2015 Event Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has been implicated in DeflateGate, the scandal in which footballs used by the team were found to be below regulation pressure; Brady's father, Tom Brady, Sr., states that his son was framed 1999 Death "Forrest Mars, Sr", businessman, Mars candy, dies at 95 1995 Death Willie George "Bill" Woodruff Sr, vocalist, dies at 66 1995 Event Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 11th reincarnation of Panchen Lama, Tibet's 2nd most sr spiritual leader 1994 Death Wijnanda MC "Nan" Aberson, friend of Gerard Van de Reve Sr, dies at 82 1994 Death Aubrey J Watson Sr, bishop, dies at 65 1994 Death Guus Verstraete Sr, Dutch actor/dir (2 Drops of Water), dies at 79 1993 Death Rockin Dopsie Sr, Jazz-Fusion singer (Zydeco), dies at 61 1992 Death Vernon William Reed Sr, singer, dies after a long illness at 73 1990 Event Ken Griffey, Sr and, Jr., hit back-to-back home runs in 1st inning 1990 Event Ken Griffey Sr &, Jr. are 1st father and son to play on same team each goes 1 for 4 for Seattle Mariners 1989 Event "Starmites" closes at Criter Ctr SR Theater New York City after 60 performances 1989 Event "Starmites" opens at Criter Ctr SR Theater New York City for 60 performances 1988 Death Barry Bingham Sr, U.S. daily newspaper publisher, dies at 82 1988 Death John Duncan, Sr., Representative-R-Tennessee 1965 - 1988 1987 Event Al Unser, Sr., 47, wins his 4th Indy 500 1986 Death Edward A Doisy Sr, discoverer of vitamin K (Nobel 1943), dies at 92 1984 Death Martin Luther King Sr, U.S. vicar/father of MLK, Jr., dies at 84 1983 Death John Cowles Sr, U.S. publisher, dies at 84 1980 Death Jim Parks Sr, Kent cricket all-rounder (only Test for England), dies 1980 Event Bill Veeck agrees to sell Chicago White Sox to Eddie DeBartolo Sr for $20,000,000, AL owners block the sale 1980 Birthday Brittney McConn, born in Largo, Florida, figure skater, 1997 Eastern Sr champ 1980 Birthday Angela Nikodinov, Spartanburg, South Carolina, figure skater, 1997 Pacif Sr champ 1979 Birthday Alizah Allen, born in New York City, New York, figure skater, 1997 North Atlantic Sr champ 1979 Birthday Sydne Vogel, born in Anchorage, Alaska, figure skater, 1996 NW Pac Sr champ 1978 Birthday Amber Corwin, Harbor City California, figure skater, 1997 National Sr - 5th 1978 Birthday Karen Kwan, Torrance California, figure skater, 1995 Pac Coast Sr champ 1977 Birthday Lisa Bell, Rockford, Illinois, figure skater, 1997 Midwestern Sr champ 1977 Birthday Beata Handra, born in San Francisco, California, dance skater, & Sinek-1997 Pac Coast Sr 3rd 1975 Birthday Brian Buetsch, born in Rockford, Illinois, figure skater, 1997 Great Lakes Sr champ 1973 Birthday John Baldwin, Jr., born in Dallas, Texas, figure skater, 1996 SW Pacific Sr champ 1973 Birthday Philip Dulebohn, Washington D.C., figure skater, 1997 Eastern Sr - 3rd 1972 Birthday Kyoko Ina, Tokyo, Japan, figure skater, 1993 North Atlantic Sr champ 1971 Birthday Todd Eldredge, Chatham Massachusetts, figure skater, 1997 National Sr champ 1971 Birthday Michael Chack, Toms River, New Jersey, figure skater, 1997 Pac Coast Sr champ 1971 Birthday Shepherd Clark, born in Atlanta, Georgia, figure skater, 1994, 97 Eastern Sr champ 1970 Death B O Davis Sr, 1st black general, dies at 93 in Chicago 1965 Death Harry Harvey Sr, actor (It's a Man's World), dies at 64 1964 Birthday Charles Sinek, dance skater, & Beata Handra-1997 Pac Coast Sr 3rd 1963 Death Jason Robards Sr, actor (Acapulco), dies at 70 1959 Death Irving Cummings Sr, actor and director (In Old Ariz), dies at 70 1952 Death Joseph Allen Sr, dies 1949 Death Maria "Beppie" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Piet Vink Sr, dies at 95 1947 Death Harry Carey Sr, actor and director (Red River, Sundown), dies at 69 1945 Birthday Harold Ford, Sr., born in Memphis, Tennessee, Representative-D-Tennessee 1975 - 1997 1943 Death Johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr, actor, dies at 74% 1940 Event Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr named 1st black general in regular army 1935 Birthday Cal Ripken Sr, baseball manager for the Baltimore Orioles 1932 Birthday Rockin Dopsie Sr, Alton Jay Rubin, Jazz-Fusion singer, Zydeco 1932 Event Jacob Cocey Sr chosen as mayor of Massillon Ohio 1931 Death Tyrone Power Sr, actor (Big Trial, Test of Donald Norton), dies at 62 1929 Birthday Aubrey J Watson Sr, bishop 1928 Death Johannes F "Johan" Bakker Sr, actor/husband of Truus Soete, dies at 61 1919 Birthday John Duncan, Sr., born in Tennessee, Representative-R-Tennessee 1965 - 1988 1914 Birthday Guus Verstraete Sr, August de Graef, Dutch actor/dir, Black Magic 1912 Birthday Wijnanda M C "Nan" Aberson, friend of Gerard Reve Sr 1910 Birthday John Hammond Sr, New York City, rock/jazz producer, I Can Tell, So Many Roads 1904 Birthday Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenber----dorff, Sr, near Hamburg, Germany 1895 Birthday Charles W. Bidwill, Sr., Chicago, NFL hall of famer, Chicago Cardinals 1893 Birthday Edward A Doisy Sr, U.S. bio-chemist, Vitamin K1, Nobel 1943 1892 Birthday Jason Robards Sr, Hillsdale, Michigan, actor, Acapulco 1890 Death Guyla Andr ssy Sr, earl/premier of Hungary (1867-71), dies at 66 1888 Birthday Irving Cummings Sr, New York City, silent screen star/director, Curly Top 1882 Birthday Joe Hardstaff Sr, cricketer, "Hotstuff" in 1907-08 MCC tour of Australia 1881 Birthday Otto V Kuusinen, Fin/Rus communist President of Karelo-Finnish SR, 1940-56 1878 Birthday Harry Carey Sr, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Aces Wild, Border Cafe, Air Force 1874 Event Johann Strauss Sr's opera "Die Fledermaus," premieres in Vienna 1869 Birthday Tyrone Power Sr, born in London, England, actor, Alexanders Ragtime Band 1869 Birthday Johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr, actor, Holland Tooneelgezelschap 1866 Birthday Johannes F "Johan" Bakker Sr, Dutch actor/husband of Truus Soete 1861 Event 2nd British Golf Open: Tom Morris Sr shoots a 163 at Prestwick Club 1853 Birthday Maria E "Beppie" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Piet Vink Sr 1823 Birthday Guyla Andrassy Sr, premier of Hungary, 1867-71 1809 Birthday Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Cambridge, Massachusetts, physician/author, Old Ironsides 1778 Death William Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69 1758 Death Allan Ramsay Sr, Scottish poet (Gentle Shepherd), dies at 71 1757 Event English king George II fires minister William Pitt, Sr. 1755 Event English minister William Pitt Sr resigns 1746 Death Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68 1677 Birthday Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor, Chevaux the Marly 1553 Death Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81
