2013 Event American comedian Don Rickles receives treatment for a flesh-eating disease, necrotizing fasciitis, he contracted in his leg; the 87-year old is expected to make a full recovery 2013 Event In Sri Lanka, a researcher discovered Poecilotheria rajaei, a new species of tarantula slightly smaller than a dinner plate, with a leg span of eight inches 2013 Event Scientist in China discover an ancient human fossil in a cave near Beijing; the 40,000 year-old leg bone shows it was related to the ancestors of present-day Asians and Native Americans 2012 Event In Surrey, England, a message found on the leg of a pigeon from WWII stumps GCHQ code-breakers, who say the message hidden in the code may never be revealed 2012 Event Singer George Michael experiences 'major anxiety' and cancels the Australian leg of his tour; the singer resulted from life-threatening pneumonia in November 2011 2011 Event American actress Zsa Zsa Gabor undergoes a life-saving operation and has her leg amputated 1986 Event Tim Kides of West New York, New Jersey performs 25,000 leg raises in 11:57:15 1985 Event During NLCS, Cards rookie Vince Coleman is injured stretching before game as his left leg is caught in Busch Stadium's automated tarpaulin 1983 Death Lennox Brown, cricket leg spinner (3 wickets at 63 for South Africa), dies 1981 Event Arnie Boldt of Saskatchewan jumped 6' 8.25," with 1 leg 1978 Event Fee Waybill of Tubes breaks a leg falling off stage 1977 Event "Turn Loose On My Leg" by Jim Stafford peaks at #98 1973 Event Butch Trucks drummer of Allman Brothers, breaks leg in a car crash 1973 Death Ariantje "Jeanne" Leg, actress (It Vijgeblaadje/It Hippie), dies at 84 1973 Event Angels outfielder Bobby Valentine breaks his leg trying to scale wall to prevent a Dick Green home run during a 5-4 loss to the A's 1972 Death Sidney Pegler, cricket leg spinner (leading South Africa prior to WWI), dies 1961 Death Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies 1954 Event Tennis champ Maureen Connolly's right leg is crushed in an accident 1943 Event Braves manager Casey Stengel is struck by a taxi, fractures a leg 1934 Birthday Peter Philpott, cricketer, NSW and Australian leg spinner 1965-66 1928 Event John McGraw is knocked down by a taxicab and suffers a broken leg 1904 Birthday Quintin McMillan, cricketer, South African leg spinner 1929-32 1888 Birthday Ariantje "Jeanne" Leg, actress, It Vijgeblaadje, It Hippie 1846 Event Benjamin Palmer patents artificial leg
