This Day in History : [ 08 / Jul ]

First Americans killed in South Vietnam

Maj.Dale R.Ruis and Master Sgt.

Chester M.Ovnand become the first Americans killed in the American phase of the Vietnam War when guerrillas strike a Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) compound in Bien Hoa 20 miles northeast of Saigon.The group had arrived in South Vietnam on November 1 1955 to provide military assistance.

The organization consisted of U.S.Army Navy Air Force and Marine Corps personnel who provided advice and assistance to the Ministry of Defense Joint General Staff corps and division commanders training centers and province and district headquarters.

Jul 08 1528

Emanuel Philibert Duke of Savoygovernor of Netherland

Jul 08 1593

Artemisia Gentileschi Italian painter (d. 1653)

Jul 08 1604

Heinrich Albert German composer (Arien oder Melodien)

Jul 08 1621

Jean de la Fontaine French poet (Fables) born in Chteau-Thierry Aisne France (d. 1695)

Jul 08 1637

Johann Georg Ebeling German composer born in Lneburg (d. 1676)

Jul 08 1757

Richard Wainwright English composer and church organist (d. 1825)

Jul 08 1760

Christian Kramp French mathematician (d. 1826)

Jul 08 1766

Dominique Jean Larrey French surgeon (d. 1842)

Jul 08 1792

Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen queen of Bavaria (d. 1854)

Jul 08 1809

Ljudwit Gaj Croatian writerpoet (Pjesma iz Zagorja)

Jul 08 1819

Alexander Hays American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Franklin Pennsylvania (d. 1864)

Jul 08 1819

Francis Leopold McClintock British naval officer and explorer (d. 1907)

Jul 08 1821

Jozef Lies Flemish painter born in Antwerp (d. 1865)

Jul 08 1821

William Harvey Lamb Wallace American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Urbana Ohio (d. 1862)

Jul 08 1824

Waldimir Kriz Krzyzanowski Polish-American engineer politician and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Greater Poland Voivodeship Poland (d. 1887)

Jul 08 1826

Benjamin Henry Grierson American Major General (Union Army) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (d. 1911)

Jul 08 1826

Robert Kingston Scott American governor of South Carolina (1868-1872) and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Armstrong County Pennsylvania (d. 1900)

Jul 08 1829

Pierre A Vicomte de Ponson du Terrail French serial writer

Jul 08 1830

Frederick William Seward United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1915)

Jul 08 1830

Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Altenburg (d. 1911)

Jul 08 1836

Joseph Chamberlain British minister of CommerceColonies

Jul 08 1844

Mary Johnson Lincoln educator (Boston Cooking School)

Jul 08 1857

Alfred Binet French child psychologist who invented the first practical IQ test (BinetSimon test) born in Nice France (d. 1911)

Jul 08 1859

Hank ODay American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcherumpiremanager (umpire 10 World Series) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1935)

Jul 08 1867

Kathe Kollwitz German print makersculptor (Bauernkrieg)

Jul 08 1869

William V Moody American poet (Death of Eve Faith Healer)

Jul 08 1870

Marie C of Zeggelen Dutch novelist (Koloniaaltje)

Jul 08 1871

Clement Harris English composer born in London (d. 1897)

Jul 08 1871

Kornelis ter Laan 1st Dutch socialist mayor (Zaandam)

Jul 08 1882

Percy Grainger composerpianistconductor (Hill Songs) born in Melbourne Victoria

Jul 08 1882

John Anderson 1st Viscount Waverley British civil servant politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1943-45) born in Midlothian Scotland (d. 1945)

Jul 08 1885

Ann Jemima Flower oldest resident of Netherlands

Jul 08 1889

Eugene Pallette American actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood The Mark of Zorro) born in Winfield Kansas (d. 1954)

Jul 08 1099 First Crusade 15000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on

Jul 08 1579 Our Lady of Kazan a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church was discovered underground in the city of Kazan Tatarstan

Jul 08 1672 William III is appointed stadholder by the States General in the Netherlands

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