1961 Birthday Chris Pitman, born in Kansas City, Missouri, singer, record producer, audio programmer, multi-instrumentalist, member of Guns N' Roses, performed with ZAUM, Tool, Lusk 1901 Birthday James Pitman, Bath England, educator/publisher/phonetic speller 1837 Event Isaac Pitman introduces his steno system 1813 Birthday Isaac Pitman, Britain, inventor, stenographic shorthand