2015 Event At the 67th Annual Emmy Awards, Viola Davis is the first black woman to win outstanding lead drama actress; Jon Hamm wins outstanding lead drama actor, Peter Dinklage wins best supporting actor, and 'Game of Thrones' wins for outstanding drama 1994 Death Roberto Viola, Argentine general/president (1981), dies at 69 1989 Event Frank Viola and Mets outduel Orel Hershiser and Dodgers 1-0 1989 Event Twins trade AL Cy Young Award winner Frank Viola to Mets 1987 Death Viola Dana, actress (Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover), dies at 90 1981 Event Argentine president/general Roberto Viola flees 1972 Birthday Nikole Viola, Miss USA-Louisiana 1997 1965 Death Viola Gregg Liuzzo, U.S. civil rights activist, murdered 1963 Death Oscar Backing, Austria/Netherlands viola player, dies at 83 1960 Birthday Frank Viola, Hempstead, New York, pitcher, Twins, Mets/Cy Young-1988 1947 Death Henri G Casadesus, French altviolist/composer (viola d'amour), dies at 66 1930 Birthday Ryohei Hirose, born in Hakodate, Japan, composer, professor, Kyoto University of Arts 1977 - 1996, composes music for shakuhachi, recorder, viola da gamba 1930 Birthday Luis de Pablo, born in Bilbao, Spain, founder, Alea, Nueva Musica, teacher, composer, chamber music works include 'Ex voto for Violin and Viola' 1995 1922 Birthday Irwin Bazelon, born in Evanston, Illinois, composer, Duo for Viola 1903 Birthday William Primrose, Glasgow Scot, violist, Method for Violin and Viola 1897 Birthday Viola Dana, born in Brooklyn, actress, Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover 1886 Birthday Eric Coates, Hucknall Nottinghamshire England, viola player/composer 1880 Birthday Henri G Casadesus, French altviolist/composer, Viola d'amour 1879 Birthday Oscar Back, Austrian-Dutch viola player 1787 Event Wolfgang A Mozart completes his viola sonata in A, K526 1787 Death Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63 1638 Death John Ward, composer, chorister, Canterbury Cathedral, composed madrigals, anthems, works for viola da gamba, dies at 67 in Essex, England 1571 Birthday John Ward, born in Canterbury, England, composer, chorister, Canterbury Cathedral, composed madrigals, anthems, works for viola da gamba
