Carl Nesjar & Bharat Raj Upreti RIIIIP: Up and Reti

Two notable persons listed on Wikipedia's Deaths in 2015 site under May 23 and May 24 had died one day apart (albeit their wiki page at this time claims they died two days apart),  had also celebrated their birthdays two days apart.  Note from their wiki pages:

• Carl Nesjar (né Carlsen; 6 July 1920 – 23 May 2015) 
• Bharat Raj Upreti (July 8, 1950 – May 25, 2015)

Still, what we have is a "July 6, __, 8/ Date Sequence" pattern-cluster ...a special cluster  designed as a prompt for us to investigate the wiki page of July 7th:

July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 177 days remaining until the end of the year.

So note the twin 88 and 77... additions to the "Identical Number Sequence" pattern-cluster.  So going to the list of notable events occurring on July 7th, note the following:

• 1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.

The triple 777 in the year is a heads up!!  Note from the Battle of Hubbardton's wiki page:

On the morning of July 7, 1777, British forces, under General Simon Fraser, caught up with the American rear guard of the forces retreating after the withdrawal from Fort Ticonderoga.

So July 7, 1777 is numerically 7/7/1777!!

I'll leave the rest for you to investigate the other cryptic communications occurring as a result of this "timely" battle.

And also when investigating the American Revolutionary war, who crops up butt:

William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, KB, PC (10 August 1729 – 12 July 1814)

He was born on the 222nd day of the year!!