2015 Event Sierra Leone Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana is entering a voluntary 21-day quarantine after one of his bodyguards dies of Ebola; spread of the virus has been slowing, but a recent increase in infections has led to new calls for precaution 2012 Event Wade Davis' non-fiction book, 'Into the Silence', wins the 2012 Samuel Johnson Prize 2006 Event Samuel Alito sworn in as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court 2005 Event Samuel Alito is nominated for the Supreme Court by George W. Bush 2004 Death Samuel Dash, American Lawyer 1996 Death Raphael Samuel, historian, dies at 32 1994 Death Samuel Lipman, music critic, dies at 60 1994 Death Samuel Lewis Francis, painter, dies at 71 1994 Death Samuel Selvon, author, writer-in-residence, University of Calgary, Canada, dies at 70 1994 Death Samuel Bronston, Romanian/US producer (El Cid), dies at 85 1992 Death Samuel H Reshevsky, Polish/US chess grandmaster, dies at 80 1992 Death Samuel Reshevsky, Polish-born chess grandmaster, dies at 80 1992 Death Andrew Samuel, child actor (Our Gang), dies at 82 1990 Death Samuel S. Stratton, Representative-D-New York 1959 - 1989, died at age 73 1990 Death Samuel Kanyon Doe, president of Liberia (1980-90), assassinated 1990 Event Liberia president Samuel K Doe is captured by Mr. Johnson's forces 1989 Event Charles Taylor enters Liberia to unseat President Samuel K Doe 1989 Death Samuel Beckett, Irish/French writer (Molloy, Nobel 1969), dies at 83 1988 Death Samuel L Mendel, oldest U.S. war veteran, dies at 104 1985 Death Samuel Frith, English co-founder of soccer team (Bradford City), dies 1984 Event Phila's Juan Samuel sets record for steals by a rookie with his 72nd 1984 Death Samuel C Engel, poet, dies of heart failure at 79 1984 Death Samuel Gardner, composer, dies at 92 1982 Death Samuel L M Barlow, composer, dies at 90 1982 Event Samuel Morses "Gallery of the Louvre" sells for $3,250,000 1981 Death Samuel Barber, U.S. composer (School for Scandal), dies at 70 1978 Death Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Netherlands/U.S. phycists, dies at 76 1977 Death Zero [Samuel J] Mostel, U.S. actor (Fiddler on the Roof), dies at 62 1976 Death Samuel Eliot Morison, U.S. historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88 1976 Death Samuel E. Morison, American Historian 1975 Death Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross), dies at 78 1975 Death Leopold Samuel, composer, dies at 91 1974 Death Samuel Goldwyn, Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM), dies at 91 1973 Death Samuel N Behrman, U.S. stage/screenwriter (Quo Vardis), dies at 80 1971 Event Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr. becomes 1st black Admiral in U.S. Navy 1968 Death Samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88 1966 Birthday Samuel West, born in England, actor, theater director, appeared in 'Howards End', 'Jane Eyre', Van Helsing', 'Notting Hill' , 'Complicity' films, among others 1962 Birthday John Samuel Inman, Greensboro, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1993 Buick South Open 1962 Event Samuel Gravely assumes command of destroyer escort "USS Falgout" 1961 Death Samuel Rayburn, Representative-D-Texas, speaker of the House, 1940 - 1957, died of pancreatic cancer at age 79 1961 Event Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days," premieres in New York City 1960 Birthday Juan Samuel, San Pedro de Macoris, infielder, New York Yankees, Blue Jays 1958 Death Samuel Stritch, U.S. cardinal and archbishop (Chicago), dies 1957 Event Samuel Beckett's "Endgame," premieres in London 1955 Event Dutch premiere of Samuel Becketts' "Waiting for Godot" 1954 Event Samuel Barber's "Prayers of Kierkegaard," premieres 1953 Event Samuel Beckett's "En Attendant Godot," premieres in Paris 1950 Birthday Rex Samuel Sellers, Auckland New Zealand, Tornado class yachter 1996 Olympics 1948 Birthday Samuel L. Jackson, actor, Amos and Andrew, White Sand, Pulp Fiction 1948 Birthday Samuel E Wright, Camden, South Carolina, actor, Enos, Ball Four 1948 Death Samuel S Hinds, actor (Raven, Test Pilot), dies at 73 1947 Death Theodore Samuel Holland, composer, dies at 69 1947 Death Ernest Samuel Williams, composer, dies at 65 1947 Birthday Samuel Schmid, Swiss Politician 1944 Event Samuel Barber's "Capricorn Concerto," premieres 1944 Birthday Samuel J de Beer, South Africa vicar/underminister of Education 1944 Event 1st performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony 1943 Birthday Samuel T Durrance, Tallahassee, Florida, PhD/astronaut, STS-35, STS-67 1942 Birthday Samuel Ray Delany, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Towers of Toron, Neveryona 1942 Birthday Samuel Ramey, born in Colby, Kansas, bass, La Scala 1941 Event Young Park (2) in the Bronx named in honor of Samuel Young 1941 Event NHL Chicago goalie Samuel LoPresti stops record 80 of 83 Boston shots 1940 Event Samuel T. Rayburn of Texas elected speaker of House 1940 Death Samuel H Chang, U.S. newspaper magnate, murdered in Shanghai 1938 Death Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Space, time and deity), dies at 79 1937 Birthday Christopher Tugendhat, born in England, born Christopher Samuel Tugendhat, Baron Tugendhat of Widdington in the County of Essex, politician, Conservative Party, journalist, author, businessman 1937 Birthday Samuel Whitbread, English brewer/multi-millionaire 1936 Death Samuel Pl'h Naber, spy/librarian, dies at 71 1934 Birthday Raphael Samuel, historian 1934 Birthday Samuel Lipman, music critic 1932 Death Samuel Rutherford, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms, dies of a heart attack in Washington, D.C. 1928 Birthday Samuel Adler, composer 1927 Birthday Samuel P. Huntington, Sociologist 1927 Event Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens famous Roxy Theater (New York City) 1925 Birthday Samuel Dash, American Lawyer 1924 Death Samuel Gompers, organizer (American Federation of Labor), dies at 74 1924 Birthday Gerhard Samuel, composer 1923 Birthday Samuel Lewis Francis, painter 1923 Birthday Samuel Selvon, born in Trinidad, author, writer-in-residence, University of Calgary, Canada, wrote 'The Lonely Londoners', focusing on West Indians' immigration to Britain, cultural differences 1922 Death Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist, dies 1922 Birthday Christopher Samuel Youd, UK, sci-fi author, Tripods Trilogy 1920 Birthday Harold Samuel Shapero, born in Lynn, Massachusetts, composer, 9 Minute Opera 1918 Event Samuel Riddle buys Man o'War for $5,000 1916 Birthday Samuel S. Stratton, born in Yonkers, New York, Representative-D-New York 1959 - 1989 1915 Death Samuel Prowse Warren, composer, dies at 74 1915 Birthday Zero "Samuel" Mostel, Brooklyn, actor, Fiddler on the Roof 1914 Birthday Samuel "Larry" K Parks, Olathe, Kansas, actor, Jolson-Jolson Story 1912 Death Samuel Coleridge Taylor, African-British composer, dies at 37 1912 Birthday Samuel Fuller, born in Worchester, Massachusetts, actor, Return to Salem's Lot 1912 Birthday Samuel Curran, vice chancellor, Strathclyde University 1911 Birthday Samuel H Reshevsky, Polish/US chess grandmaster/prodigy 1910 Death Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens, auther (Huckleberry Finn), dies at 74 1910 Birthday Samuel Barber, born in Westchester, Pennsylvania, composer, Pulitz, School for Scandal 1909 Birthday Samuel Yorty, Lincoln, Nebraska, Mayor-LA 1906 Birthday Samuel Beckett, French playwright, Waiting for Godot, Nobel 1969 1904 Death Samuel Smiles, Scottish Author 1904 Event Southwest-Africa uprising under Samuel Maherero against German garison 1902 Birthday Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Dutch/US phycist 1902 Death Samuel Butler, British writer (Erewhom), dies at 66 1902 Death Samuel R Gardiner, British historian (Oliver Cromwell), dies at 72 1901 Birthday William Samuel Paley, born in Chicago, Illinois, president and CEO of CBS, 1928-90 1898 Death Adolphe-Abraham Samuel, composer, dies at 74 1898 Death Samuel Plimsoll, English MP ( Folkestone), dies at 74 1898 Birthday Wallace Ford, Samuel Jones Grundy, Batton England, actor, Deputy 1897 Event Aaron/Samuel Bloch carry 1st Mail Pouch 1896 Birthday Samuel Gonard, chairman, International Red Cross 1896 Birthday Tristan Tzara, Samuel Rosenfeld, French poet, Approximate Man 1895 Birthday Samuel I Newhouse, U.S. millionaire publisher, Parade, Vogue, Glamour 1893 Death Samuel White Baker, English explorer, dies at 72 1893 Birthday Samuel N. Behrman, U.S. screenwriter, Tale of 2 Cities, Daddy Long Legs 1893 Death Richard Samuel Hughes, composer, dies at 37 1892 Birthday Samuel L M Barlow, composer 1891 Birthday Samuel Gardner, composer 1890 Death Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, composer, dies at 71 1887 Birthday Samuel Eliot Morison, historian, Admiral of the Ocean Sea 1887 Birthday Samuel E. Morison, American Historian 1886 Event American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions Samuel Gompers elected AFL president 1886 Event Carr Baker Neel and Samuel Neel win U.S. Lawn Tennis Association doubles 1885 Event Samuel David Ferguson becomes 1st U.S. black bishop 1883 Birthday Leopold Samuel, composer 1882 Birthday Samuel Goldwyn, movie producer, MGM 1882 Birthday Samuel Rayburn, born in Kingston, Tennessee, Representative-D-Texas 1913 - 1961, speaker of the House, 1940 - 1957 1881 Birthday Ernest Samuel Williams, composer 1881 Death Samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies 1878 Birthday Theodore Samuel Holland, composer 1877 Event Rutherford B Hayes (R) declared president despite Samuel J Tilden (D) winning the popular vote, but is 1 electoral vote shy of victory 1876 Event President Rutherford B Hayes and Samuel J Tilden claim presidential victory Tilden (D) wins election but Electoral college selects Hayes (R) 1876 Event Democratic Party elects Samuel Tilden as presidential candidate 1876 Death Samuel Sebastian Wesley, composer, dies at 65 1875 Birthday Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer, Hiawatha's Wedding Feast 1875 Birthday Samuel S. Hinds, born in Brooklyn, New York 1874 Event Samuel J. Tilden elected governor of New York 1874 Birthday Stephen Samuel Wise, U.S., President of Zionist Org of America 1873 Event Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor 1872 Event Samuel R. Percy patents dried milk 1872 Death Samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph, dies at 80 1871 Birthday Oliver Samuel Campbell, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1890 1871 Birthday Warner Fabian, Samuel H Adams, U.S. journalist and writer, Average Jones 1870 Birthday Samuel Rutherford, born in Culloden, Georgia, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms 1868 Death Samuel Lover, composer, dies at 71 1866 Death Samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49 1866 Death Samuel Sarphati, Amsterdam physician/social activist, dies at 53 1865 Birthday Samuel Pl'h Naber, Dutch rear-admiral/librarian 1864 Event Union General Samuel R Curtis defeats Confederate General Stirling Price 1864 Death Samuel Benton, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at about 44 1864 Death Samuel Allen Rice, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies of injuries at 36 1864 Death James Samuel Wadsworth, general-major (Union), dies in battle at 56 1863 Death Samuel Houston, 1st President of Rep of Texas (1836-38, 41-44), dies at 70 1863 Death Samuel Kosciuzko Zook, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 40 1863 Event Samuel Butler publishes 1st part of "Erewhon," Christchurch, New Zealand 1863 Event Samuel Clemens becomes Mark Twain for 1st time 1862 Death Samuel Garland, Jr., U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1862 Death Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47 1861 Birthday Samuel D. Riddle, horse owner, Man 'o War 1861 Event 1st moving picture peep show machine is patented by Samuel Goodale 1860 Birthday Samuel Rutherford Crockett, novelist 1859 Birthday Samuel Alexander, English philosopher, Moral order and progress 1857 Birthday Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher 1857 Event Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn 1855 Birthday Richard Samuel Hughes, composer 1853 Death Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73 1852 Event 18th Postmaster General: Samuel D Hubbard of Connecticut takes office 1850 Birthday Samuel Gompers, Dutch/U.S. 1st president, American Federation of Labor 1849 Birthday Samuel E "Sam" van Beem, actor, Fanfan la Tulipe 1848 Birthday Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist, Middle Ages 1845 Death Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76 1844 Event Samuel F.B. Morse completes 1st telegraph line 1844 Event Samuel FB Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" (1st telegraph msg) 1844 Event Samuel Morse sends 1st telegraphic message 1843 Death Samuel Hahnemann, German physician, dies at 88 1841 Event Samuel Slocum patented the stapler 1841 Birthday Samuel Prowse Warren, composer 1840 Event Samuel Morse patents his telegraph 1838 Event Samuel Morse made 1st public demonstration of telegraph 1837 Death Samuel Wesley, composer (Exultate Deo), dies at 71 1837 Death Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80 1836 Event Samuel Colt manufactures 1st pistol, 34-caliber "Texas" model 1836 Event Samuel Colt patents 1st revolving barrel multishot firearm 1835 Birthday Samuel Butler, England, author, Erewhom, Way of All Flesh 1835 Birthday Mark Twain, Samuel L Clemens, author, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn 1834 Death Samuel Taylor Coleridge, British poet, dies at 61 1833 Birthday Samuel A. Mudd, doctor, convicted of giving medical aid to JW Booth 1832 Birthday Samuel Sprigg Carroll, Major General Union Army 1830 Birthday , Samuel, Emerson Opdycke, Major General Union volunteers 1829 Birthday Samuel Wylie Crawford, Major General Union Army 1828 Birthday Samuel Allen Rice, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1827 Death Samuel Crompton, English inventor (mule-jenny), dies at 73 1826 Event Samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine 1825 Birthday Samuel Bell Maxey, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1824 Birthday Adolphe-Abraham Samuel, composer 1824 Birthday Samuel Plimsoll, Bristol England, inventor, Plimsoll line for ships 1823 Birthday Samuel Kosciusko Zook, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Birthday Samuel Davis Sturgis, Major General Union Army 1821 Birthday Samuel White Baker, born in London, England, explorer, Ceylon/Egypt 1820 Death Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer, dies at 57 1819 Birthday Samuel Jones, Major General Confederate Army 1819 Death William Samuel Johnson, American Politician 1819 Birthday Samuel McGowan, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1819 Birthday Samuel Powhatan Carter, Major General Union volunteers 1819 Birthday Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, composer 1818 Birthday Samuel Gibbs French, Major General Confederate Army 1817 Birthday Samuel Ryan Curtis, Major General Union volunteers 1816 Death Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood/admiral, dies 1814 Birthday Samuel Colt, U.S. inventor, Colt 6 shot revolver 1814 Birthday Samuel Jones Tilden, philanthropist for New York Public Library 1813 Birthday Samuel J. Kirkwood, Iowa Governor, U.S. Secretary of Interior 1881 - 1882 1813 Birthday Samuel Sarphati, Amsterdam, physician/pharmacist/social activist 1812 Birthday Samuel Smiles, born in Scotland, author, Self-Help, Character, Duty 1811 Death Samuel Chase, U.S. judge signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 70 1811 Death Samuel Story, Dutch rear Admiral (Battle of Kamperduin), dies at 58 1810 Birthday Samuel Sebastian Wesley, composer 1808 Birthday Samuel Jameson Gholson, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1807 Birthday James Samuel Wadsworth, Major General Union volunteers 1806 Death Samuel Horsley, English Clergyman 1805 Birthday Samuel Peter Heintzelman, Major General Union volunteers 1805 Birthday Samuel Palmer, London, painter/etcher, Valley of Vision 1804 Event Impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase begins 1804 Birthday Samuel Read Anderson, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1803 Death Samuel Hopkins, American Clergyman 1803 Death Samuel Adams, U.S. revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party), dies at 81 1803 Birthday Samuel Francis DuPont, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1802 Death Samuel Arnold, English composer, dies at 62 1801 Birthday Samuel Cousins, mezzotint engraver 1798 Birthday Samuel Cooper, Sect of War/General Confederate Army 1797 Birthday Samuel Lover, composer 1796 Death Samuel Huntington, U.S. judge signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 64 1793 Birthday Samuel Houston, 1st president of Texas, 1836-38, 1841-44 1791 Event Samuel Briggs and his son, patent nail-making machine 1791 Birthday Samuel Finley Breece Morse, U.S. painter/inventor, telegraph 1791 Event Samuel Mulliken, Philadelphia, is 1st to obtain more than 1 U.S. patent 1790 Event 1st U.S. patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process 1788 Death Johann Samuel Schroeter, composer, dies 1787 Birthday Samuel Cunard, founder, 1st regular Atlantic steamship line 1785 Event Samuel Ellis advertises to sell Oyster Island (Ellis Island), no takers 1784 Death Samuel Johnson, English Author 1783 Birthday Samuel Prout, water-color painter 1782 Event 1st nautical almanac in U.S. published by Samuel Stearns, Boston 1779 Birthday Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer 1772 Birthday Samuel Taylor Coleridge, England, poet, Rime of Ancient Mariner 1771 Event Samuel Hearne explores Copper Mine River of Canada 1769 Birthday Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer 1768 Event Samuel Adams letter, circulates around American colonies, opposing Townshend Act taxes 1766 Birthday Samuel Wilson, American Public Servant 1766 Birthday Samuel Wesley, Bristol England, composer/organist, Exultate Deo 1763 Birthday Samuel Rogers, English poet, Italy, a poem 1763 Event James Boswell's 1st meeting with Samuel Johnson 1763 Event Samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London 1762 Birthday Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer 1762 Death Johann Samuel Endler, composer, dies at 67 1757 Birthday Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer 1757 Birthday Samuel McIntire, woodcarver/architect, architect of Salem 1755 Death Samuel von Cocceji, German lawyer, dies 1755 Birthday Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and originator of homeopathy 1753 Birthday Samuel Crompton, English inventor, mule-jenny spinning machine 1752 Birthday Samuel Story, Dutch Admiral, Battle at Kamperduin 1741 Birthday Samuel Chase, judge, signed Declaration of Independence 1740 Birthday James Boswell, Scotland, Samuel Johnson's biographer 1740 Birthday Samuel Arnold, composer 1733 Birthday Samuel Horsley, English Clergyman 1731 Birthday Samuel Huntington, Gov-Ct, Continental Congress president 1729 Death Samuel Clarke, theologian, dies 1728 Birthday Samuel Wallis, explorer, Wallis Island 1727 Birthday William Samuel Johnson, American Politician 1722 Birthday Samuel Adams, revolutionary rabble rouser, Lieutenant Governor-Mass, 1789 - 1794 1721 Birthday Samuel Hopkins, American Clergyman 1720 Death Johann Samuel Welter, composer, dies at 69 1720 Birthday Samuel Foote, England, actor/dramatist, Mirror 1709 Birthday Samuel Johnson, English Author 1709 Birthday Samuel Johnson, lexicographer/writer, Boswell's Tour Guide 1703 Death Samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70 1699 Death Samuel Apostool, vicar/theologist (Zonisten), dies at 50 1694 Death Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62 1694 Birthday Johann Samuel Endler, composer 1689 Birthday Samuel Richardson, English novelist, Pamela, baptized 1680 Death Samuel Butler, poet/satirist, dies 1679 Birthday Samuel von Cocceji, German lawyer 1679 Death Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies 1667 Death David ben Samuel Halevi, rabbi/author (Shulchan Aruch), dies 1666 Event Samuel Pepys reports on 1st blood transfusion (between dogs) 1665 Death Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer, dies at 36 1660 Event 1st entry in Samuel Pepys' diary 1654 Death Samuel Scheidt, German composer (Concertus sacri), dies at 66 1650 Birthday Johann Samuel Welter, composer 1638 Birthday Samuel Apostool, Dutch vicar/theologist, The Sun 1634 Event 1st tavern in Boston opens (Samuel Cole) 1633 Birthday Samuel Pepys, born in London, England, Navy expert/composer, Diary, Memoirs 1632 Death Samuel Ampzing, vicar/poet (Biblical Treasures), dies 1632 Birthday Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist 1631 Death Rabbi Samuel Eliezer ben Judah ha-levi Edels, dies 1628 Birthday Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer 1627 Birthday Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter 1625 Death Samuel Besler, composer, dies at 50 1619 Death Samuel Daniel, English Poet 1612 Birthday Samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist, Hudibras, baptized 1608 Event Samuel de Champlain founded city of Quebec 1590 Birthday Samuel Ampzing, poet, Taelbericht der Netherlands Spellinge 1587 Birthday Samuel Scheidt, German organist/composer, baptised 1587 Birthday Samuel Scheidt, composer 1574 Birthday Samuel Besler, composer 1574 Birthday Samuel Coster, Dutch physician/playwright, Polyxena 1567 Birthday Samuel de Champlain, explorer, Lake Champlain 1199 Event Rambam (Maimonides) authorizes Samuel Ibn Tibbon to translate Guide of Perplexed from Arabic into Hebrew 1014 Death Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies
