2015 Event Juan Felipe Herrera, age 66, has been named by U.S. Congress as this year's national poet laureate; Herrera, who is the first Latino to be given the title, has served for the past three years as California poet laureate 1992 Death Carlos Herrera, drink inventor (Margarita), dies at 90 1977 Event President Carter and General Herrera sign Panama Canal treaties 1972 Birthday Jose Herrera, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, outfielder for the Oakland A's 1966 Birthday Carl Herrera, NBA forward for the San Antonio Spurs 1952 Birthday Angel Herrera, born in Cuba, FW/LW boxer, Gold Medals 1976, 1980 Olympics 1929 Birthday Omar Torrijos Herrera, president Panama 1907 Death Ricardo Castro Herrera, composer, dies at 43 1904 Birthday Peter Hurd, Roswell, New Mexico, painter, Portrait of Jose Herrera 1864 Birthday Ricardo Castro Herrera, composer 1851 Event GGeneralen Arista replaces Mexican President Herrera
