2011 Event Command of the NATO forces in Afghanistan transfers from U.S. General David Petraeus to U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Genreal John R. Allen 1993 Death Absolutely Nobody, David Powers, Washington lieutenant governor candidate, dies at 37 1990 Event Lieutenant General Avril resigns as President of Haiti 1988 Event Military coup in Haiti: Lieutenant General Avril takes control, Henri Namphy flees 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 Stephen D Thorne, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, dies in a plane crash at 33 1982 Death Surendre Rambocus, Suriname army lieutenant, murdered 1982 Death Charles Russhon, USAF Lieutenant Colonel/liaison for James Bond films, dies at 71 1975 Event "Lieutenant" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 9 performances 1975 Event "Lieutenant" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 9 performances 1971 Event Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman,, Jr., USMC, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1971 Event Lieutenant General Hafiz al-Assad becomes President of Syria 1970 Event Lieutenant General Hafez al-Assad becomes Prime Minister of Syria following military coup 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 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 1963 Birthday Heidemarie M Stefanyshyn-Piper, St. Paul, Minnesota, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1963 Birthday Philippe Perrin, Meknes Morocco, Lieutenant Colonel FAF/astronaut 1962 Death Rex Bell, actor/lieutenant governor of Nevada, dies of heart attack at 56 1961 Birthday Susan Leigh Still, Augusta, Georgia, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-83, 94 1961 Birthday William C McCool, born in San Diego, California, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1961 Birthday Daniel C Burbank, born in Manchester, Connecticut, Lieutenant Commander USCG/astronaut 1961 Event Lieutenant Colonel Gueorgui Mossolov takes E-66A to 34,714 m altitude 1961 Birthday 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 1959 Birthday 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 1958 Birthday John Bennett Herrington, Wetumka, Oklahoma, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1958 Birthday Michael E Lopez-Alegria, born in Madrid, Spain, Lieutenant Commander/astronaut, STS-73, sk 92 1957 Birthday Daniel W. Bursch, born in Bristol, Pennsylvania, Lieutenant Commander USN/Astronaut, STS-51, 68, 77 1957 Birthday Patrick G. Forrester, born in El Paso, Texas, Lieutenant Colonel Army/astronaut 1955 Birthday Pierre J Thuot, Groton Conn, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-36, 49, 62 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 1953 Birthday Michael Baker, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-43, 52, 68, 81 1953 Birthday Stephen D. Thorne, born in Frankfurt-on-Main, West Germany, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1952 Birthday James D Wetherbee, Flushing, New York, Lieutenant Commander USN/astr, STS-32, 52, 63, 86 1952 Birthday Mario Runco, Jr., born in Bronx, New York, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-44, 54, 77 1949 Birthday Kenneth D Cameron, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel USMC/astronaut, STS-37, 56, 74 1949 Birthday Meryl Streep, born in New Jersey, actress, French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice 1948 Event Batavia lieutenant governor general Of Mook dismissed 1948 Birthday Jeremy Irons, England, actor, French Lieutenant's Woman 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 1946 Event Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, USNR, ends term as 1st director of CIA Lieutenant General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, becomes 2nd director of CIA 1946 Death Masaharu Homma, Lieutenant General (responsible for Bataan Death March), executed 1945 Event Lieutenant Admiral Marc Mitscher named chief of U.S. Navy staff 1945 Death Lieutenant General Ushijima, Japanese commander, commits suicide at Okinawa 1944 Death Bernard Ray, U.S. lieutenant, dies in Battle at Hurtgenwald 1944 Death David Lord, British lieutenant/Dakota-pilot DFC/VC, dies in battle 1944 Death Werner von Haeffen, German lieutenant (July 20th plotter), executed 1944 Death Danny Brotheridge, British lieutenant, 1st to die during D-Day 1943 Event Lieutenant Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg seriously wounded at allied air raid 1940 Death Billy Fiske, U.S. RAF-pilot/2nd lieutenant, dies of injuries 1937 Birthday Gary Lockwood, born in Van Nuys, California, actor, 2001, Survival Zone, Lieutenant 1935 Birthday Roger B Chaffee, Grand Rapids Michigan, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1932 Birthday William Odom, American, NASA director, Soviet Union expert, U.S. Army lieutenant general, advised Carter, Reagan 1930 Birthday Edward H White II, born in San Antonio, Texas, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, Gemini 4 1930 Event Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to 2nd lieutenant 1929 Event Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd sends "My calculations indicate that we have reached vicinity of South Pole" 1929 Birthday John Milford, Johnstown, New York, actor, Lieutenant, Legend of Jesse James 1929 Birthday David Houston, Major-General/Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland 1926 Birthday Virgil Grissom, born in Mitchell, Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, Merc 4, Gemini 3 1925 Birthday Brent Scowcroft, born in Ogden, Utah, Lieutenant General, USAF, National Security Council 1924 Birthday M M Shearer, former Lord Lieutenant of Shetland 1919 Birthday Hugh FitzRoy, born in Cape Town, South Africa, 11th Duke of Grafton, Deputy Lieutenant, KG, patrilineal descendant of King Charles II's third eldest illegitimate son 1916 Birthday Gordon Hobday, Lord Lieutenant, Nottinghamshire 1915 Death Henry Longbottom, English lieutenant, dies in battle 1914 Birthday James Scarlett, born in England, born James Richard Scarlett, 8th Baron Abinger, Lord Abinger, politician, Royal Artillery Lieutenant-Colonel, Deputy Lieutenant for Essex 1914 Death Adrian H. Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26 1912 Birthday Eric Wilson, VC/British Lieutenant Colonel 1912 Birthday Cuthbert Alport, born in England, born Cuthbert James McCall Alport, Lord Alport, Baron Alport, politician, Conservative Party, Cabinet Minister, life peer, Deputy Lieutenant for Essex 1911 Birthday Charles Joseph A. Russhon, USAF Lieutenant Colonel/liaison, James Bond films 1910 Birthday Arthur Hazlerigg, born in England, Lord Hazlerigg, 2nd Baron Hazlerigg, awarded Military Cross, judge, Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire, soldier, served during World War II, life peer 1906 Death Alfred Gilpin Jones, lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia 1900 - 1906, dies at 81 1905 Birthday Rex Bell, Chicago, cowboy actor, Cowboys and Injuns, lieutenant governor, Nevada 1904 Birthday Hanning Phillips, Lord Lieutenant, Dyfed 1901 Death Ignatius Donnelly, U.S. attorney/lieutenant governor of Minnesota, dies at 69 1893 Event French lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu 1892 Death Joseph Lippens, Belgian lieutenant in Congo, murdered 1877 Death Nathan Bedford Forrest, American Civil War, Confederate Army lieutenant general, cavalry leader, opposed Reconstruction era in the post-war South, dies in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 56 1853 Death Joannes P. Roothaan, 1st Dutch Lieutenant Colonel - General of Jesuits, dies at 67 1842 Birthday William Barker Cushing, Lieutenant Commander Union Navy 1840 Birthday Sanuel Dana Greene, Lieutenant Commander Union Navy 1833 Birthday Stephen Dill Lee, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1826 Birthday Richard Taylor, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1825 Birthday Ambrose Powell Hill, Lieutenant General, Confederate 3rd Army Corp 1824 Birthday Alfred Gilpin Jones, Weymouth NS, lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia, 1900 - 1906 1824 Birthday Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Lieutenant General 2nd Corps, ANV, Confederate 1823 Birthday Simon Bolivar Buckner, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1821 Birthday Richard Heron Anderson, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1821 Birthday Alexander Peter "Old Straight" Stewart, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1821 Birthday Nathan Bedford Forrest, born in Chapel Hill, Tennessee, American Civil War, Confederate Army lieutenant general, cavalry leader, opposed Reconstruction era in the post-war South 1821 Birthday Daniel Harvey Hill, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1818 Birthday Wade Hampton, born in South Carolina, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1817 Birthday Richard Stoddert Ewell, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1815 Birthday William Joseph Hardee, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1814 Birthday John Clifford Pemberton, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1806 Birthday Leonidas Polk, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1804 Birthday Theophilus Hunter Holmes, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1730 Death Hans Hermann von Katte, Prussian lieutenant, beheaded 1722 Birthday Samuel Adams, revolutionary rabble rouser, Lieutenant Governor-Mass, 1789 - 1794 1688 Death Henry Morgan, Welsh lieutenant governor of Jamaica 1639 Event Sea battle at Dunes: Lieutenant Admiral Maarten Tromp beats Spanish Armada 1589 Death Maarten Schenck van Nideggen, Lieutenant Colonel (80 year war), dies at about 49 1503 Birthday Wilhelm von Grumbach, German Lieutenant Colonel
