Historical Events 1933 - FDR announces US will leave gold standard 1941 - Bulgarian troops invade Macedonia 1943 - Bicycle Day - Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann deliberately takes LSD for the first time 1966 - In 1st regular season game at Anaheim Stadium‚ Angels lose 3-1 to Chic 1987 - Jacqueline Blanc‚ sets women's downhill ski speed rec (124.902 mph) 1999 - 103rd Boston Marathon: Joseph Chebet of Kenya takes men's title in 2:09:52; 3-peat for Fatuma Roba of Ethiopia in women's race in 2:23:25 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1939 - Ellen Weston‚ American actress (Betty-SWAT)‚ born in New York City 1944 - James Heckman‚ American economist (Nobel Prize 2000)‚ born in Chicago‚ Illinois 1953 - Sara Simeoni‚ Italian high jumper (Olympic gold 1980)‚ born in Rivoli Veronese‚ Italy 1962 - Al Unser Jr.‚ American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1992‚ 94)‚ born in Albuquerque‚ New Mexico 1978 - James Franco‚ American actor (The Disaster Artist)‚ born in Palo Alto‚ California 1987 - Courtland Mead‚ American actor (Dragonworld)‚ born in Mission Viejo‚ California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1529 - John Cuspinianus [Spiessheimer]‚ German physician‚ dies at about 55 1906 - Spencer Gore‚ British tennis player (1st Wimbledon singles champion 1877)‚ dies at 56 1945 - J P Heyboer‚ resistance fighter‚ executed 1956 - Ernst Robert Curtius‚ German literature historian‚ dies at 70 1975 - Percy Lavon Julian‚ African American chemist who received 130 patents‚ pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants‚ dies at 76 2005 - Ruth Hussey‚ American actress (Another Thin Man)‚ dies at 93 More Famous Deaths »