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On this day, in 1990, Paul Azinger won the BMW International Open after defeating David Feherty in a playoff.

Paul William Azinger was born in 1960 in Holyoke, Massachusetts and turned pro in 1981. His first win came in 1987 and in the same year he finished second, one shot behind Nick Faldo, in the British Open. Azinger has won one major, the 1993 USPGA Championship, and has had 12 Tour wins to date. Also in 1993, he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma but has continued playing, earning the 1995 GWAA Ben Hogan award as recognition. In 2008, Azinger will captain the American Ryder Cup team in Valhalla.

Also on this day, in 1889, Nintendo was founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and sell Japanese playing cards. They would not produce their first computer game for roughly another 80 years.

Meanwhile, in 1980, Bob Marley played his last ever concert before kicking the bucket and securing the posthumous honours and record sales that an early death will bring any singer.

And it's, Draga Mašin! As they say in Serbia, to; ex Blue Peter presenter Yvette Fielding (39), Seinfeld star Jason Alexander (48) and the boss, Bruce Springsteen (59.) It would also have been Mongolian emporer Kublai Khan's birthday, had he not died as a result of eating too many animal organs 713 years ago.