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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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