1990 Lieutenant General Avril resigns as President of Haiti
1988 Military coup in Haiti: Lieutenant General Avril takes control, Henri Namphy flees
1982 Surendre Rambocus, Suriname army lieutenant, murdered
1975 "Lieutenant" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 9 performances
1975 "Lieutenant" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 9 performances
1971 Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1971 Lieutenant General Hafiz al-Assad becomes President of Syria
1970 Lieutenant General Hafez al-Assad becomes PM of Syria following military coup
1949 Meryl Streep, born in New Jersey, actress, French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice
1948 Jeremy Irons, England, actor, French Lieutenant's Woman
1946 Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, USNR, ends term as 1st director of CIA Lieutenant General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, becomes 2nd director of CIA
1946 Masaharu Homma, Lieutenant General (responsible for Bataan Death March), executed
1945 Lieutenant General Ushijima, Japanese commander, commits suicide at Okinawa
1944 Bernard Ray, U.S. lieutenant, dies in Battle at Hurtgenwald
1944 David Lord, British lieutenant/Dakota-pilot DFC/VC, dies in battle
1944 Werner von Haeffen, German lieutenant (July 20th plotter), executed
1944 Danny Brotheridge, British lieutenant, 1st to die during D-Day
1940 Billy Fiske, U.S. RAF-pilot/2nd lieutenant, dies of injuries
1937 Gary Lockwood, born in Van Nuys, California, actor, 2001, Survival Zone, Lieutenant
1930 Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to 2nd lieutenant
1929 John Milford, Johnstown, New York, actor, Lieutenant, Legend of Jesse James
1929 David Houston, Major-General/Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland
1925 Brent Scowcroft, born in Ogden, Utah, Lieutenant General, USAF, /National Security Council
1924 M M Shearer, former Lord Lieutenant of Shetland
1916 Gordon Hobday, Lord Lieutenant, Nottinghamshire
1915 Henry Longbottom, English lieutenant, dies in battle
1914 Adrian H Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26
1904 Hanning Phillips, Lord Lieutenant, Dyfed
1893 French lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu
1892 Joseph Lippens, Belgian lieutenant in Congo, murdered
1833 Stephen Dill Lee, Lieutenant General Confederate Army, died in 1908
1826 Richard Taylor, Lieutenant General Confederate Army, died in 1879
1825 Ambrose Powell Hill, Lieutenant General, Confederate 3rd Army Corp, died in 1865
1824 Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Lieutenant General 2nd Corps, ANV, Confed
1823 Simon Bolivar Buckner, Lieutenant General Confederate Army, died in 1914
1821 Richard Heron Anderson, Lieutenant General Confederate Army, died in 1879
1821 Alexander Peter "Old Straight" Stewart, Lieutenant General Confederate Army
1821 Daniel Harvey Hill, Lieutenant General Confederate Army, died in 1889
1818 Wade Hampton, born in South Carolina, Lieutenant General Confederate Army, died in 1902
1817 Richard Stoddert Ewell, Lieutenant General Confederate Army, died in 1872
1815 William Joseph Hardee, Lieutenant General Confederate Army, died in 1873
1814 John Clifford Pemberton, Lieutenant General Confederate Army, died in 1881
1806 Leonidas Polk, Lieutenant General Confederate Army, died in 1864
1804 Theophilus Hunter Holmes, Lieutenant General Confederate Army, died in 1880
1730 Hans Hermann von Katte, Prussian lieutenant, beheaded
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