Historical Events
1908 - Bill Burns pitching for Washington Senators has no-hitter broken up with 2 outs in 9th
1914 - Greyhound Bus Co begins in Minnesota
1983 - 108th Preakness: Donald Miller Jr on Deputed Testamony wins in 1:55.4
1988 - 113th Preakness: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard Risen Star wins in 1:56.2
1994 - 119th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Tabasco Cat wins in 1:56.4
1996 - Blackout in many areas of Queens, NY
Famous Birthdays
1919 - Mark Wood, bishop (Ludlow)
1926 - Joseph Horovitz, composer
1934 - Phillip King, British sculptor
1958 - Sabine Bischoff, Tauberbischofsheim, Germany, fencer (Oly Gld 1984), (d. 2013)
1977 - Ricky Williams, American football player
1987 - Ashlie Brillault, American actress
Famous Deaths
1670 - Niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (b. 1586)
1815 - Roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73
1862 - John Drew, Irish-born American actor (b. 1827)
1885 - Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73
1981 - Patsy O'Hara, Irish hunger striker (b. 1957)
1991 - Jean Van Joutte, PM of Belgium (1952-54), dies
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