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1994 Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian marshal (Flight KAL 007), dies at 76

1989 Dorothy Cudahy is 1st female grand marshal of St. Patrick Day Parade

1984 Arthur Travors Harris, marshal of British RAF, dies

1976 S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal, dies at 75

1975 Nikolai A Bulganin, marshal/premier of U.S.S.R. (1955-58), dies at 79

1974 Georgi K Zhukov, Russian marshal/minister of Defense, dies at 77

1970 Semjon Timoshenko, Russ marshal/inspector-general (WW II), dies at 75

1969 Harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, British field marshal, dies at 78

1968 George KFW von Kuchler, German marshal (Netherlands 1940), dies at 86

1968 Polish Marshal Spychalski succeeds Ochab as president

1967 Arthur W. Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal (WW II), dies at 76

1967 Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva sworn in as President of Brazil

1967 Alphonse Juin, French marshal, dies at 78

1966 Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva elected president

1965 Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu, becomes President of Zaire

1961 Alan Marshal, actor (Lydia, Irene, Exile Express), dies at 52

1960 Marshal Ayub Khan elected president of Pakistan

1958 Marshal Boelganin resigns as director of Staatsbank

1958 Soviet Marshal Bulganin resigns as director of State Bank

1958 Marshal Boelganin becomes director of Russian Staatsbank

1958 Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Chu En-lai as Min of Foreign affairs

1957 U.S.S.R. fires defense minister, Marshal Georgi Zhukov

1957 Thailand military coup under marshal Sarit Thanarat

1953 Karl R G von Rundstedt, Germ gen-field marshal (Ardennes), dies at 77

1953 [Karl R] Gerd von Rundstedt, gen-field marshal (Normandy), dies at 77

1953 Yugoslavia elects it's 1st president (Marshal Tito)

1953 Marshal Josip Tito chosen president of Yugoslavia

1951 Henri Philippe Petain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime), dies

1946 Field Marshal Montgomery appointed British supreme commander

1945 Marshal Henri Petain, leader Vichy-regime, goes on trial

1945 Gen Von Keitel surrenders to Marshal Zhukov

1945 Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason

1944 King George VI promotes Montgomery to field marshal

1944 King Michael of Romania ordered his forces to cease fire against Allies and dismissed the pro-Axis premier, Marshal Ion Antonescu

1944 Gunther von Kluge, German field marshal, commits suicide, dies at 62

1944 German field marshal von Kluge vanishes for one day

1944 Marshal von Kluge replaces General von Rundstedt

1943 Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice

1942 Russ anti-offensive of Voronezh under marshal Timosjenko

1942 Louis FMF Franchet d'Esperey, French marshal (WW I), dies at 90

1942 Italian supreme command demands dismissal of German marshal Rommel

1941 French Marshal Henri Petain gave full support to Nazi Germany

1941 Arthur T "Bomber" Harris becomes British Air Marshal

1941 British Air Marshal Richard Peirse resigns

1940 Hitler meets Marshal Petain

1940 Italian troops under Marshal Graziani attack Egypt

1937 Michael Simmons, Air Marshal, British Ministry of Defense

1935 Brendan Jackson, British air marshal

1935 Kenneth Hayr, air marshal

1931 Joseph J C Joffre, French marshal, dies at 78

1929 Lord Craig of Radley, marshal, RAF

1929 Eustace Gibbs, vice marshal, Diplomatic Corps

1929 Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77

1928 Armando V Diaz, Italian marshal/minister of War (1922-24), dies at 66

1928 Keith Williamson, British RAF marshal

1928 Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig/field marshal (WW I), dies at 66

1927 Nigel Bagnall, British field marshal

1925 French Gen of Morocco, marshal Lyautey, is dismissed

1924 David Atkinson, British air marshal

1923 Michael Beetham, Marshal, RAF

1922 Polish state chief marshal Jozef Pilsudski, resigns

1922 Henry H Wilson, Field Marshal, murdered in London

1920 Ruthven Wade, British Air Chief marshal

1919 Charles Pringle, British air marshal

1918 Marshal J Pilsudski becomes 1st president (dictator) of Poland

1918 Denis Smallwood, British air chief marshal

1918 Ferdinand Foch becomes marshal of France

1916 Joseph Joffre becomes marshal of France

1916 John Lapsley, British air marshal

1914 Von Hindenburg named marshal of Eastern front

1914 British field marshal John French and Gen Wilson land in France

1913 Alfred von Schlieffen, Prussian general-field marshal, dies at 79

1913 Ernest Sidey, British air marshal

1912 Harold Maguire, British air marshal

1909 Maurice Heath, air marshal

1909 Alan Marshal, Sydney Aust, actor, White Cliffs of Dover, Lydia

1907 Paterson Fraser, British air marshal

1907 Valston Hancock, British air marshal

1906 Denis Barnett, British air chief marshal

1904 Dermot Boyle, marshal, RAF

1904 Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian field marshal/chief-staff, dies at 71

1902 Arturo da Costa e Silva, marshal/president of Brazil, 1967-69

1899 Southampton: field marshal lord Roberts departures to South Africa

1899 Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of British field marshal, dies in battle

1897 Iwan S Konew, Russ marshal/supreme commander pact of Warsaw

1896 Constantine Rokossovski, Russian marshal/vice-premier of Poland

1896 Georgi K Zjukov, marshal of Moskow/Stalingrad [NS-Dec 11]

1895 S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner

1895 Semjon Timoshenko, Russ marshal/inspector-general, WW II

1895 Francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85

1892 Arthur Harris, Cheltenham, Marshal of the RAF

1890 Arthur W. Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal, WW II

1888 Alphonse Juin, French marshal

1881 Kliment J Woroshilov, marshal/president U.S.S.R., 1953-60

1877 President Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass marshal of Washington D.C.

1865 John Henry Winder, U.S. Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal, dies at 64

1861 Armando V Diaz, Italian marshal/minister of War, 1922-24

1858 Johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91

1856 Henri POBJ Petain, French marshal, Verdun/Vichy regime

1852 Louis FMF Franchet d'Esperey, [Desperate Frankey], Fren marshal, WW I

1845 Maria EJ Versfelt, mistress of general Moreau/marshal Ney, dies at 68

1838 Laure S-MP duchess d'abrantes, French marshal Junot, dies

1815 Michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo), murdered at 46

1815 Joachim Murat, marshal of France/King of Naples (1808-15), executed

1814 Field marshal Blucher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub

1813 Josef Poniatovski, Polish gen/marshal of France, dies in battle

1809 Francois de Canrobert, French marshal/parliament member

1808 French marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples

1793 Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France, dies at 80

1788 Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92

1787 Charles, prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France, dies at 71

1776 Maria E J Versfelt, actress/mistress, General Moreau and Marshal Ney

1775 Marshal Oscar von Lubomirski expels Jews from Warsaw Poland

1769 Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France

1769 Michel Ney, French marshal, Waterloo

1767 Joachim Murat, marshal of France/King of Naples, 1808-15

1763 Josef Poniatovski, Polish general/marshal of France

1718 Francois Fagel, Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at 63

1715 Charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France

1713 Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France

1707 Anne Jules duke the Noailles, marshal of France (huguenot), dies at 57

1701 Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62

1696 Louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal

1695 Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies

1690 Friedrich H duke van Schomberg, marshal, dies in battle at 75

1686 Godefroi L earl d'estrades, French diplomat/marshal, dies at about 78

1655 Jan W van Brederode, Dutch governor/field marshal, dies at 56

1650 Anne Jules duke de Noailles, marshal of France, hugenot

1646 Francois De Bassompierre, marshal of France, dies

1643 Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine and field marshal in Austria

1642 Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, earl of Tourville/knight/admiral/marshal

1635 Spanish marshal Piccolomini conquerors Schenkenschans

1599 Ottavio Piccolomini, Italian/Spanish marshal

1579 Francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France

1567 Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74

1551 John Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal

1493 Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France

1440 Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged

1356 Jean de Clermont, French marshal, dies in battle

1311 Gwijde van Names, Flemish marshal (Golden Track), dies at 35



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