1997 Event President Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery 1993 Event 35th Grammy Awards: Tears in Heaven, Eric Clapton wins 1988 Event Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 roof tears off in flight; kills stewardess 1983 Event Tornado tears through LA, injuring 33 people 1980 Event 7 stabbed at Blood, Sweat and Tears concert in LA 1979 Event "Driver's Seat" by Sniff 'n' the Tears peaks at #15 1961 Birthday Roland Orzabal, rock vocalist, Tears for Fears-Shout, Head over Heels 1961 Birthday Curt Smith, born in Bath, England, rock bassist/vocalist, Tears For Fears 1957 Birthday Ian Stanley, born in High Wycombe, England, Ian Christopher Stanley, keyboardist, musician, songwriter, record producer, member of Tears for Fears band, made multi-platinum selling album 'Songs from the Big Chair' 1956 Event Morocco tears up the Treaty of Fez, declares independence from France 1954 Birthday Chris Hughes, born in London, England, drummer, musician, record producer, played drums for Dalek I Love You, The Blitz Brothers, member, Adam and the Ants, produced Tears for Fears, The Hurting, Songs from the Big Chair, co-produced Peter Gabriel's 'Red Rain' 1951 Birthday David Clayton-Thomas, singer, Blood, Sweat and Tears 1947 Birthday James Fielder, Denton, Texas, rocker, Blood Sweat and Tears 1947 Birthday Jerry Hyman, Brooklyn, rock singer/trombonist, Blood Sweat and Tears 1946 Birthday Marianne Faithfull, born in Hampstead, England, singer, Money, As Tears Go By 1946 Birthday Jerry Weiss, New York City, rocker, Blood Sweat and Tears 1946 Birthday Tony Klatka, rocker, Blood, Sweat and Tears 1945 Birthday Randy Brecker, Philadelphia, rocker, Blood Sweat and Tears 1945 Birthday Steve Katz, New York City, rock guitarist and vocalist, Blood, Sweat and Tears 1945 Birthday George Wadenius, rocker, Blood, Sweat and Tears 1945 Birthday Eric Clapton, born in Ripley, England, singer/guitarist, Tears in Heaven 1944 Birthday Lew Soloff, born in Brooklyn, New York, rocker, Blood, Sweat and Tears 1943 Birthday Fred Lipsius, New York City, rock pianist/sax, Blood, Sweat and Tears 1943 Birthday Richard Halligan, Troy, New York, rock vocalist, Blood Sweat and Tears 1942 Birthday Dave Bargeron, born in New York City, rocker, Blood, Sweat and Tears 1942 Birthday Jerry Fischer, rocker in Blood, Sweat and Tears 1941 Birthday Ron McClure, rocker, Blood, Sweat and Tears 1940 Birthday Larry Willis, rock keyboardist, Blood, Sweat and Tears 1940 Event Churchill says "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat" 1936 Event Terence Rattigans "French Without Tears," premieres in London 1909 Birthday Paul de Vree, Flemish author, Between Doubt and Tears 1876 Birthday Nico[laas P] de Jong, Dutch radio play actor, Laughter and Tears 1856 Birthday Lizette Woodworth Reese, U.S. poet, Branch of May, Tears