2014 Event Bobby Womack, renowned singer and the writer of many chart-toppers, dies at age 70 1984 Death Charlie Lau, White Sox coach/renowned hitting instructor, dies at 50 1935 Birthday Noam Sheriff, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, musician, composer, conductor, most renowned Israeli musician, director of Haifa Symphony Orchestra 1917 Birthday Isang Yun, born in Tongyeong, South Korea, composer, professor, son of renowned poet Yun Ki-hyon, exhiled from South Korea, taught at Hanover Academy of Music 1737 Death Antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93
