules the death penalty unconstitutional for people who committed crimes before age 18 2004 Death Carl Wayne, Colin David Tooley, actor, lead vocalist 'The Move', 1960's Birmingham rock group, dies of esophageal cancer, at age 61 2003 Death Anna Lindh, Swedish politician, Swedish foreign minister, dies in Stockholm, Sweden, at age 46, murdered by a knife attack while shopping 2003 Death Maki Ishii, composer, contemporary classical music, dies of thyroid cancer in Kashiwa, Japan, at age 66 2002 Death Paul Wellstone, Senator-D-Minnesota 1991 - 2002, died in a plane crash in Minnesota at age 58 2002 Death Lisa Lopes, singer, songwriter, known as 'Left Eye', member of group, TLC, famous songs include, 'Waterfalls', 'Girl Talk', dies in La Ceiba, Honduras, at age 30, in a car accident 2001 Death Edward Boland, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1953 - 1989, died at the age of 90 from natural causes 2001 Death Aaliyah, actress, model, singer, appeared in film, 'Romeo Must Die', successful album, 'One in a Million', dies in Marsh Harbour, The Bahamas, at age 22, in a plane crash 2001 Death William Berry, Lord Hartwell, 3rd Viscount Camrose and Baron Hartwell, journalist, newspaper owner, editor-in-chief of the Daily, Sunday Telegraph, dies in Westminster, London, at age 89 2000 Death Bruce Vento, Representative-D-Minnesota 1977 - 2000, dies at age 60 2000 Death Brian Statham, cricketer, 20th century's leading fast bowler, inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, 2009, dies in Stockport, England, of leukemia, at age 69 1999 Death Payne Stewart, professional golfer, won the U.S. Open, 1991 and 1999, won PGA Championship in 1989, among others, dies in Mina, South Dakota, at age 42, due to hypoxia from depressurization of a Learjet 1999 Death Boxcar Willie, born Lecil Travis Martin, guitarist, American hobo music singer, sang country, gospel music, dies from leukemia, in Branson, Missouri, at age 67 1998 Event John Glenn returns to space at the age of 77 as a payload specialist on the Discovery 1998 Death Cary Middlecoff, professional golfer with what is currently known as the PGA Tour in the 1940s, University of Mississippi's first golf All-American 1939, dies in Memphis, Tennessee at age 77 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 Death Henny Youngman, American Comedian, dies at age 91 in New York City 1998 Death Johann Hoelzel Falco, musician, singer, songwriter, hip pop, new wave, electro pop genres, hits include 'Der Kommissar', 'Rock Me Amadeus', dies at age 40 in Puerta Plata, Dominican Republic, from injuries received in a collision with a bus 1997 Death Floyd Cramer, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel, dies of lung cancer at age 64 1997 Death Ruth Picardie, journalist, editor, The Guardian, The Independent newspapers, author of Before I Say Goodbye, memoir of living with breast cancer, dies in Lambeth, London, of breast cancer, at age 33 1997 Death Diana, Princess of Wales, first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, mother of Princes William and Harry, noted for philanthropy, dies in Paris, at age 36, killed in a car crash 1997 Death Jeff Buckley, musician, singer, guitarist, alternative rock, folk music genres, performed with Gods and Monsters, dies of an accidental drowning at age 30 1997 Death Michael Dorris, writer, scholar, first unmarried man to adopt child, Raynold Abel, wrote about Reynold in 'The Broken Cord', commits suicide in Concord, New Hampshire, at age 52 1997 Death Charles Hayes, Representative-D-Illinois 1983 - 1993, died from lung cancer at the age of 79 1997 Death Jermaine Stewart, singer, soul, pop, funk-rock genres, known for Billboard hit 'The Word is Out', dies liver cancer in Homewood, Illinois, at age 39 1997 Event At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history 1996 Event Hasan Raza makes Test Cricket debut for Pakistan age 14 years 238 days 1996 Death Peter Bird, ocean rower, first person to cross the Pacific ocean solo, trip from San Francisco to Great Barrier Reef, lasted 294 days, dies at age 49 at sea during an attempt to row across the Pacific 1996 Death Ray Combs, comedian, host of 'Family Feud' television game show, dies in Glendale, California, at age 40, by suicide 1996 Death Rodney Rash, born in Frederick, Maryland, Rodney R. Rash, horse trainer, trained Thoroughbred horses, clients include Berry Gordy, Bruce McNall, Wayne Gretzky, Gary A. Tanaka, won Santa Anita Handicap with Urgent Request, 1995, dies of rare blood disorder at age 36 1996 Event 1st full ODI for the Netherlands, vs. New Zealand, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47 1996 Death Pat Brown, politician, Democratic party, 32nd Governor of California, in Beverly Hills, California, at age 90 1995 Death Chuck Greenberg, new age musician (Shadowfax), dies at 45 1995 Death Dwayne Goettel, musician, industrial, techno genres, member of industrial band Skinny Puppy, played keyboards for band Psyche and Water, dies at age 31 1995 Death Reza Abdoh, playwright, theatre director, produced King Lear, Oedipus Rex, confronted audiences with issues of race, class, AIDS, died of AIDS at age 32 1995 Death Selena, born Selena Quintanilla-Perez, Mexican American singer, dies in Corpus Christi, Texas, murdered by Yolanda Saldivar at age 23 1995 Death Eazy-E, drug dealer, gang member, rapper, producer, regarded as a founder of gangsta rap, member of N.W.A. group, dies of AIDS, at age 31 1995 Death Rachid Mimouni, author, teacher at Ecole superieure du commerce, Algiers, wrote 'La Malediction', dies of hepatitis in Paris, France, at age 49 1994 Death Franco Moschino, fashion designer, created colorful, provocative designs poking fun at the fashion establishment, dies of a heart attack at age 44 1994 Death Roy Castle, singer, musician, jazz trumpet player, television celebrity, starred in BBC's 'The Roy Castle Show', dies at age 62 in Buckinghamshire, England 1994 Event Gas explosion at old age home in Milan, 27 killed 1994 Death Gundaris Pone, composer, professor, State University College at New Paltz, New York, dies of cancer in Kingston, New York, at age 61 1993 Death Robert Taft, Jr., Senator-R-Ohio 1971 - 1976, died at age 76 1993 Death George "Spanky" McFarland, child actor (Our Gang), dies at age 65 1991 Death Helene Heigh, actress (Undercover Woman, Teen Age Thunder), dies at 86 1991 Death Eric Carr, born Paul Charles Caravello, drummer, member of rock band Kiss, dies of heart cancer at age 41 in New York 1991 Death John Heinz III, Senator-R-Pennsylvania 1977 - 1991, dies in a plane crash at age 52 1991 Event Switzerland votes on lowering voting age from 20 to 18 1990 Death Curtis Lemay, nicknamed Old Iron Pants, General, United States Air Force, running mate for George Wallace, 1968, designed World War II strategic bombing campaign, led Berlin airlift, led firebombing of Tokyo, 22 medals and decorations, dies at age 83 1990 Death Samuel S. Stratton, Representative-D-New York 1959 - 1989, died at age 73 1990 Death Arthur Joseph Goldberg, American Statesman died at age 81 1989 Death Aileen Pringle, actress (Age of Consent, Convicted, Night Parade), dies 1989 Event Tendulkar scores a Test Cricket fifty age 16 years 214 days, a record 1989 Death Bert Oosterbosch, racing cyclist, won World amateur team time trial championship, won World Professional individual pursuit title, successful track and road racer, dies at age 32, of acute cardiac arrest 1989 Event Test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pak vs. New Zealand age 16 years 189 days 1987 Event Astrological Harmonic Convergence - Dawn of New Age 1986 Death Cliff Burton, bass player for Metallica, a thrash metal band, dies in Sweden at age 24, when tour bus for the band skidded and crashed, inducted posthumously into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Metallica 1985 Event Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Australia, Sharjah) 1985 Event 1st-class cricket debut of Jimmy Adams (age 17), Jamaica vs. Barbados 1984 Event Test Cricket debut of David Boon age 23 and Bob Holland age 38 (v WI) 1984 Death Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, assassinated by 2 of her bodyguards at age 66 1984 Death Garry Winogrand, prolific photographer, known for 20th century portraits of America, focusing on social issues of the time, exhibited at Museum of Modern Art, published 'The Animals', 'Public Relations', dies of gallbladder cancer at age 56 1983 Event Samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel 1983 Event India entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket 1982 Event Drew Barrymore at age 7 hosts Saturday Night Live 1982 Birthday Hasan Raza, cricketer, Test cricketer at the age of 14 1981 Death Natalie Wood, actress (West Side Story), dies at age 43 from 'accidental drowning' 1981 Birthday Lleyton Hewitt, born in Adelaide, South Australia, professional tennis player, youngest male ever ranked number one in the World, at age 20 1981 Death Herman Talmadge, Senator-D-Georgia 1957 - 1981, Governor of Georgia 1948 - 1955, Watergate Committee, died at age 88 1980 Death Rachael Roberts, actress (This Sporting Life), dies at age 53 1980 Death Jesse Owens, 4 Gold Medals 1936 Olympics, dies at the age of 66 1980 Death Larry Williams, singer, pianist, rock and roll, rhythm and blues genres, recorded, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Short Fat Fannie, dies from a gunshot wound, in Los Angeles, California, at age 44 1978 Death Lyman Bostock, professional baseball player, outfielder, Minnesota Twins and California Angels Major League Baseball teams, dies in Gary, Indiana, at age 27, murdered by Leonard Smith 1977 Death Carter De Haven, Francis O'Callaghan, actor, director, writer, worked with Charlie Chaplin, dies in Glendale, California, at age 90 1977 Death William E. Vaughan, pseudonym Burton Hills, columnist, author, wrote for Kansas City Star newspaper 1946 - 1977, published articles in Better Homes and Gardens, Reader's Digest, often quoted and best-remembered for writing style employing folksy aphorisms, died age 61 from lung cancer 1976 Event Javed Miandad, 206 vs. New Zealand, age 19 years 141 days (29 fours 1 six) 1975 Death Modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal) 1975 Event One-day international cricket debut, Javed Miandad age 17 years 364 days 1975 Birthday Atta-ur-Rehman, cricketer, Pakistani quickie, debut vs. England, age 17 1975 Death Ivo Andric, writer, novelist, awarded Nobel Prize for Literature, wrote 'Bosnian Chronicle', 'The Bridge on the Drina', dies in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, at age 82 1974 Death Arline Judge, actress (Age of Consent), dies at 61 1973 Event M T Ghani scores 104 on FC debut for Commerce Bank (Pak) age 44 1973 Death Alan Watts, writer, speaker, and philosopher, 'The Spirit of Zen' and 'The Art of Contemplation', died of heart failure at the age of 58 1973 Death Brigitte Reimann, born in Burg bei Madgeburg, East Berlin, writer, wrote 'Franziska Linkerhand' published posthumously, dies of cancer in East Berlin, at age 39 1972 Death Clyde McPhatter, rhythm and blues singer, member, Billy Ward & the Dominoes, founded, The Drifters, dies in Teaneck, New Jersey at age 39 1971 Death A. P. Herbert, British novelist, humorist, playwright and activist at age 81 1971 Event 26th amendment certified, reduces voting age to 18 1971 Event Ohio becomes 38th state to approve of lower voting age to 18, thus ratifying 26th amendment 1971 Death Joe E. Lewis, comedian, singer, famous for Al Capone's heavies beating him after he refused to renew his contract at Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Chicago, Illinois, movie, book, 'The Joker is Wild', dies in New Jersey, age 69 1971 Birthday Selena, born Selena Quintanilla-Perez, born in Lake Jackson, Texas, Mexican American singer, called 'The Queen of Tejano music', released first album at age 12 1971 Birthday Wang Yang, youngest Olympic record breaker at age 17 1988 Olympics 1971 Event Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18 1970 Birthday Benedictine, a St. Bernard, full name Benedictine Daily Double, becomes heaviest known dog, 367 lbs (166.4 kg), lived until the age of 14 1970 Death Ralph W. Sockman, Protestant pastor, author, successful radio show, National Radio Pulpit, considered by Time magazine as the best Protestant preacher in the U.S., dies at age 80 1970 Event President Nixon signs 26th amendment, voting age lowered to 18 1970 Death Giuseppe Ungaretti, writer, poet, modernist, academic, best known work 'L'allegria' or 'The Joy', dies in Milan, Italy, at age 82, of bronchopneumonia 1970 Event U.S. lowers voting age from 21 to 18 1968 Birthday Traci Lords, born in Steubenville, Ohio, actress, producer, appeared in porn films at age 15, appeared in 'Penthouse' magazine, B-movies 'Will and Grace' television show 1967 Death Roger Babson, entrepreneur, business theorist, attended MIT, predicted Wall Street Crash of 1929, published Babson's Reports, oldest investment newsletter in U.S., dies at age 91, in Lake Wales, Florida 1966 Death Jean Arp, artist, sculptor, painter, poet, mediums include torn, pasted paper, founder, Dada movement in Zurich, dies in Basel, Switzerland at age 79 1963 Death John F. Kennedy, Senator-D-Massachusetts 1947 - 1953, 35th President 1961 - 1963, dies at age 46 1963 Birthday Jose Oquendo, born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, Jose Manuel Roberto Guillermo Contreras Oquendo, baseball player, infielder, coach, signed with New York Mets at age fifteen, member, St. Louis Cardinals, played 1987 World Series, record for fewest second baseman errors, 1990 1963 Birthday Wally Masur, born in Southampton, England, tennis coach, professional tennis player from Australia, won Australian Junior Championships at age 18 1962 Death Henry F. Ashurst, Senator-D-Arizona 1912 - 1941, died of a stroke at age 87 1962 Event Nawab of Pataudi captains India cricket vs. WI age 21 years 77 days 1961 Death Samuel Rayburn, Representative-D-Texas, speaker of the House, 1940 - 1957, died of pancreatic cancer at age 79 1961 Death Louis-Ferdinand Celine, born in Courbevoie, France, novelist, 'Journey to End of Night', dies in Paris, France, at age 67 1960 Birthday Paul Humphreys, rock synthesizer, OMD-Crush, Pacific Age 1960 Event John Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years 1959 Event Test debut for Mushtaq Mohammad vs. WI age 15 years 124 days 1958 Death Douglas Mawson, Antarctic explorer, geologist, member, Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod expedition, among first to reach South Magnetic Pole, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Brighton, South Australia, at age 76 1957 Birthday Faith Daniels, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, news anchor, CBS News, at age 27 was one of the youngest national news anchors ever, first journalist to host daily talk show, A Closer Look, 1991 1956 Birthday Nigel Kennedy, born in Brighton, English, violinist, jazz and classical music, boy prodigy, play Fats Waller tunes by ear at age 10, featured on Sarah Brightman's album Harem 1955 Event Barbra Streisand's 1st recording "You'll Never Know" at age 13 1954 Birthday Yanni, new age musician, Live at the Acropolis, Sand Dance 1954 Birthday Derek Warwick, born in Alresford, England, racecar driver, at age 16, won Superstox English Championship and age 18, won the World Championship at Wimbledon Stadium 1954 Birthday Jack Blades, rock bassist, Damn Yankees-Coming of Age, Night Ranger 1953 Event Eastern Airlines enters jet age, uses Electra prop-jet 1953 Birthday Samantha Sang, born in Melbourne, Australia, singer, pop genre, hit song at age 15 titled, 'You Made Me What I Am' 1952 Birthday Jack Wild, actor, theater, stage, Academy Award nominee at age 16 for role of Artful Dodger in film production of 'Oliver!', favorite subject, teen magazines 1952 Birthday John Tesh, born in Garden City, New York, New age pianist/TV host, ET 1950 Event Leonard Bernstein's "Age of Anxiety," premieres in New York City 1949 Death G. I. Gurdjieff, mystic, spiritual teacher, created 'The Work' idea, representing work on oneself, also called, the Fourth Way, dies at age 83, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France 1948 Birthday Albert Innaurato, Philadelphia, playwright/director, Age in Soho 1946 Event Minister Drees begins emergency rule of old age facilities 1946 Birthday Bob Holland, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner at age 38 1946 Death Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison at age 53 1946 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Arthur M. Schlesinger (Age of Jackson) 1945 Birthday Tandy Cronyn, actress, Twisted, Guardian, Age Old Friends 1945 Birthday Ole Buck, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, composer, pianist, wrote Calligraphy for soprano and chamber orchestra at the age of 20 1944 Death Max Halbe, born in Guttland, now Kozliny, Germany, writer, dramatist, Naturalist movement literary style, works include 'Jugend', dies in Neuotting, Bavaria, at age 79 1943 Death Beatrice Webb, sociologist, reformer, economist, co-authored 'History of Trade Unionism', 1894, co-founder of 'New Statesman' magazine, dies at age 85, in Liphook, England 1943 Event Jewish old age home for disabled in Amsterdam raided 1942 Event Minimum draft age lowered from 21 to 18 1941 Event All Jews over age 6 in German territories ordered to wear a star 1941 Death Ruth Stonehouse, film director, silent era film actress, directed films 'The Winning Pair', 'Tacky Sue's Romance', dies in Hollywood, California, at age 48 1940 Death William Edgar Borah, Senator-R-Idaho, 1907 - 1940, lawyer, died at the age of 74 1939 Birthday John McCabe, born in Huyton, England, composer, pianist, wrote thirteen symphonies by age 11, composed Notturni ed Alba in 1970, ballets, string quartets, piano music, known for his concerti 1938 Birthday Vijay Mehra, cricketer, Indian Test batsman from age 17 1937 Death John Gresham Machen, Presbyterian theologian, professor, New Testament, Princeton Seminary, formed Orthodox Presbyterian Church, dies of pneumonia at age 55 1935 Birthday Omar Bongo, born in Lewai, French Equatorial Africa, now Bongoville, Gabon, El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, Albert-Bernard Bongo, statesman, Gabonese Democratic Party, President of Gabon at age 31 1935 Death H B "Jock" Cameron, South Africa cricket captain (v England 1935, age 30), dies 1935 Birthday Phyllis Newman, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actress, Coming of Age, TW3 1935 Birthday John Gross, author, Age of Kipling, Dickens and 20th Century 1935 Birthday Renata Scotto, born in Savona, Italy, singer, soprano, performed La Traviata at age 18, received 15 curtain calls performing Walter in La Wally at La Scala, 1953, directs opera and teaches at her opera academy in Italy, New York 1934 Event Bert Ironmonger ends Sheffield Shield career age 51 years 298 days 1933 Event Washington Senator coach Nick Altrock plays in a game at age 57 1932 Event Queensland all out 74 vs. Victoria, Ironmonger (age 50) 7-13 1930 Birthday Jim Rohn, born in Idaho, entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker, joined direct sales organization of John Earl Shoaff, became millionaire by age 31, shared rags to riches story and personal development philosophy with over 4 million people worldwide, authored 17 books, audio, video programs 1929 Death Mary MacLane, author, individualistic style included feminist rhetoric, raw admissions, first book, 'The Story of Mary Mac Lane' published in 1902, sold 100,000 copies in the first month, dies at age 48, in Chicago, Illinois 1928 Event England lowers age of women voters from 30 to 21 1928 Event Christopher Hornsrud chosen Prime Minister of Norway at age 101 1927 Birthday David Hobman, director, Age Concern England 1924 Death Hans Thoma, painter, style reminiscent of the Pre-Raphaelites, works include 'Eve in Paradise', at the Frankfurt Museum, dies in Karlsruhe, Germany, at the age of 85 1923 Birthday Dika Newlin, born in Portland, Oregon, composer, child prodigy, began composing music at age 7, completed high school at 12, studied with Schoenberg at University of California at Los Angeles 1923 Event 1st old age pension plans in U.S. established by Montana and Nevada 1920 Event Belgium starts paying old age pensions 1918 Death Georgi Valentinovich Plechanow, pseudonym, Volgin, writer, author, organized Russia's first political demonstration, dies in Geneva, Switzerland, at age 60 1917 Death Andrew Taylor Still, osteopath, successfully reduced fractures, founded first school of osteopathic medicine, died at age 89 1917 Birthday Eileen Caddy, born in Alexandria, Egypt, new age author, spiritual teacher, founded Findhorn Foundation commune, an international New Age community, dubbed 'Vatican of the New Age', today home to 400 residents from more than 40 countries 1914 Event Last day of club cricket for W G Grace at age 66 He made 69 1912 Birthday Arline Judge, actress, Girls in Chains, Mad Wednesday, Age of Consent 1908 Event Pu Yi (Hsuan-T'ung) became China's Last Emperor at age 3 1907 Death Maria Anna Mahler, Gustav Mahlers eldest daughter, dies of scarlet fever and diptheria at 4 years and 7 months of age in Maiernigg, Austria, five days after her father, Gustav Mahler's 47th birthday. She is buried at Grinzing Cemetery, Vienna. 1907 Birthday W. H. Auden, U.S., poet, Age of Anxiety-Pulitzer 1948 1902 Death Charles Kendall Adams, historian, educator, served as second President of Cornell University 1885 - 1892, President, University of Wisconsin 1892 - 1901, dies at age 67, in Redlands, California 1902 Death Swami Vivekananda, founder of Ramakrishna Mission, chief disciple of Ramakrishna, responsible for bringing Vedanta and Yoga to Europe, America, introduced Hinduism at Parliament of World Religions at Chicago, 1893, dies at age 39, suffered form Asthma, diabetes, and other physical ailments 1901 Birthday Margaret Mead, born in Philadelphia, anthropologist, Coming of Age in Samoa 1886 Birthday Teiichi Igarashi, Japan, climed Mount Fuji at age 99 1884 Event T Thomas Fortune starts New York Freeman (New York Age) newspaper 1882 Birthday Don Blackie, cricketer, Australian off-spinner in 1928-29 yes, age 46 1880 Death Jeannette Rankin, Representative-R-Montana 1917 - 1919 and 1941 - 1943, 1st female member of Congress, died at age 92 from natural causes 1879 Event Thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track and field record pole-vaulting 11' 2" at age 17 years and 198 days 1878 Death Friedrich August von Alberti, geologist (Triasic Age), dies at 83 1877 Death Nathan Bedford Forrest, American Civil War, Confederate Army lieutenant general, cavalry leader, opposed Reconstruction era in the post-war South, dies in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 56 1871 Birthday Tom Hayward, cricketer, great England batsman of the Golden Age 1870 Birthday Lionel Palairet, cricketer, elegant England bat in the Golden Age 1865 Birthday Shigechiyo Izumi, achieved oldest authenticated age, 120 y 237 d 1849 Death Dolley Madison, wife of the 4th President of the United States, James Madison, First Lady of the United States, 1809 - 1817, acted as First Lady for Thomas Jefferson, portrait appears on United States Mint 1/2 ounce $10 gold coins, died at age 81 in Washington, D.C. 1847 Birthday Godefroid Kurth, Belgian historian, La cite de Liege au moyen age 1826 Death Johann Peter Hebel, writer, teacher, most widely read German poet, author, wrote in Alemanic dialect, dies in Schwetzingen, Germany, at age 66 1809 Death Thomas Paine, writer (Age of Reason, Common Sense), dies at 72 1801 Death Novalis, philosopher of early German Romanticism, author, wrote 'Pollen, Faith and Love', 'Hymns to the Night', dies from tuberculosis in the Germany, at age 28 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 1795 Birthday Friedrich [August] von Alberti, German geologist, Triasic Age 1737 Birthday Thomas Paine, political essayist, Common Sense, Age of Reason 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 1676 Event King Carlos II of Spain becomes of age (at 15) 1664 Death Andreas Gryphius, German writer, poet, dramatist, master of philosophy, works include historical tragedy 'Leo Armenius', dies at age 47 1651 Event King Louis XIV of France (13) declarer of full age 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' 1581 Birthday James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh, gave age to Earth based on bible 1380 Event King Charles VI of France crowned at age 12 661 Death Ali ibn Abi Talib, the holiest meeting site of Islam, son-in-law, of prophet Muhammad, Muslim Sunni - Shi'a split occurred because Sunni's consider him 4th, last Rashidun, Shi'a's consider him first Imam, rightful successor to Muhammad, dies at age 62 430 Death Saint Augustine, saint and Doctor of the Church, patron saint of brweers, printers, and theologians, dies at age 75
