1961 Death William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99 1938 Event Northwestern U awards honorary degree to dummy Charlie McCarthy 1936 Event Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and dummy Charlie McCarthy, appear on TV 1902 Event 2 deaf-mutes face each other for 1st time as Dummy Hoy leads off for the Reds against Dummy Taylor of the Giants, Reds win 5-3 1862 Birthday Amos Alonzo Stagg, football pioneer, inventor, tackling dummy 1862 Birthday William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player who lived to 99
