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

1995 Death - 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 Death - James B Irwin, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15), dies at 61

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1970 Event - Col Kadhaffi becomes premier of Libya

1969 Event - Libyan revolution, Col Moammar Gadhafi deposes King Idris

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

1962 Event - Military uprising under Col Abdullah as-Sallal North Yemen

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

1960 Event - Coup under Col Joseph-Desire Mobutu in Congo

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

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

1953 Event - French parachutist under Col De Castries attacks Dien Bien Phu

1951 Event - Military coup under Col Adib el-Shishakli in Syria

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1944 Event - Resistance fighter/poet Col Blake arrives in London

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

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

1943 Event - Argentina taken over by General Rawson and Col Juan Peron

1942 Event - British Col S W Bailey reaches Mihailovics headquarter

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

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

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

1940 Event - Col Bo Davis attains rank of Brigadier General

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

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

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

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

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

1934 Event - Military coup by Col Damian Veltsjev in Bulgaria

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1923 Event - Col Jacob Schick patents 1st electric shaver

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

1916 Event - Italians troops conquer Col di Lana at Merano

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

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

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

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

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

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

1875 Event - Amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky and Col Olcott

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

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

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

1861 Event - Col Bernard Irwin attacks and defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians

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

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

1842 Birthday - Ulric Dahlgren, Col Union volunteers

1837 Birthday - William Clarke Quantrill, Col Confederate Army

1837 Birthday - Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, Col Union Army

1833 Birthday - John Singleton Mosby, lawyer/Col Confederate Army

1816 Birthday - Francis Stebbins Bartow, Col Confederate Army

1806 Event - English under commodore Popham/col Beresford reach Buenos Aires

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

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

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

1671 Event - Col Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels













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