1988 Lebanese terrorists kidnap United Nations truce observer Lt Col William Higgins
1988 U.S. Lt. Col Wm Higgins kidnapped by Lebanese terrorists and later killed
1987 Lt Col Oliver North concludes 6 days of Congressional testimony
1987 Military coup in Fiji Islands under lt col Sitivani Rabuka
1986 Stephen D Thorne, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, dies in a plane crash at 33
1986 Herschel Bernardi, actor (Lt Jacoby-Peter Gunn, Arnie), dies at 62
1986 1st black lt Governor since reconstruction sworn in (Douglas Wilder of Va)
1982 Charles Russhon, USAF lt col/liaison for James Bond films, dies at 71
1981 Lt Jerry Rawlings becomes head of Ghana, suspends constitution
1972 Lt. General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA
1971 President Nixon orders lt Calley (Mi Lai) free
1971 U.S. Lt Wiliam Calley (My Lai Massacre) sentenced to life
1971 1st Lt William L Calley, Jr. found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre
1971 Lt. Calley confessed and implicates Captain Medina
1969 Lt William L Calley, charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial
1967 Edward Higgins White II, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4), dies at 36
1965 Failed coup under lt col Untung in Indonesia
1964 Stephen N Frick, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1964 Wesley Lau, actor (Lt Anderson-Perry Mason), dies at 43
1964 King Calder, actor (Lt Grey-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 64
1964 Mark E Kelly, Orange, New Jersey, Lt USN/astronaut
1964 Scott J Kelly, Orange, New Jersey, Lt USN/astronaut
1963 Lisa M Nowak, Washington D.C., Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1963 Heidemarie M Stefanyshyn-Piper, St. Paul, Minnesota, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1963 Philippe Perrin, Meknes Morocco, Lt Col FAF/astronaut
1962 Lt General Marshall S Carter, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA
1961 Susan Leigh Still, Augusta, Georgia, lt cmdr USN/astronaut, STS 83, 94
1961 William C McCool, born in San Diego, California, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1961 Daniel C Burbank, born in Manchester, Connecticut, Lt cmdr USCG/astronaut
1961 Lt Col Gueorgui Mossolov takes E-66A to 34,714 m altitude
1961 Jeb Adams, born in Hollywood, California, actor, Lt Jeb Pruitt-Baa Baa Black Sheep
1961 Laurel B. Clark, born in Ames Iowa, Lt cmdr USN/astronaut
1960 David James Elliott, Toronto, actor, Seinfeld, Lt Harmon Rabb-Jag
1959 Kathryn P Hire, Mobile Alabama, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, sk: STS 90
1959 Scott D. Altman, born in Lincoln, Illinois, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, sk: STS 90
1959 Lawrence Taylor, [LT], NFL's greatest linebacker for the New York Giants
1958 Brent W. Jett, Jr., Pontiac, Michigan, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, STS 72, sk:81
1958 John Bennett Herrington, Wetumka, Oklahoma, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1958 Michael E Lopez-Alegria, born in Madrid, Spain, Lt Cmdr/astro, STS 73, sk 92
1957 Daniel W. Bursch, born in Bristol, Pennsylvania, Lt Cmdr USN/Astronaut, STS 51, 68, 77
1957 Patrick G. Forrester, born in El Paso, Texas, Lt Col Army/astronaut
1955 Pierre J Thuot, Groton Conn, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, STS 36, 49, 62
1954 Lt Col John Strapp travels 632 MPH in a rocket sled
1954 Kevin P. Chilton, born in Los Angeles, California, Lt Col USAF/Astronaut, STS 49, 59, 76
1953 Michael Baker, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, STS 43, 52, 68, 81
1953 Stephen D. Thorne, Frankfurt-on-Main, German FR, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1952 S Epatha Merkerson, Saginaw, Michigan, actress, Lt Van Buren-Law and Order
1952 James D Wetherbee, Flushing, New York, Lt Cmdr USN/astr, STS 32, 52, 63, 86
1952 Mario Runco, Jr., born in Bronx, New York, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, STS 44, 54, 77
1950 Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japan, actor, Lt A J Shimamura-Nash Bridges
1949 Kenneth D Cameron, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Lt Col USMC/astronaut, STS 37, 56, 74
1948 1st Lt. Nancy Leftenant becomes 1st black in army nursing corps
1948 Jerry Ross, Indiana, Lt Col USAF/astronaut, STS 61B, 27, 37, 55, 74,sk:88
1948 Guy Spencer Gardner, Alta Vista, Virginia, Lt Col USAF/astro, STS 27, STS 35
1947 Britain's Princess Elizabeth and Lt Philip Mountbatten's engagement
1947 Lt General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, ends term as 2nd head of CIA
1946 James C. Adamson, born Warsaw New York, Lt. Col. U.S. astronaut on STS 28, STS 43
1943 Lt. John F. Kennedy's PT-boat 109 sinks at Solomon islands
1943 Lt Charles Hall, becomes 1st black pilot to shoot down Nazi plane
1943 Lt colonel Claus von Stauffenberg seriously wounded at allied air raid
1942 Lt. E. H. O'Hare single-handedly shoots down 5 Japanese heavy bombers
1942 Lt General Rommels African corps reaches Msus
1941 Iida, Japanese pilot/lt, dies in battle at 28
1939 Dirk Klop, Dutch intelligence lt, shot by German Abwehr
1935 Roger B Chaffee, Grand Rapids Michigan, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1930 Edward H White II, born in San Antonio, Texas, Lt Col USAF/astronaut, Gemini 4
1929 Lt Cmdr Richard E Byrd sends "My calculations indicate that we have reached vicinity of South Pole" (He was wrong)
1929 Lt James H Doolittle guides a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell Field in New York in 1st all-instrument flight
1926 Val Bisoglio, New York City, actor, Lt Marsh-Police Woman, Danny-Quincy ME
1926 Virgil Grissom, born in Mitchell, Indiana, Lt Col USAF/astronaut, Merc 4, Gemini 3
1923 U.S. lt Al Williams fly 392.2 KPH (record)
1923 Earl of Morley, Lord Lt, Devon
1920 James Brown, born in Desdemona, Texas, actor, Lt Rip Masters-Rin Tin Tin
1916 German troops under Lt Rackow take Fort Vaux
1914 German assault at Dinant: Lt Charles de Gaulle (24), injured
1914 Morgan Morgan-Giles, Brits Lt admiral/MP
1913 Lt Peter Nestrov, of Imperial Russian Air Service, performs a loop in a monoplane at Kiev (1st aerobatic maneuver in an airplane)
1913 Tom Brown, New York City, actor, Ed-Gunsmoke, Lt Rovacs-Mr Lucky
1912 Eric Wilson, VC/British Lt Col
1912 Henry L "Hank" Miller, U.S. pilot/lt adm, WW II-Pacific
1912 Maitland Mackie, Lord Lt, Aberdeenshire
1911 Charles Joseph A. Russhon, USAF lt col/liaison, James Bond films
1910 Francis D Foley, U.S. lt adm, WW II, Guadalcanal
1903 Douglas Packard, British Lt General
1898 Charles Chanoine, French lt/mass murderer in Senegal, dies
1891 Antonius [Jacob LT] van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, Antillian Bishop
1871 Oscar J Dunn, (Lt Gov-La), dies suddenly, charges he was poisoned
1869 Black candidate for lt governor of Va, Dr. J H Harris, defeated
1868 Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana
1868 Oscar J. Dunn, is elected Lt Governor of Louisiana
1863 Alonzo Hersford Cushing, U.S. Union lt, dies in battle at about 22
1863 Andrew Hull Foote, U.S. Union lt admiral, dies
1853 Joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67
1842 William Barker Cushing, Lt Cmdr Union Navy, died in 1874
1840 Sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr Union Navy, died in 1884
1838 William Clark, 2nd lt of Lewis and Clark Expedition, dies at 68
1837 Pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt Governor, Louisiana
1816 Jubal Anderson Early, Lt General Confederate Army, died in 1894
1809 John AB Dahlgren, U.S. Union lt adm/inventor, Civil war Dahlgren-cannon
1804 Lt. Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli Harbor and burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after pirates seized it
1793 Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt Admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68
1770 William Clark, born in Charlottsville, Virginia, 2nd lt of Lewis and Clark Expedition
1722 Samuel Adams, revolutionary rabble rouser/, Lt Gov-Mass, 1789-94
1711 Philips van Almonde, Zealand lt admiral, dies at 66
1642 Cornelis Evertsen the Younger, Dutch buccaneer/lt Admiral of Zeeland
1589 Maarten Schenck van Nideggen, lt col (80 year war), dies at about 49
1503 Wilhelm von Grumbach, German lt col
1340 Philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders
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