2004 Walter Wager, American Novelist
2002 Walter Annenberg, publisher/philanthropist/ambassador, started TV GUide, dies at 94
2002 Walter Lord, American Author
2000 Walter Matthau, actor, The Odd Couple movie version, dies at 79
1999 Walter Payton, football great, dies at 45
1998 Walter Edmonds, writer (Drums Along the Mohawk), dies at 93
1998 Walter Edmonds, writer, Drums Along the Mohawk, ., dies at 94
1998 Walter Diemer, inventor (bubble gum 1928), dies of heart failure at 93
1998 Walter Diemer, inventor/accountant, invented bubble gum, dies at 93
1997 Walter Stewart, murderer, executed at 42
1997 "Forever Tango!," opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City
1997 "Present Laughter," closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City
1997 Walter Ritchie, sculptor, dies at 77
1996 "Present Laughter" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City
1996 Hans Walter Kosterliz, biochemist, dies at 93
1996 Arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer, dies at 80
1996 "7 Guitars" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City
1996 Walter Hassan, engineer, dies at 91
1996 Walter Guevara Arze, provisional president of Bolivia (1979), dies
1996 Walter Pardon, carpenter/traditional singer, dies at 81
1996 Walter Hyatt, #Musician, dies at 46
1996 "7 Guitars" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City
1996 "Seven Guitars," opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City
1996 Walter Charles Marshall, scientist, dies at 63
1996 Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee, blues singer and guitarist, dies at 80
1996 Harold Walter Bailey, philologist, dies at 96>>
1995 "Patti LuPone on Broadway" closes at Walter Kerr New York City after 46 performances
1995 Jack Walter Braden Finney, writer, dies at 84
1995 Henry A Walter Richard Percy, 11th Duke of Northumberland, dies at 42
1995 "Patti LuPone on Broadway" opens at Walter Kerr New York City for 46 performances
1995 Walter "Crash" Morgan, drummer, dies at 35
1995 Walter Shlomo Gross, journalist, dies at 83
1995 "Love! Valor! Compassion!" closes at Walter Kerr New York City after 276 performances
1995 Walter Goetz, illustrator cartoonist/painter, dies at 83
1995 Walter Landor, designer, dies at 81
1995 Walter Ernest Allen, writer/critic, dies at 83
1995 "Love! Valor! Compassion!" opens at Walter Kerr New York City for 276 performances
1994 Walter C "Dub" Taylor II, U.S. actor (You Can't Take it All), dies at 86
1994 Walter Bartley, biochemist, dies at 78
1994 Walter Arnold, Germ theologist (World council of Churches), dies at 64
1994 Walter Lantz, U.S. cartoonist (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 93
1994 Walter Janka, German writer (Troubles with Truth), dies at 79
1994 Walter Kent, U.S. composer (I'll Be Home for Christmas), dies at 82
1993 "Angels in America-Perestroika" opens at Walter Kerr New York City for 216 performances
1993 Walter Brown Newman, U.S. screenwriter (Cat Ballou), dies at 77
1993 Walter Koenig, Checkov of Star Trek, suffers a heart attack
1993 Walter Koenig, Checkov-Star Trek, suffers a mild heart attack
1992 Walter B Jones, (Rep-D-NC, 1966-92), dies at 79
1992 "2 Trains Running" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City after 160 performances
1992 "2 Trains Running" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 160 performances
1992 Walter Stuart Surridge, cricketeer (Capt of Surrey), dies at 74
1992 "Crazy He Calls Me" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City after 7 performances
1992 "Crazy He Calls Me" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 7 performances
1991 Walter Hudson, 1,025 lb man, dies at 46
1991 Walter Chiari, actor (Girl Under Sheet), dies of heart attack at 67
1991 "I Hate Hamlet" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City after 88 performances
1991 "I Hate Hamlet" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 88 performances
1991 "Piano Lesson" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City after 320 performances
1990 "Piano Lesson" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 320 performances
1989 Walter Davis (Denver) ends NBA free throw streak of 53 games
1989 Walter Davis (Denver) begins NBA free throw streak of 53 games
1989 South african ANC-founder/leader Walter Sisulu freed
1989 Walter Martin, American Clergyman
1989 Walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27,000' Mt Everest top
1988 Robin Givens and Mike Tyson appear on Barbara Walter's Show
1987 Walter H Brattain, U.S. physicist (transistors, Nobel 1956), dies at 85
1987 Walter Payton scores NFL record 107th rushing touchdown
1987 Walter W. Heller, U.S. economist (Old Myths and New Realities), dies at 71
1987 Walter Abel, actor (Suspicion), dies at 88
1986 Walter Brooke, actor (DA Scanlon-Green Hornet), dies at 71
1986 Walter Leblanc, Belgian painter, dies at 53
1984 Walter Woolf King, actor/TV host (Lights Cameras Action), dies at 85
1984 Walter Payton passes Jim Brown as NFL's career rushing leader
1984 Walter Alston, Baseball manager (Los Angeles Dodgers), dies at 72
1984 Walter Pidgeon, actor (Forbidden Planet), dies of strokes at 87
1984 Walter Pidgeon, actor (Forbidden Planet, Mrs. Miniver), dies at 87
1984 Walter Kaufmann, composer, dies at 77
1984 Walter Burke, actor (Jack the Giant Killer), dies at 75 of emphysema
1984 Walter F. Mondale wins Democratic presidential nomination in San Francisco
1983 Walter Scott, rocker, dies
1983 Walter O'Keefe, songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 82
1983 Nolan Ryan surpasses Walter Johnson for most strikeouts (3,508)
1983 Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3,509), passing Walter Johnson
1983 Walter Slezak, actor (Bedtime For Bonzo), commits suicide in New York at 80
1983 Walter Alston, Dodgers manager, elected to Hall of Fame
1982 Shakey, [Walter Horton], rocker, dies at 72
1982 Walter Hallstein, West German politician (CDU, H-doctrine), dies at 80
1981 Shakey, [Walter Horton], harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin'), dies at 64
1981 Walter Mehring, writer, dies at 85
1981 [Walter] Furry Lewis, father of blues, dies at 88 of a heart attack
1981 Don Fagan and Walter Becker quit Steely Dan
1981 Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond, Virginia
1981 Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of CBS Evening News
1981 Walter Knott, American Businessman
1980 Walter Hass, Jr. becomes CEO of Oakland A's
1980 Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian (bomanslag), dies
1979 Walter O'Malley, CEO (Dodgers), dies at 75
1979 Dr. Walter Massey named director of Argonne national Lab
1979 Walter Legge, British Businessman
1978 Walter Poenisch completes swim of 207 km from Cuba to Florida
1978 VP Walter F. Mondale begins trip to Mid-East
1978 Walter Keirnan, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret), dies at 75
1977 Walter Payton (Bears) rushes for NFL-record 275 yards
1977 Walter Kraft, composer, dies at 71
1977 Walter Baldwin, actor (Gay Amigo), dies at 88
1976 Walter Bauer, writer, dies at 72
1976 Walter Fitzgerald, actor (Adv of Sadie, Fallen Idol), dies at 80
1976 Walter Hamor Piston, U.S. composer, dies at 82
1976 Tommy Lasorda replaces Walter Alston as Dodger manager
1976 Walter Field, entertainer, dies at 101
1976 Walter Piston, American Composer
1975 Walter Tetley, cartoon voice (Sherman-Bullwinkle Show), dies at 60
1975 Walter Kinsella, actor (Happy-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 74
1975 Walter Linck, Swiss sculptor, dies at 71
1974 Erich Walter Sternberg, composer, dies at 83
1974 Walter Lippmann, U.S. journalist (One of Dynasty), dies at 85
1974 Walter E. Washington, becomes 1st elected mayor of Washington D.C.
1974 Walter Brennan, actor (Real McCoys), dies at 80
1974 Walter Scheel succeeds Heinemann as president
1974 Walter McCarty, NBA forward for the Boston Celtics
1974 Walter Jones, tackle for the Seattle Seahawks
1973 Arnold Maria Walter, composer, dies at 71
1973 Willi Stoph succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader
1973 Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss Scientist
1973 Walter Ulbricht, President German DR, dies at 80
1973 Walter Blum becomes 6th jockey to ride 4,000 winners
1973 Walter Greaza, actor (Leonard-Martin Kane, Treasury Men), dies at 76
1973 Walter Scott, NFL defensive tackle, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31
1973 Walter Nicholas Henry Tongue, born in Auckland NZ, 50m/100m swimmer 1996 Olympics
1972 Ken Walter, punter for the Carolina Panthers
1972 Walter Winchell, columnist/narrator (Untouchables), dies at 75
1972 Walter Sande, actor (Adventures of Tugboat Annie), dies at 65
1972 Walter Winchell, writer/actor (Dondi, Love and Hisses), dies at 74
1971 Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner, composer, dies at 83
1971 Walter Sande, actor (Red Planet Mars), dies of heart attack at 65
1971 Walter Van Tilburg Clark, U.S. author (Ox-Bow Incident), dies at 62
1971 Walter Schulthess, composer, dies at 76
1971 103rd Belmont: Walter Blum aboard Pass Catcher wins in 2:30.6
1971 Erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader
1970 Walter Dunson, NFL running back/kicker returner for the Arizona Cardinals
1970 Walter P Reuther, U.S. worker's union leader/president (CIO), dies
1970 Walter Cronkite ends hosting weekly documentary
1969 Walter Hagen, PGA golfer (U.S. Open 1914, 19), dies at 76
1969 Walter Hagen, U.S. golfer (won 5x PGA-tournament), dies at 76
1969 Jamie Walter, actor, Pirate Island
1969 Walter Gropius, architect/found (Bauhaus school of design), dies at 86
1969 Arthur Walter Kramer, composer, dies at 78
1968 Walter Wanger, U.S. producer (Cleopatria), dies at 74
1968 Cy Walter, pianist (3's Company), dies at 52
1968 Walter Nash, New Zealander Statesman
1968 Rev Walter Fauntroy, is 1st non-voting congressional delegate from DC
1968 Little Walter, rocker, dies at 37
1967 Walter Muller von Kulm, composer, dies at 68
1967 Walter Washington elected 1st mayor of Washington, D.C.
1966 Walter Lang, composer, dies at 69
1965 Walter Reeves, NFL tight end for the Cleveland Browns
1965 1st performance of Walter Piston's 8th Symphony
1963 South-African ANC Walter Sisulu/Andrew Mlangeni/Govan Mbeki arrested
1963 Joe Walter, NFL tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals
1962 Walter Anderson, German Writer
1962 Walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News
1962 Bruno Walter, symphony conductor (New York Philharmonic), dies at 85
1961 Walter Bedell Smith, U.S. general/WW II chief of staff, dies at 75
1961 Walter Swimburn, Irish jockey, Derby 1981
1961 Walter Piston's 7th Symphony, premieres
1960 Walter Catlett, actor (Climax), dies of a stroke at 71
1960 WH Walter Baade, German/US astronomer (Andromeda), dies at 67
1960 Walter Dehmel, writer, dies at 57
1960 Walter O'Malley, Los Angeles Dodger owner, purchases Chavez Ravine for $494,000
1959 Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, dies at 117
1959 Walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47
1959 Walter Ray Williams, Jr., bowler, twice Player of the Year
1958 Walter Schumann, choral director (Ford Show), dies at 44
1958 Walter Irwin flies 2,259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter
1958 Walter Kingsford, actor (My Favorite Blonde, Fly by Night), dies at 76
1957 Walter Cronkite begins hosting weekly documentary
1957 Walter R Tucker, Rep-D-California
1957 1st performance of Walter Piston's 4th Symphony
1957 Walter Rohlfing, born in Dusseldorf, WLAF defensive line coach, Rhein Fire
1957 Walter O'Malley says Dodgers may play 10 exhibitions in California in 1958
1956 Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60
1956 Walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42
1956 Walter S Adams, U.S. astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79
1956 Walter Salles, Brazilian Director
1955 Walter Piston's 6th Symphony, premieres
1955 Walter Rein, composer, dies at 61
1955 Walter Hampden, actor (Sabrina, 5 Fingers, Vagabond King), dies at 75
1954 Walter Diessner, German DR, 4 man cox 1976 Olympics gold
1954 Nobel for physics awarded to Max Born and Walter Bothe
1954 Walter Paul Davis, Pineville, North Carolina, basketball player 1976 Olympics gold
1954 Walter Payton, NFL running back for the Chicago Bears
1954 Walter Braunfels, composer, dies at 71
1954 "CBS Morning Show" premieres with Walter Cronkite and Jack Paar
1954 Ulrich Walter, German FR, cosmonaut
1953 Walter Alston named Dodger manager
1953 Dodgers sign Walter Alston to a 1-year pact as manager for 1954
1953 35th PGA Championship: Walter Burkemo at Birmingham CC Mich
1953 Walter Niemann, composer, dies at 76
1953 General Walter Bedell Smith, USA, ends term as 4th director of CIA Allen W Dulles, becomes acting director of CIA
1953 "You Are There" with Walter Cronkite premieres on CBS television
1952 Walter P Reuther chosen chairman of CIO
1952 Walter Long, dies at 73
1952 Walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies
1952 Walter O "Spike" Briggs, owner (Det Tigers), dies at 74
1952 Walter Mosley, American Novelist
1950 Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer, dies at 88
1950 Walter O'Malley fires Burt Shotton as Dodgers manager
1950 Walter Bedell Smith replaces Roscoe H Hillenkoetter as 4th CIA head
1950 Walter Huston, dies at 66
1950 Walter Eucken, German economist, dies at 59
1950 Walter Becker, New York City, rock bassist, Steely Dan-Peg
1949 Walter "Clyde" Owen, rocker
1949 Walter Hyatt, Musician
1949 Walter Sweeney, MP
1949 Walter and John Huston become 1st father-and-son team to win
1949 Walter S Browne, U.S. chess champion, 1974-78, 1980-84
1948 Walter Egan, born in New York City, rock vocalist, Not Shy, Fundamental Roll
1948 Walter Olkewicz, Bayonne, New Jersey, actor, Last Resort, Wizards and Warriors
1948 Walter P Reuther UAW President shot and wounded at his home in Detroit
1948 Walter P Reuther, President (United Auto Workers), shot at his home
1948 Walter Smith, Scottish Athlete
1948 Walter Piston's 3rd Symphony in E, premieres in Boston
1947 Walter Willison, born in Monterrey Park, California, actor, McDuff the Talking Dog, Two By Two [Tony Award nomination, Theatre World Award]
1947 Last day of Test cricket for Walter Hammond (vs. NZ, Christchurch)
1946 Walter "Clyde" Orange, Florida, rocker, Commodores-Too Hot to Trot
1946 Walter Johnson, great pitcher (Washington Senators), dies at 59
1945 Walter B Cannon, U.S. physiologist (Traumatic Shock), dies at 73
1945 Walter Model, German fieldmarshal, commits suicide at 54
1945 Walter Charles, born in East Strousberg, Pennsylvania, actor, Fletch Lives, Weeds
1944 Walter Nowotny, German combat/jet fighter pilot, dies
1944 Walter Piston's "Fugue for a Victory Tune," premieres in New York City
1944 1st performance of Walter Piston's 2nd Symphony
1943 Walter Spanghero, French rugby player
1943 Susan Davenny Wyner, New Haven, Connecticut, soprano, Walter Naumberg Prize
1943 Walter Brandligt, literature/resistance fighter, executed at 42
1943 Walter Scott, rock vocalist, Whispers
1943 Walter Murch, American Celebrity
1942 Tracey Walter, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, Best of the West
1942 Walter Williams, U.S., rock vocalist, O'Jays-Use to Be My Girl
1942 Walter Johnson pitches to Babe Ruth in pregame attraction that draws 69,000 for New York - Washington game (raises $80,000 for Army-Navy relief
1942 Walter Leigh, composer, dies at 36
1942 Walter Raphael Hazzard, Wilmington Del, basketball 1964 Olympic gold
1942 Walter Richard Sickert, British painter (Free House!), dies at 81
1942 Walter Hill, director, 48 Hours, Extreme Prejudice
1941 Walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77
1941 Gil [Walter] Morgan, Haddock Georgia, PGA golfer, 1990 Kemper Open
1941 Jessica Walter, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Play Misty For Me, Amy Prentiss
1940 Woody Woodpecker debuts with release of Walter Lantz's "Knock Knock"
1940 Walter Johnson, won 416 games for Washington Senators, loses Maryland congressional race (R)
1940 Walter Kollo, composer, dies at 62
1940 Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48
1940 Walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48
1940 Walter Chrysler, American Inventor
1940 Walter Greenman, horse trainer
1940 Walter Connolly, actor (It Happened One Night, Good Earth), dies at 53
1939 Walter Weller, Vienna Austria, conductor, Vienna Tonkustler Orch
1939 Wendy, Walter, Carlos, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, composer, Switched on Bach
1939 Ken Walter, South African cricket pace bowler, 1961-62 series vs. NZ
1939 Walter Bellamy, New Bern, North Carolina, NBA center, Knicks/Olympic-gold-1960
1937 Walter Gay, artist, dies
1937 Johannes Walter, German geologist (Die Denudation in Wuste), dies
1937 Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, dies in crash at 43
1937 41st Boston Marathon won by Walter Young of Canada in 2:33:20
1936 1st baseman Walter Alston plays in his only major league game
1936 Walter Koenig, American Actor
1936 1st players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame-Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson
1934 Walter Steffens, composer
1933 Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland manager
1933 Walter E Fauntroy, Rep-D-DC, 1971-
1933 Walter Paulis, mineworker/pilot/Dutch MP, CDA
1932 Walter Leblanc, Belgian painter
1932 Clark Griffith announces Walter Johnson will be manager of Senators
1932 Walter Gilbert, American Scientist
1932 Ronnie Walter Cunningham, born in Creston, Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut, Apollo 7
1932 Walter Charles Marshall, scientist
1931 Walter Courvoisier, composer, dies at 56
1931 Walter Davis, U.S., running high jumper 1952 Olympics gold
1930 George Gershwin/Walter Donaldsons musical premieres in New York City
1930 Joan Mondale, wife of U.S. vice-president Walter Mondale, 1977-81
1930 Little Walter, [Marion Walter Jacobs], rocker
1930 1st performance of Walter Piston's Suite for orchestra (Boston)
1929 Walter Mittelholzer flies as 1st about the Kilimanjaro
1929 64th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Muirfield Gullane
1929 Walter Kempowski, German writer, Tadelloser and Wolff
1929 Walter Berry, Austria singer and ex husband of Christa Ludwig
1929 Walter Medio, race horse trainer
1929 "NY Daily Mirror" columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio
1928 Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn's musical "Whoopee," premieres in New York City
1928 Walter Klien, pianist
1928 Walter Johnson signs a 3-year contract to manage the Senators
1928 Walter Martin, American Clergyman
1928 Otto V Walter, writer
1928 63rd British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Royal St. George's
1928 Walter Fritz Mondale, born in Ceylon, Minnesota, Sen-D-Minn, 42nd VP, 1977-81
1928 Walter F. Mondale, American Lawyer
1927 Test Cricket debut of Walter Hammond, who scored 51 and took 5-36 vs. S Af
1927 Walter Hagen beats Joe Turnesa for 4th consecutive PGA title
1927 Walter Vogt, writer
1927 Walter Johnson records 113th and last shutout of his career
1927 Walter Aschaffenburg, composer
1926 Walter Johnson retires, signs 2-year contract to manage Newark
1926 9th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Salisbury GC Westbury NY
1926 Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament
1926 Paul Walter Furst, composer
1926 At 41, Walter Johnson pitches his 7th opening day shutout
1925 8th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Olympia Fields CC Matteson Ill
1925 Walter Percy Chrysler founded Chrysler Corp, Iacocca is 8 months old
1925 Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament
1925 Walter Camp, father of American football, dies at 65
1925 Walter Mittelholzer is 1st to flies over Demawend mountain, Iran
1924 Walter Fufido, born in Bronx, New York, Iwo Jima casualty, WW II
1924 Walter Johnson elected AL MVP
1924 Walter Wager, American Novelist
1924 Washington Senator Walter Johnson 2nd no-hitter beats Browns, 2-0 in 7 inn
1924 59th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 301 at Hoylake Hoylake
1924 7th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at French Lick CC Ind
1924 Walter Parratt, composer, dies at 83
1923 Walter Johnson becomes 1st to strikeout 3,000 (en route to 3,508)
1923 Walter Mittelholzer flies Junkers F-13 to Spitsbergen/Oostland
1923 Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0
1923 Walter M. Schirra, Jr., born in Hackensack, New Jersey, Capt USN/ast, Mer 8, Gem 6, Ap 7
1923 Walter Kohn, Austrian Physicist
1923 Walter M[ichael] Miller, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, View from Stars
1922 Walter Hollerer, writer
1922 Walter Rathenau, German foreign minister, killed by anti-semites at 54
1922 57th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 300 at Royal St. George
1921 4th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Inwood CC Far Rockaway NY
1921 Walter Johnson sets strikeout mark at 2,287
1921 Walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St. New York City
1920 Walter Matthau, New York City, actor, Odd Couple, Bad News Bears
1920 1st class debut of Walter Hammond
1920 Washington Senator Walter Johnson no-hits Boston Red Sox, 1-0
1920 Washington Senator Walter Johnson wins his 300th game vs Detroit
1920 Sugar Ray Robinson, [Walter Smith], middle/welterweight boxer, champ
1920 Walter Clegg, MP
1919 Walter Gieseler, composer
1919 Walter J Hickel, Gov-R-Alaska, /U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1969-71
1919 Walter Scheel, German Foreign minister/president
1919 23rd U.S. Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 301 at Brae Burn CC Mass
1919 Yanks' Jack Quinn and Senators' Walter Johnson, 12 inning 0-0 tie
1919 Walter Ritchie, sculptor
1919 Anthony Dexter, [Walter Fleischmann], NB Canada, actor, Valentino
1918 Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches 1-0, 18 inning game
1917 Red Sox Babe Ruth beats Washington Senator Walter Johnson, 1-0
1917 Shakey, [Walter Horton], Mississippi, harmonicist, Everybody's Fishin'
1917 Walter Hendl, West New York, New Jersey, conductor
1917 Walter Lord, American Author
1916 Walter Cronkite, St. Joseph, Missouri, news anchor, CBS Evening News 1962-81
1916 Arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer
1916 Walter Bartley, biochemist
1915 Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee, blues singer/guitarist
1915 Cy Walter, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, pianist, 3's Company
1915 Walter W. Heller, economist, Old Myths and New Realities
1915 Walter Trampler, Munich Germany, violist, Beaux Arts Trio
1915 Walter Hadlee, cricketer, father of Richard and Dayle, NZ batsman 40's
1915 Walter Tetley, born in New York City, animation voice, Sherman-Bullwinkle Show
1915 Walter Crane, English painter/cartoonist/illustrator, dies at 69
1914 Walter Johnson accepts money from Federal League Chicago Whales Clark Griffith threatens to take Johnson to court
1914 20th U.S. Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 290 at Midlothian CC Ill
1914 Walter T Watts-Dunton, England, lawyer/poet/writer (Aylwin), dies
1913 Walter Schumann, New York City, choral director, Ford Show, /composer, Rhenish
1913 Washington Senator Walter Johnson wins his 36th game
1913 Walter B Jones, Rep-D-NC, 1966-92
1913 Walter Landor, designer
1913 Walter Kerr, New York drama critic, Sad Clowns
1913 George Walter Selwyn Lloyd, English composer, Serf, John Socman
1913 Washington Senator Walter Johnson ends record scorless streak at 56 innings
1913 Walter Susskind, Praha, Prague, Czechoslovakia, conductor
1913 Walter Johnson begins string of 56 consecutive scoreless innings
1912 Walter Johnson's 16-game winning streak ends
1911 Walter Alston, baseball manager, Dodgers
1911 Walter Goetz, illustrator cartoonist/painter
1911 Walter Shlomo Gross, journalist
1911 Walter Johnson pitches a record tying 4 strike outs in an inning
1911 Sam Walter Foss, American Poet
1911 Walter Ernest Allen, writer/critic
1910 Walter Brookins becomes 1st to pilot an airplane to 1 mile altitude
1909 Eugene Walter's "Easiest Way," premieres in New York City
1908 Jack Chesbro's final Yankee victory, beats Walter Johnson 2-1
1908 Walter Annenberg, born in Milwaukee, publisher, Triangle-TV Guide and Ambassador to Great Britain
1908 Walter L "Red" Barber, Mississippi, sports announcer, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yanks
1907 Walter Reuther, labor leader/president, UAW and CIO
1907 Walter Johnson wins 1st of his 416 wins, 7-2 over Cleveland
1907 Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington and loses 3-2 to Detroit
1907 Walter Kaufmann, composer
1906 Walter Sande, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Navy vs Night Monsters
1906 Walter Robins, cricketer, dynamic England leg-spin all-rounder
1906 Walter Legge, British Businessman
1906 31st Preakness: Walter Miller aboard Whimsical wins in 1:45
1906 Walter Knape, composer
1905 Walter Cecil Macfarren, composer, dies at 79
1905 Walter Leigh, composer
1905 Walter Kraft, composer
1905 Walter Hassan, engineer
1905 Walter Brown, sports organizer, NBA
1904 Walter Bauer, writer
1903 Walter O'Malley, baseball team owner, Dodgers
1903 Walter Hammond, cricketer, one of the greatest of English batsman
1903 Walter Reisch, U.S., screenwriter, Ninotchka, Gaslight, Titanic
1903 Walter Dehmel, writer
1903 Hans Walter Kosterliz, biochemist
1903 Walter Linck, Swiss sculptor
1902 Walter Reed, U.S. bacteriologist (Yellow Fever), dies
1902 Arnold Maria Walter, composer
1902 Walter Burle Marx, composer
1902 Ralph Walter Wood, composer
1902 Walter Dawson, British Air Chief marshall
1902 Walter Slezak, Vienna, actor, Bedtime for Bonzo, Inspector General
1902 Walter H Brattain, Amoy China, U.S. physicist, Nobel 1956-transistor
1902 Walter Keirnan, New Havens, Connecticut, TV panelist, I've Got a Secret
1901 Walter Hallstein, West German politician, CDU, Hallstein doctrine
1901 Walter Breedveld/Reinier de Muntel, writer, Een ship vergaat
1901 Walter Besant, novelist/philanthropist, dies
1901 Walter E. Schafer, German playwright
1900 Walter O'Keefe, Hartford, Connecticut, songwriter/TV host, Mayor of Hollywood
1900 Dr. Walter Reed begins research that beats Yellow Fever
1900 Walter Lantz, animator, Woody Woodpecker's creator
1899 Harold Walter Bailey, philologist
1899 Walter Muller von Kulm, composer
1899 Walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier's
1898 Walter Abel, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, actor, Suspicion, Dream Girl
1897 Walter Pidgeon, New Brunswick Can, actor, Mrs Miniver, Madame Curie
1897 Walter Winchell, born in Harlem, New York City, newscaster and columnist, Untouchables
1897 Walter Greaza, St. Paul, Minnesota, actor, Martin Kane Private Eye
1896 Walter Lang, composer
1896 Walter Fitzgerald, Keyhan Devonport England
1896 Walter Mehring, writer
1895 Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer
1895 Walter Bedell Smith, U.S. general, WW II, /head of CIA, 1950-52
1894 Walter Schulthess, composer
1894 Walter Wanger, [Feuchtwanger], U.S. producer, Stagecoach
1894 Walter Brennan, born in Swampscott, Massachusetts, actor, Real McCoys, At Gun Point
1894 Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, Swiss Air
1894 Walter Hamor Piston, Rockland Maine, composer, Incredible Flutis
1894 Walter Piston, American Composer
1893 Walter Rein, composer
1893 Walter Francis White, Atlanta Georgia
1893 Walter Ulbricht, president German DR
1893 W H Walter Baade, German/US astronomer, Andromeda
1893 [Walter] Furry Lewis, father of the blues
1893 Walter Donaldson, U.S. pianist/composer, Girl Crazy, Whoopee
1892 Walter Hagen, born in Rochester, New York, PGA golfer, U.S. Open 1914, 19
1892 Walter Benjamin, German literature critic/writer
1892 Henry Walter Bates, naturalist/explorer (South America), dies
1891 Erich Walter Sternberg, composer
1891 Walter Model, German fieldmarshal
1891 Walter Eucken, German economist
1891 Walter Bothe, Germany, subatomic particle physicist, Nobel 1954
1890 Arthur Walter Kramer, composer
1889 Walter Lippmann, New York City, journalist/political writer, Men of Dystany
1889 Walter Catlett, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Front Page, Tale of 2 Cities
1889 Walter Knott, American Businessman
1889 Walter Baldwin, Ohio, actor, Gay Amigo
1888 Max[imilian Raoul Walter] Steiner, Vienna, composer, Gone With Wind
1887 Walter Johnson, Kansas, Washington Senator pitcher, 1907-27, 414-218
1887 Walter Connolly, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actor, Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl
1886 Charles Walter Stansby Williams, songwriter
1885 Walter Anderson, German Writer
1884 Walter Huston, actor, Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre
1883 Walter Gropius, Berlin Germany, architect, Bauhaus school of design
1882 Walter Braunfels, composer
1882 Walter Lucht, German artillery general, WW I/WW II
1882 Walter Vaes, Flemish painter/etcher
1882 Walter Nash, New Zealander Statesman
1881 Walter Kingsford, Redhill England, actor, My Favorite Blonde
1881 Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss Scientist
1879 Walter Hampden, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame
1879 Walter Long, actor, Moby Dick, Sheik, Sea Devils, Dragnet Patrol
1878 Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor, world champion cyclist, 1899
1878 Walter Kollo [Kollodziepski], German composer, Der Juxbaron
1877 Walter Bagehot, English economist/critic/banker, dies at 51
1876 Walter S Adams, U.S. astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, 1923-46
1876 Walter Griffin, U.S. architect, city planner; designed Canberra, Aust
1876 Walter Niemann, composer
1876 Bruno Walter, [B. W. Schlesinger], Berlin Germany, conductor, New York Phil
1875 Walter Lees, cricketer, Surrey pace bowler toured for Eng 1905-06
1875 Walter Percy Chrysler, found Chrysler Corp, 1925
1875 Walter Chrysler, founded car company, Chrysler
1875 Walter Andrae, German archaeologist, Babylon, Assur
1875 Walter Courvoisier, composer
1874 Arnold Franz Walter Schonberg, Vienna Austria, composer, 2nd Quartet
1874 Walter Field,
1874 Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court
1874 Mjr Walter Winfield patents game called "sphairistike" (lawn tennis)
1873 Walter de la Mare, Engl poet/author (Behold the Dreamer), dies at 43
1871 Walter B Cannon, U.S. physiologist, Wisdom of the Body
1864 Walter Savage Landor, author, dies
1862 Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer
1860 Johannes Walter, German geologist, Denudation of the Wilderness
1860 Walter Richard Sickert Munich, Danish/English painter, The Miner
1859 Walter Camp, Connecticut, father of American football, Yale
1858 Sam Walter Foss, American Poet
1857 Walter Woodbury and James Page open photo studio in Batavia, Djakarta
1851 Walter Reed, U.S. Army Surgeon, proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever
1849 Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (New York City); sold rights for $100
1845 Walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator, Beauty and Beast
1842 Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, d 1959
1841 Walter Parratt, composer
1839 Walter Pater, born in London, England, writer, Plato and Platoism
1837 Walter Geikie, painter, dies
1836 Walter Besant, writer/philanthropist, Rebel Queen
1832 Walter T Watts-Dunton, England, lawyer/poet/writer, Aylwin
1832 Walter Scott, Scottish attorney/poet/writer (Ivanhoe), dies
1832 Walter Quintin Gresham, Bvt Major General Union volunteers
1827 Walter Husted Stevens, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1867
1826 Walter Cecil Macfarren, composer
1826 Walter Bagehot, England, economist/sociologist
1825 Walter Hunt patents safety pin
1822 Johann Ignaz Walter, composer, dies at 66
1817 Walter Page Lane, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1892
1814 Walter Scott's "Waverley" published
1810 Walter White, secretary, NAACP
1795 Walter Geikie, Scottish painter
1794 John G Lockhart, [Scorpion], biographer, Life of Sir Walter Scott
1785 John Walter publishes 1st issue of London Times
1776 John Walter II, London, chief proprietor, The Times, 1812-47
1775 Walter Savage Landor, Warwick, critic/writer, Imaginary Conversation
1771 Walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet, Lady of Lake
1771 Walter Scott, Scottish Novelist
1755 Johann Ignaz Walter, composer
1634 Irish captain Walter Devereaux kills duke Wallenstein
1618 Walter Raleigh, English scholar, poet and historian, beheaded for treason
1616 Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana
1603 Sir Walter Ralegh arrested
1588 Valerius Andreas, [Walter Driessens], Flemish historian
1586 Sir Walter Raleigh brings 1st tobacco to England from Virginia
1584 Sir Walter Raleigh renews Humphrey Gilbert's patent to explore N Amer
1578 Johann Walter, composer, dies at 51
1527 Johann Walter, composer
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