JUNE 7
1778 George Bryan “Beau” Brummell (7 June 1778 â 30 March 1840) was an important figure in Regency England and for many years the arbiter of men’s fashion. At one time he was a close friend of the Prince Regent, the future King George IV, but after the two quarrelled, and Brummell got into debt, he had to take refuge in France. Eventually he died shabby and insane in Caen. In June 1794 Brummell joined the Tenth Royal Hussars as a cornet, the lowest rank of commissioned officer, and soon after had his nose broken by a kick from a horse. His father died in 1795, by which time Brummell had been promoted to lieutenant. His father had left an inheritance of £65,000, of which Brummell was entitled to a third. Ordinarily a considerable sum, it was inadequate for the expenses of an aspiring officer in the personal regiment of the Prince of Wales. The officers, many of whom were heirs to noble titles and lands, “wore their estates upon their backs â some of them before they had inherited the paternal acres.” Officers in any military regiment were required to provide their own mounts and uniforms and to pay mess bills, but the 10th in particular had elaborate, nearly endless variations of uniform; also, their mess expenses were unusually high as the regiment did not stint itself on banquets or entertainment.
1812 Theophilus Toulmin Garrard (June 7, 1812 â March 15, 1902) was a politician, Union general in the American Civil War, farmer, and businessman. At the outbreak of the Civil War Garrard was authorized to raise a regiment of infantry. He personally recruited eight companies: two from Clay County, two from Laurel County, two from Knox County, and two from Whitley County. Garrard was appointed colonel of the 7th Kentucky Infantry on September 22, 1861.
1857 Major-General Rudolf Anton Carl Freiherr von Slatin, Geh. Rat, GCVO KCMG CB (7 June 1857 â 4 October 1932, Vienna) was an Anglo-Austrian soldier and administrator in the Sudan.
1896 Douglas Campbell (June 7, 1896 â October 16, 1990) was an American aviator and World War I flying ace. He was the first American aviator flying in an American-trained air unit to achieve the status of ace. Assigned to the Air Service, Campbell learned to fly in a Curtiss Jenny aircraft and was later trained in a Nieuport fighter. He was assigned to the famous Pursuit 94th Aero Squadron (the “Hat in the ring” gang) – at this stage flying Nieuport 28 fighters. He was noted for several firsts in his service. He flew the squadron’s first patrol along with two other famous aviators, Eddie Rickenbacker and Raoul Lufbery. Due to supply problems, the trio flew their first mission in unarmed planes. His first kill came while flying in an aircraft armed with only one rather than the usual two machine guns.
1897 Kirill Afanasievich Meretskov ( 7 June 1897 â 30 December 1968) was a Soviet military commander. Having joined the Communist Party in 1917, he served in the Red Army from 1920. During the Winter War of 1939â1940 against Finland, he had the task of penetrating the Mannerheim Line as commander of the 7th Army. He was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union shortly afterwards.
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