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1995 Jacques Lefebvre, Belgian air force gen, commits suicide at 64
1988 John Mitchell, former Atny Gen, dies of heart attack in Washington 1984 Hans Speidel, German gen/NATO-supreme commander (1957-64), dies at 87 1975 Anthony C McAuliffe, U.S. gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77 1974 Georgios Grivas, Greek gen/oppos leader on Cyprus (EOKA), dies at 75 1969 Charles Foulkes, Canada gen/honorary citizen of Wageningen, dies at 66 1967 Michelle Forbes, born in Austin, Texas, actress, Ensign Ro-Star Trek Next Gen 1964 Francisco H Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese gen/president (1951-58), dies at 70 1957 Denise Crosby, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Tasha-Star Trek: Next Gen 1952 Jonathan Frakes, actor, Commander William T Riker-Star Trek Next Gen 1950 Augusto Gen'un Alcalde, Buenos Aires, 1st South American Zen teacher 1948 John de Lancie, actor, Q-Star Trek Next Gen, Days of our Lives 1944 Rudolf Schmundt, German gen/Hitlers army adjunct, dies from injuries 1944 Ludwig Beck, gen/chief Germany general staff (July 20th plot), dies 1944 Rudolf Schmundt, gen/Hitler's Army adjunct, dies from wounds 1943 Gen. Patton slaps a U.S. GI in the hospital accusing him of cowardice 1943 Wladyslaw Sikorski, gen/Prime Minister of Poland in exile 1939 - 1943, dies at 62 1943 Augusto Pinochet Ugarte (Chilean gen/dictator) marries Lucia Hiriart 1942 Richard Gott, British gen/commandant of 8th Army, dies in battle at 43 1941 Ioannis Metaxas, Greek gen/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide at 69 1938 Diana Muldaur, New York City, actress, McCloud, Star Trek Next Gen, LA Law 1937 Joseph Saidu Momoh, gen/president, Sierra Leone 1936 Hans von Seeckt, German Gen/advisor of Chiang Kai-shek, dies at 70 1936 Gen. Anastasio Somoza takes over as dictator of Nicaragua 1933 William A Anders, Hong Kong, Major Gen, USAF/astronaut, Apollo 8 1907 Lauris Norstad, U.S. gen, NATO commander and CEO, Owens-Corning Fiberglass 1902 Simon H. Spoor, Dutch gen/intelligence officer for General MacArthur 1893 Benjamin F Butler, U.S. gen/president candidate (anti-monopoly), dies at 74 1891 Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/Field Marshal, dies 1890 Jean J M de Lattre de Tassigny, French gen, Indo-China 1884 Ismet Inonu, Moestafa Ismet, Turkish gen/premier/president 1879 Billy Mitchell, aviation hero Gen, WW I 1863 Daniel Smith Donelson, Confederate gen/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61 1844 Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, German gen/Governor-General of Belgium, 1914-17 1837 Stephen D Ramseur, youngest West Pointer to be Major Gen 1824 Titian James Coffey, Atty Gen, Union 1819 Thomas Hill Watts, Atty Gen, Confederacy 1818 Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, U.S. Confederate gen, Hero of Sumter 1818 Jeremy F Gilmer, Major Gen/Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept 1813 Josef Poniatovski, Polish gen/marshal of France, dies in battle 1755 E Braddock, British Gen, mortally wounded during French and Indian War 1679 Juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish gen/Governor of Netherlands, dies at 50 1678 Wu San-kuei, gen, invited Manchus to China, dies trying to expel them 1651 Henry Ireton, English gen/parliament leader (Marston Moor), dies at 40 1572 Gaspard de Chatillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded 1558 Battle at Grevelingen: Gen/earl Lamoraal van Egmont beat France 1515 Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, el Gran Capitan, Span gen, dies at 62 820 Leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered |
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