2013 Event Three American economists win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences: Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen, and Robert Shiller 1978 Birthday Sophie Simard, Lars Germany, swimmer 1996 Olympics 1976 Birthday Lars Bruggemann, hockey defenseman, Team Germany 1998 1968 Event Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Lars Onsager (thermodynamics) 1965 Death Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (Flesh and Devil), dies after illness at 78 1963 Birthday Lars Ulrich, Danish/US heavy metal drummer, Metallica-Kill 'em All 1956 Birthday Lars von Trier, Danish Director 1936 Birthday Lars Gustafsson, born in Vasteras, Sweden, professor, University of Texas at Austin, author, wrote 'The Death of a Beekeeper' 1927 Birthday Lars Hall, Sweden, Pentathelete 1952 Olympics gold 1926 Birthday Lars Johan Werle, composer 1915 Birthday Lars G Ahlin, Swedish writer, Death of Me 1674 Death Lars Johnstown, Lasse Lucidor, Swedish poet, dies at 35 1638 Birthday Lars Johnstown, Swedish poet 1552 Death Laurentius Andreae, Lars Andersson, Swedish church reformer, dies
