2012 Event Typhoon Bopha, striking New Bataan and parts of the southern Philippines, leads to the deaths of 283 people with 339 injured, over 300 missing, and over 87,000 evacuated from the area 1993 Death Richard Landau, U.S. screenwriter (Back to Bataan), dies at 79 1991 Death William Gordon, screenwriter (Back to Bataan), dies 1951 Death Robert Walker, actor and writer (Bataan, Madame Curie), dies at 32 1946 Death Masaharu Homma, Lieutenant General (responsible for Bataan Death March), executed 1942 Event Japan kills about 400 Filipino officers in Bataan 1942 Event Battle of Bataan, U.S. and Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japanese at Bataan 1942 Event General MacArthur leaves Corregidor (Bataan) for Australia 1942 Event WW II siege of Bataan starts 1918 Birthday Robert Walker, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor and writer, Bataan, Mme Curie 1910 Birthday Marie Dollinger, Germany, dropped bataan in 1936 Olympic sprint
