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 (US 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, Olymp-bronze-96
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 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
1921 Betty Hutton, born in Battle Creek, Michigan, actress, Greatest Show on Earth
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 WK Kellogg and Ch Bolin find 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 Conf 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)-Gen 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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