1991 Death Max Frisch, Swiss architect/writer (Stiller, Biedermann), dies at 79 1977 Event Pete Rose passes Frankie Frisch as switch-hit leader with 2,881 1973 Death Frankie "Fordham Flash" Frisch, baseball player, dies at 74 1973 Death Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist (Nobel 1969), dies at 77 1970 Birthday David Frisch, NFL tight end for the New England Patriots 1961 Event Max Frisch' "Andorra," premieres in Zurich 1946 Event Max Frisch' "Die Chinesische Mauer," premieres in Zurich 1946 Event Max Frisch' "Santa Cruz," premieres in Zurich 1941 Event Ump Jocko Conlan ejects Pirate manager Frankie Frisch for coming out on field holding an umbrella to get a rainout 1941 Death Max Frisch, writer, dies at 29 1931 Event Frankie Frisch of the Cards named MVP 1926 Event Cards trade Rogers Hornsby to Giants for Frankie Frisch and Jimmy Ring 1924 Event Giants rip Braves 22-1, Frisch goes 6-for-6 before grounding out 1914 Birthday George Tabori, born in Budapest, Gyorgy Tabori, writer, theater director, worked for BBC in London, moved to United States, became screenwriter, translated works by Bertolt Brecht, Max Frisch 1911 Birthday Max Frisch, Swiss architect/writer, Stiller, Biedermann 1898 Birthday Frank "Fordham Flash" Frisch, New York City, baseball player, NL MVP 1931 1895 Birthday Ragnar Frisch, Norway, economist, won 1st Nobel prize in economy in 1969 1886 Birthday Karl von Frisch, zoologist/bee expert, Nobel 1973