2008 Death Isaac Hayes, dies in Memphis, Tennessee, of a stroke, at 65 2001 Death Isaac Stern, violinist, dies at 81 1993 Death Isaac Rojas, Vice President of Argentina (1955-58), dies 1992 Death Isaac Asimov, Sci-Fi author (I Robot), dies from kidney failure at 72 1991 Death Isaac B Singer, Polish/U.S. writer (Yentl, Nobel 1978), dies at 87 1991 Death Isaac Bashevis Singer, American Novelist 1988 Death Isidor Isaac Rabi, nuclear physicist (Nobel Prize-1944), dies at 89 1980 Birthday Isaac Hanson, vocalist, Hansons-Do Wah 1980 Birthday [Clarke] Isaac Hanson, Tulsa, Oklahoma, singer, Hansons-MMMMbop 1978 Event Isaac Bashevis Singer wins Nobel Prize for literature 1974 Event Lake Isaac in Cleveland Metroparks' Big Creek Reservation dedicated 1972 Birthday Isaac Bruce, NFL wide receiver for the St. Louis Rams 1972 Birthday Isaac Davis, NFL guard for the San Diego Chargers 1970 Event Pendleton, Ford and Cryer's "Last Sweet Days of Isaac," premieres in New York City 1969 Birthday Isaac Austin, NBA center for the Miami Heat 1967 Event Queen Elizabeth inaugurates 98-inch (249-cm) Isaac Newton telescope 1967 Death Isaac Deutscher, Polish/English historian (Stalin-biography), dies at 60 1966 Death Isaac Keesing, Dutch founder (System Keesing), dies at 80 1961 Birthday Isaac Mizrahi, American Designer 1959 Death Isaac Halevi Herzog, chief rabbi of Israel (1936-59), dies at 71 1952 Death Isaac Sadeh, leader of Jewish commando forces, dies 1950 Birthday Isaac Curtis, NFL wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals 1950 Birthday Willie Hall, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rocker, drummer, played with Isaac Hayes' The Movement, member of The Bo-Keys 1942 Birthday Isaac Hayes, born in Memphis, Tennessee, singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor, Academy-Award winner 1940 Death Isaac Babel, Russian Journalist 1935 Death Abraham Isaac Kook, rabbi/author (Hokhmat Ha-kodesh), dies 1932 Birthday Isaac "Redd" Holt, U.S. drummer, Young-Holt Unlimited-In Crowd 1930 Birthday Jerome Isaac Friedman, American Physicist 1920 Death Isaac Capadose, lawyer/evangelist, dies at 86 1920 Birthday Isaac Stern, born in Kreminiecz, Russia, violinist, debut San Francisco Symph 1920 Birthday Isaac Asimov, Russia, scientist/writer, I Robot, Foundation Trilogy 1918 Death Isaac Rosenberg, English Poet 1916 Birthday Isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education 1909 Death Isaac M F Albeniz, Spanish pianist/composer, dies at 48 1907 Birthday Isaac Deutscher, Polish/English historian, Stalin/Trotsky biography 1904 Birthday Isaac Bashevis Singer, born in Poland, Yiddish novelist, Enemies-Nobel 1978 1904 Birthday Maurits Wertheim, Dutch writer, Isaac De Fuentes 1902 Death Isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866), dies at 79 1902 Death Isaac Fransen van der Putten, Dutch Prime Minister 1866, dies 1900 Death Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/found Amer Hebrew Congregations, dies at 80 1898 Birthday Isidor Isaac Rabi, Poland, physicist, explored atom, Nobel 1944 1896 Death Isaac Murphy, jockey, 628 wins on 1,412 mounts (44.5%), dies at 35 1896 Event Isaac Albeniz' opera "Pepita Jiminez," premieres in Barcelona 1894 Birthday Isaac Babel, Russian Journalist 1894 Birthday Isaac M Kolthoff, chemist, Massenanalyse 1891 Event 17th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Kingman wins in 2:52 1890 Birthday Isaac Rosenberg, English Poet 1890 Event 16th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Riley wins in 2:45 1888 Death Isaac Strauss, composer, dies at 82 1887 Event 13th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Lewis aboard Montrose wins in 2:39 1886 Birthday Isaac Keesing, Dutch publisher/founder, System Keesing 1884 Event 10th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Buchanan wins in 2:40 1880 Death Isaac M "Isaac A" Cremieux, French minister of Justice, dies at 83 1879 Death Isaac Butt, Irish Politician 1875 Death Isaac Merritt Singer, inventor (sewing machine), dies at 63 1862 Death Isaac Peace Rodman, banker/Union Brigadier-General, dies of injury at about 40 1862 Death Isaac Ingalls Stevens, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 44 1861 Birthday Isaac Murphy, U.S. jockey, won 628 races 1860 Birthday Isaac [Manuel F] Albeniz, Spanish pianist/composer, Iberia 1860 Death Isaac da Costa, poet and writer (Reveil, Wachter!), dies at 62 1855 Event Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor 1851 Event Isaac Singer patents sewing machine 1850 Birthday Isaac L. Rice, Germany, namesake of Columbia University's Rice stadium 1839 Birthday Isaac Kauffman Funk, U.S., publisher, Funk and Wagnalls 1837 Event Isaac Pitman introduces his steno system 1834 Birthday Isaac Capadose, lawyer/evangelist 1834 Event Isaac Fischer, Jr. patents sandpaper 1834 Event Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer, Jr., Springfield, Vermont 1827 Birthday Isaac Munroe St. John, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1827 Birthday Isaac Wistar, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1824 Birthday Isaac Hardin Duval, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Birthday Isaac D Fransen van de Putte, Dutch premier, 1866 1821 Birthday Isaac Ferdinand Quinby, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1819 Birthday Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi and founder American Hebrew Congregations 1818 Birthday Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Major General Union volunteers 1816 Birthday Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard, General Union volunteers 1813 Birthday Isaac Butt, Irish Politician 1813 Birthday Isaac Pitman, Britain, inventor, stenographic shorthand 1812 Death Isaac Brock, English general (conquered Detroit), dies in battle 1806 Birthday Isaac Strauss, composer 1806 Event Isaac Quintard patents apple cider 1802 Birthday Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, Major General Confederate Army 1799 Birthday Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings 1798 Birthday Isaac da Costa, Dutch writer/lawyer 1796 Birthday Isaac M "Isaac A" Cremieux, French lawyer/minister of Justice 1793 Death Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 44 1791 Death Isaac Low, American Businessman 1787 Death Isaac de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general, dies 1748 Birthday Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist 1735 Birthday Isaac Low, American Businessman 1727 Death Isaac Newton, English Mathematician 1705 Event Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College 1697 Event Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night 1696 Birthday Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter, Isaac's Sacrifice 1691 Death Isaac de Benserade, French Poet 1689 Death Isaacus Vossius, Dutch [Isaac Vos], librarian, dies 1687 Event Isaac Newton's 'Principia' published by Royal Society in England 1674 Birthday Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist, Horae Lyrican 1673 Death Isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51 1672 Event Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London 1668 Event Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge 1661 Event Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge 1660 Death Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob), dies at 45 1651 Death Isaac Elsevier, book publisher, dies at 55 1649 Death Isaac van Ostade, painter, buried 1649 Death Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered 1642 Birthday Isaac Newton, born in Grantham, England, physicist, mathematician, and astronomer 1624 Death Isaac Le Maire, Amsterdam ship owner, dies at about 66 1622 Birthday Isaac Sweers, Dutch Admiral/general/Civil rights activist 1617 Death Isaac Oliver, miniature painter, dies 1615 Birthday Govert Flinck, Dutch painter, Isaac blesses Jacob 1613 Birthday Isaac de Benserade, French Poet 1605 Birthday Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Netherlands rabbi/mystic 1596 Birthday Isaac Elsevier, book publisher 1559 Birthday Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian 1208 Death Irene Angelina, daughter of Isaac II Angeles, dies
