2014 Event A mentally ill man is apprehended after jumping the White House fence and injuring the two police dogs that stopped him; the man had been previously arrested near the White House on a misdemeanor 1995 Event Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL home game vs, BC Lions 1995 Event Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL game (vs Calgary Stampeders) 1995 Event Memphis Mad Dogs granted CFL's 13th franchise 1983 Death Peter Arne, actor (Straw Dogs), bludgeoned to death in London at 62 1964 Birthday Janeane Garofalo, born in New Jersey, comedienne, SNL, Truth about Cats and Dogs 1963 Event Birmingham police use dogs and cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators 1961 Birthday Tim Roth, born in London, England, actor, Reservoir Dogs, Vincent and Theo 1960 Event U.S.S.R. recovers 2 dogs, 1st living organisms to return from space 1960 Event Sputnik 5 carries 2 dogs, 3 mice into orbit (later recovered alive) 1960 Event U.S.S.R. recovered 2 dogs; 1st living organisms to return from space 1960 Event U.S.S.R.'s Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs 1958 Birthday Michael Madsen, Chicago, actor, Reservoir Dogs, Straight Talk 1958 Event U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik 3 with 2 dogs aboard 1957 Birthday Steve Buscemi, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, studied at Lee Strasberg Institute, known for role of Carl Showalter in 'Fargo', Mr. Pink in 'Reservoir Dogs', cast member of 'The Sopranos' 1950 Birthday Susan George, born in London, England, actress, Straw Dogs, Mandingo 1939 Event King and Queen of England taste 1st "hot dogs" at FDR's party 1939 Birthday Harvey Keitel, actor, Taxi Driver, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs 1934 Birthday Colin Welland, born in Liverpool, England, actor, Straw Dogs, Sweeney 1925 Birthday Sam Peckinpah, born in Fresno, California, film director, Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs 1878 Birthday Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer, Black Dogs and Other Stories 1666 Event Samuel Pepys reports on 1st blood transfusion (between dogs)
