2011 Event The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer 1990 Death Tomas O'Fiach, Tomas Seamus Fee, Irish cardinal-archbishop, dies 1977 Birthday Bernardo Federico Tomas, Prince of Netherlands 1973 Birthday Tomas Perez, Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder for the Toronto Blue Jays 1973 Birthday Diego Serrano, Quito Ecuador, actor, Tomas Rivera-Another World 1968 Birthday Tomas Carbonell, born in Barcelona, Spain, tennis star 1968 Birthday Tomas P Pukstys, born in Chicago, Illinois, javelin thrower, Olympics-8th-96 1967 Death Juan Tomas Perez, composer, dies at 71 1964 Birthday Tomas Sandstrom, NHL forward, Anaheim, Team Sweden 1998 1956 Birthday Tomas Smid, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1947 Birthday Tomas Pettersson, born in Sweden, cyclist, 1968 Olympics silver 1942 Birthday Tomas Marco, Basque/Spanish composer 1939 Birthday Tomas Svoboda, born in Paris, France, Czechoslovakian composer, Etude 1937 Death Tomas G. Masaryk, philosopher/president of Czechoslovakian 1918 - 1935, dies at 87 1931 Birthday Tomas G. Transtromer, Swedish psychologist/poet, Morkerseende 1928 Birthday Tomas Gutierrez Alea, filmmaker 1923 Death Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer, dies at 72 1908 Death Tomas Estrada Palma, 1st president Cuba (1902-06), dies 1908 Birthday Tomas de Manzarraga, composer 1906 Event Cuba's 1st president Tomas Estrada Palma asks for U.S. intervention 1901 Birthday Tomas Gudmundsson, Iceland, poet 1896 Birthday Juan Tomas Perez, composer 1868 Birthday Guillermo M Tomas, composer 1861 Death Tomas Genoves y Lapetra, composer, dies at 55 1858 Birthday Tomas Carrasquilla, Colombian author, Frutos de mi Tierra 1850 Birthday Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer 1850 Birthday Tomas G. Masaryk, born in Czechoslovakia, Father/President of Czechoslovakia, 1918-35 1805 Birthday Tomas Genoves y Lapetra, composer 1773 Birthday Vincenc Tomas Vaclav Tucek, composer 1750 Birthday Tomas de Iriarte, Spanish writer, Fabulas Literarias 1728 Death Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer, dies at 83 1644 Birthday Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer 1624 Birthday Tomas Micieres, composer 1611 Death Tomas L de Victoria, Spanish composer/singer/organist, dies 1535 Event Bishop Tomas de Berlanga discovers Galapagos Islands 1498 Death Tomas de Torquemada, inquisitor who burned 10,000 people, dies 1483 Event Tomas de Torquemada appointed inquisitor-general of Spain