2014 Event Larry Ellison of Oracle Corp. is ranked the highest-paid U.S. executive for the second year in a row; Ellison's 2013 compensation of $78.4 million is more than twice that of runner-up Robert Iger of Walt Disney Corp, with $34.3 million 2014 Event A 12-page letter written by Robert R. Livingston in 1775 is found by an archivist at the Morris-Jumel Mansion, George Washington's headquarters during the Revolutionary War; the letter explains why Livingston was chosen to help draft the Declaration of Independence 2013 Event Three American economists win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences: Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen, and Robert Shiller 2013 Death Robert W. Fogel, the Nobel-Prize-winning economist, dies at the age of 86 2013 Event American boxer Floyd Mayweather defeats Robert Guerrero and retains his WBC Welterweight title in a unanimous decision 2013 Event The Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine for in vitro fertilisation, Robert G. Edwards, dies at age 87 2012 Event Robert Spitzer, a retired American psychiatrist, claims his 2001 study was 'fatally flawed'; the study falsely supported the myth that gay people could be 'cured' 2012 Event Love letters written between poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning are published online by Wellesley College and Baylor University 2010 Death Robert Byrd, born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, Senator 1959 - 2010, longest serving member of the U.S. Senate, dies at age 92 2009 Event Morgan Tsvangirai becomes Prime Minister of Zimbabwe after agreeing to share power with President Robert Mugabe 2008 Death Robert Mondavi, dies in Yountville, California, at 94 2008 Death Robert Rauschenberg, dies in Florida, of heart failure, at 82 2007 Death Robert Goulet, dies in Los Angeles, California, awaiting a lung transplant for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, at 73 2007 Death Robert A. Young, Representative-D-Missouri 1977 - 1987, died from liver disease 2007 Death Robert Pickett, stage name, Bobby Boris Pickett, singer, co-wrote and performed hit 'Monster Mash', dies 2007 Death Robert C. Solomon, dies in Zurich, Switzerland, at 64 2005 Death Robert Sheckley, American Author 2005 Death Robert Badham, Representative-R-California 1977 - 1989 2005 Death Robert Moog, American Inventor 2004 Death Robert Merrill, opera singer, dies at 85 2004 Death "Robert ""Gypsy Boots"" Bootzin", actor/gadfly, The Gypsy in Me, dies at 89 2004 Death Robert Teeter, American Politician 2004 Death Robert Quine, guitarist, guitar soloist, worked with Matthew Sweet, Marianne Faithfull, style combines jazz, rock, blues, dies 2004 Death Robert Pastorelli, actor/boxer, Murphy Brown, dies at 49 2003 Death Robert Palmer, resistable performer, Addicted to Love, dies at 54 2003 Death Robert McCloskey, writer/illustrator, Make Way for Ducklings, dies at 78 2003 Death Robert Stack, actor, The Untouchables, dies at 84 2003 Death Robert Atkins, diet doctor, Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution, dies at 72 2002 Death Robert Forward, writer, Dragon's Egg, dies at 70 2002 Death Robert Urich, actor, Spenser for Hire, dies at 55 2002 Death Robert L. Chapman, lexicographer, Roget's Thesaurus, dies at 81 2002 Death Robert Nozick, American Philosopher 2001 Death Robert Ludlum, novelist, The Bourne Identity, dies at 73 2000 Death Robert Buck, rock guitarist/songwriter, ", 10,000 Maniacs, ", dies at 42 2000 Death Robert Trout, radio Methuselah, ", coined the term ""fireside chat"" to describe FDR's informal speeches, ", dies at 91 2000 Death Robert Cormier, writer, The Chocolate War, dies at 75 2000 Death Robert Northshield, TV news producer, Sunday Morning, dies at 78 2000 Death Robert Trent Jones, golf course architect, Augusta National Course, dies at 93 2000 Death Robert Rathburn Wilson, nuclear physicist, a leader of the Manhattan Project, dies at 82 1999 Death Robert Bresson, French Director 1999 Death Robert Shaw, chorale director, founded the Robert Shaw Chorale, dies at 82 1998 Event Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail LPGA Tournament 1998 Death Robert Young, actor, Marcus Welby, dies at 91 1998 Death Robert Merrill, songwriter (Funny Girl), commits suicide at 76 1998 Event Boston Celtics retire Robert Parrish's #00 1997 Death Michael Kennedy, son of Robert Kennedy, dies in ski accident at 39 1997 Death Robert Steel, academic, dies at 82 1997 Death Robert Sutton, electronics engineer, dies at 82 1997 Death Robert Palmer, rock critic, dies at 52 1997 Death Robert Arthur Thornbury Campbell, journalist/musician, dies at 55 1997 Death Robert Pinget, novelist/Playwright, dies at 78 1997 Death Robert Mitchum, actor, Winds of War, dies at 79 1997 Event TV evangelist Robert Schuller attacks a flight attendant 1997 Event Republic of Texas security chief Robert Scheidt surrenders 1996 Death Robert Grant-Ferris, politician, dies at 89 1996 Death Robert J. Morris, lawyer, served New York State Assembly committee investigating Communist activities, dies at 81 1996 Death Robert Bromston Thesiger Daniell, soldier, dies at 95 1996 Death Robert Rapoport, social anthropologist, dies at 72 1996 Death Robert O'Neill Crossman, politician, dies at 49 1996 Death Robert Bourassa, Prime Minister of province of Quebec 1970 - 1976, 1985 - 1993, dies at 63 1996 Event 2nd Presidents Golf Cup: U.S. beats International team 16 -15 at Robert Jones Va 1996 Death Robert Croften Brown, politician, dies at 75 1996 Death Robert Louis Tewdwr Moss, journalist/travel writer, dies at 42 1996 Death Robert Lewis Campbell Lorimer, publisher, dies at 77 1996 Death Robert Lynn, anarchist, dies at 72 1996 Death Robert Kidd, marine geoscientist, dies at 48 1996 Death Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon, dies at 85 1996 Death Robert Edwin Hall, mountaineer/businessman, dies at 35 1996 Death Robert Hersant, press baron, dies at 76 1996 Death Robert William Paine, architect, dies at 88 1996 Death Marthe Robert, essayist/translator, dies at 82 1996 Death Robert Franklin Overmyer, astronaut (STS-5, STS-51-B), dies at 59 1996 Death Robert Mellors, gay activist, dies at 47 1996 Death Robert Covington, drummer/singer, dies at 54 1996 Death Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, musician, dies at 80 1995 Death Robert Francis Vere Heuston, professor of law, dies at 72 1995 Death Robert Shelton (Shapiro), journalist, dies at 69 1995 Death Robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor, dies at 77 1995 Death Robert Parrish, film director editor/actor (Casino Royale), dies at 79 1995 Death Robert Stephens, actor (Chaplin, QB VII, Cleopatra), dies at 64 1995 Death Robert Grieve, civil Servant, dies at 84 1995 Death Robert Lorimer Riggs, tennis Player, dies at 77 1995 Event Robert E. Lucas awarded Nobel Prize in economics 1995 Death Robert "Robby" Debarge, r&B Musician, dies at 36 1995 Death Robert L "Bob" Talley, pianist, dies at 75 1995 Death Helmut Erich Robert Gernsheim, photographer/collector, dies at 82 1995 Death Robert Flemyng, actor (Kafka, Rebecca, Funny Face), dies at 83 1995 Death Robert Harris, actor (Werewolf of London), dies at 95 1995 Death Robert Gibb, zoo/theme park creator, dies at 57 1995 Death Robert Selby Taylor, bishop, dies at 86 1995 Death Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer, dies at 93 1995 Death Robert Turner, winner of 1st All-American Soap Box Derby, dies at 72 1995 Death Robert Urquhart, actor (Dunkirk, Bulldog Breed), dies at 72 1995 Death Robert Bolt, British playwright (Doctor Zhivago, Bounty), dies at 70 1995 Death Robert Bolt, British Playwright 1995 Death Robert L Haller, coon Dog Trainer, dies at 32 1995 Death Robert Shaw, town Planner, dies at 81 1995 Death Robert Clifford Latham, pepys Scholar, dies at 82 1995 Death Robert Nesbitt, impresario, dies at 88 1994 Death Robert Emhardt, actor (Mac Cory-Another World), dies at 80 1994 Death Robert Jesse Charleston, museum curator, dies at 78 1994 Death Robert White, guitarist, dies at 57 1994 Death Robert White, guitarist, African-American musician, performed guitar riff on The Temptations hit, My Girl, dies in Los Angeles, California 1994 Death Robert Lansing, actor (Blade Runner, Equalizer), dies of cancer at 66 1994 Death Charles Robert Owen Medley, dancer/Choreographer, dies at 88 1994 Death Robert Bloch, screenwriter (Psycho), dies of cancer at 77 1994 Event 1st Presidents Golf Cup: U.S. beats International team 20-12 at Robert Jones Va 1994 Death Robert Ivanovich Rozhdestvensky, poet, dies at 64 1994 Death Robert Hutton, Winne, U.S. actor (Rocket), dies at 74 1994 Death Robert Jungk, German/French/Us/Austrian philosopher/historian, dies 1994 Death Robert Michael Payton, pizza magnate, dies at 50 1994 Death Robert E Lee, dies of cancer at 75 1994 Death Robert Millar, journalist, dies at 72 1994 Death Mark Robert Isfeld, combat Engineer, dies at 31 1994 Event Country singer Trisha Yearwood (29) weds Robert Reynolds (32) 1994 Event Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (21 days after his divorce) weds Mary Richardson 1994 Death Robert O van Gennep, Dutch publisher (Guevara, Mandel), dies at 56 1994 Death Robert Doisneau, French photographer (The Kiss), dies at 81 1994 Event Robert F Kennedy, Jr. divorces Emily Black 1994 Death Robert Shea, author, dies of cancer 1993 Event Haitian premier Robert Malval resigns 1993 Event Robert Goulet undergoes prostate cancer surgery 1993 Death Robert Taft, Jr., Senator-R-Ohio 1971 - 1976, died at age 76 1993 Event Actress Allison Angrim (32) weds Robert Schoonover (44) 1993 Death Robert C Maynard, CEO (Oakland Tribune), dies at 56 1993 Event Televangelist Robert Tilton announces he is divorcing Marte 1993 Death Robert W. Kempner, German officer of justice in Prussia, dies at 93 1993 Death Robert J Glass, film producer (ET), is killed at 53 1993 Death Robert Davis, dies of emphysema at 76 1993 Death Robert Strong 1993 Death Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor (large iron sculptures), dies at 80 1993 Event Robert M Gates, ends term as 15th director of CIA 1992 Death Robert F Simon, U.S. actor (Operation Petticoat, M*A*S*H), dies at 83 1992 Death Robert Shayne, U.S. actor (Tora! Tora! Tora!), dies of cancer at 92 1992 Birthday Adam Robert Worton, Newark DE, twin actor, Baby's Day Out 1992 Death Robert Reese, producer, dies of natural causes at 66 1992 Event New York City Subway motorman Robert Ray convicted of manslaughter in death of 5 riders, when he fell asleep drunk while in control of train 1992 Death Robert Muldoon, premier New Zealand (1975-84)/President IMF, dies 1992 Death Robert Morley, actor (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 84 1992 Death Robert Morris Page, U.S. physicist (radar), dies at 88 1992 Death Robert Reed, actor (Brady Bunch), dies of AIDs at 59 1992 Death Robert Harris, murderer, executed in California's gas chamber at 39 1992 Death Robert Alton Harris, American Criminal 1992 Death Robert F Clayton, drummer (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash 1992 Death Robert Paul Haynes, bassist (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash 1992 Event BPAA U.S. Open by Robert Lawrence 1992 Death Robert Beatty, actor (Odd Man Out), dies at 82 1992 Event Robert Schenkkan's "Kentucky Cycle," premieres in LA 1991 Death Robert Eddison, British actor (Uncle Silas), dies at 83 1991 Death Robert Q Lewis, U.S. comic/TV panel member (RQL Show), dies at 70 1991 Event Robert M. Gates, becomes 15th director of CIA 1991 Death Robert Maxwell, Billionaire publisher (New York Daily News), dies at 68 1991 Event Robert Helmick resigns as President of U.S. Olympic Committee 1991 Death Robert DiMatte, Jr., stage director/actor, dies at 43 1991 Death Robert Motherwell, U.S. painter (Elegies to Spanish Rep), dies at 76 1991 Event Robert Strauss becomes U.S. ambassador to Soviet Union 1991 Event Robert M. Gates becomes head of CIA 1991 Event Actor Robert Duvall weds Sharon Brophy 1991 Death Robert Maroff, dies at 57 1991 Death Robert Wagner, mayor (NYC-D-1954-65), dies 1991 Event Robert Gibson flies record 27,040 feet altitude 1990 Event Robert F X Sillerman purchases WAFL NY-New Jersey Knights for $11 million 1990 Death Robert Cummings, actor (Love that Bob), dies of kidney failure at 82 1990 Death Robert Mariano, entertainer, dies at 21 1990 Death Robert Tessier, actor (Nightwish, Future Force), dies at 56 1990 Event Robert E. Nederlander appointed New York Yankee managing general partner 1990 Death Robert Alex, shot to death by robber at 31 1990 Death Robert Sommer, singer, dies of liver failure at 42 1990 Event Kerry Kennedy (daughter of Robert) and Andrew Coumo (Mario's son) wed 1990 Death Robert Noyce, co-inventor (semi-conductor)/founder (Intel), dies 1990 Event Lebanon release U.S. hostage Robert Polhill after 39 months 1990 Death Robert D Webb, director/actor (Love Me Tender, Jackals), dies at 87 1990 Death Robert F Adams, U.S., sci-fi author (Castaways in Time), dies at 57 1989 Death Robert Wickler, dies 1989 Death Robert Penn Warren, American Novelist 1989 Death Robert Webber, actor (Alex-Moonlighting), dies of ALS at 64 1989 Death Robert Webber, actor (Nuts, Assassin, 10), dies at 74 1989 Event Richard J. Kerr replaces Robert M. Gates as deputy director of CIA 1989 Death Robert Mapplethorpe, U.S. photographer, dies at 42 1989 Event Robert McFarlane gets $20,000 fine, 2 years probation for Iran-Contra 1988 Death Bob Steele, Robert Bradbury, dies after short illness at 60 1988 Event Robert Bork's supreme court nomination rejected by U.S. Senate 1988 Event Robert Englund, actor who plays Freddie Kruger weds Nancy Booth 1988 Death Robert Gwathmey, artist, dies at 85 1988 Event Rockers Jonathan "Chico" and Robert DeBarge indicted on drug trafficking 1988 Death Robert Lee "Bobby" Dodd, U.S. football coach 1988 Death Robert A Heinlein, sci-fi writer (Friday), dies of heart failure at 80 1988 Death Robert A. Heinlein, American Writer 1988 Death Robert Livingston, actor (Lone Ranger), dies at 83 of emphysema 1988 Birthday Jamie Altman, son of Lynda Carter and Robert Altman 1987 Death Robert Paige, actor (Son of Dracula, Pardon My Sarong), dies 1987 Event Nobel prize for economy awarded to Robert M. Solow 1987 Event Senate debate begins rejecting Robert Bork's Supreme Court nomination 1987 Event William H. Webster replaces Robert M. Gates as 14th director of CIA 1987 Death Robert Preston, actor (Harold Hill-Music Man), dies at 68 1987 Event Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide 1986 Death Robert L "Bobby" Layne, football player (Detroit Lions), dies at 59 1986 Death Robert Sutton Whitney, composer, dies at 82 1986 Death Robert S Mulliken, U.S. physicist (Nobel 1966), dies at 90 1986 Death Robert Helpmann, actor (Second Time Lucky, Patrick), dies at 77 1986 Death Jennifer Levin, strangled by Robert Chambers in Central Park 1986 Death Robert Drivas, actor (Our Private World), dies at 47 1986 Death Robert E Howard, sci-fi author (Conan the Conqueror), dies at 80 1986 Death Robert Alda, actor (Dan Lewis-Supertrain), dies at 72 1986 Event Robert M. Gates, becomes deputy director of CIA 1985 Event Position of American Poet Laureate established (Robert Warren is 1st) 1985 Death Robert Graves, English writer/poet (King Jesus), dies at 90 1985 Event Senate judiciary committee begins Robert Bork confirmation hearings 1985 Death Rodney Robert Porter, British Scientist 1985 Death Robert Nathan, U.S. writer/poet (Portrait of Jennie), dies at 91 1985 Death Robert W. Woodruff, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies at 95 1985 Death Robert H. W. Welch, Jr., U.S. founder/leader John Birch Society, dies at 85 1985 Event Actress Judith Licht (Who's the Boss) marries Robert Desiderio (One Life to Live) 1984 Death Robert Moore, actor (Marshall-Diana), dies at 56 1984 Event Robert Penn Warren, Pulitzer Prize winner, named 1st U.S. poet laureate 1984 Event Actress Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman) marries Robert Altman 1983 Death Robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65 1983 Death Robert Agnew, director, dies at 84 of kidney failure 1983 Death Robert Gross, composer, dies at 69 1983 Event Robert de Castella wins Helsinki marathon 2:10:03 1983 Death Robert Bray, actor (Corey-Lassie, Simon-Stagecoach West), dies at 65 1983 Death Robert Christian, actor (Bustin' Loose), dies of cancer at 42 1982 Death Robert Coote, actor (Timmy-Rogues, Theodore-Nero Wolfe), dies at 73 1982 Death Robert Coote, actor (MacBeth), dies in New York City of a heart attack at 73 1982 Birthday Robert Anthony, born in Chicago, Illinois, ring name, 'Egotistico Fantastico', professional wrestler, athlete, World Junior Heavyweight Champion, Iron Man Champion, AAW Heavyweight Championship 1982 Death Robert H G Havemann, German chemist/dissident, dies 1981 Death Robert H Harris, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 72 1981 Death Robert Montgomery, actor/dir (Robert Montgomery Presents), dies at 77 1981 Death Robert Russell Bennett, U.S. composer/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 87 1981 Death Robert Peci, Italian brother of Red Brigade leader, murdered 1981 Death Robert Emmett Keane, actor (Rookie Cop, Red Dragon), dies 1981 Death Robert Davi (opera singer/actor), dies at 54 1981 Birthday Robert Earnshaw, born in Mufulira, Zambia, Welsh international soccer player, striker, plays for Nottingham Forest 1981 Event Military jury in North Carolina convicts Robert Garwood of collaborating with enemy 1980 Birthday Margot Contois, Marquette, Michigan, dance skater, & Robert Peal 1980 Event Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins parliamentary election in Zimbabwe 1980 Event Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins elections in Zimbabwe 1980 Death Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62 1979 Death Robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62 1979 Event "Bad Case Of Loving You" by Robert Palmer peaks at #14 1978 Event Test Cricket debut of Allan Robert Border, vs. England at the MCG 1978 Death Robert Shaw, actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies of heart attack at 51 1978 Event Robert Frost Plaza, at California, Drumm and Market, SF, dedicated 1978 Death Robert Heger, composer, dies at 91 1977 Death Robert C "Cal" Hubbard, U.S. baseball player/umpire, dies at 77 1977 Death Robert Lowell, U.S. poet/pacifist (Near the Ocean), dies at 60) 1977 Death Karac Plant, son of Robert Plant, dies of respratory failure at 6 1977 Death Robert Middleman, actor (Barney-Monroes), dies at 66 1977 Death Robert M. Hutchins, American Educator 1977 Death Margaret Hayes, actress (Robert Montgomery Presents), dies at 61 1976 Death Robert Fleming, composer, dies at 55 1976 Birthday Gregory Robert Henderson, Dunedin New Zealand, 4k pursuit cyclist 1996 Olympics 1976 Death Robert de Roos, composer, dies at 69 1975 Event Senator Robert Dole and Elizabeth Hanford marry 1975 Birthday Robert Enes, Australian soccer midfielder, Olyroos, 1996 Olympics 1975 Event Robert Plant is involved in a car crash in Rhodes 1975 Event House of Representatives votes to restore citizenship to General Robert E. Lee 1975 Death Robert Stolz, Austrian composer (Fruhling im Prater), dies at 94 1975 Event 27th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake and Jean Marsh 1975 Death Rob Touber, Robert J Noordervliet, chansonnier/director, dies at 38 1975 Death Robert Strauss, actor (Sergeant Gruzewsky-Mona McCluskey), dies at 61 1975 Death Robert Evett, composer, dies at 52 1975 Birthday Robert Norman Waddell, Cambridge New Zealand, Single scull rower 1996 Olympics 1975 Death Robert Neumann, Austrian/British author (False Flag), dies at 77 1974 Death Robert Levine Sanders, composer, dies at 68 1974 Death Robert Herberigs, Flemish composer (La Chanson d'Eve), dies at 88 1974 Death Robert Cox, last surviving member of Keystone Kops, dies at 79 1974 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin) 1974 Birthday Robert Rollins, cricketer, big-hitting Essex wicketkeeper-batsman 1973 Birthday Robert Walker, Australian rower 1996 Olympics 1973 Death Robert A Watson-Watt, England, physicist (radar), dies at 81 1973 Death Robert Ellis, actor (Curse of King Tut's Tomb), dies at 40 1973 Birthday Robert Petrovicky, born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, NHL forward, Team Slovakia, Dallas 1973 Birthday Robert Tate, wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings 1973 Event Judd Woldon and Robert Brittens musical "Raisin," premieres in New York City 1973 Birthday Robert Couch, NFL tackle for the Atlanta Falcons 1973 Birthday Robert Lee, NFL cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons 1973 Death Robert Ryan, U.S. actor (Dirty Dozens, Longest Day), dies at 63 1973 Birthday Robert Barr, NFL tackle for the Seattle Seahawks 1973 Death Robert Armstrong, actor (Fall Guy, Exposed), dies at 82 1973 Event Robert Joffrey Dance Company opens 1973 Birthday Robert Pipkins, Staten Island, New York, luger 1994 Olympics 1973 Birthday Robert Braknis, born in Montreal, Quebec, 100m backstroke/4 x 100 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Robert Dunn, Glenn Cove, New York, team handball left wing 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Robert Robinson, CFL defensive linebacker for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1972 Death Robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary, dies at 53 1972 Death Robert M Casadesus, French pianist/composer (Prix Diemer), dies at 73 1972 Death Robert Denzler, composer, dies at 80 1972 Birthday Robert Peal, born in Chicago, Illinois, dance skater, & Margot Contois 1972 Birthday Robert Esmie, born in Jamaica, Canadian 4X100m runner, 1996 Olympics gold 1972 Birthday Robert Kennedy, cricketer, New Zealand opening bowler 1996 1972 Birthday Robert Smith, NFL running back for the Minnesota Vikings 1972 Event Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, and Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain Georgia 1972 Birthday Adrian Rollins, cricketer, Derbyshire batsman, bro of Robert of Essex 1972 Event "Emergency" with Robert Fuller premieres on NBC TV 1971 Event Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman,, Jr., USMC, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1971 Death Robert Lowery, actor (Circus Boy, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 57 1971 Birthday Robert Flickinger, WLAF defensive end for the Scottish Claymores 1971 Birthday Robert Wijnands, Dutch soccer player for the FC Utrecht 1971 Birthday David Robert Duval, born in Jacksonville, Florida, PGA golfer, 1995 Bob Hope 1971 Death Robert Gordon director/writer (Loveless), dies at 76 1971 Birthday Robert Reichel, born in Litinov, Czechoslovakia, hockey forward, New York Islanders, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1971 Birthday Robert Samuels, cricketer, West Indies Test opening batsman vs. New Zealand 1996 1971 Birthday Robert O'Neal, WLAF safety for the Amsterdam Admirals 1971 Death Robert Still, composer, dies at 60 1971 Birthday Robert O' Neal, WLAF DB for the Amsterdam Admirals 1970 Birthday Robert Hall, WLAF wide reciever for the Amsterdam Admirals 1970 Birthday Robert Lang, Teplice, Czech Republic, NHL forward, Team Czech Republic, Los Angeles 1970 Birthday Robert Griffith, NFL strong safety for the Minnesota Vikings 1970 Death Robert Ruthenfranz, composer, dies at 65 1970 Birthday Natasha Gregson Wagner, actress, Dark Horse, SFW, Robert's daughter 1970 Birthday Robert Green, NFL running back for the Chicago Bears 1970 Birthday Robert Horry, NBA forward, Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets 1970 Birthday Robert Higginson, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, outfielder for the Detroit Tigers 1970 Event Robert Morley's "How the Other Half Loves," premieres in London 1970 Birthday Robert Brooks, NFL wide reciever, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 1970 Event 22nd Emmy Awards: Marcus Welby, Robert Young and Susan Hampshire 1970 Birthday Robert Croft, cricketer, Glamorgan off-spinner, England 1996- 1970 Death Robert Bruce Lockhart, diplomat/writer, dies 1970 Event Robert Marasco's "Child's Play," premieres in New York City 1970 Event Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H," premieres 1970 Death Robert [Harriot] Barrat, actor (Bad Lands, Go West), dies at 81 1969 Birthday Robert Person, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pitcher for the New York Mets 1969 Birthday Robert Jones, NFL linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys 1969 Birthday Robert Coons, NFL tight end for the Buffalo Bills 1969 Death Robert Lehman, U.S. multi-millionaire/director (Met Museum of Art), dies 1969 Birthday Robert Scott, Australian rower 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Robert Porcher, NFL defensive end, Detroit Lions 1969 Birthday Robert Gordon, CFL receiver for the Edmonton Eskimos 1969 Birthday Robert Harris, NFL defensive end for the New York Giants 1969 Death Robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57 1969 Birthday Robert Perez, born in Bolivar, Venezuela, outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays 1969 Event Robert Kennedy's murderer Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death 1969 Event Robert E. Cushman, Jr., becomes deputy director of CIA 1969 Event Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Sen Robert F Kennedy 1969 Birthday Robert Sean Leonard, New Jersey, actor, Dead Poets Society, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge 1969 Birthday Robert Massey, NFL cornerback for the New York Giants 1969 Birthday Robert Molenaar, Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam 1969 Birthday Robert Pack, NBA guard, Washington Bullets, Dallas Mavericks 1969 Birthday Robert Young, NFL player for the St. Louis Rams 1969 Birthday Robert Wilson, NFL running back for the Miami Dolphins 1969 Birthday Robert Svehla, born in Martin, Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman, Florida Panthers, Slovakia 1968 Death Robert Ayres, actor (Battle Beneath the Earth), dies at 54 1968 Birthday Vanilla Ice, Robert Van Winkle, rapper, Ice Ice Baby 1968 Birthday Robert van Oosterom, cricket opening batsman, Holland 1996 World Cup 1968 Death Harry Robert Wilson, composer, dies at 67 1968 Death Robert Arthur Ley, sci-fi author (Telepath, Power of X), dies at 47 1968 Birthday Robert Bailey, NFL cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys 1968 Birthday Robert Anthony Gamez, born in Las Vegas Nevada, PGA golfer, 1990 Nestle 1968 Birthday Robert Rodriguez, director, El Mariachi, Desperado 1968 Event AL games at Baltimore and Chicago postponed honoring Robert Kennedy 1968 Death Robert F Kennedy, (Sn-D-NY), assassinated in LA by Sirhan Sirhan at 42 1968 Death Robert Kennedy, American Politician 1968 Birthday Robert David Burns, Mission Hills, California, PGA golfer, 1994 Buick-5th 1968 Event Robert F. Kennedy announces presidential campaign 1968 Event Robert Anderson's "I Never Sang for My Father," premieres in New York City 1968 Death Robert R "Bob" Jones, founder (Bob Jones University), dies at 84 1967 Death Robert H Lawrence, USAF/astronaut, dies at 32 1967 Event Robert McNamara elected president of World bank 1967 Death Robert H van Gulik, diplomat/writer (Judge Tie), dies 1967 Event Major Robert H Lawrence, Jr. named 1st black astronaut 1967 Birthday Robert Drummond, CFL running back for the Toronto Argonauts 1967 Birthday Robert Reading, born in Buffalo, New York, 110m hurdler 1967 Event Robert "Evel" Knievel's motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles 1967 Birthday Robert Blackmon, defensive back, Indianapolis Colts, Seattle Seahawks 1967 Event Robert Anderson's "You Know I Can't Hear You ...," premieres in New York City 1967 Birthday Robert Kron, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, NHL right wing, Hartford Whalers 1967 Death Robert J Oppenheimer, creator of atomic bomb, dies at 62 1967 Birthday Robert Massey, NFL cornerback, Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions 1967 Event Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Robert Penn Warren 1967 Death Robert J Van De Graaff, U.S. nuclear physicist, dies at 65 1966 Death Robert Keith, actor (Battle Circus, Men in War), dies at 68 1966 Birthday Robert MacNaughton, New York City, actor, ET 1966 Event Nobel for chemistry awarded to Robert S Mulliken 1966 Event High schooler Robert Smith kills 7 for fame 1966 Birthday Robert Kempainen, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, marathoner, 1996 Olympics 1966 Event Robert C Weaver, confirmed as 1st black cabinet member (HUD) 1966 Event 1st black selected for President cabinet (Lyndon Baines Johnson selects Robert C Weaver-HUD) 1965 Birthday Robert Oberrrauch, hockey defenseman, Team Italy 1998 1965 Event Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Robert B Woodward 1965 Event Robert B. Woodward awarded Nobel prize for chemistry 1965 Event 50 mph gust carries 165 lb Robert Mitera's tee shot 447 1965 Event Robert Mitera aces 447-yd 10th hole at Miracle Hills, Omaha, Nebr to score world's longest straight hole-in-one 1965 Birthday Robert Goff, NFL defensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints 1965 Birthday Robert Rusler, actor, Game of Love, Vamp, Thrashin' 1965 Birthday Robert Manry, Cleveland newspaper editor/sailed the Atlantic, in craft 1965 Birthday Robert Holland, CFL defensive back for the BC Lions 1965 Birthday Robert Platus, born in New York City, lip syncher, Milli Vanilli-Girl You Know This 1965 Death Robert E Hickok, U.S. murderer (In Cold Blood), hanged 1965 Birthday Robert Downey, Jr., born in New York City, comedian, SNL, Less than Zero, Back to School 1964 Birthday Robert Haynes, cricketer, Jamaica and WI leggie, one-dayer but no Tests 1964 Death Robert Burton, actor (Dr. Gordon-Kings Row), dies at 69 1964 Birthday Robert Farley, Ndola Zambia, Australasia golfer 1964 Event U.S. attorney general Robert Kennedy resigns 1964 Birthday Robert Mimbs, CFL running back for the Saskatchewan Roughriders 1964 Death Robert Warwick, actor (Konga, Zorro, Lady Godiva), dies at 85 1964 Birthday Katie Wagner, daughter of Robert Wagner/model/guest VJ, MTV 1964 Birthday Robert Kelker-Kelly, born in Wichita, Kansas, Bo-Days of our Live 1964 Birthday Robert "Bob" Kaehler, born in Burlingame, California, rower, Olympics 1992, 1996 1964 Event Robert Lowell's "Benito Cereno," premieres in New York City 1963 Birthday Robert Jenkins, NFL tackle for the Oakland Raiders 1963 Death Robert Hamer, British Director 1963 Death Robert Stroud, "bird man of Alcatraz", dies 1963 Birthday Robert Bailey, cricketer, England batsman in four Tests 1988-90 1963 Death Robert Schuman, French premier/chair (European Parliament), dies at 77 1963 Event USAF Major Robert A Rushworth in X-15 reaches 86,900 m 1963 Birthday Robert Seguso, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, tennis star 1963 Birthday Robert James Affuso, born in Newburgh, New York, rock drummer, Skid Row-Psycho Love 1963 Event Robert Frost wins Bollingen Prize 1963 Death Robert Lee Frost, U.S. poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88 1963 Death Robert Frost, American Poet 1962 Birthday Robert Willis, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer 1962 Event USAF Major Robert A. Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800m 1962 Event USAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 32,300m 1962 Birthday Robert Meyer, Sacramento Cal, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Morningstar 1962 Birthday Mark Robert Isfeld, combat engineer 1962 Event Robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft) 1962 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m 1962 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m 1962 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 40,420 m 1962 Event Robert A. Rushworth, USAF major, takes X-15 to 30,600m 1962 Birthday Robert Druppers, runner, world record 1 km indoor 1962 Birthday Alain Robert, French Athlete 1962 Birthday Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., born in Baltimore, Maryland, astronaut, STS-85, sk: 99 1962 Event Robert Kennedy visits Netherlands 1962 Birthday Robert Mailhouse, New Haven, Connecticut, actor, Brian-Days of our Life 1961 Birthday Robert Louis Tewdwr Moss, journalist/travel writer 1961 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 30,970m 1961 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 66,100m 1961 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,830 m 1961 Death Robert Griffith, producer of Pajama Game, dies 1961 Birthday Stephen Robert Pate, Ventura California, PGA golfer, 1987 Southwest Classic 1961 Birthday Doctor Robert, Bruce R Howard, rocker, Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways 1961 Event Robert Noyce patents integrated circuit 1961 Event USAF Major Robert M. White takes X-15 to 32,000 m 1961 Birthday Robert Carlyle, Scottish Director 1961 Event Robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black 1961 Event Robert Frost recites "Gift Outright" at John F. Kennedy's inauguration 1961 Birthday Robert Edwin Hall, mountaineer/businessman 1960 Birthday Robert Harold Lohr, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, PGA golfer, 1988 Walt Disney 1960 Birthday Robert Pukalovic, hockey defenseman, Team Slovakia 1998 1960 Event Robert Bolt's "Man For All Seasons," premieres in London 1960 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 41,600 m 1960 Event 12nd Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Robert Stack and Jane Wyatt 1960 Event USAF Major Robert M. White takes X-15 to 33,222 m 1960 Birthday Robert Green, born in Omaha, Nebraska, tennis star 1959 Birthday Robert Wrenn, born in Richmond, Virginia, Nike golfer, 1987 Buick Open 1959 Birthday Robert Raymond Tway, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, PGA golfer, 1986 Shearson 1959 Birthday Robert Smith, born in Sussex, rock guitarist and vocalist, Cure-Hell's Kitchen 1959 Event Robert Foster sets record by staying underwater 13 m 42.5 s 1958 Event Robert H W Welch, Jr. and 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form anti-Communist John Birch Society 1958 Death Edgar A Robert Cecil viscount of Chelwood, (Nobel 1937), dies at 94 1958 Event New York City Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball called the Continental League 1958 Birthday Robert Patrick, American Actor 1958 Death Robert Lach, composer, dies at 84 1958 Death Robert W. Service, Scottish Poet 1958 Death Robert Earl Hughes, weighed 1,041 lbs (473 kg), dies at 32 1958 Birthday Robert Foth, born in Buffalo, New York, air rifle, Olympics-1988, 92, 96 1958 Birthday Robert Newman, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Joshua Lewis-Guiding Light 1958 Death Robert Greig, actor (Devil Doll, Indian Love Call), dies at 78 1958 Death Robert Donat, actor (Citadel, Goodbye Mr. Chips, 39 Steps), dies at 53 1958 Event 10th Emmy Awards: Gunsmoke, Robert Young and Jane Wyatt 1957 Death Robert Frank Kurka, composer, dies at 35 1957 Event NY Mayor Robert Wagner forms a committee to replace Dodgers and Giants 1957 Birthday Robert. L. Ehrlich, American Politician 1957 Birthday Robert Beltran, actor, Star Trek Voyager 1957 Death Robert Oboussier, composer, dies at 56 1957 Event New York City Mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the Giants and Dodgers about the proposed move to the west coast 1957 Event 9th Emmy Awards: Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young and Loretta Young 1957 Birthday Robert Townsend, Chicago, comedian/actor, Hollywood Shuffle, Ratboy 1957 Birthday Robert Thompson, born in Houston, Texas, Nike golfer, 1990 Boise Open-2nd 1956 Death Robert Walser, writer, dies at 78 1956 Event Charles Ives' overture "Robert Browning," premieres in New York City 1956 Death Robert Mills Delaney, composer, dies at 53 1956 Event Curt Robert of Columbus (International League) hits 4 home runs in 7 inning game 1956 Birthday Robert Davi, actor, License to Kill, Raw Deal, Wild Thing 1956 Birthday Robert Dover, equestrian dressage 1996 Olympics bronze 1956 Death Robert Newton, actor (Henry V, Odd Man Out), dies at 50 1956 Event New York Mayor Robert Wagner and Brooklyn Boro President Frank Cashmore sponsor a bill to create a $30M Brooklyn Sports Center Authority to build 1955 Death Robert E Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois), dies at 59 1955 Death Robert E. Sherwood, American Playwright 1955 Birthday Robert ten Brink, Dutch TV host/cabaret artist 1955 Death Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer, dies at 70 1955 Birthday Robert Feld, born in Nashville, Tennessee, National Scrabble Champion 1990 1955 Death Robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-First-Member of parliament, dies at 76 1954 Death Robert H. Jackson, American Statesman 1954 Birthday Robert Kocharian, born in Stepanakert, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union, politician, President of Armenia 1998 - 2008, President of Nagorno-Karabakh from 1994 - 1997 1954 Birthday Robert Cameron, CFL punter for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1954 Event Atomic Energy Commission voted against reinstating Dr. J Robert Oppenheimer 1954 Birthday Robert Davi, born in Astoria, New York, opera singer and actor, Gangster Chronicles 1954 Birthday Robert Pastorelli, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Eldin-Murphy Brown 1954 Birthday Bo [Robert] Donaldson, rock vocalist, Billy Don't Be a Hero 1954 Death Robert Capa, American Photographer 1954 Event Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed 1954 Event Robert Oppenheimer accused of being a communist 1954 Birthday Robert Carradine, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Slim-The Cowboys, Wavelength 1954 Birthday Robert F Kennedy, Jr., attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council 1954 Birthday Robert Menendez, American Politician 1953 Birthday Robert Pittman, TV executive/developer, MTV 1953 Death Robert A Millikan, U.S. physicist (Nobel 1923), dies at 85 1953 Death Robert H Lightfoot, English theologist/exegetist, dies at 70 1953 Birthday Robert Picardo, Philadelphia, actor, Frame Up, Gremlins 2 1953 Event Robert Anderson's "Tea and Sympathy," premieres in New York City 1953 Birthday Robert Parish, NBA center, Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets 1953 Birthday Robert Brent Thirsk, BC Canada, astronaut, STS-78 1953 Birthday Robert Cray, Columbus, Georgia, blues singer and songwriter, 1987 Grammy 1953 Death Robert Taft, Senator-R-Ohio 1971 - 1976, dies in New York at 63 1953 Event Congress cites research of New York City librarian Robert Henderson in proving 1953 Birthday Craig Robert Stadler, born in San Diego, California, PGA golfer, Masters 1982 1953 Death Robert M. La Follette, American Politician 1953 Birthday Robert Brazile, born in Mobile, Alabama, football player, linebacker, played for National Football League's Houston Oilers and Kansas City Chiefs, nicknamed 'Dr. Doom', named 1975's NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year 1952 Birthday Robert R[ick] McCammon, U.S., sci-fi author, Baal, Mystery Walk 1952 Birthday Andy Fraser, born in Paddington, West London, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, played bass for Free, composed "All Right Now", wrote hits for Robert Palmer, Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker 1952 Birthday Robert D. Kaplan, American Journalist 1952 Birthday Robert Ainsworth, born in Coventry, England, Robert William Ainsworth, politician, Labor Party, 2009, assumed roles of Secretary of State for Defense, since 1992, serves as a Member of Parliament for Coventry North East 1951 Birthday Robert Lindsay, Ilketson England, actor, Strike it Rich, King Lear 1951 Birthday Robert Cochran, Claremont Vt, skier, Olympics-1972 1951 Death Robert G Aitken, U.S. astronomer (New General Catalogue), dies at 86 1951 Birthday Robert Wuhl, Union, New Jersey, actor, Bull Durham, Good Morning Vietnam 1951 Birthday Robert Desiderio, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Det Kennedy-Heart of the City 1951 Death Robert Franz Richard Hernried, composer, dies at 67 1951 Death Robert Walker, actor and writer (Bataan, Madame Curie), dies at 32 1951 Birthday Robert Torricelli, born in Paterson, New Jersey, Representative-D-New Jersey 1983 - 2003 1951 Birthday Robert Joy, born in Montreal, Quebec, actor, Big Shots, Suicide Club 1951 Birthday Robert Edwin Wadkins, Richmond, Virginia, PGA golfer, 1994 Kemper Open-2nd 1951 Birthday Chris Smith, born in Barnet, London, Christopher Robert 'Chris' Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, politician, Labor Party, Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury, Cabinet minister, first openly gay MP member, HIV positive 1951 Death Robert Joseph Flaherty, documentary film maker, dies 1951 Death Robert J. Flaherty, Director 1951 Death Robert Kahn, composer, dies at 85 1951 Birthday Robert Hegyes, New Jersey, actor, Underground Aces, Welcome Back Kotter 1951 Birthday Robert Iger, born in Los Angeles, California, CEO of The Walt Disney Company, succeeded Michael Eisner 1951 Death Robert Mark, U.S. chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41 1950 Birthday Robert Bryan Gilder, Corvallis OR, PGA golfer, 1980 Canadian Open 1950 Death Robert Muller-Hartmann, composer, dies at 66 1950 Birthday Robert B. Laughlin, American Physicist 1950 Birthday Robert "Kool" Bell, Youngstown, Ohio, rocker, Kool and the Gang 1950 Death Robert W. Lehnhoff, Executioner of Groningen, SS fuhrer, executed 1950 Event French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS 1950 Birthday Robert S. Woods, born in California, actor, Bo-One Life to Live, Waltons 1950 Event "Robert Montgomery Presents" dramatic anthology premieres on NBC TV 1949 Birthday Robert Sternberg, American Educator 1949 Birthday Robert Mellors, gay activist 1949 Death Robert Lynd [YY], Irish writer/critic (News Chronicle), dies at 70 1949 Birthday Robert Englund, actor, Freddy Kreuger-Nightmare on Elm St, V 1949 Death Stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65 1949 Birthday Robert Cabana, born in Minneapolis, Major USMC/astronaut, STS-41, 53, 68, sk:88 1949 Birthday Robert Palmer, born in Batley, England, singer, Power Station 1948 Death Robert Quillen, American Journalist 1948 Birthday Robert Ginty, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Paper Chase, White Fire 1948 Birthday Robert A. Borski, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Representative-D-Pennsylvania 1983 - 2003 1948 Birthday Robert Anderson, cricketer, New Zealand batsman 1976-78 1948 Birthday Robert Plant, English rock vocalist, Led Zeppelin-Whole Lotta Love 1948 Birthday Robert P Holdstock, UK, sci-fi author, Ghost Dance, Labyrinth 1948 Birthday Robert Spink, born in Haworth, Worth Valley, Yorkshire, England, Robert Michael Spink, politician, Independence Party, former Conservative Party member, became Member of Parliament for Castle Point in June, 2001 1948 Birthday Robert A. Underwood, born in Tamuning, Guam, Representative-D-Guam 1993 - 2003 1948 Birthday Robert Zemeckis, director, Forrest Gump, Back to the Future 1948 Birthday Robert Braunwart, who added thousands of dates to this database 1948 Death Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator, dies at 38 1948 Birthday Robert Coover, novelist, Pricksongs and Descants 1947 Birthday Robert Gilliot, father of Gerda Havertongs daughter Zulema 1947 Event Sam Breadon sells Cards to Robert Hannegan and Fred Saigh for $4M 1947 Birthday Robert Kidd, marine geoscientist 1947 Birthday Robert E. Cramer, born in Huntsville, Alabama, Representative-D-Alabama 1991 - 2009 1947 Birthday Robert Hays, Bethesda, Maryland, actor, Airplane!, Starman, Scandalous 1947 Birthday Robert M. Parker, Jr., American Critic 1947 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Penn Warren (All the King's Men) 1947 Birthday Robert C. Scott, born in Washington, D.C., Representative-D-Virginia 1993 - 1947 Birthday Robert Kiyosaki, American Author 1947 Birthday Bobby Kimball, Robert Toteaux, Vinton, Louisiana, rocker, Toto-Roseann 1947 Birthday Robert O'Neill Crossman, politician 1947 Birthday Robert Martin, American Politician 1947 Birthday David Bowie, born in London, England, singer and actor, Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust, also known as David Robert Hayward-Jones 1946 Birthday Robert Urich, Toronto Ohio, actor, SWAT, Spenser for Hire, Vega$ 1946 Birthday Robert Mapplethorpe, U.S. photographer 1946 Birthday Robert L "Hoot" Gibson, Cooperstown, New York, USN/ast, STS-41B,61C,27,47,71 1946 Birthday Robert Jackson, MP/minister of British Civil Service 1946 Birthday Robert L Asprin, U.S., sci-fi writer, Thieves World, Cold Cash War 1946 Birthday Robert Xavier Rodriguez, composer 1946 Birthday Robert Asprin, American Author 1946 Birthday Robert Reich, U.S. Secretary of Labor, Clinton 1946 Birthday Tristan Rogers, born in Australia, actor, Robert Scorpio-General Hospital 1946 Birthday Robert Jarvik, surgeon/inventor, Jarvik 7 artificial heart 1946 Birthday Robert E. McKee, CEO and managing director, Conoco-UK 1945 Death Robert van Genechten, Dutch Nazi (NSB), commits suicide 1945 Birthday Robert Pickett, born in Somerville, Massachusetts, stage name, Bobby Boris Pickett, singer, co-wrote and performed hit 'Monster Mash' 1945 Death Robert Benchley, U.S. humorist (My 10 years in a quandary), dies at 56 1945 Birthday Robert J. Mrazek, born in Newport, Rhode Island, Representative-D-New York 1983 - 1993 1945 Death Robert Ley, German nazi, commits suicide 1945 Event Robert T Duncan appears as Tonio in "I Pagliacci" 1945 Death Robert Benchley, American Comedian 1945 Birthday Robert Greenwald, American Director 1945 Event Robert Hamilton wins PGA golf tournament 1945 Birthday Robert Balaban, Chicago, actor, Absence of Malice, Altered States 1945 Death Robert H Goddard, U.S., rocket pioneer, dies at 62 1945 Death Robert Goddard, Rocket pioneer, dies 1945 Event 55th Postmaster General: Robert E Hannegan of Mo takes office 1945 Birthday Kenneth Robert Livingstone, British Politician 1945 Birthday Robert Henrit, England, rocker, Argent 1945 Birthday Robert Knight, born in Franklin, Tennessee, singer, rocker, debuted with the Paramounts, recorded hit, signature song, Everlasting Love 1945 Birthday Robert Key, MP/British undersecretary for National Heritage 1945 Birthday Robert Fripp, guitarist, King Crimson 1945 Birthday Robert A. Brady, American Politician 1945 Birthday Robert Wittinger, composer 1945 Birthday Robert Wyatt, English Musician 1944 Birthday Robert Colomby, New York City, rock drummer, Blood Sweat and Tears-When I Die 1944 Birthday Robert Iliffe, English publisher, Coventry Evening Telegraph 1944 Birthday Robert Lamm, New York City, rocker, Chicago-If You Leave Me Now 1944 Death Robert Cole, U.S. Lt-colonel, dies in battle at Best 1944 Death Robert Lejour, Belgian lawyer/resistance fighter, murdered 1944 Birthday Robert Mueller, American Public Servant 1944 Birthday Joanna Cassidy, Caskey, Haddonfield, New Jersey, actress, 240 Robert 1944 Death Robert H Iseley, U.S. pilot/lt-comdr (Saipan), dies in battle 1944 Birthday Robert Powell, England, actor, Jigsaw Man, Shaka Zulu, Secrets 1944 Birthday Robert Michael Payton, pizza magnate 1944 Death Robert E Park, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man), dies at 79 1944 Birthday Robert Landers, Tarrant County, Texas, PGA golfer, Ft. Worth-1976, 78, 80 1943 Birthday Joel Robert, Belgian motorcyclist 1943 Birthday Robert Lindsay Thomas, born in Patterson, Georgia, Representative-D-Georgia 1983 - 1993 1943 Birthday Robert Jay Sigel, Narberth, Pennsylvania, PGA golfer, 1994 GTE West Classic 1943 Birthday Robert Long, Leverman, Dutch singer and actor, Vroeger Kon je Lachen 1943 Death Robert Cooper, father of Card pitcher Mort and catcher Walker, dies 1943 Death Robert Nathaniel Dett, composer, dies at 60 1943 Birthday Robert Walden, New York City, actor, Joe Rossi-Lou Grant, New Doctors 1943 Birthday Robert M. Gates, American Politician 1943 Birthday Robert Crumb, U.S., cartoonist, Father Time, Fritz Cat 1943 Birthday Robert De Niro, born in New York City, actor, Bang the Drum Slowly, Taxi Driver 1943 Birthday Robert W. Edgar, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Representative-D-Pennsylvania, 1975 - 1987 1943 Birthday Milton Robert Carr, born in Janesville, Wisconsin, Representative-D-Michigan 1975 - 1981, 1983 - 1993, and 1993 - 1995 1943 Birthday Robert J Murphy, Jr., born in Brooklyn, New York, PGA golfer, 1968 Philadelphia Classic 1942 Birthday Robert Quine, born in Akron, Ohio, guitarist, guitar soloist, worked with Matthew Sweet, Marianne Faithfull, style combines jazz, rock, blues 1942 Event Robert Sullivan becomes 1st pilot to fly Atlantic 100 times 1942 Birthday Robert L. Hayes, born in Jacksonville, Florida, 100m/4x100m runner, 2 Gold Medals 1964 Olympics 1942 Event Bobby Managoff beats Yvon Robert in Houston, to become wrestling champ 1942 Event Yvon Robert beats Bill Longson in Montreal, to become wrestling champ 1942 Birthday Robert C. Solomon, born in Michigan, philosophy professor, studied Hegel, Nietzsche, Sartre, philosophy of emotions 1942 Birthday Robert Lee Stewart, Washington D.C., Brigadier General U.S. Army/astronaut, STS-41B, 51J 1942 Birthday Robert Arthur Thornbury Campbell, journalist/musician 1942 Birthday Robert Ballard, explorer/geologist/author/discoverer, Titanic in 1985 1942 Birthday Robert C Springer, St. Louis, Col USMC/astronaut, STS-29, STS-38 1942 Death Robert Musil, Austrian writer (Mann ohne Eigenschaften), dies at 61 1942 Birthday Robert Klein, Bronx, comedian/actor, Hooper, Deadly Rivals 1941 Birthday Robert Covington, drummer/singer 1941 Birthday Robert Foxworth, born in Houston, Texas, actor, Chase-Falcon Crest, Frankenstein 1941 Death Robert Delaunay, French painter, dies at 56 1941 Event 61st U.S. Mens Tennis: Robert L Riggs beats F Kovacs (2d 57 61 63 63) 1941 Birthday Robert Forster, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Lady in Red, Alligator 1941 Birthday Robert Pine, born in Scarsdale, New York, actor, Joe Getraer-CHiPs 1941 Birthday Robert Forester, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Banyon, Nakia 1941 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert E Sherwood (There shall be no night) 1941 Birthday Robert C. Smith, born in Trenton, New Jersey, Representative-R-New Hampshire, 1985 - 1990, Senator-R-New Hampshire 1990- 2003 1941 Death Robert Liefmann, German economist (Kartelle und Trusts), dies at 67 1941 Birthday Robert Hass, American Poet 1941 Birthday Robert Walmsley, British Vice-Admiral 1941 Death Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83 1941 Birthday Robert Hicks, rocker, Paul Butterfield Blues Band 1940 Death Robert Emden, Swiss geo/astro physics (Gaskugeln), dies at 78 1940 Event 60th U.S. Mens Tennis: W D McNeill beats Robert L Riggs (46 68 63 63 75) 1940 Event 60th U.S. Mens Tennis: McNeill beats Robert Riggs (46 68 63 63 75) 1940 Death Robert Wadlow, world's tallest man (8'11.1"), dies at 32 1940 Birthday Robert Kramer, actor, A.K. 1940 Event Robert Sherwood's "There Shall be No Night," premieres in New York City 1940 Birthday Robert Walker, Jr., New York City, actor, Ceremony, Ms Don Juan, Ensign Pulver 1940 Event 12th Academy Awards 'Gone with the Wind', Robert Donat and Vovoem Leigh win 1939 Event 59th U.S. Mens Tennis: Robert L Riggs beats S Welby van Horn (64 62 64) 1939 Birthday Robert Lee Dickey, U.S. singer, I'm your puppet 1939 Birthday Robert A. M. Stern, American Architect 1939 Birthday James Robert Jones, born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, Representative-D-Oklahoma 1973 - 1987 1939 Death Robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies 1939 Birthday Robert Nye, writer, Facts of Life and other fiction, 3 Views of Man 1939 Birthday Robert Tear, born in Barry, Wales, tenor, Welsh National Opera 1970 1938 Death Robert Herrick, U.S. writer (Chimes), dies at 70 1938 Birthday Robert Drivas, Choromokos, Chicago, actor, Our Private World 1938 Birthday Robert Nozick, American Philosopher 1938 Birthday Robert "Evel" Knievel, motorcycle daredevil, Snake River Canyon 1938 Event Robert Sherwoods "Abe Lincoln in Illinois," premieres in New York City 1938 Birthday Robert E. Rubin, American Businessman 1938 Death Robert Johnson, U.S. Delta-blues singer and guitarist, poisoned at 27 1938 Birthday Robert Hughes, born in Australia, writer/critic, Barcelona 1938 Birthday Robert Frank Baksa, composer 1937 Birthday Robert L Crippen, Beaumont, Texas, Captain USN/astronaut, STS-1, 7, 41C, 41G 1937 Birthday Robert Crippen, American Astronaut 1937 Birthday Olly Wilson, born in St. Louis, Missouri, composer, double bassist, musicologist, contemporary classical music, preeminent African American composer, studied with Robert Wykes, earned PhD from University of Iowa 1937 Birthday Robert Stone, U.S. writer, Who'll Stop the Rain, WUSA 1937 Birthday Robert Redford, born in California, actor, Sting, Candidate, Natural, Great Gatsby 1937 Birthday Robert Gibb, zoo/theme park creator 1937 Birthday Robert Fulghum, American Author 1937 Birthday Robert O "Rob" van Gennep, Dutch publisher, Guevara, Gorz, Mandel 1937 Birthday Robert Boozer, born in Omaha, Nebraska, basketball player 1960 Olympics gold 1937 Birthday Robert Hooks, Washington D.C., actor, Fast Walking, Aaron Loves Angela 1937 Birthday Robert Huber, Munich Germany, biochemist, Nobel 1988 1937 Birthday Robert Moran, born in Denver, Colorado, composer, operas include 'The Juniper Tree' co-composed with Philip Glass 'Night Passage' 1936 Birthday Robert Alan Ridley Parker, New York City, PhD/astronaut, STS-9, STS-35 1936 Birthday Robert White, born in Billmyre, Pennsylvania, guitarist, African-American musician, performed guitar riff on The Temptations hit, My Girl 1936 Birthday Rob Touber, Robert J Noordervliet, cabaret director, Capers 1936 Birthday Robert Hogan, New York City, actor, Peyton Place, Operation Petticoat 1936 Birthday Robert Wolders, Rotterdam Holland, actor, Erik Hunter-Laredo 1936 Birthday Robert F Overmyer, born in Lorain, Ohio, Col USMC/astronaut, STS-5, STS-51B 1936 Birthday Robert Maclennan, British MP 1936 Death Robert E. Howard, American Writer 1936 Birthday Robert Herman Nichols, born in Louisville, Kentucky, PGA golfer, 1986 Showdown 1936 Birthday Robert Scheer, American Journalist 1936 Birthday Robert "Bobby" Smith, U.S. singer, Spinners 1936 Birthday Robert Lee Smith, U.S. singer, Tams, You Lied to Your Daddy 1936 Birthday Roy Beggs, born in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland, John Robert Beggs, Ulster Unionist Party, Member of Parliament for East Antrim 1983 - 2005, known for his Euroscepticism, strong support of Northern Ireland's grammar schools 1936 Birthday Robert Simpson, Australian cricket player/manager 1936 Birthday Robert Suderburg, composer 1935 Birthday Robert Crandall, American Businessman 1935 Birthday Robert Caro, American Writer 1935 Birthday Robert H Lawrence, born in Chicago, Illinois, USAF/astronaut 1935 Birthday Robert Kruger, Sen-D Texas 1935 Event Dr. Robert Smith and William Wilson of Akron form Alcoholics Anonymous 1935 Birthday Robert Conrad, Conrad R Falk, Chicago, actor, Wild Wild West 1935 Event RADAR-Radio Detection and Ranging 1st demonstrated (Robert Watson-Watt) 1935 Birthday Robert Silverberg, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Regan's Planet 1934 Birthday Nicolas Coster, actor, Robert Delaney-Another World 1934 Birthday Robert Towne, producer/screenwriter, Chinatown 1934 Birthday Robert E Hughes, New York City, orchestra leader, Rich Little Show 1934 Birthday Robert Lang, actor, Night Watch, director 1934 Birthday [Robert] Lee Elder, born in Dallas, Texas, PGA golfer, 1974 Monsanto Open 1934 Birthday Robert A Moog, inventor, Moog Synthesizer 1934 Birthday Robert Moog, American Inventor 1934 Event 60th Preakness: Robert Jones aboard High Quest wins in 1:58.2 1934 Birthday Robert Stigwood, producer, Saturday Night Fever, Grease 1933 Birthday Robert Goulet, born in Massachusetts, singer, actor, television, film, Canadian-American Grammy, Tony-Award winner 1933 Birthday Robert Blake, Nutley, New Jersey, Baretta, Little Rascals, Coast to Coast 1933 Birthday Robert F Bennett, Sen-R Utah 1933 Birthday Robert Bennett, American Politician 1933 Birthday Robert Foster Bennett, American Politician 1933 Birthday Robert Fuller, Troy, New York, actor, Laramie, Wagon Train 1933 Birthday Robert Bourassa, born in Montreal, premier of Quebec, 1970-76, 1985- 1933 Death Robert Kajanus, composer, dies at 76 1933 Birthday Dr. Robert Stevens, Master, Pembroke College, Oxford 1933 Birthday Robert Rhodes James, historian, Gallipoli 1933 Birthday Robert Garcia, born in Bronx, New York, Representative-D-New York 1978 - 1983 1932 Birthday Robert Pettit, NBA star, St. Louis Bombers/1959 MVP 1932 Birthday Robert T Herres, born in Denver, Colorado, USAF/astronaut 1932 Birthday Robert Vaughn, New York City, actor, Napolean Solo-Man from UNCLE, I Spy 1932 Event Journalist, Robert Trout, joins CBS 1932 Birthday Robert Reed, born in Highland Park, Illinois, actor, Mike-Brady Bunch, Nurse 1932 Birthday Robert Benton, Texas, writer and director, Kramer vs Kramer 1932 Birthday Robert [Franklin] Adams, U.S., sci-fi author, Castaways in Time 1932 Birthday Robert L[ull] Forward, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragon's Egg, Starquake 1932 Birthday Robert William Davis, born in Marquette, Michigan, Representative-R-Michigan 1979 - 1993 1932 Birthday Robert Cowan, CEO, Highlands and Islands Enterprises 1932 Birthday Bobby Day, Robert Byrd, Fort Worth, Texas, rock vocalist, Rockin' Robin 1932 Birthday Robert Rozjdestvenski, Russian poet, Requiem, Userjoz 1932 Birthday Robert Sherlaw Johnson, composer 1932 Birthday Gay Robert Brewer, born in Middletwon, Ohio, PGA golfer, 1972 Canadian 1932 Birthday Robert Mandan, Clever, Missouri, actor, Chester-Soap, James-3's a Crowd 1932 Birthday Robert Anton Wilson, U.S., sci-fi author, Trick Top Hat 1931 Birthday Robert Stephens, Bristol England, actor, Uncle Kurt-Holocaust 1931 Birthday Robert Ito, Vancouver BC, actor, Sam-Quincy ME 1931 Birthday Robert Freeman Smith, born in Portland, Oregon, Representative-R-Oregon 1983 - 1995 and 1997 - 1999 1931 Event 1st rocket-powered aircraft design patented, Robert Goddard 1931 Birthday Robert Morse, Newton Massachusetts, actor, That's Life, Jack Frost 1931 Birthday Robert Dickson, born in Canada, ice hockey player, 1948 1931 Birthday Robert D Novak, Joliet, Illinois, news reporter, CNN-Evans and Novak 1931 Birthday Robert Novak, American Journalist 1931 Birthday Robert MacNeil, Montreal, news anchor, NBC Weekend News, 1965-67 1931 Birthday Robert Duvall, born in San Diego, California, actor, Great Santini, Taxi Driver 1930 Birthday Robert Joffrey, Abdullah Jaffa Anver Bey Khan, U.S., dancer 1930 Birthday Bob Guccione, Robert C J Edwa, U.S. publisher, Penthouse, Omni 1930 Birthday Robert Prosky, Philadelphia, actor, Christine, Sergeant Jablonski-Hill St. Blues 1930 Birthday Bobby Van, Robert King, New York City, singer, Hollywood Palace 1930 Birthday Robert Easton, Milwaukee, actor, Someone Up There Likes Me 1930 Birthday Robert Parker, U.S. saxophonist/soul singer, Barefootin' 1930 Birthday Robert Gavron, English publisher/multi-millionaire, St. Ives 1930 Birthday Robert Culp, Berkley California, actor, I Spy, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice 1930 Death Robert Stout, New Zealand prime minister (1884-87), dies at 85 1930 Event 34th U.S. Golf Open: Robert T "Bobby" Jones wins 1930 Birthday Robert Evans, born in New York City, director/actor, Love Story, Godfather, Chinatown 1930 Birthday Robert Ivanovich Rozhdestvensky, poet 1930 Birthday Robert Buchanan, founder, Center for History of Tech Bath University 1930 Birthday Robert Bunyard, Commandant, British Police Staff College 1930 Death Robert S Bridges, poet laureate (Testament of beauty), dies at 85 1930 Death Robert Bridges, English Poet 1930 Birthday Joseph Burnett-Stuart, CEO, Robert Fleming Holdings 1930 Birthday Robert Ashley, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, composer, audio synthesis pioneer, works incorporate extended techniques, electronics 1930 Birthday Robert Wagner, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, It Takes a Thief, Hart to Hart 1930 Birthday Robert Loggia, Staten Island, actor, Officer and a Gentleman, THE Cat 1929 Birthday Robert J L Hawke, Lab, Prime Minister Australia, 1983 - 1991 1929 Birthday Robert Coles, Milton Massachusetts, author, Anna Freud, Pulitzer 1973 1929 Death Robert Henri, U.S. painter (The Eight), dies at 63 1929 Birthday Robert Badham, born in Los Angeles, California, Representative-R-California 1977 - 1989 1929 Birthday Robert Welch, designer/silversmith, Robert Welch flatware 1929 Birthday Robert Wade-Gery, diplomat and executive director, Barclays de Zoete Wedd 1929 Birthday Robert Muczynski, composer 1929 Event Robert Sherriff's "Journey's End," premieres in London 1928 Birthday Robert Helps, composer 1928 Birthday Robert Indiana, American Artist 1928 Birthday Robert M. Pirsig, American Philosopher 1928 Birthday Robert Sheckley, American Author 1928 Birthday Robert Washburn, composer 1928 Birthday Robert Satanowski, composer 1928 Birthday Robert Lansing, born in California, actor, 12 O'Clock High, Equalizer, Automan 1928 Birthday Robert Byrne, American Celebrity 1928 Birthday Robert Mugabe, president, Zimbabwe, 1988- 1928 Birthday David Somerset, born in England, David Robert Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort, British peer, criticized for accepting public funds on riverbed land granted to his dukedom 400 years ago 1928 Birthday Robert Clatworthy, sculptor 1927 Birthday Robert Guillaume, Williams, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Benson, Soap 1927 Birthday Robert Abernethy, born in Geneva, Switzerland, Newscaster, NBC News Encore 1927 Birthday Red Robert Chudnick Rodney, jazz trumpeter 1927 Birthday Robert Moore, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Marshall-Diana 1927 Birthday Robert Shaw, born in England, actor, Deep, Jaws, Sting, Black Sunday 1927 Death Robert Marquies de Flers, French writer (Monsieur Bretonneau), dies 1927 Birthday Robert Casey, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Henry-Aldrich Family Show 1927 Birthday Robert Matthews, master, Clare College Cambridge England 1927 Birthday Robert Evans, CEO, British Gas 1927 Birthday Robert Ludlum, New York City, spy novelist, Bourne Identity 1927 Death Henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90 1927 Birthday Robert Brustein, born in New York City, dean, Yale School of Drama 1927 Birthday Robert Mosbacher, U.S. politician 1927 Birthday Robert Di Domenica, composer 1927 Birthday Robert Orben, magician, comedy writer, author, specializes in observational comedy, wrote, 'Encyclopedia of Patter', 'Speaker's Handbook of Humor', speechwriter for Vice President Gerald R. Ford, became Director, White House Speechwriting Department 1927 Birthday Robert Bork, American Public Servant 1927 Birthday Robert Brown, Herbrides Is, actor, Here Come the Brides, Primus 1926 Birthday Robert Bly, U.S., poet/editor/translator, Loving a Woman in 2 Worlds 1926 Birthday Robert Symonds, Bristow Oklahoma, actor, Robert E Lee-Blue and Gray 1926 Birthday Robert Schuller, televangelist, Glass Cathedral, Hour of Power 1926 Birthday Robert H. Schuller, American Clergyman 1926 Birthday Robert J. Lagomarsino, Representative-R-California 1974 - 1993 1926 Birthday Robert Shelton Shapiro, journalist 1926 Birthday Robert Earl Hughes, became heaviest known human, 486 kg 1926 Death Frederick Robert Spofforth, cricketer/demon bowler, dies 1926 Birthday Robert Creeley, Massachusetts, poet and novelist, Island 1926 Birthday Robert Jay Lifton, American Psychologist 1926 Birthday Robert Hall Lewis, composer 1926 Event 2nd flight of a liquid-fueled rocket by Robert Goddard 1926 Event Robert Goddard launches 1st liquid fuel rocket, goes 184' (56 meters) 1926 Birthday Robert Clary, born in Paris, France, actor, LeBeau-Hogan's Heroes 1926 Birthday Robert Eugene Richards, Illinois, pole vaulter, Olympics gold 48, 52, 56 1926 Birthday Robert L Van Citters, cardiology/advisory panelist/UW dean 1926 Birthday Robert Earle, Baldwin, New York, TV host, GE College Bowl 1925 Birthday Robert Francis Kennedy, Brookline, Mass, D-Sen-NY, AG; assassinated 1925 Birthday Robert Kennedy, American Politician 1925 Birthday William Robert Mayer, composer 1925 Event Robert Millikan announces discovery of cosmic rays 1925 Birthday Robert Rauschenberg, born in Texas, artist, created "Combines", combinations of non-traditional materials and objects 1925 Birthday Guitar Gabriel Robert Lewis Jones, singer/guitarist 1925 Birthday Robert Finch, actor, Academy Theater 1925 Birthday Robert Linn, born in America, composer, educator, University of Southern California, composed music for chorus and chamber ensembles, symphony orchestra and wind orchestra 1925 Birthday Robert Heppener, composer, Hymns and Conversations, Movie Music 1925 Birthday Ernst Jandl, born in Vienna, Austria, writer, poet, influenced by Dada, translated Gertrude Stein, Robert Creeley's The Island and John Cage's Silence 1925 Birthday Robert Venturi, born in Philadelphia, architect, Levittown, New York, Las Vegas 1925 Birthday Robert Arthur, born in Aberdeen, Washington, actor, 12 O'Clock High, Just For You 1925 Birthday Robert Caldwell Crawford, composer 1925 Birthday Robert Cohan, artistic director, Contemporary Dance Trust 1925 Birthday Robert Altman, born in Kansas City, Missouri, director, Nashville, M*A*S*H 1924 Birthday Robert Frank, Swiss Photographer 1924 Birthday Robert N Rapoport, social anthropologist 1924 Birthday Robert Webber, born in Santa Ana California, actor, 79 Park Avenue 1924 Birthday Robert A Rushworth, Madison Maine, test pilot, X-15 1924 Birthday Robert Oxton Bolt, playwright, Man for All Seasons, Dr. Zhivago 1924 Birthday Robert Bolt, British Playwright 1924 Birthday Robert Horton, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Kings Row, Wagon Train, Arena 1924 Event Robert LeGendre of U.S., sets then long jump record at 25' 5 " 1924 Birthday Robert Michael White, New York City, test pilot, X-15 1924 Event In Chicago, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnap Robert Franks 1924 Birthday Robert Parris, Philadelphia, composer, Book of Imaginery Beings 1924 Event Pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire) 1924 Birthday Robert A. Roe, born in Wayne, New Jersey, Representative-D-New Jersey 1969 - 1993 1924 Birthday Robert G Mugabe, premier/president of Zimbabwe 1924 Birthday Robert Lynn, anarchist 1924 Birthday Robert Gatehouse, former High Court judge 1924 Birthday Robert Kastenmeier, born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, Representative-D-Wisconsin 1959 - 1991 1924 Birthday Robert Starer, Vienna Austria, composer 1923 Birthday Robert A. Young, Representative-D-Missouri 1977 - 1987 1923 Birthday Robert Francis Vere Heuston, British professor of law 1923 Birthday Robert Craft, Kingston, New York, conductor, Stravinsky-follower 1923 Birthday Robert J Dole, Sen-R Kansas, 1969 - 1995, presidential candidate, R-1996 1923 Birthday Robert J. Dole, American Politician 1923 Birthday Robert Maxwell, Jan Hoch, Czechoslovakia, billionaire/CEO, New York Daily News 1923 Birthday Robert H. Michel, born in Peoria, Illinois, Representative-R-Illinois 1957 - 1995 1923 Birthday Robert L Bernstein, New York City, publisher, Random House 1922 Birthday Robert Evett, composer 1922 Birthday Robert Urquhart, actor, Dunkirk, Bulldog Breed, Dark Avenger 1922 Birthday Robert W. Holley, U.S., biochemist, worked with RNA, Nobel '68 1922 Birthday Guy Madison, Robert Moseley, California, actor, Wild Bill Hickok 1921 Birthday Robert Frank Kurka, composer 1921 Birthday Robert Fleming, composer 1921 Birthday Robert Runcie, Kennedy, Liverpool England, Archbishop of Canterbury 1921 Birthday Robert Muldoon, premier New Zealand, 1975-84, chairman, IMF 1921 Birthday Robert Millar, journalist 1921 Birthday Robert Arthur Ley, UK, sci-fi author, Telepath, Power of X 1921 Birthday Robert Croften Brown, politician 1921 Birthday Robert Fell, CEO, British Stock Exchange 1921 Birthday Robert Q. Lewis, born in New York City, TV host, Masquerade Party, Robert Q Lewis Show 1921 Birthday Robert Wilfred Levick Simpson, composer 1920 Birthday Robert Moevs, composer 1920 Birthday Robert Feenstra, Dutch law historian 1920 Death Robert Harron, actor (Intolerance), accidental shot to death at 27 1920 Birthday Robert Christiani, cricketer, brother of Cyril WI batsman in 22 Tests 1920 Birthday Robert Mann, born in Portland, Oregon, composer/violinist, String Quartet 1952 1920 Birthday Paul Foster, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, singer, Soul Stirrers gospel group member, sang with Robert Harris, Sam Cooke, Rising Stars, Golden Echoes, memorable recording 'Be With Me Jesus' 1920 Birthday Robert Hutton, Kingston, New York, actor, Torture Garden, Rocket 1920 Birthday Robert Fizdale, born in Chicago, Illinois, pianist, Misia 1920 Death Robert E Peary, U.S. pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies at 63 1920 Birthday Robert Hersant, press baron 1919 Birthday Robert Crichton-Brown, CEO, Rothmans International 1919 Birthday Robert Pinget, novelist/playwright 1919 Birthday Robert Merrill, American Musician 1919 Birthday Robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary 1919 Birthday Robert Suter, composer 1919 Birthday Robert Lowry, born in Ireland, judge, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, Baron Lowry of Crossgar in the County of Down 1919 Birthday Robert Stack, born in born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Eliot Ness-Untouchables, Airplane 1918 Event Robert Ripley began his "Believe It or Not" column (New York Globe) 1918 Birthday Robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor 1918 Birthday Robert Walker, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor and writer, Bataan, Mme Curie 1918 Death Robert Baldwin Ross, French Celebrity 1918 Birthday Robert Lewis Campbell Lorimer, publisher 1918 Birthday Robert Aldrich, U.S. director/producer, Dirty Dozen 1918 Birthday Robert Preston, born in Newton, Massachusetts, actor, Music Man, Mame, Last Starfighter 1918 Birthday Robert Hunt, CEO, Dowty Group 1918 Birthday Robert Zimonyi, born in Hungary, cox, Olympic-Hungary-bronze-1948/US-gold-64 1918 Birthday Robert Wadlow, Alton, Illinois, tallest known human, 2.72 m, 8' 11.1" 1917 Birthday Robert Byrd, born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, Senator 1959 - 2010 1917 Death Oswald Chambers, Scottish Protestant Christian minister, teacher, author, wrote, 'My Utmost for His Highest', established local society dedicated to his favorite poet, Robert Browning, dies from a ruptured appendix 1917 Birthday Robert Sterling, Newcastle, Pennsylvania, actor, George Kirby-Adv of Topper 1917 Birthday Robert Bray, Kalispell Mont, actor, Corey-Lassie, Stagecoach West 1917 Birthday Rodney Robert Porter, British Scientist 1917 Birthday Robert Adams, English sculptor 1917 Birthday Robert Eugene Ward, born in Cleveland, Ohio, composer, Pantaloon 1917 Birthday Robert Mitchum, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, actor, Winds of War, North and South 1917 Birthday Robert Cowans, executive director, British Aerospace 1917 Birthday Robert Farnon, composer and conductor /arranger 1917 Birthday Robert Aitken, born in Philadelphia, Zen co-founder, Diamond Sangha 1917 Birthday Robert Conquest, English author, Back to Life 1917 Birthday Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician 1917 Birthday Robert Anderson, author, Tea and Sympathy 1917 Birthday Robert Merrill, born in Brooklyn, New York, baritone, New York Metropolitan Opera 1917 Birthday Robert Anderson, born in New York, writer, Tea and Sympathy, Never Sang for My Father 1917 Birthday Robert Cornthwaite, born in St. Helen, Oregon, actor, Thing, War of the Worlds 1917 Birthday Robert Burns Woodward, organic chemist, Nobel 1965 1917 Birthday Robert [Albert] Bloch, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Psycho 1917 Birthday Robert Bloch, Writer 1917 Birthday Robert Erickson, composer 1917 Birthday Robert Lowell, poet and pacifist, Lord Weary's Castle, Near the Ocean 1917 Birthday Robert Taft, Jr., born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Senator-R-Ohio 1971 - 1976 1916 Birthday Robert A Bruce, Maryland, pioneer, exercise cardiology 1916 Birthday Robert Lowery, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Murder Over New York 1916 Birthday Robert [Augustine] W[ard] Lowndes, U.S., sci-fi author, Puzzle Planet 1916 Birthday Robert van Spaendonk, Dutch resistance fighter 1916 Birthday Robert Stevens Baker, composer 1916 Birthday Robert S. McNamara, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1961 - 1968, head World Bank 1916 Birthday Robert Shaw, born in Red Bluff, California, chorale conductor, Robert Shaw Chorale 1916 Birthday Robert Jesse Charleston, museum Curator 1916 Birthday Robert Parrish, Columbus, Georgia, director, Casino Royale 1915 Birthday Robert Ruark, U.S. writer, Something of Value 1915 Birthday Robert A. Dahl, American Writer 1915 Birthday Margaret Hayes, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Robert Montgomery Presents 1915 Birthday Robert Sutton, electronics engineer 1915 Birthday Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, musician 1915 Event White Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleveland in exchange for Robert Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer, and $31,500 1915 Birthday Robert Steel, academic 1915 Birthday Robert Moffat Palmer, composer 1915 Death Robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC 1915 Birthday Robert Hofstadter, U.S. atomic physicist 1915 Birthday Robert B Motherwell, U.S., painter, Elegies to the Spanish Republic 1914 Birthday Robert J. Morris, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, lawyer, served New York State Assembly committee investigating Communist activities, credited for efforts attributed to Senator Joseph McCarthy 1914 Birthday Robert Wise, director, Day the Earth Stood Still, West Side Story 1914 Birthday Robert Emhardt, actor, Mac-Another World, Underworld USA, Mooncussers 1914 Event 1st patent for liquid-fueled rocket design granted, Dr. Robert Goddard 1914 Birthday Marthe Robert, essayist/translator 1914 Birthday Robert Gross, composer 1914 Birthday Robert Alda, New York City, actor, Dan Lewis-Supertrain, By Popular Demand 1913 Birthday Robert Dougall, English TV host 1913 Death Robert S Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer (Ball Screw), dies 1913 Birthday Robert Strauss, New York City, actor, Sergeant Gruzewsky-Mona McCluskey 1913 Event Robert Martineau, bishop of Blackburn 1913 Birthday Robert Schollum, composer 1913 Birthday Robert Stafford, born in Rutland, Vermont, Senator-R-Vermont 1971 - 1989, Governor of Vermont 1959 - 1961 1913 Birthday Robert Mondavi, born in Minnesota, American vintner, marketer, attracted worldwide recognition for Napa Valley wines 1913 Birthday Robert Shaw, town planner 1913 Birthday Helmut Erich Robert Gernsheim, photographer and collector 1912 Event Robert Scott's diary and dead body found in Antarctica 1912 Birthday Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor, great iron sculptures 1912 Birthday Robert Doisneau, photographer 1912 Event Captain Robert Scott, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last entry in his diary "the end cannot be far" 1912 Death Robert F Scott, British pole explorer (Antarctica), dies 1912 Birthday Robert Watson Hughes, composer 1912 Birthday Robert Clifford Latham, pepys Scholar 1912 Event English explorer Robert F Scott and his expedition reach South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had gotten there before 1912 Event Robert Scott expedition arrives at South Pole, 1 month after Amundsen 1912 Birthday Robert Flemyng, Liverpool Eng, actor, Windom's Way, Young Winston 1911 Event Robert Scott's expedition leaves Cape Evans for South Pole 1911 Birthday Robert McCormick, Danville, Kentucky, NBC newscaster, Current Opinion 1911 Birthday Robert Taylor, Filley, Nebraska, actor, Death Valley Days 1911 Birthday Robert Middleman, Cin, Ohio, actor, Barney-Monroes 1911 Birthday Robert Johnson, blues singer, King of Delta Blues Singer 1911 Birthday Robert Joseph Kane, born in Ithaca, New York, President of U.S. Olympic Commission, 1976 1911 Birthday Robert Hamer, British Director 1911 Birthday Robert Guyn McBride, Tucson Arizona, composer, Mexican Rhapsody 1910 Birthday Robert Noehren, composer 1910 Birthday Robert Grieve, civil servant 1910 Birthday Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon 1910 Birthday Robert Paige, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, actor, Colgate Comedy Hour 1910 Birthday Robert Pineda-Duque, composer 1910 Birthday Robert H van Gulik, Dutch diplomat/writer, Judge Ti 1910 Birthday Robert K Meston, U.S. sociologist, functionalism 1910 Birthday Robert Still, composer 1910 Death Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, Cholera, Nobel), dies 1910 Birthday Robert H. G. Havemann, German chemist 1909 Birthday Nigel Tranter, author/historian, River Realm, Robert the Bruce 1909 Birthday Robert Ryan, Chicago, actor, Billy Budd, Dirty Dozen, Longest Day 1909 Birthday Robert Douglas, Finlayson, Bletchley England, actor, Adv of Don Juan 1909 Birthday Robert Beatty, Ontario, actor, Amorous Mr. Pawn, Where Eagles Dare 1909 Birthday Robert Trout, Wake County, North Carolina, newscaster, ABC 1909 Birthday Robert Kagan, American Writer 1909 Birthday Robert Helpmann, born in Mount Gambier, Australia, actor, Second Time Lucky 1909 Birthday Robert Murray Halpmann, dancer 1909 Event North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson 1909 Birthday Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator 1909 Birthday Robert Selby Taylor, bishop 1909 Event Robert Fowler runs world record marathon (2:46:52.6) 1909 Birthday Robert Coote, London, actor, Timmy-Rogues, Theodore-Nero Wolfe 1909 Event Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon (2:52:45.4) 1908 Birthday Robert F Simon, Mansfield, Ohio, actor, Man who shot Liberty Valance 1908 Event Robert B Rhoads becomes 1st Cleveland pitcher (Cleveland Naps) to toss a no-hit game, Cleveland 2, Boston 1 1908 Event Robert Peary's expedition sails from New York City for north pole 1908 Birthday Robert Cummings, born in Joplin, Missouri, actor, Love that Bob, Dial M For Murder 1908 Birthday Robert Morley, England, actor, High Road to China, African Queen 1908 Birthday Robert William Paine, architect 1908 Birthday Robert Rossen director and writer, Hustler, All the King's Men, Mambo 1907 Birthday Robert Grant Grant-Ferris, politician 1907 Birthday Robert Bresson, France, director, Pickpocket, Mouchette 1907 Event Sir Robert Baden-Powell forms Boy Scouts in England 1907 Birthday Robert A[nson] Heinlein, U.S., sci-fi author, 4 Hugos, Red Planet 1907 Birthday Robert A. Heinlein, American Writer 1907 Birthday Robert Humphreys, British? historian 1907 Birthday Robert Tisdall, Ireland, 400m hurdler 1932 Olympics gold 1907 Birthday Robert de Roos, composer 1907 Birthday Robert Young, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby MD 1906 Death Robert Rainy, minister, professor of Church history at New College, theological seminary, principal of New College, argued against Dean Stanley's Broad Church views, dies 1906 Birthday Robert Levine Sanders, composer 1906 Birthday Robert Brown Black, British diplomat/gov, Hong Kong 1906 Birthday Robert Shone, director-general, NEDC 1906 Birthday Robert, Bob, Allen, actor for the Texas Rangers 1906 Birthday Robert E[rvin] Howard, U.S., sci-fi author, Conan the Conqueror 1906 Birthday Robert E. Howard, American Writer 1906 Birthday Robert Nesbitt, impresario 1905 Birthday Charles Robert Owen Medley, dancer/choreographer 1905 Birthday Robert Ruthenfranz, composer 1905 Birthday Robert Newton, England, actor, Henry V, Around the World in 80 Days 1905 Event Robert S. Abbott published 1st issue of newspaper "Chicago Defender" 1905 Birthday Robert Houben, Belgian CVP-minister of Public health, 1958 1905 Birthday Robert Penn Warren, 1st U.S. poet laureate, All the King's Men 1905 Birthday Robert Donat, born in England, actor, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Citadel 1904 Birthday Robert Whitney, Newcastle-on-Tyne England, conductor, Sospiro do Roma 1904 Birthday Robert Knox, bacteriologist 1904 Birthday Robert Montgomery, Beacon, New York, actor/dir, Earl of Chicago, Yellow Jack 1904 Birthday J. Robert Oppenheimer, born in New York, head of Manhattan, A-bomb, Project 1903 Death George [Robert] Gissing, English novelist, dies at 46 1903 Death Robert A T G C Salisbury, British premier (1885..1902), dies at 73 1903 Birthday Robert Mills Delaney, composer 1903 Death Jean Robert Planquette, composer, dies at 54 1903 Birthday Robert Gwathmey, artist, Arts and Letters 1902 Birthday [Robert] Meredith Willson, Mason City Iowa, composer, Music Man 1902 Death Robert Adamson, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, philosopher, professor, served as chair of logic at University of Glasgow 1893 - 1902, important lectures published in 'The Development of Modern Philosophy and Other Essays', dies 1901 Birthday Robert Van de Graaff, Alabama, physicist, Mobility of Gaseous Ions 1901 Birthday Robert Bromston Thesiger Daniell, soldier 1901 Birthday Robert Allenby, born in Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer 1901 Death Robert Williams Buchanan, British Poet 1901 Birthday Harry Robert Wilson, composer 1901 Birthday Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer 1901 Birthday Robert Marshall, founder, Wilderness Society 1900 Birthday Robert Oboussier, composer 1900 Event 165 lb Robert Fitzsimmons KOs 305 lb Ed Dunkhost in a boxing match 1900 Birthday Robert Harris, actor, Big Caper, Laughing Anne 1900 Birthday Robert "Lefty" Grove, baseball pitcher, 300 game winner 1899 Birthday Robert Welch, found John Birch Society 1899 Death Robert H "Bobby" Gunning, British colonel (60th Rifles), dies in battle 1899 Event Sutro railroad sold to Robert F Morrow for $215,000 1899 Death Robert Green Ingersoll, American Lawyer 1899 Birthday Robert Marcel Casadesus, French pianist and composer, Prix Diemer 1899 Death Robert J Fruin, Dutch historian (80-year war), dies at 75 1899 Birthday Robert Maynard Hutchins, U.S., educator/civil libertarian 1899 Birthday Robert M. Hutchins, American Educator 1898 Death Robert Purvis, American Activist 1898 Birthday Robert Keith, Fowler, Indiana, actor, Battle Circus, Branded, Wild One 1897 Birthday Robert Ringling, circus master 1897 Birthday Robert Neumann, Austrian/British author, Waters of Babylon 1896 Birthday Robert Mulliken, U.S., chemist/physicist, Nobel 1966 1896 Birthday Robert Sheriff, playwright, Journey's End 1896 Birthday Robert Sherwood, dramatist, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight 1896 Birthday Robert E. Sherwood, American Playwright 1895 Event 15th U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred H Hovey beats Robert D Wrenn (63 62 64) 1895 Birthday Robert Burton, actor, Dr. Gordon-Kings Row 1895 Birthday Robert Graves, Irish Novelist 1895 Birthday Robert Gordon, born in Kansas, actor in Loveless 1895 Birthday Robert M. La Follette, American Politician 1894 Birthday Robert Menzies, Australian PM, 1939-41, 1949-66 1894 Death Robert Louis Stevenson, English writer (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), dies at 45 1894 Death Robert Charles Winthrop, American Politician 1894 Birthday Robert Russell Bennett, born in Kansas City, composer/arranger, Oklahoma! 1894 Death Robert Prescott Stewart, composer, dies at 68 1894 Birthday Robert Nathan, New York City, poet, novelist, Portrait of Jennie 1893 Event 13rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Robert D Wrenn beats Fred H Hovey (64 36 64 64) 1893 Birthday Robert Harron, born in New York City, actor, Birth of a Nation, Intolerance 1892 Birthday Robert A. Watson-Watt, England, physicist, radar 1892 Birthday Robert Denzler, composer 1892 Birthday Robert P Tristram Coffin, poet/reporter, WW II 1892 Birthday Robert Houghwout Jackson, 84th Supreme Court justice, 1941-54 1892 Birthday Robert H. Jackson, American Statesman 1891 Birthday Robert W. P. Peereboom, Dutch editor in chief, Haarlem Newspaper 1891 Birthday Robert Gordon Sproul, educator/college President, University of California 1890 Birthday Robert Armstrong, Saginaw, Michigan, actor, Mighty Joe Young, King Kong 1890 Birthday Robert Ley, German chemist/MP, NSDAP 1889 Death Robert Browning, English poet (Ring and Book), dies at 77 1889 Birthday Robert Benchley, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, humorist, My 10 Years in a Quandary 1889 Birthday Robert Taft, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Senator-R-Ohio 1939 - 1953, Taft-Hartley Act 1889 Birthday Robert A. Taft, American Politician 1889 Birthday Robert [Harriot] Barrat, New York City, actor, Go West, Distant Drums 1888 Birthday Robert Moses, power broker, built Long Island and New York City parks and roads 1887 Birthday Robert Quillen, American Journalist 1886 Death Robert Collier, Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell, politician, judge, educated at Oxford, successfully defended Brazilian pirates, dies 1886 Birthday Robert Heger, composer 1886 Birthday Robert Schuman, French premier 1886 Birthday Robert Herberigs, Flemish composer/writer, Hiawatha's Song 1885 Birthday Robert Delaunay, French painter 1885 Birthday Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer 1884 Birthday Robert Muller-Hartmann, composer 1884 Birthday Robert Flaherty, Michigan, father of documentary film, Nanook of North 1884 Birthday Robert J. Flaherty, Director 1883 Death Friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer, dies at 68 1883 Birthday Robert H Lightfoot, English theologist/exegetist, St. John's Gospel 1883 Birthday Robert Franz Richard Hernried, composer 1883 Birthday Stanley Robert Marchant, composer 1882 Birthday Robert Nathaniel Dett, composer 1882 Birthday Robert Hutchings Goddard, Worcester Massachusetts, rocket pioneer 1882 Death Charles Robert Darwin, evolutionist, Origin of Species', dies at 73 1882 Death Jesse James, outlaw, shot dead at 34, in St. Joseph, Missouri by Robert Ford 1882 Event German scientist Robert Koch discovers bacillus cause of TB 1882 Event Dr. Robert Koch discovers germ that causes tuberculosis 1880 Birthday Robert [Edler von] Musil, Austrian author, Young Torless 1880 Birthday Robert E Stolz, Austrian composer and conductor, ...smaller guard 1880 Birthday Robert Rutherford McCormick, U.S., editor/publisher, Chicago Tribune 1880 Death Robert Fortune, Scottish Scientist 1879 Birthday Robert Greig, Australia, actor, Horse Feathers 1879 Birthday Robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic, Pleasures of Ignorance 1878 Birthday Robert Warwick, Bien, Sacramento California, actor, Falcon's Adventure 1878 Birthday Robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-1st-Member of parliament, About Plato 1878 Death Robert Stirling, Scottish Inventor 1878 Birthday Robert Walser, writer 1878 Death Julius Robert Mayer, German Scientist 1878 Birthday Robert Garbe, German poet, Gorniek 1876 Birthday Robert Dower, cricketer, 1 Test South Africa vs. England 1898, scored 0 and 9 1876 Birthday Robert Barany, Sweden, otologist, vestibular expert, Nobel 1914 1874 Birthday Oswald Chambers born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scottish Protestant Christian minister, teacher, author, wrote, 'My Utmost for His Highest', established local society dedicated to his favorite poet, Robert Browning 1874 Birthday Robert Frost, born in San Francisco, poet, Mending Wall, Road Not Taken 1874 Birthday Robert Liefmann, German economist, Unternehmersverbande 1874 Birthday Robert Lach, composer 1874 Birthday Robert Service, England, Canadian poet, Cremation of Sam McGee 1874 Birthday Robert W. Service, Scottish Poet 1873 Birthday Robert D Wrenn, tennis champ, U.S. Open - 1893 1873 Death Robert Nelson, Canadian Politician 1872 Birthday Robert marquess of Flers, French author, Habit Vert 1871 Death Robert Chambers, Scottish Writer 1870 Death Robert E Lee, General of Confederate Army, dies at 63 1870 Death Robert E. Lee, American Soldier 1869 Birthday Robert Baldwin Ross, French Celebrity 1868 Birthday Robert Falcon Scott, British leader of ill-fated south pole expedition 1868 Birthday Robert Herrick, U.S. writer, Common lot 1868 Birthday Robert A. Millikan, U.S. physicist, photoelectric effect; Nobel 1923 1867 Event Robert T Freeman is 1st black to graduate from Harvard Dental School 1867 Birthday John Robert Gregg, Ireland, inventor, shorthand 1867 Death Robert Smirke, British architect, dies 1867 Death Robert Smirke, architect, dies 1865 Birthday Robert Kahn, composer 1865 Birthday Robert Henri, U.S. painter, leader of Ashcan school 1865 Death Robert C Tyler, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1865 Event Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender to U.S. Grant at Appomattox 1865 Event Robert E. Lee appointed Confederate General in Chief 1865 Event Robert E. Lee is named commander-in-chief of Confederate Army 1865 Event General Robert E Lee named Commander-in-Chief of Confederate Armies 1864 Birthday Robert G Aitken, U.S. astronomer, Binary Stars 1864 Death Robert Emmet Rodes, U.S. Confederate General-major, dies in battle at 35 1864 Birthday Robert Cecil, viscount of Chelwood, Nobel 1937 1864 Event Robert E. Lee's home area, Arlington, Virginia, becomes a military cemetery 1864 Event Ulysses S. Grant crosses Rapidan and begins his duel with Robert E. Lee 1864 Birthday Robert E Park, U.S., sociologist, human ecology, marginal man 1863 Death Robert Gould Shaw, American Soldier 1862 Event General Robert E Lee takes command of Confederate armies of E Virginia and NC 1862 Death Robert Hatton, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at about 34 1862 Death Karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at 81 1862 Birthday Robert Emden, Swiss geo/astro physics, Emden-polytroop 1861 Death Robert Fuhrer, composer, dies at 54 1861 Birthday Robert T A Innes, Edinburgh Scotland, astronomer, Proxima Centauri 1861 Death Robert Selden Garnett, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 41 1861 Event Robert E. Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces 1861 Event Colonel Robert E. Lee resigns from Union army 1861 Event Col Robert E. Lee turns down offer to command Union armies 1861 Event Robert E Lee resigns from Union army 1861 Event English Admiral Robert Ritzroy issues 1st storm warnings for ships 1860 Event Major Robert Anderson, under cover of darkness, concentrated his small force at Ft. Sumter 1859 Death Robert Stephenson, English Celebrity 1857 Birthday Robert Abel, cricketer, The Guv'nor Surrey and England batsman 1857 Birthday Robert Baden-Powell, founder, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides 1856 Birthday Robert Kajanus, composer 1856 Death Robert A Schumann, German pianist/composer (Humoresque), dies at 46 1856 Birthday Robert Edwin Peary, U.S., arctic explorer, North Pole-Apr 6 1909 1855 Birthday Robert Marion La Follette, born in Wisconsin, President candidate, Progressive 1854 Birthday Robert Laird Borden, C, 8th Canadian PM, 1911-20 1854 Event Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine 1852 Birthday Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, author/politician 1852 Birthday Robert Adamson, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, philosopher, professor, served as chair of logic at University of Glasgow 1893 - 1902, important lectures published in 'The Development of Modern Philosophy and Other Essays' 1851 Event Robert Schumann's 3rd Symphony "Rhenisch," premieres in Dusseldorf 1850 Birthday Robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, author, Treasure Island 1850 Death Robert "Bobbie" Peel, British PM/founder London Police, dies at 62 1850 Event British ex-premier sir Robert Peel falls off his horse 1848 Birthday Jean Robert Planquette, France, composer, Bells of Corneville 1847 Birthday George Robert Sims, English Journalist 1847 Event Robert von Bunsen invents the Bunsen burner 1847 Event Robert Thompson patents rubber tire 1846 Event Robert Schumann's 2nd Symphony in C, premieres 1846 Event Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning elopes 1846 Event U.S. fleet officer Robert F Stockton annexes California 1846 Event Robert Thomson obtains an English patent on a rubber tire 1846 Birthday Mildred Childe "Life" Lee, daughter of confederate General Robert E Lee 1845 Event Macon B. Allen and Robert Morris, Jr., 1st blacks to open law practice 1845 Event Poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning begin corresponding 1844 Birthday Robert S Bridges, England, poet laureate, Eros and Psyche 1844 Birthday Robert Bridges, English Poet 1844 Birthday Robert Stout, Shetland Islands Scotland, New Zealand prime minister, 1884-87 1843 Birthday Robert Koch, German bacteriologist, TB, cholera, Nobel 1905 1843 Event Robert Schumann's "Das Paradies und die Peri," premieres in Leipzig 1843 Birthday Robert Todd Lincoln, Captain Union volunteers 1843 Death Robert Southey, English Poet 1841 Event Robert Schumann's 4th Symphony in D, premieres 1841 Birthday Robert Williams Buchanan, British Poet 1841 Event 1st performance of Robert Schumann's 1st Symphony in B 1841 Birthday [Eleanor] Agnes Lee, daughter of U.S. general Robert E Lee 1840 Event Composer Robert Schumann marries Clara Wieck 1840 Birthday Robert S. Ball, Irish mathematician and astronomer 1839 Birthday Robert Smalls, born in Beaufort, South Carolina, black congressman 1875-87, Rep-SC 1839 Death Robert Gallenberg, composer, dies at 55 1837 Birthday Robert Gould Shaw, American Soldier 1837 Birthday Robert Frederick Hoke, Major General Confederate Army 1837 Birthday Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian, Robert's Rules of Order 1837 Birthday Robert Ross McBurney, 1st paid secretary of the YMCA 1837 Birthday Robert Daniel Johnston, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1835 Birthday Robert Houston Anderson, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1834 Death Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies 1834 Birthday Robert Sanford Foster, Major General Union volunteers 1833 Birthday Aleksandr Porfirievich Borodin, Russia, composer, Robert LeDiable 1833 Birthday Robert Green Ingersoll, New York, author/politician/agnostic, Attorney General-R-Illinois 1832 Death Robert the Hermit, U.S. ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies 1831 Birthday Robert Ogden Tyler, Major General Union Army 1831 Event Opera "Robert Le Diable" is produced (Paris) 1831 Event Robert Montgomery Bird's "Gladiator," premieres in New York City 1831 Event Robert Jenkins loses an ear, starts war between Britain and Spain 1830 Event Robert Schumann attends piano concerto by Paganini 1830 Birthday Robert Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury, C, British Prime Minister, 1885-1902 1829 Birthday Robert Brown Potter, Major General Union volunteers 1829 Event Sir Robert Peel found London Metropolitan Police (Bobbies) 1829 Birthday Robert Emmet Rodes, Major General Confederate Army 1829 Death Robert Archibald Smith, composer, dies at 48 1828 Birthday Robert Bullock, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1828 Birthday Robert Brank Vance, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1828 Birthday Robert Alexander Cameron, Major General Union volunteers 1828 Birthday Robert Ransom, Jr., Major General Confederate Army 1827 Birthday Robert Latimer McCook, volunteers Brigadier General, Union 1827 Death Robert Pollok, poet, dies 1827 Birthday John Robert Jones, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1827 Birthday Charles Robert Woods, Major General Union Army 1826 Birthday Robert Hopkins Hatton, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1826 Birthday Robert Kingston Scott, Major General Union volunteers 1826 Birthday Robert Rainy, born in Glasgow, Scotland, minister, professor of Church history at New College, theological seminary, principal of New College, argued against Dean Stanley's Broad Church views 1825 Birthday Robert Prescott Stewart, composer 1825 Birthday Joseph Robert Davis, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1825 Event Scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Indiana as site for New Harmony utopian community 1823 Birthday Robert J Fruin, historian, 80 year war 1823 Death Robert Bloomfield, English Poet 1823 Birthday Robert Byington Mitchell, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1822 Death Robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies 1820 Birthday Robert Vinkler Richardson, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1819 Birthday Robert Selden Garnett, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1818 Birthday Alexander Robert Lawton, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1817 Birthday Robert Collier, born in England, Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell, politician, judge, educated at Oxford, successfully defended Brazilian pirates 1816 Birthday Robert Huston Milroy, Major General Union volunteers 1816 Birthday Robert Seaman Granger, Union Army Major general 1815 Death Robert Hudson, composer, dies at 83 1815 Birthday Friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer 1815 Birthday Robert Hall Chilton, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1815 Death Robert Fulton, steamboat pioneer, dies 1814 Birthday Julius Robert Mayer, German Scientist 1814 Death Robert Jasper van der Capellen, Dutch politician, dies at 71 1814 Death Robert Jasper van der de Capellen, mister of Marsch, dies at 71 1814 Death Robert Treat Paine, U.S. judge, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 83 1813 Birthday Robert Fortune, Scottish Scientist 1813 Death Robert R Livingston, U.S. diplomat signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 66 1812 Birthday Robert Browning, born in London, England, poet, Pied Piper 1811 Death Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies 1811 Birthday Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen, Germany, chemist, Bunsen Burner 1811 Birthday Robert Allen, Major General Union Army 1811 Birthday Robert Christie Buchanan, Major General Union Army 1811 Birthday [Catherine] Mildred Lee, daughter of U.S. general Robert E Lee 1811 Birthday Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary, est Robert College, Turkey 1810 Birthday Robert Purvis, American Activist 1810 Birthday Robert Augustus Toombs, Secretary State, Confederacy 1810 Birthday Robert A. Schumann, Zwickau Saxony Germany, composer, Fantastiestucke 1810 Birthday Robert Schumann, Zwickau Germ, composer, Neue Zeitschrift fuer Musik 1809 Birthday Robert Cumming Schenck, Major General Union volunteers 1809 Birthday Robert Charles Winthrop, American Politician 1809 Birthday Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Secretary State, Confederacy 1809 Event Robert Fulton patents steamboat 1807 Event Robert Fulton begins operating his steamboat 1807 Event Robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont begins 1st trip up Hudson River 1807 Birthday Robert Fuhrer, composer 1807 Birthday Robert Edward Lee, Stratford, Virginia, General-in-Chief, Confederacy 1807 Birthday Robert E. Lee, American Soldier 1805 Birthday Robert Cowdin, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1805 Birthday Robert Anderson, Major General Union Army 1804 Birthday Robert Parker Parrott, Inventor 1804 Birthday Robert Baldwin, L, help establish government in Canada, or 1904 1803 Birthday Robert Stephenson, English Celebrity 1803 Death Robert Emmet, Irish nationalist, executed 1803 Event Robert Emmett's insurrected in Dublin 1803 Birthday Robert Smith Surtees, novelist 1802 Birthday Robert Chambers, Scottish Writer 1801 Death Robert Bage, English writer (Hermsprong), dies 1801 Birthday Robert Woodward Barnwell, MC, Confederacy 1800 Birthday Barnwell Rhett Robert, Confederacy 1799 Death Robert Kimmerling, composer, dies at 61 1796 Death Robert Burns, Scottish poet (Auld Lang Syne), dies at 37 1795 Death Robert Bakewell, English cattle breeder, dies at about 70 1794 Birthday Robert Nelson, Canadian Politician 1793 Event 1st American stove patent is granted to Robert Haeterick 1792 Event Columbia River discovered and named by U.S. Captain Robert Gray 1792 Event Captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington) 1792 Death Robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63 1792 Birthday Robert Patterson, Major General Union volunteers 1790 Birthday Robert Stirling, Scottish Inventor 1790 Event Robert Gray's Columbia, completes 1st American around world voyage 1790 Event Robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth 1788 Birthday Robert "Bobbie" Peel, British conservative premier/founder, Bobbies 1787 Death Robert Lowth, English Author 1786 Birthday Benjamin Robert Haydon, Plymouth, painter, Waiting for The Times 1783 Birthday Robert Gallenberg, composer 1782 Death Robert Wainwright, composer, dies at 33 1781 Birthday Robert Mills, U.S., architect, Washington Monument 1780 Birthday Karl Robert von Nesselrode, Germ/Russian minister of Foreign Affairs 1780 Birthday Robert Archibald Smith, composer 1778 Birthday Robert Peel, British Prime Minister, 1834-46, founder, Tories 1774 Death Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies 1774 Birthday Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson 1773 Death Robert Clive, English occupier (India), dies at about 48 1772 Birthday Robert Stevenson, born in Glasgow, civil engineer 1772 Death Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73 1771 Death Robert Praelisauer, composer, dies at 62 1771 Birthday Robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist 1768 Death Robert Simson, Scotland mathematician, dies at 80 1766 Birthday Robert Bloomfield, English Poet 1766 Birthday Robert Bailey Thomas, founder, Farmer's Almanac 1765 Birthday Robert Fulton, built 1st steamboat 1764 Birthday Robert Haldane, Scottish theologist/philanthropist 1759 Birthday Robert Burns, Alloway Scotland, poet, Auld Lang Syne 1757 Event Robert Clive defeats Indians at Plassey, wins control of Bengal 1756 Event British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India 1751 Event English troops under sir Robert Clive occupy Arcot India 1750 Birthday Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet, Scots poems 1748 Birthday Robert Wainwright, composer 1746 Birthday Robert Livingston, delivered oath of office to George Washington 1746 Death Robert Blair, Scottish poet (Grave), dies at 46 1745 Death Robert Walpole, 1st British premier (1722-42), dies at 68 1745 Death Robert Walpole, 1st English premier (1722-42), dies at 68 1743 Birthday Robert Jasper van de Capellen, master of Marsch/politician 1737 Birthday Robert Kimmerling, composer 1736 Birthday Robert Raikes, England, Sunday school pioneer 1735 Event Robert Walpole is 1st British Prime Minister to live at 10 Downing Street 1734 Birthday Robert Morris, merchant, signed Declaration of Independence 1732 Birthday Robert Hudson, composer 1731 Birthday Robert Treat Paine, judge, signer, Declaration of Independence 1730 Event Robert Walpole becomes England 1st prime minister (was: chief min) 1728 Birthday Robert Adam, architect/designer, Adelphi Terrace, London 1728 Birthday Robert Bage, English writer, Criticism by Peter Faulkner 1725 Birthday Robert Clive, English explorer/founder, British empire in India 1725 Birthday Robert Clive, founder, British empire in India 1725 Death Robert Haley earl of Oxford, English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63 1721 Event Robert Walpole becomes England's 1st Lord of the Treasury 1714 Event English Queen Anne fires premier Robert Haley 1710 Birthday Robert Lowth, English Author 1708 Birthday Robert Praelisauer, composer 1703 Death Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London 1702 Death Robert Spencer 2nd earl of Sunderland, English Prime Minister 1687 - 1688, dies at 61 1699 Birthday Robert Blair, Scottish poet, Grave 1699 Birthday Robert J Pothier, French lawyer 1688 Event King James II fires premier Robert Spencer 1687 Birthday Robert Simson, Scotland, mathematician 1682 Event Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France 1678 Event Robert LaSalle builds 1st ship in America, Griffon 1676 Birthday Robert Walpole, Whig, British Prime Minister, 1721-42 1674 Birthday Robert Herrick, Massachusetts, British poet, Together 1674 Death Robert Arnauld d'andilly, French literary/financier/translator, dies 1663 Death Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln (1660-63), dies 1661 Birthday Robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier, Whig, 1710-14 1658 Death Robert Rich 2nd earl of Warwick, English Lord High Admiral, dies at 70 1657 Death Robert Blake, English Admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57 1657 Event Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet 1652 Event English Admiral Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under lt-adm Tromp 1646 Death Robert Devereux, 3rd earl of Essex, dies 1645 Event Robert Devereux resigns as parliament supreme commander 1644 Event Battle at Lostwithiel: Robert Devereux' infantry surrenders 1643 Event 1st battle at Newbury: King Charles I vs Robert Devereux' armies 1641 Death Robert Dowland, English luitist/son of John Dowland, dies at about 50 1640 Death Robert Burton, author (Anatomy of Melancholy), dies 1637 Death Robert Fludd, composer, dies at 63 1635 Birthday Robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist, Micrographia 1629 Event King Charles I gives Bahamas to Sir Robert Heath 1627 Birthday Robert Boyle, Ireld, physicist/chemist/author, experiments with color 1612 Event Robert Dowland appointed court luitist of King James I 1612 Death Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/Prime Minister 1598 - 1612, dies at 48 1610 Death Robert Parsons, English jesuit leader/plotter, dies at 63 1601 Death Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth 1601 Event Earl Robert Devereux of Essex armies draws into London 1601 Event Robert, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth 1599 Event Robert Devereux becomes Lieutenant-General of Ireland 1595 Death Robert Southwell, English poet, hanged for becoming a Catholic priest 1595 Death Robert Southwell, English Jesuit/poet, hanged 1591 Birthday Robert Herrick, England, poet, Gather ye rosebuds, baptized 1586 Event Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, becomes governor of Netherlands 1585 Event English fleet and earl Robert Dudley van Leicester reach Vlissingen 1577 Birthday Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman, Anatomy of Melancholy 1574 Birthday Robert Fludd, composer 1571 Birthday Robert Bruce Cotton, English antiquary, politician 1566 Birthday Robert Devereux 2nd earl of Essex/cousin/lover of Elizabeth I 1564 Event Robert Dudley becomes earl of Leicester 1564 Event Liege prince-bishop Robert van Bergen resigns 1563 Birthday Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, English prime minister, 1598-1612 1560 Death Amy Robsart, wife of English premier Robert Dudley, dies by accident 1558 Birthday Robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist, Friar Bacon 1546 Birthday Robert Parsons, English jesuit, A Letter Disclosure 1521 Death Robert Fayrfax, composer, dies at 57 1501 Death Robert Gaguin, French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at 66 1464 Birthday Robert Fayrfax, composer 1444 Death Robert Campin, South Netherlands painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65 1415 Death Robert of Bar, French knight, dies in battle 1406 Death Robert III, King of Scotland (1390-1406), dies 1394 Death Clement VII, Robert de Geneve, Pope (1378-94), dies 1390 Death Robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90), dies 1390 Death Robert II, King of Scotland, dies 1378 Event Robert de Geneve, "butcher of Cesena" crowned anti-pope Clemens VII 1377 Event Cardinal Robert of Geneva (anti-pope Clemens VII) starts term 1371 Event King Robert II Stuart of Scotland crowned 1343 Death Robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies 1342 Death Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies 1329 Death Robert Bruce, King of Scotland (1306-29), dies at 53 1322 Event Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence 1316 Birthday Robert II, the Steward, King of Scotland, 1371-90 1306 Event Robert the Bruce crowned king of Scotland 1279 Death Robert Kilwardby/Anglicus, English philosopher/Cardinal, dies 1274 Birthday Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, 1306-29 1253 Death Robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies 1201 Birthday Robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris 1167 Death Robert of Melun, English philosopher/bishop of Hereford, dies 1134 Death Robert III/II Curthouse, Duke of Normandy, dies 1106 Event Battle at Tinchebrai: English King Henry I beats his brother Robert 1085 Death Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia and Calabria, dies at 70 1081 Event Battle at Durazzo/Durres: Normans under Robert Guiscard beat Byzantine 1072 Event Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo 1035 Death Robert II/I, Duke of Normandy, dies 1031 Event Henry I succeeds father Robert II as King of France 1031 Death Robert II de Vrome, King of France (996-1031), dies 1027 Event Robert II, the Vrome, names son Henry I, king of France 987 Event French King Hugo Capet crowns his son Robert the compassionate king 923 Death Robert I, King of France (922-23), dies in battle 922 Event French republic chooses Robert I, King of France
