1998 Death Michael Tippett, British composer (Royal Col of Music), dies at 93 1995 Death Fabio Casartelli, raced with Ariostea team in 1993, won Olympic gold medal in 1992 Summer Olympics road race, died during 15th stage of the 1995 Tour de France, in a crash occurring on the descent of the Col de Portet d'Aspet in the Pyrenees 1991 Death James B Irwin, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15), dies at 61 1990 Death Michael Powell, English director (Life and Death of Col Blimp), dies at 84 1988 Event U.S. Lt. Col Wm Higgins kidnapped by Lebanese terrorists and later killed 1987 Death Donn Fulton Eisele, Col USAF/astronaut, dies of a heart attack at 57 1986 Death Beatrice Kay, singer and actress (Sister Sue-Calvin and the Col), dies at 78 1984 Event Mauretania military coup under Col Maawiya Ould Sid'ahmed Taya 1984 Event Washington State's Rueben Mayes sets col football rec of 357 yards rushing 1980 Event Islanders end 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2) (Col Rockies) 1980 Event Upper-Volta military coup under Col Saye Zerbo, president Lamizana flees 1977 Death Richard Carlson, actor (Col MacKenzie-MacKenzie's Raiders), dies at 65 1976 Death Roger Livesey, actor (Drum, Vice Versa, Col Blimp), dies at 69 1971 Event Bolivian military coup under col Hugo Banzer, President Torres driven out 1970 Event Col Kadhaffi becomes premier of Libya 1969 Event Libyan revolution, Col Moammar Gadhafi deposes King Idris 1966 Event Military coup by Col Jean-Bedel Bokassa in Central African Republic 1962 Event Military uprising under Col Abdullah as-Sallal North Yemen 1961 Event SS Col Adolf Eichmann found guilty of war crimes in Israel 1960 Event Coup under Col Joseph-Desire Mobutu in Congo 1955 Birthday Nicholas Walker, Bogota Col, actor, Capitol, Jimmy-General Hospital 1954 Birthday Vasili Vasilyevich Tsibliyev, Rus col/cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-17, TM-25 1953 Event French parachutist under Col De Castries attacks Dien Bien Phu 1951 Event Military coup under Col Adib el-Shishakli in Syria 1950 Birthday David Carl Hilmers, Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut, STS-51-J, 26, 36, 42 1946 Birthday Bryan D O'Connor, Orange Cal, Col USMC/astronaut, STS-61B, STS-40 1946 Birthday James C. Adamson, born Warsaw New York, Lt. Col. U.S. astronaut on STS-28, STS-43 1945 Birthday Ronald J Grabe, New York City, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-51-J, 30, 42, 57 1945 Birthday Brewster H Shaw, Jr., Michigan, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-9, STS 61B, STS-28 1944 Birthday Loren J. Shriver, Iowa, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-51-C, STS-31, STS-46 1944 Birthday Sherwood C "Woody" Spring, Hartford, Connecticut, Col USA/astronaut, STS-61B 1944 Death Brandt, col/German staff chief, dies in bombing 1944 Event Resistance fighter/poet Col Blake arrives in London 1943 Birthday J T Walsh, actor, Col Frank Bach-Dark Skies 1943 Birthday Roy Dunbard Bridges, Jr., born in Atlanta, Georgia, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-51-F, 61-F 1943 Event Argentina taken over by General Rawson and Col Juan Peron 1942 Event British Col S W Bailey reaches Mihailovics headquarter 1942 Birthday Guion Steward Bluford, Jr., Philadelphia, Col USAF/astr, STS-8, 61A, 39, 53 1942 Birthday Robert C Springer, St. Louis, Col USMC/astronaut, STS-29, STS-38 1941 Birthday Frederick Drew Gregory, Washington D.C., Col USAF/astronaut, STS-51-B, 33, 44 1940 Event Col Bo Davis attains rank of Brigadier General 1939 Birthday John M Fabian, Goosecreek, Texas, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-7, STS-51G 1937 Birthday Karol Joseph Bobko, New York City, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-6, STS-51D, STS-51J 1937 Birthday Col Guest, cricketer, Test Australia vs. England 1963, scored 11 took 0-59 1936 Birthday Robert F Overmyer, born in Lorain, Ohio, Col USMC/astronaut, STS-5, STS-51B 1936 Birthday Jack R Lousma, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Col USMC/astronaut, Skylab 3, STS-3 1934 Event Military coup by Col Damian Veltsjev in Bulgaria 1933 Birthday Donald Herod Peterson, Winona Mississippi, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-6 1933 Birthday Stuart A "Smokey" Roosa, born in Durango, Colorado, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 14 1932 Birthday Gerald P Carr, Denver Colorado, Col USMC/astronaut, Skylab 4 1932 Birthday David R. Scott, born in San Antonio, Texas, Col USAF/astronaut, Gemini 8, Apollo 9, 15 1932 Birthday Ronnie Walter Cunningham, born in Creston, Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut, Apollo 7 1930 Birthday Donn Fulton Eisele, born in Columbus, Ohio, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 7 1930 Birthday James Benson Irwin, Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 15 1928 Birthday Bob Crane, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, actor, Col Hogan-Hogan's Heroes, Donna Reed 1928 Birthday Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Col, novelist, Europa Y America, Nobel 1982 1925 Event Col William "Billy" Mitchell court-martial for insubordination 1923 Event Col Jacob Schick patents 1st electric shaver 1920 Birthday Werner Klemperer, born in Cologne, Germany, actor, Col Klink-Hogan's Heroes 1916 Event Italians troops conquer Col di Lana at Merano 1915 Event Col Jacob Ruppert and Col Tillinghast Huston purchase Yankees for $460,000 1909 Birthday "Col Tom" Parker, Dries Van Kruijk, born in Netherlands, rock manager, Elvis Presley 1907 Birthday Beatrice Kay, born in New York City, singer/actress, Sister Sue-Calvin and Col 1906 Birthday Roger Livesey, born in Barry, Wales, actor, Drums, Life and Death of Col Blimp 1883 Death William Hicks, British col/commander (Egyptian army), dies in battle 1877 Event Big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians 1875 Event Amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky and Col Olcott 1864 Death Thomas Donnely Doubleday, U.S. Union Col, dies in an accident 1862 Event Battle of Mumfordville, Kentucky-U.S. Col J Wilder surrenders city 1861 Event Col Robert E. Lee turns down offer to command Union armies 1861 Event Col Bernard Irwin attacks and defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians 1849 Event Col John W Geary arrives as 1st postmaster of SF 1847 Event 1,500 New Mexican Indians and Mexicans defeated by U.S. Col Price 1842 Birthday Ulric Dahlgren, Col Union volunteers 1837 Birthday William Clarke Quantrill, Col Confederate Army 1837 Birthday Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, Col Union Army 1833 Birthday John Singleton Mosby, lawyer/Col Confederate Army 1816 Birthday Francis Stebbins Bartow, Col Confederate Army 1806 Event English under commodore Popham/col Beresford reach Buenos Aires 1799 Event George Washington is eulogized by Col Henry Lee as "1st in war, 1st in peace and 1st in hearts of his countrymen" 1776 Event Battle of Pelham: Col John Glover and Marblehead regiment meet British Forces in Bronx 1734 Event John Zenger, arrested for libel against New York col gov; later acquitted 1671 Event Col Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels
