2014 Event Early election tallies show that Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will be the next president of Egypt; el-Sisi, the military commander who removed former president Mohamed Morsi from office due to mass protests, resigned his military position to run for president 2012 Event In the U.S., President Obama nominates John R. Allen as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), with General Joseph Dunford positioned to succeed Allen in his previous post of commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan Sarah West, a British naval officer Commander is appointed commander of HMS Portland, the Royal Navy frigate; she is the first female officer to take command of a major British warship 2011 Event In North Korea, Kim Jong-un is given the tile of Supreme Commander of North Korea's armed forces 2010 Event A drone strike in Pakistan reportedly kills Taliban commander, Faqir Mohammed Muslim fundamentalists in northern Algeria kill an army colonel and a military commander of Bejaia 2003 Death Rick Husband, astronaut, commander of Columbia, STS-107 1999 Death Andrew Keith, writer, Wing Commander, dies at 41 1996 Death Peter Winter, naval commander, dies at 78 Lewis B Combs, naval commander/civil engineer, dies at 101 1993 Death Sathasivam Krishnakumar, Sri Lanka commander, commits suicide 1989 Death Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, commander (French resistance), dies 1988 Death Lauris Morstad, NATO commander/CEO Corning Fiberglass, dies at 71 Khalil al-Wazir, PLO military commander, assassinated by Israeli commandos Sean MacBride, Ireland, commander of Irish Republican Army, dies at 83 1987 Death Maxwell D Taylor, U.S. commander 101st airborne (WW II), dies at 85 1986 Death Stephen D Thorne, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, dies in a plane crash at 33 Michael J Smith, Beaufort NC, Commander USN, astr, dies in Challenger 1983 Event General Manuel A Noriega becomes commander of Panamanian army Li Xiannian becomes president/Deng Xiaoping supreme commander of China PR 1980 Birthday Conor Oberst, born in Omaha, Nebraska, singer, songwriter, played with Bright Eyes band, Commander Venus, Park Ave, Monsters of Folk 1979 Death Kurt Kasznar, actor (Commander Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants), dies at 65 1979 Event Failed attack on NATO commander Haig in Obourg, Belgium 1974 Event U.S. General Haig becomes NATO-supreme commander in Europe 1972 Event "Hot Rod Lincoln," by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen hits #9 1971 Death Thomas C Heart, U.S. admiral/commander (Asiatic fleet), dies Thomas C Hart, U.S. admiral/commander (Pacific Fleet), dies at 94 1970 Event Treblinka SS commander Franz Stangl sentenced to life imprisonment 1970 Death Rene Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered 1970 Birthday John Carmack, born in Roeland Park, Kansas, game programmer, co-founder of id Software, lead programmer for computer games, 'Quake', 'Doom', 'Commander Keen' series 96th Kentucky Derby: Mike Manganello on Dust Commander wins 2:03.4 1964 Birthday Stephen N Frick, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1963 Birthday Lisa M Nowak, Washington D.C., Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut Heidemarie M Stefanyshyn-Piper, St. Paul, Minnesota, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1961 Birthday Susan Leigh Still, Augusta, Georgia, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-83, 94 William C McCool, born in San Diego, California, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut Daniel C Burbank, born in Manchester, Connecticut, Lieutenant Commander USCG/astronaut Laurel B. Clark, born in Ames Iowa, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1959 Birthday Kathryn P Hire, Mobile Alabama, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, sk: STS-90 Scott D. Altman, born in Lincoln, Illinois, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, sk: STS-90 1958 Birthday Brent W. Jett, Jr., Pontiac, Michigan, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-72, sk:81 John Bennett Herrington, Wetumka, Oklahoma, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut Michael E Lopez-Alegria, born in Madrid, Spain, Lieutenant Commander/astronaut, STS-73, sk 92 Joe Frank Edwards, Jr., Richmond, Virginia, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-89 1957 Birthday Daniel W. Bursch, born in Bristol, Pennsylvania, Lieutenant Commander USN/Astronaut, STS-51, 68, 77 1956 Birthday Amanda Burton, born in Ballougry, Northern Ireland, actress, known for television role of Sam Ryan on 'Silent Witness', appeared in 'The Commander' and 'Peak Practice' 1955 Birthday Pierre J Thuot, Groton Conn, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-36, 49, 62 Jerry M Linenger, Mount Clemens, Michigan, PhD/Commander USN/astronaut, STS-81/84 1953 Birthday Michael Baker, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-43, 52, 68, 81 Stephen D. Thorne, born in Frankfurt-on-Main, West Germany, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1952 Death Henri G Winkelman, Dutch supreme commander army/navy 1940, dies at 76 1952 Birthday James D Wetherbee, Flushing, New York, Lieutenant Commander USN/astr, STS-32, 52, 63, 86 Lee M Morin, Manchester, New Hampshire, Commander USN/astronaut Jonathan Frakes, actor, Commander William T Riker-Star Trek Next Gen Mario Runco, Jr., born in Bronx, New York, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-44, 54, 77 1951 Death Jurgen Stroop, Nazi commander of Warsaw Ghetto, executed 1951 Birthday Charles E. Brady, Jr., Pinehurst, North Carolina, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-78 Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr., Patuxent R, Maryland, Commander USN/astro, STS-48, 60 1950 Event General Eisenhower named NATO commander U.S. General Eisenhower becomes supreme commander of NATO-Europe 1950 Birthday Winston E Scott, born in Miami, Florida, USN Commander/astronaut, STS-72, 87 1949 Birthday Bruce E Melnick, New York City, Commander USCG/astronaut, STS-41, STS-49 Frank L Culbertson, Jr., Charleston, South Carolina, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-38 1948 Birthday Dale A Gardner, Fairmont, Minnesota, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-8, STS-51A Bill Kirchen, singer/guitarist, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Bill Kirchen, singer/guitarist, Commander Cody and Lost Planet Airmen 1946 Birthday Michael Wilkes, commander, UK Field Army 1946 Event Field Marshal Montgomery appointed British supreme commander 1945 Event General MacArthur named Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Japan 1945 Death Lieutenant General Ushijima, Japanese commander, commits suicide at Okinawa 1945 Birthday Michael J. Smith, born in Beaufort, North Carolina, Commander USN, astronaut, 51L-Challenger disaster Fritz Fromm, German supreme commander of Reserve army, executed Field Marshal Kesselring succeeds von Rundstedt as commander Betram Home Ramsay, English Admiral/Commander Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61 1944 Event Prince Bernhard appointed supreme commander of Netherlands Domestic Arm Force 1944 Birthday Commander Cody, singer/pianist, Commander Cody and Lost Planet Airmen General Eisenhower becomes head commander of allied air fleet General Clark replaces General Patton as commander of 7th Army 1943 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints General Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces Lord Mountbatten appointed Supreme Allied Commander in SE Asia 1943 Birthday Michael J McCulley, born in San Diego, California, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-34 1943 Death Mordicai Anielewicz, commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed 1942 Event Lieutenant-General Kumakashi Harada becomes Japanese commander on Java Dwight D. Eisenhower named commander for invasion of North Africa General Dwight Eisenhower appointed commander of U.S. forces in Europe 1942 Birthday Gael Ramsey, Brigadier commander, HQ Aldershot Garrison General Doug MacArthur arrives in Australia to become supreme commander 1941 Death GJ Berenschot, general/supreme commander Dutch East Indies army, dies 1940 Event General Winckelman replaces General Reijnders as Dutch supreme commander 1939 Event General Reijnders appointed supreme commander of Dutch army Isoroku Yamamoto appointed supreme commander of Japanese fleet 1939 Death Cornelis J Cutters, supreme commander of Navy (1910-18), dies 1938 Birthday Andreas J "Cat" Liebenberg, supreme commander, South Africa army 1936 Event Spanish fascist junta names Franco to generalissimo/supreme commander 1935 Birthday Roger B Chaffee, Grand Rapids Michigan, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut John J "Jannie" Geldenhuys, supreme commander South Africa army 1980- 1934 Birthday Norman Schwarzkopf, born in Trenton, New Jersey, nicknamed, Stormin' Norman, The Bear, Commander, Coalition Forces in the Gulf War, 1991, retired U.S. Army General Brian Kenny, deputy supreme allied commander, Europe 1933 Event Heinrich Himmler becomes Police Commander of Germany 1932 Birthday David Scott, born in San Antonio, Texas, astronaut, commander of Apollo 15 mission, seventh person to walk on the Moon, first person to drive on the Moon 1931 Birthday Charles Huxtable, General commander, English ground armies 1929 Event Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd sends "My calculations indicate that we have reached vicinity of South Pole" 1926 Event Chiang Kai-shek appointed to national-revolutionary supreme commander 1924 Birthday David Loram, British Vice-Admiral, Supreme Allied Commander 1923 Event German army commander General Von Seeckt bans NSDAP and KPD 1921 Birthday Bernard Rogers, supreme Allied commander Europe 1920 Death Gerard Leman, Belgian general, war hero, provided King Albert I of Belgium with his military education, commander of the forts surrounding Liege in World War One, captured as a prisoner of War by the Germans and released at the end of the War, dies 1918 Event Pro-German supreme commander general Cutters lay-offs Supreme commander of the army General Cutters resigns 1917 Birthday Peter Winter, naval commander 1915 Birthday Andrew J Goodpaster, U.S., general/supreme commander, NATO-Europe 1914 Event General von Hindenburgs named commander of German armies on Eastern Front King Albert I becomes supreme commander of Belgian army John French appointed British supreme commander 1913 Birthday Kurt Kaszner, born in Vienna, Austria, actor, Commander Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants 1907 Birthday Lauris Norstad, U.S. gen, NATO commander and CEO, Owens-Corning Fiberglass 1900 Event Lord Kitchener succeeds lord Roberts up as supreme commander in South Africa 1899 Event Field Marshal Lord Roberts appointed British supreme commander in South Africa 1897 Birthday Iwan S. Konew, Russian marshal/supreme commander pact of Warsaw 1896 Birthday Richard N Gale, English general/airborne commander, Normandy 1895 Birthday Lewis B. Combs, naval commander and civil engineer 1886 Birthday Raymond A. Spruance, U.S. admiral/fleet commander/ambassador 1884 Birthday Isoroku Yamamoto, admiral and supreme commander of Japanese fleet 1883 Birthday Alexander Papagos, Greek Field Marshal/supreme commander 1883 Death William Hicks, British col/commander (Egyptian army), dies in battle Betram Home Ramsay, English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces 1879 Birthday Friedrich Christiansen, nazi commander Wehrmacht Netherland 1876 Birthday Henri G Winkelman, Dutch general/supreme commander/navy 1940 1865 Event Army commander in South Carolina orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land 1864 Event Grant is named commander of the Union armies Ulysses S. Grant is appointed commander of Union Army 1861 Event Robert E. Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces 1860 Birthday John J, Blackjack, Pershing, U.S. commander, WW I 1856 Birthday Yang Hsiu-ch'ing, commander in chief of Taiping Rebellion 1852 Birthday Cornelis J Snijders, supreme commander of Dutch Navy, 1910-18 1851 Birthday Gerard Leman, born in Liege, Belgium, Belgian general, war hero, provided King Albert I of Belgium with his military education, commander of the forts surrounding Liege in World War One, captured as a prisoner of War by the Germans and released at the end of the War 1842 Birthday William Barker Cushing, Lieutenant Commander Union Navy 1840 Birthday Sanuel Dana Greene, Lieutenant Commander Union Navy 1827 Event Duke of Wellington appointed British supreme commander 1825 Birthday John Hunt Morgan, Brigadier General, Confederate cavalry commander 1821 Death Luis (Philippus) Brion, Curaeaos admiral/supreme commander, dies at 39 1812 Birthday John Rodgers II, Commander Union Navy Benjamin Franklin Sands, Commander Union Navy 1811 Birthday John Ancrum Winslow, Commander Union Navy Joseph Lanman, Commander Union Navy 1810 Birthday James Shedden Palmer, Commander Union Navy 1809 Birthday William Radford, Commander Union Navy Sylvanus William Godon, Commander Union Navy William David Porter, Commander Union Navy 1808 Birthday Stephen Cleeg Rowan, Commander Union Navy Thomas Turner, Commander Union Navy Thomas Tinsley Craven, Commander Union Navy Henry Haywood Bell, Commander Union Navy Charles Henry Poor, Commander Union Navy 1807 Birthday James Findlay Schenck, Commander Union Navy 1806 Birthday Henry Knox Thatcher, Commander Union Navy Matthew Fontaine Maury, Naval Commander, Confederacy 1804 Birthday John William, Turk, Livingston, Commander Union Navy Thomas Oliver Selfridge, Commander Union Navy 1803 Birthday Levin Minnesota Powell, Commander Union Navy 1802 Birthday James Lawrence Lardner, Commander Union Navy Cadwalader Ringgold, Commander Union Navy 1801 Birthday John Drake Sloat, Ret Major General Commander Union Navy Henry Eagle, Commander Union Navy 1801 Death Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (North Holland), dies at 66 1800 Birthday William Wister McKean, Commander Union Navy Ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Commander Union Navy 1798 Birthday Gershom Jaques Van Brunt, Commander Union Navy Charles H Bell, Commander Union Navy Charles D. Wilkes, Commander Union Navy 1796 Birthday Ret Cornelius Kinchiloe Stribling, Commander Union Navy 1795 Birthday John Marston, Jr., Commander Union Navy Joshua Ratoon Sands, Commander Union Navy 1794 Birthday John Barrien Montgomery, Commander Union Navy 1786 Death August Keppel, 1st viscount/naval commander/politican, dies 1782 Birthday Luis [Philippus] Brion, Curacao commander of Colombian fleet 1775 Event 2nd Continental Congress names George Washington, supreme commander 1765 Death William August duke of Cumberland, English supreme commander, dies at 44 1759 Death James Wolfe and the French commander Louis Montcalm, killed 1734 Birthday Ralph Abercromby, English army commander, Dutch Guyana 1711 Event Duke of Marlborough fired as English army commander 1676 Death Paulus Wirtz, Wurtz, German/Netherlands army commander, dies at 63 1645 Event Robert Devereux resigns as parliament supreme commander 1634 Event Ferdinand II orders commander Albrecht von Wallenstein, execution 1632 Event Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed supreme commander 1630 Event Ferdinand II fires supreme commander Albrecht von Wallenstein 1628 Death Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned 1625 Event Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed German supreme commander 1621 Event Miles Standish appointed 1st commander of Plymouth colony 1612 Birthday Paul Wirtz, Wurtz, German/Netherlands army commander 1608 Death Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen/cavalry commander, dies in battle 1598 Birthday Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander 1596 Event Dutch fleet commander Cornelis de Houtman taken hostage in Java 1571 Death Ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle 1547 Death Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29 1528 Death Great Wierd, Dutch Gelderland army commander, beheaded 1356 Death Gautier de Brienne, duke of Athens/French supreme commander, dies 69 Event Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, emperor
