1988 Event Danny Spitz, heavy metal artist (Anthrax), weds Valerie 1972 Event U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz becomes 1st athlete to win 7 olympic gold medals 1971 Death Armand Spitz, developer of small educational planetarium, dies 1963 Birthday Danny Spitz, heavy metal guitarist, Anthrax-Protest and Survive 1950 Birthday Mark Spitz, born in Modesto, California, swimmer, 9 Gold Medals 1968, 1972 Olympics, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1968 Olympics