2015 Event A second major earthquake, magnitude 7.3, hits Nepal less than three weeks after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook the nation and caused thousands of deaths and injuries; at least 48 people are known to have perished in this second event 2015 Event The Vatican ends a five-year investigation into a key organization of U.S. nuns two years ahead of schedule and recommends no major changes; the group was under scrutiny for practices considered out of line with Catholic Church teaching 2014 Event Mike Nichols, director of a long list of successful productions in TV, film and theater, dies at age 83 of a heart attack; Nichols was one of very few directors to earn all four major industry awards: the Emmy, Golden Globe, Oscar and Tony 2014 Event 19-year-old golfer Hyo-Joo Kim wins the title round of the Evian Championship, becoming the third-youngest female golfer to win a major 2014 Event Rob Manfred has been elected as the new commissioner of Major League Baseball; Manfred will take the position after current commissioner Bud Selig retires early next year 2014 Event Rory McIlroy wins the PGA Championship, marking his fourth major championship; McIlroy is now one of only four players in golf history to reach this achievement by age 25 2014 Event Albert Pujols of the Los Angeles Angels joins an elite group of only 26 major league baseball players to have hit 500 home runs; Pujols achieved this feat during today's game against the Washington Nationals 2014 Event Major photo agency Getty Images is now allowing free embedding of millions of its images, many of famous figures 2014 Event The Superbowl takes place at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey; the Seahawks beat the Denver Broncos 43-8, a historic win for the Seahawks, who haven't won a major championship in 30 years 2013 Event Iran experiences a 5.6-magnitude earthquake 35 miles from the Bushehr nuclear plant, raising concerns over the risk of radioactive leaks in the event of a major earthquake; seven people die and 30 are injured 2013 Event In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, Australian pledges $10 million to help with major clean-up and relief efforts in Vietnam, where over people in a single province are feared dead 2013 Event Major bushfires that have endangered lives and destroyed homes cause Barry O'Farrell, the Premier of Australia's New South Wales to declare a state of emergency 2013 Event American baseball shortstop Jose Iglesias secures a one-year contract to play for the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball team 2013 Event New York Yankees player Alex Rodrigues, sets a Major League Baseball record with 24 grand slam home runs 2013 Event By winning the U.S. Open golf tournament, Korean Inbee Park, becomes the fourth woman to win three major championships in a season 2013 Event Sediments found in the reservoir of a major treatment plant in Montreal, Canada, lead authorities to issue a warning to boil the water before drinking it 2013 Event An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, causes 15 deaths and major damage to nearby buildings, residences, a nursing home and middle school 2013 Event New findings from the University of Leicester indicate decreasing sitting time by 90 each day can result in major heath advantages, such as reducing the risk of Type 2 Diabetes 2013 Event In a major effort to reduce dependency on Russian gas imports, the government of Ukraine signs a $10 billion shale gas deal with Royal Dutch Shell 2012 Event The British government grants Wales limited powers to borrow money for financing major projects 2012 Event Singer George Michael experiences 'major anxiety' and cancels the Australian leg of his tour; the singer resulted from life-threatening pneumonia in November 2011 2012 Event New Zealand sustains a major earthquake, with minor damage reported 2012 Event Sarah West, a British naval officer Commander is appointed commander of HMS Portland, the Royal Navy frigate; she is the first female officer to take command of a major British warship 2012 Event A study finds that 90% of dropouts in Asia's major city schools suffer from myopia, or short-sightedness, with 10 - 20% having advanced, or high myopia, which can cause blindness 2012 Event Romania's Prime Minister Emil Boc and his entire cabinet resign due to major social and political unrest in the country 2012 Event Josefina Vazquez Mota is the first woman ever endorsed by a major Mexican party to run for President of Mexico 2012 Event Justine Greening, the U.K. Secretary of State for Transport approves the HS2, a high-speed rail line that will link major cities in the U.K. to London 2011 Event In Major League Baseball's World Series, the St. Louis Cardinals win Game 1 against the Texas Rangers 2011 Event Casey Anthony, cleared of murdering her daughter Caylee and set to be released from the Orange County, Florida jail, attracts major crowds unhappy with the judgement 2011 Event Major League Baseball history is made when Derek Jeeter of the New York Yankees makes a home run off of the Tampa Bay Rays, becoming the 28th member of the 3,000 hit club 2011 Event Li Na becomes the first Asian tennis player to win a major title winning the 2011 French Open; Li Na is from the People's Republic of China 2011 Event Sendai, a major 9.0 earthquake strikes offshore of Japan's Miyagi Prefecture; 10-meter high tsunami's are produced near its epicenter, reaching land through the Pacific ocean 2011 Event The head of the Taiwanese Army's electronic communications and information department, Major General Lo Hsien-che is arrested for leaking secrets to China 2010 Event Many nations urge lower fishing rates on the Atlantic bluefin tuna; quota limits on the critically endangered fish are discussed by major fishing nations in Paris 2010 Event The U.S. announces it will provide an additional $500 million to aid Pakistan to help rebuilding efforts after major floods ravaged the country 2010 Event The Paris Masters final is won by Sweden's Robin Soderling, a first major win for the player, now ranked fourth in the world of tennis 2010 Event The New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins, progressing to Major League Baseball's 2010 American League Championship Series 2010 Event Major floods in Southern Sudan, near Aweil, Northern Bahr el Ghazal leave 57,000 people homeless 2010 Event The Stonehenge World Heritage Site announces the discovery of a possible new henge, the biggest discovery at a major monument in over 50 years 2004 Event Tony Awards, Avenue Q, I Am My Own Wife, Henry IV revival and Assassins revival won major awards 2004 Event 46th Grammy Awards, Coldplay, Outkast, Richard Marx, Luther Vandross, Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake win major awards 2003 Event Tony Awards, Hairspray, Take Me Out, Long Day's Journey Into Night revival and Nine revival won major awards 2003 Event President George W. Bush declares that 'major combat operations' in Iraq are over 2003 Event 45th Grammy Awards, Norah Jones and John Mayer win major awards 2002 Death Ted Williams, athlete, last person to hit .400 for a season as a major leaguer, dies at 83 2002 Event Tony Awards, The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Private Lives revival, and Into the Woods revival won major awards 2002 Event 44th Grammy Awards, U2, Alicia Keyes, Nelly Furtado and James Taylor win major awards 2001 Death Mary Kay Ash, businesswoman, started a major cosmetics company, dies at 83 2001 Event Tony Awards, The Producers, Proof, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest revival and 42nd Street revival won major awards 2001 Event 43rd Grammy Awards, U2, Steely Dan, Macy Gray and Sting win major awards 2000 Event Tony Awards, Copenhagen, Contact, The Real Thing revival, and Kiss Me Kate revival won major awards 2000 Event 42nd Grammy Awards, Santana, Sarah McLachlan and Sting win major awards 1999 Event 41st Grammy Awards, Celine Dion, Lauryn Hill and Eric Clapton win major awards 1998 Event Tony Awards, Lion King, Caberet revival, Ragtime, and The Beauty Queen of Leenane won major awards 1998 Event 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 Event 40th Grammy Awards, Shawn Colvin, Bob Dylan, Sarah McLachlan, and Elton John win major awards 1997 Death Dawn Steel, film maker, first woman to head a major Hollywood studio, responsible for 'Flashdance', 'Fatal Attraction', dies at 51 1997 Death Coleman Young, 1st black mayor of a major city (Detroit) 1997 Event Major league revenue sharing begins, New York Yankees pay out most $28M 1997 Event Major League Soccer announces Miami and Chicago expansion 1997 Event Major League Baseball announces 5 year, $50M deal with Pepsi 1996 Event Nebraska and Penn State are 5th and 6th major colleges to win 700 1996 Event Roger Clemens ties his own major league record with 20 strikeouts 1996 Death MacKenzie John, pipe major, dies at 83 1996 Death Carl Stokes, 1st black mayor of a major U.S. city, Cleveland, dies 1995 Event Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan 1994 Death Major Bill Smith, record producer, dies at 72 1994 Death Major Lance, soul singer, dies at 55 1994 Death Richard M Major, U.S. anti-terror specialist (CIA Red Book), dies at 72 1994 Event Members of the Major League Baseball Players Association strike 1994 Event Major parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter (July 16th-22nd) 1994 Event Steffi Graf becomes 1st defending tennis champ to lose in 1st round of a major tournament (Wimbledon to Lorrie McNeal) 1993 Event British premier Major/Irish premier Reynolds signs Downing Street Declaration concerning Northern Ireland self determination 1993 Death Anatoli Koretski, Russian major general, murdered 1993 Death Sergei Y Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut, dies in accident at 35 1993 Death Donald "Deke" K Slayton, U.S. major/astronaut (Apollo 18), dies at 69 1993 Event New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl 1992 Death Alexander Pola, Abraham Polak, actor and writer (Farce Major), dies 1992 Event U.S. Major Soccer League folds after 14 seasons 1992 Event West beats East 14 to 9 in Major Soccer League all star game 1991 Event Royals Warren Cromartie's 1st major league home run since 1983 1991 Event Darrin Lewis hits his 1st major league home run 1991 Event Major league umpire Steve Palermo and former NFL defensive lineman Terence Mann were shot trying to help 2 waitresses from being robbed 1991 Event New York Yankee Steve Howe records his 1st major league save since 1987 1991 Event San Diego Sockers win 4th consecutive Major Soccer League championship 1991 Event U.S. announces closing of 31 major U.S. military bases 1991 Event Major league umpires and baseball reach a 4-year agreement 1990 Event Britain's conservatives chose John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher 1990 Event Nolan Ryan becomes 20th major league pitcher to win 300 games 1990 Event Boston Red Sox set major league record with 12 doubles in a game 1990 Event Notre Dame becomes 1st team to sell its game to a major network (NBC) 1989 Event Houston becomes 1st major college team to gain 1000 yards in a game 1989 Event 1st black owners (Betram Lee and Peter Bynoe) to own a major sports team, purchasing Denver Nuggets for $65m 1989 Event Delta Burke (Designing Women) weds Gerald McRaney (Major Dad) 1989 Event Ron Brown chosen 1st black chairman of a major U.S. party (Democrats) 1988 Event Senate votes for major federal tax code changes 1987 Event 2nd coup on Fiji led by Major General Sitiveni Rabuka 1987 Event Calif's Bob Boone catches record 1,919th major league game 1987 Event Knuckleballer Charlie Hough on the mound, Rangers catcher Geno Petralli ties the major league record by allowing 6 passed balls 1987 Event 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 Event Indians Jay Bell is 10th to hit a home run on 1st major league pitch he sees 1986 Event San Diego Padre Jimmy Jones pitchs 1-hitter in his major league debut 1986 Event A's Mark McGwire hits his 1st major league home run 1986 Death Ellison S. Onizuka, born in Hawaii, Major USAF/Astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster 1985 Event Major League Baseball Players' Association stages a midseason baseball strike (lasts 1 day) 1983 Event Reggie Jackson is 1st major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times 1983 Event Stern mag announces major historical find-discovery of 60 volume personal diaries written by Adolph Hitler (turned out to be a hoax) 1982 Event Major leagues vote not to renew Commissioner Bowie Kuhn's contract 1981 Event 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends 1980 Event Major race riot in Miami Florida - 16 killed, 300 injured 1979 Death Bern Hoffman, actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66 1979 Event Major Haddad declares South-Lebanon independent 1979 Event J. R. Richard throws major league record 6 wild pitches in Astrodome 1979 Event Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown, Pennsylvania (no deaths) 1979 Event Major riot at Bourda prevents day's play in WSC Supertest 1978 Event Major Indoor Soccer League holds its 1st draft 1978 Event Major Indoor Soccer League grants 1st 6 franchises to Cincinnati, 1978 Death Lyman Bostock, professional baseball player, outfielder, Minnesota Twins and California Angels Major League Baseball teams, dies in Gary, Indiana, at age 27, murdered by Leonard Smith 1978 Event Dodgers become 1st major league team to draw 3 million fans 1978 Event Formation of Major Indoor Soccer League announced 1978 Event President Ford signs 1st major revision of copyright law since 1909 1977 Event Major Indoor Soccer League officially organized (New York City) 1977 Event Red Sox wallop a major league-record 8 home runs beating Toronto 9-6 1976 Death Sybil Thorndike, actress (Melba, Major Barbara), dies at 93 1975 Event Mexico City's 1st major subway accident takes 26 lives 1974 Event Giants John Montefusco makes his major league debut 1974 Event Pitching in major league-record 13th consecutive game for Dodgers 1973 Event Major General Juvenal Habyarimana becomes president of Rwanda 1973 Event Kansas City Royals' George Brett gets his 1st major league hit 1973 Event Robyn Smith becomes 1st female jockey to win a major race 1972 Event Record 8 shutouts pitched in 16 major league games (AL=5, NL=3) 1972 Event Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike 1971 Event Sudan military coup under Major Hashem al-Atta, Numeiry flees 1970 Birthday 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 Event Mail service paralyzed by 1st major postal strike 1969 Event Congo-Brazzaville becomes People's republic, under major Ngouabi 1969 Event Major General Mohamed Siad Barre becomes President of Somali 1969 Event Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in a record 907th major league game 1969 Event 1st major league baseball game outside U.S. played (Montreal Canada) 1969 Event Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st female jockey to win at a major U.S. track 1969 Event Diane Crump becomes 1st woman jockey at a major U.S. racetrack (Hialeah) 1968 Event AL and NL umpires form a new Association of Major League Umpires 1968 Event Satchel Paige, 62, and needing 158 days on a major league payroll to qualify for a pension, is signed by Braves 1968 Event Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (Giants) 1968 Event NL awards Montreal and SD major league franchises 1967 Event Carl B. Stokes elected 1st black mayor of a major city-Cleveland, Ohio 1967 Death Orville Caldwell, Deputy Major (LA-1940), dies at 71 1967 Event Major Robert H Lawrence, Jr. named 1st black astronaut 1967 Birthday 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 Death Edward G Givens, Jr., Major USAF/astronaut, dies in an car crash at 47 1967 Birthday 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 Event Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out 6 straight major leaguers 1966 Event 1st major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France 1966 Event Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire 1965 Event Cubs tie major league record of 3 triple plays in a season 1965 Event Japanese community of San Francisco holds Masanori Murakami Day at Candlestick Park to honor 1st Japanese player to play in major leagues 1965 Event Major league record 26 strikeouts, Phillies (16), Pirates (10) 1965 Event Dick Stuart homers in a major league-record 23rd different park 1965 Birthday 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 Event Phillies tie major league record with season's 3rd triple play (Reds) 1964 Birthday 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 Birthday 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 Event Houston Colt 45s Ken Johnson becomes 1st major league pitcher to lose a 9 inning no-hitter, Reds win 1-0 1963 Event Major league baseballs 100,000th game 1963 Event USAF Major Robert A Rushworth in X-15 reaches 86,900 m 1963 Birthday Jeff Musselman, born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, professional baseball player, pitcher, played for the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Mets Major League Baseball teams 1963 Event Colt .45s beat Giants 3-0 in major leagues' 1st Sunday night game 1963 Event Pete Rose triples for his 1st major league base hit 1963 Event Major League Rules Committee votes to expand strike zone 1962 Birthday Chuck Finley, born in Monroe, Louisiana, pitcher, Major League Baseball, played for California Angels, won more than 15 games six times between 1986 and 1999 1962 Event USAF Major Robert A. Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800m 1962 Event USAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 32,300m 1962 Event Dodgers set major league-record season attendance of 2,755,184 1962 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m 1962 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m 1962 Birthday Darnell Coles, born in San Bernardino, California, professional baseball player, third baseman, outfielder, played for The Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball Teams 1962 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 40,420 m 1962 Event Robert A. Rushworth, USAF major, takes X-15 to 30,600m 1962 Birthday Joey Meyer, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, professional baseball player, played for Milwaukee Brewers Major League Baseball team 1962 Birthday Sergei Viktorovich Zalyotin, born in Russia, major/cosmonaut 1962 Event 1st major league game in Houston, Colt .45s beat Chicago Cubs, 11-2 1961 Event Frank Robinson is 1st to win MVPs in both major leagues 1961 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 30,970m 1961 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 66,100m 1961 Birthday Pamela Ann Melroy, born in Palo Alto, California, Major USAF/astronaut, sk:STS-92 1961 Event Willie Mays is 4th major leaguer with 3 or more home runs twice in a season 1961 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,830 m 1961 Birthday 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 Birthday Kevin Romine, born in Exeter, New Hampshire, professional baseball player, outfielder, played for Major Baseball team, the Boston Redsox 1961 Event USAF Major Robert M. White takes X-15 to 32,000 m 1961 Birthday Yuri Ivanovich Onufriyenko, Russian major/cosmonaut, Mir, Soyuz TM-23 1960 Birthday Curt Ford, born in Jackson, Mississippi, professional baseball player, played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies Major League Baseball teams 1960 Birthday Damon Wayans, actor/comedian, In Living Color, Major Payne, Blankman 1960 Birthday Steven W. Lindsey, Arcadia, California, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-87 1960 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 41,600 m 1960 Birthday Christopher J "Gus" Loria, Newton, Massachusetts, Major USMC/astronaut 1960 Birthday Mike Fitzgerald, born in Long Beach, California, professional baseball player, catcher, played for the New York Mets, Montreal Expos, California Angels Major League Baseball Teams, 1983 - 1992 1960 Birthday 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 Birthday 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 Event USAF Major Robert M. White takes X-15 to 33,222 m 1960 Event Continental League, a proposed third major league, gets an assurance of congressional support from New York Senator Kenneth Keating 1959 Birthday Michael P Anderson, Plattsburgh, New York, major USAF/astronaut, STS-89 1959 Event 1st movie opening simultaneously in major cities (On The Beach) 1959 Event In his major league debut, San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey goes 4-for-4 1959 Event 1st black to win a major golf tournament, William Wright 1959 Event Phils' Dave Philley gets a major league record 9th straight pinch hit 1959 Birthday Michael J. Bloomfield, born in Flint, Michigan, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-86 1958 Birthday Nancy J. Currie, born in Wilmington, Delaware, Major Army/astronaut, STS-57, 70, sk: 88 1958 Event Dale Long becomes 1st major league lefty catcher in 52 years 1958 Birthday Gennadi Ivanovich Padalka, Russian major/cosmonaut, SK: Soyuz TM-28 1958 Birthday 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 Event Ted Williams is 10th major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits 1958 Birthday Sergei Yuriyevich Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut 1958 Event Arnold Palmer wins 1st major golf tournament-Masters 1958 Birthday Susan J. Helms, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-54, 64, 78 1958 Birthday 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 Birthday Jeffrey N Williams, Superior Wisconsin, Major Army/astronaut 1957 Event Major Adrian Drew flies 1,943 kph in F-101 Voodoo 1957 Event U.S. Major David Simons reaches 30,933m in a balloon 1957 Event 1st black to win a major U.S. tennis tournament, Althea Gibson 1957 Event Marine Major John Glenn sets transcontinental speed record (03:28:08) 1957 Birthday Rick Douglas Husband, born in Amarillo, Texas, USAF Major/astronaut 1957 Event Major Irwin, USAAF flies a Lockheed Starfight to a record 1,404.18 MPH 1957 Birthday William G. Gregory, born in Lockport, New York, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-67 1957 Event Major Johnson, USAAF flies a Lockheed Starfight to 17.28 miles (27.8 K) 1957 Birthday Duane G. Carey, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, major USAF/astronaut 1957 Birthday Carney Lansford, born in San Jose, California, Major League Baseball player, third baseman, played for California Angels, Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics 1978 - 1992 1956 Birthday Eileen Marie Collins, born in Elmira, New York, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-63, 84 1956 Event Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th home run 1956 Birthday Lance Parrish, born in Clairton, Pennsylvania, professional baseball player, catcher, played for many Major League Baseball teams, won All-Star eight times, won Silver Slugger award six times 1956 Birthday Paul S. Lockhart, born in Amarillo, Texas, Major USAF/astronaut 1955 Birthday Shanna Reed, Kansas City Kansas, actress, Major Dad, Mirrors 1955 Event U.S. Auto Club forms to oversee 4 major auto reacing categories 1955 Birthday Carl Erwin Walz, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-51, 65, 79 1955 Birthday Charlie Puleo, born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Major League Baseball player, pitcher, played for the New York Mets, Cincinnati Red and Atlanta Braves 1981 - 1989 1955 Birthday Damaso Garcia, born in Moca, Dominican Republic, Major League Baseball player, played for the New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays and Montreal Expos 1978 - 1989 1954 Event Major league owners vote down sale of A's to a Philadelphia syndicate 1954 Event Attempting to handle Hoyt Wilhelm's knuckleball catcher Ray Katt of Giants sets a major league record with 4 passed balls 1954 Event Hurricane Carol (1st major named storm) hits New England, 70 die 1954 Event 1st major league game where majority of team is black (Dodgers) 1954 Event Major League Baseball Players Association founded 1953 Event Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws 1953 Event Cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league home run 1953 Event Braves Phil Paine is 1st former major leaguer to play in Japan 1953 Birthday Brian J. Duffy, born in Boston, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-45, 57, 72, sk:92 1953 Event 1st major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2 1953 Birthday Ron Jackson, born in Birmingham, Alabama, professional baseball player, played Major League Baseball, hitting coach for Boston Red Sox, 2003 - 2006 1953 Event Brown's Bobo Holloman 1st major league start, no-hits Philadelphia A's, 6-0 1952 Event Stan Musial makes his only major league pitching appearance 1952 Event 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 Birthday Mark C Lee, Viroqua WI, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-30, 47, 64, 82,sk: 98 1952 Birthday Donald R. McMonagle, born in Flint, Michigan, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-39, 54, 66 1952 Event 1st black executive of a major TV station (Jackie Robinson-WNBC New York) 1952 Birthday Lloyd Blaine Hammond, Jr., Savannah, Georgia, Major USAF/astr, STS-39, 64 1951 Event Former Cubs 1st baseman and future TV star of Rifleman Chuck Connors is 1st player to oppose the major league draft 1951 Birthday Mark N Brown, Valparaiso, Indiana, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-28, 48, 66 1951 Birthday Sidney M. Gutierrez, born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-40, 59 1951 Event Willie Mays gets his 1st major league hit, a home run 1951 Event New York Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5) 1951 Birthday Thomas D Akers, St. Louis, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-41, 49, 61, 79 1951 Event Gil McDougald ties major league record with 6 RBIs in 1 inning 1951 Event Senate committee reports of at least 2 major U.S. crime syndicates 1951 Birthday 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 Birthday Talgat Amangeldyyevich Musabayev, Russian Major/cosmonaut, TM-19, TM-27 1950 Birthday Margaret Whitton, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Good and Evil, Major League 1950 Birthday Lyman Bostock, professional baseball player, outfielder, Minnesota Twins and California Angels Major League Baseball teams 1950 Birthday Carl J Meade, Illinos, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-38, STS-50, 64 1950 Event 1st Major League baseball player to fight in Korea (Curt Simmons) 1950 Event 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5) 1950 Birthday Vic Harris, born in Los Angeles, California, baseball player, second baseman for Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Major League Baseball teams 1950 Birthday 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 Birthday Terrence W. Wilcutt, Russellville, Kentucky, Major USMC/astronaut, STS-68, 79 1949 Birthday Steve Busby, born in Burbank, California, baseball player, sportscaster, starting pitcher, played for Major League Baseball team Kansas City Royals 1949 Event Baseball major league record 4 grand slams hit 1949 Birthday Ray Major, rock guitarist, British Lions 1949 Birthday James S. Voss, born Cordova, Alabama, Major USA/astronaut, STS-44, 53, 69 1949 Birthday Robert Cabana, born in Minneapolis, Major USMC/astronaut, STS-41, 53, 68, sk:88 1948 Event Satchel Paige at 42, pitches his 1st major league complete game 1948 Birthday Gerald McRaney, born in Collins, Mississippi, actor, Rick-Simon and Simon, Major Dad 1947 Event Pacific Coast League application for major league status rejected 1947 Birthday Gerald McRaney, Collins Mississippi, actor, Simon and Simon, Major Dad 1947 Event Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit 1947 Event Jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut 1947 Event Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in major league baseball (Dodgers) 1947 Birthday Major Harris, U.S. R&B-singer, Love won't Let me wait 1947 Birthday David Bowie, born in London, England, singer and actor, Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust, also known as David Robert Hayward-Jones 1946 Event Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game 1946 Birthday Dawn Steel, born in America, film maker, first woman to head a major Hollywood studio, responsible for 'Flashdance', 'Fatal Attraction' 1946 Birthday Ellison S. Onizuka, born in Hawaii, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-51C, 51L-Chal disaster 1946 Death Edward Bowes, radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour), dies at 71 1946 Event Giants outfielder Danny Gardella is 1st major leaguer to announce he is jumping to the "outlaw" Mexican League 1945 Death Major Courtney, U.S. medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf 1945 Death John Poston, British major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25 1944 Death Peter Waddy, British major 1st Para Brigade, dies in battle in Arnhem 1944 Death Wolfgang Redlich, German major/pilot, dies in battle 1944 Event Joe Nuxhall, 15, of Cincinnati Reds is youngest player in major league 1944 Death Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, German major/pilot, shot down 1943 Birthday John Major, British Prime Minister, C, 1990-97 1943 Event Major General Bradley arrives in Dakar and Marrakesh 1942 Event During WW II, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt 1942 Death Von Bismarck, German major general, (Africa Corps), dies in battle 1942 Event Battle of Midway begins; Japan's 1st major defeat in WW II 1942 Event Major German assault on Malta 1942 Event 3 day Battle of Java Sea ends, U.S. suffers a major naval defeat 1941 Event Cards' Stan Musial makes his major league debut, going 2-for-4 1941 Event Germans made their last major air attack on Britain 1941 Birthday Major Lance, U.S. boxer, dancer and singer, Hey Little Girl 1940 Event British troops 1st major offensive in No Africa (Libya) during WW II 1940 Birthday Ed Garvey, labor leader, Major League Baseball Players Association 1939 Event 1st major league baseball telecast-Reds beat Brooklyn Dodgers (W2XBS New York) 1938 Event Major leagues agrees on standard ball 1938 Event Major leagues disagree on increasing rosters from 23 to 25 1938 Event Nazis plan Jewish ghettos for all major cities 1936 Event 1st baseman Walter Alston plays in his only major league game 1936 Event Indians' Bob Feller makes his major league debut in relief 1936 Birthday Major Owens, born in Collierville, Tennessee, Representative-D-New York 1983 - 2007 1936 Birthday Major R. Owens, American Politician 1936 Birthday Major Owens, American Politician 1935 Event 1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Phil 1) 1935 Event "RvJ" Mitchell and Major Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire 1935 Event Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network 1934 Event Pittsburgh is last major league city to play a home game on a Sunday 1933 Birthday William A Anders, Hong Kong, Major Gen, USAF/astronaut, Apollo 8 1933 Event 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 Event 1st major league to get 4 consecutive doubles in 9 inn (Dick Bartell) 1933 Event Major earthquake in Long Beach, California 1933 Event Major NFL rule changes (hash mark 10 yards in, posts on goal line) 1932 Birthday Clifton C Williams, Jr., Mobile Alabama, Major USMC/astronaut 1932 Event Dodger John Quinn, 49, is oldest pitcher to win a major league game 1932 Birthday Gavin Lyall, author, Conduct of Major Maxim 1931 Event 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 Birthday Carrie Saxon Perry, 1st black mayor of a major U.S. city, Hartford CT 1931 Birthday Jim Frey, born in Cleveland, Ohio, manager, coach, Major League Baseball teams, Kansas City Royals, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs 1930 Birthday Michael Collins, Rome, Major General USAF/astronaut, Gemini 10, Apollo 11 1930 Event Brooklyn catcher Al Lopez hits major league's last recorded bounce home run 1930 Event 123 runs are scored in 7 major league games 1930 Birthday 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 Birthday Edward Galven Givens, Jr., Quanah Texas, Major USAF/astronaut 1928 Event Carl Hubbell's 1st major league victory is a 4-0 shutout of Phils 1927 Death Ole Olsen, composer, organist, teacher, wrote opera 'Stig Hvide', wrote Symphony in G major, dies at 77 in Oslo, Norway 1927 Birthday Althea Gibson, born in Silver, South Carolina, 1st black tennis champion in a major event 1927 Event Major Bernard Montgomery (29) marries widow Betty Carver 1926 Birthday Bowie Kuhn, born in Maryland, lawyer, sports administrator, fifth commissioner of Major League Baseball 1925 Death Jakab Gyula Major, composer, dies at 66 1924 Birthday Donald "Deke" Kent Slayton, born in Sparta, Wisconsin, Major USAF/astronaut, Apollo 18 1924 Birthday Margaret Beda Nicholson, author, No Medals for the Major 1922 Birthday MacKenzie John, pipe major 1921 Death P B S Pinchback, major Reconstruction politician, dies at 84 1921 Birthday 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 Event Ray Chapman, of Indians is hit in head by Yankees' Carl Mays pitch; he dies next day, only major league fatality 1919 Event Fastest major league game (51 minutes), Giants beat Phillies 6-1 1919 Event Babe Ruth ties Ned Williamson's major league mark of 27 home runs 1919 Event 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler) 1919 Event Phillies tie major league record of 8 steals in 9 inn game 1919 Event Major leagues open a reduced 140-game season 1919 Birthday Jackie Robinson, born in Georgia, 1st black major league baseball player, Dodgers 1918 Event Battle of the Argonne, final major battle of WW I 1918 Birthday Phil Rizzuto, born in Brooklyn, New York, Major League Baseball player, shortstop for the New York Yankees 1916 Death Charles E Manning, Australian judge/major, dies in battle at 36 1916 Birthday Ralph Baldwin, harness driver, set 11 major world records 1915 Birthday J. Donald Budge, U.S. tennis player, 1st to hold world's 4 major titles 1914 Birthday Alexander Pola, Dutch actor and writer, Farce Major 1912 Birthday Wendy Hiller, England, actress, Major Barbara, David Copperfield 1911 Event 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 Birthday Kathleen Major, principal, St. Hilda's College, England 1905 Event George Bernard Shaws "Major Barbara," premieres in London 1905 Event 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 Event Pitcher Jack Doscher, 1 son of a major leaguer debuts with Cubs 1901 Event Battle at Blood River Port: Boer General Botha beats Major Goughs cavalry 1901 Birthday CFH "Freddie" Gough, British major scout, WW II, Arnhem 1899 Death Lord Winchester, British marquis/major, dies in battle 1897 Event Yale defeated Penn, 30-10 in 1st major college basketball game 1896 Event Ed Delahanty, becomes 2nd major leaguer to hit 4 home runs in a game 1893 Death Allan Wilson, British/Rhodesian major, dies in battle 1888 Birthday Hans Oster, German major general/spy/July 20th plotter 1886 Event Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war 1886 Event 1st major earthquake recorded in eastern U.S., at Charleston SC, 110 die 1884 Event Moses Walker became 1st black player in major league 1880 Event John Lee Richmond pitches 1st major league perfect game, Worcester 1, Cleveland's Forest City 0 1879 Event John Brahms' Violin Concerto in D major premieres in Leipzig 1878 Birthday Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor, world champion cyclist, 1899 1874 Event Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court 1874 Birthday Edward Bowes, radio host, Major Bowes Amateur Hour 1874 Event Major Walter Winfield patents game called "sphairistike" (lawn tennis) 1870 Birthday Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years 1868 Birthday Bertha Landes, 1st woman elected mayor of a major U.S. city, Seattle 1868 Event Major General E R S Canby removes mayor of Columbia SC 1865 Death Francis Washburn, U.S. Union colonel/general major, dies of injuries 1865 Event 1st black major in U.S. Army, Martin Robinson Delany 1864 Event Union Major General Sherman burns Atlanta 1863 Event Battle of Gettysburg Pennsylvania ends, major victory for North 1863 Death Benjamin Franklin "Grimes" Davis, Union major, dies in battle at 30 1863 Death John Pelham, U.S. Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24 1862 Event Major General Earl Van Dorn assumes command of Confederate troops in Missisippi 1862 Event General Lee's adjutant major Stuart captured 1862 Death Chatham Roberdeau Wheat, Confederate major, dies in battle at about 35 1862 Event Grant's major assault on Ft. Donelson, Tennessee 1861 Event 1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins 1861 Event Battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought 1861 Event Major General Benjamin Butler declares slaves "contraband of war" 1860 Event Major Robert Anderson, under cover of darkness, concentrated his small force at Ft. Sumter 1858 Birthday Jakab Gyula Major, composer 1857 Event American Chess Association organized; 1st major U.S. chess tournament (New York City) 1854 Event Major streets lit by coal gas for 1st time 1853 Event 1st major U.S. rail disaster kills 46 in Norwalk, Connecticut 1851 Event 1st major San Francisco fire 1850 Birthday Ole Olsen, born in Hammerfest, Norway, composer, organist, teacher, wrote opera 'Stig Hvide', wrote Symphony in G major 1849 Death George Washington Williams, 1st major black historian, dies 1846 Event 1st major battle of Mexican War fought at Palo Alto Texas 1844 Birthday Galusha Pennypacker, Major General Union Army 1840 Birthday Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, Major General Union volunteers 1840 Birthday William Francis Bartlett, Major General Union volunteers 1839 Birthday George Armstrong Custer, Major General Union volunteers 1839 Birthday Emory Upton, Major General Union Army 1839 Birthday Nelson Appleton Miles, Major General Union volunteers 1839 Birthday Cyrus Hamblin, Major General Union volunteers 1839 Birthday Francis Fessenden, Major General Union volunteers 1838 Birthday John Grant Mitchell, Major General Union volunteers 1838 Birthday John Pelham, Major Confederate Army 1838 Birthday Charles Carroll Walcott, Major General Union volunteers 1837 Birthday William Wells, Major General Union volunteers 1837 Birthday James Harrison Wilson, Major General Union volunteers 1837 Birthday Stephen D Ramseur, youngest West Pointer to be Major Gen 1837 Birthday Eli Long, Major General Union Army 1837 Birthday Stephen Dodson Ramseur, Major General Confederate Army 1837 Birthday William Henry Fitzhugh "Rooney" Lee, Major General Confederate Army 1837 Birthday Robert Frederick Hoke, Major General Confederate Army 1837 Birthday James Sanks Brisbin, Major General Union volunteers 1837 Birthday Stephen Dodson Ramseur, Major General Confederate Army 1837 Birthday Francis Jay Herron, Major General Union volunteers 1836 Birthday John Thomas Croxton, Major General Union volunteers 1836 Birthday Pierce Manning Butler Young, Major General Confederate Army 1836 Birthday Thomas Lafayette Rosser, Major General Confederate Army 1836 Birthday Joseph Wheeler II, Major General, Confederacy/Cavalry/Army of Tennessee 1836 Birthday Henry Eugene Davies, Major General Union volunteers 1836 Birthday Thomas Wilberforce Egan, Major General Union volunteers 1836 Birthday James Patrick Major, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1836 Birthday Matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General, Confederate Army 1836 Birthday Benjamin Franklin Potts, Major General Union volunteers 1836 Birthday [Hugh] Judson Kilpatrick, Major General Union volunteers 1835 Birthday Fitzhugh Lee, Major General Confederate Army 1835 Birthday Elliott Warren Rice, Major General Union volunteers 1835 Birthday Lunsford Lindsay Lomax, Major General Confederate Army 1835 Birthday Godfrey Weitzel, Union volunteers Major general 1835 Birthday Adelbert Ames, Major General Union Army 1835 Birthday Joseph Hayes, Major General Union volunteers 1835 Birthday Newton Martin Curtis, Major General Union volunteers 1835 Birthday Alexander Stuart Webb, Major General Union Army 1835 Birthday Oliver Edwards, Major General Union volunteers 1834 Birthday Thomas Edward Greenfield Ransom, Major General Union volunteers 1834 Birthday Joseph Jackson Bartlett, Major General Union volunteers 1834 Birthday Wager Swayne, Major General Union volunteers 1834 Birthday Wesley Merritt, Major General Union volunteers 1834 Birthday William Dorsey Pender, Major General Confederate Army 1834 Birthday Robert Sanford Foster, Major General Union volunteers 1833 Birthday Cyrus Bussey, Major General Union volunteers 1833 Birthday James Deering Fessenden, Major General Union volunteers 1833 Birthday Henry Alanson Barnum, Major General Union volunteers 1833 Birthday Charles Jackson Paine, Major General Union volunteers 1833 Birthday John Wesley Turner, Major General Union Army 1833 Birthday Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert, Major General Union Army 1833 Birthday Edward Moody McCook, Major General Union volunteers 1833 Birthday Frank Wheaton, Major General Union Army 1833 Birthday David McMurtrie Gregg, Major General Union volunteers 1833 Birthday Thomas Howard Ruger, Major General Union volunteers 1833 Birthday John Sappington Marmaduke, Major General Confederate Army 1833 Birthday James Ewell Brown "JEB" Stuart, Major General Confederate Army 1832 Birthday Thomas Alfred Smyth, Major General Union volunteers 1832 Birthday Edward Hatch, Major General Union volunteers 1832 Birthday John Henry Ketcham, Major General Union volunteers 1832 Birthday George Henry Chapman, Major General Union volunteers 1832 Birthday William Woods Averell, Major General Union Army 1832 Birthday George Crockett Strong, Major General Union volunteers 1832 Birthday Samuel Sprigg Carroll, Major General Union Army 1832 Birthday George Washington Custis Lee, Major General Confederate Army 1832 Birthday Thomas Ogden Osbord, Major General Union volunteers 1832 Birthday Walter Quintin Gresham, Major General Union volunteers 1832 Birthday Charles Camp Doolittle, Major General Union volunteers 1832 Birthday Camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac, Major General Confederate Army 1832 Birthday John Brown Gordon, Major General Confederate Army 1831 Birthday Robert Ogden Tyler, Major General Union Army 1831 Birthday John Franklin Miller, Major General Union volunteers 1831 Birthday Daniel Butterfield, Major General Union volunteers 1831 Birthday John McAlister Schofield, Major General Union volunteers 1831 Birthday Stephen Gano Burbridge, Major General Union volunteers 1831 Birthday William Thomas Clark, Major General Union volunteers 1831 Birthday Alexander McDowell McCook, Major General Union volunteers 1831 Birthday Grenville Mellen Dodge, Major General Union volunteers 1831 Birthday Philip Henry Sheridan, born in Albany, New York, Major General, Union Army 1831 Birthday John Aaron Rawlins, Major General Union Army 1831 Birthday Cyrus Ballou Comstock, Major General Union volunteers 1831 Birthday Edward Ferrero, Major General Union volunteers 1830 Birthday John Frederick Hartranft, Major General Union volunteers 1830 Birthday Oliver Otis Howard, Major General Union volunteers 1830 Birthday John Stevens Bowen, Major General Confederate Army 1830 Birthday John Parker Hawkins, Major General Union Army 1830 Birthday William Babcock Hazen, Major General Union volunteers 1830 Birthday Alvan Cullem Gillem, Major General Union volunteers 1830 Birthday Richard Henry Jackson, Major General Union volunteers 1830 Birthday Edward Winslow Hinks, Major General Union volunteers 1830 Birthday George Lucas Hartsuff, Major General Union volunteers 1830 Birthday Davis Tillson, Major General Union volunteers 1830 Birthday Eugene Asa Carr, Major General Union Army 1830 Birthday Gouverneur Kemble Warren, Major General Union volunteers 1830 Birthday , Samuel, Emerson Opdycke, Major General Union volunteers 1829 Birthday William Passmore Carlin, Major General Union Army 1829 Birthday Samuel Wylie Crawford, Major General Union Army 1829 Birthday Christopher Columbus Andres, Major General Union volunteers 1829 Birthday Giles Alexander Smith, Major General Union volunteers 1829 Birthday William Worth Belknap, Major General Union volunteers 1829 Birthday George Crook, Major General Union volunteers 1829 Birthday John Horace Forney, Major General Confederate Army 1829 Birthday Thomas Ewing, Jr., Major General, Union volunteers 1829 Birthday Robert Brown Potter, Major General Union volunteers 1829 Birthday John Baillie McIntosh, Major General Union Army 1829 Birthday Robert Emmet Rodes, Major General Confederate Army 1829 Birthday Carl Schurz, Major General Union volunteers and journalist 1829 Birthday William Anderson Pile, Major General Union volunteers 1828 Birthday Clinton Bowen Fisk, Major General Union volunteers 1828 Birthday James Birdseye MacPherson, Major General Union volunteers 1828 Birthday Byron Grimes, Major General Confederate Army 1828 Birthday Jacob Dolson Cox, Major General Union volunteers 1828 Birthday Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Major General Union volunteers 1828 Birthday George Leonard Andrews, Major General Union volunteers 1828 Birthday Joseph Bradford Carr, Major General Union volunteers 1828 Birthday Cuvier Grover, Major General Union Army 1828 Birthday John Rutter Brooke, Major General Union volunteers 1828 Birthday John Austin Wharton, Major General Confederate Army 1828 Birthday Adin Ballou Underwood, Major General Union volunteers 1828 Birthday Charles William Field, Major General Confederate Army 1828 Birthday Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General Confederate Army 1828 Birthday Jefferson Columbus Davis, Major General Union Army 1828 Birthday James Fleming Fagan, Major General Confederate Army 1828 Birthday Robert Alexander Cameron, Major General Union volunteers 1828 Birthday Robert Ransom, Jr., Major General Confederate Army 1828 Birthday Thomas Carmichael Hindman, Major General Confederate Army 1828 Birthday Lewis Addison Grant, Major General Union volunteers 1828 Birthday August Valentine Kautz, Major General Union Army 1827 Birthday Alfred Howe Terry, Major General Union volunteers 1827 Birthday James Sidney Robinson, Major General Union volunteers 1827 Birthday Kenner Garrard, Major General Union Army 1827 Birthday Henry Warner Slocum, Major General Union volunteers 1827 Birthday John Grubb Parke, Major General Union volunteers 1827 Birthday John Morrison Oliver, Major General Union volunteers 1827 Birthday Joseph Anthony Mower, Major General Union volunteers 1827 Birthday Charles Edward Hovey, Major General Union volunteers 1827 Birthday William Hopkins Morris, Major General Union volunteers 1827 Birthday John Gibbon, Major General Union volunteers 1827 Birthday Lewis Wallace, Major General Union volunteers and author, Ben Hur 1827 Birthday Alexander Shaler, Major General Union volunteers 1827 Birthday Henry DeLamar Clayton, Major General Confederate Army 1827 Birthday Richard W. Johnson, Major General Union Army 1827 Birthday James Barnet Fry, Major General Union Army 1827 Birthday Charles Robert Woods, Major General Union Army 1827 Birthday John Calvin Brown, Major General Confederate Army 1826 Birthday James Scott Negley, Union volunteers Major General 1826 Birthday John Benjamin Sanborn, Major General Union volunteers 1826 Birthday George Brinton McClellan, Major General Union Army 1826 Birthday William Mahone, Major General Confederate Army 1826 Birthday John McArthur, Major General Union volunteers 1826 Birthday Hugh Boyle Ewing, Major General Union volunteers 1826 Birthday Thomas John Lucas, Major General Union volunteers 1826 Birthday William Denison Whipple, Major General Union Army 1826 Birthday James Gillpatrick Blunt, Major General Union volunteers 1826 Birthday Benjamin Henry Grierson, Major General Union volunteers 1826 Birthday Robert Kingston Scott, Major General Union volunteers 1826 Birthday Green Clay Smith, Major General Union volunteers 1826 Birthday Thomas Hewson Neill, Major General Union volunteers 1826 Event Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna 1826 Birthday John Alexander Logan, Major General Union volunteers 1826 Birthday Halbert Eleazer Paine, Major General Union volunteers 1826 Birthday Charles Cruft, Major General Union volunteers 1825 Birthday Romeyn Beck Ayres, Major General Union Army 1825 Birthday Charles Griffin, Major General Union volunteers 1825 Birthday Henry Heth, Major General Confederate Army 1825 Birthday Julius H [Szamvald] Stahel, Major General Union volunteers 1825 Birthday Henry Warner Birge, Major General Union volunteers 1825 Birthday John Cook, Major General Union volunteers 1825 Birthday David Bell Birney, Major General Union volunteers 1825 Birthday George Lafayette Beal, Major General Union volunteers 1825 Birthday Joseph Bailey, Major General Union volunteers 1825 Birthday James Winning McMillan, Major General Union volunteers 1825 Birthday David Rumph "Neighbor" Jones, Major General Confederate Army 1825 Birthday Quincy Adams Gillmore, Major General Union volunteers 1825 Birthday George Edward Pickett, Major General Confederate Army 1824 Birthday Augustus Louis Chetlain, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Birthday Manning Ferguson Force, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Birthday Franz Sigel, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Birthday Rufus Saxton, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Birthday William Nelson, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Birthday Truman Seymour, Major General Union Army 1824 Birthday Isaac Hardin Duval, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Birthday Hiram Gregory Berry, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Birthday Absalom Baird, Major General Union Army 1824 Birthday Simon Goodell Griffin, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Birthday William Burnham Woods, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Birthday Alfred Pleasonton, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Birthday Charles Kinnaird Graham, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Birthday Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox, Major General Confederate Army 1824 Birthday Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Birthday Innis Newton Palmer, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Birthday William Henry Chase Whiting, Major General Confederate Army 1824 Birthday Thomas James Churchill, Major General Confederate Army 1824 Birthday William Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Birthday Winfield Scott Hancock, Major General Union volunteers 1823 Birthday Joseph Alexander Cooper, Major General Union volunteers 1823 Birthday Nathan Kimball, Major General Union volunteers 1823 Birthday Thomas John Wood, Major General Union volunteers 1823 Birthday John Newton, Major General Union volunteers 1823 Birthday Orris Sanford Ferry, Major General Union volunteers 1823 Birthday George Henry Gordon, Major General Union volunteers 1823 Birthday James Isham Gilbert, Major General Union volunteers 1823 Birthday Edward Elmer Potter, Major General Union volunteers 1823 Birthday Jesse Lee Reno, Major General Union volunteers 1823 Birthday James Lawson Kemper, Major General Confederate Army 1823 Birthday John Gray Foster, Major General Union volunteers 1823 Birthday James Allen Hardie, Major General Union Army 1823 Birthday Alfred Gibbs, Major General Union Army 1823 Birthday Orlando Bolivar Wilcox, Major General Union Army 1823 Birthday Samuel Kosciusko Zook, Major General Union volunteers 1823 Birthday William Thompson Martin, Major General Confederate Army 1823 Birthday William Buel Franklin, Major General Union volunteers 1823 Birthday Franklin Gardner, Major General Confederate Army 1823 Birthday Peter Joseph Osterhaus, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Birthday Thomas Casimer Devin, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Birthday Charles Smith Hamilton, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Birthday Gordon Granger, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Birthday Mansfield Lovell, Major General Confederate Army 1822 Birthday George Sykes, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Birthday Joseph Rodman West, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Birthday Fitz John Porter, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Birthday Schuyler Hamilton, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Birthday Darius Nash Couch, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Birthday John George Walker, Major General Confederate Army 1822 Birthday Samuel Davis Sturgis, Major General Union Army 1822 Birthday Dabney Herndon Maury, Major General Confederate Army 1822 Birthday Erastus Barnard Tyler, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Birthday Napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Birthday Gershom Mott, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Birthday Seth Williams, Major General Union Army 1822 Birthday John Pope, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Birthday James Patton Anderson, Major General Confederate Army 1822 Birthday Thomas Leiper Kane, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Birthday John Porter Hatch, volunteers Major General, Union 1822 Birthday Joseph Brevard Kershaw, Major General Confederate Army 1822 Birthday Joseph Jones Reynolds, Major General Union volunteers 1821 Birthday Alvin Peterson Hovey, Major General Union volunteers 1821 Birthday Henry Baxter, Major General Union volunteers 1821 Birthday Christopher Columbus Augur, Major General Union volunteers 1821 Birthday John Dunlap Stevenson, Major General Union volunteers 1821 Birthday Alfred Sully, Major General Union volunteers 1821 Birthday Mortimer Dormer Leggett, Major General Union volunteers 1821 Birthday [George] Hector Tyndale, Major General Union volunteers 1821 Birthday Lafayette McLaws, Major General Confederate Army 1821 Birthday John James Peck, Major General Union volunteers 1820 Birthday David Allen Russell, Army Major General, Union 1820 Birthday Benjamin Franklin Cheatham, Major General Confederate Army 1820 Birthday George Jerrison Stannard, Major General Union volunteers 1820 Birthday Thomas Kilby Smith, Major General Union volunteers 1820 Birthday John Fulton Reynolds, Major General Union volunteers 1820 Birthday Earle Van Dorn, Major General Confederate Army 1820 Birthday Charles Devens, Jr., Major General, Union volunteers 1820 Birthday Patrick Edward Connor, Major General Union volunteers 1820 Birthday Horatio Gouverneur Wright, Major General, Union volunteers 1820 Birthday William Tecumseh Sherman, Major General Union Army 1820 Birthday John Milton Thayer, Major General Union volunteers 1820 Birthday John Haskell King, Major General Union Army 1819 Birthday John White Geary, Major General Union volunteers 1819 Birthday James Clifford Veatch, Major General Union volunteers 1819 Birthday Samuel Jones, Major General Confederate Army 1819 Birthday Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss, Major General Union volunteers 1819 Birthday Daniel Edgar Sickles, Major General Union volunteers 1819 Birthday George Washington Getty, Major General Union Army 1819 Birthday Henry Jackson Hunt, Major General Union Army 1819 Birthday Martin Luther Smith, Major General Confederate Army 1819 Birthday William Starke Rosecrans, Major General Union volunteers 1819 Birthday Samuel Powhatan Carter, Major General Union volunteers 1819 Birthday Alexander Hays, Major General Union volunteers 1819 Birthday William Birney, Major General Union volunteers 1819 Birthday Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Major General Union volunteers 1819 Birthday Frederick Steele, Major General Union volunteers 1819 Birthday Zealous Bates Tower, Major General Union Army 1818 Birthday William Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring, Major General Confederate Army 1818 Birthday Samuel Gibbs French, Major General Confederate Army 1818 Birthday Benjamin Franklin Butler, Major General Union volunteers 1818 Birthday Edward Otho Cresap Ord, Major General Union volunteers 1818 Birthday Irvin McDowell, Major General Union volunteers 1818 Birthday Rufus Ingalls, Major General Union Army 1818 Birthday William Farquhar Barry, Major General Union Army 1818 Birthday Lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General Union volunteers 1818 Birthday Cadwallader Colden Washburn, Major General Union volunteers 1818 Birthday Lewis Baldwin Parsons, Major General Union volunteers 1818 Birthday Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Major General Union volunteers 1818 Birthday Don Carlos Buell, Major General Union volunteers 1818 Birthday Albion Parris Howe, Major General Union Army 1818 Birthday Jeremy F Gilmer, Major Gen/Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept 1818 Birthday John Reese Kenly, Major General Union volunteers 1817 Birthday Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, Major General Union volunteers 1817 Birthday Bushrod Rust Johnson, Major General Confederate Army 1817 Birthday Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Major General Confederate Army 1817 Birthday James Blair Steedman, Major General Union volunteers 1817 Birthday Joseph K Barnes, Major General Union Army 1817 Birthday James Brewerton Ricketts, Major General Union Army 1817 Birthday John Wilson Sprague, Major General Union volunteers 1817 Birthday Samuel Ryan Curtis, Major General Union volunteers 1816 Birthday Alfred Elzey Jones, Major General Confederate Army 1816 Birthday William Henry Talkbot Walker, Major General Confederate Army 1816 Birthday Amiel Weeks Whipple, Major General Union volunteers 1816 Birthday Julius White, Major General Union volunteers 1816 Birthday John Eugene Smith, Major General Union Army 1816 Birthday George Henry Thomas, Major General Union Army 1816 Birthday Robert Huston Milroy, Major General Union volunteers 1816 Birthday Phillipe Regis Denis de Keredern de Trobriand, Major General, Union 1816 Birthday Robert Seaman Granger, Union Army Major general 1816 Birthday Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Major General Union Army 1816 Birthday Edward "Old Allegheny" Johnson, Major General Confederate Army 1816 Birthday Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, Major General Union volunteers 1816 Birthday Fitz-Henry Warren, Major General Union volunteers 1815 Birthday George Gordon Meade, Major General Union Army 1815 Birthday Israel Bush Richardson, Major General Union volunteers 1815 Birthday Stephen Augustus Hurlbut, Major General Union volunteers 1815 Birthday Howell Cobb II, Major General/Secy of Treasury, Union 1815 Birthday John Porter McCown, Major General Confederate Army 1815 Birthday Stewart Van Vliet, Major General Union Army 1815 Birthday Philip Kearny, Major General Union volunteers 1815 Birthday John Gross Barnard, Major General Union Army 1815 Birthday Abram Duryee, Major General Union volunteers 1815 Birthday Andrew Jackson Smith, Major General Union volunteers 1815 Birthday William Henry French, Major General Union volunteers 1815 Birthday Alexander Brydie Dyer, Major General Union Army 1815 Birthday George Webb Morell, Major General Union volunteers 1814 Birthday James Henry Carleton, Major General Union Army 1814 Death Michael Kelly Lawler, Major General Union volunteers, dies in 1882 1814 Birthday Joseph Hooker, Major General Union volunteers 1814 Birthday Jones Mitchell Withers, Major General Confederate Army 1813 Birthday John Sedgwick, Major General Union volunteers 1813 Birthday William Scott Ketchum, Major General Union Army 1813 Birthday Mason Brayman, Major General Union volunteers 1813 Birthday Henry Washington Benham, Major General Union Army 1813 Birthday Thomas West Sherman, Major General Union Army 1813 Birthday John McNeil, Major General Union volunteers 1813 Birthday Jacon Gartner Lauman, Major General Union volunteers 1812 Birthday William Grose, Major General Union volunteers 1812 Birthday Elias Smith Dennis, Major General Union volunteers 1812 Birthday John Alexander McClernand, Major General Union volunteers 1812 Birthday Marin R Delany, Charlestown, Virginia, 1st black major in U.S. Medical Corp 1812 Birthday Daniel Henry Rucker, Major General Union Army 1812 Birthday Randolph Barnes Marcy, Major General Union Army 1812 Birthday George Bibb Crittenden, Major General Confederate Army 1812 Birthday Ralph Pomeroy Buckland, Major General Union volunteers 1811 Birthday Alexander Sandor Asboth, Major General Union volunteers 1811 Birthday William Hamsley Emory, Major General Union volunteers 1811 Birthday Joseph Dana Webster, Major General Union volunteers 1811 Birthday Robert Allen, Major General Union Army 1811 Birthday Marsena Rudolph Patrick, Major General Union volunteers 1811 Birthday Robert Christie Buchanan, Major General Union Army 1811 Birthday Edward Dickinson Baker, Major General Union volunteers 1810 Birthday August Willich, Major General Union volunteers 1810 Birthday Benjamin Stone Roberts, Major General Union volunteers 1810 Birthday Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, Major General Union volunteers 1810 Birthday Cassius Marcellus Clay, Major General Union volunteers 1810 Birthday Alpheus Starkey Williams, Major General Union volunteers 1810 Birthday Thomas Jefferson McKean, Major General Union volunteers 1810 Birthday Erasmus Darwin Keyes, Major General Union volunteers 1810 Birthday Solomon Meredith, Major General Union volunteers 1810 Birthday Daniel Ullmann, Major General Union volunteers 1809 Birthday Thomas Alfred Davies, Major General Union volunteers 1809 Birthday Horatio Phillips Van Cleve, Major General Union volunteers 1809 Birthday Robert Cumming Schenck, Major General Union volunteers 1809 Birthday Sterline "Old Pap" Price, Major General Confederate Army 1809 Birthday Ormsby McKnight Mitchel, astronomer/Major General Union volunteers 1809 Birthday George Philip St. Cooke, Major General Union Army 1809 Birthday George Washington Cullom, Major General Union Army 1808 Birthday William Thomas Ward, Major General Union volunteers 1808 Birthday James Bowen, Major General Union volunteers 1807 Birthday James Samuel Wadsworth, Major General Union volunteers 1807 Birthday Silas Casey, Major General Union volunteers 1807 Birthday John Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General Confederate Army 1807 Birthday Charles Ferguson Smith, Major General Union volunteers 1807 Birthday Lysander Cutler, Major General Union volunteers 1807 Birthday Napoleon Bonaparte Buford, Major General Union volunteers 1807 Birthday Joseph Holt, Major General Union Army 1806 Birthday George C Cadwalader, Major General Union volunteers 1806 Birthday Amos Beebe Eaton, Major General Union Army 1805 Birthday Benjamin Hugur, Major General Confederate Army 1805 Birthday Samuel Peter Heintzelman, Major General Union volunteers 1805 Birthday Robert Anderson, Major General Union Army 1804 Birthday Lorenzo Thomas, Major General Union Army 1803 Birthday Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, Major General Union volunteers 1802 Birthday David Hunter, Major General Union volunteers 1802 Birthday Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, Major General Confederate Army 1802 Birthday George Douglas Ramsey, Major general Union Army 1801 Birthday James Barnes, Major General Union volunteers 1801 Birthday John Drake Sloat, Ret Major General Commander Union Navy 1801 Birthday Daniel Smith Donelson, Major General Confederate Army 1801 Birthday George Sears Greene, Major General Union volunteers 1800 Birthday Nat Turner, Virginia, leader of major slave rebellion, 1831 1798 Birthday Richard Delafield, Major General Union Army 1798 Birthday Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Major General Union volunteers 1797 Birthday Edwin Vose Sumner, Major General Union volunteers 1794 Birthday James Wolfe Ripley, Major General Union Army 1792 Birthday Robert Patterson, Major General Union volunteers 1789 Birthday James Fenimore Cooper, 1st major U.S. novelist, Last of Mohicans 1788 Birthday Joseph Gilbert Totten, Major General Union Army 1780 Death Patrick Ferguson, English major in SC, dies in battle at 36 1780 Death John Andre, British major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold) 1780 Event British Major John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Pt 1780 Event Benedict Arnold gives British Major Andre plans to West Point 1777 Event Major James Graves Simcoe appointed commandant of Queen's Rangers 1765 Event Charles Messier catalogs M41 (galactic cluster in Canis Major) 1760 Event French commandant Belatre surrenders Detroit to Major R Rogers 1709 Event 1st major group of Swiss/German colonists reaches NC/SC 1673 Death Joan Blaeu, Dutch cartographer/publisher (Atlas Major), dies at 77 1594 Birthday Gustavus II Adolphus, king who made Sweden a major power, 1611-32
