1994 Death John Bayard Britton, abortion doctor, killed by Paul Hill 1987 Death Bayard Rustin, U.S. civil rights activist, dies at 77 1958 Death Herbert Bayard Swope, American Editor 1910 Birthday Bayard Rustin, civil rights leader 1893 Event Thomas F. Bayard becomes 1st U.S. ambassador in Great Britain 1882 Birthday Herbert Bayard Swope, American Editor 1862 Death George Dashiell Bayard, Union Brigadier General, dies at 27 1835 Birthday George Dashiell Bayard, Brigadier General Union volunteers
