CoM Moderators Posted May 2 Posted May 2 Historical Events 1876 - Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League 1906 - 32nd Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Troxler aboard Sir Huon wins in 2:08.8 1968 - 22nd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 2 1981 - Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes 1999 - John Elway announces his retirement from the NFL More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1844 - Elijah McCoy, Canadian-American inventor of African descent, notable for his 57 US patents (lubrication of steam engines), born in Colchester, Ontario (d. 1929) 1904 - Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian composer, born in Belogradchik, Bulgaria (d. 1979) 1929 - Edward Levy, American composer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2002) 1973 - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German film director and screenwriter (The Lives of Others), born in Cologne, Germany 1987 - Nana Kitade, Japanese singer and songwriter, born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 373 - Athanasius, Greek early church Father, theologian and Patriarch of Alexandria (298-373) (b. 298) 1985 - Bridget D'Oyly Carte, British theater and hotel director, dies of lung cancer at 77 1990 - Oleg Anatolyevich Yakovlev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 49 1992 - Wilbur Mills, American politician (US Representative from Arkansas, 1939-77), famous for his involvement in a sex scandal with Fanne Foxe, dies at 82 2017 - Leo Thorsness, American Vietnam War pilot (Medal of Honor), dies at 85 More Famous Deaths »
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