2002 Death Eddie Bracken, actor, Miracle of Morgan's Creek, dies at 87 1990 Event 72nd PGA Championship: Wayne Grady shoots a 282 at Shoal Creek Ala 1985 Event Amy Alcott wins LPGA Moss Creek Women's Golf Invitational 1984 Event 66th PGA Championship: Lee Trevino shoots a 273 at Shoal Creek Ala 1984 Event Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic of Deer Creek 1983 Event Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda of Deer Creek Golf Classic 1982 Event Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek 1981 Event Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek 1980 Birthday Jessica Bowman, Walnut Creek California, actress, Colleen Cooper-Dr. Quinn 1980 Event Joanne Carner wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek 1978 Birthday Katie Holmes, born in Toledo, Ohio, actress, breakout role, Joey Potter on television show, 'Dawson's Creek', appeared in film, 'Batman Begins', married to Tom Cruise 1977 Birthday James Van Der Beek, actor, Dawson's Creek 1976 Event Sally Little wins LPGA Ladies Masters at Moss Creek Golf Tournament 1976 Birthday Ali Larter, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, actress, fashion model, appeared in 'Heroes', 'Dawson's Creek' television series, appeared in film, 'Legally Blonde' 1974 Event Lake Isaac in Cleveland Metroparks' Big Creek Reservation dedicated 1974 Birthday Mark Wetges, Walnut Creek California, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1972 Event Slag heap dam collapses above Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, kills 125 1971 Event WUHQ TV channel 41 in Battle Creek, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1971 Event -80 degrees F (-62 degrees C) in Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska (U.S. record) 1970 Birthday Debbie Graham, Walnut Creek California, tennis star, 1993 Taranto doubles 1969 Birthday Doug Creek, born in Winchester, Virginia, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants 1968 Event Tinker Creek Gorge of Cleveland Metroparks is dedicated 1966 Birthday Darcy Wakaluk, born in Pincher Creek, NHL goalie for the Dallas Stars 1966 Birthday Alan Davies, born in Loughton, England, actor, writer, comedian, star in 'Jonathan Creek' television series 1966 Death Frank Pettingell, actor (Becket, Up the Creek), dies at 75 1965 Birthday Larry Silveira, Walnut Creek California, Nike golfer, NIKE Knoxville Open-2nd 1964 Birthday Nolan Jay Henke, Battle Creek, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1990 BC Open 1963 Birthday Matt Anger, born in Walnut Creek, California, tennis star 1963 Birthday Jason Newsted, born in Battle Creek, Michigan, bassist, Metallica, heavy metal band member, founder of Chophouse Records studio 1957 Birthday Tom Candiotti, born in Walnut Creek, California, pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, also played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angelese Dodgers, and the Oakland Athletics 1956 Birthday Jeff Madrigali, Walnut Creek California, soling yachter, Bronze Medal 1996 Olympics 1955 Event Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Battle Creek Golf Open 1955 Birthday Leann Hunley, actress, Dane Carrington-Dynasty, Dawson's Creek 1954 Birthday Sandra Cisneros, born in Chicago, Illinois, author, wrote, 'The House on Mango Street', 'Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories', a figure in Chicana literature 1954 Birthday Lani O'Grady, Walnut Creek California, actress, Mary-8 is Enough 1950 Birthday Eugene Fodor, born in Turkey Creek, Colorado, violinist, 1974 Tchaikovsky Award 1950 Birthday Rick Perry, born in Paint Creek, Texas, politician, Republican, 47th Governor of Texas, chairman Republican Governors Association, 2008 1949 Birthday Don Johnson, born in Flatt Creek, Missouri, actor, Miami Vice, Harrad Experiment 1947 Birthday Tim Matheson, born in California, actor, Animal House, Fletch, Up the Creek 1945 Birthday Mel Watt, born in Steele Creek, North Carolina, Representative-D-North Carolina 1993 - 1945 Birthday Richard Manuel, rock pianist and vocalist, Band-Up on Cripple Creek 1944 Birthday Gary Busey, born in Goose Creek, Texas, actor, Buddy Holly Story, Star in Born 1940 Birthday Joanna Miles, born in Nice, France, actress, Cross Creek, Delta County USA 1935 Birthday Ron Harper, Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, actor, Wendy and Me, Planet of the Apes 1909 Event 7.17" (18.2 cm) of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state rec) 1908 Birthday Edward R. Murrow, Pole Creek, North Carolina, newscaster, Person to Person 1907 Event 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Penn 1907 Event Gas explosion at Jacobs Creek Pa, coal mine kills 239 1906 Event Will Keith Kellogg found Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co. 1896 Event Gold discovered in Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Ala 1896 Event Grease fire ignites ton of dynamite at Cripple Creek Colorado 1896 Event Fight in Central Dance Hall starts fire (Cripple Creek Colorado) 1883 Event Northern Pacific RR's last spike driven at Independence Creek, Mont 1865 Event Battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off 1864 Event Skirmish at Ebenezer Creek/Cypress Swamp, Georgia 1864 Event Battle of Waynesborough (Brier Creek) GA 1864 Event Skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia 1864 Event Battle of New Creek, WV (Rosser's Raid, Ft. Kelly) 1864 Event Skirmish at Shoal Creek, AL 1864 Event Battle of Marais Des Cygnes River, Kansas (Mine Creek) 1864 Event Skirmish at Mine Creek, KS and Turkeytown, AL 1864 Event Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, Union beats back Confederate attackers 1864 Event Skirmish at Mud Creek/Noyes's (Nose) Creek, Georgia 1864 Event Cavalry fight at Old Church (Totopotomoy Creek) Virginia 1864 Event Skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek, Virginia 1864 Event Battle of Cloyd's Mt, and Swift Creek, Virginia (Drewery's Bluff, Ft. Darling) 1864 Event Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway bridge Virginia (Drewry's Bluff) 1864 Event Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee 1864 Event Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta) Tennessee 1864 Event Miridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek and Wyatt, Mississippi 1864 Event Battle of Cosby Creek, TN 1863 Event Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee 1863 Event Battle of Buffington's Island (St. George Creek), Ohio 1863 Event Battle of Falling Waters, MD (Beaver Creek) 1862 Event General Read army pulls out of Antietam Creek Virginia 1862 Event Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky (Fishing Creek, Logan's Crossroads) 1862 Event Battle of Big Sandy River, Kentucky (Middle Creek) 1861 Event Battle of Bird Creek, Indian Terr (High Shoal, Chusto-Talasah) 1861 Event Battle of Wilson's Creek, MI (Springfield) 1861 Event Battle of Dumfries, Virginia (Quantico Creek) 1861 Event Skirmish at Boone Court House WV and Blue Creek WV 1861 Event Battle of Wilson's Creek MO (Springfield, Oak Hills)-General Lyon killed 1841 Event Great Lakes steamer "Erie" sinks off Silver Creek NY, kills 300 1825 Event 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 Event U.S. invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek
