2014 Event Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Opportunity rover landing on Mars; NASA announces the rover has discovered clay minerals indicating water flowed on Mars early in the planet's history 1996 Death Clay Jones, horticulturalist, broadcaster, Chairman of the program Gardener's Question Time on BBC Radio 4, voted tenth alongside Carol Klein as the nation's all-time favorite gardener, dies at 72 1994 Death James Clay, saxophonist, flutist, hard bop jazz music genre, style influenced by Sonny Rollins, dies at 59 in Dallas, Texas 1992 Event Andrew "Dice" Clay marries his longtime live-in lover Trinie 1990 Event Andrew Dice Clay cries on Arsenio Hall Show 1990 Event 3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts) 1990 Event Nora Dunn and Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting 1983 Event Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour 1982 Event Andrew "Dice" Clay and George Wendt appear in "Trick or Treatment" 1979 Event Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end 1978 Birthday Clay Aiken, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, singer, appeared on 'American Idol' television show, debut album, 'Measure of a Man' went multi-platinum 1978 Death Lucius D. Clay, general and Governor U.S. zone W-Germany (airlift), dies at 80 1977 Event Toby Harrah and Bump Wills hit back-to-back inside-the-park-homers off Yankee Ken Clay at Yankee Stadium, Rangers won 8-2 1975 Event Chinese archeologists discover a 3-acre burial site with 6,000 clay statues of warriors dating as early as 221 BC 1973 Birthday Bill Clay, Yokosuka Japan, U.S. sprint cyclist 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Clay Williams, WLAF OL for the Amsterdam Admirals 1973 Birthday Clay Williams, OL for the Indianapolis Colts 1972 Birthday Clay Shiver, corner for the Dallas Cowboys 1971 Event Marine clay under houses liquefies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Quebec) 1970 Birthday Willie Clay, NFL safety, Detroit Lions 1970 Event Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits and Padres lose, 3-0 1967 Event Phillies Clay Dairymple ties NL record of 6 walks in doubleheader 1967 Event Mohammed Ali, Cassius Clay, sentenced to 5 years 1967 Event Heavyweight Cassius Clay beats Ernie Terrell in Houston 1966 Event Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Brian London 1966 Event Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Henry Cooper in London 1966 Birthday Andrea Temesvari, born in Budapest, Hungary, tennis star, 1985 U.S. Clay Courts 1965 Event Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Floyd Patterson in Las Vegas 1964 Event Elijah Muhammad renames Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali 1964 Event Cassius Clay TKOs Sonny Liston in 7 for heavyweight boxing title 1961 Birthday Clay O'Brien, Ray, Arizona, actor, Weedy-Cowboys 1960 Event Cassius Clay wins 1st battle as professional boxer 1960 Event Cassius Clay captures Olympic light heavyweight gold medal 1957 Birthday Andrew "Dice" Clay, Silverstien, comedian, Adv of Ford Fairlane 1956 Event Black students enter Clay Kentucky elementary school 1956 Event Black students enter and are barred from Clay Kentucky elementary school 1956 Birthday Clay Matthews, NFL linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons 1942 Birthday Otis Clay, U.S. gospel/R&B-singer, That's how it is 1939 Birthday E. Clay Shaw, Jr., born in Miami, Florida, Representative-R-Florida 1981 - 2007 1936 Birthday Trevor Clay, General-Secretary, Royal College of Nursing 1935 Birthday James Clay, born in Dallas, Texas, saxophonist, flutist, hard bop jazz music genre, style influenced by Sonny Rollins 1931 Birthday Bill Clay, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Representative-D-Missouri 1969 - 2001 1930 Death Henry Clay Folger, Jr., CEO (Folger Shakespeare Library), dies at 72 1928 Birthday Clay Felker, St. Louis, journalist, New York Herald Tribune, Esquire 1923 Birthday Clay Jones, born in England, horticulturalist, broadcaster, Chairman of the program Gardener's Question Time on BBC Radio 4, voted tenth alongside Carol Klein as the nation's all-time favorite gardener 1922 Event Annie Oakley sets record by breaking 100 clay targets in a row 1920 Birthday Richard Quine, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor and director, Clay Pigeon 1919 Death Henry Clay Frick, built largest coke and steel operation, dies at 69 1915 Birthday Clay Warnick, born in Tacoma, Washington, choral director, Jimmie Rodgers Show 1908 Event Bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay and Montgomery 1897 Birthday Lucius du Bignon Clay, U.S., general, WW II, gov, West Germany 1893 Event Heavy rain wash "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway) 1884 Death Henry Clay Work, composer, dies at 51 1882 Birthday Jacob Clay, Dutch philospher/phyicist, Mesones 1880 Event Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters 1873 Event Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street 1873 Event 1st trial run of San Francisco cable car, Clay Street between Kearny and Jones 1873 Event Construction begins on Clay St. (SF) for world's 1st cable railroad 1868 Birthday Obe Postma, Frisian poet/geography/historian, Frisian Clay Farm 1864 Death James Clay Rice, lawyer/Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 34 1857 Birthday Henry Clay Folger, Jr., U.S., businessman/Shakespeare fan 1852 Death Henry Clay, the great compromiser, dies at 75 1850 Event Henry Clay introduces a comprise bill on slavery to U.S. Senate 1849 Birthday Henry Clay Frick, Penn, built world's largest coke and steel operation 1848 Event Post office at Clay and Pike opens 1844 Event Whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate 1839 Event Henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president" 1832 Birthday Henry Clay Work, composer 1829 Birthday James Clay Rice, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1826 Birthday Green Clay Smith, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Event Jackson, WH Crawford and H Clay Adams eventually declared president 1816 Birthday Clement Claiborne Clay, MC, Confederacy 1810 Birthday Cassius Marcellus Clay, Major General Union volunteers 1777 Birthday Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser, U.S. politician
