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1993 John B "Dizzy" Gillespe, blues trumpeter, dies of cancer at 75

1980 Larry Williams, singer, pianist, rock and roll, rhythm and blues genres, recorded, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Short Fat Fannie, dies from a gunshot wound, in Los Angeles, California, at age 44

1974 Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, dies at 63

1974 Dizzy Dean, American Athlete

1963 Darren "Dizzy" Reed, U.S. musician, Guns n' Roses-Sweet Girl of Mine

1959 Sandy Koufax breaks Dizzy Dean's NL mark of 18 strikeouts in a game

1953 Dizzy Dean, Al Simmons Chief Bender, Bobby Wallace, Harry Wright, Ed Barrow, and Bill Klem and Tom Connolly are inducted into Hall of Fame

1953 Jon Faddis, born in Oakland, California, musician, jazz trumpeter, conductor, composer, music educator, sound compared to his mentor, Dizzy Gillespie, member Lionel Hampton's big band, led Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, released Grammy-Award nominated work, Remembrances, 1999

1948 Jacques Kloes, singer, Dizzy Man's Band

1947 Dizzy Gillespie presented his 1st Carnegie Hall concert in NY

1942 Satchel Paige pitches 5 innings to defeat Dizzy Dean All-Stars 8-1

1936 Carl Hubbell, 26-6, edges out Dizzy Dean, 24-13, for MVP honors in NL

1935 Larry Williams, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, pianist, rock and roll, rhythm and blues genres, recorded, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Short Fat Fannie

1934 Dizzy Dean chosen as NL MVP

1934 St. Louis Card clinch pennant as Dizzy Dean wins his 30th of year

1934 St. Louis Cardinals defeat Cincinnati Reds 8-6 in 18 innings, pitchers Dizzy Dean and Tony Freitos go the distant

1933 Card's Dizzy Dean strikes out 17 Cubs to win 8-2

1930 Betty Boop debuts in Max Fleischer's animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes

1917 Dizzy Gillespie, jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz

1911 Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, HOF baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals

1910 Dizzy Dean, American Athlete


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