Born: Apr. 7, 1859Football coach and innovator established scrimmage line, center snap, downs, 11 players per side; elected 1st All-America team (1889). Died: Mar. 14, 1925
Born: Dec. 21, 1892Pro golf pioneer won 2 U.S. Opens (1914,19), 4 British Opens (1922,24,28-29), 5 PGA Championships (1921,24-27) and 5 Western Opens; retired with 40 PGA wins; 6-time U.S. Ryder…
Born: Nov. 6, 1887Baseball RHP won 20 games or more 10 straight years; led AL in ERA 5 times, wins 6 times and strikeouts 12 times; twice MVP (1913, 24) with Washington; all-time leader in shutouts…
Born: July 25, 1954Football RB formerly NFL's alltime leading rusher with 16,726 yards (1984-2002, passed by Emmitt Smith); scored 125 career TDs; All-Pro 7 times with Chicago; led NFC in rushing 5…
violistBorn: 8/25/1915Birthplace: Munich, Germany An eminent violist and educator, Trampler taught at Juilliard, Yale School of Music, and Boston University. Before emigrating to the United States…
(Encyclopedia) Essex, Walter Devereux, 1st earl of, 1541?–1576, English soldier. He helped in the suppression of the Northern Rebellion of 1569 and was created earl of Essex in 1572. In 1573 he…
Born: Feb. 17, 1908Radio-TV renowned baseball play-by-play broadcaster for Cincinnati, Brooklyn and N.Y. Yankees from 1934-66; won Peabody Award for radio commentary in 1991.Died: Oct. 22, 1992
astronautDied: May 3, 2007 (San Diego, California) Best Known as: astronaut in three of NASA's earliest manned space programs The only astronaut to fly…