1993 Death John B "Dizzy" Gillespe, blues trumpeter, dies of cancer at 75 1980 Death Larry Williams, singer, pianist, rock and roll, rhythm and blues genres, recorded, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Short Fat Fannie, dies from a gunshot wound, in Los Angeles, California, at age 44 1974 Death Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, dies at 63 1974 Death Dizzy Dean, American Athlete 1963 Birthday Darren "Dizzy" Reed, U.S. musician, Guns n' Roses-Sweet Girl of Mine 1959 Event Sandy Koufax breaks Dizzy Dean's NL mark of 18 strikeouts in a game 1953 Event Dizzy Dean, Al Simmons Chief Bender, Bobby Wallace, Harry Wright, Ed Barrow, and Bill Klem and Tom Connolly are inducted into Hall of Fame 1953 Birthday Jon Faddis, born in Oakland, California, musician, jazz trumpeter, conductor, composer, music educator, sound compared to his mentor, Dizzy Gillespie, member Lionel Hampton's big band, led Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, released Grammy-Award nominated work, Remembrances, 1999 1948 Birthday Jacques Kloes, singer, Dizzy Man's Band 1947 Event Dizzy Gillespie presented his 1st Carnegie Hall concert in NY 1942 Event Satchel Paige pitches 5 innings to defeat Dizzy Dean All-Stars 8-1 1936 Event Carl Hubbell, 26-6, edges out Dizzy Dean, 24-13, for MVP honors in NL 1935 Birthday Larry Williams, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, pianist, rock and roll, rhythm and blues genres, recorded, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Short Fat Fannie 1934 Event Dizzy Dean chosen as NL MVP 1934 Event St. Louis Card clinch pennant as Dizzy Dean wins his 30th of year 1934 Event St. Louis Cardinals defeat Cincinnati Reds 8-6 in 18 innings, pitchers Dizzy Dean and Tony Freitos go the distant 1933 Event Card's Dizzy Dean strikes out 17 Cubs to win 8-2 1930 Event Betty Boop debuts in Max Fleischer's animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes 1917 Birthday Dizzy Gillespie, jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz 1911 Birthday Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, HOF baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals 1910 Birthday Dizzy Dean, American Athlete
