1991 Event Mike Lerch of Princeton ties NCAA record with 370 receiving yards 1970 Event Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton 1967 Birthday Barbara Byrne, Princeton, New Jersey, rower 1996 Olympics 1964 Event Bill Bradley scores 51 points for Princeton 1963 Birthday Randy Wood, Princeton, NHL left wing for the Dallas Stars 1961 Birthday Jon Tenney, born in Princeton, New Jersey, actor, lead role in television series, Brooklyn South, appeared in Fools Rush In, Nixon, was married to Terri Hatcher 1961 Birthday David Leavitt, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, writer, gay literature, professor at Princeton, author of, 'The Lost Language of Cranes', 'The Body of Jonah Boyd', 'The Indian Clerk' 1960 Birthday Lynn Jennings, Princeton, New Jersey, 5k runner 1959 Birthday Bebe Neuwirth, Princeton, New Jersey, actress, Lilith-Cheers, Damn Yankees 1959 Birthday Michael E Knight, Princeton, New Jersey, actor, Date with Angel, All My Child 1958 Birthday Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Princeton, New Jersey, country vocalist, This Shirt 1951 Event 17th Heisman Trophy Award: Dick Kazmaier, Princeton (HB) 1948 Birthday Rod Grams, born in Princeton, Minnesota, Representative-R-Minnesota 1993 - 1995, Senator-R-Minnesota 1995 - 2001 1944 Event U.S. aircraft carrier Princeton sinks at Philippines 1944 Birthday Paul Lansky, born in New York, composer, electronic music, computer music language pioneer, studied with George Perle and Milton Babbitt, professor of music at Princeton University 1938 Event Rugers beats Princeton 1st time in 60 years as Rutgers Stad dedicated 1937 Death John Gresham Machen, Presbyterian theologian, professor, New Testament, Princeton Seminary, formed Orthodox Presbyterian Church, dies of pneumonia at age 55 1922 Event 1st intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton vs Yale) 1920 Birthday Earl Kim, born in Dinuba, California, Korean-American composer, professor at Princeton and Harvard, studied with Roger Sessions, Arnold Schoenberg, Ernest Bloch 1905 Event 26.7 cm rainfall at Princeton, Indiana (state record) 1882 Event Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized in Princeton New Jersey 1881 Birthday John Gresham Machen, born in Baltimore, Maryland, Presbyterian theologian, professor, New Testament, Princeton Seminary, formed Orthodox Presbyterian Church 1876 Event Columbia, Harvard and Princeton form Intercollegiate Football Association 1876 Event 1st U.S. intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, New York; Princeton wins 1873 Event Columbia Princeton Rutgers and Yale set rules for collegiate football 1869 Event 1st intercollegiate football (soccer) game (Rutgers 6, Princeton 4) 1862 Event Battle of Princeton, West Virginia, ends, about 128 casualities 1844 Event 12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes 1844 Death Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton 1844 Death Thommas W. Gilmer, Navy Secretary, dies in explosion on USS Princeton 1777 Event Washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton, New Jersey 1756 Event Nassau Hall opens at Princeton University 1746 Event Princeton University in New Jersey received its charter
