2012 Event German poet, Gunter Grass, awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature, is declared a persona non grata by the Internal Affairs Minister of Israel, over his poem, 'What Must Be Said.' 1996 Death Erma Bombeck, humorist (Grass is Greener), dies at 69 1994 Death Nora Dunfree, U.S. actress (Grass Harp), dies at 78 1990 Death Brent Mydland, rock keyboardist/vocalist (Grass Roots), dies at 38 1989 Death Audrey Christie, actress (Splendor in the Grass), dies at 77 1973 Death Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, rocker (Grateful Dead, Grass Roots), dies at 27 1965 Event Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Blue Grass Golf Invitational 1965 Event At a cost of $20,000, the outer Astrodome ceiling is painted because of sun's glare, this causes the grass to die 1964 Event Gunter Grass' "Die Plebejern proben den Aufstand," premieres in Berlin 1952 Birthday Brent Mydland, Munich Germany, rock keyboardist/vocalist, Grass Roots 1947 Birthday Ricky Coonce, born in Los Angeles, California, rock drummer, Grass Roots 1945 Birthday Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, California, rocker, Grateful Dead, Grass Roots 1944 Birthday Rob Grill, born in Los Angeles, California, rock bassist/vocalist, Grass Roots 1944 Birthday Warren Entner, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock vocalist and guitarist, Grass Roots 1943 Birthday Creed Bratton, California, rock guitarist, Grass Roots-Sooner or Later 1940 Birthday Phil Lesh, Chapman, born in California, rock bassist, Grass Roots, Grateful Dead 1937 Birthday Sean Garrison, New York City, actor, Up Periscope, Splendor in the Grass 1932 Death Frederik W Van Oaths, psychiatrist/writer (Blades of Grass), dies 1930 Birthday David Werner Amram, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, composer, Splendor in the Grass 1927 Birthday Gunter Grass, Danzig Germany, novelist/poet, Tin Drum 1927 Birthday Gunther Grass, German Author 1927 Birthday Erma Bombeck, born in Dayton, Ohio, humorist, Grass is Always Greener... 1913 Birthday Mary Durack, born in Adelaide, Australia, poet, author, historian, wrote Kings in Grass Castles and Keep Him My Country 1908 Birthday Leonce Grass, Flemish singer/conductor 1819 Birthday Walt Whitman, West Hills, New York, poet, Leaves of Grass
