2013 Event The British High Commission announced they are awarding retired Paralympic swimmer Natalie du Toit an honorary MBE ( Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) 2012 Event Robert Spitzer, a retired American psychiatrist, claims his 2001 study was 'fatally flawed'; the study falsely supported the myth that gay people could be 'cured' 2012 Event A memorial service is held for San Diego chargers' Junior Seau; his #55 will be retired by the team 1997 Event Don Mattingly's #23 is retired by New York Yankees 1992 Event Mike Bossy's #22 is 2nd # retired by New York Islanders 1992 Event Denis Potvin's #5 becomes 1st number retired by New York Islanders 1989 Event Last graffiti covered New York City subway car retired 1989 Event Retired British pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists 1988 Event Raymond Acevedo is retired from singing group Menudo 1986 Event Billy Martin Day, his uniform number 1 retired 1985 Event Retired CIA analyst Larry Wu-tai Chin, arrested of spying for China 1982 Event 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (University of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart 1978 Death Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr., retired Air Force general, dies at 58 1975 Event Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas retired after 36 years 1974 Event Steve Busby retires 1st 9 White Sox to set AL record with 33 consecutive batters retired 1972 Event San Francisco Giant Jim Barr retires 1st 20 batters he faces added to last 21 he retired 6 days earlier for record 41 in a row 1971 Birthday Ger Senden, born in Heerlen, Netherlands, professional soccer player, played for Roda JC, 1989 - 2008, retired May 2008 after playing over 400 matches in the club 1969 Event Last wooden passenger subway cars retired at Brooklyn Myrtle Beach el 1969 Event Mickey Mantle Day, 60,096 saw #7 retired (I was there-BTG) 1967 Death Ethel Percy Andrus, educator and founder of AARP, the American Association of Retired Persons , dies 1967 Birthday Roberto Baggio, born in Caldogno, Italy, retired Italian footballer, greatest of 125 footballers in 2004 FIFA 100 list 1965 Birthday Andrea Jaeger, born in Chicago, tennis player, retired as a teenager 1960 Event Casey Stengel retired by New York Yankees (won 10 pennants in 12 years) 1955 Birthday Norio Honaga, born in Japan, athlete, professional wrestler, junior heavyweight three-time, New Japan Pro Wrestling Champion in IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, retired and became referee in 1988 1954 Event Yank pitcher Tom Morgan ties record by hitting 3 batters in 1 inning This was also Bobby Brown's last game; he retired to become a doctor 1939 Event Retired German Colonel General Gerd von Runstedt returns to service 1934 Birthday Norman Schwarzkopf, born in Trenton, New Jersey, nicknamed, Stormin' Norman, The Bear, Commander, Coalition Forces in the Gulf War, 1991, retired U.S. Army General 1921 Event Last San Francisco firehorses retired 1912 Event G E V Crutchley (Oxford) 99 retired measles vs. Cambridge 1898 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Retired Colourman" 1884 Birthday Ethel Percy Andrus, born in San Francisco, California, educator and founder of AARP, the American Association of Retired Persons 1777 Event Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes 1st circus
