2015 Event Nikki Haley, governor of South Carolina, supports removal of the Confederate flag from state grounds; however, the state legislature must first overturn a law requiring the flag to be flown at the Confederate Soldier Monument 2005 Death David Hackworth, American Soldier 2004 Death Pat Tillman, soldier/pro football player, dies at 27 2002 Death Vernon A. Walters, American Soldier 2000 Death Bruce Palmer, Jr., American Soldier 1997 Death Edmund Charles Wolf Myers, soldier/engineer, dies at 91 1997 Death Bryan Woods, soldier/clerk, dies at 76 1996 Death Robert Bromston Thesiger Daniell, soldier, dies at 95 1996 Death Antonio Sebastiao Ribiero de Spinola, soldier/polititican, dies at 86 1996 Death Francis James Claude Piggott, soldier, dies at 85 1996 Death Colin Campbell Mitchell, soldier, dies at 70 1996 Death Roy James Alfred Kaulback, soldier, dies at 85 1996 Death Henry Ralph Carr, soldier, dies at 82 1996 Death Jean Crepin, soldier/industrialist, dies at 87 1996 Death Tran Van Tra, soldier, dies at 77 1996 Death Charles Barnet "Roscoe" Harvey, soldier, dies at 95 1996 Death U San Yu, soldier/politician, dies at 77 1996 Death Roy McKelvie, soldier/sports writer, dies at 83 1995 Death Dmitri Antonovitch Volkogonov, soldier/historian, dies at 67 1995 Death Yehuda Meir Getz, rabbi/soldier/religious leader, dies at 71 1995 Death Denis Harding, soldier, dies at 79 1995 Death Clan Fraser of Lovat, soldier/Landowner, dies at 83 1994 Death Heinz Ruhmann, German actor/dir (Brave Soldier Schwejk), dies at 92 1994 Death Charles A. Beckwith, American Soldier 1993 Death Jeremiah Sullivan, actor (Soldier, Double-Stop), dies of AIDS at 58 1992 Death James Van Fleet, American Soldier 1992 Death Larry Riley, actor (Soldier Story, Knots Landing), dies of AIDS at 39 1989 Event Last Vietnamese soldier leaves Cambodia 1989 Death William Stephenson, Canadian Soldier 1988 Death Pappy Boyington, American Soldier 1986 Event U.S. soldier and Turkish woman killed in West Berlin disco bombing 1986 Death Adolph Caesar, actor (Club Paradise, Soldier's Story), dies 1982 Death Douglas Bader, British Soldier 1982 Death Nathan F. Twining, American Soldier 1981 Event Charles Fuller's "Soldier's Play," premieres in New York City 1981 Death Claude Auchinleck, British Soldier 1978 Death Kurt Student, German Soldier 1977 Death George Kenney, American Soldier 1977 Event Israeli soldier who died freeing hostages in Entebee Raid (1976) 1975 Death Anthony McAuliffe, American Soldier 1974 Event Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended 1973 Event Funeral for LC William Nolde, last U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam War 1973 Death L C William Nolde, last U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam, funeral 1972 Death Franz Halder, German Soldier 1971 Death Norman Cota, American Soldier 1970 Birthday Melissa Rathburn-Nealy, U.S. soldier, Iraqi POW 1966 Death Chief Nipo Strongheart, Native Amer actor (Pony Soldier), dies at 75 1966 Death Chester W. Nimitz, American Soldier 1959 Death George C. Marshall, American Soldier 1959 Death William Halsey, American Soldier 1959 Death William D. Leahy, American Soldier 1958 Death Nuries-Said, Iraqi soldier/statesman, assassinated, dies 1956 Birthday Mark Collie, Waynesboro, Tennessee, country singer, Another Old Soldier 1955 Death Ira Hayes, American Soldier 1954 Death Heinz Guderian, German Soldier 1954 Death Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (Brave Soldier), dies at 83 1953 Birthday Janis Karpinski, American Soldier 1953 Birthday Henriette J. Toll, actress, Soldier of Orange 1953 Death Gerd von Rundstedt, German Soldier 1951 Death Thomas Blamey, soldier, dies 1951 Birthday John Abizaid, American Soldier 1950 Death Archibald Wavell, British Soldier 1948 Death John Joseph Pershing, American Soldier 1948 Death Witold Pilecki, Polish Soldier 1947 Birthday Lex van Delden, Dutch actor, Soldier of Orange 1947 Event "Chocolate Soldier" closes at Century Theater New York City after 69 performances 1947 Event "Chocolate Soldier" opens at Century Theater New York City for 69 performances 1946 Death Alfred Jodl, German Soldier 1945 Death George S. Patton, American Soldier 1945 Birthday Tommy Franks, American Soldier 1945 Birthday Michael V. Hayden, American Soldier 1944 Birthday Wesley Clark, American Soldier 1944 Death Claus von Stauffenberg, German Soldier 1944 Birthday R. Lee Ermey, American Soldier 1943 Birthday Oliver North, American Soldier 1942 Birthday Eric Shinseki, American Soldier 1942 Birthday Barry McCaffrey, American Soldier 1942 Birthday Hugh Shelton, American Soldier 1940 Event 1,000s Paris students lay reath at Grave of Unknown Soldier 1940 Birthday Johnny Giles, Irish Soldier 1940 Death Smedley Butler, American Soldier 1939 Birthday Charles Fuller, U.S. writer, Zooman, Soldier Story 1938 Birthday Jay Garner, American Soldier 1937 Death Sapper, British soldier/novelist (Bull-Dog Drummond), dies at 48 1937 Birthday Thomas Monaghan, British Soldier 1935 Birthday Michel Aoun, born in Haret Hreik, Lebanon, Lebanese soldier and politician 1935 Birthday Ray Manzarek, keyboardist, Doors-Light My Fire, Unknown Soldier 1934 Death Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Hindenburg, soldier/statesman, dies at 86 1934 Death Paul von Hindenburg, German Soldier 1934 Death Jean-Baptiste Marchand, soldier and explorer in Sudan, dies at 70 1931 Birthday Thomas K "Tom" van Brook, actor/interpreter, Soldier of Orange 1931 Death John Monash, Australian Soldier 1931 Birthday Gene [Rodman] Wolfe, U.S., sci-fi author, Soldier of Arete 1930 Birthday David Hackworth, American Soldier 1930 Death George Haven Putnam, American Soldier 1930 Death Giulio Douhet, Italian Soldier 1929 Birthday Charles A. Beckwith, American Soldier 1928 Birthday Dmitri Antonovitch Volkogonov, soldier/historian 1928 Event "Abenteuer of brave Soldier Schwejk" premieres in Berlin 1927 Birthday James D. Watkins, American Soldier 1926 Event Latkin Square in Bronx named for 1st U.S. Jewish soldier to die in WW I 1925 Birthday Colin Campbell Mitchell, soldier 1925 Death Nelson A. Miles, American Soldier 1923 Birthday Henny Alma, Hendrika den Broek, Dutch actress, Soldier of Orange 1923 Birthday Ira Hayes, American Soldier 1923 Birthday Jaroslav Hasek, Czechoslovakian writer, Good Soldier Schweyk 1923 Death Jaroslav Hasek, Czechoslovakian writer (Good Soldier Schweyk), dies at 39 1922 Birthday John W. Vessey, Jr., American Soldier 1921 Event President Harding dedicates Tomb of Unknown Soldier (Arlington Cemetary) 1921 Birthday Bryan Woods, soldier/clerk 1919 Death Louis Botha, South African soldier/statesman, dies 1918 Event Soldier revolt at Harskamp Veluwe 1917 Death John W. Foster, American Soldier 1917 Birthday Vernon A. Walters, American Soldier 1916 Event Soldier Adolf Hitler is injured 1915 Birthday Denis Harding, soldier 1915 Death William Throsby Bridges, Australian Soldier 1915 Death Harry Banks, English Soldier 1914 Birthday Henry Ralph Carr, soldier 1914 Death Joshua Chamberlain, American Soldier 1913 Birthday Bruce Palmer, Jr., American Soldier 1912 Birthday Pappy Boyington, American Soldier 1912 Birthday Roy McKelvie, soldier/sports writer 1912 Birthday Manuel Gutierrez Mellado, soldier/politician 1911 Birthday Clan Fraser of Lovat, soldier/landowner 1911 Birthday Roy James Alfred Kaulback, soldier 1911 Birthday Fitzroy Maclean, British diplomat soldier politician and historian 1910 Birthday Francis James Claude Piggott, soldier 1910 Birthday Arthur Hazlerigg, born in England, Lord Hazlerigg, 2nd Baron Hazlerigg, awarded Military Cross, judge, Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire, soldier, served during World War II, life peer 1910 Birthday Douglas Bader, British Soldier 1909 Birthday Ricardo Sanchez, American Soldier 1908 Birthday Jean Crepin, soldier/industrialist 1907 Birthday Claus von Stauffenberg, German Soldier 1906 Birthday Laurens jan van der Post, soldier/explorer/conservationist 1906 Birthday Edmund Charles Wolf Myers, soldier/engineer 1905 Death Lew Wallace, American Soldier 1904 Death William Hall, Canadian Soldier 1903 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Blanched Soldier" 1901 Birthday Robert Bromston Thesiger Daniell, soldier 1901 Birthday Maxwell D. Taylor, Soldier 1901 Birthday Witold Pilecki, Polish Soldier 1900 Birthday Charles Barnet "Roscoe" Harvey, soldier 1900 Birthday Hyman Rickover, Soldier 1898 Birthday Anthony McAuliffe, American Soldier 1897 Birthday Nathan F. Twining, American Soldier 1897 Birthday John B. Glubb, British commandant/writer, A soldier with the Arabs 1897 Birthday William Stephenson, Canadian Soldier 1896 Birthday Harry Banks, English Soldier 1893 Birthday Norman Cota, American Soldier 1893 Birthday Omar N. Bradley, Soldier 1892 Birthday Hoot Gibson, Tekamah NE, western actor, Horse Soldier, Last Outlaw 1892 Birthday James Van Fleet, American Soldier 1891 Death Rooney Lee, American Soldier 1891 Birthday Chief Nipo T Strongheart, Yakima, Washington, U.S. indian actor, Pony Soldier 1890 Death John Charles Fremont, American Soldier 1890 Birthday Kurt Student, German Soldier 1890 Birthday Alfred Jodl, German Soldier 1889 Birthday Georg von der Vring, German painter/writer, Soldier Suhren 1889 Death Daniel H. Hill, American Soldier 1889 Birthday George Kenney, American Soldier 1888 Birthday Herman McNeile, Cornwall England, soldier/novelist, Bull-Dog Drummond 1888 Birthday Heinz Guderian, German Soldier 1887 Birthday Bernard Law Montgomery, British Soldier 1887 Birthday Alvin York, famed U.S. soldier with 25 kills in WW I 1886 Death John A. Logan, American Soldier 1885 Birthday George S. Patton, American Soldier 1885 Death George McClellan, American Soldier 1885 Death George B. McClellan, American Soldier 1885 Birthday Chester W. Nimitz, American Soldier 1884 Birthday Franz Halder, German Soldier 1884 Birthday Claude Auchinleck, British Soldier 1883 Birthday Archibald Wavell, British Soldier 1882 Birthday William Halsey, American Soldier 1881 Birthday Smedley Butler, American Soldier 1880 Birthday George C. Marshall, American Soldier 1879 Birthday Billy Mitchell, American Soldier 1879 Death John B. Hood, American Soldier 1876 Death George Armstrong Custer, American Soldier 1875 Birthday Gerd von Rundstedt, German Soldier 1875 Birthday William D. Leahy, American Soldier 1870 Death Robert E. Lee, American Soldier 1870 Death John P. Kennedy, American Soldier 1870 Death Ethan A. Hitchcock, American Soldier 1869 Birthday John Joseph Pershing, American Soldier 1869 Birthday Karl Haushofer, soldier/geographer 1869 Birthday Giulio Douhet, Italian Soldier 1869 Birthday Max Hoffmann, German Soldier 1865 Birthday John Monash, Australian Soldier 1863 Birthday Jean-Baptiste Marchand, Thoissey France, soldier and explorer, Sudan 1863 Death John Buford, American Soldier 1863 Death Robert Gould Shaw, American Soldier 1863 Death Thomas J. Jackson, American Soldier 1861 Birthday William Throsby Bridges, Australian Soldier 1853 Death George Cockburn, British Soldier 1847 Birthday Paul von Hindenburg, German Soldier 1844 Birthday George Haven Putnam, American Soldier 1840 Death Jacques-Etienne-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald, Duc de Tarente, soldier 1839 Birthday Nelson A. Miles, American Soldier 1837 Birthday Robert Gould Shaw, American Soldier 1837 Birthday Rooney Lee, American Soldier 1836 Birthday John W. Foster, American Soldier 1833 Death William Bainbridge, American Soldier 1833 Birthday Garnet Joseph, 1st viscount Wolseley soldier 1831 Birthday John B. Hood, American Soldier 1830 Death Henry Rutgers, American Soldier 1828 Birthday Joshua Chamberlain, American Soldier 1827 Birthday William Hall, Canadian Soldier 1827 Birthday Lew Wallace, American Soldier 1826 Birthday George B. McClellan, American Soldier 1826 Birthday John Buford, American Soldier 1826 Birthday John A. Logan, American Soldier 1825 Death William Hull, American Soldier 1824 Birthday Thomas J. Jackson, American Soldier 1821 Death William Floyd, U.S. soldier/signer of Declaration of Independence, dies at 86 1821 Birthday Daniel H. Hill, American Soldier 1818 Death Joshua Barney, American Soldier 1817 Death Andre Massena Duc de Rivoli, soldier, dies 1816 Death Daniel Waters, American Soldier 1813 Birthday John Charles Fremont, American Soldier 1811 Death William Eaton, American Soldier 1807 Birthday Robert E. Lee, American Soldier 1806 Death Henry Knox, American Soldier 1805 Death Lord Nelson, British Soldier 1802 Death Daniel Morgan, American Soldier 1798 Birthday Ethan A. Hitchcock, American Soldier 1797 Death Lord Amherst, British Soldier 1796 Death Anthony Wayne, American Soldier 1795 Birthday John P. Kennedy, American Soldier 1795 Death William Prescott, American Revolutionary soldier, dies 1795 Birthday Henry Havelock, British soldier, War in Afghanistan 1838-39 1792 Death John Burgoyne, soldier/playwright, dies 1792 Death Jakob M R Lenz, writer (That Soldier), dies 1782 Birthday Charles Napier, London, soldier 1774 Birthday William Bainbridge, American Soldier 1772 Birthday George Cockburn, British Soldier 1764 Birthday William Eaton, American Soldier 1760 Birthday Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer, Marseillaise 1759 Birthday Joshua Barney, American Soldier 1758 Birthday Lord Nelson, British Soldier 1753 Birthday William Hull, American Soldier 1750 Birthday Henry Knox, American Soldier 1746 Birthday Thomas Heyward, soldier, signed Declaration of Independence 1745 Birthday Henry Rutgers, American Soldier 1745 Birthday Anthony Wayne, American Soldier 1738 Birthday Charles Lord Cornwallis, soldier/statesman "fire when ready Gridley" 1736 Birthday Daniel Morgan, American Soldier 1734 Birthday William Floyd, U.S. soldier/signer, Declaration of Independence 1731 Birthday Daniel Waters, American Soldier 1717 Birthday Lord Amherst, British Soldier 1710 Birthday David Wooster, American Soldier 1689 Death John Graham, of Claverhouse, 1st viscount Dundee/soldier, killed, dies 1680 Death Thomas Blood, English Soldier 1679 Death Roger Boyle, British Soldier 1638 Death Henri duc de Rohan, French soldier/Huguenot leader, dies 1628 Birthday Francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier 1621 Birthday Roger Boyle, British Soldier 1614 Death Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint, dies at 64 1596 Death Francis Drake, English Soldier 1574 Death Pedro Menendez de Aviles, soldier/navigator, dies 1560 Death Guillaume du Bellay, Sieur de Langey, French soldier, dies 1554 Birthday Philip Sidney, England, poet/statesman/soldier, Arcadia 1550 Birthday Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint 1528 Birthday Seerp Galama, Dutch nobleman/soldier/politician 1507 Death Cesare Borgia, cardinal/soldier/politician, killed in battle at 31 1401 Birthday Francesco Sfoza, soldier 1364 Birthday Henry Percy, Harry Hotspur, British soldier/politican 290 Death [Christian] Sergius, roman soldier/martyred saint, decapitated 290 Death [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed
