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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./Vice President, 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 1920 Gerard Leman, Belgian general, war hero, provided King Albert I of Belgium with his military education, commander of the forts surrounding Liege in World War One, captured as a prisoner of War by the Germans and released at the end of the War, dies 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 1851 Gerard Leman, born in Liege, Belgium, Belgian general, war hero, provided King Albert I of Belgium with his military education, commander of the forts surrounding Liege in World War One, captured as a prisoner of War by the Germans and released at the end of the War 1850 Jose Francisco de San Martin, South American revolutionary hero, dies 1848 Khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet 1837 Admiral 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 captain and sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51 1658 Baltasar Gracian, Spanish Baroque prose writer, wrote 'El heroe' or 'The Hero', 'El politico', or 'The Politician', 'El discreto', 'The Discreet One', exiled for 'Criticon', or 'Faultfinder' 1650 Jean Bart, French captain/sea hero, Escape from Plymouth 1601 Baltasar Gracian, born in Belmonte, Aragon, Spain, Spanish Baroque prose writer, wrote 'El heroe' or 'The Hero', 'El politico', or 'The Politician', 'El discreto', 'The Discreet One', exiled for 'Criticon', or 'Faultfinder' |
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