2015 Event Certain members of Greece's Syriza party form the Popular Unity Party, which opposes the current E.U. bailout; Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who ran on a Syriza anti-bailout platform, resigned after accepting the bailout terms against voter wishes 2013 Event Engineers working off of Italy's Tuscan coast pull the MS Costa Concordia cruise ship upright after it ran aground in early 2012 2012 Event London's West End closes it's longest-run musical, 'Chicago' which ran for 15 years 2012 Event Two survivors are found trapped inside the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia, which ran aground off the coast of Tuscany January 13 1996 Event Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Alabama) 1993 Death Roy Riegels, University of California football player who ran wrong way, dies at 84 1981 Event Yankee Ron Davis strikes out 8 consecutive Angels, ran record of 13 strikeouts of last 14 faced, also saved Gene Nelsons 1st win, 4-2 1976 Event Argo Merchant tanker off Massachusetts' SE coast, spills 7.6 m gallons of crude when ship ran aground 1960 Death Fausto Coppi, Italian, ran world record 45,798 km, dies at 40 1949 Birthday Shulamit Ran, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, composer, second woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Music, for Symphony, 1990 1947 Birthday Lynn Fitzgerald, marathoner, ran 133 miles 939 yards in 24 hours 1923 Birthday Trevor Bailey, England, cricket all-rounder, batted and ran 1913 Death Thomas P Krag, Norw author/novelist (Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran), dies at 44 1897 Event 1st American marathon ran, John J McDermott wins in 2:55:10 (Boston) 1868 Birthday Thomas P Krag, Norwegian writer, Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran
