Today in history...
Nov 6 1962
Dick Nixon loses the governor's election in California, proclaiming to the nation, "You won't have Nixon to kick around any more." (This was a full decade prior to "Lick Dick in '72".)
Nov 6 1985
The Playboy Club in New York City admits topless male bunnies.
Nov 6 1988
Beatle/boozehound Ringo Starr checks into an alcohol rehabilitation center. While many consider Ringo the least talented Beatle, he has shown exceptional acting ability in his "Atouk zug zug Lana" role (Caveman, 1981).
Nov 6 1989
Kitty Dukakis, wife of Presidential candidate and Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis, is hospitalized for drinking rubbing alcohol. According to Hunter S. Thompson, "She was a really good advertisement for speed for twenty-six years."
Nov 6 1996
In Vicente Guererro, Mexico, the family of Eduardo Quihua Maquixtle, including four children, are stabbed by three men who accuse them of witchcraft.
Nov 6 2002
Actress Winona Ryder found guilty of shoplifting, after she lifted $5500 in crap from Saks Fifth Avenue on Wilshire Boulevard. Among the merchandise she stole was a $760 sweater and $600 hair decorations. And an $80 pair of socks.
Birthdays today...
1391 - Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (d. 1425)
1479 - Joanna I of Castile, queen of Spain (d. 1555)
1494 - Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1566)
1550 - Karin Månsdotter, Queen of Sweden (d. 1612)
1661 - King Charles II of Spain (d. 1700)
1692 - Louis Racine, French poet (d. 1763)
1753 - Mikhail Kozlovsky, Russian sculptor (d. 1802)
1753 - Jean-Baptiste Breval, French composer (d. 1823)
1814 - Adolphe Sax, Belgian inventor (d. 1894)
1833 - Jonas Lie, Norwegian author (d. 1908)
1841 - Nelson W. Aldrich, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island (d. 1915)
1841 - Armand Fallières, French president (d. 1931)
1851 - Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (d.1902)
1854 - John Philip Sousa, American composer (d. 1932)
1855 - Ezra Seymour Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist (d. 1942)
1860 - Ignace Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and President of Poland (d. 1941)
1861 - James Naismith, Canadian inventor of basketball (d. 1939)
1880 - Robert Musil, Austrian novelist (d. 1942)
1880 - Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-American writer and novelist (d. 1959)
1882 - Thomas Ince, American movie actor, director, producer. (d. 1924)
1887 - Walter Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1946)
1892 - Harold Ross, American editor (d. 1951)
1893 - Edsel Ford, president of Ford Motor Company (d. 1943)
1903 - June Marlowe, American actress (d. 1984)
1906 - James D. Norris, sportsman and businessman (Chicago Black Hawks) (d. 1966)
1914 - Jonathan Harris, American actor (d. 2002)
1916 - Ray Conniff, American composer and conductor (d. 2002)
1921 - James Jones, American writer (d. 1977)
1924 - Jeanette Schmid, Austrian professional whistler, AKA Baroness Lips von Lipstrill (d. 2005)
1926 - Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian
1931 - Peter Collins, English race car driver (d. 1958)
1931 - Mike Nichols, American film director
1932 - Stonewall Jackson, American country singer
1937 - Joe Warfield, American actor
1938 - Mack Jones, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1938 - Jim Pike, American singer (The Lettermen)
1938 - P.J. Proby, American-born singer and actor
1938 - Diana E. H. Russell, South African feminist writer and activist
1938 - Dumitru Rusu, Romanian painter
1939 - Michael Schwerner, American civil rights activist (d. 1964)
1939 - Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
1940 - Ruth Messinger, Manhattan Borough President and President of the American Jewish World Service
1940 - Dieter F. Uchtdorf, LDS apostle
1940 - Johnny Giles, Irish footballer,
1946 - Sally Field, American actress
1946 - Fred Penner, Canadian children's entertainer
1947 - Jim Rosenthal, English sports presenter
1947 - George Young, Australian musician (AC/DC)
1948 - Glenn Frey, American singer (Eagles)
1949 - Brad Davis, American actor (d. 1991)
1949 - Arturo Sandoval, Cuban-born trumpeter
1949 - Joseph C. Wilson, Vice Chairman of Jarch Capital, LLC
1949 - Nigel Havers, English actor
1951 - Peter Althin, Swedish politician and attorney
1951 - John Falsey, American television writer and producer
1952 - Michael Cunningham, American writer
1954 - Catherine Crier, American television personality
1955 - Maria Shriver, American journalist
1957 - Klaus Kleinfeld, German industrialist
1957 - Siobhán McCarthy, Irish singer and actress
1957 - Lori Singer, American actress
1958 - Trace Beaulieu, American actor
1960 - Michael Cerveris, American actor
1961 - Florent Pagny, French songwriter and singer
1961 - Kazuhiko Aoki, Japanese game creator
1961 - Craig Goldy, guitarist for the band Dio
1962 - Aznil Nawawi, Malaysian host, actor and singer
1963 - Rozz Williams, American musician (Christian Death) (d. 1998)
1964 - Kerry Conran, American filmmaker
1964 - Corey Glover, American musician (Living Color)
1964 - Greg Graffin, American singer (Bad Religion)
1966 - Paul Gilbert, American guitarist and singer
1966 - Christian Lorenz, German keyboardist (Rammstein)
1966 - Peter DeLuise, American actor and director
1967 - Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (d. 1989)
1968 - Alfred Williams, American football player
1968 - Jerry Yang, Chinese American entrepreneur (Yahoo!, Inc.)
1968 - Kelly Rutherford, American actress
1970 - Ethan Hawke, American actor
1972 - Garry Flitcroft, English footballer
1972 - Thandie Newton, English actress
1972 - Rebecca Romijn, American actress
1972 - Deivi Cruz, American baseball player
1973 - Nell McAndrew, British model
1974 - Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist
1975 - Anastasia Blue, American former pornographic actress (d. 2008)
1976 - Mike Herrera, American singer and bassist (MxPx)
1976 - Jodi Martin, Australian singer-songwriter
1976 - Pat Tillman, American football player (d. 2004)
1976 - Catherine Clark, Canadian journalist; daughter of Joe Clark
1977 - Patrícia Tavares, Portuguese actress
1978 - Sandrine Blancke, Belgian actress
1978 - Daniella Cicarelli, Brazilian model and television host
1978 - Jolina Magdangal, Filipina singer, actress and television host
1978 - Taryn Manning, American actress
1978 - Zak Morioka, Brazilian racing driver
1979 - Lamar Odom, American basketball player
1981 - Cassie Bernall, American murder victim (d. 1999)
1981 - Lee Dong Wook, South Korean actor
1981 - Andrew Murray, Canadian Ice Hockey Player
1982 - Sowelu, Japanese pop singer
1983 - Janette McBride, Filipino actress
1983 - Jon Hume, Australian singer (Evermore)
1987 - Ana Ivanović, Serbian tennis player
1988 - Erik Lund, Swedish footballer
1988 - Emma Stone, American actress
1989 - Jozy Altidore, American footballer
Famous deaths....
1231 - Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1196)
1406 - Pope Innocent VII
1492 - Antoine Busnois, French composer
1550 - Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1487)
1632 - King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (b. 1594)
1656 - King John IV of Portugal (b. 1603)
1656 - Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (b. 1583)
1692 - Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (b. 1619)
1752 - Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (b. 1685)
1771 - John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (b. 1695)
1790 - James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (b. 1726)
1796 - Catherine II of Russia (b. 1729)
1816 - Gouverneur Morris, American lawmaker and diplomat (b. 1752)
1822 - Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist (b. 1748)
1836 - King Charles X of France (b. 1757)
1846 - Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and activist (b. 1800)
1846 - Alexander Chavchavadze, Georgian poet and general
1893 - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (b. 1840)
1910 - Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (b. 1838)
1925 - Khải Định, Emperor of Vietnam
1929 - Prince Maximilian of Baden, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1867)
1936 - Henry Bourne Joy, American automobile executive (b. 1864)
1937 - Colin Campbell Cooper, American Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
1941 - Maurice Leblanc, French novelist (b. 1864)
1960 - Erich Raeder, German grand admiral (b. 1876)
1964 - Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
1964 - Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)
1965 - Edgard Varèse, French composer (b. 1883)
1965 - Clarence Williams, American musician (b. 1898)
1968 - Charles Munch, French conductor and violinist (b. 1891)
1968 - Charles B. McVay III, Ex-U.S. Navy Captain (b. 1898)
1970 - Agustín Lara, Mexican composer and poet (b. 1900)
1978 - Harry Bertoia, Italian artist and designer (b. 1915)
1978 - Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)
1984 - Gastón Suárez, Bolivian novelist and dramatist (b. 1929)
1985 - Joel Crothers, Soap Opera Actor (b. 1941)
1986 - Elisabeth Grümmer, Alsatian soprano (b. 1911)
1987 - Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (b. 1955)
1989 - Yusaku Matsuda, Japanese actor (b. 1949)
1989 - Dickie Goodman, creator of "break-in" records (b. 1934)
1991 - Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)
1995 - Aneta Corsaut, American actress (b. 1933
1998 - Marcel Gauthier, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)
2000 - David R. Brower, American environmentalist (b. 1912)
2000 - L. Sprague de Camp, American writer (b. 1907)
2001 - Anthony Shaffer, English dramatist (b. 1926)
2002 - Sid Sackson, American board game designer (b. 1920)
2003 - Crash Holly, American professional wrestler (b. 1971)
2003 - Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer (b. 1919)
2003 - Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (b. 1962)
2004 - Fred Dibnah, English television personality (b. 1938)
2004 - Johnny Warren, Australian soccer player (b. 1943)
2005 - Minako Honda, Japanese singer and musical actress (b. 1967)
2005 - Rod Donald, New Zealand Politician, Green Party Co-leader (b. 1957)
2005 - Miguel Aceves Mejía, Mexican actor, composer and singer (b. 1915)
2006 - Federico (Fico) López, Puerto Rican basketball player (b. 1962)
2006 - Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish alpine skier (b. 1950)
2007 - Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist (b. 1920)
2007 - Hilda Braid, English actress (b. 1929)
2007 - George Grljusich, Australian sports broadcaster (b. c1939)
2007 - Sayed Mustafa Kazemi, Afghan politician (b. c1962)
2007 - George Osmond, Osmond family patriarch (b. 1917)
2007 - Hank Thompson, American singer (b. 1925)
Holidays and observances...
Dominican Republic - Constitution Day (1844)
Finland - The Finnish Swedish Heritage Day, an official flag day and name day of Kustaa Aadolf
Sweden - Death of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and official flag day
Tajikistan - Constitution Day (1994)
Have a great Thursday.
~Brian
