Three Bizarre Deaths on This Day in History

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This day in History: On this day in 886, Byzantine Emperor Basil I got his belt entangled between antlers of a deer during a hunt and the animal subsequently dragged the emperor for 16 miles through the woods.  An attendant cut him loose with a knife, but he suspected the attendant of trying to assassinate him and had the man executed. Because of the mishap with the deer, Basil contracted fever and died shortly afterwards.

On this day in 1966, Nick Piantanida, a skydiver, died four months after an attempt to break the record for the highest parachute jump near Joe Foss Field, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; his suit had depressurized, causing brain damage from lack of oxygen.

On this day in 2018, Linda Goldbloom, 79, died four days after being hit by a foul ball at Dodger Stadium. Her death, the second such fatality in Major League Baseball history, was the first in nearly 50 years.

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A Baseball Fatality on This Day in History

This day in history: Baseball player Michael Riley "Doc" Powers, 38, ran into a wall while chasing a foul ball during a game at Philadelphia's Shibe Park, on this day in 1909. He died from internal injuries two weeks later.

Powers is not the only player to die playing baseball. In 1920, Ray Chapman, a shortstop for the Cleveland Indians, was hit in the head by a pitch thrown by pitcher Carl Mays and died 12 hours later. His death led baseball to establish a rule requiring umpires to replace the ball whenever it becomes dirty. Chapman's death and sanitary concerns also led to the ban on spitballs after the 1920 season. Chapman's death was also one of the examples cited to justify the wearing of batting helmets. However, it took over 30 years to adopt the rule that required their use.

On June 18, 1916, John Dodge, playing with the Mobile Sea Gulls of the Southern League, was hit square in the face by an inside pitch from Nashville's Tom Rogers. According to The Sporting News, "at the time it was not thought Dodge was seriously injured. Examination by physicians, however, showed that his face was crushed in such a manner that complications might result and he was taken to a hospital, but nothing medical aid could do would save his life." Dodge died the following night, at the age of 23. (Rogers would later make the majors, and in 1921 was briefly a teammate of Carl Mays, the pitcher who had killed Ray Chapman the year before.)

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