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What's that you say Franz? There's not a single picture of Ken Green on Getty Images?

On this day, in 1988, Ken Green won the Greater Milwaukee Open by six strokes over Jim Gallagher Jr., Donnie Hammond, Mark Calcavecchia, and Dan Pohl.

Ken Green, born in 1958 in Connecticut, was never the most prolific player on Tour but was certainly one of the most controversial. Although he only won five events, Green gained a notoriety and infamy as he was fined over two dozen times by the PGA for offences ranging from sneaking his pals into the Masters in the boot of his car and drinking on the course to signing autographs while playing and swearing at and criticising officials. Famously, in 2003, he jumped into a canal to save his dog from the jaws of an alligator.

Also on this day, in 1997, fed up with England's strict policies on battered Mars Bars and Special Brew, Scotland voted to establish a devoluted Parliament.

Meanwhile, in 2001, the September 11th attacks destroy the World Trade Centre and part of the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people.

And it's Bashar al-Assad! As they say in Syria, to; fat comedian, Johnny Vegas (36), thin musician, Moby (42) and der Kaiser, Franz Beckenbaur (62). Today would also have been D.H Lawrence's 122nd birthday, had he not died of Tuberculosis 77 years ago.