July 15
Pershing, John Joseph 'Black Jack'b. September 13, 1860 d. July 15, 1948General of the Armies of the United States. Born in Laclede, Missouri, he was the son of a railroad switchman. At 17, he taught in a rural school for black children to earn enough money to pay for his college education at Kirksville Normal School (now Truman State University.) In 1881, answering an advertisement for the United States Military Academy's entrance exam, he sat for the exam and won entry to West Point in 1882.
Bonney, William 'Billy The Kid'
b. November 23, 1859 d. July 15, 1881
Legendary Outlaw. He was born in New York City as Henry McCarty. His mother's name was Catherine McCarty. Not very much information is known about his father except that he died when the Kid was young. Eventually, Catherine moved with the Kid and his brother Joseph to Wichita Kansas. After his first brush with the law, Catherine was diagnosed with tuberculosis and decided to move to New Mexico, where she remarried and died in 1874.
Stratton, Charles Sherwood 'General Tom Thumb'
b. January 4, 1838 d. July 15, 1883Circus Performer. Without question the most famous midget in history. Phineas T. Barnum discovered him, named him "General Tom Thumb" and made him a success, in 1842. When Charles Stratton was born, he was a large baby, weighing a little over nine pounds. He developed normally for a while, reaching 15 pounds and two feet, one inch in length by five months of age, then his growth stopped. By age five he had not grown an inch more, but otherwise he was a completely normal child.
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