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2002 Eddie Bracken, actor, Miracle of Morgan's Creek, dies at 87
1990 72nd PGA Championship: Wayne Grady shoots a 282 at Shoal Creek Ala 1985 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Moss Creek Women's Golf Invitational 1984 66th PGA Championship: Lee Trevino shoots a 273 at Shoal Creek Ala 1984 Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic of Deer Creek 1983 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda of Deer Creek Golf Classic 1982 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek 1981 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek 1980 Jessica Bowman, Walnut Creek California, actress, Colleen Cooper-Dr. Quinn 1980 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek 1977 James Van Der Beek, actor, Dawson's Creek 1976 Sally Little wins LPGA Ladies Masters at Moss Creek Golf Tournament 1974 Lake Isaac in Cleveland Metroparks' Big Creek Reservation dedicated 1974 Mark Wetges, Walnut Creek California, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1972 Slag heap dam collapses above Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, kills 125 1971 WUHQ TV channel 41 in Battle Creek, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1971 -80 degrees F (-62 degrees C) in Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska (U.S. record) 1970 Debbie Graham, Walnut Creek California, tennis star, 1993 Taranto doubles 1969 Doug Creek, born in Winchester, Virginia, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants 1968 Tinker Creek Gorge of Cleveland Metroparks is dedicated 1966 Darcy Wakaluk, born in Pincher Creek, NHL goalie for the Dallas Stars 1966 Frank Pettingell, actor (Becket, Up the Creek), dies at 75 1965 Larry Silveira, Walnut Creek California, Nike golfer, NIKE Knoxville Open-2nd 1964 Nolan Jay Henke, Battle Creek, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1990 BC Open 1963 Matt Anger, born in Walnut Creek, California, tennis star 1957 Tom Candiotti, Walnut creek California, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers 1956 Jeff Madrigali, Walnut Creek California, soling yachter, Bronze Medal 1996 Olympics 1955 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Battle Creek Golf Open 1955 Leann Hunley, actress, Dane Carrington-Dynasty, Dawson's Creek 1954 Lani O'Grady, Walnut Creek California, actress, Mary-8 is Enough 1950 Eugene Fodor, born in Turkey Creek, Colorado, violinist, 1974 Tchaikovsky Award 1949 Don Johnson, born in Flatt Creek, Missouri, actor, Miami Vice, Harrad Experiment 1947 Tim Matheson, born in California, actor, Animal House, Fletch, Up the Creek 1945 Mel Watt, born in Steele Creek, North Carolina, Representative-D-North Carolina 1993 - 1945 Richard Manuel, rock pianist and vocalist, Band-Up on Cripple Creek 1944 Gary Busey, born in Goose Creek, Texas, actor, Buddy Holly Story, Star in Born 1940 Joanna Miles, born in Nice, France, actress, Cross Creek, Delta County USA 1935 Ron Harper, Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, actor, Wendy and Me, Planet of the Apes 1909 7.17" (18.2 cm) of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state rec) 1908 Edward R. Murrow, Pole Creek, North Carolina, newscaster, Person to Person 1907 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Penn 1907 Gas explosion at Jacobs Creek Pa, coal mine kills 239 1906 Will Keith Kellogg found Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co. 1896 Gold discovered in Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Ala 1896 Grease fire ignites ton of dynamite at Cripple Creek Colorado 1896 Fight in Central Dance Hall starts fire (Cripple Creek Colorado) 1883 Northern Pacific RR's last spike driven at Independence Creek, Mont 1865 Battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off 1864 Skirmish at Ebenezer Creek/Cypress Swamp, Georgia 1864 Battle of Waynesborough (Brier Creek) GA 1864 Skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia 1864 Battle of New Creek, WV (Rosser's Raid, Ft. Kelly) 1864 Skirmish at Shoal Creek, AL 1864 Battle of Marais Des Cygnes River, Kansas (Mine Creek) 1864 Skirmish at Mine Creek, KS and Turkeytown, AL 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, Union beats back Confederate attackers 1864 Skirmish at Mud Creek/Noyes's (Nose) Creek, Georgia 1864 Cavalry fight at Old Church (Totopotomoy Creek) Virginia 1864 Skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek, Virginia 1864 Battle of Cloyd's Mt, and Swift Creek, Virginia (Drewery's Bluff, Ft. Darling) 1864 Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway bridge Virginia (Drewry's Bluff) 1864 Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee 1864 Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta) Tennessee 1864 Miridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek and Wyatt, Mississippi 1864 Battle of Cosby Creek, TN 1863 Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee 1863 Battle of Buffington's Island (St. George Creek), Ohio 1863 Battle of Falling Waters, MD (Beaver Creek) 1862 General Read army pulls out of Antietam Creek Virginia 1862 Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky (Fishing Creek, Logan's Crossroads) 1862 Battle of Big Sandy River, Kentucky (Middle Creek) 1861 Battle of Bird Creek, Indian Terr (High Shoal, Chusto-Talasah) 1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek, MI (Springfield) 1861 Battle of Dumfries, Virginia (Quantico Creek) 1861 Skirmish at Boone Court House WV and Blue Creek WV 1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek MO (Springfield, Oak Hills)-General Lyon killed 1841 Great Lakes steamer "Erie" sinks off Silver Creek NY, kills 300 1825 Creek Indian treaty signed. Tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land in Georgia to the government and migrate west by Sept 1, 1826 1813 U.S. invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek |
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