2015 Event A second major earthquake, magnitude 7.3, hits Nepal less than three weeks after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook the nation and caused thousands of deaths and injuries; at least 48 people are known to have perished in this second event The Vatican ends a five-year investigation into a key organization of U.S. nuns two years ahead of schedule and recommends no major changes; the group was under scrutiny for practices considered out of line with Catholic Church teaching 2014 Event Mike Nichols, director of a long list of successful productions in TV, film and theater, dies at age 83 of a heart attack; Nichols was one of very few directors to earn all four major industry awards: the Emmy, Golden Globe, Oscar and Tony 19-year-old golfer Hyo-Joo Kim wins the title round of the Evian Championship, becoming the third-youngest female golfer to win a major Rob Manfred has been elected as the new commissioner of Major League Baseball; Manfred will take the position after current commissioner Bud Selig retires early next year Rory McIlroy wins the PGA Championship, marking his fourth major championship; McIlroy is now one of only four players in golf history to reach this achievement by age 25 Albert Pujols of the Los Angeles Angels joins an elite group of only 26 major league baseball players to have hit 500 home runs; Pujols achieved this feat during today's game against the Washington Nationals Major photo agency Getty Images is now allowing free embedding of millions of its images, many of famous figures The Superbowl takes place at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey; the Seahawks beat the Denver Broncos 43-8, a historic win for the Seahawks, who haven't won a major championship in 30 years 2013 Event Iran experiences a 5.6-magnitude earthquake 35 miles from the Bushehr nuclear plant, raising concerns over the risk of radioactive leaks in the event of a major earthquake; seven people die and 30 are injured In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, Australian pledges $10 million to help with major clean-up and relief efforts in Vietnam, where over people in a single province are feared dead Major bushfires that have endangered lives and destroyed homes cause Barry O'Farrell, the Premier of Australia's New South Wales to declare a state of emergency American baseball shortstop Jose Iglesias secures a one-year contract to play for the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball team New York Yankees player Alex Rodrigues, sets a Major League Baseball record with 24 grand slam home runs By winning the U.S. Open golf tournament, Korean Inbee Park, becomes the fourth woman to win three major championships in a season Sediments found in the reservoir of a major treatment plant in Montreal, Canada, lead authorities to issue a warning to boil the water before drinking it An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, causes 15 deaths and major damage to nearby buildings, residences, a nursing home and middle school New findings from the University of Leicester indicate decreasing sitting time by 90 each day can result in major heath advantages, such as reducing the risk of Type 2 Diabetes In a major effort to reduce dependency on Russian gas imports, the government of Ukraine signs a $10 billion shale gas deal with Royal Dutch Shell 2012 Event The British government grants Wales limited powers to borrow money for financing major projects Singer George Michael experiences 'major anxiety' and cancels the Australian leg of his tour; the singer resulted from life-threatening pneumonia in November 2011 New Zealand sustains a major earthquake, with minor damage reported Sarah West, a British naval officer Commander is appointed commander of HMS Portland, the Royal Navy frigate; she is the first female officer to take command of a major British warship A study finds that 90% of dropouts in Asia's major city schools suffer from myopia, or short-sightedness, with 10 - 20% having advanced, or high myopia, which can cause blindness Romania's Prime Minister Emil Boc and his entire cabinet resign due to major social and political unrest in the country Josefina Vazquez Mota is the first woman ever endorsed by a major Mexican party to run for President of Mexico Justine Greening, the U.K. Secretary of State for Transport approves the HS2, a high-speed rail line that will link major cities in the U.K. to London 2011 Event In Major League Baseball's World Series, the St. Louis Cardinals win Game 1 against the Texas Rangers Casey Anthony, cleared of murdering her daughter Caylee and set to be released from the Orange County, Florida jail, attracts major crowds unhappy with the judgement Major League Baseball history is made when Derek Jeeter of the New York Yankees makes a home run off of the Tampa Bay Rays, becoming the 28th member of the 3,000 hit club Li Na becomes the first Asian tennis player to win a major title winning the 2011 French Open; Li Na is from the People's Republic of China Sendai, a major 9.0 earthquake strikes offshore of Japan's Miyagi Prefecture; 10-meter high tsunami's are produced near its epicenter, reaching land through the Pacific ocean The head of the Taiwanese Army's electronic communications and information department, Major General Lo Hsien-che is arrested for leaking secrets to China 2010 Event Many nations urge lower fishing rates on the Atlantic bluefin tuna; quota limits on the critically endangered fish are discussed by major fishing nations in Paris The U.S. announces it will provide an additional $500 million to aid Pakistan to help rebuilding efforts after major floods ravaged the country The Paris Masters final is won by Sweden's Robin Soderling, a first major win for the player, now ranked fourth in the world of tennis The New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins, progressing to Major League Baseball's 2010 American League Championship Series Major floods in Southern Sudan, near Aweil, Northern Bahr el Ghazal leave 57,000 people homeless The Stonehenge World Heritage Site announces the discovery of a possible new henge, the biggest discovery at a major monument in over 50 years 2004 Event Tony Awards, Avenue Q, I Am My Own Wife, Henry IV revival and Assassins revival won major awards 46th Grammy Awards, Coldplay, Outkast, Richard Marx, Luther Vandross, Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake win major awards 2003 Event Tony Awards, Hairspray, Take Me Out, Long Day's Journey Into Night revival and Nine revival won major awards President George W. Bush declares that 'major combat operations' in Iraq are over 45th Grammy Awards, Norah Jones and John Mayer win major awards 2002 Death Ted Williams, athlete, last person to hit .400 for a season as a major leaguer, dies at 83 2002 Event Tony Awards, The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Private Lives revival, and Into the Woods revival won major awards 44th Grammy Awards, U2, Alicia Keyes, Nelly Furtado and James Taylor win major awards 2001 Death Mary Kay Ash, businesswoman, started a major cosmetics company, dies at 83 2001 Event Tony Awards, The Producers, Proof, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest revival and 42nd Street revival won major awards 43rd Grammy Awards, U2, Steely Dan, Macy Gray and Sting win major awards 2000 Event Tony Awards, Copenhagen, Contact, The Real Thing revival, and Kiss Me Kate revival won major awards 42nd Grammy Awards, Santana, Sarah McLachlan and Sting win major awards 1999 Event 41st Grammy Awards, Celine Dion, Lauryn Hill and Eric Clapton win major awards 1998 Event Tony Awards, Lion King, Caberet revival, Ragtime, and The Beauty Queen of Leenane won major awards Tony Awards, Side Man, Death of a Salesman revival, Annie Get Your Gun revival and You're a Good Man Charlie Brown revival won major awards 40th Grammy Awards, Shawn Colvin, Bob Dylan, Sarah McLachlan, and Elton John win major awards 1997 Death Dawn Steel, film maker, first woman to head a major Hollywood studio, responsible for 'Flashdance', 'Fatal Attraction', dies at 51 Coleman Young, 1st black mayor of a major city (Detroit) 1997 Event Major league revenue sharing begins, New York Yankees pay out most $28M Major League Soccer announces Miami and Chicago expansion Major League Baseball announces 5 year, $50M deal with Pepsi 1996 Event Nebraska and Penn State are 5th and 6th major colleges to win 700 Roger Clemens ties his own major league record with 20 strikeouts 1996 Death MacKenzie John, pipe major, dies at 83 Carl Stokes, 1st black mayor of a major U.S. city, Cleveland, dies 1995 Event Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan 1994 Death Major Bill Smith, record producer, dies at 72 Major Lance, soul singer, dies at 55 Richard M Major, U.S. anti-terror specialist (CIA Red Book), dies at 72 1994 Event Members of the Major League Baseball Players Association strike Major parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter (July 16th-22nd) Steffi Graf becomes 1st defending tennis champ to lose in 1st round of a major tournament (Wimbledon to Lorrie McNeal) 1993 Event British premier Major/Irish premier Reynolds signs Downing Street Declaration concerning Northern Ireland self determination 1993 Death Anatoli Koretski, Russian major general, murdered Sergei Y Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut, dies in accident at 35 Donald "Deke" K Slayton, U.S. major/astronaut (Apollo 18), dies at 69 New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl 1992 Death Alexander Pola, Abraham Polak, actor and writer (Farce Major), dies 1992 Event U.S. Major Soccer League folds after 14 seasons West beats East 14 to 9 in Major Soccer League all star game 1991 Event Royals Warren Cromartie's 1st major league home run since 1983 Darrin Lewis hits his 1st major league home run Major league umpire Steve Palermo and former NFL defensive lineman Terence Mann were shot trying to help 2 waitresses from being robbed New York Yankee Steve Howe records his 1st major league save since 1987 San Diego Sockers win 4th consecutive Major Soccer League championship U.S. announces closing of 31 major U.S. military bases Major league umpires and baseball reach a 4-year agreement 1990 Event Britain's conservatives chose John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher Nolan Ryan becomes 20th major league pitcher to win 300 games Boston Red Sox set major league record with 12 doubles in a game Notre Dame becomes 1st team to sell its game to a major network (NBC) 1989 Event Houston becomes 1st major college team to gain 1000 yards in a game 1st black owners (Betram Lee and Peter Bynoe) to own a major sports team, purchasing Denver Nuggets for $65m Delta Burke (Designing Women) weds Gerald McRaney (Major Dad) Ron Brown chosen 1st black chairman of a major U.S. party (Democrats) 1988 Event Senate votes for major federal tax code changes 1987 Event 2nd coup on Fiji led by Major General Sitiveni Rabuka Calif's Bob Boone catches record 1,919th major league game Knuckleballer Charlie Hough on the mound, Rangers catcher Geno Petralli ties the major league record by allowing 6 passed balls Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season and ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8) 1986 Event Indians Jay Bell is 10th to hit a home run on 1st major league pitch he sees San Diego Padre Jimmy Jones pitchs 1-hitter in his major league debut A's Mark McGwire hits his 1st major league home run 1986 Death Ellison S. Onizuka, born in Hawaii, Major USAF/Astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster 1985 Event Major League Baseball Players' Association stages a midseason baseball strike (lasts 1 day) 1983 Event Reggie Jackson is 1st major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times Stern mag announces major historical find-discovery of 60 volume personal diaries written by Adolph Hitler (turned out to be a hoax) 1982 Event Major leagues vote not to renew Commissioner Bowie Kuhn's contract 1981 Event 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends 1980 Event Major race riot in Miami Florida - 16 killed, 300 injured 1979 Death Bern Hoffman, actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66 1979 Event Major Haddad declares South-Lebanon independent J. R. Richard throws major league record 6 wild pitches in Astrodome Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown, Pennsylvania (no deaths) Major riot at Bourda prevents day's play in WSC Supertest 1978 Event Major Indoor Soccer League holds its 1st draft Major Indoor Soccer League grants 1st 6 franchises to Cincinnati, 1978 Death Lyman Bostock, professional baseball player, outfielder, Minnesota Twins and California Angels Major League Baseball teams, dies in Gary, Indiana, at age 27, murdered by Leonard Smith Dodgers become 1st major league team to draw 3 million fans Formation of Major Indoor Soccer League announced President Ford signs 1st major revision of copyright law since 1909 1977 Event Major Indoor Soccer League officially organized (New York City) Red Sox wallop a major league-record 8 home runs beating Toronto 9-6 1976 Death Sybil Thorndike, actress (Melba, Major Barbara), dies at 93 1975 Event Mexico City's 1st major subway accident takes 26 lives 1974 Event Giants John Montefusco makes his major league debut Pitching in major league-record 13th consecutive game for Dodgers 1973 Event Major General Juvenal Habyarimana becomes president of Rwanda Kansas City Royals' George Brett gets his 1st major league hit Robyn Smith becomes 1st female jockey to win a major race 1972 Event Record 8 shutouts pitched in 16 major league games (AL=5, NL=3) Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike 1971 Event Sudan military coup under Major Hashem al-Atta, Numeiry flees 1970 Birthday Carl Everett, born in Tampa, Florida, baseball player, outfielder, played for Florida Marlins, Major League Baseball team, played for New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Montreal Expos, 2005 World Series Champion 1970 Event Mail service paralyzed by 1st major postal strike 1969 Event Congo-Brazzaville becomes People's republic, under major Ngouabi Major General Mohamed Siad Barre becomes President of Somali Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in a record 907th major league game 1st major league baseball game outside U.S. played (Montreal Canada) Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st female jockey to win at a major U.S. track Diane Crump becomes 1st woman jockey at a major U.S. racetrack (Hialeah) 1968 Event AL and NL umpires form a new Association of Major League Umpires Satchel Paige, 62, and needing 158 days on a major league payroll to qualify for a pension, is signed by Braves Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (Giants) NL awards Montreal and SD major league franchises 1967 Event Carl B. Stokes elected 1st black mayor of a major city-Cleveland, Ohio 1967 Death Orville Caldwell, Deputy Major (LA-1940), dies at 71 Major Robert H Lawrence, Jr. named 1st black astronaut 1967 Birthday John Doherty, born in the Bronx, New York, John Harold Doherty, pitcher, played for Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox Major League Baseball teams Edward G Givens, Jr., Major USAF/astronaut, dies in an car crash at 47 Rick Wilkins, born in Jacksonville, Florida, Richard Wilkins, baseball player, catcher, played Major League teams San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, also played for Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, New York Mets Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out 6 straight major leaguers 1966 Event 1st major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire 1965 Event Cubs tie major league record of 3 triple plays in a season Japanese community of San Francisco holds Masanori Murakami Day at Candlestick Park to honor 1st Japanese player to play in major leagues Major league record 26 strikeouts, Phillies (16), Pirates (10) Dick Stuart homers in a major league-record 23rd different park 1965 Birthday Beau Allred, born in Mesa, Arizona, Dale Le Beau Allred, baseball player, outfielder, played for the Cleveland Indians Major League Baseball team for three seasons from 1989 - 1991 1964 Event Phillies tie major league record with season's 3rd triple play (Reds) 1964 Birthday Joe Magrane, born in Des Moines, Iowa, Joseph David Magrane, baseball player, pitcher, MLB Network broadcaster, played for Major League Baseball teams, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, NBC sports analyst at 2008 Summer Olympics Steve Searcy, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, William Steven Searcy, baseball player, pitcher, played for Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball teams from 1998 - 1992 Houston Colt 45s Ken Johnson becomes 1st major league pitcher to lose a 9 inning no-hitter, Reds win 1-0 1963 Event Major league baseballs 100,000th game USAF Major Robert A Rushworth in X-15 reaches 86,900 m 1963 Birthday Jeff Musselman, born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, professional baseball player, pitcher, played for the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Mets Major League Baseball teams Colt .45s beat Giants 3-0 in major leagues' 1st Sunday night game Pete Rose triples for his 1st major league base hit Major League Rules Committee votes to expand strike zone 1962 Birthday Chuck Finley, born in Monroe, Louisiana, pitcher, Major League Baseball, played for California Angels, won more than 15 games six times between 1986 and 1999 1962 Event USAF Major Robert A. Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800m USAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 32,300m Dodgers set major league-record season attendance of 2,755,184 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m Darnell Coles, born in San Bernardino, California, professional baseball player, third baseman, outfielder, played for The Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball Teams USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 40,420 m Robert A. Rushworth, USAF major, takes X-15 to 30,600m Joey Meyer, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, professional baseball player, played for Milwaukee Brewers Major League Baseball team Sergei Viktorovich Zalyotin, born in Russia, major/cosmonaut 1st major league game in Houston, Colt .45s beat Chicago Cubs, 11-2 1961 Event Frank Robinson is 1st to win MVPs in both major leagues USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 30,970m USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 66,100m 1961 Birthday Pamela Ann Melroy, born in Palo Alto, California, Major USAF/astronaut, sk:STS-92 Willie Mays is 4th major leaguer with 3 or more home runs twice in a season USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,830 m Gary Varsho, born in Marshfield, Wisconsin, Gary Andrew Varsho, baseball player, outfielder, played for Major League Baseball teams, the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, played in 1991 and 1992 National League Championship Series Kevin Romine, born in Exeter, New Hampshire, professional baseball player, outfielder, played for Major Baseball team, the Boston Redsox USAF Major Robert M. White takes X-15 to 32,000 m Yuri Ivanovich Onufriyenko, Russian major/cosmonaut, Mir, Soyuz TM-23 1960 Birthday Curt Ford, born in Jackson, Mississippi, professional baseball player, played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies Major League Baseball teams Damon Wayans, actor/comedian, In Living Color, Major Payne, Blankman Steven W. Lindsey, Arcadia, California, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-87 1960 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 41,600 m Christopher J "Gus" Loria, Newton, Massachusetts, Major USMC/astronaut Mike Fitzgerald, born in Long Beach, California, professional baseball player, catcher, played for the New York Mets, Montreal Expos, California Angels Major League Baseball Teams, 1983 - 1992 Barry Lyons, born in Biloxi, Mississippi, Barry Stephen Lyons, baseball player, catcher, played for Major League Baseball teams, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, served as backup catcher to Gary Carter, named Most Valuable Player, South Atlantic League, 1984 Steve Lyons, born in Tacoma, Washington, Stephen John Lyons, nicknamed 'Psycho', baseball player, outfielder, third baseman, television sportscaster, played with Boston Red Sox, Major League Baseball team, known for oddities, such as playing hangman and tic-tac-toe with his spikes USAF Major Robert M. White takes X-15 to 33,222 m Continental League, a proposed third major league, gets an assurance of congressional support from New York Senator Kenneth Keating 1959 Birthday Michael P Anderson, Plattsburgh, New York, major USAF/astronaut, STS-89 1959 Event 1st movie opening simultaneously in major cities (On The Beach) In his major league debut, San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey goes 4-for-4 1st black to win a major golf tournament, William Wright Phils' Dave Philley gets a major league record 9th straight pinch hit Michael J. Bloomfield, born in Flint, Michigan, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-86 1958 Birthday Nancy J. Currie, born in Wilmington, Delaware, Major Army/astronaut, STS-57, 70, sk: 88 1958 Event Dale Long becomes 1st major league lefty catcher in 52 years Gennadi Ivanovich Padalka, Russian major/cosmonaut, SK: Soyuz TM-28 Dickie Thon, born in South Bend, Indiana, Richard William 'Dickie' Thon, baseball player, shortstop, played for Major League Baseball teams California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, suffered Mike Torrez fastball facial injury, Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Famer, 2003 Ted Williams is 10th major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits Sergei Yuriyevich Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut Arnold Palmer wins 1st major golf tournament-Masters Susan J. Helms, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-54, 64, 78 Bill Dawley, born in Norwich, Connecticut, baseball player, pitcher, played Major League Baseball with the Houston Astros, Chicago Whitesox, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Oakland Athletics Jeffrey N Williams, Superior Wisconsin, Major Army/astronaut 1957 Event Major Adrian Drew flies 1,943 kph in F-101 Voodoo U.S. Major David Simons reaches 30,933m in a balloon 1st black to win a major U.S. tennis tournament, Althea Gibson Marine Major John Glenn sets transcontinental speed record (03:28:08) 1957 Birthday Rick Douglas Husband, born in Amarillo, Texas, USAF Major/astronaut Major Irwin, USAAF flies a Lockheed Starfight to a record 1,404.18 MPH William G. Gregory, born in Lockport, New York, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-67 Major Johnson, USAAF flies a Lockheed Starfight to 17.28 miles (27.8 K) Duane G. Carey, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, major USAF/astronaut Carney Lansford, born in San Jose, California, Major League Baseball player, third baseman, played for California Angels, Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics 1978 - 1992 1956 Birthday Eileen Marie Collins, born in Elmira, New York, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-63, 84 1956 Event Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th home run Lance Parrish, born in Clairton, Pennsylvania, professional baseball player, catcher, played for many Major League Baseball teams, won All-Star eight times, won Silver Slugger award six times Paul S. Lockhart, born in Amarillo, Texas, Major USAF/astronaut 1955 Birthday Shanna Reed, Kansas City Kansas, actress, Major Dad, Mirrors 1955 Event U.S. Auto Club forms to oversee 4 major auto reacing categories Carl Erwin Walz, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-51, 65, 79 Charlie Puleo, born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Major League Baseball player, pitcher, played for the New York Mets, Cincinnati Red and Atlanta Braves 1981 - 1989 Damaso Garcia, born in Moca, Dominican Republic, Major League Baseball player, played for the New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays and Montreal Expos 1978 - 1989 1954 Event Major league owners vote down sale of A's to a Philadelphia syndicate Attempting to handle Hoyt Wilhelm's knuckleball catcher Ray Katt of Giants sets a major league record with 4 passed balls Hurricane Carol (1st major named storm) hits New England, 70 die 1st major league game where majority of team is black (Dodgers) Major League Baseball Players Association founded 1953 Event Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws Cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league home run Braves Phil Paine is 1st former major leaguer to play in Japan 1953 Birthday Brian J. Duffy, born in Boston, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-45, 57, 72, sk:92 1st major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2 Ron Jackson, born in Birmingham, Alabama, professional baseball player, played Major League Baseball, hitting coach for Boston Red Sox, 2003 - 2006 Brown's Bobo Holloman 1st major league start, no-hits Philadelphia A's, 6-0 1952 Event Stan Musial makes his only major league pitching appearance New York Yankees Johnny Mize's pinch-hit grand slam gives Yankees a 5-1 win at Washington He has now home runs in all 15 major league parks 1952 Birthday Mark C Lee, Viroqua WI, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-30, 47, 64, 82,sk: 98 Donald R. McMonagle, born in Flint, Michigan, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-39, 54, 66 1st black executive of a major TV station (Jackie Robinson-WNBC New York) Lloyd Blaine Hammond, Jr., Savannah, Georgia, Major USAF/astr, STS-39, 64 1951 Event Former Cubs 1st baseman and future TV star of Rifleman Chuck Connors is 1st player to oppose the major league draft 1951 Birthday Mark N Brown, Valparaiso, Indiana, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-28, 48, 66 Sidney M. Gutierrez, born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-40, 59 Willie Mays gets his 1st major league hit, a home run New York Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5) Thomas D Akers, St. Louis, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-41, 49, 61, 79 Gil McDougald ties major league record with 6 RBIs in 1 inning Senate committee reports of at least 2 major U.S. crime syndicates Benny Ayala, born in Yauco, Puerto Rico, Benigno Ayala Felix, Major League Baseball player, played outfield, first base, designated hitter for New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals Talgat Amangeldyyevich Musabayev, Russian Major/cosmonaut, TM-19, TM-27 1950 Birthday Margaret Whitton, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Good and Evil, Major League Lyman Bostock, professional baseball player, outfielder, Minnesota Twins and California Angels Major League Baseball teams Carl J Meade, Illinos, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-38, STS-50, 64 1950 Event 1st Major League baseball player to fight in Korea (Curt Simmons) 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5) Vic Harris, born in Los Angeles, California, baseball player, second baseman for Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Major League Baseball teams Burt Hooton, born in Greenville, Texas, Burt Carlton Hooton, baseball player, nicknamed 'Happy', right-handed starting pitcher for Major League Baseball teams Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers 1949 Birthday Terrence W. Wilcutt, Russellville, Kentucky, Major USMC/astronaut, STS-68, 79 Steve Busby, born in Burbank, California, baseball player, sportscaster, starting pitcher, played for Major League Baseball team Kansas City Royals 1949 Event Baseball major league record 4 grand slams hit Ray Major, rock guitarist, British Lions James S. Voss, born Cordova, Alabama, Major USA/astronaut, STS-44, 53, 69 Robert Cabana, born in Minneapolis, Major USMC/astronaut, STS-41, 53, 68, sk:88 1948 Event Satchel Paige at 42, pitches his 1st major league complete game 1948 Birthday Gerald McRaney, born in Collins, Mississippi, actor, Rick-Simon and Simon, Major Dad 1947 Event Pacific Coast League application for major league status rejected 1947 Birthday Gerald McRaney, Collins Mississippi, actor, Simon and Simon, Major Dad Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit Jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in major league baseball (Dodgers) Major Harris, U.S. R&B-singer, Love won't Let me wait David Bowie, born in London, England, singer and actor, Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust, also known as David Robert Hayward-Jones 1946 Event Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game 1946 Birthday Dawn Steel, born in America, film maker, first woman to head a major Hollywood studio, responsible for 'Flashdance', 'Fatal Attraction' Ellison S. Onizuka, born in Hawaii, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-51C, 51L-Chal disaster 1946 Death Edward Bowes, radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour), dies at 71 Giants outfielder Danny Gardella is 1st major leaguer to announce he is jumping to the "outlaw" Mexican League 1945 Death Major Courtney, U.S. medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf John Poston, British major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25 1944 Death Peter Waddy, British major 1st Para Brigade, dies in battle in Arnhem Wolfgang Redlich, German major/pilot, dies in battle 1944 Event Joe Nuxhall, 15, of Cincinnati Reds is youngest player in major league Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, German major/pilot, shot down 1943 Birthday John Major, British Prime Minister, C, 1990-97 1943 Event Major General Bradley arrives in Dakar and Marrakesh 1942 Event During WW II, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt 1942 Death Von Bismarck, German major general, (Africa Corps), dies in battle Battle of Midway begins; Japan's 1st major defeat in WW II Major German assault on Malta 3 day Battle of Java Sea ends, U.S. suffers a major naval defeat 1941 Event Cards' Stan Musial makes his major league debut, going 2-for-4 Germans made their last major air attack on Britain 1941 Birthday Major Lance, U.S. boxer, dancer and singer, Hey Little Girl 1940 Event British troops 1st major offensive in No Africa (Libya) during WW II 1940 Birthday Ed Garvey, labor leader, Major League Baseball Players Association 1939 Event 1st major league baseball telecast-Reds beat Brooklyn Dodgers (W2XBS New York) 1938 Event Major leagues agrees on standard ball Major leagues disagree on increasing rosters from 23 to 25 Nazis plan Jewish ghettos for all major cities 1936 Event 1st baseman Walter Alston plays in his only major league game Indians' Bob Feller makes his major league debut in relief 1936 Birthday Major Owens, born in Collierville, Tennessee, Representative-D-New York 1983 - 2007 Major R. Owens, American Politician Major Owens, American Politician 1935 Event 1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Phil 1) "RvJ" Mitchell and Major Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network 1934 Event Pittsburgh is last major league city to play a home game on a Sunday 1933 Birthday William A Anders, Hong Kong, Major Gen, USAF/astronaut, Apollo 8 1933 Event 1st major league All-Star Game announced for July 6 at Comiskey Park It will be played as part of the Chicago World's Fair 1st major league to get 4 consecutive doubles in 9 inn (Dick Bartell) Major earthquake in Long Beach, California Major NFL rule changes (hash mark 10 yards in, posts on goal line) 1932 Birthday Clifton C Williams, Jr., Mobile Alabama, Major USMC/astronaut 1932 Event Dodger John Quinn, 49, is oldest pitcher to win a major league game Gavin Lyall, author, Conduct of Major Maxim 1931 Event Round-robin playoff among New York City's 3 major league teams, to raise money for unemployed, concludes with Brooklyn losing to both Giants and Yankees 1931 Birthday Carrie Saxon Perry, 1st black mayor of a major U.S. city, Hartford CT Jim Frey, born in Cleveland, Ohio, manager, coach, Major League Baseball teams, Kansas City Royals, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs 1930 Birthday Michael Collins, Rome, Major General USAF/astronaut, Gemini 10, Apollo 11 1930 Event Brooklyn catcher Al Lopez hits major league's last recorded bounce home run 123 runs are scored in 7 major league games Amelia Rosselli, born in Paris, France, poet, of Italian origin, daughter of political activist Carlo Rosselli, worked in Italy as a poet and literary translator, wrote prose in English, French and Italian, major work, 'Spazi metrici' Edward Galven Givens, Jr., Quanah Texas, Major USAF/astronaut 1928 Event Carl Hubbell's 1st major league victory is a 4-0 shutout of Phils 1927 Death Ole Olsen, composer, organist, teacher, wrote opera 'Stig Hvide', wrote Symphony in G major, dies at 77 in Oslo, Norway 1927 Birthday Althea Gibson, born in Silver, South Carolina, 1st black tennis champion in a major event 1927 Event Major Bernard Montgomery (29) marries widow Betty Carver 1926 Birthday Bowie Kuhn, born in Maryland, lawyer, sports administrator, fifth commissioner of Major League Baseball 1925 Death Jakab Gyula Major, composer, dies at 66 1924 Birthday Donald "Deke" Kent Slayton, born in Sparta, Wisconsin, Major USAF/astronaut, Apollo 18 Margaret Beda Nicholson, author, No Medals for the Major 1922 Birthday MacKenzie John, pipe major 1921 Death P B S Pinchback, major Reconstruction politician, dies at 84 1921 Birthday Ian Percival, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Southport, served in World War II in North Africa and Burma, earned rank of Major 1920 Event Ray Chapman, of Indians is hit in head by Yankees' Carl Mays pitch; he dies next day, only major league fatality 1919 Event Fastest major league game (51 minutes), Giants beat Phillies 6-1 Babe Ruth ties Ned Williamson's major league mark of 27 home runs 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler) Phillies tie major league record of 8 steals in 9 inn game Major leagues open a reduced 140-game season 1919 Birthday Jackie Robinson, born in Georgia, 1st black major league baseball player, Dodgers 1918 Event Battle of the Argonne, final major battle of WW I 1918 Birthday Phil Rizzuto, born in Brooklyn, New York, Major League Baseball player, shortstop for the New York Yankees 1916 Death Charles E Manning, Australian judge/major, dies in battle at 36 1916 Birthday Ralph Baldwin, harness driver, set 11 major world records 1915 Birthday J. Donald Budge, U.S. tennis player, 1st to hold world's 4 major titles 1914 Birthday Alexander Pola, Dutch actor and writer, Farce Major 1912 Birthday Wendy Hiller, England, actress, Major Barbara, David Copperfield 1911 Event Cy Young's farewell appearance in a major league game is a letdown as he loses to Brooklyn 13-3 in a Braves uniform in his 906th game 1906 Birthday Kathleen Major, principal, St. Hilda's College, England 1905 Event George Bernard Shaws "Major Barbara," premieres in London Cubs Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 runners at plate in 1 game, all were ends of a double play 1903 Event Pitcher Jack Doscher, 1 son of a major leaguer debuts with Cubs 1901 Event Battle at Blood River Port: Boer General Botha beats Major Goughs cavalry 1901 Birthday CFH "Freddie" Gough, British major scout, WW II, Arnhem 1899 Death Lord Winchester, British marquis/major, dies in battle 1897 Event Yale defeated Penn, 30-10 in 1st major college basketball game 1896 Event Ed Delahanty, becomes 2nd major leaguer to hit 4 home runs in a game 1893 Death Allan Wilson, British/Rhodesian major, dies in battle 1888 Birthday Hans Oster, German major general/spy/July 20th plotter 1886 Event Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war 1st major earthquake recorded in eastern U.S., at Charleston SC, 110 die 1884 Event Moses Walker became 1st black player in major league 1880 Event John Lee Richmond pitches 1st major league perfect game, Worcester 1, Cleveland's Forest City 0 1879 Event John Brahms' Violin Concerto in D major premieres in Leipzig 1878 Birthday Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor, world champion cyclist, 1899 1874 Event Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court 1874 Birthday Edward Bowes, radio host, Major Bowes Amateur Hour Major Walter Winfield patents game called "sphairistike" (lawn tennis) 1870 Birthday Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years 1868 Birthday Bertha Landes, 1st woman elected mayor of a major U.S. city, Seattle 1868 Event Major General E R S Canby removes mayor of Columbia SC 1865 Death Francis Washburn, U.S. Union colonel/general major, dies of injuries 1865 Event 1st black major in U.S. Army, Martin Robinson Delany 1864 Event Union Major General Sherman burns Atlanta 1863 Event Battle of Gettysburg Pennsylvania ends, major victory for North 1863 Death Benjamin Franklin "Grimes" Davis, Union major, dies in battle at 30 John Pelham, U.S. Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24 1862 Event Major General Earl Van Dorn assumes command of Confederate troops in Missisippi General Lee's adjutant major Stuart captured 1862 Death Chatham Roberdeau Wheat, Confederate major, dies in battle at about 35 Grant's major assault on Ft. Donelson, Tennessee 1861 Event 1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins Battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought Major General Benjamin Butler declares slaves "contraband of war" 1860 Event Major Robert Anderson, under cover of darkness, concentrated his small force at Ft. Sumter 1858 Birthday Jakab Gyula Major, composer 1857 Event American Chess Association organized; 1st major U.S. chess tournament (New York City) 1854 Event Major streets lit by coal gas for 1st time 1853 Event 1st major U.S. rail disaster kills 46 in Norwalk, Connecticut 1851 Event 1st major San Francisco fire 1850 Birthday Ole Olsen, born in Hammerfest, Norway, composer, organist, teacher, wrote opera 'Stig Hvide', wrote Symphony in G major 1849 Death George Washington Williams, 1st major black historian, dies 1846 Event 1st major battle of Mexican War fought at Palo Alto Texas 1844 Birthday Galusha Pennypacker, Major General Union Army 1840 Birthday Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, Major General Union volunteers William Francis Bartlett, Major General Union volunteers 1839 Birthday George Armstrong Custer, Major General Union volunteers Emory Upton, Major General Union Army Nelson Appleton Miles, Major General Union volunteers Cyrus Hamblin, Major General Union volunteers Francis Fessenden, Major General Union volunteers 1838 Birthday John Grant Mitchell, Major General Union volunteers John Pelham, Major Confederate Army Charles Carroll Walcott, Major General Union volunteers 1837 Birthday William Wells, Major General Union volunteers James Harrison Wilson, Major General Union volunteers Stephen D Ramseur, youngest West Pointer to be Major Gen Eli Long, Major General Union Army Stephen Dodson Ramseur, Major General Confederate Army William Henry Fitzhugh "Rooney" Lee, Major General Confederate Army Robert Frederick Hoke, Major General Confederate Army James Sanks Brisbin, Major General Union volunteers Stephen Dodson Ramseur, Major General Confederate Army Francis Jay Herron, Major General Union volunteers 1836 Birthday John Thomas Croxton, Major General Union volunteers Pierce Manning Butler Young, Major General Confederate Army Thomas Lafayette Rosser, Major General Confederate Army Joseph Wheeler II, Major General, Confederacy/Cavalry/Army of Tennessee Henry Eugene Davies, Major General Union volunteers Thomas Wilberforce Egan, Major General Union volunteers James Patrick Major, Brigadier General Confederate Army Matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General, Confederate Army Benjamin Franklin Potts, Major General Union volunteers [Hugh] Judson Kilpatrick, Major General Union volunteers 1835 Birthday Fitzhugh Lee, Major General Confederate Army Elliott Warren Rice, Major General Union volunteers Lunsford Lindsay Lomax, Major General Confederate Army Godfrey Weitzel, Union volunteers Major general Adelbert Ames, Major General Union Army Joseph Hayes, Major General Union volunteers Newton Martin Curtis, Major General Union volunteers Alexander Stuart Webb, Major General Union Army Oliver Edwards, Major General Union volunteers 1834 Birthday Thomas Edward Greenfield Ransom, Major General Union volunteers Joseph Jackson Bartlett, Major General Union volunteers Wager Swayne, Major General Union volunteers Wesley Merritt, Major General Union volunteers William Dorsey Pender, Major General Confederate Army Robert Sanford Foster, Major General Union volunteers 1833 Birthday Cyrus Bussey, Major General Union volunteers James Deering Fessenden, Major General Union volunteers Henry Alanson Barnum, Major General Union volunteers Charles Jackson Paine, Major General Union volunteers John Wesley Turner, Major General Union Army Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert, Major General Union Army Edward Moody McCook, Major General Union volunteers Frank Wheaton, Major General Union Army David McMurtrie Gregg, Major General Union volunteers Thomas Howard Ruger, Major General Union volunteers John Sappington Marmaduke, Major General Confederate Army James Ewell Brown "JEB" Stuart, Major General Confederate Army 1832 Birthday Thomas Alfred Smyth, Major General Union volunteers Edward Hatch, Major General Union volunteers John Henry Ketcham, Major General Union volunteers George Henry Chapman, Major General Union volunteers William Woods Averell, Major General Union Army George Crockett Strong, Major General Union volunteers Samuel Sprigg Carroll, Major General Union Army George Washington Custis Lee, Major General Confederate Army Thomas Ogden Osbord, Major General Union volunteers Walter Quintin Gresham, Major General Union volunteers Charles Camp Doolittle, Major General Union volunteers Camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac, Major General Confederate Army John Brown Gordon, Major General Confederate Army 1831 Birthday Robert Ogden Tyler, Major General Union Army John Franklin Miller, Major General Union volunteers Daniel Butterfield, Major General Union volunteers John McAlister Schofield, Major General Union volunteers Stephen Gano Burbridge, Major General Union volunteers William Thomas Clark, Major General Union volunteers Alexander McDowell McCook, Major General Union volunteers Grenville Mellen Dodge, Major General Union volunteers Philip Henry Sheridan, born in Albany, New York, Major General, Union Army John Aaron Rawlins, Major General Union Army Cyrus Ballou Comstock, Major General Union volunteers Edward Ferrero, Major General Union volunteers 1830 Birthday John Frederick Hartranft, Major General Union volunteers Oliver Otis Howard, Major General Union volunteers John Stevens Bowen, Major General Confederate Army John Parker Hawkins, Major General Union Army William Babcock Hazen, Major General Union volunteers Alvan Cullem Gillem, Major General Union volunteers Richard Henry Jackson, Major General Union volunteers Edward Winslow Hinks, Major General Union volunteers George Lucas Hartsuff, Major General Union volunteers Davis Tillson, Major General Union volunteers Eugene Asa Carr, Major General Union Army Gouverneur Kemble Warren, Major General Union volunteers , Samuel, Emerson Opdycke, Major General Union volunteers 1829 Birthday William Passmore Carlin, Major General Union Army Samuel Wylie Crawford, Major General Union Army Christopher Columbus Andres, Major General Union volunteers Giles Alexander Smith, Major General Union volunteers William Worth Belknap, Major General Union volunteers George Crook, Major General Union volunteers John Horace Forney, Major General Confederate Army Thomas Ewing, Jr., Major General, Union volunteers Robert Brown Potter, Major General Union volunteers John Baillie McIntosh, Major General Union Army Robert Emmet Rodes, Major General Confederate Army Carl Schurz, Major General Union volunteers and journalist William Anderson Pile, Major General Union volunteers 1828 Birthday Clinton Bowen Fisk, Major General Union volunteers James Birdseye MacPherson, Major General Union volunteers Byron Grimes, Major General Confederate Army Jacob Dolson Cox, Major General Union volunteers Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Major General Union volunteers George Leonard Andrews, Major General Union volunteers Joseph Bradford Carr, Major General Union volunteers Cuvier Grover, Major General Union Army John Rutter Brooke, Major General Union volunteers John Austin Wharton, Major General Confederate Army Adin Ballou Underwood, Major General Union volunteers Charles William Field, Major General Confederate Army Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General Confederate Army Jefferson Columbus Davis, Major General Union Army James Fleming Fagan, Major General Confederate Army Robert Alexander Cameron, Major General Union volunteers Robert Ransom, Jr., Major General Confederate Army Thomas Carmichael Hindman, Major General Confederate Army Lewis Addison Grant, Major General Union volunteers August Valentine Kautz, Major General Union Army 1827 Birthday Alfred Howe Terry, Major General Union volunteers James Sidney Robinson, Major General Union volunteers Kenner Garrard, Major General Union Army Henry Warner Slocum, Major General Union volunteers John Grubb Parke, Major General Union volunteers John Morrison Oliver, Major General Union volunteers Joseph Anthony Mower, Major General Union volunteers Charles Edward Hovey, Major General Union volunteers William Hopkins Morris, Major General Union volunteers John Gibbon, Major General Union volunteers Lewis Wallace, Major General Union volunteers and author, Ben Hur Alexander Shaler, Major General Union volunteers Henry DeLamar Clayton, Major General Confederate Army Richard W. Johnson, Major General Union Army James Barnet Fry, Major General Union Army Charles Robert Woods, Major General Union Army John Calvin Brown, Major General Confederate Army 1826 Birthday James Scott Negley, Union volunteers Major General John Benjamin Sanborn, Major General Union volunteers George Brinton McClellan, Major General Union Army William Mahone, Major General Confederate Army John McArthur, Major General Union volunteers Hugh Boyle Ewing, Major General Union volunteers Thomas John Lucas, Major General Union volunteers William Denison Whipple, Major General Union Army James Gillpatrick Blunt, Major General Union volunteers Benjamin Henry Grierson, Major General Union volunteers Robert Kingston Scott, Major General Union volunteers Green Clay Smith, Major General Union volunteers Thomas Hewson Neill, Major General Union volunteers 1826 Event Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna John Alexander Logan, Major General Union volunteers Halbert 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Major General Union volunteers Truman Seymour, Major General Union Army Isaac Hardin Duval, Major General Union volunteers Hiram Gregory Berry, Major General Union volunteers Absalom Baird, Major General Union Army Simon Goodell Griffin, Major General Union volunteers William Burnham Woods, Major General Union volunteers Alfred Pleasonton, Major General Union volunteers Charles Kinnaird Graham, Major General Union volunteers Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox, Major General Confederate Army Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General Union volunteers Innis Newton Palmer, Major General Union volunteers William Henry Chase Whiting, Major General Confederate Army Thomas James Churchill, Major General Confederate Army William Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Major General Union volunteers Winfield Scott Hancock, Major General Union volunteers 1823 Birthday Joseph Alexander Cooper, Major General Union volunteers Nathan Kimball, Major General Union volunteers Thomas John Wood, Major General Union volunteers John Newton, Major General Union volunteers Orris Sanford Ferry, Major General Union volunteers George Henry Gordon, Major General Union volunteers James Isham Gilbert, Major General Union volunteers Edward Elmer Potter, Major General Union volunteers Jesse Lee Reno, Major General Union volunteers James Lawson Kemper, Major General Confederate Army John Gray Foster, Major General Union volunteers James Allen Hardie, Major General Union Army Alfred Gibbs, Major General Union Army Orlando Bolivar Wilcox, Major General Union Army Samuel Kosciusko Zook, Major General Union volunteers William Thompson Martin, Major General Confederate Army William Buel Franklin, Major General Union volunteers Franklin Gardner, Major General Confederate Army Peter Joseph Osterhaus, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Birthday Thomas Casimer Devin, Major General Union volunteers Charles Smith Hamilton, Major General Union volunteers Gordon Granger, Major General Union volunteers Mansfield Lovell, Major General Confederate Army George Sykes, Major General Union volunteers Joseph Rodman West, Major General Union volunteers Fitz John Porter, Major General Union volunteers Schuyler Hamilton, Major General Union volunteers Darius Nash Couch, Major General Union volunteers John George Walker, Major General Confederate Army Samuel Davis Sturgis, Major General Union Army Dabney Herndon Maury, Major General Confederate Army Erastus Barnard Tyler, Major General Union volunteers Napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General Union volunteers Gershom Mott, Major General Union volunteers Seth Williams, Major General Union Army John Pope, Major General Union volunteers James Patton Anderson, Major General Confederate Army Thomas Leiper Kane, Major General Union volunteers John Porter Hatch, volunteers Major General, Union Joseph Brevard Kershaw, Major General Confederate Army Joseph Jones Reynolds, Major General Union volunteers 1821 Birthday Alvin Peterson Hovey, Major General Union volunteers Henry 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volunteers John Haskell King, Major General Union Army 1819 Birthday John White Geary, Major General Union volunteers James Clifford Veatch, Major General Union volunteers Samuel Jones, Major General Confederate Army Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss, Major General Union volunteers Daniel Edgar Sickles, Major General Union volunteers George Washington Getty, Major General Union Army Henry Jackson Hunt, Major General Union Army Martin Luther Smith, Major General Confederate Army William Starke Rosecrans, Major General Union volunteers Samuel Powhatan Carter, Major General Union volunteers Alexander Hays, Major General Union volunteers William Birney, Major General Union volunteers Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Major General Union volunteers Frederick Steele, Major General Union volunteers Zealous Bates Tower, Major General Union Army 1818 Birthday William Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring, Major General Confederate Army Samuel Gibbs French, Major General Confederate Army Benjamin Franklin Butler, Major General Union volunteers Edward Otho Cresap Ord, Major General Union volunteers Irvin McDowell, Major General Union volunteers Rufus Ingalls, Major General Union Army William Farquhar Barry, Major General Union Army Lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General Union volunteers Cadwallader Colden Washburn, Major General Union volunteers Lewis Baldwin Parsons, Major General Union volunteers Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Major General Union volunteers Don Carlos Buell, Major General Union volunteers Albion Parris Howe, Major General Union Army Jeremy F Gilmer, Major Gen/Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept John Reese Kenly, Major General Union volunteers 1817 Birthday Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, Major General Union volunteers Bushrod Rust Johnson, Major General Confederate Army Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Major General Confederate Army James Blair Steedman, Major General Union volunteers Joseph K Barnes, Major General Union Army James Brewerton Ricketts, Major General Union Army John Wilson Sprague, Major General Union volunteers Samuel Ryan Curtis, Major General Union volunteers 1816 Birthday Alfred Elzey Jones, Major General Confederate Army William Henry Talkbot Walker, Major General Confederate Army Amiel Weeks Whipple, Major General Union volunteers Julius White, Major General Union volunteers John Eugene Smith, Major General Union Army George Henry Thomas, Major General Union Army Robert Huston Milroy, Major General Union volunteers Phillipe Regis Denis de Keredern de Trobriand, Major General, Union Robert Seaman Granger, Union Army Major general Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Major General Union Army Edward "Old Allegheny" Johnson, Major General Confederate Army Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, Major General Union volunteers Fitz-Henry Warren, Major General Union volunteers 1815 Birthday George Gordon Meade, Major General Union Army Israel Bush Richardson, Major General Union volunteers Stephen Augustus Hurlbut, Major General Union volunteers Howell Cobb II, Major 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Union volunteers John Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General Confederate Army Charles Ferguson Smith, Major General Union volunteers Lysander Cutler, Major General Union volunteers Napoleon Bonaparte Buford, Major General Union volunteers Joseph Holt, Major General Union Army 1806 Birthday George C Cadwalader, Major General Union volunteers Amos Beebe Eaton, Major General Union Army 1805 Birthday Benjamin Hugur, Major General Confederate Army Samuel Peter Heintzelman, Major General Union volunteers Robert Anderson, Major General Union Army 1804 Birthday Lorenzo Thomas, Major General Union Army 1803 Birthday Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, Major General Union volunteers 1802 Birthday David Hunter, Major General Union volunteers Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, Major General Confederate Army George Douglas Ramsey, Major general Union Army 1801 Birthday James Barnes, Major General Union volunteers John Drake Sloat, Ret Major General Commander Union Navy Daniel Smith Donelson, Major General Confederate Army George Sears Greene, Major General Union volunteers 1800 Birthday Nat Turner, Virginia, leader of major slave rebellion, 1831 1798 Birthday Richard Delafield, Major General Union Army Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Major General Union volunteers 1797 Birthday Edwin Vose Sumner, Major General Union volunteers 1794 Birthday James Wolfe Ripley, Major General Union Army 1792 Birthday Robert Patterson, Major General Union volunteers 1789 Birthday James Fenimore Cooper, 1st major U.S. novelist, Last of Mohicans 1788 Birthday Joseph Gilbert Totten, Major General Union Army 1780 Death Patrick Ferguson, English major in SC, dies in battle at 36 John Andre, British major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold) 1780 Event British Major John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Pt Benedict Arnold gives British Major Andre plans to West Point 1777 Event Major James Graves Simcoe appointed commandant of Queen's Rangers 1765 Event Charles Messier catalogs M41 (galactic cluster in Canis Major) 1760 Event French commandant Belatre surrenders Detroit to Major R Rogers 1709 Event 1st major group of Swiss/German colonists reaches NC/SC 1673 Death Joan Blaeu, Dutch cartographer/publisher (Atlas Major), dies at 77 1594 Birthday Gustavus II Adolphus, king who made Sweden a major power, 1611-32
