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2008 William Odom, dies in Vermont, of a heart attack, at 75
2008 William Louis Dickinson, Representative-R-Alabama 1965 - 1993, died from colon cancer 2008 William F. Buckley, Jr., dies in Stamford, Connecticut, at 82 2005 William Proxmire, Senator-D-Wisconsin, 1957 - 1989, Golden Fleece Awards, died of Alzheimer's disease 2005 William Lehman, Representative-D-Florida 1973 - 1993 2004 William Mitchell, food scientist, invented Pop Rocks, dies at 92 2004 William Manchester, biographer, Douglas McArthur, dies at 82 2004 William H. Pickering, rocket scientist, manager of the Mariner missions to Venus and Mars in the 1960s, dies at 93 2003 William V. Roth, Jr., Representative-R-Delaware 1967 - 1971, Senator-R-Delaware 1971 - 2001 2003 William Steig, cartoonist/writer, New Yorker, dies at 95 2003 Hartley William Shawcross, British Lawyer 2003 William Marshall, actor, Blacula, dies at 78 2003 William McCool, astronaut, pilot of Columbia, STS-107, dies at 41 2002 "William ""Tex"" Henson", animator, Rocky and Bullwinkle, dies at 78 2002 S. William Green, Representative-R-New York 1978 - 1983 and 1983 - 1993, died of liver cancer 2002 William Rosenberg, Entreprenuer, started Dunkin' Donuts, dies at 86 2002 William Warfield, singer/teacher, Old Man River, dies at 82 2002 William Pierce, American Celebrity 2002 William Anthony Swithin Sarjeant, paleontologist/fantasy writer, dies at 66 2001 William Berry, Lord Hartwell, 3rd Viscount Camrose and Baron Hartwell, journalist, newspaper owner, editor-in-chief of the Daily, Sunday Telegraph, dies in Westminster, London, at age 89 2001 William Hanna, cartoon creator, The Flintstones, dies at 90 2001 William Masters, sex researcher, dies at 85 2001 William Hewlett, "started an early ""garage"" company", co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, dies at 87 2001 William Reddington Hewlett, American Businessman 2000 William P. Bundy, American Historian 2000 William Simon, American Public Servant 2000 William E. Simon, American Public Servant 2000 "William ""Oliver"" Swofford", singer, ", Good Morning, Starshine, ", dies at 54 1999 William Whitelaw, British Politician 1998 William Gaddis, American Novelist 1998 Theodore William Schultz, American Economist 1998 William Lambert, Pulitzer prize-winning reporter, dies at 78 1997 Kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist, dies at 73 1997 William Shatner (66) weds Norine Kidd 1997 William Perrie, prison governor, dies at 79 1997 William John Elwyn Davies, painter, dies at 80 1997 William Matthews, poet, dies at 55 1997 William Alland, actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 81 1997 Eric William Hunter Christie, barrister, dies at 77 1997 William S. Burroughs, author, Naked Lunch, dies at 83 1997 William J. Brennan, jurist, served on the Supreme Court for 34 years (1956-90), dies at 91 1997 William Hickey, actor, Prizzi's Honor, dies of emphysema at 68 1997 William Lyle Woratzeck, convicted killer, executed in Ariz at 51 1997 Eric William Fenby, musician, dies at 90 1997 William Geoffrey Biddle, bomb disposal expert, dies at 79 1997 William Mills, painter, dies at 74 1997 Joshua William Steward, polymath, dies at 83 1997 Ronald William Eastman, cinematogrpaher, dies at 60 1996 William Thomas Pennar Davies, poet author/theologian, dies at 85 1996 William George Rushton, actor (TW3)/author/cartoonist, dies at 59 1996 Bernard William George Rose, organist, dies at 80 1996 William Ballard Doggett, jazz musician, dies at 80 1996 William Downie Forrest, journalist, dies at 94 1996 Alfred William Bill Bedford, test Pilot, dies at 75 1996 William John Raff Hooper, cartoonist, dies at 80 1996 William Vickrey, economist, dies at 82 1996 William Prince, actor (Ken Baxter-Another World), dies at 83 1996 William Smith Monroe, bluegrass musician, dies at 84 1996 William James Moyce, armaments scientist, dies at 82 1996 William James Millar Mackenzie, political scientist, dies at 87 1996 Arthur William Raynes McDonald, radar Pioneer/pilot, dies at 93 1996 John William Fozard, aircraft designer, dies at 68 1996 John William Chancellor, journalist, dies at 68 1996 William Darling, journalist, dies at 73 1996 William Walsh, academic, dies at 80 1996 Harold William Woolhouse, plant scientist, dies at 63 1996 Hubert William Dean, air armaments specialist, dies at 84 1996 Stanley William Reed, cineaste, dies at 85 1996 William Mitchell Byers, musician, dies on 79th birthday 1996 David William Eric Davis, broadcaster, dies at 87 1996 William E Colby, director of CIA (1973-76), dies 1996 William Egan Colby, cIA Director, dies at 76 1996 William Colby, American Public Servant 1996 Robert William Paine, architect, dies at 88 1996 William K Everson, film historian, dies at 67 1996 William Wilkinson, businessman/conservationist, dies at 63 1996 James William Rouse, U.S. builder (shopping malls), dies at 81 1996 William Hutchinson Murray, mountaineer/author, dies at 83 1996 Charles William Oatley, electrical engineer, dies at 92 1996 Ivan William Hannaford, sociologist, dies at 64 1996 Giles William Playfair, writer, dies at 85 1996 William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter, dies at 52 1995 William Roerick, actor (Guiding Light), dies in car crash at 83 1995 Patric William Billy Walker, astrologer, dies at 64 1995 William Murray, teacher/educationalist, dies at 83 1995 Jeremy William Huggins Brett (Moll Flanders), actor, dies at 59 1995 Charles William Hutton, architect, dies at 90 1995 Chynna Phillips weds William Baldwin 1995 William Moses Kunstler, UCLA attorney (Chicago 7), dies at 78 1995 William Kunstler, American Activist 1995 William Kennedy, baseball player, dies at 76 1995 William Strethan "Wild Bill" Davis, musician, dies at 76 1995 Former WMMS engineer William Alford is sentenced to 10 days and $1,000 fine for cutting feed during Howard Stern's broadcast from Cleveland 1995 William John Phillips, actor (Nothing but a Man), dies at 80 1995 William A Fowler, U.S. nuclear/astro physicist (Nobel 1983), dies at 83 1995 J. William Fulbright, Senator-D-Arkansas 1945 - 1974, dies of a stroke at 89 1995 William Fulbright, U.S. politician, dies 1995 William Sylvester, actor (2001, Devil Doll, Blind Corner), dies at 72 1995 William Dillard, trumpeter/singer, dies at 83 1995 Stafford WIlliam Somerfield, newspaper editor, dies at 84 1995 William Larry White Grayson, comedian, dies at 71 1994 William Donald Campbell, diarist/Ornithologist, dies at 89 1994 William John Readings, literary theorist, dies at 34 1994 William Leonard, head (CBS News), dies of a stroke at 78 1994 WIlliam Faure, producer, dies at 45 1994 William Henry Swinburne, music teacher, dies at 87 1994 John William Stevens, jazz drummer, dies at 54 1994 William Obanheim, actor (Officer Obie-Alice's Restaurant), dies at 69 1994 William Usselton, U.S. tenor saxophonist, dies at 68 1994 William Ambrose Right, footballer, dies at 70 1994 Henry William Collins, artist, dies at 84 1994 William Sigei runs world record 10k (26:52.53) 1994 William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz Pianist/Arranger, dies at 79 1994 William A Henry III, critic (Time Mag), dies of heart attack at 44 1994 William Marshall, actor and director (Santa Fe Trail), dies at 86 1994 William Huston Natcher, Representative-D-Kentucky 1953 - 1994, dies at 84 1994 William Huston Natcher, Representative-D-Kentucky, casts his 18,401 and last consecutive vote 1994 William "Bill" M Hicks, comedian, dies at 32 1994 William Elgin Swinton, child Psychiatrist, dies at 54 1994 William Conrad, actor (Cannon), dies of a heart attack at 73 1994 William Levitt, builder (Levittown), dies of kidney failure at 86 1994 Frederick William Sternfield, musicologist, dies at 79 1994 William Raynor, writer, dies at 73 1993 William L Shirer, writer (Rise and Fall of 3rd Reich), dies at 89 1993 Newhart actor William Sanderson (47) weds Sharon Wix (39) 1993 William Lanteau, actor (On Golden Pond), dies at 70 1993 Norwegian Rushdie publisher William Nygaard injured in attack 1993 William Cort, actor/producer (Ghost, Dear Heart), dies of cancer at 53 1993 Dr. William Masters (78) weds college sweetheart Geraldine Oliver (76) 1993 Peter Angelos and William DeWitt purchase Orioles 1993 President Clinton fires FBI director William Sessions 1993 William Golding, author (Lord of the Flies, Nobel 1983), dies at 81 1993 William Randolph Hearst, U.S. newspaper magnate (Pulitzer), dies at 85 1993 William Bakewell, dies of leukemia at 84 1993 William J. Clinton inaugurated as 42nd president 1993 William LeMassena, actor (All that Jazz), dies of lung cancer at 76 1992 William Shawn, U.S. editor-in-chief (New Yorker, 1952-87), dies at 85 1992 William Hillcourt, author (Boy Scout Handbook), dies at 92 1992 William A Swanberg, biographer (Henry Luce, Pulitzer 1973), dies at 84 1992 William Taylor, chairman (FDIC), dies at 53 1992 William E Harris, entertainer, dies 1992 William France, founder (Daytona 500), dies at 82 1992 William McGowan, entrepreneur (MCI), dies at 64 1992 William France, founder (Daytona 500), dies at 82 1992 William E Gaines, publisher (Mad Magazine), dies at 70 1992 William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley inducted into National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame 1992 William O. Studeman, becomes deputy director of CIA 1992 William S Magginetti, dies at 98 1992 William H Schuman, U.S. composer (Pulitzer)/President of Julliard, dies at 81 1992 Vernon William Reed Sr, singer, dies after a long illness at 73 1992 William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, U.S. boxer/pianist, dies at 81 1992 William JF "Bill" Naughton, Irish/British playwright (Alfie), dies at 81 1992 William Walker, stuntman/actor (Our Man Flint), dies at 74 1991 William Shea, (Shea Stadium namesake), dies at 84 1991 William H. Webster, ends term as 14th director of CIA 1991 William Gordon, screenwriter (Back to Bataan), dies 1991 William Ball, actor (Suburban Commando), dies at 60 1991 William Sinnot, Scottish pop musician (Shamen), dies at 30 1991 CIA director William H. Webster resigns 1991 William De Acutis, dies at 33 1990 William French Smith, attorney general (1980), dies at 73 of cancer 1990 William Paley, CEO (CBS), dies of a heart attack at 89 1990 William S. Paley, American Businessman 1990 Jonathan William Lipnicki, actor, Jeff Foxworthy Show, Jerry McGuirre 1990 Justice William Brennan resigns from Supreme Court after 36 years 1990 William Levi Dawson, composer, dies at 90 1990 Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound and pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill 1989 William Nicholson's "Shadowlands," premieres in London 1989 William Shockley, American Physicist 1989 William Ching, actor (Moonlighter, Terror in Haunted House), dies 1989 William Challee, actor (Desperate, Moonchild), dies 1989 William Hayden becomes governor-general of Australia 1989 William Stephenson, Canadian Soldier 1988 William V Shannon, U.S. ambassador to Ireland (1977-81), dies at 61 1988 William Camp, dies at 74 1988 William Brocklesby Wordsworth, composer, dies at 79 1988 Lebanese terrorists kidnap United Nations truce observer Lieutenant Colonel William Higgins 1988 William Cagney, actor (Torrid Zone), dies of a heart attack at 82 1987 William C Pahlmann, interior decorator (4 Seasons New York City), dies at 80 1987 21st Country Music Association Award: Hank William, Jr. wins 1987 William H. Webster replaces Robert M. Gates as 14th director of CIA 1987 William J Casey, director of CIA (1981-87), dies at 73 1987 William J Casey, ends term as 13th director of CIA 1986 CIA director William Casey suffers a cerebral seizure 1986 William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court 1986 U.S. Senate confirms William Rehnquist as 16th chief justice 1986 William J Schroeder, (longest-survivor with permanent artificial) heart, dies at 54, after 620 days with Jarvik VII man-made pump) 1986 Jon William Haussermann, Jr., composer, dies at 76 1986 [William] Broderick Crawford, actor (Highway Patrol), dies at 74 1986 58th Academy Awards - "Out of Africa," William Hurt and G Page win 1986 William Collier, actor (Up the River, She's My Weakness), dies 1985 Shite Moslems claim to have killed hostage William Buckley - CIA station chief in Beirut 1985 William Alwyn, composer, dies at 79 1985 William Hoffman's "As Is," premieres in New York City 1985 William Schroeder is 1st artificial heart patient to leave hospital He spent 15 minutes outside Humana Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky 1984 Artificial heart recipient William Schroeder suffers 1st stroke 1984 William Schroeder, is 2nd to receive Jarvik-7 artificial heart 1984 William Keighley, dir (Man who came to Dinner), dies of a stroke at 94 1984 William Allen Egan, American Politician 1984 William "Count" Basie, jazz piano great, dies on 80th birthday 1984 Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut 1984 William Powell, actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at 91 1983 William Demarest, actor (My 3 Sons), dies in Palm Springs at 91 1983 William D Elliot, actor (Bernie Loves Bridget, Adam 12), dies at 49 1983 William Goyen, writer, storyteller, married actress Doris Roberts, dies at 68 1983 William T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80 1983 William Hung, American Entertainer 1982 William Mastrosimones "Extremities," premieres in New York City 1982 Mary-Beth and William Hurt divorce 1982 William Bernbach, advertising magnate, dies at 71 1982 Prince Chuck and Lady Di name their baby "William" 1982 Prince Chuck and Lady Di take Prince William home from hospital 1982 William of Wales, son of Prince Chuck and Lady Di 1982 William R Burnett, U.S., writer (Asphalt Jungle), dies at 82 1981 William Holden, actor (Network, Wild Bunch, Breezy), dies at 63 1981 William O Walker, publisher of Cleveland Call Post, dies at 85 1981 William Holden, actor (Casino Royale), dies at 63 1981 William Loeb, publisher of Manchester Union Leader, New Hampshire, dies at 75 1981 Billy [William] Wyler, U.S. director (Ben Hur, Funny Girl), dies 1981 William Wyler, U.S. director (Ben Hur), dies 1981 Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B. William 23 year old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta 1981 William Saroyan, U.S. stagewriter (Time of your life), dies at 72 1981 William Finn's musical "March of Falsettos," premieres in New York City 1981 William J Casey becomes 13th director of CIA (until 1987) 1981 Ray J, born in Carson, California, singer, record producer, actor, son of gospel singer William Norwood 1980 John William McCormack, American Politician 1980 William "Buckwheat" Thomas, actor (Little Rascal), dies at 49 1980 William Douglas Denny, composer, dies at 70 1980 Amer Book Award: William Styron (Sophie Choice)/T Wolfe (Right Stuff) 1980 William R Tolbert, Jr., Liberian President and 27 others killed in coup 1980 William H Stein, U.S. biochemist (Nobel 1972), dies at 68 1980 William Howard Stein, American Scientist 1980 William O Douglas, member U.S. Supreme court (1939-75), dies at 81 1980 William O. Douglas, American Judge 1978 William Grant Still, composer, dies at 83 1978 Emily and William Harris plead guilty to 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst 1978 William Barclay, Scottish Theologian 1978 Judge William H Webster appointed head of FBI 1977 U.S. recalls William Bowdler, ambassador to South Africa 1977 William Powell, rocker (O'Jays), dies of cancer at 35 1977 William E. Vaughan, pseudonym Burton Hills, columnist, author, wrote for Kansas City Star newspaper 1946 - 1977, published articles in Better Homes and Gardens, Reader's Digest, often quoted and best-remembered for writing style employing folksy aphorisms, died age 61 from lung cancer 1976 William Tannen, actor (Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull), dies at 65 1976 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to William N Lipscomb Jr 1976 Seann William Scott, American Actor 1976 William Redfield, actor (Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop), dies at 48 1976 Paul William Gallico, writer, dies at 78 1976 Joseph William Turner watercolor auctioned for 340,000 pounds 1976 William E. Colby, ends term as 10th director of CIA 1975 William Lundigan, announcer (CBS Mystery Theater), dies at 61 1975 William Lundigan, Syracuse NY, actor (Climax), dies at 61 1975 William A Wellman, U.S. director (Ox Bow Incident), dies at 79 1975 Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas retired after 36 years 1975 William Hansen, actor (Homebodies), dies at 64 1975 William F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78 1975 Murray William Burdan, Wellington, New Zealand, swimmer 1996 Olympics 1975 William Craig Nystul, USMC Captain, 1 of last U.S. soldiers killed in Viet 1975 William Hartnell, actor (Jackpot, This Sporting Life), dies at 67 1975 William Hartnell, actor (Dr. Who), dies at 67 1975 William Hampton, CFL defensive back for the Calgary Stampeders 1975 William "Judy" Johnson selected to baseball Hall of Fame 1974 William Sloane, publisher/writer ("Edge of Running Water"), dies 1974 William Hudson, actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49 1973 William Haines, actor (Little Annie Rooney), dies of cancer at 73 1973 Canadian actor William Shatner (Star Trek) marries Marcy Lafferty 1973 William Shatner marries Marcy Lafferty 1973 William CF Plomer, South Africa libretto writer (Curlew River), dies at 69 1973 William H Harris, composer, dies at 90 1973 William E. Colby, becomes 10th director of CIA 1973 Henry Kissinger succeeds William Rogers as Minister of Foreign affairs 1973 William M Inge, U.S. playwright (Come Back Little Sheba), dies at 60 1973 Funeral for LC William Nolde, last U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam War 1973 L C William Nolde, last U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam, funeral 1973 William Rogers and Nguyen Duy Trinh sign U.S. - North Vietnam treaty 1972 William Boyd, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy), dies at 77 1972 William HAF, English prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29 1972 Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65 1972 William Floyd, full back for the San Francisco 49ers 1972 Lefty Gomez, Ross Youngs and William Harridge selected for Hall of Fame 1972 William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1971 William H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice 1971 William Simas, Jr., Hanford California, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1971 William Strong, NFL cornerback for the New Orleans Saints 1971 William H Rehnquist and Lewis F Powell nominated to U.S. Supreme Court by Nixon, following resignations of Justices Hugo Black and John Harlan 1971 William F Albright, U.S. archaeologist, dies at 80 1971 William Bell, NFL running back for the Washington Redskins 1971 William Deering, Jr., South Bend Indiana, pole vaulter 1971 William Gaines, NFL defensive tackle for the Washington Redskins 1971 William Tubman, president of Liberia (1944-71), dies at 76 1971 William Calley sentenced to life for Mi Lai Massacre 1971 1st Lt William L Calley, Jr. found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre 1971 "Cannon" with William Conrad premieres on CBS-TV 1971 William Henderson, NFL running back, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 1971 William Griffith Wilson, American Celebrity 1970 Environmental Protection Agency begins (Dir: William Ruckelshaus) 1970 William L. Dawson, Representative-D-Illinois 1943 - 1970, dies at 84 1970 William Christmas, U.S. black activist, shot dead 1970 William Van Landingham, born in Columbia, Tennessee, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants 1970 William Selby, born in Monroeville, Michigan, infielder for the Boston Red Sox 1970 William Martin III, born in Charleston, South Carolina, finn yachter, Olympics-23rd-1996 1970 William Roaf, NFL tackle for the New Orleans Saints 1970 William Hopper, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason), dies at 55 1969 Lt William L Calley, charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial 1969 U.S. Army announces investigating William Calley for alleged massacre of civilians at Vietnamese village of My Lai in March, 19 1969 Itih Walracen, Sudanese widow of author William Walraven, dies 1969 William Flanagan, composer, dies at 46 1969 David William Wood, Boston, rocker, New Kids-Lovin' You Forever 1969 William Jayne, actor, Mikey Randall-Parker Lewis Can't Lose 1968 Baseball dismisses Commissioner William Eckert after 3 years 1968 William Talman, actor (Hamilton-Perry Mason), dies at 53 1968 William E B Dubois, U.S. founder NAACP (Souls of black people), dies 1968 William Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight) 1968 William Thomas, NFL linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles 1968 William E "Little Willie" John, U.S. R&B-singer (Fever), dies at 30) 1968 Pulitzer prize awarded to William Styron (Confessions of Nat Turner) 1968 Bowie Kuhn replaces William Eckert as 5th commissioner of baseball 1967 William Knight sets X-15 speed rec of 7,297 KPH/4,534 MPH/Mach 6.72 1967 Carl W de Vries, Dutch (Great-granddad King William III), dies at 84 1967 Joseph William Cathcart, rock guitarist, Nelson-Love and Affection 1967 William "Bill" Carlucci, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, rower 1996 Olympics bronze 1967 William C Bullitt, 1st U.S. ambassador in U.S.S.R., dies at 76 1967 William Michael Heinen, Jr., Rayne, Louisiana, PGA golfer, 1994 Shell Houston 1966 William Dana in X-15 reaches 93 km 1966 William Fred Mayfair, born in Phoenix, Arizona, PGA golfer, 1993 Greater Milw Open 1966 Vice Admiral William F Raborn, Jr., USN, ends term as 7th director of CIA 1966 98th Belmont: William Boland aboard Amberoid wins in 2:29.6 1966 William Frawley, actor (Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy), dies at 89 1966 William White, NFL safety, Kansas City Chiefs, Atlanta Falcons 1966 William Harrigan, actor (Invisible Man, Girl in 419), dies at 71 1965 William Somerset Maugham, English author (Razor's Edge), dies at 91 1965 William Eckert replaces Ford Frick as 4th commissioner of baseball 1965 William Eckert is unanimously elected commissioner of baseball 1965 William Alfred's "Hogan's Goat," premieres in New York City 1965 William Goodhart's "Generation," premieres in New York City 1965 William F. Raborn, Jr. replaces John A. McCone as 7th head of CIA 1965 William McNamara, born in Dallas, Texas, actor, Texasville, Beat, Stealing Home 1965 William H Kilpatrick, U.S. mathematician/philosopher, dies at 93 1964 William Bendix, actor (Life of Riley), dies at 58 1964 William Eardley, IV, American Public Servant 1964 William Maxwell Aitken, Canadian Businessman 1964 Steve Searcy, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, William Steven Searcy, baseball player, pitcher, played for Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball teams from 1998 - 1992 1964 9.2 earthquake shakes Prince William Sound, Alaska 1964 William Thomas Andrade, Fall River, Massachusetts, PGA golfer, 1991 Kemper Open 1963 William R Titterton, English author (Candle of the Stars), dies at 87 1963 William Edward Burghardt du Bois, educational editor/author, dies 1963 William Richard Morris, 1st viscount Nuffield motor manufacturer, dies 1963 William Henry Squire, composer, dies at 91 1963 William Beveridge, English Economist 1963 William Carlos Williams, U.S. physician/poet, dies at 79 1963 William Baldwin, New York, actor, Backdraft, Sliver, Flatliners 1962 Erik William Gustav Leidzen, composer, dies at 68 1962 William "The Refrigerator" Perry, NFL defensive back for the Chicago Bears 1962 William Roberts, NFL guard, New York Jets, New England Patriots 1962 William [Harrison] Faulkner, U.S. writer (Nobel 1949), dies at 64 1962 William Faulkner, American Novelist 1962 William Beebe, U.S. biologist/explorer, dies at 84 1962 William DeWitt buys Cincinnati Reds for $4,625,000 1962 William Fuller, NFL defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers 1961 William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99 1961 William Beatton Moonie, composer, dies at 78 1961 William C McCool, born in San Diego, California, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1961 William M "Bill" Hicks, comedian 1961 William S Foster, chairman (U.S. Communist Party, 1945-57), dies at 80 1961 Test Cricket debut of William Morris Lawry, vs. England at Edgbaston, 57 1961 William Hague, Secretary of State for Wales 1961 William Duncan, actor (Hopalong Rides Again), dies at 81 1961 William Ragsdale, AK, actor, Fright Night, Mannequin 2, Smooth Talk 1960 William Sinnot, Scottish pop musician, Shamen-Move Any Mountain 1960 William Walton's 2nd Symphony, premieres 1960 William Lee Glasson, Jr., born in Fresno, California, PGA golfer, 1985 Kemper Open 1960 William D. Johnson, U.S. alpine skier 1960 William John Readings, literary theorist 1960 Paul Azinger, born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Paul William Azinger, professional golfer, ranked in the top 10 Official World Golf Rankings for 300 weeks between 1988 and 1994, won 11 tournaments on the PGA Tour in 7 seasons, won 1993 PGA Championship 1959 William Cameron Forbes, American Diplomat 1959 Albert William Ketelby, composer, dies at 84 1959 William Shea shows proposed New York City stadium with transparent roof 1959 William R Moses, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Cole-Falcon Crest 1959 William Gibson's "Miracle Worker," premieres in New York City 1959 William Bishop, actor (Steve-It's a Great Life), dies at 42 1959 William Halsey, American Soldier 1959 William "Bull" F Halsey, U.S. Vice-Admiral (WW II Pacific), dies 1959 William Shea announces he plans to have a baseball team in New York City in 1961 1959 William D. Leahy, American Soldier 1959 1st black to win a major golf tournament, William Wright 1959 85th Preakness: William Harmatz aboard Royal Orbit wins in 1:57 1959 William L Axt, composer, dies at 70 1959 William J "Wild Bill" Donovan, Office Strategic Services, dies at 76 1958 Indians minority stockholders sell their stock to William Delay 1958 William L C "Big Bill" Broonzy, U.S. blues singer and guitarist, dies at 65 1958 William Shea outlines plans for a $12M stadium at Flushing Meadows New York 1958 Dickie Thon, born in South Bend, Indiana, Richard William 'Dickie' Thon, baseball player, shortstop, played for Major League Baseball teams California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, suffered Mike Torrez fastball facial injury, Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Famer, 2003 1958 Fish, Derek William Dick, Scottish vocalist, Marillion-Sugar Mice 1958 William Stuart Adamson, born in Manchester, rock guitarist, Big Country 1958 William C. Handy, U.S. conductor and composer (St. Louis Blues), dies at 84 1958 William Christopher Handy, American Musician 1958 William Faulkner says U.S. school degenerated to become babysitters 1958 1st black in NHL (William O'Ree, Boston Bruins) 1958 William Gibson's "Two for the Seesaw," premieres in New York City 1957 William Inge's "Dark at the Top of the Stairs," premieres in New York City 1957 William Christian, Washington D.C., actor, Derek Frye-All My Children 1957 William A Craigie, Scottish lexicographer, dies at 90 1957 William Cadbury, chocolate maker, dies at 89 1957 Danny Heep, born in San Antonio, Texas, Daniel William Heep, athlete, baseball player, outfielder, coach, played for Houston Astros, played in two World Series, 1986 with New York Mets, 1988 with Los Angeles Dodgers, head coach for University of the Incarnate Word, Texas 1957 William G. Gregory, born in Lockport, New York, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-67 1957 William Orlamond, actor (Flesh and Devil, Words and Music), dies at 89 1957 Donald William Hammond, born in Frederick, Maryland, PGA golfer, 1986 Bob Hope 1957 William Payne Stewart, born in Springfield, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1983 Walt Disney 1956 William J. Brennan, Jr. becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1956 William J Brennan, Jr. appointed to Supreme Court 1956 William Shawn succeeds Harold Ross as editor of New Yorker 1955 William Andrews, actor, Sealed Cargo 1955 Billy Idol, William Broad, rocker, White Wedding 1955 William Nigh, director (Ape, Doomed to Die, Mr. Wong), dies at 74 1955 Scott William Simpson, born in San Diego, California, PGA golfer, 1987 U.S. Open 1955 William F. DeVault, American Poet 1955 William Koch, U.S. skier, World Cup 1982 1955 William Inge's "Bus Stop," premieres in New York City 1954 Hans William Schlegel, Oberlingen Germany, Astronaut, STS-55 1954 William Walton's opera "Troilus and Cressida," premieres in London 1954 William Heatherton's "Reluctant Debutante," premieres in London 1954 William Quinn Buckner, Phoenix, Illinois, basketballer 1976 Olympics gold 1954 William Beard, rock drummer, Face To Face 1954 William R Inge, English theologist/philosopher, dies at 93 1954 William R. Inge, English Clergyman 1954 William Ralph Inge, English Clergyman 1953 Billy Hinsche, born in Manila, Philippines, William 'Billy' Hinsche, American musician, rocker, member of Dino, Desi, and Billy singing group, toured with The Beach Boys 1953 William Farnum, actor (Drifter, Scarlet Letter), dies at 76 1953 Cor Hermus, actor (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes), dies at 63 1953 William Simmons, sax/keyboardist, Midnight Star-No Parking 1953 William L Petersen, actor, Return to Lonesome Dove 1953 William Petersen, American Actor 1953 William Inge's "Picnic," premieres in New York City 1953 Vaughan William's "Sinfonia Antartica," premieres in Manchester 1952 William Green, union chairman AFL 1924 - 1952, dies at 79 1952 William Morris Hughes, Australian Politician 1952 Jonathan Frakes, actor, Commander William T Riker-Star Trek Next Gen 1952 Robert Ainsworth, born in Coventry, England, Robert William Ainsworth, politician, Labor Party, 2009, assumed roles of Secretary of State for Defense, since 1992, serves as a Member of Parliament for Coventry North East 1952 William Fox, Fried, U.S. film pioneer (Nickelodeon), dies at 73 1952 William Kirby Cullen, born in Santa Ana, California, actor, How the West Was Won 1952 William F Readdy, Quonset Point, Rhode Island, astronaut, STS-42, 51, 79 1951 William Waldorf 4th viscount Astor/English large landowner 1951 William Henry Bennett Vodery, composer, dies at 66 1951 William "Bootsy" Collins, U.S. bassist, Psychotic bump school 1951 William Katt, U.S., actor, Butch and Sundance Kid, Carrie 1951 William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills 1951 William H. Jackson, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1951 William Surles "Bill" McArthur, Jr., born in North Carolina, astronaut, STS-58, 74, sk: 92 1951 Dr. William Shockley invents junction transistor (Murray Hill NJ) 1951 William Cullen Bryant, actor, Hell Squad 1951 William Nelson, Jr., U.S. bassist, Connections and Disconnections 1951 William Risrook, rocker, BT Express-Here Comes the Express 1950 Nobel for literature awarded to William Faulkner 1950 William H. Jackson, becomes deputy director of CIA 1950 William "Bill" Griffin, U.S. singer, Miracles-Love Machine 1950 William LM King, premier of Canada (1921-30, 35-48), dies at 75 1950 82nd Belmont: William Boland aboard Middleground wins in 2:28.6 1950 76th Kentucky Derby: William Boland on Middleground wins in 2:01.6 1950 University of Miami ends William and Mary straight tennis match victories at 82 1950 William Hurt, born in Washington D.C., actor, Big Chill, Children of a Lesser God 1950 William H. Macy, born in Miami, Florida, actor, Homicide, Water Engine 1950 William Katt, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Greatest American Hero, 1st Love 1950 William Cunningham, rock bassist/pianist, Box Tops-Letter 1949 Leadbelly, Huddie William Ledbetter, blues singer, dies at 64 1949 William Ackerman, composer 1949 William M. Shepherd, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Captain USN/astronaut, STS-27, 41, 52 1949 William Randolph Hearst III, publisher/editor 1949 William Wallace, rocker, Guess Who 1949 William Sputnik Spooner, rock guitarist, Grateful Dead, Tubes 1949 William Newzam Prior Nicholson, painter/engraver, dies 1949 James Sempill, born in Scotland, born James William Stuart Whitemore Sempill, Lord Sempill, 21st Lord Sempill, Peerage of Scotland, created in 1489 for Sir John Sempill 1949 George Howard, born in England, George Beaumont William Howard, 13th Earl of Carlisle, member of the Third Creation, Earls of Carlisle, 1661 1949 William King, Alabama, soul trumpeteer, Commodores-Easy 1948 Lin Onus, born in Melbourne, Australia, born William McLintock Onus, of Jiradjuri descent, artist, painter, sculptor, print maker, used Maningride rarrk cross-hatching-based painting style 1948 William Lyon Mackenzie King retires as Prime Minister of Canada 1948 Warren William, actor (Fear, Wolf Man, Madame X), dies at 53 1948 U.S. Communist Party chairman William Forster arrested 1948 "William Tell Overture" by Spike Jones peaks at #6 1948 Alexander Hood, born in England, Alexander Nelson Hood, 4th Viscount Bridport, 7th Duke of Bronte, investment banker, descendent of William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson 1948 William Gibson, born in Canada, sci-fi author, Neuromancer, Count Zero 1948 William Hastings-Bass, born in England, William Edward Robin Hood Hastings-Bass, 17th Earl of Huntington, member of the Seventh Creation, Earls of Huntington 1948 William Sanderson, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actor, Larry-Newhart, Blade Runner 1947 William Wister Haines' "Command Decision," premieres in New York City 1947 William B Davidson, dies 1947 William Atherton, born in Connecticut, actor, Real Genius, Ghostbusters, Class of 44 1947 William H Campbell, Jr., rocker 1947 William Moulton Marston, American Psychologist 1947 William J. Jefferson, born in Lake Providence, Lousiana, Representative-D-Louisiana 1991 - 2009 1947 William Dawson becomes 1st black to head congressional committee 1946 William Strunk, Jr., American Writer 1946 William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton, 42nd U.S. President, D, 1993-01 1946 William J. Clinton, American President 1946 William "Junior" Campbell, singer/guitarist, Marmalade 1946 William S. Hart, American Actor 1946 Tim Pigott-Smith, actor, Sweet William, Jewel in Crown 1946 William H. Hastie inaugurated as 1st black governor of Virgin Islands 1946 Percy William Whitlock, composer, dies at 42 1946 William Henry Bell, composer, dies at 72 1946 William Frederick Fisher, Dallas Texas, MD/astronaut, STS-51-I 1946 William Joyce, (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason 1945 Francis William Aston, British Scientist 1945 Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) sentenced to death in London 1945 William Floyd Weld, Gov-R-Mass 1945 William Weld, American Politician 1945 Richard William Wright, rock guitarist, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall 1945 William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) British radio traitor charged with treason 1945 U.S. destroyer William D. Porter ("Willie Dee") sunk by kamikaze 1945 William Schuman and Antony Tudors ballet premieres in New York City 1945 William Busch, composer, dies at 43 1945 William Hart, U.S. singer, 4 Gents, Delfonics-I'm Sorry 1944 William Hugh Albright, composer 1944 William Gillies Whittaker, composer, dies at 67 1944 William Westwood, born in England, born William Gavin Westwood, 3rd Baron Westwood of Gosforth in the County of Northumberland, Peerage of the United Kingdom 1944 William Allen White, U.S. journalist (Emporia Gazette), dies at 75 1943 William H Singer, U.S. painter/collector (Singer Museum), dies at 75 1943 William De Vries, Brooklyn, surgeon-inventor, Symbion artifical heart 1943 Phils owner William D. Cox is permanently banned from baseball for having bet on his own team 1943 William Lyon Phelps, American Educator 1943 William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter 1943 William Bennett, U.S. Secretary of Education, 1985 - 1988, drug tsar 1943 Charles William Paddock, 100m runner, Gold Medal 1920 Olympics, dies at 42 1943 U.S. destroyer William D. Porter [Willie Dee] launched 1943 Joe [William] Haldeman, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Nebula, Worlds Apart 1943 William Garth Morrison, Chief scout 1943 William D. Cox buys Philadelphia Phillies 1943 William Victor Harris, composer, dies at 73 1943 William Walraven, journalist and writer (Neglected Grouser), dies at 55 1943 William E "Bill" Gibb, Scottish fashion designer 1943 William Duckworth, composer 1943 William Albert Penn, composer 1943 William H. Hastie, civilian aide to secretary of war, resigns to protest segregation in armed forces 1942 William HAF, English prince/grandson of George V 1942 William L. Dawson elected to Congress from Chicago 1942 William C. Nelson, rep/astronaut, STS-24 1942 William Matthew Finders Petrie, Egyptologist, dies 1942 T G Sheppard, William Browder, Humbolt, Tennessee, singer, Devil in Bottle 1942 William Carney, born in Brooklyn, New York, Representative-R-New York, 1979 - 1987 1942 William Bradford Reynolds, U.S. asst attorney general 1942 William McLennan, CEO, Central Statistical Office 1942 William Knudsen becomes 1st civilian appointed a general in U.S. army 1941 William Grut, Sweden, penthalete 1948 Olympics gold 1941 William H. Gray, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Representative-D-Pennsylvania 1979 - 1991 1941 William Guest, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, Gladys Knight Show 1941 William Hjortsberg, New York City, writer, Gray Matters, Fallen Angel 1940 William Wallace, composer, dies at 80 1940 William Fred Dempster, born in Berkeley, California, crew member, Biosphere 2 1940 William S Cohen, Sen-R Maine, 1979- 1940 William S. Cohen, American Politician 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister William M. King agree to joint defense commission 1940 William P. Baker, born in Oakland, California, Representative-R-California 1993 - 1997 1940 John William Stevens, jazz drummer 1940 William Cash, born in London, England, born William Nigel Paul Cash, politician, Member of Parliament for Stafford, Member of Parliament for Stone 1940 William Ritchie, vice-chancellor, Lancaster U 1940 William "Smokey" Robinson, Det, vocalist, & Miracles-Being With You 1940 William Edgar Borah, Senator-R-Idaho, 1907 - 1940, lawyer, died at the age of 74 1940 William Elgin Swinton, child psychiatrist 1939 William Walton's violinist concert premieres in Cleveland 1939 William Saroyan's "Time of Your Life," premieres in New York City 1939 Harvey (William) Cushing, U.S. neurologist, dies at 70 1939 William Friedkin, Chicago, dir, Exorcist, Cruising, French Connection 1939 William Alden Hibbard, composer 1939 William "Sonny" Sanders, U.S. singer, Rayber Voices 1939 William J Mayo, U.S. surgeon/co-founder Mayo Clinic, dies at 78 1939 William J. Mayo, American Scientist 1939 William Bell, Yarborough, U.S. singer, Tryin' to Love Two 1939 William David Hellerman, composer 1939 William Hagerty, editor, People 1939 SS Van Dine, William Huntingdon Wright, detective writer, dies at 50 1939 William Benjamin Lenoir, born in Miami, Florida, astronaut, STS-5 1939 Lenore Coffee and William Joyce Cowan's "Family Portrait," premieres 1939 George William Reed, astronomy writer/cartoonist, Dark Sky Legacy 1939 William Butler Yeats, Irish poet (Nobel), dies in France at 73 1938 William Thomas McKinley, composer 1938 William W. Campbell, U.S. astronomer (Stellar Motions), dies at 76 1938 William Wallace Campbell, American Scientist 1938 William Elden Bolcom, born in Seattle Washington, composer, Oracles 1938 William J Bennett, U.S. Secretary of Education, 1985 - 1988 1938 Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher/psychologist, dies at 66 1938 William H Pickering, astronomer (predicted Pluto), dies at 79 1937 William E "Little Willie" John, Woods, U.S. R&B singer, Fever 1937 William Devane, born in Albany, New York, actor, Family Plot, Missles of October 1937 William George Rushton, London, actor/author/cartoonist, TW3 1937 William Cannon, football player, Heisman-1959 1937 William Gillette, American Actor 1937 William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen), dies at 81 1937 Arthur William Foote, U.S. organist/composer, dies at 84 1937 William Henry Hadow, composer (Studies in Modern Music), dies at 77 1937 William Gaunt, born in Leeds, England, actor, Champions 1937 William H. Hastie becomes 1st black federal judge (Virgin Islands) 1936 William FA Ellison, Irish clergyman/astronomer, dies at 72 1936 William L. Jenkins, American Politician 1936 St. Louis Browns sold to Donald L Barnes and William O DeWitt 1936 William J. Coyne, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Representative-D-Pennsylvania 1981 - 2003 1936 Ronald William Eastman, cinematogrpaher 1935 William Watson, British poet (Purple East), dies 1935 William Brockwell, cricket (British all-rounder in 7 Tests 1893-99), dies 1935 Dr. Robert Smith and William Wilson of Akron form Alcoholics Anonymous 1935 Arthur Hay, born in Scotland, Arthur William Patrick Hay, 15th Earl of Kinnouli, family seat is Dupplin Castle, located outside of Perth, Scotland 1935 William Lee Gloden, Brewton Al, country singer, Oak Ridge Boys 1934 William James Matthias, composer 1934 William Cleary, Cambridge Massachusetts, hockey center, Olympic-gold/silv-56, 60 1934 U.S. explorer William Beebe descends 3,028' (923 m) in Bathysphere 1934 William Franks twirls an indian club overhead 17,280 times in 1 hour 1934 William Lithgow, Scottish industrialist/multi-millionaire 1934 William Henry Welch, dies at 75 1934 William Monroe Trotter, African, dies on 62nd birthday in Boston 1934 Edward William Elgar, English composer (Coronation Ode), dies at 76 1934 William Vollie Alexander, Jr., born in Memphis, Tennessee, Representative-D-Arkansas 1969 - 1993 1933 William A Anders, Hong Kong, Major Gen, USAF/astronaut, Apollo 8 1933 William Pierce, American Celebrity 1933 William Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner, dies at 88 1933 Polythene discovered by Reginald Gibson and Eric William Fawcett 1933 William Francis McBeth, composer 1933 William Davis, author/broadcaster, Battle at Bull Run 1933 William Wrigley III, chewing gum mogul, Wrigleys 1932 Ben[jamin William] Bova, U.S., sci-fi author, Exiled from Earth 1932 William Christopher, Evanstown, Illinois, actor, Father Mulcahy-M*A*S*H 1932 William J. Hughes, born in Salem, New Jersey, Representative-D-New Jersey 1975 - 1995 1932 Robert William Davis, born in Marquette, Michigan, Representative-R-Michigan 1979 - 1993 1932 William D Ruckelshaus, headed Environmental Protection Agency 1932 William Ruckelshaus, American Lawyer 1932 William Wilkinson, businessman/conservationist 1932 Harold William Woolhouse, plant scientist 1932 Hugh Wood, born in Parbold, England, composer, studied with William Lloyd Webber, Anthony Milner, Iain Hamilton, works include Symphony and Violin Concerto 1932 William Odom, American, NASA director, Soviet Union expert, U.S. Army lieutenant general, advised Carter, Reagan 1932 William Pember Reeves, politician/poet, dies 1932 William Roache, born in England, actor, Ken Barlow-Coronation Street 1932 William Smith, born in Columbia, Missouri, actor, Rich Man Poor Man, Hawaii 5-0 1932 Martin William Karlins, composer 1932 William Faulkner completes his novel "Light in August" 1932 John Nott, born in Bideford, Devon, Sir John William Frederic Nott, Conservative Party, served as Secretary of State for Defense 1981 - 1983, was Member of Parliament for St. Ives in Cornwall 1966 - 1983 1932 William K Wrigley, owner (Wrigley Gum, Chicago Cubs), dies 1931 William Waltons "Belshazzar's Feast," premieres in Leeds 1931 Patrick WIlliam Walker, British astrologer 1931 Billy Casper, born in San Diego, California, William Earl Billy Casper, Jr., professional golfer, golf course designer, won the PGA Tour 27 times, named 15th greatest golfer of all time by Golf Digest in 2000, considered best putter of his era 1931 William Utting, chief inspector, British Social Services 1931 William Ball, actor, Suburban Commando 1931 William Shatner, born in Montreal, Canada, actor, Star Trek, T J Hooker 1931 Ivan William Hannaford, sociologist 1931 William "Buckwheat" Thomas, actor, Little Rascals 1931 William Warner Westenra, born in Ireland, born William Warner Westenra, Lord Rossmore, 7th Baron Rossmore, Peerage of Ireland 1931 William Ernst Johnson, British mathematician, dies 1930 William Courtleigh, actor (Madame X, Eyes of Youth), dies at 63 1930 William H Dana, born in Pasadena, California, test pilot, X-15 1930 William E. Brock, Sen-D, U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1985 - 1987 1930 William H Dana, pilot, X-15 1930 William H Taft, 27th U.S. President (1909-13), dies 1930 William A O'Neal, Gov-D-Ct 1930 William H Taft, U.S. president (1909-13), dies 1930 William Taylor, British Chairman of Convocation, London University 1930 William S Sessions, Arkansas, director of FBI 1930 President and Chief Justice William Taft buried in Arlington 1930 William Howard Taft, 27th U.S. President (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72 1930 William Howard Taft, resigns as chief justice for health reasons 1930 William Reid Pogue, Okemah Oklahoma, Colonel USAF/astronaut, Skylab 4 1929 William Safire, political columnist, New York Times, speech writer, Nixon 1929 William Joseph "Pete" Knight, astronaut/test pilot, X-15 1929 S. William Green, born in New York City, New York, Representative-R-New York 1978 - 1983 and 1983 - 1993 1929 William E. Dannemeyer, born in Long Beach, California, Representative-R-California 1979 - 1993 1929 William Winfield, rocker, Harptones 1929 William Edgar Thornton, born in Faison, North Carolina, MD/astronaut, STS-8, 51-B, sk:49 1929 WIlliam K. Everson, film historian 1929 William F. Clinger, Jr., born in Warren, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Pennsylvania 1979 - 1997 1929 27 year old William S. Paley becomes CBS president 1928 William Staveley, British admiral 1928 William Campbell, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Jerry-Cannonball, Luke-Dynasty 1928 William Hickey, actor, Prizzi's Honor 1928 William Henry Grattan Flood, composer, dies at 68 1928 Stephen Boyd, William Millar, Ire, actor, Fantastic Voyage, Ben-Hur 1928 William Joseph Russo, composer 1928 William Trevor, British writer, Children of Dynmouth, Fools of Fortune 1928 William HT Gairdner, English missionary (Nile Mission Press), dies at 54 1928 Edmund William Grosse, poet/author, dies 1928 William Jay Sydeman, composer 1928 William Reynolds Archer, Jr., born in Houston, Texas, Representative-R-Texas 1971 - 2001 1928 William R. Boggs, born in Georgia, Brigadier General and chief of engineers under Bragg 1928 William Berger, Austria, actress, Adventure of Hercules 1928 John William Fozard, aircraft designer 1928 William Kennedy, U.S. writer 1928 William Peter Blatty, New York City, author/director, The Exorcist 1927 William Labov, American Writer 1927 William Simon, U.S. sect of Treasury 1927 William E. Simon, American Public Servant 1927 William J. Perry, American Politician 1927 47th U.S. Mens Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats William T Tilden (119 63 119) 1927 William V Shannon, journalist/ambassador to Ireland, 1977-81 1927 William D. Ford, born in Detroit, Michigan, Representative-D-Michigan 1965 - 1995 1927 John William Chancellor, born in Chicago, Illinois, news anchor, NBC, VOA 1927 William Smithers, born in Richmond, Virginia, actor, Witness, Peyton Place, Attack! 1927 William T. Francis named minister to Liberia 1927 William Attewell, cricket bowler (England in 10 Tests 1884-1891), dies 1927 William Mitchell Byers, musician 1927 William Daniels, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Dr. Mark Craig-St. Elsewhere, 1776 1927 William J. Bell, born in Chicago, Illinois, soap opera creator, Young and Restless 1927 William Bentley, diplomat 1927 William Redfield, New York City, actor, Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop, Marriage 1926 Poul [William] Anderson, U.S., sci-fi author, 7 Hugos, Mirkheim 1926 William O Smith, composer 1926 Arthur William Oldham, composer 1926 Charles William Elliot, President of Harvard (1869-1909), dies at 92 1926 Charles William Eliot, American Educator 1925 Bill [William] Westwood, British bishop of Peterborough 1925 Col William "Billy" Mitchell court-martial for insubordination 1925 William F. Buckley, Jr., born in New York City, conservative author, commentator, founded 'The National Review' 1925 William Robert Mayer, composer 1925 William Steinkraus, equestrian, Olympic-gold/2 sil/br-52/56/60/64/68/72 1925 William Edgar Mitchell, physicist 1925 William Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65 1925 William DeHart Hubbard of U.S., sets long jump record at 25' 10 3/4" 1925 William Styron, born in Virginia, novelist, Confess of Nat Turner, Sophie's Choice 1925 William Louis Dickinson, born in Opelika, Alabama, Representative-R-Alabama 1965 - 1993 1925 Francis William Davenport, composer, dies at 77 1925 G. William Whitehurst, born in Norfolk, Virginia, Representative-R-Virginia 1969 - 1987 1925 William Hudson, California, actor, I Led 3 Lives 1925 William J Crowe, Jr., Kentucky, chairman joint chief of staff 1924 William Archer, Scottish critic and playwright (Green Goddess), dies at 68 1924 Kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist 1924 William Rehnquist, Supreme Court, 1972-86, chief justice, 1987- 1924 44th U.S. Mens Tennis: William Tilden beats William Johnston (61 97 62) 1924 William Marshall, born in Gary, Indiana, actor, Blacula, Something of Value 1924 William Gass, Fargo ND, novelist/philosopher, Omensetter's Luck 1924 William H. Gass, American Novelist 1924 William Barlow, CEO, BICC 1924 William H. Webster, U.S., judge and head FBI/CIA 1924 William Hedgcock Webster, American Public Servant 1924 William Pillar, British admiral 1924 Billy W. William Ambrose right, soccer star 1924 William van Straubenzee, British MP 1923 William Windom, New York City, actor, Farmer's Daughter, Murder She Wrote 1923 43rd U.S. Mens Tennis: William T Tilden beats W M Johnston (64 61 64) 1923 William Kraft, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer/percussionist 1923 William Flanagan, composer 1923 William B. Williams, born in Babylon, New York, DJ, WNEW, Sammy and Company 1923 43rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: William Johnston beats F Hunter (60 63 61) 1923 William Mills, painter 1923 William Darling, journalist 1922 William Gaddis, American Novelist 1922 William Baines, composer, dies at 23 1922 William T. Cosgrave replaces Irish premier Collins 1922 Eric William Hunter Christie, barrister 1922 William Henry Hudson, British Author 1922 William Schallert, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Patty Duke Show, Get Smart 1922 William Halse Rivers, British psychologist/anthropologist, dies 1922 William Broomfield, born in Royal Oak, Michigan, Representative-R-Michigan 1957 - 1993 1922 William Manchester, born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, historian, Death of a President 1922 William Milliken, actor, Drive-in 1922 William M. Gaines, publisher of MAD Magazine 1922 James William Tate, composer, dies at 46 1922 William Desmond Taylor, director/actor (Broken Coin), dies at 49 1922 William Sylvester, born in Oakland California, actor, 2001, Gorgo, Gemini Man 1921 William Lyon Mackenzie King succeeded Arthur Meighen as Canadian PM 1921 William Henry Mauldin, New Mexico, political cartoonist, Pulitzer-1945, 59 1921 41st U.S. Mens Tennis: William T Tilden beats Wm M Johnston (61 63 61) 1921 William Johnston, Chaplain to Queen of Scotland 1921 William Preston, Columbia Penn, actor, Fisher King, Waterworld 1921 William V. Roth, Jr., born in Great Falls, Montana, Representative-R-Delaware 1967 - 1971, Senator-R-Delaware 1971 - 2001 1921 William L. Bergsma, born in Oakland, California, composer, Fortunate Island 1921 William Archer's "Green Goddess," premieres in New York City 1920 William James Robjohn, composer, dies at 77 1920 Alfred William Bedford, test pilot 1920 William Cramond, psychiatrist/vice-chancellor, Stirling University 1920 William Conrad, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Bullwinkle Show, Cannon 1920 William F Sudds, composer, dies at 77 1920 William Masselos, born in Niagara Falls, New York, pianist and professor, Juilliard 1976 1920 William "Red" Holzman, NBA coach, New York Knickerbockers, 754 wins 1920 Amy Clampitt, born in New Providence, Iowa, poet, author, professor at Amherst College, College of William and Mary, Smith College, received Guggenheim, MacArthur Fellowship 1920 William Crawshay, Lord-Lt of Gwent 1920 William Simpson, British trade union leader 1920 William D Howells, U.S. author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83 1920 John William Farr, born in Detroit, bank robber, FBI Most Wanted List 1920 William Butterfield, born in England, born William John Hughes Butterfield, Lord Butterfield, life peer as Baron Butterfield of Stechford, Order of the British Empire, medical researcher, clinician, administrator 1920 William Warfield, singer, Show Boat 1920 William Egan Colby, CIA director, Nixon 1920 William Colby, American Public Servant 1919 William Osler, Canadian Scientist 1919 Horatio William Parker, composer, dies at 56 1919 39th U.S. Mens Tennis: William M Johnston beats Wm T Tilden (64 64 63) 1919 Gideon William Waldrop, composer 1919 William Kunstler, American Activist,defense attorney, Chicago 8 1919 William Veeck, sportswriter, replaces Fred Mitchell as Cubs president 1919 William Crookes, English chemist/physicist (Crookes-pipe), dies at 86 1919 William W. Campbell, Canadian poet (Ian of the Orcades), dies at 60 1918 William Kennedy, baseball player 1918 William Strethan "Wild Bill" Davis, musician 1918 William Talbert, tennis doubles champ, U.S. 1942, 45, 46, 48 1918 38th U.S. Mens Tennis: R L Murray beats William T Tilden (63 61 75) 1918 William Whitelaw, British Politician 1918 44th Kentucky Derby: William Knapp on Exterminator wins in 2:10.8 1918 William Holden, born in Illinois, actor, Stalag 17, Bridge Over River Kwai, SOB 1918 William Perrie, British prison governor 1918 House of Representatives accepts American Creed written by William Tyler 1918 William Courtleigh, actor (Susie Snowflake), dies at 26 1918 William Rigney, baseball manager for the San Francisco Giants 1917 William Tracy, Pitts, actor, To the Shores of Tripoli 1917 William Smith, British deserter in France, executed at 20 1917 William Hardy McNeill, historian, Rise of the West 1917 William Marshall III, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Blacula, Honky 1917 William Putnam Bundy, London, editor, Lvaggerier and Vagaries 1917 William P. Bundy, American Historian 1917 William French Smith, Attorney General, 1981-85 1917 William W. Scranton, Gov-R-Pa 1917 William Scranton, American Politician 1917 William Bishop, born in Oak Park, Illinois, actor, Steve-It's a Great Life 1917 William Henry Moody, American Politician 1917 William Hamilton, British MP 1917 William Barr, rector, Exeter College, Oxford 1917 William Standish Knowles, American Scientist 1917 William Geoffrey Biddle, bomb disposal expert 1917 William Shalders, South Africa cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies 1917 William Fairbank, Minneapolis, physicist, superconductivity 1916 William Wallace Gilchrist, composer, dies at 70 1916 William John Elwyn Davies, painter 1916 William John Raff Hooper, cartoonist 1916 William Ramsey, chemist, dies 1916 Boeing Co (Pacific Aero) formed by William Boeing in Seattle Wash 1916 William Balchin, geographer 1916 U.S. pilot William Thaw shoots down a German Fokker 1916 Bernard William George Rose, composer/organist 1916 William Walsh, academic 1916 William Ballard Doggett, jazz musician 1915 William Howell Masters, sex author/physician 1915 William Proxmire, born in Lake Forest, Illinois, Senator-D-Wisconsin, 1957 - 1989, Golden Fleece Awards 1915 William E. Vaughan, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pseudonym Burton Hills, columnist, author, wrote for Kansas City Star newspaper 1946 - 1977, published articles in Better Homes and Gardens, Reader's Digest, often quoted and best-remembered for writing style employing folksy aphorisms 1915 35th U.S. Mens Tennis: William Johnston beats McLoughlin (16 60 75 108) 1915 William Bardwell, composer 1915 "Of Human Bondage," by William Somerset Maugham, published 1915 George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer, dies at 53 1915 William Jennings Bryan quits as Secretary of State 1915 William Charles Denis Browne, composer, dies at 26 1915 William Throsby Bridges, Australian Soldier 1915 William Goyen, born in Trinity, Texas, writer, storyteller, married actress Doris Roberts, wrote The House of Breath, The Fair Sister, Wonderful Plant 1915 William Roycroft, born in Austria, equestrian 3 day, Olympic-bronze-1976 1915 William Talman, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Crashout, Hamilton-Perry Mason 1915 William Crosbie, artist 1915 1st U.S. ship lost in WW I, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK) 1915 William Hopper, New York City, actor, Paul Drake-Perry Mason 1914 William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz pianist/arranger 1914 William Allen Egan, American Politician 1914 Frederick William Sternfield, musicologist 1914 William E. Darwin, British son of Charles Darwin, dies at 74 1914 William John Phillips, actor, Nothing but a Man 1914 William Vickrey, economist 1914 William Lundigan, born in Syracuse, New York, actor, Climax 1914 James William Rouse, U.S. builder, shopping malls/Columbia, Maryland 1914 William Westmoreland, born in Saxon, South Carolina, army general, Vietnam era 1914 William Baddeley, rector, St. Jame's Piccadilly 1914 William S. Burroughs, American Writer 1914 William Stafford, American Poet 1913 Joshua William Steward, polymath 1913 William James Moyce, armaments scientist 1913 William Lehman, born in Selma, Alabama, Representative-D-Florida 1973 - 1993 1913 Robertson William Davies, novellist essayist/dramatist 1913 William Deakin, warden, St. Anthony's College Oxford 1913 William P. Rogers, born in Norfolk, New York, U.S. Secretary of State, 1969 - 1973 1913 William Hewlett, cofounder, Hewlett-Packard Co 1913 William Reddington Hewlett, American Businessman 1913 William R. Tolbert, president Liberia, 1971-80 1913 William M Inge, U.S. playwright, Picnic-Pulitzer 1953 1913 William Chatterton, cricketer, 48 in only Test for England 1892 1913 William Hutchinson Murray, mountaineer/author 1913 William J. Casey, headed CIA during Iran-contra scandal, 1981-87 1913 William Knox, becomes 1st in American Bowling Congress to bowl 300 1913 William Prince, Nichols, New York, actor, City in Fear, Cyrano de Bergerac 1913 William M Burton patents a process to "crack" petroleum 1912 Brother William Oliver Antoninus Everson, poet 1912 William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies 1912 William Baziotes, painter, abstract expressionist 1912 William Gordon Harris, civil engineer 1912 William Douglas-Home, playwright, Now .. Barabbas 1912 William Murray, teacher/educationalist 1912 William Thomas Stead, English Journalist 1912 Mrs. William Howard Taft plants 1st cherry tree in Washington D.C. 1912 Hubert William Dean, air armaments specialist 1912 William "Bill" Henson, English diplomat, Prague 1939 1912 William Sansom, English writer, Loving Eye 1911 William Roerick, actor, Guiding Light 1911 [William] Broderick Crawford, Philadelphia, actor, Hunter, Liar's Moon 1911 William Tannen, New York City, actor, Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull 1911 William Thomas Pennar Davies, poet author/theologian 1911 William Golding, England, novelist, Lord of the Flies-Nobel 1983 1911 William A Fowler, U.S., astrophysicist, Nobel 1983 1911 William Dillard, trumpeter/singer 1911 William H. Stein, U.S. biochemist, Nobel 1972 1911 William Howard Stein, American Scientist 1911 William Schwenck Gilbert, English writer (Gilbert and Sullivan), dies at 74 1911 William Gilbert, British Composer 1911 William Berry, born in England, Lord Hartwell, 3rd Viscount Camrose and Baron Hartwell, journalist, newspaper owner, editor-in-chief of the Daily, Sunday Telegraph 1911 William Stearn, botanist 1911 William Hansen, born in Washington, actor, Homebodies 1911 Stanley William Reed, cineaste 1911 Stafford WIlliam Somerfield, British newspaper editor 1910 William V Moody, U.S. poet (Sabine Woman, Great Divide), dies 1910 William Leonard Reed, composer 1910 Giles William Playfair, writer 1910 William James, American Philosopher 1910 William H. Schuman, born in New York City, composer, American Festival Overture, Juilliard 1910 William Hayter, diplomat 1910 Cicely Veronica Wedgwood, British historian, William the Silent 1910 William Hanna, animator, Hanna-Barbera 1910 William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, U.S. boxer/slaughterhouse pianist 1910 William Douglas Denny, composer 1910 William D. Crum, a South Carolina physician, appointed minister to Liberia 1910 William Huggins, discoverer of stellar nature of Andromeda, dies 1910 William I Martin, U.S. pilot/Vice-Admiral, WW II 1910 William Orchardson, British painter, dies 1910 William G Sumner, U.S. sociologist/politicologist (Folkways), dies at 69 1910 Henry William Collins, artist 1910 William H. Lewis appointed asst attorney general of U.S. 1910 William B Shockley, London, U.S. physicist, Nobel 1956, racist 1910 William Shockley, American Physicist 1910 Boy Scouts of America incorporated and chartered (William D. Boyce - Chicago) 1909 William Huston Natcher, born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Representative-D-Kentucky 1953 - 1994 1909 Jon William, Jr. Haussermann, composer 1909 William G Penney, British physicist, 1st British Atom Bomb 1909 William Odling, major-general 1909 William Batten, CEO, New York Stock Exchange 1976-84 1909 William James Millar Mackenzie, political scientist 1909 August William Derleth, Sauk City Wisconsin, writer, Judge Peck Mysteries 1908 William Brocklesby Wordsworth, composer 1908 William Howard Taft (R) elected 27th President over William Jennings Bryan 1908 Carriage-maker, William Durant, founded General Motors Corp 1908 William Crapo Durant incorporates General Motors in Janesville Wisc 1908 William Saroyan, U.S., novelist/playwright, Time of Your Life 1908 William Mason, composer, dies at 79 1908 William Eric David Davis, broadcaster 1908 William Bakewell, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Stage manager-Pinky Lee Show 1908 Robert William Paine, architect 1908 William McMahon, Prime Minister of Australia, Liberal, 1971 - 1972 1908 William Randolph Hearst, Jr., newspaper publisher, Hearst Publishing 1908 William Hartnell, born in London, England, actor, Agitator, Jackpot 1907 Kelvin of Largs, William Thomson, Br physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83 1907 William Barclay, Scottish Theologian 1907 Howard William Hunter, Mormon Church Leader 1907 William Marshall, producer/director/actor/singer, Blackmail 1907 William Le Baron Jenney, U.S. architect, dies 1907 William Dollar, St. Louis, ballet dancer/choreographer 1907 William Henry Swinburne, music teacher 1907 William Howard Russell, Irish Journalist 1906 William McChesney Martin, Chairman of Federal Reserve Bank, 1951-70 1906 William C Pahlmann, interior decorator, 4 Season restaurant, New York City 1906 Charles Evans Hughes (R) elected New York Governor beats William Randolph Hearst 1906 Fredric [William] Brown, U.S., sci-fi author, Martians Go Home 1906 William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (New York Giants), dies at 67 1906 William Vaughan Moody's "Great Divide," premieres in New York City 1906 William Empson, English poet and critic, Milton's God 1906 William J. Clothier wins the U.S. Tennis Open 1906 William Hayter, diplomat 1906 William Dale, international legal consultant, dies 1906 William Yeates Hurlstone, composer, dies at 30 1906 William M. Ewing, U.S. geologist/geophysicist 1906 William J. Brennan, Jr., Judge 1906 Eric William Fenby, composer/president, Delius Society 1906 Black evangelist William J. Seymour arrives in Los Angeles California 1906 Clyde William Tombaugh, U.S., astronomer, discovered Pluto 1906 William Bendix, born in New York City, actor, Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story, Life of Riley 1905 William Alwyn, composer 1905 William Donald Campbell, diarist/ornithologist 1905 William Northam, Austria, yachtsman 1964 Olympic gold 1905 Charles William Hutton, architect 1905 J. William Fulbright, born in Sumner, Missouri, Senator-D-Arkansas 1945 - 1974 1904 William Hitzig, Austria, Maxwell physician 1904 William GGVV Harcourt, historian/English Secretary of State, dies at 76 1904 William Hall, Canadian Soldier 1904 24th U.S. Mens Tennis: Holcombe Ward beats William Clothier (108 64 97) 1904 [William] Count Basie, Red Bank, New Jersey, jazz musician, Blazing Saddles 1904 George Formby, William Booth, British singer/comic, Let George Do It 1904 William "Count" Basie, jazz pianist, Policy Man, Blazing Saddles 1904 Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenber----dorff, Sr, near Hamburg, Germany 1904 William L Shirer, historian, Rise and Fall of 3rd Reich 1904 Charles William Oatley, electrical engineer 1904 U.S. blues singer Gertrude Pridgett marries comic William Rainey 1903 William Ennis, 1st cop to die in electric chair 1903 William Plomer, Transvaal, author, Paper Houses, I Speak of Africa 1903 William Dehart Hubbard, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, long jumper 1924 Olympics gold 1903 23rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Hugh L Doherty beats William A Larned (60 63 108) 1903 William Primrose, Glasgow Scot, violist, Method for Violin and Viola 1903 Arthur William Raynes McDonald, radar Pioneer/pilot 1903 Percy William Whitlock, composer 1903 Frederick William Farrar, writer/dean (Canterbury 1895-1903), dies 1902 William Edmundson, Spokane, Washington vocalist, Southernaires 1902 William Lear, engineer/manufacturer/CEO, Lear Jet Corp 1902 Theodore William Schultz, American Economist 1902 William Walton, born in England, composer, Troilus and Cressida, Wise Virgins 1902 William Downie Forrest, journalist 1902 George William Warren, composer, dies at 73 1902 William D Revelli, Spring Gulch Colorado, band leader 1902 Hartley William Shawcross, British Lawyer 1901 William Samuel Paley, born in Chicago, Illinois, president and CEO of CBS, 1928-90 1901 William S. Paley, American Businessman 1901 11 baseball games canceled due to funeral of President William McKinley 1901 President William McKinley, dies in Buffalo, of gunshot wounds inflicted 1901 President William McKinley, shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at Pan American Exposition in Buffalo NY, he dies 8th days later 1901 21st U.S. Mens Tennis: William Larned beats Beals C Wright (62 68 64 64) 1901 William Busch, composer 1901 William Stubbs, historian/bishop, dies 1901 President William McKinley inaugurated for 2nd term as president 1900 William G Armstrong, of Cragside, British const (hydr crane), dies at 90 1900 President William McKinley (R) re-elected, beating William Jennings Bryan 1900 Charles William Paddock, Texas, 100m runner, Olympic-2 gold-1920 1900 William Butterfield, architect of the Gothic revival, dies 1900 William Heinesen, Faroes Island, writer, Noatun 1900 William Haines, Staunton, Virginia, actor, Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney 1899 John William Glover, composer, dies at 84 1899 William R Burnett, U.S., author, Little Caesar 1899 William Levi Dawson, composer 1899 William Steinberg, Cologne, conductor, Boston Symph-1969-71 1899 William Hornby Steer, barrister and judge 1899 William Brann, cricketer, South African batsman vs. England 1922-23 1899 William Baines, composer 1898 William O Douglas, Maine, 81st Supreme Court justice, 1939-75 1898 William O. Douglas, American Judge 1898 William Pepper, American Scientist 1898 William E. Gladstone, British Leader 1898 William Thomas Astbury, English physicist/chemist, textiles 1898 1st installment of William Dean Howell's "Life and Letters" appears 1897 William Faulkner, Mississippi, author, Sound and Fury-Nobel 1949 1897 William Frank Powell, New Jersey educator, named minister to Haiti 1897 New York Giant William Joyce sets record of 4 triples in 1 game 1897 William Thomas Best, composer, dies at 70 1897 William Cleaver Francis Robinson, composer, dies at 63 1897 1st reporter, William Price (Washington Star), assigned to White House 1897 William Herald, Australia, swimmer, 1920 Olympics 1897 William McKinley inaugurated as 25th president of US 1897 William Stephenson, Canadian Soldier 1896 William McKinley (R) defeats William Jennings Bryan (D) for president 1896 William Gillette's "Secret Service," premieres in New York City 1896 William Morris, writer, dies at 62 1896 William Hamilton Gibson, illustrator/author/novelist, dies 1896 William Jennings Bryan "cross of gold" speech at Dem convention 1896 William Fitzgerald Jenkins, author, Time Tunnel, Land of Giants 1896 William W. Wellman, Brookline Massachusetts, director, Star is Born 1895 William V S Tubman, Whig, 17th Liberian president, 1943-70 1895 William Griffith Wilson, American Celebrity 1895 William Rockstro, composer, dies at 72 1895 William Boyd, born in Ohio, cowboy, Hopalong Cassidy 1895 William Grant Still, Woodville Mississippi, composer, Afro-American 1895 William Heard, AME minister and educator, named minister to Liberia 1894 Warren William, Krech, Aitkin, Minnesota, actor, Caesar in Cleopatra 1894 William Johnston, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1915 1894 William Charles Levey, composer, dies at 57 1894 William Joseph Westbrook, composer, dies at 63 1894 William Love hosts ground breaking ceremonies for Love Canal 1894 William Robertson Smith, Scottish Scientist 1894 William Harrigan, New York City 1894 Erik William Gustav Leidzen, composer 1893 William Gaxton, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Destry, Convoy 1893 William March, Campbell, U.S., writer, Company K 1893 Henry Perky and William Ford patent shredded wheat 1893 William Moulton Marston, American Psychologist 1893 William Frawley, Iowa, actor, Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy, Bub-My 3 Sons 1893 William [Bill] T Tilden II, tennis player, U.S. Open 1920-25, 29 1892 William Bonaparte, grandson of Lucien, dies 1892 William M Harnett, U.S. painter (Old Cupboard Door), dies 1892 George William Curtis, American Author 1892 William Powell, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Thin Man, My Man Godfrey 1892 William Bowman, English anatomist, dies at 75 1892 William Demarest, St. Paul, Minnesota, actor, Uncle Charlie-My 3 Sons 1892 Bottle cap with cork seal patented by William Painter (Baltimore) 1892 Mrs William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion thus beginning use of "400" to describe socially elite 1892 William D McCoy of Indiana appointed U.S. minister to Liberia 1891 John William McCormack, American Politician 1891 William Huggins describes astronomical application of spectrum 1891 William F Albright, U.S. old testament scholar/archaeologist 1891 Helena Blavatsky, founder of the Theosophical Society, with William Quan Judge, Henry Steel Olcott, believed all inner religious teachings are true, dies, date of death celebrated by Theosophists, who call it, Whilte Lotus Day 1891 William Sherman, Union General in Civil War, dies 1891 William Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War general, dies at 71 1891 William C Bullitt, 1st U.S. ambassador to U.S.S.R. 1890 John Hart or William Kemmler, U.S., 1st executed in electric chair (NY) 1889 Daniel Stover and William Hance patent bicycle with back pedal brake 1889 William Allingham, Irish poet (Day and Night Songs), dies at 68 1889 William W. Collins, English writer (Moonstone), dies 1889 William Gray patents coin-operated telephone 1889 William Lawther, union leader 1889 William Roxby Beverly, artist, dies 1889 Matilde "Tillie" Ziegler, killed by husband William Kemmler 1889 William Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66 1888 William Bundy patents timecard clock 1888 William Charles Denis Browne, composer 1888 Queen Victoria grants William Mackinnons Imperial British 1888 William Seward Burroughs patents adding machine 1888 William Chappell, English Writer 1888 S S Van Dine, William Huntingdon Wright, author, Canary Murder Case 1888 William Alexander Henry, Canadian Lawyer 1888 William L Axt, composer 1888 William Fisk Sherwin, composer, dies at 62 1887 Boris Karloff, William H Pratt, Dulwich England, actor, Frankenstein 1887 William Walraven, Dutch journalist and writer, Indian Daily 1887 15th Preakness: William Donohue aboard Dunboyne wins in 2:39 1887 1st salaried fish and game warden (William Alden Smith in Michigan) 1887 William Zorach, Lithuania, U.S. sculptor, Spirit of the Dance 1886 William Booth, cricketer, Yorks all-rounder, England before WW I 1886 William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships 1886 William L. Dawson, born in Albany, Georgia, Representative-D-Illinois 1943 - 1970 1886 William R Benet, writer 1885 William Henry Bennett Vodery, composer 1885 William Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73 1884 William Sherman refuses Republican presidential nomination saying "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected" 1883 William Hicks, British col/commander (Egyptian army), dies in battle 1883 William Carlos Williams, poet 1883 William Beatton Moonie, composer 1883 9th Kentucky Derby: William Donohue aboard Leonatus wins in 2:43 1883 William Chambers, author/publisher, dies 1883 William H Harris, composer 1882 William "Bull" F Halsey, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II Pacific 1882 William Halsey, American Soldier 1882 William H Ainsworth, English writer (Guy Fawkes), dies at 76 1882 William Harrison Ainsworth, English Novelist 1881 William Nigh, Berlin Wisconsin, director, Ape, Doomed to Die, Mr. Wong 1881 William Edward Boeing, founded aircraft co, Boeing 1881 William J Clothier, 1st President of tennis hall of fame, U.S. Open 1906 1881 1st U.S. Mens Tennis: Richard D Sears beats William E Glyn (60 63 62) 1881 William "Billy the Kid" Bonney, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21 1881 George William Martin, composer, dies at 56 1881 William Foster, Massachusetts, Communist President candidate, 1924,28,32 1881 William John Gruffydd, Welsh poet/scholar, Ynys yr Hud 1880 William Lassell, English astronomer (1st moon of Neptune), dies 1880 William Hauser, composer, dies at 67 1880 William T. Cosgrave, president Irish Free state 1879 William Duncan, Scotland, actor, Thunder Trail 1879 Nicholas Vachel Lindsay, U.S., poet, General William Booth enters Heaven 1879 William Morris Hunt, American Artist 1879 William Barber, 6th U.S. chief engraver (1844-79), dies 1879 William Maxwell Aitken, Canadian Businessman 1879 William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73 1879 William Froude, British civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68 1879 William Beveridge, English Economist 1879 William Kingdon Clifford, English Mathematician 1879 William Fox, U.S. film pioneer, Nickelodeon 1878 William M "Boss" Tweed, New York politician, dies 1878 William Banting, English undertaker, dies 1877 William Henry Fox Talbot, photographic pioneer, dies at 77 1877 Francis William Aston, British Scientist 1876 William Gillies Whittaker, composer 1876 William Farnum, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Spoilers, Man who Fights Alone 1876 10th Belmont: William Donohue aboard Algerine wins in 2:40 1876 Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist, Prince William of Orange 1876 William Yeates Hurlstone, composer 1875 William Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail 1875 William Bonwill, patents dental mallet to impact gold into cavities 1875 William Howard Glover, composer, dies at 56 1875 William Walker, composer, dies at 66 1875 Albert William Ketelbey, Aston England, composer, Wonder Worker 1875 James William Tate, composer 1875 William Daniel Leahy, Iowa, 5 star admiral/chief of staff, 1949 1875 William D. Leahy, American Soldier 1875 William Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58 1874 William Lyon Mackenzie King, L, 10th Canadian PM, 1921-30, 1935-48 1874 William Marcy "Boss" Tweed, of Tammany Hall (New York City) convicted of defrauding city of $6M, sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment 1874 2nd Preakness: William Donohue aboard Culpepper wins in 2:56 1874 Benjamin Disraeli replaces William Gladstone as English premier 1874 [William] Somerset Maugham, Paris, novelist/poet, Of Human Bondage 1874 William Somerset Maugham, British Playwright 1873 William Henry Bell, composer 1873 William Green, president of American Federation of Labor, 1924-52 1873 William Christopher Handy, American Musician 1872 William A. Larned, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1901 1872 William H. Seward, American Statesman 1872 William Heath Robinson, England, illustrator/cartoonist, Don Quixote 1872 William Monroe Trotter, famous African 1871 William H Kilpatrick, U.S. mathematician/philosopher/educator 1871 Boss Tweed (William Macy Tweed), Democratic leader of Tammany Hall, arrested after New York Times exposed his corruption 1871 William Henry Squire, composer 1871 Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher, Intelligence of Children 1871 William Hammond Hall's maps and surveys of Golden Gate Park accepted 1871 William Holden of North Carolina becomes 1st governor removed by impeachment 1870 Saki, Hector Hugo Munro, Burma, author, Reginald, When William Came 1870 William S Hart, actor, silent Westerns, Wild Bill Hickok, Tumbleweeds 1870 William F Brantly, Confederate, murdered at about 40 1870 Michael William Balfe, composer (Bohemian Girl), dies at 62 1870 Mayor William Tweed accused of robbing New York treasury 1870 William Cameron Forbes, American Diplomat 1870 William Henry Havergal, composer, dies at 77 1869 William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio, patents chewing gum 1869 William V Moody, U.S. poet, Death of Eve, Faith Healer 1869 William Strunk, Jr., American Writer 1869 William Victor Harris, composer 1868 William Thomas Morton, dentist (1st to use ether), dies 1868 William H Singer, U.S. painter/collector, Singer Museum, Laren 1868 Halsey William Wilson, U.S., publisher of reference books 1868 William Allen White, Emporia, Kansas, editor, Pulitzer 1942 1868 Theodore William Richards, chemist, atomic weights, Nobel-1914 1868 Refrigerator car patented by William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit 1868 William Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51 1867 William A. Craigie, Scottish lexicographer, Skotlands Rimur 1867 William Orlamond, Denmark, actor, Flesh and Devil, Wind 1867 William Courtleigh, born in Guelph, Ontario, actor, Eyes of Youth, Madame X 1867 William Cadbury, England, chocolate manufacturer, Cadbury 1866 William Jackson, composer, dies at 51 1866 William "Sliding Billy" Hamilton, New Jersey, hall of fame baseball player 1865 William Parson, 3rd Earl of Rosse and maker of large telescopes, dies 1865 William Vincent Wallace, composer, dies at 53 1865 William Duane, American Lawyer 1865 William H Revere, Jr., U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies 1865 William Rowan Hamilton, Irish Mathematician 1865 William Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies 1865 Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe 1865 William Booth founds Salvation Army (Army of the Salvation) 1865 William Edgar Borah, born in Fairfield, Illinois, Senator-R-Idaho, 1907 - 1940, lawyer 1865 William Butler Yeats, born in Ireland, poet, Wild Swans at Coole-Nobel 1923 1865 William Clarke Quantrill, criminal/Confederate bushwhacker, dies at 27 1865 William Heinemann, England, publisher, Chemical Instrumental 1865 William Henry "Little Billy" Chase Whiting, Confederate General-Major, dies at 48 1865 Frederick William Goudy, U.S., printer/type designer 1865 William Lyon Phelps, American Educator 1864 William Henry Fry, composer, dies at 51 1864 William S. Hart, American Actor 1864 Union General William T Sherman begins march to sea during Civil War 1864 Union General William T Sherman captures Atlanta 1864 William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae 1864 William Henry Talbot Walker, Confederate general-major, dies in battle at 47 1864 William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 39 1864 Nassau William Senior, British economist 1864 William N. Green, Jr., Union Brigadier-General, dies 1864 William F. A. Ellison, Irish clergyman/director, Armagh Observatory 1864 William Edwin Baldwin, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies 1864 William Dyce, painter, dies 1863 William Makepeace Thackeray, English Novelist 1863 Frederick William Faber, theologian, wrote 'Faith of Our Fathers', 'My God, how wonderful thou art', 'Oh, gift of gifts', founded religious community in Cotton Hall, Birmingham, dies 1863 Horatio William Parker, composer 1863 Raid at Lawrence KS by William Quantrill 1863 William Dorsey Pender, U.S. Confederate general-major, dies of injuries at 29 1863 William Randolph Hearst, publisher, SF Examiner, Seattle P-I 1863 William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press 1863 Chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, New York City 1862 William Rufus Terrill, Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 28 1862 William Duncan Smith, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 36 1862 William "Bull" Nelson, Union general-major, murdered at 38 1862 William Morris Hughes, Australian Politician 1862 William Edwin Starke, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at about 48 1862 George William Taylor, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1862 William Barksdale, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 40 1862 General B. Butler orders William Mumford hanged after he removed and destroyed U.S. flag on display over New Orleans Mint 1862 William B Mumford, 1st U.S. citizen hanged for treason, at 42 1862 William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player who lived to 99 1862 William H Keim, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 48 1862 William W. Campbell, U.S. astronomer and director Lick Observatory 1862 William Wallace Campbell, American Scientist 1862 William Harvey Lamb Wallace, U.S. lawyer/Brigadier-General, dies at 40 1862 George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer 1862 William Slack, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1862 William Pennington, American Lawyer 1861 William Crapo Durant, founded General Machine 1861 William Lyon MacKenzie, Canadian Journalist 1861 William Bateson, English biologist, originator of term "genetics" 1861 George William Norris, Rep/Sen-Neb, Lame duck-amendement 1861 William James Mayo, surgeon/co-founder Mayo clinic in Minnesota 1861 William J. Mayo, American Scientist 1861 William Throsby Bridges, Australian Soldier 1860 William Wallace, composer 1860 William R Inge, English theologist/Deacon St. Paul's Cathedral 1860 William R. Inge, English Clergyman 1860 William Ralph Inge, English Clergyman 1860 William Jennings Bryan, "The Great Commoner" orator/statesman 1860 William James Ashley, English economic-historian 1860 William C Mills, museum curator, excavated Ohio Indian mounds 1859 William Henry Hadow, composer 1859 Billy the Kid, William H Bonney, New York City, criminal 1859 William Henry Grattan Flood, composer 1859 William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher, New York Giants, for the Cincinnati Reds 1859 Paper bag manufacturing machine patents by William Goodale, Massachusetts 1859 William Strang, Scottish painter/engraver 1858 William Watson, British poet, Prince's Quest, Father of Forest 1858 William Herschel of the Indian Civil Service in India 1858 William Ernst Johnson, born in Cambridge, England, mathematician 1858 William Horsley, composer, dies at 83 1858 William W. Campbell, Canadian poet, Beyond the Hills of Dream 1858 William Pickering, Boston, astronomer, 9th and 10th moons of Saturn 1858 William Wells Brown published 1st Black drama, "Leap to Freedom" 1857 William Howard Taft, Cin, R, 27th President, 1909-13, chief justice 1857 William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies 1857 Edward William Elgar, born in Broadheath, England, composer, Pomp and Circumstance 1857 William Francis Channing and Moses G Farmer patents electric fire alarm 1857 William Walker, conqueror of Nicaragua, surrenders to U.S. Navy 1856 William Knyvett, composer, dies at 77 1856 William Archer, Scotland, writer, Green Goddess 1856 William Buckland, dean (Westminister)/geologist, dies 1856 Doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning 1856 William Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies 1856 William M. Conway, English historian and explorer, Spitzbergen 1855 William Seward Burroughs, New York, inventor, recording adding machine 1855 Dorothy Wordsworth, author, diarist, poet, sister of William Wordsworth, romantic poet, dies at 83 1854 William Crawford Gorgas, U.S., Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever 1854 William Beale, composer, dies at 70 1854 William Strickland, U.S. architect, dies 1854 Filibuster William Walker proclaims Republic of Sonora in NW Mexico 1853 William Jay, English Clergyman 1853 William Henry Moody, American Politician 1853 William Richard Bexfield, composer, dies at 29 1853 Frederick William Robertson, English Clergyman 1853 William Gillette, American Actor 1853 William H Gillette, actor, Sherlock Holmes on stage 1853 William Wells Brown publishes "Clotel," 1st novel by black American 1853 Dutch King William III disbands 2nd Chamber 1853 William Beaumont, physiologist, dies 1853 William King, U.S. Vice President, dies a month after his inauguration 1853 William Rufus de Vane King (D) sworn in as 13th U.S. Vice President 1852 William Ramsay, chemist 1852 William Stewart Halsted, established 1st U.S. surgical school 1852 William Scarborough, Macon, Georgia, linguist/author, Birds of Aristophanes 1851 J M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam and Speed), dies at 76 1851 William Lassell discovers Ariel and Umbriel, satellites of Uranus 1850 William Wordsworth, poet, dies at 80 1850 William Prout, physician/chemist, dies 1850 William Henry Welch, U.S., pathologist, founded John Hopkins 1850 William Lisle Bowles, English poet (14 Sonnets), dies at 87 1850 Henry Wells and William Fargo forms American Express in Buffalo 1849 William Bond obtains 1st photograph of Moon through a telescope 1849 William Etty, English painter (nudist), dies at 62 1849 William Osler, born in Canada, physician/author, circulatory system 1849 William Thomas Stead, English Journalist 1848 William and Ellen Craft escape from slavery in Georgia 1848 William Vanderbilt, yachtsman, donated Vanderbilt Cup 1848 William Lamb 2nd viscount Melbourne, British Prime Minister (1834..41), dies at 69 1848 William Lamb Melbourne, British Politician 1848 William "Candy" Cummings, created curve ball 1848 William M Harnett, U.S. painter, Old Violin 1848 William Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer 1848 William G. Young patents ice cream freezer 1848 William A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF 1847 William Crotch, composer, dies at 72 1847 Little William Nelman poisons his grandpa 1847 William Michael Rooke, composer, dies at 53 1847 Francis William Davenport, composer 1847 William Collins, landscape painter, dies 1846 William Robertson Smith, Scottish Scientist 1846 Dentist William T Morton demonstrates effectiveness of ether 1846 Dr. William Thomas Green Morton 1st public use of ether 1846 Neptune's moon Triton discovered by William Lassell 1846 William F "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Davenport Iowa, killed 4000 buffaloes 1846 William Fox Talbot, pioneer photographer/inventor 1846 William Wallace Gilchrist, composer 1845 William Muldoon, Belfast, New York, boxing commissioner, help find PAL 1845 William Kingdon Clifford, English Mathematician 1845 William Parsons, Earl of Rosse, 1st uses 72" (183 cm) reflector 1844 William Archibald Spooner, London, reverend/inventor, spoonerisms 1844 William Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies 1843 William James Robjohn, composer 1843 William Pepper, American Scientist 1843 William Wallace, Scottish mathematician (rights of Wallace), dies 1843 Preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today 1843 William F. Sudds, composer 1843 William McKinley, Niles Ohio, R, 25th President, 1897-1901 1842 William Barker Cushing, Lieutenant Commander Union Navy 1842 William Ellery Channing, cleric/writer, dies 1842 William James, U.S., psychologist/philosopher 1841 William Henry Hudson, British Author 1841 William Paul Roberts, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1841 William Henry Harrison, becomes 1st President to die in office, at 68 1841 Longest inauguration speech (8,443 words), William Henry Harrison 1841 William H H Davenport, Buffalo, stage medium 1840 William H Harrison elected president of US 1840 William G Sumner, U.S. sociologist/political analyst 1840 William Kneass, 3rd U.S. chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office 1840 William Francis Bartlett, Major General Union volunteers 1839 William Henry Seward, Jr., Brigadier General Union volunteers 1839 William Bell Wait, U.S., educated the blind 1839 Steam shovel patented by William Otis, Philadelphia 1838 William Clark, 2nd lt of Lewis and Clark Expedition, dies at 68 1838 William Perkin, inventor, 1st artificial dye 1838 William Hugh Young, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1837 William Wells, Major General Union volunteers 1837 Uprising under William Lyon Mackenzie in Canada 1837 Pharmacists John Lea and William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce 1837 William Clarke Quantrill, Col Confederate Army 1837 Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901 1837 William IV, King of England, dies 1837 William Henry Fitzhugh "Rooney" Lee, Major General Confederate Army 1837 William Charles Levey, composer 1837 William Dean Howells, U.S., novelist/critic/editor, Atlantic 1837 William Williams Keen, surgeon, brain 1836 William Schwenck Gilbert, London, composer, Gilbert and Sullivan 1836 William Gilbert, British Composer 1835 William Hicks "Red" Jackson, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1835 William Wirt Allen, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1835 William Gaston Lewis, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1835 James William Forsyth, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1835 William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British Government 1835 William Henry Ireland, forger (Shakespearean manuscripts), dies 1834 William Thomson enters Glasgow University at 10 years 4 months 1834 William MacRae, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1834 William Carey, English Clergyman 1834 William Rufus Terrill, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1834 William Morris, England, designer, craftsman, poet and socialist 1834 Charles William Elliot, born in Boston, President of Harvard, 1869-1909 1834 Charles William Eliot, American Educator 1834 Toronto incorporated with William Lyon Mackenzie as its 1st mayor 1834 William Wirt, American Statesman 1834 William Preece, English electrical engineer/wireless pioneer 1834 William Dorsey Pender, Major General Confederate Army 1834 William Cleaver Francis Robinson, composer 1833 William Price Sanders, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1833 William Wilberforce, English Politician 1833 William Bainbridge, American Soldier 1833 William Marshall, composer, dies at 84 1833 William Whedbee Kirkland, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1833 William Rush, Indians sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), dies 1832 William Woods Averell, Major General Union Army 1832 William Griggs, inventor, photo chromo lithography 1832 William Le Baron Jenney, U.S., architect/"father of skyscraper" 1832 William Crookes, English chemist/physicist, Crookes-pipe, thallium 1832 William Ruffin Cox, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1832 William Henry Penrose, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1831 Helena Blavatsky, born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, founder of the Theosophical Society, with William Quan Judge, Henry Steel Olcott, believed all inner religious teachings are true 1831 William Dwight, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1831 William Thomas Clark, Major General Union volunteers 1831 William Lloyd Garrison publishes 1st issue of abolitionist journal 1831 William Joseph Westbrook, composer 1830 William Babcock Hazen, Major General Union volunteers 1830 William Hazlitt, critic/essayist, dies 1830 1st to be run-over by a railroad train (William Huskisson, England) 1830 William Sprague, governor of Rhode Island, 1859-63 1830 William Sooy Smith, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1830 William Felix Brantley, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1830 William Henry Fitzhugh Payne, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1829 William Passmore Carlin, Major General Union Army 1829 William Michael Rossetti, civil servant 1829 William Worth Belknap, Major General Union volunteers 1829 Gioacchino Rossini's "William Tell," premieres in Paris 1829 William Austin Burt patents "typographer" (typewriter) 1829 William Congreve, English officer, dies at 56 1829 William Booth, founder, Salvation Army 1829 William Robertson Boggs, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1829 William Anderson Pile, Major General Union volunteers 1829 William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh 1829 William Shield, composer, dies at 80 1829 William Mason, composer 1829 Thomas William Robertson, England, playwright, Caste 1828 William McComb, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1828 William Alexander Hammond, Brigadier General Union Army 1828 George William Warren, composer 1828 Alexander William Campbell, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1828 James William Reilly, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1828 Charles William Field, Major General Confederate Army 1827 William GGVV Harcourt, English lawyer/Minister of Finance 1827 William Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69 1827 William Montague Browne, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1827 William Hall, Canadian Soldier 1827 William Hopkins Morris, Major General Union volunteers 1827 William Holdman Hunt, English painter, Light of the World 1827 William Richard Terry, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1827 William Lewis "Old Tige" Cabell, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1826 William Mahone, Major General Confederate Army 1826 William Haines Lytle, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1826 William Brimage Bate, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, Gov-D-Tenn, 1882 - 1886 1826 William Thomas Best, composer 1826 William Denison Whipple, Major General Union Army 1826 William Fisk Sherwin, composer 1825 William Hull, American Soldier 1825 William Wallace Burns, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1825 William Duncan Smith, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1825 William Nelson Rector Beall, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1825 George William Martin, composer 1824 William Nelson, Major General Union volunteers 1824 William Terry, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1824 William Burnham Woods, Major General Union volunteers 1824 William Tatus Wofford, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1824 Kelvin, William Thomson, British physicist, Kelvin Scale 1824 William Montgomery Gardner, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1824 William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1824 William Walker, filibuster/president of Nicaragua, 1856-57 1824 William Richard Bexfield, composer 1824 William Morris Hunt, American Artist 1824 William Henry Chase Whiting, Major General Confederate Army 1824 George William Curtis, American Author 1824 William Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Major General Union volunteers 1824 William Higgins, discoverer, nature of spiral nebulae 1824 William Kneass becomes 3rd U.S. chief engraver (1824-40) 1824 William Wilkie Collins, English novelist, Woman in White 1823 William Henry Forney, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1823 William Bartram, American Environmentalist 1823 William Macy "Boss" Tweed, corrupt political boss, New York City 1823 William Thompson Martin, Major General Confederate Army 1823 William Henry Monk, composer 1823 William Flank Perry, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1823 William Buel Franklin, Major General Union volunteers 1823 William Rockstro, composer 1822 William Booth Taliaferro, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1822 William Harrow, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1822 F William Herschel, German astronomer (discovered Uranus), dies at 85 1822 Frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer, dies at 83 1822 William Stephen Walker, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1821 William Sill, with The Underground Railroad 1821 William Barksdale, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1821 William Floyd, U.S. soldier/signer of Declaration of Independence, dies at 86 1821 William Harvey Lamb Wallace, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1821 William Howard Russell, Irish Journalist 1821 William Allingham, Irish poet, Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland 1821 William Read Scurry, Confederate Army Brigadier General 1820 William Miller, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1820 William Ellery, U.S. attorney signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 92 1820 William Tecumseh Sherman, Major General Union Army 1819 William Samuel Johnson, American Politician 1819 William Starke Rosecrans, Major General Union volunteers 1819 William Thomas Green Morton, dentist, used ether, HOF 1920 1819 William Herschel makes last telescopic observation of 1819 comet 1819 William A. Wheeler, R, 19th Vice President, 1877-81 1819 William Howard Glover, composer 1819 William Birney, Major General Union volunteers 1819 William Steele, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1819 William Wirt Adams, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1818 William Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring, Major General Confederate Army 1818 William Farquhar Barry, Major General Union Army 1818 Sophia Frederika Mathilde, queen of Netherlands/wife of William III 1818 William George Fargo, founder, Wells Fargo 1818 William Maxwell Evarts, Union 1818 William Raine Peck, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1817 William Bligh, British naval officer of "Bounty" fame, dies at 63 1817 James William Denver, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1816 William Alexander Henry, Canadian Lawyer 1816 William Henry Talkbot Walker, Major General Confederate Army 1816 William Polk Hardeman, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1816 William Preston, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1816 William Batchelder Bradbury, composer 1816 William Bowman, English anatomist 1816 Dorothea Jordan, French actress/mistress (William IV), dies at 65 1816 William Sterndale Bennett, composer 1816 Frederick William Burton, painter 1816 Frederick William Robertson, English Clergyman 1815 William Dennison, postmaster/general, Union 1815 William Joseph Hardee, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1815 John William Glover, composer 1815 William Henry French, Major General Union volunteers 1815 William Jackson, composer 1814 William Lowndes Yancey, MC, Confederacy 1814 Frederick William Faber, born in Calverley, England, theologian, wrote 'Faith of Our Fathers', 'My God, how wonderful thou art', 'Oh, gift of gifts', founded religious community in Cotton Hall, Birmingham 1813 William Russell, composer, dies at 36 1813 William Henry Fry, composer 1813 William Scott Ketchum, Major General Union Army 1813 William Hugh Keim, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1812 William Hauser, composer 1812 William Grose, Major General Union volunteers 1812 William Vincent Wallace, composer 1812 William Henry Holmes, composer 1811 William Hamsley Emory, Major General Union volunteers 1811 William Williams, U.S. merchant and signer, Declaration of Independence, dies at 80 1811 William Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist, Vanity Fair 1811 William Eaton, American Soldier 1810 William Froude, England, engineer/naval architect 1810 William G Armstrong, of Cragside, Baron/British const, hydr crane 1810 William Hepworth Thompson, English Educator 1809 William Ewart Gladstone, Lib, British Prime Minister, 1868-74, '80-86, '92-94 1809 William Gladstone, British Leader 1809 William Nelson Pendleton, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1809 William Chappell, English Writer 1809 William Radford, Commander Union Navy 1809 Sylvanus William Godon, Commander Union Navy 1809 William Walker, composer 1809 William David Porter, Commander Union Navy 1809 1st U.S. geology book published by William Maclure 1808 William Thomas Ward, Major General Union volunteers 1808 Michael William Balfe, composer 1808 William Henry Lane ("Juda") perfects tap dance 1807 William Bowen Campbell, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1806 William Pitt Fessenden, Secretary Treasury, Union 1806 British forces lay siege to French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve 1806 William Pitt, the Younger, Prime Minister Great Britain 1783 - 1806, dies at 46 1805 William Lloyd Garrison, American Journalist 1805 William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist publisher, The Liberator 1805 William Rowan Hamilton, Irish Mathematician 1805 William Paley, English Theologian 1805 William Kerley Strong, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1805 William H Ainsworth, English writer, Old St. Paul's, Rookwood 1805 William Harrison Ainsworth, English Novelist 1804 William Forsyth, English gardening expert (Forsythia), dies 1804 John William, Turk, Livingston, Commander Union Navy 1804 Vice-Admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad 1804 British Vice-Admiral William Blighs fleet reaches Curacao 1803 William Allen, Rep/Gov-Oh 1803 William Jackson, composer, dies at 73 1803 William Dunlap, adapts French melodrama "Voice of Nature" 1803 Douglas William Jerrold, London, author/playwright/wit, Punch Mag 1802 William George Frederick Cavendish Bentinck, Lord George Bentinck 1801 Edward William Lane, translator, Thousand and 1 Nights 1801 William Henry Seward, Secretary of State, 1861 - 1869, buys Alaska at 2 cents per acre 1801 William H. Seward, American Statesman 1800 William Billings, U.S. composer (Rose of Sharon), dies at 53 1800 William H McGuffey, educator, McGuffey Readers 1800 William Wister McKean, Commander Union Navy 1800 William Cowper, English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68 1800 William Chambers, author/publisher, Basis of Communication and Coding 1800 William Henry Fox Talbot, Wiltshire England, photographic pioneer 1800 William Jones, composer, dies at 73 1799 William Paca, U.S. judge/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 58 1799 William Clark (of Lewis and Clark) is willed the slave York 1799 William Curtis, English botanist (Botanical Magazine), dies at 53 1799 William Lassell, discoverer, satellites of Uranus and Neptune 1797 William Motherwell, Scottish civil servant/poet 1797 1st U.S. senator, William Blount of Tennessee, expelled by impeachment 1797 William I, Berlin, King of Prussia, 1861-88, German Emperor, 1871-88 1796 William Pennington, American Lawyer 1796 William McGillivray, Old Aberdeen, naturalist 1795 William Prescott, American Revolutionary soldier, dies 1795 William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason 1795 William Lyon MacKenzie, Canadian Journalist 1795 Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies 1794 William Cullen Bryant, poet, Thanatopsis 1794 William Cullen Bryant, American Poet 1794 William Michael Rooke, composer 1794 William Whewell, British philosopher, History of Inductive Science 1794 William Jones, British Orientalist/jurist, dies at 47 1793 William Aiton, English botanist (Kew Gardens), dies at 61 1793 William Henry Havergal, composer 1792 Ernst William Wolf, composer, dies at 57 1792 John Herschel, born in Slough, England, William Herschel's son, astronomer 1790 William Parry, England, Arctic explorer 1790 William Hooper, U.S. attorney and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 48 1789 William Herschel discovers Mimas, satellite of Saturn 1789 William Cranch Bond, U.S., astronomer, codiscovered Hyperion 1789 Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus 1789 Captain William Blighs reaches Timor 1789 Fletcher Christian leads Mutiny on HMS Bounty and Captain William Bligh 1787 William Etty, English painter, nudes 1787 Titania and Oberon, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel 1786 William Rufus DeVane King, D, 13th Vice President, 1853 1785 William Whipple, merchant, judge, and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 55 1785 William Beaumont, surgeon, studied digestion 1785 John William Fletcher, evangelist, dies 1785 William J Hooker, English botanist/director, Kew Gardens 1785 William Woollett, engraver, dies 1784 William Beale, composer 1783 William Pitt, Jr. (24) becomes British premier 1783 William Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex 1782 William Emerson, English Mathematician 1781 Sir William Herschel sees "comet" (really discovered Uranus) 1780 William Hone, England, author/bookseller, Every-Day Book 1780 William Duane, American Lawyer 1780 William Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris 1780 William Ellery Channing, U.S., Unitarian clergyman 1780 William Blackstone, jurist, dies 1780 William Blackstone, English lawyer, dies at 56 1779 William Warburton, English Critic 1779 William Knyvett, composer 1779 William Lamb, Whig, Viscount Melbourne, British Prime Minister, 1834, 1835-41 1779 William Lamb Melbourne, British Politician 1779 William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies 1779 William Boyce, composer, dies at 67 1778 William Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69 1778 William Hazlitt, essayist and critic 1777 William Russell, composer 1777 English General William Howe occupies Philadelphia 1777 English general William Howe conquers Philadelphia 1777 William Hayes, composer, dies at 69 1776 1st U.S. fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William and Mary College), forms 1775 William Crotch, composer 1775 Paul Revere and William Dawes warn "British are coming!" 1774 Mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft. William and Mary 1774 1st incident of Revolution-400 attack Ft. William and Mary, New Hampshire 1774 William Horsley, composer 1774 William Bainbridge, American Soldier 1774 1st sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel) 1773 William Henry Harrison, Virginia, Whigs, 9th President, March 4-April 4, 1841 1772 William Wirt, American Statesman 1772 William Congreve, English officer, design fire rocket 1771 Dorothy Wordsworth, born in Cumberland, England, author, diarist, poet, sister of William Wordsworth, romantic poet 1770 William Clark, born in Charlottsville, Virginia, 2nd lt of Lewis and Clark Expedition 1770 William Wordsworth, England, poet laureate, Prelude 1769 William Jay, English Clergyman 1769 William Smith, geologist, Strata Identified by Organized Fossils 1768 William Wallace, Scottish mathematician, Rights of Wallace 1765 William August duke of Cumberland, English supreme commander, dies at 44 1765 William IV, king of England, 1830-37 1764 William Eaton, American Soldier 1762 William Lisle Bowles, English poet, 14 Sonnets 1761 William Carey, English Clergyman 1761 William Law, theologian, dies 1760 William Beckford, British writer, Epsiodes of Vathek 1759 William Wilberforce, English Politician 1759 William Collins, English poet (Ode to Simplicity), dies at 37 1759 William Pitt, the Younger, C, English PM, 1783-1801, 1804-06 1759 William Thornton, architect, Capitol building, Washington D.C. 1757 William Blake, English poet/painter, Songs of Innocence and Experience 1757 English Ft. William Henry, New York, surrenders to French and Indians troops 1757 English king George II fires minister William Pitt, Sr. 1756 William Godwin, philosopher and political writer, Caleb Williams 1755 English minister William Pitt Sr resigns 1753 William Hull, American Soldier 1751 William Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies 1748 William Marshall, composer 1748 William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies 1748 William Shield, composer 1746 William Billings, born in Boston, Massachusetts, hymn composer, Rose of Sharon 1746 William Jones, born in London, England, British Orientalist/jurist 1746 William Curtis, English botanist/publisher, Botanical Magazine 1742 William Somerville, English Poet 1742 William Hooper, U.S. attorney signed Declaration of Independence 1740 William Paca, U.S. judge/signer, Declaration of Independence 1739 William Bartram, American Environmentalist 1738 F William Herschel, German/English astronomer, discovered Uranus 1735 Ernst William Wolf, composer 1734 William Floyd, U.S. soldier/signer, Declaration of Independence 1734 Netherlands William K H Friso marries princess Anne of Hanover 1731 William Cowper, England, pre-romantic poet, His Task, 1731 William Cowper, English lawyer/poet, John Gilpin, 1731 William Williams, U.S. merchant signed Declaration of Independence 1730 William Jackson, composer 1730 William Whipple, merchant/judge, Declaration of Independence signer 1729 Henry William, Baron, Stiegel, early American glassmaker 1729 William Congreve, English dramatist (Love for Love), dies at 58 1727 William Ellery, U.S. attorney/signer Declaration of Independence 1727 William Samuel Johnson, American Politician 1727 William Croft, composer, dies at 48 1726 William Jones, composer 1723 William Blackstone, England, jurist, Blackstone's Commentaries 1721 William Collins, Chichester England, Mayor-Chichester, poet 1721 William August duke of Cumberland, English army leader 1718 William Penn, English Quaker/colonizer 'No cross, no crown', dies 1718 William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer 1716 William Wycherley, dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about 75 1714 William Shenstone, English Poet 1710 William Boyce, English organist/composer of Cathedral music 1709 William Cowper/Cooper, English anatomist, dies at about 62 1708 William Pitt the Elder, Whig, U.K. PM, 1756-61, 66-68, 'Great Commoner' 1708 William Hayes, composer 1702 Willem III Henry, Dutch William, king of England/Scot, dies at 51 1702 England Queen Anne ascends throne upon death of King William III 1702 William III, Dutch King of England (1689-1702), dies at 51 1701 William Penn presents Charter of Priviliges 1701 William Kidd, English / U.S. buccaneer, hanged 1701 William Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock 1701 William Emerson, English Mathematician 1700 William Penn began monthly meetings for Blacks advocating emancipation 1699 Pirate Captain William Kidd is captured in Boston 1699 William Temple, statesman, dies 1698 William Warburton, English Critic 1697 William Hogarth, England, satiric painter/engraver, Rake's Progress 1697 King William's War in America ends with Treaty of Ryswick 1695 William Congreve's "Love for Love," premieres in London 1693 College of William and Mary opens 1693 William and Mary college is 2nd college chartered in US 1693 Royal charter granted College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va 1692 French defeat William III of England at Steinkirk (Enghein) 1692 MacDonald clan murdered on orders of King William III 1691 Battle of Aughrim (Aghrim) England, William III beats James II 1690 Battle of Boyne-King William III defeats catholic king James II 1690 Army of England's Protestant King William III defeats Roman Catholic King James II in Battle of Boyne in Ireland 1689 William III and Mary Stuart proclaimed king and queen of England 1689 William III and Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain 1689 Dutch prince William III proclaimed king of England 1688 Frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68 1686 William Dugdale, Garter King of Arms (1677-86), dies 1684 William Brouncker, 2nd viscount/1st President of Royal Society, dies 1684 William Pulteney, London, statesman, Earl of Bath 1683 Lord William Russell, English plotter against Charles II, beheaded 1683 William Penn signs friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape indians in Pennsylvania; only treaty "not sworn to, nor broken" 1682 William Penn lands at what is now Chester, Pennsylvania 1682 William Penn accepts area around Delaware River from Duke of York 1682 William Penn left England to sail to New World 1682 Duke James of York gives Delaware to William Penn 1682 William Penn founds Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1681 William Lilly, English astrologer, dies 1681 English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania 1681 King Charles II grants William Penn royal charter for Pennsylvania 1678 William Croft, composer 1678 Battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange 1677 Battle at Montcassel, French troops beat Prince William III 1675 William Somerville, English Poet 1675 Prince William III installed as governor of Overijssel 1670 William Congreve, England, writer, Old Bachelor, Way of the World 1668 William Davenant, English Poet 1668 Dutch Prince William III dances in premiere of "Ballet of Peace" 1663 William Juxon, archbishop of Canterbury (1660-63), dies 1661 William Leddra, last Quaker, hanged in Boston 1659 William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher 1657 William Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies 1652 William Dampier, English explorer/pirate 1651 John Baron Somers, Whig, William III's chief minister, 1696-1700 1650 Willem III Henry, Dutch William, king of England, 1689-1702 1645 William Smith, composer, dies at 42 1645 William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71 1644 William Penn, English Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania 1644 William Gascoigne, introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24 1644 William Chillingworth, English theologian, Cambridge Platonist, dies 1643 William Cartwright, English Dramatist 1639 William Cobbold, composer, dies at 79 1639 William Coddington founds Newport, Rhode Island 1634 William Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti" 1633 William Ames, English Philosopher 1630 William Brade, composer, dies 1626 William II, prince of Orange/stadholder 1624 William, Jamestown, Virginia, 1st black child born in English America 1624 William Tucker, 1st Black child born in America 1623 William Camden, English historian: Brittania/Annales, dies at 72 1623 Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, dies 1623 William Byrd, English composer (Ave verum corpus), dies at 80 1622 William Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38 1621 Governor William Bradford of Plymouth forbids game playing on Christmas 1620 William Adams, English Explorer 1620 Frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia 1616 William Shakesphere, English author (Hamlet) 1616 William Shakespeare, English Dramatist 1616 William Sancroft, Archbishop, Canterbury 1611 William Cartwright, English Dramatist 1610 Benedict van Canfield, William Fish, English missionary, dies 1604 William Shakespeare's tragedy "Othello" 1st presented 1603 William Gilbert, Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at 59 1603 William Smith, composer 1602 William Lilly, England, astrologer, author, and almanac compiler 1598 William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77 1594 William Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62 1593 William Louis of Nassau becomes governor/viceroy of Drenthe 1589 William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth colony for 30 years 1585 William Drummond, Scottish Poet 1583 Richard Martin of London takes out 1st life insurance policy, on William Gibbons, premium was 383 pounds 1583 William of Orange marries Louise de Coligny 1582 Playwright and poet William Shakespeare weds Anne Hathaway 1582 William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway 1578 William Harvey of England discovers blood circulation 1578 William Harvey, born in England, physician, discovered blood circulation 1575 William of Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon 1575 English queen Elizabeth I grants Thomas Tallis and William Byrd music press monopoly 1574 William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor, slide rule 1573 William Laud, English archbishop of Canterbury, 1633-45 1568 In Netherlands, Duke of Alva declares William of Orange an outlaw 1567 Dutch prince William of Orange flees from Antwerp to Breda 1564 William Adams, English Explorer 1564 William Shakespeare baptized 1564 William Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright, Hamlet 1563 William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral 1561 William of Orange appointed viceroy of Burgundy/Charolais 1560 William Cobbold, composer 1555 William of Orange becomes member of Council of State 1551 William Camden, English historian, Brittania, Annales 1550 Henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange 1550 William Cecil appoints himself English minister of foreign affairs 1544 William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist, researcher into magnetism 1532 William Warham, English archbishop of Canterbury (1502-32), dies at 82 1520 William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier 1495 William Stanley, English lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy 1422 William Caxton, 1st English printer, Histories of Troy 1404 William of Wykeham, chancellor/Bishop of Winchester, dies 1401 William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London 1328 William of Ockham forced to flee from Avignon by Pope John XXII 1307 William Tell shoots apple off his son's head 1305 William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled and beheaded 1174 Scottish King William captured 1133 William the Conqueror orders 1st Domesday Survey of England 1120 William, English crown prince/son of Henry I, drowns at 17 1100 William II, Rufus, king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 1095 Council of Rockingham: bishop Anselmus vs King William II Rufus 1087 William I, The Conqueror, King of England/Duke of Normandy, dies 1066 William the Conqueror, crowned king of England 1066 Battle of Hastings, in which William the Conqueror wins England 1066 William the Conqueror invade England 1066 William the Conqueror troops sail to England |
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