Claude Stilwell By dstilwell Sep 16, 1940 Claude Stilwell Born Period: Sep 16, 1940 to Mar 6, 2012 Claude Stilwell Dec 7, 1941 Bombing of Pearl Harbor Occurs Mar 7, 1942 Invention of the T-Shirt Nov 14, 1943 Torpedo Mistankingly Fired At President Roosevelt On November 14, 1943 a torpedo was mistakely fired at the battleship U.S. Iowa, which was carrying the United States President. Jun 6, 1944 D-Day May 26, 1945 U.S. Dropped Fire Bomb On Japan Apr 20, 1946 First Baseball Game Telecasted In Chicago Apr 7, 1947 Henry Ford Dies Jul 7, 1948 Women In The U.S. Navy Feb 7, 1949 Joe DiMaggio of the NY Yankees Became the 1st $100,000/Year Baseball Player Apr 9, 1950 Bob Hope's First TV Appearance Feb 3, 1951 Tennessee Williams' "Rose Tattoo," Premiers in NYC Jan 12, 1952 University of Tennessee Admits It's First Black Student May 11, 1953 Tornado Kills 114 People In Waco, Texas Jan 4, 1954 Elvis Presley Records a Ten Minute Demo In Nashville Jan 19, 1955 Eisenhower is First President to Appear on Color TV Nov 30, 1956 First Use of Videotape on TV Feb 17, 1957 Fire in Warreton, Mo kills 72 Mar 24, 1958 Elvis Presley Joins The Army Aug 21, 1959 Hawaii Becomes a State Jan 11, 1961 Race Riot at The University of Georgia Dec 21, 1962 Bay of Pigs Captives Released Nov 22, 1963 Death of JFK Mar 24, 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar Issued Feb 21, 1965 Malcolm X Dies Mar 4, 1966 North Sea Gas Was First Pumped Ashore By BP Feb 15, 1967 Thirteen U.S. Helicopters Shot Down In Vietnam Apr 16, 1968 Troops Will Start Coming Home From Vietnam Jun 8, 1969 Mark Stilwell Born Jun 13, 1970 Beatles Album "Let It Be" Becomes #1 Jul 26, 1971 Apollo 15 Was Launched From Cape Kennedy Jan 14, 1972 "Sanford & Son" Premiered on NBC TV Dec 26, 1973 "The Exorcist" Premiers Jun 20, 1975 The Steven Spielberg Shark Thriller "Jaws" was First Released Jun 12, 1977 "Pippin" Closed at Imperial Theater in NYC After 1944 Performances Aug 18, 1979 Twinsburg, Ohio, Began Holding an Annual Festival and Parade for Twins Jun 12, 1981 "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" Starring Harrison Ford Premiered May 15, 1983 The Madison Hotel in Boston, Mass., was Destroyed by Implosion Sep 1, 1985 Sunken Titanic Is Discovered Jun 6, 1987 President Reagan Met With Pope John Paul II at the Vatican Mar 19, 1989 Muslim Gunners Fire Rockets into Christian Areas of Lebanon Mar 18, 1991 Son Is Fighting In Saudi Arabia Jan 29, 1993 President Clinton Announces His Plan to Lift the Ban on Gays in the Military Feb 25, 1995 Danika Stilwell (Granddaughter) Born Dec 21, 1996 Devin Stilwell (Grandson) Born May 5, 1999 Peyton Stilwell (Grandson) Born Sep 11, 2001 9/11 Jun 5, 2004 Ronald Raegon Dies Jun 13, 2008 Cedar Rapids Flood Of 2008 Feb 11, 2012 Whitney Houston Dies
