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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 Arthur Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh, son of Arthur Benjamin Guinness, member of the Guinness family, founders of the Guinness brewery 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 General-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, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 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 Bruce Johnston, born in Peoria, Illinois, born Benjamin Baldwin, rocker, musician, singer, record producer, Grammy-Award winning songwriter, member of The Beach Boys, composed I Write The Songs 1944 Benjamin Cremieux, French author (In Buchenwald), dies at 55 1944 Benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79 1943 Benjamin James Dale, composer, dies at 58 1943 Benjamin W. Jipcho, born in Mount 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 General 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 1932 Bronislaw Geremek, born in Warsaw, given name Benjamin Lewertow, social historian, politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs 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 Brigadier-General, dies at 33 1863 Benjamin Franklin "Grimes" Davis, Union major, dies in battle at 30 1862 General Benjamin F Butler delegates "Woman Order" of NO to be his whores 1861 Major General 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, Major General Union volunteers 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, Brigadier General, Confederate, 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, Major General Union volunteers 1826 Benjamin Henry Grierson, Major General Union volunteers 1825 Joseph Benjamin Palmer, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1825 Benjamin Jefferson Hill, Brigadier General Confederate Army 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, Major General Union volunteers 1818 Benjamin Franklin Butler, Major General Union volunteers 1816 Elihu Benjamin Washburne, MC, Union 1816 Benjamin Hawkins, American Diplomat 1813 Benjamin Alvord, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1813 Benjamin Rush, physician and abolotionist, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 67 1812 Benjamin Franklin Sands, Commander Union Navy 1811 Judah Philip Benjamin, American Politician 1810 Benjamin Stone Roberts, Major General Union volunteers 1809 Benjamin Pierce, U.S. mathematician and astronomer 1808 Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1806 Benjamin Banneker, astronomer/mathematician, dies at 74 1805 Benjamin Hugur, Major General Confederate Army 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 1800 Benjamin F. Wade, American Politician 1800 Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination to his son to prevent smallpox 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, statesman and inventor, 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 and signer, Declaration of Independence 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, and 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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