1975 Event John Wooden's final game, UCLA, wins 10th NCAA championship in 12 yrs 1973 Birthday Shawn Wooden, free safety for the Miami Dolphins 1969 Event Last wooden passenger subway cars retired at Brooklyn Myrtle Beach el 1967 Birthday Terry Wooden, NFL linebacker, Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Chiefs 1947 Event Howard Hughes flies "Spruce Goose," a large wooden airplane 1934 Event John Dillinger breaks out of jail using a wooden pistol 1920 Birthday Anthony Steel, London, actor, Malta Story, Wooden Horse 1910 Birthday John Wooden, basketball coach, UCLA-10 national championships 1899 Event George F Bryant of Boston patents the wooden golf tee 1873 Event Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor 1828 Event Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam) 1827 Event English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches 1809 Event 1st practical U.S. railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Philadelphia 1703 Death Pieter van Wooden, Amersfoorts rebel leader, beheaded 1664 Event Adriaen Pieck/Gerrit de Ferry patent wooden firespout in Amsterdam 1521 Event Emperor Charles V bans wooden buildings in Amsterdam
