2015 Event Zimbabwe seeks extradition of U.S. dentist Walter James Palmer, who killed a protected lion, Cecil, during a hunt; led by a local guide, Palmer believed that the hunt was properly licensed and fully legal 2004 Death Walter Wager, American Novelist 2002 Death Walter Annenberg, publisher/philanthropist/ambassador, started TV GUide, dies at 94 Walter Lord, American Author 2000 Death Walter Matthau, actor, The Odd Couple movie version, dies at 79 1999 Death Walter Payton, football great, dies at 45 1998 Death Walter Edmonds, writer (Drums Along the Mohawk), dies at 93 Walter Edmonds, writer, Drums Along the Mohawk, ., dies at 94 Walter Diemer, inventor (bubble gum 1928), dies of heart failure at 93 Walter Diemer, inventor/accountant, invented bubble gum, dies at 93 1997 Death Walter Stewart, murderer, executed at 42 1997 Event "Forever Tango!," opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City "Present Laughter," closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City Walter Ritchie, sculptor, dies at 77 1996 Event "Present Laughter" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City 1996 Death Hans Walter Kosterliz, biochemist, dies at 93 Arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer, dies at 80 "7 Guitars" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City Walter Hassan, engineer, dies at 91 Walter Guevara Arze, provisional president of Bolivia (1979), dies Walter Pardon, carpenter/traditional singer, dies at 81 Walter Hyatt, singer, songwriter, founder, The Contenders, work includes album 'Some Unfinished Business', dies at 46 in a plane crash "7 Guitars" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City "Seven Guitars," opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City Walter Charles Marshall, scientist, dies at 63 Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee, blues singer and guitarist, dies at 80 Harold Walter Bailey, philologist, dies at 96>> 1995 Event "Patti LuPone on Broadway" closes at Walter Kerr New York City after 46 performances 1995 Death Jack Walter Braden Finney, writer, dies at 84 Henry A Walter Richard Percy, 11th Duke of Northumberland, dies at 42 "Patti LuPone on Broadway" opens at Walter Kerr New York City for 46 performances Walter "Crash" Morgan, drummer, dies at 35 Walter Shlomo Gross, journalist, dies at 83 "Love! Valor! Compassion!" closes at Walter Kerr New York City after 276 performances Walter Goetz, illustrator cartoonist/painter, dies at 83 Walter Landor, designer, dies at 81 Walter Ernest Allen, writer/critic, dies at 83 "Love! Valor! Compassion!" opens at Walter Kerr New York City for 276 performances 1994 Death Walter C "Dub" Taylor II, U.S. actor (You Can't Take it All), dies at 86 Walter Bartley, biochemist, dies at 78 Walter Arnold, Germ theologist (World council of Churches), dies at 64 Walter Lantz, U.S. cartoonist (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 93 Walter Janka, German writer (Troubles with Truth), dies at 79 Walter Kent, U.S. composer (I'll Be Home for Christmas), dies at 82 1993 Event "Angels in America-Perestroika" opens at Walter Kerr New York City for 216 performances 1993 Death Walter Brown Newman, U.S. screenwriter (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 Walter Koenig, Checkov of Star Trek, suffers a heart attack Walter Koenig, Checkov-Star Trek, suffers a mild heart attack 1992 Death Walter B. Jones, Representative-D-North Carolina 1966 - 1992, dies at 79 1992 Event "2 Trains Running" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City after 160 performances "2 Trains Running" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 160 performances Walter Stuart Surridge, cricketeer (Captain of Surrey), dies at 74 "Crazy He Calls Me" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City after 7 performances "Crazy He Calls Me" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 7 performances 1991 Death Walter Hudson, 1,025 lb man, dies at 46 Walter Chiari, actor (Girl Under Sheet), dies of heart attack at 67 1991 Event "I Hate Hamlet" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City after 88 performances "I Hate Hamlet" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 88 performances "Piano Lesson" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City after 320 performances 1990 Event "Piano Lesson" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 320 performances 1989 Event Walter Davis (Denver) ends NBA free throw streak of 53 games Walter Davis (Denver) begins NBA free throw streak of 53 games South african ANC-founder/leader Walter Sisulu freed 1989 Death Walter Martin, American Clergyman Walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27,000' Mount Everest top 1988 Event Robin Givens and Mike Tyson appear on Barbara Walter's Show 1987 Death Walter H Brattain, U.S. physicist (transistors, Nobel 1956), dies at 85 1987 Event Walter Payton scores NFL record 107th rushing touchdown Walter W. Heller, U.S. economist (Old Myths and New Realities), dies at 71 Walter Abel, actor (Suspicion), dies at 88 1986 Death Walter Brooke, actor (DA Scanlon-Green Hornet), dies at 71 Walter Leblanc, Belgian painter, dies at 53 1984 Death Walter Woolf King, actor/TV host (Lights Cameras Action), dies at 85 1984 Event Walter Payton passes Jim Brown as NFL's career rushing leader Walter Alston, Baseball manager (Los Angeles Dodgers), dies at 72 Walter Pidgeon, actor (Forbidden Planet), dies of strokes at 87 Walter Pidgeon, actor (Forbidden Planet, Mrs. Miniver), dies at 87 Walter Kaufmann, composer, dies at 77 Walter Burke, actor (Jack the Giant Killer), dies at 75 of emphysema Walter F. Mondale wins Democratic presidential nomination in San Francisco 1983 Death Walter Scott, rocker, dies Walter O'Keefe, songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 82 1983 Event Nolan Ryan surpasses Walter Johnson for most strikeouts (3,508) Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3,509), passing Walter Johnson Walter Slezak, actor (Bedtime For Bonzo), commits suicide in New York at 80 Walter Alston, Dodgers manager, elected to Hall of Fame 1982 Death Shakey, Walter Horton, rocker, dies at 72 Walter Hallstein, West German politician (CDU, H-doctrine), dies at 80 1981 Death Shakey, Walter Horton, harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin'), dies at 64 Walter Knott, American Businessman Walter Mehring, writer, dies at 85 [Walter] Furry Lewis, father of blues, dies at 88 of a heart attack 1981 Event Don Fagan and Walter Becker quit Steely Dan Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond, Virginia Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of CBS Evening News 1980 Event Walter Hass, Jr. becomes CEO of Oakland A's 1980 Death Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian (bomanslag), dies 1979 Death Walter O'Malley, CEO (Dodgers), dies at 75 1979 Event Dr. Walter Massey named director of Argonne national Lab Walter Legge, British Businessman 1978 Event Walter Poenisch completes swim of 207 km from Cuba to Florida Vice President Walter F. Mondale begins trip to Mid-East 1978 Death Walter Keirnan, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret), dies at 75 1977 Event Walter Payton (Bears) rushes for NFL-record 275 yards 1977 Death Walter Kraft, composer, dies at 71 Walter Baldwin, actor (Gay Amigo), dies at 88 1976 Death Walter Bauer, writer, dies at 72 Walter Fitzgerald, actor (Adv of Sadie, Fallen Idol), dies at 80 Walter Hamor Piston, U.S. composer, dies at 82 Walter Piston, American Composer 1976 Event Tommy Lasorda replaces Walter Alston as Dodger manager Walter Field, entertainer, dies at 101 1975 Death Walter Tetley, cartoon voice (Sherman-Bullwinkle Show), dies at 60 Walter Kinsella, actor (Happy-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 74 Walter Linck, Swiss sculptor, dies at 71 1974 Death Erich Walter Sternberg, composer, dies at 83 Walter Lippmann, U.S. journalist (One of Dynasty), dies at 85 1974 Event Walter E. Washington, becomes 1st elected mayor of Washington D.C. Walter Brennan, actor (Real McCoys), dies at 80 Walter Scheel succeeds Heinemann as president 1974 Birthday Walter McCarty, NBA forward for the Boston Celtics Walter Jones, tackle for the Seattle Seahawks 1973 Death Arnold Maria Walter, composer, dies at 71 1973 Event Willi Stoph succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss Scientist Walter Ulbricht, President East Germany, dies at 80 Walter Blum becomes 6th jockey to ride 4,000 winners Walter Greaza, actor (Leonard-Martin Kane, Treasury Men), dies at 76 1973 Birthday Walter Scott, NFL defensive tackle, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 Walter Nicholas Henry Tongue, born in Auckland New Zealand, 50m/100m swimmer 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Ken Walter, punter for the Carolina Panthers 1972 Death Walter Winchell, columnist/narrator (Untouchables), dies at 75 Walter Sande, actor (Adventures of Tugboat Annie), dies at 65 Walter Winchell, writer/actor (Dondi, Love and Hisses), dies at 74 1971 Death Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner, composer, dies at 83 Walter Sande, actor (Red Planet Mars), dies of heart attack at 65 Walter Van Tilburg Clark, U.S. author (Ox-Bow Incident), dies at 62 Walter Schulthess, composer, dies at 76 1971 Event 103rd Belmont: Walter Blum aboard Pass Catcher wins in 2:30.6 Erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader 1970 Birthday Walter Dunson, NFL running back/kicker returner for the Arizona Cardinals 1970 Death Walter P Reuther, U.S. worker's union leader/president (CIO), dies 1970 Event Walter Cronkite ends hosting weekly documentary 1969 Death Walter Hagen, PGA golfer (U.S. Open 1914, 19), dies at 76 Walter Hagen, U.S. golfer (won 5x PGA-tournament), dies at 76 1969 Birthday Jamie Walter, actor, Pirate Island Walter Gropius, architect/found (Bauhaus school of design), dies at 86 Arthur Walter Kramer, composer, dies at 78 1968 Death Walter Wanger, U.S. producer (Cleopatria), dies at 74 Cy Walter, pianist (3's Company), dies at 52 Walter Nash, New Zealander Statesman 1968 Event Reverend Walter Fauntroy, is 1st non-voting congressional delegate from DC Little Walter, rocker, dies at 37 1967 Death Walter Muller von Kulm, composer, dies at 68 1967 Event Walter Washington elected 1st mayor of Washington, D.C. 1966 Death Walter Lang, composer, dies at 69 1965 Birthday Walter Reeves, NFL tight end for the Cleveland Browns 1965 Event 1st performance of Walter Piston's 8th Symphony 1963 Event South African ANC Walter Sisulu/Andrew Mlangeni/Govan Mbeki arrested 1963 Birthday Joe Walter, NFL tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals 1962 Death Walter Anderson, German Writer 1962 Event Walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News Bruno Walter, symphony conductor (New York Philharmonic), dies at 85 1961 Death Walter Bedell Smith, U.S. general/WW II chief of staff, dies at 75 1961 Birthday Walter Swimburn, Irish jockey, Derby 1981 1961 Event Walter Piston's 7th Symphony, premieres 1960 Death Walter Catlett, actor (Climax), dies of a stroke at 71 WH Walter Baade, German/US astronomer (Andromeda), dies at 67 1960 Event Walter O'Malley, Los Angeles Dodger owner, purchases Chavez Ravine for $494,000 1959 Death Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, dies at 117 Walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47 1959 Birthday Walter Ray Williams, Jr., bowler, twice Player of the Year 1958 Death Walter Schumann, choral director (Ford Show), dies at 44 1958 Event Walter Irwin flies 2,259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter Walter Kingsford, actor (My Favorite Blonde, Fly by Night), dies at 76 1957 Event Walter Cronkite begins hosting weekly documentary 1957 Birthday Walter R. Tucker, born in Compton, California, Representative-D-California 1993 - 1995 1st performance of Walter Piston's 4th Symphony Walter Rohlfing, born in Dusseldorf, WLAF defensive line coach, Rhein Fire Walter O'Malley says Dodgers may play 10 exhibitions in California in 1958 1956 Death Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60 Walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42 Walter S Adams, U.S. astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79 1956 Birthday Walter Salles, Brazilian Director 1955 Event Walter Piston's 6th Symphony, premieres 1955 Death Walter Rein, composer, dies at 61 Walter Hampden, actor (Sabrina, 5 Fingers, Vagabond King), dies at 75 1954 Birthday Walter Diessner, born in East Germany, 4 man cox 1976 Olympics gold 1954 Event Nobel for physics awarded to Max Born and Walter Bothe Walter Paul Davis, Pineville, North Carolina, basketball player 1976 Olympics gold Walter Payton, NFL running back for the Chicago Bears 1954 Death Walter Braunfels, composer, dies at 71 "CBS Morning Show" premieres with Walter Cronkite and Jack Paar Constantine Phipps, born in England, Constantine Edmund Walter Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby, sold Warter Priory estate in 1998 for 48 million pounds, leases Mulgrave Castle to supermodel Elle MacPherson Ulrich Walter, born in West Germany, cosmonaut 1953 Event Walter Alston named Dodger manager Dodgers sign Walter Alston to a 1-year pact as manager for 1954 35th PGA Championship: Walter Burkemo at Birmingham CC Michigan 1953 Death Walter Niemann, composer, dies at 76 General Walter Bedell Smith, USA, ends term as 4th director of CIA Allen W Dulles, becomes acting director of CIA "You Are There" with Walter Cronkite premieres on CBS television 1952 Event Walter P Reuther chosen chairman of CIO 1952 Death Walter Long, dies at 73 Walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies 1952 Birthday Walter Mosley, American Novelist 1950 Death Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer, dies at 88 1950 Event Walter O'Malley fires Burt Shotton as Dodgers manager Walter Bedell Smith replaces Roscoe H Hillenkoetter as 4th CIA head Walter Huston, dies at 66 Walter Eucken, German economist, dies at 59 1950 Birthday Walter Becker, New York City, rock bassist, Steely Dan-Peg 1949 Birthday Walter "Clyde" Owen, rocker Walter Hyatt, born in America, musician, singer, songwriter, founder, The Contenders, work includes album 'Some Unfinished Business' Walter Sweeney, born in Ireland, born Walter Edward Sweeney, politician, lawyer, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for the Vale of Glamorgan 1949 Event Walter and John Huston become 1st father-and-son team to win Walter S Browne, U.S. chess champion, 1974-78, 1980-84 1948 Birthday Walter Egan, born in New York City, rock vocalist, Not Shy, Fundamental Roll Walter Olkewicz, Bayonne, New Jersey, actor, Last Resort, Wizards and Warriors 1948 Event Walter P Reuther UAW President shot and wounded at his home in Detroit 1948 Death Walter P Reuther, President (United Auto Workers), shot at his home Walter Smith, Scottish Athlete Walter Piston's 3rd Symphony in E, premieres in Boston 1947 Birthday Walter Willison, born in Monterrey Park, California, actor, McDuff the Talking Dog, Two By Two [Tony Award nomination, Theatre World Award] 1947 Event Last day of Test cricket for Walter Hammond (vs. New Zealand, Christchurch) 1946 Birthday Walter "Clyde" Orange, Florida, rocker, Commodores-Too Hot to Trot 1946 Death Walter Johnson, great pitcher for the Washington Senators, dies at 59 1945 Death Walter B Cannon, U.S. physiologist (Traumatic Shock), dies at 73 Walter Model, German Field Marshal, commits suicide at 54 1945 Birthday Walter Charles, born in East Strousberg, Pennsylvania, actor, Fletch Lives, Weeds 1944 Death Walter Nowotny, German combat/jet fighter pilot, dies 1944 Event Walter Piston's "Fugue for a Victory Tune," premieres in New York City 1st performance of Walter Piston's 2nd Symphony 1943 Birthday Walter Spanghero, French rugby player Susan Davenny Wyner, New Haven, Connecticut, soprano, Walter Naumberg Prize 1943 Death Walter Brandligt, literature/resistance fighter, executed at 42 Walter Scott, rock vocalist, Whispers Walter Murch, American film editor and sound deisgner 1942 Birthday Tracey Walter, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, Best of the West Walter Williams, U.S., rock vocalist, O'Jays-Use to Be My Girl 1942 Event Walter Johnson pitches to Babe Ruth in pregame attraction that draws 69,000 for New York - Washington game, raises $80,000 for Army-Navy relief 1942 Death Walter Leigh, composer, dies at 36 Walter Raphael Hazzard, Wilmington Del, basketball 1964 Olympic gold Walter Richard Sickert, British painter (Free House!), dies at 81 Walter Hill, director, 48 Hours, Extreme Prejudice 1941 Death Walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77 1941 Birthday Gil [Walter] Morgan, Haddock Georgia, PGA golfer, 1990 Kemper Open Jessica Walter, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Play Misty For Me, Amy Prentiss 1940 Event Woody Woodpecker debuts with release of Walter Lantz's "Knock Knock" Walter Johnson, won 416 games for Washington Senators, loses Maryland congressional race 1940 Death Walter Kollo, composer, dies at 62 Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48 Walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48 Walter Chrysler, American Inventor Walter Connolly, actor (It Happened One Night, Good Earth), dies at 53 1940 Birthday Anne Campbell, born in England, politician, Labor Member of Parliament for Cambridge, portrayed by Harriet Walter in 10 Days to War, a BBC drama on events leading up to the Iraq War 1939 Birthday Walter Weller, Vienna Austria, conductor, Vienna Tonkustler Orchestra Wendy, Walter, Carlos, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, composer, Switched on Bach Ken Walter, South African cricket pace bowler, 1961-62 series vs. New Zealand 1937 Death Walter Gay, artist, dies Johannes Walter, German geologist (Die Denudation in Wuste), dies Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, dies in crash at 43 1937 Event 41st Boston Marathon won by Walter Young of Canada in 2:33:20 1936 Event 1st baseman Walter Alston plays in his only major league game 1936 Birthday Walter Koenig, American Actor 1st players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame - Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson 1935 Birthday Renata Scotto, born in Savona, Italy, singer, soprano, performed La Traviata at age 18, received 15 curtain calls performing Walter in La Wally at La Scala, 1953, directs opera and teaches at her opera academy in Italy, New York 1934 Birthday Walter Steffens, composer 1933 Event Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland manager 1933 Birthday Walter E. Fauntroy, born in Washington, D.C., Representative-D-District of Columbia 1971 - 1991 Walter Paulis, mineworker/pilot/Dutch MP, CDA 1932 Birthday Walter Leblanc, Belgian painter 1932 Event Clark Griffith announces Walter Johnson will be manager of Senators Walter Gilbert, American Scientist Ronnie Walter Cunningham, born in Creston, Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut, Apollo 7 Walter Charles Marshall, scientist 1931 Death Walter Courvoisier, composer, dies at 56 1931 Birthday Walter Davis, U.S., running high jumper 1952 Olympics gold 1930 Event George Gershwin/Walter Donaldsons musical premieres in New York City 1930 Birthday Joan Mondale, wife of U.S. vice-president Walter Mondale, 1977-81 Little Walter, Marion Walter Jacobs, rocker 1st performance of Walter Piston's Suite for orchestra (Boston) 1929 Event Walter Mittelholzer flies as 1st about the Kilimanjaro 64th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Muirfield Gullane 1929 Birthday Walter Kempowski, German writer, Tadelloser and Wolff Walter Berry, Austria singer and ex husband of Christa Ludwig "NY Daily Mirror" columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio 1928 Event Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn's musical "Whoopee," premieres in New York City 1928 Birthday Walter Klien, born in Graz, Austria, pianist, performed and recorded concertos of Mozart, Brahms, Schubert piano sonatas, received Bosendorfter Prize in Vienna, 1953 Walter Johnson signs a 3-year contract to manage the Senators Walter Martin, American Clergyman 63rd British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Royal St. George's Walter Fritz Mondale, born in Ceylon, Minnesota, Senator-D-Minnesota 1964 - 1976, 42nd Vice President, 1977 - 1981 Walter F. Mondale, American Lawyer 1927 Event Test Cricket debut of Walter Hammond, who scored 51 and took 5-36 vs. S Af Walter Hagen beats Joe Turnesa for 4th consecutive PGA title Walter Johnson records 113th and last shutout of his career 1927 Birthday Walter Aschaffenburg, composer 1926 Event Walter Johnson retires, signs 2-year contract to manage Newark 9th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Salisbury Golf Club Westbury, New York Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament 1926 Birthday Paul Walter Furst, composer At 41, Walter Johnson pitches his 7th opening day shutout 1925 Event 8th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Olympia Fields CC Matteson Ill Walter Percy Chrysler founded Chrysler Corp, Iacocca is 8 months old Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament 1925 Death Walter Camp, father of American football, dies at 65 Walter Mittelholzer is 1st to flies over Demawend mountain, Iran 1924 Birthday Walter Fufido, born in Bronx, New York, Iwo Jima casualty, WW II 1924 Event Walter Johnson elected AL MVP Walter Wager, American Novelist Washington Senator Walter Johnson 2nd no-hitter beats Browns, 2-0 in 7 innings 59th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 301 at Hoylake Hoylake 7th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at French Lick CC Ind 1924 Death Walter Parratt, composer, dies at 83 1923 Event Walter Johnson becomes 1st to strikeout 3,000 (en route to 3,508) Walter Mittelholzer flies Junkers F-13 to Spitsbergen/Oostland Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yankees 3-0 1923 Birthday Walter Kohn, Austrian Physicist Walter M[ichael] Miller, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, View from Stars 1922 Birthday Walter Hollerer, writer 1922 Death Walter Rathenau, German foreign minister, killed by anti-semites at 54 1922 Event 57th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 300 at Royal St. George 1921 Event 4th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Inwood CC Far Rockaway NY Walter Johnson sets strikeout mark at 2,287 Walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St. New York City 1920 Birthday Walter Matthau, New York City, actor, Odd Couple, Bad News Bears 1920 Event 1st class debut of Walter Hammond Washington Senator Walter Johnson no-hits Boston Red Sox, 1-0 Washington Senator Walter Johnson wins his 300th game vs Detroit Sugar Ray Robinson, Walter Smith, middle/welterweight boxer, champ Walter Clegg, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, served as Comptroller of the Household, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, Member of Parliament for Wyre, Member of Parliament for North Fylde 1919 Birthday Walter Gieseler, composer Walter Scheel, German Foreign minister/president 1919 Event 23rd U.S. Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 301 at Brae Burn CC Mass Yankees' Jack Quinn and Senators' Walter Johnson, 12 inning 0-0 tie Walter Ritchie, sculptor Anthony Dexter, Walter Fleischmann, NB Canada, actor, Valentino 1918 Event Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches 1-0, 18 inning game 1917 Birthday Walter Lord, American Author 1917 Event Red Sox Babe Ruth beats Washington Senator Walter Johnson, 1-0 Shakey, Walter Horton, Mississippi, harmonicist, Everybody's Fishin' Walter Hendl, West New York, New Jersey, conductor 1916 Birthday Walter Cronkite, St. Joseph, Missouri, news anchor, CBS Evening News 1962-81 Arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer Walter Bartley, biochemist 1915 Birthday Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee, blues singer/guitarist Cy Walter, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, pianist, 3's Company Walter W. Heller, economist, Old Myths and New Realities Walter Trampler, Munich Germany, violist, Beaux Arts Trio Walter Hadlee, cricketer, father of Richard and Dayle, New Zealand batsman 40's Walter Tetley, born in New York City, animation voice, Sherman-Bullwinkle Show 1915 Death Walter Crane, English painter/cartoonist/illustrator, dies at 69 1914 Event Walter Johnson accepts money from Federal League Chicago Whales Clark Griffith threatens to take Johnson to court 20th U.S. Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 290 at Midlothian CC Ill 1914 Death Walter T Watts-Dunton, England, lawyer/poet/writer (Aylwin), dies 1913 Birthday Walter Schumann, New York City, choral director, Ford Show, composer, Rhenish 1913 Event Washington Senator Walter Johnson wins his 36th game Walter B. Jones, born in Farmville, North Carolina, Representative-D-North Carolina 1966 - 1992 Walter Landor, designer Walter Kerr, New York drama critic, Sad Clowns George Walter Selwyn Lloyd, English composer, Serf, John Socman Washington Senator Walter Johnson ends record scorless streak at 56 innings Walter Susskind, Praha, Prague, Czechoslovakia, conductor Walter Johnson begins string of 56 consecutive scoreless innings 1912 Event Walter Johnson's 16-game winning streak ends 1911 Birthday Walter Alston, baseball manager, Dodgers Walter Goetz, illustrator cartoonist/painter Walter Shlomo Gross, journalist 1911 Event Walter Johnson pitches a record tying 4 strike outs in an inning 1911 Death Sam Walter Foss, American Poet Walter Ernest Allen, writer/critic 1910 Event Walter Brookins becomes 1st to pilot an airplane to 1 mile altitude 1909 Event Eugene Walter's "Easiest Way," premieres in New York City 1908 Event Jack Chesbro's final Yankee victory, beats Walter Johnson 2-1 1908 Birthday Walter Annenberg, born in Milwaukee, publisher, Triangle-TV Guide and Ambassador to Great Britain Walter L "Red" Barber, Mississippi, sports announcer, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees 1907 Birthday Walter Reuther, labor leader/president, UAW and CIO 1907 Event Walter Johnson wins 1st of his 416 wins, 7-2 over Cleveland Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington and loses 3-2 to Detroit Walter Kaufmann, composer 1906 Birthday Walter Sande, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Navy vs Night Monsters Walter Robins, cricketer, dynamic England leg-spin all-rounder Walter Legge, British Businessman 1906 Event 31st Preakness: Walter Miller aboard Whimsical wins in 1:45 Walter Knape, composer 1905 Death Walter Cecil Macfarren, composer, dies at 79 1905 Birthday Walter Leigh, composer Walter Kraft, composer Walter Hassan, engineer Walter Brown, sports organizer, NBA 1904 Birthday Walter Bauer, writer 1903 Birthday Walter O'Malley, baseball team owner, Dodgers Walter Hammond, cricketer, one of the greatest of English batsman Walter Reisch, U.S., screenwriter, Ninotchka, Gaslight, Titanic Hans Walter Kosterliz, biochemist Walter Linck, Swiss sculptor 1902 Death Walter Reed, U.S. bacteriologist (Yellow Fever), dies 1902 Birthday Arnold Maria Walter, composer Walter Burle Marx, composer Ralph Walter Wood, composer Walter Dawson, British Air Chief marshall Walter Slezak, Vienna, actor, Bedtime for Bonzo, Inspector General Walter H Brattain, Amoy China, U.S. physicist, Nobel 1956-transistor Walter Keirnan, New Havens, Connecticut, TV panelist, I've Got a Secret 1901 Birthday Walter Hallstein, West German politician, CDU, Hallstein doctrine Walter Breedveld/Reinier de Muntel, writer, Een ship vergaat 1901 Death Walter Besant, novelist/philanthropist, dies Walter E. Schafer, German playwright 1900 Birthday Walter O'Keefe, Hartford, Connecticut, songwriter/TV host, Mayor of Hollywood 1900 Event Dr. Walter Reed begins research that beats Yellow Fever Walter Lantz, animator, Woody Woodpecker's creator 1899 Birthday Harold Walter Bailey, philologist Walter Muller von Kulm, composer 1899 Event Walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier's 1898 Birthday Walter Abel, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, actor, Suspicion, Dream Girl 1897 Birthday Walter Pidgeon, New Brunswick Can, actor, Mrs Miniver, Madame Curie Walter Winchell, born in Harlem, New York City, newscaster and columnist, Untouchables Walter Greaza, St. Paul, Minnesota, actor, Martin Kane Private Eye 1896 Birthday Walter Lang, composer Walter Fitzgerald, Keyhan Devonport England Walter Mehring, writer 1895 Birthday Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer Walter Bedell Smith, U.S. general, WW II, head of CIA, 1950 - 1952 1894 Birthday Walter Brennan, born in Swampscott, Massachusetts, actor, 'Real McCoys', 'At Gun Point' Walter Schulthess, composer Walter Wanger, Feuchtwanger, U.S. producer, Stagecoach Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, Swiss Air Walter Hamor Piston, Rockland Maine, composer, Incredible Flutis Walter Piston, American Composer 1893 Birthday Walter Rein, composer Walter Francis White, Atlanta Georgia Walter Ulbricht, president East Germany W H Walter Baade, German/US astronomer, Andromeda Walter Donaldson, U.S. pianist/composer, Girl Crazy, Whoopee 1892 Birthday Walter Hagen, born in Rochester, New York, PGA golfer, U.S. Open 1914, 19 Walter Benjamin, German literature critic/writer 1892 Death Henry Walter Bates, naturalist/explorer (South America), dies 1891 Birthday Erich Walter Sternberg, composer Walter Model, German Field Marshal Walter Eucken, German economist Walter Bothe, Germany, subatomic particle physicist, Nobel 1954 1890 Birthday Arthur Walter Kramer, composer 1889 Birthday Walter Knott, American Businessman Walter Lippmann, New York City, journalist/political writer, Men of Dystany Walter Catlett, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Front Page, Tale of 2 Cities Walter Baldwin, Ohio, actor, Gay Amigo 1888 Birthday Max[imilian Raoul Walter] Steiner, Vienna, composer, Gone With Wind 1887 Birthday Walter Johnson, Kansas, Washington Senator pitcher, 1907-27, 414-218 Walter Connolly, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actor, Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl 1886 Birthday Charles Walter Stansby Williams, songwriter 1885 Birthday Walter Anderson, German Writer 1884 Birthday Walter Huston, actor, Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre 1883 Birthday Walter Gropius, Berlin Germany, architect, Bauhaus school of design 1882 Birthday Walter Braunfels, composer Walter Lucht, German artillery general, WW I/WW II Walter Vaes, Flemish painter/etcher Walter Nash, New Zealander Statesman 1881 Birthday Walter Kingsford, Redhill England, actor, My Favorite Blonde Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss Scientist 1879 Birthday Walter Hampden, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame Walter Long, actor, Moby Dick, Sheik, Sea Devils, Dragnet Patrol 1878 Birthday Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor, world champion cyclist, 1899 Walter Kollo [Kollodziepski], German composer, Der Juxbaron 1877 Death Walter Bagehot, English economist/critic/banker, dies at 51 1876 Birthday Walter S. Adams, U.S. astronomer and director of Mount Wilson, 1923 - 1946 Walter Griffin, U.S. architect, city planner; designed Canberra, Australia Walter Niemann, composer Bruno Walter, B. W. Schlesinger, Berlin Germany, conductor, New York Phil 1875 Birthday Walter Lees, cricketer, Surrey pace bowler toured for England 1905-06 Walter Percy Chrysler, found Chrysler Corp, 1925 Walter Chrysler, founded car company, Chrysler Walter Andrae, German archaeologist, Babylon, Assur Walter Courvoisier, composer 1874 Birthday Arnold Franz Walter Schonberg, Vienna Austria, composer, 2nd Quartet 1874 Event Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court Major Walter Winfield patents game called "sphairistike" (lawn tennis) 1873 Death Walter de la Mare, English poet/author (Behold the Dreamer), dies at 43 1871 Birthday Walter B Cannon, U.S. physiologist, Wisdom of the Body 1864 Death Walter Savage Landor, author, dies 1862 Birthday Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer 1860 Birthday Johannes Walter, German geologist, Denudation of the Wilderness Walter Richard Sickert Munich, Danish/English painter, The Miner 1859 Birthday Walter Camp, Connecticut, father of American football, Yale 1858 Birthday Sam Walter Foss, American Poet 1857 Event Walter Woodbury and James Page open photo studio in Batavia, Djakarta 1851 Birthday Walter Reed, U.S. Army Surgeon, proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever 1849 Event Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (New York City); sold rights for $100 1845 Birthday Walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator, Beauty and Beast 1842 Birthday Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, d 1959 1841 Birthday Walter Parratt, composer 1839 Birthday Walter Pater, born in London, England, writer, Plato and Platoism 1837 Death Walter Geikie, painter, dies 1836 Birthday Walter Besant, writer/philanthropist, Rebel Queen 1832 Birthday Walter T Watts-Dunton, England, lawyer/poet/writer, Aylwin 1832 Death Walter Scott, Scottish attorney/poet/writer (Ivanhoe), dies Walter Quintin Gresham, Major General Union volunteers 1827 Birthday Walter Husted Stevens, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1826 Birthday Walter Cecil Macfarren, composer Walter Bagehot, England, economist/sociologist 1825 Event Walter Hunt patents safety pin 1822 Death Johann Ignaz Walter, composer, dies at 66 1817 Birthday Walter Page Lane, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1814 Event Walter Scott's "Waverley" published 1810 Birthday Walter White, secretary, NAACP 1795 Birthday Walter Geikie, Scottish painter 1794 Birthday John G Lockhart, Scorpion, biographer, Life of Sir Walter Scott 1785 Event John Walter publishes 1st issue of London Times 1776 Birthday John Walter II, London, chief proprietor, The Times, 1812-47 1775 Birthday Walter Savage Landor, Warwick, critic/writer, Imaginary Conversation 1771 Birthday Walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet, Lady of Lake Walter Scott, Scottish Novelist 1755 Birthday Johann Ignaz Walter, composer 1634 Event Irish captain Walter Devereaux kills duke Wallenstein 1618 Death Walter Raleigh, English scholar, poet and historian, beheaded for treason 1616 Event Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana 1603 Event Sir Walter Ralegh arrested 1588 Birthday Valerius Andreas, Walter Driessens, Flemish historian 1586 Event Sir Walter Raleigh brings 1st tobacco to England from Virginia 1584 Event Sir Walter Raleigh renews Humphrey Gilbert's patent to explore N Amer 1578 Death Johann Walter, composer, dies at 51 1527 Birthday Johann Walter, composer
