1997 Shoichi Yokoi, Jap WW II fighter (surrendered in 1972), dies at 82
1997 Rosie Will Monroe, WW II icon, Rosie the Riveter, dies at 76
1996 Paul Touvier, French WW II criminal, dies at 81
1994 Stanislaw Maczek, Polish/British general-major (WW II), dies at 102
1993 W Edwards Deming, U.S. economist (helped Japan after WW II), dies at 93
1993 Henri van Soede, sub commandant (WW II), dies at about 83
1993 Fer A Olthoff, Dutch WW II resistance fighter (Het Parool), dies
1993 Paul Brickhill, Dutch/US WW II pilot/physician, dies
1991 1st post WW II non-communist government in Albania
1991 Vasko Popa, Serbian WW II-partisan/poet (Sporedno Nebo), dies at 68
1990 Malcolm Muggeridge, WW II spy for Britain, dies at 87
1990 Douglas Edwards, WW II correspondent, dies of cancer at 73
1990 Alan J P Taylor, British historian (Origins of WW II), dies
1988 Unexploded WW II bomb found in Frankfurt, Germany - 5,000 evacuated
1988 Congress votes $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned in WW II
1988 Axis Sally, [Mildred E Gillars], U.S. nazi propagandist (WW II), dies
1988 Nazi document implicates Waldheim in WW II deportations
1988 Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, ace WW II pilot, dies at 75 of cancer
1987 Thomas G Lanphier Jr, U.S. WW II pilot, dies at 71
1987 Ira C Eaker, commandant USAF in Europe (WW II), dies at 91
1987 U.S. Justice Department bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering U.S., due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WW II
1987 Maxwell D Taylor, U.S. commander 101st airborne (WW II), dies at 85
1987 Francis C Denebrink, U.S. Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) dies at 90
1985 B V A Roling, Dutch lawyer (WW II Tokyo trials), dies at 78
1983 Mark W. Clark, U.S. general (WW II), dies at 87
1982 Leopold Trepper, Polish/Israeli spy (WW II), dies at 77
1981 Ben Seijes, historian (WW II), dies at 73
1974 WW II war criminal JP Philippa arrested
1973 Eddie Rickenbacker, WW I fighter pilot, dies at 82
1973 Andre de Meulemeester, Belg WW I pilot [Eagle of Flanders], dies at 78
1971 Audie Murphy, WW II hero/actor (Sierra), killed in plane crash at 46
1970 John Frazier kills Ohta's declares WW 3 has begun
1970 Wladyslaw Anders, Polish general (WW I, WW II), dies at 78
1970 Semjon Timoshenko, Russ marshal/inspector-general (WW II), dies at 75
1969 U.S. government holds its 1st draft lottery since WW II
1969 Dwight D Eisenhower, 34th pres/gen (WW 2), dies in Washington at 78
1968 Husband Edward Kimmel, commandant U.S. Ocean fleet WW II, dies at 86
1967 Arthur W. Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal (WW II), dies at 76
1966 Period of relative peace following WW II exceeds that following WW I
1966 Chester W. Nimitz, U.S. Admiral (WW II), dies at 80
1965 Henry D G Crerar, Canadian general (WW I, Normandy), dies at 76
1963 NKD Nanavati, Indies general-major (WW II), dies
1963 Andrew Browne, Irish/British Admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80
1962 Nazi Adolf Eichmann hanged in Israel for crimes against Jews in WW II
1961 Walter Bedell Smith, U.S. general/WW II chief of staff, dies at 75
1961 Israel begins Adolf Eichmann WW II war crimes trial
1961 Max Hymans, WW II resistance fighter/Head of Air France, dies at 60
1959 William "Bull" F Halsey, U.S. vice-admiral (WW II Pacific), dies
1958 Unidentified soldiers killed in WW II and Korean War buried in Arlington
1958 Maurice-Gustave Gamelin, French generalissmo (WW I, WW II), dies at 85
1958 Earnest H Heinkel, German airplane builder (WW II), dies at 70
1956 Lionel K P "Buster" Crabb, British diver (WW II), dies at 47
1956 John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (WW II Monument Amsterdam), dies at 70
1955 Soviet battleship "Novorossiisk" strikes WW II mine in Baltic Sea
1952 WW II Pacific peace treaty takes effect
1949 U.S. troops withdraw from Korea after WW II
1949 Simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47
1948 Andre Serot, colonel/commandant of French air force (WW II), dies
1948 John J Pershing, [Black Jack], U.S. general (Mexico, WW I), dies at 87
1947 Jacques-Philippe Leclerc, WW II hero (liberator of Paris), dies at 44
1947 Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34
1947 WW II sugar rationing finally endd in U.S., began May 28, 1942
1947 OPA, which issued WW II rationing coupons, disbands
1947 Trial against WW II mayor of Amsterdam Edward Vo–te begins
1947 WW II peace treaties signed
1947 Marc A "Pete" Mitscher, U.S. lt-adm (WW II-Task Force 58), dies at 60
1946 President Truman officially proclaims end of WW II
1945 Hideki Tojo, Japanese PM during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged
1945 John S Mccain, U.S. admiral, (WW II-Pacific Ocean), dies
1945 V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WW II ends)
1945 Japan surrenders ending WW II (US date, 9/2 in Japan)
1945 Japanese diplomats board Missouri to receive instructions on Japan's surrender at the end of WW II
1945 A riot ensued in San Francisco while the city was celebrating the end of WW II
1945 V-J Day; Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II
1945 U.S.S.R. declares war against Japan in WW II
1945 1st of the superstars returns from the WW II, Hank Greenberg homers
1945 U.S. defeat Japanese forces on Okinawa during WW II
1945 V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WW II ends in Europe
1945 Radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WW II
1945 Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason
1945 Ernest T Pyle, British/US newscaster, killed in WW II at 44
1945 U.S. troops enter Nuremberg, Germany, during WW II
1945 U.S. forces invade Okinawa during WW II
1945 U.S.S.R. invades Austria during WW II
1945 During WW II Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany
1945 Bert Shepard (1 legged WW II vet) tries out as a pitcher for Senators
1944 Segundo "Boy" Ecury, Aruba, WW II resistance fighter, executed at 22
1944 Sweden announces intention to stay neutral and refuse sanctuary in WW II
1944 During WW II, U.S. troops capture Aachen, 1st large German city to fall
1944 Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II
1944 Erwin Rommel, German fieldmarshal (WW II-Africa), suicide at 52
1944 During WW II, George Bush ejects from a burning plane
1944 U.S. forces invade Japanese-held Tinian in WW II
1944 U.S. invades Japanese-occupied Guam in WW II
1944 Greenwich Observatory damaged by WW II flying bomb
1944 Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies at 86
1943 Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II), dies
1943 Allied forces captured Naples during WW II
1943 General Eisenhower announce unconditional surrender of Italy in WW II
1943 U.S. forces overrun New Georgia in Solomon Islands during WW II
1943 Benito Mussolini captured, dismissed as premier of Italy during WW II
1943 500 allied air forces raid Rome during WW II
1943 U.S. and Britain invade Sicily in WW II, Operation Husky
1943 British and U.S. Army link up in Africa during WW II
1943 Meat, butter and cheese rationed in U.S. during WW II
1943 Texas League announces it will quit for the duration of WW II
1943 German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad, turning point of WW II
1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill confer in Casablanca concerning WW II
1943 Teams agrees to start season later due to WW II
1942 U.S. bombers struck Italian mainland for 1st time in WW II
1942 NHL abolishes regular season OT until WW II is over
1942 During WW II Germany completes their occupation of France
1942 Montgomery (Br) defeats Rommel (G) in battle of Alamein Egypt (WW II)
1942 During WW II, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt
1942 U.S. Navy defeats Japanese in WW II Battle of Cape Esperance
1942 Douglas Munro, only U.S. Coast Guard with WW II-Med of Honor, dies
1942 Kiyoano Ichiki, Japanese colonel (WW II), dies
1942 Louis FMF Franchet d'Esperey, French marshal (WW I), dies at 90
1942 1st American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe (WW II)
1942 British RAF staged a 1,000 bomb raid on Bremen Germany (WW II)
1942 Jewish Brigade attached by British Army in WW II, forms
1942 1st WW II American expeditionary force lands in Africa (Gold Coast)
1942 U.S. and U.S.S.R. sign Lend-Lease agreement during WW II
1942 Battle of Midway ends: Adm Nimitz wins 1st WW II naval defeat of Japan
1942 Battle of Midway begins; Japan's 1st major defeat in WW II
1942 1,047 bombers bomb Cologne in RAF's raid of WW II
1942 New York City ends night baseball games for rest of WW II
1942 U.S. begins rationing sugar during WW II
1942 "WW II" titled so, as result of Gallup Poll
1942 WW II Navy flier Don Mason sends message "Sighted sub sank same"
1942 Clinton Pierce becomes 1st U.S. general wounded in action in WW II
1942 1st U.S. force in Europe during WW II go ashore in Northern Ireland
1942 Cubs, drop plans to install lights at Wrigley due to WW II
1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt asks commissioner to continue baseball during WW II
1942 WW II siege of Bataan starts
1941 US Office of Censorship created to control info pertaining to WW II
1941 Japanese attack Wake Island (only failed WW II-landing)
1941 1st U.S. WW II bombing mission in Far East, Luzon, Philippines
1941 US and Britain declare war on Japan, U.S. enters WW II
1941 Prior to U.S. in WW II, Germany torpedoes U.S. destroyer Reuben James
1941 1st U.S. destroyer (Kearney) torpedoed in WW II, off Iceland
1941 1st WW II liberty ship, freighter Patrick Henry, launched
1941 1st German ship in WW II captured by U.S. ship (Busko)
1941 Charles Lindbergh, charges "British, Jewish and Roosevelt administration" are trying to get U.S. into WW II
1941 Siege of Leningrad by Nazi troops began during WW II
1941 Finland enters WW II against Russia
1941 Germany, Italy and Romania declares war on Soviet Union during WW II
1941 Lancelot Holland, British vice-admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle
1941 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies)
1940 Germany begins dropping incendiary bombs on London (WW II)
1940 British troops 1st major offensive in No Africa (Libya) during WW II
1940 During WW II, German planes destroy most of Coventry, England
1940 Germany invades Norway and Denmark in WW II
1940 Lottery for 1st U.S. WW II draftees held; #158 drawn 1st
1940 Tide turns in Battle of Britain in WW II, RAF beats Luftwaffe
1940 France signs an armistice with Italy during WW II
1940 France asks Germany for terms of surrender in WW II
1940 German forces occupied Paris during WW II
1940 Italy declares war on France and Britain during WW II
1940 Norway surrenders to Germany during WW II
1940 Battle of France begins in WW II
1940 In WW II, Germans capture Ostend and Ypres in Belgium and Lille in France
1940 Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II, Denmark surrenders
1940 Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isthmus
1940 Britain's 1st WW II rationing (bacon, butter and sugar)
1939 U.S. allows "cash and carry" arms sales during WW II
1939 Albrecht MAPJ, duke of Wurttemberg/general (WW II), dies at 73
1939 Soviet-German treaty agree on 4th partition of Poland (WW II) and gives Lithuania to U.S.S.R., last Polish troops surrender
1939 Versailles Peace Treaty forgot to include Andorra, so Andorra and Germany finally sign an official treaty ending WW I
1939 Soviet Union invades Poland during WW II
1939 In WW II, Canada declared war on Germany
1939 1st German air attack on Great-Britain in WW II
1939 Franklin D. Roosevelt declares U.S. neutrality at start of WW II in Europe
1939 WW II starts, Germany invades Poland, takes Danzig
1939 Chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight in WW II
1937 Erich Ludendorff, German general (WW I), dies at 72
1937 Japanese and Chinese troops clash, (Marco Polo Bridge), becomes WW II
1931 Emanuele F duke of Aosta, Italian WW I-general/fascist, dies at 62
1929 Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I), dies at 74
1929 President Von Hindenburg refuses to pay German debt of WW I
1929 Edmond Thieffry, Belgium, WW I pilot, dies at 36
1929 Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77
1928 Luigi Cadorna, Italian fieldmarshal (WW I, Caporetto), dies at 78
1928 Reinhard Scheer, German Admiral (WW I), dies at 65
1928 Douglas Haig, British fieldmarshal (Sudan/Boer war/WW I), dies at 66
1928 Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig/field marshal (WW I), dies at 66
1926 Latkin Square in Bronx named for 1st U.S. Jewish soldier to die in WW I
1926 France and U.S. reach accord on repayment of WW I
1924 Walter Fufido, born in Bronx, New York, Iwo Jima casualty, WW II
1924 Audie Murphy, born in Kingston, Texas, WW II hero/actor, Destry, Joe Butterfly
1924 Julius Moormann, student/resistance fighter, WW II
1923 Coolidge pardons WW I German spy Lothar Witzke, sentenced to death
1923 Kent L Lee, U.S. vice-admiral, WW II-Marianas/Palau
1922 Arthur R Hawkins, U.S. pilot/capt, WW II, downed 14 jap planes
1922 Erich Hartmann, German WW II pilot, downed 352 Russian aircrafts
1921 Bill Mauldin, cartoonist, WW II Army grunts
1921 Ludwig-Alexander von Battenberg [Mountbatten], adm (WW I), dies at 67
1921 Jacob J Hage, Dutch farmer/WW II resistance fighter
1921 Memorial to Capt Eddie Grant, killed in WW I, unveiled at Polo Grounds
1919 Edward L Feightner, U.S. rear-admiral, WW II-Santa Cruz Islands
1919 New York City welcomes home Gen John J Pershing and 25,000 WW I soldiers
1919 Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed in France
1919 WW I Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France
1918 1st day of 1st-class cricket in Aust after WW I (Vic vs. NSW)
1918 Germany surrenders ending WW I, Allies and Germany sign armistice
1918 Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates after German defeat in WW I
1918 United Press erroneously reports WW I armistice had been signed
1918 Poland proclaims independence from Russia after WW I
1918 Joseph Lesage, French painter/etcher (WW I), dies at 34
1918 Michail V Alekseyev, Russian general (WW I), murdered at 60
1918 Battle of the Argonne, final major battle of WW I
1918 During WW I, U.S. forces launch an attack on German-occupied St. Mihiel
1918 Due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early
1918 Baseball season ends due to WW I
1918 Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I), dies at 36
1918 Britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I
1918 Battle of Amiens ends in WW I, Allieds beat Germans
1918 In WW I 2nd battle of the Marne ends
1918 Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies
1918 German armies retreat across Marne River in France (WW I)
1918 U.S. and French forces launch Aisne-Marne offensive in WW I
1918 2nd Battle of Marne began during WW I
1918 Rob de Vries, Dutch WW II resistance fighter/dir/actor, Ciske de Rat
1918 Battle of Belleau Wood, 1st U.S. victory of WW I
1918 "Red Baron", [Manfred von Richtofen], shot down in WW I at 25
1918 During WW I Germany launches Somme offensive
1918 1st WW I U.S. Army troop ship torpedoed and sunk by Germany, off Ireland
1918 President Wilson outlines his 14 points for peace after WW I
1917 Fed government took over operation of American RR for duration of WW I
1917 1st U.S. soldiers killed in combat in WW I
1917 In WW I, the 1st U.S. soldiers are killed in combat
1917 1st Infantry division "Big Red One" shoots 1st U.S. shot in WW I
1917 1st Americans to see action on front lines of WW I
1917 Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot, dies at 22
1917 China declares war on Germany and Austria at start of WW I
1917 WW I draft lottery held; #258 is 1st drawn
1917 1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service
1917 1st U.S. Expeditionary Force arrive in France during WW I
1917 After WW I King George V ordered members of British royal family to dispense with German titles and surnames, they take the name Windsor
1917 Gen Pershing and his HQ staff arrived in Paris during WW I
1917 10 million U.S. men begin registering for draft in WW I
1917 Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WW I
1917 Leo Pinckney, 1st American drafted during WW I
1917 Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I
1917 AP reports Mexico and Japan will allie with Germany if U.S. enters WW I
1917 German plan to get Mexican help in WW I exposed (Zimmerman telegram)
1917 Harmen van Rossum, civil servant/resistance fighter, WW II
1916 French defeat Germans in WW I Battle of Verdun
1916 Ferdinand AM van der Ham, Dutch WW II resistance fighter
1916 Len Wilkinson, cricketer, England leg-spinner just before WW II
1916 Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun
1916 Italy declares war against Germany during WW I
1916 James D. Ramage, U.S. lt-Adm, WW II-Palau/Guam/Philippines
1916 Tokyo Rose, [Iva Toguri D'Aquino], propagandist, WW II
1916 Victor Chapman, U.S. legionaire/WW I pilot, killed
1916 Max Immelmann, German pilot (WW I), killed
1916 U.S. Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WW I
1916 Ross Gregory, cricketer, Australian batsman 1936-37, died in WW II
1916 Battle of Verdun in WW I begins (1 million casualties)
1915 Edith L Cavell, British nurse, executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II)
1915 Colin Purdie Kelly, U.S., 1st U.S. air hero, during WW II
1915 Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary and Germany during WW I
1915 1st military use of chlorine poison gas by Germany in WW I
1915 Edward Stone, 1st U.S. combatant to die in WW I, is mortally wounded
1915 1st U.S. ship lost in WW I, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK)
1914 German forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
1914 German forces move into Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
1914 Battle of Aisne ends with Germans beating French during WW I
1914 Battle of Aisne begins between Germans and French during WW I
1914 Battle of Marne (WW I) begins: Germans chase out Russians
1914 Raffenel, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WW I), dies in battle
1914 Rondoney, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WW I), dies in battle
1914 France declares war on Austria-Hungary, leading to WW I
1914 Cuba, Uruguay, Mexico and Argentina proclaim neutrality in WW I
1914 U.S. declares neutrality in WW I
1914 Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France in WW I
1914 Emperor Wilhelm II declares war on his nephew tsar Nicolas II (WW I)
1914 Trois Vierges: German 69th infantry regiment enter Luxembourg Germany declares war on Russia in WW I
1914 Austria-Hungary issues ultimatum to Serbia leading to WW I
1914 Austria invades Siberia, WW I
1914 [Bert de] Wayne Morris, born in Los Angeles, California, WW II-pilot/actor, Paths of Glory
1913 Hugo Pos, Suriname/Neth WW II prosecutor of minor war crimes Tokyo
1912 Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II, saved 10,000s of Jews
1912 Henry L "Hank" Miller, U.S. pilot/lt adm, WW II-Pacific
1912 Odette Hallowes, British classified agent in France, WW II
1910 Stephen Jurika, Jr., U.S. pilot/capt, WW II, Santa Cruz, Navy Cross
1910 Francis D Foley, U.S. lt adm, WW II, Guadalcanal
1910 William I Martin, U.S. pilot/vice-admiral, WW II
1910 Martijn Lijnema, boer/resistance fighter, WW II
1910 Douglas R S Bader, British pilot, WW II
1910 Dominique Pire, Belgium, educator, aided WW II refugees, Nobel 1958
1910 Martha van Och-Scholl, German/Dutch resistance fighter, WW II
1910 David McCampbell, U.S. pilot/capt, WW II-Pacific-downed 34 Jap planes
1909 Simone Weil, born in Paris, social philosopher/Resistance fighter, WW II
1909 Lionel KP "Buster" Crabb, British diver, WW II-George Medal
1908 Ben Seijes, Dutch historian, WW II
1906 Roy L Johnson, U.S. Admiral, WW II-Pacific Ocean
1905 Fitzhugh Lee, U.S. pilot/vice-admiral, WW II, Navy Cross
1905 John S "Jimmy" Thach, U.S. pilot/admiral, WW II
1904 Herbert D Riley, U.S. vice-admiral, WW II, Guadalcanal, Okinawa
1904 Paul D Stoop, U.S. vice-admiral, WW II-Coral Sea
1903 John Piper, British writer, US Churches in WW I, /official war painter
1903 James S. Russell, U.S. pilot/admiral, WW II Pacific Ocean
1902 Jacques-Philippe Leclerc, France, WW II hero, liberator of Paris
1902 Truman J. Hedding, U.S. vice-admiral, WW II
1901 Arleigh A Burke, Colo, Admiral, WW II, Solomon Islands, Navy Cross
1901 CFH "Freddie" Gough, British major scout, WW II, Arnhem
1900 Ernie Pyle, born in England, correspondent during WW II
1899 Lyman L Lemnitzer, Marine Corps general, WW II
1899 Jean Moulin, hero of the French Resistance, WW II
1899 Fritz Bayerlein, German lt-general, WW I, Poland, Libya, St-Lo
1898 Kurt Tank, German WW II aircraft designer
1897 Lucius du Bignon Clay, U.S., general, WW II, /gov, West Germany
1896 Georgi K Zjukov, Russian minister of Defense, WW II, [OS-Dec 2]
1896 Francis C Denebrink, U.S. Naval officer, WW I, WW II, Korea
1895 Walter Bedell Smith, U.S. general, WW II, /head of CIA, 1950-52
1895 Richard Sorge, German spy for U.S.S.R. in Tokyo, WW II
1895 Matthew B. Ridgway, U.S. general in WW II, China, Nicaragua, Korea, NATO
1895 Semjon Timoshenko, Russ marshal/inspector-general, WW II
1894 Andre de Meulemeester, Belgian WW I pilot, Eagle of Flanders
1894 Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot
1894 Gerald F Bogan, U.S. vice-admiral, WW II-Pacific Ocean
1892 Edmond Thieffry, Belgian WW I pilot/air pioneer
1892 Baron Willy Coppens de Houthulst, Belgian WW I pilot
1892 Josip Broz Tito, WW II partisan, leader of Yugoslavia, 1943-80
1892 Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, [Red Baron], German WW I ace
1892 Robert P Tristram Coffin, poet/reporter, WW II
1892 Wladyslaw Anders, Polish general, WW I, WW II
1891 Erwin Rommel, German fieldmarshal, WW II-African campaign
1890 Dwight D Eisenhower, Denison, Texas, R, 34th President, 1953-1961, /Gen, WW 2
1890 Eddie Rickenbacker, aviator "Ace of Aces", WW I
1890 Arthur W. Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal, WW II
1889 Bert Collins, cricketer, Aussie batsman in the post WW I years
1888 Henry DG Crerar, Canadian general, WW I/Italy/Netherland
1887 Bernard L Montgomery, British field marshall, WW II-African campaign
1887 Rupert Brooke, British WW I poet, 1914
1887 Alvin York, famed U.S. soldier with 25 kills in WW I
1887 Marc A. "Pete" Mitscher, U.S. lt-admiral, WW II-Task Force 58
1886 William Booth, cricketer, Yorks all-rounder, England before WW I
1886 Henry "Hap" Arnold, commanding general, U.S. Army Air Force, WW II
1885 Chester Nimitz, U.S. Admiral, commanded Pacific fleet in WW II
1884 Tojo Hideki, Japanese PM during WW II
1883 Andrew Browne, Irish/British Admiral, WW II
1882 William "Bull" F Halsey, U.S. vice-admiral, WW II Pacific
1882 Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler, WW I
1882 Max [G M J] Winders Maximilien, Belgium, architect, WW II
1882 Walter Lucht, German artillery general, WW I/WW II
1881 Wladyslaw Sikorski, premier Poland, WW II general
1880 Johan H Westerveld, Dutch WW II resistance fighter/leader, OD
1880 Herbert Strudwick, cricketer, England wicket-keeper before and after WW I
1880 Douglas MacArthur, Little Rock, Arkansas, general, WW II, he did return!
1879 Billy Mitchell, aviation hero Gen, WW I
1878 Ernest J King, U.S. fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, WW II
1878 Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general, China, WW II
1878 Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron/general, White Armies, WW II
1877 Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord, Jutland, WW II
1876 Mata Hari, [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy, WW I
1869 Emanuele F, duke of Aosta, Italian general, WW I, /fascist
1865 Edith Louisa Cavell, England, nurse, WW I
1863 French Ferdinand, archduke of Austria, Sarajevo/WW I
1863 Reinhard Scheer, German Admiral, WW I
1861 Douglas Haig, British fieldmarshal, Sudan, WW I
1860 John J, Blackjack, Pershing, U.S. commander, WW I
1857 Michail V Aleksejev, Russian general, WW I-chief of staff
1857 Otto von Below, German commandant, WW I
1855 Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey, WW I
1854 Louis Mountbatten, Admiral, WW I
1852 Louis FMF Franchet d'Esperey, [Desperate Frankey], Fren marshal, WW I
1851 Ferdinand Foch, France, responsible for Allies winning WW I
1850 Luigi Cadorna, Italian fieldmarshal/earl, WW I-Caporetto
1848 Helmuth J L von Moltke, German general/chief of staff, WW I
1801 Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian
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