1996 Gustave Solomon, mathematician, dies at 65
1995 Ice Skater Nancy Kerrigan (25) weds her agent Jerry Solomon (41)
1981 Beth Solomon wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1978 Solomon Islands declares independence from U.K.
1974 Solomon I "Sol" Hurok, U.S. impresario, dies at 85
1973 John Solomon, NFL defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks
1972 Freddie Solomon, NFL wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles
1968 Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, TV preacher, dies at 84
1968 Ariel Solomon, NFL center/guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers
1968 "I'm Solomon" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 7 performances
1965 "I'm Solomon" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 7 performances
1962 Solomon Pimsleur, composer, dies at 61
1959 Solomon Bandaranaike, PM of Ceylon (1956-59), assassinated at 60
1952 Beth Solomon, LPGA golfer
1949 Solomon R Guggenheim, U.S. art collector, dies at 88
1943 U.S. troops land on Bougainville Island on Solomon Island
1943 U.S. bombing of Bougainville, Solomon Island
1943 Battle at Vella Lavella, Solomon Island
1943 Japanse troops leave Kolombangara, Solomon Island
1943 Arundel (Solomon Island) in U.S. hands
1943 U.S. forces overrun New Georgia in Solomon Islands during WW II
1943 Lt. John F. Kennedy's PT-boat 109 sinks at Solomon islands
1943 Peter Kenilorea, PM Solomon Islands
1942 Sea battle off Eastern Solomon Islands
1942 1st American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is
1942 Vice-Adm Mikawa lands at Guadalcanal, Solomon Island
1942 1st American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942 Admiral Ernest King orders Tulagi (Solomon Island) reconquered
1942 Japanese troop attack Tulagi, Gavutu and Tanambogo, Solomon Islands
1940 Solomon Burke, American Musician
1937 Solomon P. Ortiz, Rep-D-TX, 1983-
1934 Earl King, [Solomon Johnson], rocker
1932 Marisa Pavan, born in Cagliari, Italy, actress, Solomon and Sheba, Rose Tattoo
1932 Solomon Tshkisho Platje, South African writer, dies
1931 Toni Morrison, born in Ohio, novelist, Tar Baby, Beloved, Song of Solomon
1930 Joe Solomon, cricketer, WI batsman of 50's Cap fell on wkt vs. Aust
1930 Gerald B H Solomon, Rep-R-New York, 1979-
1930 Gerald B. H. Solomon, Politician
1930 Remains of Solomon Andrees' balloon expedition to North Pole in 1897, found at Kvit oya Spitsbergen
1921 Solomon Porter Hood named minister to Liberia
1915 Solomon Schechter, theologist, dies at about 64
1910 Izler Solomon, St. Paul, Minnesota, conductor
1901 Arleigh A Burke, Colo, Admiral, WW II, Solomon Islands, Navy Cross
1900 Solomon Pimsleur, composer
1899 Solomon WRD Bandaranaike, premier of Ceylon, 1956-59
1897 Solomon Andrees baloon/polar expedition reaches White Island
1897 Solomon Andree leaves Spitsbergen by balloon towards North Pole
1895 Edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39
1894 U.S. warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island
1886 Solomon Gazfried, rabbi/author (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch), dies
1883 Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, Newport New, Virginia, TV preacher
1864 Solomon George Washington Dill, poor white ally of blacks, assassinated in his home by white terrorists in SC
1861 Solomon R Guggenheim, philanthropist, Guggenheim Museum New York City
1859 Sholem Aleichem, [Solomon Rabinowitz], author, Fiddler on the Roof
1856 Henry Rider Haggard, author, King Solomon's Mine, She, Dawn
1855 Edward Solomon, composer
1854 Solomon A Andree, Swedish engineer/balloonist/Artic explorer
1847 Solomon Schechter, U.S. Talmudic scholar/Jewish leader
1810 Solomon Meredith, Bvt Major General Union volunteers, died in 1875
1797 Elijah B Solomon Zalman, rabbi/Gaon of Vilna, dies
1573 Solomon Luria (Maharshal), talmudic author (Yam Shel Shelomo), dies
1198 Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies
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