1994 Death Suzanne M Blum, French lawyer (Charlie Chaplin), dies at 95 1973 Event Walter Blum becomes 6th jockey to ride 4,000 winners 1971 Event 103rd Belmont: Walter Blum aboard Pass Catcher wins in 2:30.6 1954 Birthday Richard Manitoba, born in The Bronx, New York, born Richard Blum, nicknamed 'Handsome Dick', musician, punk rock genre, vocalist, radio personality, lead singer for The Dictators, MC5 1950 Birthday Mark Blum, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Worth Winning, Blind Date, Presidio 1950 Death Leon Blum, French premier (People's Front Government), dies at 77 1946 Event Leon Blum elected French premier 1939 Birthday Liselot Beekmeyer, actress, Issue Blum 1938 Event 2nd government of Blum replaced by Daladier government in France 1937 Event Leon Blum becomes premier of People's front government of France 1935 Birthday Peter Bichsel, born in Lucerne, Switzerland, writer, journalist, wrote 'And Really Frau Blum Would Very Much Like to Meet the Milkman', member of the Gruppe Olten, a club of Swiss writers 1925 Birthday Peter Blum, German/South African/English poet, Capricorn 1872 Birthday Leon Blum, French premier, People's front government 1835 Death Friederike Blum, writer, dies