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- 0068 Galba, governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Roman emperors begun with Julius Caesar and Augustus.
- 0742 Birth - Charlemagne 1st Holy Roman emperor (800-14)
- 1118 Death - Boudouin I of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies
- 1416 Death - Ferdinand I the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52
- 1453 Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (stanbul), which would fall on May 29.
- 1502 Death - Arthur English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragn, dies
- 1513 Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Le¢n
- 1513 Juan Ponce de Leon sets foot on Florida becoming the first known European to do so.
- 1550 Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy
- 1602 Birth - Maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel] Spanish franciscan
- 1618 Birth - Francesco M Grimaldi mathematician/physicist (light defraction)
- 1628 Birth - Constantin Christian Dedekind composer
- 1632 Birth - Georg Caspar Weckler composer
- 1640 Death - Matthias C Sarbiewski [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45
- 1657 Death - Ferdinand III King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48
- 1705 Death - Johann Lohner composer, dies at 59
- 1711 Birth - Jan Punt Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool)
- 1713 Birth - Onno Zwier van Haren Frisian poet (Fatherland)
- 1725 Birth - Casanova writer
- 1728 Birth - Franz Asplmayr composer
- 1733 Birth - Giacomo Tritto composer
- 1735 Birth - Christian Gotthilf Tag composer
- 1735 Birth - Franz Volrath Buttstett composer
- 1740 Birth - Armand-Gaston Camus French CEO (Council of 500)
- 1747 Death - Johann J Dillenius German botanist, dies at 63
- 1755 Commodore William James captures pirate fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
- 1758 Death - Johann Balthasar Konig composer, dies at 67
- 1762 In Burma a very destructive and violent earthquake felt all over Bengal, Arakan, etc., chiefly and most severely in the north part of the east coast of the Bay of Bengal
- 1763 Birth - Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari composer
- 1781 Frigate Alliance captures 2 British privateers, Mars and Minerva
- 1784 Death - Pierre Leclair composer, dies at 74
- 1792 Congress establishes Philadelphia mint
- 1792 The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
- 1792 US authorizes $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle & 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins & silver dollar, « dollar, quarter, dime & half-dime
- 1798 Birth - Hoffmann von Fallersleben writer
- 1801 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen - The British destroy the Danish fleet.
- 1803 Birth - Franz Paul Lachner composer
- 1803 Death - Hieronymus van Alphen Dutch attorney/poet (church hymns), dies at 56
- 1804 Forty merchantmen are wrecked when a convoy led by HMS Apollo runs aground off Portugal.
- 1805 Birth - Hans Christian Andersen Denmark, author of 150 fairy tales
- 1806 Birth - Giacomo Antonelli Italian cardinal/Assistant Secretary of State for Pius IX
- 1810 Napoleon Bonaparte marries Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria.
- 1814 Birth - Henry Lewis "Old Rock" Benning Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
- 1817 Birth - Teodulo Mabellini composer
- 1819 The first successful agricultural journal ("The American Farmer") begins
- 1826 Birth - Philip Dale Roddey Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
- 1827 Birth - William Holdman Hunt English painter (Light of the World)
- 1827 First Naval Hospital construction begun at Portsmouth, VA
- 1831 Death - Charles Felix blind King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74
- 1833 Birth - Thomas Howard Ruger Brevet Major General (Union volunteers)
- 1834 Birth - Frdric-Auguste Bertholdi France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty)
- 1840 Birth - mile Zola France, novelist (Nana, J'Accuse)
- 1841 Birth - Clment Ader French engineer
- 1845 H.L. Fizeau & J Leon Foucault take first photo of Sun
- 1852 A gang of robbers steal 8,000 ounces of gold from the vessel Nelson, anchored off Williamstown, Victoria.
- 1852 Death - Theodor Althaus writer, dies
- 1860 First Italian Parliament met at Turin
- 1862 Birth - Nicholas Murray Butler US, Columbia University president/pacifist (Nobel 1931)
- 1863 Birth - Henry C Van de Velde Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau)
- 1863 Richmond Bread Riot: Food shortages incite hundreds of angry women to riot in Richmond, Virginia and demand the Confederate government to release emergency supplies.
- 1865 Ambrose P Hill confederate general, dies at 39
- 1865 American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
- 1865 CSA Pres Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond, VA
- 1865 Death - Ambrose Powell Hill Confederate General, killed in action at 39
- 1865 Death - Richard Cobden founder Anti-Corn-Law League, dies at 60
- 1865 Gen A.P. Hill is killed by a Federal Picket
- 1865 Lee's line is broken at Petersberg
- 1865 Richard Cobden founder Anti-Corn-Law League, dies at 60
- 1866 Pres Johnson ends war in Ala, Ark, Fla, Ga, Miss, La, NC, SC, Tn & Va
- 1868 Birth - Eduard Jacobs singer/pianist (Dutch cabaret)
- 1869 R Luther discovers asteroid #108 Hecuba
- 1871 Dominion of Canada's first census shows a population of 3,689,257, including 2,110,000 of British origin and 1,083,000 of French origin
- 1872 Death - Samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph, dies at 80
- 1872 Samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph dies at 80
- 1875 Birth - Walter Chrysler founded Chrysler car company
- 1876 Death - Paul van Vlissingen Dutch ship owner, dies at 78
- 1877 Birth - Arnold Schering German musicologist (Humor, Heldentum, Tragik)
- 1877 The first Easter egg roll held on White House lawn
- 1885 Wandering Spirit massacres 9 white settlers and Metis at Frog Lake Saskatchewan takes one man and two women prisoner with 7 other Crees.
- 1887 Juneau Alaska the US seizes Canadian sealing ships in North Pacific (boy they sure pick on us)
- 1890 Death - Marinus Campbell bibliographer, dies at 70
- 1891 Birth - Max Ernst Germany, painter/sculptor (founded surrealism)
- 1892 Death - Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg Dut baron/genealogist, dies at 79
- 1894 Birth - Rudolph P Cleveringa Dutch anti-nazi lawyer
- 1894 Birth - Walter Mittelholzer Swiss aviation pioneer (Swiss Air)
- 1898 Adoption of U.S. Naval Academy coat of arms
- 1900 Birth - Heinrich Besseler German musicologist
- 1900 The Foraker Act passes through Congress, giving Puerto Ricans limited self-rule.
- 1901 Birth - Anis Fuleihan composer
- 1902 "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
- 1902 Birth - Danilo Svara composer
- 1902 Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated by a terrorist in the Marie Palace, St Petersburg.
- 1902 The first motion picture theater opens (LA)
- 1905 Birth - Edmond Jouhaud General
- 1905 Birth - Kurt Adler therapist/writer
- 1905 Birth - Serge Lifar Kiev, dancer, choreographer (Paris Opra Ballet)
- 1907 Birth - Irene Mayer Selznick producer (Street Car Named Desire)
- 1908 Birth - Buddy Ebsen Belleville IL, actor (Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones)
- 1909 Birth - Jean Kurt Forest composer
- 1910 Birth - Arnie Herber NFL quarterback (Green Bay Packers, New York Giants)
- 1910 Birth - Joeri German Russian writer
- 1910 Death - Boyd Alexander English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37
- 1910 Death - Friedrich von Bodelschwingh German theologist, dies at 79
- 1911 Birth - Charles "Honi" Coles tap dancer (Tap)
- 1912 Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power
- 1914 Birth - Sir Alec Guinness [de Cuffe] London England, thespian (Colonel Nicholson-Bridge on River Kwai, Obi-Wan Kenobi-Star Wars, George Smiley-Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
- 1915 Birth - Antony Dornhorst professor of medicine
- 1915 Birth - Arthur Ballard artist
- 1916 Belyavskij disc asteroid #851 Zeissia & #852 Wladilena & #853 Nansenia
- 1917 Birth - Dabbs Greer Fairview MO, actor (Gunsmoke, Little House on Prairie)
- 1917 Birth - Lou Monte Lyndhurst NJ, singer (Peppino the Italian Mouse)
- 1917 Pres Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany
- 1917 The first woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress, Jeannette Rankin, takes her seat as a representative from Montana.
- 1917 World War I: The Battle of Vimy Ridge commences when the Canada Corps launches an artillery bombardment of the German trenches. To that time, the biggest artillery bombardment in history.
- 1917 World War I: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
- 1919 Birth - Antoon J Hubben Dutch mayor (Maasbree)/trade union leader
- 1919 Birth - Sir Ian Hunter England, impresario
- 1920 Birth - Jack Webb Santa Monica CA, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet)
- 1920 Birth - Lambertus van Straaten geologist (Waddenzee, Rhne-delta)
- 1922 Birth - Nikolaj G Bassov Russia, atomic physicist (laser, Nobel 1964)
- 1923 Birth - Jacob "Jaap" Firet Dutch theologist (Agogisch Moment)
- 1923 Birth - Sir Hugh Overton British diplomat
- 1924 Birth - Sir Denis Rooke CEO (British Gas)
- 1925 Birth - George MacDonald Fraser poet/author (Flashman at the Charge)
- 1926 Birth - Elena Verdugo Hollywood CA, actress (Consuelo-Marcus Welby MD)
- 1926 Birth - Michael Rizzello sculpter/coin designer
- 1927 Birth - Billy Pierce pitcher (Chicago White Sox) seven time all star
- 1928 Birth - Joseph "Cardinal" Bernardin of Chicago
- 1928 Birth - Rita Gam Pittsburgh PA, actress (Distortions, Hannibal, Sierra Baron, Mohawk)
- 1928 Birth - Serge Gainsbourg [Ginsburg] Russian/French singer (Ford Mustang)
- 1928 Death - Theodore Richards US chemist (atomic weight, Nobel 1914), dies
- 1929 Birth - Catherine Gaskin romantic novelist (Fiona, Coporation Wife)
- 1929 Birth - Frans HJJ Andriessen Dutch MP (KVP/CDA)
- 1930 Birth - Girolamo Arriego composer
- 1930 Birth - W Hambleden Smith English newspaper magnate
- 1930 Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
- 1930 NY-Bermuda airplane flight lands in Bermuda for the first time
- 1931 Birth - Imre Olsvai composer
- 1931 Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee
- 1932 Birth - Mahmood Hussain Pakistani cricket swing bowler (68 wickets in 27 Tests)
- 1932 Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for kidnapped son
- 1932 Death - Hugo Kaun composer, dies at 69
- 1933 Death - K S Ranjitsinhji cricketer (989 Test runs, 1st-class average 56), dies
- 1934 Birth - Brian Glover actor (McGuffin)
- 1934 Birth - Christopher France British permanent secretary (Department of Health)
- 1934 Birth - Diane Cilento Rabaul,, actress (Hombre, Tom Jones, Wicker Man)
- 1934 Birth - Sir Peter Middleton British permanent secretary (Treasury)
- 1935 Birth - Sharon Acker Toronto Ontario Canada, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason 1973)
- 1935 Mary Hirsch, becomes first woman licensed as a horse trainer
- 1935 Sir Watson-Watt patents RADAR
- 1936 Birth - Jack Brabham Australia, race car driver (world champion 1966)
- 1937 Birth - Paul E Kanjorski (Representative-Democrat-PA, 1985- )
- 1937 Death - Nathan Birnbaum Austria philosopher (Zionism), dies at about 72
- 1937 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1549 Mikko
- 1938 Death - Alice Berend writer, dies
- 1939 Birth - Marvin P Gaye Jr Washington DC, singer (Sexual Healing)
- 1940 Birth - Penelope Keith British actress (Norman Conquests, Priest of Love)
- 1940 Birth - Peter Haining writer/editor (Anatomy of Witchcraft)
- 1941 Birth - Leon Russell Lawton KS, pianist/singer (Carny)
- 1941 Death - Paul Teleki premier Hungary, dies
- 1942 Birth - Graham Bright private secretary to British PM
- 1943 Birth - Glen Dale [Richard Garforth] rock vocalist (Fortunes Deal)
- 1943 Birth - Larry Coryell Galveston TX, jazz guitarist (11th House)
- 1944 Death - Mikulas Moyzes composer, dies at 71
- 1944 Visitor posting - April 2, 1944 DENNIS PATRICK BRYANT is born. - USA
- 1945 Birth - Don Sutton baseball pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers)
- 1945 Birth - Linda Hunt Morristown NJ, actress (Bostonians, Eleni, Silverado)
- 1945 Birth - Lord Skelmersdale British minister (C)
- 1946 Birth - Kurt Winter rocker (The Guess Who)
- 1946 Birth - Lynda Carr educationist
- 1946 Birth - Richard Collinge cricketer (New Zealand record wicket-taker (116) before Hadlee)
- 1947 Birth - Camille Paglia Endicott NY, actress (Female Misbehavior, It's Pat)
- 1947 Birth - Emmylou Harris Birmingham AL, country singer (Together Again)
- 1947 Death - Joseph Hardstaff cricket (311 runs in 5 Tests for England 1907-08), dies
- 1947 UN places former Japanese mandated islands under U.S. trusteeship
- 1948 Birth - Eleanor Margaret Burbridge astronomer/educator
- 1948 Birth - Joan D Vinge American writer (Tangled Up In Blue, The Snow Queen, Catspaw)
- 1948 Birth - Joan [Carol] D[ennison] Vinge US, sci-fi author (2 Hugos, Dune)
- 1948 Birth - Kerry Minnear rocker (Gentle Giant)
- 1948 Birth - Marlene Floyd LPGA golfer
- 1949 Birth - Pamela Reed Tacoma WA, actress (Grand, Kindergarten Cop, Home Court)
- 1949 Birth - Paul Gambaccini British disc jockey
- 1951 Birth - Ayako Okamoto Hiroshima Japan, LPGA golfer (1990 Sara Lee)
- 1951 Death - Simon Barere pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall
- 1951 First Navy use of jet aircraft as a bomber, launched from a carrier, USS Princeton.
- 1951 Simon Barere pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall
- 1952 Bernard Lyot inventor (chronograph), dies
- 1952 Birth - Dan Halldorson Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, Canadian Tour golfer (1985 World Cup)
- 1952 Birth - Joseph Kent Massey Oklahoma City OK, soling yachter (Olympics-bronze-1996)
- 1952 Birth - Leon Wilkerson rocker (Lynard Skynard)
- 1952 Death - Bernard F Lyot French astronomer (chronograph, Lyot-filter), dies at 55
- 1953 Birth - David Robinson drummer (Cars)
- 1953 Birth - Debralee Scott Elizabeth NJ, actress (Cathy-Mary Hartman, Angie)
- 1953 Death - Jean Epstein French director (Vive la Vie), dies at 56
- 1954 Birth - Ron Palillo Cheshire CT, actor (Arnold Horshack-Welcome Back Kotter)
- 1954 Plans to build Disneyland first announced
- 1955 Halifax Nova Scotia the opening of Angus L. Macdonald Bridge linking Halifax and Dartmouth and I was there
- 1956 Visitor posting - 1927 Joseph John Glista is born - USA
- 1956 Birth - Farrukh Zaman lefty cricket spinner (bowled 10 overs Pakistan vs New Zealand 1976)
- 1956 Death - Albert de Bassompierre Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82
- 1956 Death - Chester Clute actor (Niagara Falls), dies at 65
- 1956 Death - Philippo de Pisis Italian painter, dies at 59
- 1956 Visitor posting - an early morning lightining storm brought me to earth, mike g. - USA
- 1956 Soap operas "As the World Turns" & "Edge of Night" premieres on TV
- 1957 In Toronto 22-year-old Elvis Presley plays two concerts before 23,000 people at Maple Leaf Gardens; his second concert, before 15,000 fans
- 1958 Last load of bitumen on Pacific Highway between Sydney and Brisbane is laid 18km south of Taree, NSW.
- 1958 National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA
- 1958 Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, TX (record)
- 1959 Birth - Adrian Meagher Australian baseball pitching coach (Olympics-1996)
- 1959 Birth - Brian Goodell US, 400 meter/1500 meter freestyle swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1976)
- 1959 Birth - Carmen Ayala-Troncoso New York NY, 5K runner
- 1959 Birth - Dean Townson St Petersburg FL, singer (Pirates of the Mississippi-Fred Jake)
- 1959 Birth - Gelindo Bordin Italian marathon runner (Olympics-gold-1988)
- 1959 Birth - Ken Macleay cricketer (at Bedford-on-Avon Australian ODI medium pacer)
- 1959 Birth - Victoria Jackson Miami FL, comedian (Saturday Night Live, Casual Sex)
- 1959 Death - Benjamin Christensen Danish actor (Barnet, Mockery), dies at 79
- 1960 Birth - Linford Christie St Andrews Jamaica, 4x100 meter runner (Olympics-gold 1992
- 1960 USS Glacier begins 12 days of relief operations, providing helicopter and boat transportation and emergency supplies to residents of Paramaribo, Brazil after floods.
- 1961 Birth - Cindy Mackey Athens GA, LPGA golfer (1986 MasterCard International Pro-Am)
- 1961 Birth - Gijs Steinmann Dutch soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
- 1961 Birth - Keren Jane Woodward Bristol England, rock vocalist (Bananarama-Venus)
- 1961 Death - August Defresne Dutch director (Anno Christi 969), dies at 67
- 1961 Death - Wallingford Riegger US composer (Bacchangle), dies at 75
- 1962 Birth - Alex Tripolski Israel, Men's Shooting 50 meter air pistol (Olympics-16th-1996)
- 1962 Birth - Billy Dean Quincy FL, country singer (Billy the Kid)
- 1962 Birth - Bruce Kozerski NFL tackle/guard (Cincinnati Bengals)
- 1962 The first official Panda crossing is opened outside Waterloo station, London.
- 1963 Birth - Dermot Reeve England, cricketer (in Hong Kong England all-rounder 1992)
- 1963 Explorer 17 attains Earth orbit (254/914 km)
- 1963 USSR launches Luna 4; missed Moon by 8,500 km
- 1964 Birth - Pete Incaviglia Pebble Beach CA, outfielder (Philadelphia Phillies)
- 1964 Number one hit on UK music charts - The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love
- 1964 USSR launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned
- 1965 Birth - Rodney King Sacramento CA, black motorist beaten by Los Angeles cops
- 1965 Death - Renzo Bossi composer, dies at 81
- 1966 Birth - Andrei Kovalev NHL forward (Belarus, Olympics-98)
- 1966 Birth - Bill Romanowski NFL linebacker (Eagles, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
- 1966 Birth - Willie Green NFL wide receiver (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
- 1966 Death - Cecil Scott Forester English author (Horatio Hornblower), dies at 66
- 1966 Death of Cecil Scott Forester, author of the Captain Hornblower novels, and The African Queen.
- 1966 Leading Liberal Andrew Peacock enters Australian federal parliament, winning Sir Robert Menzies' old seat of Kooyong in a by-election;
- 1966 Soviet Union's Luna 10 becomes first spacecraft to orbit Moon
- 1968 Beatles form Python Music Ltd
- 1968 Chad creates Union of Central African States
- 1968 Visitor posting - Photographer Craig Shepheard born - United Kingdom
- 1969 Birth - Yj Nagata [Yuji] wrestler (NJPW)
- 1969 Death - Fortunio Bonanova actor (My Best Gal, Havana Rose), dies at 74
- 1970 2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, the highest final stage in a wall climb in the world
- 1970 Birth - Jerry Reynolds NFL guard/tackle (New York Giants)
- 1970 Birth - Jon Lieber Council Bluffs IA, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
- 1970 Birth - Marcus Christensen Toronto Ontario Canada, figure skater (1995 Canadian-2nd)
- 1970 Birth - Tammi Reiss WNBA guard (Utah Starzz)
- 1970 Meghalaya becomes autonomous state within India's Assam state
- 1970 Qatar gains independence from Britain
- 1971 Birth - James Ransom Toronto Ontario Canada, Epee fencer (Olympics-96)
- 1971 Birth - Jenny Craig Miss Georgia-USA (1996)
- 1971 Birth - Todd Woodbridge Sydney Australia, tennis star ('95 doubles Wimbledon)
- 1971 Sci-fi soap opera "Dark Shadows" concludes an almost 5 year run
- 1972 44th Academy Awards presented
- 1972 Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist in the early 1950s during the Red Scare.
- 1972 Birth - Graham Hood Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, 1.5k runner (Olympics-92, 96)
- 1972 Death - Gil Hodges manager (New York Mets), dies of heart attack at 57
- 1972 Prime Minister Begin visits Cairo
- 1972 Vietnam War: Easter Offensive begins - North Vietnamese soldiers of the 304th Division take the northern half of Quang Tri Province.
- 1973 Launch of LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
- 1973 Visitor posting - Birth - Sarah Anne Richardson, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- 1974 Arganat Comm publishes report concerning Yom Kippur War
- 1974 Death - Douglass Dumbrille actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town), dies at 84
- 1974 Death - Georges Pompidou French President, dies in Paris at 62
- 1974 Douglass Dumbrille actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town), dies at 84
- 1974 Georges Pompidou French president, dies in Paris
- 1975 Birth - Deedee Magno rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why)
- 1975 CN Tower completed in Toronto Ontario Canada: reaches 553.33 metres in height, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure.
- 1975 The CN Tower is completed, reaching 555.35 metres in height, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure
- 1975 Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from the Quang Ngai Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
- 1976 Death - Ray Teal actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza), dies at 74
- 1976 Ray Teal actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza), dies at 74
- 1977 Charlotte Brew becomes the first woman to ride in Britain's Grand National steeplechase when she rides her own horse, Barony Fort.
- 1977 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks
- 1977 Mont Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a lose
- 1977 Number one hit on UK music charts - Abba - Knowing Me Knowing You
- 1979 Carroll D Rosenbloom LA Rams president, dies at 72
- 1979 Death - Carroll D Rosenbloom Los Angeles Rams president, dies at 72
- 1979 Death - Ivan Barrow cricketer (11 Tests for West Indies 1930-39), dies
- 1979 Israeli PM Menachem Begin visits Cairo Egypt
- 1979 Visitor posting - Sheikh Muhammad Adnan was Born
- 1980 Death - Dick Howorth cricketer (England slow lefty all-rounder late 40's), dies
- 1980 U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act in an effort to help the U.S. economy rebound.
- 1980 Wayne Gretzky becomes first teenager to score 50 goals in a season
- 1981 A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3400
- 1982 Argentina seizes Malvinas (Falklands) Islands the start of the war with England
- 1982 Falklands War: 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina. See also 1833 invasion of the Falkland Islands by United Kingdom
- 1984 Georgetown beats Houston for NCAA basketball title
- 1984 Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma is launched aboard Soyuz T-11, and becomes the first Indian in space.
- 1986 4 US passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece
- 1986 George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans
- 1987 Buddy Rich drummer/orch leader (Away We Go), dies at 69
- 1987 Death - Buddy Rich drummer/orchestra leader (Away We Go), dies at 69
- 1989 Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
- 1989 Wrestlemania V-Hulk Hogan beats Randy "Macho Man" Savage
- 1990 Death - Aldo Fabrizi actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies at 85
- 1990 Visitor posting - Alicia Nunn was born
- 1991 First female Premier of a Canadian province takes office. Rita Johnston succeeds William Vander Zalm, who resigned, as Premier of British Columbia.
- 1992 Country singer Wynonna Judd's first appearance as a single act
- 1992 Death - Paula Kelly singer/actress (Sweet Charity), dies at 72
- 1992 In Guelph Ontario a stable fire kills 69 horses at Mohawk Raceway; worst racetrack fire in Canadian history.
- 1992 In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
- 1992 John Gotti found guilty in death of Paul Castallanos
- 1992 Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands
- 1993 Death - Eugenie Leontovitch actress (4 Sons, Homicidal), dies at 93
- 1993 Death - Klaas Schenk Dutch speed skater/coach/father of Ard, dies at 86
- 1994 Death - Richard Davies actor (Pvt Buckaroo), dies of heart attack at 79
- 1995 Death - Hannes Alfven physicist (Nobel prize), dies at 86
- 1995 Death - Harvey Penick premier golf instructor/author, dies at 90
- 1995 Death - Julius Arthur Hemphill saxophonist, dies at 57
- 1995 More than 80 top Australian rugby league players sign with Super League
- 1997 Death - Tomoyuki Tanaka producer (Godzilla), dies of a stroke at 86
- 2000 French archaeologists announce they have discovered the remains of a 4,000-year-old queen's pyramid south of Cairo, complete with texts of special prayers previously found only with kings
- 2002 Israeli forces surrounded the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians retreated. A siege ensues.
- 2004 Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt a thwarted bombing of the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid.
- 2005 James Stewart Jr. becomes first African American to win a major motorsports event.
- 2006 Over 60 tornadoes breakout, hardest hit is Tennessee with 29 people killed.
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