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