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- 0527 Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
- 1204 Death - Eleanor of Aquitaine wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81
- 1205 Death - Amalrik II King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies
- 1283 Birth - Ludwig IV of Baveria Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47)
- 1318 Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by the Scottish from the English.
- 1340 Niels Ebbesen kills Gerhard III of Holstein in his bedroom, ending the 1332-1340 interregnum in Denmark.
- 1548 Death - Sigismund I the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81
- 1572 In the Eighty Years' War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Spaniards, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.
- 1578 Birth - William Harvey England, physician (discovered blood circulation)
- 1582 Birth - Gaspar de Crayer Flemish painter
- 1582 Birth - Thomas Simpson composer
- 1611 Death - Gillis van Valkenborch Flemish painter, buried at about 72
- 1643 Birth - Christian Demelius composer
- 1697 Birth - Abb Prvost French novelist/journalist (Manon Lescaut)
- 1721 Birth - Pieter Hellendaal Dutch violinist/organist/composer (Glees)
- 1725 Birth - Franois Bainville composer
- 1732 Birth - Franz Josef Haydn Austria, composer (Die Schpfung)
- 1733 Canada's first lighthouse lit for the first time, using coal from nearby Morien and Spanish River, the round 200 metre tower, made with cement from limestone burned in local kilns, is the first fireproof concrete structure in North America.
- 1734 Death - Louis Lully composer, dies at 69
- 1755 Birth - Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin French politician/author (Physiologie du Got)
- 1772 Birth - Ignaz Franz von Mosel composer
- 1776 Ships carrying 1,124 United Empire Loyalists arrive at Halifax from Boston; many with the British Army; in all, 40,000 Americans remain loyal.
- 1778 Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$"
- 1785 Birth - J H Ferdinand Olivier German painter
- 1789 House of Reps first full meeting, NYC, F Muhlenberg first speaker
- 1789 In New York City, the United States House of Representatives holds its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first House Speaker.
- 1793 Birth - Edouard Corbire French captain/writer (Le negrier)
- 1799 Death - Narciso Casanovas composer, dies at 52
- 1802 Birth - Hubert Reis composer
- 1807 Birth - Fredrik Cygnaeus Finnish poet/literature critic
- 1807 Death - Louis Franois Chambray composer, dies at 69
- 1807 Death - Mikls Rvai Hungarian linguistic/poet, dies at 57
- 1807 Death - Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner composer, dies at 61
- 1809 Birth - Nikolai Gogol writer
- 1809 Birth - Willem Ruys J Dz Dutch ship owner
- 1814 Death - Jozef de Ferraris French/Austrian General/cartographer, dies at 87
- 1815 Birth - Otto Von Bismarck Germany, chancellor (1866-90)
- 1817 Birth - Johannes J van Oosterzee Dutch theologist
- 1823 Birth - Simon Bolivar Buckner Lieutenant General (Confederate Army), died in 1914
- 1826 Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
- 1830 Death - Carl Borromaus Neuner composer, dies at 51
- 1832 Death - Robert the Hermit US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies
- 1834 Birth - Isidore Edouard Legouix composer
- 1843 Birth - Ludwig Enneccerus German jurist
- 1847 Birth - Gavriil Musicescu composer
- 1847 Birth - Jules-Nicolas Crevaux French explorer (South America)
- 1850 SF County Govt established
- 1852 Birth - Edward Austin Abbey US, painter (Quest of the Holy Grail)
- 1852 Second Burmese War breaks out after British ultimatum to King of Burma.
- 1853 Cincinnati became first US city to pay firefighters a regular salary
- 1854 Hard Times begins serialisation in Charles Dickens magazine, Household Words.
- 1857 Herman Melville publishes The Confidence-Man.
- 1858 Birth - Arnold Aletrino Dutch physician-criminologist/author (From Life)
- 1858 Birth - Gaetano Mosca Italian sociologist (Circulation of Elite)
- 1863 Wartime conscription law in US goes into effect
- 1864 Birth - Marie Jungius Dutch fairy tale writer
- 1865 American Civil War: Battle of Five Forks - In Siege of Petersburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee begins his final offensive.
- 1865 Baie du Ha! Ha! Quebec, the first Canadian April Fools' Day on record celebrated by British troops and Canadian militia at Fort Poisson d'Avril.
- 1865 Battle of 5 Forks, signalling end of Lee's army
- 1865 Birth - Richard Zsigmondy Germany, chemist (Nobel-1925)
- 1866 Birth - Ferruccio D M B Busoni Italy, pianist/composer/conductor (Arlecchino)
- 1866 Birth - Johannes C H de Meere Dutch zoologist
- 1866 Birth - Sophonisba Breckenridge scholar/teacher/social activist
- 1866 Death - Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne composer, dies at 98
- 1866 Death - Johannes C H de Meijere Dutch zoologist, dies
- 1867 Blacks vote in municipal election in Tuscumbia, Alabama
- 1867 International Exhibition opens in Paris
- 1867 Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
- 1868 Birth - Edmond Rostand France, poet/playwright (Cyrano de Bergerac)
- 1868 Hampton Institute opens
- 1868 Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute is established in Hampton, Virginia.
- 1868 The Canadian Government fixes a uniform first class postal rate of three cents; establishes Post Office Savings Bank.
- 1869 Birth - Peter A Egge Norwegian writer (De Droom)
- 1869 Death - Anthony G O Ridder van Rappard Minister of Reformed Worship, dies at 69
- 1870 Death - Patrick Gass Sergeant of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 98
- 1870 Patrick Gass sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 98
- 1871 Birth - F Melius Christiansen composer
- 1872 Birth - Tadeusz Joteyko composer
- 1873 Birth - Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov Novgorod Provine Russia, composer (Prelude in C# Minor)
- 1873 British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die
- 1873 The British steamer SS Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547.
- 1875 Birth - Edgar Wallace England, novelist/playwright/journalist (The Terror)
- 1875 The Times of London becomes the first newspaper to print a daily weather chart.
- 1878 Birth - Carl Sternheim German playwright (Hyperion/Tabula Rasa)
- 1878 Death - Eugene Gautier composer, dies at 56
- 1883 Birth - Aleksander V Aleksandrov Russian composer/conductor
- 1883 Birth - Lon Chaney Colorado Springs CO, man of 1000 faces, actor (High Noon, Phantom of Opera)
- 1884 Birth - Laurette Taylor [Helen LM Cooney], US actress (Broadway)
- 1885 Birth - Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (Hozier) British barones
- 1886 Birth - Casimir von Paszthory composer
- 1886 Birth - Wallace Beery Kansas City MO, actor (Alias a Gentleman, Dinner at 8, Ah Wilderness)
- 1887 Birth - Leonard Bloomfield US linguist
- 1891 The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1892 A Charlois discovers asteroid #331 Etheridgea
- 1893 Birth - Cicely Courtneidge Sydney Australia, actress (Double Exposure)
- 1893 Navy General Order 409 of 25 February 1893 establishes the rate of Chief Petty Officer as of this date.
- 1893 The United States Navy rank of Chief Petty Officer is created.
- 1895 Birth - Alberta Hunter African-American blues singer/composer (Downhearted Blues)
- 1897 Birth - Willem H van de Pol Dutch theologist (Christian Dilemma)
- 1898 Birth - Nita Naldi [Anita Donna Dooley] New York NY, actress (Blood & Sand)
- 1898 Birth - Pola Gojawiczynska Polish writer (Stolica)
- 1898 Birth - Roger Bastide French sociologist
- 1901 Birth - Boris Koutzen composer
- 1901 Death - Franois M Raoult Fren physicist/chemist (Law of Raoult), dies at 70
- 1902 Birth - L P Jai cricketer (one Test India vs England 1934, scored 19 & 0)
- 1904 Birth - Juan Gil-Albert poet
- 1905 Birth - "Mother" Clara Hale US social worker (founded Hale House)
- 1905 Birth - Gaston Eyskens PM of Belgium (1949, 1958-61, 1968-72)
- 1905 Birth - Winfried P I Zillig German opera composer/conductor (Fantasia Irica)
- 1905 British East African Protectorate becomes colony of Kenya
- 1906 Birth - Ned Glass Poland, actor (Sol-Julia, Uncle Moe-Bridget Loves Bernie)
- 1906 Birth - Sigve Lie Norway, yachtsman (Olympics-gold-1948, 52)
- 1907 Birth - Walter Kaufmann composer
- 1907 Hurlstone Agricultural High School is founded.
- 1908 Birth - Abraham H Maslow US psychologist (humanistic psychology)
- 1909 Birth - Abner Biberman Milwaukee WI, director/actor (Imhook-Kodiak)
- 1910 Death - Andreas Aschenbach German painter/engraver, dies at 94
- 1910 Dumitru Dan (Romania) completed a 62,137 mile (100,000 m) walk
- 1911 Birth - Evert H "Bep" Bakhuys Dutch soccer star/writer
- 1911 Birth - Ferdinand J Kranenburg Dutch Secretary of Defense (Socialist Democrat)
- 1911 Birth - Gnther Rennert Essen Germany, opera director/producer
- 1912 The Greek athlete Konstantinos Tsiklitiras breaks the world record in standing long jump jumping 3.47 meters.
- 1914 Birth - Carla van Neste Belgian violinist
- 1914 Death - Rube Waddell baseballer, dies at 37 of TB
- 1915 Birth - Art Lund Salt Lake City UT, singer (Ken Murray Show)
- 1915 Birth - Willy Dixon blues artist (Mellow Down Easy)
- 1915 Death - Johann Joseph Abert composer, dies at 82
- 1916 Death - Gabrielle Petit Belgian resistance fighter, executed
- 1916 Death - Sjoerd van der Schaaf Frisian journalist/writer (Abbingawld), dies
- 1917 Birth - Johnny Andrews Boston MA, singer/host (Songs at Twilight)
- 1917 Birth - Leon Janney Ogden UT, actor (Hawk)
- 1917 Death - Scott Joplin ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48
- 1918 Death - Karl Fritjof Valentin composer, dies at 64
- 1918 England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force
- 1918 HMS Falcon, a Royal Navy 'C' Class destroyer sunk in collision in the North Sea with the trawler John Fitzgerald.
- 1918 In Alberta government declares total prohibition of alcoholic beverages. "the demon RUM"
- 1918 In Britain, the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Force amalgamate to form the Royal Air Force.
- 1918 The Royal Flying Corps is replaced by the Royal Air Force.
- 1920 Birth - Joan Frances Will actress
- 1920 Birth - Toshiro Mifune Tsing-tao China, writer/actor (Shogun)
- 1920 Church disestablished in Wales
- 1921 Birth - Douglas Allenbrook composer
- 1921 Birth - William L Bergsma Oakland CA, composer (Fortunate Island)
- 1921 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #950 Ahrensa
- 1922 Birth - William Manchester Attleboro MA, historian (Death of a President)
- 1922 Death - Charles I emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies
- 1923 Birth - Bobby Jordan Harrison NY, actor (Bowery Champs, Kid Dynamite, Flying Wild)
- 1924 Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years in jail for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch." However, he spends only nine months in jail, during which he writes the book Mein Kampf.
- 1924 Birth - Gunther Becker composer
- 1924 Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co
- 1924 First revenue flight for Belgium's Sabena Airlines
- 1924 Founding of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a separate service; RCAF previously founded by Billy Bishop in 1918 as a separate brigade.
- 1924 Imperial Airways formed in Britain
- 1924 The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
- 1925 Birth - Sala Burton (Representative-Democrat-CA, 1983- )
- 1925 Death - Francis William Davenport composer, dies at 77
- 1925 Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925]
- 1926 Birth - Anne [Inez] McCaffrey US, sci-fi author (Crystal Singer, Dragonflight, Dragondrums)
- 1926 Birth - Lyndon Brook actor (Invasion, Reach for the Sky)
- 1927 Automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice
- 1927 Birth - Amos Milburn rocker
- 1927 The American Department of Labor puts immigration quota on Canadians looking for work in the USA.
- 1928 Birth - Dimitri Frenkel Frank Dutch writer/director (Hadimassa)
- 1928 Birth - George Grizzard Roanoke Rapids NC, actor (Wrong is Right, Bachelor Party, Attica)
- 1928 Birth - Herbert Klein newscaster/press secretary
- 1928 Birth - Jane Powell Portland OR, singer/actress (7 Brides for 7 Brothers)
- 1928 The BOI (now FBI) prepared a Manual of Rules and Regulations for all investigative employees.
- 1929 Birth - Milan Kundera Czechoslovakia, poet/writer (Unbearable Lightness of Being, L'art du Roman, Joke)
- 1930 Birth - Grace Lee Whitney Ann Arbor MI, actress (Yeoman Rand-Star Trek)
- 1930 Birth - Joan Franks-Williams composer
- 1930 Death - Cosima Liszt wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, dies at 92
- 1930 Death - Zawditu 1st reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies
- 1930 Zawditu first reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies
- 1931 Birth - George Baker Bulgaria, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Curse of the Fly)
- 1931 Birth - Rolf Hochhuth German playwright (Deputy)
- 1931 Jackie Mitchell became first female in professional baseball
- 1932 Birth - Alex[ander Colleridge Vanderpuiye Baka] Tetteh-Lartey broadcaster, lawyer and actor (Caught, Laughter of God)
- 1932 Birth - Debbie Reynolds El Paso TX, actress (Singin' in the Rain)
- 1932 Birth - Gordon Jump Dayton OH, actor (Arthur Carlson-WKRP, Growing Pains)
- 1932 Birth - Jiri Smutny composer
- 1932 Ford introduced its new offering: the high-performance Ford V-8, the first Ford with an 8-cylinder engine.
- 1932 The RCMP absorbs provincial police forces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba and Alberta.
- 1933 Birth - Dan Flavin US minimalist sculptor
- 1933 Death - Frederick Lord Chelmsford viceroy of British-India (1916-21), dies at 64
- 1933 In the German state, the boycott of Jewish shops and businesses begins
- 1933 Nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews boycotting Jewish businesses
- 1933 The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in the series of anti-Semitic acts that will be known as the Holocaust.
- 1934 Birth - Don Hastings Brooklyn NY, actor (Captain Video, Bob-As the World Turns)
- 1934 Birth - Jim Ed Brown Sparkman AR, country singer (Nashville on the Road)
- 1934 Bonnie and Clyde kill two young highway patrolmen near Grapevine, Texas.
- 1935 Birth - Hans H Boswinkel actor/director (Surprise Attack, Tutorials in Love)
- 1935 Birth - John Murray cricketer (England 1961-67, 1st wk called Murray to play Tests)
- 1935 First radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, NY
- 1935 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1344 Caubeta
- 1936 Death - Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky composer, dies at 61
- 1936 Orissa Formation of the Indian state orissa(1936), formerly known as UTKAL.
- 1936 Orissa constituted a province of British India
- 1937 Aden becomes a British crown colony.
- 1937 M Laugier discovers asteroid #1426 Riviera
- 1938 Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, NY
- 1939 Birth - Ali MacGraw Pound Ridge NY, actress (Love Story, Goodbye Columbus)
- 1939 Birth - Phil Niekro knuckleball pitcher (New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves)
- 1939 Birth - Rudolph Isley Cincinnati OH, rocker (Isley Brothers-Shout)
- 1939 Generalsimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announced the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrendered.
- 1939 US recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war
- 1941 Birth - Ajit Wadekar cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman & captain)
- 1941 Death - Hippolyte Delehaye Flemish historian, dies at 81
- 1941 Navy takes over Treasure Island (SF Bay)
- 1941 The Blockade Runner Badge for German navy is instituted.
- 1942 Birth - Alan Blakley rocker (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes)
- 1942 Birth - Danny Brooks rocker (Dovells)
- 1942 Birth - Phil Margo Brooklyn NY, rock vocalist (Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight)
- 1942 Birth - Samuel R[ay] Delany Jr US, sci-fi author (Towers of Toron, Dhalgren, Neveryona)
- 1942 Department of Munitions & Supply puts gasoline on coupon rationing; national speed limit of 64 km an hour proclaimed.
- 1942 First Naval Air Transportation Service (NATS) squadron for Pacific operations commissioned
- 1944 Accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen. The bombers were lost.
- 1944 Birth - Carol White England, actress (Daddy's Gone a Hunting)
- 1945 Birth - Heather Young Bremerton WA, actress (Betty-Land of Giants)
- 1945 Over 1200 Navy ships and Army troops begin invasion of Okinawa
- 1945 US forces launch invasion of Okinawa during WW II
- 1945 World War II: Operation Iceberg - United States troops land on Okinawa in the last campaign of the war.
- 1946 400,000 US mine workers strike
- 1946 Aleutian Island earthquake: A 7.8 magnitude earthquake near the Aleutian Islands creates a tsunami that strikes the Hawaiian Islands killing 159 (mostly in Hilo, Hawaii).
- 1946 Birth - Arthur Conley US soul singer (Sweet Soul Music)
- 1946 Birth - John Barbata drummer (Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor)
- 1946 Birth - Ronnie "Plonk" Lane London England , rock bassist (Small Faces-Hey Girl)
- 1946 Birth - William Frederick Fisher Dallas TX, MD/astronaut (STS 51-I)
- 1946 Death - Noah Beery actor (Beau Geste, Cimarron Kid, Mammy), dies at 62
- 1946 Formation of the Malayan Union.
- 1946 Tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo Hawaii
- 1947 Birth - David Eisenhower grandson of President Dwight, married Julie Nixon
- 1947 Death - George II king of Greece, dies at 56
- 1947 Greece's King George II died.
- 1948 Birth - Jimmy Cliff Reggae singer
- 1948 Birth - Simon Crowe rock drummer (Boomtown Rats-Maxinguaye)
- 1948 Birth - Y Y Williams Welsh rugby player
- 1948 Cold War: Berlin Airlift - Military forces, under direction of the Soviet-controlled government in East Germany, set-up a land blockade of West Berlin.
- 1948 Faroe Islands receive autonomy from Denmark.
- 1948 Helicopter Utility Squadron, HU-1, the first of its type in the U.S. Navy, was established at NAS\ Lakehurst
- 1949 Birth - Gill Scott-Heron US, writer/poet/singer (Whities on the Moon)
- 1949 Chinese Civil War: Communist Party of China hold unsuccessful peace talks with the Kuomintang in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
- 1949 Newfoundland becomes the tenth province of Canada and the Newfoundland Railway becomes part of the Canadian National system. This narrow gauge system had been operated by the island government since 1923.
- 1949 The twenty-six counties of the Irish Free State become the Republic of Ireland.
- 1950 Birth - Ed[uardus] Nijpels Dutch minister of Environment (VVD)
- 1950 Birth - Leonard van Spirit Dutch/British fruit/food magnate
- 1950 Charles R Drew surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45
- 1950 Death - Charles R Drew surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45
- 1951 Death - Clement D'Hooghe composer, dies at 51
- 1952 Visitor posting - James Clifford Wright was born in Philadelphia, Pa, USA
- 1952 Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe & Gamow
- 1952 Birth - Abdel Basset Ali Al-Megrahi Tripoli Libya, bomber (Pan Am 103)
- 1952 Birth - Annette O'Toole Houston TX, actress (Cat People, Superman III)
- 1952 Birth - Billy Currie rock keyboardist/violinist (Ultravox-We Came to Dance)
- 1952 Birth - Rey Robinson US, 100 meter sprinter (Olympics-1972)
- 1952 Death - Ferenc Molnr Hungarian playwright (Farkas, Tester), dies at 76
- 1953 Birth - Aftab Baloch cricketer (Pakistani in 2 Tests, scored 428 for Sind 74)
- 1953 Birth - Barry Sonnenfeld director (When Harry Met Sally, Big, Misery)
- 1954 Army helicopter battalion formed, Fort Bragg, NC
- 1954 Birth - Jeff Porcaro Los Angeles CA, drummer/percussionist (Toto-Roxanne, Africa)
- 1954 President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
- 1954 US Air Force Academy established
- 1955 Birth - Danny Joe Pohl Mount Pleasant MI, PGA golfer (1986 Colonial)
- 1955 Birth - Stan Ridway rocker (Wall Of Voodoo)
- 1955 Death - Silvio d'Amico Italian theater critic (Il Teatro Italian), dies at 68
- 1955 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1852 Carpenter
- 1955 The EOKA rebellion starts in Cyprus, aiming at the island's independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1957 Birth - David Gower cricketer (elegant England left-handed batsman 1978-92)
- 1957 Birth - Donald William Hammond Frederick MD, PGA golfer (1986 Bob Hope)
- 1957 Birth - Peter Deutsch (Representative-Democrat-FL)
- 1957 Death - Gheorge Tatarescu premier Romania (1933-37, 39-40), dies
- 1958 Birth - Anton Innauer Austria, 70 meter ski jumper (Olympics-gold-1980)
- 1960 Death - Piet[er O] Bakker Dutch journalist/writer (Ciske), dies at 62
- 1960 Mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee
- 1960 RCA (TV & Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched
- 1960 U Nu elected premier of Burma
- 1961 Birth - Jennifer Runyon actress (Cindy-A Very Brady Christmas, Gwendolyn-Charles in Charge)
- 1961 Birth - Jim Jeffcoat NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
- 1961 Birth - Mark White rock guitarist (ABC-All of My Heart)
- 1961 Jim Bakker marries Tammy Faye
- 1962 Birth - Phillip Schofield TV personality/designer (Nightfire)
- 1962 Birth - Rich Amaral Visalia CA, outfielder (Seattle Mariners)
- 1963 NYC's newspapers resume publishing after a 114 day strike
- 1963 Soap operas "General Hospital" & "The Doctors" premier on TV
- 1963 The Soap Opera General Hospital debuted
- 1964 Birth - John Morris cricketer (England right-hand batsman vs India 1990)
- 1964 Birth - Kevin Duckworth NBA center (Milwaukee Bucks)
- 1964 Visitor posting - Rob Longhe born - securing Alberta's future - Canada
- 1964 Birth - Scott Stevens Kitchener, NHL defenseman (New Jersey Devils, Team Canada)
- 1964 Death - Bozidar Kunc composer, dies at 60
- 1964 John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years
- 1965 Birth - John "Jumbo" Elliot NFL tackle (New York Giants, New York Jets)
- 1965 Birth - Mark Jackson NBA guard (Indiana Pacers)
- 1965 Birth - Peter O'Toole Irish pop bassist (Hothouse Flowers-People, Home, Don't Go)
- 1965 Death - Henry D G Crerar Canadian General (WWI, Normandy), dies at 76
- 1966 Birth - Dave Vankoughnett CFL corner (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
- 1966 Birth - Odie Harris NFL safety/defensive back (Houston Oilers)
- 1966 Death - Karl B Adam German theologist (Jesus Christ), dies at 89
- 1966 The command, US Naval Forces Vietnam established
- 1967 Helicopter squadron HAL 3 activated at Vung Tau
- 1967 Robert Gauchie found by rescue workers after 58 day search; bush pilot forced down in remote section of NWT.
- 1967 The United States Department of Transportation begins operation.
- 1968 Birth - Joel Smeenge NFL defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
- 1968 Death - Lev D Landau Russian physicist (Nobel 1962), dies at 59
- 1969 Birth - Andrew Vlahov Australian basketball forward (Olympics-1988, 92, 96)
- 1969 Birth - Arnaud Boetsch Meulam France, tennis star (1985 European Junior)
- 1969 Birth - Frank Castillo El Paso TX, pitcher (Chicago Cubs)
- 1969 Birth - John Forest soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
- 1969 Birth - Kevin Dean Madison, NHL defenseman (New Jersey Devils)
- 1969 Birth - Traci Lin-Tavi New York NY, actress (Ryan's Hope, F/X, Fright Night 2)
- 1969 Death - Helena Rubinstein US cosmetic manufacturer, dies at about 89
- 1969 The Hawker Siddeley Harrier enters service with the RAF.
- 1970 Birth - Mark Wheeler NFL defensive tackle (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New England Patriots)
- 1970 Birth - Wes Barnett St Joseph MO, 238lb (108kg) weightlifter (Olympics-6th-92, 96)
- 1970 Birth - Wyatt Jones Honolulu HI, kayak (alternate-Olympics-96)
- 1970 John & Yoko release hoax they are having dual sex change operations
- 1970 L Chernykh discovers asteroid 1805 Dirikis, 1957 Angara & 1976 Kaverin
- 1970 President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring surgeon general's warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertisements on television and radio in the United States starting on January 1, 1971.
- 1971 Birth - Daniel Vacek Prague Czechoslovakia, tennis star
- 1971 Birth - Ernest Jones NFL defensive end (Saints, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
- 1971 Birth - Jessica Collins [Capogna] actress (Dinah Lee Mayberry-Loving)
- 1971 HM-12, the Navy's first helicopter squadron devoted exclusively to mine countermeasures was established at NAS Norfolk
- 1971 US/Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere
- 1971 United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership
- 1972 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
- 1972 Birth - Kenny Gales NFL/WLAF cornerback (Chicago Bears, Barcelona Dragons)
- 1972 Birth - Mike McCoy WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals)
- 1972 Major league baseball players stages first collective strike
- 1972 Pacific Great Eastern Railway changes its name to British Columbia Railway.
- 1973 Birth - Ferdy Vierklau soccer player (FC Utrecht)
- 1973 Birth - Stephen Fleming cricketer (New Zealand left-handed Test batsman 1994-)
- 1973 Death - Arthur Wood cricket wicket-keeper (England 1938-39), dies
- 1973 Japan allows its citizens to own gold
- 1973 Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Corbett National Park, India.
- 1974 Death - Alfred Ernest Whitehead composer, dies at 86
- 1974 In the United Kingdom, the Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties come into being.
- 1974 Pioneer Hall opens
- 1975 Birth - Kristine Quance 100 meter breaststroke/200 meter medley (Olympics-96)
- 1975 Birth - Magdalena Maleeva Sofia Bulgaria, tennis star (1995 Chicago Moscow)
- 1975 Canadian radio and TV stations first start giving the temperature in Celsius, so 32 degrees becomes 0 go figure
- 1975 On April Fool's Day, 1975, pranksters broke into London's Big Ben and switched its gears so that it ran counter-clockwise.
- 1975 Death - Eugeen Yoors Flemish draftsman/glass painter, dies at 95
- 1976 Apple Computer is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
- 1976 Birth - Clarence Seedorf Surinam/Dutch soccer player (Ajax, Real Madrid)
- 1976 Conrail takes over operations from six bankrupt railroads in the northeastern U.S..
- 1976 Death - Freddie Lennon father of John Lennon (Beatles), dies at 63
- 1976 Death - Max Ernst German/French surrealist painter/sculptor, dies at 85
- 1976 Death - Miroslav Ponc composer, dies at 73
- 1976 Death - S Constantine Timoshenko Russian marshal, dies at 75
- 1976 Freddie Lennon father of John Lennon, dies at 63
- 1976 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2206 Gabrova, #2312 Duboshin, #2361 Gogol, #2606 Odessa, #2722 Abalakin, #2734 Hasek,
- 1976 Ottawa raises the federal minimum wage to $2.90 per hour.
- 1977 NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games
- 1978 Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, was converted to Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
- 1979 Death - Marinus Peijnenburg Dutch politician, dies at 51
- 1979 Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah
- 1979 Iran's government becomes an Islamic Republic by a 98% vote, overthrowing the Shah officially.
- 1979 National Energy Board raises export tax on light crude oil $1.00 per barrel to $8.00, Albertians are not happy
- 1979 Nickelodeon (TV Channel) starts
- 1980 Birth - Bryan Buffinton Ridgewood NJ, actor (Bill Lewis Jr-Guiding Light)
- 1980 New York City's Transit Worker Union 100 goes on strike, lasting 11 days.
- 1980 Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist
- 1981 Daylight saving time is introduced in the USSR.
- 1981 Death - D[ennis] F[eltham] Jones sci-fi author (Colossus), dies at 65
- 1981 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3480 Abante
- 1982 Birth - Sam Huntington actor (Jungle 2 Jungle)
- 1982 US formally transfers Canal Zone to Panama
- 1984 8 men record longest distance rowed in 24 hours at 13 miles
- 1984 Visitor posting - my name is rajesh son of gangadhar student - India [email protected]
- 1984 Death - Marvin Gaye shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in Los Angeles CA at 44
- 1984 Marvin Gaye shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA
- 1986 US sub Nathaniel Green runs aground in the Irish Sea
- 1986 World oil prices dip below $10 a barrel
- 1988 Death - Jim Jordan actor (Fibber McGee), dies from a blod clot at 91
- 1988 Death - Marius W Holtrop economist/president (Netherlands Bank), dies at 85
- 1988 Jim Jordan radio's Fibber McGee, dies at 91 in a fall
- 1989 Death - Henk Gortzak Dutch MP (CPN/PSP), dies at 57
- 1989 Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the 'poll tax'), was introduced in Scotland.
- 1990 CBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger
- 1990 It becomes illeagal in Salem Oregon to be within 2' of nude dancers
- 1990 Jack Nicklaus wins first start on Senior PGA tour
- 1990 Ottawa signs final land claim agreement with Yukon First Nations; gives them surface title to 41,000 sq km; of land, plus mineral rights and $232 million cash.
- 1990 Wrestlemania VI-Ultimate Warrior beats Hulk Hogan for championship
- 1991 Death - Martha Graham US, choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at 96
- 1991 Death - Paulo Muwanga chief of Uganda (1980), dies
- 1991 Death - Richard Thorpe director (MGM), dies at 95
- 1991 Richard Thorpe director (MGM), dies at 95
- 1991 US minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour
- 1991 Warsaw Pact officially disolves
- 1992 Death - Juanito soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at 37 in car crash
- 1992 Juanito soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at 37 in car crash
- 1992 Visitor posting - J. D. Huskey was born into this world only eleven days prior to his future wife. - USA
- 1992 NFL decides to stay with 17 week sched instead of expanded 18 games
- 1993 Death - Alan Kulwicki stock car racer, dies in plane crash at 38
- 1993 Death - Ihsan Mohamed Salem [Yunis Awad] Palestinian Al-Fatah leader, killed
- 1993 Death - Juan of Borbon y Battemberg father of king Juan Carlos I, dies
- 1993 Death - Wayne Mack sportscaster/actor (Storyville), dies of cancer at 68
- 1994 Death - Leon Degrelle Belgium General, dies
- 1994 Death - Robert Doisneau French photographer (The Kiss), dies at 81
- 1994 Death - Rosalind Laura Burke aviatrix, dies at 86
- 1994 Death - Stuart Sloan war hero/test pilot, dies at 72
- 1995 Death - Cheryl Waltz author/film producer, dies at 50
- 1995 Death - Francisco Moncion dancer, dies at 73
- 1995 Death - Johnny Nicholss footballer, dies at 63
- 1995 Death - Lucie Rie potter, dies at 93
- 1995 Death - Richard Pool naval Officer, dies at 75
- 1995 Death - Sampson DeBrier actor (Inauguration of Pleasure Dome), dies at 86
- 1996 Death - Alfredo Nobre Coast PM of Portugal (1978), dies
- 1996 Death - Edwin H "Buddy" Morris music publisher, dies at 89
- 1996 Death - John Alwyne Kitching zoologist, dies at 87
- 1996 Death - John McSheery dies of heart attack while umpiring a game, at 51
- 1996 Death - Mario Viegas actor (The Jew, Divine Comedy), dies at 47
- 1996 The Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia was created.
- 1996 Visitor posting - On this day in history, Whitley Ann Carroll of Huntington, Texas was born into the world. Whitley is beautiful! - USA
- 1997 Death - Jolie Gabor mother of Zsa Zsa & Eva, dies at 97
- 1997 Death - Nancy Woodhull news editor (USA Today), dies of cancer at 52
- 1999 Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved from the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
- 1999 Taiwanese-based Four Pillars Enterprises became the first foreign company convicted of economic espionage under the Economic Espionage Act of 1996. This landmark investigation was conducted by the Cleveland Division.
- 2001 An EP-3E United States Navy plane collides with a Chinese People's Liberation Army fighter jet. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan, People's Republic of China and is detained. See Hainan Island incident.
- 2001 Former president of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Miloevi surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on charges of war crimes.
- 2001 Same-sex marriage comes into force in the Netherlands, which is the first country to allow it.(Timeline of same-sex marriage)
- 2002 The Netherlands legalizes euthanasia, becoming the first nation in the world to do so.
- 2006 The Serious Organised Crime Agency, dubbed the 'British FBI', is created in the United Kingdom.
- 2009 Visitor posting - April 1st 2009 Evan William Chappell is born! luv u bud! - USA
- 2010 Visitor posting - paige amber and paiges anniversary!! - USA
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