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1997 Colonel Tom Parker, manager, promoted Elvis, dies at 87
1988 Lebanese terrorists kidnap United Nations truce observer Lieutenant Colonel William Higgins 1987 Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North concludes 6 days of Congressional testimony 1987 Military coup in Fiji Islands under Lieutenant Colonel Sitivani Rabuka 1986 Paulo Correia, Guinee-Bissaus colonel/putschist, executed 1982 Charles Russhon, USAF Lieutenant Colonel/liaison for James Bond films, dies at 71 1980 Harland "Colonel" Sanders, founder Kentucky Fried Chicken, dies at 90 1980 Colonel Sanders, also known as Harland Sanders, American Celebrity 1979 Colonel Benjedid Chadli succeeds President Boumedienne in Algeria 1972 Charles J Correll, actor/voice (Calvin and the Colonel), dies at 82 1969 Alan Mowbray, actor (Dante, Colonel Flack), dies at 72 1967 Edward Higgins White II, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4), dies at 36 1965 Failed coup under Lieutenant Colonel Untung in Indonesia 1965 Algerian coup under colonel Houari Boumedienne, President Ben Bella fired 1963 Philippe Perrin, Meknes Morocco, Lieutenant Colonel FAF/astronaut 1962 Frank Jenks, actor (Colonel Flack), dies of cancer at 60 1961 Lieutenant Colonel Gueorgui Mossolov takes E-66A to 34,714 m altitude 1959 Abdel Wahab Shawwaf, Iraqi colonel/putschist, murdered 1957 Patrick G. Forrester, born in El Paso, Texas, Lieutenant Colonel Army/astronaut 1956 Military coup under colonel Simbolon in Sumatra 1956 Anatoli Pavlovich Artsebarsky, Russia, colonel/cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-12 1954 Lieutenant Colonel John Strapp travels 632 MPH in a rocket sled 1954 Kevin P. Chilton, born in Los Angeles, California, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/Astronaut, STS-49, 59, 76 1954 Colonel Nasser disbands Moslem Brothership 1954 Military junta selects colonel Armas president of Guatemala 1954 Colonel Nasser seizes power and becomes Prime Minister of Egypt 1953 Valery Grigoriyevich Korzun, Russian colonel/cosmonaut, TM-24 1952 Valeri I Tokarev, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1952 Aleksandr A Volkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1951 Scott Lane, New York City, actor, Gary-McKeever and the Colonel 1950 Valery Yevgenyevich Maksimenko, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1950 Gennadi Mikhailovich Manakov, colonel/cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-10, TM-16 1949 Kenneth D Cameron, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel USMC/astronaut, STS-37, 56, 74 1949 Military coup under colonel Sami Hinnawi in Syria 1948 Valeri Viktorovich Baberdin, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1948 Aleksandr S Puchkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1948 Andre Serot, colonel/commandant of French air force (WW II), dies 1948 Jerry Ross, Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, STS-61B, 27, 37, 55, 74,sk:88 1948 Guy Spencer Gardner, Alta Vista, Virginia, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, STS-27, STS-35 1947 Aleksandr Stepanovich Andryushkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1947 Alexei Sergeyevich Borodai, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1946 Alfred G Jodl, Colonel General/German staff chief weather authority, hanged 1945 Colonel Roberts, commandant 22nd regiment marines, dies in battle 1945 Nikolai Nikolayevich Fefelov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1944 Hilary Barlow, British colonel, dies 1944 Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, count/German antifascist colonel, dies 1944 Mertz, German colonel (July 20th plotter), executed 1944 Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to colonel 1944 Greek Colonel Venizelos forms government 1943 Lieutenant Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg seriously wounded at allied air raid 1942 North Africa: 5th German pantser army forms under Colonel General von Arnim 1942 Colonel General Von Paul asks Hitler to surrender 1942 Kiyoano Ichiki, Japanese colonel (WW II), dies 1942 Colonel General Jeremenko arrives in Stalingrad/welcomed by Nikita Khrushchev 1942 Colonel General Hoth' Pantser army reaches Kotelnikovo 1942 Colonel General Von Paul' 6th Army enters Ukraine 1942 Colonel General Von Hoth' 6th Pantser enters Voronezj 1942 German offensive in North-Africa under Colonel General Rommel 1942 Julia Flikke, Nurse Corps, becomes 1st woman colonel in U.S. army 1939 Retired German Colonel General Gerd von Runstedt returns to service 1935 Alfred Dreyfus, french colonel, dies 1932 Alfred M Worden, Jackson Michigan, Colonel USAF/astronaut, Apollo 15 1930 Edward H White II, born in San Antonio, Texas, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, Gemini 4 1930 William Reid Pogue, Okemah Oklahoma, Colonel USAF/astronaut, Skylab 4 1927 Dominick Argento, York Penn, composer, Colonel Jonathan the Saint 1926 Virgil Grissom, born in Mitchell, Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, Merc 4, Gemini 3 1923 Lord Freyberg, British Colonel of General Staff 1923 Colonel Jacob Schick patents Schick shavers 1922 Charles R Young, colonel, dies at 58, in Lagos Nigeria 1921 Vasco dos Santos Goncalves, Portuguese leftist colonel 1914 Colonel Jacob Ruppert and Cap Huston purchase New York Yankees for $460,000 1912 Eric Wilson, VC/British Lieutenant Colonel 1912 37th Preakness: Clarnence Turner on Colonel Holloway wins in 1:56.6 1911 Charles Joseph A. Russhon, USAF Lieutenant Colonel/liaison, James Bond films 1899 Robert H "Bobby" Gunning, British colonel (60th Rifles), dies in battle 1896 Alan Mowbray, born in London, England, actor, Dante, Colonel Flack 1890 Harland Sanders, Henryville, Indiana, colonel/CEO, Kentucky Fried Chicken 1890 Colonel Sanders, American Celebrity 1890 Charles [Andy] Correll, Peoria, Illinois, actor, Calvin and Colonel 1885 Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle 1881 Egyptian military coup under colonel Arab "El Wahid" 1879 Anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle 1878 Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, actor, Stormy Weather, Little Colonel 1865 Francis Washburn, U.S. Union colonel/general major, dies of injuries 1865 Reuben B Boston, U.S. Confederate cavalery colonel, dies in battle 1864 David Bullock Harris, U.S. Confederate colonel, dies of yellow fever 1864 James P McMahon, U.S. Union colonel (164th New York), dies in battle 1864 Peter A Porter, U.S. Union colonel (8th New York), dies in battle 1864 U.S. Union colonel Emory Upton (24) promoted to brigade-general 1864 Ulric Dahlgren, Union colonel, dies in battle at 21 1862 R E V Miles, U.S. Union Colonel, killed at Harpers Ferry 1861 Francis Stebbins Bartow, Confederate colonel, dies in battle at 44 1861 John Garland, U.S. Union colonel/Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1861 Colonel Robert E. Lee resigns from Union army 1861 Colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia 1853 Joannes P. Roothaan, 1st Dutch Lieutenant Colonel - General of Jesuits, dies at 67 1776 Johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle 1652 Henry, count of Nassau-Siegen, colonel and Governor of Hulst, dies 1611 Henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst, Netherlands 1589 Maarten Schenck van Nideggen, Lieutenant Colonel (80 year war), dies at about 49 1503 Wilhelm von Grumbach, German Lieutenant Colonel |
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