1992 Death Dewey Balfa, bayou fiddler, dies at 65 1971 Death Thomas E Dewey, U.S. president candidate (R 1944, 48), dies at 68 1965 Birthday Mark Dewey, Grand Rapids, Michigan, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants 1965 Birthday Mark Dewey, U.S. baseball player, Pittsburgh Pirates 1958 Event 1st guided missile destroyer launched, Dewey, Bath, Me 1952 Death John Dewey, U.S. philosopher (Common Faith), dies at 92 1952 Birthday Dewey Bunell, born in Yorkshire, England, rock guitarist, America-Daisy Jane 1948 Event Chicago Tribune reports: "Dewey beats Truman" 1948 Event Truman beats Dewey, confounding pollsters and newspapers 1948 Event President Truman re-elected in an upset over Republican Thomas Dewey 1948 Event Republican National Convention in Philadelphia nominates New York Governor Thomas Dewey 1944 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt wins 4th term in office, defeating Thomas E Dewey (R) 1942 Birthday Dewey Martin, born in Canada, rock vocalist and drummer, Buffalo Springfield 1931 Death Melvil Dewey, American Inventor 1931 Birthday Dewey Redman, jazz musician 1899 Event George Dewey becomes 1st in U.S. with rank of Admiral of the Navy 1898 Event U.S. forces under George Dewey captures Manila during Spanish-Amer war 1898 Event U.S. battle fleet under Admiral Dewey occupies Isla Grande at Manila 1898 Event U.S. fleet under commodore Dewey sails from Hong Kong to Philippines 1897 Event John Dewey's essay "My Pedagogic Creed" appears in School Journal 1859 Birthday John Dewey, philosopher, educational theorist/writer, Learn by doing 1851 Birthday Melvil[le Louis K] Dewey, created Dewey Decimal System for libraries 1851 Birthday Melvil Dewey, American Inventor 1837 Birthday Admiral George Dewey, American naval hero of Manila
