1992 Event Colorado Rockies 1st minor league team's (Bend Oregon in Class A) game 1983 Event John Sain of South Bend, Indiana builds 3.91 m house of cards 1982 Event South Bend, Indiana jury acquits self-avowed racist Joseph Paul Franklin 1977 Birthday Jayme Dickman, South Bend, Indiana, 3x20 rifle 1996 Olympics 1977 Birthday Sara Walsh, South Bend, Indiana, fencer-foil 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday William Deering, Jr., South Bend Indiana, pole vaulter 1970 Birthday Amy Beth Keller, Great Bend Kansas, Miss America, Kansas-Top 10-1996 1967 Birthday Doug Johns, South Bend, Indiana, pitcher for the Oakland A's 1958 Birthday Marg Helgenberger, North Bend Nebraska, actress, China Beach 1958 Event St. Louis Card Vinegar Bend Mizell walks a record 9 men in a shutout 1958 Birthday Lori Garbacz, South Bend, Indiana, LPGA golfer, 1989 Circle K Tucson Open 1958 Birthday Dickie Thon, born in South Bend, Indiana, Richard William 'Dickie' Thon, baseball player, shortstop, played for Major League Baseball teams California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, suffered Mike Torrez fastball facial injury, Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Famer, 2003 1956 Birthday Timothy J. Roemer, born in South Bend, Indiana, Representative-D-Indiana 1991 - 2003 1956 Birthday Janice E Voss Ford, South Bend, Indiana, PhD/Astronaut, STS-57, 63, 83, 94 1955 Event WNDU TV channel 16 in South Bend, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KCKT (now KSNC) TV channel 2 in Great Bend, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast 1954 Event WSJV TV channel 28 in Elkhart-South Bend, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting 1952 Event WSBT TV channel 22 in South Bend, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 Birthday Neil Jones, musician, Bend Me Shape Me 1938 Birthday Jeremy Boorda, born in South Bend, Indiana, admiral, U.S. Navy, 25th Chief of Naval Operations 1936 Birthday Chad Everett, born in South Bend, Indiana, actor, Medical Center, Airplane II 1932 Birthday Lloyd Haynes, South Bend Indiana, actor, Pete Dixon-Room 222 1922 Birthday John Bromfield, born in South Bend, Indiana, actor, Easy to Love 1865 Event 1st U.S. train robbery (North Bend Ohio) 1863 Event Battle of Milliken's Bend, Louisiana - Jefferson Davis' home burnt 1863 Event Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA and Williamsport, MD 1863 Event Battle of Irish Bend, Louisiana (Ft. Bisland) 1862 Event Battle of Plum Run Bend, Tennessee (Plum Point Bend) 1833 Birthday Benjamin Harrison, born in North Bend, Ohio, R, 23rd President, 1889-1893 1814 Event Battle at Horseshoe Bend Ala: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians 1814 Event Battle at Horseshoe Bend: General Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians
