1992 Event Inkhata-blood bath in Boipatong South Africa 1968 Birthday Mark Harding, Bath England, keeper of Internet biographies 1968 Birthday Mark Clark, Bath, Illinois, pitcher for the New York Mets 1961 Birthday Curt Smith, born in Bath, England, rock bassist/vocalist, Tears For Fears 1960 Birthday Kim Thompson, Bath England, actress, Stealing Heaven 1959 Death Maxwell Anderson, U.S. dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies at 70 1958 Event 1st guided missile destroyer launched, Dewey, Bath, Me 1957 Birthday Nick Cave, Australian singer and songwriter, Bath Seeds-Murder Ballads 1956 Birthday Rob Fisher, Bath England, rock keyboardist, Naked Eyes 1954 Birthday Pete Byrne Bath England, rocker, Naked Eyes 1947 Death Sanner, leader of Norger blood bath, executed 1946 Event Great Calcutta blood bath - Moslem/Hindu riot (3-4,000 die) 1945 Death Hubert Bath, composer, dies at 61 1943 Birthday Valerie Perrine, born in Galveston, Texas, actress, Steam Bath, Superman, Lenny 1943 Birthday Jonathan Lynn, born in Bath, England, actor, Danny-Doctor in the House 1943 Birthday Jonathan Lynn, born in Bath, England, writer and actor, Greedy, Bar Mitzvah Boy 1942 Event Luftwaffe bombs Bath 1942 Event Luftwaffe bombs Bath 1936 Birthday J L Thompson, Bishop, Bath and Wells 1935 Birthday Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Bath England, actress, Search for the Nile 1930 Birthday Robert Buchanan, founder, Center for History of Tech Bath University 1923 Event Hobbs scores his 100th 100, 116* vs. Somerset at Bath 1916 Birthday Michael Gwynn, Bath England, actor, Village of Damned, Question 7 1911 Event Imperial army recaptures Nanking (blood bath) 1909 Birthday James R. Bath, American Businessman 1905 Birthday Marquess of Bath, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1901 Birthday James Pitman, Bath England, educator/publisher/phonetic speller 1896 Birthday Arnold Ridley, Bath England, actor/dramatist, The Ghost Train 1894 Event 1st U.S. steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me 1891 Event 1st public bathhouse with showers opens in New York City (People's Bath) 1883 Birthday Hubert Bath, composer 1863 Event Dr. Charles H Sheppard opens 1st public bath, in Brooklyn 1862 Event Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson occupies Bath 1852 Event 1st U.S. public bath opens, in New York City 1849 Birthday Oskar Lassar, German dermatologist, bath house 1768 Birthday Charlotte Corday d'Armont, murdered Jean-Paul Marat in bath 1744 Birthday Richard Edgeworth, writer, Bath 1703 Death Archibald Campbell, Scottish military man (blood bath of Glencoe), dies at 52 1684 Birthday William Pulteney, London, statesman, Earl of Bath 1652 Event Prince of Conde starts blood bath in Paris 1562 Event Blood bath at Vassy: General de Guise allows 1200 huguenots murder