2014 Event Rob Manfred has been elected as the new commissioner of Major League Baseball; Manfred will take the position after current commissioner Bud Selig retires early next year 2012 Event According to the U.S. Hurricane Center, Hurricane Bud has formed off of the Pacific Ocean's coast of Mexico, and has reached category two strength 1998 Death Buddy the Wonder Dog, dog (Air Bud), dies of cancer at 9 1997 Event ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jason Queen 1996 Event ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Ernie Schlegel 1995 Event ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Mike Aulby 1994 Death Forest Cowles Bud Forrest Sagendorf, cartoonist, dies at 79 1992 Event Bud Selig becomes interm commissioner of baseball 1991 Death Bud Freeman, jazz tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 84 1990 Event New York Mets fire manager Davey Johnson and hire Bud Harrelson 1988 Event Indians' Bud Black sets club record for most batters hit in inning (3) 1976 Event San Francisco Giants are bought for $8 million by Bob Lurie and Bud Herseth 1974 Death Bud Abbott, comedian (Abbott and Costello), dies at 78 1973 Event NLCS game 3 brawl between Cincinnatis' Pete Rose and New York Met Bud Harrelson 1970 Event Bud Selig becomes CEO of Milwaukee Brewers 1970 Event Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for $10,800,000 Although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, it was not until March 13 when a federal bankruptcy referee declared the Pilots bank 1969 Death Bud Collyer, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth), dies at 61 1966 Death Bud Powell, U.S. jazz pianist/composer, dies 1959 Birthday Bud Schultz, Meriden Conn, tennis star 1953 Event Bud Grant of Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts 5 passes (record) 1948 Birthday Bud Cort, New Rochelle, New York, actor and director, Electric Dreams, M*A*S*H 1940 Event Bud Brennan, a fan at Memorial Stadium, races out of stands and attempts to tackle Tom Harmon at 3-yard line, Harmon easily evades Brennan 1937 Event Martha Raye divorces Bud Westmore 1937 Birthday Steve Karmen, born in Bronx, New York, jingle writer, I Love, New York, This Bud's for You 1934 Birthday Bud Selig, owner, Milw Brewers, acting baseball commissioner 1932 Birthday Bud Shuster, born in Glassport, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Pennsylvania 1973 - 2001 1930 Event White Sox 1st baseman Bud Clancy didn't handle ball at all in a 9 inning game vs St. Louis Browns 1929 Birthday Bud Spencer, Italian actor, Aladdin, Extralarge, Go For It 1927 Birthday Franklin "Bud" Held, javelin world champ, 1949, 51, 53-55 1927 Birthday [Harold] Bud Grant, Wisconsin, CFL/NFL player and coach, Winnipeg, Minnesota 1926 Birthday Bud Greenspan, documentary maker, Olympic Games 1926 Birthday Bud Yorkin, producer, All in the Family, 1959, 1960 Emmy 1924 Birthday Bud Powell, U.S. jazz pianist/composer 1924 Birthday Bud, Norman, Poile, NHLer 1921 Birthday Calvert DeForest, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Larry "Bud" Melman 1920 Birthday Bud Palmer, born in Hollywood, California, NBAer for the New York Knicks/sportscaster 1916 Birthday Bud Wilkinson, college football coach, Oklahoma 1908 Birthday Bud Collyer, born in New York City, TV emcee, Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth 1895 Birthday Bud Abbott, Asbury Pk, New Jersey, comedian, Abbott and Costello
