1974 Event Gold legal in U.S., Franklin Mint strikes Panama's Gold 100 balboa coin 1965 Birthday John "Chip" McKibben II, born in Balboa Island, California, rower 1996 Olympics 1960 Birthday Bruce Penhall, Balboa California, actor, Savage Beach 1517 Death Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Spanish conquistador/admiral, beheaded at 41 1513 Event Vasco Nunez de Balboa is 1st European to see Pacific Ocean
