William Day (October 23, 1715 in Springfield, Massachusetts – March 22, 1797 in Sheffield) was a Springfield, Massachusetts (United States), sea captain who acted against America's enemies in both the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. In 1777 he received the first gun salute to an American fighting vessel in a European port.
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23 October 1715 Springfield, Massachusetts, American Colonies (Now USA)
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Died |
22 March 1797 (aged 81)
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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