World Golf Hall of Famer Ben (William Benjamin) Hogan was born on this day, 1912, in Dublin,Texas. Hogan, who became a star in his mid-thirties, had an astounding golfing career; his most notable achievement being that he is one of only four players to win all the 'Grand Slam' events: the U.S. and British Opens, the PGA Championship and the Masters tournament. 
 1912 - Ben Hogan
golf champion: Masters [1951, 1953], U.S. Open [1948, 1950, 1951, 1953], British Open [1953], PGA [1946, 1948]; died July 25, 1997, geboren

 1919 - George Shearing
jazz pianist: September in the Rain, I’ll Take Romance, Changing with the Times; composer: Lullaby of Birdland, Conception, Consternation, geboren

 1949 - Andy (Andre) Thornton
baseball: Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos, Cleveland Indians [all-star: 1982, 1984], geboren

 1949 - Bobby Clarke
Hockey Hall of Famer: Philadelphia Flyers: Hart Memorial Trophy winner [1973, 75, 76], coach, general manager, geboren

Four years later, Hound Dog got the world’s attention when it was recorded by Elvis Presley. 

Musician-composer Johnny Otis (Willie and the Hand Jive) said he helped Leiber and Stoller with the writing of Hound Dog. All was fine as long as Big Mama Thornton was doin’ the singing (Otis was her producer); but as soon as the Elvis version started bringing in the bucks, Otis was cut out of the picture. Otis went to court but lost the suit. 

We think the judge said, “You ain’t nothing but a hound dog, a-cryin’ all the time.” And Leiber and Stoller chimed in, “You ain’t no friend of mine.” 

1986 - United States Football League standout Herschel Walker signed to play with the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. Walker’s contract paid an estimated $5 million over five years. He had been playing for the New Jersey Generals before the USFL went out of business. 

1986 - After 22 seasons, Tony Perez of the Cincinnati Reds announced his plan to retire at the end of the 1986 season. That would leave Pete Rose and George Foster as the only remaining, active players from the original Big Red Machine of the 1970s.

Ein zwölfjähriger Brandstifter im Elsass muss zur Strafe sämtliche Stiefel der Dorf-Feuerwehr putzen. Der Junge hatte im Örtchen Gommersdorf an einem Strohballen gezündelt und Teile eines Haferfeldes in Brand gesteckt
1998 - Zur Erinnerung an die Teilung Deutschlands und die Opfer an den innerdeutschen Grenzen wird am 37. Jahrestag des Mauerbaus die Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer an der Bernauer Straße eingeweiht