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2007 Johnny Hart, cartoonist, creator, comic strips, 'The Wizard of Id', 'B.C.', strips each appeared in over 1,000 newspapers, dies of a stroke while at the drawing table, at age 76

1993 Bert Schoofs, table tennis star, dies at 48

1992 Hans Zullig, Swiss/German dancer (Green Table), dies

1991 North and South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition

1982 Paul de Vree, Flemish writer/essayist (Round Table), dies

1979 Petra Cada, Prague Czechoslovakia, Canadian table tennis player 1996 Olympics

1973 Todd Sweeris, Grand Rapids, Michigan, table tennis player 1996 Olympics

1972 Victor Barna, table tennis champ, dies

1971 U.S. table tennis team arrived in China

1971 U.S. table tennis team arrives in China PR

1971 Jim Butler, born in Iowa City, Iowa, table tennis player, 1992, 1996 Olympics

1969 Amy Feng, born in Tianjin, China, U.S. table tennis player 1996 Olympics

1967 Sean O'Neill, born in Toledo, Ohio, U.S. Olympic table tennis player 1992 Olympics

1964 Barbara Chiu, born in Canton, China, Canada table tennis player, 1992, 1996 Olympics

1963 Gideon Joe Ng, born in Toronto, Ontario, table tennis player 1996 Olympics

1963 David Zhuang, born in China, U.S. table tennis player 1996 Olympics

1963 Lily Yip, Canton China, U.S. table tennis player, 1992, 1996 Olympics

1962 Johnny Huang, Canton China, table tennis player 1996 Olympics

1962 Chunli Li, Auckland New Zealand, table tennis player 1996 Olympics

1961 Bettine Vriesekoop, Dutch table tennis star

1961 Wei Wang, born in Beijing, China, U.S. table tennis player 1996 Olympics

1955 Pancho Gonzales retains tennis title by winning a tournament playing under table tennis rules

1954 Daniel Seemiller, Pitts, U.S. Olympic table tennis player 1992 Olympics

1952 Insook Bhushan, Seoul Korea, U.S. U.S. table tennis player 1992 Olympics

1951 International Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel)

1938 Millie Perkins, actress, Diary of Anne Frank, Table for 5, Shooting

1921 Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table tennis player, World Champ 1950-55

1907 Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist (Periodic Table), dies at 72

1901 1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium)

1888 Amos Bronson Alcott, U.S. theory/poet (Table Talk), dies at 88

1834 Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist, Periodic Table

1834 Dmitri Mendeleev, chemist, discovered periodic table of the elements

1637 Cardinal Richelieu of France creates the table knife

1511 Erasmus Reinhold, Germany, mathematician, calculated planetary table


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