2014 Event Protests erupt in New York and other U.S. cities after a grand jury does not indict a white police officer for choking to death an unarmed man, Eric Garner; New York Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to retrain the police force in conflict resolution 2014 Event A grand jury in St. Louis County reaches the decision that police officer Darren Wilson will not be indicted in the shooting death of Ferguson teenager Michael Brown; the decision sparked protests, looting and businesses being burned to the ground in St. Louis, as well as protests across the U.S. 2014 Event Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah have agreed to share power in a unity government, with Ghani as president and Abdullah as chief executive officer of Afghanistan; both men claimed fraud after the election, prompting a U.N.-monitored recount 2014 Event Continued riots in Ferguson, Missouri over the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown by a police officer have resulted in the announcement of a state of emergency and a curfew by Governor Jay Nixon 2014 Event Residents of Ferguson, MO call for FBI investigation of the shooting death of a teenager by a police officer; the reason for the confrontation has not been disclosed 2014 Event Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel has resigned in the wake of security breaches late last year in which customer data was stolen; the company will be run by John Mulligan, the company's Chief Financial Officer, until a new president is identified 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 The China Central Television Headquarters, designed by the Officer for Metropolitan Architecture, a firm based in Rotterdam ten years ago, is finally completed in Beijing 2012 Event Co-founder of Yahoo!, Jerry Yang, resigns from the position of chief executive officer 2011 Event Riots in England continue; Prime Minister David Cameron hires U.S. law enforcement officer Bill Bratton to advise on dealing with gang-related violence 2010 Event South Africa's top police officer, Jackie Selebi, former chief of Interpol, is sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption 2009 Event U.S. Army officer William Calley publicly apologizes for the mass killings in the Vietnamese community of My Lai 2004 Death Pierre Salinger, journalist/political press officer, dies at 79 2001 Death Andre Prevost, composer, professor, Officer of the Order of Canada, dies 1997 Death Edmund Falkiner, jazz saxophinist/probation officer, dies at 59 1996 Death Alejandro Lanusse, army officer/politician, dies at 77 1996 Death Frank Murray, police Officer, dies at 51 1995 Death George Chesterman Phillips, naval Officer, dies at 90 1995 Death John Reginald "Nat" Allen, planning enforcement officer, dies at 66 1995 Death James Pack, naval officer museum curator, dies at 81 1995 Death Richard Pool, naval Officer, dies at 75 1994 Death William Obanheim, actor (Officer Obie-Alice's Restaurant), dies at 69 1994 Event Drunken officer shoots 7 people dead in Falun Sweden 1994 Event Aldrich Ames, former CIA officer and wife Rosario plead guilty to spying 1994 Death Georges Watin, Algerian/French officer (OAS), dies at 71 1993 Death Robert W. Kempner, German officer of justice in Prussia, dies at 93 1989 Event Zsa Zsa Gabor convicted of slapping a police officer in Beverly Hills 1987 Death Francis C Denebrink, U.S. Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) dies at 90 1986 Event U.S. Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying 1974 Event Italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed 1972 Event 40,000 pilots strike against naval officer 1971 Death Max Mell, Austria artillery officer/literary, dies at 88 1970 Birthday Matt Blunt, born in Springfield, Missouri, politician, Republican, 54th Governor of Missouri, formerly an officer in the U.S. Navy 1968 Event Famous photo: Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to head 1967 Birthday Michael Bendetti, actor, Officer Tony McCann-21 Jump Street 1966 Death Hendrik W. Tilanus, artillery officer/leader (CHU 1939-63), dies at 81 1960 Birthday Mark Sanford, born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, politician, Republican, 115th Governor of South Carolina, U.S. Air Force Reserve medical administration officer 1958 Birthday Steve Case, born in McLean, Virginia, co-founder and chief executive officer of America Online, AOL, founder of Revolution LLC holding, chairman of the Case Foundation 1956 Birthday David Caruso, born in Forest Hills, New York, actor, producer, known for television series, 'CSI: Miami', appeared in films, 'First Blood', 'China Girl', 'An Officer and a Gentleman' 1955 Birthday Debra Winger, Columbus, Ohio, actress, Officer and Gentleman 1953 Birthday Lenny Clarke, born in Boston, actor, Officer Hampton-John Larroquette Show 1951 Birthday Randi Oakes, Randalia Iowa, actress, Officer Bonnie Clark-CHiPs 1950 Event 1st woman medical officer assigned to naval vessel (BR Walters) 1949 Death Simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47 1948 Event 1st U.S. woman army officer not in medical corps sworn-in 1947 Birthday Larry Wilcox, SD California, actor, Lassie, Officer Jon Baker-CHiPs 1947 Event John Lee appointed 1st black commissioned officer in U.S. Navy 1945 Birthday Taylor Hackford, director, Idolmaker, Officer and a Gentleman 1945 Birthday Frank Murray, police Officer 1944 Death Reza Sjah Pahlawi, Reza Chan, cossack officer/shah of Persia, dies 1943 Birthday James Wallace Beaton, born in Britain, Chief Superintendent, The Queen's Police Officer 1983 - 1992, saved Princess Anne from kidnapper 1974 1942 Birthday Kent McCord, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Officer Jim Reed-Adam 12 1942 Death Patric Cobb, British sea officer, dies in battle 1941 Event British signal officer Bill Hudson lands in Montenegro 1941 Death Henri Louis, French officer/resistance fighter, executed at 40 1940 Birthday Bob Einstein, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian, Officer Judy, Super Dave Osborne 1938 Birthday Jacques Hetu, born in Trois-Rivieres Quebec, composer, Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 1989, Officer of the Order of Canada, 2001 1938 Birthday Edmund Falkiner, jazz saxophinist/probation officer 1937 Birthday Jack Nitzsche, composer/songwriter, An Officer and a Gentleman 1936 Birthday Louis Gossett, Jr., born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Officer and Gentleman, Deep 1934 Birthday Andre Prevost, born in Canada, composer, professor, Officer of the Order of Canada 1934 Birthday Dame Anne Poole, chief nursing officer, Department of Health 1930 Birthday Robert Loggia, Staten Island, actor, Officer and a Gentleman, THE Cat 1928 Birthday John Reginald "Nat" Allen, planning enforcement officer/climber 1928 Death Johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer, dies at 57 1926 Birthday Donald Acheson, England's chief medical officer 1926 Event Persian cossack officer Reza Chan crowns himself Shah Palawi 1925 Event Cossack officer/ex-premier Reza Chan becomes shah of Persia 1925 Event Cossack officer Reza Chan replaces sultan Ahmad Shah in Persia 1925 Death Pieter D van Essen, Dutch artillery officer, dies at 54 1924 Death Roland Napoleon Bonaparte, French officer/explorer (Surinam), dies at 65 1923 Death Pierre Loti, Julien Viaud, French sea officer/writer, dies 1922 Birthday Phyllis Friend, chief nursing officer, DHSS 1919 Birthday Richard Pool, naval Officer 1918 Birthday Alejandro Lanusse, army officer/politician 1917 Event 1st female U.S. Navy Petty Officer is Loretta Walsh 1915 Birthday Moe Biller, New York City, labor union officer, AFL-CIO, Postal Workers 1915 Death Alfred Scott Witherbee, Jr., U.S. Lusitania officer, dies 1914 Birthday James Pack, naval officer museum curator 1912 Event Gerrit Brinkman becomes 1st Dutch traffic officer 1910 Death John YWJ Eilerts de Cock, sea officer (Suriname), dies at 44 1906 Birthday Adolf Eichmann, Ruhr Germany, Nazi Gestapo officer 1904 Birthday George Chesterman Phillips, naval officer 1902 Birthday Simon H. Spoor, Dutch gen/intelligence officer for General MacArthur 1901 Birthday Leo Poos, nazi police officer, caught Dutch underground agents 1901 Birthday H L Honore comte d'Estienne d'Orves, French officer/resistance fighter 1899 Birthday Ernst H Ridder van Rappard, Dutch SS officer/founder, NSNAP 1896 Birthday Francis C Denebrink, U.S. Naval officer, WW I, WW II, Korea 1894 Event French officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason, triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated) 1884 Birthday Hendrik W. Tilanus, Dutch artillery officer/politcian, CHU 1939-63 1882 Birthday Max Mell, Austria officer/literary, Donauweibchen 1878 Death George Backing, English sea officer/explorer (B's River), dies at 81 1876 Death Myles Keogh, U.S. officer, dies at Little Bighorn 1870 Birthday Pieter van Essen, Dutch artillery officer/inventor, grape-shot shells 1870 Birthday Johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer, Greenland 1865 Birthday Johannes IJWJ Eilerts de Haan, Dutch sea officer, Lucie R, Suriname 1864 Event U.S., British, French and Dutch naval officer sails Staits of Simonoseki 1863 Death Colin Campbell, British officer (Cawnpore), dies at 70 1861 Event Sally Tompkins is only Confederate Army female commissioned officer 1859 Birthday Alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer, Dreyfus Affair 1858 Birthday Roland Napoleon Bonaparte, French officer/traveller, Surinam 1857 Death E Francois Vidocq, French criminalogist/police officer, dies at 81 1850 Birthday Pierre Loti, Julien Viaud, French sea officer/writer, Pacheur 1846 Event U.S. fleet officer Robert F Stockton annexes California 1845 Death Henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65 1842 Death Philip Spencer, 1st U.S. naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged 1840 Birthday Alfred Thayer Mahan, U.S., naval officer, Influence of Sea Power 1829 Death William Congreve, English officer, dies at 56 1826 Death Pavel I Pestel, Russian officer, hanged at 33 1826 Event M Biela, an Austrian officer, discovers Biela's Comet 1817 Death William Bligh, British naval officer of "Bounty" fame, dies at 63 1816 Birthday E Werner von Siemens, German artillery officer/inventor 1809 Death Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel, dies in battle at 33 1804 Birthday Ragnerus L van Andringa de Kempenaer, Dutch officer/swindler 1798 Death Pedro Pablo Abarca d Bolea earl of Aranda, Spanish officer, dies at 79 1796 Birthday George Back, English sea officer/explorer, North Canada 1793 Birthday Pavel I Pestel, Russian officer 1792 Birthday Colin Campbell/Lord Clyde, British officer, Sepoy-uprising 1791 Event Captain Hopley Yeaton of New Hampshire becomes 1st commissioned officer in Revenue Cutter Service 1788 Birthday Juan van Halen, Dutch/Spanish officer/adventurer 1785 Birthday Karl A. Varnhagen von Ense, German officer/author, Die Sterner 1779 Birthday Henry M Baron de Kock, Dutch officer/politician 1777 Event Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes 1st circus 1776 Birthday Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel 1772 Birthday William Congreve, English officer, design fire rocket 1743 Birthday Alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer 1739 Birthday Grigory Potemkin, army officer, statesman, Catherine II's lover, OS 1738 Death Alexander Voznitsyn, Rus Naval officer converted to Judaism, executed 1738 Death Baruch Leibov, converted Russian Naval officer to Judaism, executed 1734 Birthday Grigori G Orlov, Russian guard officer/favorite of Catharina II 1572 Death Charles de Feligny, French officer/huguenot, murdered 1490 Birthday Charles de Bourbon, officer/governor, Lombardy
