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1996 Ronald Alfred Gardyne "Rags" Butler, sailor, dies at 68
1996 Anthony Griffin, sailor, dies at 75 1995 Tristan Jones, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, dies at 71 1994 Pieter C "Piet" Author, sailor/corrector, dies at 71 1985 U.S. sailor Michael L. Walker arrested for spying for U.S.S.R. 1968 Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian sailor/author, dies at 76 1956 Yoshiko Sakakibara, Chiba Japan, actress, Sailor Moon, Vampire Hunter 1956 Toni Sailor becomes 1st Olympic skier to sweep 3 alpine events 1955 Yves Tanguy, French/American sailor/surrealistic painter, dies 1940 Chay Blyth, English sailor, Alone in Order to the World 1929 Tristan Jones, born in Liverpool, England, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, wrote about sailing in books and articles 1928 Ronald Alfred Gardyne "Rags" Butler, sailor 1920 Anthony Griffin, sailor 1913 Ernst Schnabel, German sailor/dramatist, Anne Frank 1908 Edzard H Schaper, German/Swiss sailor/UP-correspondent/antifascist 1900 Yves Tanguy, French/U.S. sailor/surrealistic painter 1885 Herman Bouber, Dutch actor and playwright, Sailor's Wives 1865 Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Ft. Fisher NC, 40 die 1838 Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery disguised as a sailor 1832 John van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried 1709 British sailor Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being marooned on a desert island for 5 years, his story inspires "Robinson Crusoe" 1697 Sjoucke Gabbes, Frisian sailor, dies/buried on Dirk-Hartog Island 1499 Perkin Warbeck, Flemish sailor, hanged 1497 Sailor Perkin Warbeck becomes English King Richard IV 1028 German emperor Conrad II the Sailor crowns his son Henry III, king 1024 Conrad II the Sailor chosen German king |
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