2008 Death Martin Peake, 2nd Viscount Ingleby, businessman, nobleman, son of Osbert Peake, paralyzed from polio, contributed to the 1970 Disabled Persons Act, dies 1991 Event Jockey, Bill Shoemaker, paralyzed in a car accident 1972 Event George Wallace shot and left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, Maryland 1970 Event Mail service paralyzed by 1st major postal strike 1958 Event Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck 1926 Birthday Martin Peake, born in England, 2nd Viscount Ingleby, businessman, nobleman, son of Osbert Peake, paralyzed from polio, contributed to the 1970 Disabled Persons Act 1919 Event President Woodrow Wilson has a stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed 1919 Event President Woodrow Wilson is paralyzed by a stroke