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 Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has been implicated in DeflateGate, the scandal in which footballs used by the team were found to be below regulation pressure; Brady's father, Tom Brady, Sr., states that his son was framed 2014 Event Prince Felipe of Spain is coronated as King Felipe VI, following his father's abdication over two weeks ago; the simple ceremony sought to avoid displays of extravagance in a nation suffering high unemployment and growing disinterest in the monarchy 2014 Event Kim Jong Un is re-elected as leader of North Korea with 100% of the vote; the election was the first since the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, in 2011 2014 Event Pope Francis announces that on February 22, he will hold a Consistory and create 19 new Cardinals from 12 countries; the names of the Cardinals were released during the Holy Father's announcement 2012 Event The North Korean Workers party names Kin Jong Un First Secretary, with his father, Kim Jong IL delcared as the party's 'eternal' General Secretary 2011 Event North Korea's Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-il, dies; Kim Jong-un is announced as his father's successor 2011 Event Muammar Gaddafi appears on Libyan television claiming himself the 'father of Libya' 2004 Death Gibson Kente, wrote about life in South African black townships, known as Father of Black Theater in South Africa, dies 2003 Death Edward Teller, scientist/professor, The father of the H-bomb, dies at 95 2000 Event Elian Gonzalez is snatched by a SWAT team from his Florida relatives to return him to his father in Cuba 1998 Death Jon Postel, Father of the Internet, dies at 55 1998 Event Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, who violated probation by seeing 14 year old father of her baby, sentenced to 7 years 1997 Death James Komack, producer (Courtship of Eddie's Father), dies at 67 1997 Event Peter Graf, father of Steffi, enters German jail for tax evasion 1997 Event Todd and Mel Stottlemyre become 1st father and son to win 100 games 1996 Death Claude Mauriac, writer, journalist, author, personal secretary to Charles de Gaulle1944 - 1949, co-scripted his father's novel titled Therese Desqueyroux, wrote study of Marcel Proust, dies at 81 1996 Event "Father" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 52 performances 1996 Event "Father" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 52 performances 1994 Event "Shakespeare after My Father" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 266 perf 1993 Death Leon Ames, actor (Father of the Bride), dies at 91 of stroke 1993 Death James Jordan, NBA Michael Jordan's father, found dead near McColl, South Carolina 1993 Death Jordan, father of Michael Jordan, murdered 1993 Event "Shakespeare for My Father" opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 266 performances 1993 Death Klaas Schenk, Dutch speed skater/coach/father of Ard, dies at 86 1993 Death Juan of Borbon y Battemberg, father of king Juan Carlos I, dies 1993 Event "Conversations with My Father" closes at Royale New York City after 462 performances 1992 Event "Conversations with My Father" opens at Royale New York City for 462 performances 1992 Event Herb Gardner's "Conversations With My Father," premieres in New York City 1992 Death Earl Spencer, father of Lady Diana, dies at 68 1992 Death Karel Poons, father of Paul Deen, dies 1991 Death Carmine Coppola, composer/father of Francis Ford Coppola, dies 1990 Event Ken Griffey Sr &, Jr. are 1st father and son to play on same team each goes 1 for 4 for Seattle Mariners 1990 Event Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey, Jr. become 1st father and son to play on same team (Seattle Mariners), both single in 1st inning 1990 Event Marla Maples father sues National Enquirer for $12M 1988 Death Richard Castellano, aqctor (Honor thy Father), dies at 55 1988 Death Judith Barsi, child actress, shot dead with mother by her father at 11 1987 Event Lisa Steinberg, battered into coma by her adoptive father Joel 1986 Death Lurene Tuttle, actress (Father of Bride, Julia), dies at 79 1985 Death Ransom Sherman, comedian (Father of Bride), dies at 87 1984 Death Martin Luther King Sr, U.S. vicar/father of MLK, Jr., dies at 84 1984 Death Marvin Gaye, rocker (Sexual Healing), shot dead by his father at 45 1981 Death [Walter] Furry Lewis, father of blues, dies at 88 of a heart attack 1980 Death Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank, dies at 91 1979 Death Lewis Charles, actor (Feather and Father Gang), dies at 59 1977 Death Steve Dunne, actor (Professional Father), dies at 59 1976 Birthday Vanessa Kerry, born in Boston, Massachusetts, medical resident, daughter of John Kerry, campaigned with her father in the 2004 Presidential election 1976 Death Freddie Lennon, father of John Lennon (Beatles), dies at 63 1976 Death James McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies at 73 1973 Death David Ben-Gurion, founding father of Israel, dies in Tel Aviv at 87 1973 Death Murray Wilson, father of beachboys Brian, Carl and Dennis, dies at 55 1971 Birthday Kimberly Williams, actress, Father of the Bride 1971 Death Jack Good, actor (Father Goose), dies 1971 Birthday Dalton James, actor, My Father the Hero, Mark-Beverly Hills 90201 1970 Death Del Moore, actor/announcer (Cal-Bachelor Father), dies at 53 1969 Death Joseph P. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy/RFK/TMK father, dies in Hyannis Port Massachusetts, at 81 1968 Birthday Brandon Douglas, born in Oklahoma City, actor, Dr. Quinn, Father's Homecoming 1968 Event Robert Anderson's "I Never Sang for My Father," premieres in New York City 1967 Death Stuart Erwin, actor (Trouble With Father), dies of heart attack at 64 1967 Death Spencer Tracy, U.S. actor (7th Cross, Father ot Bride), dies at 67 1967 Birthday Timothy Gibbs, born in Burbank, California, actor, Father Murphy, Santa Barbara 1966 Death Russel Crouse, U.S. stagewriter (Life with Father), dies at 73 1964 Death Sammee Tong, actor (Bachelor Father, Mickey), dies at 63 1964 Event John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years 1963 Birthday Tracy Nelson, California, actress, Glitter, Square Pegs, Father Dowling 1963 Death Zasu Pitts, actress (Wedding March, Life With Father), dies at 65 1962 Birthday Brandon Cruz, actor, Eddie-Courtship of Eddie's Father 1961 Birthday John Viscardi, New York City, actor, Father Tony-One Life to Live 1960 Event Vernon Presley (father of Elvis) weds Dee Alliot 1958 Birthday Lesley Player, born in Redhill, England, Sarah Fergusson's father's lover 1957 Event "Bachelor Father" with John Forsythe premieres 1957 Death "Black Jack" Bouvier, father of Jacqueline Kennedy, dies of cancer 1955 Death Dorothy Bernard, actress (Margaret-Life With Father), dies at 65 1955 Event King Norodom Sihanukh of Cambodia succeeded by his father 1954 Event "Father Knows Best" premieres 1953 Birthday Katherine Cannon, born in Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Father Murphy, Survivors 1949 Birthday Simon Callow, born in London, England, actor, Good Father 1948 Birthday Carole Drinkwater, actress, Father, All Creatures Great and Small 1947 Birthday Robert Gilliot, father of Gerda Havertongs daughter Zulema 1947 Birthday Cat Stevens, Yusaf Islam, rock vocalist, Peace Train, Father and Son 1944 Death Filippo T Marinetti, Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67 1944 Birthday Kristina Holland, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Tina-Courtship of Eddie's Father 1943 Birthday Noreen Corcoran, Quincy Massachusetts, actress, Kelly-Bachelor Father 1943 Death Robert Cooper, father of Card pitcher Mort and catcher Walker, dies 1943 Birthday Robert Crumb, U.S., cartoonist, Father Time, Fritz Cat 1943 Birthday Aron Kincaid, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Warren-Bachelor Father, Ski Party 1943 Birthday Bob Blewett, cricketer, father of Greg South Australia batsman 1975-79 1942 Birthday Don Novello, Father Guido Sarducci, Ashtabula, Ohio, comedian, SNL 1941 Birthday Peter Pollock, cricketer, bro of Graeme/father of Shaun, S Af quickie 1940 Birthday Merlin Olsen, Utah, NFL tackle, Rams, sportscaster/actor, Father Murphy 1940 Birthday Jimmy Boyd, McComb, Missouri, singer and actor, Howard-Bachelor Father 1939 Event H Lindsay and R Crouse' "Life with Father," premieres in New York City 1939 Birthday Marti Wilder, father of rocker Kim Wilde 1938 Birthday Wynne Bradburn, cricketer, father of Grant New Zealand batsman vs. South Africa 1964 1938 Event 1st documented anti-semitic remarks over U.S. radio (by Father Coughlin) 1938 Birthday Yvonne Lime, born in Glendale, California, actress, Father Knows Best, Dobie Gillis 1937 Death Joseph Lee, father of Playgrounds movement, dies 1937 Birthday Elinor Donahue, born in Tacoma, Washington, actress, Father Knows Best, Get a Life 1936 Death Gilbert K Chesterton, English writer/poet (Father Brown), dies 1936 Birthday Sue Ane Langdon, born in Paterson, New Jersey, actress, Bachelor Father, Arnie 1935 Death Clarence Day, writer (Life with Father), dies 1935 Birthday Pierre Kartner, Father Abraham, Dutch singer, Smurf Song 1935 Birthday Burt Metcalfe, born in Saskatchewan Canada, actor/dir, Father of the Bride 1935 Event President Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Ataturk: Father of Turkey" 1934 Death Henry WAE, Prince of Netherlands/father of Queen Juliana, dies 1932 Birthday Gerard van den Berg, Dutch TV host, Like Father, Like Son 1932 Birthday William Christopher, Evanstown, Illinois, actor, Father Mulcahy-M*A*S*H 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 Gay Talese, author, Honor Thy Father 1931 Birthday Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer, father of Sanjay, reliable Indian batsman 1931 Birthday Leslie Caron, born in Boulogne-Biliancourt, France, actress, Lili, Father Goose 1930 Birthday James Komack, born in New York City, writer/director/actor, Courtship of Eddie's Father 1929 Birthday Miyoshi Umeki, born in Japan, actress, Mrs Livingston-Courtship of Eddie's Father 1928 Birthday Datta Gaekwad, cricketer, father of Anshuman, batted in 11 Tests 50's 1927 Birthday Zin Harris, cricketer, father of Chris New Zealand batsman in 50's and 60's 1925 Death Walter Camp, father of American football, dies at 65 1924 Birthday 8th earl Spencer, English large landowner/father of Diane 1922 Event BBC sends 1st British radio play "Truth about Father Christmas" 1922 Death Dmitri B Shostakovich, father of Russian composer Dmitri D S, dies 1921 Birthday Dobrica Cosic, born in Velika Drenova, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, now Serbia, writer, political, national theorist, first president of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1992 - 1993, called 'Father of the Nation' 1920 Birthday Don Taylor, Freeport, Pennsylvania, actor, Father's Little Dividend 1920 Birthday Lewis Charles, New York City, actor, Feather and Father Gang 1920 Birthday Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, Dutch author, Anna and her Father 1918 Birthday T Berry Brazelton, doctor, On Being a Father 1918 Birthday John Forsythe, born in New Jersey, actor, Bachelor Father, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty 1918 Birthday Steve Dunne, Northampton Massachusetts, actor, Professional Father 1917 Event Boys Town founded by Father Edward Flanagan west of Omaha Neb 1917 Birthday Robert Anderson, born in New York, writer, Tea and Sympathy, Never Sang for My Father 1917 Birthday John Raitt, Bonnie Raitt's father/singer/actor, Pajama Game 1915 Birthday Walter Hadlee, cricketer, father of Richard and Dayle, New Zealand batsman 40's 1914 Birthday Claude Mauriac, born in France, writer, journalist, author, personal secretary to Charles de Gaulle1944 - 1949, co-scripted his father's novel titled Therese Desqueyroux, wrote study of Marcel Proust 1912 Birthday H "Giff" Vivian, cricketer, father of Graham 1st Test for New Zealand at 18 1912 Birthday Jane Wyatt, Campgaw, New Jersey, actress, Father Knows Best, Star Trek 1910 Event Father's Day celebrated for 1st time (Spokane, Wash) 1910 Birthday Jahangir Khan, cricketer, father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36 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 Robert Young, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby MD 1906 Birthday Lurene Tuttle, Pleasant Lake, Indiana, actress, Father of Bride, Julia 1906 Birthday Howard Zahniser, Father of Wilderness Act 1903 Birthday Leon Ames, Portland Indiana, actor, Mr Ed, Father of the Bride 1902 Birthday James McCartney, father of Beatle, Paul McCartney 1902 Birthday Ruby Dandridge, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actress in Father of the Bride 1900 Birthday Spencer Tracy, born in Milwaukee, actor, Father's Little Dividend, Adam's Rib 1900 Birthday Hyman G Rickover, U.S. Admiral, father of modern nuclear navy 1898 Birthday Father Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, Germany, Jesuit priest/Zen teacher 1898 Birthday ZaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress, Life With Father, Dames 1896 Birthday Doris Lloyd, actress, Bachelor Father, Charley's Aunt, Sarah and Son 1896 Birthday Michael Balcon, Birmingham England, producer/father of Jill Balcon 1893 Birthday Ann O'Neal, Missouri, actress, Nana-Professional Father 1893 Birthday Fritz Perls, father of Gestalt therapy 1893 Birthday Furry Lewis, father of the blues 1893 Birthday Russel Crouse, journalist/novelist/playwright, Life with Father 1889 Birthday John B Kelly, Olympic champion rower/father of Grace Kelly 1889 Birthday A Provost Idell, father of modern volleyball 1889 Birthday Vladimir K Zworykin, U.S.S.R., electronics engineer/inventor, father of TV 1889 Birthday Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank 1888 Birthday Joseph P. Kennedy, born in Boston, Massachusetts, diplomat, father of John F. Kennedy, RFK and Teddy 1888 Birthday John Logie Baird, Scotland, inventor, father of TV 1887 Death Peter "Peerke" Donders, missionary (Father of Melaatsen), dies at 77 1884 Birthday Robert Flaherty, Michigan, father of documentary film, Nanook of North 1875 Birthday Ludwig Prandtl, Germany, physicist, father of aerodynamics 1874 Birthday Clarence Shepard Day, New York City, author, Life with Father 1866 Birthday Sun Yat-sen, father of modern China, ROC and PRC, traditional 1859 Birthday Walter Camp, Connecticut, father of American football, Yale 1858 Birthday William Watson, British poet, Prince's Quest, Father of Forest 1856 Birthday Louis Henri Sullivan, born in Boston, Massachusetts, father of modern U.S. architecture 1856 Birthday Sigmund Freud, Austria, cigar smoker, father of psychology 1856 Birthday Frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management 1850 Birthday Lewis Lewin, Germany, toxicologist/father of psychopharmacologist 1850 Birthday Harishchandra, India, poet/dramatist/father of modern Hindi 1850 Birthday Tomas G. Masaryk, born in Czechoslovakia, Father/President of Czechoslovakia, 1918-35 1849 Birthday Edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic, Father and Son 1849 Death Juliusz Slowacki, Pol poet (Father of the Plague-Patient), dies at 39 1849 Birthday James E Smith, became father at 100 with woman 64 years younger 1849 Birthday Lord Randolph Churchill, England, politician, Winston's father 1846 Birthday Desiderio FA Pietri, Italian baker and marathon runner Dorando's father 1844 Birthday Patrick Manson, "Father of tropical medicine" 1841 Death Catherine McAuley, founder, the Sisters of Mercy, established 12 foundations in Ireland, 2 in England, inherited fortune from father, used money to care for, educate, homeless women and children, dies at her House of Mercy 1840 Birthday Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii 1839 Birthday Ned Gregory, cricketer, bro of Dave, father of Syd Played 1st Test 1839 Death Giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies 1838 Birthday Cleveland Abbe, U.S., meteorologist, Father of Weather Bureau 1835 Birthday Emile Gaboriau, author, father of French detective novels 1832 Birthday William Le Baron Jenney, U.S., architect/"father of skyscraper" 1820 Birthday Isvar Chandra Vidyasagar, father of Bengali prose, Exile of Sita 1817 Birthday Alexander Tilloch Galt, a Canadian founding father 1812 Birthday Aaron Lufkin Dennison, father of American watchmaking 1809 Birthday Nikolai Gogol, father of 19th-century Russian realism, Dead Souls 1805 Birthday Thomas Graham, father of colloid chemistry 1803 Birthday James Douglas, father of British Columbia 1793 Event Father Stephen Theodore Badin is 1st U.S. Roman Catholic priest ordained 1778 Birthday Catherine McAuley, born in Dublin, Ireland, founder, the Sisters of Mercy, established 12 foundations in Ireland, 2 in England, inherited fortune from father, used money to care for, educate, homeless women and children 1777 Death John Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77 1771 Birthday Charles Brockden Brown, father of American novel, Wieland 1769 Event Father Junipero Serra founds Mission San Diego, 1st mission in California 1764 Birthday Jose Gervasio Artigas, general/father of Uruguay 1756 Birthday Christian G Korner, German lawyer/father of Karl 1753 Birthday Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, father of Mexican independence 1746 Birthday Carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney/father of emperor Napoleon 1743 Birthday Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry, Oxygen 1720 Birthday Gilbert White, "father of British naturalists" 1707 Event Jacob V succeeds his father Pedro II as king of Portugal 1699 Birthday John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany 1694 Death Marcello Malpighi, father of microscopic anatomy, dies 1694 Birthday Francis Hutcheson, born in Drumaleg, Ireland, philosopher, Scottish Presbyterian, founding father of Scottish Enlightenment, proponent of Utilitarianism 1674 Event Father Marquette builds 1st dwelling in what is now Chicago 1660 Death Jacob Cats, Father Cats, pension advisor of Holland, dies at 82 1658 Event Richard Cromwell succeeds his father as English Lord Protector 1647 Death Thomas Hooker, clergyman, father of American democracy, dies 1645 Event Aleksei Mihailovitch Romanov succeeds his father Michael as czar 1645 Event Aleksei Romanov succeeds his father Michael as czar of Russia 1619 Event Tsar Michails father Filaret becomes patriarch of Moscow 1598 Birthday Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry", Hercules 1597 Birthday Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" 1583 Birthday Hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law 1577 Birthday Jacob Cats, Father Cats, Dutch grand pensionary/poet, Houwelyck 1564 Event Maximilian II succeeds his father Ferdinand II as RC emperor 1556 Event Akbar (14) succeeds his father Humajun on as Sultan of Delhi 1554 Death Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed 1535 Birthday John, the Old, earl of Nassau/tribal father Netherlands royal family 1520 Event Suleiman I succeeds his father Selam I as sultan of Turkey 1494 Event Alfonso II replaces his father as king of Naples 1416 Event Alfonso V succeeds his father as king of Aragon 1031 Event Henry I succeeds father Robert II as King of France
