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October 1, 1947

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Notable Births

Dave Arneson

1947Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (died 2009)[†]

David Lance Arneson was an American game designer best known for co-developing the first published role-playing game (RPG), Dungeons & Dragons, with Gary Gygax, in the early 1970s. Arneson's fundamental early role-playing game (RPG) genre work pioneered now-archetypical devices, such as: cooperative play to develop a storyline instead of individual competitive play to "win"; and adventuring in dungeon, town, and wilderness settings as presented by a neutral judge who doubles as the voice and consciousness of all characters aside from the player characters.

Dalveer Bhandari

1947Dalveer Bhandari, Indian lawyer and judge[†]

Dalveer Bhandari is an Indian jurist. He is currently one of the judges of the International Court of Justice. He is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India and former chief justice of the Bombay High Court. Bhandari was also a judge of the Delhi High Court.

Buzz Capra

1947Buzz Capra, American baseball player and coach[†]

Lee William Capra, is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves, from 1971 to 1977. Nicknamed "Buzz", by a neighbor as a child, Capra was a National League (NL) All-Star and the NL earned run average (ERA) leader, in 1974.

Aaron Ciechanover

1947Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate[†]

Aaron Ciechanover is an Israeli biologist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for characterizing the method that cells use to degrade and recycle proteins using ubiquitin.

Stephen Collins

1947Stephen Collins, American actor and director[†]

Stephen Weaver Collins is an American former actor. He is known for playing Eric Camden on the WB/CW television series 7th Heaven from 1996 to 2007. Afterwards, Collins played the roles of Dayton King on the ABC television series No Ordinary Family and Gene Porter in the NBC television series Revolution, father of Elizabeth Mitchell's character, Rachel Matheson. Before 7th Heaven, Collins was known for his roles as Commander Willard Decker in the 1979 film Star Trek: The Motion Picture and fighter pilot Jake Cutter in the ABC television series Tales of the Gold Monkey. In 2014, his career came to an end after he confessed to sexual abuse against multiple minors.

Nevill Drury

1947Nevill Drury, English-Australian journalist and publisher (died 2013)[†]

Nevill Drury was an English-born Australian editor and publisher, as well as the author of over 40 books on subjects ranging from shamanism and western magical traditions to art, music, and anthropology. His books have been published in 26 countries and in 19 languages.

1947Adriano Tilgher, Italian politician[†]

Adriano Tilgher is an Italian far-right politician.

Martin Turner

1947Martin Turner, English singer-songwriter and bass player[†]

Martin Robert Turner is an English musician best known for his time as the bass guitarist, lead vocalist and a founding member of the rock band, Wishbone Ash. Turner is now the lead singer and bassist for "Martin Turner Ex-Wishbone Ash".

Mariska Veres

1947Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (died 2006)[†]

Maria Elisabeth Ender, better known as Mariska Veres, was a Dutch singer who was best known as the lead singer of the rock group Shocking Blue. She was known for her sultry voice, eccentric performances, and her striking appearance which featured kohl-rimmed eyes, and high and long jet-black hair, which was actually a wig.

Historical Events

North American F-86 Sabre

1947The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.[†]

The North American F-86 Sabre, sometimes called the Sabrejet, is a transonic jet fighter aircraft. Produced by North American Aviation, the Sabre is best known as the United States' first swept-wing fighter that could counter the swept-wing Soviet MiG-15 in high-speed dogfights in the skies of the Korean War (1950–1953), fighting some of the earliest jet-to-jet battles in history. Considered one of the best and most important fighter aircraft in that war, the F-86 is also rated highly in comparison with fighters of other eras. Although it was developed in the late 1940s and was outdated by the end of the 1950s, the Sabre proved versatile and adaptable and continued as a front-line fighter in numerous air forces.