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2012 Event - Kgalema Motlanthe, Deputy President of South Africa, challenges party leadership by President Jacob Zuma at the opening of the African National Congress (ANC) 2009 Death - Hugh Leonard, writer, winner, Jacob's Award, for 'Wuthering Heights', wrote Sunday Independent column 'The Curmudgeon', dies at age 82 2003 Death - John Jacob Rhodes, Representative-R-Arizona 1953 - 1983, died from cancer 2000 Death - Jacob Lawrence, American Artist 1997 Death - Jurek Becker, writer, film author, German Democratic Republic dissident, survived ghetto in Lodz, wrote 'Jacob the Liar', dies in Sieseby, Germany 1996 Death - Jacob R Druckman, composer, dies at 67 1994 Event - "Song of Jacob Zulu" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 53 performances 1994 Death - Jacob "Jimmy" Herman Huizinga, journalist/writer, dies at 75 1994 Death - Jacob Firet, Dutch theologist (Agogic Moment), dies at 70 1994 Event - 35-foot-tall Chief Wahoo, trademark of Indians on top of Stadium since 1962, is taken down, to be moved to Jacob's Field 1993 Death - P A Jacob Mees, Dutch banker (Mees and Hope), dies at about 86 1993 Event - "Song of Jacob Zulu" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 53 performances 1992 Birthday - Jacob Joseph Worton, Newark DE, twin actor, Baby's Day Out 1992 Death - Jacob "Bob" de Uyl, journalist/author (Restless Travel), dies at 61 1986 Death - Jacob A. W. Burger, chairman (Dutch soc-dem party), dies at 81 1986 Death - Jacob K. Javits, New York, Senator-R-New York 1957 - 1981, Representative-R-New York 1947 - 1954, died of Lou Gehrig's disease at 81 1984 Death - Gordon Jacob, composer, dies at 88 1980 Death - John Jacob Niles, composer, dies at 87 1977 Death - Maxime Jacob, composer, dies at 71 1976 Death - Jacob Soetendorp, rabbi, dies at 62 1975 Death - Jacob Kruijt, Dutch sociologist, dies at 76 1975 Death - Jacob Paludan, Danish pharmacist/writer (Sloret Sandhed), dies at 79 1974 Death - Jacob Bronowsky, British mathematician/cultural historian, dies at 66 1974 Death - Jacob Bronowski, English Scientist 1974 Birthday - Lisa Jacob, 800m freestyle relay 1996 Olympics 1970 Death - Jacob Presser, historian/writer (Doom, Ondergang), dies at 71 1970 Death - Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor, dies at 78 1969 Birthday - Bryan Jacob, Palatka, Florida, 59 kg, 130 lbs, weightlifter, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday - Irene Jacob, born in Suresnes, France, actress, famous for lead role in film 'The Double Life of Veronique', 'Three Colores: Red', considered one of the preeminent French actresses of her generation 1965 Birthday - Jacob Brumfield, Bogalusa, Louisiana, outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays 1965 Event - 1st U.S. Senate black page, Lawrence W. Bradford, Jr., 16, appointed by New York Senator Jacob Javits 1962 Death - Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57 1961 Birthday - Elizabeth Pena, Havana Cuba, actress, La Bamba, Jacob's Ladder 1960 Death - Jacob Cohen, Hebrew poet and writer, dies 1959 Death - Jacob Epstein, US/English sculptor/painter, dies at 78 1957 Birthday - Jacob Green, NFL defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks 1956 Death - Jacob Weinberg, composer, dies at 77 1953 Death - Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South African poet/theologist, dies 1952 Birthday - S. Epatha Merkerson, Saginaw, Michigan, actress, Jacob's Ladder, Terminator 2 1950 Birthday - Harvey Jacob Alperin, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, actor, Cocktail 1948 Birthday - Jacob Kohnstamm, Dutch undersecretary of the Interior, D66, 1994- 1948 Event - Bijz Criminal division sentences war criminal Jacob Folks to life 1948 Event - U.S. expels Soviet Consul General in New York, Jacob Lomakin 1945 Birthday - Jacob Reitsma, economist/Dutch MP, CDA 1944 Death - Max Jacob, French writer, dies in nazi concentration camp at 67 1941 Birthday - Adrian Lyne, director, Fatal Attraction, 9 Weeks, Jacob's Ladder 1940 Death - Jacob van Gelderen, economist/sociologist/SDAP-2nd-Chamber, dies at 49 1940 Event - New York Yankees dedicate a plaque to Jacob Rupert 1939 Death - Jacob Ruppert, CEO (New York Yankees, 1915-39), dies 1937 Birthday - Jurek Becker, born in Lodz, Poland, writer, film author, German Democratic Republic dissident, survived ghetto in Lodz, wrote 'Jacob the Liar' 1936 Birthday - Jacob Rothschild, English banker/multi-millionaire 1935 Death - Ivans, Jacob van Schevichaven, lawyer/detective writer, dies at 68 1934 Birthday - Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob, UK, sci-fi author, Chthon, Phthor 1932 Event - Jacob Cocey Sr chosen as mayor of Massillon Ohio 1928 Event - Jacob Schick patents 1st electric razor 1928 Birthday - Jacob Druckman, born in Philadelphia, composer, Animus I Auerole 1928 Birthday - Jacob Lateiner, Havana Cuba, pianist/professor, Juiliard 1928 Birthday - Jacob R Druckman, composer 1928 Death - Jacob Adolf Hagg, composer, dies at 77 1927 Birthday - Jacob Pleydell-Bouvery 8th earl of Radnor/art collector 1926 Birthday - Hugh Leonard, born in Dublin, Ireland, writer, winner, Jacob's Award, for 'Wuthering Heights', wrote Sunday Independent column 'The Curmudgeon' 1924 Death - Jacob P Vis, Dutch founder (NV Royal Salt Industries), dies at 66 1924 Death - Jacob Israel de Haan, Dutch poet and writer (Pypelyntjes), dies at 42 1924 Birthday - Ezra Laderman, born in New York City, composer, Jacob and the Indians 1923 Event - Col Jacob Schick patents 1st electric shaver 1923 Death - Jacob T Cremer, President (Dutch Handel-Mij), dies at 76 1923 Event - Colonel Jacob Schick patents Schick shavers 1923 Birthday - Jacob "Jaap" Firet, Dutch theologist, Agogisch Moment 1921 Birthday - Jacob J Hage, Dutch farmer/WW II resistance fighter 1920 Birthday - Francois Jacob, born in France, biologist/bacteriologist, Nobel 1965 1920 Birthday - Jacob Gilboa, composer 1920 Death - Jacob van Stolk Azn, art collector, dies at 74 1919 Death - Jacob Fabricius, composer, dies at 78 1919 Death - Jacob Verdam, philosopher, dies 1919 Birthday - Jacob Avshalomov, born in Tsingtao, China, composer, Sinfonietta, The Oregon 1917 Birthday - Jacob Everaers, office clerk/resistance fighter 1917 Birthday - Lawrence Jacob, Atlantic City, New Jersey, artist, Sanitarium 1917 Birthday - Jacob Lawrence, American Artist 1917 Birthday - Jacob Kistemaker, nuclear physicist, ultra centrifuge 1916 Birthday - Bob de Lange, Jacob Bernard, Dutch actor and director, Daniel 1916 Birthday - John Jacob Rhodes, born in Council Grove, Kansas, Representative-R-Arizona 1953 - 1983 1916 Event - Picasso, Max Jacob, Kisling, Ortiz and Paquerette photographed in Paris 1915 Event - Col Jacob Ruppert and Col Tillinghast Huston purchase Yankees for $460,000 1914 Event - Colonel Jacob Ruppert and Cap Huston purchase New York Yankees for $460,000 1914 Birthday - Jacob Soetendorp, Dutch rabbi 1914 Death - Jacob August Riis, Danish Journalist 1914 Birthday - Jacob B. Bakema, urban developer, St. Louis Missouri 1913 Event - 1st modern elastic brassiere patented by Mary Phelps Jacob 1913 Birthday - John Jacob Weinzweig, born in Toronto, Canada, composer, Enchanted Hill 1912 Birthday - Jacob "Jaap" Balk, journalist, AH, Onder de Keizerskroon 1911 Birthday - Jacob Fresco, Dutch architect, Antilles Brewery/Autonomy Monument 1911 Death - Jacob M van Bemmelen, Dutch physicist/chemist, dies at 80 1909 Birthday - Jacob Kainen, artist/curator 1908 Birthday - Jacob Bronowski, English Scientist 1908 Birthday - Jacob "Jimmy" Herman Huizinga, journalist/Writer 1908 Birthday - Jack Jacob, senior master, British Supreme Court 1908 Event - Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Murdock become 1st to travel across U.S. by car, they leave Los Angeles in a Packard and arrive in New York City in 32d-5h-25m 1908 Birthday - Jacob Bronowsky, British mathematician/cultural historian 1906 Birthday - Maxime Jacob, composer 1906 Birthday - Jacob C van Marken, Dutch peanut butter maker, Calve-Delft 1906 Death - Jacob C van Marken, peanut butter maker (Calve-Delft), dies at 60 1905 Death - Jacob Olie, Dutch photographer, dies at about 70 1904 Birthday - Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter 1904 Event - Dutch newspaper Volk fires gay journalist Jacob de Cock 1904 Birthday - Jan Peerce, Jacob Pincus Perelmuth, New York City, tenor, New York Met Opera 1904 Birthday - Jacob K. Javits, born in New York City, New York, Senator-R-New York 1957 - 1981, Representative-R-New York 1947 - 1954 1901 Death - Jacob G Agarah, Swedish algologist, dies at 87 1899 Birthday - Jacob Presser, Dutch historian and writer, Down-fall 1898 Birthday - Jacob Kruijt, Dutch sociologist 1898 Birthday - George Gershwin, Jacob Gershvin, Brooklyn, composer, Rhapsody in Blue 1897 Birthday - Jacob A B "Jack" Bjerknes, Norwegian/US meteorologist, USAF in London 1897 Death - Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79 1896 Birthday - Jacob Paludan, Danish pharmacist/writer, Jorgen Stein 1895 Birthday - Gordon Jacob, composer 1894 Death - Jacob Rosenhaim, composer, dies at 80 1893 Death - Jacob G de Scheffer, Dutch vicar/theologist, dies at 74 1893 Birthday - Harry Blomberg, Swedish author, Master Jacob 1893 Birthday - Jacob HA van Coeverden, boer/edelman 1892 Birthday - John Jacob Niles, composer 1891 Birthday - Antonius [Jacob LT] van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, Antillian Bishop 1891 Birthday - Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor, Residence Orchestra 1891 Birthday - Jacob van Gelderen, economist/sociologist/Dutch 2nd Chamber, SDAP 1890 Death - Jacob PP baron van Zuylen, Dutch foreign minister (1852-3), dies at 74 1886 Birthday - Jacob Pierneef, South Africa, painter 1886 Event - Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta sells 1st Coca-Coke (contained cocaine) 1882 Birthday - Virginia Woolf, born in London, author, Jacob's Room, To Lighthouse 1882 Birthday - Jacob Clay, Dutch philospher/phyicist, Mesones 1881 Birthday - Jacob Israel de Haan, Dutch poet and writer, Pipelines, Jewish Song 1880 Birthday - Jacob Epstein, sculptor, Adam, Jacob and the Angel 1880 Death - Jacob Edvard Gille, composer, dies at 66 1879 Birthday - Jacob Weinberg, composer 1877 Birthday - Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South African poet/theologist 1876 Birthday - Max Jacob, French writer, Concentration Camp, Le Siege de Jerusalem 1870 Death - Jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch Minister of Internal Affairs (1848-49), dies at 76 1868 Death - Jacob van Lennep, Dutch 2nd member of parliament, dies at 66 1866 Birthday - Ivans, Jacob van Schevichaven, Dutch lawyer/detective writer 1858 Birthday - Jacob P Vis, Dutch industrialist, founder NV Royal Salt Industries 1851 Event - Jacob Fussell, Baltimore dairyman, sets up 1st ice-cream factory 1850 Birthday - Jacob Adolf Hagg, composer 1849 Birthday - Jacob Riis, Denmark, reporter, New York Tribune, New York Evening Sun 1849 Birthday - Jacob August Riis, Danish Journalist 1848 Death - John Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84 1847 Death - Jacob L Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Germ pianist/composer, dies at 38 1847 Birthday - Jacob T Cremer, Minister of Colonies/president, Dutch Trading Comp 1845 Birthday - Jacob C van Marken, Dutch philantropist/CEO, Calve-Delft 1845 Death - Jacob earl of Rechteren/Appeltern, Governor of Gelderland, dies at 57 1845 Birthday - Jacob van Stolk Azn, timber merchant/art collector 1845 Birthday - Jacob Verdam, Dutch philologist 1840 Birthday - Jacob Fabricius, composer 1839 Death - Jacob Gottfried Weber, German composer, dies at 60 1833 Event - Jacob Evert and George Dulty patent soda fountain 1830 Birthday - Jacob M van Bemmelen, Dutch physicist/chemist 1828 Birthday - Jacob Dolson Cox, Major General Union volunteers 1826 Death - Jacob Kimball, composer, dies at 65 1823 Death - Jacob A Uitenhage de Mist, Dutch politician/colonial dir, dies at 74 1822 Death - Karl Jacob Wagner, composer, dies at 50 1819 Birthday - Jacob G de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch vicar/theologist 1818 Birthday - Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian 1816 Birthday - Jacob P P baron van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Minister Foreign Affairs, 1852-53 1815 Death - Jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at 58 1814 Birthday - Jacob Edvard Gille, composer 1813 Birthday - Jacob Rosenhaim, composer 1813 Birthday - Jacob G Agarah, Swedish algologist 1810 Event - John Jacob Astor organizes Pacific Fur Co (Astoria, Oregon) 1810 Birthday - Jacob Thompson, Confederacy 1808 Death - Jacob Albright, Albrecht, German / U.S. preacher, dies at 49 1808 Birthday - Jacob Ammen, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1804 Birthday - Jacob Kats, Flemish writer, Earthly Paradise 1802 Birthday - Jacob van Lennep, attorney/Dutch MP 1796 Death - Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer, dies at 89 1793 Birthday - Jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch lawyer/Minister of Internal Affairs, 1848-49 1791 Birthday - Jacob Collamer, Sen-Vt 1787 Birthday - Jacob earl van Rechteren van Appeltern, governor of Gelderland 1785 Birthday - Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Germany, librarian, fairy tale collector 1779 Birthday - Jacob Gottfried Weber, composer 1778 Death - Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/shipminister, dies 1776 Death - Jacob Israel Emden, Jacob ben Tswi, German rabbi, dies at 78 1775 Death - Johann Jacob Rowalt, composer, dies at 57 1772 Birthday - Karl Jacob Wagner, composer 1771 Birthday - Jacob Andries van Braam, colonial director, Suriname 1765 Death - Jacob Gilles, pension advisor, dies at about 74 1763 Birthday - John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in U.S., banker/fur trader 1761 Death - Jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56 1761 Birthday - Jacob Kimball, composer 1759 Birthday - Jacob Albright, Albrecht, German and U.S. predictor 1756 Birthday - Jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist/graphic artist 1754 Death - Jacob de Wit, Amsterdam painter/decorater, dies at 58 1751 Birthday - Jacob M R Lenz, writer, Das Leidende Weib 1747 Death - Jacob Campo Weyerman, S Netherlands adventurer/painter/writer, dies at 69 1746 Event - Jacob Gilles appointed Dutch pension advisor 1746 Birthday - Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer and naval chaplain 1734 Death - Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus, composer, dies at 48 1725 Death - Jacob Hop, politician/diplomat, dies at 71 1722 Event - Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island 1718 Birthday - Johann Jacob Rowalt, composer 1718 Death - Jacob F Muller, Sjako/Jaco, German/Netherlands crowd leader, beheaded at 28 1717 Death - Johann Jacob Walther, composer, dies 1712 Death - Johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27 1707 Event - Jacob V succeeds his father Pedro II as king of Portugal 1706 Birthday - Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer 1704 Birthday - Jacob Mossel, governor-general, Dutch East Indies 1702 Death - Jacob Hintze, composer, dies at 79 1700 Death - Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer, dies at 39 1699 Event - Baron Jacob Hop appointed treasurer-general of the Hague 1697 Birthday - Jacob Israel Emden, Jacob ben Tswi, German rabbi 1691 Death - Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason 1688 Event - English king Jacob II flees to France 1685 Birthday - Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus, composer 1684 Birthday - Johann Jacob de Neufville, composer 1682 Death - Jacob I van Ruysdael, physician/landscape painter, dies at about 53 1679 Death - Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60 1678 Death - Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok painter, dies at 85 1677 Death - Jacob Binckes/Benckes, Dutch Admiral (Chatham), dies in battle 1677 Birthday - Jacob Campo Weyerman, South Netherlands adventurer/painter/writer 1674 Death - Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/MP, dies at 84 1667 Death - Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer, dies at 50 1665 Death - Jacob van Wassenaer, Foggy Obdam, lt-admiral, dies in battle at 55 1661 Birthday - Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer 1660 Death - Jacob Cats, Father Cats, pension advisor of Holland, dies at 82 1660 Death - Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob), dies at 45 1659 Birthday - Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator, Easter Island 1657 Death - Jacob van Campen, painter/architect (Amsterdam Townhall), dies at 62 1657 Death - Jacob van Eyck, Dutch blind flautist/carillonneur, dies at 69 1656 Event - 1st Jewish doctor in U.S., Jacob Lumbrozo, arrives in Maryland 1655 Death - Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer, dies at 81 1654 Event - 1st Jewish immigrant to U.S., Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam 1654 Birthday - Jacob Hop, Dutch politician/diplomat 1654 Event - 1st Jewish colonist arrive in U.S. (Jacob Barsimson in Manhattan) 1651 Death - Jacob Praetorius, composer, dies at 65 1651 Death - Jacob A Backer, painter, dies at about 43 1638 Death - Jacob C van Neck, admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73 1624 Event - Jacob Willekens and Piet Heyn conquer Salvador, Civil rights activist 1622 Birthday - Jacob Hintze, composer 1618 Birthday - Jacob Alting, Dutch orientalist/theologist 1616 Birthday - Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer 1616 Event - English King Jacob I leaves Brielle/Vlissingen 1615 Birthday - Govert Flinck, Dutch painter, Isaac blesses Jacob 1614 Birthday - Jacob Colijn, s, Dutch coat of arms painter 1610 Birthday - Jacob Neefs, Flemish engraver/publisher, baptised 1609 Death - Jacobus Arminius, Jacob Hermans, theologist, dies at about 49 1607 Death - Jacob van Heemskerck, Dutch Admiral (Nova Zambia), dies in battle 1604 Birthday - Jacob Balde, German jesuit/barok conductor, Jephthe 1599 Birthday - Jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher, Consolation of the Sea 1599 Event - Jacob van Necks merchant fleet leaves Java 1599 Event - Jacob van Necks fleet leaves Bantam Java with pepper, clove and muskaat 1598 Event - Jacob of Necks merchant fleet reaches Bantam West-Java 1598 Event - Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java 1595 Birthday - Jacob Louys, Flemish engraver 1595 Birthday - Jacob van Campen, painter/architect, New Church, Amsterdam 1593 Birthday - Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist 1590 Death - Jacob Andreae, German theologist (Formulae Concordiae), dies at 61 1589 Birthday - Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor, Dordrecht, mathematician 1586 Birthday - Jacob Praetorius, composer 1580 Death - Jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies 1577 Birthday - Jacob Cats, Father Cats, Dutch grand pensionary/poet, Houwelyck 1573 Birthday - Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer 1570 Death - Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies 1567 Death - Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37 1545 Death - Jacob van Liesveld, printer/"heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded 1535 Death - Jacob Van Campen, Reconstruction bishop, beheaded 1528 Birthday - Jacob Andreae, German theologist, Schwabische Konkordie 1525 Death - Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66 1488 Death - Jacob van Horne, Burgundy statesman, dies 1476 Death - Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded 1459 Birthday - Jacob Fugger, German banker and merchant 1450 Birthday - Jacob Obrecht, composer 1345 Death - Jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered 1338 Event - Jacob of Arteveld elected mayor of Ghent 1298 Death - Jacob de Voragine, Italian bishop/writer (Golden Legend), dies 1189 Death - Jacob of Orleans, Rabbi, killed in anti Jewish riot in London England 1171 Death - Jacob Ben Meir, Rabbenu Tam, French Tosofist, dies |
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