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1978 Mark Vinchesi of Amherst Mass keeps a frisbee aloft 15.2 seconds
1971 Jair Lynch, Amherst Massachusetts, gymnast, 1996 Olympics silver 1959 100th anniversary of 1st college baseball game, between Amherst and Williams Teams reenact the original contest 1945 Lewis F. Payne, Jr., born in Amherst, Virginia, Representative-D-Virginia 1988 - 1997 1940 Lewis Spratlan, born in Miami, Florida, composer, contemporary classical music genre, Professor of Music Emeritus, Amherst College 1920 Amy Clampitt, born in New Providence, Iowa, poet, author, professor at Amherst College, College of William and Mary, Smith College, received Guggenheim, MacArthur Fellowship 1901 Stuart Symington, born in Amherst, Massachusetts, Senator-D-Missouri 1953 - 1976 1859 1st intercollegiate baseball game, Amherst beats Williams 66-32 1830 Emily Dickinson, born in Amherst, Massachusetts, poet, Collected Poems 1828 Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st professor of physical education, Amherst College 1797 Jeffrey Amherst, English Governor-General of America, dies at 80 1797 Lord Amherst, British Soldier 1760 French army gives Montreal to General Jeffrey Amherst 1717 Jeffrey Amherst, English Governor-General of America/Field Marshal 1717 Lord Amherst, British Soldier |
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