2014 Event Scottish citizens reject independence of Scotland from the U.K.; 45 percent voted for and 55 percent voted against independence in a national referendum 2011 Event In a referendum based on official figures, nearly 99% of South Sudanese voted for independence from the north 1996 Death Clay Jones, horticulturalist, broadcaster, Chairman of the program Gardener's Question Time on BBC Radio 4, voted tenth alongside Carol Klein as the nation's all-time favorite gardener, dies at 72 1992 Event U.N. Security Council voted to ban flights and arms sales to Libya 1987 Death Jaco Pastorius, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine, dies at 35 1986 Birthday Megan Fox, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, actress, sex symbol, debut film, 'Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen', breakout role, Mikaela Barnes in movie, 'Transformers', voted 'Sexiest Woman in the World' by FHM 1984 Birthday Gareth Gates, born in Bradford, England, singer finalist on show, 'Pop Idol', sold over 3.5 million records; hit song, 'Unchained Melody', voted 'The Record of the Year' in 2002 1969 Event KC outfielder Lou Piniella is voted AL Rookie of Year 1969 Event Minnesota's Harmon Killebrew is voted AL MVP 1969 Event Tom Seaver voted NL Cy Young Award 1969 Event Stan Coveleski and Waite Hoyt are voted into baseball Hall of Fame 1966 Event Cincinnati infielder Tommy Helms is voted NL Rookie of Year 1966 Event Chicago outfielder Tommie Agee is voted AL Rookie of Year 1965 Event Dodgers 2nd baseman Jim Lefebvre is voted NL Rookie of Year 1964 Event Cards' 3rd baseman Ken Boyer is voted NL MVP 1963 Event New York Yankee Elston Howard is 1st black ever voted AL MVP 1963 Birthday Mark Pryor, born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, politician, Democrat, U.S. Senator from Arkansas, voted to confirm Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General 1961 Event Billy Williams of the Cubs is voted NL Rookie of Year 1961 Event Roger Maris is voted AL MVP 1961 Event Whitey Ford is voted Cy Young Award winner over Warren Spahn 1960 Event Dodgers outfielder Frank Howard is voted NL Rookie of Year 1960 Event Balitmore Oriole shortstop Ron Hansen voted AL Rookie of Year 1956 Event Frank Robinson (NL) and Luis Aparicio (AL) voted Rookie of the Year 1954 Event Atomic Energy Commission voted against reinstating Dr. J Robert Oppenheimer 1951 Birthday Jaco Pastorius, born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine 1950 Birthday Anthony Lloyd, born in England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Manchester Central, gay rights supporter, voted against the Iraq War and against renewal of the Trident Nuclear Missile System 1950 Birthday Jack Youngblood, born in Jacksonville, Florida, professional football player, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, voted into College Football Hall of Fame 1936 Event Lou Gehrig, is voted AL MVP by BBWAA 1936 Event Nazi propaganda claims 99% of Germans voted for Nazi candidates 1928 Event Cardinals 1B Jim Bottomley is voted NL MVP 1926 Event League of Nations Assembly voted unanimously to admit Germany 1923 Birthday Clay Jones, born in England, horticulturalist, broadcaster, Chairman of the program Gardener's Question Time on BBC Radio 4, voted tenth alongside Carol Klein as the nation's all-time favorite gardener 1919 Event Democratic National Committee voted to allow female members
