2014 Event Albert Pujols of the Los Angeles Angels joins an elite group of only 26 major league baseball players to have hit 500 home runs; Pujols achieved this feat during today's game against the Washington Nationals 2011 Event The funeral for the final heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Otto von Habsburg, occurs in Vienna, attended by monarchs and members of the political elite 1976 Event Belgium catholic elite start amnesty campaign for war criminals 1969 Birthday Stephanie Romanov, actress, Teri Spencer-Models Inc, model, Elite 1965 Birthday Linda Evangelista, St. Catherines Canada, model, Elite 1962 Death C Wright Mills, U.S. sociologist (Power Elite), dies at 45 1941 Death Gaetano Mosca, Italian sociologist (Elite Circle), dies at 83 1940 Death Menno ter Braak, Dutch writer (Forum, New Elite), suicide at 38 1939 Birthday James Caan, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Brian's Song, Killer Elite, Godfather 1934 Event Saint-Adelbert cooperation formed by Catholic elite 1892 Event Mrs William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion thus beginning use of "400" to describe socially elite 1858 Birthday Gaetano Mosca, Italian sociologist, Circulation of Elite 1826 Event Sultan Mahmud II rebellious elite corp, slaughter 20,000 in Turkey
