2010 Event Muslim fundamentalists in northern Algeria kill an army colonel and a military commander of Bejaia 1997 Death Colonel Tom Parker, manager, promoted Elvis, dies at 87 1988 Event Lebanese terrorists kidnap United Nations truce observer Lieutenant Colonel William Higgins 1987 Event Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North concludes 6 days of Congressional testimony 1987 Event Military coup in Fiji Islands under Lieutenant Colonel Sitivani Rabuka 1986 Death Paulo Correia, Guinee-Bissaus colonel/putschist, executed 1982 Death Charles Russhon, USAF Lieutenant Colonel/liaison for James Bond films, dies at 71 1980 Death Harland "Colonel" Sanders, founder Kentucky Fried Chicken, dies at 90 1980 Death Colonel Sanders, also known as Harland Sanders, American Celebrity 1979 Event Colonel Benjedid Chadli succeeds President Boumedienne in Algeria 1972 Death Charles J Correll, actor/voice (Calvin and the Colonel), dies at 82 1969 Death Alan Mowbray, actor (Dante, Colonel Flack), dies at 72 1968 Birthday Catherine Bell, born in London, England, actress, known for role as Lt. Colonel Sarah MacKenzie on 'JAG' television show, 1997 - 2004 1967 Death Edward Higgins White II, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4), dies at 36 1965 Event Failed coup under Lieutenant Colonel Untung in Indonesia 1965 Event Algerian coup under colonel Houari Boumedienne, President Ben Bella fired 1963 Birthday Philippe Perrin, Meknes Morocco, Lieutenant Colonel FAF/astronaut 1962 Death Frank Jenks, actor (Colonel Flack), dies of cancer at 60 1961 Event Lieutenant Colonel Gueorgui Mossolov takes E-66A to 34,714 m altitude 1959 Death Abdel Wahab Shawwaf, Iraqi colonel/putschist, murdered 1957 Birthday Patrick G. Forrester, born in El Paso, Texas, Lieutenant Colonel Army/astronaut 1956 Event Military coup under colonel Simbolon in Sumatra 1956 Birthday Anatoli Pavlovich Artsebarsky, Russia, colonel/cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-12 1954 Event Lieutenant Colonel John Strapp travels 632 MPH in a rocket sled 1954 Birthday Kevin P. Chilton, born in Los Angeles, California, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/Astronaut, STS-49, 59, 76 1954 Event Colonel Nasser disbands Moslem Brothership 1954 Event Military junta selects colonel Armas president of Guatemala 1954 Event Colonel Nasser seizes power and becomes Prime Minister of Egypt 1953 Birthday Valery Grigoriyevich Korzun, Russian colonel/cosmonaut, TM-24 1952 Birthday Valeri I Tokarev, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1952 Birthday Aleksandr A Volkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1951 Birthday Scott Lane, New York City, actor, Gary-McKeever and the Colonel 1950 Birthday Valery Yevgenyevich Maksimenko, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1950 Birthday Gennadi Mikhailovich Manakov, colonel/cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-10, TM-16 1949 Birthday Kenneth D Cameron, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel USMC/astronaut, STS-37, 56, 74 1949 Event Military coup under colonel Sami Hinnawi in Syria 1948 Birthday Valeri Viktorovich Baberdin, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1948 Birthday Aleksandr S Puchkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1948 Death Andre Serot, colonel/commandant of French air force (WW II), dies 1948 Birthday Jerry Ross, Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, STS-61B, 27, 37, 55, 74,sk:88 1948 Birthday Guy Spencer Gardner, Alta Vista, Virginia, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, STS-27, STS-35 1947 Birthday Aleksandr Stepanovich Andryushkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1947 Birthday Alexei Sergeyevich Borodai, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1946 Death Alfred G Jodl, Colonel General/German staff chief weather authority, hanged 1945 Death Colonel Roberts, commandant 22nd regiment marines, dies in battle 1945 Birthday Nikolai Nikolayevich Fefelov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1944 Death Hilary Barlow, British colonel, dies 1944 Death Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, count/German antifascist colonel, dies 1944 Death Mertz, German colonel (July 20th plotter), executed 1944 Event Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to colonel 1944 Event Greek Colonel Venizelos forms government 1943 Event Lieutenant Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg seriously wounded at allied air raid 1942 Event North Africa: 5th German pantser army forms under Colonel General von Arnim 1942 Event Colonel General Von Paul asks Hitler to surrender 1942 Death Kiyoano Ichiki, Japanese colonel (WW II), dies 1942 Event Colonel General Jeremenko arrives in Stalingrad/welcomed by Nikita Khrushchev 1942 Event Colonel General Hoth' Pantser army reaches Kotelnikovo 1942 Event Colonel General Von Paul' 6th Army enters Ukraine 1942 Event Colonel General Von Hoth' 6th Pantser enters Voronezj 1942 Event German offensive in North-Africa under Colonel General Rommel 1942 Event Julia Flikke, Nurse Corps, becomes 1st woman colonel in U.S. army 1939 Event Retired German Colonel General Gerd von Runstedt returns to service 1935 Death Alfred Dreyfus, french colonel, dies 1932 Birthday Alfred M Worden, Jackson Michigan, Colonel USAF/astronaut, Apollo 15 1930 Birthday Edward H White II, born in San Antonio, Texas, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, Gemini 4 1930 Birthday William Reid Pogue, Okemah Oklahoma, Colonel USAF/astronaut, Skylab 4 1927 Birthday Dominick Argento, York Penn, composer, Colonel Jonathan the Saint 1926 Birthday Virgil Grissom, born in Mitchell, Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, Merc 4, Gemini 3 1923 Birthday Lord Freyberg, British Colonel of General Staff 1923 Event Colonel Jacob Schick patents Schick shavers 1922 Death Charles R Young, colonel, dies at 58, in Lagos Nigeria 1921 Birthday Vasco dos Santos Goncalves, Portuguese leftist colonel 1914 Event Colonel Jacob Ruppert and Cap Huston purchase New York Yankees for $460,000 1912 Birthday Eric Wilson, VC/British Lieutenant Colonel 1912 Event 37th Preakness: Clarnence Turner on Colonel Holloway wins in 1:56.6 1911 Birthday Charles Joseph A. Russhon, USAF Lieutenant Colonel/liaison, James Bond films 1899 Death Robert H "Bobby" Gunning, British colonel (60th Rifles), dies in battle 1896 Birthday Alan Mowbray, born in London, England, actor, Dante, Colonel Flack 1890 Birthday Harland Sanders, Henryville, Indiana, colonel/CEO, Kentucky Fried Chicken 1890 Birthday Colonel Sanders, American Celebrity 1890 Birthday Charles [Andy] Correll, Peoria, Illinois, actor, Calvin and Colonel 1885 Death Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle 1881 Event Egyptian military coup under colonel Arab "El Wahid" 1879 Death Anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle 1878 Birthday Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, actor, Stormy Weather, Little Colonel 1865 Death Francis Washburn, U.S. Union colonel/general major, dies of injuries 1865 Death Reuben B Boston, U.S. Confederate cavalery colonel, dies in battle 1864 Death David Bullock Harris, U.S. Confederate colonel, dies of yellow fever 1864 Death James P McMahon, U.S. Union colonel (164th New York), dies in battle 1864 Death Peter A Porter, U.S. Union colonel (8th New York), dies in battle 1864 Event U.S. Union colonel Emory Upton (24) promoted to brigade-general 1864 Death Ulric Dahlgren, Union colonel, dies in battle at 21 1862 Death R E V Miles, U.S. Union Colonel, killed at Harpers Ferry 1861 Death Francis Stebbins Bartow, Confederate colonel, dies in battle at 44 1861 Death John Garland, U.S. Union colonel/Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1861 Event Colonel Robert E. Lee resigns from Union army 1861 Event Colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia 1853 Death Joannes P. Roothaan, 1st Dutch Lieutenant Colonel - General of Jesuits, dies at 67 1776 Death Johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle 1652 Death Henry, count of Nassau-Siegen, colonel and Governor of Hulst, dies 1611 Birthday Henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst, Netherlands 1589 Death Maarten Schenck van Nideggen, Lieutenant Colonel (80 year war), dies at about 49 1503 Birthday Wilhelm von Grumbach, German Lieutenant Colonel
