1984 Death Henry Rowland, actor (Rogue's Regiment), dies at 70 1951 Event 24th Infantry Regiment, last all-black military unit, deactivated 1945 Death Colonel Roberts, commandant 22nd regiment marines, dies in battle 1945 Event U.S. 7th Marine regiment conquer summit of Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. infantry regiment captures Monchengladbach 1944 Event U.S. 121st Infantry regiment occupies Hurtgen 1944 Event U.S. 121st Infantry regiment opens assault on Hurtgen 1944 Event U.S. 320th regiment infantry occupies Chateaudun 1938 Event K B Regiment refuses round-table conference in East-India 1934 Event Turkish regiment decrees importing family names 1931 Birthday Nigel Vinson, born in England, Baron Vinson, businessman, served in Queen's Royal Regiment, Member of National Parks and Countryside Committee, Member of Foundation of Science and Technology 1926 Birthday John R[obert] Jones, U.S., sci-fi author, White Regiment, Lizard War 1917 Event Soviet regiment (Stalin/Lenin) declares Finland Independent 1914 Event Trois Vierges: German 69th infantry regiment enter Luxembourg Germany declares war on Russia in WW I 1863 Event 1st black regiment (54 Mass) leaves Boston to fight in Civil War 1863 Event 1st black Civil War regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, mustered into U.S. army 1863 Event 54th Regiment (Black) infantry forms 1840 Event Gaetano Donizetti's Opera "La Fille du Regiment," premieres in Paris 1776 Event Battle of Pelham: Col John Glover and Marblehead regiment meet British Forces in Bronx