An interesting collection of birthdays for this date in history, including the Roman emperor Titus (39 BCE, Rome, Italy; died 81 BCE); the Monkees' Davy Jones (1945, Manchester, England); and superstar golfer Tiger Woods (1975, Long Beach, CA).
Also on this date in 1862, the Union ironclad USS Monitor sank in a storm off Cape Hatteras, NC.
Born This Day
39 BCE: Titus,
Roman emperor (Rome, Italy; died 81 BCE)
1865: Rudyard
Kipling, writer (Bombay, India; died 1936)
1867: Simon
Guggenheim, industrialist and philanthropist (Philadelphia, PA; died 1941)
1873: Alfred E.
Smith, American statesman and presidential candidate (New York, NY; died 1944)
1906: Sir Carol
Reed, director (England; died 1976)
1914: Bert Parks,
TV personality (Atlanta, GA; died 1992)
1931: Eqbal
Ahmad, scholar and member of the "Harrisburg Seven" (Irki-Bihar,
India; died 1999)
1932: John
Hillerman, actor (Denison, TX)
1935: Sandy
Koufax, baseball pitcher (Brooklyn,
NY)
1938: Joseph
Bologna, actor (Brooklyn, NY)
1942: Michael
Nesmith, singer/songwriter and member of the Monkees (Dallas, TX)
1945: Davy Jones,
actor/singer and member of the Monkees (Manchester,
England)
1957: Matt Lauer,
TV anchor (New York, NY)
1959: Tracey
Ullman, actress (Slough, England)
1961: Ben
Johnson, runner (Canada)
1975: Tiger
Woods, golfer (Long Beach, CA)
This Day in History
1862: During the
Civil War, The Union ironclad USS
Monitor sinks in a storm off Cape
Hatteras, NC.
1922: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is
officially formed when a treaty of union is adopted.
1947: King
Michael of Romania abdicates
under Communist pressure and the government at once proclaims Romania a people's republic.
1982: After one
year, Poland
lifts martial law but retains many restrictive measures.
1993: The Vatican and Israel establish official
relations.
2005: President
George W. Bush signs legislation providing $29 billion in reconstruction aid
for the Gulf Coast region, which had been devastated
by Hurricane Katrina in August.
