National Hugging Day in the US
Births:
1338 --
Charles V (the Wise) king of
France (1364-80)
1571 --
John I Pontanus
physicist/
historian (
Amsterdam)
1659 --
Adriaen van der Werff Dutch portrait
painter/
engraver/
architect
1735 --
Johann Gottfried Eckard composer
1743 --
John Fitch inventor (had a working
steamboat years before
Fulton)
1751 --
Josephus Andreas Fodor composer
1759 --
Johan Valckenaer Dutch
politician/
patriot
1762 --
Giuseppe Antonio Silvani composer
1771 --
Arnold A Buyskes Dutch Vice-Admiral/colonial director
1775 --
Manuel Garcia composer
1796 --
John Gelinde van Blom Frisian notary/
author
1801 --
Ramon Vilanova y Barrera composer
1813 --
John C Frémont Pathfinder,
map maker/
explorer (western
US)/
Governor (
AZ)
1814 --
Thomas Attwood Walmisley composer
1815 --
Horace Wells dentist (pioneered use of
medical anesthesia)
1821 --
John Cabell Breckinridge (D) 14th US
Vice Pressident (1857-61)/
Major-General (
Confederacy)
1823 --
Alexandre Edouard Goria composer
1824 -- Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson Lt-General 2nd Corps (ANV, Confederacy)
1829 --
Oscar II Frederik King of
Sweden (1872-1907)/
Norway (-1905)/
poet
1833 --
Norman Willis union leader (Britain's Trades Union Congress)
1840 --
Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake pioneer English woman
physician
1848 --
Henri Duparc French composer
1855 --
John M Browning US,
weapons manufacturer
1859 --
Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski composer
1865 --
Heinrich E Albers-Schönberg German röntgenologist (German what?)
1867 --
James Marcus actor (
Eagle,
Little Lord Fauntleroy,
Lone Avenger)
1867 --
Maxime Weygand French General/Governor-General (
Algeria)
1875 --
John Lindworsky German
jesuit/
psychologist (
Der Wille)
1878 --
Egon Friedell Austria, journalist/actor/writer (
Der Partylowe)
1883 --
Olav Aukrust Norway, poet
1884 --
Katie Sandwina Germany, legendary woman
weight-lifter
1884 --
Roger Nash Baldwin founder of
American Civil Liberties Union
1885 --
Umberto Nobile Italian General
1887 --
Alfred Henry Ackley composer
1887 --
Wolfgang Köhler German/US
Gestalt psychologist (
Mentality of Apes)
1889 --
Pitirim A Sorokin Russian/US
sociologist (
Social mobility)
1891 --
Francisco Lazaro Portuguese
runner
1891 --
Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov composer
1891 --
Timothy Mather Spelman composer
1897 --
J Carrol Naish New York City NY, actor (
Charlie Chan - Adventures of Charlie Chan)
1898 --
John George Syria, actor (Kolb -
Adventures of Fu Manchu)
1898 --
Avery Claflin composer
1904 --
Richard P Blackmur Massachusetts, critic/poet (
Anni Mirabiles,
Good European)
1904 --
Joseph Ford McGuinn Brooklyn NY, actor (
Dick Tracy's G-Men)
1905 --
Christian Dior Normandy France,
fashion designer (long-skirted look)
1906 --
John Putz journalist
1908 --
Bengt Strömgren Göteborg Sweden,
astrophysicist (studied gas cloud)
1909 --
Todor Skalovski composer
1910 --
Patsy Kelly Brooklyn NY, actress (
Cowboy & the Lady)
1912 --
Konrad Bloch Germany,
biochemist (studied
cholesterol-
Nobel prize 1964)
1915 --
Alan Hewitt New York City NY, actor (
Detective Brennan-
My Favorite Martian)
1917 --
Rohan Butler historian
1918 --
Geoffrey Dawes physiologist
1919 --
Jinx Falkenburg Barcelona Spain, actress (
Masquerade Party)
1920 --
Donald Cuthbert Coleman economic historian
1920 --
Errol Walton Barrow PM of
Barbados
1921 --
Todor Popov composer
1922 --
Jean P Vroom Dutch
sculptor
1923 --
Judith Merril Josephine Juliet Grossman,
sci-fi writer
1924 --
Benny Hill Southampton England,
comedian (
Benny Hill Show)
1924 --
Telly Savalas Garden City NJ, actor (
Acapulco,
Kojak)
1930 --
Valentin Ignatyevich Filatyev Russia,
cosmonaut
1933 -- William Wrigley III chewing gum mogul (Wrigleys)
1939 --
Wolfman Jack , Brooklyn NY,
DJ (
Midnight Special)
1940 -- Jack Nicklaus Columbus OH, golfer (Player of Year 1967,72,73,75,76)
1941 -- Placido Domingo Madrid Spain, opera tenor (Pinkerton-Madame Butterfly)
1941 -- Richie Havens Brooklyn NY, folk singer
1941 --
Edwin Starr Charles Hatcher, US singer (War)
1942 --
Mac Davis Lubbock TX, singer/actor (Mac Davis Show, North Dallas 40)
1945 --
Chris Britton rocker (
Troggs-Rock & Roll Goldmine)
1946 --
Vincent Placoly Martinique, writer (
L'eau-de-mort guildive)
1947 --
Jill Eikenberry New Haven CT,
actress (
Ann Kelsey-
LA Law, Manhattan Project)
1947 --
Jimmy Ibbotson Penn, country singer (
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
1950 --
Billy Ocean Leslie S Charles, Trinidad, singer (
Suddenly,
Caribbean Queen)
1950 --
Joseph R Tanner Danville IL,
astronaut (STS 66, 82, sk 97)
1950 --
Richie Ranno rocker
1955 --
Peter Fleming New Jersey, tennis player (US Open Doubles 1979, 81, 83)
1957 --
Geena (Virginia) Davis Wareham MA, actress (
Beetlejuice,
The Fly)
1957 --
Shaukat Dukanwala cricketer (Baroda off-spinner,
UAE World Cup 1996)
1961 --
Sherry Ramsay Stauton VA, actress (
Trish Mason-
As the World Turns)
1961 --
Gabrielle Carteris Phoenix AZ, actress (
Andrea-
Beverly Hills 90210)
1963 --
Detlef Schrempf Germany,
NBA forward (
Mavericks,
Pacers,
Supersonics)
1963 --
Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon Nigeria, NBA center (
Rockets,
Olympics-gold-96)
1963 --
Jessie Hester NFL player (St Louis Rams)
1965 --
Tania Abitbol Madrid Spain,
LPGA golfer (1994 US Women's Open-4th)
1967 --
Ulf Stenlund Sweden,
tennis star
1968 --
Charlotte Ross Chicago, actress (
Eve-
Days of Our Lives)
1972 --
Shelley Looney ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics-98)
1976 --
Emma Lee Bunton "
Baby Spice", Finchley London, vocalist (
Spice Girls)
1980 --
Aubrie Rippner Los Angeles CA, tennis star (1995 USTA National Girls 18)
1980 --
Truffle (noder).