Golf Central

On this day in 1988, Corey 'crazy' Pavin won the Texas Open by eight strokes over Robert 'Sir Christopher' Wrenn. Pavin's sublime 21-under par 259 was only two strokes off the PGA Tour 72-hole record....who says history never remembers the nearly men?

Corey Allen Pavin was born in the hip-hop breeding ground of Oxnard, California in 1959, which is also home to DJ Babu of the Dilated Peoples, super-producer Madlib and his little bro' Oh No. Shunning two turntables and a mic' Pavin instead reached for his five-iron and turned pro in 1982.

Success came quickly with three international wins in 1983 and his first PGA win coming in 1984. To date he has picked up another 14 victories on Tour including the 1995 US Open, his only major.

Unfortunately for Corey, his topping of the 1991 PGA money list was the last instance in which the number one money earner scooped less than a million. Despite that slightly unwanted record and narrowly missing out on the 72 hole milestone, his 8-under par 26 during the 2006 US Bank Championship in Milwaukee set the record for fewest strokes for nine holes on Tour.

Also on this day, in 1793, Marie Antionette was guillotined in front of a baying crowd. Tickets for the event were red-hot and early versions of eBay were flooded with fakes. Those in the know however knew that authentic tickets bore the legend: “Warning. first three rows may get wet.”   
 
Meanwhile, in 1972, in a landmark day for people with the intelligence of a five year old, both Rainbow and Emmerdale made their TV debuts.

And it's Naga Niwahide! as the samurai of the Sengoku era had on their birthday cakes to ubiquitous TV bint, Davina McCall (b.1967), Springbok swinger and slugger Jacques Kallis (b.1975), X Factor's Shane 'where are you now' Ward (b.1984) and ice hockey great Paul Kariya (b.1974).