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Date | Description | Type |
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24th of September 0622 | EVENT | Prophet Muhammad completes his hijra from Mecca to Medina. |
24th of September 1180 | EVENT | Manuel I Komnenos, last Emperor of the Komnenian restoration dies. The Byzantine Empire slips into terminal decline. |
24th of September 1645 | EVENT | Battle of Rowton Heath, Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles |
24th of September 1664 | EVENT | The Dutch Republic surrenders New Amsterdam to England. |
24th of September 1674 | EVENT | Second Tantrik Coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. |
24th of September 1780 | EVENT | Benedict Arnold flees to British Army lines when the arrest of British Major John Andre exposes Arnold's plot to surrender West Point. |
24th of September 1789 | EVENT | The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act which creates the office of the United States Attorney General and the federal judiciary system, and orders the composition of the Supreme Court of the United States. |
24th of September 1841 | EVENT | The Sultan of Brunei cedes Sarawak to the United Kingdom. |
24th of September 1852 | EVENT | The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to Trappes. |
24th of September 1869 | EVENT | "Black Friday": Gold prices plummet after Ulysses S. Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market. |
24th of September 1877 | EVENT | Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion |
24th of September 1890 | EVENT | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy. |
24th of September 1906 | EVENT | U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument. |
24th of September 1935 | EVENT | Earl Bascom and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia, Mississippi |
24th of September 1946 | EVENT | Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong. |
24th of September 1948 | EVENT | The Honda Motor Company is founded. |
24th of September 1950 | EVENT | Forest fires black out the sun over portions of Canada and New England. A blue moon (in the astronomical sense) is seen as far away as Europe. |
24th of September 1957 | EVENT | Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe, is opened in Barcelona. |
24th of September 1957 | EVENT | President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation. |
24th of September 1962 | EVENT | United States court of appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith. |
24th of September 1968 | EVENT | 60 Minutes debuts on CBS. |
24th of September 1968 | EVENT | Swaziland joins the United Nations. |
24th of September 1973 | EVENT | Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal. |
24th of September 1979 | EVENT | Compu-Serve launches the first consumer internet service, which features the first public electronic mail service. |
24th of September 1988 | EVENT | National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and various others to help fight against dictatorship in Myanmar. |
24th of September 1990 | EVENT | Periodic Great White Spot is observed on Saturn. |
24th of September 1996 | EVENT | U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations. |
24th of September 2005 | EVENT | Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and portions of southwestern Louisiana. |
24th of September 2008 | EVENT | The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423 m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level. |
24th of September 2009 | EVENT | The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance. It marks the first use of LRAD in U.S. history. |
24th of September 0015 | BIRTHDAY | Vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69) |
24th of September 1301 | BIRTHDAY | Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372) |
24th of September 1501 | BIRTHDAY | Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician (d. 1576) |
24th of September 1513 | BIRTHDAY | Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Sweden (d. 1535) |
24th of September 1534 | BIRTHDAY | Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581) |
24th of September 1564 | BIRTHDAY | William Adams, British navigator (d. 1620) |
24th of September 1583 | BIRTHDAY | Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general (d. 1634) |
24th of September 1625 | BIRTHDAY | Johan de Witt, Dutch politician (d. 1672) |
24th of September 1705 | BIRTHDAY | Leopold Josef Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal (d. 1766) |
24th of September 1717 | BIRTHDAY | Horace Walpole, British novelist and politician (d. 1797) |
24th of September 1725 | BIRTHDAY | Sir Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (d. 1803) |
24th of September 1739 | BIRTHDAY | Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin, Russian statesman (d. 1791) |
24th of September 1755 | BIRTHDAY | John Marshall, 4th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1835) |
24th of September 1796 | BIRTHDAY | Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (d. 1875) |
24th of September 1801 | BIRTHDAY | Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian scientist (d. 1862) |
24th of September 1802 | BIRTHDAY | Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (d. 1868) |
24th of September 1817 | BIRTHDAY | Ramon de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Spanish poet and philosopher (d. 1901) |
24th of September 1829 | BIRTHDAY | Charles S. West, Texas jurist and politician (d. 1885) |
24th of September 1858 | BIRTHDAY | Eugene Foss, 45th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1939) |
24th of September 1870 | BIRTHDAY | Georges Claude, French chemist and inventor (d. 1960) |
24th of September 1871 | BIRTHDAY | Lottie Dod, English athlete (d. 1960) |
24th of September 1878 | BIRTHDAY | C. F. Ramuz, Swiss writer (d. 1947) |
24th of September 1880 | BIRTHDAY | Sarah Knauss, Oldest lived American ever (d. 1999) |
24th of September 1884 | BIRTHDAY | Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (d. 1963) |
24th of September 1884 | BIRTHDAY | Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer (d. 1953) |
24th of September 1890 | BIRTHDAY | A. P. Herbert, British humorist, barrister, novelist (d. 1971) |
24th of September 1890 | BIRTHDAY | Mike Gonzalez, baseball player (d. 1977) |
24th of September 1892 | BIRTHDAY | Adelard Godbout, premier of Quebec (d. 1956) |
24th of September 1894 | BIRTHDAY | Tommy Armour, Anglo-American golfer (d. 1968) |
24th of September 1895 | BIRTHDAY | Andre Frederic Cournand, French Nobel Laureate (d. 1988) |
24th of September 1896 | BIRTHDAY | F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist (d. 1940) |
24th of September 1898 | BIRTHDAY | Howard Walter Florey, Nobel Laureate (d. 1968) |
24th of September 1899 | BIRTHDAY | Sir William Dobell, Australian portrait artist (d. 1970) |
24th of September 1900 | BIRTHDAY | Ham Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1955) |
24th of September 1900 | BIRTHDAY | Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian Islamic religious leader and politician (d. 1989) |
24th of September 1905 | BIRTHDAY | Severo Ochoa, Nobel Laureate (d. 1993) |
24th of September 1906 | BIRTHDAY | Leonard Marsh, Canadian social scientist and professor (d. 1982) |
24th of September 1909 | BIRTHDAY | Gerard Cio?ek, Polish architect (d. 1966) |
24th of September 1910 | BIRTHDAY | Jean Servais, Belgian actor (d. 1976) |
24th of September 1911 | BIRTHDAY | Konstantin Chernenko, Soviet premier (d. 1985) |
24th of September 1912 | BIRTHDAY | Don Porter, American actor (d. 1997) |
24th of September 1913 | BIRTHDAY | Herb Jeffries, American jazz singer |
24th of September 1914 | BIRTHDAY | Sir John Kerr, 18th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1991) |
24th of September 1918 | BIRTHDAY | Audra Lindley, American actress (d. 1997) |
24th of September 1919 | BIRTHDAY | Dayton Allen, American actor and comedian (d. 2004) |
24th of September 1920 | BIRTHDAY | Richard Bong, American ace fighter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1945) |
24th of September 1921 | BIRTHDAY | Jim McKay, American sportscaster (d. 2008) |
24th of September 1922 | BIRTHDAY | Cornell MacNeil, American baritone |
24th of September 1923 | BIRTHDAY | Louis Edmonds, American actor (d. 2001) |
24th of September 1923 | BIRTHDAY | Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1950) |
24th of September 1924 | BIRTHDAY | Nina Bocharova, Soviet gymnast |
24th of September 1924 | BIRTHDAY | Theresa Merritt, American actress (d. 1998) |
24th of September 1924 | BIRTHDAY | Sheila MacRae, singer & actress |
24th of September 1925 | BIRTHDAY | Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist (d. 2004) |
24th of September 1927 | BIRTHDAY | Alfredo Kraus, Spanish tenor (d. 1999) |
24th of September 1929 | BIRTHDAY | Edward M. Lawson, Canadian politician |
24th of September 1930 | BIRTHDAY | Jozef Krupinski, Polish poet (d. 1998) |
24th of September 1930 | BIRTHDAY | John W. Young, American astronaut |
24th of September 1930 | BIRTHDAY | Angelo Muscat, Maltese actor (d. 1977) |
24th of September 1931 | BIRTHDAY | Anthony Newley, British actor and singer (d. 1999) |
24th of September 1931 | BIRTHDAY | Mike Parkes, British Formula One driver (d. 1977) |
24th of September 1932 | BIRTHDAY | Dominique Michel, Canadian comedian |
24th of September 1933 | BIRTHDAY | Raffaele Farina, Archivist of the Holy Roman Church and cardinal |
24th of September 1933 | BIRTHDAY | Mel Taylor, American musician (The Ventures) (d. 1996) |
24th of September 1934 | BIRTHDAY | John Brunner, British author (d. 1995) |
24th of September 1934 | BIRTHDAY | Tommy Anderson, Scottish footballer |
24th of September 1934 | BIRTHDAY | Manfred Worner, German politician and diplomat (d. 1994) |
24th of September 1935 | BIRTHDAY | Sean McCann, Canadian actor |
24th of September 1936 | BIRTHDAY | Jim Henson, American puppeteer (d. 1990) |
24th of September 1940 | BIRTHDAY | Yves Navarre, French writer (d. 1994) |
24th of September 1941 | BIRTHDAY | Linda McCartney, American singer and photographer (d. 1998) |
24th of September 1941 | BIRTHDAY | John Mackey, football player |
24th of September 1942 | BIRTHDAY | Ilkka "Danny" Lipsanen, Finnish singer |
24th of September 1942 | BIRTHDAY | Gerry Marsden, English singer (Gerry & The Pacemakers) |
24th of September 1944 | BIRTHDAY | Diana Korner, German actress |
24th of September 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Lou Dobbs, American journalist and television anchor |
24th of September 1946 | BIRTHDAY | Lars Emil Johansen, Prime Minister of Greenland |
24th of September 1946 | BIRTHDAY | "Mean" Joe Greene, American football player |
24th of September 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Erik Hivju, Norwegian actor |
24th of September 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Gordon Clapp, American actor |
24th of September 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Phil Hartman, Canadian actor (d. 1998) |
24th of September 1950 | BIRTHDAY | Alan Colmes, American talk show host |
24th of September 1950 | BIRTHDAY | Mohinder Amarnath, Indian cricketer |
24th of September 1950 | BIRTHDAY | Kristina Wayborn, Swedish actress |
24th of September 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Douglas Kmiec, American legal scholar |
24th of September 1952 | BIRTHDAY | Dieter Hochheimer, German footballer |
24th of September 1952 | BIRTHDAY | Mark Sandman, American musician (d. 1999) |
24th of September 1955 | BIRTHDAY | Riccardo Illy, Italian politician |
24th of September 1956 | BIRTHDAY | Hubie Brooks, American baseball player |
24th of September 1957 | BIRTHDAY | Wolfgang Wolf, German footballer and manager |
24th of September 1957 | BIRTHDAY | Tod Howarth, American rock musician |
24th of September 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Kevin Sorbo, American actor |
24th of September 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Theo Paphitis, Cyprus-born British entrepreneur |
24th of September 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Steve Whitmire, American puppeteer and voice actor |
24th of September 1961 | BIRTHDAY | John Logan, American screenwriter |
24th of September 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Allen Bestwick, NASCAR broadcaster |
24th of September 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Luc Picard, Canadian writer |
24th of September 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Mike Phelan, English footballer |
24th of September 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Jack Dee, British comedian |
24th of September 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Rosamund Kwan, Hong Kong actress |
24th of September 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Ally McCoist, Scottish footballer |
24th of September 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Nia Vardalos, Canadian actress |
24th of September 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Rafael Palmeiro, Cuban-born baseball player |
24th of September 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Sean McNabb, American bassist (Quiet Riot, Great White, Rough Cutt, House of Lords) |
24th of September 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Janet Weiss, American drummer (Sleater-Kinney, Quasi, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks) |
24th of September 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Bernard Gilkey, American baseball player |
24th of September 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Stefan Molyneux, Canadian philosopher |
24th of September 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Stacy Galina, American actress |
24th of September 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Michael J. Varhola, American author |
24th of September 1967 | BIRTHDAY | William So, Hong Kong Singer |
24th of September 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Shawn Crahan, American musician (Slipknot) |
24th of September 1969 | BIRTHDAY | DeVante Swing, American music producer |
24th of September 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Shamim Sarif, English novelist and filmmaker |
24th of September 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Goya Toledo, Spanish actress and model |
24th of September 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Megan Ward, American actress |
24th of September 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Lisa Matthews, American model |
24th of September 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Paul Ray Smith, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2003) |
24th of September 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Michael S. Engel, American paleontologist and entomologist |
24th of September 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Kevin Millar, American baseball player |
24th of September 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Mike Michalowicz, American author and entrepreneur |
24th of September 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Peter Salisbury, English drummer (The Verve) |
24th of September 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Eddie George, American football player |
24th of September 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Rodrick Rhodes, American basketball player |
24th of September 1974 | BIRTHDAY | John McDonald, American baseball player |
24th of September 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Mike Gallay, Canadian comedian and filmmaker |
24th of September 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Kyle Turley, American football player |
24th of September 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Carlos Almeida, Angolan basketball player |
24th of September 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Stephanie McMahon, American professional wrestler |
24th of September 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Frank Fahrenhorst, German footballer |
24th of September 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Wietse van Alten, Dutch archer |
24th of September 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Fabio Aurelio, Brazilian footballer |
24th of September 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Justin Bruening, American actor |
24th of September 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Kim Jong Min, Korean singer |
24th of September 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Jenny Platt, English Actress |
24th of September 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Katja Kassin, German pornographic actress |
24th of September 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Casey Johnson, American heiress and socialite (d. 2010) |
24th of September 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Ross Mathews, American television personality and comedian |
24th of September 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Daniele Bennati, Italian road racing cyclist |
24th of September 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Sabrine Maui, Filipino pornographic actress |
24th of September 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Dean Canto, Australian racing driver |
24th of September 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Petri Pasanen, Finnish footballer |
24th of September 1980 | BIRTHDAY | John Arne Riise, Norwegian footballer |
24th of September 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Ryan Briscoe, Australian racing driver |
24th of September 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Fernanda Urrejola, Chilean actress |
24th of September 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Drew Gooden, American basketball player |
24th of September 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Morgan Hamm, American gymnast |
24th of September 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Paul Hamm, American gymnast |
24th of September 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Jeff Karstens, American baseball player |
24th of September 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Randy Foye, American basketball player |
24th of September 1984 | BIRTHDAY | Tyrone Maria, Curacao footballer |
24th of September 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Jessica Lucas, Canadian actress |
24th of September 1986 | BIRTHDAY | Leah Dizon, American model and singer |
24th of September 1987 | BIRTHDAY | Spencer Treat Clark, American actor |
24th of September 1988 | BIRTHDAY | Karl Alzner, Canadian ice hockey player |
24th of September 1988 | BIRTHDAY | Kyle Sullivan, American actor |
24th of September 1991 | BIRTHDAY | Maximiliano Ugge, Italian footballer |
24th of September 0366 | DEATH | Pope Liberius |
24th of September 0768 | DEATH | Pippin the Short, King of the Franks (Born 714) |
24th of September 1054 | DEATH | Hermannus Contractus, scholar (Born 1013) |
24th of September 1120 | DEATH | Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (Born 1072) |
24th of September 1143 | DEATH | Agnes of Germany, daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (Born 1072) |
24th of September 1143 | DEATH | Pope Innocent II |
24th of September 1180 | DEATH | Manuel I Comnenus, Greek Byzantine Emperor (Born 1118) |
24th of September 1213 | DEATH | Gertrude of Merania, wife of Andrew II of Hungary (murdered) (Born 1185) |
24th of September 1218 | DEATH | Robert of Knaresborough, hermit (Born 1160) |
24th of September 1275 | DEATH | Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, Constable of England (Born 1208) |
24th of September 1435 | DEATH | Isabeau of Bavaria, wife of Charles VI of France (Born c.1370) |
24th of September 1494 | DEATH | Poliziano, Italian humanist (Born 1454) |
24th of September 1541 | DEATH | Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist (Born 1493) |
24th of September 1545 | DEATH | Albert of Mainz, archbishop and elector of Mainz (Born 1490) |
24th of September 1605 | DEATH | Manuel Mendes, Portuguese composer (Born c.1547) |
24th of September 1621 | DEATH | Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish military commander (Born 1560) |
24th of September 1646 | DEATH | Duarte Lobo, Portuguese composer (Born c.1565) |
24th of September 1707 | DEATH | Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (Born 1642) |
24th of September 1732 | DEATH | Emperor Reigen of Japan (Born 1654) |
24th of September 1742 | DEATH | Johann Matthias Hase, German scientist (Born 1684) |
24th of September 1802 | DEATH | Alexander Radishchev, Russian writer (Born 1749) |
24th of September 1834 | DEATH | Pedro I of Brazil, Emperor of Brazil (Born 1798) |
24th of September 1889 | DEATH | Charles Leroux, American balloonist and parachutist (Born 1856) |
24th of September 1892 | DEATH | Patrick Gilmore, Irish-American composer (Born 1829) |
24th of September 1896 | DEATH | Louis De Geer, 1st Swedish Prime Minister (Born 1818) |
24th of September 1904 | DEATH | Niels Ryberg Finsen, Danish physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Born 1860) |
24th of September 1929 | DEATH | Prince Mahidol of the Kingdom of Thailand (Born 1892) |
24th of September 1930 | DEATH | William A. MacCorkle, Governor of West Virginia (Born 1857) |
24th of September 1933 | DEATH | Alice Muriel Williamson, British novelist (Born 1869) |
24th of September 1933 | DEATH | Mike Donlin, American baseball player (Born 1878) |
24th of September 1938 | DEATH | Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (Born 1900) |
24th of September 1939 | DEATH | Carl Laemmle, German-born American film producer (Born 1867) |
24th of September 1945 | DEATH | Hans Geiger, German physicist (Born 1882) |
24th of September 1948 | DEATH | Warren William, American actor (Born 1894) |
24th of September 1950 | DEATH | Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (Born 1863) |
24th of September 1954 | DEATH | Edward Pilgrim, British suicide hastened by bureaucracy (Born 1904) |
24th of September 1962 | DEATH | Charles Reisner, American silent actor and film director (Born 1887) |
24th of September 1973 | DEATH | Josue de Castro, Brazilian writer, physician, geographer and activist against hunger (Born 1908) |
24th of September 1975 | DEATH | Earle Cabell, Texas politician (Born 1906) |
24th of September 1978 | DEATH | Hasso von Manteuffel, German army general and politician (Born 1897) |
24th of September 1981 | DEATH | Patsy Kelly, American actress (Born 1910) |
24th of September 1982 | DEATH | Sarah Churchill, British actress and the daughter of Winston Churchill (Born 1914) |
24th of September 1984 | DEATH | Neil Hamilton, American actor (Born 1899) |
24th of September 1991 | DEATH | Peter Bellamy, British folk singer (Born 1944) |
24th of September 1991 | DEATH | Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss), American children's writer (Born 1904) |
24th of September 1993 | DEATH | Ian Stuart Donaldson, British musician (Born 1957) |
24th of September 1993 | DEATH | Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist (Born 1913) |
24th of September 1994 | DEATH | Barry Bishop, American mountaineer (Born 1932) |
24th of September 1996 | DEATH | Zeki Muren, Turkish musician (Born 1931) |
24th of September 1998 | DEATH | Jeff Moss, American puppeteer (Born 1942) |
24th of September 2002 | DEATH | Youssouf Togoimi, Chadian rebel (Born 1953) |
24th of September 2002 | DEATH | Mike Webster, American football player (Born 1952) |
24th of September 2003 | DEATH | Rosalie Allen, American singer and disc jockey (Born 1924) |
24th of September 2003 | DEATH | Lyle Bettger, American actor (Born 1915) |
24th of September 2004 | DEATH | Francoise Sagan, French writer (Born 1935) |
24th of September 2005 | DEATH | Tommy Bond, American actor (Born 1926) |
24th of September 2006 | DEATH | Michael Ferguson, Irish politician (Born 1953) |
24th of September 2006 | DEATH | Phil Latulippe, Canadian soldier and athlete (Born 1909) |
24th of September 2008 | DEATH | Mickey Vernon, American baseball player (Born 1918) |
24th of September 2009 | DEATH | Nelly Arcan, Canadian novelist (Born 1975) |
24th of September 2009 | DEATH | Susan Atkins, American murderer (Born 1948) |
24th of September 2010 | DEATH | Gennady Yanayev, Soviet politician (Born 1937) |