1973 Death Winthrop Rockefeller, U.S. governor (Arkansas), dies at 60 1968 Event -48 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Mazama and Winthrop, Washington (state record) 1965 Birthday Winthrop Graham, Jamaica, 4x400m runner 1988 Olympics silver 1954 Birthday Mike Eruzione, Winthrop Massachusetts, jockey player, Gold Medal 1980 Olympics 1948 Birthday Dave Winthrop, rock saxophonist, Supertramp 1894 Death Robert Charles Winthrop, American Politician 1839 Death Winthrop Mackworth Praed, politician/poet, dies 1837 Event Steam-powered threshing machine patented, Winthrop, Maine 1809 Birthday Robert Charles Winthrop, American Politician 1802 Birthday Winthrop Mackworth Praed, London, poet/politician 1764 Event Winthrop Telescope, is destroyed in a Harvard fire 1649 Death John Winthrop, 1st governor Mass Bay Colony, dies at 61 1649 Death John Winthrop, Puritan and 1st Governor (Mass), dies 1631 Event John Winthrop is elected 1st governor of Massachusetts 1630 Event Fork introduced to American dining by Governor Winthrop 1630 Event Governor John Winthrop begins "History of New England" 1588 Birthday John Winthrop, English attorney/puritan/1st Governor of Mass 1588 Birthday John Winthrop, 1st governor, Mass Bay Colony
