1997 Death Carlo Fassi, figure skating coach (Fleming, Hamill), dies at 67 1976 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Gothenburg won by Dorothy Hamill 1976 Event Dorothy Hamill wins Olympic figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria 1976 Event Dorothy Hamill wins her 3rd consec national figure skating champions 1976 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill 1975 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill 1974 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill 1956 Birthday Dorothy Hamill, born in Riverside, Connecticut, figure skater 1976 Olympics gold 1951 Birthday Mark Hamill, born in Oakland California, actor, Luke Skywalker-Star Wars 1947 Birthday Rod Clements, born in North Shields, England, singer, songwriter, guitarist, worked with Wizz Jones, Peter Hamill, Michael Chapman 1935 Birthday Pete Hamill, born in Brooklyn, New York, journalist, New York Post