2015 Event Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, announce the name of their baby girl, Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana 2015 Event Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, announce the birth of a baby girl but have not yet revealed her name 2014 Event Scientists Stefan Hell of Germany and Eric Betzig and William Moerner of the U.S. share the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing 'super-resolved fluorescence microscopy'; the technology can be used to observe molecular activity in living cells 2014 Event Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, announce that they are expecting their second child; baby Prince George celebrated his first birthday two months ago 2014 Event Eight-month-old Prince George begins his first overseas royal tour with his parents, Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge 2013 Event The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, completed his last shift as a search and rescue helicopter pilot in the Royal Air Force; he will now focus on Royal and community work 2012 Event The U.K. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, William Hague, begins a two day tour of Myanmar 2011 Event In England, the guest list for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is released 2011 Event According to Clarence House, Prince William and his bride-to-be, Kate Middleton, will be married by the Archbishop of Canterbury 2010 Event U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague says British soldiers should be out of Afghanistan by 2014 2009 Event U.S. Army officer William Calley publicly apologizes for the mass killings in the Vietnamese community of My Lai 2008 Death William Odom, dies in Vermont, of a heart attack, at 75 2008 Death William Louis Dickinson, Representative-R-Alabama 1965 - 1993, died from colon cancer 2008 Death William F. Buckley, Jr., dies in Stamford, Connecticut, at 82 2005 Death William Proxmire, Senator-D-Wisconsin, 1957 - 1989, Golden Fleece Awards, died of Alzheimer's disease 2005 Death William Lehman, Representative-D-Florida 1973 - 1993 2004 Death William Mitchell, food scientist, invented Pop Rocks, dies at 92 2004 Death William Manchester, biographer, Douglas McArthur, dies at 82 2004 Death William H. Pickering, rocket scientist, manager of the Mariner missions to Venus and Mars in the 1960s, dies at 93 2003 Death William V. Roth, Jr., Representative-R-Delaware 1967 - 1971, Senator-R-Delaware 1971 - 2001 2003 Death William Steig, cartoonist/writer, New Yorker, dies at 95 2003 Death Hartley William Shawcross, British Lawyer 2003 Death William Marshall, actor, Blacula, dies at 78 2003 Death William McCool, astronaut, pilot of Columbia, STS-107, dies at 41 2002 Death "William ""Tex"" Henson", animator, Rocky and Bullwinkle, dies at 78 2002 Death S. William Green, Representative-R-New York 1978 - 1983 and 1983 - 1993, died of liver cancer 2002 Death William Rosenberg, Entreprenuer, started Dunkin' Donuts, dies at 86 2002 Death William Warfield, singer/teacher, Old Man River, dies at 82 2002 Death William Pierce, American Celebrity 2002 Death William Anthony Swithin Sarjeant, paleontologist/fantasy writer, dies at 66 2001 Death William Berry, Lord Hartwell, 3rd Viscount Camrose and Baron Hartwell, journalist, newspaper owner, editor-in-chief of the Daily, Sunday Telegraph, dies in Westminster, London, at age 89 2001 Death William Hanna, cartoon creator, The Flintstones, dies at 90 2001 Death William Masters, sex researcher, dies at 85 2001 Death William Hewlett, "started an early ""garage"" company", co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, dies at 87 2001 Death William Reddington Hewlett, American Businessman 2000 Death William P. Bundy, American Historian 2000 Death William Simon, American Public Servant 2000 Death William E. Simon, American Public Servant 2000 Death "William ""Oliver"" Swofford", singer, ", Good Morning, Starshine, ", dies at 54 1999 Death William Whitelaw, British Politician 1998 Death William Gaddis, American Novelist 1998 Death Theodore William Schultz, American Economist 1998 Death William Lambert, Pulitzer prize-winning reporter, dies at 78 1997 Death Kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist, dies at 73 1997 Event William Shatner (66) weds Norine Kidd 1997 Death William Perrie, prison governor, dies at 79 1997 Death William John Elwyn Davies, painter, dies at 80 1997 Death William Matthews, poet, dies at 55 1997 Death William Alland, actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 81 1997 Death Eric William Hunter Christie, barrister, dies at 77 1997 Death Diana, Princess of Wales, first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, mother of Princes William and Harry, noted for philanthropy, dies in Paris, at age 36, killed in a car crash 1997 Death William S. Burroughs, author, Naked Lunch, dies at 83 1997 Death William J. Brennan, jurist, served on the Supreme Court for 34 years (1956-90), dies at 91 1997 Death William Hickey, actor, Prizzi's Honor, dies of emphysema at 68 1997 Death William Lyle Woratzeck, convicted killer, executed in Ariz at 51 1997 Death Eric William Fenby, musician, dies at 90 1997 Death William Geoffrey Biddle, bomb disposal expert, dies at 79 1997 Death William Mills, painter, dies at 74 1997 Death Joshua William Steward, polymath, dies at 83 1997 Death Ronald William Eastman, cinematogrpaher, dies at 60 1996 Death William Thomas Pennar Davies, poet author/theologian, dies at 85 1996 Death William George Rushton, actor (TW3)/author/cartoonist, dies at 59 1996 Death Bernard William George Rose, organist, dies at 80 1996 Death William Ballard Doggett, jazz musician, dies at 80 1996 Death William Downie Forrest, journalist, dies at 94 1996 Death Alfred William Bill Bedford, test Pilot, dies at 75 1996 Death William John Raff Hooper, cartoonist, dies at 80 1996 Death William Vickrey, economist, dies at 82 1996 Death William Prince, actor (Ken Baxter-Another World), dies at 83 1996 Death William Smith Monroe, bluegrass musician, dies at 84 1996 Death William James Moyce, armaments scientist, dies at 82 1996 Death William James Millar Mackenzie, political scientist, dies at 87 1996 Death Arthur William Raynes McDonald, radar Pioneer/pilot, dies at 93 1996 Death John William Fozard, aircraft designer, dies at 68 1996 Death John William Chancellor, journalist, dies at 68 1996 Death William Darling, journalist, dies at 73 1996 Death William Walsh, academic, dies at 80 1996 Death Harold William Woolhouse, plant scientist, dies at 63 1996 Death Hubert William Dean, air armaments specialist, dies at 84 1996 Death Stanley William Reed, cineaste, dies at 85 1996 Death William Mitchell Byers, musician, dies on 79th birthday 1996 Death David William Eric Davis, broadcaster, dies at 87 1996 Death William E Colby, director of CIA (1973-76), dies 1996 Death William Egan Colby, cIA Director, dies at 76 1996 Death William Colby, American Public Servant 1996 Death Robert William Paine, architect, dies at 88 1996 Death William K Everson, film historian, dies at 67 1996 Death William Wilkinson, businessman/conservationist, dies at 63 1996 Death James William Rouse, U.S. builder (shopping malls), dies at 81 1996 Death William Hutchinson Murray, mountaineer/author, dies at 83 1996 Death Charles William Oatley, electrical engineer, dies at 92 1996 Death Ivan William Hannaford, sociologist, dies at 64 1996 Death Giles William Playfair, writer, dies at 85 1996 Death William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter, dies at 52 1995 Death William Roerick, actor (Guiding Light), dies in car crash at 83 1995 Death Patric William Billy Walker, astrologer, dies at 64 1995 Death William Murray, teacher/educationalist, dies at 83 1995 Death Jeremy William Huggins Brett (Moll Flanders), actor, dies at 59 1995 Death Charles William Hutton, architect, dies at 90 1995 Event Chynna Phillips weds William Baldwin 1995 Death William Moses Kunstler, UCLA attorney (Chicago 7), dies at 78 1995 Death William Kunstler, American Activist 1995 Death William Kennedy, baseball player, dies at 76 1995 Death William Strethan "Wild Bill" Davis, musician, dies at 76 1995 Event Former WMMS engineer William Alford is sentenced to 10 days and $1,000 fine for cutting feed during Howard Stern's broadcast from Cleveland 1995 Death William John Phillips, actor (Nothing but a Man), dies at 80 1995 Death William A Fowler, U.S. nuclear/astro physicist (Nobel 1983), dies at 83 1995 Death J. William Fulbright, Senator-D-Arkansas 1945 - 1974, dies of a stroke at 89 1995 Death William Fulbright, U.S. politician, dies 1995 Death William Sylvester, actor (2001, Devil Doll, Blind Corner), dies at 72 1995 Death William Dillard, trumpeter/singer, dies at 83 1995 Death Stafford WIlliam Somerfield, newspaper editor, dies at 84 1995 Death William Larry White Grayson, comedian, dies at 71 1994 Death William Donald Campbell, diarist/Ornithologist, dies at 89 1994 Death William John Readings, literary theorist, dies at 34 1994 Death William Leonard, head (CBS News), dies of a stroke at 78 1994 Death WIlliam Faure, producer, dies at 45 1994 Death William Henry Swinburne, music teacher, dies at 87 1994 Death John William Stevens, jazz drummer, dies at 54 1994 Death William Obanheim, actor (Officer Obie-Alice's Restaurant), dies at 69 1994 Death William Usselton, U.S. tenor saxophonist, dies at 68 1994 Death William Ambrose Right, footballer, dies at 70 1994 Death Henry William Collins, artist, dies at 84 1994 Event William Sigei runs world record 10k (26:52.53) 1994 Death William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz Pianist/Arranger, dies at 79 1994 Death William A Henry III, critic (Time Mag), dies of heart attack at 44 1994 Death William Marshall, actor and director (Santa Fe Trail), dies at 86 1994 Death William Huston Natcher, Representative-D-Kentucky 1953 - 1994, dies at 84 1994 Event William Huston Natcher, Representative-D-Kentucky, casts his 18,401 and last consecutive vote 1994 Death William Elgin Swinton, child Psychiatrist, dies at 54 1994 Death William Conrad, actor (Cannon), dies of a heart attack at 73 1994 Death William Levitt, builder (Levittown), dies of kidney failure at 86 1994 Death Frederick William Sternfield, musicologist, dies at 79 1994 Death William Raynor, writer, dies at 73 1993 Death William L Shirer, writer (Rise and Fall of 3rd Reich), dies at 89 1993 Event Newhart actor William Sanderson (47) weds Sharon Wix (39) 1993 Death William Lanteau, actor (On Golden Pond), dies at 70 1993 Event Norwegian Rushdie publisher William Nygaard injured in attack 1993 Death William Cort, actor/producer (Ghost, Dear Heart), dies of cancer at 53 1993 Event Dr. William Masters (78) weds college sweetheart Geraldine Oliver (76) 1993 Event Peter Angelos and William DeWitt purchase Orioles 1993 Event President Clinton fires FBI director William Sessions 1993 Death William Golding, author (Lord of the Flies, Nobel 1983), dies at 81 1993 Death William Randolph Hearst, U.S. newspaper magnate (Pulitzer), dies at 85 1993 Death William Bakewell, dies of leukemia at 84 1993 Event William J. Clinton inaugurated as 42nd president 1993 Death William LeMassena, actor (All that Jazz), dies of lung cancer at 76 1992 Death William Shawn, U.S. editor-in-chief (New Yorker, 1952-87), dies at 85 1992 Death William Hillcourt, author (Boy Scout Handbook), dies at 92 1992 Death William A Swanberg, biographer (Henry Luce, Pulitzer 1973), dies at 84 1992 Death William Taylor, chairman (FDIC), dies at 53 1992 Death William E Harris, entertainer, dies 1992 Death William France, founder (Daytona 500), dies at 82 1992 Death William McGowan, entrepreneur (MCI), dies at 64 1992 Death William France, founder (Daytona 500), dies at 82 1992 Death William E Gaines, publisher (Mad Magazine), dies at 70 1992 Event William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley inducted into National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame 1992 Event William O. Studeman, becomes deputy director of CIA 1992 Death William S Magginetti, dies at 98 1992 Death William H Schuman, U.S. composer (Pulitzer)/President of Julliard, dies at 81 1992 Death Vernon William Reed Sr, singer, dies after a long illness at 73 1992 Death William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, U.S. boxer/pianist, dies at 81 1992 Death William JF "Bill" Naughton, Irish/British playwright (Alfie), dies at 81 1992 Death William Walker, stuntman/actor (Our Man Flint), dies at 74 1991 Death William Shea, (Shea Stadium namesake), dies at 84 1991 Event William H. Webster, ends term as 14th director of CIA 1991 Death William Gordon, screenwriter (Back to Bataan), dies 1991 Death William Ball, actor (Suburban Commando), dies at 60 1991 Death William Sinnot, Scottish pop musician (Shamen), dies at 30 1991 Event CIA director William H. Webster resigns 1991 Death William De Acutis, dies at 33 1990 Death William French Smith, attorney general (1980), dies at 73 of cancer 1990 Death William Paley, CEO (CBS), dies of a heart attack at 89 1990 Death William S. Paley, American Businessman 1990 Birthday Jonathan William Lipnicki, actor, Jeff Foxworthy Show, Jerry McGuirre 1990 Event Justice William Brennan resigns from Supreme Court after 36 years 1990 Death William Levi Dawson, composer, dies at 90 1990 Event Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound and pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill 1989 Event William Nicholson's "Shadowlands," premieres in London 1989 Death William Shockley, American Physicist 1989 Death William Ching, actor (Moonlighter, Terror in Haunted House), dies 1989 Death William Challee, actor (Desperate, Moonchild), dies 1989 Event William Hayden becomes governor-general of Australia 1989 Death William Stephenson, Canadian Soldier 1988 Death William V Shannon, U.S. ambassador to Ireland (1977-81), dies at 61 1988 Death William Camp, dies at 74 1988 Death William Brocklesby Wordsworth, composer, dies at 79 1988 Event Lebanese terrorists kidnap United Nations truce observer Lieutenant Colonel William Higgins 1988 Death William Cagney, actor (Torrid Zone), dies of a heart attack at 82 1987 Death William C Pahlmann, interior decorator (4 Seasons New York City), dies at 80 1987 Event 21st Country Music Association Award: Hank William, Jr. wins 1987 Event William H. Webster replaces Robert M. Gates as 14th director of CIA 1987 Death William J Casey, director of CIA (1981-87), dies at 73 1987 Event William J Casey, ends term as 13th director of CIA 1986 Event CIA director William Casey suffers a cerebral seizure 1986 Event William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court 1986 Event U.S. Senate confirms William Rehnquist as 16th chief justice 1986 Death William J Schroeder, (longest-survivor with permanent artificial) heart, dies at 54, after 620 days with Jarvik VII man-made pump) 1986 Death Jon William Haussermann, Jr., composer, dies at 76 1986 Death [William] Broderick Crawford, actor (Highway Patrol), dies at 74 1986 Event 58th Academy Awards - "Out of Africa," William Hurt and G Page win 1986 Death William Collier, actor (Up the River, She's My Weakness), dies 1985 Event Shite Moslems claim to have killed hostage William Buckley - CIA station chief in Beirut 1985 Death William Alwyn, composer, dies at 79 1985 Event William Hoffman's "As Is," premieres in New York City 1985 Event William Schroeder is 1st artificial heart patient to leave hospital He spent 15 minutes outside Humana Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky 1984 Event Artificial heart recipient William Schroeder suffers 1st stroke 1984 Event William Schroeder, is 2nd to receive Jarvik-7 artificial heart 1984 Death William Keighley, dir (Man who came to Dinner), dies of a stroke at 94 1984 Death William Allen Egan, American Politician 1984 Death William "Count" Basie, jazz piano great, dies on 80th birthday 1984 Event Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut 1984 Death William Powell, actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at 91 1983 Death William Demarest, actor (My 3 Sons), dies in Palm Springs at 91 1983 Death William D Elliot, actor (Bernie Loves Bridget, Adam 12), dies at 49 1983 Death William Goyen, writer, storyteller, married actress Doris Roberts, dies at 68 1983 Death William T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80 1983 Birthday William Hung, born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, outsider musician, rose to fame for an off-key performance of 'She Bangs' by Ricky Martin on 'American Idol' show 1982 Event William Mastrosimones "Extremities," premieres in New York City 1982 Event Mary-Beth and William Hurt divorce 1982 Death William Bernbach, advertising magnate, dies at 71 1982 Event Prince Chuck and Lady Di name their baby "William" 1982 Event Prince Chuck and Lady Di take Prince William home from hospital 1982 Birthday William of Wales, son of Prince Chuck and Lady Di 1982 Death William R Burnett, U.S., writer (Asphalt Jungle), dies at 82 1981 Death William Holden, actor (Network, Wild Bunch, Breezy), dies at 63 1981 Death William O Walker, publisher of Cleveland Call Post, dies at 85 1981 Death William Holden, actor (Casino Royale), dies at 63 1981 Death William Loeb, publisher of Manchester Union Leader, New Hampshire, dies at 75 1981 Death Billy [William] Wyler, U.S. director (Ben Hur, Funny Girl), dies 1981 Death William Wyler, U.S. director (Ben Hur), dies 1981 Event Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B. William 23 year old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta 1981 Death William Saroyan, U.S. stagewriter (Time of your life), dies at 72 1981 Event William Finn's musical "March of Falsettos," premieres in New York City 1981 Event William J Casey becomes 13th director of CIA (until 1987) 1981 Birthday Ray J, born in Carson, California, singer, record producer, actor, son of gospel singer William Norwood 1980 Death John William McCormack, American Politician 1980 Death William "Buckwheat" Thomas, actor (Little Rascal), dies at 49 1980 Death William Douglas Denny, composer, dies at 70 1980 Event Amer Book Award: William Styron (Sophie Choice)/T Wolfe (Right Stuff) 1980 Death William R Tolbert, Jr., Liberian President and 27 others killed in coup 1980 Death William H Stein, U.S. biochemist (Nobel 1972), dies at 68 1980 Death William Howard Stein, American Scientist 1980 Death William O Douglas, member U.S. Supreme court (1939-75), dies at 81 1980 Death William O. Douglas, American Judge 1978 Death William Grant Still, composer, dies at 83 1978 Event Emily and William Harris plead guilty to 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst 1978 Death William Barclay, Scottish Theologian 1978 Event Judge William H Webster appointed head of FBI 1977 Event U.S. recalls William Bowdler, ambassador to South Africa 1977 Death William Powell, rocker (O'Jays), dies of cancer at 35 1977 Death William E. Vaughan, pseudonym Burton Hills, columnist, author, wrote for Kansas City Star newspaper 1946 - 1977, published articles in Better Homes and Gardens, Reader's Digest, often quoted and best-remembered for writing style employing folksy aphorisms, died age 61 from lung cancer 1976 Death William Tannen, actor (Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull), dies at 65 1976 Event Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to William N Lipscomb Jr 1976 Birthday Seann William Scott, American Actor 1976 Death William Redfield, actor (Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop), dies at 48 1976 Death Paul William Gallico, writer, dies at 78 1976 Event Joseph William Turner watercolor auctioned for 340,000 pounds 1976 Event William E. Colby, ends term as 10th director of CIA 1975 Death William Lundigan, announcer (CBS Mystery Theater), dies at 61 1975 Death William Lundigan, Syracuse NY, actor (Climax), dies at 61 1975 Death William A Wellman, U.S. director (Ox Bow Incident), dies at 79 1975 Event Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas retired after 36 years 1975 Death William Hansen, actor (Homebodies), dies at 64 1975 Death William F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78 1975 Birthday Murray William Burdan, Wellington, New Zealand, swimmer 1996 Olympics 1975 Death William Craig Nystul, USMC Captain, 1 of last U.S. soldiers killed in Viet 1975 Death William Hartnell, actor (Jackpot, This Sporting Life), dies at 67 1975 Death William Hartnell, actor (Dr. Who), dies at 67 1975 Birthday William Hampton, CFL defensive back for the Calgary Stampeders 1975 Event William "Judy" Johnson selected to baseball Hall of Fame 1974 Death William Sloane, publisher/writer ("Edge of Running Water"), dies 1974 Death William Hudson, actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49 1973 Death William Haines, actor (Little Annie Rooney), dies of cancer at 73 1973 Event Canadian actor William Shatner (Star Trek) marries Marcy Lafferty 1973 Event William Shatner marries Marcy Lafferty 1973 Death William CF Plomer, South Africa libretto writer (Curlew River), dies at 69 1973 Death William H Harris, composer, dies at 90 1973 Event William E. Colby, becomes 10th director of CIA 1973 Death William M Inge, U.S. playwright (Come Back Little Sheba), dies at 60 1973 Event Funeral for LC William Nolde, last U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam War 1973 Death L C William Nolde, last U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam, funeral 1973 Event William Rogers and Nguyen Duy Trinh sign U.S. - North Vietnam treaty 1972 Death William Boyd, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy), dies at 77 1972 Death William HAF, English prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29 1972 Death Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65 1972 Birthday William Floyd, full back for the San Francisco 49ers 1972 Event Lefty Gomez, Ross Youngs and William Harridge selected for Hall of Fame 1972 Event William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1971 Event William H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice 1971 Birthday William Simas, Jr., Hanford California, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1971 Birthday William Strong, NFL cornerback for the New Orleans Saints 1971 Event William H Rehnquist and Lewis F Powell nominated to U.S. Supreme Court by Nixon, following resignations of Justices Hugo Black and John Harlan 1971 Death William F Albright, U.S. archaeologist, dies at 80 1971 Birthday William Bell, NFL running back for the Washington Redskins 1971 Birthday William Deering, Jr., South Bend Indiana, pole vaulter 1971 Birthday William Gaines, NFL defensive tackle for the Washington Redskins 1971 Death William Tubman, president of Liberia (1944-71), dies at 76 1971 Event William Calley sentenced to life for Mi Lai Massacre 1971 Event 1st Lt William L Calley, Jr. found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre 1971 Event "Cannon" with William Conrad premieres on CBS-TV 1971 Birthday William Henderson, NFL running back, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 1971 Death William Griffith Wilson, American Celebrity 1970 Event Environmental Protection Agency begins (Dir: William Ruckelshaus) 1970 Death William L. Dawson, Representative-D-Illinois 1943 - 1970, dies at 84 1970 Death William Christmas, U.S. black activist, shot dead 1970 Birthday William Van Landingham, born in Columbia, Tennessee, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants 1970 Birthday William Selby, born in Monroeville, Michigan, infielder for the Boston Red Sox 1970 Birthday William Martin III, born in Charleston, South Carolina, finn yachter, Olympics-23rd-1996 1970 Birthday William Roaf, NFL tackle for the New Orleans Saints 1970 Death William Hopper, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason), dies at 55 1969 Event Lt William L Calley, charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial 1969 Event U.S. Army announces investigating William Calley for alleged massacre of civilians at Vietnamese village of My Lai in March, 19 1969 Death Itih Walracen, Sudanese widow of author William Walraven, dies 1969 Death William Flanagan, composer, dies at 46 1969 Birthday David William Wood, Boston, rocker, New Kids-Lovin' You Forever 1969 Birthday William Jayne, actor, Mikey Randall-Parker Lewis Can't Lose 1968 Event Baseball dismisses Commissioner William Eckert after 3 years 1968 Death William Talman, actor (Hamilton-Perry Mason), dies at 53 1968 Death William E B Dubois, U.S. founder NAACP (Souls of black people), dies 1968 Event William Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight) 1968 Birthday William Thomas, NFL linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles 1968 Death William E "Little Willie" John, U.S. R&B-singer (Fever), dies at 30) 1968 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to William Styron (Confessions of Nat Turner) 1968 Event Bowie Kuhn replaces William Eckert as 5th commissioner of baseball 1967 Event William Knight sets X-15 speed rec of 7,297 KPH/4,534 MPH/Mach 6.72 1967 Death Carl W de Vries, Dutch (Great-granddad King William III), dies at 84 1967 Birthday Joseph William Cathcart, rock guitarist, Nelson-Love and Affection 1967 Birthday William "Bill" Carlucci, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, rower 1996 Olympics bronze 1967 Death William C Bullitt, 1st U.S. ambassador in U.S.S.R., dies at 76 1967 Birthday William Michael Heinen, Jr., Rayne, Louisiana, PGA golfer, 1994 Shell Houston 1966 Event William Dana in X-15 reaches 93 km 1966 Birthday William Fred Mayfair, born in Phoenix, Arizona, PGA golfer, 1993 Greater Milw Open 1966 Event Vice Admiral William F Raborn, Jr., USN, ends term as 7th director of CIA 1966 Event 98th Belmont: William Boland aboard Amberoid wins in 2:29.6 1966 Death William Frawley, actor (Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy), dies at 89 1966 Birthday William White, NFL safety, Kansas City Chiefs, Atlanta Falcons 1966 Death William Harrigan, actor (Invisible Man, Girl in 419), dies at 71 1965 Death William Somerset Maugham, English author (Razor's Edge), dies at 91 1965 Event William Eckert replaces Ford Frick as 4th commissioner of baseball 1965 Event William Eckert is unanimously elected commissioner of baseball 1965 Event William Alfred's "Hogan's Goat," premieres in New York City 1965 Event William Goodhart's "Generation," premieres in New York City 1965 Event William F. Raborn, Jr. replaces John A. McCone as 7th head of CIA 1965 Birthday William McNamara, born in Dallas, Texas, actor, Texasville, Beat, Stealing Home 1965 Death William H Kilpatrick, U.S. mathematician/philosopher, dies at 93 1964 Death William Bendix, actor (Life of Riley), dies at 58 1964 Birthday William Eardley, IV, American Public Servant 1964 Death William Maxwell Aitken, Canadian Businessman 1964 Birthday Steve Searcy, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, William Steven Searcy, baseball player, pitcher, played for Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball teams from 1998 - 1992 1964 Event 9.2 earthquake shakes Prince William Sound, Alaska 1964 Birthday William Thomas Andrade, Fall River, Massachusetts, PGA golfer, 1991 Kemper Open 1963 Death William R Titterton, English author (Candle of the Stars), dies at 87 1963 Death William Edward Burghardt du Bois, educational editor/author, dies 1963 Death William Richard Morris, 1st viscount Nuffield motor manufacturer, dies 1963 Death William Henry Squire, composer, dies at 91 1963 Death William Beveridge, English Economist 1963 Death William Carlos Williams, U.S. physician/poet, dies at 79 1963 Birthday William Baldwin, New York, actor, Backdraft, Sliver, Flatliners 1962 Death Erik William Gustav Leidzen, composer, dies at 68 1962 Birthday William "The Refrigerator" Perry, NFL defensive back for the Chicago Bears 1962 Birthday William Roberts, NFL guard, New York Jets, New England Patriots 1962 Death William [Harrison] Faulkner, U.S. writer (Nobel 1949), dies at 64 1962 Death William Faulkner, American Novelist 1962 Death William Beebe, U.S. biologist/explorer, dies at 84 1962 Event William DeWitt buys Cincinnati Reds for $4,625,000 1962 Birthday William Fuller, NFL defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers 1961 Death William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99 1961 Death William Beatton Moonie, composer, dies at 78 1961 Birthday William C McCool, born in San Diego, California, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1961 Death William S Foster, chairman (U.S. Communist Party, 1945-57), dies at 80 1961 Birthday Diana, Princess of Wales, born in Park House, England, first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, mother of Princes William and Harry, noted for philanthropy 1961 Event Test Cricket debut of William Morris Lawry, vs. England at Edgbaston, 57 1961 Birthday William Hague, Secretary of State for Wales 1961 Death William Duncan, actor (Hopalong Rides Again), dies at 81 1961 Birthday William Ragsdale, AK, actor, Fright Night, Mannequin 2, Smooth Talk 1960 Birthday William Sinnot, Scottish pop musician, Shamen-Move Any Mountain 1960 Event William Walton's 2nd Symphony, premieres 1960 Birthday William Lee Glasson, Jr., born in Fresno, California, PGA golfer, 1985 Kemper Open 1960 Birthday William D. Johnson, U.S. alpine skier 1960 Birthday William John Readings, literary theorist 1960 Birthday Paul Azinger, born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Paul William Azinger, professional golfer, ranked in the top 10 Official World Golf Rankings for 300 weeks between 1988 and 1994, won 11 tournaments on the PGA Tour in 7 seasons, won 1993 PGA Championship 1959 Death William Cameron Forbes, American Diplomat 1959 Death Albert William Ketelby, composer, dies at 84 1959 Event William Shea shows proposed New York City stadium with transparent roof 1959 Birthday William R Moses, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Cole-Falcon Crest 1959 Event William Gibson's "Miracle Worker," premieres in New York City 1959 Death William Bishop, actor (Steve-It's a Great Life), dies at 42 1959 Death William Halsey, American Soldier 1959 Death William "Bull" F Halsey, U.S. Vice-Admiral (WW II Pacific), dies 1959 Event William Shea announces he plans to have a baseball team in New York City in 1961 1959 Death William D. Leahy, American Soldier 1959 Event 1st black to win a major golf tournament, William Wright 1959 Event 85th Preakness: William Harmatz aboard Royal Orbit wins in 1:57 1959 Death William L Axt, composer, dies at 70 1959 Death William J "Wild Bill" Donovan, Office Strategic Services, dies at 76 1958 Event Indians minority stockholders sell their stock to William Delay 1958 Death William L C "Big Bill" Broonzy, U.S. blues singer and guitarist, dies at 65 1958 Event William Shea outlines plans for a $12M stadium at Flushing Meadows New York 1958 Birthday Dickie Thon, born in South Bend, Indiana, Richard William 'Dickie' Thon, baseball player, shortstop, played for Major League Baseball teams California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, suffered Mike Torrez fastball facial injury, Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Famer, 2003 1958 Birthday Fish, Derek William Dick, Scottish vocalist, Marillion-Sugar Mice 1958 Birthday William Stuart Adamson, born in Manchester, rock guitarist, Big Country 1958 Death William C. Handy, U.S. conductor and composer (St. Louis Blues), dies at 84 1958 Death William Christopher Handy, American Musician 1958 Event William Faulkner says U.S. school degenerated to become babysitters 1958 Event 1st black in NHL (William O'Ree, Boston Bruins) 1958 Event William Gibson's "Two for the Seesaw," premieres in New York City 1957 Event William Inge's "Dark at the Top of the Stairs," premieres in New York City 1957 Birthday William Christian, Washington D.C., actor, Derek Frye-All My Children 1957 Death William A Craigie, Scottish lexicographer, dies at 90 1957 Death William Cadbury, chocolate maker, dies at 89 1957 Birthday Danny Heep, born in San Antonio, Texas, Daniel William Heep, athlete, baseball player, outfielder, coach, played for Houston Astros, played in two World Series, 1986 with New York Mets, 1988 with Los Angeles Dodgers, head coach for University of the Incarnate Word, Texas 1957 Birthday William G. Gregory, born in Lockport, New York, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-67 1957 Death William Orlamond, actor (Flesh and Devil, Words and Music), dies at 89 1957 Birthday Donald William Hammond, born in Frederick, Maryland, PGA golfer, 1986 Bob Hope 1957 Birthday William Payne Stewart, born in Springfield, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1983 Walt Disney 1956 Event William J. Brennan, Jr. becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1956 Event William J Brennan, Jr. appointed to Supreme Court 1956 Event William Shawn succeeds Harold Ross as editor of New Yorker 1955 Birthday William Andrews, actor, Sealed Cargo 1955 Birthday Billy Idol, William Broad, rocker, White Wedding 1955 Death William Nigh, director (Ape, Doomed to Die, Mr. Wong), dies at 74 1955 Birthday Scott William Simpson, born in San Diego, California, PGA golfer, 1987 U.S. Open 1955 Birthday William Koch, U.S. skier, World Cup 1982 1955 Event William Inge's "Bus Stop," premieres in New York City 1954 Birthday Hans William Schlegel, Oberlingen Germany, Astronaut, STS-55 1954 Event William Walton's opera "Troilus and Cressida," premieres in London 1954 Event William Heatherton's "Reluctant Debutante," premieres in London 1954 Birthday William Quinn Buckner, Phoenix, Illinois, basketballer 1976 Olympics gold 1954 Birthday William Beard, rock drummer, Face To Face 1954 Death William R Inge, English theologist/philosopher, dies at 93 1954 Death William R. Inge, English Clergyman 1954 Death William Ralph Inge, English Clergyman 1953 Birthday Billy Hinsche, born in Manila, Philippines, William 'Billy' Hinsche, American musician, rocker, member of Dino, Desi, and Billy singing group, toured with The Beach Boys 1953 Death William Farnum, actor (Drifter, Scarlet Letter), dies at 76 1953 Death Cor Hermus, actor (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes), dies at 63 1953 Birthday William Simmons, sax/keyboardist, Midnight Star-No Parking 1953 Birthday William L Petersen, actor, Return to Lonesome Dove 1953 Birthday William Petersen, American Actor 1953 Event William Inge's "Picnic," premieres in New York City 1953 Event Vaughan William's "Sinfonia Antartica," premieres in Manchester 1952 Death William Green, union chairman AFL 1924 - 1952, dies at 79 1952 Death William Morris Hughes, Australian Politician 1952 Birthday Jonathan Frakes, actor, Commander William T Riker-Star Trek Next Gen 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 1952 Death William Fox, Fried, U.S. film pioneer (Nickelodeon), dies at 73 1952 Birthday William Kirby Cullen, born in Santa Ana, California, actor, How the West Was Won 1952 Birthday William F Readdy, Quonset Point, Rhode Island, astronaut, STS-42, 51, 79 1951 Birthday William Waldorf 4th viscount Astor/English large landowner 1951 Death William Henry Bennett Vodery, composer, dies at 66 1951 Birthday William "Bootsy" Collins, U.S. bassist, Psychotic bump school 1951 Birthday William Katt, U.S., actor, Butch and Sundance Kid, Carrie 1951 Death William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills 1951 Event William H. Jackson, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1951 Birthday William Surles "Bill" McArthur, Jr., born in North Carolina, astronaut, STS-58, 74, sk: 92 1951 Event Dr. William Shockley invents junction transistor at Murray Hill, New Jersey 1951 Birthday William Cullen Bryant, actor, Hell Squad 1951 Birthday William Nelson, Jr., U.S. bassist, Connections and Disconnections 1951 Birthday William Risrook, rocker, BT Express-Here Comes the Express 1950 Event Nobel for literature awarded to William Faulkner 1950 Event William H. Jackson, becomes deputy director of CIA 1950 Death William LM King, premier of Canada (1921-30, 35-48), dies at 75 1950 Event 82nd Belmont: William Boland aboard Middleground wins in 2:28.6 1950 Event 76th Kentucky Derby: William Boland on Middleground wins in 2:01.6 1950 Event University of Miami ends William and Mary straight tennis match victories at 82 1950 Birthday William Hurt, born in Washington D.C., actor, Big Chill, Children of a Lesser God 1950 Birthday William H. Macy, born in Miami, Florida, actor, Homicide, Water Engine 1950 Birthday William Katt, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Greatest American Hero, 1st Love 1950 Birthday William Cunningham, rock bassist/pianist, Box Tops-Letter 1949 Death Leadbelly, Huddie William Ledbetter, blues singer, dies at 64 1949 Birthday William Ackerman, composer 1949 Birthday William M. Shepherd, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Captain USN/astronaut, STS-27, 41, 52 1949 Birthday William Randolph Hearst III, publisher/editor 1949 Birthday William Wallace, rocker, Guess Who 1949 Birthday William Sputnik Spooner, rock guitarist, Grateful Dead, Tubes 1949 Death William Newzam Prior Nicholson, painter/engraver, dies 1949 Birthday James Sempill, born in Scotland, born James William Stuart Whitemore Sempill, Lord Sempill, 21st Lord Sempill, Peerage of Scotland, created in 1489 for Sir John Sempill 1949 Birthday George Howard, born in England, George Beaumont William Howard, 13th Earl of Carlisle, member of the Third Creation, Earls of Carlisle, 1661 1949 Birthday William King, Alabama, soul trumpeteer, Commodores-Easy 1948 Birthday Lin Onus, born in Melbourne, Australia, born William McLintock Onus, of Jiradjuri descent, artist, painter, sculptor, print maker, used Maningride rarrk cross-hatching-based painting style 1948 Event William Lyon Mackenzie King retires as Prime Minister of Canada 1948 Death Warren William, actor (Fear, Wolf Man, Madame X), dies at 53 1948 Event U.S. Communist Party chairman William Forster arrested 1948 Event "William Tell Overture" by Spike Jones peaks at #6 1948 Birthday Alexander Hood, born in England, Alexander Nelson Hood, 4th Viscount Bridport, 7th Duke of Bronte, investment banker, descendent of William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson 1948 Birthday William Gibson, born in Canada, sci-fi author, Neuromancer, Count Zero 1948 Birthday William Hastings-Bass, born in England, William Edward Robin Hood Hastings-Bass, 17th Earl of Huntington, member of the Seventh Creation, Earls of Huntington 1948 Birthday William Sanderson, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actor, Larry-Newhart, Blade Runner 1947 Event William Wister Haines' "Command Decision," premieres in New York City 1947 Death William B Davidson, dies 1947 Birthday William Atherton, born in Connecticut, actor, Real Genius, Ghostbusters, Class of 44 1947 Birthday William H Campbell, Jr., rocker 1947 Death William Moulton Marston, American Psychologist 1947 Birthday William J. Jefferson, born in Lake Providence, Lousiana, Representative-D-Louisiana 1991 - 2009 1947 Event William Dawson becomes 1st black to head congressional committee 1946 Death William Strunk, Jr., American Writer 1946 Birthday William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton, 42nd U.S. President, D, 1993-01 1946 Birthday William J. Clinton, American President 1946 Birthday William "Junior" Campbell, singer/guitarist, Marmalade 1946 Death William S. Hart, American Actor 1946 Birthday Tim Pigott-Smith, actor, Sweet William, Jewel in Crown 1946 Event William H. Hastie inaugurated as 1st black governor of Virgin Islands 1946 Death Percy William Whitlock, composer, dies at 42 1946 Death William Henry Bell, composer, dies at 72 1946 Birthday William Frederick Fisher, Dallas Texas, MD/astronaut, STS-51-I 1946 Death William Joyce, (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason 1945 Death Francis William Aston, British Scientist 1945 Event Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) sentenced to death in London 1945 Birthday William Floyd Weld, Gov-R-Mass 1945 Birthday William Weld, American Politician 1945 Birthday Richard William Wright, rock guitarist, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall 1945 Event William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) British radio traitor charged with treason 1945 Event U.S. destroyer William D. Porter ("Willie Dee") sunk by kamikaze 1945 Event William Schuman and Antony Tudors ballet premieres in New York City 1945 Death William Busch, composer, dies at 43 1945 Birthday William Hart, U.S. singer, 4 Gents, Delfonics-I'm Sorry 1944 Birthday William Hugh Albright, composer 1944 Death William Gillies Whittaker, composer, dies at 67 1944 Birthday William Westwood, born in England, born William Gavin Westwood, 3rd Baron Westwood of Gosforth in the County of Northumberland, Peerage of the United Kingdom 1944 Death William Allen White, U.S. journalist (Emporia Gazette), dies at 75 1943 Death William H Singer, U.S. painter/collector (Singer Museum), dies at 75 1943 Birthday William De Vries, Brooklyn, surgeon-inventor, Symbion artifical heart 1943 Event Phils owner William D. Cox is permanently banned from baseball for having bet on his own team 1943 Death William Lyon Phelps, American Educator 1943 Birthday William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter 1943 Birthday William Bennett, U.S. Secretary of Education, 1985 - 1988, drug tsar 1943 Death Charles William Paddock, 100m runner, Gold Medal 1920 Olympics, dies at 42 1943 Event U.S. destroyer William D. Porter [Willie Dee] launched 1943 Birthday Joe [William] Haldeman, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Nebula, Worlds Apart 1943 Birthday William Garth Morrison, Chief scout 1943 Event William D. Cox buys Philadelphia Phillies 1943 Death William Victor Harris, composer, dies at 73 1943 Death William Walraven, journalist and writer (Neglected Grouser), dies at 55 1943 Birthday William E "Bill" Gibb, Scottish fashion designer 1943 Birthday William Duckworth, composer 1943 Birthday William Albert Penn, composer 1943 Event William H. Hastie, civilian aide to secretary of war, resigns to protest segregation in armed forces 1942 Birthday William HAF, English prince/grandson of George V 1942 Event William L. Dawson elected to Congress from Chicago 1942 Birthday William C. Nelson, rep/astronaut, STS-24 1942 Death William Matthew Finders Petrie, Egyptologist, dies 1942 Birthday T G Sheppard, William Browder, Humbolt, Tennessee, singer, Devil in Bottle 1942 Birthday William Carney, born in Brooklyn, New York, Representative-R-New York, 1979 - 1987 1942 Birthday William Bradford Reynolds, U.S. asst attorney general 1942 Birthday William McLennan, CEO, Central Statistical Office 1942 Event William Knudsen becomes 1st civilian appointed a general in U.S. army 1941 Birthday William Grut, Sweden, penthalete 1948 Olympics gold 1941 Birthday William H. Gray, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Representative-D-Pennsylvania 1979 - 1991 1941 Birthday William Guest, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, Gladys Knight Show 1941 Birthday William Hjortsberg, New York City, writer, Gray Matters, Fallen Angel 1940 Death William Wallace, composer, dies at 80 1940 Birthday William Fred Dempster, born in Berkeley, California, crew member, Biosphere 2 1940 Birthday William S Cohen, Sen-R Maine, 1979- 1940 Birthday William S. Cohen, American Politician 1940 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister William M. King agree to joint defense commission 1940 Birthday William P. Baker, born in Oakland, California, Representative-R-California 1993 - 1997 1940 Birthday John William Stevens, jazz drummer 1940 Birthday William Cash, born in London, England, born William Nigel Paul Cash, politician, Member of Parliament for Stafford, Member of Parliament for Stone 1940 Birthday William Ritchie, vice-chancellor, Lancaster U 1940 Birthday William "Smokey" Robinson, Det, vocalist, & Miracles-Being With You 1940 Death William Edgar Borah, Senator-R-Idaho, 1907 - 1940, lawyer, died at the age of 74 1940 Birthday William Elgin Swinton, child psychiatrist 1939 Event William Walton's violinist concert premieres in Cleveland 1939 Event William Saroyan's "Time of Your Life," premieres in New York City 1939 Death Harvey (William) Cushing, U.S. neurologist, dies at 70 1939 Birthday William Friedkin, Chicago, dir, Exorcist, Cruising, French Connection 1939 Birthday William Alden Hibbard, composer 1939 Birthday William "Sonny" Sanders, U.S. singer, Rayber Voices 1939 Death William J Mayo, U.S. surgeon/co-founder Mayo Clinic, dies at 78 1939 Death William J. Mayo, American Scientist 1939 Birthday William Bell, Yarborough, U.S. singer, Tryin' to Love Two 1939 Birthday William David Hellerman, composer 1939 Birthday William Hagerty, editor, People 1939 Death SS Van Dine, William Huntingdon Wright, detective writer, dies at 50 1939 Birthday William Benjamin Lenoir, born in Miami, Florida, astronaut, STS-5 1939 Event Lenore Coffee and William Joyce Cowan's "Family Portrait," premieres 1939 Birthday George William Reed, astronomy writer/cartoonist, Dark Sky Legacy 1939 Death William Butler Yeats, Irish poet (Nobel), dies in France at 73 1938 Birthday William Thomas McKinley, composer 1938 Death William W. Campbell, U.S. astronomer (Stellar Motions), dies at 76 1938 Death William Wallace Campbell, American Scientist 1938 Birthday William Elden Bolcom, born in Seattle Washington, composer, Oracles 1938 Birthday William J Bennett, U.S. Secretary of Education, 1985 - 1988 1938 Death Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher/psychologist, dies at 66 1938 Death William H Pickering, astronomer (predicted Pluto), dies at 79 1937 Birthday William E "Little Willie" John, Woods, U.S. R&B singer, Fever 1937 Birthday William Devane, born in Albany, New York, actor, Family Plot, Missles of October 1937 Birthday William George Rushton, London, actor/author/cartoonist, TW3 1937 Birthday William Cannon, football player, Heisman-1959 1937 Death William Gillette, American Actor 1937 Death William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen), dies at 81 1937 Death Arthur William Foote, U.S. organist/composer, dies at 84 1937 Death William Henry Hadow, composer (Studies in Modern Music), dies at 77 1937 Birthday William Gaunt, born in Leeds, England, actor, Champions 1937 Event William H. Hastie becomes 1st black federal judge (Virgin Islands) 1936 Death William FA Ellison, Irish clergyman/astronomer, dies at 72 1936 Birthday William L. Jenkins, American Politician 1936 Event St. Louis Browns sold to Donald L Barnes and William O DeWitt 1936 Birthday William J. Coyne, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Representative-D-Pennsylvania 1981 - 2003 1936 Birthday Ronald William Eastman, cinematogrpaher 1935 Death William Watson, British poet (Purple East), dies 1935 Death William Brockwell, cricket (British all-rounder in 7 Tests 1893-99), dies 1935 Event Dr. Robert Smith and William Wilson of Akron form Alcoholics Anonymous 1935 Birthday Arthur Hay, born in Scotland, Arthur William Patrick Hay, 15th Earl of Kinnouli, family seat is Dupplin Castle, located outside of Perth, Scotland 1935 Birthday William Lee Gloden, Brewton Al, country singer, Oak Ridge Boys 1934 Birthday William James Matthias, composer 1934 Birthday William Cleary, Cambridge Massachusetts, hockey center, Olympic-gold/silv-56, 60 1934 Event U.S. explorer William Beebe descends 3,028' (923 m) in Bathysphere 1934 Event William Franks twirls an indian club overhead 17,280 times in 1 hour 1934 Birthday William Lithgow, Scottish industrialist/multi-millionaire 1934 Death William Henry Welch, dies at 75 1934 Death William Monroe Trotter, African, dies on 62nd birthday in Boston 1934 Death Edward William Elgar, English composer (Coronation Ode), dies at 76 1934 Birthday William Vollie Alexander, Jr., born in Memphis, Tennessee, Representative-D-Arkansas 1969 - 1993 1933 Birthday William A Anders, Hong Kong, Major Gen, USAF/astronaut, Apollo 8 1933 Birthday William Pierce, American Celebrity 1933 Death William Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner, dies at 88 1933 Event Polythene discovered by Reginald Gibson and Eric William Fawcett 1933 Birthday William Francis McBeth, composer 1933 Birthday William Davis, author/broadcaster, Battle at Bull Run 1933 Birthday William Wrigley III, chewing gum mogul, Wrigleys 1932 Birthday Ben[jamin William] Bova, U.S., sci-fi author, Exiled from Earth 1932 Birthday William Christopher, Evanstown, Illinois, actor, Father Mulcahy-M*A*S*H 1932 Birthday William J. Hughes, born in Salem, New Jersey, Representative-D-New Jersey 1975 - 1995 1932 Birthday Robert William Davis, born in Marquette, Michigan, Representative-R-Michigan 1979 - 1993 1932 Birthday William D Ruckelshaus, headed Environmental Protection Agency 1932 Birthday William Ruckelshaus, American Lawyer 1932 Birthday William Wilkinson, businessman/conservationist 1932 Birthday Harold William Woolhouse, plant scientist 1932 Birthday Hugh Wood, born in Parbold, England, composer, studied with William Lloyd Webber, Anthony Milner, Iain Hamilton, works include Symphony and Violin Concerto 1932 Birthday William Odom, American, NASA director, Soviet Union expert, U.S. Army lieutenant general, advised Carter, Reagan 1932 Death William Pember Reeves, politician/poet, dies 1932 Birthday William Roache, born in England, actor, Ken Barlow-Coronation Street 1932 Birthday William Smith, born in Columbia, Missouri, actor, Rich Man Poor Man, Hawaii 5-0 1932 Birthday Martin William Karlins, composer 1932 Event William Faulkner completes his novel "Light in August" 1932 Birthday John Nott, born in Bideford, Devon, Sir John William Frederic Nott, Conservative Party, served as Secretary of State for Defense 1981 - 1983, was Member of Parliament for St. Ives in Cornwall 1966 - 1983 1932 Death William K Wrigley, owner (Wrigley Gum, Chicago Cubs), dies 1931 Event William Waltons "Belshazzar's Feast," premieres in Leeds 1931 Birthday Patrick WIlliam Walker, British astrologer 1931 Birthday Billy Casper, born in San Diego, California, William Earl Billy Casper, Jr., professional golfer, golf course designer, won the PGA Tour 27 times, named 15th greatest golfer of all time by Golf Digest in 2000, considered best putter of his era 1931 Birthday William Utting, chief inspector, British Social Services 1931 Birthday William Ball, actor, Suburban Commando 1931 Birthday William Shatner, born in Montreal, Canada, actor, Star Trek, T J Hooker 1931 Birthday Ivan William Hannaford, sociologist 1931 Birthday William "Buckwheat" Thomas, actor, Little Rascals 1931 Birthday William Warner Westenra, born in Ireland, born William Warner Westenra, Lord Rossmore, 7th Baron Rossmore, Peerage of Ireland 1931 Death William Ernst Johnson, British mathematician, dies 1930 Death William Courtleigh, actor (Madame X, Eyes of Youth), dies at 63 1930 Birthday William H Dana, born in Pasadena, California, test pilot, X-15 1930 Birthday William E. Brock, Sen-D, U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1985 - 1987 1930 Birthday William H Dana, pilot, X-15 1930 Birthday William O'Neill, born in Hartford, Connecticut, Connecticut Governor 1980 - 1991, Democrat 1930 Birthday William Taylor, British Chairman of Convocation, London University 1930 Birthday William S Sessions, Arkansas, director of FBI 1930 Event President and Chief Justice William Taft buried in Arlington 1930 Death William H. Taft, 27th U.S. President 1909 - 1913, Chief Justice, dies at 72 1930 Event William Howard Taft, resigns as chief justice for health reasons 1930 Birthday William Reid Pogue, Okemah Oklahoma, Colonel USAF/astronaut, Skylab 4 1929 Birthday William Safire, political columnist, New York Times, speech writer, Nixon 1929 Birthday William Joseph "Pete" Knight, astronaut/test pilot, X-15 1929 Birthday S. William Green, born in New York City, New York, Representative-R-New York 1978 - 1983 and 1983 - 1993 1929 Birthday William E. Dannemeyer, born in Long Beach, California, Representative-R-California 1979 - 1993 1929 Birthday William Winfield, rocker, Harptones 1929 Birthday William Edgar Thornton, born in Faison, North Carolina, MD/astronaut, STS-8, 51-B, sk:49 1929 Birthday WIlliam K. Everson, film historian 1929 Birthday William F. Clinger, Jr., born in Warren, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Pennsylvania 1979 - 1997 1929 Event 27 year old William S. Paley becomes CBS president 1928 Birthday William Staveley, British admiral 1928 Birthday William Campbell, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Jerry-Cannonball, Luke-Dynasty 1928 Birthday William Hickey, actor, Prizzi's Honor 1928 Death William Henry Grattan Flood, composer, dies at 68 1928 Birthday Stephen Boyd, William Millar, Ire, actor, Fantastic Voyage, Ben-Hur 1928 Birthday William Joseph Russo, composer 1928 Birthday William Trevor, British writer, Children of Dynmouth, Fools of Fortune 1928 Death William HT Gairdner, English missionary (Nile Mission Press), dies at 54 1928 Death Edmund William Grosse, poet/author, dies 1928 Birthday William Jay Sydeman, composer 1928 Birthday William Reynolds Archer, Jr., born in Houston, Texas, Representative-R-Texas 1971 - 2001 1928 Birthday William R. Boggs, born in Georgia, Brigadier General and chief of engineers under Bragg 1928 Birthday William Berger, Austria, actress, Adventure of Hercules 1928 Birthday John William Fozard, aircraft designer 1928 Birthday William Kennedy, U.S. writer 1928 Birthday William Peter Blatty, New York City, author/director, The Exorcist 1927 Birthday William Labov, American Writer 1927 Birthday William Simon, U.S. sect of Treasury 1927 Birthday William E. Simon, American Public Servant 1927 Birthday William J. Perry, American Politician 1927 Event 47th U.S. Mens Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats William T Tilden (119 63 119) 1927 Birthday William V Shannon, journalist/ambassador to Ireland, 1977-81 1927 Birthday William D. Ford, born in Detroit, Michigan, Representative-D-Michigan 1965 - 1995 1927 Birthday John William Chancellor, born in Chicago, Illinois, news anchor, NBC, VOA 1927 Birthday William Smithers, born in Richmond, Virginia, actor, Witness, Peyton Place, Attack! 1927 Event William T. Francis named minister to Liberia 1927 Death William Attewell, cricket bowler (England in 10 Tests 1884-1891), dies 1927 Birthday William Mitchell Byers, musician 1927 Birthday William Daniels, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Dr. Mark Craig-St. Elsewhere, 1776 1927 Birthday William J. Bell, born in Chicago, Illinois, soap opera creator, Young and Restless 1927 Birthday William Bentley, diplomat 1927 Birthday William Redfield, New York City, actor, Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop, Marriage 1926 Birthday Poul [William] Anderson, U.S., sci-fi author, 7 Hugos, Mirkheim 1926 Birthday William O Smith, composer 1926 Birthday Arthur William Oldham, composer 1926 Death Charles William Elliot, President of Harvard (1869-1909), dies at 92 1926 Death Charles William Eliot, American Educator 1925 Birthday Bill [William] Westwood, British bishop of Peterborough 1925 Event Col William "Billy" Mitchell court-martial for insubordination 1925 Birthday William F. Buckley, Jr., born in New York City, conservative author, commentator, founded 'The National Review' 1925 Birthday William Robert Mayer, composer 1925 Birthday William Steinkraus, equestrian, Olympic-gold/2 sil/br-52/56/60/64/68/72 1925 Birthday William Edgar Mitchell, physicist 1925 Death William Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65 1925 Event William DeHart Hubbard of U.S., sets long jump record at 25' 10 3/4" 1925 Birthday William Styron, born in Virginia, novelist, Confess of Nat Turner, Sophie's Choice 1925 Birthday William Louis Dickinson, born in Opelika, Alabama, Representative-R-Alabama 1965 - 1993 1925 Death Francis William Davenport, composer, dies at 77 1925 Birthday G. William Whitehurst, born in Norfolk, Virginia, Representative-R-Virginia 1969 - 1987 1925 Birthday William Hudson, California, actor, I Led 3 Lives 1925 Birthday William J Crowe, Jr., Kentucky, chairman joint chief of staff 1924 Death William Archer, Scottish critic and playwright (Green Goddess), dies at 68 1924 Birthday Kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist 1924 Birthday William Rehnquist, Supreme Court, 1972-86, chief justice, 1987- 1924 Event 44th U.S. Mens Tennis: William Tilden beats William Johnston (61 97 62) 1924 Birthday William Marshall, born in Gary, Indiana, actor, Blacula, Something of Value 1924 Birthday William Gass, Fargo ND, novelist/philosopher, Omensetter's Luck 1924 Birthday William H. Gass, American Novelist 1924 Birthday William Barlow, CEO, BICC 1924 Birthday William H. Webster, U.S., judge and head FBI/CIA 1924 Birthday William Hedgcock Webster, American Public Servant 1924 Birthday William Pillar, British admiral 1924 Birthday Billy W. William Ambrose right, soccer star 1924 Birthday William van Straubenzee, British MP 1923 Birthday William Windom, New York City, actor, Farmer's Daughter, Murder She Wrote 1923 Event 43rd U.S. Mens Tennis: William T Tilden beats W M Johnston (64 61 64) 1923 Birthday William Kraft, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer/percussionist 1923 Birthday William Flanagan, composer 1923 Birthday William B. Williams, born in Babylon, New York, DJ, WNEW, Sammy and Company 1923 Event 43rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: William Johnston beats F Hunter (60 63 61) 1923 Birthday William Mills, painter 1923 Birthday William Darling, journalist 1922 Birthday William Gaddis, American Novelist 1922 Death William Baines, composer, dies at 23 1922 Event William T. Cosgrave replaces Irish premier Collins 1922 Birthday Eric William Hunter Christie, barrister 1922 Death William Henry Hudson, British Author 1922 Birthday William Schallert, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Patty Duke Show, Get Smart 1922 Death William Halse Rivers, British psychologist/anthropologist, dies 1922 Birthday William Broomfield, born in Royal Oak, Michigan, Representative-R-Michigan 1957 - 1993 1922 Birthday William Manchester, born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, historian, Death of a President 1922 Birthday William Milliken, actor, Drive-in 1922 Birthday William M. Gaines, publisher of MAD Magazine 1922 Death James William Tate, composer, dies at 46 1922 Death William Desmond Taylor, director/actor (Broken Coin), dies at 49 1922 Birthday William Sylvester, born in Oakland California, actor, 2001, Gorgo, Gemini Man 1921 Event William Lyon Mackenzie King succeeded Arthur Meighen as Canadian PM 1921 Birthday William Henry Mauldin, New Mexico, political cartoonist, Pulitzer-1945, 59 1921 Event 41st U.S. Mens Tennis: William T Tilden beats Wm M Johnston (61 63 61) 1921 Birthday William Johnston, Chaplain to Queen of Scotland 1921 Birthday William Preston, Columbia Penn, actor, Fisher King, Waterworld 1921 Birthday William V. Roth, Jr., born in Great Falls, Montana, Representative-R-Delaware 1967 - 1971, Senator-R-Delaware 1971 - 2001 1921 Birthday William L. Bergsma, born in Oakland, California, composer, Fortunate Island 1921 Event William Archer's "Green Goddess," premieres in New York City 1920 Death William James Robjohn, composer, dies at 77 1920 Birthday Alfred William Bedford, test pilot 1920 Birthday William Cramond, psychiatrist/vice-chancellor, Stirling University 1920 Birthday William Conrad, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Bullwinkle Show, Cannon 1920 Death William F Sudds, composer, dies at 77 1920 Birthday William Masselos, born in Niagara Falls, New York, pianist and professor, Juilliard 1976 1920 Birthday William "Red" Holzman, NBA coach, New York Knickerbockers, 754 wins 1920 Birthday Amy Clampitt, born in New Providence, Iowa, poet, author, professor at Amherst College, College of William and Mary, Smith College, received Guggenheim, MacArthur Fellowship 1920 Birthday William Crawshay, Lord-Lt of Gwent 1920 Birthday William Simpson, British trade union leader 1920 Death William D Howells, U.S. author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83 1920 Birthday John William Farr, born in Detroit, bank robber, FBI Most Wanted List 1920 Birthday William Butterfield, born in England, born William John Hughes Butterfield, Lord Butterfield, life peer as Baron Butterfield of Stechford, Order of the British Empire, medical researcher, clinician, administrator 1920 Birthday William Warfield, singer, Show Boat 1920 Birthday William Egan Colby, CIA director, Nixon 1920 Birthday William Colby, American Public Servant 1919 Death William Osler, Canadian Scientist 1919 Death Horatio William Parker, composer, dies at 56 1919 Event 39th U.S. Mens Tennis: William M Johnston beats Wm T Tilden (64 64 63) 1919 Birthday Gideon William Waldrop, composer 1919 Birthday William Kunstler, American Activist,defense attorney, Chicago 8 1919 Event William Veeck, sportswriter, replaces Fred Mitchell as Cubs president 1919 Death William Crookes, English chemist/physicist (Crookes-pipe), dies at 86 1919 Death William W. Campbell, Canadian poet (Ian of the Orcades), dies at 60 1918 Birthday William Kennedy, baseball player 1918 Birthday William Strethan "Wild Bill" Davis, musician 1918 Birthday William Talbert, tennis doubles champ, U.S. 1942, 45, 46, 48 1918 Event 38th U.S. Mens Tennis: R L Murray beats William T Tilden (63 61 75) 1918 Birthday William Whitelaw, British Politician 1918 Event 44th Kentucky Derby: William Knapp on Exterminator wins in 2:10.8 1918 Birthday William Holden, born in Illinois, actor, Stalag 17, Bridge Over River Kwai, SOB 1918 Birthday William Perrie, British prison governor 1918 Event House of Representatives accepts American Creed written by William Tyler 1918 Death William Courtleigh, actor (Susie Snowflake), dies at 26 1918 Birthday William Rigney, baseball manager for the San Francisco Giants 1917 Birthday William Tracy, Pitts, actor, To the Shores of Tripoli 1917 Death William Smith, British deserter in France, executed at 20 1917 Birthday William Hardy McNeill, historian, Rise of the West 1917 Birthday William Marshall III, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Blacula, Honky 1917 Birthday William Putnam Bundy, London, editor, Lvaggerier and Vagaries 1917 Birthday William P. Bundy, American Historian 1917 Birthday William French Smith, Attorney General, 1981-85 1917 Birthday William W. Scranton, Gov-R-Pa 1917 Birthday William Scranton, American Politician 1917 Birthday William Bishop, born in Oak Park, Illinois, actor, Steve-It's a Great Life 1917 Death William Henry Moody, American Politician 1917 Birthday William Hamilton, British MP 1917 Birthday William Barr, rector, Exeter College, Oxford 1917 Birthday William Standish Knowles, American Scientist 1917 Birthday William Geoffrey Biddle, bomb disposal expert 1917 Death William Shalders, South Africa cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies 1917 Birthday William Fairbank, Minneapolis, physicist, superconductivity 1916 Death William Wallace Gilchrist, composer, dies at 70 1916 Birthday William John Elwyn Davies, painter 1916 Birthday William John Raff Hooper, cartoonist 1916 Death William Ramsey, chemist, dies 1916 Event Boeing Co (Pacific Aero) formed by William Boeing in Seattle Wash 1916 Birthday William Balchin, geographer 1916 Event U.S. pilot William Thaw shoots down a German Fokker 1916 Birthday Bernard William George Rose, composer/organist 1916 Birthday William Walsh, academic 1916 Birthday William Ballard Doggett, jazz musician 1915 Birthday William Howell Masters, sex author/physician 1915 Birthday William Proxmire, born in Lake Forest, Illinois, Senator-D-Wisconsin, 1957 - 1989, Golden Fleece Awards 1915 Birthday William E. Vaughan, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pseudonym Burton Hills, columnist, author, wrote for Kansas City Star newspaper 1946 - 1977, published articles in Better Homes and Gardens, Reader's Digest, often quoted and best-remembered for writing style employing folksy aphorisms 1915 Event 35th U.S. Mens Tennis: William Johnston beats McLoughlin (16 60 75 108) 1915 Birthday William Bardwell, composer 1915 Event "Of Human Bondage," by William Somerset Maugham, published 1915 Death George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer, dies at 53 1915 Event William Jennings Bryan quits as Secretary of State 1915 Death William Charles Denis Browne, composer, dies at 26 1915 Death William Throsby Bridges, Australian Soldier 1915 Birthday William Goyen, born in Trinity, Texas, writer, storyteller, married actress Doris Roberts, wrote The House of Breath, The Fair Sister, Wonderful Plant 1915 Birthday William Roycroft, born in Austria, equestrian 3 day, Olympic-bronze-1976 1915 Birthday William Talman, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Crashout, Hamilton-Perry Mason 1915 Birthday William Crosbie, artist 1915 Event 1st U.S. ship lost in WW I, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK) 1915 Birthday William Hopper, New York City, actor, Paul Drake-Perry Mason 1914 Birthday William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz pianist/arranger 1914 Birthday William Allen Egan, American Politician 1914 Birthday Frederick William Sternfield, musicologist 1914 Death William E. Darwin, British son of Charles Darwin, dies at 74 1914 Birthday William John Phillips, actor, Nothing but a Man 1914 Birthday William Vickrey, economist 1914 Birthday William Lundigan, born in Syracuse, New York, actor, Climax 1914 Birthday James William Rouse, U.S. builder, shopping malls/Columbia, Maryland 1914 Birthday William Westmoreland, born in Saxon, South Carolina, army general, Vietnam era 1914 Birthday William Baddeley, rector, St. Jame's Piccadilly 1914 Birthday William S. Burroughs, American Writer 1914 Birthday William Stafford, American Poet 1913 Birthday Joshua William Steward, polymath 1913 Birthday William James Moyce, armaments scientist 1913 Birthday William Lehman, born in Selma, Alabama, Representative-D-Florida 1973 - 1993 1913 Birthday Robertson William Davies, novellist essayist/dramatist 1913 Birthday William Deakin, warden, St. Anthony's College Oxford 1913 Birthday William P. Rogers, born in Norfolk, New York, U.S. Secretary of State, 1969 - 1973 1913 Birthday William Hewlett, cofounder, Hewlett-Packard Co 1913 Birthday William Reddington Hewlett, American Businessman 1913 Birthday William R. Tolbert, president Liberia, 1971-80 1913 Birthday William M Inge, U.S. playwright, Picnic-Pulitzer 1953 1913 Birthday William Chatterton, cricketer, 48 in only Test for England 1892 1913 Birthday William Hutchinson Murray, mountaineer/author 1913 Birthday William J. Casey, headed CIA during Iran-contra scandal, 1981-87 1913 Event William Knox, becomes 1st in American Bowling Congress to bowl 300 1913 Birthday William Prince, Nichols, New York, actor, City in Fear, Cyrano de Bergerac 1913 Event William M Burton patents a process to "crack" petroleum 1912 Birthday Brother William Oliver Antoninus Everson, poet 1912 Death William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies 1912 Birthday William Baziotes, painter, abstract expressionist 1912 Birthday William Gordon Harris, civil engineer 1912 Birthday William Douglas-Home, playwright, Now .. Barabbas 1912 Birthday William Murray, teacher/educationalist 1912 Death William Thomas Stead, English Journalist 1912 Event Mrs. William Howard Taft plants 1st cherry tree in Washington D.C. 1912 Birthday Hubert William Dean, air armaments specialist 1912 Birthday William "Bill" Henson, English diplomat, Prague 1939 1912 Birthday William Sansom, English writer, Loving Eye 1911 Birthday William Roerick, actor, Guiding Light 1911 Birthday [William] Broderick Crawford, Philadelphia, actor, Hunter, Liar's Moon 1911 Birthday William Tannen, New York City, actor, Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull 1911 Birthday William Thomas Pennar Davies, poet author/theologian 1911 Birthday William Golding, England, novelist, Lord of the Flies-Nobel 1983 1911 Birthday William A Fowler, U.S., astrophysicist, Nobel 1983 1911 Birthday William Dillard, trumpeter/singer 1911 Birthday William H. Stein, U.S. biochemist, Nobel 1972 1911 Birthday William Howard Stein, American Scientist 1911 Death William Schwenck Gilbert, English writer (Gilbert and Sullivan), dies at 74 1911 Death William Gilbert, British Composer 1911 Birthday William Berry, born in England, Lord Hartwell, 3rd Viscount Camrose and Baron Hartwell, journalist, newspaper owner, editor-in-chief of the Daily, Sunday Telegraph 1911 Birthday William Stearn, botanist 1911 Birthday William Hansen, born in Washington, actor, Homebodies 1911 Birthday Stanley William Reed, cineaste 1911 Birthday Stafford WIlliam Somerfield, British newspaper editor 1910 Death William V Moody, U.S. poet (Sabine Woman, Great Divide), dies 1910 Birthday William Leonard Reed, composer 1910 Birthday Giles William Playfair, writer 1910 Death William James, American Philosopher 1910 Birthday William H. Schuman, born in New York City, composer, American Festival Overture, Juilliard 1910 Birthday William Hayter, diplomat 1910 Birthday Cicely Veronica Wedgwood, British historian, William the Silent 1910 Birthday William Hanna, animator, Hanna-Barbera 1910 Birthday William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, U.S. boxer/slaughterhouse pianist 1910 Birthday William Douglas Denny, composer 1910 Event William D. Crum, a South Carolina physician, appointed minister to Liberia 1910 Death William Huggins, discoverer of stellar nature of Andromeda, dies 1910 Birthday William I Martin, U.S. pilot/Vice-Admiral, WW II 1910 Death William Orchardson, British painter, dies 1910 Death William G Sumner, U.S. sociologist/politicologist (Folkways), dies at 69 1910 Birthday Henry William Collins, artist 1910 Event William H. Lewis appointed asst attorney general of U.S. 1910 Birthday William B Shockley, London, U.S. physicist, Nobel 1956, racist 1910 Birthday William Shockley, American Physicist 1910 Event Boy Scouts of America incorporated and chartered (William D. Boyce - Chicago) 1909 Birthday William Huston Natcher, born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Representative-D-Kentucky 1953 - 1994 1909 Birthday Jon William, Jr. Haussermann, composer 1909 Birthday William G Penney, British physicist, 1st British Atom Bomb 1909 Birthday William Odling, major-general 1909 Birthday William Batten, CEO, New York Stock Exchange 1976-84 1909 Birthday William James Millar Mackenzie, political scientist 1909 Birthday August William Derleth, Sauk City Wisconsin, writer, Judge Peck Mysteries 1908 Birthday William Brocklesby Wordsworth, composer 1908 Event William Howard Taft (R) elected 27th President over William Jennings Bryan 1908 Event Carriage-maker, William Durant, founded General Motors Corp 1908 Event William Crapo Durant incorporates General Motors in Janesville Wisc 1908 Birthday William Saroyan, U.S., novelist/playwright, Time of Your Life 1908 Death William Mason, composer, dies at 79 1908 Birthday William Eric David Davis, broadcaster 1908 Birthday William Bakewell, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Stage manager-Pinky Lee Show 1908 Birthday Robert William Paine, architect 1908 Birthday William McMahon, Prime Minister of Australia, Liberal, 1971 - 1972 1908 Birthday William Randolph Hearst, Jr., newspaper publisher, Hearst Publishing 1908 Birthday William Hartnell, born in London, England, actor, Agitator, Jackpot 1907 Death Kelvin of Largs, William Thomson, Br physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83 1907 Birthday William Barclay, Scottish Theologian 1907 Birthday Howard William Hunter, Mormon Church Leader 1907 Birthday William Marshall, producer/director/actor/singer, Blackmail 1907 Death William Le Baron Jenney, U.S. architect, dies 1907 Birthday William Dollar, St. Louis, ballet dancer/choreographer 1907 Birthday William Henry Swinburne, music teacher 1907 Death William Howard Russell, Irish Journalist 1906 Birthday William McChesney Martin, Chairman of Federal Reserve Bank, 1951-70 1906 Birthday William C Pahlmann, interior decorator, 4 Season restaurant, New York City 1906 Event Charles Evans Hughes (R) elected New York Governor beats William Randolph Hearst 1906 Birthday Fredric [William] Brown, U.S., sci-fi author, Martians Go Home 1906 Death William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (New York Giants), dies at 67 1906 Event William Vaughan Moody's "Great Divide," premieres in New York City 1906 Birthday William Empson, English poet and critic, Milton's God 1906 Event William J. Clothier wins the U.S. Tennis Open 1906 Birthday William Hayter, diplomat 1906 Death William Dale, international legal consultant, dies 1906 Death William Yeates Hurlstone, composer, dies at 30 1906 Birthday William M. Ewing, U.S. geologist/geophysicist 1906 Birthday William J. Brennan, Jr., Judge 1906 Birthday Eric William Fenby, composer/president, Delius Society 1906 Event Black evangelist William J. Seymour arrives in Los Angeles California 1906 Birthday Clyde William Tombaugh, U.S., astronomer, discovered Pluto 1906 Birthday William Bendix, born in New York City, actor, Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story, Life of Riley 1905 Birthday William Alwyn, composer 1905 Birthday William Donald Campbell, diarist/ornithologist 1905 Birthday William Northam, Austria, yachtsman 1964 Olympic gold 1905 Birthday Charles William Hutton, architect 1905 Birthday J. William Fulbright, born in Sumner, Missouri, Senator-D-Arkansas 1945 - 1974 1904 Birthday William Hitzig, Austria, Maxwell physician 1904 Death William GGVV Harcourt, historian/English Secretary of State, dies at 76 1904 Death William Hall, Canadian Soldier 1904 Event 24th U.S. Mens Tennis: Holcombe Ward beats William Clothier (108 64 97) 1904 Birthday [William] Count Basie, Red Bank, New Jersey, jazz musician, Blazing Saddles 1904 Birthday George Formby, William Booth, British singer/comic, Let George Do It 1904 Birthday William "Count" Basie, jazz pianist, Policy Man, Blazing Saddles 1904 Birthday Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenber----dorff, Sr, near Hamburg, Germany 1904 Birthday William L Shirer, historian, Rise and Fall of 3rd Reich 1904 Birthday Charles William Oatley, electrical engineer 1904 Event U.S. blues singer Gertrude Pridgett marries comic William Rainey 1903 Death William Ennis, 1st cop to die in electric chair 1903 Birthday William Plomer, Transvaal, author, Paper Houses, I Speak of Africa 1903 Birthday William Dehart Hubbard, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, long jumper 1924 Olympics gold 1903 Event 23rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Hugh L Doherty beats William A Larned (60 63 108) 1903 Birthday William Primrose, Glasgow Scot, violist, Method for Violin and Viola 1903 Birthday Arthur William Raynes McDonald, radar Pioneer/pilot 1903 Birthday Percy William Whitlock, composer 1903 Death Frederick William Farrar, writer/dean (Canterbury 1895-1903), dies 1902 Birthday William Edmundson, Spokane, Washington vocalist, Southernaires 1902 Birthday William Lear, engineer/manufacturer/CEO, Lear Jet Corp 1902 Birthday Theodore William Schultz, American Economist 1902 Birthday William Walton, born in England, composer, Troilus and Cressida, Wise Virgins 1902 Birthday William Downie Forrest, journalist 1902 Death George William Warren, composer, dies at 73 1902 Birthday William D Revelli, Spring Gulch Colorado, band leader 1902 Birthday Hartley William Shawcross, British Lawyer 1901 Birthday William Samuel Paley, born in Chicago, Illinois, president and CEO of CBS, 1928-90 1901 Birthday William S. Paley, American Businessman 1901 Event 11 baseball games canceled due to funeral of President William McKinley 1901 Death President William McKinley, dies in Buffalo, of gunshot wounds inflicted 1901 Event President William McKinley, shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at Pan American Exposition in Buffalo NY, he dies 8th days later 1901 Event 21st U.S. Mens Tennis: William Larned beats Beals C Wright (62 68 64 64) 1901 Birthday William Busch, composer 1901 Death William Stubbs, historian/bishop, dies 1901 Event President William McKinley inaugurated for 2nd term as president 1900 Death William G Armstrong, of Cragside, British const (hydr crane), dies at 90 1900 Event President William McKinley (R) re-elected, beating William Jennings Bryan 1900 Birthday Charles William Paddock, Texas, 100m runner, Olympic-2 gold-1920 1900 Death William Butterfield, architect of the Gothic revival, dies 1900 Birthday William Heinesen, Faroes Island, writer, Noatun 1900 Birthday William Haines, Staunton, Virginia, actor, Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney 1899 Death John William Glover, composer, dies at 84 1899 Birthday William R Burnett, U.S., author, Little Caesar 1899 Birthday William Levi Dawson, composer 1899 Birthday William Steinberg, Cologne, conductor, Boston Symph-1969-71 1899 Birthday William Hornby Steer, barrister and judge 1899 Birthday William Brann, cricketer, South African batsman vs. England 1922-23 1899 Birthday William Baines, composer 1898 Birthday William O Douglas, Maine, 81st Supreme Court justice, 1939-75 1898 Birthday William O. Douglas, American Judge 1898 Death William Pepper, American Scientist 1898 Death William E. Gladstone, British Leader 1898 Birthday William Thomas Astbury, English physicist/chemist, textiles 1898 Event 1st installment of William Dean Howell's "Life and Letters" appears 1897 Birthday William Faulkner, Mississippi, author, Sound and Fury-Nobel 1949 1897 Event William Frank Powell, New Jersey educator, named minister to Haiti 1897 Event New York Giant William Joyce sets record of 4 triples in 1 game 1897 Death William Thomas Best, composer, dies at 70 1897 Death William Cleaver Francis Robinson, composer, dies at 63 1897 Event 1st reporter, William Price (Washington Star), assigned to White House 1897 Birthday William Herald, Australia, swimmer, 1920 Olympics 1897 Event William McKinley inaugurated as 25th president of US 1897 Birthday William Stephenson, Canadian Soldier 1896 Event William McKinley (R) defeats William Jennings Bryan (D) for president 1896 Event William Gillette's "Secret Service," premieres in New York City 1896 Death William Morris, writer, dies at 62 1896 Death William Hamilton Gibson, illustrator/author/novelist, dies 1896 Event William Jennings Bryan "cross of gold" speech at Dem convention 1896 Birthday William Fitzgerald Jenkins, author, Time Tunnel, Land of Giants 1896 Birthday William W. Wellman, Brookline Massachusetts, director, Star is Born 1895 Birthday William V S Tubman, Whig, 17th Liberian president, 1943-70 1895 Birthday William Griffith Wilson, American Celebrity 1895 Death William Rockstro, composer, dies at 72 1895 Birthday William Boyd, born in Ohio, cowboy, Hopalong Cassidy 1895 Birthday William Grant Still, Woodville Mississippi, composer, Afro-American 1895 Event William Heard, AME minister and educator, named minister to Liberia 1894 Birthday Warren William, Krech, Aitkin, Minnesota, actor, Caesar in Cleopatra 1894 Birthday William Johnston, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1915 1894 Death William Charles Levey, composer, dies at 57 1894 Death William Joseph Westbrook, composer, dies at 63 1894 Event William Love hosts ground breaking ceremonies for Love Canal 1894 Death William Robertson Smith, Scottish Scientist 1894 Birthday William Harrigan, New York City 1894 Birthday Erik William Gustav Leidzen, composer 1893 Birthday William Gaxton, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Destry, Convoy 1893 Birthday William March, Campbell, U.S., writer, Company K 1893 Event Henry Perky and William Ford patent shredded wheat 1893 Birthday William Moulton Marston, American Psychologist 1893 Birthday William Frawley, Iowa, actor, Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy, Bub-My 3 Sons 1893 Birthday William [Bill] T Tilden II, tennis player, U.S. Open 1920-25, 29 1892 Death William Bonaparte, grandson of Lucien, dies 1892 Death William M Harnett, U.S. painter (Old Cupboard Door), dies 1892 Death George William Curtis, American Author 1892 Birthday William Powell, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Thin Man, My Man Godfrey 1892 Death William Bowman, English anatomist, dies at 75 1892 Birthday William Demarest, St. Paul, Minnesota, actor, Uncle Charlie-My 3 Sons 1892 Event Bottle cap with cork seal patented by William Painter (Baltimore) 1892 Event Mrs William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion thus beginning use of "400" to describe socially elite 1892 Event William D McCoy of Indiana appointed U.S. minister to Liberia 1891 Birthday John William McCormack, American Politician 1891 Event William Huggins describes astronomical application of spectrum 1891 Birthday William F Albright, U.S. old testament scholar/archaeologist 1891 Death Helena Blavatsky, founder of the Theosophical Society, with William Quan Judge, Henry Steel Olcott, believed all inner religious teachings are true, dies, date of death celebrated by Theosophists, who call it, Whilte Lotus Day 1891 Death William Sherman, Union General in Civil War, dies 1891 Death William Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War general, dies at 71 1891 Birthday William C Bullitt, 1st U.S. ambassador to U.S.S.R. 1890 Death John Hart or William Kemmler, U.S., 1st executed in electric chair (NY) 1889 Event Daniel Stover and William Hance patent bicycle with back pedal brake 1889 Death William Allingham, Irish poet (Day and Night Songs), dies at 68 1889 Death William W. Collins, English writer (Moonstone), dies 1889 Event William Gray patents coin-operated telephone 1889 Birthday William Lawther, union leader 1889 Death William Roxby Beverly, artist, dies 1889 Death Matilde "Tillie" Ziegler, killed by husband William Kemmler 1889 Death William Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66 1888 Event William Bundy patents timecard clock 1888 Birthday William Charles Denis Browne, composer 1888 Event Queen Victoria grants William Mackinnons Imperial British 1888 Event William Seward Burroughs patents adding machine 1888 Death William Chappell, English Writer 1888 Birthday S S Van Dine, William Huntingdon Wright, author, Canary Murder Case 1888 Death William Alexander Henry, Canadian Lawyer 1888 Birthday William L Axt, composer 1888 Death William Fisk Sherwin, composer, dies at 62 1887 Birthday Boris Karloff, William H Pratt, Dulwich England, actor, Frankenstein 1887 Birthday William Walraven, Dutch journalist and writer, Indian Daily 1887 Event 15th Preakness: William Donohue aboard Dunboyne wins in 2:39 1887 Event 1st salaried fish and game warden (William Alden Smith in Michigan) 1887 Birthday William Zorach, Lithuania, U.S. sculptor, Spirit of the Dance 1886 Birthday William Booth, cricketer, Yorks all-rounder, England before WW I 1886 Birthday William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships 1886 Birthday William L. Dawson, born in Albany, Georgia, Representative-D-Illinois 1943 - 1970 1886 Birthday William R Benet, writer 1885 Birthday William Henry Bennett Vodery, composer 1885 Death William Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73 1884 Event William Sherman refuses Republican presidential nomination saying "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected" 1883 Death William Hicks, British col/commander (Egyptian army), dies in battle 1883 Birthday William Carlos Williams, poet 1883 Birthday William Beatton Moonie, composer 1883 Event 9th Kentucky Derby: William Donohue aboard Leonatus wins in 2:43 1883 Death William Chambers, author/publisher, dies 1883 Birthday William H Harris, composer 1882 Birthday William "Bull" F Halsey, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II Pacific 1882 Birthday William Halsey, American Soldier 1882 Death William H Ainsworth, English writer (Guy Fawkes), dies at 76 1882 Death William Harrison Ainsworth, English Novelist 1881 Birthday William Nigh, Berlin Wisconsin, director, Ape, Doomed to Die, Mr. Wong 1881 Birthday William Edward Boeing, founded aircraft co, Boeing 1881 Birthday William J Clothier, 1st President of tennis hall of fame, U.S. Open 1906 1881 Event 1st U.S. Mens Tennis: Richard D Sears beats William E Glyn (60 63 62) 1881 Death William "Billy the Kid" Bonney, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21 1881 Death George William Martin, composer, dies at 56 1881 Birthday William Foster, Massachusetts, Communist President candidate, 1924,28,32 1881 Birthday William John Gruffydd, Welsh poet/scholar, Ynys yr Hud 1880 Death William Lassell, English astronomer (1st moon of Neptune), dies 1880 Death William Hauser, composer, dies at 67 1880 Birthday William T. Cosgrave, president Irish Free state 1879 Birthday William Duncan, Scotland, actor, Thunder Trail 1879 Birthday Nicholas Vachel Lindsay, U.S., poet, General William Booth enters Heaven 1879 Death William Morris Hunt, American Artist 1879 Death William Barber, 6th U.S. chief engraver (1844-79), dies 1879 Birthday William Maxwell Aitken, Canadian Businessman 1879 Death William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73 1879 Death William Froude, British civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68 1879 Birthday William Beveridge, English Economist 1879 Death William Kingdon Clifford, English Mathematician 1879 Birthday William Fox, U.S. film pioneer, Nickelodeon 1878 Death William Banting, English undertaker, dies 1877 Death William Henry Fox Talbot, photographic pioneer, dies at 77 1877 Birthday Francis William Aston, British Scientist 1876 Birthday William Gillies Whittaker, composer 1876 Birthday William Farnum, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Spoilers, Man who Fights Alone 1876 Event 10th Belmont: William Donohue aboard Algerine wins in 2:40 1876 Birthday Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist, Prince William of Orange 1876 Birthday William Yeates Hurlstone, composer 1875 Event William Marcy "Boss" Tweed, New York City - Tammany Hall, escapes from jail 1875 Event William Bonwill, patents dental mallet to impact gold into cavities 1875 Death William Howard Glover, composer, dies at 56 1875 Death William Walker, composer, dies at 66 1875 Birthday Albert William Ketelbey, Aston England, composer, Wonder Worker 1875 Birthday James William Tate, composer 1875 Birthday William Daniel Leahy, Iowa, 5 star admiral/chief of staff, 1949 1875 Birthday William D. Leahy, American Soldier 1875 Death William Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58 1874 Birthday William Lyon Mackenzie King, L, 10th Canadian PM, 1921-30, 1935-48 1874 Event William Marcy "Boss" Tweed, of Tammany Hall in New York City convicted of defrauding city of $6M, sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment 1874 Event 2nd Preakness: William Donohue aboard Culpepper wins in 2:56 1874 Event Benjamin Disraeli replaces William Gladstone as English premier 1874 Birthday [William] Somerset Maugham, Paris, novelist/poet, Of Human Bondage 1874 Birthday William Somerset Maugham, British Playwright 1873 Birthday William Henry Bell, composer 1873 Birthday William Green, president of American Federation of Labor, 1924-52 1873 Birthday William Christopher Handy, American Musician 1872 Birthday William A. Larned, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1901 1872 Death William H. Seward, American Statesman 1872 Birthday William Heath Robinson, England, illustrator/cartoonist, Don Quixote 1872 Birthday William Monroe Trotter, famous African 1871 Birthday William H Kilpatrick, U.S. mathematician/philosopher/educator 1871 Event Boss Tweed (William Macy Tweed), Democratic leader of Tammany Hall, arrested after New York Times exposed his corruption 1871 Birthday William Henry Squire, composer 1871 Birthday Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher, Intelligence of Children 1871 Event William Hammond Hall's maps and surveys of Golden Gate Park accepted 1871 Event William Holden of North Carolina becomes 1st governor removed by impeachment 1870 Birthday Saki, Hector Hugo Munro, Burma, author, Reginald, When William Came 1870 Birthday William S Hart, actor, silent Westerns, Wild Bill Hickok, Tumbleweeds 1870 Death William F Brantly, Confederate, murdered at about 40 1870 Death Michael William Balfe, composer (Bohemian Girl), dies at 62 1870 Event Mayor William Tweed accused of robbing New York treasury 1870 Birthday William Cameron Forbes, American Diplomat 1870 Death William Henry Havergal, composer, dies at 77 1869 Event William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio, patents chewing gum 1869 Birthday William V Moody, U.S. poet, Death of Eve, Faith Healer 1869 Birthday William Strunk, Jr., American Writer 1869 Birthday William Victor Harris, composer 1868 Death William Thomas Morton, dentist (1st to use ether), dies 1868 Birthday William H Singer, U.S. painter/collector, Singer Museum, Laren 1868 Birthday Halsey William Wilson, U.S., publisher of reference books 1868 Birthday William Allen White, Emporia, Kansas, editor, Pulitzer 1942 1868 Birthday Theodore William Richards, chemist, atomic weights, Nobel-1914 1868 Event Refrigerator car patented by William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit 1868 Death William Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51 1867 Birthday William A. Craigie, Scottish lexicographer, Skotlands Rimur 1867 Birthday William Orlamond, Denmark, actor, Flesh and Devil, Wind 1867 Birthday William Courtleigh, born in Guelph, Ontario, actor, Eyes of Youth, Madame X 1867 Birthday William Cadbury, England, chocolate manufacturer, Cadbury 1866 Death William Jackson, composer, dies at 51 1866 Birthday William "Sliding Billy" Hamilton, New Jersey, hall of fame baseball player 1865 Death William Parson, 3rd Earl of Rosse and maker of large telescopes, dies 1865 Death William Vincent Wallace, composer, dies at 53 1865 Death William Duane, American Lawyer 1865 Death William H Revere, Jr., U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies 1865 Death William Rowan Hamilton, Irish Mathematician 1865 Death William Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies 1865 Birthday Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe 1865 Event William Booth founds Salvation Army (Army of the Salvation) 1865 Birthday William Edgar Borah, born in Fairfield, Illinois, Senator-R-Idaho, 1907 - 1940, lawyer 1865 Birthday William Butler Yeats, born in Ireland, poet, Wild Swans at Coole-Nobel 1923 1865 Death William Clarke Quantrill, criminal/Confederate bushwhacker, dies at 27 1865 Birthday William Heinemann, England, publisher, Chemical Instrumental 1865 Death William Henry "Little Billy" Chase Whiting, Confederate General-Major, dies at 48 1865 Birthday Frederick William Goudy, U.S., printer/type designer 1865 Birthday William Lyon Phelps, American Educator 1864 Death William Henry Fry, composer, dies at 51 1864 Birthday William S. Hart, American Actor 1864 Event Union General William T Sherman begins march to sea during Civil War 1864 Event Union General William T Sherman captures Atlanta 1864 Event William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae 1864 Death William Henry Talbot Walker, Confederate general-major, dies in battle at 47 1864 Death William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 39 1864 Birthday Nassau William Senior, British economist 1864 Death William N. Green, Jr., Union Brigadier-General, dies 1864 Birthday William F. A. Ellison, Irish clergyman/director, Armagh Observatory 1864 Death William Edwin Baldwin, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies 1864 Death William Dyce, painter, dies 1863 Death William Makepeace Thackeray, English Novelist 1863 Death Frederick William Faber, theologian, wrote 'Faith of Our Fathers', 'My God, how wonderful thou art', 'Oh, gift of gifts', founded religious community in Cotton Hall, Birmingham, dies 1863 Birthday Horatio William Parker, composer 1863 Event Raid at Lawrence KS by William Quantrill 1863 Death William Dorsey Pender, U.S. Confederate general-major, dies of injuries at 29 1863 Birthday William Randolph Hearst, publisher, SF Examiner, Seattle P-I 1863 Event William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press 1863 Event Chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, New York City 1862 Death William Rufus Terrill, Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 28 1862 Death William Duncan Smith, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 36 1862 Death William "Bull" Nelson, Union general-major, murdered at 38 1862 Birthday William Morris Hughes, Australian Politician 1862 Death William Edwin Starke, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at about 48 1862 Death George William Taylor, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1862 Death William Barksdale, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 40 1862 Event General B. Butler orders William Mumford hanged after he removed and destroyed U.S. flag on display over New Orleans Mint 1862 Death William B Mumford, 1st U.S. citizen hanged for treason, at 42 1862 Birthday William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player who lived to 99 1862 Death William H Keim, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 48 1862 Birthday William W. Campbell, U.S. astronomer and director Lick Observatory 1862 Birthday William Wallace Campbell, American Scientist 1862 Death William Harvey Lamb Wallace, U.S. lawyer/Brigadier-General, dies at 40 1862 Birthday George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer 1862 Death William Slack, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1862 Death William Pennington, American Lawyer 1861 Birthday William Crapo Durant, founded General Machine 1861 Death William Lyon MacKenzie, Canadian Journalist 1861 Birthday William Bateson, English biologist, originator of term "genetics" 1861 Birthday George William Norris, Rep/Sen-Neb, Lame duck-amendement 1861 Birthday William James Mayo, surgeon/co-founder Mayo clinic in Minnesota 1861 Birthday William J. Mayo, American Scientist 1861 Birthday William Throsby Bridges, Australian Soldier 1860 Birthday William Wallace, composer 1860 Birthday William R Inge, English theologist/Deacon St. Paul's Cathedral 1860 Birthday William R. Inge, English Clergyman 1860 Birthday William Ralph Inge, English Clergyman 1860 Birthday William Jennings Bryan, "The Great Commoner" orator/statesman 1860 Birthday William James Ashley, English economic-historian 1860 Birthday William C Mills, museum curator, excavated Ohio Indian mounds 1859 Birthday William Henry Hadow, composer 1859 Birthday Billy the Kid, William H Bonney, New York City, criminal 1859 Birthday William Henry Grattan Flood, composer 1859 Birthday William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher, New York Giants, for the Cincinnati Reds 1859 Event Paper bag manufacturing machine patents by William Goodale, Massachusetts 1859 Birthday William Strang, Scottish painter/engraver 1858 Birthday William Watson, British poet, Prince's Quest, Father of Forest 1858 Event William Herschel of the Indian Civil Service in India 1858 Birthday William Ernst Johnson, born in Cambridge, England, mathematician 1858 Death William Horsley, composer, dies at 83 1858 Birthday William W. Campbell, Canadian poet, Beyond the Hills of Dream 1858 Birthday William Pickering, Boston, astronomer, 9th and 10th moons of Saturn 1858 Event William Wells Brown published 1st Black drama, "Leap to Freedom" 1857 Birthday William Howard Taft, Cin, R, 27th President, 1909-13, chief justice 1857 Death William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies 1857 Birthday Edward William Elgar, born in Broadheath, England, composer, Pomp and Circumstance 1857 Event William Francis Channing and Moses G Farmer patents electric fire alarm 1857 Event William Walker, conqueror of Nicaragua, surrenders to U.S. Navy 1856 Death William Knyvett, composer, dies at 77 1856 Birthday William Archer, Scotland, writer, Green Goddess 1856 Death William Buckland, dean (Westminister)/geologist, dies 1856 Event Doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning 1856 Death William Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies 1856 Birthday William M. Conway, English historian and explorer, Spitzbergen 1855 Birthday William Seward Burroughs, New York, inventor, recording adding machine 1855 Death Dorothy Wordsworth, author, diarist, poet, sister of William Wordsworth, romantic poet, dies at 83 1854 Birthday William Crawford Gorgas, U.S., Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever 1854 Death William Beale, composer, dies at 70 1854 Death William Strickland, U.S. architect, dies 1854 Event Filibuster William Walker proclaims Republic of Sonora in NW Mexico 1853 Death William Jay, English Clergyman 1853 Birthday William Henry Moody, American Politician 1853 Death William Richard Bexfield, composer, dies at 29 1853 Death Frederick William Robertson, English Clergyman 1853 Birthday William Gillette, American Actor 1853 Birthday William H Gillette, actor, Sherlock Holmes on stage 1853 Event William Wells Brown publishes "Clotel," 1st novel by black American 1853 Event Dutch King William III disbands 2nd Chamber 1853 Death William Beaumont, physiologist, dies 1853 Death William King, U.S. Vice President, dies a month after his inauguration 1853 Event William Rufus de Vane King (D) sworn in as 13th U.S. Vice President 1852 Birthday William Ramsay, chemist 1852 Birthday William Stewart Halsted, established 1st U.S. surgical school 1852 Birthday William Scarborough, Macon, Georgia, linguist/author, Birds of Aristophanes 1851 Death J M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam and Speed), dies at 76 1851 Event William Lassell discovers Ariel and Umbriel, satellites of Uranus 1850 Death William Wordsworth, poet, dies at 80 1850 Death William Prout, physician/chemist, dies 1850 Birthday William Henry Welch, U.S., pathologist, founded John Hopkins 1850 Death William Lisle Bowles, English poet (14 Sonnets), dies at 87 1850 Event Henry Wells and William Fargo forms American Express in Buffalo 1849 Event William Bond obtains 1st photograph of Moon through a telescope 1849 Death William Etty, English painter (nudist), dies at 62 1849 Birthday William Osler, born in Canada, physician/author, circulatory system 1849 Birthday William Thomas Stead, English Journalist 1848 Event William and Ellen Craft escape from slavery in Georgia 1848 Birthday William Vanderbilt, yachtsman, donated Vanderbilt Cup 1848 Death William Lamb 2nd viscount Melbourne, British Prime Minister (1834..41), dies at 69 1848 Death William Lamb Melbourne, British Politician 1848 Birthday William "Candy" Cummings, created curve ball 1848 Birthday William M Harnett, U.S. painter, Old Violin 1848 Birthday William Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer 1848 Event William G. Young patents ice cream freezer 1848 Death William A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF 1847 Death William Crotch, composer, dies at 72 1847 Event Little William Nelman poisons his grandpa 1847 Death William Michael Rooke, composer, dies at 53 1847 Birthday Francis William Davenport, composer 1847 Death William Collins, landscape painter, dies 1846 Birthday William Robertson Smith, Scottish Scientist 1846 Event Dentist William T Morton demonstrates effectiveness of ether 1846 Event Dr. William Thomas Green Morton 1st public use of ether 1846 Event Neptune's moon Triton discovered by William Lassell 1846 Birthday William F "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Davenport Iowa, killed 4000 buffaloes 1846 Birthday William Fox Talbot, pioneer photographer/inventor 1846 Birthday William Wallace Gilchrist, composer 1845 Birthday William Muldoon, Belfast, New York, boxing commissioner, help find PAL 1845 Birthday William Kingdon Clifford, English Mathematician 1845 Event William Parsons, Earl of Rosse, 1st uses 72" (183 cm) reflector 1844 Birthday William Archibald Spooner, London, reverend/inventor, spoonerisms 1844 Death William Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies 1843 Birthday William James Robjohn, composer 1843 Birthday William Pepper, American Scientist 1843 Death William Wallace, Scottish mathematician (rights of Wallace), dies 1843 Event Preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today 1843 Birthday William F. Sudds, composer 1843 Birthday William McKinley, Niles Ohio, R, 25th President, 1897-1901 1842 Birthday William Barker Cushing, Lieutenant Commander Union Navy 1842 Death William Ellery Channing, cleric/writer, dies 1842 Birthday William James, U.S., psychologist/philosopher 1841 Birthday William Henry Hudson, British Author 1841 Birthday William Paul Roberts, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1841 Death William Henry Harrison, becomes 1st President to die in office, at 68 1841 Event Longest inauguration speech (8,443 words), William Henry Harrison 1841 Birthday William H H Davenport, Buffalo, stage medium 1840 Event William H Harrison elected president of US 1840 Birthday William G Sumner, U.S. sociologist/political analyst 1840 Death William Kneass, 3rd U.S. chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office 1840 Birthday William Francis Bartlett, Major General Union volunteers 1839 Birthday William Henry Seward, Jr., Brigadier General Union volunteers 1839 Birthday William Bell Wait, U.S., educated the blind 1839 Event Steam shovel patented by William Otis, Philadelphia 1838 Death William Clark, 2nd lt of Lewis and Clark Expedition, dies at 68 1838 Birthday William Perkin, inventor, 1st artificial dye 1838 Birthday William Hugh Young, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1837 Birthday William Wells, Major General Union volunteers 1837 Event Uprising under William Lyon Mackenzie in Canada 1837 Event Pharmacists John Lea and William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce 1837 Birthday William Clarke Quantrill, Col Confederate Army 1837 Event Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901 1837 Death William IV, King of England, dies 1837 Birthday William Henry Fitzhugh "Rooney" Lee, Major General Confederate Army 1837 Birthday William Charles Levey, composer 1837 Birthday William Dean Howells, U.S., novelist/critic/editor, Atlantic 1837 Birthday William Williams Keen, surgeon, brain 1836 Birthday William Schwenck Gilbert, London, composer, Gilbert and Sullivan 1836 Birthday William Gilbert, British Composer 1835 Birthday William Hicks "Red" Jackson, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1835 Birthday William Wirt Allen, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1835 Birthday William Gaston Lewis, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1835 Birthday James William Forsyth, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1835 Event William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British Government 1835 Death William Henry Ireland, forger (Shakespearean manuscripts), dies 1834 Event William Thomson enters Glasgow University at 10 years 4 months 1834 Birthday William MacRae, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1834 Death William Carey, English Clergyman 1834 Birthday William Rufus Terrill, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1834 Birthday William Morris, England, designer, craftsman, poet and socialist 1834 Birthday Charles William Elliot, born in Boston, President of Harvard, 1869-1909 1834 Birthday Charles William Eliot, American Educator 1834 Event Toronto incorporated with William Lyon Mackenzie as its 1st mayor 1834 Death William Wirt, American Statesman 1834 Birthday William Preece, English electrical engineer/wireless pioneer 1834 Birthday William Dorsey Pender, Major General Confederate Army 1834 Birthday William Cleaver Francis Robinson, composer 1833 Birthday William Price Sanders, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1833 Death William Wilberforce, English Politician 1833 Death William Bainbridge, American Soldier 1833 Death William Marshall, composer, dies at 84 1833 Birthday William Whedbee Kirkland, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1833 Death William Rush, Indians sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), dies 1832 Birthday William Woods Averell, Major General Union Army 1832 Birthday William Griggs, inventor, photo chromo lithography 1832 Birthday William Le Baron Jenney, U.S., architect/"father of skyscraper" 1832 Birthday William Crookes, English chemist/physicist, Crookes-pipe, thallium 1832 Birthday William Ruffin Cox, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1832 Birthday William Henry Penrose, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1831 Birthday Helena Blavatsky, born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, founder of the Theosophical Society, with William Quan Judge, Henry Steel Olcott, believed all inner religious teachings are true 1831 Birthday William Dwight, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1831 Birthday William Thomas Clark, Major General Union volunteers 1831 Event William Lloyd Garrison publishes 1st issue of abolitionist journal 1831 Birthday William Joseph Westbrook, composer 1830 Birthday William Babcock Hazen, Major General Union volunteers 1830 Death William Hazlitt, critic/essayist, dies 1830 Event 1st to be run-over by a railroad train (William Huskisson, England) 1830 Birthday William Sprague, governor of Rhode Island, 1859-63 1830 Birthday William Sooy Smith, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1830 Birthday William Felix Brantley, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1830 Birthday William Henry Fitzhugh Payne, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1829 Birthday William Passmore Carlin, Major General Union Army 1829 Birthday William Michael Rossetti, civil servant 1829 Birthday William Worth Belknap, Major General Union volunteers 1829 Event Gioacchino Rossini's "William Tell," premieres in Paris 1829 Event William Austin Burt patents "typographer" (typewriter) 1829 Death William Congreve, English officer, dies at 56 1829 Birthday William Booth, founder, Salvation Army 1829 Birthday William Robertson Boggs, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1829 Birthday William Anderson Pile, Major General Union volunteers 1829 Death William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh 1829 Death William Shield, composer, dies at 80 1829 Birthday William Mason, composer 1829 Birthday Thomas William Robertson, England, playwright, Caste 1828 Birthday William McComb, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1828 Birthday William Alexander Hammond, Brigadier General Union Army 1828 Birthday George William Warren, composer 1828 Birthday Alexander William Campbell, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1828 Birthday James William Reilly, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1828 Birthday Charles William Field, Major General Confederate Army 1827 Birthday William GGVV Harcourt, English lawyer/Minister of Finance 1827 Death William Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69 1827 Birthday William Montague Browne, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1827 Birthday William Hall, Canadian Soldier 1827 Birthday William Hopkins Morris, Major General Union volunteers 1827 Birthday William Holdman Hunt, English painter, Light of the World 1827 Birthday William Richard Terry, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1827 Birthday William Lewis "Old Tige" Cabell, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1826 Birthday William Mahone, Major General Confederate Army 1826 Birthday William Haines Lytle, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1826 Birthday William Brimage Bate, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, Gov-D-Tenn, 1882 - 1886 1826 Birthday William Thomas Best, composer 1826 Birthday William Denison Whipple, Major General Union Army 1826 Birthday William Fisk Sherwin, composer 1825 Death William Hull, American Soldier 1825 Birthday William Wallace Burns, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1825 Birthday William Duncan Smith, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1825 Birthday William Nelson Rector Beall, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1825 Birthday George William Martin, composer 1824 Birthday William Nelson, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Birthday William Terry, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1824 Birthday William Burnham Woods, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Birthday William Tatus Wofford, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1824 Birthday Kelvin, William Thomson, British physicist, Kelvin Scale 1824 Birthday William Montgomery Gardner, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1824 Birthday William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1824 Birthday William Walker, filibuster/president of Nicaragua, 1856-57 1824 Birthday William Richard Bexfield, composer 1824 Birthday William Morris Hunt, American Artist 1824 Birthday William Henry Chase Whiting, Major General Confederate Army 1824 Birthday George William Curtis, American Author 1824 Birthday William Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Birthday William Higgins, discoverer, nature of spiral nebulae 1824 Event William Kneass becomes 3rd U.S. chief engraver (1824-40) 1824 Birthday William Wilkie Collins, English novelist, Woman in White 1823 Birthday William Henry Forney, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1823 Death William Bartram, American Environmentalist 1823 Birthday William Thompson Martin, Major General Confederate Army 1823 Birthday William Henry Monk, composer 1823 Birthday William Flank Perry, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1823 Birthday William Buel Franklin, Major General Union volunteers 1823 Birthday William Rockstro, composer 1822 Birthday William Booth Taliaferro, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1822 Birthday William Harrow, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1822 Death F William Herschel, German astronomer (discovered Uranus), dies at 85 1822 Death Frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer, dies at 83 1822 Birthday William Stephen Walker, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1821 Birthday William Sill, with The Underground Railroad 1821 Birthday William Barksdale, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1821 Death William Floyd, U.S. soldier/signer of Declaration of Independence, dies at 86 1821 Birthday William Harvey Lamb Wallace, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1821 Birthday William Howard Russell, Irish Journalist 1821 Birthday William Allingham, Irish poet, Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland 1821 Birthday William Read Scurry, Confederate Army Brigadier General 1820 Birthday William Miller, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1820 Death William Ellery, U.S. attorney signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 92 1820 Birthday William Tecumseh Sherman, Major General Union Army 1819 Death William Samuel Johnson, American Politician 1819 Birthday William Starke Rosecrans, Major General Union volunteers 1819 Birthday William Thomas Green Morton, dentist, used ether, HOF 1920 1819 Event William Herschel makes last telescopic observation of 1819 comet 1819 Birthday William A. Wheeler, R, 19th Vice President, 1877-81 1819 Birthday William Howard Glover, composer 1819 Birthday William Birney, Major General Union volunteers 1819 Birthday William Steele, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1819 Birthday William Wirt Adams, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1818 Birthday William Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring, Major General Confederate Army 1818 Birthday William Farquhar Barry, Major General Union Army 1818 Birthday Sophia Frederika Mathilde, queen of Netherlands/wife of William III 1818 Birthday William George Fargo, founder, Wells Fargo 1818 Birthday William Maxwell Evarts, Union 1818 Birthday William Raine Peck, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1817 Death William Bligh, British naval officer of "Bounty" fame, dies at 63 1817 Birthday James William Denver, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1816 Birthday William Alexander Henry, Canadian Lawyer 1816 Birthday William Henry Talkbot Walker, Major General Confederate Army 1816 Birthday William Polk Hardeman, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1816 Birthday William Preston, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1816 Birthday William Batchelder Bradbury, composer 1816 Birthday William Bowman, English anatomist 1816 Death Dorothea Jordan, French actress/mistress (William IV), dies at 65 1816 Birthday William Sterndale Bennett, composer 1816 Birthday Frederick William Burton, painter 1816 Birthday Frederick William Robertson, English Clergyman 1815 Birthday William Dennison, postmaster/general, Union 1815 Birthday William Joseph Hardee, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1815 Birthday John William Glover, composer 1815 Birthday William Henry French, Major General Union volunteers 1815 Birthday William Jackson, composer 1814 Birthday William Lowndes Yancey, MC, Confederacy 1814 Birthday Frederick William Faber, born in Calverley, England, theologian, wrote 'Faith of Our Fathers', 'My God, how wonderful thou art', 'Oh, gift of gifts', founded religious community in Cotton Hall, Birmingham 1813 Death William Russell, composer, dies at 36 1813 Birthday William Henry Fry, composer 1813 Birthday William Scott Ketchum, Major General Union Army 1813 Birthday William Hugh Keim, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1812 Birthday William Hauser, composer 1812 Birthday William Grose, Major General Union volunteers 1812 Birthday William Vincent Wallace, composer 1812 Birthday William Henry Holmes, composer 1811 Birthday William Hamsley Emory, Major General Union volunteers 1811 Death William Williams, U.S. merchant and signer, Declaration of Independence, dies at 80 1811 Birthday William Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist, Vanity Fair 1811 Death William Eaton, American Soldier 1810 Birthday William Froude, England, engineer/naval architect 1810 Birthday William G Armstrong, of Cragside, Baron/British const, hydr crane 1810 Birthday William Hepworth Thompson, English Educator 1809 Birthday William Ewart Gladstone, Lib, British Prime Minister, 1868-74, '80-86, '92-94 1809 Birthday William Gladstone, British Leader 1809 Birthday William Nelson Pendleton, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1809 Birthday William Chappell, English Writer 1809 Birthday William Radford, Commander Union Navy 1809 Birthday Sylvanus William Godon, Commander Union Navy 1809 Birthday William Walker, composer 1809 Birthday William David Porter, Commander Union Navy 1809 Event 1st U.S. geology book published by William Maclure 1808 Birthday William Thomas Ward, Major General Union volunteers 1808 Birthday Michael William Balfe, composer 1808 Event William Henry Lane ("Juda") perfects tap dance 1807 Birthday William Bowen Campbell, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1806 Birthday William Pitt Fessenden, Secretary Treasury, Union 1806 Event British forces lay siege to French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve 1806 Death William Pitt, the Younger, Prime Minister Great Britain 1783 - 1806, dies at 46 1805 Birthday William Lloyd Garrison, American Journalist 1805 Birthday William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist publisher, The Liberator 1805 Birthday William Rowan Hamilton, Irish Mathematician 1805 Death William Paley, English Theologian 1805 Birthday William Kerley Strong, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1805 Birthday William H Ainsworth, English writer, Old St. Paul's, Rookwood 1805 Birthday William Harrison Ainsworth, English Novelist 1804 Death William Forsyth, English gardening expert (Forsythia), dies 1804 Birthday John William, Turk, Livingston, Commander Union Navy 1804 Event Vice-Admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad 1804 Event British Vice-Admiral William Blighs fleet reaches Curacao 1803 Birthday William Allen, born in Edenton, North Carolina, Ohio Governor 1974 - 1876 1803 Death William Jackson, composer, dies at 73 1803 Event William Dunlap, adapts French melodrama "Voice of Nature" 1803 Birthday Douglas William Jerrold, London, author/playwright/wit, Punch Mag 1802 Birthday William George Frederick Cavendish Bentinck, Lord George Bentinck 1801 Birthday Edward William Lane, translator, Thousand and 1 Nights 1801 Birthday William Henry Seward, Secretary of State, 1861 - 1869, buys Alaska at 2 cents per acre 1801 Birthday William H. Seward, American Statesman 1800 Death William Billings, U.S. composer (Rose of Sharon), dies at 53 1800 Birthday William H McGuffey, educator, McGuffey Readers 1800 Birthday William Wister McKean, Commander Union Navy 1800 Death William Cowper, English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68 1800 Birthday William Chambers, author/publisher, Basis of Communication and Coding 1800 Birthday William Henry Fox Talbot, Wiltshire England, photographic pioneer 1800 Death William Jones, composer, dies at 73 1799 Death William Paca, U.S. judge/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 58 1799 Event William Clark (of Lewis and Clark) is willed the slave York 1799 Death William Curtis, English botanist (Botanical Magazine), dies at 53 1799 Birthday William Lassell, discoverer, satellites of Uranus and Neptune 1797 Birthday William Motherwell, Scottish civil servant/poet 1797 Event 1st U.S. senator, William Blount of Tennessee, expelled by impeachment 1797 Birthday William I, Berlin, King of Prussia, 1861-88, German Emperor, 1871-88 1796 Birthday William Pennington, American Lawyer 1796 Birthday William McGillivray, Old Aberdeen, naturalist 1795 Death William Prescott, American Revolutionary soldier, dies 1795 Event William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason 1795 Birthday William Lyon MacKenzie, Canadian Journalist 1795 Event Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies 1794 Birthday William Cullen Bryant, poet, Thanatopsis 1794 Birthday William Cullen Bryant, American Poet 1794 Birthday William Michael Rooke, composer 1794 Birthday William Whewell, British philosopher, History of Inductive Science 1794 Death William Jones, British Orientalist/jurist, dies at 47 1793 Death William Aiton, English botanist (Kew Gardens), dies at 61 1793 Birthday William Henry Havergal, composer 1792 Death Ernst William Wolf, composer, dies at 57 1792 Birthday John Herschel, born in Slough, England, William Herschel's son, astronomer 1790 Birthday William Parry, England, Arctic explorer 1790 Death William Hooper, U.S. attorney and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 48 1789 Event William Herschel discovers Mimas, satellite of Saturn 1789 Birthday William Cranch Bond, U.S., astronomer, codiscovered Hyperion 1789 Event Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus 1789 Event Captain William Blighs reaches Timor 1789 Event Fletcher Christian leads Mutiny on HMS Bounty and Captain William Bligh 1787 Birthday William Etty, English painter, nudes 1787 Event Titania and Oberon, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel 1786 Birthday William Rufus DeVane King, D, 13th Vice President, 1853 1785 Death William Whipple, merchant, judge, and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 55 1785 Birthday William Beaumont, surgeon, studied digestion 1785 Death John William Fletcher, evangelist, dies 1785 Birthday William J Hooker, English botanist/director, Kew Gardens 1785 Death William Woollett, engraver, dies 1784 Birthday William Beale, composer 1783 Event William Pitt, Jr. (24) becomes British premier 1783 Event William Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex 1782 Death William Emerson, English Mathematician 1781 Event Sir William Herschel sees "comet" (really discovered Uranus) 1780 Birthday William Hone, England, author/bookseller, Every-Day Book 1780 Birthday William Duane, American Lawyer 1780 Event William Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris 1780 Birthday William Ellery Channing, U.S., Unitarian clergyman 1780 Death William Blackstone, jurist, dies 1780 Death William Blackstone, English lawyer, dies at 56 1779 Death William Warburton, English Critic 1779 Birthday William Knyvett, composer 1779 Birthday William Lamb, Whig, Viscount Melbourne, British Prime Minister, 1834, 1835-41 1779 Birthday William Lamb Melbourne, British Politician 1779 Death William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies 1779 Death William Boyce, composer, dies at 67 1778 Death William Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69 1778 Birthday William Hazlitt, essayist and critic 1777 Birthday William Russell, composer 1777 Event English General William Howe occupies Philadelphia 1777 Event English general William Howe conquers Philadelphia 1777 Death William Hayes, composer, dies at 69 1776 Event 1st U.S. fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William and Mary College), forms 1775 Birthday William Crotch, composer 1775 Event Paul Revere and William Dawes warn "British are coming!" 1774 Event Mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft. William and Mary 1774 Event 1st incident of Revolution-400 attack Ft. William and Mary, New Hampshire 1774 Birthday William Horsley, composer 1774 Birthday William Bainbridge, American Soldier 1774 Event 1st sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel) 1773 Birthday William Henry Harrison, Virginia, Whigs, 9th President, March 4-April 4, 1841 1772 Birthday William Wirt, American Statesman 1772 Birthday William Congreve, English officer, design fire rocket 1771 Birthday Dorothy Wordsworth, born in Cumberland, England, author, diarist, poet, sister of William Wordsworth, romantic poet 1770 Birthday William Clark, born in Charlottsville, Virginia, 2nd lt of Lewis and Clark Expedition 1770 Birthday William Wordsworth, England, poet laureate, Prelude 1769 Birthday William Jay, English Clergyman 1769 Birthday William Smith, geologist, Strata Identified by Organized Fossils 1768 Birthday William Wallace, Scottish mathematician, Rights of Wallace 1765 Death William August duke of Cumberland, English supreme commander, dies at 44 1765 Birthday William IV, king of England, 1830-37 1764 Birthday William Eaton, American Soldier 1762 Birthday William Lisle Bowles, English poet, 14 Sonnets 1761 Birthday William Carey, English Clergyman 1761 Death William Law, theologian, dies 1760 Birthday William Beckford, British writer, Epsiodes of Vathek 1759 Birthday William Wilberforce, English Politician 1759 Death William Collins, English poet (Ode to Simplicity), dies at 37 1759 Birthday William Pitt, the Younger, C, English PM, 1783-1801, 1804-06 1759 Birthday William Thornton, architect, Capitol building, Washington D.C. 1757 Birthday William Blake, English poet/painter, Songs of Innocence and Experience 1757 Event English Ft. William Henry, New York, surrenders to French and Indians troops 1757 Event English king George II fires minister William Pitt, Sr. 1756 Birthday William Godwin, philosopher and political writer, Caleb Williams 1755 Event English minister William Pitt Sr resigns 1753 Birthday William Hull, American Soldier 1751 Death William Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies 1748 Birthday William Marshall, composer 1748 Death William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies 1748 Birthday William Shield, composer 1746 Birthday William Billings, born in Boston, Massachusetts, hymn composer, Rose of Sharon 1746 Birthday William Jones, born in London, England, British Orientalist/jurist 1746 Birthday William Curtis, English botanist/publisher, Botanical Magazine 1742 Death William Somerville, English Poet 1742 Birthday William Hooper, U.S. attorney signed Declaration of Independence 1740 Birthday William Paca, U.S. judge/signer, Declaration of Independence 1739 Birthday William Bartram, American Environmentalist 1738 Birthday F William Herschel, German/English astronomer, discovered Uranus 1735 Birthday Ernst William Wolf, composer 1734 Birthday William Floyd, U.S. soldier/signer, Declaration of Independence 1734 Event Netherlands William K H Friso marries princess Anne of Hanover 1731 Birthday William Cowper, England, pre-romantic poet, His Task, 1731 Birthday William Cowper, English lawyer/poet, John Gilpin, 1731 Birthday William Williams, U.S. merchant signed Declaration of Independence 1730 Birthday William Jackson, composer 1730 Birthday William Whipple, merchant/judge, Declaration of Independence signer 1729 Birthday Henry William, Baron, Stiegel, early American glassmaker 1729 Death William Congreve, English dramatist (Love for Love), dies at 58 1727 Birthday William Ellery, U.S. attorney/signer Declaration of Independence 1727 Birthday William Samuel Johnson, American Politician 1727 Death William Croft, composer, dies at 48 1726 Birthday William Jones, composer 1723 Birthday William Blackstone, England, jurist, Blackstone's Commentaries 1721 Birthday William Collins, Chichester England, Mayor-Chichester, poet 1721 Birthday William August duke of Cumberland, English army leader 1718 Death William Penn, English Quaker/colonizer 'No cross, no crown', dies 1718 Birthday William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer 1716 Death William Wycherley, dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about 75 1714 Birthday William Shenstone, English Poet 1710 Birthday William Boyce, English organist/composer of Cathedral music 1709 Death William Cowper/Cooper, English anatomist, dies at about 62 1708 Birthday William Pitt the Elder, Whig, U.K. PM, 1756-61, 66-68, 'Great Commoner' 1708 Birthday William Hayes, composer 1702 Death Willem III Henry, Dutch William, king of England/Scot, dies at 51 1702 Event England Queen Anne ascends throne upon death of King William III 1702 Death William III, Dutch King of England (1689-1702), dies at 51 1701 Event William Penn presents Charter of Priviliges 1701 Death William Kidd, English / U.S. buccaneer, hanged 1701 Death William Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock 1701 Birthday William Emerson, English Mathematician 1700 Event William Penn began monthly meetings for Blacks advocating emancipation 1699 Event Pirate Captain William Kidd is captured in Boston 1699 Death William Temple, statesman, dies 1698 Birthday William Warburton, English Critic 1697 Birthday William Hogarth, England, satiric painter/engraver, Rake's Progress 1697 Event King William's War in America ends with Treaty of Ryswick 1695 Event William Congreve's "Love for Love," premieres in London 1693 Event College of William and Mary opens 1693 Event William and Mary college is 2nd college chartered in US 1693 Event Royal charter granted College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va 1692 Event French defeat William III of England at Steinkirk (Enghein) 1692 Event MacDonald clan murdered on orders of King William III 1691 Event Battle of Aughrim (Aghrim) England, William III beats James II 1690 Event Battle of Boyne-King William III defeats catholic king James II 1690 Event Army of England's Protestant King William III defeats Roman Catholic King James II in Battle of Boyne in Ireland 1689 Event William III and Mary Stuart proclaimed king and queen of England 1689 Event William III and Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain 1689 Event Dutch prince William III proclaimed king of England 1688 Death Frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68 1686 Death William Dugdale, Garter King of Arms (1677-86), dies 1684 Death William Brouncker, 2nd viscount/1st President of Royal Society, dies 1684 Birthday William Pulteney, London, statesman, Earl of Bath 1683 Death Lord William Russell, English plotter against Charles II, beheaded 1683 Event William Penn signs friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape indians in Pennsylvania; only treaty "not sworn to, nor broken" 1682 Event William Penn lands at what is now Chester, Pennsylvania 1682 Event William Penn accepts area around Delaware River from Duke of York 1682 Event William Penn left England to sail to New World 1682 Event Duke James of York gives Delaware to William Penn 1682 Event William Penn founds Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1681 Death William Lilly, English astrologer, dies 1681 Event English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania 1681 Event King Charles II grants William Penn royal charter for Pennsylvania 1678 Birthday William Croft, composer 1678 Event Battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange 1677 Event Battle at Montcassel, French troops beat Prince William III 1675 Birthday William Somerville, English Poet 1675 Event Prince William III installed as governor of Overijssel 1670 Birthday William Congreve, England, writer, Old Bachelor, Way of the World 1668 Death William Davenant, English Poet 1668 Event Dutch Prince William III dances in premiere of "Ballet of Peace" 1663 Death William Juxon, archbishop of Canterbury (1660-63), dies 1661 Death William Leddra, last Quaker, hanged in Boston 1659 Birthday William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher 1657 Death William Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies 1652 Birthday William Dampier, English explorer/pirate 1651 Birthday John Baron Somers, Whig, William III's chief minister, 1696-1700 1650 Birthday Willem III Henry, Dutch William, king of England, 1689 - 1702 1645 Death William Smith, composer, dies at 42 1645 Death William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71 1644 Birthday William Penn, English Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania 1644 Death William Gascoigne, introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24 1644 Death William Chillingworth, English theologian, Cambridge Platonist, dies 1643 Death William Cartwright, English Dramatist 1639 Death William Cobbold, composer, dies at 79 1639 Event William Coddington founds Newport, Rhode Island 1634 Event William Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti" 1633 Death William Ames, English Philosopher 1630 Death William Brade, composer, dies 1626 Birthday William II, prince of Orange/stadholder 1624 Birthday William, Jamestown, Virginia, 1st black child born in English America 1624 Birthday William Tucker, 1st Black child born in America 1623 Death William Camden, English historian: Brittania/Annales, dies at 72 1623 Death Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, dies 1623 Death William Byrd, English composer (Ave verum corpus), dies at 80 1622 Death William Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38 1621 Event Governor William Bradford of Plymouth forbids game playing on Christmas 1620 Death William Adams, English Explorer 1620 Birthday Frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia 1616 Death William Shakesphere, English author (Hamlet) 1616 Death William Shakespeare, English Dramatist 1616 Birthday William Sancroft, Archbishop, Canterbury 1611 Birthday William Cartwright, English Dramatist 1610 Death Benedict van Canfield, William Fish, English missionary, dies 1604 Event William Shakespeare's tragedy "Othello" 1st presented 1603 Death William Gilbert, Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at 59 1603 Birthday William Smith, composer 1602 Birthday William Lilly, England, astrologer, author, and almanac compiler 1598 Death William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77 1594 Death William Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62 1593 Event William Louis of Nassau becomes governor/viceroy of Drenthe 1589 Birthday William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth colony for 30 years 1585 Birthday William Drummond, Scottish Poet 1583 Event Richard Martin of London takes out 1st life insurance policy, on William Gibbons, premium was 383 pounds 1583 Event William of Orange marries Louise de Coligny 1582 Event Playwright and poet William Shakespeare weds Anne Hathaway 1582 Event William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway 1578 Event William Harvey of England discovers blood circulation 1578 Birthday William Harvey, born in England, physician, discovered blood circulation 1575 Event William of Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon 1575 Event English queen Elizabeth I grants Thomas Tallis and William Byrd music press monopoly 1574 Birthday William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor, slide rule 1573 Birthday William Laud, English archbishop of Canterbury, 1633-45 1568 Event In Netherlands, Duke of Alva declares William of Orange an outlaw 1567 Event Dutch prince William of Orange flees from Antwerp to Breda 1564 Birthday William Adams, English Explorer 1564 Event William Shakespeare baptized 1564 Birthday William Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright, Hamlet 1563 Event William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral 1561 Event William of Orange appointed viceroy of Burgundy/Charolais 1560 Birthday William Cobbold, composer 1555 Event William of Orange becomes member of Council of State 1551 Birthday William Camden, English historian, Brittania, Annales 1550 Birthday Henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange 1550 Event William Cecil appoints himself English minister of foreign affairs 1544 Birthday William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist, researcher into magnetism 1532 Death William Warham, English archbishop of Canterbury (1502-32), dies at 82 1520 Birthday William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier 1495 Death William Stanley, English lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy 1422 Birthday William Caxton, 1st English printer, Histories of Troy 1404 Death William of Wykeham, chancellor/Bishop of Winchester, dies 1401 Death William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London 1328 Event William of Ockham forced to flee from Avignon by Pope John XXII 1307 Event William Tell shoots apple off his son's head 1305 Death William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled and beheaded 1174 Event Scottish King William captured 1133 Event William the Conqueror orders 1st Domesday Survey of England 1120 Death William, English crown prince/son of Henry I, drowns at 17 1100 Death William II, Rufus, king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 1095 Event Council of Rockingham: bishop Anselmus vs King William II Rufus 1087 Death William I, The Conqueror, King of England/Duke of Normandy, dies 1066 Event William the Conqueror, crowned king of England 1066 Event Battle of Hastings, in which William the Conqueror wins England 1066 Event William the Conqueror invade England 1066 Event William the Conqueror troops sail to England
