2014 Event Royal Caribbean's cruise liner, Explorer of the Seas, returns to port after 700 of its 3,050 passengers become ill with gastroenteritis; the illness is suspected to be the Novovirus, a variant strain of the species Norwalk virus 1976 Birthday Jim Parque, born in Norwalk, California, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze 1971 Birthday Tiffany [Renee Darwich], Norwalk Cal, singer, I Think We're Alone Now 1971 Birthday Nikki Schieler, born in Norwalk, California, playmate, Sep, 1997 1967 Birthday Mo Vaughn, Norwalk Conn, infielder, Boston Red Sox, MVP-1995 1966 Birthday Todd Reynolds, Norwalk Conn, pairs skaters 1994 Olympics 1964 Birthday Dona L Speir, Norwalk California, playmate, March, 1984 1953 Birthday Daniel T Barry, Norwalk, Connecticut, PhD/MD/astronaut, STS-72 1943 Birthday Bruce Weitz, Norwalk, Connecticut, actor, Hill St. Blues, Death of a Centerfold 1920 Birthday Sloan Wilson, Norwalk, Conn, novelist, Man in the Gray Flannal 1908 Birthday Paul Brown, born in Norwalk, Ohio, NFL hall of famer, Browns, Bengals 1907 Birthday Horace McMahon, South Norwalk, Connecticut, actor, Martin Kane Private Eye 1864 Birthday Ban Johnson, Norwalk, Connecticut, baseball founder, American League 1853 Event 1st major U.S. rail disaster kills 46 in Norwalk, Connecticut