1996 Death Horace Leonard Gold, science fiction writer/editor, dies at 81 1994 Death Harold Horace Hopkins, inventor (Endoscope), dies at 75 1994 Death Horace "Stephen" McNally, attorney/actor (Johnny Belinda), dies at 80 1990 Death Horace Stoneham, baseball owner (Giants), dies at 86 1988 Death Horace A Hildreth, (Gov-Maine, 1945-49), dies at 85 1986 Death Horace Heidt, orchestra leader (Swift Show Wagon), dies at 85 1972 Death Horace Mann Bond, president of Lincoln University (Pa), dies at 70 1971 Death Horace McMahon, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 64 1971 Birthday Horace Copeland, NFL wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1970 Event New York Yankees Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for 3rd time in 28 days 1970 Event Yankees Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for the 2nd of 3 times in 28 days 1970 Event Yankees Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for the 1st of 3 times in 28 days 1970 Death Hjalmar Schcacht, Horace Greeley, Nazi minister, dies 1965 Event Bollingen prize for poetry awarded to Horace Gregory 1964 Death Reginald Horace Blyth, Zen teacher/scholar, dies in Japan at 66 1963 Birthday Horace Holden, Jr., born in Atlanta, Georgia, slalom double canoe, Olympics-11th-96 1954 Event Cleveland Browns' Horace Gillom sets club record with 80-yard punt 1950 Event Cleveland Browns' Horace Gillom sets club record with 12 punts 1940 Birthday Horace Clarke, baseball 2nd baseman, New York Yankees 1936 Event A's pitcher Horace Lisenbee gives up 26 hits in a game 1936 Event Horace Stoneham elected president of New York Giants 1934 Birthday Horace Kay, U.S. singer, Tams-You Lied to Your Daddy 1927 Death Horace Alderman, U.S., murderer, hanged 1927 Event U.S. rum smuggler Horace Alderman kills 3 1923 Birthday Horace Ashenfelter, U.S., 3000m steeplechase 1952 Olympics gold 1922 Death Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer, dies at 73 1918 Birthday Harold Horace Hopkins, inventor, Endoscope 1916 Death Horace Hood, British spy (Battle of Jutland), dies in battle 1916 Birthday Horace Ian Parrott, composer 1914 Birthday Horace Leonard Gold, Sci-Fi writer/editor 1913 Birthday Horace Grant Fletcher, composer 1913 Birthday Edward Fiennes-Clinton, born in Australia, born Edward Horace Fiennes-Clinton, 18th Earl of Lincoln, engineer, landowner, inherited Earldom but formally did not prove his right to the title 1913 Birthday Horace Smith, cricketer, New Zealand, only Test wkt off his 1st ball, Paynter, 1907 Birthday Horace McMahon, South Norwalk, Connecticut, actor, Martin Kane Private Eye 1902 Birthday Horace A. Hildreth, Gov-Maine, 1945-49 1902 Death Horace Gray, American Judge 1901 Birthday Horace Heidt, Alameda California, orchestra leader, Swift Show Wagon 1895 Event 1st U.S. Golf Open: Horace Rawlins shoots a 173 at Newport Golf Club Rhode Island 1895 Event Horace Rawlins wins 1st U.S. Open golf tournament (Newport RI) 1890 Birthday Horace Chapman, cricketer, leg-spin all-rounder for South Africa in 2 Tests 1886 Death Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77 1872 Death Horace Greeley, U.S. founder/publisher (New York Tribune), dies at 61 1865 Birthday Charles Horace Mayo, surgeon/co-founder, Mayo Clinic 1865 Event Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west young man" 1863 Death E J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73 1859 Death Horace Mann, American Educator 1848 Birthday Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer 1841 Event New York "Tribune" begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley 1837 Birthday Horace Porter, Brigadier General Union Army 1829 Birthday John Horace Forney, Major General Confederate Army 1828 Birthday Horace Gray, American Judge 1824 Birthday Joseph Horace Lewis, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1821 Death Horace Coignet, composer, dies at 86 1815 Birthday Horace Wells, dentist, pioneered use of medical anethesia 1811 Birthday Horace Greeley, editor, "Go west, young man" 1799 Death Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist/alpinist, dies at 58 1797 Death Horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79 1796 Birthday Horace Mann, U.S., educator/author/editor, pioneered public schools 1789 Birthday E J Horace Vernet, French painter 1787 Event Horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc 1769 Birthday Horace H Hayden, cofounded 1st dental college 1740 Birthday Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist 1735 Birthday Horace Coignet, composer 1717 Birthday Horace Walpole, England, British horror writer, Cattle of Ontario 1640 Event Pierre Corneilles "Horace," premieres in Paris 1606 Birthday Pierre Corneille, France, dramatist, El Cid, Horace