1972 Birthday Troy Dumas, NFL linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs 1972 Birthday Tony Dumas, NBA guard, Dallas Mavericks 1969 Birthday Richard Dumas, NBA forward for the Philadelphia 76ers 1969 Birthday Michael Dumas, NFL free safety, San Diego Chargers, Jacksonville Jaguars 1956 Event Charles Dumas, makes 1st high jump over 7' (2.13 m)-LA, California 1946 Birthday James R. Hines, Dumas, Arkansas, 4X100m relayer, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1937 Birthday Charles Everett Dumas, Tulsa, Oklahoma, high jumper 1956 Olympics gold 1917 Event Russian Dumas sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets 1895 Death A Dumas D J, writer, dies at 71 1892 Birthday Dumas Malone, Mississippi, historian, Jefferson and His Time 1870 Death A Dumas Da, writer, dies at 68 1870 Death Alexander Dumas, French Novelist 1852 Event Alexandre Dumas Jr's "Le Dame aux Camelias," premieres in Paris 1824 Birthday Alexandre Dumas, born in France, playwright/novelist, Camille 1802 Birthday Alexandre Dumas Pere, France, author, 3 Musketeers 1802 Birthday Alexander Dumas, French Novelist