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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, singer, songwriter, founder, The Contenders, work includes album 'Some Unfinished Business', dies at 46 in a plane crash 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, Representative-D-North Carolina 1966 - 1992, 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 (Captain 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' Mount 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 Knott, American Businessman 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 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 Vice President 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 Walter Piston, American Composer 1976 Tommy Lasorda replaces Walter Alston as Dodger manager 1976 Walter Field, entertainer, dies at 101 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 East Germany, 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 New Zealand, 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 Reverend 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 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, born in Compton, California, Representative-D-California 1993 - 1995 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, born in East Germany, 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 Constantine Phipps, born in England, Constantine Edmund Walter Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby, sold Warter Priory estate in 1998 for 48 million pounds, leases Mulgrave Castle to supermodel Elle MacPherson 1954 Ulrich Walter, born in West Germany, 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 Michigan 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 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, born in America, musician, singer, songwriter, founder, The Contenders, work includes album 'Some Unfinished Business' 1949 Walter Sweeney, born in Ireland, born Walter Edward Sweeney, politician, lawyer, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for the Vale of Glamorgan 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. New Zealand, Christchurch) 1946 Walter "Clyde" Orange, Florida, rocker, Commodores-Too Hot to Trot 1946 Walter Johnson, great pitcher for the Washington Senators, dies at 59 1945 Walter B Cannon, U.S. physiologist (Traumatic Shock), dies at 73 1945 Walter Model, German Field Marshal, 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 film editor and sound deisgner 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 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 Connolly, actor (It Happened One Night, Good Earth), dies at 53 1940 Anne Campbell, born in England, politician, Labor Member of Parliament for Cambridge, portrayed by Harriet Walter in 10 Days to War, a BBC drama on events leading up to the Iraq War 1939 Walter Weller, Vienna Austria, conductor, Vienna Tonkustler Orchestra 1939 Wendy, Walter, Carlos, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, composer, Switched on Bach 1939 Ken Walter, South African cricket pace bowler, 1961-62 series vs. New Zealand 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 1935 Renata Scotto, born in Savona, Italy, singer, soprano, performed La Traviata at age 18, received 15 curtain calls performing Walter in La Wally at La Scala, 1953, directs opera and teaches at her opera academy in Italy, New York 1934 Walter Steffens, composer 1933 Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland manager 1933 Walter E. Fauntroy, born in Washington, D.C., Representative-D-District of Columbia 1971 - 1991 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 "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, born in Graz, Austria, pianist, performed and recorded concertos of Mozart, Brahms, Schubert piano sonatas, received Bosendorfter Prize in Vienna, 1953 1928 Walter Johnson signs a 3-year contract to manage the Senators 1928 Walter Martin, American Clergyman 1928 63rd British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Royal St. George's 1928 Walter Fritz Mondale, born in Ceylon, Minnesota, Senator-D-Minnesota 1964 - 1976, 42nd Vice President, 1977 - 1981 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 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 Golf Club Westbury, New York 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 innings 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 Yankees 3-0 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, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, served as Comptroller of the Household, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, Member of Parliament for Wyre, Member of Parliament for North Fylde 1919 Walter Gieseler, composer 1919 Walter J. Hickel, Gov-R-Alaska, U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1969 - 1971 1919 Walter Scheel, German Foreign minister/president 1919 23rd U.S. Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 301 at Brae Burn CC Mass 1919 Yankees' 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 Walter Lord, American Author 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 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, New Zealand 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, born in Farmville, North Carolina, Representative-D-North Carolina 1966 - 1992 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 Yankees 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 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 - 1952 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 East Germany 1893 W H Walter Baade, German/US astronomer, Andromeda 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 Field Marshal 1891 Walter Eucken, German economist 1891 Walter Bothe, Germany, subatomic particle physicist, Nobel 1954 1890 Arthur Walter Kramer, composer 1889 Walter Knott, American Businessman 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 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 and director of Mount Wilson, 1923 - 1946 1876 Walter Griffin, U.S. architect, city planner; designed Canberra, Australia 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 England 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 Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court 1874 Major Walter Winfield patents game called "sphairistike" (lawn tennis) 1873 Walter de la Mare, English 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, Major General Union volunteers 1827 Walter Husted Stevens, Brigadier General Confederate Army 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, Brigadier General Confederate Army 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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