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1993 Absolutely Nobody, David Powers, Washington lieutenant governor candidate, dies at 37
1990 Lieutenant General Avril resigns as President of Haiti 1988 Military coup in Haiti: Lieutenant General Avril takes control, Henri Namphy flees 1988 Lebanese terrorists kidnap United Nations truce observer Lieutenant Colonel William Higgins 1987 Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North concludes 6 days of Congressional testimony 1987 Military coup in Fiji Islands under Lieutenant Colonel Sitivani Rabuka 1986 Stephen D Thorne, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, dies in a plane crash at 33 1982 Surendre Rambocus, Suriname army lieutenant, murdered 1982 Charles Russhon, USAF Lieutenant Colonel/liaison for James Bond films, dies at 71 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 Prime Minister of Syria following military coup 1967 Edward Higgins White II, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4), dies at 36 1965 Failed coup under Lieutenant Colonel Untung in Indonesia 1964 Stephen N Frick, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1963 Lisa M Nowak, Washington D.C., Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1963 Heidemarie M Stefanyshyn-Piper, St. Paul, Minnesota, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1963 Philippe Perrin, Meknes Morocco, Lieutenant Colonel FAF/astronaut 1962 Rex Bell, actor/lieutenant governor of Nevada, dies of heart attack at 56 1961 Susan Leigh Still, Augusta, Georgia, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-83, 94 1961 William C McCool, born in San Diego, California, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1961 Daniel C Burbank, born in Manchester, Connecticut, Lieutenant Commander USCG/astronaut 1961 Lieutenant Colonel Gueorgui Mossolov takes E-66A to 34,714 m altitude 1961 Laurel B. Clark, born in Ames Iowa, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1959 Kathryn P Hire, Mobile Alabama, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, sk: STS-90 1959 Scott D. Altman, born in Lincoln, Illinois, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, sk: STS-90 1958 Brent W. Jett, Jr., Pontiac, Michigan, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-72, sk:81 1958 John Bennett Herrington, Wetumka, Oklahoma, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1958 Michael E Lopez-Alegria, born in Madrid, Spain, Lieutenant Commander/astronaut, STS-73, sk 92 1957 Daniel W. Bursch, born in Bristol, Pennsylvania, Lieutenant Commander USN/Astronaut, STS-51, 68, 77 1957 Patrick G. Forrester, born in El Paso, Texas, Lieutenant Colonel Army/astronaut 1955 Pierre J Thuot, Groton Conn, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-36, 49, 62 1954 Lieutenant Colonel John Strapp travels 632 MPH in a rocket sled 1954 Kevin P. Chilton, born in Los Angeles, California, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/Astronaut, STS-49, 59, 76 1953 Michael Baker, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-43, 52, 68, 81 1953 Stephen D. Thorne, born in Frankfurt-on-Main, West Germany, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1952 James D Wetherbee, Flushing, New York, Lieutenant Commander USN/astr, STS-32, 52, 63, 86 1952 Mario Runco, Jr., born in Bronx, New York, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-44, 54, 77 1949 Kenneth D Cameron, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel USMC/astronaut, STS-37, 56, 74 1949 Meryl Streep, born in New Jersey, actress, French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice 1948 Batavia lieutenant governor general Of Mook dismissed 1948 Jeremy Irons, England, actor, French Lieutenant's Woman 1948 Jerry Ross, Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, STS-61B, 27, 37, 55, 74,sk:88 1948 Guy Spencer Gardner, Alta Vista, Virginia, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, STS-27, STS-35 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 Admiral Marc Mitscher named chief of U.S. Navy staff 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 1943 Lieutenant Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg seriously wounded at allied air raid 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 1935 Roger B Chaffee, Grand Rapids Michigan, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1932 William Odom, American, NASA director, Soviet Union expert, U.S. Army lieutenant general, advised Carter, Reagan 1930 Edward H White II, born in San Antonio, Texas, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, Gemini 4 1930 Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to 2nd lieutenant 1929 Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd sends "My calculations indicate that we have reached vicinity of South Pole" 1929 John Milford, Johnstown, New York, actor, Lieutenant, Legend of Jesse James 1929 David Houston, Major-General/Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland 1926 Virgil Grissom, born in Mitchell, Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, Merc 4, Gemini 3 1925 Brent Scowcroft, born in Ogden, Utah, Lieutenant General, USAF, National Security Council 1924 M M Shearer, former Lord Lieutenant of Shetland 1919 Hugh FitzRoy, born in Cape Town, South Africa, 11th Duke of Grafton, Deputy Lieutenant, KG, patrilineal descendant of King Charles II's third eldest illegitimate son 1916 Gordon Hobday, Lord Lieutenant, Nottinghamshire 1915 Henry Longbottom, English lieutenant, dies in battle 1914 James Scarlett, born in England, born James Richard Scarlett, 8th Baron Abinger, Lord Abinger, politician, Royal Artillery Lieutenant-Colonel, Deputy Lieutenant for Essex 1914 Adrian H. Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26 1912 Eric Wilson, VC/British Lieutenant Colonel 1912 Cuthbert Alport, born in England, born Cuthbert James McCall Alport, Lord Alport, Baron Alport, politician, Conservative Party, Cabinet Minister, life peer, Deputy Lieutenant for Essex 1911 Charles Joseph A. Russhon, USAF Lieutenant Colonel/liaison, James Bond films 1910 Arthur Hazlerigg, born in England, Lord Hazlerigg, 2nd Baron Hazlerigg, awarded Military Cross, judge, Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire, soldier, served during World War II, life peer 1906 Alfred Gilpin Jones, lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia 1900 - 1906, dies at 81 1905 Rex Bell, Chicago, cowboy actor, Cowboys and Injuns, lieutenant governor, Nevada 1904 Hanning Phillips, Lord Lieutenant, Dyfed 1901 Ignatius Donnelly, U.S. attorney/lieutenant governor of Minnesota, dies at 69 1893 French lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu 1892 Joseph Lippens, Belgian lieutenant in Congo, murdered 1877 Nathan Bedford Forrest, American Civil War, Confederate Army lieutenant general, cavalry leader, opposed Reconstruction era in the post-war South, dies in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 56 1853 Joannes P. Roothaan, 1st Dutch Lieutenant Colonel - General of Jesuits, dies at 67 1842 William Barker Cushing, Lieutenant Commander Union Navy 1840 Sanuel Dana Greene, Lieutenant Commander Union Navy 1833 Stephen Dill Lee, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1826 Richard Taylor, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1825 Ambrose Powell Hill, Lieutenant General, Confederate 3rd Army Corp 1824 Alfred Gilpin Jones, Weymouth NS, lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia, 1900 - 1906 1824 Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Lieutenant General 2nd Corps, ANV, Confederate 1823 Simon Bolivar Buckner, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1821 Richard Heron Anderson, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1821 Alexander Peter "Old Straight" Stewart, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1821 Nathan Bedford Forrest, born in Chapel Hill, Tennessee, American Civil War, Confederate Army lieutenant general, cavalry leader, opposed Reconstruction era in the post-war South 1821 Daniel Harvey Hill, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1818 Wade Hampton, born in South Carolina, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1817 Richard Stoddert Ewell, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1815 William Joseph Hardee, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1814 John Clifford Pemberton, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1806 Leonidas Polk, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1804 Theophilus Hunter Holmes, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1730 Hans Hermann von Katte, Prussian lieutenant, beheaded 1722 Samuel Adams, revolutionary rabble rouser, Lieutenant Governor-Mass, 1789 - 1794 1688 Henry Morgan, Welsh lieutenant governor of Jamaica 1639 Sea battle at Dunes: Lieutenant Admiral Maarten Tromp beats Spanish Armada 1589 Maarten Schenck van Nideggen, Lieutenant Colonel (80 year war), dies at about 49 1503 Wilhelm von Grumbach, German Lieutenant Colonel |
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