1988 Event U.S. Lt. Col Wm Higgins kidnapped by Lebanese terrorists and later killed 1986 Death Herschel Bernardi, actor (Lt Jacoby-Peter Gunn, Arnie), dies at 62 1986 Event 1st black lt Governor since reconstruction sworn in (Douglas Wilder of Va) 1981 Event Lt Jerry Rawlings becomes head of Ghana, suspends constitution 1972 Event Lt. General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA 1971 Event President Nixon orders lt Calley (Mi Lai) free 1971 Event U.S. Lt Wiliam Calley (My Lai Massacre) sentenced to life 1971 Event 1st Lt William L Calley, Jr. found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre 1971 Event Lt. Calley confessed and implicates Captain Medina 1969 Event Lt William L Calley, charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial 1968 Birthday Catherine Bell, born in London, England, actress, known for role as Lt. Colonel Sarah MacKenzie on 'JAG' television show, 1997 - 2004 1964 Death Wesley Lau, actor (Lt Anderson-Perry Mason), dies at 43 1964 Death King Calder, actor (Lt Grey-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 64 1964 Birthday Mark E Kelly, Orange, New Jersey, Lt USN/astronaut 1964 Birthday Scott J Kelly, Orange, New Jersey, Lt USN/astronaut 1962 Event Lt General Marshall S Carter, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA 1961 Birthday Jeb Adams, born in Hollywood, California, actor, Lt Jeb Pruitt-Baa Baa Black Sheep 1960 Birthday David James Elliott, Toronto, actor, Seinfeld, Lt Harmon Rabb-Jag 1959 Birthday Lawrence Taylor, LT, NFL's greatest linebacker for the New York Giants 1950 Birthday Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japan, actor, Lt A J Shimamura-Nash Bridges 1948 Event 1st Lt. Nancy Leftenant becomes 1st black in army nursing corps 1947 Event Britain's Princess Elizabeth and Lt Philip Mountbatten's engagement 1947 Event Lt General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, ends term as 2nd head of CIA 1946 Birthday James C. Adamson, born Warsaw New York, Lt. Col. U.S. astronaut on STS-28, STS-43 1943 Event Lt. John F. Kennedy's PT-boat 109 sinks at Solomon islands 1943 Event Lt Charles Hall, becomes 1st black pilot to shoot down Nazi plane 1942 Event Lt. E. H. O'Hare single-handedly shoots down 5 Japanese heavy bombers 1942 Event Lt General Rommels African corps reaches Msus 1941 Death Iida, Japanese pilot/lt, dies in battle at 28 1939 Death Dirk Klop, Dutch intelligence lt, shot by German Abwehr 1929 Event Lt James H Doolittle guides a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell Field in New York in 1st all-instrument flight 1926 Birthday Val Bisoglio, New York City, actor, Lt Marsh-Police Woman, Danny-Quincy ME 1923 Event U.S. lt Al Williams fly 392.2 KPH (record) 1923 Birthday Earl of Morley, Lord Lt, Devon 1920 Birthday James Brown, born in Desdemona, Texas, actor, Lt Rip Masters-Rin Tin Tin 1916 Event German troops under Lt Rackow take Fort Vaux 1914 Event German assault at Dinant: Lt Charles de Gaulle (24), injured 1914 Birthday Morgan Morgan-Giles, Brits Lt admiral/MP 1913 Event Lt Peter Nestrov, of Imperial Russian Air Service, performs a loop in a monoplane at Kiev (1st aerobatic maneuver in an airplane) 1913 Birthday Tom Brown, New York City, actor, Ed-Gunsmoke, Lt Rovacs-Mr Lucky 1912 Birthday Maitland Mackie, Lord Lt, Aberdeenshire 1903 Birthday Douglas Packard, British Lt General 1898 Death Charles Chanoine, French lt/mass murderer in Senegal, dies 1891 Birthday Antonius [Jacob LT] van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, Antillian Bishop 1871 Death Oscar J Dunn, (Lt Gov-La), dies suddenly, charges he was poisoned 1869 Event Black candidate for lt governor of Va, Dr. J H Harris, defeated 1868 Event Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana 1868 Event Oscar J. Dunn, is elected Lt Governor of Louisiana 1863 Death Alonzo Hersford Cushing, U.S. Union lt, dies in battle at about 22 1863 Death Andrew Hull Foote, U.S. Union lt admiral, dies 1838 Death William Clark, 2nd lt of Lewis and Clark Expedition, dies at 68 1837 Birthday Pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt Governor, Louisiana 1816 Birthday Jubal Anderson Early, Lt General Confederate Army 1804 Event Lt. Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli Harbor and burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after pirates seized it 1793 Death Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt Admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68 1770 Birthday William Clark, born in Charlottsville, Virginia, 2nd lt of Lewis and Clark Expedition 1711 Death Philips van Almonde, Zealand lt admiral, dies at 66 1642 Birthday Cornelis Evertsen the Younger, Dutch buccaneer/lt Admiral of Zeeland 1340 Birthday Philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders
