1994 Death Juan Carlos Onetti, Uruguayan writer (La vida breve), dies at 85 1987 Event Less than a month after re-signing, A's pitcher Vida Blue retires 1984 Event Kuhn announces Vida Blue is suspended due to cocaine conviction 1984 Event Pitcher Vida Blue suspended for rest of 1984 due to drug use 1978 Event A's trade Vida Blue to Giants for 7 players and $390,000 1976 Event Bowie Kuhn voids A's sales, totaling $35 million, of Joe Rudi and Rollie Fingers to Red Sox, and Vida Blue to Yankees 1975 Event Oakland A's Vida Blue, Glenn Abbott, Paul Linblad and Rollie Fingers, no-hits California Angels 5-0 1971 Event Joe Torre wins NL MVP, Vida Blue wins AL MVP 1970 Event Oakland A's Vida Blue no-hits Minnesota Twins, 6-0 1949 Birthday Vida Blue, major-league pitcher, Cy Young and AL MVP 1971 1881 Death Josip Jurcic, Slovic writer (Schone Vida), dies 1681 Death Pedro Calderon de la Barca, writer, dramatist, Spanish Golden Age, works include, 'La vida es sueno', or, 'Life is a Dream', dies at 81 1600 Birthday Pedro Calderon de la Barca, born in Madrid, Spain, writer, dramatist, Spanish Golden Age, works include, 'La vida es sueno', or, 'Life is a Dream' 1580 Birthday Francisco Gomez de Quevado y Villegas, poet/satirist, Vida del Buscon 1566 Death Marcus A Vida, Marcus Hieronymus, Italian humanist/poet/bishop, dies
