Parents marry
Dylann Roof’s parents, Franklin Bennett Roof and Amy Coles Roof, get married. Amy is five months pregnant. Their daughter, Amber, is born four months later in June.
Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson dies at 86
Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson dies after a short illness. The Rebbe says she had been feeling ill the previous night and was taken to the hospital. Shortly after she arrives, she asks for a glass of water, makes the blessing over it, and passes away. She is buried near her father, mother and mother in law Old Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, New York. The Rebbe:
Her first name was Chaya. That means life. And that is the name that will be inscribed on her headstone.That means it is perpetual even after the life of this person. Until the resurrection. I hope it will be soon.
Hired by Coopers & Lybrand Consulting
Highfield is hired as a management consultant by Coopers & Lybrand Consulting.
My Neighbor Totoro
Miyazaki’s most well know work, My Neighbor Totoro, is released. It follows the adventures of two sisters, Mei and Satsuki, and Totoro, a large, bear-like forest spirit.
I can’t make films that are, you know — slay the villain, everybody’s happy. I can’t make those kinds of films. I think that when children become three or four years old, they just need to see Totoro. It’s a very innocent film. I wanted to make a film in which there’s a monster that’s living next door but you can’t see it.
Aaron Carter born
Aaron Charles Carter is born at the Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida, to Jane Elizabeth (née Spaulding) and Robert Gene Carter. The family was originally from New York state, where his brother Nick, was born. Aside from his older brother Nick, he also has three sisters: twin sister Angel (a model), B.J. and Leslie (1986–2012). Carter is named after his maternal grandfather, Douglas “Charles” Spaulding, and paternal grandfather, Aaron Charles Carter. Carter attended the Frank D. Miles Elementary School and the Ruskin School in Florida.
Three Men and A Baby
Nimoy directs Three Men and a Baby, a comedy about three bachelors adapting their lives around the arrival of a baby. The film grosses $167 million dollars in the US alone and wins the 1988 People’s Choice award for Favorite Comedy.
Willis, Moore marry
Willis marries Moore in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is Moore’s second, and Willis’ first, marriage. Moore:
There was no rush…We got married in Las Vegas [but] we went there to see a boxing match. …We had sort of talked about [getting married] laughingly and it just seemed O.K….It just seemed like [waiting] didn’t matter, that we loved each other so much.
First successful separation of craniopagus twins
Carson heads team that separates seven-month-old twins joined at the back of the head in a 22-hour operation. This is the first time this type of surgery is successful and Carson is cautiously optimistic.
We did everything humanly possible to bring this off.. Right now, they are in stable but critical condition. The rest of it is up to God. It will be days before doctors will have any sense of whether either boy will recover and live a normal life.
Suffers a stroke
Bettelheim suffers from a stroke that leaves him unable to think and process information as he had earlier. The stroke is not particularly severe, but prevents him from writing his books and essays. He complains of residues from the stroke, including frustration about physical activity, a pervasive feeling that his body was betraying him; he walks with a slight limp and needs a cane for assistance; he is no longer able to exercise by walking long distances. The stroke also impairs his handwriting and his capacity to type, severely inhibiting the composition of his books and articles. Like many stroke victims, Bettelheim’s emotional state oscillates between depression and anguish.
Edgar Rosenberg suicide age 62
Rosenberg, commits suicide in a hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He overdoses on prescription medication. He has been suffering from clinical depression.
Why didn’t I pay attention to the signs? Why didn’t anybody? He was never really, really happy anymore.
Bray Wyatt born in Brooksville, Fl.
Wyatt is born in Brooksville, Fl. He is the son of “IRS Man” Mike Rotunda and older brother of WWE superstar, Bo Dallas. Wyatt develops an early interest in professional wrestling through watching his father work in the business.
AJ Lee born in Union City, NJ
Lee is born in Union City, NJ as the youngest of three siblings. Lee spends many years in motel rooms with her poor family. Her interest in wrestling develops at a young age due to her brother being a fan of WWE.
I didn’t have the easiest time growing up; it’s no secret. We were just poor.
Kristin Cavallari is born in Denver, Colorado
Kristin Elizabeth Cavallari is born in Denver, Colorado to parents Judith Spies and Dennis Cavallari. Cavallari is the second of two children; she has one older brother Mike Cavallari. Cavallari’s parents divorced and she moved with her mom to Barrington, Illinois while her brother moved with her father to Laguna Beach, California.
After finishing middle school in Illinois Cavallari moved to Laguna Beach to be with her father and brother. There she enrolled in Santa Margarita Catholic High School and then transferred to Laguna Beach High School.
I grew up in Illinois and then Colorado before that, so I’m really not a California girl.
Family moves to London
Alamuddin’s family flees from Beirut, which was in civil war, to Gerarrd’s Cross, London. She attends Dr Challoner’s High School in Amersham.
Klain, Medina marry
Klain and Medina marry at Georgetown. They hold a rehearsal dinner in the university’s North Hall, and the ceremony is conducted by two professors, Rev. Rakousek and Rabbi White.
Ellie Goulding born in Lyonshall, England
Elena Jane Goulding is born in Lyonshall, England to parents Tracey Clark and Aurthur Goulding. Goulding is the second of four children. She has one brother and two sisters. Goulding’s parents divorce after her father leaves home when she is 5-years-old. She begins playing music at 9-years-old.
Goulding attended Lady Hawkins’ High School and started songwriting at 15-years-old.
We (Goulding and her father) used to see each other every other weekend and then once a month, and then never. When I first stopped seeing him I can’t remember why and it has been too long now. I don’t know what he’s like now.
Kit Harington born in London
Christopher Catesby Harington is born in London, the son of David Richard Harington and Deborah Jane, nee Catesby. At the age of 11, he moves to Worcester with his parents and brother, John Catesby Harington, who is two years older. He is named after Christopher Marlowe, but discovers his full name only at the age of 11. He attends Southfield Primary School, Chantry High School and Worcester Sixth Form College. His mother, a playwright, often takes the family to Royal Shakespeare Company productions in Stratford-Upon-Avon:
That’s probably where it started for me I guess, just getting to see lots of theater.
Aaron Swartz born in Chicago
Aaron Swartz is born in Chicago to William and Susan. He has two younger brothers, Noah and Ben.
Swartz paternal grandfather, William Swartz, was a multimillionaire businessman and founding director of the Albert Einstein Peace Prize Foundation.
William Swartz, who died in 1987 at age 75, was active in the nuclear-disarmament group Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995. He also served as a director of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, a Chicago-based magazine that calls out threats from nuclear weapons, climate change and emerging technologies in the life sciences.
Though Swartz attended North Shore Country Day School, a small private school in Winnetka, he became a teen-aged proponent of “unschooling.” He left high school during his freshman year to study on his own at home.
Magnus is born in Norfolk, England
Magnus (Nick Aldis) is born in Norfolk, England. He becomes a fan of professional wrestling at a young age through watching Sting.
I’m as grateful to Sting as anybody in the wrestling business for the benefit he has had in my career. Steve (Sting) is a great guy and very, very smart and just a model citizen as far as the way he conducts himself and how much respect he commands. There are some people who seem to be obsessed with respect and seem to be obsessed with guys not showing them enough respect, but Sting is a guy who has never had to pull any stunts, never had to bully anyone, never had to throw his weight around or pull rank. He commands respect.
Graduates Cornell
Graham graduates in the Class of ’86 with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, and a lot of experience in computer science:
What I learned from trying to study philosophy is that the place to look is in other fields.
On his decision to study computer science:
I took so many CS classes that most CS majors thought I was one.