1996 Death Marin Sorescu, poet/dramatist, dies at 60 1983 Death Germaine Tailleferre, French composer (Le Marin du Bolivar), dies at 91 1973 Event 10-year-old Mary Boitano is 1st woman to win 6.8-mile Dipsea Race in Marin County, California, beating a field of 1,500 runners 1964 Birthday Chad Kreuter, Marin County California, catcher, Chicago White Sox 1962 Event Marin County withdraws from BART district 1946 Birthday Cheech Marin, comedian, Cheech and Chong-Up in Smoke 1936 Birthday Marin Sorescu, poet/dramatist 1933 Event Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side 1919 Birthday Jacques Marin, Paris, actor, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo 1909 Birthday Jean Yves Morvan Marin, broadcaster 1908 Birthday Marin Goleminov, composer 1812 Birthday Marin R Delany, Charlestown, Virginia, 1st black major in U.S. Medical Corp 1728 Death Marin Marias, composer, dies at 72 1656 Birthday Marin Marias, composer 1648 Death Marin Mersenne, French mathematician (Number of Mersenne), dies at 59 1640 Event Pierre de Fermat writes to Marin Mersenne about Fermat's church thesis 1588 Birthday Marin Mersenne, France, mathematician/musician/philosopher, Cartesian 1567 Death Marin Drzic, Croatian playwright (Dundo Maroje), dies
