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2009 Morgan Tsvangirai becomes Prime Minister of Zimbabwe after agreeing to share power with President Robert Mugabe

2008 Robert Mondavi, dies in Yountville, California, at 94

2008 Robert Rauschenberg, dies in Florida, of heart failure, at 82

2007 Robert Goulet, dies in Los Angeles, California, awaiting a lung transplant for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, at 73

2007 Robert A. Young, Representative-D-Missouri 1977 - 1987, died from liver disease

2007 Robert Pickett, stage name, Bobby Boris Pickett, singer, co-wrote and performed hit 'Monster Mash', dies

2007 Robert C. Solomon, dies in Zurich, Switzerland, at 64

2005 Robert Sheckley, American Author

2005 Robert Badham, Representative-R-California 1977 - 1989

2005 Robert Moog, American Inventor

2004 Robert Merrill, opera singer, dies at 85

2004 "Robert ""Gypsy Boots"" Bootzin", actor/gadfly, The Gypsy in Me, dies at 89

2004 Robert Teeter, American Politician

2004 Robert Quine, guitarist, guitar soloist, worked with Matthew Sweet, Marianne Faithfull, style combines jazz, rock, blues, dies

2004 Robert Pastorelli, actor/boxer, Murphy Brown, dies at 49

2003 Robert Palmer, resistable performer, Addicted to Love, dies at 54

2003 Robert McCloskey, writer/illustrator, Make Way for Ducklings, dies at 78

2003 Robert Stack, actor, The Untouchables, dies at 84

2003 Robert Atkins, diet doctor, Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution, dies at 72

2002 Robert Forward, writer, Dragon's Egg, dies at 70

2002 Robert Urich, actor, Spenser for Hire, dies at 55

2002 Robert L. Chapman, lexicographer, Roget's Thesaurus, dies at 81

2002 Robert Nozick, American Philosopher

2001 Robert Ludlum, novelist, The Bourne Identity, dies at 73

2000 Robert Buck, rock guitarist/songwriter, ", 10,000 Maniacs, ", dies at 42

2000 Robert Trout, radio Methuselah, ", coined the term ""fireside chat"" to describe FDR's informal speeches, ", dies at 91

2000 Robert Cormier, writer, The Chocolate War, dies at 75

2000 Robert Northshield, TV news producer, Sunday Morning, dies at 78

2000 Robert Trent Jones, golf course architect, Augusta National Course, dies at 93

2000 Robert Rathburn Wilson, nuclear physicist, a leader of the Manhattan Project, dies at 82

1999 Robert Bresson, French Director

1999 Robert Shaw, chorale director, founded the Robert Shaw Chorale, dies at 82

1998 Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail LPGA Tournament

1998 Robert Young, actor, Marcus Welby, dies at 91

1998 Robert Merrill, songwriter (Funny Girl), commits suicide at 76

1998 Boston Celtics retire Robert Parrish's #00

1997 Michael Kennedy, son of Robert Kennedy, dies in ski accident at 39

1997 Robert Steel, academic, dies at 82

1997 Robert Sutton, electronics engineer, dies at 82

1997 Robert Palmer, rock critic, dies at 52

1997 Robert Arthur Thornbury Campbell, journalist/musician, dies at 55

1997 Robert Pinget, novelist/Playwright, dies at 78

1997 Robert Mitchum, actor, Winds of War, dies at 79

1997 TV evangelist Robert Schuller attacks a flight attendant

1997 Republic of Texas security chief Robert Scheidt surrenders

1996 Robert Grant-Ferris, politician, dies at 89

1996 Robert J. Morris, lawyer, served New York State Assembly committee investigating Communist activities, dies at 81

1996 Robert Bromston Thesiger Daniell, soldier, dies at 95

1996 Robert Rapoport, social anthropologist, dies at 72

1996 Robert O'Neill Crossman, politician, dies at 49

1996 Robert Bourassa, Prime Minister of province of Quebec 1970 - 1976, 1985 - 1993, dies at 63

1996 2nd Presidents Golf Cup: U.S. beats International team 16 -15 at Robert Jones Va

1996 Robert Croften Brown, politician, dies at 75

1996 Robert Louis Tewdwr Moss, journalist/travel writer, dies at 42

1996 Robert Lewis Campbell Lorimer, publisher, dies at 77

1996 Robert Lynn, anarchist, dies at 72

1996 Robert Collins, keyboard player, dies at 33

1996 Robert Kidd, marine geoscientist, dies at 48

1996 Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon, dies at 85

1996 Robert Edwin Hall, mountaineer/businessman, dies at 35

1996 Robert Hersant, press baron, dies at 76

1996 Robert William Paine, architect, dies at 88

1996 Marthe Robert, essayist/translator, dies at 82

1996 Robert Franklin Overmyer, astronaut (STS-5, STS-51-B), dies at 59

1996 Robert Mellors, gay activist, dies at 47

1996 Robert Covington, drummer/singer, dies at 54

1996 Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, musician, dies at 80

1995 Robert Francis Vere Heuston, professor of law, dies at 72

1995 Robert Shelton (Shapiro), journalist, dies at 69

1995 Robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor, dies at 77

1995 Robert Parrish, film director editor/actor (Casino Royale), dies at 79

1995 Robert Stephens, actor (Chaplin, QB VII, Cleopatra), dies at 64

1995 Robert Grieve, civil Servant, dies at 84

1995 Robert Lorimer Riggs, tennis Player, dies at 77

1995 Robert E. Lucas awarded Nobel Prize in economics

1995 Robert "Robby" Debarge, r&B Musician, dies at 36

1995 Robert L "Bob" Talley, pianist, dies at 75

1995 Helmut Erich Robert Gernsheim, photographer/collector, dies at 82

1995 Robert Flemyng, actor (Kafka, Rebecca, Funny Face), dies at 83

1995 Robert Harris, actor (Werewolf of London), dies at 95

1995 Robert Gibb, zoo/theme park creator, dies at 57

1995 Robert Selby Taylor, bishop, dies at 86

1995 Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer, dies at 93

1995 Robert Turner, winner of 1st All-American Soap Box Derby, dies at 72

1995 Robert Urquhart, actor (Dunkirk, Bulldog Breed), dies at 72

1995 Robert Bolt, British playwright (Doctor Zhivago, Bounty), dies at 70

1995 Robert Bolt, British Playwright

1995 Robert L Haller, coon Dog Trainer, dies at 32

1995 Robert Shaw, town Planner, dies at 81

1995 Robert Clifford Latham, pepys Scholar, dies at 82

1995 Robert Nesbitt, impresario, dies at 88

1994 Robert Emhardt, actor (Mac Cory-Another World), dies at 80

1994 Robert Jesse Charleston, museum curator, dies at 78

1994 Robert White, guitarist, dies at 57

1994 Robert White, guitarist, African-American musician, performed guitar riff on The Temptations hit, My Girl, dies in Los Angeles, California

1994 Robert Lansing, actor (Blade Runner, Equalizer), dies of cancer at 66

1994 Charles Robert Owen Medley, dancer/Choreographer, dies at 88

1994 Robert Bloch, screenwriter (Psycho), dies of cancer at 77

1994 1st Presidents Golf Cup: U.S. beats International team 20-12 at Robert Jones Va

1994 Robert Ivanovich Rozhdestvensky, poet, dies at 64

1994 Robert Hutton, Winne, U.S. actor (Rocket), dies at 74

1994 Robert Jungk, German/French/Us/Austrian philosopher/historian, dies

1994 Robert Michael Payton, pizza magnate, dies at 50

1994 Robert E Lee, dies of cancer at 75

1994 Robert Millar, journalist, dies at 72

1994 Mark Robert Isfeld, combat Engineer, dies at 31

1994 Country singer Trisha Yearwood (29) weds Robert Reynolds (32)

1994 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (21 days after his divorce) weds Mary Richardson

1994 Robert O van Gennep, Dutch publisher (Guevara, Mandel), dies at 56

1994 Robert Doisneau, French photographer (The Kiss), dies at 81

1994 Robert F Kennedy, Jr. divorces Emily Black

1994 Robert Shea, author, dies of cancer

1993 Haitian premier Robert Malval resigns

1993 Robert Goulet undergoes prostate cancer surgery

1993 Robert Taft, Jr., Senator-R-Ohio 1971 - 1976, died at age 76

1993 Actress Allison Angrim (32) weds Robert Schoonover (44)

1993 Robert C Maynard, CEO (Oakland Tribune), dies at 56

1993 Televangelist Robert Tilton announces he is divorcing Marte

1993 Robert W. Kempner, German officer of justice in Prussia, dies at 93

1993 Robert J Glass, film producer (ET), is killed at 53

1993 Robert Davis, dies of emphysema at 76

1993 Robert Strong

1993 Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor (large iron sculptures), dies at 80

1993 Robert M Gates, ends term as 15th director of CIA

1992 Robert F Simon, U.S. actor (Operation Petticoat, M*A*S*H), dies at 83

1992 Robert Shayne, U.S. actor (Tora! Tora! Tora!), dies of cancer at 92

1992 Adam Robert Worton, Newark DE, twin actor, Baby's Day Out

1992 Robert Reese, producer, dies of natural causes at 66

1992 New York City Subway motorman Robert Ray convicted of manslaughter in death of 5 riders, when he fell asleep drunk while in control of train

1992 Robert Muldoon, premier New Zealand (1975-84)/President IMF, dies

1992 Robert Morley, actor (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 84

1992 Robert Morris Page, U.S. physicist (radar), dies at 88

1992 Robert Reed, actor (Brady Bunch), dies of AIDs at 59

1992 Robert Harris, murderer, executed in California's gas chamber at 39

1992 Robert Alton Harris, American Criminal

1992 Robert F Clayton, drummer (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash

1992 Robert Paul Haynes, bassist (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash

1992 BPAA U.S. Open by Robert Lawrence

1992 Robert Beatty, actor (Odd Man Out), dies at 82

1992 Robert Schenkkan's "Kentucky Cycle," premieres in LA

1991 Robert Eddison, British actor (Uncle Silas), dies at 83

1991 Robert Q Lewis, U.S. comic/TV panel member (RQL Show), dies at 70

1991 Robert M. Gates, becomes 15th director of CIA

1991 Robert Maxwell, Billionaire publisher (New York Daily News), dies at 68

1991 Robert Helmick resigns as President of U.S. Olympic Committee

1991 Robert DiMatte, Jr., stage director/actor, dies at 43

1991 Robert Motherwell, U.S. painter (Elegies to Spanish Rep), dies at 76

1991 Robert Strauss becomes U.S. ambassador to Soviet Union

1991 Robert M. Gates becomes head of CIA

1991 Actor Robert Duvall weds Sharon Brophy

1991 Robert Maroff, dies at 57

1991 Robert Wagner, mayor (NYC-D-1954-65), dies

1991 Robert Gibson flies record 27,040 feet altitude

1990 Robert F X Sillerman purchases WAFL NY-New Jersey Knights for $11 million

1990 Robert Cummings, actor (Love that Bob), dies of kidney failure at 82

1990 Robert Mariano, entertainer, dies at 21

1990 Robert Tessier, actor (Nightwish, Future Force), dies at 56

1990 Robert E. Nederlander appointed New York Yankee managing general partner

1990 Robert Alex, shot to death by robber at 31

1990 Robert Sommer, singer, dies of liver failure at 42

1990 Kerry Kennedy (daughter of Robert) and Andrew Coumo (Mario's son) wed

1990 Robert Noyce, co-inventor (semi-conductor)/founder (Intel), dies

1990 Lebanon release U.S. hostage Robert Polhill after 39 months

1990 Robert D Webb, director/actor (Love Me Tender, Jackals), dies at 87

1990 Robert F Adams, U.S., sci-fi author (Castaways in Time), dies at 57

1989 Robert Wickler, dies

1989 Robert Penn Warren, American Novelist

1989 Robert Webber, actor (Alex-Moonlighting), dies of ALS at 64

1989 Robert Webber, actor (Nuts, Assassin, 10), dies at 74

1989 Richard J. Kerr replaces Robert M. Gates as deputy director of CIA

1989 Robert Mapplethorpe, U.S. photographer, dies at 42

1989 Robert McFarlane gets $20,000 fine, 2 years probation for Iran-Contra

1988 Bob Steele, Robert Bradbury, dies after short illness at 60

1988 Robert Bork's supreme court nomination rejected by U.S. Senate

1988 Robert Englund, actor who plays Freddie Kruger weds Nancy Booth

1988 Robert Gwathmey, artist, dies at 85

1988 Rockers Jonathan "Chico" and Robert DeBarge indicted on drug trafficking

1988 Robert Lee "Bobby" Dodd, U.S. football coach

1988 Robert A Heinlein, sci-fi writer (Friday), dies of heart failure at 80

1988 Robert A. Heinlein, American Writer

1988 Robert Livingston, actor (Lone Ranger), dies at 83 of emphysema

1988 Jamie Altman, son of Lynda Carter and Robert Altman

1987 Robert Paige, actor (Son of Dracula, Pardon My Sarong), dies

1987 Nobel prize for economy awarded to Robert M. Solow

1987 Senate debate begins rejecting Robert Bork's Supreme Court nomination

1987 William H. Webster replaces Robert M. Gates as 14th director of CIA

1987 Robert Preston, actor (Harold Hill-Music Man), dies at 68

1987 Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide

1986 Robert L "Bobby" Layne, football player (Detroit Lions), dies at 59

1986 Robert Sutton Whitney, composer, dies at 82

1986 Robert S Mulliken, U.S. physicist (Nobel 1966), dies at 90

1986 Robert Helpmann, actor (Second Time Lucky, Patrick), dies at 77

1986 Jennifer Levin, strangled by Robert Chambers in Central Park

1986 Robert Drivas, actor (Our Private World), dies at 47

1986 Robert E Howard, sci-fi author (Conan the Conqueror), dies at 80

1986 Robert Alda, actor (Dan Lewis-Supertrain), dies at 72

1986 Robert M. Gates, becomes deputy director of CIA

1985 Position of American Poet Laureate established (Robert Warren is 1st)

1985 Robert Graves, English writer/poet (King Jesus), dies at 90

1985 Senate judiciary committee begins Robert Bork confirmation hearings

1985 Rodney Robert Porter, British Scientist

1985 Robert Nathan, U.S. writer/poet (Portrait of Jennie), dies at 91

1985 Robert W. Woodruff, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies at 95

1985 Robert H. W. Welch, Jr., U.S. founder/leader John Birch Society, dies at 85

1985 Actress Judith Licht (Who's the Boss) marries Robert Desiderio (One Life to Live)

1984 Robert Moore, actor (Marshall-Diana), dies at 56

1984 Robert Penn Warren, Pulitzer Prize winner, named 1st U.S. poet laureate

1984 Actress Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman) marries Robert Altman

1983 Robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65

1983 Robert Agnew, director, dies at 84 of kidney failure

1983 Robert Gross, composer, dies at 69

1983 Robert de Castella wins Helsinki marathon 2:10:03

1983 Robert Bray, actor (Corey-Lassie, Simon-Stagecoach West), dies at 65

1983 Robert Christian, actor (Bustin' Loose), dies of cancer at 42

1982 Robert Coote, actor (Timmy-Rogues, Theodore-Nero Wolfe), dies at 73

1982 Robert Coote, actor (MacBeth), dies in New York City of a heart attack at 73

1982 Robert Anthony, born in Chicago, Illinois, ring name, 'Egotistico Fantastico', professional wrestler, athlete, World Junior Heavyweight Champion, Iron Man Champion, AAW Heavyweight Championship

1982 Robert H G Havemann, German chemist/dissident, dies

1981 Robert H Harris, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 72

1981 Robert Montgomery, actor/dir (Robert Montgomery Presents), dies at 77

1981 Robert Russell Bennett, U.S. composer/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 87

1981 Robert Peci, Italian brother of Red Brigade leader, murdered

1981 Robert Emmett Keane, actor (Rookie Cop, Red Dragon), dies

1981 Robert Davi (opera singer/actor), dies at 54

1981 Military jury in North Carolina convicts Robert Garwood of collaborating with enemy

1980 Margot Contois, Marquette, Michigan, dance skater, & Robert Peal

1980 Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins parliamentary election in Zimbabwe

1980 Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins elections in Zimbabwe

1980 Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62

1979 Robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62

1979 "Bad Case Of Loving You" by Robert Palmer peaks at #14

1978 Test Cricket debut of Allan Robert Border, vs. England at the MCG

1978 Robert Shaw, actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies of heart attack at 51

1978 Robert Frost Plaza, at California, Drumm and Market, SF, dedicated

1978 Robert Heger, composer, dies at 91

1977 Robert C "Cal" Hubbard, U.S. baseball player/umpire, dies at 77

1977 Robert Lowell, U.S. poet/pacifist (Near the Ocean), dies at 60)

1977 Karac Plant, son of Robert Plant, dies of respratory failure at 6

1977 Robert Middleman, actor (Barney-Monroes), dies at 66

1977 Robert M. Hutchins, American Educator

1977 Margaret Hayes, actress (Robert Montgomery Presents), dies at 61

1976 Robert Fleming, composer, dies at 55

1976 Gregory Robert Henderson, Dunedin New Zealand, 4k pursuit cyclist 1996 Olympics

1976 Robert de Roos, composer, dies at 69

1975 Senator Robert Dole and Elizabeth Hanford marry

1975 Robert Enes, Australian soccer midfielder, Olyroos, 1996 Olympics

1975 Robert Plant is involved in a car crash in Rhodes

1975 House of Representatives votes to restore citizenship to General Robert E. Lee

1975 Robert Stolz, Austrian composer (Fruhling im Prater), dies at 94

1975 27th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake and Jean Marsh

1975 Rob Touber, Robert J Noordervliet, chansonnier/director, dies at 38

1975 Robert Strauss, actor (Sergeant Gruzewsky-Mona McCluskey), dies at 61

1975 Robert Fuchs, soccer player, PSV

1975 Robert Evett, composer, dies at 52

1975 Robert Norman Waddell, Cambridge New Zealand, Single scull rower 1996 Olympics

1975 Robert Neumann, Austrian/British author (False Flag), dies at 77

1974 Robert Levine Sanders, composer, dies at 68

1974 Robert Herberigs, Flemish composer (La Chanson d'Eve), dies at 88

1974 Robert Cox, last surviving member of Keystone Kops, dies at 79

1974 Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin)

1974 Robert Rollins, cricketer, big-hitting Essex wicketkeeper-batsman

1973 Robert Walker, Australian rower 1996 Olympics

1973 Robert A Watson-Watt, England, physicist (radar), dies at 81

1973 Robert Ellis, actor (Curse of King Tut's Tomb), dies at 40

1973 Robert Petrovicky, born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, NHL forward, Team Slovakia, Dallas

1973 Robert Tate, wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings

1973 Judd Woldon and Robert Brittens musical "Raisin," premieres in New York City

1973 Robert Couch, NFL tackle for the Atlanta Falcons

1973 Robert Lee, NFL cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons

1973 Robert Ryan, U.S. actor (Dirty Dozens, Longest Day), dies at 63

1973 Robert Barr, NFL tackle for the Seattle Seahawks

1973 Robert Armstrong, actor (Fall Guy, Exposed), dies at 82

1973 Robert Joffrey Dance Company opens

1973 Robert Pipkins, Staten Island, New York, luger 1994 Olympics

1973 Robert Braknis, born in Montreal, Quebec, 100m backstroke/4 x 100 1996 Olympics

1973 Robert Dunn, Glenn Cove, New York, team handball left wing 1996 Olympics

1972 Robert Robinson, CFL defensive linebacker for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers

1972 Robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary, dies at 53

1972 Robert M Casadesus, French pianist/composer (Prix Diemer), dies at 73

1972 Robert Denzler, composer, dies at 80

1972 Robert Peal, born in Chicago, Illinois, dance skater, & Margot Contois

1972 Robert Esmie, born in Jamaica, Canadian 4X100m runner, 1996 Olympics gold

1972 Robert Kennedy, cricketer, New Zealand opening bowler 1996

1972 Robert Smith, NFL running back for the Minnesota Vikings

1972 Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, and Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain Georgia

1972 Adrian Rollins, cricketer, Derbyshire batsman, bro of Robert of Essex

1972 "Emergency" with Robert Fuller premieres on NBC TV

1971 Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman,, Jr., USMC, ends term as deputy director of CIA

1971 Robert Lowery, actor (Circus Boy, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 57

1971 Robert Flickinger, WLAF defensive end for the Scottish Claymores

1971 Robert Wijnands, Dutch soccer player for the FC Utrecht

1971 David Robert Duval, born in Jacksonville, Florida, PGA golfer, 1995 Bob Hope

1971 Robert Gordon director/writer (Loveless), dies at 76

1971 Robert Reichel, born in Litinov, Czechoslovakia, hockey forward, New York Islanders, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics

1971 Robert Samuels, cricketer, West Indies Test opening batsman vs. New Zealand 1996

1971 Robert O'Neal, WLAF safety for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Robert Still, composer, dies at 60

1971 Robert O' Neal, WLAF DB for the Amsterdam Admirals

1970 Robert Hall, WLAF wide reciever for the Amsterdam Admirals

1970 Robert Lang, Teplice, Czech Republic, NHL forward, Team Czech Republic, Los Angeles

1970 Robert Griffith, NFL strong safety for the Minnesota Vikings

1970 Robert Ruthenfranz, composer, dies at 65

1970 Natasha Gregson Wagner, actress, Dark Horse, SFW, Robert's daughter

1970 Robert Green, NFL running back for the Chicago Bears

1970 Robert Horry, NBA forward, Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets

1970 Robert Higginson, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, outfielder for the Detroit Tigers

1970 Robert Morley's "How the Other Half Loves," premieres in London

1970 Robert Brooks, NFL wide reciever, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31

1970 22nd Emmy Awards: Marcus Welby, Robert Young and Susan Hampshire

1970 Robert Croft, cricketer, Glamorgan off-spinner, England 1996-

1970 Robert Bruce Lockhart, diplomat/writer, dies

1970 Robert Marasco's "Child's Play," premieres in New York City

1970 Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H," premieres

1970 Robert [Harriot] Barrat, actor (Bad Lands, Go West), dies at 81

1969 Robert Person, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pitcher for the New York Mets

1969 Robert Jones, NFL linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys

1969 Robert Coons, NFL tight end for the Buffalo Bills

1969 Robert Lehman, U.S. multi-millionaire/director (Met Museum of Art), dies

1969 Robert Scott, Australian rower 1996 Olympics

1969 Robert Porcher, NFL defensive end, Detroit Lions

1969 Robert Gordon, CFL receiver for the Edmonton Eskimos

1969 Robert Harris, NFL defensive end for the New York Giants

1969 Robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57

1969 Robert Perez, born in Bolivar, Venezuela, outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays

1969 Robert Kennedy's murderer Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death

1969 Robert E. Cushman, Jr., becomes deputy director of CIA

1969 Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Sen Robert F Kennedy

1969 Robert Sean Leonard, New Jersey, actor, Dead Poets Society, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge

1969 Robert Massey, NFL cornerback for the New York Giants

1969 Robert Molenaar, Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam

1969 Robert Pack, NBA guard, Washington Bullets, Dallas Mavericks

1969 Robert Young, NFL player for the St. Louis Rams

1969 Robert Wilson, NFL running back for the Miami Dolphins

1969 Robert Svehla, born in Martin, Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman, Florida Panthers, Slovakia

1968 Robert Ayres, actor (Battle Beneath the Earth), dies at 54

1968 Vanilla Ice, Robert Van Winkle, rapper, Ice Ice Baby

1968 Robert van Oosterom, cricket opening batsman, Holland 1996 World Cup

1968 Harry Robert Wilson, composer, dies at 67

1968 Robert Arthur Ley, sci-fi author (Telepath, Power of X), dies at 47

1968 Robert Bailey, NFL cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys

1968 Robert Anthony Gamez, born in Las Vegas Nevada, PGA golfer, 1990 Nestle

1968 Robert Rodriguez, director, El Mariachi, Desperado

1968 AL games at Baltimore and Chicago postponed honoring Robert Kennedy

1968 Robert F Kennedy, (Sn-D-NY), assassinated in LA by Sirhan Sirhan at 42

1968 Robert Kennedy, American Politician

1968 Robert David Burns, Mission Hills, California, PGA golfer, 1994 Buick-5th

1968 Robert F. Kennedy announces presidential campaign

1968 Robert Anderson's "I Never Sang for My Father," premieres in New York City

1968 Robert R "Bob" Jones, founder (Bob Jones University), dies at 84

1967 Robert H Lawrence, USAF/astronaut, dies at 32

1967 Robert McNamara elected president of World bank

1967 Robert H van Gulik, diplomat/writer (Judge Tie), dies

1967 Major Robert H Lawrence, Jr. named 1st black astronaut

1967 Robert Drummond, CFL running back for the Toronto Argonauts

1967 Robert Reading, born in Buffalo, New York, 110m hurdler

1967 Robert "Evel" Knievel's motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles

1967 Robert Blackmon, defensive back, Indianapolis Colts, Seattle Seahawks

1967 Robert Anderson's "You Know I Can't Hear You ...," premieres in New York City

1967 Robert Kron, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, NHL right wing, Hartford Whalers

1967 Robert J Oppenheimer, creator of atomic bomb, dies at 62

1967 Robert Massey, NFL cornerback, Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions

1967 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Robert Penn Warren

1967 Robert J Van De Graaff, U.S. nuclear physicist, dies at 65

1966 Robert Keith, actor (Battle Circus, Men in War), dies at 68

1966 Robert MacNaughton, New York City, actor, ET

1966 Nobel for chemistry awarded to Robert S Mulliken

1966 High schooler Robert Smith kills 7 for fame

1966 Robert Kempainen, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, marathoner, 1996 Olympics

1966 Robert C Weaver, confirmed as 1st black cabinet member (HUD)

1966 1st black selected for President cabinet (Lyndon Baines Johnson selects Robert C Weaver-HUD)

1965 Robert Oberrrauch, hockey defenseman, Team Italy 1998

1965 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Robert B Woodward

1965 Robert B. Woodward awarded Nobel prize for chemistry

1965 50 mph gust carries 165 lb Robert Mitera's tee shot 447

1965 Robert Mitera aces 447-yd 10th hole at Miracle Hills, Omaha, Nebr to score world's longest straight hole-in-one

1965 Robert Goff, NFL defensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints

1965 Robert Rusler, actor, Game of Love, Vamp, Thrashin'

1965 Robert Manry, Cleveland newspaper editor/sailed the Atlantic, in craft

1965 Robert Holland, CFL defensive back for the BC Lions

1965 Robert Platus, born in New York City, lip syncher, Milli Vanilli-Girl You Know This

1965 Robert E Hickok, U.S. murderer (In Cold Blood), hanged

1965 Robert Downey, Jr., born in New York City, comedian, SNL, Less than Zero, Back to School

1964 Robert Haynes, cricketer, Jamaica and WI leggie, one-dayer but no Tests

1964 Robert Burton, actor (Dr. Gordon-Kings Row), dies at 69

1964 Robert Farley, Ndola Zambia, Australasia golfer

1964 U.S. attorney general Robert Kennedy resigns

1964 Robert Mimbs, CFL running back for the Saskatchewan Roughriders

1964 Robert Warwick, actor (Konga, Zorro, Lady Godiva), dies at 85

1964 Katie Wagner, daughter of Robert Wagner/model/guest VJ, MTV

1964 Robert Kelker-Kelly, born in Wichita, Kansas, Bo-Days of our Live

1964 Robert "Bob" Kaehler, born in Burlingame, California, rower, Olympics 1992, 1996

1964 Robert Lowell's "Benito Cereno," premieres in New York City

1963 Robert Jenkins, NFL tackle for the Oakland Raiders

1963 Robert Hamer, British Director

1963 Robert Stroud, "bird man of Alcatraz", dies

1963 Robert Bailey, cricketer, England batsman in four Tests 1988-90

1963 Robert Schuman, French premier/chair (European Parliament), dies at 77

1963 USAF Major Robert A Rushworth in X-15 reaches 86,900 m

1963 Robert Seguso, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, tennis star

1963 Robert James Affuso, born in Newburgh, New York, rock drummer, Skid Row-Psycho Love

1963 Robert Collins, keyboard player

1963 Robert Frost wins Bollingen Prize

1963 Robert Lee Frost, U.S. poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88

1963 Robert Frost, American Poet

1962 Robert Willis, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer

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 Robert Meyer, Sacramento Cal, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Morningstar

1962 Mark Robert Isfeld, combat engineer

1962 Robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft)

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 Robert Druppers, runner, world record 1 km indoor

1962 Alain Robert, French Athlete

1962 Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., born in Baltimore, Maryland, astronaut, STS-85, sk: 99

1962 Robert Kennedy visits Netherlands

1962 Robert Mailhouse, New Haven, Connecticut, actor, Brian-Days of our Life

1961 Robert Louis Tewdwr Moss, journalist/travel writer

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 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,830 m

1961 Robert Griffith, producer of Pajama Game, dies

1961 Stephen Robert Pate, Ventura California, PGA golfer, 1987 Southwest Classic

1961 Doctor Robert, Bruce R Howard, rocker, Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways

1961 Robert Noyce patents integrated circuit

1961 USAF Major Robert M. White takes X-15 to 32,000 m

1961 Robert Carlyle, Scottish Director

1961 Robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black

1961 Robert Frost recites "Gift Outright" at John F. Kennedy's inauguration

1961 Robert Edwin Hall, mountaineer/businessman

1960 Robert Harold Lohr, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, PGA golfer, 1988 Walt Disney

1960 Robert Pukalovic, hockey defenseman, Team Slovakia 1998

1960 Robert Bolt's "Man For All Seasons," premieres in London

1960 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 41,600 m

1960 12nd Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Robert Stack and Jane Wyatt

1960 USAF Major Robert M. White takes X-15 to 33,222 m

1960 Robert Green, born in Omaha, Nebraska, tennis star

1959 Robert Wrenn, born in Richmond, Virginia, Nike golfer, 1987 Buick Open

1959 Robert Earnshaw, racehorse trainer

1959 Robert Raymond Tway, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, PGA golfer, 1986 Shearson

1959 Robert Smith, born in Sussex, rock guitarist and vocalist, Cure-Hell's Kitchen

1959 Robert Foster sets record by staying underwater 13 m 42.5 s

1958 Robert H W Welch, Jr. and 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form anti-Communist John Birch Society

1958 Edgar A Robert Cecil viscount of Chelwood, (Nobel 1937), dies at 94

1958 New York City Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball called the Continental League

1958 Robert Patrick, American Actor

1958 Robert Lach, composer, dies at 84

1958 Robert W. Service, Scottish Poet

1958 Robert Earl Hughes, weighed 1,041 lbs (473 kg), dies at 32

1958 Robert Foth, born in Buffalo, New York, air rifle, Olympics-1988, 92, 96

1958 Robert Newman, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Joshua Lewis-Guiding Light

1958 Robert Greig, actor (Devil Doll, Indian Love Call), dies at 78

1958 Robert Donat, actor (Citadel, Goodbye Mr. Chips, 39 Steps), dies at 53

1958 10th Emmy Awards: Gunsmoke, Robert Young and Jane Wyatt

1957 Robert Frank Kurka, composer, dies at 35

1957 NY Mayor Robert Wagner forms a committee to replace Dodgers and Giants

1957 Robert. L. Ehrlich, American Politician

1957 Robert Beltran, actor, Star Trek Voyager

1957 Robert Oboussier, composer, dies at 56

1957 New York City Mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the Giants and Dodgers about the proposed move to the west coast

1957 9th Emmy Awards: Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young and Loretta Young

1957 Robert Townsend, Chicago, comedian/actor, Hollywood Shuffle, Ratboy

1957 Robert Thompson, born in Houston, Texas, Nike golfer, 1990 Boise Open-2nd

1956 Robert Walser, writer, dies at 78

1956 Charles Ives' overture "Robert Browning," premieres in New York City

1956 Robert Mills Delaney, composer, dies at 53

1956 Curt Robert of Columbus (International League) hits 4 home runs in 7 inning game

1956 Robert Davi, actor, License to Kill, Raw Deal, Wild Thing

1956 Robert Dover, equestrian dressage 1996 Olympics bronze

1956 Robert Newton, actor (Henry V, Odd Man Out), dies at 50

1956 New York Mayor Robert Wagner and Brooklyn Boro President Frank Cashmore sponsor a bill to create a $30M Brooklyn Sports Center Authority to build

1955 Robert E Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois), dies at 59

1955 Robert E. Sherwood, American Playwright

1955 Robert ten Brink, Dutch TV host/cabaret artist

1955 Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer, dies at 70

1955 Robert Feld, born in Nashville, Tennessee, National Scrabble Champion 1990

1955 Robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-First-Member of parliament, dies at 76

1954 Robert H. Jackson, American Statesman

1954 Robert Kocharian, Statesman

1954 Robert Cameron, CFL punter for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers

1954 Atomic Energy Commission voted against reinstating Dr. J Robert Oppenheimer

1954 Robert Davi, born in Astoria, New York, opera singer and actor, Gangster Chronicles

1954 Robert Pastorelli, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Eldin-Murphy Brown

1954 Bo [Robert] Donaldson, rock vocalist, Billy Don't Be a Hero

1954 Robert Capa, American Photographer

1954 Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed

1954 Robert Oppenheimer accused of being a communist

1954 Robert Carradine, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Slim-The Cowboys, Wavelength

1954 Robert F Kennedy, Jr., attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council

1954 Robert Menendez, American Politician

1953 Robert Pittman, TV executive/developer, MTV

1953 Robert A Millikan, U.S. physicist (Nobel 1923), dies at 85

1953 Robert H Lightfoot, English theologist/exegetist, dies at 70

1953 Robert Picardo, Philadelphia, actor, Frame Up, Gremlins 2

1953 Robert Anderson's "Tea and Sympathy," premieres in New York City

1953 Robert Parish, NBA center, Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets

1953 Robert Brent Thirsk, BC Canada, astronaut, STS-78

1953 Robert Cray, Columbus, Georgia, blues singer and songwriter, 1987 Grammy

1953 Robert Taft, Senator-R-Ohio 1971 - 1976, dies in New York at 63

1953 Congress cites research of New York City librarian Robert Henderson in proving

1953 Craig Robert Stadler, born in San Diego, California, PGA golfer, Masters 1982

1953 Robert M. La Follette, American Politician

1953 Robert Brazile, born in Mobile, Alabama, football player, linebacker, played for National Football League's Houston Oilers and Kansas City Chiefs, nicknamed 'Dr. Doom', named 1975's NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year

1952 Robert R[ick] McCammon, U.S., sci-fi author, Baal, Mystery Walk

1952 Andy Fraser, born in Paddington, West London, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, played bass for Free, composed "All Right Now", wrote hits for Robert Palmer, Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker

1952 Robert D. Kaplan, American Journalist

1952 Robert Ainsworth, born in Coventry, England, Robert William Ainsworth, politician, Labor Party, 2009, assumed roles of Secretary of State for Defense, since 1992, serves as a Member of Parliament for Coventry North East

1951 Robert Lindsay, Ilketson England, actor, Strike it Rich, King Lear

1951 Robert Cochran, Claremont Vt, skier, Olympics-1972

1951 Robert G Aitken, U.S. astronomer (New General Catalogue), dies at 86

1951 Robert Wuhl, Union, New Jersey, actor, Bull Durham, Good Morning Vietnam

1951 Robert Desiderio, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Det Kennedy-Heart of the City

1951 Robert Franz Richard Hernried, composer, dies at 67

1951 Robert Walker, actor and writer (Bataan, Madame Curie), dies at 32

1951 Robert Torricelli, born in Paterson, New Jersey, Representative-D-New Jersey 1983 - 2003

1951 Robert Joy, born in Montreal, Quebec, actor, Big Shots, Suicide Club

1951 Robert Edwin Wadkins, Richmond, Virginia, PGA golfer, 1994 Kemper Open-2nd

1951 Chris Smith, born in Barnet, London, Christopher Robert 'Chris' Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, politician, Labor Party, Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury, Cabinet minister, first openly gay MP member, HIV positive

1951 Robert Joseph Flaherty, documentary film maker, dies

1951 Robert J. Flaherty, Director

1951 Robert Kahn, composer, dies at 85

1951 Robert Hegyes, New Jersey, actor, Underground Aces, Welcome Back Kotter

1951 Robert Iger, American Businessman

1951 Robert Mark, U.S. chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41

1950 Robert Bryan Gilder, Corvallis OR, PGA golfer, 1980 Canadian Open

1950 Robert Muller-Hartmann, composer, dies at 66

1950 Robert B. Laughlin, American Physicist

1950 Robert "Kool" Bell, Youngstown, Ohio, rocker, Kool and the Gang

1950 Robert W. Lehnhoff, Executioner of Groningen, SS fuhrer, executed

1950 French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS

1950 Robert S. Woods, born in California, actor, Bo-One Life to Live, Waltons

1950 "Robert Montgomery Presents" dramatic anthology premieres on NBC TV

1949 Robert Sternberg, American Educator

1949 Robert Mellors, gay activist

1949 Robert Lynd [YY], Irish writer/critic (News Chronicle), dies at 70

1949 Robert Englund, actor, Freddy Kreuger-Nightmare on Elm St, V

1949 Stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65

1949 Robert Cabana, born in Minneapolis, Major USMC/astronaut, STS-41, 53, 68, sk:88

1949 Robert Palmer, born in Batley, England, singer, Emerson, Lake and Palmer

1948 Robert Quillen, American Journalist

1948 Robert Ginty, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Paper Chase, White Fire

1948 Robert A. Borski, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Representative-D-Pennsylvania 1983 - 2003

1948 Robert Anderson, cricketer, New Zealand batsman 1976-78

1948 Robert Plant, English rock vocalist, Led Zeppelin-Whole Lotta Love

1948 Robert P Holdstock, UK, sci-fi author, Ghost Dance, Labyrinth

1948 Robert Spink, born in Haworth, Worth Valley, Yorkshire, England, Robert Michael Spink, politician, Independence Party, former Conservative Party member, became Member of Parliament for Castle Point in June, 2001

1948 Robert A. Underwood, born in Tamuning, Guam, Representative-D-Guam 1993 - 2003

1948 Robert Zemeckis, director, Forrest Gump, Back to the Future

1948 Robert Braunwart, who added thousands of dates to this database

1948 Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator, dies at 38

1948 Robert Coover, novelist, Pricksongs and Descants

1947 Robert Gilliot, father of Gerda Havertongs daughter Zulema

1947 Sam Breadon sells Cards to Robert Hannegan and Fred Saigh for $4M

1947 Robert Kidd, marine geoscientist

1947 Robert E. Cramer, born in Huntsville, Alabama, Representative-D-Alabama 1991 - 2009

1947 Robert Hays, Bethesda, Maryland, actor, Airplane!, Starman, Scandalous

1947 Robert M. Parker, Jr., American Critic

1947 Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Penn Warren (All the King's Men)

1947 Robert C. Scott, born in Washington, D.C., Representative-D-Virginia 1993 -

1947 Robert Kiyosaki, American Author

1947 Bobby Kimball, Robert Toteaux, Vinton, Louisiana, rocker, Toto-Roseann

1947 Robert O'Neill Crossman, politician

1947 Robert Martin, American Politician

1947 David Bowie, born in London, England, singer and actor, Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust, also known as David Robert Hayward-Jones

1946 Robert Urich, Toronto Ohio, actor, SWAT, Spenser for Hire, Vega$

1946 Robert Mapplethorpe, U.S. photographer

1946 Robert L "Hoot" Gibson, Cooperstown, New York, USN/ast, STS-41B,61C,27,47,71

1946 Robert Jackson, MP/minister of British Civil Service

1946 Robert L Asprin, U.S., sci-fi writer, Thieves World, Cold Cash War

1946 Robert Xavier Rodriguez, composer

1946 Robert Asprin, American Author

1946 Robert Reich, U.S. Secretary of Labor, Clinton

1946 Tristan Rogers, born in Australia, actor, Robert Scorpio-General Hospital

1946 Robert Jarvik, surgeon/inventor, Jarvik 7 artificial heart

1946 Robert E. McKee, CEO and managing director, Conoco-UK

1945 Robert van Genechten, Dutch Nazi (NSB), commits suicide

1945 Robert Pickett, born in Somerville, Massachusetts, stage name, Bobby Boris Pickett, singer, co-wrote and performed hit 'Monster Mash'

1945 Robert Benchley, U.S. humorist (My 10 years in a quandary), dies at 56

1945 Robert J. Mrazek, born in Newport, Rhode Island, Representative-D-New York 1983 - 1993

1945 Robert Ley, German nazi, commits suicide

1945 Robert T Duncan appears as Tonio in "I Pagliacci"

1945 Robert Benchley, American Comedian

1945 Robert Greenwald, American Director

1945 Robert Hamilton wins PGA golf tournament

1945 Robert Balaban, Chicago, actor, Absence of Malice, Altered States

1945 Robert H Goddard, U.S., rocket pioneer, dies at 62

1945 Robert Goddard, Rocket pioneer, dies

1945 55th Postmaster General: Robert E Hannegan of Mo takes office

1945 Kenneth Robert Livingstone, British Politician

1945 Robert Henrit, England, rocker, Argent

1945 Robert Knight, born in Franklin, Tennessee, singer, rocker, debuted with the Paramounts, recorded hit, signature song, Everlasting Love

1945 Robert Key, MP/British undersecretary for National Heritage

1945 Robert Fripp, guitarist, King Crimson

1945 Robert A. Brady, American Politician

1945 Robert Wittinger, composer

1945 Robert Wyatt, English Musician

1944 Robert Colomby, New York City, rock drummer, Blood Sweat and Tears-When I Die

1944 Robert Iliffe, English publisher, Coventry Evening Telegraph

1944 Robert Lamm, New York City, rocker, Chicago-If You Leave Me Now

1944 Robert Cole, U.S. Lt-colonel, dies in battle at Best

1944 Robert Lejour, Belgian lawyer/resistance fighter, murdered

1944 Robert Mueller, American Public Servant

1944 Joanna Cassidy, Caskey, Haddonfield, New Jersey, actress, 240 Robert

1944 Robert H Iseley, U.S. pilot/lt-comdr (Saipan), dies in battle

1944 Robert Powell, England, actor, Jigsaw Man, Shaka Zulu, Secrets

1944 Robert Michael Payton, pizza magnate

1944 Robert E Park, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man), dies at 79

1944 Robert Landers, Tarrant County, Texas, PGA golfer, Ft. Worth-1976, 78, 80

1943 Joel Robert, Belgian motorcyclist

1943 Robert Lindsay Thomas, born in Patterson, Georgia, Representative-D-Georgia 1983 - 1993

1943 Robert Jay Sigel, Narberth, Pennsylvania, PGA golfer, 1994 GTE West Classic

1943 Robert Long, Leverman, Dutch singer and actor, Vroeger Kon je Lachen

1943 Robert Cooper, father of Card pitcher Mort and catcher Walker, dies

1943 Robert Nathaniel Dett, composer, dies at 60

1943 Robert Walden, New York City, actor, Joe Rossi-Lou Grant, New Doctors

1943 Robert M. Gates, American Politician

1943 Robert Crumb, U.S., cartoonist, Father Time, Fritz Cat

1943 Robert De Niro, born in New York City, actor, Bang the Drum Slowly, Taxi Driver

1943 Robert W. Edgar, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Representative-D-Pennsylvania, 1975 - 1987

1943 Milton Robert Carr, born in Janesville, Wisconsin, Representative-D-Michigan 1975 - 1981, 1983 - 1993, and 1993 - 1995

1943 Robert J Murphy, Jr., born in Brooklyn, New York, PGA golfer, 1968 Philadelphia Classic

1942 Robert Quine, born in Akron, Ohio, guitarist, guitar soloist, worked with Matthew Sweet, Marianne Faithfull, style combines jazz, rock, blues

1942 Robert Sullivan becomes 1st pilot to fly Atlantic 100 times

1942 Robert L. Hayes, born in Jacksonville, Florida, 100m/4x100m runner, 2 Gold Medals 1964 Olympics

1942 Bobby Managoff beats Yvon Robert in Houston, to become wrestling champ

1942 Yvon Robert beats Bill Longson in Montreal, to become wrestling champ

1942 Robert C. Solomon, born in Michigan, philosophy professor, studied Hegel, Nietzsche, Sartre, philosophy of emotions

1942 Robert Lee Stewart, Washington D.C., Brigadier General U.S. Army/astronaut, STS-41B, 51J

1942 Robert Arthur Thornbury Campbell, journalist/musician

1942 Robert Ballard, explorer/geologist/author/discoverer, Titanic in 1985

1942 Robert C Springer, St. Louis, Col USMC/astronaut, STS-29, STS-38

1942 Robert Musil, Austrian writer (Mann ohne Eigenschaften), dies at 61

1942 Robert Klein, Bronx, comedian/actor, Hooper, Deadly Rivals

1941 Robert Covington, drummer/singer

1941 Robert Foxworth, born in Houston, Texas, actor, Chase-Falcon Crest, Frankenstein

1941 Robert Delaunay, French painter, dies at 56

1941 61st U.S. Mens Tennis: Robert L Riggs beats F Kovacs (2d 57 61 63 63)

1941 Robert Forster, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Lady in Red, Alligator

1941 Robert Pine, born in Scarsdale, New York, actor, Joe Getraer-CHiPs

1941 Robert Forester, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Banyon, Nakia

1941 Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert E Sherwood (There shall be no night)

1941 Robert C. Smith, born in Trenton, New Jersey, Representative-R-New Hampshire, 1985 - 1990, Senator-R-New Hampshire 1990- 2003

1941 Robert Liefmann, German economist (Kartelle und Trusts), dies at 67

1941 Robert Hass, American Poet

1941 Robert Walmsley, British Vice-Admiral

1941 Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83

1941 Robert Hicks, rocker, Paul Butterfield Blues Band

1940 Robert Emden, Swiss geo/astro physics (Gaskugeln), dies at 78

1940 60th U.S. Mens Tennis: W D McNeill beats Robert L Riggs (46 68 63 63 75)

1940 60th U.S. Mens Tennis: McNeill beats Robert Riggs (46 68 63 63 75)

1940 Robert Wadlow, world's tallest man (8'11.1"), dies at 32

1940 Robert Kramer, actor, A.K.

1940 Robert Sherwood's "There Shall be No Night," premieres in New York City

1940 Robert Walker, Jr., New York City, actor, Ceremony, Ms Don Juan, Ensign Pulver

1939 59th U.S. Mens Tennis: Robert L Riggs beats S Welby van Horn (64 62 64)

1939 Robert Lee Dickey, U.S. singer, I'm your puppet

1939 Robert A. M. Stern, American Architect

1939 James Robert Jones, born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, Representative-D-Oklahoma 1973 - 1987

1939 Robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies

1939 Robert Nye, writer, Facts of Life and other fiction, 3 Views of Man

1939 Robert Tear, born in Barry, Wales, tenor, Welsh National Opera 1970

1938 Robert Herrick, U.S. writer (Chimes), dies at 70

1938 Robert Drivas, Choromokos, Chicago, actor, Our Private World

1938 Robert Nozick, American Philosopher

1938 Robert "Evel" Knievel, motorcycle daredevil, Snake River Canyon

1938 Robert Sherwoods "Abe Lincoln in Illinois," premieres in New York City

1938 Robert E. Rubin, American Businessman

1938 Robert Johnson, U.S. Delta-blues singer and guitarist, poisoned at 27

1938 Robert Hughes, born in Australia, writer/critic, Barcelona

1938 Robert Frank Baksa, composer

1937 Robert L Crippen, Beaumont, Texas, Captain USN/astronaut, STS-1, 7, 41C, 41G

1937 Robert Crippen, American Astronaut

1937 Olly Wilson, born in St. Louis, Missouri, composer, double bassist, musicologist, contemporary classical music, preeminent African American composer, studied with Robert Wykes, earned PhD from University of Iowa

1937 Robert Stone, U.S. writer, Who'll Stop the Rain, WUSA

1937 Robert Redford, born in California, actor, Sting, Candidate, Natural, Great Gatsby

1937 Robert Gibb, zoo/theme park creator

1937 Robert Fulghum, American Author

1937 Robert O "Rob" van Gennep, Dutch publisher, Guevara, Gorz, Mandel

1937 Robert Boozer, born in Omaha, Nebraska, basketball player 1960 Olympics gold

1937 Robert Hooks, Washington D.C., actor, Fast Walking, Aaron Loves Angela

1937 Robert Huber, Munich Germany, biochemist, Nobel 1988

1937 Robert Moran, born in Denver, Colorado, composer, operas include 'The Juniper Tree' co-composed with Philip Glass 'Night Passage'

1936 Robert Alan Ridley Parker, New York City, PhD/astronaut, STS-9, STS-35

1936 Robert White, born in Billmyre, Pennsylvania, guitarist, African-American musician, performed guitar riff on The Temptations hit, My Girl

1936 Rob Touber, Robert J Noordervliet, cabaret director, Capers

1936 Robert Hogan, New York City, actor, Peyton Place, Operation Petticoat

1936 Robert Wolders, Rotterdam Holland, actor, Erik Hunter-Laredo

1936 Robert F Overmyer, born in Lorain, Ohio, Col USMC/astronaut, STS-5, STS-51B

1936 Robert Maclennan, British MP

1936 Robert E. Howard, American Writer

1936 Robert Herman Nichols, born in Louisville, Kentucky, PGA golfer, 1986 Showdown

1936 Robert Scheer, American Journalist

1936 Robert "Bobby" Smith, U.S. singer, Spinners

1936 Robert Lee Smith, U.S. singer, Tams, You Lied to Your Daddy

1936 Roy Beggs, born in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland, John Robert Beggs, Ulster Unionist Party, Member of Parliament for East Antrim 1983 - 2005, known for his Euroscepticism, strong support of Northern Ireland's grammar schools

1936 Robert Simpson, Australian cricket player/manager

1936 Robert Suderburg, composer

1935 Robert Crandall, American Businessman

1935 Robert Caro, American Writer

1935 Robert H Lawrence, born in Chicago, Illinois, USAF/astronaut

1935 Robert Kruger, Sen-D Texas

1935 Dr. Robert Smith and William Wilson of Akron form Alcoholics Anonymous

1935 Robert Conrad, Conrad R Falk, Chicago, actor, Wild Wild West

1935 RADAR-Radio Detection and Ranging 1st demonstrated (Robert Watson-Watt)

1935 Robert Silverberg, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Regan's Planet

1934 Nicolas Coster, actor, Robert Delaney-Another World

1934 Robert Towne, producer/screenwriter, Chinatown

1934 Robert E Hughes, New York City, orchestra leader, Rich Little Show

1934 Robert Lang, actor, Night Watch, director

1934 [Robert] Lee Elder, born in Dallas, Texas, PGA golfer, 1974 Monsanto Open

1934 Robert A Moog, inventor, Moog Synthesizer

1934 Robert Moog, American Inventor

1934 60th Preakness: Robert Jones aboard High Quest wins in 1:58.2

1934 Robert Stigwood, producer, Saturday Night Fever, Grease

1933 Robert Goulet, born in Massachusetts, singer, actor, television, film, Canadian-American Grammy, Tony-Award winner

1933 Robert Blake, Nutley, New Jersey, Baretta, Little Rascals, Coast to Coast

1933 Robert F Bennett, Sen-R Utah

1933 Robert Bennett, American Politician

1933 Robert Foster Bennett, American Politician

1933 Robert Fuller, Troy, New York, actor, Laramie, Wagon Train

1933 Robert Bourassa, born in Montreal, premier of Quebec, 1970-76, 1985-

1933 Robert Kajanus, composer, dies at 76

1933 Dr. Robert Stevens, Master, Pembroke College, Oxford

1933 Robert Rhodes James, historian, Gallipoli

1933 Robert Garcia, born in Bronx, New York, Representative-D-New York 1978 - 1983

1932 Robert Pettit, NBA star, St. Louis Bombers/1959 MVP

1932 Robert T Herres, born in Denver, Colorado, USAF/astronaut

1932 Robert Vaughn, New York City, actor, Napolean Solo-Man from UNCLE, I Spy

1932 Journalist, Robert Trout, joins CBS

1932 Robert Reed, born in Highland Park, Illinois, actor, Mike-Brady Bunch, Nurse

1932 Robert Benton, Texas, writer and director, Kramer vs Kramer

1932 Robert [Franklin] Adams, U.S., sci-fi author, Castaways in Time

1932 Robert L[ull] Forward, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragon's Egg, Starquake

1932 Robert William Davis, born in Marquette, Michigan, Representative-R-Michigan 1979 - 1993

1932 Robert Cowan, CEO, Highlands and Islands Enterprises

1932 Bobby Day, Robert Byrd, Fort Worth, Texas, rock vocalist, Rockin' Robin

1932 Robert Rozjdestvenski, Russian poet, Requiem, Userjoz

1932 Robert Sherlaw Johnson, composer

1932 Gay Robert Brewer, born in Middletwon, Ohio, PGA golfer, 1972 Canadian

1932 Robert Mandan, Clever, Missouri, actor, Chester-Soap, James-3's a Crowd

1932 Robert Anton Wilson, U.S., sci-fi author, Trick Top Hat

1931 Robert Stephens, Bristol England, actor, Uncle Kurt-Holocaust

1931 Robert Ito, Vancouver BC, actor, Sam-Quincy ME

1931 Robert Freeman Smith, born in Portland, Oregon, Representative-R-Oregon 1983 - 1995 and 1997 - 1999

1931 1st rocket-powered aircraft design patented, Robert Goddard

1931 Robert Morse, Newton Massachusetts, actor, That's Life, Jack Frost

1931 Robert Dickson, born in Canada, ice hockey player, 1948

1931 Robert D Novak, Joliet, Illinois, news reporter, CNN-Evans and Novak

1931 Robert Novak, American Journalist

1931 Robert MacNeil, Montreal, news anchor, NBC Weekend News, 1965-67

1931 Robert Duvall, born in San Diego, California, actor, Great Santini, Taxi Driver

1930 Robert Joffrey, Abdullah Jaffa Anver Bey Khan, U.S., dancer

1930 Bob Guccione, Robert C J Edwa, U.S. publisher, Penthouse, Omni

1930 Robert Prosky, Philadelphia, actor, Christine, Sergeant Jablonski-Hill St. Blues

1930 Bobby Van, Robert King, New York City, singer, Hollywood Palace

1930 Robert Easton, Milwaukee, actor, Someone Up There Likes Me

1930 Robert Parker, U.S. saxophonist/soul singer, Barefootin'

1930 Robert Gavron, English publisher/multi-millionaire, St. Ives

1930 Robert Culp, Berkley California, actor, I Spy, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice

1930 Robert Stout, New Zealand prime minister (1884-87), dies at 85

1930 34th U.S. Golf Open: Robert T "Bobby" Jones wins

1930 Robert Evans, born in New York City, director/actor, Love Story, Godfather, Chinatown

1930 Robert Ivanovich Rozhdestvensky, poet

1930 Robert Buchanan, founder, Center for History of Tech Bath University

1930 Robert Bunyard, Commandant, British Police Staff College

1930 Robert S Bridges, poet laureate (Testament of beauty), dies at 85

1930 Robert Bridges, English Poet

1930 Joseph Burnett-Stuart, CEO, Robert Fleming Holdings

1930 Robert Ashley, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, composer, audio synthesis pioneer, works incorporate extended techniques, electronics

1930 Robert Wagner, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, It Takes a Thief, Hart to Hart

1930 Robert Loggia, Staten Island, actor, Officer and a Gentleman, THE Cat

1929 Robert J L Hawke, Lab, Prime Minister Australia, 1983 - 1991

1929 Robert Coles, Milton Massachusetts, author, Anna Freud, Pulitzer 1973

1929 Robert Henri, U.S. painter (The Eight), dies at 63

1929 Robert Badham, born in Los Angeles, California, Representative-R-California 1977 - 1989

1929 Robert Welch, designer/silversmith, Robert Welch flatware

1929 Robert Wade-Gery, diplomat and executive director, Barclays de Zoete Wedd

1929 Robert Muczynski, composer

1929 Robert Sherriff's "Journey's End," premieres in London

1928 Robert Helps, composer

1928 Robert Indiana, American Artist

1928 Robert M. Pirsig, American Philosopher

1928 Robert Sheckley, American Author

1928 Robert Washburn, composer

1928 Robert Satanowski, composer

1928 Robert Lansing, born in California, actor, 12 O'Clock High, Equalizer, Automan

1928 Robert Byrne, American Celebrity

1928 Robert Mugabe, president, Zimbabwe, 1988-

1928 David Somerset, born in England, David Robert Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort, British peer, criticized for accepting public funds on riverbed land granted to his dukedom 400 years ago

1928 Robert Clatworthy, sculptor

1927 Robert Guillaume, Williams, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Benson, Soap

1927 Robert Abernethy, born in Geneva, Switzerland, Newscaster, NBC News Encore

1927 Red Robert Chudnick Rodney, jazz trumpeter

1927 Robert Moore, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Marshall-Diana

1927 Robert Shaw, born in England, actor, Deep, Jaws, Sting, Black Sunday

1927 Robert Marquies de Flers, French writer (Monsieur Bretonneau), dies

1927 Robert Casey, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Henry-Aldrich Family Show

1927 Robert Matthews, master, Clare College Cambridge England

1927 Robert Evans, CEO, British Gas

1927 Robert Ludlum, New York City, spy novelist, Bourne Identity

1927 Henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90

1927 Robert Brustein, born in New York City, dean, Yale School of Drama

1927 Robert Mosbacher, U.S. politician

1927 Robert Di Domenica, composer

1927 Robert Orben, magician, comedy writer, author, specializes in observational comedy, wrote, 'Encyclopedia of Patter', 'Speaker's Handbook of Humor', speechwriter for Vice President Gerald R. Ford, became Director, White House Speechwriting Department

1927 Robert Bork, American Public Servant

1927 Robert Fuchs, composer, dies at 80

1927 Robert Brown, Herbrides Is, actor, Here Come the Brides, Primus

1926 Robert Bly, U.S., poet/editor/translator, Loving a Woman in 2 Worlds

1926 Robert Symonds, Bristow Oklahoma, actor, Robert E Lee-Blue and Gray

1926 Robert Schuller, televangelist, Glass Cathedral, Hour of Power

1926 Robert H. Schuller, American Clergyman

1926 Robert J. Lagomarsino, Representative-R-California 1974 - 1993

1926 Robert Shelton Shapiro, journalist

1926 Robert Earl Hughes, became heaviest known human, 486 kg

1926 Frederick Robert Spofforth, cricketer/demon bowler, dies

1926 Robert Creeley, Massachusetts, poet and novelist, Island

1926 Robert Jay Lifton, American Psychologist

1926 Robert Hall Lewis, composer

1926 2nd flight of a liquid-fueled rocket by Robert Goddard

1926 Robert Goddard launches 1st liquid fuel rocket, goes 184' (56 meters)

1926 Robert Clary, born in Paris, France, actor, LeBeau-Hogan's Heroes

1926 Robert Eugene Richards, Illinois, pole vaulter, Olympics gold 48, 52, 56

1926 Robert L Van Citters, cardiology/advisory panelist/UW dean

1926 Robert Earle, Baldwin, New York, TV host, GE College Bowl

1925 Robert Francis Kennedy, Brookline, Mass, D-Sen-NY, AG; assassinated

1925 Robert Kennedy, American Politician

1925 William Robert Mayer, composer

1925 Robert Millikan announces discovery of cosmic rays

1925 Robert Rauschenberg, born in Texas, artist, created "Combines", combinations of non-traditional materials and objects

1925 Guitar Gabriel Robert Lewis Jones, singer/guitarist

1925 Robert Finch, actor, Academy Theater

1925 Robert Linn, born in America, composer, educator, University of Southern California, composed music for chorus and chamber ensembles, symphony orchestra and wind orchestra

1925 Robert Heppener, composer, Hymns and Conversations, Movie Music

1925 Ernst Jandl, born in Vienna, Austria, writer, poet, influenced by Dada, translated Gertrude Stein, Robert Creeley's The Island and John Cage's Silence

1925 Robert Venturi, born in Philadelphia, architect, Levittown, New York, Las Vegas

1925 Robert Arthur, born in Aberdeen, Washington, actor, 12 O'Clock High, Just For You

1925 Robert Caldwell Crawford, composer

1925 Robert Cohan, artistic director, Contemporary Dance Trust

1925 Robert Altman, born in Kansas City, Missouri, director, Nashville, M*A*S*H

1924 Robert Frank, Swiss Photographer

1924 Robert N Rapoport, social anthropologist

1924 Robert Webber, born in Santa Ana California, actor, 79 Park Avenue

1924 Robert A Rushworth, Madison Maine, test pilot, X-15

1924 Robert Oxton Bolt, playwright, Man for All Seasons, Dr. Zhivago

1924 Robert Bolt, British Playwright

1924 Robert Horton, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Kings Row, Wagon Train, Arena

1924 Robert LeGendre of U.S., sets then long jump record at 25' 5 "

1924 Robert Michael White, New York City, test pilot, X-15

1924 In Chicago, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnap Robert Franks

1924 Robert Parris, Philadelphia, composer, Book of Imaginery Beings

1924 Pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire)

1924 Robert A. Roe, born in Wayne, New Jersey, Representative-D-New Jersey 1969 - 1993

1924 Robert G Mugabe, premier/president of Zimbabwe

1924 Robert Lynn, anarchist

1924 Robert Gatehouse, former High Court judge

1924 Robert Kastenmeier, born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, Representative-D-Wisconsin 1959 - 1991

1924 Robert Starer, Vienna Austria, composer

1923 Robert A. Young, Representative-D-Missouri 1977 - 1987

1923 Robert Francis Vere Heuston, British professor of law

1923 Robert Craft, Kingston, New York, conductor, Stravinsky-follower

1923 Robert J Dole, Sen-R Kansas, 1969 - 1995, presidential candidate, R-1996

1923 Robert J. Dole, American Politician

1923 Robert Maxwell, Jan Hoch, Czechoslovakia, billionaire/CEO, New York Daily News

1923 Robert H. Michel, born in Peoria, Illinois, Representative-R-Illinois 1957 - 1995

1923 Robert L Bernstein, New York City, publisher, Random House

1922 Robert Evett, composer

1922 Robert Urquhart, actor, Dunkirk, Bulldog Breed, Dark Avenger

1922 Robert W. Holley, U.S., biochemist, worked with RNA, Nobel '68

1922 Guy Madison, Robert Moseley, California, actor, Wild Bill Hickok

1921 Robert Frank Kurka, composer

1921 Robert Fleming, composer

1921 Robert Runcie, Kennedy, Liverpool England, Archbishop of Canterbury

1921 Robert Muldoon, premier New Zealand, 1975-84, chairman, IMF

1921 Robert Millar, journalist

1921 Robert Arthur Ley, UK, sci-fi author, Telepath, Power of X

1921 Robert Croften Brown, politician

1921 Robert Fell, CEO, British Stock Exchange

1921 Robert Q. Lewis, born in New York City, TV host, Masquerade Party, Robert Q Lewis Show

1921 Robert Wilfred Levick Simpson, composer

1920 Robert Moevs, composer

1920 Robert Feenstra, Dutch law historian

1920 Robert Harron, actor (Intolerance), accidental shot to death at 27

1920 Robert Christiani, cricketer, brother of Cyril WI batsman in 22 Tests

1920 Robert Mann, born in Portland, Oregon, composer/violinist, String Quartet 1952

1920 Paul Foster, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, singer, Soul Stirrers gospel group member, sang with Robert Harris, Sam Cooke, Rising Stars, Golden Echoes, memorable recording 'Be With Me Jesus'

1920 Robert Hutton, Kingston, New York, actor, Torture Garden, Rocket

1920 Robert Fizdale, born in Chicago, Illinois, pianist, Misia

1920 Robert E Peary, U.S. pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies at 63

1920 Robert Hersant, press baron

1919 Robert Crichton-Brown, CEO, Rothmans International

1919 Robert Pinget, novelist/playwright

1919 Robert Merrill, American Musician

1919 Robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary

1919 Robert Suter, composer

1919 Robert Lowry, born in Ireland, judge, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, Baron Lowry of Crossgar in the County of Down

1919 Robert Stack, born in born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Eliot Ness-Untouchables, Airplane

1918 Robert Ripley began his "Believe It or Not" column (New York Globe)

1918 Robert Feller, MLB pitcher, Red Sox, led AL in strikeouts 7 times

1918 Robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor

1918 Robert Walker, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor and writer, Bataan, Mme Curie

1918 Robert Baldwin Ross, French Celebrity

1918 Robert Lewis Campbell Lorimer, publisher

1918 Robert Aldrich, U.S. director/producer, Dirty Dozen

1918 Robert Preston, born in Newton, Massachusetts, actor, Music Man, Mame, Last Starfighter

1918 Robert Hunt, CEO, Dowty Group

1918 Robert Zimonyi, born in Hungary, cox, Olympic-Hungary-bronze-1948/US-gold-64

1918 Robert Wadlow, Alton, Illinois, tallest known human, 2.72 m, 8' 11.1"

1917 Robert Byrd, American Politician

1917 Oswald Chambers, Scottish Protestant Christian minister, teacher, author, wrote, 'My Utmost for His Highest', established local society dedicated to his favorite poet, Robert Browning, dies from a ruptured appendix

1917 Robert Sterling, Newcastle, Pennsylvania, actor, George Kirby-Adv of Topper

1917 Robert Bray, Kalispell Mont, actor, Corey-Lassie, Stagecoach West

1917 Rodney Robert Porter, British Scientist

1917 Robert Adams, English sculptor

1917 Robert Eugene Ward, born in Cleveland, Ohio, composer, Pantaloon

1917 Robert Mitchum, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, actor, Winds of War, North and South

1917 Robert Cowans, executive director, British Aerospace

1917 Robert Farnon, composer and conductor /arranger

1917 Robert Aitken, born in Philadelphia, Zen co-founder, Diamond Sangha

1917 Robert Conquest, English author, Back to Life

1917 Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician

1917 Robert Anderson, author, Tea and Sympathy

1917 Robert Merrill, born in Brooklyn, New York, baritone, New York Metropolitan Opera

1917 Robert Anderson, born in New York, writer, Tea and Sympathy, Never Sang for My Father

1917 Robert Cornthwaite, born in St. Helen, Oregon, actor, Thing, War of the Worlds

1917 Robert Burns Woodward, organic chemist, Nobel 1965

1917 Robert [Albert] Bloch, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Psycho

1917 Robert Bloch, Writer

1917 Robert Erickson, composer

1917 Robert Lowell, poet and pacifist, Lord Weary's Castle, Near the Ocean

1917 Robert Taft, Jr., born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Senator-R-Ohio 1971 - 1976

1916 Robert A Bruce, Maryland, pioneer, exercise cardiology

1916 Robert Lowery, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Murder Over New York

1916 Robert [Augustine] W[ard] Lowndes, U.S., sci-fi author, Puzzle Planet

1916 Robert van Spaendonk, Dutch resistance fighter

1916 Robert Stevens Baker, composer

1916 Robert S. McNamara, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1961 - 1968, head World Bank

1916 Robert Shaw, born in Red Bluff, California, chorale conductor, Robert Shaw Chorale

1916 Robert Jesse Charleston, museum Curator

1916 Robert Parrish, Columbus, Georgia, director, Casino Royale

1915 Robert Ruark, U.S. writer, Something of Value

1915 Robert A. Dahl, American Writer

1915 Margaret Hayes, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Robert Montgomery Presents

1915 Robert Sutton, electronics engineer

1915 Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, musician

1915 White Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleveland in exchange for Robert Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer, and $31,500

1915 Robert Steel, academic

1915 Robert Moffat Palmer, composer

1915 Robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC

1915 Robert Hofstadter, U.S. atomic physicist

1915 Robert B Motherwell, U.S., painter, Elegies to the Spanish Republic

1914 Robert J. Morris, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, lawyer, served New York State Assembly committee investigating Communist activities, credited for efforts attributed to Senator Joseph McCarthy

1914 Robert Wise, director, Day the Earth Stood Still, West Side Story

1914 Robert Emhardt, actor, Mac-Another World, Underworld USA, Mooncussers

1914 1st patent for liquid-fueled rocket design granted, Dr. Robert Goddard

1914 Marthe Robert, essayist/translator

1914 Robert Gross, composer

1914 Robert Alda, New York City, actor, Dan Lewis-Supertrain, By Popular Demand

1913 Robert Dougall, English TV host

1913 Robert S Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer (Ball Screw), dies

1913 Robert Strauss, New York City, actor, Sergeant Gruzewsky-Mona McCluskey

1913 Robert Martineau, bishop of Blackburn

1913 Robert Schollum, composer

1913 Robert Stafford, born in Rutland, Vermont, Senator-R-Vermont 1971 - 1989, Governor of Vermont 1959 - 1961

1913 Robert Mondavi, born in Minnesota, American vintner, marketer, attracted worldwide recognition for Napa Valley wines

1913 Robert Shaw, town planner

1913 Helmut Erich Robert Gernsheim, photographer and collector

1912 Robert Scott's diary and dead body found in Antarctica

1912 Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor, great iron sculptures

1912 Robert Doisneau, photographer

1912 Captain Robert Scott, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last entry in his diary "the end cannot be far"

1912 Robert F Scott, British pole explorer (Antarctica), dies

1912 Robert Watson Hughes, composer

1912 Robert Clifford Latham, pepys Scholar

1912 English explorer Robert F Scott and his expedition reach South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had gotten there before

1912 Robert Scott expedition arrives at South Pole, 1 month after Amundsen

1912 Robert Flemyng, Liverpool Eng, actor, Windom's Way, Young Winston

1911 Robert Scott's expedition leaves Cape Evans for South Pole

1911 Robert McCormick, Danville, Kentucky, NBC newscaster, Current Opinion

1911 Robert Taylor, Filley, Nebraska, actor, Death Valley Days

1911 Robert Middleman, Cin, Ohio, actor, Barney-Monroes

1911 Robert Johnson, blues singer, King of Delta Blues Singer

1911 Robert Joseph Kane, born in Ithaca, New York, President of U.S. Olympic Commission, 1976

1911 Robert Hamer, British Director

1911 Robert Guyn McBride, Tucson Arizona, composer, Mexican Rhapsody

1910 Robert Noehren, composer

1910 Robert Grieve, civil servant

1910 Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon

1910 Robert Paige, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, actor, Colgate Comedy Hour

1910 Robert Pineda-Duque, composer

1910 Robert H van Gulik, Dutch diplomat/writer, Judge Ti

1910 Robert K Meston, U.S. sociologist, functionalism

1910 Robert Still, composer

1910 Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, Cholera, Nobel), dies

1910 Robert H. G. Havemann, German chemist

1909 Nigel Tranter, author/historian, River Realm, Robert the Bruce

1909 Robert Ryan, Chicago, actor, Billy Budd, Dirty Dozen, Longest Day

1909 Robert Douglas, Finlayson, Bletchley England, actor, Adv of Don Juan

1909 Robert Beatty, Ontario, actor, Amorous Mr. Pawn, Where Eagles Dare

1909 Robert Trout, Wake County, North Carolina, newscaster, ABC

1909 Robert Kagan, American Writer

1909 Robert Helpmann, born in Mount Gambier, Australia, actor, Second Time Lucky

1909 Robert Murray Halpmann, dancer

1909 North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson

1909 Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator

1909 Robert Selby Taylor, bishop

1909 Robert Fowler runs world record marathon (2:46:52.6)

1909 Robert Coote, London, actor, Timmy-Rogues, Theodore-Nero Wolfe

1909 Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon (2:52:45.4)

1908 Robert F Simon, Mansfield, Ohio, actor, Man who shot Liberty Valance

1908 Robert B Rhoads becomes 1st Cleveland pitcher (Cleveland Naps) to toss a no-hit game, Cleveland 2, Boston 1

1908 Robert Peary's expedition sails from New York City for north pole

1908 Robert Cummings, born in Joplin, Missouri, actor, Love that Bob, Dial M For Murder

1908 Robert Morley, England, actor, High Road to China, African Queen

1908 Robert William Paine, architect

1908 Robert Rossen director and writer, Hustler, All the King's Men, Mambo

1907 Robert Grant Grant-Ferris, politician

1907 Robert Bresson, France, director, Pickpocket, Mouchette

1907 Sir Robert Baden-Powell forms Boy Scouts in England

1907 Robert A[nson] Heinlein, U.S., sci-fi author, 4 Hugos, Red Planet

1907 Robert A. Heinlein, American Writer

1907 Robert Humphreys, British? historian

1907 Robert Tisdall, Ireland, 400m hurdler 1932 Olympics gold

1907 Robert de Roos, composer

1907 Robert Young, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby MD

1906 Robert Rainy, minister, professor of Church history at New College, theological seminary, principal of New College, argued against Dean Stanley's Broad Church views, dies

1906 Robert Levine Sanders, composer

1906 Robert Brown Black, British diplomat/gov, Hong Kong

1906 Robert Shone, director-general, NEDC

1906 Robert, Bob, Allen, actor for the Texas Rangers

1906 Robert E[rvin] Howard, U.S., sci-fi author, Conan the Conqueror

1906 Robert E. Howard, American Writer

1906 Robert Nesbitt, impresario

1905 Charles Robert Owen Medley, dancer/choreographer

1905 Robert Ruthenfranz, composer

1905 Robert Newton, England, actor, Henry V, Around the World in 80 Days

1905 Robert S. Abbott published 1st issue of newspaper "Chicago Defender"

1905 Robert Houben, Belgian CVP-minister of Public health, 1958

1905 Robert Penn Warren, 1st U.S. poet laureate, All the King's Men

1905 Robert Donat, born in England, actor, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Citadel

1904 Robert Whitney, Newcastle-on-Tyne England, conductor, Sospiro do Roma

1904 Robert Knox, bacteriologist

1904 Robert Montgomery, Beacon, New York, actor/dir, Earl of Chicago, Yellow Jack

1904 J. Robert Oppenheimer, born in New York, head of Manhattan, A-bomb, Project

1903 George [Robert] Gissing, English novelist, dies at 46

1903 Robert A T G C Salisbury, British premier (1885..1902), dies at 73

1903 Robert Mills Delaney, composer

1903 Jean Robert Planquette, composer, dies at 54

1903 Robert Gwathmey, artist, Arts and Letters

1902 [Robert] Meredith Willson, Mason City Iowa, composer, Music Man

1902 Robert Adamson, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, philosopher, professor, served as chair of logic at University of Glasgow 1893 - 1902, important lectures published in 'The Development of Modern Philosophy and Other Essays', dies

1901 Robert Van de Graaff, Alabama, physicist, Mobility of Gaseous Ions

1901 Robert Bromston Thesiger Daniell, soldier

1901 Robert Allenby, born in Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer

1901 Robert Williams Buchanan, British Poet

1901 Harry Robert Wilson, composer

1901 Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer

1901 Robert Marshall, founder, Wilderness Society

1900 Robert Oboussier, composer

1900 165 lb Robert Fitzsimmons KOs 305 lb Ed Dunkhost in a boxing match

1900 Robert Harris, actor, Big Caper, Laughing Anne

1900 Robert "Lefty" Grove, baseball pitcher, 300 game winner

1899 Robert Welch, found John Birch Society

1899 Robert H "Bobby" Gunning, British colonel (60th Rifles), dies in battle

1899 Sutro railroad sold to Robert F Morrow for $215,000

1899 Robert Green Ingersoll, American Lawyer

1899 Robert Marcel Casadesus, French pianist and composer, Prix Diemer

1899 Robert J Fruin, Dutch historian (80-year war), dies at 75

1899 Robert Maynard Hutchins, U.S., educator/civil libertarian

1899 Robert M. Hutchins, American Educator

1898 Robert Purvis, American Activist

1898 Robert Keith, Fowler, Indiana, actor, Battle Circus, Branded, Wild One

1897 Robert Ringling, circus master

1897 Robert Neumann, Austrian/British author, Waters of Babylon

1896 Robert Mulliken, U.S., chemist/physicist, Nobel 1966

1896 Robert Sheriff, playwright, Journey's End

1896 Robert Sherwood, dramatist, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight

1896 Robert E. Sherwood, American Playwright

1895 15th U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred H Hovey beats Robert D Wrenn (63 62 64)

1895 Robert Burton, actor, Dr. Gordon-Kings Row

1895 Robert Graves, Irish Novelist

1895 Robert Gordon, born in Kansas, actor in Loveless

1895 Robert M. La Follette, American Politician

1894 Robert Menzies, Australian PM, 1939-41, 1949-66

1894 Robert Louis Stevenson, English writer (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), dies at 45

1894 Robert Charles Winthrop, American Politician

1894 Robert Russell Bennett, born in Kansas City, composer/arranger, Oklahoma!

1894 Robert Prescott Stewart, composer, dies at 68

1894 Robert Nathan, New York City, poet, novelist, Portrait of Jennie

1893 13rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Robert D Wrenn beats Fred H Hovey (64 36 64 64)

1893 Robert Harron, born in New York City, actor, Birth of a Nation, Intolerance

1892 Robert A. Watson-Watt, England, physicist, radar

1892 Robert Denzler, composer

1892 Robert P Tristram Coffin, poet/reporter, WW II

1892 Robert Houghwout Jackson, 84th Supreme Court justice, 1941-54

1892 Robert H. Jackson, American Statesman

1891 Robert W. P. Peereboom, Dutch editor in chief, Haarlem Newspaper

1891 Robert Gordon Sproul, educator/college President, University of California

1890 Robert Armstrong, Saginaw, Michigan, actor, Mighty Joe Young, King Kong

1890 Robert Ley, German chemist/MP, NSDAP

1889 Robert Browning, English poet (Ring and Book), dies at 77

1889 Robert Benchley, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, humorist, My 10 Years in a Quandary

1889 Robert Taft, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Senator-R-Ohio 1939 - 1953, Taft-Hartley Act

1889 Robert A. Taft, American Politician

1889 Robert [Harriot] Barrat, New York City, actor, Go West, Distant Drums

1888 Robert Moses, power broker, built Long Island and New York City parks and roads

1887 Robert Quillen, American Journalist

1886 Robert Collier, Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell, politician, judge, educated at Oxford, successfully defended Brazilian pirates, dies

1886 Robert Heger, composer

1886 Robert Schuman, French premier

1886 Robert Herberigs, Flemish composer/writer, Hiawatha's Song

1885 Robert Delaunay, French painter

1885 Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer

1884 Robert Muller-Hartmann, composer

1884 Robert Flaherty, Michigan, father of documentary film, Nanook of North

1884 Robert J. Flaherty, Director

1883 Friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer, dies at 68

1883 Robert H Lightfoot, English theologist/exegetist, St. John's Gospel

1883 Robert Franz Richard Hernried, composer

1883 Stanley Robert Marchant, composer

1882 Dr. Robert Koch discovers germ that causes tuberculosis

1882 Robert Nathaniel Dett, composer

1882 Robert Hutchings Goddard, Worcester Massachusetts, rocket pioneer

1882 Charles Robert Darwin, evolutionist, Origin of Species', dies at 73

1882 Jesse James, outlaw, shot dead at 34, in St. Joseph, Missouri by Robert Ford

1882 German scientist Robert Koch discovers bacillus cause of TB

1880 Robert [Edler von] Musil, Austrian author, Young Torless

1880 Robert E Stolz, Austrian composer and conductor, ...smaller guard

1880 Robert Rutherford McCormick, U.S., editor/publisher, Chicago Tribune

1880 Robert Fortune, Scottish Scientist

1879 Robert Greig, Australia, actor, Horse Feathers

1879 Robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic, Pleasures of Ignorance

1878 Robert Warwick, Bien, Sacramento California, actor, Falcon's Adventure

1878 Robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-1st-Member of parliament, About Plato

1878 Robert Stirling, Scottish Inventor

1878 Robert Walser, writer

1878 Julius Robert Mayer, German Scientist

1878 Robert Garbe, German poet, Gorniek

1876 Robert Dower, cricketer, 1 Test South Africa vs. England 1898, scored 0 and 9

1876 Robert Barany, Sweden, otologist, vestibular expert, Nobel 1914

1874 Oswald Chambers born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scottish Protestant Christian minister, teacher, author, wrote, 'My Utmost for His Highest', established local society dedicated to his favorite poet, Robert Browning

1874 Robert Frost, born in San Francisco, poet, Mending Wall, Road Not Taken

1874 Robert Liefmann, German economist, Unternehmersverbande

1874 Robert Lach, composer

1874 Robert Service, England, Canadian poet, Cremation of Sam McGee

1874 Robert W. Service, Scottish Poet

1873 Robert D Wrenn, tennis champ, U.S. Open - 1893

1873 Robert Nelson, Canadian Politician

1872 Robert marquess of Flers, French author, Habit Vert

1871 Robert Chambers, Scottish Writer

1870 Robert E Lee, General of Confederate Army, dies at 63

1870 Robert E. Lee, American Soldier

1869 Robert Baldwin Ross, French Celebrity

1868 Robert Falcon Scott, British leader of ill-fated south pole expedition

1868 Robert Herrick, U.S. writer, Common lot

1868 Robert A. Millikan, U.S. physicist, photoelectric effect; Nobel 1923

1867 Robert T Freeman is 1st black to graduate from Harvard Dental School

1867 John Robert Gregg, Ireland, inventor, shorthand

1867 Robert Smirke, British architect, dies

1867 Robert Smirke, architect, dies

1865 Robert Kahn, composer

1865 Robert Henri, U.S. painter, leader of Ashcan school

1865 Robert C Tyler, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle

1865 Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender to U.S. Grant at Appomattox

1865 Robert E. Lee appointed Confederate General in Chief

1865 Robert E. Lee is named commander-in-chief of Confederate Army

1865 General Robert E Lee named Commander-in-Chief of Confederate Armies

1864 Robert G Aitken, U.S. astronomer, Binary Stars

1864 Robert Emmet Rodes, U.S. Confederate General-major, dies in battle at 35

1864 Robert Cecil, viscount of Chelwood, Nobel 1937

1864 Robert E. Lee's home area, Arlington, Virginia, becomes a military cemetery

1864 Ulysses S. Grant crosses Rapidan and begins his duel with Robert E. Lee

1864 Robert E Park, U.S., sociologist, human ecology, marginal man

1863 Robert Gould Shaw, American Soldier

1862 General Robert E Lee takes command of Confederate armies of E Virginia and NC

1862 Robert Hatton, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at about 34

1862 Karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at 81

1862 Robert Emden, Swiss geo/astro physics, Emden-polytroop

1861 Robert Fuhrer, composer, dies at 54

1861 Robert T A Innes, Edinburgh Scotland, astronomer, Proxima Centauri

1861 Robert Selden Garnett, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 41

1861 Robert E. Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces

1861 Colonel Robert E. Lee resigns from Union army

1861 Col Robert E. Lee turns down offer to command Union armies

1861 Robert E Lee resigns from Union army

1861 English Admiral Robert Ritzroy issues 1st storm warnings for ships

1860 Major Robert Anderson, under cover of darkness, concentrated his small force at Ft. Sumter

1859 Robert Stephenson, English Celebrity

1857 Robert Abel, cricketer, The Guv'nor Surrey and England batsman

1857 Robert Baden-Powell, founder, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides

1856 Robert Kajanus, composer

1856 Robert A Schumann, German pianist/composer (Humoresque), dies at 46

1856 Robert Edwin Peary, U.S., arctic explorer, North Pole-Apr 6 1909

1855 Robert Marion La Follette, born in Wisconsin, President candidate, Progressive

1854 Robert Laird Borden, C, 8th Canadian PM, 1911-20

1854 Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine

1852 Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, author/politician

1852 Robert Adamson, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, philosopher, professor, served as chair of logic at University of Glasgow 1893 - 1902, important lectures published in 'The Development of Modern Philosophy and Other Essays'

1851 Robert Schumann's 3rd Symphony "Rhenisch," premieres in Dusseldorf

1850 Robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, author, Treasure Island

1850 Robert "Bobbie" Peel, British PM/founder London Police, dies at 62

1850 British ex-premier sir Robert Peel falls off his horse

1848 Jean Robert Planquette, France, composer, Bells of Corneville

1847 George Robert Sims, English Journalist

1847 Robert von Bunsen invents the Bunsen burner

1847 Robert Thompson patents rubber tire

1847 Robert Fuchs, composer

1846 Robert Schumann's 2nd Symphony in C, premieres

1846 Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning elopes

1846 U.S. fleet officer Robert F Stockton annexes California

1846 Robert Thomson obtains an English patent on a rubber tire

1846 Mildred Childe "Life" Lee, daughter of confederate General Robert E Lee

1845 Macon B. Allen and Robert Morris, Jr., 1st blacks to open law practice

1845 Poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning begin corresponding

1844 Robert S Bridges, England, poet laureate, Eros and Psyche

1844 Robert Bridges, English Poet

1844 Robert Stout, Shetland Islands Scotland, New Zealand prime minister, 1884-87

1843 Robert Koch, German bacteriologist, TB, cholera, Nobel 1905

1843 Robert Schumann's "Das Paradies und die Peri," premieres in Leipzig

1843 Robert Todd Lincoln, Captain Union volunteers

1843 Robert Southey, English Poet

1841 Robert Schumann's 4th Symphony in D, premieres

1841 Robert Williams Buchanan, British Poet

1841 1st performance of Robert Schumann's 1st Symphony in B

1841 [Eleanor] Agnes Lee, daughter of U.S. general Robert E Lee

1840 Composer Robert Schumann marries Clara Wieck

1840 Robert S. Ball, Irish mathematician and astronomer

1839 Robert Smalls, born in Beaufort, South Carolina, black congressman 1875-87, Rep-SC

1839 Robert Gallenberg, composer, dies at 55

1837 Robert Gould Shaw, American Soldier

1837 Robert Frederick Hoke, Major General Confederate Army

1837 Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian, Robert's Rules of Order

1837 Robert Ross McBurney, 1st paid secretary of the YMCA

1837 Robert Daniel Johnston, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1835 Robert Houston Anderson, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1834 Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies

1834 Robert Sanford Foster, Major General Union volunteers

1833 Aleksandr Porfirievich Borodin, Russia, composer, Robert LeDiable

1833 Robert Green Ingersoll, New York, author/politician/agnostic, Attorney General-R-Illinois

1832 Robert the Hermit, U.S. ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies

1831 Robert Ogden Tyler, Major General Union Army

1831 Opera "Robert Le Diable" is produced (Paris)

1831 Robert Montgomery Bird's "Gladiator," premieres in New York City

1831 Robert Jenkins loses an ear, starts war between Britain and Spain

1830 Robert Schumann attends piano concerto by Paganini

1830 Robert Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury, C, British Prime Minister, 1885-1902

1829 Robert Brown Potter, Major General Union volunteers

1829 Sir Robert Peel found London Metropolitan Police (Bobbies)

1829 Robert Emmet Rodes, Major General Confederate Army

1829 Robert Archibald Smith, composer, dies at 48

1828 Robert Bullock, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1828 Robert Brank Vance, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1828 Robert Alexander Cameron, Major General Union volunteers

1828 Robert Ransom, Jr., Major General Confederate Army

1827 Robert Latimer McCook, volunteers Brigadier General, Union

1827 Robert Pollok, poet, dies

1827 John Robert Jones, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1827 Charles Robert Woods, Major General Union Army

1826 Robert Hopkins Hatton, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1826 Robert Kingston Scott, Major General Union volunteers

1826 Robert Rainy, born in Glasgow, Scotland, minister, professor of Church history at New College, theological seminary, principal of New College, argued against Dean Stanley's Broad Church views

1825 Robert Prescott Stewart, composer

1825 Joseph Robert Davis, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1825 Scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Indiana as site for New Harmony utopian community

1823 Robert J Fruin, historian, 80 year war

1823 Robert Bloomfield, English Poet

1823 Robert Byington Mitchell, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1822 Robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies

1820 Robert Vinkler Richardson, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1819 Robert Selden Garnett, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1818 Alexander Robert Lawton, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1817 Robert Collier, born in England, Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell, politician, judge, educated at Oxford, successfully defended Brazilian pirates

1816 Robert Huston Milroy, Major General Union volunteers

1816 Robert Seaman Granger, Union Army Major general

1815 Robert Hudson, composer, dies at 83

1815 Friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer

1815 Robert Hall Chilton, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1815 Robert Fulton, steamboat pioneer, dies

1814 Julius Robert Mayer, German Scientist

1814 Robert Jasper van der Capellen, Dutch politician, dies at 71

1814 Robert Jasper van der de Capellen, mister of Marsch, dies at 71

1814 Robert Treat Paine, U.S. judge, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 83

1813 Robert Fortune, Scottish Scientist

1813 Robert R Livingston, U.S. diplomat signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 66

1812 Robert Browning, born in London, England, poet, Pied Piper

1811 Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies

1811 Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen, Germany, chemist, Bunsen Burner

1811 Robert Allen, Major General Union Army

1811 Robert Christie Buchanan, Major General Union Army

1811 [Catherine] Mildred Lee, daughter of U.S. general Robert E Lee

1811 Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary, est Robert College, Turkey

1810 Robert Purvis, American Activist

1810 Robert Augustus Toombs, Secretary State, Confederacy

1810 Robert A. Schumann, Zwickau Saxony Germany, composer, Fantastiestucke

1810 Robert Schumann, Zwickau Germ, composer, Neue Zeitschrift fuer Musik

1809 Robert Cumming Schenck, Major General Union volunteers

1809 Robert Charles Winthrop, American Politician

1809 Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Secretary State, Confederacy

1809 Robert Fulton patents steamboat

1807 Robert Fulton begins operating his steamboat

1807 Robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont begins 1st trip up Hudson River

1807 Robert Fuhrer, composer

1807 Robert Edward Lee, Stratford, Virginia, General-in-Chief, Confederacy

1807 Robert E. Lee, American Soldier

1805 Robert Cowdin, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1805 Robert Anderson, Major General Union Army

1804 Robert Parker Parrott, Inventor

1804 Robert Baldwin, L, help establish government in Canada, or 1904

1803 Robert Stephenson, English Celebrity

1803 Robert Emmet, Irish nationalist, executed

1803 Robert Emmett's insurrected in Dublin

1803 Robert Smith Surtees, novelist

1802 Robert Chambers, Scottish Writer

1801 Robert Bage, English writer (Hermsprong), dies

1801 Robert Woodward Barnwell, MC, Confederacy

1800 Barnwell Rhett Robert, Confederacy

1799 Robert Kimmerling, composer, dies at 61

1796 Robert Burns, Scottish poet (Auld Lang Syne), dies at 37

1795 Robert Bakewell, English cattle breeder, dies at about 70

1794 Robert Nelson, Canadian Politician

1793 1st American stove patent is granted to Robert Haeterick

1792 Columbia River discovered and named by U.S. Captain Robert Gray

1792 Captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington)

1792 Robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63

1792 Robert Patterson, Major General Union volunteers

1790 Robert Stirling, Scottish Inventor

1790 Robert Gray's Columbia, completes 1st American around world voyage

1790 Robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth

1788 Robert "Bobbie" Peel, British conservative premier/founder, Bobbies

1787 Robert Lowth, English Author

1786 Benjamin Robert Haydon, Plymouth, painter, Waiting for The Times

1783 Robert Gallenberg, composer

1782 Robert Wainwright, composer, dies at 33

1781 Robert Mills, U.S., architect, Washington Monument

1780 Karl Robert von Nesselrode, Germ/Russian minister of Foreign Affairs

1780 Robert Archibald Smith, composer

1778 Robert Peel, British Prime Minister, 1834-46, founder, Tories

1774 Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies

1774 Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson

1773 Robert Clive, English occupier (India), dies at about 48

1772 Robert Stevenson, born in Glasgow, civil engineer

1772 Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73

1771 Robert Praelisauer, composer, dies at 62

1771 Robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist

1768 Robert Simson, Scotland mathematician, dies at 80

1766 Robert Bloomfield, English Poet

1766 Robert Bailey Thomas, founder, Farmer's Almanac

1765 Robert Fulton, built 1st steamboat

1764 Robert Haldane, Scottish theologist/philanthropist

1759 Robert Burns, Alloway Scotland, poet, Auld Lang Syne

1757 Robert Clive defeats Indians at Plassey, wins control of Bengal

1756 British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India

1751 English troops under sir Robert Clive occupy Arcot India

1750 Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet, Scots poems

1748 Robert Wainwright, composer

1746 Robert Livingston, delivered oath of office to George Washington

1746 Robert Blair, Scottish poet (Grave), dies at 46

1745 Robert Walpole, 1st British premier (1722-42), dies at 68

1745 Robert Walpole, 1st English premier (1722-42), dies at 68

1743 Robert Jasper van de Capellen, master of Marsch/politician

1737 Robert Kimmerling, composer

1736 Robert Raikes, England, Sunday school pioneer

1735 Robert Walpole is 1st British Prime Minister to live at 10 Downing Street

1734 Robert Morris, merchant, signed Declaration of Independence

1732 Robert Hudson, composer

1731 Robert Treat Paine, judge, signer, Declaration of Independence

1730 Robert Walpole becomes England 1st prime minister (was: chief min)

1728 Robert Adam, architect/designer, Adelphi Terrace, London

1728 Robert Bage, English writer, Criticism by Peter Faulkner

1725 Robert Clive, English explorer/founder, British empire in India

1725 Robert Clive, founder, British empire in India

1725 Robert Haley earl of Oxford, English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63

1721 Robert Walpole becomes England's 1st Lord of the Treasury

1714 English Queen Anne fires premier Robert Haley

1710 Robert Lowth, English Author

1708 Robert Praelisauer, composer

1703 Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London

1702 Robert Spencer 2nd earl of Sunderland, English Prime Minister 1687 - 1688, dies at 61

1699 Robert Blair, Scottish poet, Grave

1699 Robert J Pothier, French lawyer

1688 King James II fires premier Robert Spencer

1687 Robert Simson, Scotland, mathematician

1682 Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France

1678 Robert LaSalle builds 1st ship in America, Griffon

1676 Robert Walpole, Whig, British Prime Minister, 1721-42

1674 Robert Herrick, Massachusetts, British poet, Together

1674 Robert Arnauld d'andilly, French literary/financier/translator, dies

1663 Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln (1660-63), dies

1661 Robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier, Whig, 1710-14

1658 Robert Rich 2nd earl of Warwick, English Lord High Admiral, dies at 70

1657 Robert Blake, English Admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57

1657 Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet

1652 English Admiral Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under lt-adm Tromp

1646 Robert Devereux, 3rd earl of Essex, dies

1645 Robert Devereux resigns as parliament supreme commander

1644 Battle at Lostwithiel: Robert Devereux' infantry surrenders

1643 1st battle at Newbury: King Charles I vs Robert Devereux' armies

1641 Robert Dowland, English luitist/son of John Dowland, dies at about 50

1640 Robert Burton, author (Anatomy of Melancholy), dies

1637 Robert Fludd, composer, dies at 63

1635 Robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist, Micrographia

1629 King Charles I gives Bahamas to Sir Robert Heath

1627 Robert Boyle, Ireld, physicist/chemist/author, experiments with color

1612 Robert Dowland appointed court luitist of King James I

1612 Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/Prime Minister 1598 - 1612, dies at 48

1610 Robert Parsons, English jesuit leader/plotter, dies at 63

1601 Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth

1601 Earl Robert Devereux of Essex armies draws into London

1601 Robert, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth

1599 Robert Devereux becomes Lieutenant-General of Ireland

1595 Robert Southwell, English poet, hanged for becoming a Catholic priest

1595 Robert Southwell, English Jesuit/poet, hanged

1591 Robert Herrick, England, poet, Gather ye rosebuds, baptized

1586 Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, becomes governor of Netherlands

1585 English fleet and earl Robert Dudley van Leicester reach Vlissingen

1577 Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman, Anatomy of Melancholy

1574 Robert Fludd, composer

1571 Robert Bruce Cotton, English antiquary, politician

1566 Robert Devereux 2nd earl of Essex/cousin/lover of Elizabeth I

1564 Robert Dudley becomes earl of Leicester

1564 Liege prince-bishop Robert van Bergen resigns

1563 Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, English prime minister, 1598-1612

1560 Amy Robsart, wife of English premier Robert Dudley, dies by accident

1558 Robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist, Friar Bacon

1546 Robert Parsons, English jesuit, A Letter Disclosure

1521 Robert Fayrfax, composer, dies at 57

1501 Robert Gaguin, French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at 66

1464 Robert Fayrfax, composer

1444 Robert Campin, South Netherlands painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65

1415 Robert of Bar, French knight, dies in battle

1406 Robert III, King of Scotland (1390-1406), dies

1394 Clement VII, Robert de Geneve, Pope (1378-94), dies

1390 Robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90), dies

1390 Robert II, King of Scotland, dies

1378 Robert de Geneve, "butcher of Cesena" crowned anti-pope Clemens VII

1377 Cardinal Robert of Geneva (anti-pope Clemens VII) starts term

1371 King Robert II Stuart of Scotland crowned

1343 Robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies

1342 Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies

1329 Robert Bruce, King of Scotland (1306-29), dies at 53

1322 Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence

1316 Robert II, the Steward, King of Scotland, 1371-90

1306 Robert the Bruce crowned king of Scotland

1279 Robert Kilwardby/Anglicus, English philosopher/Cardinal, dies

1274 Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, 1306-29

1253 Robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies

1201 Robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris

1167 Robert of Melun, English philosopher/bishop of Hereford, dies

1134 Robert III/II Curthouse, Duke of Normandy, dies

1106 Battle at Tinchebrai: English King Henry I beats his brother Robert

1085 Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia and Calabria, dies at 70

1081 Battle at Durazzo/Durres: Normans under Robert Guiscard beat Byzantine

1072 Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo

1035 Robert II/I, Duke of Normandy, dies

1031 Henry I succeeds father Robert II as King of France

1031 Robert II de Vrome, King of France (996-1031), dies

1027 Robert II, the Vrome, names son Henry I, king of France

987 French King Hugo Capet crowns his son Robert the compassionate king

923 Robert I, King of France (922-23), dies in battle

922 French republic chooses Robert I, King of France


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