2014 Event A mentally ill man is apprehended after jumping the White House fence and injuring the two police dogs that stopped him; the man had been previously arrested near the White House on a misdemeanor 1982 Event Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard 1974 Death Graham Bond, rocker, dies jumping under a train 1968 Event Rolling Stones release "Jumping Jack Flash" 1962 Birthday Trevor Baxter, record holder for high jumping with a skateboard 1959 Birthday Armin Kogler, born in Austria, skier, 2-time winner of jumping World Cup 1946 Event Giants outfielder Danny Gardella is 1st major leaguer to announce he is jumping to the "outlaw" Mexican League 1944 Birthday Hans van Eijk, Dutch rock guitarist, Jumping Jewels 1943 Event Fanny Whiteers-Koen breaks jumping world record 1941 Birthday Peter Michael Goetz, actor, Jumping Jack Flash, King Kong Lives 1936 Event 1st ski jumping tournament, Red Wing, Minnesota 1928 Event 51 frogs enter 1st annual "Frog Jumping Jubilee" (Angel's Camp, Cal) 1902 Birthday Barbara McClintock, U.S., cytogeneticist, Jumping Genes, Nobel 1983 1865 Event Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
