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"Is that your lost ball?"
"No. It's just the way my trousers hang..."

On this day, in 1981, Jay Haas won the B.C Open by three strokes over Tom Kite with a 14-under-par 270.

Jay Dean Haas was born in 1953 in Missouri and in his youth was a member of Golf World's greatest ever college team along with Curtis Strange and Bob Byman. He turned pro in 1976 and won nine PGA Tour events between 1978 and 1993. He holds the record for the most PGA cuts ever made with 592. Jay played in three Ryder Cups, the third coming in 2004 after a resurgence in his career. Since then he has been a prolific winner on the Champions Tour, topping the money list in 2006.

Also on this day, in 1522, The Victoria returned to Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world and bringing with it a precious cargo of souvenirs. Scholars estimate that over 100 different keyrings were presented to the King of Spain that day.

Meanwhile, in 1997, Princess Diana's funeral attracted an unbelievable television audience of 2.5 billion. Almost half of the world's population.

And it's Abd Al Qadir! As they say in Algeria, to;  Everton defender Joseph Yobo (27) and crap British tennis players Tim Henman (33) and Greg Rusedski (34). It was also on this day, in 1998, that the clapperboard came down on legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa at the age of 78.