History Home
Events     Birthdays     Deaths     Years

Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy!

Major-General


1993 Edwin A Walker, U.S. Major-General, dies of lung cancer at 84

1987 Military coup leader Major-General Sitiveni Rabuka declares Fiji a republic

1945 D A S Pennefather, Major-General/Commandant, General Royal Marines

1945 Hans Oster, German major-general/spy, "July 20th plot", hanged

1938 Peter Davies, Major-General/Director-General, RSPCA

1935 Jerrie Anthony Hulme, British major-general

1932 Laurence New, Major-General

1929 David Houston, Major-General/Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland

1928 Martin Sinnatt, Major-General/secretary, Kennel Club

1927 Michael Walsh, major-general/director, Overseas Relations

1926 John Hamilton-Jones, CEO, Richmond Enterprises, British Major-General

1925 Edward Fursdon, British Major-General, defense council

1921 Harry Knutton, Major-General/director-general, London City and Guilds Institute

1919 Earl Cathcart, British major-general

1916 Michael F Howard, British Major-General, Gold Stick to the Queen

1915 Ronald MacDonald, British major-general

1913 Ian Graeme, major-general

1911 Ronald MacDonald, British major-general

1909 William Odling, major-general

1830 Major-General Baron D Chasse bombs Antwerp (Belgium revolution)

1821 John Cabell Breckinridge, D, 14th U.S. Vice President, 1857 - 1861, major-general, Confederate

1815 Henry Wagner "Old Brains" Halleck, Major-General Union Army

1793 British troops under major-general Williamson lands on (French) Haiti

1777 Marquis de Lafayette, 19, made major-general of Continental Army


History Home    Copyright 2009 BrainyMedia.com