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Rick Danko 1942-1999

Events

1170 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Church and the Roman Catholic Church.
1778 – American Revolutionary War: 3,500 British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.
1786 – French Revolution: The Assembly of Notables is convened.
1812 – The USS Constitution under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures the HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three hour battle.
1813 – British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York during the War of 1812.
1835 – The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.
1845 – According with International Boundary delimitation, U.S.A annexes the Mexican state of Texas, following the Manifest Destiny doctrine. For others, the Republic of Texas, which had been independent since the Texas Revolution of 1836, is admitted as the 28th U.S. state.
1851 – The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts.
1860 – The first British seagoing iron-clad warship, HMS Warrior is launched.
1876 – The Ashtabula River Railroad bridge disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
1890 – United States soldiers kill more than 200 Oglala Lakota people with four Hotchkiss guns in the Wounded Knee Massacre.
1911 – Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
1911 – Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty.
1914 – A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, is serialised in The Egoist.
1930 – Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the Two-Nation Theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.
1934 – Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.
1937 – The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
1939 – First flight of the Consolidated B-24.
1940 – World War II: In The Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, killing almost 200 civilians.
1949 – KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.
1959 – Physicist Richard Feynman gives a speech entitled "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom", which is regarded as the birth of nanotechnology; the Lisbon Metro begins operation.
1972 – An Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed Tristar) crashes on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101.
1975 – A bomb explodes at La Guardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring 74.
1989 – Riots break-out after Hong Kong decides to forcibly repatriate Vietnamese refugees.
1992 – Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.
1996 – Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.
1997 – Hong Kong begins to kill all the nation's 1.25 million chickens to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.
1998 – Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over 1 million lives.
2001 – A fire at the Mesa Redonda shopping center in Lima, Peru, kills at least 291.
2003 – The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.

Births

1709 – Empress Elizabeth of Russia (d. 1762)
1721 – Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1764)
1796 – Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (d. 1877)
1800 – Charles Goodyear, American inventor (d. 1860)
1808 – Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875)
1809 – William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1898)
1816 – Carl Ludwig, German physician (d. 1895)
1843 – Elisabeth of Wied, queen of Romania and novelist (d. 1916)
1856 – Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician (d. 1894)
1859 – Venustiano Carranza, 54th President of Mexico (d. 1920)
1870 – Albert Amrhein, German rugby player (death year unknown)
1876 – Pau Casals, Catalan musician (d. 1973)
1881 – Jess Willard, American boxer (d. 1968)
1885 – Roman Ungern von Sternberg, famous White Russian warlord (d.1921)
1896 – David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (d. 1974)
1899 – Nie Rongzhen, Chinese Communist leader (d. 1992)
1902 – Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1957)
1908 – Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian (d. 1993)
1910 – Ronald Coase, British economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1914 – Billy Tipton, American musician (d. 1989)
1914 – Albert Tucker, Australian artist (d. 1999)
1915 – Bill Osmanski, American football player (d. 1996)
1917 – Tom Bradley, American politician (d. 1998)
1917 – Ramanand Sagar, Indian film director (d. 2005)
1920 – Viveca Lindfors, Swedish-American actress (d. 1995)
1921 – Robert C. Baker, Inventor of the chicken nugget (d. 2006)
1922 – William Gaddis, American writer (d. 1998)
1925 – Pete Dye, American golf course architect
1927 – Andy Stanfield, American athlete (d. 1985)
1928 – Bernard Cribbins, British actor
1931 – Prince Gu of Korea (d. 2005)
1932 – Inga Swenson, American actress
1934 – Ed Flanders, American actor (d. 1995)
1936 – Mary Tyler Moore, American actress
1936 – Ray Nitschke, American football player (d. 1998)
1937 – Wayne Huizenga, American football team owner
1937 – Barbara Steele, British actress
1938 – Harvey Smith, English showjumper
1938 – Jon Voight, American actor
1941 – Ray Thomas, British musician (The Moody Blues)
1942 – Rick Danko, Canadian musician (The Band) (d. 1999)
1942 – Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor
1943 – Bill Aucoin, American rock band manager (d. 2010)
1946 – Marianne Faithfull, British singer
1947 – Ted Danson, American actor
1947 – Cozy Powell, English rock drummer (d. 1998)
1947 – Vincent Winter, British actor (d. 1998)
1948 – Peter Robinson, Northern Ireland politician
1949 – Syed Kirmani, Indian cricket player
1949 – David Topliss, English rugby league player
1950 – Jon Polito, American actor
1951 – Yvonne Elliman, American disco singer
1951 – Georges Thurston, Canadian singer (d. 2007)
1952 – Gelsey Kirkland, American dancer
1953 – Gali Atari, Israeli singer and actress
1953 – Alan Rusbridger, British newspaper editor
1953 – Stanley Tookie Williams, American murderer (d. 2005)
1954 – Roger Voudouris, American singer (d. 2003)
1954 – Prince Takamado of Japan (d. 2002)
1954 – Albrecht Böttcher, German mathematician
1956 – Fred MacAulay, Scottish comedian
1957 – Brad Grey, American film producer
1957 – Paul Rudnick, American screenwriter/playwright
1958 – Nancy J. Currie, American astronaut
1959 – Patricia Clarkson, American actress
1959 – Paula Poundstone, American comedian
1960 – David Boon, Australian Cricketer
1960 – Matthew Kandegas, American Painter
1960 – Katerina Didaskalou, Greek actress
1960 – Thomas Lubanga, Congolese political activist
1961 – Kevin Granata, American college educator (d. 2007)
1961 – Jim Reid, Scottish singer (The Jesus and Mary Chain, Freeheat)
1962 – Devon White, Jamaican baseball player
1963 – Francisco Bustamante, Filipino billiard player
1963 – Des Foy, British rugby league player
1963 – Dave McKean, British artist and filmmaker
1963 – Sean Payton, American football coach
1965 – Dexter Holland, American musician (The Offspring)
1966 – Stefano Eranio, Italian footballer
1966 – Laurent Boudouani French Boxer
1966 – Martin Offiah, former rugby league footballer
1967 – Ashleigh Banfield, Canadian journalist
1967 – Chris Barnes, American singer
1967 – Andy Wachowski, American director
1967 – Evan Seinfeld, American musician (Biohazard) and actor
1969 – Jennifer Ehle, British - American actress
1969 – Allan McNish, Scottish race car driver
1970 – Aled Jones, Welsh singer
1970 – Hidetoshi Mitsusada, Japanese racing driver
1970 – Glen Phillips, American musician (Toad The Wet Sprocket)
1970 – Kevin Weisman, American actor
1971 – Margot Thien, American synchronized swimmer
1972 – Asheru, American rapper
1972 – Jason Kreis, American soccer player
1972 – Jude Law, British actor
1972 – Leonor Varela, Chilean actress
1973 – Pimp C, American rapper (UGK) (d. 2007)
1973 – Theo Epstein, American baseball general manager
1974 – Mekhi Phifer, American actor
1974 – Richie Sexson, American baseball player
1974 – Ryan Shore, film composer
1975 – Shawn Hatosy, American actor
1975 – Jaret Wright, American baseball player
1976 – Danny R. McBride, American actor, writer, and producer
1976 – Filip Kuba, Czech ice hockey player
1977 – Katherine Moennig, American actress
1977 – Jimmy Journell, American baseball player
1978 – Matthew Carr, Australian rules footballer
1978 – Alexis Amore, Peruvian pornographic actress
1978 – Kieron Dyer, English footballer
1978 – LaToya London, American singer
1978 – Steve Kemp, British musician (Hard-Fi)
1979 – Diego Luna, Mexican actor
1979 – Mitsuhiro Ishida, Japanese mixed-martial arts fighter
1979 – Ariel Schrag, American Cartoonist
1981 – Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese figure skater
1981 – Shaun Suisham, American football player
1982 – Dale Morris, Australian rules footballer
1982 – Gabrielle Destroismaisons, Quebec singer
1983 – Jessica Andrews, American country/pop singer
1983 – Alison Brie, American actress
1983 – James Kelly, Australian rules footballer
1983 – Gonzalo Olave, Chilean television actor (d. 2009)
1985 – Cho Cho Cheng, Chinese American fashion designer
1986 – Kim Ok-bin, South Korean actress and model
1986 – Joe Anyon, English footballer
1987 – Yuhi Sekiguchi, Japanese racing driver
1988 – Ágnes Szávay, Hungarian tennis player
1988 – Eric Berry, American football player
1994 – Princess Kako of Akishino of Japan

Deaths

721 – Empress Gemmei of Japan (b. 661)
1170 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury (assassinated) (b. 1118)
1563 – Sebastian Castellio, French theologian (b. 1515)
1634 – John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (b. 1612)
1661 – Antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)
1689 – Thomas Sydenham, English physician (b. 1624)
1731 – Brook Taylor, English mathematician (b. 1685)
1737 – Joseph Saurin, French mathematician (b. 1659)
1785 – Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian poet (b. 1742)
1825 – Jacques-Louis David, French painter (b. 1748)
1891 – Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician (b. 1823)
1894 – Christina Rossetti, English poet (b. 1830)
1897 – William James Linton, American wood engraver and political reformer. (b. 1812)
1916 – Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (b. 1869)
1924 – Carl Spitteler, Swiss writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
1926 – Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian writer (b. 1875)
1929 – Wilhelm Maybach, German automobile designer (b. 1846)
1934 – Alma Tell, American stage and film actress (b. 1898)
1937 – Don Marquis, American author (b. 1878)
1941 – Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician (b. 1873)
1953 – Violet MacMillan, American Broadway theatre actress(b. 1887)
1959 – Robin Milford, British composer (b. 1903)
1960 – Eden Phillpotts, British writer (b. 1862)
1960 – Philippe Panneton, Quebec physician, diplomat and writer (b. 1895)
1967 – Paul Whiteman, American musician and conductor (b. 1890)
1968 – Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (b. 1904)
1970 – Marie Menken, American experimental filmmaker and socialite (b. 1909)
1976 – Ivo Van Damme, Belgian athlete (b. 1954)
1980 – Tim Hardin, American musician (b. 1941)
1980 – Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian writer (b. 1899)
1981 – Miroslav Krleža, Croatian writer (b. 1893)
1986 – Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
1986 – Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director (b. 1932)
1988 – Mike Beuttler, British racing driver (b. 1940)
1993 – Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Soviet Armenian actor (b. 1930)
1995 – Lita Grey, American actress (b. 1908)
1996 – Mireille Hartuch, French singer and actress (b. 1906)
1998 – Jean-Claude Forest, writer and illustrator of comics (Barbarella) (b. 1930)
1999 – Leon Radzinowicz, British criminologist (b. 1906)
2001 – Takashi Asahina, Japanese conductor (b. 1908)
2001 – Cássia Eller, Brazilian musician (b. 1962)
2003 – Earl Hindman, American actor (b. 1942)
2003 – Dinsdale Landen, English actor (b. 1932)
2003 – Bob Monkhouse, English comedian and game show host (b. 1928)
2004 – Julius Axelrod, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1912)
2004 – Liddy Holloway, New Zealand actress (b. 1947)
2004 – Ken Burkhart, American baseball player (b. 1915)
2005 – Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-born body psychotherapist (b. 1922)
2007 – Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (b. 1972)
2007 – Kevin Greening, British radio presenter (b. 1962)
2008 – Freddie Hubbard, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1938)
2009 – "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, American former professional wrestler and football player (b. 1960)
2009 – Akmal Shaikh, British drug trafficker, executed by lethal injection in the People's Republic of China (b. 1956)
2010 – Bill Erwin, American actor (b. 1914)