1988 Death Ellin Berlin, MacKay, Mrs. Irving Berlin, dies at 86 1984 Event Mackay pays $218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep Twins in Minnesota Twins sell 51,863 tickets but only 6,346 fans show up for the game 1973 Birthday Susie O'Neill, born in Mackay, Australia, butterfly swimmer, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Nicole Pratt, born in Mackay, Australia, tennis star, 1995 Futures Australia 1973 Birthday Cathy Freeman, born in Mackay, Australia, 100m/200m/400m, Olympics-silver-92, 96 1968 Birthday Sandra Beikoff, Mackay QLD, golfer, 1990 Sunshine Coast Open 1965 Birthday Peter MacKay, Canadian Politician 1964 Birthday Mark MacKay, Brandon GER, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998 1961 Event Mackay and Kline hang on for 100 minutes for cricket draw vs West Indies 1961 Event Lance Gibbs takes hat-trick (Mackay, Grout, Misson) at Adelaide 1946 Birthday Andy MacKay, born in London, rock sax/oboe, Roxy Music-Dance Away 1946 Birthday Lord Mackay of Drumadoon, British QC 1937 Birthday Donald MacKay, CEO, Scottish Enterprise 1934 Birthday Simon Mackay, born in Scotland, born Simon Mackay, Baron Tanlaw of Tanlawhill in the County of Dumfries, Lord Tannlaw, crossbench member of the House of Lords, director or family company Inchape 1933 Event Loch Ness Monster is 1st reportedly sighted by John Mackay 1933 Death John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author (Der Schwimmer), dies at 69 1933 Birthday Buddy MacKay, born in Ocala, Florida, Representative-D-Florida 1983 - 1989, Governor of Florida 1998 - 1999 1925 Birthday Ken "Slasher" Mackay, cricketer, exciting Aussie all-rounder 1921 Birthday Harper MacKay, born in Boston, Massachusetts, orchestra leader, NBC Follies 1909 Death Aeneas Mackay, Dutch Internal minister (ARP)/Colonization, dies at 70 1909 Event David, Mawson and Mackay reach south magnetic pole 1902 Birthday Ellin Berlin, MacKay, Mrs. Irving Berlin, writer, Lace Curtain 1891 Event Dutch Mackay government resigns 1889 Death Charles Mackay, poet, writer, journalist, songwriter, wrote for the Morning Chronicle, Illustrated London News, wrote book 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds', 1841, wrote popular song 'Cheer, Boys, Cheer', dies 1880 Event Steele MacKay's "Hazel Kirke," premieres in New York City 1864 Birthday John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author and poet, Anarchists 1838 Birthday Aeneas Mackay, Baron/Dutch minister of interior/Colonies 1814 Birthday Charles Mackay, born in Perth, Scotland, poet, writer, journalist, songwriter, wrote for the Morning Chronicle, Illustrated London News, wrote book 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds', 1841, wrote popular song 'Cheer, Boys, Cheer' 1689 Event Battle of Killicrankie, Viscount Dundee defeats Whig General MacKay