1991 Event 1st International flight from Long Island's MacArthur Airport (to Mexico) 1978 Death John D MacArthur, U.S. insurance billionaire, dies at 80 1968 Event Richard Harris releases "MacArthur Park" 1964 Death Douglas MacArthur, U.S. general (Pacific theater-WW II), dies at 84 1961 Event Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner 1956 Death Charles MacArthur, American Playwright 1951 Event Ticker-tape parade for General MacArthur in New York City 1951 Event General Douglas MacArthur ends his military career 1950 Event General Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief, United Nations forces in Korea 1950 Event U.S. General MacArthur visits front in South Korea and asks for U.S. troops 1947 Event General MacArthur approves Japanese constitution 1946 Birthday Jimmy Webb, born in Elk City, Oklahoma, songwriter, MacArthur Park, Up Up and Away 1945 Event General MacArthur lands in Japan 1945 Event General MacArthur named Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Japan 1945 Event General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila 1945 Event U.S. troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manilla 1945 Event U.S. soldiers led by General Douglas MacArthur invades Philippines 1944 Event U.S. forces under General Douglas MacArthur return to Philippines 1943 Birthday Howard Gardner, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, psychologist, invented theory of multiple intelligences, influenced by Jerome Bruner, Nelson Goodman, Jean Piaget, MacArthur Prize Fellowship, 1981 1943 Event General MacArthur begins Operation Cartwheel, island-hopping 1942 Event General MacArthur vows, "I shall return" 1942 Event General Doug MacArthur arrives in Australia to become supreme commander 1942 Event General MacArthur leaves Corregidor (Bataan) for Australia 1937 Birthday James MacArthur, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Danny Williams-Hawaii 5-0 1937 Event General Douglas MacArthur marries Jean Faircloth 1930 Birthday Richard Harris, Ire, actor, Man Called Horse, singer, MacArthur Park 1928 Event Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's "Front Page," premieres in New York City 1920 Birthday Amy Clampitt, born in New Providence, Iowa, poet, author, professor at Amherst College, College of William and Mary, Smith College, received Guggenheim, MacArthur Fellowship 1916 Birthday Gregory Peck, born in La Jolla, California, actor, To Kill a Mockingbird, MacArthur 1902 Birthday Simon H. Spoor, Dutch gen/intelligence officer for General MacArthur 1895 Birthday Charles MacArthur, American Playwright 1880 Birthday Douglas MacArthur, Little Rock, Arkansas, general, WW II, he did return!
