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1998 Buddy the Wonder Dog, dog (Air Bud), dies of cancer at 9

1997 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jason Queen

1996 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Ernie Schlegel

1995 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Mike Aulby

1994 Forest Cowles Bud Forrest Sagendorf, cartoonist, dies at 79

1992 Bud Selig becomes interm commissioner of baseball

1991 Bud Freeman, jazz tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 84

1990 New York Mets fire manager Davey Johnson and hire Bud Harrelson

1988 Indians' Bud Black sets club record for most batters hit in inning (3)

1976 San Francisco Giants are bought for $8 million by Bob Lurie and Bud Herseth

1974 Bud Abbott, comedian (Abbott and Costello), dies at 78

1973 NLCS game 3 brawl between Cincinnatis' Pete Rose and New York Met Bud Harrelson

1970 Bud Selig becomes CEO of Milwaukee Brewers

1970 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 Bud Collyer, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth), dies at 61

1966 Bud Powell, U.S. jazz pianist/composer, dies

1959 Bud Schultz, Meriden Conn, tennis star

1953 Bud Grant of Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts 5 passes (record)

1948 Bud Cort, New Rochelle, New York, actor and director, Electric Dreams, M*A*S*H

1940 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 Martha Raye divorces Bud Westmore

1937 Steve Karmen, born in Bronx, New York, jingle writer, I Love, New York, This Bud's for You

1934 Bud Selig, owner, Milw Brewers, acting baseball commissioner

1932 Bud Shuster, born in Glassport, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Pennsylvania 1973 - 2001

1930 White Sox 1st baseman Bud Clancy didn't handle ball at all in a 9 inning game vs St. Louis Browns

1929 Bud Spencer, Italian actor, Aladdin, Extralarge, Go For It

1927 Franklin "Bud" Held, javelin world champ, 1949, 51, 53-55

1927 [Harold] Bud Grant, Wisconsin, CFL/NFL player and coach, Winnipeg, Minnesota

1926 Bud Greenspan, documentary maker, Olympic Games

1926 Bud Yorkin, producer, All in the Family, 1959, 1960 Emmy

1924 Bud Powell, U.S. jazz pianist/composer

1924 Bud, Norman, Poile, NHLer

1921 Calvert DeForest, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Larry "Bud" Melman

1920 Bud Palmer, born in Hollywood, California, NBAer for the New York Knicks/sportscaster

1916 Bud Wilkinson, college football coach, Oklahoma

1908 Bud Collyer, born in New York City, TV emcee, Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth

1895 Bud Abbott, Asbury Pk, New Jersey, comedian, Abbott and Costello


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