1769 François-Séverin Marceau, in full François-Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, (born March 1, 1769, Chartres, Franceâdied September 21, 1796, Altenkirchen, Rhenish Palatinate [Germany]), French general, a notable young military hero of the early years of the French Revolutionary wars.
1794 William Jenkins Worth (March 1, 1794 â May 7, 1849) was a United States officer during the War of 1812, Second Seminole War, and MexicanâAmerican War.
1822 Charles Champion Gilbert was a United States Army officer during the MexicanâAmerican War and the American Civil War.
1822 Albin Francisco Schoepf was a European-born military officer who became a Union brigadier general during the American Civil War, best known as the commanding officer of Fort Delaware, a wartime camp for Confederate prisoners of war.
1904 Alton Glenn Miller was an American big-band trombonist, arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. He was the best-selling recording artist from 1939 to 1942, leading one of the best-known big bands. Miller’s recordings include “In the Mood”, “Moonlight Serenade”, “Pennsylvania 6-5000”, “Chattanooga Choo Choo”, “A String of Pearls”, “At Last”, Kalamazoo”, “American Patrol”, “Tuxedo Junction”, “Elmer’s Tune”, and “Little Brown Jug”. In just four years Glenn Miller scored 16 number-one records and 69 top ten hitsâmore than Elvis Presley and the Beatles did in their careers.
1941 Created by cartoonists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 (cover dated March 1941) from Timely Comics, a predecessor of Marvel Comics. Captain America was designed as a patriotic supersoldier who often fought the Axis powers of World War II and was Timely Comics’ most popular character during the wartime period.
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