2002 "General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr", Air Force General, first black general in the Air Force, dies at 89
2000 Benjamin Orr, singer/guitarist, Drive, dies at 53
1998 Dr. Benjamin Spock, pediatrician/writer, Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, dies at 94
1998 Benjamin Spock, American Scientist
1996 Benjamin "Zik" Azikiwe Nnamdi, politician, dies at 91
1995 Giants infielder Mike Benjamin goes 6-for-7 in 13-inning 4-3 win
1995 Bernard Benjamin Gillis, judge, dies at 89
1994 Louis Benjamin, showman, dies at 71
1994 Donald Benjamin Harden, archaeologist, dies at 92
1993 Sam Wanamaker, actor (Pvt Benjamin), dies from cancer at 74
1993 Sam Wanamaker, actor (Pvt Benjamin), dies of prostate cancer at 74
1987 Benjamin and Patrick Binder separated at John Hopkins Hospital
1985 Benjamin Moloisi, South African poet/Anc'er, hanged at 30
1983 Benjamin V Cohen, U.S. author of New Deal-legislation, dies at 88
1981 Naomi Grabow, born in lake Arrowhead, California, pairs skater, & Benjamin Oberman
1981 Benjamin H Sheares, president of Singapore, dies
1980 Benjamin Salisbury, Minneapolis, actor, Brighton Sheffield-Nanny
1978 Benjamin McKenzie, American Actor
1977 Roy Wilkins turn over NAACP leadership to Benjamin L Hooks
1976 Benjamin Britten, British composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at 63
1976 Benjamin Hooks, succeeds Roy Wilkins as executive director of NAACP
1976 Edward Benjamin Britten, composer, dies at 62
1975 James [Benjamin] Blish, sci-fi author (Star Trek Reader), dies at 54
1975 Andre Benjamin, American Musician
1974 Benjamin Oberman, born in Denver, Colorado, pairs skater, & Naomi Grabow
1973 Benjamin Fairbrother, CFL offensive tackle for the Saskatchewan Roughriders
1973 Benjamin Frankel, composer, dies at 67
1972 Benjamin Dodwell, Australian rower 1996 Olympics
1972 Benjamin L Hooks, named to FCC
1971 Benjamin Britten's opera "Owen Wingrave," premieres in Aldwych
1969 Benjamin Shahn, Lithuanian Artist
1968 Dr. Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law
1967 Benjamin Spock and Allen Ginsberg arrested protesting Vietnam war
1967 Kenneth Charlie Griffith Benjamin, cricketer, WI like his namesake
1966 Camille Benjamin, born in Cleveland, Ohio, tennis star
1965 Mike Benjamin, Euclid Ohio, infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies
1965 Benjamin Britten's "Voices for Today," premieres
1964 Winston Benjamin, cricketer, WI righty quick 1987-95
1964 Benoit Benjamin, NBA center for the Milwaukee Bucks
1963 Benjamin Bratt, California, actor, Det Reynaldo Curtis-Law and Order
1962 Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem," premieres
1961 Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam, dies at 60
1961 Joey Benjamin, cricket pace bowler, in St. Kitts England in 1994
1960 Benjamin Britten's cantate "Carmen Baseliense," premieres in Basel
1960 Arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66
1959 Benjamin Peret, French writer/poet (Le grand jeu), dies at 60
1959 Benjamin Britten's "Missa Brevis" in D, premieres
1959 Benjamin O Davis, Jr. becomes 1st black gen-major in USAF
1959 Benjamin Christensen, Danish actor (Barnet, Mockery), dies at 79
1959 Susan Benjamin, actress, Tracy-Accidental Family
1958 Benjamin Britten's "Nocturne," premieres
1957 Benjamin Britten's ballet "Prince and the Pauper," premieres in London
1956 Lorna Patterson, Whittier California, actress, Airplane, Pvt Benjamin
1953 Benjamin Gene Brown, born in San Francisco, California, 4X400 runner 1976 Olympics gold
1952 Minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Neart], Flemish writer, dies at 60
1951 Benjamin Britten's opera "Billy Budd," premieres in London
1950 Benjamin Peterson, U.S., heavyweight boxer, Olympics gold 1972
1949 Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister
1949 Armand Assante, New York City, actor, Private Benjamin, Unfaithfully Yours
1949 Ann Ryerson, born in Wisconsin, actress, Pvt Carol Winter-Pvt Benjamin
1949 Benjamin Britten's Jump Symphony, premieres
1948 Benjamin Brittens "Beggar's Opera," premieres in Cambridge
1947 Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, gangster, shot dead in Beverly Hills Cal
1945 Benjamin Britten's 2nd String quartet in C, premieres
1945 Goldie Hawn, Takoma Park, Maryland, actress, Laugh-in, Private Benjamin
1945 Opera "Peter Grimes of Benjamin Britten," premieres in London
1945 Benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42
1944 Sally Kirkland, New York City, actress, Anna, Sting, Pvt Benjamin, Big Bad Mama
1944 Benjamin Cremieux, French author (In Buchenwald), dies at 55
1944 Benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79
1943 Benjamin L Cardin, Rep-D-Maryland
1943 Benjamin James Dale, composer, dies at 58
1943 Benjamin W. Jipcho, born in Mt. Elgon, Kenya, 3K steeplechase, won Olympic silver in 1972
1941 Benjamin Dwight, U.S. tennis championship umpire, dies
1941 Count Desmond, [Edward Benjamin], Binghamton, New York, sword swallower
1941 Benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies
1941 1st performance of Benjamin Britten's "Symphony da Requiem"
1940 Benjamin O. Davis became 1st Black general in U.S. Army
1940 U.S. Army Gen Benjamin Davis becomes 1st black general
1940 Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr named 1st black general in regular army
1940 Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48
1940 Walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48
1940 Ernest Hemingway and Benjamin Glazer premiere in New York City
1940 Benjamin Britten's "Lesson Illuminations" premieres in London
1939 [Benjamin] Latimore, U.S. singer, Let's Straighten It Out
1939 Benjamin Tucker, American Activist
1939 William Benjamin Lenoir, born in Miami, Florida, astronaut, STS 5
1938 Hal Williams, Columbus Ohio, actor, Pvt Benjamin, 227, Sanford and Son
1938 Chlorophyll patented by Benjamin Grushkin
1938 Richard Benjamin, New York City, director/actor, Goodbye Columbus, He and She
1937 Benjamin Luxon, born in Redruth, England, baritone, Owen Wingrave
1936 Benjamin E. Mays named president of Morehouse College
1936 Benjamin Bathurst, vice chief of British Defense Staff
1935 Eileen Brennan, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Laugh-In, Pvt Benjamin
1934 Benjamin Boretz, composer
1933 David Benjamin Lewin, composer
1926 Benjamin Burwell Johnson, composer
1925 Benjamin Hooks, civil rights leader
1924 Benjamin Lees, [Lysniansky], Harbin Manchuria, composer
1922 Benjamin Smit, Curaeaos architect, St. Elizabeth Hospital
1922 Louis Benjamin, showman
1921 Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert
1921 James [Benjamin] Blish, US/UK, sci-fi author, Hugo, Star Trek Reader
1918 [Benjamin] Franc[lin] Wedekind, German writer/press sec, dies at 53
1917 Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert
1916 Benjamin Kidel, English sociologist (Social Evolution), dies at 58
1915 Benjamin Lambord, composer, dies at 35
1914 Ewan Roberts, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, actress, Pvt Benjamin
1913 Benjamin Britten, born in Suffolk, England, opera composer
1913 Benjamin Britten, Lowestoft Suffolk England, composer, Beggar's Opera
1910 Scatman Crothers, [Benjamin], Terre Haute, Indiana, actor, Zapped, Shining
1909 Benjamin Ipavec, composer, dies at 79
1909 Benjamin Johnson Lang, composer, dies at 71
1906 Benjamin Frankel, composer
1905 Bernard Benjamin Gillis, British judge
1904 Nnamdi Benjamin "Zik" Azikiwe, politician
1903 Benjamin Spock, CT, pediatrician, Common Sense Book of Baby Care
1903 Benjamin M. Telders, president of Dutch Liberal States Party
1901 Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam
1901 Donald Benjamin Harden, archaeologist
1901 Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday, New York
1901 Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President (1889-1893), dies in Indianapolis at 67
1901 Benjamin Edward Woolf, composer, dies at 64
1899 Benjamin Peret, French writer/poet, La revolution surrealiste
1898 Benjamin Shahn, Lithuanian Artist
1897 Benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist, or 1797
1897 Benjamin Whorf, American
1895 Benjamin E Mays, South Carolina, black educator, Morehouse, Howard University
1895 Benjamin E. Mays, American Educator
1895 Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer, dies at 45
1894 Jack Benny, [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan, Illinois, "Oh! Rochester!"
1893 Arthur Benjamin, Sydney Australia, composer, Jamaican Rumba
1893 Benjamin F Butler, U.S. gen/president candidate (anti-monopoly), dies at 74
1892 Walter Benjamin, German literature critic/writer
1892 Minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Voort], Flemish writer
1891 President Benjamin Harrison visits San Francisco
1889 Benjamin Harrison inaugurated as 23rd president
1888 Benjamin Cremieux, French author, Le premier the la Classe
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R-Sen-Ind) beats President Grover Cleveland (D), 233 electoral votes to 168, Cleveland received slightly more votes
1888 Republican Convention, in Chicago, nominates Benjamin Harrison
1885 Benjamin James Dale, composer
1884 Judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72
1884 Judah Philip Benjamin, American Politician
1881 Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl (Beaconsfield)/novelist, dies
1880 Benjamin Pierce, U.S. mathematician/astronomer, dies
1879 Benjamin Christensen, Viborg Denmark, actor, Barnet, Mockery
1879 Benjamin Lambord, composer
1879 Dr. Benjamin E Mays, named president of Atlanta Board of Education
1878 Benjamin F. Wade, American Politician
1874 Benjamin Disraeli replaces William Gladstone as English premier
1867 Benjamin A. Jesurun, Antillian literary
1867 Benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33
1865 Benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, Black Haired Whore
1863 Benjamin Hardin Helm, U.S. attorney/Confederate brig-general, dies at 33
1863 Benjamin Franklin "Grimes" Davis, Union major, dies in battle at 30
1862 Gen Benjamin F Butler delegates "Woman Order" of NO to be his whores
1861 Maj Gen Benjamin Butler declares slaves "contraband of war"
1858 Benjamin Kidel, English Sudan, Control of the Tropics
1854 Benjamin Tucker, American Activist
1850 Benjamin Lane patents gas mask with a breathing apparatus
1849 Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer
1849 Benjamin Chambers patents breech loading cannon
1846 Benjamin Palmer patents artificial leg
1844 Claude Tillier, French journalist and writer (My Uncle Benjamin), dies
1837 Benjamin Johnson Lang, composer
1836 Benjamin Edward Woolf, Dutch composer
1836 Benjamin Franklin Potts, Bvt Mjr Gen Union volunteers, died in 1887
1833 Benjamin Harrison, born in North Bend, Ohio, R, 23rd President, 1889-1893
1833 Benjamin Hanby, composer
1832 Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison, 1st wife of Benjamin Harrison
1831 Benjamin Hardin Helm, Brig General, Conf, /Lincoln's brother-in-law
1831 Benjamin Carr, composer, dies at 62
1830 H Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63
1829 Benjamin Ipavec, composer
1826 John Benjamin Sanborn, Bvt Mjr Gen Union volunteers, died in 1904
1826 Benjamin Henry Grierson, Major General Union volunteers
1825 Joseph Benjamin Palmer, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1890
1825 Benjamin Jefferson Hill, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1880
1820 Benjamin Franklin Cheatham, Major General Confederate Army
1820 Benjamin Latrobe, British Architect
1820 Benjamin West, British painter (Death of General Wolfe), dies at 81
1819 Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss, Mjr Gen Union volunteers, died in 1901
1818 Benjamin Franklin Butler, Mjr General Union volunteers, died in 1893
1816 Elihu Benjamin Washburne, MC, Union, died in 1887
1816 Benjamin Hawkins, American Diplomat
1813 Benjamin Alvord, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1884
1813 Benjamin Rush, physician/abolotionist (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 67
1812 Benjamin Franklin Sands, Commander Union Navy, died in 1883
1811 Judah Philip Benjamin, American Politician
1810 Benjamin Stone Roberts, Bvt Mjr Gen Union volunteers, died in 1875
1809 Benjamin Pierce, U.S. mathematician and astronomer
1808 Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General Confederate Army
1806 Benjamin Banneker, astronomer/mathematician, dies at 74
1805 Benjamin Hugur, Major General Confederate Army, died in 1877
1804 Benjamin Disraeli, Tory, British Prime Minister, 1868, 1874-80
1801 Claude Tillier, French journalist and writer, My Uncle Benjamin
1800 Benjamin Franklin Wade, MC, Union, died in 1878
1800 Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination to his son to prevent smallpox
1800 Benjamin F. Wade, American Politician
1798 Benjamin Lee, Baronet Guinness, Irish brewer/Dublin mayor
1792 Benjamin West (U.S.) becomes president of Royal Academy of London
1791 Benjamin Banneker published his 1st Almanac
1790 Benjamin Franklin, U.S., (Poor Richards Almanac), dies at 84
1789 Benjamin Banneker with L'Enfant begin to lay out Washington D.C.
1789 Benjamin Lundy, philanthropist/abolitionist
1786 Benjamin Robert Haydon, Plymouth, painter, Waiting for The Times
1785 Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals
1783 Benjamin Hanks patents self-winding clock
1783 Benjamin Tower of Philadelphia publishes 1st daily newspaper in U.S.
1775 1st Postmaster General: Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office
1773 Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace"
1767 H Benjamin Constant, [de Rebeque], French politician/writer
1764 Benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect, built Capitol
1764 Benjamin Latrobe, British Architect
1754 Benjamin Hawkins, American Diplomat
1754 Benjamin Waterhouse, physician, smallpox vaccine pioneer
1753 Benjamin Franklin receives Godfrey Copley-Penny
1753 Benjamin Thompson, physicist, Royal Institute of Great Britain
1752 Benjamin Franklins 1st tests the lightning rod
1745 Benjamin Rush, Byberry, Pennsylvania, physician/general/signer, Decl of Indep
1742 Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove
1741 Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, 2nd U.S. magazine begins publishing
1738 Benjamin West, painter, Death of General Wolfe
1732 Benjamin Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack"
1731 Benjamin Banneker, Ellicott, Maryland, black mathematician/surveyor, Washington D.C.
1731 In Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin opens 1st U.S. library
1730 Benjamin Franklin marries Miss Read
1729 Benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), dies at 64
1726 Benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England
1726 Benjamin Franklin sails back to Philadelphia
1725 Benjamin Franklin arrives in London
1724 Benjamin Franklin arrives in London
1706 Benjamin Franklin, Boston, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor
1665 Benjamin Neukirch, German poet, Herrn von Hofmannswaldau
1652 Benjamin G Cuyp, historical painter, dies at about 40
1614 Benjamin Rogers, composer
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