2012 Event Eli Young Band wins song of the year for 'Crazy Girl' and Taylor Swift wins 'Entertainer of the Year' at the 2012 Academy of Country Music awards 1988 Event Agnes Neil Williams purchases Baltimore Orioles for $70 million Eli Jacobs becomes CEO of Baltimore Orioles 1988 Death Eli Mintz, actor (Boardwalk), dies 1970 Death Nelly Sachs, born in Schoenberg, Berlin, writer, poet, dramatist, Jewish, works include, 'Eli: Ein Mysterienspiel vom Leiden Israels', dies at 78 1958 Event Eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mexico 1948 Event Actor Eli Wallach marries actress Anne Jackson 1947 Birthday Laura Nyro, Bronx, singer and songwriter, Eli's Coming, Stoney End 1937 Birthday Eli Jacobs, baseball owner for the Baltimore Orioles 1927 Birthday Eli van der Merwe Louw, South Africa minister of Transport/Manpower 1915 Birthday Eli Wallach, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Magnificent 7, Misfits, People Next Door 1899 Birthday David Eli Lilienthal, U.S. government organizer, Wisconsin 1891 Birthday Nelly Sachs, born in Schoenberg, Berlin, writer, poet, dramatist, Jewish, works include, 'Eli: Ein Mysterienspiel vom Leiden Israels' 1884 Birthday Eli S Jones, U.S., evangelist, Christ of Indian road 1864 Birthday Ransom Eli Olds, auto, Oldsmobile, and truck, REO, manufacturer 1837 Birthday Eli Long, Major General Union Army 1825 Death Eli Whitney, American Inventor 1799 Event Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets 1794 Event Eli Whitney patents cotton gin 1793 Event Eli Whitney applies for a patent on cotton gin 1793 Event Eli Whitney patents his cotton gin 1765 Birthday Eli Whitney, inventor, Cotton Gin
