1981 Event Spanish coup under Lt-colonel Antonio Tejero Molina fails 1962 Birthday Vladimir Nikolayevich Dezhurov, Rus Lt-colonel/cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-21 1962 Birthday Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko, born in Russia, Lt-colonel/cosmonaut 1961 Birthday Yuri Ivanovich Malinchenko, Russian Lt-colonel/cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-19 1956 Birthday Anatoli Borisovich Polonsky, Russia, Lt-colonel/cosmonaut 1955 Birthday Sergei Vladimirovich Krichevsky, born in Russia, Lt-colonel/cosmonaut 1955 Birthday Aleksandr Nikolayevich Yablontsev, Russian Lt-colonel and cosmonaut 1953 Birthday Marcel R Zeeuw, Suriname Lt-colonel, coup 1982 1952 Birthday Nikolai Alekseyevich Pushenko, Russian Lt-colonel/cosmonaut 1945 Death J S Nicklin, Lt-colonel/Canada's 1st parachutist, dies 1944 Death John AC Fitch, British Lt-colonel, dies in battle in Arnhem 1944 Death Robert Cole, U.S. Lt-colonel, dies in battle at Best 1943 Event Count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to Lt-colonel 1942 Death Johan H Westerveld, Lt-colonel/leader Order Service, executed 1931 Birthday J R Stephenson, Lt-colonel/Secretary, MCC 1913 Birthday Alida Margaretha Bosshardt, Lt-colonel of Dutch Salvation Army 1906 Birthday 13th earl of Stair, English Lt-colonel/large landowner 1901 Event Battle at Bakenlaagte: Lt-colonel Bensons unit vs Boers 1901 Death U Benson, British Lt-colonel (Magers' fountain), killed in battle 1900 Death PWJ Le Gallais, British Lt-colonel, dies in battle at Bothaville 1900 Event Piet de Law captures Lt-colonel Spragges Irish Yeomanry 1883 Event French troops under Lt-colonel Borgnis-Desbordes occupy Bamako Senegal 1883 Event Lt-colonel Borgnis-Desbordes founds Fort Bamako Niger 1883 Event French Lt-colonel Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes reaches Bamako on the Niger 1840 Birthday Alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton, Lt-colonel Confederate Army
