2014 Event Mike Nichols, director of a long list of successful productions in TV, film and theater, dies at age 83 of a heart attack; Nichols was one of very few directors to earn all four major industry awards: the Emmy, Golden Globe, Oscar and Tony 2013 Event In Japan, the Nissan Leaf self-driving car completes its very first road test on the Sagami Expressway; it is the first self-driving car ever to be tested in Japan 2013 Event Footage of the previously unseen Kawahiva tribe is released; the Kawahiva is an indigenous tribe living in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, and is thought to have had very little contact with the outside world 2013 Event NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft transmits images that for the very first time, allow scientists to create a 3D reconstruction of ancient water channels below the surface of Mars 2009 Death Mike Francis, Michele Francesco Puccioni, singer, composer, known for Survivor, a 1982 disco hit, recorded ten studio albums during his career, last album, 'The Very Best of Mike Francis', produced before dying of lung cancer, at age 47 1987 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Epitome, Ferdinand, Miesque, Sacahuista, Success Express, Theatrica, Very Subtle at Hollywood 1980 Event Very Large Array radio telescope network dedicated 1977 Birthday Paul "Goggo" Adams, cricketer, lefty very unorthodox bowler for South Africa 1976 Event "Very Good Eddie" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 307 performances 1975 Event "Very Good Eddie" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 307 performances 1961 Birthday Mike Francis, born in Florence, Italy, Michele Francesco Puccioni, singer, composer, known for Survivor, a 1982 disco hit, recorded ten studio albums during his career, last album, 'The Very Best of Mike Francis' 1961 Birthday Jennifer Runyon, actress, Cindy-A Very Brady Christmas 1960 Event Fidel Castro gives a very long speech at the United Nations, 4 hours, 29 minutes 1945 Event Very heavy bombing on Berlin by 8th U.S. Air Force 1944 Event Very strong hurricane hits Netherland 1940 Birthday Bob Cowper, cricketer, Australia LHB, 307 vs. England MCG 1966 Very rich 1939 Event Jerome Kern/Hammerstein II's "Very Warm for May," premieres in New York City 1936 Event Joe McCarthy is named to manage AL All-Stars, rather than high-strung Mickey Cochrane, who is very close to a nervous breakdown 1935 Birthday Peter Bichsel, born in Lucerne, Switzerland, writer, journalist, wrote 'And Really Frau Blum Would Very Much Like to Meet the Milkman', member of the Gruppe Olten, a club of Swiss writers 1915 Event J Kern/S Greene's musical "Very Good Eddie," premieres in New York City 1913 Birthday Barbara Pym, romantic author, Very Private Eye 1892 Birthday A "Shon Nene" Morales, Antillean/Netherlands very old lady 1877 Event Australia beat England by 45 runs in very 1st Test match 1863 Event Very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa 1857 Birthday Ida Tarbell, muckraker, Standard Oil was very unhappy 1837 Death Edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies
