1991 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arazi, Black Tie Affair, Dance Smartly, Miss Alleged, Opening Verse, Pleasant Stage, Sheikh Albadou 1990 Death Mieke Verstraete, Belgian/Netherlands actress (Pleasant Settled), dies at 79 1981 Event 107th Preakness: Jorge Velasquez aboard Pleasant Colony wins in 1:54.6 1981 Event 107th Kentucky Derby: Jorge Velasquez on Pleasant Colony wins in 2:02 1973 Birthday Kari Anne Safford, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, Miss America-WV 1997 1973 Birthday Nanette Pearson, born in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Miss America-Utah, 1997 1971 Birthday Tony Miller, Mount Pleasant Texas, 400m runner 1969 Birthday Kelly Robbins, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, LPGA golfer, 1995 McDonald's LPGA 1968 Event Nauru (formerly Pleasant Island) declares independence from Australia 1968 Birthday Anthony Pleasant, NFL defensive end, Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons 1967 Event WCMU TV channel 14 in Mount Pleasant, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Birthday James "Rachel" Bolan, Pt Pleasant, New Jersey, rocker, Skid Row-Psycho Love 1962 Birthday Stan Albers, Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, actor, Curtis-Loving 1962 Birthday Reggie Pleasant, CFL cornerback for the Edmonton Eskimos 1960 Birthday Mike Lookinland, born in Mount Pleasant, Utah, actor, Bobby-Brady Bunch 1960 Birthday Cindy Figg-Currier, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, golfer, 1994 British Open-6th 1959 Event 1st house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited in Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania 1955 Birthday Danny Joe Pohl, born in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1986 Colonial 1955 Birthday Cindy Olavarri, born in Pleasant Hills, California, cyclist, 7-Eleven team 1945 Birthday James Rodford, English rock vocalist/bassist, Kinks-Mr Pleasant 1937 Birthday Bobby Scott, born in Mt. Pleasant, New York, jazz singer, producer, songwriter, instrumentalist, toured with Louis Prima, No. 13 Billboard hit 'Chain Gang' 1956 1915 Event 7.8 earthquake shakes Pleasant Valley Nevada 1906 Birthday Lurene Tuttle, Pleasant Lake, Indiana, actress, Father of Bride, Julia 1891 Event Mine explosion kills 109 at Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania 1864 Event Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, 2870 causalities 1862 Death Pleasant Adam Hackleman, Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 47 1814 Birthday Pleasant Adam Hackleman, Brigadier General Union volunteers
