1998 Event "Ah Wilderness!," opens at Vivian Beaumont theater 1986 Event Crockett's Tavern opens in Fort Wilderness 1980 Event River of No Return Wilderness Area designated by Jimmy Carter 1967 Death Theo Marcuse, actor (Mara of Wilderness), dies in auto accident at 47 1964 Event Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson 1935 Event Wilderness Society forms 1933 Event Eugene O'Neill's comedy "Ah, Wilderness," premieres in New York City 1924 Event Gila Wilderness Area established by Forest Service 1920 Birthday Theo Marcuse, Washington, actor, Mara of Wilderness 1906 Birthday Howard Zahniser, Father of Wilderness Act 1901 Birthday Robert Marshall, founder, Wilderness Society 1887 Birthday Aldo Leopold, founder, Wilderness Society 1864 Event Battle of Wilderness ends (total losses: USA-17,666; CSA-7,500) 1864 Event Battle of Wilderness, General Longstreet seriously injured 1864 Event Battle of Wilderness, Virginia (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern) 1860 Birthday Johannes Walter, German geologist, Denudation of the Wilderness
