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1816 Thomas Jackson Rodman (July 31, 1816 â June 7, 1871) was an American artillerist, inventor, ordnance specialist, and career United States Army officer.[1] He served as a Union Army officer during the American Civil War, in which he was noted for his many improvements and innovations concerning the artillery used by the Union forces.
1837 Elon John Farnsworth (July 30, 1837 â July 3, 1863) was a Union Army captain in the American Civil War. He commanded Brigade 1, Division 3 of the Cavalry Corps (Union Army) from June 28, 1863 to July 3, 1863, when he was mortally wounded and died at the Battle of Gettysburg. He was nominated by President Abraham Lincoln for appointment to the grade of brigadier general on June 29, 1863 but was not confirmed by the United States Senate before his death at Gettysburg.
1862 Nikolai Nikolayevich Yudenich (July 30 1862 – October 1933) was a commander of the Russian Imperial Army during World War I. He was a leader of the anti-communist White movement in Northwestern Russia during the Civil War
1881 Major General Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881 â June 21, 1940), nicknamed “Old Gimlet Eye”, was a senior United States Marine Corps officer who fought in both the Mexican Revolution and World War I. During his 34-year career as a Marine, he participated in military actions in the Philippines, China, and Central America; the Caribbean during the Banana Wars; and France in World War I. Butler was, at the time of his death, the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. By the end of his career, Butler had received 16 medals, five for heroism. He is one of 19 men to receive the Medal of Honor twice, one of three to be awarded both the Marine Corps Brevet Medal (along with Wendell Neville and David Porter) and the Medal of Honor, and the only Marine to be awarded the Brevet Medal and two Medals of Honor, all for separate actions.
1899 Hendricus Cornelis Willem “Harry” Moorman (30 July 1899 â 5 May 1971)was a Dutch politician. Moorman was a Catholic naval officer who was active in the Dutch East Indies. He became Secretary of State for the Navy in 1949, which he remained until 1959. He was also briefly in charge of human resources as Secretary of State for War.
1926 Peter Trevenen Thwaites (30 July 1926-23 May 1991) He joined the Grenadier Guards, was sent to the Castle Guard Company at Windsor, served in Germany, Egypt, London, He then commanded the Muscat Regiment in Oman, returned to the regiment to serve in Singapore and later returned to Muscat as Chairman of the Sultan’s Joint Staff. Working with Charles Ross, he wrote a number of plays, two of them played in the West End.
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