We have catalogued significant historical events, with special emphasis on weddings and anniversaries. Today’s events special events are:
- Anniversary
- 2011 David Tennant marries Georgia Moffett
- Birthdays
- 1865 Rudyard Kipling was born.
- 1914 Bert Parks was born.
- 1928 Bo Diddley was born.
- 1934 Russ Tamblyn was born.
- 1935 Sandy Koufax was born.
- 1937 Noel Paul Stookey was born.
- 1942 Michael Nesmith was born.
- 1945 Davy Jones was born.
- 1957 Matt Lauer was born.
- 1959 Tracey Ullman was born.
- 1975 Tiger Woods was born.
Tomorrow’s notable events
Below are the events we have shown for tomorrow:
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 31-12-1000 | Linda, from the Greek, 'black-haired'. |
| 31-12-1000 | Lynda, from the Greek, 'black-haired'. |
| 31-12-1000 | Mel, from the Greek, 'black-haired'. |
| 31-12-1000 | Mela, from the Greek, 'black-haired'. |
| 31-12-1000 | Melania, from the Greek, 'black-haired'. |
| 31-12-1000 | Melanie, from the Greek, 'black-haired'. |
| 31-12-1000 | Melinda, from the Greek, 'black-haired'. |
| 31-12-1000 | Melly, from the Greek, 'black-haired'. |
| 31-12-1000 | Melony, from the Greek, 'black-haired'. |
| 31-12-1869 | Henri Matisse was born. |
| 31-12-1930 | Odetta was born. |
| 31-12-1937 | Anthony Hopkins was born. |
| 31-12-1941 | Sarah Miles was born. |
| 31-12-1943 | Ben Kingsley was born. |
| 31-12-1943 | John Denver was born. |
| 31-12-1945 | Barbara Carrera was born. |
| 31-12-1946 | Patti Smith was born. |
| 31-12-1948 | Donna Summer was born. |
| 31-12-1959 | Val Kilmer was born. |
| 31-12-1997 | Will Smith marries Jada Koren Pinkett |
| 31-12-2000 | Feast Day of Melania, from the Greek, 'black-haired'.. There were two St Melanias, known as 'the Elder' and 'the Younger' and they were related as grandmother and granddaughter. Melania the Elder took advantage of her very early widowhood to travel to Palestine and work with St Jerome in the 370s. She died in Jerusalem in 410. Her son obviously did not share his mother's spiritual ambitions for he insisted on marrying off his daughter, Melania the Younger, to a wealthy young cousin called Valerius Pinianus. Melania's piety and compassion for the poor was an irritation to her family - especially her husband - but after the death of their two babies, he came round to her point of view. They sold much of their property and freed their slaves, much to their family's horror. When Rome was invaded by the Visigoths, however, they were free to escape to North Africa where Melania had other estates. Later, she and her husband moved to Palestine; after his death, Melania founded a convent on the Mount of Olives where she copied manuscripts until she died in 439. Although she found her grandmother rather a formidable woman, Melania came to know St Paulinus of Nola, St Augustine of Hippo and St Jerome, and they in turn thought very highly of her and her husband. Theirs is one of the happier stories of a Christian couple in the early Church. |
