1997 Death Townes Van Zandt, singer and songwriter, dies at 52 1965 Birthday Jazzy Jeff Townes, rapper, Parents Just Don't Understand 1960 Event 1st patent for lasers, granted to Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes 1944 Birthday Townes Van Zandt, born in Texas, singer and songwriter, Kathleen, Loretta 1944 Birthday Townes Van Zandt, musician 1915 Birthday Charles Hard Townes, born in Greenville, South Carolina, physicist, developed lasers
