1951 Death Emmet Fox, American Author 1935 Birthday M. Emmet Walsh, Ogdensburg, New York, actor, Wildcats, War Party 1904 Birthday Dorothy Emmet, philosopher 1886 Birthday Emmet Fox, American Author 1864 Death Robert Emmet Rodes, U.S. Confederate General-major, dies in battle at 35 1829 Birthday Robert Emmet Rodes, Major General Confederate Army 1803 Death Robert Emmet, Irish nationalist, executed