1973 Birthday Kurt Grote, U.S., 100m/200m breaststroke, Olympics-6th-96 1970 Event New York Met Jerry Grote sets record of 20 put outs by a catcher 1911 Birthday Grote Reber, U.S., astronomer, 1st parabolic radio telescope 1899 Birthday Marnix Gijsen, baron Jan-Albert Goris, Flemish writer, Grote God Pan 1794 Birthday George Grote, British historian 1621 Event Hugo de Grote escapes in bookcase from Loevenstein castle, Netherlands 1089 Death Dirk de Grote, bishop of Verdun/Basel/archbishop of Trier, dies
