2004 Bob Keeshan, Captain Kangaroo/Clarabell the Clown, dies at 76
1994 David Platt appointed captain of English football team
1993 Richard Webb, actor (Captain Midnight), shoots himself at 77
1992 Itzhak Fuks, El Al captain, crashes in Bijlmer Netherlands
1992 Ohad Arnon, El Al captain, crashes in Bijlmer Netherlands
1992 Scott Stevens is named 5th Captain in New Jersey Devils history
1991 Don Mattingly named 10th New York Yankee Captain
1990 Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound and pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill
1986 "Captain EO" with Michael Jackson premieres
1986 Captain Midnight (John R. MacDougall) interrupts HBO
1984 Allan Border's 1st Test Cricket match as captain (v WI Adelaide)
1984 Kim Hughes tearfully resigns as Australian cricket captain
1984 1st female to captain a 747 across Atlantic (Lynn Rippelmeyer)
1982 Don Lever becomes 1st captain of New Jersey Devils
1974 Mees Toxopeus, Dutch rescue-vessel captain, dies at 89
1972 Larry Amar, Camarillo California, field hockey midfielder/captain 1996 Olympics
1971 Lt. Calley confessed and implicates Captain Medina
1969 Maurice Odumbe, cricketer, Kenyan batsman and 1996 World Cup captain
1968 Lee Germon, cricketer, NZ keeper and captain 1995-
1968 Saeed Al-Saffar, cricketer, UAE batsman 1996 World Cup, later captain
1968 Andy Flower, cricketer, Zimbabwe keeper and victorious Test captain
1968 Mike Atherton, cricketer, Lancashire batsman and England captain
1964 Mark Taylor, cricketer, genius Australian captain since 1994
1959 Errol Flynn, U.S. actor (Captain Blood), dies of heart attack at 50
1958 "Oh, Captain!" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 192 performances
1958 "Oh, Captain!" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 192 performances
1957 Chris Cowdrey, cricketer, son of Colin, captain of England 1988
1957 Mike Gatting, cricketer, England batsman 1977-95 and captain
1955 "Captain Kangaroo" premieres on CBS-TV, Good Morning, Captain!
1955 Andrew M. Allen, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Captain USMC/astronaut, STS 46, 62, 75
1955 Allan Border, cricket captain, Australia
1955 Captain Sensible, rocker
1954 Jeremy Coney, cricketer, NZ captain turned them into world-beaters
1954 Captain Sensible, [Ray Burns], UK, rock bassist, Women and Capts 1st
1953 Graham Gooch, cricketer, prolific England opener and captain
1953 Bandula Warnapura, cricketer, 1st Sri Lanka Test captain
1952 John Emburey, England cricket off-spinner, 1978-95, captain 1988
1952 Sew Shivnarine, cricketer, 3 Tests for WI 1978, later USA captain
1951 Geoff Howarth, cricketer, NZ captain early 80's
1949 "Captain Video and His Video Rangers," debut on DUMONT-TV
1947 Thurman Munson, baseball catcher/captain, New York Yankees
1946 Anura Tennekoon, cricketer, Sri Lankan World Cup captain 1975-79
1945 Het Parool publishes 1st Captain Rob-strip
1944 Anthony Stefanich, British boxer/captain, killed in Arnhem
1944 Keith Fletcher, cricket captain, Essex and England
1944 1st female U.S. Navy captain, Sue Dauser of nurse corps, appointed
1942 Douglas H Fox, U.S. captain of destroyer Barton, dies in battle
1942 Mike Brearley, cricketer, outstanding England captain 1977-81
1942 Captain Moravec, Czech resistance fighter, commit suicide
1941 "Captain America" appears in a comic book
1941 Captain Beefheart, [Don Van Vliet], rocker, Bongo Fury, Shiny Beast
1940 Mike Denness, cricketer, England batsman and captain mid-70s
1940 1st U.S. merchant ship "Booker T Washington" commanded by a black captain (Hugh Mulzac), launched at Wilmington Delaware
1938 Timothy Elworthy, Captain of The Queen's Flight
1937 Tony Lewis, cricketer, England batsman, captain 1972-73
1937 Peter van der Merwe, cricketer, South African captain of mid-1960's
1937 Count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to captain
1936 John Burton-Hall, Dorset England, captain, QE2
1935 Ronald Ellwin Evans, St. Francis, Kansas, Captain USN/astronaut, Apollo 17
1934 Nari Contractor, cricketer, Indian batsman and captain
1933 Mike J K Smith, cricketer, England captain mid-60s
1933 Itzhak Fuks, Israeli El Al captain, crashed in Amsterdam
1932 Ray Illingworth, cricketer, England off-spin all-rounder and captain
1931 Charles A. Bassett II, Dayton Ohio, Captain USAF/astronaut
1926 Peter Coker, captain
1926 Polly Umrigar, cricketer, Indian batsman and captain
1924 Frank Worrell, cricketer, one of the three W's, inspiring WI captain
1922 Harry Cave, cricketer, NZ bowler and Test captain in the 1950's
1918 Christy Mathewson resigns as Reds manager to accept a commission as a captain in chemical warfare branch of Army
1918 Gordon Pirie, England, Group Captain
1917 George Mann, captain English cricket team
1915 Arthur Lowe, born in Hayfield, England, actor, Captain Mainwaring-Dad's Army
1915 Norman Yardley, English cricket captain, late 40's
1914 R E Foster, only dual England captain at cricket and soccer, dies
1909 Errol Flynn, born in Hobart, Tasmania, actor, Captain Blood, Robin Hood
1906 George B. Shaws "Captain Brassbound's Conversion," premieres in London
1905 Jock Cameron, South African cricket keeper, captain
1904 Don Alvarado, [Jose Page], Albuquerque, New Mexico, actor, Captain Thunder
1900 Douglas Jardine, cricketer, England's Bodyline captain
1898 Paul Voulet, French captain/mass murderer in Senegal, dies
1897 Bill Woodfull, cricketer, Australian captain in the Bodyline series
1895 H G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket Test captain, 1927-31
1894 Arthur Gilligan, cricketer, England captain in 1920's
1892 Guillaume Van Kerckhoven, Belgian captain, dies at 39
1891 Omer Bodson, Belgian captain, dies in battle
1891 Captain Frederick Lugards army reaches Kavalli Equatoria
1889 Lord Tennyson III, cricketer, England batsman and captain
1889 Jack Ryder, cricketer, athletic Australian all-rounder and captain
1875 T F Powys, Wales, writer, Captain Patch, Goat Green
1875 Edouard Corbiere, French captain/writer (Le Negrier), dies at 82
1873 Kintpuash, "Captain Jack", chief of Modoc-indians, dies
1873 Kintpuash, [Captain Jack], fought Modoc indians, Oregon, dies
1870 Stanley Jackson, cricketer, captain of England, governor of Bengal
1869 A J Hayne, black captain of Arkansas militia, assassinated
1866 Faa di Bruno, Italian captain (Er d'italia, Lissa), commits suicide
1862 Union captain David Farragut conquers New Orleans
1861 John Q Marr, U.S. Confederate captain, dies in battle at Fairfax Courthouse
1858 Frederick Lugard, British captain/baron, Congo
1856 Owen Dunell, cricketer, South Africa's 1st Test captain
1848 Frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies
1845 Dave Gregory, cricketer, Australia's 1st Test captain
1842 James Lillywhite, Jr., cricketer, 1st England Test captain
1793 Edouard Corbiere, French captain and writer, Le negrier
1778 Captain Cook reaches Cape Prince of Wales, Bering straits
1778 Captain James Cook 1st sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay
1776 Nathan Hale, U.S. captain/patriot/spy, hanged by British at 21
1772 Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged
1728 James Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands
1650 Jean Bart, French captain/sea hero, Escape from Plymouth
1647 Sebastian Vrancx, Flemish painter (captain of vigilante), dies
1634 Irish captain Walter Devereaux kills duke Wallenstein
1617 Johan Evertsen de Captain, Swiss admiral, dies in battle
1608 Captain Newport arrives from England with supplies for colonists
1602 Martha's Vineyard 1st sighted (Captain Bartholomew Gosnold)
1545 Roger Grenville, English captain of Mary Rose, drowns
1416 John, Duke of Berry, captain of Paris, dies
1340 John duke of Berry, captain of Paris/art collector
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