2011 Event New Zealand's highest mountain, the south ridge of Aoraki/Mount Cook, is renamed Hillary Ridge after Sir Edmund Hillary, first to conquer Mt. Everest 2008 Death Edmund Hillary, dies of heart failure at age 88 1997 Death Edmund Charles Wolf Myers, soldier/engineer, dies at 91 1997 Death Edmund Falkiner, jazz saxophinist/probation officer, dies at 59 1996 Death Phillip Edmund Clinton Manson-Bahr, tropical mediciner, dies at 85 1996 Death Edmund S Muskie, vice President candidate/(Gov-D-Maine), dies at 81 1996 Death Edmund S. Muskie, American Politician 1996 Death Edmund Happold, structural engineer, founded engineering constituency, Buro Happold, worked on Sydney Opera House, dies at 65 1995 Death Lionel Edmund "Sonny" Taylor, musician, dies at 70 1995 Death Edmund Boyd Fisher, publisher, dies at 56 1989 Death Edmund Leach, British Scientist 1982 Death Edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55 1981 Death Bill Hopkins, British composer, music critic, teacher, pianist, studied at Oxford University with Egon Wellesz and Edmund Rubbra, taught at Birmingham University and University of Newcastle upon Tyne 1975 Event Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald and crew of 29 lost in storm on Lake Superior 1974 Death Edmund Cobb, actor (Motorcycle Gang), dies at 82 1974 Death Edmund Blunden, British poet/critic, dies at 77 1972 Death Edmund Wilson, U.S. writer (To the Finland station), dies at 79 1971 Death Edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81 1959 Death Edmund Gwenn, actor (Them, Java Head, Miracle on 34th St), dies at 83 1959 Death Preston Sturges, Edmund Biden, U.S. director/screenwriter, dies at 60 1958 Event Edmund Hillary reaches South Pole overland 1957 Birthday Edmund Theodore Sylvers, rocker, Sylvers 1956 Death Edmund Clerihew Bentley, English Journalist 1954 Birthday Constantine Phipps, born in England, Constantine Edmund Walter Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby, sold Warter Priory estate in 1998 for 48 million pounds, leases Mulgrave Castle to supermodel Elle MacPherson 1953 Event Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norkay are 1st to reach summit of Everest 1949 Death Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer, dies at 75 1949 Birthday Edmund Weiner, lexicographer 1944 Death Edmund von Borck, composer, dies at 37 1943 Birthday Bill Hopkins, born in Prestbury, Cheshire, England, British composer, music critic, teacher, pianist, studied at Oxford University with Egon Wellesz and Edmund Rubbra, taught at Birmingham University and University of Newcastle upon Tyne 1940 Death Edmund Rumpler, Austria auto/airplane builder, dies 1940 Birthday Edmund White, American Novelist 1939 Birthday Edmund Boyd Fisher, publisher 1938 Birthday Edmund Falkiner, jazz saxophinist/probation officer 1938 Death Odon, Edmund, von Horvath, Hungarian/Austrian writer, dies at 36 1938 Death Edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79 1934 Death Edmund van der Straeten, composer, dies at 79 1930 Birthday Edmund Happold, born in England, structural engineer, founded engineering constituency, Buro Happold, worked on Sydney Opera House 1930 Birthday Justin Gosling, principal, St. Edmund Hall Oxford 1930 Birthday Patrick Pery, born in Ireland, born Patrick Edmund Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Irish peer, public servant 1928 Death Edmund William Grosse, poet/author, dies 1926 Birthday Edmund Cooper, UK, sci-fi author, Seed of Light, All Fool's Day 1925 Birthday Lionel Edmund "Sonny" Taylor, musician 1924 Birthday Edmund Purdom, England, actor, Asissi Underground, Pieces 1919 Birthday Edmund Hillary, born in Auckland, New Zealand, mountaineer, explorer, first climber to summit Mount Everest 1917 Death Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle, dies at 70 1914 Birthday Edmund Muskie, born in Rumford, Maine, Governor of Maine 1955 - 1959, Senator-D-Maine 1959 - 1980, U.S. Secretary of State 1980 - 1981 1914 Birthday Edmund S. Muskie, American Politician 1912 Birthday Edmund George Love, U.S., teacher/historian/author, A Small Bequest, = 1911 Death Edmund Schuecker, composer, dies at 50 1911 Birthday Phillip Edmund Clinton Manson-Bahr, specialist in tropical medicine 1910 Birthday Edmund Leach, British Scientist 1907 Death Edmund Hart Turpin, composer, dies at 72 1906 Birthday Edmund Charles Wolf Myers, soldier/engineer 1906 Birthday Edmund Davies, British lord of appeal 1906 Birthday Edmund Sargant, solicitor 1906 Birthday Edmund von Borck, composer 1905 Birthday Edmund G "Pat" Brown, California Governor, Democrat 1903 Event Alfred Deakin succeeds Edmund Baston as Australia premier 1901 Birthday Odon [Edmund] von Horvath, Hungarian/Austrian playwright 1901 Death John Fiske, Edmund Fisk Green, U.S. historian/philosopher, dies 1898 Birthday Preston Sturges, Edmund P Biden, Chic, director, Sullivan's Travels 1896 Birthday Edmund Blunden, English poet and critic, Undertones of War 1895 Birthday Edmund Wilson, American critic/writer, Patriotic Gore 1892 Birthday Edmund Cobb, born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, western actor, Comanche Territory 1892 Birthday Edmund Lowe, actor in Black Sheep, Good Sam, Dillinger, Hot Pepper 1881 Death George Edmund Street, English Architect 1880 Birthday Baron W. Edmund, Archangel and Ironside, British Field Marshal 1875 Birthday Edmund Gwenn, Wales, actor, Miracle on 34th Street 1875 Birthday Edmund Clerihew Bentley, English Journalist 1874 Birthday Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer 1872 Birthday Edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder 1870 Death Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer, dies at 80 1865 Event Battle of Galveston, Texas, surrender of Edmund Kirby Smith 1863 Death Edmund Kirby, Jr., Union Brigadier-General, dies of injuries at 23 1861 Birthday Edmund Henry Hynman, 1st viscount Allenby of Megiddo/Field Marshal 1860 Birthday Edmund Schuecker, composer 1859 Birthday Edmund Husserl, born in Germany, philosopher, founded Phenomenology 1855 Birthday Edmund van der Straeten, composer 1849 Birthday Edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic, Father and Son 1849 Birthday Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia, 1900 - 1903 1848 Event Edmund Hickly gets 1st known 10 wicket innings (Kent vs. England) 1846 Birthday Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle 1842 Birthday John Fiske, Edmund Fisk Green, U.S. historian and philosopher 1840 Birthday Edmund Kirby, Jr., Brigadier General Union volunteers 1835 Birthday Edmund Hart Turpin, composer 1833 Death Edmund Kean, English actor (Shylock), dies at 46 1827 Birthday Edmund Jackson Davis, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1824 Birthday George Edmund Street, English Architect 1824 Birthday Edmund Kirby Smith, Florida, General Confederate Army 1813 Death Edmund Randolph, American Lawyer 1812 Death Edmund Malone, Irish Editor 1797 Death Edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68 1789 Birthday Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer 1789 Birthday Edmund Kean, born in London, England, tragic actor, Shylock 1787 Birthday Edmund Kean, England, actor, Edmund Kean's Masonic Career 1775 Event Edmund Burke presents his 13 articles to the English parliament 1766 Birthday Edmund Weber, composer 1753 Birthday Edmund Randolph, American Lawyer 1748 Death Edmund Gibson, English Judge 1743 Birthday Edmund Cartwright, England, cleric, inventor, power loom 1742 Death Edmund Halley, genius eclipsed by Newton, dies at 85 1741 Birthday Edmund Malone, Irish Editor 1729 Birthday Edmund Burke, British author, Philosophy and Inquiry 1729 Birthday Edmund Burke, British author, Philosophy and Inquiry 1720 Event Edmund Halley appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England 1715 Event Edmund Halley observes total eclipse phenomenon "Baily's Beads" 1687 Death Edmund Waller, English poet/plotter (Waller's plot), dies 1682 Event English astronomer Edmund Halley sees his namesake comet 1679 Event Edmund Halley meets Johannes Hevelius in Danzig 1678 Event Edmund Halley receives MA from Queen's College, Oxford 1673 Event Edmund Halley enters Queen's College, Oxford, as an undergraduate 1656 Birthday Edmund Halley, English astronomer, comet of Halley 1626 Death Edmund Gunter, English Mathematician 1606 Birthday Edmund Waller, England, poet, Penshust 1599 Death Edmund Spenser, poet (Faerie Queene), dies at about 46 1583 Death Edmund Grindal, English bishop of London/archbhp of York, dies at 64 1581 Event English jesuit Edmund Campion arrested 1580 Death Edmund Campion, English jesuit, hanged at 42 1569 Death Edmund Bonner, English bishop of London 1539 - 1549, dies at 69 1540 Birthday Edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr, Decem Rationes 1510 Death Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded 1510 Death Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies 1456 Death Edmund Turdor, earl of Richmond, dies 1240 Death Edmund Van Abingdon, archbishop of Canterbury/saint, dies 1016 Death Edmund II, Ironsides, King of Saxons (1016), dies at 27 946 Death Edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies
