1997 Death Shoichi Yokoi, Japanese WW II fighter (surrendered in 1972), dies at 82 1997 Death Rosie Will Monroe, WW II icon, Rosie the Riveter, dies at 76 1996 Death Paul Touvier, French WW II criminal, dies at 81 1994 Death Stanislaw Maczek, Polish/British general-major (WW II), dies at 102 1993 Death W Edwards Deming, U.S. economist (helped Japan after WW II), dies at 93 1993 Death Henri van Soede, sub commandant (WW II), dies at about 83 1993 Death Fer A Olthoff, Dutch WW II resistance fighter (Het Parool), dies 1993 Death Paul Brickhill, Dutch/US WW II pilot/physician, dies 1991 Event 1st post WW II non-communist government in Albania 1991 Death Vasko Popa, Serbian WW II-partisan/poet (Sporedno Nebo), dies at 68 1990 Death Malcolm Muggeridge, WW II spy for Britain, dies at 87 1990 Death Douglas Edwards, WW II correspondent, dies of cancer at 73 1990 Death Alan J P Taylor, British historian (Origins of WW II), dies 1988 Event Unexploded WW II bomb found in Frankfurt, Germany - 5,000 evacuated 1988 Event Congress votes $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned in WW II 1988 Death Axis Sally, Mildred E Gillars, U.S. nazi propagandist (WW II), dies 1988 Event Nazi document implicates Waldheim in WW II deportations 1988 Death Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, ace WW II pilot, dies at 75 of cancer 1987 Death Thomas G Lanphier, Jr., U.S. WW II pilot, dies at 71 1987 Death Ira C Eaker, commandant USAF in Europe (WW II), dies at 91 1987 Event U.S. Justice Department bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering U.S., due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WW II 1987 Death Maxwell D Taylor, U.S. commander 101st airborne (WW II), dies at 85 1987 Death Francis C Denebrink, U.S. Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) dies at 90 1985 Death B V A Roling, Dutch lawyer (WW II Tokyo trials), dies at 78 1983 Death Mark W. Clark, U.S. general (WW II), dies at 87 1982 Death Leopold Trepper, Polish/Israeli spy (WW II), dies at 77 1981 Death Ben Seijes, historian (WW II), dies at 73 1974 Event WW II war criminal JP Philippa arrested 1973 Death Eddie Rickenbacker, WW I fighter pilot, dies at 82 1973 Death Andre de Meulemeester, Belgian WW I pilot [Eagle of Flanders], dies at 78 1971 Death Audie Murphy, WW II hero/actor (Sierra), killed in plane crash at 46 1970 Event John Frazier kills Ohta's declares WW 3 has begun 1970 Death Wladyslaw Anders, Polish general (WW I, WW II), dies at 78 1970 Death Semjon Timoshenko, Russian marshal/inspector-general (WW II), dies at 75 1969 Event U.S. government holds its 1st draft lottery since WW II 1968 Death Husband Edward Kimmel, commandant U.S. Ocean fleet WW II, dies at 86 1967 Death Arthur W. Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal (WW II), dies at 76 1966 Event Period of relative peace following WW II exceeds that following WW I 1966 Death Chester W. Nimitz, U.S. Admiral (WW II), dies at 80 1965 Death Henry D G Crerar, Canadian general (WW I, Normandy), dies at 76 1963 Death NKD Nanavati, Indies general-major (WW II), dies 1963 Death Andrew Browne, Irish/British Admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80 1962 Death Nazi Adolf Eichmann hanged in Israel for crimes against Jews in WW II 1961 Death Walter Bedell Smith, U.S. general/WW II chief of staff, dies at 75 1961 Event Israel begins Adolf Eichmann WW II war crimes trial 1961 Death Max Hymans, WW II resistance fighter/Head of Air France, dies at 60 1959 Death William "Bull" F Halsey, U.S. Vice-Admiral (WW II Pacific), dies 1958 Event Unidentified soldiers killed in WW II and Korean War buried in Arlington 1958 Death Maurice-Gustave Gamelin, French generalissmo (WW I, WW II), dies at 85 1958 Death Earnest H Heinkel, German airplane builder (WW II), dies at 70 1956 Death Lionel K P "Buster" Crabb, British diver (WW II), dies at 47 1956 Death John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (WW II Monument Amsterdam), dies at 70 1955 Event Soviet battleship "Novorossiisk" strikes WW II mine in Baltic Sea 1952 Event WW II Pacific peace treaty takes effect 1949 Event U.S. troops withdraw from Korea after WW II 1949 Death Simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47 1948 Death Andre Serot, colonel/commandant of French air force (WW II), dies 1948 Death John J Pershing, Black Jack, U.S. general (Mexico, WW I), dies at 87 1947 Death Jacques-Philippe Leclerc, WW II hero (liberator of Paris), dies at 44 1947 Death Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34 1947 Event WW II sugar rationing finally endd in U.S., began May 28, 1942 1947 Event OPA, which issued WW II rationing coupons, disbands 1947 Event Trial against WW II mayor of Amsterdam Edward Vonte begins 1947 Event WW II peace treaties signed 1947 Death Marc A "Pete" Mitscher, U.S. Lieutenant-Admiral (WW II-Task Force 58), dies at 60 1946 Event President Truman officially proclaims end of WW II 1945 Event Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged 1945 Death John S Mccain, U.S. admiral, (WW II-Pacific Ocean), dies 1945 Event V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WW II ends) 1945 Event Japan surrenders ending WW II (U.S. date, 9/2 in Japan) 1945 Event Japanese diplomats board Missouri to receive instructions on Japan's surrender at the end of WW II 1945 Event A riot ensued in San Francisco while the city was celebrating the end of WW II 1945 Event V-J Day; Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II 1945 Event U.S.S.R. declares war against Japan in WW II 1945 Event 1st of the superstars returns from the WW II, Hank Greenberg homers 1945 Event U.S. defeat Japanese forces on Okinawa during WW II 1945 Event V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WW II ends in Europe 1945 Event Radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WW II 1945 Event Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason 1945 Death Ernest T Pyle, British/US newscaster, killed in WW II at 44 1945 Event U.S. troops enter Nuremberg, Germany, during WW II 1945 Event U.S. forces invade Okinawa during WW II 1945 Event U.S.S.R. invades Austria during WW II 1945 Event During WW II Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany 1945 Event Bert Shepard (1 legged WW II vet) tries out as a pitcher for Senators 1944 Death Segundo "Boy" Ecury, Aruba, WW II resistance fighter, executed at 22 1944 Event Sweden announces intention to stay neutral and refuse sanctuary in WW II 1944 Event During WW II, U.S. troops capture Aachen, 1st large German city to fall 1944 Event Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II 1944 Death Erwin Rommel, German Field Marshal (WW II-Africa), suicide at 52 1944 Event During WW II, George Bush ejects from a burning plane 1944 Event U.S. forces invade Japanese-held Tinian in WW II 1944 Event U.S. invades Japanese-occupied Guam in WW II 1944 Event Greenwich Observatory damaged by WW II flying bomb 1944 Death Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies at 86 1943 Death Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II), dies 1943 Event Allied forces captured Naples during WW II 1943 Event General Eisenhower announce unconditional surrender of Italy in WW II 1943 Event U.S. forces overrun New Georgia in Solomon Islands during WW II 1943 Event Benito Mussolini captured, dismissed as premier of Italy during WW II 1943 Event 500 allied air forces raid Rome during WW II 1943 Event U.S. and Britain invade Sicily in WW II, Operation Husky 1943 Event British and U.S. Army link up in Africa during WW II 1943 Event Meat, butter and cheese rationed in U.S. during WW II 1943 Event Texas League announces it will quit for the duration of WW II 1943 Event German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad, turning point of WW II 1943 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill confer in Casablanca concerning WW II 1943 Event Teams agrees to start season later due to WW II 1942 Event U.S. bombers struck Italian mainland for 1st time in WW II 1942 Event NHL abolishes regular season OT until WW II is over 1942 Event During WW II Germany completes their occupation of France 1942 Event Montgomery (Br) defeats Rommel (G) in battle of Alamein Egypt (WW II) 1942 Event During WW II, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt 1942 Event U.S. Navy defeats Japanese in WW II Battle of Cape Esperance 1942 Death Douglas Munro, only U.S. Coast Guard with WW II-Med of Honor, dies 1942 Death Kiyoano Ichiki, Japanese colonel (WW II), dies 1942 Death Louis FMF Franchet d'Esperey, French marshal (WW I), dies at 90 1942 Event 1st American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe (WW II) 1942 Event British RAF staged a 1,000 bomb raid on Bremen Germany (WW II) 1942 Event Jewish Brigade attached by British Army in WW II, forms 1942 Event 1st WW II American expeditionary force lands in Africa (Gold Coast) 1942 Event U.S. and U.S.S.R. sign Lend-Lease agreement during WW II 1942 Event Battle of Midway ends: Admiral Nimitz wins 1st WW II naval defeat of Japan 1942 Event Battle of Midway begins; Japan's 1st major defeat in WW II 1942 Event 1,047 bombers bomb Cologne in RAF's raid of WW II 1942 Event New York City ends night baseball games for rest of WW II 1942 Event U.S. begins rationing sugar during WW II 1942 Event "WW II" titled so, as result of Gallup Poll 1942 Event WW II Navy flier Don Mason sends message "Sighted sub sank same" 1942 Event Clinton Pierce becomes 1st U.S. general wounded in action in WW II 1942 Event 1st U.S. force in Europe during WW II go ashore in Northern Ireland 1942 Event Cubs, drop plans to install lights at Wrigley due to WW II 1942 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt asks commissioner to continue baseball during WW II 1942 Event WW II siege of Bataan starts 1941 Event U.S. Office of Censorship created to control info pertaining to WW II 1941 Event Japanese attack Wake Island (only failed WW II-landing) 1941 Event 1st U.S. WW II bombing mission in Far East, Luzon, Philippines 1941 Event U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan, U.S. enters WW II 1941 Event Prior to U.S. in WW II, Germany torpedoes U.S. destroyer Reuben James 1941 Event 1st U.S. destroyer (Kearney) torpedoed in WW II, off Iceland 1941 Event 1st WW II liberty ship, freighter Patrick Henry, launched 1941 Event 1st German ship in WW II captured by U.S. ship (Busko) 1941 Event Charles Lindbergh, charges "British, Jewish and Roosevelt administration" are trying to get U.S. into WW II 1941 Event Siege of Leningrad by Nazi troops began during WW II 1941 Event Finland enters WW II against Russia 1941 Event Germany, Italy and Romania declares war on Soviet Union during WW II 1941 Death Lancelot Holland, British Vice-Admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle 1941 Event 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies) 1940 Event Germany begins dropping incendiary bombs on London (WW II) 1940 Event British troops 1st major offensive in No Africa (Libya) during WW II 1940 Event During WW II, German planes destroy most of Coventry, England 1940 Event Germany invades Norway and Denmark in WW II 1940 Event Lottery for 1st U.S. WW II draftees held; #158 drawn 1st 1940 Event Tide turns in Battle of Britain in WW II, RAF beats Luftwaffe 1940 Event France signs an armistice with Italy during WW II 1940 Event France asks Germany for terms of surrender in WW II 1940 Event German forces occupied Paris during WW II 1940 Event Italy declares war on France and Britain during WW II 1940 Event Norway surrenders to Germany during WW II 1940 Event Battle of France begins in WW II 1940 Event In WW II, Germans capture Ostend and Ypres in Belgium and Lille in France 1940 Event Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II, Denmark surrenders 1940 Event Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isthmus 1940 Event Britain's 1st WW II rationing (bacon, butter and sugar) 1939 Event U.S. allows "cash and carry" arms sales during WW II 1939 Death Albrecht MAPJ, duke of Wurttemberg/general (WW II), dies at 73 1939 Event Soviet-German treaty agree on 4th partition of Poland (WW II) and gives Lithuania to U.S.S.R., last Polish troops surrender 1939 Event Versailles Peace Treaty forgot to include Andorra, so Andorra and Germany finally sign an official treaty ending WW I 1939 Event Soviet Union invades Poland during WW II 1939 Event In WW II, Canada declared war on Germany 1939 Event 1st German air attack on Great Britain in WW II 1939 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt declares U.S. neutrality at start of WW II in Europe 1939 Event WW II starts, Germany invades Poland, takes Danzig 1939 Event Chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight in WW II 1937 Death Erich Ludendorff, German general (WW I), dies at 72 1937 Event Japanese and Chinese troops clash, (Marco Polo Bridge), becomes WW II 1931 Death Emanuele F duke of Aosta, Italian WW I-general/fascist, dies at 62 1929 Death Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I), dies at 74 1929 Event President Von Hindenburg refuses to pay German debt of WW I 1929 Death Edmond Thieffry, Belgium, WW I pilot, dies at 36 1929 Death Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77 1928 Death Luigi Cadorna, Italian Field Marshal (WW I, Caporetto), dies at 78 1928 Death Reinhard Scheer, German Admiral (WW I), dies at 65 1928 Death Douglas Haig, British Field Marshal, Sudan, Boer war, WW I, dies at 66 1928 Death Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig/field marshal (WW I), dies at 66 1926 Event Latkin Square in Bronx named for 1st U.S. Jewish soldier to die in WW I 1926 Event France and U.S. reach accord on repayment of WW I 1924 Birthday Walter Fufido, born in Bronx, New York, Iwo Jima casualty, WW II 1924 Birthday Audie Murphy, born in Kingston, Texas, WW II hero/actor, Destry, Joe Butterfly 1924 Birthday Julius Moormann, student/resistance fighter, WW II 1923 Event Coolidge pardons WW I German spy Lothar Witzke, sentenced to death 1923 Birthday Kent L Lee, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II - Marianas and Palau 1922 Birthday Arthur R Hawkins, U.S. pilot/captain, WW II, downed 14 Japanese planes 1922 Birthday Erich Hartmann, German WW II pilot, downed 352 Russian aircrafts 1921 Birthday Bill Mauldin, cartoonist, WW II Army grunts 1921 Death Ludwig-Alexander von Battenberg [Mountbatten], Admiral (WW I), dies at 67 1921 Birthday Jacob J Hage, Dutch farmer/WW II resistance fighter 1921 Event Memorial to Captain Eddie Grant, killed in WW I, unveiled at Polo Grounds 1919 Birthday Edward L Feightner, U.S. rear-admiral, WW II-Santa Cruz Islands 1919 Event New York City welcomes home General John J Pershing and 25,000 WW I soldiers 1919 Event Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed in France 1919 Event WW I Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France 1918 Event 1st day of 1st-class cricket in Australia after WW I (Vic vs. NSW) 1918 Event Germany surrenders ending WW I, Allies and Germany sign armistice 1918 Event Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates after German defeat in WW I 1918 Event United Press erroneously reports WW I armistice had been signed 1918 Event Poland proclaims independence from Russia after WW I 1918 Death Joseph Lesage, French painter/etcher (WW I), dies at 34 1918 Death Michail V Alekseyev, Russian general (WW I), murdered at 60 1918 Event Battle of the Argonne, final major battle of WW I 1918 Event During WW I, U.S. forces launch an attack on German-occupied St. Mihiel 1918 Event Due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early 1918 Event Baseball season ends due to WW I 1918 Death Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I), dies at 36 1918 Event Britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I 1918 Event Battle of Amiens ends in WW I, Allieds beat Germans 1918 Event In WW I 2nd battle of the Marne ends 1918 Death Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies 1918 Event German armies retreat across Marne River in France (WW I) 1918 Event U.S. and French forces launch Aisne-Marne offensive in WW I 1918 Event 2nd Battle of Marne began during WW I 1918 Birthday Rob de Vries, Dutch WW II resistance fighter/dir/actor, Ciske de Rat 1918 Event Battle of Belleau Wood, 1st U.S. victory of WW I 1918 Death "Red Baron", Manfred von Richtofen, shot down in WW I at 25 1918 Event During WW I Germany launches Somme offensive 1918 Event 1st WW I U.S. Army troop ship torpedoed and sunk by Germany, off Ireland 1918 Event President Wilson outlines his 14 points for peace after WW I 1917 Event Federal government took over operation of American RR for duration of WW I 1917 Event 1st U.S. soldiers killed in combat in WW I 1917 Event In WW I, the 1st U.S. soldiers are killed in combat 1917 Event 1st Infantry division "Big Red One" shoots 1st U.S. shot in WW I 1917 Event 1st Americans to see action on front lines of WW I 1917 Death Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot, dies at 22 1917 Event China declares war on Germany and Austria at start of WW I 1917 Event WW I draft lottery held; #258 is 1st drawn 1917 Event 1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service 1917 Event 1st U.S. Expeditionary Force arrive in France during WW I 1917 Event After WW I King George V ordered members of British royal family to dispense with German titles and surnames, they take the name Windsor 1917 Event General Pershing and his HQ staff arrived in Paris during WW I 1917 Event 10 million U.S. men begin registering for draft in WW I 1917 Event Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WW I 1917 Event Leo Pinckney, 1st American drafted during WW I 1917 Death Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I 1917 Event AP reports Mexico and Japan will allie with Germany if U.S. enters WW I 1917 Event German plan to get Mexican help in WW I exposed (Zimmerman telegram) 1917 Birthday Harmen van Rossum, civil servant/resistance fighter, WW II 1916 Event French defeat Germans in WW I Battle of Verdun 1916 Birthday Ferdinand AM van der Ham, Dutch WW II resistance fighter 1916 Birthday Len Wilkinson, cricketer, England leg-spinner just before WW II 1916 Event Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun 1916 Event Italy declares war against Germany during WW I 1916 Birthday James D. Ramage, U.S. Lieutenant-Admiral, WW II - Palau, Guam, and Philippines 1916 Birthday Tokyo Rose, Iva Toguri D'Aquino, propagandist, WW II 1916 Death Victor Chapman, U.S. legionaire/WW I pilot, killed 1916 Death Max Immelmann, German pilot (WW I), killed 1916 Event U.S. Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WW I 1916 Event Battle of Verdun in WW I begins (1 million casualties) 1915 Death Edith L Cavell, British nurse, executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II) 1915 Birthday Colin Purdie Kelly, U.S., 1st U.S. air hero, during WW II 1915 Event Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary and Germany during WW I 1915 Event 1st military use of chlorine poison gas by Germany in WW I 1915 Event Edward Stone, 1st U.S. combatant to die in WW I, is mortally wounded 1915 Event 1st U.S. ship lost in WW I, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK) 1914 Event German forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I) 1914 Event German forces move into Antwerp Belgium (WW I) 1914 Event Battle of Aisne ends with Germans beating French during WW I 1914 Event Battle of Aisne begins between Germans and French during WW I 1914 Event Battle of Marne (WW I) begins: Germans chase out Russians 1914 Death Raffenel, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WW I), dies in battle 1914 Death Rondoney, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WW I), dies in battle 1914 Event France declares war on Austria-Hungary, leading to WW I 1914 Event Cuba, Uruguay, Mexico and Argentina proclaim neutrality in WW I 1914 Event U.S. declares neutrality in WW I 1914 Event Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France in WW I 1914 Event Emperor Wilhelm II declares war on his nephew tsar Nicolas II (WW I) 1914 Event Trois Vierges: German 69th infantry regiment enter Luxembourg Germany declares war on Russia in WW I 1914 Event Austria-Hungary issues ultimatum to Serbia leading to WW I 1914 Event Austria invades Serbia, WW I 1914 Birthday [Bert de] Wayne Morris, born in Los Angeles, California, WW II-pilot/actor, Paths of Glory 1913 Birthday Hugo Pos, Suriname/Netherlands WW II prosecutor of minor war crimes Tokyo 1912 Birthday Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II, saved 10,000s of Jews 1912 Birthday Henry L "Hank" Miller, U.S. pilot/Lieutenant-Admiral, WW II-Pacific 1912 Birthday Odette Hallowes, British classified agent in France, WW II 1910 Birthday Stephen Jurika, Jr., U.S. pilot/captain, WW II, Santa Cruz, Navy Cross 1910 Birthday Francis D Foley, U.S. Lieutenant-Admiral, WW II, Guadalcanal 1910 Birthday William I Martin, U.S. pilot/Vice-Admiral, WW II 1910 Birthday Martijn Lijnema, boer/resistance fighter, WW II 1910 Birthday Douglas R S Bader, British pilot, WW II 1910 Birthday Dominique Pire, Belgium, educator, aided WW II refugees, Nobel 1958 1910 Birthday Martha van Och-Scholl, German/Dutch resistance fighter, WW II 1910 Birthday David McCampbell, U.S. pilot/captain, WW II-Pacific-downed 34 Japanese planes 1909 Birthday Simone Weil, born in Paris, social philosopher/Resistance fighter, WW II 1909 Birthday Lionel KP "Buster" Crabb, British diver, WW II-George Medal 1908 Birthday Ben Seijes, Dutch historian, WW II 1906 Birthday Roy L Johnson, U.S. Admiral, WW II-Pacific Ocean 1905 Birthday Fitzhugh Lee, U.S. pilot/Vice-Admiral, WW II, Navy Cross 1905 Birthday John S "Jimmy" Thach, U.S. pilot/admiral, WW II 1904 Birthday Herbert D Riley, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II, Guadalcanal, Okinawa 1904 Birthday Paul D Stoop, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II-Coral Sea 1903 Birthday John Piper, British writer, US Churches in WW I, official war painter 1903 Birthday James S. Russell, U.S. pilot/admiral, WW II Pacific Ocean 1902 Birthday Jacques-Philippe Leclerc, France, WW II hero, liberator of Paris 1902 Birthday Truman J. Hedding, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II 1901 Birthday CFH "Freddie" Gough, British major scout, WW II, Arnhem 1900 Birthday Ernie Pyle, born in England, correspondent during WW II 1899 Birthday Lyman L Lemnitzer, Marine Corps general, WW II 1899 Birthday Jean Moulin, hero of the French Resistance, WW II 1899 Birthday Fritz Bayerlein, German Lieutenant-General, WW I, Poland, Libya, St-Lo 1898 Birthday Kurt Tank, German WW II aircraft designer 1897 Birthday Lucius du Bignon Clay, U.S., general, WW II, gov, West Germany 1896 Birthday Georgi K Zjukov, Russian minister of Defense, WW II 1896 Birthday Francis C Denebrink, U.S. Naval officer, WW I, WW II, Korea 1895 Birthday Walter Bedell Smith, U.S. general, WW II, head of CIA, 1950 - 1952 1895 Birthday Richard Sorge, German spy for U.S.S.R. in Tokyo, WW II 1895 Birthday Matthew B. Ridgway, U.S. general in WW II, China, Nicaragua, Korea, NATO 1895 Birthday Semjon Timoshenko, Russian marshal/inspector-general, WW II 1894 Birthday Andre de Meulemeester, Belgian WW I pilot, Eagle of Flanders 1894 Birthday Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot 1894 Birthday Gerald F Bogan, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II-Pacific Ocean 1892 Birthday Edmond Thieffry, Belgian WW I pilot/air pioneer 1892 Birthday Baron Willy Coppens de Houthulst, Belgian WW I pilot 1892 Birthday Josip Broz Tito, WW II partisan, leader of Yugoslavia, 1943-80 1892 Birthday Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, Red Baron, German WW I ace 1892 Birthday Robert P Tristram Coffin, poet/reporter, WW II 1892 Birthday Wladyslaw Anders, Polish general, WW I, WW II 1891 Birthday Erwin Rommel, German Field Marshal, WW II-African campaign 1890 Birthday Dwight D Eisenhower, Denison, Texas, R, 34th President, 1953 - 1961, General, WW 2 1890 Birthday Eddie Rickenbacker, aviator "Ace of Aces", WW I 1890 Birthday Arthur W. Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal, WW II 1889 Birthday Bert Collins, cricketer, Aussie batsman in the post WW I years 1888 Birthday Henry DG Crerar, Canadian general, WW I/Italy/Netherland 1887 Birthday Bernard L Montgomery, British field marshall, WW II-African campaign 1887 Birthday Rupert Brooke, British WW I poet, 1914 1887 Birthday Alvin York, famed U.S. soldier with 25 kills in WW I 1887 Birthday Marc A. "Pete" Mitscher, U.S. lt-admiral, WW II-Task Force 58 1886 Birthday William Booth, cricketer, Yorks all-rounder, England before WW I 1886 Birthday Henry "Hap" Arnold, commanding general, U.S. Army Air Force, WW II 1885 Birthday Chester Nimitz, U.S. Admiral, commanded Pacific fleet in WW II 1884 Birthday Tojo Hideki, Japanese Prime Minister during WW II 1883 Birthday Andrew Browne, Irish/British Admiral, WW II 1882 Birthday William "Bull" F Halsey, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II Pacific 1882 Birthday Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler, WW I 1882 Birthday Max [G M J] Winders Maximilien, Belgium, architect, WW II 1882 Birthday Walter Lucht, German artillery general, WW I/WW II 1881 Birthday Wladyslaw Sikorski, premier Poland, WW II general 1880 Birthday Johan H Westerveld, Dutch WW II resistance fighter/leader, OD 1880 Birthday Herbert Strudwick, cricketer, England wicket-keeper before and after WW I 1880 Birthday Douglas MacArthur, Little Rock, Arkansas, general, WW II, he did return! 1879 Birthday Billy Mitchell, aviation hero Gen, WW I 1878 Birthday Ernest J King, U.S. fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, WW II 1878 Birthday Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general, China, WW II 1878 Birthday Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron/general, White Armies, WW II 1877 Birthday Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord, Jutland, WW II 1876 Birthday Mata Hari, Margaretha G Zelle, dancer, courtesan and spy, WW I 1869 Birthday Emanuele F, duke of Aosta, Italian general, WW I, fascist 1865 Birthday Edith Louisa Cavell, England, nurse, WW I 1863 Birthday French Ferdinand, archduke of Austria, Sarajevo/WW I 1863 Birthday Reinhard Scheer, German Admiral, WW I 1861 Birthday Douglas Haig, British Field Marshal, Sudan, WW I 1860 Birthday John J, Blackjack, Pershing, U.S. commander, WW I 1857 Birthday Michail V Aleksejev, Russian general, WW I-chief of staff 1857 Birthday Otto von Below, German commandant, WW I 1855 Birthday Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey, WW I 1854 Birthday Louis Mountbatten, Admiral, WW I 1852 Birthday Louis FMF Franchet d'Esperey, Desperate Frankey, French marshal, WW I 1851 Birthday Ferdinand Foch, France, responsible for Allies winning WW I 1850 Birthday Luigi Cadorna, Italian Field Marshal/earl, WW I-Caporetto 1848 Birthday Helmuth J L von Moltke, German general/chief of staff, WW I 1801 Birthday Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian
