2014 Event American pet supply retailer PetSmart agrees to be purchased by private equity firm BC Partners for $8.7 billion 2011 Event Jimmy Choo, a U.S. company, is sold to Labelux, a private equity firm for $800 million 1973 Event Mary Lou Crocker wins LPGA MARC Equity Golf Classic Crocker 1960 Event Broadway theaters close, labor dispute between owners and Actors Equity 1941 Birthday Ian McGarry, general secretary, British Actors' Equity Association 1923 Birthday Douglas Wass, CEO, Equity and Law Life Assurance Company 1913 Event Actors' Equity Association forms (New York City)