2014 Event Apple releases earnings for the fourth quarter of 2013; its stock price drops eight percent because they sold 51 million iPhones, falling short of analyst expectations that they would sell 55 million iPhones 2013 Event Only 162,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in July, falling short of expert predictions of an increase of 175,000 - 185,000 new jobs 1995 Event Marc Velzeboer skates world record 3 km short track (5:00.26) 1994 Death Rudolf Hrusinsky, Czechoslovakian actor (Short Cut, Golden Eels), dies at 72 1993 Event Gary Kasparov defeats Nigel Short for chess championship 1993 Death WLPM, the Short, Dutch MP (KVP, 1945-73), dies at 83 1990 Event NL releases short list of teams for 1993 NL expansion 1990 Death Roald Dahl, Br short story author (Sweet Mystery of Life), dies at 74 1990 Death Richard R Briggs, dies after short illness at 71 1990 Death Gordon Jackson, actor (Hamlet), dies after a short illness at 66 1989 Death Andrei Gromyko, Soviet diplomat, dies just short of his 80th birthday 1988 Death Bob Steele, Robert Bradbury, dies after short illness at 60 1988 Death Raymond Carver, poet/short story writer (Furious Season), dies at 50 1987 Event Australia hang on for draw vs. New Zealand at MCG, 1 wkt left 17 runs short 1984 Event Wayne Gretzky sets NHL short handed season scoring record at 11 1983 Event Storm cuts short free Diana Ross concert in New York's Central Park 1982 Event "Your Arms are Too Short to Box" closes at Alvin New York City after 69 performances 1982 Event New Jersey Devils 1st short handed goal-Don Lever 1982 Event "Your Arms are Too Short..." opens at Alvin New York City for 69 performances 1982 Event Federal Equal Rights Amendment fails 3 states short of ratification 1981 Event Ron Davis pitches 10th consecutive strike out, 1 short of record 1980 Event "Your Arm's Too Short to Box" closes at Ambassador New York City after 149 performances 1980 Event "Your Arm's Too Short to Box..." opens at Ambassador New York City for 149 performances 1980 Death Larry Williams, singer, pianist, rock and roll, rhythm and blues genres, recorded, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Short Fat Fannie, dies from a gunshot wound, in Los Angeles, California, at age 44 1979 Death Alex Bradford, actor/composer (Your Arms too Short...), dies at 51 1978 Event "Your Arm's Too Short..." closes at Lyceum New York City after 429 performances 1977 Birthday Tony Goskowicz, born in Wauwautosa, Wisconsin, short track skater 1994 Olympics 1976 Event "Your Arm's Too Short..." opens at Lyceum New York City for 429 performances 1975 Event Soyuz 18A launch aborted short of orbit; cosmonauts return safely 1974 Event Miguel Pinero's "Short Eyes," premieres in New York City 1973 Death Michael Dunn, short actor (Justine, Boom, Madigan), dies at 38 1973 Birthday Melissa Short, born in Kaaawa, Hawaii, Miss America, Hawaii-Top 10-1997 1971 Birthday Amy Peterson, Maplewood, Minnesota, short track skater 1994 Olympics 1968 Birthday Randy Bartz, Roseville, Minnesota, short track skater 1994 Olympics 1968 Birthday John Coyle, West Bloomfield, Michigan, short track skater 1994 Olympics 1968 Death Gertrude Short, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), dies at 66 1967 Birthday Eric Flaim, Pembroke Massachusetts, short track skater 1994 Olympics 1967 Birthday Lili Taylor, actress, Ransom, Short Cuts 1965 Event Phillies' Chris Short strikes-out 18 New York Mets 1965 Birthday Nigel Short, British Celebrity 1964 Birthday Andy Gabel, born in Chicago, Illinois, short track skater 1994 Olympics 1964 Event East Germany government allows short visits to West Germany 1963 Birthday Fisher Stevens, Chicago, actor, My Science Project, Short Circuit 1962 Birthday Cathy Turner, born in Rochester, New York, short track skater 1994 Olympics gold 1962 Birthday David Foster Wallace, born in New York, author, novelist, short story and literary fiction writer 1960 Birthday David Boon, cricketer, short backward square from Tasmania 1958 Birthday Steve Guttenberg, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Police Academy, Short Circuit 1958 Event Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart and peaks at #3 1954 Birthday Louise Erdrich, born in Little Falls, Minnesota, author, short story writer, wrote, 'Love Medicine, 'The Plague of Doves' 1950 Event Howard Swanson's "Short Symphony," premieres 1950 Birthday Martin Short, born in Hamilton, Ontario, comedian, SNL, SCTV, 3 Amigos 1949 Birthday Kerry Short, Vineland Ont, Canad Tour golfer, Highland Amat-1981, 84 1947 Birthday Ann Beattie, born in Washington, D.C., short story writer, novelist, compared to John Updike, J.D Salinger, professor at Harvard, University of Virginia, Rea Award for the Short Story recipient 1946 Birthday Clare Short, born in Birmingham, England, politician, left wing, Secretary of State for Internal Development, supports legislating cannabis, critical of Israel 1943 Birthday Randy Newman, New Orleans, vocalist, Short People, Love, Louisiana, Raindrops 1943 Birthday Randy Newman, rock vocalitst, Short People 1941 Birthday Colin Milburn, cricketer, England bat whose career was cut short 1940 Birthday Austin Pendleton, born in Warren, Ohio, actor, Short Circuit, Simon, Hello Again 1939 Birthday John Badham, Luton England, director, Dracula, Short Circuit 1938 Birthday Raymond Carver, poet/short story writer, Furious Season 1935 Birthday Larry Williams, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, pianist, rock and roll, rhythm and blues genres, recorded, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Short Fat Fannie 1924 Birthday Bobby Short, born in Danville, Illinois, singer/pianist, Carlisle Hotel 1923 Birthday Manon H E Alving, Dutch actress, Short American 1922 Birthday Grace Paley, born in New York, short story writer, political activist, pacifist, poet 1920 Birthday Rudolf Hrusinsky, Czechoslovakian actor, Short Cut, Golden Eels 1913 Birthday Delmore Schwartz, U.S., poet/short story writer/critic, Shenandoah 1911 Event Britain's 1st twin-engine airplane (Short S.39) test flown 1906 Birthday Henry Roth, born in Galicia, Austro-Hungary, writer, short story writer, novelist, Call It Sleep considered masterpiece of Jewish American literature 1903 Event Due to drought the U.S. side of Niagara Falls runs short of water 1902 Birthday Gertrude Short, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actress, Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus 1902 Birthday Kathryn Forbes, short story writer, mama's bank account 1899 Birthday Conrad Aiken, U.S., poet/short story writer/critic, Selected Poems 1893 Birthday Dorothy Parker, New Jersey, short story writer, 1958 Marjorie Peabody Award 1887 Birthday Alexander Woollcott, New Jersey, short story writer, Man Who Came to Dinner 1886 Birthday R Pelgrom, oldest Dutch man, died Apr 15, 1994, 9 days short of 108 1880 Birthday Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer, Short Cause 1876 Birthday Hans Bethge, born in Dessau, Germany, writer, short stories, essays, plays, poetry on love, nature, works include, 'Agyptische Reise' 'Egyptian Journey' 1869 Birthday Marie Dressler, Leila M Koerber, Ontario, actress, Caught Short 1867 Birthday Herbert Prior, born in England, actor, Caught Short, Slave of Desire 1838 Birthday Charles Stratton, General Tom Thumb, famous short person 1742 Event Edmond Hoyle published his "Short Treatise" on the card game whist 1640 Event English Short Parliament unites 1640 Event English Short Parliament forms 1333 Death Wladyslaw IV, the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland, dies 768 Death Pippin III, the short, King of France, dies at 53
