1995 Event 127th Belmont: Gary Stevens aboard Thunder Gulch wins in 2:32 1995 Event 121st Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Thunder Gulch wins in 2:01.2 1992 Death Satyajit Ray, Indian director (Distant Thunder/Agantuk), dies at 70 1992 Death Maurice J Hill, writer (Track of Thunder), dies of pneumonia at 89 1991 Death Jacques Aubuchon, actor (Hoax, Thunder Road), dies of heart failure 1991 Death Helene Heigh, actress (Undercover Woman, Teen Age Thunder), dies at 86 1991 Event Orlando Thunder beats San Antonio Riders in their 1st WLAF game 35-34 1990 Event Jushin "Thunder" Liger beats Naoki Sano to become New Japan IWGP champ 1982 Death Brenda Benet, actress (Track of Thunder), commits suicide by gun at 36 1977 Death Stanley Adams, actor (Lillies of the Field, Thunder Alley), dies at 61 1971 Birthday Steve Rucchin, Thunder Bay, NHL center, Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1971 Birthday Jordan Young, Thunder Bay Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Purdue 1967 Birthday Davidson Matyczuk, Thunder Bay Ont, golfer, Thunder Bay-1986, 87 1967 Birthday Bill Houlder, born in Thunder Bay, NHL defenseman, Tampa Bay Lightning 1959 Birthday Daniel Seifried, born in Kitchener Ontario, Canadia Tour golfer, 1981 Thunder Bay 1958 Birthday Frank Edmonds, Thunder Bay Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, 1989 Alberta 1949 Birthday Paul Shaffer, Thunder Bay Ont, orchestra leader, SNL, David Letterman 1944 Birthday Tony Scott, director, Top Gun, Revenge, Days of Thunder 1940 Birthday Galen Hall, WLAF Head Coach, Orlando Thunder, Rhein Fire 1930 Death Lon Chaney, actor (Thunder, Big City, Unholy 3), dies at 47 1927 Birthday Jacques Bergerac, France, actor, Gigi, Les Girls, Thunder in Sun 1926 Birthday James Best, born in Corydon, Indiana, actor, Savages, Sounder, Rolling Thunder 1925 Birthday Camille Flammarion, French astronomer/writer, Thunder and Lightning 1914 Birthday Barbara Mullen, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Thunder Rock, Innocent Sinners 1904 Birthday Don Alvarado, Jose Page, Albuquerque, New Mexico, actor, Captain Thunder 1898 Birthday Jay C. Flippen, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, actor, Jet Pilot, Killing, Thunder Bay 1888 Birthday John Crowe Ransom, U.S. poet and critic, God Without Thunder 1879 Birthday William Duncan, Scotland, actor, Thunder Trail 1879 Event British battleship Thunder explodes in Gulf of Ismid, 9 die
