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1998 Michael Tippett, British composer (Royal Col of Music), dies at 93

1995 Fabio Casartelli, raced with Ariostea team in 1993, won Olympic gold medal in 1992 Summer Olympics road race, died during 15th stage of the 1995 Tour de France, in a crash occurring on the descent of the Col de Portet d'Aspet in the Pyrenees

1991 James B Irwin, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15), dies at 61

1990 Michael Powell, English director (Life and Death of Col Blimp), dies at 84

1988 U.S. Lt. Col Wm Higgins kidnapped by Lebanese terrorists and later killed

1987 Donn Fulton Eisele, Col USAF/astronaut, dies of a heart attack at 57

1986 Beatrice Kay, singer and actress (Sister Sue-Calvin and the Col), dies at 78

1984 Mauretania military coup under Col Maawiya Ould Sid'ahmed Taya

1984 Washington State's Rueben Mayes sets col football rec of 357 yards rushing

1980 Islanders end 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2) (Col Rockies)

1980 Upper-Volta military coup under Col Saye Zerbo, president Lamizana flees

1977 Richard Carlson, actor (Col MacKenzie-MacKenzie's Raiders), dies at 65

1976 Roger Livesey, actor (Drum, Vice Versa, Col Blimp), dies at 69

1971 Bolivian military coup under col Hugo Banzer, President Torres driven out

1970 Col Kadhaffi becomes premier of Libya

1969 Libyan revolution, Col Moammar Gadhafi deposes King Idris

1966 Military coup by Col Jean-Bedel Bokassa in Central African Republic

1962 Military uprising under Col Abdullah as-Sallal North Yemen

1961 SS Col Adolf Eichmann found guilty of war crimes in Israel

1960 Coup under Col Joseph-Desire Mobutu in Congo

1955 Nicholas Walker, Bogota Col, actor, Capitol, Jimmy-General Hospital

1954 Vasili Vasilyevich Tsibliyev, Rus col/cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-17, TM-25

1953 French parachutist under Col De Castries attacks Dien Bien Phu

1951 Military coup under Col Adib el-Shishakli in Syria

1950 David Carl Hilmers, Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut, STS-51-J, 26, 36, 42

1946 Bryan D O'Connor, Orange Cal, Col USMC/astronaut, STS-61B, STS-40

1946 James C. Adamson, born Warsaw New York, Lt. Col. U.S. astronaut on STS-28, STS-43

1945 Ronald J Grabe, New York City, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-51-J, 30, 42, 57

1945 Brewster H Shaw, Jr., Michigan, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-9, STS 61B, STS-28

1944 Loren J. Shriver, Iowa, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-51-C, STS-31, STS-46

1944 Sherwood C "Woody" Spring, Hartford, Connecticut, Col USA/astronaut, STS-61B

1944 Brandt, col/German staff chief, dies in bombing

1944 Resistance fighter/poet Col Blake arrives in London

1943 J T Walsh, actor, Col Frank Bach-Dark Skies

1943 Roy Dunbard Bridges, Jr., born in Atlanta, Georgia, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-51-F, 61-F

1943 Argentina taken over by General Rawson and Col Juan Peron

1942 British Col S W Bailey reaches Mihailovics headquarter

1942 Guion Steward Bluford, Jr., Philadelphia, Col USAF/astr, STS-8, 61A, 39, 53

1942 Robert C Springer, St. Louis, Col USMC/astronaut, STS-29, STS-38

1941 Frederick Drew Gregory, Washington D.C., Col USAF/astronaut, STS-51-B, 33, 44

1940 Col Bo Davis attains rank of Brigadier General

1939 John M Fabian, Goosecreek, Texas, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-7, STS-51G

1937 Karol Joseph Bobko, New York City, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-6, STS-51D, STS-51J

1937 Col Guest, cricketer, Test Australia vs. England 1963, scored 11 took 0-59

1936 Robert F Overmyer, born in Lorain, Ohio, Col USMC/astronaut, STS-5, STS-51B

1936 Jack R Lousma, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Col USMC/astronaut, Skylab 3, STS-3

1934 Military coup by Col Damian Veltsjev in Bulgaria

1933 Donald Herod Peterson, Winona Mississippi, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-6

1933 Stuart A "Smokey" Roosa, born in Durango, Colorado, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 14

1932 Gerald P Carr, Denver Colorado, Col USMC/astronaut, Skylab 4

1932 David R. Scott, born in San Antonio, Texas, Col USAF/astronaut, Gemini 8, Apollo 9, 15

1932 Ronnie Walter Cunningham, born in Creston, Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut, Apollo 7

1930 Donn Fulton Eisele, born in Columbus, Ohio, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 7

1930 James Benson Irwin, Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 15

1928 Bob Crane, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, actor, Col Hogan-Hogan's Heroes, Donna Reed

1928 Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Col, novelist, Europa Y America, Nobel 1982

1925 Col William "Billy" Mitchell court-martial for insubordination

1923 Col Jacob Schick patents 1st electric shaver

1920 Werner Klemperer, born in Cologne, Germany, actor, Col Klink-Hogan's Heroes

1916 Italians troops conquer Col di Lana at Merano

1915 Col Jacob Ruppert and Col Tillinghast Huston purchase Yankees for $460,000

1909 "Col Tom" Parker, Dries Van Kruijk, born in Netherlands, rock manager, Elvis Presley

1907 Beatrice Kay, born in New York City, singer/actress, Sister Sue-Calvin and Col

1906 Roger Livesey, born in Barry, Wales, actor, Drums, Life and Death of Col Blimp

1883 William Hicks, British col/commander (Egyptian army), dies in battle

1877 Big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians

1875 Amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky and Col Olcott

1864 Thomas Donnely Doubleday, U.S. Union Col, dies in an accident

1862 Battle of Mumfordville, Kentucky-U.S. Col J Wilder surrenders city

1861 Col Robert E. Lee turns down offer to command Union armies

1861 Col Bernard Irwin attacks and defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians

1849 Col John W Geary arrives as 1st postmaster of SF

1847 1,500 New Mexican Indians and Mexicans defeated by U.S. Col Price

1842 Ulric Dahlgren, Col Union volunteers

1837 William Clarke Quantrill, Col Confederate Army

1837 Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, Col Union Army

1833 John Singleton Mosby, lawyer/Col Confederate Army

1816 Francis Stebbins Bartow, Col Confederate Army

1806 English under commodore Popham/col Beresford reach Buenos Aires

1799 George Washington is eulogized by Col Henry Lee as "1st in war, 1st in peace and 1st in hearts of his countrymen"

1776 Battle of Pelham: Col John Glover and Marblehead regiment meet British Forces in Bronx

1734 John Zenger, arrested for libel against New York col gov; later acquitted

1671 Col Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels


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