1989 Event 23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires 1989 Event South African/British Olympic runner Zola Budd marries 1984 Event Mary Decker trips on heel of Zola Budd during 3,000m Olympic run 1966 Birthday Zola Budd, born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, track and field long distance runner, trained and raced barefoot, politically controversial figure, two-time Women's 5000 meters world record holder, two-time World Cross Country Championships winner 1902 Death Emile Zola, writer, dies at 62 1902 Death Emile Zola, French writer (Nana/Germinal/J'accuse), dies at 62 1898 Event In France, Emile Zola is imprisoned for writing his "J'accuse" letter accusing government of anti-Semitism and wrongly jailing Alfred Dreyfus 1898 Event Emile Zola publishes his open letter (J'accuse) in defense of Dreyfus 1840 Birthday Emile Zola, born in France, novelist, Nana, J'Accuse
