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2004 Tony Awards, Avenue Q, I Am My Own Wife, Henry IV revival and Assassins revival won major awards
2004 46th Grammy Awards, Coldplay, Outkast, Richard Marx, Luther Vandross, Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake win major awards 2003 Tony Awards, Hairspray, Take Me Out, Long Day's Journey Into Night revival and Nine revival won major awards 2003 President George W. Bush declares that 'major combat operations' in Iraq are over 2003 45th Grammy Awards, Norah Jones and John Mayer win major awards 2002 Ted Williams, athlete, last person to hit .400 for a season as a major leaguer, dies at 83 2002 Tony Awards, The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Private Lives revival, and Into the Woods revival won major awards 2002 44th Grammy Awards, U2, Alicia Keyes, Nelly Furtado and James Taylor win major awards 2001 Mary Kay Ash, businesswoman, started a major cosmetics company, dies at 83 2001 Tony Awards, The Producers, Proof, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest revival and 42nd Street revival won major awards 2001 43rd Grammy Awards, U2, Steely Dan, Macy Gray and Sting win major awards 2000 Tony Awards, Copenhagen, Contact, The Real Thing revival, and Kiss Me Kate revival won major awards 2000 42nd Grammy Awards, Santana, Sarah McLachlan and Sting win major awards 1999 41st Grammy Awards, Celine Dion, Lauryn Hill and Eric Clapton win major awards 1998 Tony Awards, Lion King, Caberet revival, Ragtime, and The Beauty Queen of Leenane won major awards 1998 Tony Awards, Side Man, Death of a Salesman revival, Annie Get Your Gun revival and You're a Good Man Charlie Brown revival won major awards 1998 40th Grammy Awards, Shawn Colvin, Bob Dylan, Sarah McLachlan, and Elton John win major awards 1997 Dawn Steel, film maker, first woman to head a major Hollywood studio, responsible for 'Flashdance', 'Fatal Attraction', dies at 51 1997 Coleman Young, 1st black mayor of a major city (Detroit) 1997 Major league revenue sharing begins, New York Yankees pay out most $28M 1997 Major League Soccer announces Miami and Chicago expansion 1997 Major League Baseball announces 5 year, $50M deal with Pepsi 1996 Nebraska and Penn State are 5th and 6th major colleges to win 700 1996 Roger Clemens ties his own major league record with 20 strikeouts 1996 MacKenzie John, pipe major, dies at 83 1996 Carl Stokes, 1st black mayor of a major U.S. city, Cleveland, dies 1995 Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan 1994 Major Bill Smith, record producer, dies at 72 1994 Major Lance, soul singer, dies at 55 1994 Richard M Major, U.S. anti-terror specialist (CIA Red Book), dies at 72 1994 Members of the Major League Baseball Players Association strike 1994 Major parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter (July 16th-22nd) 1994 Steffi Graf becomes 1st defending tennis champ to lose in 1st round of a major tournament (Wimbledon to Lorrie McNeal) 1993 British premier Major/Irish premier Reynolds signs Downing Street Declaration concerning Northern Ireland self determination 1993 Anatoli Koretski, Russian major general, murdered 1993 Sergei Y Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut, dies in accident at 35 1993 Donald "Deke" K Slayton, U.S. major/astronaut (Apollo 18), dies at 69 1993 New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl 1992 Alexander Pola, Abraham Polak, actor and writer (Farce Major), dies 1992 U.S. Major Soccer League folds after 14 seasons 1992 West beats East 14 to 9 in Major Soccer League all star game 1991 Royals Warren Cromartie's 1st major league home run since 1983 1991 Darrin Lewis hits his 1st major league home run 1991 Major league umpire Steve Palermo and former NFL defensive lineman Terence Mann were shot trying to help 2 waitresses from being robbed 1991 New York Yankee Steve Howe records his 1st major league save since 1987 1991 San Diego Sockers win 4th consecutive Major Soccer League championship 1991 U.S. announces closing of 31 major U.S. military bases 1991 Major league umpires and baseball reach a 4-year agreement 1990 Britain's conservatives chose John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher 1990 Nolan Ryan becomes 20th major league pitcher to win 300 games 1990 Boston Red Sox set major league record with 12 doubles in a game 1990 Notre Dame becomes 1st team to sell its game to a major network (NBC) 1989 Houston becomes 1st major college team to gain 1000 yards in a game 1989 1st black owners (Betram Lee and Peter Bynoe) to own a major sports team, purchasing Denver Nuggets for $65m 1989 Delta Burke (Designing Women) weds Gerald McRaney (Major Dad) 1989 Ron Brown chosen 1st black chairman of a major U.S. party (Democrats) 1988 Senate votes for major federal tax code changes 1987 2nd coup on Fiji led by Major General Sitiveni Rabuka 1987 Calif's Bob Boone catches record 1,919th major league game 1987 Knuckleballer Charlie Hough on the mound, Rangers catcher Geno Petralli ties the major league record by allowing 6 passed balls 1987 Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season and ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8) 1986 Indians Jay Bell is 10th to hit a home run on 1st major league pitch he sees 1986 San Diego Padre Jimmy Jones pitchs 1-hitter in his major league debut 1986 A's Mark McGwire hits his 1st major league home run 1986 Ellison S. Onizuka, born in Hawaii, Major USAF/Astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster 1985 Major League Baseball Players' Association stages a midseason baseball strike (lasts 1 day) 1983 Reggie Jackson is 1st major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times 1983 Stern mag announces major historical find-discovery of 60 volume personal diaries written by Adolph Hitler (turned out to be a hoax) 1982 Major leagues vote not to renew Commissioner Bowie Kuhn's contract 1981 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends 1980 Major race riot in Miami Florida - 16 killed, 300 injured 1979 Bern Hoffman, actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66 1979 Major Haddad declares South-Lebanon independent 1979 J. R. Richard throws major league record 6 wild pitches in Astrodome 1979 Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown, Pennsylvania (no deaths) 1979 Major riot at Bourda prevents day's play in WSC Supertest 1978 Major Indoor Soccer League holds its 1st draft 1978 Major Indoor Soccer League grants 1st 6 franchises to Cincinnati, 1978 Dodgers become 1st major league team to draw 3 million fans 1978 Formation of Major Indoor Soccer League announced 1978 President Ford signs 1st major revision of copyright law since 1909 1977 Major Indoor Soccer League officially organized (New York City) 1977 Red Sox wallop a major league-record 8 home runs beating Toronto 9-6 1976 Sybil Thorndike, actress (Melba, Major Barbara), dies at 93 1975 Mexico City's 1st major subway accident takes 26 lives 1974 Giants John Montefusco makes his major league debut 1974 Pitching in major league-record 13th consecutive game for Dodgers 1973 Major General Juvenal Habyarimana becomes president of Rwanda 1973 Kansas City Royals' George Brett gets his 1st major league hit 1973 Robyn Smith becomes 1st female jockey to win a major race 1972 Record 8 shutouts pitched in 16 major league games (AL=5, NL=3) 1972 Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike 1971 Sudan military coup under Major Hashem al-Atta, Numeiry flees 1970 Carl Everett, born in Tampa, Florida, baseball player, outfielder, played for Florida Marlins, Major League Baseball team, played for New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Montreal Expos, 2005 World Series Champion 1970 Mail service paralyzed by 1st major postal strike 1969 Congo-Brazzaville becomes People's republic, under major Ngouabi 1969 Major General Mohamed Siad Barre becomes President of Somali 1969 Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in a record 907th major league game 1969 1st major league baseball game outside U.S. played (Montreal Canada) 1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st female jockey to win at a major U.S. track 1969 Diane Crump becomes 1st woman jockey at a major U.S. racetrack (Hialeah) 1968 AL and NL umpires form a new Association of Major League Umpires 1968 Satchel Paige, 62, and needing 158 days on a major league payroll to qualify for a pension, is signed by Braves 1968 Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (Giants) 1968 NL awards Montreal and SD major league franchises 1967 Carl B. Stokes elected 1st black mayor of a major city-Cleveland, Ohio 1967 Orville Caldwell, Deputy Major (LA-1940), dies at 71 1967 Major Robert H Lawrence, Jr. named 1st black astronaut 1967 John Doherty, born in the Bronx, New York, John Harold Doherty, pitcher, played for Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox Major League Baseball teams 1967 Edward G Givens, Jr., Major USAF/astronaut, dies in an car crash at 47 1967 Rick Wilkins, born in Jacksonville, Florida, Richard Wilkins, baseball player, catcher, played Major League teams San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, also played for Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, New York Mets 1967 Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out 6 straight major leaguers 1966 1st major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France 1966 Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire 1965 Cubs tie major league record of 3 triple plays in a season 1965 Japanese community of San Francisco holds Masanori Murakami Day at Candlestick Park to honor 1st Japanese player to play in major leagues 1965 Major league record 26 strikeouts, Phillies (16), Pirates (10) 1965 Dick Stuart homers in a major league-record 23rd different park 1965 Beau Allred, born in Mesa, Arizona, Dale Le Beau Allred, baseball player, outfielder, played for the Cleveland Indians Major League Baseball team for three seasons from 1989 - 1991 1964 Phillies tie major league record with season's 3rd triple play (Reds) 1964 Joe Magrane, born in Des Moines, Iowa, Joseph David Magrane, baseball player, pitcher, MLB Network broadcaster, played for Major League Baseball teams, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, NBC sports analyst at 2008 Summer Olympics 1964 Steve Searcy, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, William Steven Searcy, baseball player, pitcher, played for Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball teams from 1998 - 1992 1964 Houston Colt 45s Ken Johnson becomes 1st major league pitcher to lose a 9 inning no-hitter, Reds win 1-0 1963 Major league baseballs 100,000th game 1963 USAF Major Robert A Rushworth in X-15 reaches 86,900 m 1963 Colt .45s beat Giants 3-0 in major leagues' 1st Sunday night game 1963 Pete Rose triples for his 1st major league base hit 1963 Major League Rules Committee votes to expand strike zone 1962 USAF Major Robert A. Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800m 1962 USAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 32,300m 1962 Dodgers set major league-record season attendance of 2,755,184 1962 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m 1962 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m 1962 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 40,420 m 1962 Robert A. Rushworth, USAF major, takes X-15 to 30,600m 1962 Sergei Viktorovich Zalyotin, born in Russia, major/cosmonaut 1962 1st major league game in Houston, Colt .45s beat Chicago Cubs, 11-2 1961 Frank Robinson is 1st to win MVPs in both major leagues 1961 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 30,970m 1961 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 66,100m 1961 Pamela Ann Melroy, born in Palo Alto, California, Major USAF/astronaut, sk:STS-92 1961 Willie Mays is 4th major leaguer with 3 or more home runs twice in a season 1961 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,830 m 1961 Gary Varsho, born in Marshfield, Wisconsin, Gary Andrew Varsho, baseball player, outfielder, played for Major League Baseball teams, the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, played in 1991 and 1992 National League Championship Series 1961 USAF Major Robert M. White takes X-15 to 32,000 m 1961 Yuri Ivanovich Onufriyenko, Russian major/cosmonaut, Mir, Soyuz TM-23 1960 Damon Wayans, actor/comedian, In Living Color, Major Payne, Blankman 1960 Steven W. Lindsey, Arcadia, California, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-87 1960 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 41,600 m 1960 Christopher J "Gus" Loria, Newton, Massachusetts, Major USMC/astronaut 1960 Barry Lyons, born in Biloxi, Mississippi, Barry Stephen Lyons, baseball player, catcher, played for Major League Baseball teams, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, served as backup catcher to Gary Carter, named Most Valuable Player, South Atlantic League, 1984 1960 Steve Lyons, born in Tacoma, Washington, Stephen John Lyons, nicknamed 'Psycho', baseball player, outfielder, third baseman, television sportscaster, played with Boston Red Sox, Major League Baseball team, known for oddities, such as playing hangman and tic-tac-toe with his spikes 1960 USAF Major Robert M. White takes X-15 to 33,222 m 1960 Continental League, a proposed third major league, gets an assurance of congressional support from New York Senator Kenneth Keating 1959 Michael P Anderson, Plattsburgh, New York, major USAF/astronaut, STS-89 1959 1st movie opening simultaneously in major cities (On The Beach) 1959 In his major league debut, San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey goes 4-for-4 1959 1st black to win a major golf tournament, William Wright 1959 Phils' Dave Philley gets a major league record 9th straight pinch hit 1959 Michael J. Bloomfield, born in Flint, Michigan, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-86 1958 Nancy J. Currie, born in Wilmington, Delaware, Major Army/astronaut, STS-57, 70, sk: 88 1958 Dale Long becomes 1st major league lefty catcher in 52 years 1958 Gennadi Ivanovich Padalka, Russian major/cosmonaut, SK: Soyuz TM-28 1958 Dickie Thon, born in South Bend, Indiana, Richard William 'Dickie' Thon, baseball player, shortstop, played for Major League Baseball teams California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, suffered Mike Torrez fastball facial injury, Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Famer, 2003 1958 Ted Williams is 10th major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits 1958 Sergei Yuriyevich Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut 1958 Arnold Palmer wins 1st major golf tournament-Masters 1958 Susan J. Helms, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-54, 64, 78 1958 Bill Dawley, born in Norwich, Connecticut, baseball player, pitcher, played Major League Baseball with the Houston Astros, Chicago Whitesox, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Oakland Athletics 1958 Jeffrey N Williams, Superior Wisconsin, Major Army/astronaut 1957 Major Adrian Drew flies 1,943 kph in F-101 Voodoo 1957 U.S. Major David Simons reaches 30,933m in a balloon 1957 1st black to win a major U.S. tennis tournament, Althea Gibson 1957 Marine Major John Glenn sets transcontinental speed record (03:28:08) 1957 Rick Douglas Husband, born in Amarillo, Texas, USAF Major/astronaut 1957 Major Irwin, USAAF flies a Lockheed Starfight to a record 1,404.18 MPH 1957 William G. Gregory, born in Lockport, New York, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-67 1957 Major Johnson, USAAF flies a Lockheed Starfight to 17.28 miles (27.8 K) 1957 Duane G. Carey, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, major USAF/astronaut 1956 Eileen Marie Collins, born in Elmira, New York, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-63, 84 1956 Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th home run 1956 Paul S. Lockhart, born in Amarillo, Texas, Major USAF/astronaut 1955 Shanna Reed, Kansas City Kansas, actress, Major Dad, Mirrors 1955 U.S. Auto Club forms to oversee 4 major auto reacing categories 1955 Carl Erwin Walz, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-51, 65, 79 1954 Major league owners vote down sale of A's to a Philadelphia syndicate 1954 Attempting to handle Hoyt Wilhelm's knuckleball catcher Ray Katt of Giants sets a major league record with 4 passed balls 1954 Hurricane Carol (1st major named storm) hits New England, 70 die 1954 1st major league game where majority of team is black (Dodgers) 1954 Major League Baseball Players Association founded 1953 Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws 1953 Cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league home run 1953 Braves Phil Paine is 1st former major leaguer to play in Japan 1953 Brian J. Duffy, born in Boston, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-45, 57, 72, sk:92 1953 1st major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2 1953 Brown's Bobo Holloman 1st major league start, no-hits Philadelphia A's, 6-0 1952 Stan Musial makes his only major league pitching appearance 1952 New York Yankees Johnny Mize's pinch-hit grand slam gives Yankees a 5-1 win at Washington He has now home runs in all 15 major league parks 1952 Mark C Lee, Viroqua WI, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-30, 47, 64, 82,sk: 98 1952 Donald R. McMonagle, born in Flint, Michigan, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-39, 54, 66 1952 1st black executive of a major TV station (Jackie Robinson-WNBC New York) 1952 Lloyd Blaine Hammond, Jr., Savannah, Georgia, Major USAF/astr, STS-39, 64 1951 Former Cubs 1st baseman and future TV star of Rifleman Chuck Connors is 1st player to oppose the major league draft 1951 Mark N Brown, Valparaiso, Indiana, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-28, 48, 66 1951 Sidney M. Gutierrez, born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-40, 59 1951 Willie Mays gets his 1st major league hit, a home run 1951 New York Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5) 1951 Thomas D Akers, St. Louis, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-41, 49, 61, 79 1951 Gil McDougald ties major league record with 6 RBIs in 1 inning 1951 Senate committee reports of at least 2 major U.S. crime syndicates 1951 Benny Ayala, born in Yauco, Puerto Rico, Benigno Ayala Felix, Major League Baseball player, played outfield, first base, designated hitter for New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals 1951 Talgat Amangeldyyevich Musabayev, Russian Major/cosmonaut, TM-19, TM-27 1950 Margaret Whitton, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Good and Evil, Major League 1950 Carl J Meade, Illinos, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-38, STS-50, 64 1950 1st Major League baseball player to fight in Korea (Curt Simmons) 1950 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5) 1950 Vic Harris, born in Los Angeles, California, baseball player, second baseman for Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Major League Baseball teams 1950 Burt Hooton, born in Greenville, Texas, Burt Carlton Hooton, baseball player, nicknamed 'Happy', right-handed starting pitcher for Major League Baseball teams Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers 1949 Terrence W. Wilcutt, Russellville, Kentucky, Major USMC/astronaut, STS-68, 79 1949 Steve Busby, born in Burbank, California, baseball player, sportscaster, starting pitcher, played for Major League Baseball team Kansas City Royals 1949 Baseball major league record 4 grand slams hit 1949 Ray Major, rock guitarist, British Lions 1949 James S. Voss, born Cordova, Alabama, Major USA/astronaut, STS-44, 53, 69 1949 Robert Cabana, born in Minneapolis, Major USMC/astronaut, STS-41, 53, 68, sk:88 1948 Satchel Paige at 42, pitches his 1st major league complete game 1948 Gerald McRaney, born in Collins, Mississippi, actor, Rick-Simon and Simon, Major Dad 1947 Pacific Coast League application for major league status rejected 1947 Gerald McRaney, Collins Mississippi, actor, Simon and Simon, Major Dad 1947 Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit 1947 Jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut 1947 Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in major league baseball (Dodgers) 1947 Major Harris, U.S. R&B-singer, Love won't Let me wait 1947 David Bowie, born in London, England, singer and actor, Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust, also known as David Robert Hayward-Jones 1946 Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game 1946 Dawn Steel, born in America, film maker, first woman to head a major Hollywood studio, responsible for 'Flashdance', 'Fatal Attraction' 1946 Ellison S. Onizuka, born in Hawaii, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-51C, 51L-Chal disaster 1946 Edward Bowes, radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour), dies at 71 1946 Giants outfielder Danny Gardella is 1st major leaguer to announce he is jumping to the "outlaw" Mexican League 1945 Major Courtney, U.S. medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf 1945 John Poston, British major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25 1944 Peter Waddy, British major 1st Para Brigade, dies in battle in Arnhem 1944 Wolfgang Redlich, German major/pilot, dies in battle 1944 Joe Nuxhall, 15, of Cincinnati Reds is youngest player in major league 1944 Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, German major/pilot, shot down 1943 John Major, British Prime Minister, C, 1990-97 1943 Major General Bradley arrives in Dakar and Marrakesh 1942 During WW II, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt 1942 Von Bismarck, German major general, (Africa Corps), dies in battle 1942 Battle of Midway begins; Japan's 1st major defeat in WW II 1942 Major German assault on Malta 1942 3 day Battle of Java Sea ends, U.S. suffers a major naval defeat 1941 Cards' Stan Musial makes his major league debut, going 2-for-4 1941 Germans made their last major air attack on Britain 1941 Major Lance, U.S. boxer, dancer and singer, Hey Little Girl 1940 British troops 1st major offensive in No Africa (Libya) during WW II 1940 Ed Garvey, labor leader, Major League Baseball Players Association 1939 1st major league baseball telecast-Reds beat Brooklyn Dodgers (W2XBS New York) 1938 Major leagues agrees on standard ball 1938 Major leagues disagree on increasing rosters from 23 to 25 1938 Nazis plan Jewish ghettos for all major cities 1936 1st baseman Walter Alston plays in his only major league game 1936 Indians' Bob Feller makes his major league debut in relief 1936 Major Owens, born in Collierville, Tennessee, Representative-D-New York 1983 - 2007 1936 Major R. Owens, American Politician 1936 Major Owens, American Politician 1935 1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Phil 1) 1935 "RvJ" Mitchell and Major Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire 1935 Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network 1934 Pittsburgh is last major league city to play a home game on a Sunday 1933 William A Anders, Hong Kong, Major Gen, USAF/astronaut, Apollo 8 1933 1st major league All-Star Game announced for July 6 at Comiskey Park It will be played as part of the Chicago World's Fair 1933 1st major league to get 4 consecutive doubles in 9 inn (Dick Bartell) 1933 Major earthquake in Long Beach, California 1933 Major NFL rule changes (hash mark 10 yards in, posts on goal line) 1932 Clifton C Williams, Jr., Mobile Alabama, Major USMC/astronaut 1932 Dodger John Quinn, 49, is oldest pitcher to win a major league game 1932 Gavin Lyall, author, Conduct of Major Maxim 1931 Round-robin playoff among New York City's 3 major league teams, to raise money for unemployed, concludes with Brooklyn losing to both Giants and Yankees 1931 Carrie Saxon Perry, 1st black mayor of a major U.S. city, Hartford CT 1931 Jim Frey, born in Cleveland, Ohio, manager, coach, Major League Baseball teams, Kansas City Royals, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs 1930 Michael Collins, Rome, Major General USAF/astronaut, Gemini 10, Apollo 11 1930 Brooklyn catcher Al Lopez hits major league's last recorded bounce home run 1930 123 runs are scored in 7 major league games 1930 Amelia Rosselli, born in Paris, France, poet, of Italian origin, daughter of political activist Carlo Rosselli, worked in Italy as a poet and literary translator, wrote prose in English, French and Italian, major work, 'Spazi metrici' 1930 Edward Galven Givens, Jr., Quanah Texas, Major USAF/astronaut 1928 Carl Hubbell's 1st major league victory is a 4-0 shutout of Phils 1927 Ole Olsen, composer, organist, teacher, wrote opera 'Stig Hvide', wrote Symphony in G major, dies at 77 in Oslo, Norway 1927 Althea Gibson, Silver, South Carolina, 1st black tennis champion in a major event 1927 Major Bernard Montgomery (29) marries widow Betty Carver 1926 Bowie Kuhn, born in Maryland, lawyer, sports administrator, fifth commissioner of Major League Baseball 1925 Jakab Gyula Major, composer, dies at 66 1924 Donald "Deke" Kent Slayton, born in Sparta, Wisconsin, Major USAF/astronaut, Apollo 18 1924 Margaret Beda Nicholson, author, No Medals for the Major 1922 MacKenzie John, pipe major 1921 P B S Pinchback, major Reconstruction politician, dies at 84 1921 Ian Percival, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Southport, served in World War II in North Africa and Burma, earned rank of Major 1920 Ray Chapman, of Indians is hit in head by Yankees' Carl Mays pitch; he dies next day, only major league fatality 1919 Fastest major league game (51 minutes), Giants beat Phillies 6-1 1919 Babe Ruth ties Ned Williamson's major league mark of 27 home runs 1919 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler) 1919 Phillies tie major league record of 8 steals in 9 inn game 1919 Major leagues open a reduced 140-game season 1919 Jackie Robinson, born in Georgia, 1st black major league baseball player, Dodgers 1918 Battle of the Argonne, final major battle of WW I 1918 Phil Rizzuto, born in Brooklyn, New York, Major League Baseball player, shortstop for the New York Yankees 1916 Charles E Manning, Australian judge/major, dies in battle at 36 1916 Ralph Baldwin, harness driver, set 11 major world records 1915 J. Donald Budge, U.S. tennis player, 1st to hold world's 4 major titles 1914 Alexander Pola, Dutch actor and writer, Farce Major 1912 Wendy Hiller, England, actress, Major Barbara, David Copperfield 1911 Cy Young's farewell appearance in a major league game is a letdown as he loses to Brooklyn 13-3 in a Braves uniform in his 906th game 1906 Kathleen Major, principal, St. Hilda's College, England 1905 George Bernard Shaws "Major Barbara," premieres in London 1905 Cubs Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 runners at plate in 1 game, all were ends of a double play 1903 Pitcher Jack Doscher, 1 son of a major leaguer debuts with Cubs 1901 Battle at Blood River Port: Boer General Botha beats Major Goughs cavalry 1901 CFH "Freddie" Gough, British major scout, WW II, Arnhem 1899 Lord Winchester, British marquis/major, dies in battle 1897 Yale defeated Penn, 30-10 in 1st major college basketball game 1896 Ed Delahanty, becomes 2nd major leaguer to hit 4 home runs in a game 1893 Allan Wilson, British/Rhodesian major, dies in battle 1888 Hans Oster, German major general/spy/July 20th plotter 1886 Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war 1886 1st major earthquake recorded in eastern U.S., at Charleston SC, 110 die 1884 Moses Walker became 1st black player in major league 1880 John Lee Richmond pitches 1st major league perfect game, Worcester 1, Cleveland's Forest City 0 1879 John Brahms' Violin Concerto in D major premieres in Leipzig 1878 Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor, world champion cyclist, 1899 1874 Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court 1874 Edward Bowes, radio host, Major Bowes Amateur Hour 1874 Major Walter Winfield patents game called "sphairistike" (lawn tennis) 1870 Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years 1868 Bertha Landes, 1st woman elected mayor of a major U.S. city, Seattle 1868 Major General E R S Canby removes mayor of Columbia SC 1865 Francis Washburn, U.S. Union colonel/general major, dies of injuries 1865 1st black major in U.S. Army, Martin Robinson Delany 1864 Union Major General Sherman burns Atlanta 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Pennsylvania ends, major victory for North 1863 Benjamin Franklin "Grimes" Davis, Union major, dies in battle at 30 1863 John Pelham, U.S. Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24 1862 Major General Earl Van Dorn assumes command of Confederate troops in Missisippi 1862 General Lee's adjutant major Stuart captured 1862 Chatham Roberdeau Wheat, Confederate major, dies in battle at about 35 1862 Grant's major assault on Ft. Donelson, Tennessee 1861 1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins 1861 Battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought 1861 Major General Benjamin Butler declares slaves "contraband of war" 1860 Major Robert Anderson, under cover of darkness, concentrated his small force at Ft. Sumter 1858 Jakab Gyula Major, composer 1857 American Chess Association organized; 1st major U.S. chess tournament (New York City) 1854 Major streets lit by coal gas for 1st time 1853 1st major U.S. rail disaster kills 46 in Norwalk, Connecticut 1851 1st major San Francisco fire 1850 Ole Olsen, born in Hammerfest, Norway, composer, organist, teacher, wrote opera 'Stig Hvide', wrote Symphony in G major 1849 George Washington Williams, 1st major black historian, dies 1846 1st major battle of Mexican War fought at Palo Alto Texas 1844 Galusha Pennypacker, Major General Union Army 1840 Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, Major General Union volunteers 1840 William Francis Bartlett, Major General Union volunteers 1839 George Armstrong Custer, Major General Union volunteers 1839 Emory Upton, Major General Union Army 1839 Nelson Appleton Miles, Major General Union volunteers 1839 Cyrus Hamblin, Major General Union volunteers 1839 Francis Fessenden, Major General Union volunteers 1838 John Grant Mitchell, Major General Union volunteers 1838 John Pelham, Major Confederate Army 1838 Charles Carroll Walcott, Major General Union volunteers 1837 William Wells, Major General Union volunteers 1837 James Harrison Wilson, Major General Union volunteers 1837 Stephen D Ramseur, youngest West Pointer to be Major Gen 1837 Eli Long, Major General Union Army 1837 Stephen Dodson Ramseur, Major General Confederate Army 1837 William Henry Fitzhugh "Rooney" Lee, Major General Confederate Army 1837 Robert Frederick Hoke, Major General Confederate Army 1837 James Sanks Brisbin, Major General Union volunteers 1837 Stephen Dodson Ramseur, Major General Confederate Army 1837 Francis Jay Herron, Major General Union volunteers 1836 John Thomas Croxton, Major General Union volunteers 1836 Pierce Manning Butler Young, Major General Confederate Army 1836 Thomas Lafayette Rosser, Major General Confederate Army 1836 Joseph Wheeler II, Major General, Confederacy/Cavalry/Army of Tennessee 1836 Henry Eugene Davies, Major General Union volunteers 1836 Thomas Wilberforce Egan, Major General Union volunteers 1836 James Patrick Major, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1836 Matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General, Confederate Army 1836 Benjamin Franklin Potts, Major General Union volunteers 1836 [Hugh] Judson Kilpatrick, Major General Union volunteers 1835 Fitzhugh Lee, Major General Confederate Army 1835 Elliott Warren Rice, Major General Union volunteers 1835 Lunsford Lindsay Lomax, Major General Confederate Army 1835 Godfrey Weitzel, Union volunteers Major general 1835 Adelbert Ames, Major General Union Army 1835 Joseph Hayes, Major General Union volunteers 1835 Newton Martin Curtis, Major General Union volunteers 1835 Alexander Stuart Webb, Major General Union Army 1835 Oliver Edwards, Major General Union volunteers 1834 Thomas Edward Greenfield Ransom, Major General Union volunteers 1834 Joseph Jackson Bartlett, Major General Union volunteers 1834 Wager Swayne, Major General Union volunteers 1834 Wesley Merritt, Major General Union volunteers 1834 William Dorsey Pender, Major General Confederate Army 1834 Robert Sanford Foster, Major General Union volunteers 1833 Cyrus Bussey, Major General Union volunteers 1833 James Deering Fessenden, Major General Union volunteers 1833 Henry Alanson Barnum, Major General Union volunteers 1833 Charles Jackson Paine, Major General Union volunteers 1833 John Wesley Turner, Major General Union Army 1833 Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert, Major General Union Army 1833 Edward Moody McCook, Major General Union volunteers 1833 Frank Wheaton, Major General Union Army 1833 David McMurtrie Gregg, Major General Union volunteers 1833 Thomas Howard Ruger, Major General Union volunteers 1833 John Sappington Marmaduke, Major General Confederate Army 1833 James Ewell Brown "JEB" Stuart, Major General Confederate Army 1832 Thomas Alfred Smyth, Major General Union volunteers 1832 Edward Hatch, Major General Union volunteers 1832 John Henry Ketcham, Major General Union volunteers 1832 George Henry Chapman, Major General Union volunteers 1832 William Woods Averell, Major General Union Army 1832 George Crockett Strong, Major General Union volunteers 1832 Samuel Sprigg Carroll, Major General Union Army 1832 George Washington Custis Lee, Major General Confederate Army 1832 Thomas Ogden Osbord, Major General Union volunteers 1832 Walter Quintin Gresham, Major General Union volunteers 1832 Charles Camp Doolittle, Major General Union volunteers 1832 Camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac, Major General Confederate Army 1832 John Brown Gordon, Major General Confederate Army 1831 Robert Ogden Tyler, Major General Union Army 1831 John Franklin Miller, Major General Union volunteers 1831 Daniel Butterfield, Major General Union volunteers 1831 John McAlister Schofield, Major General Union volunteers 1831 Stephen Gano Burbridge, Major General Union volunteers 1831 William Thomas Clark, Major General Union volunteers 1831 Alexander McDowell McCook, Major General Union volunteers 1831 Grenville Mellen Dodge, Major General Union volunteers 1831 Philip Henry Sheridan, born in Albany, New York, Major General, Union Army 1831 John Aaron Rawlins, Major General Union Army 1831 Cyrus Ballou Comstock, Major General Union volunteers 1831 Edward Ferrero, Major General Union volunteers 1830 John Frederick Hartranft, Major General Union volunteers 1830 Oliver Otis Howard, Major General Union volunteers 1830 John Stevens Bowen, Major General Confederate Army 1830 John Parker Hawkins, Major General Union Army 1830 William Babcock Hazen, Major General Union volunteers 1830 Alvan Cullem Gillem, Major General Union volunteers 1830 Richard Henry Jackson, Major General Union volunteers 1830 Edward Winslow Hinks, Major General Union volunteers 1830 George Lucas Hartsuff, Major General Union volunteers 1830 Davis Tillson, Major General Union volunteers 1830 Eugene Asa Carr, Major General Union Army 1830 Gouverneur Kemble Warren, Major General Union volunteers 1830 , Samuel, Emerson Opdycke, Major General Union volunteers 1829 William Passmore Carlin, Major General Union Army 1829 Samuel Wylie Crawford, Major General Union Army 1829 Christopher Columbus Andres, Major General Union volunteers 1829 Giles Alexander Smith, Major General Union volunteers 1829 William Worth Belknap, Major General Union volunteers 1829 George Crook, Major General Union volunteers 1829 John Horace Forney, Major General Confederate Army 1829 Thomas Ewing, Jr., Major General, Union volunteers 1829 Robert Brown Potter, Major General Union volunteers 1829 John Baillie McIntosh, Major General Union Army 1829 Robert Emmet Rodes, Major General Confederate Army 1829 Carl Schurz, Major General Union volunteers and journalist 1829 William Anderson Pile, Major General Union volunteers 1828 Clinton Bowen Fisk, Major General Union volunteers 1828 James Birdseye MacPherson, Major General Union volunteers 1828 Byron Grimes, Major General Confederate Army 1828 Jacob Dolson Cox, Major General Union volunteers 1828 Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Major General Union volunteers 1828 George Leonard Andrews, Major General Union volunteers 1828 Joseph Bradford Carr, Major General Union volunteers 1828 Cuvier Grover, Major General Union Army 1828 John Rutter Brooke, Major General Union volunteers 1828 John Austin Wharton, Major General Confederate Army 1828 Adin Ballou Underwood, Major General Union volunteers 1828 Charles William Field, Major General Confederate Army 1828 Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General Confederate Army 1828 Jefferson Columbus Davis, Major General Union Army 1828 James Fleming Fagan, Major General Confederate Army 1828 Robert Alexander Cameron, Major General Union volunteers 1828 Robert Ransom, Jr., Major General Confederate Army 1828 Thomas Carmichael Hindman, Major General Confederate Army 1828 Lewis Addison Grant, Major General Union volunteers 1828 August Valentine Kautz, Major General Union Army 1827 Alfred Howe Terry, Major General Union volunteers 1827 James Sidney Robinson, Major General Union volunteers 1827 Kenner Garrard, Major General Union Army 1827 Henry Warner Slocum, Major General Union volunteers 1827 John Grubb Parke, Major General Union volunteers 1827 John Morrison Oliver, Major General Union volunteers 1827 Joseph Anthony Mower, Major General Union volunteers 1827 Charles Edward Hovey, Major General Union volunteers 1827 William Hopkins Morris, Major General Union volunteers 1827 John Gibbon, Major General Union volunteers 1827 Lewis Wallace, Major General Union volunteers and author, Ben Hur 1827 Alexander Shaler, Major General Union volunteers 1827 Henry DeLamar Clayton, Major General Confederate Army 1827 Richard W. Johnson, Major General Union Army 1827 James Barnet Fry, Major General Union Army 1827 Charles Robert Woods, Major General Union Army 1827 John Calvin Brown, Major General Confederate Army 1826 James Scott Negley, Union volunteers Major General 1826 John Benjamin Sanborn, Major General Union volunteers 1826 George Brinton McClellan, Major General Union Army 1826 William Mahone, Major General Confederate Army 1826 John McArthur, Major General Union volunteers 1826 Hugh Boyle Ewing, Major General Union volunteers 1826 Thomas John Lucas, Major General Union volunteers 1826 William Denison Whipple, Major General Union Army 1826 James Gillpatrick Blunt, Major General Union volunteers 1826 Benjamin Henry Grierson, Major General Union volunteers 1826 Robert Kingston Scott, Major General Union volunteers 1826 Green Clay Smith, Major General Union volunteers 1826 Thomas Hewson Neill, Major General Union volunteers 1826 Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna 1826 John Alexander Logan, Major General Union volunteers 1826 Halbert Eleazer Paine, Major General Union volunteers 1826 Charles Cruft, Major General Union volunteers 1825 Romeyn Beck Ayres, Major General Union Army 1825 Charles Griffin, Major General Union volunteers 1825 Henry Heth, Major General Confederate Army 1825 Julius H [Szamvald] Stahel, Major General Union volunteers 1825 Henry Warner Birge, Major General Union volunteers 1825 John Cook, Major General Union volunteers 1825 David Bell Birney, Major General Union volunteers 1825 George Lafayette Beal, Major General Union volunteers 1825 Joseph Bailey, Major General Union volunteers 1825 James Winning McMillan, Major General Union volunteers 1825 David Rumph "Neighbor" Jones, Major General Confederate Army 1825 Quincy Adams Gillmore, Major General Union volunteers 1825 George Edward Pickett, Major General Confederate Army 1824 Augustus Louis Chetlain, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Manning Ferguson Force, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Franz Sigel, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Rufus Saxton, Major General Union volunteers 1824 William Nelson, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Truman Seymour, Major General Union Army 1824 Isaac Hardin Duval, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Hiram Gregory Berry, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Absalom Baird, Major General Union Army 1824 Simon Goodell Griffin, Major General Union volunteers 1824 William Burnham Woods, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Alfred Pleasonton, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Charles Kinnaird Graham, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox, Major General Confederate Army 1824 Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Innis Newton Palmer, Major General Union volunteers 1824 William Henry Chase Whiting, Major General Confederate Army 1824 Thomas James Churchill, Major General Confederate Army 1824 William Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Winfield Scott Hancock, Major General Union volunteers 1823 Joseph Alexander Cooper, Major General Union volunteers 1823 Nathan Kimball, Major General Union volunteers 1823 Thomas John Wood, Major General Union volunteers 1823 John Newton, Major General Union volunteers 1823 Orris Sanford Ferry, Major General Union volunteers 1823 George Henry Gordon, Major General Union volunteers 1823 James Isham Gilbert, Major General Union volunteers 1823 Edward Elmer Potter, Major General Union volunteers 1823 Jesse Lee Reno, Major General Union volunteers 1823 James Lawson Kemper, Major General Confederate Army 1823 John Gray Foster, Major General Union volunteers 1823 James Allen Hardie, Major General Union Army 1823 Alfred Gibbs, Major General Union Army 1823 Orlando Bolivar Wilcox, Major General Union Army 1823 Samuel Kosciusko Zook, Major General Union volunteers 1823 William Thompson Martin, Major General Confederate Army 1823 William Buel Franklin, Major General Union volunteers 1823 Franklin Gardner, Major General Confederate Army 1823 Peter Joseph Osterhaus, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Thomas Casimer Devin, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Charles Smith Hamilton, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Gordon Granger, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Mansfield Lovell, Major General Confederate Army 1822 George Sykes, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Joseph Rodman West, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Fitz John Porter, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Schuyler Hamilton, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Darius Nash Couch, Major General Union volunteers 1822 John George Walker, Major General Confederate Army 1822 Samuel Davis Sturgis, Major General Union Army 1822 Dabney Herndon Maury, Major General Confederate Army 1822 Erastus Barnard Tyler, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Gershom Mott, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Seth Williams, Major General Union Army 1822 John Pope, Major General Union volunteers 1822 James Patton Anderson, Major General Confederate Army 1822 Thomas Leiper Kane, Major General Union volunteers 1822 John Porter Hatch, volunteers Major General, Union 1822 Joseph Brevard Kershaw, Major General Confederate Army 1822 Joseph Jones Reynolds, Major General Union volunteers 1821 Alvin Peterson Hovey, Major General Union volunteers 1821 Henry Baxter, Major General Union volunteers 1821 Christopher Columbus Augur, Major General Union volunteers 1821 John Dunlap Stevenson, Major General Union volunteers 1821 Alfred Sully, Major General Union volunteers 1821 Mortimer Dormer Leggett, Major General Union volunteers 1821 [George] Hector Tyndale, Major General Union volunteers 1821 Lafayette McLaws, Major General Confederate Army 1821 John James Peck, Major General Union volunteers 1820 David Allen Russell, Army Major General, Union 1820 Benjamin Franklin Cheatham, Major General Confederate Army 1820 George Jerrison Stannard, Major General Union volunteers 1820 Thomas Kilby Smith, Major General Union volunteers 1820 John Fulton Reynolds, Major General Union volunteers 1820 Earle Van Dorn, Major General Confederate Army 1820 Charles Devens, Jr., Major General, Union volunteers 1820 Patrick Edward Connor, Major General Union volunteers 1820 Horatio Gouverneur Wright, Major General, Union volunteers 1820 William Tecumseh Sherman, Major General Union Army 1820 John Milton Thayer, Major General Union volunteers 1820 John Haskell King, Major General Union Army 1819 John White Geary, Major General Union volunteers 1819 James Clifford Veatch, Major General Union volunteers 1819 Samuel Jones, Major General Confederate Army 1819 Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss, Major General Union volunteers 1819 Daniel Edgar Sickles, Major General Union volunteers 1819 George Washington Getty, Major General Union Army 1819 Henry Jackson Hunt, Major General Union Army 1819 Martin Luther Smith, Major General Confederate Army 1819 William Starke Rosecrans, Major General Union volunteers 1819 Samuel Powhatan Carter, Major General Union volunteers 1819 Alexander Hays, Major General Union volunteers 1819 William Birney, Major General Union volunteers 1819 Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Major General Union volunteers 1819 Frederick Steele, Major General Union volunteers 1819 Zealous Bates Tower, Major General Union Army 1818 William Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring, Major General Confederate Army 1818 Samuel Gibbs French, Major General Confederate Army 1818 Benjamin Franklin Butler, Major General Union volunteers 1818 Edward Otho Cresap Ord, Major General Union volunteers 1818 Irvin McDowell, Major General Union volunteers 1818 Rufus Ingalls, Major General Union Army 1818 William Farquhar Barry, Major General Union Army 1818 Lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General Union volunteers 1818 Cadwallader Colden Washburn, Major General Union volunteers 1818 Lewis Baldwin Parsons, Major General Union volunteers 1818 Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Major General Union volunteers 1818 Don Carlos Buell, Major General Union volunteers 1818 Albion Parris Howe, Major General Union Army 1818 Jeremy F Gilmer, Major Gen/Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept 1818 John Reese Kenly, Major General Union volunteers 1817 Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, Major General Union volunteers 1817 Bushrod Rust Johnson, Major General Confederate Army 1817 Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Major General Confederate Army 1817 James Blair Steedman, Major General Union volunteers 1817 Joseph K Barnes, Major General Union Army 1817 James Brewerton Ricketts, Major General Union Army 1817 John Wilson Sprague, Major General Union volunteers 1817 Samuel Ryan Curtis, Major General Union volunteers 1816 Alfred Elzey Jones, Major General Confederate Army 1816 William Henry Talkbot Walker, Major General Confederate Army 1816 Amiel Weeks Whipple, Major General Union volunteers 1816 Julius White, Major General Union volunteers 1816 John Eugene Smith, Major General Union Army 1816 George Henry Thomas, Major General Union Army 1816 Robert Huston Milroy, Major General Union volunteers 1816 Phillipe Regis Denis de Keredern de Trobriand, Major General, Union 1816 Robert Seaman Granger, Union Army Major general 1816 Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Major General Union Army 1816 Edward "Old Allegheny" Johnson, Major General Confederate Army 1816 Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, Major General Union volunteers 1816 Fitz-Henry Warren, Major General Union volunteers 1815 George Gordon Meade, Major General Union Army 1815 Israel Bush Richardson, Major General Union volunteers 1815 Stephen Augustus Hurlbut, Major General Union volunteers 1815 Howell Cobb II, Major General/Secy of Treasury, Union 1815 John Porter McCown, Major General Confederate Army 1815 Stewart Van Vliet, Major General Union Army 1815 Philip Kearny, Major General Union volunteers 1815 John Gross Barnard, Major General Union Army 1815 Abram Duryee, Major General Union volunteers 1815 Andrew Jackson Smith, Major General Union volunteers 1815 William Henry French, Major General Union volunteers 1815 Alexander Brydie Dyer, Major General Union Army 1815 George Webb Morell, Major General Union volunteers 1814 James Henry Carleton, Major General Union Army 1814 Michael Kelly Lawler, Major General Union volunteers, dies in 1882 1814 Joseph Hooker, Major General Union volunteers 1814 Jones Mitchell Withers, Major General Confederate Army 1813 John Sedgwick, Major General Union volunteers 1813 William Scott Ketchum, Major General Union Army 1813 Mason Brayman, Major General Union volunteers 1813 Henry Washington Benham, Major General Union Army 1813 Thomas West Sherman, Major General Union Army 1813 John McNeil, Major General Union volunteers 1813 Jacon Gartner Lauman, Major General Union volunteers 1812 William Grose, Major General Union volunteers 1812 Elias Smith Dennis, Major General Union volunteers 1812 John Alexander McClernand, Major General Union volunteers 1812 Marin R Delany, Charlestown, Virginia, 1st black major in U.S. Medical Corp 1812 Daniel Henry Rucker, Major General Union Army 1812 Randolph Barnes Marcy, Major General Union Army 1812 George Bibb Crittenden, Major General Confederate Army 1812 Ralph Pomeroy Buckland, Major General Union volunteers 1811 Alexander Sandor Asboth, Major General Union volunteers 1811 William Hamsley Emory, Major General Union volunteers 1811 Joseph Dana Webster, Major General Union volunteers 1811 Robert Allen, Major General Union Army 1811 Marsena Rudolph Patrick, Major General Union volunteers 1811 Robert Christie Buchanan, Major General Union Army 1811 Edward Dickinson Baker, Major General Union volunteers 1810 August Willich, Major General Union volunteers 1810 Benjamin Stone Roberts, Major General Union volunteers 1810 Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, Major General Union volunteers 1810 Cassius Marcellus Clay, Major General Union volunteers 1810 Alpheus Starkey Williams, Major General Union volunteers 1810 Thomas Jefferson McKean, Major General Union volunteers 1810 Erasmus Darwin Keyes, Major General Union volunteers 1810 Solomon Meredith, Major General Union volunteers 1810 Daniel Ullmann, Major General Union volunteers 1809 Thomas Alfred Davies, Major General Union volunteers 1809 Horatio Phillips Van Cleve, Major General Union volunteers 1809 Robert Cumming Schenck, Major General Union volunteers 1809 Sterline "Old Pap" Price, Major General Confederate Army 1809 Ormsby McKnight Mitchel, astronomer/Major General Union volunteers 1809 George Philip St. Cooke, Major General Union Army 1809 George Washington Cullom, Major General Union Army 1808 William Thomas Ward, Major General Union volunteers 1808 James Bowen, Major General Union volunteers 1807 James Samuel Wadsworth, Major General Union volunteers 1807 Silas Casey, Major General Union volunteers 1807 John Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General Confederate Army 1807 Charles Ferguson Smith, Major General Union volunteers 1807 Lysander Cutler, Major General Union volunteers 1807 Napoleon Bonaparte Buford, Major General Union volunteers 1807 Joseph Holt, Major General Union Army 1806 George C Cadwalader, Major General Union volunteers 1806 Amos Beebe Eaton, Major General Union Army 1805 Benjamin Hugur, Major General Confederate Army 1805 Samuel Peter Heintzelman, Major General Union volunteers 1805 Robert Anderson, Major General Union Army 1804 Lorenzo Thomas, Major General Union Army 1803 Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, Major General Union volunteers 1802 David Hunter, Major General Union volunteers 1802 Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, Major General Confederate Army 1802 George Douglas Ramsey, Major general Union Army 1801 James Barnes, Major General Union volunteers 1801 John Drake Sloat, Ret Major General Commander Union Navy 1801 Daniel Smith Donelson, Major General Confederate Army 1801 George Sears Greene, Major General Union volunteers 1800 Nat Turner, Virginia, leader of major slave rebellion, 1831 1798 Richard Delafield, Major General Union Army 1798 Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Major General Union volunteers 1797 Edwin Vose Sumner, Major General Union volunteers 1794 James Wolfe Ripley, Major General Union Army 1792 Robert Patterson, Major General Union volunteers 1789 James Fenimore Cooper, 1st major U.S. novelist, Last of Mohicans 1788 Joseph Gilbert Totten, Major General Union Army 1780 Patrick Ferguson, English major in SC, dies in battle at 36 1780 John Andre, British major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold) 1780 British Major John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Pt 1780 Benedict Arnold gives British Major Andre plans to West Point 1777 Major James Graves Simcoe appointed commandant of Queen's Rangers 1765 Charles Messier catalogs M41 (galactic cluster in Canis Major) 1760 French commandant Belatre surrenders Detroit to Major R Rogers 1709 1st major group of Swiss/German colonists reaches NC/SC 1673 Joan Blaeu, Dutch cartographer/publisher (Atlas Major), dies at 77 1594 Gustavus II Adolphus, king who made Sweden a 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