2013 Event In North Carolina, a neuroscientist at Duke University announces he has successfully connected the brains of two rats in such a way that they share information 1990 Death Hope Sansberry, actress (Rats are Coming), dies at 94 1987 Death Gustav Knuth, actor (Heidi, Rats), dies at 85 1981 Event Guitarist Gerry Cott quits Boomtown Rats 1979 Event Brenda Spencer kills 2, inspires Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays" 1975 Event Bob Geldof 1st appearance with Boomtown Rats 1956 Birthday Johnny Fingers, rocker, Boomtown Rats 1954 Birthday Gary Roberts, rocker, Boomtown Rats 1951 Birthday Bob Geldof, born in Dublin, Ireland, rocker, member of The Boomtown Rats, singer, songwriter, actor, played Pink in "The Wall" 1947 Birthday Jim Nollman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, graduated from Tufts University, composer, musical theater, conceptual artist, environmental activist, recorded interspecies music with wolves, whales, dolphins, deer, elk, desert rats 1923 Event Andre Charlot's musical "Rats," premieres in London 1909 Birthday Chips Rafferty, Broken Hill Australia, actor, Desert Rats
