1996 Mike Jeremy Boorda, commandant (NATO), commits suicide at 57
1995 Mansour Satari, brig-gen/commandant (Iran Air Force), dies at 46
1994 Bhagwatpersad Ausan, commandant Suriname military police, dies at 38
1993 Mouin Shabaita, Palestinian al-Fatah commandant, murdered
1993 Henri van Soede, sub commandant (WW II), dies at about 83
1993 Alois Brunner, German/Syrian commandant of KZ-Lower Drancy, dies
1992 Garrison H Davidson, U.S. lt-gen commandant (West Point), dies
1992 Juris Podnieks, cameraman/director (Commandant), drowns
1992 Ismael Galeano, "Commandant Franklyn" (Contra), dies
1991 Enrique Bermudez, commandant (Contra), dies
1991 Enrique B Varela, commandant Nicaragua contra's, dies
1990 James Gavin, commandant U.S. 82nd Airborn Div (Normandy), dies at 82
1987 Ira C Eaker, commandant USAF in Europe (WW II), dies at 91
1982 Saad Sayd, [Abu Walid], Palestinian commandant in Lebanon, dies
1975 Anthony C McAuliffe, U.S. gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77
1968 Husband Edward Kimmel, commandant U.S. Ocean fleet WW II, dies at 86
1960 Auschwitz commandant Richard Bar arrested in German FR
1952 Oupa J. Gqozo, South African warden/army commandant, Ciskei
1948 Andre Serot, colonel/commandant of French air force (WW II), dies
1946 J E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed
1945 Mitsuri Ushijima, Jap lt-gen/commandant 32nd Army, commits harakiri
1945 Colonel Roberts, commandant 22nd regiment marines, dies in battle
1945 Simon B Buckner, U.S. lt-gen/commandant of 10th Army, dies in action
1945 D A S Pennefather, Maj-General/Commandant, General Royal Marines
1944 Fieldmarshal von Kluge consults with German commandant at Caen
1944 Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies at 86
1943 Gen Montgomery told he is appointed commandant for D-day
1942 Georg Stumme, German general/commandant of African corps, dies
1942 Gen B. Montgomery becomes commandant British 8th leader in North Africa
1942 "Monty" appointed commandant of British 8th Army at Alamein
1942 Richard Gott, British gen/commandant of 8th Army, dies in battle at 43
1942 Churchill fires Gen Auchinlek as Middle-East commandant
1941 British North African commandant General Cunningham lay-offs
1941 Joachim Schepke, German commandant (U-100), dies in battle
1941 Gunther Prien, German commandant (U-47), dies in battle
1940 Rudolf Hess becomes commandant of concentration camp Auschwitz
1939 "Monty" becomes commandant of 3rd "Iron" Infantry division
1939 Martin Garrod, Commandant General Royal Marines
1938 Anthony Walker, commandant, Royal College of Defense Studies
1936 Brian Fuller, commandant, Fire Service College, England
1935 Martin Garrod, Commandant General, Royal Marines
1934 Anthony Walker, commandant, Royal College of Defense Studies
1932 Daphne Swallow, commandant/director, WRNS
1930 Robert Bunyard, Commandant, British Police Staff College
1929 Joe Modise, South African commandant of Umkhonto we Sizwe, 1965-
1924 Michael Gow, commandant, Royal College of Defense Studies
1921 B M Ducat-Amos, Air Commandant/director, RAF Nursing Service
1908 Michael Richardson, commandant, Home for Disabled Sailors
1906 Johan A earl von Kielmansegg, German general/commandant NATO-Europe
1897 John B. Glubb, British commandant/writer, A soldier with the Arabs
1892 Stanislav Wladyslaw Maczek, Polish/British general-major/commandant
1857 Otto von Below, German commandant, WW I
1848 Friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53
1794 Friedrich B Freiherr von Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant
1777 Mjr James Graves Simcoe appointed commandant of Queen's Rangers (Penn)
1760 French commandant Belˆtre surrenders Detroit to Maj R Rogers
69 Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine and 7th emperor, murdered
19 Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33
15 Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant
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