1994 John Weidner, war hero, dies at 71
1994 Wilson Charles Geoffery Baldwin, hero, dies at 75
1994 Stuart Sloan, war hero/test pilot, dies at 72
1993 119th Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey aboard Sea Hero wins in 2:02.4
1971 Audie Murphy, WW II hero/actor (Sierra), killed in plane crash at 46
1971 Dalton James, actor, My Father the Hero, Mark-Beverly Hills 90201
1969 Angie Everhart, born in Akron, Ohio, model/actress, Jade, Last Action Hero
1961 "Conquering Hero" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 8 performances
1961 "Conquering Hero" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 8 performances
1959 Michael Pare, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Greatest American Hero, Houston Knights
1957 Alan Bridge, actor (Hail the Conquering Hero), dies at 66
1956 Michael Gibbons, rocker, Bo Donaldson and Heywoods-Billy Dont be a Hero
1955 Joey Scarbury, born in Ontario, California, singer, Greatest American Hero
1954 Bo [Robert] Donaldson, rock vocalist, Billy Don't Be a Hero
1953 Bo Donaldson, Billy Don't Be a Hero
1950 William Katt, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Greatest American Hero, 1st Love
1949 Bill Payne, born in Waco, Texas, rock keyboardist, Little Feat-Time Loves a Hero
1947 Jacques-Philippe Leclerc, WW II hero (liberator of Paris), dies at 44
1947 Aleksandr V Rutskoi, Ukrainian Hero of U.S.S.R./VP, 1991-
1946 Bill Forsyth, director, Local Hero, Breaking, Indiana, Housekeeping
1945 Lowell George, rock vocalist and guitarist, Little Feat-Time is a Hero
1943 Conchata Ferrell, born in Charleston, West Virginia, actress, Deadly Hero, Susan-LA Law
1942 Buck Jones, Hollywood's last cowboy hero actor (Headin' East), buried
1938 Muhammad Iqbal, Brt E Indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero, dies at 65
1936 Harold Melvin, U.S. singer, Blue Notes-My Hero
1924 Audie Murphy, born in Kingston, Texas, WW II hero/actor, Destry, Joe Butterfly
1922 Stuart Sloan, war hero/test pilot
1922 John Weidner, war hero
1919 Wilson Charles Geoffery Baldwin, hero
1915 Colin Purdie Kelly, U.S., 1st U.S. air hero, during WW II
1914 Peter Woolridge Townsend, war hero courtier writer
1914 Julie Bishop, born in Denver, Colorado, actress, My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat
1904 Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund
1902 Jacques-Philippe Leclerc, France, WW II hero, liberator of Paris
1901 Eddie Paynter, cricketer, England batting hero in Bodyline series
1899 Jean Moulin, hero of the French Resistance, WW II
1898 Yuri N Libedinski, Ukrainian writer, Birth of Hero,
1898 Yuri N Libedinski, Ukrainian writer, Birth of Hero,
1892 John Litel, Albany WI, actor, Virginia City, My Hero
1885 John Henry Towers, aviator/naval hero
1879 Billy Mitchell, aviation hero Gen, WW I
1864 Herman Gorter, Dutch socialist/poet, May, Tiny Hero's Poem
1863 Gabriele D'Annunzio, born in Italy, writer and military hero, Intruder
1850 Jose Francisco de San Martin, South American revolutionary hero, dies
1848 Khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet
1837 Adm George Dewey, American naval hero of Manila
1831 Vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies
1819 Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday
1818 Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, U.S. Confederate gen, Hero of Sumter
1815 U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur ends attacks by Algerian pirates
1811 Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish
1802 Jan C J van Speijk, Dutch naval hero
1785 Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S. Naval hero, "We have met the enemy"
1781 James Lawrence, naval hero, War of 1812-"Don't give up the ship!"
1779 Stephen Decatur, U.S., naval hero, War of 1812
1775 American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen captured
1758 Horatio Nelson, Burnham Thorpe Britain, naval hero, Trafalgar
1747 John Paul Jones, naval hero, "I have not yet begun to fight"
1702 Jean Bart, French capt/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51
1650 Jean Bart, French captain/sea hero, Escape from Plymouth
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