1633 Samuel Pepys FRS was an administrator of the navy of England and Member of Parliament who is most famous for the diary he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man. Pepys had no maritime experience, but he rose to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under both King Charles II and King James II through patronage, diligence, and his talent for administration.
1646 Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (å¾³å· ç¶±å, February 23, 1646 â February 19, 1709) was the fifth shÅgun of the Tokugawa dynasty of Japan. He was the younger brother of Tokugawa Ietsuna, thus making him the son of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the grandson of Tokugawa Hidetada, and the great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Tsunayoshi is known for instituting animal protection laws, particularly for dogs. This earned him the nickname of “the dog shÅgun”. He had a dog named Takemaru.
1818 Jeremy Francis Gilmer was an American soldier, mapmaker, and civil engineer most noted for his service as the Chief Engineer of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. As a major general, he oversaw the planning of the elaborate defenses of the city of Atlanta, Georgia.
1824 Lewis Cass Hunt served as Lt. Col., 67th Ohio Infantry in the Civil War. On March 13, 1865 he was appointed Brevet Brigadier General, USV. In civilian life he was a dry goods merchant. Lewis Cass Hunt served as Lt. Col., 67th Ohio Infantry in the Civil War. On March 13, 1865 he was appointed Brevet Brigadier General, USV. In civilian life he was a dry goods merchant.
1838 Gilbert Moxley Sorrel was a staff officer and Brigadier General in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States. A late addition to the Third Corps as a brigade level commander, Moxley Sorrel earned his promotion serving as a trusted aide to First Corps General James Longstreet.
1915 Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the pilot who flew the B-29 Superfortress known as the Enola Gay when it dropped Little Boy, the first of two atomic bombs used in warfare, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
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