1996 Death Ronald Alfred Gardyne "Rags" Butler, sailor, dies at 68 1996 Death Anthony Griffin, sailor, dies at 75 1995 Death Tristan Jones, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, dies at 71 1994 Death Pieter C "Piet" Author, sailor/corrector, dies at 71 1985 Event U.S. sailor Michael L. Walker arrested for spying for U.S.S.R. 1968 Death Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian sailor/author, dies at 76 1956 Birthday Yoshiko Sakakibara, Chiba Japan, actress, Sailor Moon, Vampire Hunter 1956 Event Toni Sailor becomes 1st Olympic skier to sweep 3 alpine events 1955 Death Yves Tanguy, French/American sailor/surrealistic painter, dies 1940 Birthday Chay Blyth, English sailor, Alone in Order to the World 1929 Birthday Tristan Jones, born in Liverpool, England, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, wrote about sailing in books and articles 1928 Birthday Ronald Alfred Gardyne "Rags" Butler, sailor 1920 Birthday Anthony Griffin, sailor 1913 Birthday Ernst Schnabel, German sailor/dramatist, Anne Frank 1908 Birthday Edzard H Schaper, German/Swiss sailor/UP-correspondent/antifascist 1900 Birthday Yves Tanguy, French/U.S. sailor/surrealistic painter 1885 Birthday Herman Bouber, Dutch actor and playwright, Sailor's Wives 1865 Event Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Ft. Fisher NC, 40 die 1838 Event Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery disguised as a sailor 1832 Death John van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried 1709 Event British sailor Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being marooned on a desert island for 5 years, his story inspires "Robinson Crusoe" 1697 Death Sjoucke Gabbes, Frisian sailor, dies/buried on Dirk-Hartog Island 1499 Death Perkin Warbeck, Flemish sailor, hanged 1497 Event Sailor Perkin Warbeck becomes English King Richard IV 1028 Event German emperor Conrad II the Sailor crowns his son Henry III, king 1024 Event Conrad II the Sailor chosen German king
