1969 Birthday J. Nick Adamson, born in Freeport, Bahamas, U.S. laser yachter, 1996 Olympics 1965 Birthday Troy Neel, born in Freeport, Texas, professional baseball player, first baseman, hitter, played for Oakland Athletics, Orix BlueWave team in Japan 1964 Birthday Roger Smith, Freeport Bahamas, tennis doubles player 1961 Event 1st practical sea water conversion plant - Freeport, Texas 1942 Birthday Lou Reed, Firbank, Freeport, New York, rock vocalist in the Velvet Underground 1941 Event 1st commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport, TX 1934 Birthday Carl Cecil Cain, Freeport, Illinois, basketball player 1956 Olympics gold 1920 Birthday Don Taylor, Freeport, Pennsylvania, actor, Father's Little Dividend 1819 Event Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds freeport harbor Singapore
