1987 Event Rollermania at MSG, Eastern Express beats Midwest Pioneers 1954 Event Boxing Hall of Fame's 1st election selects 24 modern and 15 pioneers 1923 Birthday Roy Lanham, rocker, Sons of the Pioneers 1863 Event Thomas Crapper pioneers one-piece pedestal flushing toilet 1846 Event Pioneers suffer blizzard in Sierra Nevada; 42 die
