Abd al-RaḥmÄn al-DÄkhil, (died October 15, 961, Córdoba), first caliph and greatest ruler of the Umayyad Arab Muslim dynasty of Spain. He reigned as hereditary emir (âprinceâ) of Córdoba from October 912 and took the title of caliph in 929.
Israel Putnam (January 7, 1718 â May 29, 1790), popularly known as “Old Put”, was an American army general officer who fought with distinction at the Battle of Bunker Hill during the American Revolutionary War (1775â1783). He also served notably as an officer with Rogers’ Rangers during the French and Indian War (1754â1763), when he was captured by Mohawk warriors. He was saved from the ritual burning given to enemies by the intervention of a French officer with whom the Mohawk were allied.
Daniel P. Tyler IV (January 7, 1799 â November 30, 1882) was an iron manufacturer, railroad president, and one of the first Union Army generals of the American Civil War.
Stephen Miller (January 7, 1816 â August 18, 1881) was an American Republican politician. During the Civil War, this middle-aged soldier with no previous military experience advanced rapidly from the rank of private to colonel in the 1st Minnesota Infantry. He was the first Civil War veteran to serve as Minnesota Governor. He was the fourth Governor of Minnesota .
Andrew Browne Cunningham, (born January 7, 1883, Dublin, Irelandâdied June 12, 1963, London, England), British naval officer who was an outstanding combat commander early in World War II and served as first sea lord of the Admiralty from 1943 to 1946.
George Stephen Morrison (January 7, 1919 â November 17, 2008) was a United States Navy rear admiral (upper half) and naval aviator. Morrison was commander of the U.S. naval forces in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident of August 1964, which sparked an escalation of American involvement in the Vietnam War. He was the father of Jim Morrison, the lead singer of the rock band The Doors, who died in July 1971.
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