1972 Event Lasse Viren runs Olympic/world record 10,000m (27:38.4) 1949 Birthday Lasse Viren, Finland, 5K/10K runner, Gold Medal 1972, 1976 Olympics 1946 Birthday Lasse Hallstrom, director, Once Around, My Life as a Dog, ABBA 1674 Death Lars Johnstown, Lasse Lucidor, Swedish poet, dies at 35
