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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 |
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