1991 Death William Shea, (Shea Stadium namesake), dies at 84 1967 Birthday Kenneth Charlie Griffith Benjamin, cricketer, WI like his namesake 1921 Birthday Betty Ford, 1st lady, 1975-76, and namesake for Betty Ford Clinic 1915 Birthday Oscar Comras, Bronx, drummer, namesake of Comras Mall in Bronx Park 1894 Birthday Brooks Atkinson, drama critic, Broadway theater namesake 1878 Birthday Christian Gauss, educator/writer, Phi Beta Kappa award namesake 1869 Birthday John Heisman, pioneering football coach/trophy namesake 1859 Birthday Charles Ebbets, namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn 1857 Birthday Fannie Farmer, actress, namesake of a candy company 1851 Birthday James Ten Eyck, champion rower/coach, Ten Eyck Trophy namesake 1850 Birthday Isaac L. Rice, Germany, namesake of Columbia University's Rice stadium 1846 Birthday Randolph Caldecott, born in England, illustrator, Caldecott Medal namesake 1837 Birthday John Burroughs, writer/nature enthusiast, Burroughs Medal namesake 1682 Event English astronomer Edmund Halley sees his namesake comet
