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- 0033 Death - Christ crucified (according to astronomer Humphreys & Waddington)
- 0245 -BC- Origin of Era of Arsaces
- 0309 -BC- Origin of Seleucid Era
- 0419 [Etalius] ends his reign as Catholic Pope
- 0628 Death - Chosroes II emperor of Persia (579..628), murdered by his son
- 1043 Edward the Confessor crowned king of England
- 1043 Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
- 1077 Creation of the first Parliament of Friuli.
- 1287 Death - Honorius IV [Giacomo Savelli], Italian Pope (1285-87), dies
- 1312 2nd council of Vienna
- 1367 Birth - Henry IV Bolingbroke Lincolnshire, King of England (1399-1413)
- 1376 Battle of Navarrete (Najera), English beat France
- 1438 Birth - John III van Egmont [Manke John], viceroy of Holland
- 1485 Birth - Lieven van der Maude [Ammonius] South Netherlands poet
- 1512 Death - Richard Pafraet Dutch printer, dies
- 1525 Death - Giovanni Rucellai Italian poet (Le Api), dies at 49
- 1559 Spain & France signs 2nd Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambr‚sis
- 1559 The Peace of Cateau-Cambrsis treaty is signed, ending the Italian Wars.
- 1569 Birth - Giovanni Battista Massarengo composer
- 1581 Death - Huibert Duifhuis Roman Catholic pastor (Rotterdam/Utrecht), dies
- 1582 French van Valois honored as duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen
- 1593 Birth - George Herbert English metaphysical poet (5 Mystical Songs)
- 1603 Birth - William Smith composer
- 1617 Birth - Antimo Liberati composer
- 1627 Birth - Johann Caspar Kerll composer
- 1645 English parliament accept Self-Denying Ordinance
- 1649 Birth - Joseph-Franois Salomon composer
- 1657 English Lord Protector Cromwell refuses crown
- 1679 Edmund Halley meets Johannes Hevelius in Danzig
- 1682 Birth - Johann Valentin Rathgeber German benedictine/composer
- 1682 Death - Bartolom Esteban Murillo Spanish painter, dies
- 1694 Death - Ferdinand van Apshoven de Jongere Flemish painter, buried at 64
- 1695 Death - Melchior de Hondecoeter Dutch still life painter, dies at about 58
- 1715 Birth - John Hanson Port Tobacco MD, 1st US President under Articles of Confederation
- 1720 Birth - Elia van Vilnius [Elijahu ben Salomo Zalman] Latvian rabbi
- 1721 Robert Walpole becomes England's 1st Lord of the Treasury
- 1727 Birth - Philippe-Lambert-Joseph Spruyt Flemish painter/engraver
- 1751 Birth - Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne composer
- 1756 Marquis de Montcalm sails from France for Canada; he will die at the battle of the Plains of Abraham.
- 1757 Birth - Ferenc Verseghy composer
- 1764 Austrian arch duke Jozef crowned himself Roman Catholic king
- 1764 Birth - John Abernethy London, surgeon
- 1769 Death - Gerhard Tersteegen German evangelist/poet (in blood), dies at 71
- 1776 Washington receives honorary Ll.D. degree from Harvard College
- 1783 Birth - Washington Irving New York NY, American writer (Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle)
- 1783 Sweden and US sign a treaty of Amity and Commerce
- 1790 Revenue Marine Service (US Coast Guard), created
- 1797 CAPT Thomas Truxtun issued first known American signal book using numerary system
- 1797 Death - Nonnosus Madlseder composer, dies at 66
- 1798 Birth - Charles D Wilkes Commander (Union Navy), died in 1877
- 1811 Death - Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83
- 1812 Birth - Louisa Maria Queen of the Belgians (1832-50/wife of Leopold I)
- 1822 Birth - Edward Everett Hale US, clergyman/author (Man without a Country)
- 1822 Death - Friedrich Bertuch writer, dies
- 1823 Birth - William Marcy "Boss" Tweed corrupt NYC political boss
- 1825 Birth - Adolf Rzepko composer
- 1826 Death - Reginald Heber bishop & hymn writer, dies
- 1826 Financial panic hits New Brunswick as word spreads that banks in London had failed and the timber trade had collapsed; so-called Black Monday.
- 1834 The generals in the Greek War of Independence stand trial for treason.
- 1837 Birth - John Burroughs writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake)
- 1838 Birth - Lon Michel Gambetta French attorney/premier (1881-82)
- 1838 Death - Francesco Antommarchi Napoleon's physician on St Helena, dies at 57
- 1842 Birth - Ulric Dahlgren Colonel (Union volunteers), died in 1864
- 1848 Thomas Douglas becomes 1st San Francisco public teacher
- 1849 Death - Juliusz Slowacki Pol poet (Father of the Plague-Patient), dies at 39
- 1850 Death - Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek organist/pianist/composer, dies at 75
- 1856 Gunpowder in church explodes killing 4,000 in Rhodos
- 1858 Birth - Matthew Ricketts 1st Black man elected to Nebraska State Legislature
- 1858 Death - Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm Austrian composer, dies at 79
- 1859 Birth - Reginald De Koven composer
- 1860 Birth - Frederik W van Eeden Dutch utopian writer (Walden)
- 1860 Pony Express began between St Joseph MO & Sacramento CA
- 1860 The first successful Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California begins.
- 1862 Death - James Clark Ross Arctic explorer, dies
- 1864 Skirmish at Okolona AR
- 1865 American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
- 1865 Battle at Namozine Church VA (Appomattox Campaign)
- 1865 Union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond VA & Petersburg VA
- 1866 Birth - James B Hertzog South African General/premier (1914-39)
- 1868 An Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever, he rides a 50' tidal wave
- 1868 Death - Franz Adolf Berwald Swedish composer, dies at 71
- 1871 Birth - Jos Juan Tablada Mexican poet (El Florilegio)
- 1872 J C Watson discovers asteroid #119 Althaea
- 1874 Birth - Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes composer
- 1876 Death - Henriette Davidis writer, dies
- 1881 Birth - Alcide de Gasperi Italian premier (1945..53)
- 1881 Birth - Margaret MJ "Daisy" Ashford English author (Young Sisters)
- 1882 American Old West outlaw Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford for a $5,000 reward.
- 1882 Birth - Simon Elzinga Dutch educator
- 1882 Death - Friedrich Wilhelm Kucken composer, dies at 71
- 1882 Death - Jesse James outlaw, shot dead at 34, in St Joseph MO by Robert Ford
- 1882 Wood block alarm invented, when alarm rang, it dropped 20 wood blocks
- 1883 State Premier Thomas McIlwraith claims British New Guinea as a Queensland possession; the claim was later disallowed by Britain.
- 1884 Birth - Jackie Matthews cricketer (Australia leg-spinner, two hat-tricks 1912)
- 1884 Death - Carel JCH van Nispen tot Sevenaer Dutch Cath politician, dies at 59
- 1885 Birth - Harry St John Philby [sheik Abdullah], British explorer
- 1885 Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
- 1886 J Palisa discovers asteroids #256 Walpurga and #274 Philagoria
- 1888 Birth - Neville Cardus cricketer (doyen of cricket writers)
- 1889 Birth - Grigoras Dinicu composer
- 1889 Savings Bank of the Order of True Reformers opens in Richmond VA
- 1893 1st New South Wales vs Queensland F-C game, at Brisbane Exhibition Ground
- 1893 Birth - Leslie Howard [Stainer] London England, actor (Ashley Wilkes-Gone With the Wind)
- 1894 Birth - Dooley Wilson Tyler TX, actor (Bill-Beulah, Sam-Casablanca)
- 1895 Birth - Bjarne Brustad composer
- 1895 Birth - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Firenze (Florence) Italy, composer
- 1895 The libel trial instigated by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
- 1896 Birth - Douwe Kalma Dutch literary/leader (Young Frisian Movement)
- 1896 The first publication of La Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper in Italy.
- 1897 Death - Johannes Brahms German composer/conductor (Hung Dances), dies at 63
- 1898 Birth - George Jessel toastmaster general/entertainer (Diary of Young Comic)
- 1898 Birth - Henry R Luce Tengchow China, publisher (Time, Fortune, Life, 1965 Fisher Award)
- 1898 In the Yukon at Chilkoot Pass avalanche kills 88 men during the Klondike gold rush.
- 1899 Birth - Cees Lasseur Dutch actor/owner (Hague Comedy)
- 1900 Birth - Camille Chamoun President of Lebanon
- 1901 Death - Richard D'Oyly Carte promotor (Gilbert & Sullivan operas), dies
- 1902 Birth - Henri Garat Paris France, actor (Congress Dances)
- 1902 Birth - Siguringi Eirikur Hjorleifsson composer
- 1903 Birth - Peter Huchel writer
- 1904 Birth - Iron Eyes Cody Tulsa OK, actor (Black Gold, Ernest Goes to Camp)
- 1904 Birth - Peter Van Steeden Amsterdam Netherlands, orchestra leader (Break the Bank)
- 1904 Birth - Sally Rand US, actress/ecdysiast/fan dancer (1933 Chicago World Fair)
- 1905 M Wolf discovers asteroid #562 Salome
- 1906 Birth - Kathleen Tillotson Emeritus Professor of English (Bedford College)
- 1907 Birth - Isaac Deutscher Polish/English historian (Stalin/Trotsky biography)
- 1908 Frank Gotch wins world heavyweight wrestling championship in 2 hours
- 1909 Death - Benjamin Johnson Lang composer, dies at 71
- 1910 Highest mountain in North America, Alaska's Mount McKinley climbed
- 1911 Birth - Harold Watkins Shaw musicologist
- 1911 Birth - Michael Woodruff FRS, surgeon
- 1911 Birth - W R Lee language teacher
- 1911 Harry James Smith' "Mrs Bumsted-Leigh", premieres in NYC
- 1912 Birth - Addeke H Boerma Dutch Director-General (FAO)
- 1912 Birth - Bert Bakker Dutch publisher (Free Netherlands)
- 1913 Birth - F H Tate vice-CEO (Tate & Lyle)
- 1913 Birth - George Barati composer
- 1913 British suffragette Emily Pankhurst sentenced to 3 years in jail
- 1914 Birth - Katherine Stammers Menzies England, doubles tennis player (Wimb 1935)
- 1915 Birth - Paul Touvier war criminal
- 1915 Death - Andrew Stoddart cricketer (England captain at turn of century), suicide
- 1916 Birth - Herb Caen Sacramento CA, columnist (San Francisco Chronicle)
- 1916 Birth - Robert Jesse Charleston museum Curator
- 1916 S Belyavskij disc asteroid 854 Frostia, 855 Newcombia and 856 Backlunda
- 1917 Birth - Bill Finegan Newark NJ, (Sauter-Finegan Band, Sat Night Revue)
- 1917 Birth - Tibor Andrasovan composer
- 1917 Lenin leaves Switzerland for Petrograd
- 1917 Vladimir Lenin arrives in Russia from exile, marking the beginning of Bolshevik leadership in the Russian Revolution.
- 1918 Birth - Enrique Iturriaga composer
- 1918 Birth - Louis Applebaum composer
- 1918 Birth - Sixten Ehrling Malm Sweden, conductor (Royal Opera of Stockholm)
- 1918 House of Representatives accepts American Creed written by William Tyler
- 1919 Austria expels all Habsburgers
- 1919 Birth - Duke of Grafton KG
- 1919 Death - Paul Geisler composer, dies at 62
- 1920 Birth - Stan Freeman Waterbury CT, pianist (Melody Tour)
- 1920 Death - Homer Newton Bartlett composer, dies at 74
- 1921 Birth - Harry Landers New York NY, actor (Ted Hoffman-Ben Casey)
- 1921 Birth - Marilyn Maxwell Clarinda IA, actress (Grace-Bus Stop)
- 1922 Joseph Stalin became the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
- 1922 Stalin appointed General Secretary of Communist Party
- 1923 2 "Black Sox" sue White Sox (unsuccessfully) for back salary
- 1923 Birth - Jan Sterling New York NY, actress (1st Monday in October, HS Confidential)
- 1923 Birth - John Smith English large landowner/financier/MP (C)
- 1924 Birth - Canon A D Caesar Sub Dean (HM Chapels Royal)
- 1924 Birth - Doris Day Cincinnati OH, "girl next door" actress (Pillow Talk)
- 1924 Birth - Marlon Brando Omaha NE, actor (Superman, Godfather)
- 1924 Birth - Murray Dickie opera singer/director
- 1925 Birth - Tony Benn British minister of technology (1968)
- 1925 Great Britain goes back to gold standard
- 1925 Netherlands & Belgium sign accord of Westerschelde
- 1926 1st performance of Jean Sibelius' 7th Symphony in C
- 1926 2nd flight of a liquid-fueled rocket by Robert Goddard
- 1926 Birth - Andrew Keir actor (Rob Roy, Absolution, Blood Hunt, Catholics)
- 1926 Birth - Virgil Grissom Mitchell IN, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut (Merc 4, Gemini 3)
- 1926 Italy establishes corp of force in order to break powerful unions
- 1926 Second flight of a liquid-fueled rocket by Robert Goddard
- 1927 Birth - Eva Szkely Hungary, 200 meter backstroke swimmer (Olympics-gold-1952)
- 1927 Interstate Commerce Comm transfers Ohio to Eastern time zone
- 1929 Birth - Dennis Farr director (Courtauld Institute Galleries)
- 1929 Birth - Miyoshi Umeki Otaru Hokkaido Japan, actress (Best Supporting Actress Oscar-1957-Sayonara, Mrs Livingston-Courtship of Eddie's Father)
- 1929 Persia agrees to Litvinov Pact
- 1929 RMS Queen Mary is ordered from John Brown & Company Shipbuilding and Engineering by Cunard Line.
- 1930 Birth - Helmut Kohl chancellor (Germany, 1982- )
- 1930 Birth - Lawton Chiles (Senator/Governor-Democrat-FL, 1971-89/91- )
- 1930 Birth - Max Frankel journalist (Tables of Id of Organic Compounds)
- 1930 Ras Tafari becomes Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
- 1930 Stanley Cup Montr‚al Canadiens sweep Boston Bruins in 2 games
- 1931 Birth - Alex Cord Floral Park NY, actor (Jack-WEB, Michael-Airwolf)
- 1931 Birth - Johnny Nicholss soccer star
- 1932 Birth - Janet Bately Professor of English Language (King's College London)
- 1932 Birth - Nourse British lord justice
- 1933 1st airplane flight over Mount Everest
- 1933 Birth - Robert K Dornan (Representative-Republican-CA, 1977-83, 85- )
- 1933 The first airplane flight over Mt Everest
- 1933 Then longest North American hockey game requires a 1:44:46 overtime as Maple Leaf Ken Doraty scores to beat Canadiens 1-0
- 1933 Unsuccessful boycott of Jewish stores in Nazi Germany.
- 1934 Birth - David Jones British reverend/headmaster (Bryanston School)
- 1934 Birth - Jane Goodall London England, ethologist (studied African chimps)
- 1934 Birth - Jim Parker NFL guard, tackle (Baltimore Colts)
- 1934 Birth - John Lelliott English contractor/multi-millionaire
- 1935 Birth - Jeffery Bowman CEO (Price Waterhouse Europe)
- 1935 C Jackson discovers asteroids #1354 Botha and #1948 Kampala
- 1935 Yasuo Ikenada runs world record marathon (2:26:44)
- 1936 Al Carr KOs Lew Massey on 1 punch, :07 of the 1st round (shortest boxing bout with gloves)
- 1936 Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh II, the baby son of world-famous pilot Charles Lindbergh.
- 1936 Death - Bruno Hauptmann convicted Lindbergh baby killer, executed
- 1937 Birth - Sandra Spuzich LPGA golfer
- 1937 Birth - Simon Brown British high court judge
- 1937 Birth - William Gaunt Leeds England, actor (The Champions)
- 1937 K Inkeri discovers asteroid #1425 Tuorla
- 1938 Birth - Jeff Barry Brooklyn NY, rock writer (Tell Laura I Love Her)
- 1938 Birth - Philippe Wynne Detroit MI, US soul singer (Spinners, Parliament, Ghetto Child)
- 1939 Birth - Malcolm Thornton MP
- 1939 Birth - Vitaliy Davidov USSR, ice hockey player (Olympics-gold-1964, 68, 72)
- 1940 Birth - Lino Brocka San Jose Philippines, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar)
- 1940 Birth - R S Burman CEO (Association of British Chambers of Commerce)
- 1941 Birth - Eric Braeden Kiel Germany, actor (Victor Newman-Young & Restless)
- 1941 Birth - Jan Berry Los Angeles CA, rock vocalist (Jan & Dean-Deadman's Curve)
- 1941 British troops evacuate Libyan port Bengazi during World War II.
- 1941 Churchill warns Stalin of German invasion
- 1941 Death - Andr Michelin French tire manufacturer, dies at 88
- 1941 Death - Pal Teleki-von Szek PM Hungary (1920-21, 39-41), suicide at 61
- 1941 Rasjid al-Gailani forms pro-German regime in Iraq
- 1941 Waltons overture "Scapino", premieres in Chicago
- 1942 ADM Nimitz named Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, a joint command, and retained his other title, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet
- 1942 Birth - Billy Joe Royal Valdosta GA, country singer (Down in the Boondocks)
- 1942 Birth - Marsha Mason St Louis MO, actress (Blume in Love, Cinderella Liberty)
- 1942 Birth - Michael Elliott US, skier (Olympics-1968)
- 1942 Birth - Rick Sylvester parachute ski jumper (world record 3,300')
- 1942 Birth - Wayne Newton Roanoke VA, singer (Danke Schn)
- 1942 Death - Albert Siklos composer, dies at 63
- 1942 Death - Paul Gilson composer, dies at 76
- 1942 World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.
- 1943 Birth - Jonathan Lynn Bath England, writer/actor (Greedy, Bar Mitzvah Boy)
- 1943 Death - Conrad Veidt German/US actor (Cabinet of Dr Calgary), dies at 50
- 1943 Jan Dieters (leader of illegal CPN) arrested
- 1944 Birth - Barry Pritchard rock guitarist (Fortunes)
- 1944 Birth - Tony Orlando New York NY, singer (& Dawn-Tie a Yellow Ribbon)
- 1944 British dive bombers attack battle cruiser Tirpitz
- 1944 Supreme Court (Smith v Allwright) "white primaries" unconstitutional
- 1945 Birth - Catherine Spaak Boulogne-Billancourt France, actress (Empty Canvas, Hotel, Libertine, Circle of Love)
- 1945 Birth - Richard Manuel rock pianist/vocalist (The Band-Up on Cripple Creek)
- 1945 Birth - Wim J Deetman Dutch minister of education/MP (CDA)
- 1945 Death - Joseph Weinheber Austria poet/writer (Vienna Verbatim), dies at 43
- 1945 Hengelo freed from nazi control by Canadian army
- 1945 Nazi's begin evacuation of camp Buchenwald
- 1945 US 1st army conquers Hofgeismar
- 1946 Birth - Carlos Salinas de Gortari President (Mxico, 1988-94)
- 1946 Birth - Dee Murray rocker (Elton John Band)
- 1946 Birth - John Virgo British snooker player
- 1946 Death - Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma (responsible for Bataan Death March), executed
- 1946 Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
- 1946 Netherlands-German postal relations resume
- 1947 "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" opens at Martin Beck NYC for 108 performances
- 1947 Birth - Pat[rick] Proft Minneapolis MN, comedy writer (Naked Gun, Airplane)
- 1948 1st US figure skating championships held
- 1948 Birth - Garrick Ohlsson Bronxville NY, pianist (International Busoni winner 1969)
- 1948 Birth - H C Tomlinson Headmaster (Hereford Cathedral School)
- 1948 Birth - Jaap G de Hoop Scheffer Dutch MP (CDA)
- 1948 Birth - Mary Gordon-Watson England, equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-gold-1972)
- 1948 First run of the Texas Chief passenger train.
- 1948 Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries)
- 1948 In Jeju, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses begins, known as the Jeju massacre.
- 1948 President Harry Truman signs the Marshall Plan which authorizes $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
- 1948 The first US figure skating championships held
- 1948 US female Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill
- 1948 US male Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button
- 1949 Birth - Anne De Salvo Philadelphia PA, actress (Compromosing Positions)
- 1949 Birth - Jan Keizer Dutch singer (BZN-Rhythm of My Heart)
- 1949 Birth - Lyle Alzado NFLer (Los Angeles Raiders)/actor (Oceans of Fire, Hangfire)
- 1949 Birth - Richard Thompson vocalist/guitarist (Shoot out the Lights)
- 1949 Death - Basil Harwood composer, dies at 89
- 1949 KQW-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KCBS
- 1949 North Atlantic Treaty, pact signed by US, Britain, France & Canada
- 1949 WLWS (now WCMH) TV channel 4 in Columbus OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1950 Birth - Curtis Stone North Hollywood CA, singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry)
- 1950 Death - Adolf Wiklund composer, dies at 70
- 1950 Death - Carter G Woodson "father of black history", dies in Washington DC at 74
- 1950 Death - Kurt Julian Weill German composer (Dreigroschenoper), dies at 50
- 1951 Birth - Gwen Welles US actress (Desert Hearts, Nashville)
- 1951 Birth - Mel Schacher Owosso MI, bassist (Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful)
- 1951 Christopher Fry's "Sleep of Prisoners", premieres in Oxford
- 1951 Death - Johannes C Kielstra Dut economist/Governor (Suriname 1933-44), dies at 72
- 1952 Dutch Queen Juliana speaks to US Congress
- 1953 Birth - Huub van der Lubbe Dutch rock singer (Stampei-The Dike)
- 1953 TV Guide debuts.
- 1954 "Me & Juliet" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 358 performances
- 1954 Don Perry climbs a 20' rope in under 2.8 seconds (AAU record)
- 1955 Baltimore Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs Kansas City Athletics)
- 1955 Birth - Aleksandr Nikolayevich Yablontsev Russian Lieutenant-Colonel/cosmonaut
- 1955 Birth - Mick Mars [Bob Allen Dale] Terra Haute IN, guitarist (Mtley Cre-Girls Girls)
- 1955 Fire in cinema to Sclessin Belgium, kills 39
- 1955 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Oklahoma City Golf Open
- 1955 Night express train in Guadalajara derails, killing 300
- 1955 The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
- 1956 "Silk Stockings" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 461 performances
- 1956 Birth - Miguel Bos Aries Panam, Spanish singer (Lo Mejor del Ao)/actor (El Avaro, Queen Margot)
- 1956 Bulgarian vice premier Traitsjo Kostov rehabilitated
- 1956 Death - T Kostov Bulgarian vice-premier, executed
- 1956 Elvis Presley sings "Heartbreak Hotel" on the Milton Berle Show, with an estimated 25% of the United States population viewing.
- 1956 German war criminals Hinrichsen/Rhl/Siebens/Viebahn are freed
- 1956 The western part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado (known as the Hudsonville-Standale Tornado).
- 1957 Birth - Charles Jones NBA forward (Houston Rockets)
- 1957 Samuel Beckett's "Endgame", premieres in London
- 1957 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
- 1958 "Say, Darling" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 332 performances
- 1958 Birth - Alec Baldwin Amityville NY, actor (Joshua-Knots Landing, Beetlejuice)
- 1958 Death - Theodor Kramer writer, dies
- 1958 Fidel Castro's rebels attacked Havana
- 1959 Birth - David Hyde Pierce Saratoga Springs NY, actor (Niles Crane-Fraiser)
- 1960 Death - Anton Pannekoek Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at 87
- 1960 Earthquake at Havr‚, Belgium
- 1961 "Happiest Girl in the World" opens at Martin Beck NYC for 97 performances
- 1961 Birth - Eddie Murphy Brooklyn NY, actor (Saturday Night Live, 48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop, Raw)
- 1961 Birth - Melissa Etheridge rock guitarist/vocalist (Come to My Window)
- 1961 Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia is sold to J Schleifer Properties
- 1962 Birth - John Griffith rocker (Red Rockers)
- 1962 Birth - Mike Ness rocker (Social Distortion)
- 1962 Birth - Nancy Filteau Swift Current Saskatchawan, 72k judoka (Olympics-96)
- 1962 Death - Benny "Kid" Paret US welterweight boxer, dies after fight, at 24
- 1962 Death - Manolis Kalomiris Greek opera composer, dies at 78
- 1962 Jockey Eddie Arcaro retires after 31 years (24,092 races)
- 1962 Lieutenant General Marshall S Carter, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA
- 1963 Visitor posting - Douglas R. Hulse of Freehold NJ, born in Neptune NJ - USA
- 1963 Birth - Chris Bosio baseball pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
- 1963 Birth - Zakir Khan cricketer (two Tests for Pakistan 1986-89)
- 1964 Beatles hold the top 6 spots on the Sydney Australia record charts
- 1964 Birth - Ajay Sharma cricketer (Indian spin all-rounder played one Test 1988)
- 1964 US & Panam agree to resume diplomatic relations
- 1964 US and Panama agree to resume diplomatic relations
- 1965 1st atomic powered spacecraft (SNAP) launched
- 1965 Birth - Laura Bryan Birn actress (Lynne-Young and the Restless)
- 1965 The first atomic powered spacecraft (snap) launched
- 1966 Birth - Bo Orlando NFL safety (San Diego Chargers, Cincinnati Bengals)
- 1966 Birth - Shelley Michelle Hollywood CA, actress (Golden Eye)
- 1966 Death - Russel Crouse US stagewriter (Life with Father), dies at 73
- 1966 Luna 10 orbits Moon
- 1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Venice Ladies Golf Open
- 1966 Tom Seaver, signs with the Mets for a reported $50,000 bonus
- 1967 113 East Europeans attending World Amateur hockey championships in Vienna, ask for political asylum
- 1967 Birth - Brent Gilchrist Moose Jaw, NHL center (Dallas Stars)
- 1967 Birth - Pervis Ellison NBA forward/center (Boston Celtics)
- 1967 Natal British Columbia a coal mine explosion kills 15 and injures 9 miners
- 1967 WNYE TV channel 25 in Brooklyn NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1968 Birth - Bernd Karbacher Germany, tennis star
- 1968 Birth - Mike Lansing Rawlins WY, infielder (Montral Expos)
- 1968 Birth - Sebastian Bach [Bierk] Bahamas, rock (Skid Row-18 and Life, I Remember You)
- 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech.
- 1968 N Vietnam agrees to meet US reps to set up preliminary peace talks
- 1968 North Vietnam agrees to meet US representatives to set up preliminary peace talks
- 1969 Birth - David Morland North Bay Ontario Canada, golfer (1992 Trafalgar Rookie of Year)
- 1969 Birth - Reid Hayston Hamilton New Zealand, beach volleyball player (Olympics-96)
- 1969 Birth - Rodney Hampton NFL running back (New York Giants)
- 1969 Death - Rex Evans actor (Frankenstein meets the Wolfman, Zara), dies at 65
- 1969 Ottawa to reduce Canadian forces in Europe but remain in NATO alliance.
- 1969 Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
- 1970 Birth - Keith Franklin WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals)
- 1970 Visitor posting - birthday of beautiful baby shelly!!! - USA
- 1970 Birth - Matt Gay WLAF safety (Rhein Fire)
- 1970 Miriam Hargrave of England passes her drivers test on 40th try
- 1971 Birth - Anthony McClanahan CFL linebacker (Calgary Stampeders)
- 1971 Birth - Kevin Farkas WLAF tackle (Amsterdam Admirals)
- 1971 Birth - Peter Schwab Boston MA, rower (Olympics-1996)
- 1971 Birth - Picabo Street skier (Olympics-gold-94)
- 1971 Birth - Quilvio Veras Santo Domingo Dominican Republic, infielder (Florida Marlins)
- 1971 Death - Joseph Valachi US gangster, dies at 66
- 1971 Death - Manfred Bonnington Lee [Ellery Queen], detective writer, dies at 65
- 1971 Japanese tokusatsu television series Kamen Rider premieres, marking the beginning of the long-running Kamen Rider franchise.
- 1972 Birth - Jennie Garth Urbana IL, actress (Kelly Taylor-Beverly Hills 90210)
- 1972 Birth - Sandrine Testud Lyon France, tennis star (1993 Strasbourg)
- 1972 Death - Ferde Ferdinand Rudolph von Grof composer (Grand Canyon Suite), dies at 80
- 1973 Birth - Greg DeLong NFL tight end (Minnesota Vikings)
- 1973 Birth - Jim Campbell Worchester MA, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)
- 1973 Birth - Kelly Lochbaum CFL linebacker (British Columbia Lions)
- 1973 The first portable cell phone call is placed in New York City.
- 1974 148 tornadoes are reported over an area covering a dozen states
- 1974 Gold hits record $197 an ounce in Paris
- 1974 The Super Outbreak occurs, the biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history. The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.
- 1975 Birth - Thomas Hamilton NBA center (Boston Celtics)
- 1975 Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.
- 1975 Bobby Fischer stripped of world chess title for refusing to defend
- 1975 Death - Mary Ure actress (Sons & Lovers, Where Eagles Dare), dies at 42
- 1975 James Rupers kills his family to inherit
- 1975 Statistics Canada reports record $2.19 billion paid out in 1974 for unemployment insurance benefits.
- 1976 Birth - Keith Closs NBA center (Los Angeles Clippers)
- 1976 Death - Maurice Johnstone composer, dies at 75
- 1976 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
- 1976 Visitor posting - Amy Johns is born in Jacksonville, Florida - USA
- 1976 Philadelphia Flyers win record tying 20th straight NHL home game
- 1977 6th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Kathy Whitworth
- 1977 Birth - Veronique De Kock Miss Belgium-Universe (1996)
- 1977 Boston Bruin Jean Ratelle scores his 1,000th NHL point
- 1977 Death - Jack Ryder cricketer (20 Tests for Australia, 1394 runs), dies
- 1977 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's 1st meeting with President Jimmy Carter
- 1977 Netherlands/Belgium/Luxembourg adopt summer time
- 1978 50th Academy Awards - "Annie Hall", Rich Dreyfuss & Diane Keaton win
- 1978 European market & China signs trade agreement
- 1978 Larry King moves his radio show from Miami FL to Washington DC
- 1978 The FBI Laboratory Division pioneered the use of laser technology to detect latent "crime scene" fingerprints. This date marks the first successful use of lasers to detect latent prints on case evidence.
- 1979 Belgium's Martens government forms
- 1979 Birth - Esmeralda Gonzales Miss Wyoming Teen-USA (1997)
- 1979 Jane M Byrne (D) elected 1st woman mayor of Chicago IL
- 1980 Death - Luella Gear actress (Joe & Mabel), dies at 82
- 1980 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 1981 Arnie Boldt of Saskatchewan jumped 6' 8.25", with 1 leg
- 1981 Race riots in London's Brixton area
- 1982 Buffalo Sabre Gil Perrault scores his 1,000th NHL point
- 1982 Death - Herman W Filarski Dutch bridge journalist, dies at 69
- 1982 Death - Warren Oates actor (East of Eden, Stoney Burke), dies at 53
- 1982 Great Britain dispatched a naval task force to the south Atlantic to reclaim the disputed Falkland Islands from Argentina.
- 1982 UN Security Council demanded Argentina withdraw from Falkland Islands
- 1983 12th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott
- 1983 2nd NCAA Women's Basketball Championship Southern California beats Los Angeles Tech 69-67
- 1984 Bombay beat Delhi on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy
- 1984 Guinea suspends constitution after coup
- 1984 Soyuz T-11 carries 3 cosmonauts (1 Indian-Rakesh Sharma) to Salyut 7
- 1985 French government adopts equal electoral system
- 1985 Players' Association agrees to expand LCS from 5 to 7 games
- 1985 Vic Elliot pocketed 15,780 pool balls in 24 hours in London
- 1986 Death - Peter Pears English tenor (Death in Venice), dies at 75
- 1986 Death - Richard Manuel rock pianist/vocalist (Band), dies on 41st birthday
- 1986 Maureen O'Boyle (future host of Current Affair) is raped
- 1986 US national debt hits $2,000,000,000,000
- 1987 Bill Elliott sets NASCAR qualifying record of 212.809 mph at Talladega
- 1987 Chicago Cubs trade Dennis Eckersley to A's for 3 minor leaguers
- 1987 Duchess of Windsor's jewels auctioned for œ31,380,197
- 1987 The late Duchess of Windsor's jewels are auctioned, fetching nearly $US45 million.
- 1987 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
- 1988 17th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott
- 1988 7th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion Louisiana Tech beat Auburn 56-54
- 1988 Death - Milton A Caniff US cartoonist (Terry & the Pirates), dies at 81
- 1988 Mario Lemieux wins NHL scoring title, stopping Gretzky's 7 year streak
- 1988 New Jersey Devils beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4-3 in OT, to clinch their 1st ever playoff spot
- 1988 Visitor posting - Dustin Maxey born today in Illinois - USA
- 1988 Somalia & Ethiopia sign accord about Ogaden desert
- 1989 "Sunrise" a Gannett newspaper begins publishing for the Bronx
- 1989 51st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion Michigan beats Seton Hall 80-79 (OT)
- 1989 Death - Norman Woolard actor (Guilty, Saul & David, Medeleine), dies at 79
- 1989 Mets win 11th consecutive home opener 8-4 over St Louis at Shea Stadium
- 1990 Death - Katharine Balfour actress (Love Story), dies of ALS at 69
- 1990 Death - Sarah Vaughan jazz singer, dies of lung cancer at 66
- 1991 "Penn & Teller - Refrigerator Tour" opens at Eugene O'Neill NYC
- 1991 12th Emmy Sports Award presentation
- 1991 Bo Jackson signs 1-year contract with Chicago White Sox
- 1991 Death - Graham Greene British writer (3rd Man, Our man in Havana), dies at 86
- 1991 Thomas Bos skates world record 3 km (3:65.16)
- 1991 UN Security Council adopts Gulf War truce resolution
- 1992 1st exhibition game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards-Baltimore Orioles beat New York Mets
- 1992 Death - Lloyd "Slim" Andrews actor (Buf Bill in Tomahawk Territory), dies
- 1992 Death - Margaret Barker actress (Fathers & Son), dies of lung cancer at 83
- 1992 First five coed recruit companies from Orlando, FL Naval Training Center granduate.
- 1993 Death - Alexander Mnouchkine French movie producer (Professional), dies at 83
- 1993 Death - Dieter Plage German wildlife filmmaker, dies at 57
- 1993 Death - Eduardo Cabellero Calderon Colombian writer/diplomat, dies at 83
- 1993 Death - Pinky Lee kiddie host (Pinky Lee Show), dies of heart attack at 85
- 1994 13th NCAA Women Basketball Championship North Carolina beats Louisiana Tech 60-59
- 1994 1st roster of Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) announced
- 1994 6th Seniors Golf Tradition Ray Floyd
- 1994 Death - Betty Furness actress/news consumer reporter (WNBC), dies at 78
- 1994 Death - Frank G Wells US director (Walt Disney), dies at 62
- 1994 Death - Jerome Lejeune French geneticist (Syndrome of Down), dies at 67
- 1994 Death - Pat Harper NYC news anchor (WPIX, WNBC), dies
- 1995 57th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion UCLA Bruins beats Arkansas 89-78
- 1995 Death - David Alexander Reginald Herbert writer, dies at 86
- 1995 Death - Harvey Pennick golfer/teacher, dies at 89
- 1995 Visitor posting - Rebekah Jordan Irivn is born - USA
- 1995 Howard Stern gets in trouble for disparaging remarks about Selena
- 1995 Visitor posting - April 3 1995 Birth - Nick Harris
- 1996 A United States Air Force airplane carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown crashes in Croatia, killing all 35 on board.
- 1996 Death - Carl Stokes 1st black mayor of a major US city (Cleveland OH), dies
- 1996 Death - Christopher John Seward aid worker, dies at 45
- 1996 Death - Ronald Harmon Brown Secretary of Commerce, dies in an accident at 54
- 1996 Death - Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes bluesman, dies at 59
- 1996 South Australia grab exciting draw vs Western Australia to win Sheffield Shield
- 1996 St Francis Fighting Saints scores college baseball run record 71-1
- 1996 Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is arrested at his Montana cabin.
- 1997 "Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical", opens at Royale NYC for 109 performance
- 1997 Death - Judy Flannery master triathlete, killed by a car at 56
- 1997 Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but 1 of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
- 1998 Visitor posting - Peppers was born! - USA
- 1998 World Ice Dance Figure Skating Championship in Minneapolis MN; Russians Anjelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsyannikov win
- 2000 62nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship at RCA Dome Indianapolis
- 2000 United States v. Microsoft: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
- 2007 An official new world record for conventional-train speed of 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph) is set by a French TGV on the LGV Est high speed line east of Paris.
- 2009 Visitor posting - Chef Jim Slattery 42nd year/ 2nd year sobriety
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