2007 Death Johnny Hart, cartoonist, creator, comic strips, 'The Wizard of Id', 'B.C.', strips each appeared in over 1,000 newspapers, dies of a stroke while at the drawing table, at age 76 1993 Death Bert Schoofs, table tennis star, dies at 48 1992 Death Hans Zullig, Swiss/German dancer (Green Table), dies 1991 Event North and South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition 1982 Death Paul de Vree, Flemish writer/essayist (Round Table), dies 1979 Birthday Petra Cada, Prague Czechoslovakia, Canadian table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Todd Sweeris, Grand Rapids, Michigan, table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1972 Death Victor Barna, table tennis champ, dies 1971 Event U.S. table tennis team arrived in China 1971 Event U.S. table tennis team arrives in China PR 1971 Birthday Jim Butler, born in Iowa City, Iowa, table tennis player, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Amy Feng, born in Tianjin, China, U.S. table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Sean O'Neill, born in Toledo, Ohio, U.S. Olympic table tennis player 1992 Olympics 1964 Birthday Barbara Chiu, born in Canton, China, Canada table tennis player, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1963 Birthday Gideon Joe Ng, born in Toronto, Ontario, table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1963 Birthday David Zhuang, born in China, U.S. table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1963 Birthday Lily Yip, Canton China, U.S. table tennis player, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1962 Birthday Johnny Huang, Canton China, table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1962 Birthday Chunli Li, Auckland New Zealand, table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1961 Birthday Bettine Vriesekoop, Dutch table tennis star 1961 Birthday Wei Wang, born in Beijing, China, U.S. table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1955 Event Pancho Gonzales retains tennis title by winning a tournament playing under table tennis rules 1954 Birthday Daniel Seemiller, Pitts, U.S. Olympic table tennis player 1992 Olympics 1952 Birthday Insook Bhushan, Seoul Korea, U.S. U.S. table tennis player 1992 Olympics 1951 Event International Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel) 1938 Birthday Millie Perkins, actress, Diary of Anne Frank, Table for 5, Shooting 1921 Birthday Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table tennis player, World Champ 1950-55 1907 Death Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist (Periodic Table), dies at 72 1901 Event 1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium) 1888 Death Amos Bronson Alcott, U.S. theory/poet (Table Talk), dies at 88 1834 Birthday Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist, Periodic Table 1834 Birthday Dmitri Mendeleev, chemist, discovered periodic table of the elements 1637 Event Cardinal Richelieu of France creates the table knife 1511 Birthday Erasmus Reinhold, Germany, mathematician, calculated planetary table
