2003 Event WNBA Championships, Detroit Shock beat Los Angeles Sparks 2 games to 1 1998 Death Wendy O. Williams, shock rocker, Plasmatics, dies at 48 1998 Event WNBA begins filling rosters of Washington Mystics and Detroit Shock 1989 Death Lynn Bari, actress (Shock, Nocturne, 6 Gun Law), dies at 71 1976 Death Frances Howard, actress (Swan, Shock Punch), dies at 73 1956 Death Joseph Erlanger, U.S. doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944), dies 1954 Event 12 second shock kills 1,460 in Orleansville Algeria 1953 Birthday Ruby Wax, born in Evanston, Illinois, born Ruby Wachs, comedian, films include, 'Shock Treatment', 'Omen III: The Final Conflict', host of show, 'Don't Miss Wax' 1951 Birthday Daria Nicolodi, Florence Italy, actress, Terror, Shock 1951 Death Ralph Forbes, actor (Riptide, Shock, Shock), dies at 45 1945 Death Walter B Cannon, U.S. physiologist (Traumatic Shock), dies at 73 1945 Birthday Cliff De Young, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, F/X, Hunger, Shock Treatment 1936 Birthday Maurice Shock, rector, Lincoln College in Oxford 1933 Birthday Constance Towers, actress, Capitol, Shock Corrider, Naked Kiss 1928 Birthday Alvin Toffler, author, Future Shock, Power Shift, The Third Wave 1911 Birthday Reed Hadley, born in Petrolia, Texas, actor, Racket Squad, Shock, Grand Canyon 1897 Event Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll) 1874 Birthday Joseph Erlanger, doctor, shock therapy-Nobel 1944 1752 Event Ben Franklin's kite is struck by lightning-what a shock!
