2011 Event The most expensive Bollywood film to date, Ra.One, is released to coincide with Diwali, the Hindu festival 1993 Death Herman S Blount, Sun Ra, U.S. jazz pianist (Solar Arkestra), dies at 79 1993 Death Sun Ra, blues pianist/orchestra leader, dies of strokes at 79 1969 Event Thor Heyerdahl and reed raft Ra II land in Barbados 57 days from Morocco 1961 Birthday Deb[ra] Richardson, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, beach volleyballer 1996 Olympics 1940 Birthday RA Weiss, director, Institute of Cancer Research
