1984 Event Hilbert van de Thumb becomes European all-round skates 1983 Event Hilbert van Thumb becomes European skating champ 1979 Event Johnson brawl, Gossage sustains a sprained ligament in his left thumb 1967 Death June Thorburn, actress (Tom Thumb), dies in plane crash at 36 1936 Birthday Bill Wyman, England, rocker, Rolling Stones-Under My Thumb 1889 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Engineer's Thumb" 1883 Death Tom Thumb, famous small person (40"), dies of a stroke at 44 1883 Event Fire at uninsured Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin kills 71. General Tom Thumb of P T Barnum fame, escapes unhurt 1863 Event P. T. Barnum stages wedding of Tom Thumb and Mercy Lavinia Warren (New York City) 1838 Birthday Charles Stratton, General Tom Thumb, famous short person 1830 Event 1st locomotive in U.S., "Tom Thumb," runs from Baltimore to Ellicotts Mill
