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1987 Jaco Pastorius, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine, dies at 35

1982 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (University of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart

1981 Dixie, a mouse who lived 6 years, dies

1980 Jersey calf, lived 222 days with an artificial heart

1977 Gaus, an orangautan who lived to be 59

1976 George, a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months, dies

1958 Ed Hinton, actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30

1956 Mark Handley, born in Hollywood, California, writer, screenwriter, playwright, married, lived in log cabin with his wife to live in isolation, wrote play Idioglossia, which became the film, Nell, starring Jodie Foster, 1994, directed by Michael Apted

1951 Jaco Pastorius, born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine

1906 Ursula Jeans, Simla India. actress, I Lived With You, Over the Moon

1891 Chet "Red" Hoff, pitcher, New York Yankees 1911-15, lived to 103+

1891 Norman "Squab" Read, U.S. aviator who lived to be 101

1880 Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canada, lived past 117

1862 William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player who lived to 99

1316 Jean I, king of France, Nov 15-19, 1316, he lived only 4 days


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