Historical Events 1489 - Battle of Baza - Spanish army captures Baza from Moors 1920 - 1st Pro football playoff game Buffalo-7‚ Canton-3 at Polo Grounds‚ NYC 1958 - Dahomey (Benin)‚ Ivory Coast become autonomous within French Community 1985 - President Reagan appoints Vice Admiral John Poindexter as security adviser 1988 - Actor Gary Busey critically injured in motorcycle crash 1988 - Edmonton center Jimmy Carson becomes just the third player to score 6 NHL hat tricks before the age of 21 in the Oilers 10-6 win over the New York Rangers More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1844 - Franz Xavier Wernz‚ German Superior General of the Society of Jesus‚ born in Rottweil‚ Württemberg (d. 1914) 1868 - Jesse Burkett‚ American Baseball HOF left fielder (NL batting champion 1895-96‚ 1901; 240 hits in 1896 MLB record for 15 years; Cleveland Spiders‚ St. Louis Perfectos/Cardinals)‚ born in Wheeling‚ West Virginia (d. 1953) 1912 - Ian Wallace [John Wallace Pritchard]‚ American sci-fi author (Megalomania)‚ born in Chicago‚ Illinois (d. 1998) 1930 - Ronnie Corbett‚ British comedian (The Two Ronnies)‚ born in Edinburgh‚ Scotland (d. 2016) 1933 - Dick Ricketts Jr.‚ American basketball center (# 1 overall pick 1955 NBA draft St. Louis Hawks) and baseball pitcher (St. Louis Cardinals)‚ born in Pottstown‚ Pennsylvania (d. 1988) 1938 - Yvonne Minton‚ Australian-British soprano‚ born in Sydney‚ Australia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1131 - Omar Khayyám‚ Persian mathematician (cubic equations)‚ astronomer (Jalali calendar‚ basis of the Persian calendar)‚ poet (quatrains)‚ and philosopher‚ dies at 83 1182 - Henry‚ earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82)‚ dies 1935 - Hylton Philipson‚ English cricket wicketkeeper (5 Tests‚ 11 dismissals)‚ dies at 69 1983 - Bruce Drake‚ American Basketball Hall of Fame coach (University of Oklahoma 1938-55‚ 200-181)‚ dies at 77 2007 - Chip Reese‚ American poker player (3 x World Series of Poker bracelets)‚ dies from pneumonia at 56 2007 - Pimp C. [Chad Butler]‚ American rapper (Underground Kingz)‚ dies of overuse of prescription cough syrup and sleep apnea at 33 More Famous Deaths »