2014 Event South African President Jacob Zuma is sworn into office for his second 5-year term 2014 Event U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew urges Congress to increase the debt ceiling because the U.S government debt is expected to hit $17.2 trillion soon 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
