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2003 Death - Willie Shoemaker, jockey, dies at 72

2003 Death - Bill Mauldin, cartoonist, Willie and Joe, dies at 81

2001 Death - "Willie ""Pops"" Stargell", baseball great/humanitarian, dies at 61

1999 Death - Willie Morris, writer, The Ghosts of Medgar Evers, dies at 63

1999 Death - Boxcar Willie, born Lecil Travis Martin, guitarist, American hobo music singer, sang country, gospel music, dies from leukemia, in Branson, Missouri, at age 67

1997 Death - Willie Forkner, biker (Wild One), dies of heart attack at 77

1997 Event - Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox and Willie Wells for Hall of Fame

1995 Death - Willie George "Bill" Woodruff Sr, vocalist, dies at 66

1994 Death - Willie Humphrey, jazz clarinetist, dies at 93

1994 Death - Willie Mae Ford Smith, gospel Singer/Songwriter, dies at 89

1993 Death - Willie Mosconi, world billiards champ, dies of heart attack at 80

1992 Event - 23rd New York City Marathon won by Willie Mtolo in 2:09:29

1992 Event - Barry Bonds joins Willie Mays, Howard Johnson and Ron Gant as having (2) 30-home run/30-steal seasons

1992 Event - IRS and Willie Nelson settle on $9M tax bill (of $16.7M)

1992 Death - Willie Dixon, blues composer (I'm a Man, Backdoor Man), dies at 76

1990 Event - NL batting champ Willie McGee signs as a free agent with San Francisco Giants

1990 Event - Andre Dawson steals his 300th base and is only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 home runs, 300 steals and 2,000 hits

1990 Event - Nolan Ryan pitches his 6th no-hitter beating Oakland, in 9th he retires Ken Phelps, Rickey Henderson and Willie Randolph (all ex Yankees)

1988 Event - Willie Stargell became 200th man inducted in Baseball's Hall of Fame

1988 Event - Willie Stargell (Pittsburgh Pirate), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1987 Event - Mike Schmidt passes Ted Williams and Willie McCovey with 522 home runs

1986 Event - Willie McCovey, Bobby Doerr, and Ernie Lombardi inducted in Hall of Fame

1986 Event - Willie McCovey is 16th elected to Hall of Fame in his 1st year

1985 Event - Willie Nelson's Farm Aid concert

1985 Event - Willie Banks of USA sets triple jump record (58'11 ") in Indianapolis quadruple bogies 5th hole and never recovers

1985 Event - Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle

1985 Event - Bill (Willie) Shoemaker is 1st jockey to surpass $100 million

1984 Event - Willie Hernandez wins AL MVP Award

1984 Event - Tigers reliever Willie Hernandez wins AL Cy Young Award

1983 Death - Willie Bobo, jazz drummer (Cos), dies at 49

1983 Event - 18th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama and Willie Nelson

1982 Event - 16th Country Music Association Award: Willie Nelson and Ricky Skagg

1982 Event - Pittsburgh Pirates retire Willie Stargell's number

1980 Death - Willie Sutton, U.S. bank robber, dies at 79

1980 Event - Royals Willie Wilson steals AL-record 28 consecutive base

1980 Event - Willie Jones hospitalized for heat stroke with record 46.5 degrees C temp

1980 Event - Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits his 521st and final home run

1979 Event - Willie Stargell and Keith Hernandez share NL MVP Award NL

1979 Event - KC's Willie Wilson hits 5th inside-the-park home run (most since 1925)

1979 Event - Willie Mays, Warren Giles, and Hack Wilson inducted in Hall of Fame

1979 Event - New York Giants Willie McCovey 513th home run is an NL lefty record

1979 Event - Willie Horton is honored at Seattle's Kingdome

1979 Event - Willie Horton becomes 43rd player to hit 300 home runs in the majors

1979 Event - Willie Mays elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1978 Event - Giants' Willie McCovey becomes 12th to hit 500 home runs

1977 Event - San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey hits NL record 18th grand slammer

1977 Event - Willie Stargell hits his 400th career home run

1977 Event - Willie McCovey smashes 2 home runs in inning for 2nd time (Apr 12, 1973)

1975 Event - Great Yankee trade getting Willie Randolph, Dock Ellis and Ken Brett from Pirates for George "Doc" Medich

1973 Event - Dodgers trade Willie Davis to Expos for relief pitcher Mike Marshall

1973 Event - San Francisco Giants trade Willie McCovey to San Diego Padres for pitcher Mike Caldwell

1973 Event - Willie Mays last hit, as Mets beat A's in World Series game 2 A's Mike Andrews makes 2 errors, prompting owner Finley to remove him

1973 Event - Mets beat Expos 2-1 on Willie Mays Night at Shea Stadium

1973 Event - Willie Mays night at Shea Stadium

1973 Event - Willie Mays announces retirement at end of 1973 season

1973 Event - Willie Mays hits 660th and last home run (off Don Gullett of Cincinnati)

1973 Event - Willie Mays named to NL all star team for 24th time (ties Musial)

1973 Event - Willie McCovey becomes 15th to hit 400 home runs

1973 Event - Pete Rose and Willie Davis both get career hit # 2,000

1973 Birthday - Willie Smith, NFL linebacker, Detroit Lions

1973 Birthday - Willie Whitehead, CFL defensive end for the Hamilton Tiger Cats

1972 Event - Hank Aaron's grandslammer (14) ties him for NL lead with Gil Hodges and moves him ahead of Willie Mays as #2 home run hitter (649)

1972 Birthday - Willie Brown, NFL/WLAF linebacker, Seattle Seahawks. Rhein Fire

1972 Event - In Willie Mays 1st game as a New York Met his homer beats San Francisco Giants, 5-4

1972 Event - Giants trade Willie Mays to Mets for pitcher Charlie Williams and cash

1972 Birthday - Willie Clark, NFL cornerback, San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles

1971 Birthday - Willie McGinest, NFL outside linebacker for the New England Patriots

1971 Birthday - Willie Greene, Milledgville Georgia, infielder for the Cincinnati Reds

1971 Birthday - Willie Jackson, NFL wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars

1971 Event - Willie Mays hits record 22nd and last extra inning home run

1971 Event - Willie Mays hits his 638th home run, sets NL record of 1,950 runs scored

1970 Birthday - Willie Williams, NFL cornerback, Pittsburgh Steelers, Seahawks

1970 Birthday - Willie Clay, NFL safety, Detroit Lions

1970 Event - Willie Stargell (Pirates) ties record of 5 extra base hits in a game

1970 Birthday - Willie Beamon, NFL cornerback for the New York Giants

1970 Event - Jockey Willie Shoemaker passes Johnny Longden with his 6,033 win

1970 Event - Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s

1969 Event - San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey edges Tom Seaver as NL MVP

1969 Event - San Francisco Giant Willie Mays, becomes 2nd player to hit home run number 600 off Mike Corkins

1969 Event - Pirate Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium

1969 Event - Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a home run outside of Dodger Stadium

1969 Event - All star MVP: Willie McCovey for the San Francisco Giants

1969 Birthday - Willie Banks, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs

1968 Event - All star MVP: Willie Mays for the San Francisco Giants

1968 Death - Little Willie John, rocker, dies at 30

1968 Death - William E "Little Willie" John, U.S. R&B-singer (Fever), dies at 30)

1968 Event - Pittsburgh Pirate Willie Stargell hits 3 home runs, a double and a single

1967 Birthday - Willie Davis, NFL wide receiver, Kansas City Chiefs, Tennessee Oilers

1967 Birthday - Willie Williams, NFL/CFL tackle, Toronto Argonauts, NO Saints

1967 Birthday - Willie Williams, WLAF tight end for the Amsterdam Admirals

1967 Birthday - Willie Anderson, U.S., NBA guard, New York Knicks, Olympic-bronze-1988

1966 Event - Willie Mays takes 2nd place on all-time home run list

1966 Birthday - Willie Green, NFL wide reciever, Denver Broncos Superbowl 32

1966 Event - San Francisco Giant Willie Mays signs highest contract, $130,000 per year

1965 Birthday - Willie Blair, Paintsville, Kentucky, pitcher for the San Diego Padres

1965 Event - Willie Mays named NL MVP

1965 Event - Willie Mays's 500th home run (off Don Nottebart), Giants 11th straight win

1965 Birthday - Willie Watson, cricket pace bowler, New Zealand

1965 Event - Willie Mays sets NL record for home runs in a month with his 17th of August

1965 Event - Willie Mays 512th home run breaks Mel Ott's 511th NL record

1965 Birthday - [Willie] Flipper Anderson, NFL wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts

1964 Birthday - Willie Broughton, NFL defensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints

1964 Birthday - Willie Pless, CFL linebacker for the Edmonton Eskimos

1964 Death - Willie Bryant, singer (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 55

1963 Event - All star MVP: Willie Mays for the San Francisco Giants

1963 Event - Giant Willie Mays' home run in 16th inning gives them a 1-0 win over Braves

1963 Event - Willie Mays for the San Francisco Giants signs a record $100,000 per year contract

1962 Event - Willie Mays hits 4 home runs

1962 Death - Willie Best, actor (Charlie-My Little Margie), dies at 45

1961 Event - Willie Mays is 4th major leaguer with 3 or more home runs twice in a season

1961 Event - San Francisco Giant Willie Mays hits 4 home runs in a game

1960 Birthday - Willie Gault, bob sledder/NFL receiver, Chicago Bears, Los Angeles Raiders

1960 Birthday - Willie Aames, born in Newport Beach, California, actor, 8 is Enough, Paradise, Zapped

1959 Event - Giants slugger Willie McCovey wins NL Rookie of Year

1959 Event - San Francisco Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits 1st of his 521 home runs

1959 Event - In his major league debut, San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey goes 4-for-4

1958 Event - Willie Shoemaker 1st jockey to win national riding championship 4X

1958 Birthday - Willie McGee, born in San Francisco, California, outfielder, St. Louis Cardinals, NL MVP-1985

1958 Event - New York Giants Willie Mays and Darryl Spencer each hit 2 home runs and a triple

1957 Event - Frick overrules and names Stan Musial, Willie Mays, and Hank Aaron to team

1956 Event - Willie Williams of U.S. sets 100 meter record at 10.1

1956 Event - Willie Mosconi sinks 150 consecutive balls in a billiard tournament

1955 Birthday - Willie Hernandez, pitcher, Cy Young Award

1955 Event - Willie Mays (Giants) homers off Vern Law (Pirates) in both ends of DH

1955 Event - Willie Mays is 7th player to reach 50 home runs in a season

1955 Event - Willie Mays hits record tying 9th home run at Ebbets Field (ties Joe Adcock)

1954 Death - Willie Shaw, race car driver (Indy 500-1937, 39, 40), dies at 51

1954 Event - Willie Mays famous over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz' 460' drive

1954 Event - Giants' Willie Mays gets 82nd extra-base hit, breaks Mel Ott's record

1953 Event - Willie Shoemaker shatters record, riding 485 winners in a year

1953 Event - Willie Thrower becomes 1st black NFL quarterback in modern times

1951 Event - After going 0-for-12, Willie Mays connects for his 1st home run

1951 Event - Willie Mays gets his 1st major league hit, a home run

1951 Event - New York Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5)

1951 Event - Willie Mays begins playing for New York Giants

1950 Birthday - Willie Hall, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rocker, drummer, played with Isaac Hayes' The Movement, member of The Bo-Keys

1950 Birthday - Willie Ford, U.S. R&B-singer, Dramatics-Me and Mrs. Jones

1950 Birthday - Willie Colon, born in born in Bronx, New York, actor, Last Flight

1950 Birthday - Willie Duggan, rugby football player

1950 Event - Willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in New York City

1949 Birthday - Albert West, Dutch singer, Dumb Willie

1949 Birthday - Jimmy Hall, rocker, Wet Willie

1949 Event - Willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title

1947 Event - Bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in Philadelphia

1945 Event - U.S. destroyer William D. Porter ("Willie Dee") sunk by kamikaze

1945 Birthday - Willie Parnell, U.S. singer, Archie Bell and the Drells

1945 Birthday - Willie J L Swildens-Rozendal, Dutch MP, PvdA

1943 Event - U.S. destroyer William D. Porter [Willie Dee] launched

1942 Birthday - Willie Horton, baseball slugger for the Detroit Tigers

1942 Birthday - Willie D. Davenport, born in Troy, Alabama, 110m hurdler, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics

1941 Event - DiMaggio breaks Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak (45th of 56)

1941 Event - Joe Dimaggio on way to 56, ties Willie Keeler's 44 game hit streak

1940 Birthday - Willie Brown, NFL defensive back, Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders

1940 Birthday - Willie Tyler, Red Level Ala, ventriloquist, Lester

1940 Birthday - Willie Stargell, outfielder/1st baseman, Pirates, 1971 NL home run leader

1939 Event - Eddie Collins, Willie Keeler and George Sisler elected to Hall of Fame

1938 Birthday - Willie Chambers, guitarist and vocalist, Chambers Brothers

1938 Birthday - Willie "Stretch" McCovey, 1st baseman, San Francisco Giant #44

1937 Birthday - William E "Little Willie" John, Woods, U.S. R&B singer, Fever

1935 Event - 67th Belmont: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:30.6

1935 Event - 61st Preakness: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 1:58.4

1935 Event - 61st Kentucky Derby: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:05

1934 Birthday - Willie Morris, American Writer

1934 Birthday - Willie Naulls, NBA star for the New York Knicks

1934 Birthday - Willie Davis, NFL defensive end, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay

1934 Birthday - Willie Bobo, New York City, jazz drummer, Cos

1933 Birthday - Willie Nelson, born in Abbott, Texas, country singer, On the Road Again

1933 Death - Willie Walker, U.S. jazz singer/guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at 36

1931 Birthday - Boxcar Willie, born in Red Oak, Texas, born Lecil Travis Martin, guitarist, American hobo music singer, sang country, gospel music

1931 Birthday - Willie Shoemaker, jockey, won 8,833 of 40,350 starts

1931 Birthday - Willie Mays, baseball centerfielder, "Say Hey Kid", 660 home runs, MVP 1954

1930 Birthday - Julie Bovasso, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Willie and Phil, Just Me and You

1928 Event - Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in New York in "Steamboat Willie"

1928 Event - Mickey Mouse's screen debut (Steamboat Willie at Colony Theater New York City)

1928 Event - Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" is released

1925 Event - 29th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Macfarlane shoots a 291 at Worcester CC Mass

1923 Death - Willie Keeler, American Athlete

1920 Birthday - Willie Watson, cricketer, England batsman and soccer international

1915 Birthday - Willie Dixon, born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, bassist, Walkin' the Blues

1913 Birthday - Willie Mosconi, world champion pool player, 1941-57

1910 Birthday - Abraham L Polonsky, U.S. writer and director, Tell them Willie Boy is Here

1909 Event - 34th Preakness: Willie Doyle aboard Effendi wins in 1:39.8

1909 Birthday - Willie Herenton, American Politician

1908 Birthday - Willie Bryant, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, Sugar Hill Times

1905 Event - 11th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 314 at Myopia Club Mass

1904 Event - 10th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 303 at Glen View Club IL

1904 Birthday - Willie Mae "Mother" Smith, gospel singer/evangelist folk artist

1903 Event - 9th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 307 at Baltusrol Golf Club New Jersey

1902 Birthday - Willie Shaw, race car driver, Indy 500-1937, 39, 40

1901 Event - 7th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 331 at Myopia Hunt Club, Massachusetts

1900 Birthday - Willie Humphrey, jazz Clarinetist

1899 Event - 5th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Smith shoots a 315 at Baltimore CC MD

1898 Birthday - Emmett Kelly, Sedan, Kansas, circus clown, Weary Willie

1898 Event - 23rd Preakness: Willie Simms aboard Sly Fox wins in 1:49.75

1898 Event - 24th Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Plaudit wins in 2:09

1897 Birthday - Willie Corsari, Wilhelmina A Schmidt, Dutch writer

1896 Event - 22nd Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Ben Brush wins in 2:07.75

1894 Event - 28th Belmont: Willie Simms aboard Henry of Navarre wins in 1:56

1893 Event - 27th Belmont: Willie Simms aboard Commanche wins in 1:53

1872 Birthday - Wee Willie Keeler, outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles, hit .432 in 1897

1872 Birthday - Willie Keeler, American Athlete

1860 Event - 1st British Golf Open: Willie Park shoots a 164 at Prestwick Club

1860 Event - 1st pro golf tournament held (Scotland) (Willie Park wins)

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