1992 Death Arthur Babbitt, animator (Mr Magoo, Goofy), die at 84 of heart failure 1965 Death Milton B Babbitt, U.S. composer (Widow's Lament), dies at 49 1944 Birthday Paul Lansky, born in New York, composer, electronic music, computer music language pioneer, studied with George Perle and Milton Babbitt, professor of music at Princeton University 1938 Birthday Bruce Babbitt, Gov-D-AL, secretary of interior 1933 Death Irving Babbitt, U.S. writer (Democracy and Leadership), dies at 67 1930 Event Nobel for literature awarded to Sinclair Lewis for "Babbitt" 1916 Birthday Milton Babbitt, U.S. mathematician/composer, Widow's Lament 1885 Birthday Harry Sinclair Lewis, U.S., writer, Babbitt, Nobel 1930 1865 Birthday Irving Babbitt, U.S. writer, Rousseau and Romanticism 1799 Birthday Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings
