1997 Floyd Cramer, pianist (Nashville Sound), dies of cancer at 64
1996 Colbert, Floyd and Irwin win Wendy's Senior 3 Tour Golf Challenge
1996 14th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Raymond Floyd
1995 Floyd McDaniel, blues singer and guitarist, dies at 80
1995 56th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Ray Floyd wins
1994 6th Seniors Golf Tradition: Ray Floyd
1993 Floyd, Nicklaus and Rodriguez wins Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Golf Tourn
1992 Floyd Arceneaux, trumpeter, dies at 58
1991 Floyd B McKissick, U.S. founder (CORE), dies
1988 Expos Pitcher Floyd Youmans suspended for 60 days due to drugs
1986 86th U.S. Golf Open: Ray Floyd shoots a 279 at Shinnecock Hills GC New York
1986 Raymond Floyd wins U.S. Open golf tournament
1982 64th PGA Championship: Ray Floyd shoots a 272 at Southern Hills Tulsa
1980 Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa
1980 Floyd Taliaferro Alderson, actor (Crossing Trails), dies
1980 Pink Floyd's "Wall" hits #1
1979 Pink Floyd's "The Wall" released, sells 6 million copies in 2 weeks
1979 Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles
1977 1st quadrophonic concert (Pink Floyd in London)
1977 Floyd Mayweather, Grand Rapids, Michigan, featherweight boxer, Oly-br-96
1976 Houston Astros draft Floyd Bannister #1
1976 40th Golf Masters Championship: Ray Floyd wins, shooting a 271
1974 Rufe Davis, actor (Floyd Smoot-Petticoat Junction), dies at 66
1972 Cliff Floyd, born in Chicago, Illinois, outfielder/1st base for the Montreal Expos
1972 William Floyd, full back for the San Francisco 49ers
1971 Gonzalo Floyd, CFL defensive end for the Hamilton Tiger Cats
1969 51st PGA Championship: Ray Floyd shoots a 276 at NCR GC Dayton Ohio
1969 Deli Floyd, writer, dies
1968 Jimmy Ellis beats Floyd Patterson in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1968 David Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd
1967 Pink FLoyd's 1st U.S. tour (arrives in New York City)
1967 Pink Floyd releases their 1st song (Arnold Layne)
1967 Pink Floyd release their 1st single "Arnold Layne"
1966 Floyd Turner, NFL wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts
1966 Floyd B McKissick, named national director of CORE
1965 Muhammad Ali TKOs Floyd Patterson in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1965 Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Floyd Patterson in Las Vegas
1965 Eric Floyd, NFL guard for the Arizona Cardinals
1964 Floyd Youmans, baseball pitcher, Expos
1963 Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1962 Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in 1st round for heavyweight title
1962 Chicago White Sox Floyd Robinson goes 6 for 6 (all singles)
1961 Floyd Patterson KOs Tom McNeeley in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1961 Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 6 for heavywgt boxing title
1960 Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 5 for heavywgt boxing title
1960 Heavyweight Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johnstown (New York City)
1960 [Eris] Sleepy Floyd, NBA guard
1959 Ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for heavywgt boxing title
1959 Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1958 Floyd Patterson TKOs Roy Harris in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
1957 Floyd Patterson KOs Pete Rademacher in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1957 Floyd Patterson TKOs Tommy Jackson in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1956 Floyd Patterson KOs Archie Moore in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1952 Dr. Floyd J Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery
1948 Marlene Floyd, LPGA golfer
1947 With only 1 out to go, Yank Floyd Beven gives up a double breaking his World Series no-hit bid, it scored 2 runs and he lost game
1946 "Crazy Barret Diamond" Syd, rocker, Pink Floyd
1945 William Floyd Weld, Gov-R-Mass
1945 Rick Wright, keyboardist of Pink Floyd
1945 King Floyd, rocker
1944 David Gilmore, born in Cambridge, England, guitarist, Pink Floyd
1943 Floyd Sneed, Calgary, rock drummer, Three Dog Night-Joy to the World
1942 Ray Floyd, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, PGA golfer, Masters 1976
1942 Raymond Loran Floyd, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1986 U.S. Open
1941 Floyd Butler, rocker
1940 Floyd Giebells, 1st game, 2-0 pennant clinching beating Bob Feller
1936 Floyd Robinson, baseball player, White Sox, Reds, A's
1935 Eddie Floyd, born in Montgomery, Alabama, singer/composer, California Girl, Falcons
1935 Floyd Patterson, heavyweight champ, 1956-59, 1960-62, Oly-gold-1952
1934 Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, gangster, shot dead at 30 by FBI in Ohio
1933 Floyd Cramer, rocker
1933 Floyd Cramer, Louisiana, cowboy singer, Last Date, On the Rebound
1933 Floyd Ashton, U.S. singer, Tams-What Child of Fool
1932 Erv A Kelley, U.S. policeman, shot to death by Pretty Boy Floyd
1930 Lowell Thomas made debuts on CBS Radio replacing Floyd Gibbons
1928 Floyd D. Spence, Rep-R-SC, 1971-
1926 Carlisle Floyd, born in Latta, South Carolina, composer, Slow Dusk
1926 Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett make 1st flight over North Pole
1924 Floyd Kalber, born in Omaha, Nebraska, newscaster, NBC Weekend News Anchor-1973
1923 Floyd M. Simmons, actor and decathlete Olympics bronze 1948, 1952
1915 Floyd McDaniel, blues singer/guitarist
1904 Charlie "Pretty Boy" Floyd, FBI Most Wanted criminal
1903 Floyd "Babe" Herman, Brooklyn Dodgers' slugger, .324 lifetime average
1890 Floyd Henri Allport, U.S. psychologist/sociologist
1863 John Buchanan Floyd, U.S. min of War (1857-60)/Confederate general, dies
1821 William Floyd, U.S. soldier/signer (Declar of Independence), dies at 86
1806 John Buchanan Floyd, Ex-Sect of War, Union, died in 1863
1804 Charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
1734 William Floyd, U.S. soldier/signer, Declaration of Independence
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