1946 Birthday Roger Jett, Cumberland Maryland, actor, Smithereens 1942 Birthday Greg Ridley, born in Cumberland, England, rock, bass guitarist, played for Humble Pie and Spooky Tooth, popular double album Performance Rockin' the Fillmore 1936 Event 109 degrees F (43 degrees C) Cumberland and Frederick, Maryland (state record) 1916 Event 222 points are scored in a football game between Georgia Tech and Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee 1863 Event Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN 1862 Event Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals 1862 Event Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia CSS Virginia, Jamestown and Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress and Monitor 1851 Death Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51), dies at 80 1771 Birthday Dorothy Wordsworth, born in Cumberland, England, author, diarist, poet, sister of William Wordsworth, romantic poet 1771 Birthday Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover, 1837-51 1765 Death Duke of Cumberland, English politician/uncle of George III, dies 1765 Death William August duke of Cumberland, English supreme commander, dies at 44 1757 Event Battle at Hastenbeck: French army beats duke of Cumberland 1746 Event Cumberland's troops occupy Aberdeen 1721 Birthday William August duke of Cumberland, English army leader
