today.nukz.net: Almanac July 8 :: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, M.D. (July 8, 1926 – August 24, 2004) was a Swiss American psychiatrist, a pioneer in Near-death studies and the author of the groundbreaking book On Death and Dying (1969), where she first discussed what is now known as the Kübler-Ross model.

She is a 2007 inductee into the American National Women's Hall of Fame. She was the recipient of twenty honorary degrees and by July 1982 had taught, in her estimation, 125,000 students in death and dying courses in colleges, seminaries, medical schools, hospitals, and social-work institutions.

Events

1099 – First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in a religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.
1283 – War of the Sicilian Vespers: Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese fleet defeats a Angevin fleet sent to put down a rebellion on Malta in the Battle of Malta.
1497 – Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.
1579 – Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
1663 – Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal charter to Rhode Island.
1709 – Great Northern War: Battle of Poltava – Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at Poltava thus effectively ending Sweden's role as a major power in Europe.
1716 – Great Northern War: the naval Battle of Dynekilen takes place.
1730 – An estimated magnitude 8.7 earthquake causes a tsunami that damages more than 1,000 km (620 mi) of Chile's coastline.
1758 – French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
1760 – French and Indian War: Battle of Restigouche – British forces defeat French forces in last naval battle in New France.
1775 – The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies.
1808 – Joseph Bonaparte approves the Bayonne Statute, a royal charter intended as the basis for his rule as king of Spain.
1822 – Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.
1859 – King Charles XV & IV accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
1864 – Ikedaya Incident: the Choshu Han shishi's planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.
1874 – The Mounties begin their March West.
1876 – White supremacists kill five Black Republicans in Hamburg, South Carolina.
1879 – Sailing ship USS Jeannette (1878) departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
1889 – The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
1892 – St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
1898 – The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
1912 – Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
1932 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.
1937 – Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
1947 – Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico.
1948 – The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).
1960 – Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
1962 – Ne Win besieges and dynamites the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement.
1966 – King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.
1970 – Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American self-determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975.
1982 – Assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in Dujail.
1988 – The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more.
1994 – Kim Jong-il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il-sung.
2011 – Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.

Births

1490 – Albert, Duke of Prussia (d.1568)
1528 – Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (d. 1580)
1545 – Carlos, Prince of Asturias (d. 1568)
1593 – Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (d. 1653)
1604 – Heinrich Albert, German composer and poet (d. 1651)
1621 – Jean de La Fontaine, French writer (d. 1695)
1760 – Christian Kramp, French mathematician (d. 1826)
1766 – Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon (d. 1842)
1792 – Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Queen of Bavaria (d. 1854)
1819 – Francis Leopold McClintock, British naval officer and explorer (d. 1907)
1830 – Frederick W. Seward, 6th and 11th United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1915)
1830 – Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, German-born wife of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (d. 1911)
1831 – John Pemberton, American druggist and inventor of Coca-Cola (d. 1888)
1836 – Joseph Chamberlain, British politician (d. 1914)
1838 – Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German inventor (d. 1917)
1839 – John D. Rockefeller, American industrialist and philanthropist (d. 1937)
1851 – Arthur Evans, English archaeologist (d. 1941)
1857 – Alfred Binet, French psychologist (d. 1911)
1867 – Käthe Kollwitz, German painter, printmaker and sculptor (d. 1945)
1878 – Jimmy Quinn, Scottish footballer (d. 1945)
1882 – Percy Grainger, Australian composer (d. 1961)
1885 – Ernst Bloch, German philosopher (d. 1977)
1892 – Richard Aldington, English poet (d. 1962)
1892 – Pavel Korin, Russian painter (d. 1967)
1895 – Igor Tamm, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
1898 – Melville Ruick, American actor (d. 1972)
1900 – George Antheil, American avant-garde composer, pianist, author and inventor (d. 1959)
1904 – Henri Cartan, French mathematician (d. 2008)
1905 – Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator (d. 1997)
1906 – Philip Johnson, American architect (d. 2005)
1907 – George W. Romney, American businessman and politician (d. 1995)
1908 – Louis Jordan, American saxophonist (d. 1975)
1908 – Nelson Rockefeller, 41st Vice President of the United States (d. 1979)
1914 – Jyoti Basu, Indian politician (d. 2010)
1914 – Billy Eckstine, American jazz singer (d. 1993)
1917 – Faye Emerson, American actress (d. 1983)
1918 – Paul B. Fay, American businessman and cabinet member in the Kennedy administration (d. 2009)
1918 – Irwin Hasen, American cartoonist
1918 – Craig Stevens, American actor (d. 2000)
1919 – Walter Scheel, German politician
1920 – Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish industrialist (The Lego Group) (d. 1995)
1923 – Harrison Dillard, American sprinter and hurdler
1924 – Johnnie Johnson, American blues pianist (d. 2005)
1926 – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-born psychiatrist (d. 2004)
1927 – Maurice Hayes, Irish politician
1931 – Roone Arledge, American sports broadcaster (d. 2002)
1932 – Franca Raimondi, Italian singer (d. 1988)
1932 – Jerry Vale, American singer
1933 – Antonio Lamer, French Canadian lawyer and chief justice (d. 2007)
1934 – Marty Feldman, English comedian and actor (d. 1982)
1934 – Ed Lumley, Canadian corporate executive and politician
1934 – Alice Gerrard, American bluegrass singer, banjoist, and guitar player
1935 – Steve Lawrence, American entertainer and singer
1935 – Vitaly Sevastyanov, Russian cosmonaut
1940 – Ben Chapman, English politician and civil servant
1941 – Dario Gradi, Italian-born English football manager
1942 – Phil Gramm, American politician
1942 – Janice Pennington, American game show model
1944 – Jai Johanny Johanson, American drummer and percussionist (The Allman Brothers Band)
1944 – Jeffrey Tambor, American actor
1945 – Micheline Calmy-Rey, Swiss politician
1947 – Kim Darby, American actress
1947 – Luis Fernando Figari, Peruvian founder of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
1948 – Raffi, Egyptian born Canadian children's entertainer
1949 – Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Indian politician, the 14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (d. 2009)
1949 – Frank De Lima, American comedian
1949 – Dale Hoganson, Canadian ice hockey player
1949 – Jim Miklaszewski, American journalist
1949 – Wolfgang Puck, Austrian chef and restaurateur
1951 – Alan Ashby, American baseball player
1951 – Anjelica Huston, American actress
1952 – Jack Lambert, American football player
1952 – Anna Quindlen, American newspaper columnist
1952 – Larry Garner, American blues guitarist
1952 – Marianne Williamson, American spiritual activist and founder of the Peace Alliance
1955 – Monty Don, British television presenter
1955 – Alison Fraser, American actress
1955 – Mihaela Mitrache, Romanian actress (d. 2008)
1956 – Terry Puhl, Canadian baseball player
1957 – Aleksandr Gurnov, Russian television personality
1957 – Carlos Cavazo, Mexican-born American guitarist (Quiet Riot, Ratt)
1958 – Kevin Bacon, American actor
1958 – Andreas Carlgren, Swedish politician
1958 – Tzipi Livni, Israeli politician
1958 – Neetu Singh, Indian actress
1959 – Robert Knepper, American actor
1959 – Pauline Quirke, British actress
1960 – Mal Meninga, Australian rugby league footballer
1961 – Toby Keith, American country music singer-songwriter
1961 – Andrew Fletcher, English vocalist and synth and bass player (Depeche Mode)
1962 – Joan Osborne, American singer and songwriter
1962 – Carmen Nicole Moelders American atmospheric scientist
1963 – Mark Christopher, American film director
1964 – Linda de Mol, Dutch actress and host
1964 – Alexei Gusarov, Russian ice hockey player
1965 – Lee Tergesen, American actor
1965 – Dan Levinson, American jazz clarinet and saxophone player
1966 – Ralf Altmeyer, German virologist
1966 – Shadlog Bernicke, Nauruan politician
1966 – Mike Nawrocki, American voice actor
1967 – Jordan Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer
1968 – Billy Crudup, American actor
1968 – Thom Fitzgerald, American-Canadian film director
1968 – Shane Howarth, New Zealand rugby player (also capped by Wales)
1968 – Akio Suyama, Japanese seiyu
1968 – Michael Weatherly, American actor
1969 – Sugizo Japanese guitarist and singer (Luna Sea)
1970 – Beck, American singer
1971 – Neil Jenkins, Welsh rugby player
1971 – John Juanda, Indonesian poker player
1971 – Amanda Peterson, American actress
1972 – Karl Dykhuis, Canadian ice hockey player
1972 – Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricketer
1972 – Shosuke Tanihara, Japanese actor
1973 – Kathleen Robertson, Canadian actress
1974 – Tami Erin, American actress and model
1974 – Zhanna Friske, Russian actress and singer
1975 – Elias Viljanen, Finnish guitarist (Sonata Arctica)
1976 – Talal El Karkouri, Moroccan footballer
1976 – David Kennedy, American guitarist (Angels & Airwaves)
1977 – Paolo Tiralongo, Italian cyclist
1977 – Milo Ventimiglia, American actor
1977 – Wang Zhizhi, Chinese basketball player
1978 – Rachael Lillis, American actress
1978 – Eve Myles, Welsh actress
1979 – Mat McBriar, American football player
1979 – André, Armenian singer
1980 – Robbie Keane, Irish footballer
1981 – Iyari Limon, American actress
1981 – Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player
1982 – Hakim Warrick, American basketball player
1982 – Joshua Alba, American actor
1982 – Sophia Bush, American actress
1983 – Jaroslav Janiš, Czech racing car driver
1983 – John Bowker, American baseball player
1983 – Daniel Navarro García, Spanish cyclist
1984 – Alexis Dziena, American actress
1984 – Daniella Sarahyba, Brazilian model
1985 – Jamie Cook, British guitarist (Arctic Monkeys)
1986 – Renata Costa (Kóki), Brazilian footballer
1986 – Jake McDorman, American actor
1987 – Vlada Roslyakova, Russian model
1988 – Jesse Sergent, New Zealand cyclist
1988 – Dave Taylor, Australian rugby league player
1988 – Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer (d. 2012)
1992 – Sky Ferreira, American singer
1992 – Benjamin Grosvenor, British pianist
1998 – Jaden Smith, American actor
2000 – Sophie Nyweide, American actress
2001 – Yang Peiyi, Chinese singer

Deaths

810 – King Pepin of Italy (b. 773)
901 – Grimbald, Benedectine monk and Saint (b. 827)
975 – Edgar the Peaceful, King of England (b. 943)
1153 – Pope Eugene III (b. c. 1087)
1538 – Diego de Almagro, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)
1623 – Pope Gregory XV (b. 1554)
1689 – Edward Wooster, English-born Connecticut pioneer (b. 1622)
1695 – Christiaan Huygens, Dutch astronomer (b. 1629)
1716 – Robert South, English churchman (b. 1634)
1721 – Elihu Yale, American university benefactor (b. 1649)
1726 – John Ker, Scottish spy (b. 1673)
1784 – Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist (b. 1735)
1794 – Richard Mique, French architect (b. 1728)
1822 – Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (b. 1792)
1826 – Luther Martin, American statesman (b. 1748)
1837 – King William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1765)
1850 – Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)
1855 – Sir William Parry, English Arctic explorer (b. 1790)
1859 – King Oscar I of Sweden and Norway (b. 1799)
1873 – Franz Winterhalter, German portrait painter (b. 1805)
1887 – Ben Holladay, American businessman (b. 1819)
1895 – Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (b. 1821)
1898 – Soapy Smith, American gangster (b. 1860)
1905 – Walter Kittredge, American violinist and abolitionist (b. 1834)
1913 – Louis Hémon, French-born Canadian writer (b. 1880)
1917 – Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
1930 – Sir Joseph Ward, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
1933 – Anthony Hope, British author (b. 1863)
1934 – Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer (b. 1848)
1939 – Havelock Ellis, British physician (b. 1859)
1941 – Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi and politician (b. 1874)
1943 – Jean Moulin, French Resistance leader (b. 1899)
1950 – Othmar Spann, Austrian philosopher (b. 1878)
1956 – Giovanni Papini, Italian essayist (b. 1881)
1957 – Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States (b. 1879)
1961 – Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
1962 – Georges Bataille, French writer and philosopher (b. 1897)
1967 – Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani political figure (b. 1893)
1971 – Charlie Shavers, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1920)
1973 – Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-born Israeli politician (b. 1884)
1973 – Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer (b. 1877)
1979 – Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1906)
1979 – Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1917)
1979 – Michael Wilding, English actor (b. 1912)
1981 – Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (b. 1902)
1986 – Skeeter Webb, American baseball player (b. 1909)
1987 – Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (b. 1896)
1987 – Lionel Chevrier, Canadian politician (b. 1903)
1988 – Ray Barbuti, American runner and football player (b. 1905)
1990 – Howard Duff, American actor (b. 1913)
1991 – James Franciscus, American actor (b. 1934)
1994 – Christian-Jaque, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1904)
1994 – Kim Il-sung, North Korean leader (b. 1912)
1994 – Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-born American entrepreneur (b. 1927)
1994 – Dick Sargent, American actor (b. 1930)
1999 – Pete Conrad, American astronaut (b. 1930)
2001 – John O'Shea, New Zealand film director (b. 1920)
2002 – Ward Kimball, American animator (b. 1914)
2003 – Ladan and Laleh Bijani,They were conjoined twin sisters, joined at the head, who died after their complicated surgical separation. They died at 29 years of age.
2004 – Paula Danziger, American author (b. 1944)
2004 – Jean Lefebvre, French actor (b. 1922)
2006 – June Allyson, American actress (b. 1917)
2006 – Peter Hawkins, British actor and voice actor (b. 1924)
2008 – John Templeton, British businessman and philanthropist (b. 1912)
2011 – Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet (b. 1924)
2011 – Mary Fenech Adami, First Lady of Malta (b. 1933)
2011 – Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States (b. 1918)
2012 – Lionel Batiste, American singer and musician (Treme Brass Band) (b. 1931)
2012 – Ernest Borgnine, American actor (b. 1917)
2012 – Gyang Dalyop Datong, Nigerian politician (b. 1959)
2012 – Dick Fowler, Canadian politician (b. 1932)
2012 – Martin Pakledinaz, American costume designer (b. 1953)
2012 – Muhammed bin Saud, Saudi royal and politician (b. 1934)