1878 Birthday George Hoyt Whipple, U.S., astrophysicist, Nobel-1934 1863 Death Amiel Weeks Whipple, U.S. Union General-major, dies of injuries at 46 1856 Event Cullen Whipple patents screw machine 1826 Birthday William Denison Whipple, Major General Union Army 1816 Birthday Amiel Weeks Whipple, Major General Union volunteers 1785 Death William Whipple, merchant, judge, and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 55 1730 Birthday William Whipple, merchant/judge, Declaration of Independence signer
