2015 Event Two animal rights activists are placed under house arrest, awaiting trial for acts of terrorism against the fur industry; in 2013, Joseph Buddenberg and Nicole Kissane released minks from mink farms and vandalized fur businesses across the U.S. 2012 Death Joseph Murray, a Nobel prize winner, plastic surgeon and the first person to perform a kidney transplantation, dies at age 93 2012 Event In the U.S., President Obama nominates John R. Allen as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), with General Joseph Dunford positioned to succeed Allen in his previous post of commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan 2011 Event Despite protests by opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, Joseph Kaliba is sworn in as President of the Democratic Republic of Congo 2006 Death Joseph Stefano, American Writer 2005 Event Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, becomes the 265th pope 2004 Death Joseph James Zimmerman, inventor, invented the first electronic telephone answering machine in 1948, dies at 91 2002 Death Joseph Nathan Kane, trivia expert, Famous First Facts, dies at 103 2001 Death Joseph Greenberg, American Writer 1999 Death Joseph Heller, writer, Catch-22, dies at 76 1997 Death Anthea Joseph, music producer, dies at 57 1997 Death Frank Joseph Kofsky, teacher/writer, dies at 62 1997 Death Joseph George Handy Hendleman, musician, dies at 76 1996 Death Hugh Joseph Charles James L'Etang, medical writer, dies at 79 1996 Death Joseph Bernardin, cardinal Archbishop of Chicago, dies at 68 1996 Death Joseph Roy George Ralston, pilot, dies at 81 1996 Death Joseph Green, film maker, dies at 96 1996 Death Joseph Mitchell, writer, dies at 87 1996 Death Joseph Stone, lawyer, dies at 79 1996 Death Leon Joseph Suenens, cardinal, dies at 91 1996 Death Joseph Lee Pope, singer, dies at 62 1996 Death John Joseph Krol, cardinal, dies at 95 1996 Death Joseph Walker Barr, banker/politician, dies at 78 1996 Death Joseph Brodsky, poet, dies at 55 1996 Death Gerald Joseph Mulligan, baritone saxophonist/composer, dies at 68 1996 Death Joseph Daniel White, singer/bandleader, dies at 84 1995 Death Francis Joseph Quinn, academic, dies at 90 1995 Death Brian Joseph Lenihan, politician, dies at 64 1995 Event Joseph Rotblat awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1995 Death Odut Joseph Olutola Oluola Oguntala, soho club owner, dies at 74 1995 Death Joseph Fattorini, businessman, dies at 82 1995 Death Roger Joseph Zelazny, sci-fi writer, dies of cancer at 60 1995 Death Joseph Tomelty, actor and playwright (Bedevilled, Moby Dick), dies at 84 1995 Death Joseph Heifitz, film director, dies at 89 1995 Death Joseph Peter Grace, businessman, dies at 61 1995 Death Joseph Anthony "Joe" Richards, singer and actor (Colorado Ranger), dies at 44 1995 Death Joseph Needham, British Scientist 1995 Death Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician, dies at 83 1995 Death Joseph Ortiz, French-Algerian extremist/rebel, dies at 77 1995 Death Raymond Joseph Cecil, British architect, dies at 69 1995 Death Joseph Kagan, businessman, dies at 79 1994 Death Keith Joseph, British MP (C), dies 1994 Death Joseph H Hazen, U.S. producer/Vice President (Warner Bros), dies at 96 1994 Death Joseph Paul Jack Sharkey Zukauskas, boxer, dies at 91 1994 Birthday Nicholas Joseph Mills, son of Chris Evert and Andy Mills 1994 Death Joseph Ruzindana, Rwandian bishop of Bjumba, murdered 1994 Event "Joseph and the Amazing" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 223 performances 1994 Death Joseph Janni, producer, dies at 78 1994 Death Joseph Cotten, actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 88 1993 Event "Joseph and the Amazing" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 223 performances 1993 Event Nobel prize for physics awarded to Russel Hulse and Joseph Taylor 1993 Death Joseph Warren, actor (Gift of Love, Urban Warriors), dies at 77 1993 Death Joseph Towers, U.S. pilot, dies 1993 Death Joseph L Mankiewicz, U.S. writer and director (All about Eve), dies at 83 1993 Death Joseph Anthony [Deuster], U.S. director/actor (Rainmaker), dies at 80 1992 Death Helen B M Fennell Joseph, English/South Afr anti-apartheid, dies at 87 1992 Birthday Jacob Joseph Worton, Newark DE, twin actor, Baby's Day Out 1992 Death Joseph L George, dies of cancer at 65 1992 Death Joop [Joseph] van Santen, Dutch 1st Chamber member (CPN), dies 1992 Event Joseph A. Molloy elected New York Yankee general partner 1992 Event Supreme Court rules 5-3 that Joseph Doherty isn't entitled to asylum 1991 Event Muslim Shites release American held in Lebanon hostage Joseph Cicippio 1991 Death George Joseph Stigler, U.S. economist (Nobel 1982), dies at 80 1991 Death Joseph Papp, U.S. theater producer (Chorus Line, Hair), dies at 70 1991 Death Joseph Papp, Broadway producer (Chorus Line), dies of cancer at 70 1991 Event U.S. Supreme Court begins to hear Joseph Doherty case 1991 Birthday Owen Joseph Kline, son of Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline 1991 Event Ex-postal worker Joseph Harris kills 4 postal workers 1991 Event New York City Mayor Dinkins declares "Joseph Doherty Week" 1991 Birthday Abraham Joseph Groening, son of Simpson creator Matt Groening 1991 Event U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Joseph Doherty case 1990 Event Guam Republican governor Joseph Ada re-elected 1990 Event U.S. doctors Joseph E. Murray and E. Donnall Thomas win Nobel Prize 1990 Death Joseph Hardy, actor and director (Tree Grows in Brooklyn), dies at 71 1990 Death Joseph Leberman, entertainer, dies 1990 Event Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound and pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill 1990 Event Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood goes on trial due to oil spill 1990 Death Arthur Joseph Goldberg, American Statesman died at age 81 1990 Event Actor Joseph Cotton undergoes vocal cancer operation at 84 1990 Death Joseph Robbie, lawyer/NFL owner (Miami Dolphins), dies at 73 1989 Death Joseph Wybran, Belgian physician/Jews foreman, murdered 1989 Event Attorney General Thornburgh orders Joseph Doherty deported to UK 1988 Event Attorney General Meese orders Joseph Doherty deported to U.K. 1987 Death Joseph Campbell, mythologist (Mythic Image), dies at 83 1987 Event Nobel prize for literature awarded to Joseph Brodsky 1986 Event U.S. professor Joseph Cicippio is kidnapped and held hostage in Beirut 1986 Death Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist, dies at 77 1986 Death Roy Marcus Cohn, U.S. lawyer (Joseph McCarthy), dies 1986 Death Joseph P Addabbo, U.S. defence specialist/(Sen-D), dies at 61 1986 Death Joseph Beuys, West German avant-garde artist/politician, dies at 64 1986 Death Joseph Kraft, U.S. columnist, dies at 61 1985 Death Paul Creston [Giuseppe/Joseph Guttoveggio], U.S. composer, dies at 78 1985 Death Joseph Walker, cameraman, dies at 92 1985 Death Joseph "Smoky Joe" Wood, pitcher (Boston Red Sox), dies at 95 1984 Event Joseph Luns resigns as Secretary-General of NATO 1984 Death Joseph Losey, director (Go-Between, M, Concrete Jungle), dies at 75 1983 Birthday Joseph Mazzello, actor, Internal Affairs 1983 Event "Joseph and the Amazing Dreamcoat" closes at Royale New York City after 747 performances 1983 Event Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour 1983 Event IRA's Joseph Doherty arrested in New York City 1983 Event Chicago Absp Joseph L. Bernardin is among 18 new cardinals invested 1982 Event South Bend, Indiana jury acquits self-avowed racist Joseph Paul Franklin 1982 Death Joe Tex, Joseph Arrington Jr, singer (Getting Scarce), dies at 49 1982 Birthday Jessica Joseph, born in Royal Oak, Michigan, dance skater, Butler-1997 National 1982 Birthday Joseph Gordon-Levitt, actor, Tommy Solomon-Third Rock From the Sun 1982 Event "Joseph and the Amazing Dreamcoat" opens at Royale New York City for 747 performances 1981 Event Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 2 black joggers in Salt Lake City 1981 Death Joseph Yasser, composer, dies at 88 1981 Death Joseph H Hirschhorn, U.S. art collector/founder H Museum, dies at 82 1981 Event IRA's Joseph Doherty escapes from Crumlin Road Jail 1981 Event NCAA St. Joseph's upsets top seed DePaul 1980 Death Joseph M "Joop" Lucker, Dutch editor-in-chief (Volkskrant), dies at 65 1980 Event Joseph Doherty and 3 other IRA men arrested for murder 1980 Death Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, British director (Psycho, Birds), dies at 80 1979 Event A. L. Webber musical "Joseph and Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," premieres 1979 Event Billy Martin is involved in a barroom altercation with Joseph Cooper, a Minnesota marshmallow salesman. Cooper requires 15 stitches 1979 Death Joseph Kotalla, German war criminal (4 of Breda), dies at 71 1979 Event Canadians elect conservatives, Joseph Clark replaces Pierre Trudeau 1978 Event Joseph Freeman, Jr. is 1st black priest in Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1978 Death Joseph EA "Jo" Spier, Dutch cartoonist/water color painter, dies at 77 1978 Birthday Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe, 1997 1978 Death Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager (New York Yankees), dies at 96 1977 Event Joseph L Howze installed as bishop of Roman Catholic diocese (Miss) 1977 Birthday Joseph Hahn, American Musician 1976 Event Reverend Joseph Evans elected president of United Church of Christ 1976 Event Joseph William Turner watercolor auctioned for 340,000 pounds 1976 Birthday Matthew P Newmark, actor, Joseph Carroll-Guns of Paradise 1976 Death Joseph Henabery, actor and director (Cobra), dies at 88 1975 Death Joseph Calleia, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda), dies at 78 1975 Death Jozsef Mindszenty, Joseph Prehm, Hungarian cardinal, dies at 83 1975 Birthday Danyon Joseph Loader, born in Dunedin, New Zealand, 200m/400m swimmer, Olympic-2 gold-96 1975 Death Joseph Dunninger, New York City, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger), dies at 82 1974 Death Egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist, dies at 89 1974 Death Joseph Frederick Wagner, composer, dies at 74 1974 Birthday Miles Joseph, West Springfield Massachusetts, soccer forward, 1996 Olympics gold 1973 Birthday Kerry Joseph, WLAF quarterback for the London Monarchs 1973 Death Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian/US violinist, dies at 80 1972 Birthday Joseph Mulrey McIntyre, rocker, New Kids-Lovin' You Forever 1972 Death Joseph Cornell, American Sculptor 1972 Event Joseph A Walkers "River Niger," premieres in New York City 1972 Death Joseph Kaminski, composer, dies at 68 1972 Birthday Vance Joseph, NFL cornerback and safety for the New York Jets 1972 Death Joseph F Smith, Jr., leader U.S. mormon chuch, dies at 95 1972 Birthday Dwayne Joseph, NFL cornerback for the Chicago Bears 1972 Birthday Joseph Patton, NFL guard for the Washington Redskins 1971 Event Joseph Luns becomes Secretary-General of NATO 1971 Death Joseph Ford McGuinn, director, dies of heart attack at 67 1971 Birthday Joseph Fitzgerald, born in Brooklyn, New York, team handball center back 1996 Olympics 1971 Death Joseph Colombo, mobster, shot dead at 48 1971 Event Joseph Luns appointed Secretary-General of NATO 1971 Birthday Joseph Rogers, CFL receiver for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1971 Death Joseph Csaky, Hungarian/French sculptor, dies at 83 1971 Death Joseph Valachi, U.S. gangster, dies at 66 1971 Death Joseph Desire Fernandel, comedian, dies of cancer at 67 1971 Birthday Jennifer Christine Joseph, Wendover Nev, Miss America-Nevada 1996 1970 Birthday Joseph Hudson, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox 1970 Birthday Joseph Fiennes, British Actor 1970 Death Joseph W. Krutch, U.S. writer (Measure of Man), dies at 76 1970 Death Joseph Wood Krutch, American Environmentalist 1970 Birthday Wesley Barnett, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, Olympic weightlifter, Silver medal 1987 Pan American 1970 Birthday Wes Barnett, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, 238lb, 108kg, weightlifter, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1970 Death Joseph A. Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers president, murdered 1969 Death Joseph P. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy/RFK/TMK father, dies in Hyannis Port Massachusetts, at 81 1969 Death Joseph Kosma, composer, dies at 63 1969 Death Joseph Beran, Czechoslovakian archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80 1969 Death Joseph Kasavubu, president Congo (1960-65), dies at about 55 1969 Death Joseph Messner, composer, dies at 75 1968 Birthday Darren Joseph, CFL fullback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders 1968 Death Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies 1968 Birthday Joseph Ouellet, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1968 Death Joseph Martin, Jr., Speaker of the House, dies at 83 1968 Death Joseph Pholien, Belgian Prime Minister 1950 - 1952 communist fighter, dies at 83 1967 Death Francis Joseph Spellman, American Clergyman 1967 Birthday James Joseph, NFL running back for the Cincinnati Bengals 1967 Birthday Joseph William Cathcart, rock guitarist, Nelson-Love and Affection 1967 Birthday Curtis Joseph, born in Keswick, Ontario, NHL goalie, Team Canada, Edmonton Oilers 1967 Birthday Dale Joseph, CFL defensive back for the Saskatchewan Roughriders 1967 Birthday Joseph Tilford Leigh Greene, born in Dayton, Ohio, long jumper, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1967 Death Arnhem "Tata" Joseph Weiss, "the Zigeunerbaron," buried 1967 Birthday Joseph Amor, San Jose, video game record holder, Space Invaders 1966 Birthday Joseph Barbara, New Symrna, Florida, actor, Joe Carlino-Another World 1966 Birthday Joseph "Run" Simmons, rapper, Run DMC 1966 Birthday Joseph Wanag, Wilson, Connecticut, U.S. judoka 1992 Olympics 1966 Death Joseph Deems Taylor, composer, dies at 80 1966 Death Joseph Crehan, dies of stroke at 81 1966 Death Buster Keaton, Joseph Francis, U.S. comic (General), dies at 69 1966 Birthday Joseph Harper, Ventura California, canoe alternate for 1996 Olympics 1965 Event USAF Captain Joseph Henry Engle reaches 85,530 m in X-15 1965 Death Joseph Auslander, American Poet 1964 Birthday Joseph "Run" Simmons, rapper, RUN DMC 1964 Birthday John Joseph Thomas, Arcadia California, actor, Young Dan'l Boone 1964 Death Joseph Marx, Austrian composer, dies at 82 1964 Birthday Joe Magrane, born in Des Moines, Iowa, Joseph David Magrane, baseball player, pitcher, MLB Network broadcaster, played for Major League Baseball teams, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, NBC sports analyst at 2008 Summer Olympics 1964 Birthday Joseph Sinnott Edwards, Chicago, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1964 Death Joseph Schildkraut, Austr actor (Flame of Barbary Coast), dies at 68 1964 Death Joseph Schildkraut, actor (Joseph Schildkraut Presents), dies at 68 1964 Death Joseph Schildkraut, actor (Cleopatra, Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 68 1963 Death Joseph Self, murderer, executed; last Washington state execution in 25 yrs 1962 Death Joseph Allen, Jr., actor (All Women Have Secrets), dies at 44 1962 Birthday Duffy James Joseph Waldorf, Jr., born in Los Angeles, California, PGA golfer, 1995 LaCantera Tx 1962 Event NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 60,000 m 1962 Event NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m 1962 Event NASA civilian Test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m 1962 Event NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m 1962 Event NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 31,580 m 1962 Event NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 75,190 m 1962 Event NASA civilian pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 46,900m 1962 Death Joseph Kearns, actor (George-Dennis the Menace), dies at 55 1961 Death Joseph Schenck, Russian Businessman 1961 Event NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 33,100 m 1961 Event NASA civilian pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 34,840 m 1961 Event NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,770 m 1961 Event NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 169,600' (51,690 m) 1961 Event 3rd place game is one of the wildest contests in NCAA Tournament history as St. Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in 4 overtimes 1961 Death Belinda Lee, actress (Joseph and his Brethren), dies in car crash at 25 1961 Event Joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo 1961 Death John Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday 1960 Death Joseph Lamb, composer, dies at 72 1960 Event Joseph Kittinger parachutes from balloon at 31,330 m (84,700') 1960 Birthday Joseph Guzaldo, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Stir Crazy 1960 Birthday Joseph Martin Mudd, born in Louisville, Kentucky, PGA golfer, 1988 Federal Express 1960 Death Joseph Haas, German (opera)composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81 1960 Death Joseph Haas, German opera composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81 1959 Death Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 81 1959 Death Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73 1959 Death Viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer, dies at 85 1958 Death Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert, dies at 84 1958 Birthday Joseph Richard Sylvers, born in Memphis, Tennessee, guitarist, vocalist, member of rhythm and blues band, The Sylvers 1958 Death Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80 1958 Death Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80 1958 Birthday Joseph Paul Sindelar, born in Ft. Knox, Kentucky, PGA golfer, BC Open-1985, 87 1958 Death Clinton Joseph Davisson, dies 1958 Birthday Grandmaster Flash, Joseph Saddler, New York City, rocker, Message 1957 Death Marie Joseph Canteloube de Malaret, composer, dies at 78 1957 Death Joseph McCarthy, Wisconsin Senator-R-Wisconsin 1947 - 1957, dies at 47 1957 Death Joseph Hardaway, creator of Bugs Bunny, dies at 66 1957 Event Joseph F Cairnes succeeds Lou Perini as President of Milwaukee Braves 1956 Birthday Martin Joseph Fettman, born in Brooklyn, New York, PhD/astronaut, STS-58 1956 Death Joseph Erlanger, U.S. doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944), dies 1956 Death Joseph John Richards, composer, dies at 77 1955 Death Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz, composer, dies at 91 1955 Death Joseph Foley, actor (Mr Peepers), dies at 45 1955 Death Joseph McCabe, English Writer 1954 Event U.S. Senate admonishes Joseph Mccarthy because of slander campaign 1954 Birthday Tobias Picker, born in New York City, New York, composer, awarded Joseph H. Bearns Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, Award in Music from American Academy of Arts and Letters, composer-in-residence for Houston Symphony, 1985 - 1990, music publisher, Schott Music Corporation 1954 Birthday Alan [Joseph] Lamb, South African/British cricket player, Northampton 1954 Event Joseph Welch asks Senator Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army hearings 1954 Death Joseph Hergesheimer, novelist (Java Head), dies 1954 Birthday Joseph Bottoms, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Surfacing, Blind Date 1954 Event U.S. Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics 1954 Event Edward R. Murrow criticizes Senator Joseph McCarthy on 'See it Now' 1953 Event KQTV TV channel 2 in Saint Joseph, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Death Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, author (Path to Rome), dies at 82 1953 Death Joseph Jongen, Belgian composer, dies at 79 1953 Event Joseph Laniel appointed French premier 1953 Birthday Fred Upton, born in St. Joseph, Michigan, Representative-R-Michigan 1987 - 1953 Death Joseph Stalin, Russian Leader 1953 Birthday Carl Joseph Stone, born in America, composer, electronic music genre, minimalist, studied composition at California Institute of the Arts, served as President of the American Music Center 1952 Birthday Joseph P. Kennedy II, born in Brighton, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1987 - 1999 1952 Death Joseph Allen Sr, dies 1952 Birthday Joseph Kent Massey, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, soling yachter, 1996 Olympics bronze 1952 Death Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 66 1951 Death Robert Joseph Flaherty, documentary film maker, dies 1951 Death Joseph Bovet, composer, dies at 71 1951 Birthday Paul Dresher, born in Los Angeles, California, Paul Joseph Dresher, composer, drummer, minimalist and post-minimalist genres, studied at University of California, Berkeley, 2006 Guggenheim fellowship recipient 1950 Event Joseph Pholien becomes Belgian premier 1950 Death M Joseph V d'Arbaud, French poet/author (Li cant palustre), dies at 76 1950 Event Senator Joseph McCarthy charges State Department infested with 205 communists 1950 Event 3rd edition of Joseph Kane's Famous 1st Facts published 1950 Birthday Joseph R Tanner, Danville, Illinois, astronaut, STS-66, 82, sk: 97 1950 Death Joseph A Schumpeter, Aus/US economist/Minister of Finance, dies at 66 1950 Death Joseph Issac Shneerson, Jewish Lubavitch Chabal leader, dies 1949 Birthday Joseph C. Wilson, American Public Servant 1949 Death Joseph A Cushman, U.S. paleontologist, dies at 68 1948 Death John Joseph Pershing, American Soldier 1948 Death Joseph Wihtol, composer, dies at 84 1947 Death Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian/general, dies at 78 1947 Death Joseph Hardstaff, cricket (311 runs in 5 Tests for England 1907-08), dies 1946 Death Joseph W. Stilwell, U.S. general (China), dies 1946 Birthday Joseph Sobran, American Activist 1945 Death Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet and writer (Vienna Verbatim), dies at 43 1944 Death Joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66 1944 Death Joseph B "Aristide" Maillol, French sculptor/graphic artist, dies 1944 Birthday Joseph Celli, born in America, composer, musician, experimental, contemporary music genres, worked with John Cage, the Kronos Quartet 1944 Event Casey Stengel, manager of the Boston Braves since 1938, resigns Lou Perini, Guido Rugo, and Joseph Maney buy control of Boston Braves 1943 Death Joseph Achron, Latvian violinist and composer (Golem suite), dies at 56 1943 Death Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger, composer, dies at 47 1943 Birthday Joseph Schwantner, composer 1943 Birthday Joseph E. Stiglitz, American Economist 1943 Birthday Gavin Bryars, born in Goole, England, composer, bassist, performed in trio Joseph Holbrooke, founding member, Portsmouth Sinfonia 1943 Event Thomas Mann completes his tetralogy, "Joseph and His Brothers" 1942 Event Joseph Goebbels visits "German Theatre in the Niederlanden" 1942 Birthday Shere Hite, St. Joseph Missouri, sex therapist, Hite Report 1942 Death Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber and Lewis Fields), dies at 74 1942 Birthday Tony Meehan, born in New End, England, born Daniel Joseph Anthony Meehan, musician, drummer, founding member of the Shadows with Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Jet Harris 1942 Death Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer, dies at 92 1942 Death Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American Clergyman 1941 Event Jerome Chodorov/Joseph Fields' "Junior Miss," premieres in New York City 1941 Event Joseph Stalin became premier of Russia 1941 Event Joseph Kesselring's "Arsenic and Old Lace," premieres in New York City 1941 Death Joseph Schmidlin, German church historian, murdered at 67 1940 Birthday Anthea Joseph, music producer 1940 Birthday Joseph J. DioGuardi, born in New York City, New York, Representative-R-New York 1985 - 1989 1940 Birthday Joseph J. DioGuardi, Politician 1940 Birthday Joseph Torre, outfield/manager, Braves, Mets, 1971 NL MVP 1940 Birthday Joseph Brodsky, U.S.S.R., author, Less than 1, Nobel 1987 1940 Death Joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75 1940 Event Rear Admiral Joseph Taussig testifies before U.S. Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable 1940 Birthday Joseph L. Goldstein, born in Sumter, South Carolina, physician, Nobel-1985 1939 Death Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer, dies at 72 1939 Birthday Joseph "Jesse" Russell, U.S. singer, Slip Sliding Away 1939 Birthday Joseph Mosikili, South African actor/singer 1939 Death Joseph Mendes da Costa, sculptor, dies 1939 Birthday Joe Clark, Charles Joseph, P-C, 16th Canadian PM, 1979-80 1939 Death Joseph Roth, Austria journalist (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies at 44 1938 Birthday Joseph Bologna, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Citizen Cohn, My Favorite Year 1938 Death Joseph Moorat, composer, dies at 73 1938 Birthday Joseph Bellino, footballer, 1960 Heisman Trophy 1937 Birthday Karol Joseph Bobko, New York City, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-6, STS-51D, STS-51J 1937 Birthday Joseph Jarman, American Musician 1937 Death Joseph Lee, father of Playgrounds movement, dies 1937 Birthday Joseph P Allen IV, Crawfordsville, Indiana, PhD/astronaut, STS-5, STS 51A 1937 Birthday Roger [Joseph] Zelazny, sci-fi author, 6 Hugos, Chronicles of Amber 1937 Birthday Joseph Saidu Momoh, gen/president, Sierra Leone 1937 Birthday Joseph Wambaugh, born in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, police writer, Onion Fields 1936 Birthday Joseph Willaert, Flemish painter 1936 Birthday Anthony Joseph Gnazzo, composer 1935 Event 1,200 at St. Joseph's College (Philadelphia) enroll in anticommunism class 1935 Birthday Frank Joseph Kofsky, teacher/writer 1934 Birthday Wendy Craig, born in England, actress, Joseph Andrews 1933 Birthday Joseph Pope, U.S. singer, Hey Girl Don't Bother Me 1933 Death Paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer, dies at 80 1933 Birthday Joseph Bottoms, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Blind Date, Braker 1933 Birthday Joseph D. Early, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1975 - 1993 1933 Birthday Ron[ald Joseph] Goulart, U.S., sci-fi author, Deadwalk, Plunder 1932 Death Nadya Aliluieva, wife of Joseph Stalin, dies at 30 1932 Death Joseph F F Babinski, Polish/French neurologist (B-Reflex), dies 1932 Birthday Paul Joseph Weitz, born in Erie, Pennsylvania, astronaut, Skylab 2, STS-6 1932 Birthday Jenny Joseph, English Poet 1932 Birthday Joseph Silverstein, born in Detroit, Michigan, violinist, Denver Symphony Orchestra 1932 Birthday Joseph P. Kerwin, born in Oak Park, Illinois, Captain Med Corps USN/astronaut, Skylab 2 1931 Event Joseph A Lyons (C) becomes premier of Australia 1931 Birthday Joseph M. McDade, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Pennsylvania 1963 - 1999 1931 Birthday Joseph Daniel White, singer/bandleader 1931 Birthday Joseph Lichtman Layton, dancer 1931 Event NHL's Quebec Bulldogs' Joseph Malone scores a record 7 goals 1931 Death Joseph J C Joffre, French marshal, dies at 78 1930 Birthday Brian Joseph Lenihan, politician 1930 Event Joseph Sylvester becomes 1st jockey to win 7 races in 1 day 1930 Event NY World reports disappearance of supreme court justice Joseph Crater 1930 Death Joseph Force Crater, American Judge 1930 Event Georges Forbes succeeds Joseph Ward as premier of New Zealand 1930 Birthday Joseph Burnett-Stuart, CEO, Robert Fleming Holdings 1929 Birthday William Joseph "Pete" Knight, astronaut/test pilot, X-15 1929 Death Joseph McGinnity, baseball pitcher (New York Giants), dies at 58 1929 Birthday Joseph Jackson, American Businessman 1929 Death Joseph "Top Toad" Giunta, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone 1929 Birthday Joseph Anthony Pass, guitarist 1928 Birthday William Joseph Russo, composer 1928 Birthday Joseph "Cardinal" Bernardin, of Chicago 1928 Birthday Ezra Sims, born in Birmingham, Alabama, composer of microtonal music, Joseph Maneri adopted his system of notation, composed in quarter tones, received Guggenheim Fellowship 1927 Birthday Joseph Castaldo, composer 1927 Birthday Joseph Campanella, New York City, actor, Dr. Steffen-The Nurses, Lou-Mannix 1927 Birthday Joseph Wilbur Adcock, manager/player, Braves 1927 Birthday Joseph Ratzinger, German theologist/dogmaticus 1927 Birthday Roy Cohn, lawyer, "grand inquisitor", for Senator Joseph McCarthy 1927 Event Harry Tierney/Joseph McCarthy's "Rio Rita," premieres in New York City 1926 Death Joseph McKenna, American Politician 1926 Death Joseph Gurney Cannon, American Politician 1926 Birthday Joseph M. Gaydos, born in Braddock, Pennsylvania, Representative-D-Pennsylvania 1968 - 1993 1926 Birthday Joseph Horovitz, composer 1926 Death Joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher, dies 1926 Death Joseph Pennell, artist/author, dies 1926 Death Joseph Carl Breil, composer, dies at 55 1925 Birthday Raymond Joseph Cecil, British architect 1924 Death Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 76 1924 Death Joseph Vezina, composer, dies at 75 1924 Death Joseph Conrad, Polish/British writer (Heart of Darkness), dies at 66 1924 Event 1st coast-to-coast radio hookup: General John Joseph Carty speech in Chicago 1924 Death Joseph Ludwig, composer, dies at 79 1923 Death Dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88 1923 Death Joseph Leopold Rockel, composer, dies at 85 1923 Birthday Joseph Heller, born in Brooklyn, New York, novelist, Catch-22, 1963 Arts and Letters Award 1923 Birthday Joseph Wiezenbaum, artificial intelligence pioneer 1923 Birthday Joseph Weizenbaum, American Educator 1922 Event German Reichs Chancellor Joseph Wirth term ends 1922 Birthday Joseph Stefano, American Writer 1921 Birthday Kenneth Joseph Arrow, American Economist 1921 Birthday Joseph Papp, born in Brooklyn, stage producer/director, Pirates of Penzance 1921 Birthday Joseph Beuys, Germany, avant-garde painter/politician 1921 Birthday Joseph Albert Walker, Washington D.C., test pilot, X-15 1920 Birthday Joseph Olutola Olu Odutola Oguntala, soho club owner 1920 Event Joseph Horne Company in Pittsburgh sells radios for $10 1920 Birthday Beryl Reid, actress, Joseph Andrews, Psychomania, Yellowbeard 1920 Death Joseph Trumpeldor, killed defending Tel-Mai against arab attack 1920 Birthday Joseph George Handy Hendleman, musician 1919 Birthday Joseph Albert Wapner, Louisiana, judge, People's Court 1919 Birthday Betty Garrett, St. Joseph, Missouri, actress, Irene-All in the Family 1919 Birthday Joseph R Hunt, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1943 1918 Death Joseph Lesage, French painter/etcher (WW I), dies at 34 1918 Event Dr. Joseph L Johnson named minister to Liberia 1918 Birthday Joseph Wiseman, Montreal, actor, Dr. No, Viva Zapata, Les Miserables 1918 Birthday Joseph Allen, Jr., born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Death of a Champion 1918 Birthday Margaret Osborne DuPont, born in Joseph, Oregon, tennis pro, U.S. Open 1948-50 1918 Birthday Joseph Walker Barr, banker/politician 1917 Birthday Hugh Joseph Charles James L'Etang, medical writer 1917 Birthday Joseph Coors, CEO, Adolph Coors Co Brewery 1917 Death Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72 1917 Birthday Joseph Ortiz, French-Algerian extremist, barricade uprising 1917 Birthday Joseph Stone, lawyer 1916 Event Joseph Joffre becomes marshal of France 1916 Death Franz Joseph, Austrian Statesman 1916 Birthday Walter Cronkite, St. Joseph, Missouri, news anchor, CBS Evening News 1962-81 1916 Birthday Ruth Warwick, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, actress, Citizen Kane, All My Children 1916 Birthday Joseph W. Kennedy, scientist, 1 of 4 discoverers of plutonium 1916 Death Joseph S Gallieni, General/military governor of Paris, dies 1916 Birthday Joseph Janni, producer 1916 Event 1st edition of Joseph Patterson/Sidney Smith strip "Gumps" 1916 Birthday Joseph L Alioto, Mayor-SF 1915 Death George Joseph Smith, British Criminal 1915 Birthday Joseph Kagan, businessman 1915 Birthday Joseph Greenberg, American Writer 1915 Birthday Joseph D Craggs, electrical engineer 1915 Birthday Harry Joseph Chick Daugherty, trombonist, Spike Jones and City Slickers 1915 Death Johann Joseph Abert, composer, dies at 82 1915 Birthday Joseph Roy George Ralston, pilot 1914 Birthday Daniel Joseph Boorstin, author, Empire of Czar, 1974 Pulitzer Prize 1914 Birthday Robert J. Morris, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, lawyer, served New York State Assembly committee investigating Communist activities, credited for efforts attributed to Senator Joseph McCarthy 1914 Birthday Joseph M "Joop" Lucker, Dutch journalist/editor in chief, Volkskrant 1914 Death Joseph Chamberlain, British minister to Germany, dies at 78 1914 Birthday Joseph de Pietro, U.S., 56kg weightlifter 1948 Olympics gold 1914 Death Joseph Wilson Swan, physicist/chemist, dies 1913 Birthday Joseph Peter Grace, businessman 1913 Death Joseph Bayer, composer, dies at 61 1912 Death Joseph Wieniawski, composer, dies at 75 1912 Birthday Joseph Fattorini, businessman 1912 Birthday Joseph Stein, dramatist/playwright, Fiddler on the Roof 1912 Birthday Joseph Anthony, Deuster, U.S. director/actor, Matchmaker, Tomorrow 1912 Event Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories The award is established by Joseph Pulitzer 1911 Death Joseph D Hooker, British botanist, dies at 94 1911 Death Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC 1911 Birthday Joseph MAH Luns, foreign minister/secr-general, NATO 1911 Birthday Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician 1911 Birthday Joe Hardstaff, Jr., cricketer, son of Joseph, 23 Tests for England 1911 Event Joseph Caillaux forms government in France 1911 Birthday Robert Joseph Kane, born in Ithaca, New York, President of U.S. Olympic Commission, 1976 1911 Birthday Joseph Barbera, animator, Hanna-Barbera 1911 Birthday Charles Joseph A. Russhon, USAF Lieutenant Colonel/liaison, James Bond films 1911 Birthday Joseph Tomelty, actor and playwright, Bedevilled, Moby Dick, Melba 1910 Birthday Joseph Alsop, political newspaper columnist, Men Around the President 1910 Birthday Josef Tal, born in Pinne, Poland, born Joseph Gruenthal, composer, pianist, played hard with Palestine Orchestra, developed notational system for computer-generated compositions at Hebrew University 1909 Birthday Joseph McCarthy, born in Grand Chute, Wisconsin Senator-R-Wisconsin 1947 - 1957 1909 Birthday Joseph Force Crater, American Judge 1909 Birthday Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist, champ sprinter 1932-37, 1909 Birthday Joseph L Mankiewicz, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, film writer and director, Sleuth 1909 Birthday Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Director 1909 Birthday Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Flem cyclist, champ sprinter 1932-37, 1909 Birthday Joseph Walton Losey, Wisconsin, director, Damned, Accident 1908 Death Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40 1908 Birthday Joseph Mitchell, writer 1908 Birthday Joseph Kotalla, German war criminal, 4 of Breda 1908 Birthday Joseph Keilberth, German conductor, Bayreuther Festspiele 1908 Birthday Joop [Joseph] van Santen, Dutch 1st chamber member, CPN 1907 Birthday Joseph Wechsberg, Austria/U.S. writer, Looking For a Bluebird 1907 Death Joseph Joachim, German violinist and composer, dies at 76 1907 Birthday Benny Baker, St. Joseph, Missouri, actor, 18 Again, Sting II, Thunderbirds 1906 Event Joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy 1906 Death Joseph F Glidden, inventor (barbed wire), dies 1906 Event Joseph Harris (Boston) and Jack Coombs (A's) pitch complete 24 inn game 1906 Birthday Joseph Wright, born in Canada, oarsman, 1928 Olympics gold 1906 Death Joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70 1906 Death Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51 1905 Birthday Joseph Heifitz, film director 1905 Birthday Joseph Kosma, composer 1905 Birthday Francis Joseph Quinn, academic 1905 Birthday Joseph C Harsch, Toledo Ohio, newscaster, Background 1905 Birthday Joseph Cotten, Virginia, actor, 3rd Man, Airport 77, Hearse 1905 Death Joseph Jefferson, American Artist 1905 Birthday Helen B M Fennell Joseph, anti-apartheid writer, Side by Side 1905 Death Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85 1904 Death Chief Joseph, U.S. indian chief (Nez Perces), dies 1904 Birthday Leo Joseph Suenens, Cardinal, Belgium 1904 Birthday Joseph Campbell, mythologist, Mythic Image 1904 Birthday John J. Sirica, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, John Joseph Sirica, judge, Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, presided over Watergate scandal, Time magazine Person of the Year, 1973 1904 Birthday Joseph Ford McGuinn, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Dick Tracy's G-Men 1903 Birthday Joseph Cornell, American Sculptor 1903 Birthday Joseph Kaminski, composer 1903 Birthday Joseph Desire Fernandel, Marseilles France, comedian, Grand Chef 1903 Death Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68 1903 Death Joseph Parry, composer, dies at 61 1902 Birthday Joseph Paul Sharkey Zukauskas, boxer 1902 Birthday Jeno Takacs, born in Cinfalva, Hungary, composer, studied with Joseph Marx, Paul Weigarten, professor of piano, composition at University of Manila in the Philippines, gave concerts in China, Japan, Hong Kong 1902 Event Anti-Jewish rioters attack funeral procession of Rabbi Joseph (New York City) 1901 Birthday Joseph Pasternak, film producer, Anchors Aweigh, Date With Judy 1900 Birthday Joseph Needham, British Scientist 1900 Birthday Joseph E A "Jo" Spier, Dutch cartoonist/water color painter 1900 Birthday Joseph Green, film maker 1900 Birthday Joseph Frederick Wagner, composer 1899 Birthday Joseph Nathan Kane, historian, Famous Firsts 1898 Death Elisabeth AE, empress of Austria/wife of Franz Joseph I, dies at 60 1898 Death Joseph Robinson, composer, dies at 82 1898 Birthday Joseph Hazen, lawyer 1898 Birthday Joseph Kessel, French journalist and writer, Army of the Shadows 1897 Birthday Joseph Goebbels, Nazi propagandist 1897 Birthday Joseph Goebbels, Criminal 1897 Birthday Joseph Auslander, American Poet 1897 Event Emperor Karl Joseph I named Gustav Mahler director of Opera 1897 Birthday Joseph Calleia, Malta, actor, Jungle Book, Gilda, Touch of Evil 1897 Death James Joseph Sylvester, English Mathematician 1896 Birthday Rex Maupin, St. Joseph, Missouri, orchestra leader, Tin Pan Alley TV 1896 Death Anton Joseph Bruckner, composer, dies at 72 1896 Death Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57 1895 Birthday Buster [Joseph F] Keaton, actor, Navigator, Steamboat Bill, Jr 1895 Birthday Joseph Banks Rhine, Penn, parapsychologist, Extra-Sensory Perception 1895 Birthday Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger, composer 1895 Death Joseph Paul Skelly, composer, dies at 44 1895 Death Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73 1895 Death Joseph Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker' Almanack), dies at 75 1895 Birthday Joseph Schildkraut, Vienna, actor, Joseph Schildkraut Presents 1895 Birthday Joseph Rosenstock, Cracow Poland, conductor, Nippon Philharmonic Orchestra 1936 - 1941 1894 Death Joseph E. Brown, American Politician 1894 Birthday Joseph Roth, Austria, journalist and writer, Hotel Savoy 1894 Death William Joseph Westbrook, composer, dies at 63 1894 Death Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24 1893 Birthday Joseph W. Krutch, U.S. naturalist, Was Europe a Success? 1893 Death Joseph W. Krutch, U.S. naturalist (Was Europe a Success?), dies 1893 Birthday Joseph Wood Krutch, American Environmentalist 1893 Birthday Irving Bacon, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, actor, Branded Men, Fort Ti 1893 Birthday Harold/Joseph Laski, English economist/Labour leader, 1945-.. 1893 Birthday Joseph Yasser, composer 1893 Birthday Joseph Messner, composer 1892 Death Joseph Lippens, Belgian lieutenant in Congo, murdered 1892 Birthday Joseph Szigeti, Budapest Hungary, violinist, Violinist Notebook 1933 1892 Death Edouard Joseph Stevens, Belgian painter/graphic artist, dies at 72 1892 Birthday Joseph Dunninger, born in New York City, mentalist, Amazing Dunninger 1892 Birthday Jozsef Mindszenty, Joseph Prehm, Hungarian cardinal 1892 Birthday Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet and writer, Adel und Untergang 1891 Death Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer, dies at 73 1889 Death Joseph B Lightfoot, English theologist/bishop of Durham, dies at 61 1889 Death Joseph H "Jozef" Neuhuys, painter, dies at 48 1889 Birthday Joseph L. Hromadka, Czechoslovakian theologist, Lenin prize 1957 1889 Death Joseph A Alberdingk Thijm, Pauwels Foreestier, poet, dies at 68 1889 Death Joseph Gungl, composer, dies at 78 1888 Birthday Joseph Beran, Czechoslovakian archbishop of Prague/cardinal 1888 Birthday Joseph Arthur Rank, English film magnate/baron 1888 Birthday Joseph P. Kennedy, born in Boston, Massachusetts, diplomat, father of John F. Kennedy, RFK and Teddy 1888 Birthday Joseph P. Kennedy, American Diplomat 1888 Birthday Joseph Csaky, Hungarian/French sculptor 1888 Birthday Joseph Henabery, born in Omaha, Nebraska, director, Cobra 1887 Birthday Joseph Lamb, composer 1886 Birthday Joseph Achron, Latvia/US violinist and composer, Golem suite 1886 Death Joseph Albert, German photographer (Albertotype), dies at 61 1886 Death Joseph V von Scheffel, German writer (Ekkehard), dies at 60 1886 Birthday John Joseph Becker, composer 1885 Birthday Joseph Deems Taylor, New York City, composer, Peter Ibbetson 1885 Birthday Egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist 1885 Birthday Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israeli Knesset, 1949-59 1885 Birthday Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader 1884 Birthday Joseph Pholien, Belgian premier, 1950 - 1952, communist hunter 1884 Birthday Joseph Crehan, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight 1884 Event John Joseph Montgomery makes 1st glider flight, Otay, California 1883 Death Joseph AF Plateau, Belgian physicist (Blue Moon), dies 1883 Birthday Joseph W. Stilwell, U.S. general, China 1883 Birthday Joseph A. Schumpeter, Austria/U.S. economist/minister of finance 1883 Birthday Joseph A. Schumpeter, American Economist 1882 Death Joseph Liouville, French mathematician (surface of Liouville), dies 1882 Death Joseph Joachim Raff, German opera composer (Cavatine), dies at 60 1882 Birthday Joseph Marx, Austrian composer/critic 1882 Death Jesse James, outlaw, shot dead at 34, in St. Joseph, Missouri by Robert Ford 1881 Birthday Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager, New York Yankees 1881 Death Joseph Labitzky, composer, dies at 79 1881 Birthday Joseph A. Cushman, U.S., palaentologist 1880 Birthday Joseph Tinker, baseball Hall of Famer, 1/3 of fame double play combo 1880 Death Joseph Rummel, composer, dies at 61 1879 Birthday Joseph Stalin, Russian dictator; murdered 11,000,000 1879 Birthday Marie Joseph Canteloube de Malaret, composer 1879 Birthday Joseph Bovet, composer 1879 Birthday Joseph Wirth, German politician, Stalin Peace Prize 1879 Birthday Joseph Haas, German, opera, composer, Tobias Wunderlich 1879 Event Joseph Swan demonstrates light bulb using carbon glow 1878 Birthday Joseph Schenck, Russian Businessman 1878 Event Joseph Pulitzer begins publishing "St. Louis Dispatch" 1878 Event Joseph Pulitzer buys St. Louis Dispatch for $2,500 1878 Birthday Joseph John Richards, composer 1878 Birthday Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/conductor/composer 1878 Death Joseph Henry, American Scientist 1878 Birthday Joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer 1878 Birthday Joseph Gordon Coates, Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1925 - 1928 1877 Event Chief Joseph surrenders, ending Nez Perce War 1877 Birthday Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer 1876 Birthday Baron Joseph van de Meulebroeck, mayor, Brussels, Belgium 1876 Death Joseph Bosworth, lexicographer/scholar, dies 1876 Birthday Joseph Schmidlin, German church historian/antifascist 1875 Death Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, composer, dies at 84 1875 Birthday Maurice Joseph Ravel, born in Cibourne, France, composer, Bolero 1875 Death Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55 1874 Event Joseph F. Glidden patents barbed wire 1874 Birthday Joseph Willoughby, cricketer, 2 Tests for South Africa 1895-96 1874 Birthday Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert 1874 Birthday Joseph Erlanger, doctor, shock therapy-Nobel 1944 1873 Death Joseph Howe, Canadian Politician 1873 Birthday Viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer 1872 Birthday [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress/wife of Joseph of Lyre 1872 Birthday George Joseph Smith, British Criminal 1871 Birthday Joseph McGinnity, born in Rock Island, Illinois, baseball pitcher for the New York Giants 1870 Event Joseph Rainey (SC) became 1st black sworn into House of Reps 1870 Event Joseph H Rainey, 1st black in House of Representatives (SC) 1870 Birthday Joseph Carl Breil, composer 1870 Birthday Joseph Ryeland, Belgian composer/Baron 1870 Birthday Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer 1870 Birthday Joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder, Golden Gate Bridge 1869 Birthday Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American Clergyman 1869 Birthday Joseph Duveen, England, art connoisseur, Elgin marbles 1869 Birthday John Joseph Pershing, American Soldier 1869 Birthday Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian/archivist 1867 Birthday Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, Silesia, German architect, Wiener Sezession 1867 Birthday Joseph McCabe, English Writer 1867 Birthday Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer, Weber and Lewis Fields 1867 Event Joseph Monier patents reinforced concrete 1867 Birthday Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer 1866 Birthday Joseph Limburg, liberal Second-Member of parliament, 1905-19 1866 Birthday Joseph Lincoln Steffens, muckraker and journalist, Shame of the Cities 1865 Death Joseph Paxton, designer (Crystal Palace), dies 1864 Birthday Joseph Moorat, composer 1864 Birthday Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz, composer 1864 Death Joseph Gilbert Totten, U.S. Union general-major, dies at 76 1863 Death Joseph Mayseder, composer, dies at 74 1863 Death Paul Joseph Revere, U.S. grandson of Paul Revere/Union Brigadier-General, dies 1863 Death Joseph Netherclift, composer, dies at 70 1863 Event General Joseph Hooker replaces Burnside as head of Army of Potomac 1862 Death Joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84 1862 Death Joseph Bennett Plummer, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies at 42 or 46 1862 Event Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir builds 1st automobile 1862 Birthday Joseph Lee, helped develop playgrounds 1862 Death Joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81 1861 Death Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71 1861 Death Franz Joseph Glaser, composer, dies at 63 1861 Birthday Bion Joseph Arnold, electrical engineer/inventor 1860 Event Joseph Jefferson's "Rip Van Winkle," premieres in New York City 1860 Death Joseph Locke, railway engineer, dies 1860 Birthday Joseph Carey Merrick, "Elephant Man" 1860 Event 1st Pony Express rider arrives in San Francisco from St. Joseph, Missouri 1860 Event Pony Express began between St. Joseph Missouri and Sacramento California 1859 Death Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, composer, dies at 65 1858 Birthday Joseph Thomson, Scotland, geologist, Thomson's gazelle 1857 Death Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73 1857 Birthday Joseph Conrad, Poland, novelist, Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness 1857 Death Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet (That Freier), dies at 69 1857 Birthday Joseph F F Babinski, Polish/French neurologist, Babinski reflex 1857 Death Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer, dies at 54 1857 Death Joseph Fischhof, composer, dies at 53 1856 Birthday Joseph John Thomson, Eng, physicist discovered electron, Nobel 1906 1856 Death Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64 1855 Death Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies 1854 Birthday Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer 1854 Event Austria's Franz Joseph I marries Elisabeth A E "Sissi" 1854 Death Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner, composer, dies at 84 1853 Birthday Joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter 1852 Birthday Paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer 1852 Birthday Joseph Bayer, composer 1852 Death Joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69 1852 Death Micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies 1852 Birthday Joseph J C Joffre, French Field Marshal, Indo China, Marne 1851 Birthday Oliver Joseph Lodge, born in England, early radio pioneer 1850 Birthday Joseph Paul Skelly, composer 1849 Birthday Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer 1849 Birthday Joseph Mallaby Dent, Dutch publisher 1849 Birthday Joseph Vezina, composer 1849 Birthday Joseph S. Gallieni, general, Battle of Marne, military governor, Paris 1849 Event Joseph Couch patents steam-powered percussion rock drill 1848 Event Antoine Joseph Sax patents Saxophone 1848 Birthday Antoine Joseph Sax, inventor, saxophone 1848 Birthday Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer 1847 Birthday Joseph Pulitzer, born in Hungary, publisher, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, New York World 1846 Death Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer/choir master, dies at 81 1846 Event Saxophone is patents by Antoine Joseph Sax 1846 Death Joseph Weigl, Austria composer and conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at 79 1845 Event Joseph Francis, New York City, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat 1845 Death Franz Joseph Volkert, composer, dies at 67 1844 Event Brigham Young chosen Mormon Church head following Joseph Smith death 1844 Birthday Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer 1844 Birthday Joseph Ludwig, composer 1844 Death Joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78 1843 Birthday Joseph McKenna, American Politician 1843 Event Mormon leader Joseph Smith say God OKs polygamy 1843 Death Joseph Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist, dies at 42 1842 Death Joseph Rastrelli, composer, dies at 43 1841 Birthday Joseph Parry, composer 1841 Death Joseph Blanco White, theological writert, dies 1841 Birthday Joseph H. Neuhuys, painter 1840 Death Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89 1840 Birthday Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii 1839 Death Fernando Joseph Maria Sor, composer, dies at 61 1839 Death Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator, dies 1839 Death Joseph A Koch, Australia painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70 1838 Birthday Joseph F Smith, 6th President of Mormon church 1838 Death Joseph Lancaster, English Educator 1838 Death Joseph Panny, composer, dies at 43 1838 Birthday Joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal 1838 Birthday Joseph Leopold Rockel, composer 1837 Birthday Joseph Grimaldi, London, clown 1837 Death Joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57 1837 Death Joseph Anderson, American Politician 1837 Death Joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53 1837 Birthday Joseph Wieniawski, composer 1836 Birthday Joseph Wheeler II, Major General, Confederacy/Cavalry/Army of Tennessee 1836 Birthday Joseph Chamberlain, British minister of Commerce/Colonies 1836 Birthday Joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer, Helium, founder, Nature magazine 1836 Birthday Joseph Cannon, American Politician 1835 Birthday Dom Joseph Pothier, French monk/musicologist 1835 Birthday Joseph Hayes, Major General Union volunteers 1834 Event Joseph Hansom of London receives patent for Hansom cabs 1834 Birthday Joseph Jackson Bartlett, Major General Union volunteers 1834 Birthday Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer, John Inglesant 1833 Death Joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63 1833 Birthday Garnet Joseph, 1st viscount Wolseley soldier 1833 Event Joseph Pease, a Quaker, admitted to Parliament on his affirmation 1832 Birthday Joseph Smith, son of founder of Mormonism 1832 Death Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, composer, dies at 73 1832 Birthday Johann Joseph Abert, composer 1832 Death Bernhard Joseph Klein, composer, dies at 39 1832 Event Mormon Joseph Smith beaten, tarred and feathered in Ohio 1831 Death Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Austrian composer/piano builder, dies at 74 1831 Birthday Joseph Joachim, born in Kittsee, Germany, violinist, Hungarian Concerto 1831 Death Joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer, dies at 64 1831 Birthday Marcus Joseph Wright, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1831 Birthday William Joseph Westbrook, composer 1830 Birthday Joseph Orville Shelby, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1830 Birthday Franz Joseph, Austrian Statesman 1830 Death Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies 1830 Event Joseph Smith and 5 others organizes Mormon church in Seneca Co, New York 1829 Event Joseph Smith ordained by John the Baptist according to Joseph Smith 1829 Birthday Joseph Jefferson, American Artist 1828 Death Franz Joseph Gall, German/French physician (frenology), dies at 70 1828 Birthday Joseph Bradford Carr, Major General Union volunteers 1828 Birthday Joseph B. Lightfoot, English theologist/bishop of Durham 1827 Birthday Joseph Anthony Mower, Major General Union volunteers 1827 Death Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82 1827 Event Joseph Dixon begins manufacturing lead pencils 1826 Death Joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65 1826 Birthday Jean Joseph Bott, German violinist and composer 1826 Birthday Joseph V von Scheffel, German writer, Gaudeamus 1825 Birthday Joseph Benjamin Palmer, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1825 Birthday Joseph Bailey, Major General Union volunteers 1825 Birthday Joseph Albert, German photographer, albertotype 1825 Birthday Joseph Robert Davis, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1824 Birthday Joseph Horace Lewis, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1824 Event Joseph Aspdin patents Portland cement (Yorkshire England) 1824 Birthday Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1824 Death Joseph Joubert, French Writer 1823 Death Joseph Pouteau, composer, dies at 84 1823 Birthday Joseph Alexander Cooper, Major General Union volunteers 1823 Event Moroni 1st appears to Joseph Smith, according to Smith 1823 Birthday Joseph E Labbe, French lawyer 1823 Birthday Mother Joseph, Esther Pariseau, religious leader, US capitol 1823 Birthday Joseph Medill, born in St. John, Canada, newspaper editor, Chicago Tribune 1823 Birthday Joseph Farmer Knipe, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1823 Birthday Peter Joseph Osterhaus, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Birthday Joseph Haydn Potter, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1822 Birthday Joseph Rodman West, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Death Joseph Supries, composer, dies at 60 1822 Birthday Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter 1822 Death Franz Innocenz Joseph Kobell, German landscape painter, dies at 72 1822 Birthday Joseph Brevard Kershaw, Major General Confederate Army 1822 Birthday Joseph Jones Reynolds, Major General Union volunteers 1821 Birthday Emerson Brown Joseph, Confederacy 1821 Birthday Joseph E. Brown, American Politician 1821 Death Joseph de Maistre, French Diplomat 1820 Death Joseph R. Drake, U.S. poet (American Flag), dies at 25) 1820 Birthday Joseph Alberdingk Thijm, Pauwels Foreestier, poet, Dietsche Warande 1820 Death Joseph Banks, English natural historian (Cook/Australia), dies 1820 Birthday Joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack 1820 Death Joseph F. Weigl, German/Austria violin cellist, dies at 79 1819 Birthday Edouard Joseph Stevens, Belgian animal painter/graphic artist 1819 Birthday Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, Crises Commercial 1819 Birthday Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer 1818 Event "Silent Night" composed by Franz Joseph Gruber; 1st sung next day 1818 Birthday Joseph Rummel, composer 1818 Birthday Joseph Abel Haskin, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1817 Birthday Joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister, 1870-71 1817 Birthday Joseph K Barnes, Major General Union Army 1817 Birthday Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer 1817 Birthday Joseph D Hooker, British botanist 1816 Death Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 44 1816 Birthday Joseph Bennett Plummer, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1816 Birthday Joseph Robinson, composer 1815 Birthday William Joseph Hardee, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1814 Death Charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belgian Field Marshal/author, dies at 79 1814 Birthday Joseph Finegan, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1814 Birthday Joseph Hooker, Major General Union volunteers 1814 Birthday James Joseph Sylvester, English Mathematician 1814 Death George Joseph Vogler, composer, dies at 64 1813 Birthday Joseph Tarr Copeland, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1813 Birthday Joseph Reid Anderson, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1813 Death Jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41 1813 Birthday Joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor, 1st coml useable barbed wire 1812 Death Emmanuel Johann Joseph Schikaneder, composer, dies at 61 1812 Death Jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer, dies at 81 1812 Death Joseph Schuster, composer, dies at 63 1812 Death Joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38 1812 Birthday Joseph Warren Revere, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1811 Birthday Joseph Dana Webster, Major General Union volunteers 1811 Birthday Joseph Lanman, Commander Union Navy 1811 Birthday Urbain Jean Joseph le Verrier, co-discoverer, Neptune 1810 Birthday Joseph Gungl, composer 1810 Death Joseph Lipavsky, composer, dies at 37 1809 Death Joseph Quesne, composer, dies at 62 1809 Birthday Franz Joseph Haydn, Vienna Austria, composer 1809 Death Franz Joseph Haydn, composer, dies on 77th birthday 1809 Death Joseph M Vien, French (court)painter/etcher, dies at 92 1809 Birthday Joseph Liouville, France, discover of transcendental numbers 1809 Birthday Joseph Jenkins Roberts, 1st President of Liberia 1809 Death Johann Joseph Emmert, composer, dies at 76 1809 Birthday Pierre Joseph Proudhon, France, politician, libertarian socialist 1808 Death Joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83 1808 Event Joseph Haydns oratorio "Die Schopfung" premieres in Vienna 1808 Event Napoleon's brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain 1807 Death Joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies 1807 Birthday Joseph Eggleston Johnston, General Confederate Army 1807 Birthday Joseph Holt, Major General Union Army 1806 Birthday Joseph Lewis Hogg, Brigadier General Confederate Army, die in 1862 1805 Birthday Joseph Smith, Jr., Sharon Vt, founder, Mormon Church 1805 Death Joseph Marie Clement dall' Abaco, composer, dies at 95 1804 Birthday Joseph Howe, Canadian Politician 1804 Birthday Joseph Fischhof, composer 1804 Death Joseph Priestley, English / U.S0 theologist, philosopher. and chemist, dies at 70 1803 Birthday Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, Major General Union volunteers 1803 Birthday Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer 1802 Death Johann Georg Joseph Spangler, composer, dies at 50 1802 Birthday Joseph Labitzky, composer 1801 Birthday Joseph AF Plateau, Belgium, physicist, blinded - stared at Sun 25 seconds 1801 Birthday Joseph Paxton, English landscape architect, Crystal Palace 1801 Event 1st performance of Joseph Haydn's oratorio "Die Jahreszeiten" 1799 Death Joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71 1799 Death Joseph Friebert, composer, dies at 74 1799 Birthday Joseph Rastrelli, composer 1799 Event Joseph Haydn's "Die Schopfung," premieres in Vienna 1798 Birthday Franz Joseph Glaser, composer 1797 Birthday Joseph Henry, U.S., scientist/inventor/pioneer of electromagnetism 1797 Birthday Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs 1796 Death Joseph Lederer, composer, dies at 63 1796 Birthday Joseph Pannell Taylor, Brigadier General Union Army 1795 Event Joseph Haydn returns to Vienna from England 1795 Event Joseph Haydn leaves England forever 1795 Event Joseph Haydns 102nd Symphony in B, premieres 1794 Birthday Joseph Panny, composer 1794 Event 1st U.S. patent (Joseph G Pierson for a riveting machine) 1794 Event 1st performance of Joseph Haydn's 101st Symphony in D 1794 Event Joseph Haydn's 99th Symphony in E, premieres 1793 Death Joseph Legros, composer, dies at 54 1793 Birthday Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, composer 1793 Birthday Bernhard Joseph Klein, composer 1792 Death Joseph Martin Kraus, composer, dies at 36 1792 Event In Vienna, Ludwig Von Beethoven (22) receives 1st lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn 1792 Birthday Joseph Netherclift, composer 1792 Event Joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G, premieres 1791 Birthday Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer 1791 Death Joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57 1790 Birthday Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer 1790 Birthday Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, composer 1790 Birthday Joseph Smith, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1790 Death Joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies at 48 1790 Death Joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer), German rococo sculptor, dies 1789 Birthday Joseph Mayseder, composer 1789 Death Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer, dies at 68 1788 Death Joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88 1788 Birthday Joseph Gilbert Totten, Major General Union Army 1788 Death Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56 1788 Birthday Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet, Das Marmorbild 1788 Death Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer, dies at 63 1787 Birthday Joseph von Fraunhofer, born in Germany, physicist, studied Sun's spectrum 1785 Death Etienne Joseph Floquet, composer, dies at 36 1785 Event British inventor Joseph Bramah patents beer-pump handle 1784 Birthday Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer 1784 Death Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 59 1783 Birthday Joseph Lincke, composer 1783 Event Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight 1782 Death Joseph Reipel, composer, dies at 73 1782 Birthday Joseph Drechsler, composer 1780 Birthday Joseph Frohlich, composer 1779 Birthday Joseph Grimaldi, England, pantomimist, "greatest clown in history" 1779 Death Joseph Hewes, U.S. merchant and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 49 1779 Birthday Joseph Story, Massachusetts, 19th Supreme Court justice, 1812-45 1778 Birthday Joseph Lancaster, English Educator 1778 Birthday Joseph Funk, composer 1778 Birthday Fernando Joseph Maria Sor, composer 1778 Birthday Franz Joseph Volkert, composer 1777 Event English ambassador Joseph Yorke demands dismissal of Governor John de Graaff for saluting U.S. flag 1775 Birthday Joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter, Shipwreck 1774 Birthday Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist, understood 70 languages 1774 Event Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen 1773 Birthday Joseph Wolfl, composer 1772 Birthday Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer 1772 Death Johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, composer, dies at 48 1772 Death Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged 1772 Birthday Joseph Lipavsky, composer 1771 Birthday Jan Joseph Rosler, composer 1770 Death Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer, dies at 74 1769 Birthday Joseph Comb, missionary to Molukkas 1769 Birthday Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner, composer 1767 Death Joseph Paul Ziegler, composer, dies at 45 1767 Birthday Joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer 1766 Birthday Joseph Weigl, Austria composer and conductor, Emmeline 1766 Death Gregor Joseph Werner, composer, dies at 73 1765 Birthday Joseph Mazzinghi, composer 1765 Death Joseph Thaddaus Stammel, Austrian sculptor, dies at 70 1765 Birthday Joseph N. Niepce, French inventor, photography 1765 Death Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39 1764 Birthday Joseph Leopold von Eybler, Austrian composer 1763 Birthday Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator 1762 Death Joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51 1761 Birthday Joseph Supries, composer 1761 Birthday Joseph Lefebvre, composer 1761 Death Willem de Fesch, Dutch violinist and composer (Joseph), dies at 73 1760 Birthday Joseph Graetz, composer 1759 Death Louis Joseph Montcalm, French general (Plains of Abraham), dies at 47 1758 Birthday Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, composer 1758 Birthday Franz Joseph Gall, German and French physician, frenology 1757 Birthday Joseph Anderson, American Politician 1757 Birthday Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, composer 1756 Birthday Joseph Martin Kraus, composer 1756 Birthday Joseph Gehot, composer 1755 Death Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer, dies at 65 1754 Birthday Joseph Joubert, French Writer 1753 Event Joseph Haydns "Krumme Teufel," premieres 1753 Birthday Joseph de Maistre, French Diplomat 1752 Birthday Johann Georg Joseph Spangler, composer 1752 Birthday Joseph Matthias Kracher, composer 1751 Birthday Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer 1749 Birthday Louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, composer 1749 Birthday George Joseph Vogler, composer 1748 Birthday Etienne Joseph Floquet, composer 1748 Birthday Joseph Schuster, composer 1746 Birthday Joseph Quesne, composer 1744 Birthday Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer 1744 Birthday Joseph Beer, Bohemia clarinetist/composer, 5th clarinet flap 1742 Death Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner, composer, dies at 52 1741 Death Johann Joseph Fux, Austrian composer/music theorist, dies at about 80 1740 Birthday Joseph Montgolfier, France, aeronaut, ballooning 1740 Birthday Joseph F. Weigl, German/Austrian, violin cellist 1739 Birthday Joseph Legros, composer 1739 Birthday Joseph Pouteau, composer 1738 Birthday Joseph Ignace Guillotin, France, physician/inventor, guillotine 1737 Birthday Joseph Nollekins, London, sculptor 1735 Birthday Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian Field Marshal/author 1734 Birthday Joseph Schmitt, composer 1733 Event Joseph Priestly invents carbonated water (seltzer) 1733 Birthday Joseph Priestley, born in England, clergyman and scientist, discovered oxygen 1733 Birthday Joseph Lederer, composer 1732 Birthday Johann Joseph Emmert, composer 1732 Birthday Franz Joseph Haydn, born in Austria, composer, help develop classical style 1732 Event Mass celebrated for 1st time at St. Joseph's Church in Philadelphia 1731 Birthday Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer 1730 Birthday Jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer 1730 Birthday Charles Joseph Messier, astronomer, cataloguer of "M objects" 1730 Birthday Christian Joseph Lidarti, composer 1730 Birthday Joseph Hewes, U.S. merchant, Declaration of Independence signer 1729 Death Joseph de Montesquiou earl d'Artagnan, French Lieutenant-General, dies at 77 1728 Birthday Joseph Zwart, Scottish chemist/physicist 1725 Birthday Joseph Anton Bauer, composer 1725 Birthday Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer 1724 Birthday Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer 1724 Birthday Joseph Friebert, composer 1724 Birthday Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer 1723 Birthday Johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, composer 1722 Birthday Joseph Paul Ziegler, composer 1722 Birthday Joseph Wilton, sculptor 1720 Birthday Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer 1719 Death Joseph Addison, English poet, writer, and secretary of state, dies at 47 1716 Death Joseph Sauveur, French sound engineer, dies at 63 1716 Birthday Joseph M Vien, French, court, painter 1712 Birthday Louis Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-Veran, France, general 1712 Birthday L Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-Veran, French general in America 1711 Birthday Joseph Umstatt, composer 1710 Birthday Joseph Marie Clement dall' Abaco, composer 1709 Birthday Joseph Reipel, composer 1707 Birthday Henry Fielding, born in England, novelist, Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones 1699 Birthday Joseph Gibbs, composer 1696 Birthday Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer 1695 Birthday Joseph Thaddaus Stammel, Austrian sculptor 1694 Birthday Joseph Joachim Benedict Munster, composer 1693 Birthday Gregor Joseph Werner, composer 1692 Birthday Joseph Butler, Wantage Berkshire, theologian 1689 Birthday Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer 1689 Birthday Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner, composer 1687 Birthday Willem the Fesch, Dutch violinist and composer, Joseph 1678 Birthday Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor, 1705-11 1678 Death Joseph de La Barre, composer, dies at 44 1672 Birthday Joseph Addison, England, essayist, Spectator 1656 Death Joseph Hall, English Clergyman 1653 Birthday Joseph Sauveur, French physicist/mathematician 1646 Event Joseph Jenkes, MA, receives 1st colonial machine patent 1638 Death Le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies 1633 Birthday Joseph de La Barre, composer 1609 Death Joseph Justus Scaliger, French inventor of "Julian Period", dies at 68 1574 Birthday Joseph Hall, English Clergyman 1558 Death Shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies 1542 Event Rabbi Joseph Caro completes his commentary of Tur Code 1540 Birthday Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating 1235 Event Emperor Joseph II orders Jews of Galicia Austria to adopt family names 82 Death St. Joseph of Arimathea, dies
