2013 Event The St. Jude storm, predicted to be the worst since 1987, is expected to make landfall in the U.K. 2012 Event Japan holds it's general election, with Shinzo Abe, former Prime Minister and opposition Liberal Democratic Party leader, predicted as winner 2011 Event As the Australian dollar reaches new 29-year highs against the U.S. dollar, rising interest rates are predicted 1981 Event CNN airs a videotape that shows that Tamara Rand predicted that Reagan is in danger from someone named Jack Humley (a hoax) 1967 Death Roger Babson, entrepreneur, business theorist, attended MIT, predicted Wall Street Crash of 1929, published Babson's Reports, oldest investment newsletter in U.S., dies at age 91, in Lake Wales, Florida 1938 Death William H Pickering, astronomer (predicted Pluto), dies at 79 1929 Birthday Murray Gell-Mann, physicist who predicted quarks 1875 Birthday Roger Babson, born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, entrepreneur, business theorist, attended MIT, predicted Wall Street Crash of 1929, published Babson's Reports, oldest investment newsletter in U.S. 1855 Birthday Percival "Percy" Lowell, U.S. astronomer, predicted discovery of Pluto 1850 Birthday Oliver Heaviside, London, physicist, predicted ionosphere 1631 Event 1st predicted transit of Venus (Kepler) is observed 1631 Event Pierre Gassendi observes transit of Mercury predicted by Kepler
