2013 Event A 1,400 year old treasure, called 'the Ophel Treasure' is discovered near the foot of Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem 1997 Event 79th PGA Championship: Davis Love III shoots a 269 at Winged Foot GC 1997 Event 4-1, Mark McGwire his a 538 foot home run 1989 Death Ray McAnally, actor (My Left Foot, Empire State), dies in Dublin at 63 1984 Event 84th U.S. Golf Open: Fuzzy Zoeller shoots a 276 at Winged Foot Golf Club New York 1981 Event Mariners manager Maury Wills is suspended for 2 games after ordering Seattle's grounds crew to enlarge batter's boxes by one foot 1980 Event Kumar Anandan balanced on one foot for 33 hours 1977 Death Allison Hayes, actress (Attack of 50 Foot Woman), dies at 47 1974 Event 74th U.S. Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 287 at Winged Foot Golf Club New York 1965 Event 630 foot high Gateway Arch completed in St. Louis 1959 Event 2,000 ft long by 1,300 foot wide section of ridge falls into Madis 1959 Event 59th U.S. Golf Open: Billy Casper shoots a 282 at Winged Foot Golf Club New York 1958 Birthday Daniel Day-Lewis, born in England, actor, Last of the Mohicans, My Left Foot 1946 Event Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck's right foot is amputated 1945 Birthday Brenda Fricker, Dublin Ireland, actress, My Left Foot 1944 Event Allied troops 1st set foot on Japanese territory 1941 Event H Martin/R Blanes musical "Best Foot Forward," premieres in New York City 1933 Event 112 foot ocean wave observed near Manila 1932 Birthday Christy Brown, born in Dublin, novelist, My Left Foot, Down All the Days 1930 Event University of California dedicates $1,500 to research on prevention and cure of athlete's foot 1930 Birthday Allison Hayes, Washington, actress, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman 1929 Event New York to San Francisco foot race ends (2 months) winner is 60 year old Monteverde 1929 Event 33rd U.S. Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 294 at Winged Foot CC NY 1926 Event "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" by Gene Austin hits #1 1926 Birthday Ray McAnally, born in Ireland, actor, My Left Foot, Empire State, Sicilian 1913 Birthday Michael Foot, born Plymouth, England, born Michael Mackintosh Foot, writer, politician, Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition 1907 Event Interprovincial Rugby Football union (Big Four) forms with Hamilton Tigers, Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Rough Riders and Montreal Foot Ball 1898 Event San Francisco Ferry Building at foot of Market St. opens 1897 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Devil's Foot" 1890 Death Big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee 1886 Birthday Ronald Firbank, London, novelist, Flower Beneath the Foot 1884 Event Montreal Foot Ball Club (QFRU) defeats Toronto Argonauts (ORFU) 30-0 in 1st CRFU Championship game 1872 Event Montreal Foot Ball Club 1st game playing Quebec City to 0-0 tie 1869 Event Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club plays its 1st game 1869 Event Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club forms 1820 Event Antarctica discovered by Nathaniel B. Palmer on the 'Hero', a 47 foot sloop 1737 Event 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 (Bengal, India) 1667 Death Paul Foot, lawyer/historian, dies at 48
