1956 Event 1st American to land an airplane at South Pole - Rear Admiral G. J. Dufek 1951 Birthday Gaby Landhage, Goteborg Sweden, model, Model of the Rear 1947 Event Rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter, USN, becomes 3th director of CIA 1946 Event Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, USNR, ends term as 1st director of CIA Lieutenant General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, becomes 2nd director of CIA 1946 Event Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, USNR, becomes 1st director of CIA 1940 Event Rear Admiral Joseph Taussig testifies before U.S. Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable 1937 Birthday Richard H. Truly, born in Fayette, Mississippi, Rear Admiral USN astronaut, STS-T-2, T-4, 2, 8 1931 Event 1st theater built for rear movie projection (New York City) 1929 Birthday Mary Joan Nielubowicz, rear admiral/nurse 1928 Birthday Grace Kelly, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actress, Rear Window, Princess, Monaco 1923 Birthday Alan B. Shepard, Jr., East Derry, New Hampshire, Rear Admiral USN astronaut, Mercury 3, Apollo 14 1923 Birthday David Haslam, British rear Admiral, hydrographer 1913 Birthday Judith Evelyn, born in Seneca, South Dakota, actress, 13th Letter, Tingler, Rear Window 1908 Birthday Maurice Adams, surgeon/British rear admiral 1899 Birthday Alfred Hitchcock, born in London, director, Psycho, Birds, Rear Window 1891 Death David Dixon Porter, U.S. rear Admiral (Union), dies at 77 1889 Birthday Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear admiral 1862 Event David G Farragut is 1st rear Admiral in U.S. Navy 1813 Birthday David Dixon Porter, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1811 Death Samuel Story, Dutch rear Admiral (Battle of Kamperduin), dies at 58 1809 Birthday Raphael Semmes, Rear Admiral, Confederate Navy 1807 Birthday Charles Henry Davis, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1806 Birthday Andrew Hull Foote, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1805 Birthday Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1803 Birthday Samuel Francis DuPont, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1797 Birthday Hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1797 Birthday Silas Horton Stringham, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1790 Birthday Joseph Smith, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1789 Birthday Francis Hoyt Gregory, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1778 Birthday Charles Stewart, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1607 Birthday Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear Admiral, St. Vincent, Dune
