1998 Michael Tippett, British composer (Royal Col of Music), dies at 93
1991 James B Irwin, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15), dies at 61
1990 Michael Powell, Engl director (Life and Death of Col Blimp), dies at 84
1988 Lebanese terrorists kidnap United Nations truce observer Lt Col William Higgins
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
1987 Lt Col Oliver North concludes 6 days of Congressional testimony
1987 Military coup in Fiji Islands under lt col Sitivani Rabuka
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
1982 Charles Russhon, USAF lt col/liaison for James Bond films, dies at 71
1980 Islanders end 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2) (Col Rockies)
1980 Upper-Volta milt 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
1967 Edward Higgins White II, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4), dies at 36
1966 Milt coup by Col Jean-Bedel Bokassa in Central African Republic
1965 Failed coup under lt col Untung in Indonesia
1963 Philippe Perrin, Meknes Morocco, Lt Col FAF/astronaut
1962 Military uprising under Col Abdullah as-Sallal North Yemen
1961 SS Col Adolf Eichmann found guilty of war crimes in Israel
1961 Lt Col Gueorgui Mossolov takes E-66A to 34,714 m altitude
1960 Coup under Col Joseph-Desire Mobutu in Congo
1957 Patrick G. Forrester, born in El Paso, Texas, Lt Col Army/astronaut
1955 Nicholas Walker, Bogota Col, actor, Capitol, Jimmy-General Hospital
1954 Lt Col John Strapp travels 632 MPH in a rocket sled
1954 Kevin P. Chilton, born in Los Angeles, California, Lt Col USAF/Astronaut, STS 49, 59, 76
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
1949 Kenneth D Cameron, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Lt Col USMC/astronaut, STS 37, 56, 74
1948 Jerry Ross, Indiana, Lt Col USAF/astronaut, STS 61B, 27, 37, 55, 74,sk:88
1948 Guy Spencer Gardner, Alta Vista, Virginia, Lt Col USAF/astro, STS 27, STS 35
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/astro, 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/astro, STS 51-F, 61-F
1943 Argentina taken over by Gen 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/astro, 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 Aust 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, Durango Colo, 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, Gem 8, Apol 9, 15
1932 Ronnie Walter Cunningham, born in Creston, Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut, Apollo 7
1930 Edward H White II, born in San Antonio, Texas, Lt Col USAF/astronaut, Gemini 4
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
1926 Virgil Grissom, born in Mitchell, Indiana, Lt Col USAF/astronaut, Merc 4, Gemini 3
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 Yanks for $460,000
1912 Eric Wilson, VC/British Lt Col
1911 Charles Joseph A. Russhon, USAF lt col/liaison, James Bond films
1909 "Col Tom" Parker, [Dries Van Kruijk], Neth, rock mgr, 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, KY-US 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, died in 1864
1837 William Clarke Quantrill, Col Confederate Army, died in 1865
1837 Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, Col Union Army, died in 1861
1833 John Singleton Mosby, lawyer/Col Confederate Army, died in 1916
1816 Francis Stebbins Bartow, Col Confederate Army, died in 1861
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
1776 Col John Nixon gave 1st public reading of Dec of Independence (Phila)
1734 John Zenger, arrested for libel against New York col gov; later acquitted
1671 Col Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels
1589 Maarten Schenck van Nideggen, lt col (80 year war), dies at about 49
1503 Wilhelm von Grumbach, German lt col
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