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- 0188 Birth - Caracalla [Marcus Aureiius Antoniius] Roman emperor (211-17)
- 0397 Death - Ambrosius Governor of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies
- 0896 Death - Formosus Pope (891-96), dies
- 0896 Formosus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
- 1081 Alexius I Comnenus occupies Byzantine throne
- 1229 Death - Hugo van Pierrepont bishop of Liege, dies
- 1284 Death - Alfonso X "El Sabio" King of Castili/Len (1252-84), dies at 62
- 1292 Death - Nicholas IV [Girolamo Masci] Pope (1288-92), dies
- 1393 Death - Floris van Wevelinkhoven bishop of Utrecht, dies
- 1406 Death - Robert III King of Scotland (1390-1406), dies
- 1417 Death - John van Touraine 1st husband of Jacoba of Bavaria, dies
- 1460 University of Basle in Swizerland forms
- 1527 Birth - Abraham Ortelius [Ortels/Hortels] South Netherlands geographer
- 1541 Ignatius of Loyola becomes 1st superior-General of the Jesuits
- 1552 Mauritius van Saksen begins alliance with Karel Anikita Stroganov
- 1558 Czar Ivan IV gives parts of North-Russia to fur traders
- 1581 Frances Drake completres circumnavigation of the world
- 1581 Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I.
- 1585 Death - Caspar de Robles Spanish viceroy of Frisia, dies at about 57
- 1588 Christian IV succeeds Frederik II as king of Denmark
- 1588 Death - Frederik II King of Denmark/Norway (1559-88), dies at 53
- 1604 Death - Thomas Churchyard poet/pamphleteer, dies
- 1617 Death - John Napier Scottish mathematician/inventor (logarithms), dies
- 1625 Viceroy Frederik Henry marries Amalia countess von Solms-Braunfels
- 1643 Death - Simon Episcopius [Bisschop] Dutch theologist, dies at 60
- 1646 Birth - Antoine Galland French orintalist/interpreter
- 1648 Birth - Grinling Gibbons sculptor/woodcarver
- 1655 Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis English fleet beats Barbarian pirates
- 1655 The miraculous statue entitled the Infant of Prague is solemnly crowned by command of Cardinal Harrach.
- 1660 Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of England.
- 1660 English King Charles II ends Declaration of Breda (freedom of religion)
- 1662 Death - Davis Mell composer, dies at 57
- 1662 Death - Leonhart Kern German sculptor , dies at about 73
- 1664 Death - Adam Willaerts Dutch seascape painter, dies
- 1687 English King James II orders his Declaration of Indulgence read in church
- 1687 King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church
- 1696 Birth - Giovanni Battista Tiepoldo painter
- 1714 Death - Karel duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies
- 1716 Birth - John Evangelist Schreiber composer
- 1716 Russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar
- 1721 Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I.
- 1731 Birth - Francisco Morera composer
- 1734 Death - Johann C van Erckel old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79
- 1737 Anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor
- 1740 Birth - Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen composer
- 1752 Birth - Niccol Antonio Zingarelli composer (Andromeda)
- 1755 Birth - Vincenc Masek composer
- 1758 Birth - John Hoppner portrait painter
- 1762 Birth - Stephen Storace composer
- 1774 Death - Oliver Goldsmith Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17
- 1776 Continental Navy frigate Columbus captures HM Tender Hawke, first American capture of British armed vessel
- 1784 Death - Mary Mead wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies
- 1785 Birth - Bettina Brentano composer
- 1785 Birth - Bettina von Arnim German writer (This Book Belongs to the King)
- 1786 Birth - John Franklin British explorer (Arctic)
- 1792 Birth - Thaddeus Stevens US Radical Republican congressional leader (Representative-R)
- 1802 Birth - Dorothea Dix US, aroused interest in treatment of mental inmates
- 1804 Birth - Joseph Fischhof composer
- 1806 Death - Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer composer, dies at 84
- 1807 Death - Joseph Jrme Le Francais de Lalande French astronomer, dies
- 1809 Birth - Benjamin Pierce US mathematician/astronomer
- 1812 U.S. President James Madison enacted a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.
- 1814 Birth - John Blair Smith Todd Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1872
- 1814 Napoleon abdicates for the first time.
- 1817 Birth - John Wilson Sprague Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1893
- 1817 Death - Andr Massna Duc de Rivoli soldier, dies
- 1817 Death - Prince d'Essing dies
- 1818 Congress decided US flag is 13 red & white stripes & 20 stars
- 1818 The United States Congress adopts the flag of the United States with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (then 20).
- 1820 Birth - Charles Devens Jr Major General, Brevet (Union volunteers), died in 1891
- 1821 Birth - Linus Yale US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock)
- 1823 Birth - Karl Wilhelm Siemens inventor (laid undersea cables)
- 1823 Birth - Robert Byington Mitchell Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
- 1826 Birth - Znobe Thophile Gramme inventor (electric motor)
- 1828 Birth - Margaret Oliphant Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City)
- 1828 Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam)
- 1831 Birth - Edward Cary Walthall Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
- 1832 Birth - Jose Echegaray y Elizaguirre playwright/scientist (Teatro Escogido)
- 1832 Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro
- 1836 Birth - Jerome Hopkins composer
- 1841 Death - William Henry Harrison becomes 1st US President to die in office, at 68
- 1841 William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia becoming the first President of the United States to die in office and the one with the shortest term served and John Tyler takes the oath of office becoming the first Vice President of the United States to become president to serve the remainder of the terms.
- 1843 Birth - Hans Richter Gyr (Raab/Gyoer) Hungary, conductor (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)
- 1843 Birth - Hans Richter composer
- 1844 Death - Charles Bulfinch 1st US pro architect (Massachusetts State House), dies at 80
- 1850 City of Los Angeles incorporated
- 1850 Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city.
- 1850 The Great Fire of Cottenham, a large part of the Cambridgeshire village (England) is burnt to the ground under suspicious circumstances.
- 1854 Sailors and Marines from sailing sloop, Plymouth, protect U.S. citizens at Shanghai
- 1858 Asteroid 54, Kalypso discovered (named for goddess of silence)
- 1858 Birth - Rmy de Gourmont French critic/writer (Physique de L'amour)
- 1859 Bryant's Minstrels debut "Dixie" in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show.
- 1859 The opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris France)
- 1862 Battle of Yorktown begins
- 1862 Death - Harmen S Sytstra Dutch poet/editor (Iduna), dies at 45
- 1862 US begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond
- 1864 Skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas
- 1865 American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.
- 1865 Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse
- 1866 Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev.
- 1866 Birth - George P Baker US playwright (47 Workshop)
- 1870 Birth - George A Smith Salt Lake City UT, 8th president of Mormon church
- 1870 Golden Gate Park established by City Order #800
- 1872 Birth - Nikolai Amani composer
- 1872 Birth - Pauline de Haan-Manifarges Dutch singer
- 1875 Birth - Jozef Szulc composer
- 1875 Birth - Pierre Monteux Paris France, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra 1919-24)
- 1875 Birth - Samuel S Hinds Brooklyn NY, actor (The Bribe, The Egg and I, The Great Alaskan Mystery)
- 1876 Birth - Maurice de Vlaminck Paris France, Fauvist painter (Village in the Snow)
- 1879 Birth - Gabriel Groulez composer
- 1881 Birth - Charles Funk Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls)
- 1882 Birth - Mary Howe composer
- 1884 Birth - Isoroku Yamamoto Admiral/supreme commander of Japanese fleet
- 1887 Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
- 1887 Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia KS)
- 1888 Birth - Tris Speaker baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose
- 1889 Death - Thomas T H Jorissen historian, dies at 56
- 1892 Birth - Cyril Smith Peterhead Scotland, actor (Adventures of Sir Lancelot)
- 1892 Birth - Esther Howard Montana, actress (Born to Kill, Murder My Sweet, A Fool's Advice)
- 1893 Death - Alphonse de Candolle Swiss botanist, dies at 86
- 1895 Birth - Arthur Murray New York NY, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party)
- 1895 Birth - Charlie Hallows cricket batsman (Lancs played for England 1921-28)
- 1896 Announcement of Gold in the Yukon
- 1896 Birth - Robert Sherwood dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight)
- 1896 Birth - Tristan Tzara [Samuel Rosenfeld] French poet (Approximate Man)
- 1896 News of the Yukon's Klondike gold strike reaches the outside world.
- 1897 Birth - Pierre Fresnay Paris France, actor (Grand Illusion)
- 1898 Appointment of first Civil Engineering Corps officer, Mordecai Endicott, as Chief, Bureau of ards and Docks
- 1899 Birth - William Brann cricketer (South African batsman vs England 1922-23)
- 1899 South Africa all out 35 vs England (Trott 4-19, Haigh 6-11)
- 1900 Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII
- 1900 British garrison of Reddersberg surrenders to Boer General De Wet
- 1900 Death - Edward VII King, assassinated
- 1901 Birth - Carmel Myers San Francisco CA, actress (Carmel Myers Show)
- 1902 Birth - Louise L de Vilmorin French poetess/author (Lutin Sauvage)
- 1902 British financier Cecil Rhodes leaves $10 million in his will to provide scholarships for Empire and American students at Oxford University.
- 1902 Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund established with $10 million
- 1905 Birth - Eugene Bozza composer
- 1905 Death - Constantin Meunier Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 73
- 1905 Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 370,000
- 1905 In India, an earthquake near Kangra kills 370,000.
- 1905 In Kangra, India a 8.6 earthquake resulted in 19,000 deaths
- 1906 Birth - Bea Benaderet New York NY, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction)
- 1906 Birth - John Cameron Swayze Wichita KS, newscaster (Timex, Hindenberg)
- 1907 Birth - Nathan M Pusey Council Bluffs IA, educator (1963 National Association for Social Sciences Medal)
- 1908 Birth - Ernestine Gilbreth Carey author (Cheaper by the Dozen)
- 1908 Death - Josef Sucher composer, dies at 64
- 1910 Birth - Agnes Patrick campaigner
- 1910 Birth - [Marcelle] Georgette Hagedoorn actress/chansonnire
- 1911 Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP
- 1912 Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields Siberia
- 1912 Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet
- 1913 Birth - Frances Langford Lakeland FL, singer (Armed Forces Hour, Star Time)
- 1913 Birth - Jerome Weidman US writer (Tenderloin)
- 1913 Birth - Rosemary Lane Indianola IA, actress (4 Mothers, Harvest Melody)
- 1913 The Greek aviator Emmanuel Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot victim of the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
- 1914 "The Perils of Pauline" shown for 1st time in Los Angeles CA
- 1914 Birth - Gustave Camus Belgian painter
- 1914 Birth - John Beith British diplomat
- 1914 Birth - Marguerite Duras France, novelist/playwright (The Sea Wall)
- 1914 Birth - Richard Coogan Short Hills NJ, actor (Captain Video)
- 1914 Birth - Sir John Beith British diplomat
- 1915 Birth - Jan Drda Czechoslovakia, writer (Nema Barikada, Mestecko Na Dlani)
- 1915 Birth - Lars G Ahlin Swedish writer (Death of Me)
- 1915 Birth - Muddy Waters [McKinley Morganfield], guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man)
- 1916 Birth - David White actor (Larry Tate-Bewitched)
- 1916 Birth - Herbert Eugene Caen columnist
- 1916 US Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WWI
- 1917 Birth - Joseph Ortiz French-Algerian extremist (barricade uprising)
- 1917 British Columbia gives women the provincial vote.
- 1918 Battle of Somme ends
- 1918 Battle of Somme, ends
- 1918 Birth - Earl Jellicoe chancellor (University of Southhampton)
- 1918 Birth - Margaret Dupont tennis champion
- 1918 Cabinet passes wartime order-in-council stipulating that every male between 16 and 60 be regularly employed.
- 1918 Food riot in Amsterdam
- 1918 HMS Bittern, a British 'C' Class destroyer, built by Vickers at Barrow in Furness and completed in 1897, sunk in collision off Portland Bill, Dorset after colliding with the SS Kenilworth.
- 1918 World War I: Second Battle of the Somme ends.
- 1919 Birth - Antony Tudor England, choreographer (Metropolitan Opera 1957)
- 1919 Death - William Crookes English chemist/physicist (Crookes-pipe), dies at 86
- 1920 Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem
- 1920 Birth - Eric Rohmer Nancy France, director (Claire's Knee)/ actor (6 in Paris, Collector, Perceval)
- 1921 Birth - Willem J "Wim" the Villiers South Africa minister of Administration
- 1921 Stanley Cup Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2
- 1922 Birth - Elmer Bernstein New York NY, movie music composer (Robot Monster)
- 1922 WAAB (Baton Rouge LA) becomes 1st US radio station with "W" calls
- 1923 Birth - Manon H E Alving Dutch actress (Short American)
- 1923 Death - L Martov [Joulij O Tsederbaum] Russian revolutionary, dies at 49
- 1924 Birth - Christopher Prater screen printer
- 1924 Birth - Eva Marie Saint Newark NJ, actress (Sandpiper, Loving, Exodus)
- 1924 Birth - Gil Hodges baseball player/manager (Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Mets)
- 1924 Birth - Peter Vaughan actor (Haunted Honeymoon, Die Die My Darling)
- 1925 Birth - Elizabeth Wilson Grand Rapids MI, actor (Doc, East Side/West Side)
- 1925 Birth - Erna Spoorenberg Dutch singer
- 1926 Birth - Cloris Leachman Des Moines IA, actress (Phyllis, High Anxiety)
- 1926 Greek dictator Theodorus Pangalos elected president
- 1927 Birth - Bob Stump (Representative-Republican-AZ, 1977- )
- 1928 Birth - Bill Ryan Brooklyn NY, newscaster (Smithsonian)
- 1928 Birth - Jimmy Logan British comedian (Mad Death)
- 1928 Birth - Maya Angelou [Marguerite Johnson] St Louis MO, poet (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)/actress (Nyo-Roots)
- 1928 Birth - Monty Norman composer/writer
- 1928 Maya Angelou was born
- 1929 "New Moon" musical opens in London
- 1929 1st AAU Greco-Roman wrestling championships held
- 1929 Birth - William F Clinger Jr (Representative-Republican-PA, 1979- )
- 1929 Death - Karl Friedrich Benz automobile engineer (Mercedes), dies at 84
- 1929 First AAU Greco-Roman wrestling championships held
- 1930 Andrew Sandham makes Test Cricket 1st triple century
- 1930 Birth - David Sexton soccer manager
- 1930 Death - Vladimir Majakovski Russian poet, dies
- 1930 Les Ames makes the 1st Test Cricket century by a wicketkeeper (149)
- 1930 The Communist Party of Panama is founded.
- 1931 Birth - Denis Frank Owen Natural historian
- 1931 Birth - Harold L Volkmer (Representative-Democrat-MO, 1977- )
- 1931 Death - Andre Michelin CEO (Michelin Tires), dies
- 1931 Death - George Whitefield Chadwick composer, dies at 76
- 1932 Birth - Andrei Tarkovski Russian director (Solaris, Stalker)
- 1932 Birth - Anthony Perkins New York NY, actor (Psycho, Fear Strikes Out, Pretty Poison)
- 1932 Birth - Bapu Nadkarni cricketer (economical Indian slow left-armer 1956-68)
- 1932 Birth - Richard G Lugar (Senator-Republican-IN, 1977- )
- 1932 Death - Ottokar T Czernin von und zu Chudenitz Austrian minister, dies at 59
- 1932 Death - Wilhelm Ostwald physical chemist (Nobel 1909), dies
- 1932 George Bernard Shaw's "Too True to be Good", premieres in NYC
- 1932 Vitamin C 1st isolated, C C King, University of Pittsburgh
- 1932 Vitamin C first isolated, C.C. King, Univ of Pittsburgh
- 1933 Birth - Fritz Bolkestein Dutch CEO (Shell)/Minister of Defense (VVD)
- 1933 Birth - Robin Phillips English multi-millionaire manufacturer (hand-dryer)
- 1933 Birth - Seoirse Bodley composer
- 1933 US Dirigible Akron crashes off coast of New Jersey, 73 die
- 1934 Birth - Dorothy Lousie Grenfell Williams broadcaster
- 1934 Death - Braulio Dueno Colon composer, dies at 80
- 1935 Birth - Easton Dudley Ashton St John McMorris cricketer (West Indies batsman of 60's)
- 1935 Birth - Franois-Bernard Mache composer
- 1935 Birth - Lord Ichayra Secretary-General (British Banking Association)
- 1935 Birth - Trevor Griffiths playwright (Absolute Beginners)
- 1936 Birth - Margo J Sylvia rocker (Tune Weavers)
- 1937 4th Golf Masters Championship Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 283
- 1937 Birth - Ian St James novelist (Balfour Conspiracy, Vengeance, Money Stones)
- 1937 Birth - J Hans van den Doel economist/Dutch MP (PvdA)
- 1937 Death - Frantisek X Salda Czechoslovakia, writer/critic, dies at 69
- 1938 5th Golf Masters Championship Henry Picard wins, shooting a 285
- 1938 Birth - A Bartlett Giamatti Boston MA, president of Yale/baseball commish (1989)
- 1938 Birth - Michael Parks Corona CA, actor (Then Came Bronson)
- 1938 Birth - Peter Attenborough British headmaster (Charterhouse)
- 1938 Death - Cyril Christiani cricket wicket keep (West Indies 1935), dies of malaria at 24
- 1939 Birth - Hugh Masekela Wilbank South Africa, trumpeter (I Am Not Afraid)
- 1939 Birth - Joanne Carner Kirkland WA, LPGA golfer (US Open 1970, 76)
- 1939 Canada recognizes the government of General Francisco Franco of Spain, following the end of the Spanish Civil War.
- 1939 Death - Ghazi I King of Iraq (19??-39), dies in car accident
- 1939 Faisal II ascends to throne of Iraq
- 1939 Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
- 1940 Birth - Bijan Iran, mens apparel designer (Beverly Hills, New York, London)
- 1940 Birth - Robby Mueller cinematographer (Breaking the Waves, Dead Man, Korczak)
- 1940 Birth - Vladimir Timofeyevich Isakov Russia, cosmonaut
- 1940 L Oterma discovers asteroid #2332 Kalm
- 1940 R Rodgers/Lorenz Hart's "Higher & Higher", premieres in NYC
- 1941 Birth - Major Lance US boxer/dancer/singer (Hey Little Girl)
- 1941 Death - Max Frisch writer, dies at 29
- 1941 German troops conquer Banghazi
- 1941 Visitor posting - Janice Francis Beveridge born - New Zealand
- 1942 Birth - Kitty Kelley author (Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra)
- 1942 Birth - Kris Jensen rocker
- 1942 RCAF Squadron Leader L.J. Birchall spots Japanese fleet heading for Ceylon; alerts naval base and averts disaster for the British Fleet and a second Pearl Harbour
- 1943 Birth - Ian Robertson British museum director (National Army Museum)
- 1943 Death - Oskar Schlemmer German painter/sculptor, dies at 54
- 1943 Death - Raoul Laparra composer, dies at 66
- 1944 Birth - David Melville professor/director (Middlesex Polytechnic)
- 1944 Birth - Lawrence A Hough US, rower (Pairs w/o cox-1968 Olympics-silver)
- 1944 British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia
- 1944 De Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists
- 1944 Death - John Peale Bishop US poet (Undertaker's Garland), dies at 51
- 1944 Death - Karel Weis composer, dies at 82
- 1945 Birth - Bryan Andrews cricketer (New Zealand medium-pacer, toured Australia 1973-74)
- 1945 Birth - Caroline McWilliams Seattle WA, actress (Sally-Soap, Marcy-Benson)
- 1945 Birth - Catherine Spaak actress (Hotel, Weekend at Dunkirk, Circle of Love)
- 1945 Birth - Walter Charles East Strousberg PA, actor (Fletch Lives, Weeds)
- 1945 Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Liberation Day)
- 1945 US forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany
- 1945 US tanks/infantry conquer Bielefeld
- 1945 World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.
- 1945 World War II: Soviet Army takes control of Hungary.
- 1946 Birth - Craig T Nelson Spokane WA, actor (Chief Jack Mannion-The District, Hayden Fox-Coach, Poltergeist)
- 1947 Birth - Salvatore Sciarrino composer
- 1947 Largest group of sunspots on record
- 1947 UN's International Civil Aviation Organization established
- 1948 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to first base; it ends in a tie
- 1948 Birth - Berry Oakley Chicago IL, rocker (Allman Brothers-Ramblin' Man)
- 1948 Birth - Gail Davies Broken Bow OK, country singer (Blue Heartache)
- 1948 Birth - Luke Halpin Astoria NY, actor (Sandy Ricks-Flipper)
- 1948 Birth - Pick Withers rocker (Dire Straits)
- 1949 Birth - Larry Lingle rocker
- 1949 Establishment of NATO
- 1949 Israel & Jordan sign armistice agreement
- 1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Wash DC)
- 1949 Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
- 1949 WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1950 Birth - Christine Lahti Detroit MI, actress (Dr Kathryn Austin-Chicago Hope, Harvey Korman Show, Swing Shift)
- 1950 Christine Lahti born.
- 1950 Dirk Stikker becomes chairman of OES
- 1951 Birth - Steve Gatlin Olney TX, country singer (Gatlin Brothers-Broken Lady)
- 1951 Dutch Prince Bernhard visits Juan & Eva Per¢n in Buenos Aires Argentina
- 1952 Birth - Dave Hill England, rock guitarist (Slade-Coz I Love You)
- 1952 Birth - Gary Moore Irish rock guitarist ("Still Got the Blues", Thin Lizzy, Skid Row)
- 1952 Birth - Peter Haycock rock guitarist (All Along the Watchtower)
- 1952 Birth - Rosemarie Ackermann German Democratic Republic, high jumper (Olympics-gold-1976)
- 1952 Karen Magnussen figure skater, born at North Vancouver, BC
- 1953 Death - Carol II King of Romania (1930-40), dies at 59
- 1953 Death - Rachilde [Marguerite Vallette-Eymery] French author, dies at 93
- 1953 KFDA TV channel 10 in Amarillo TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1954 Birth - Julie Carmen Mount Vernon NY, actress (Gloria, Last Plane Out)
- 1955 Birth - Mick Mars rocker
- 1955 British government signs military treaty with Iraq
- 1956 Birth - Evelyn Hart prima ballerina (Royal Winnipeg Ballet)
- 1956 Birth - Lamen Khalifa Fhimah Suk Giuma Libya, bomber (Pan Am Flight 103)
- 1956 Death - Fritz Knkel German physician/charachterologist, dies at 66
- 1956 Enid Bagnold's "Chalk Garden", premieres in London
- 1957 Birth - Graeme Kelling British pop guitarist (Deacon Blue-Real Gone Kid)
- 1957 Birth - Paul Downton cricketer (England wicket-keeper in 80's)
- 1957 Heitor Villa-Lobos' 10th Symphony, premieres in Paris France
- 1957 Herbert Norman 1909-1957 Canadian Ambassador to Egypt, jumps from the roof of his apartment building to his death after suspicions he was a possible Communist sympathizer
- 1958 1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England)
- 1958 Birth - Derek Kallicharran cricket all-rounder (Guyana, USA 1994 ICC Trophy)
- 1958 Birth - Hrvoje Horvatic video artist
- 1958 Birth - John Wesley Jones Lawton OK, 4X100 meter relayer (Olympics-gold-1976)
- 1958 Birth - Pierre-Paul Prud'hon painter
- 1958 Death - Hendrik Heyman Belgian minister of Nijverheid/mayor, dies at 78
- 1958 EugŠne Ionesco's "Tueur sans Gages" premieres in Darmstadt
- 1959 Death - Stanley Snooke cricketer (brother of S J, duck in South African Test), dies
- 1959 Fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal & French Sudan (dissolved 1960)
- 1959 Federation of Mali, consisting of Senegal & French Sudan (dissolved 1960)
- 1960 32nd Academy Awards - "Ben-Hur", Charlton Heston & Simone Signoret win
- 1960 Birth - Bev Smith Armstrong British Columbia Canada, basketball forward (Olympics-96)
- 1960 Birth - Jon[athan] Agnew British broadcaster/cricketer (England pace bowler late 80's)
- 1960 Project Ozma begins at Green Bank radio astronomy center
- 1960 Senegal declares independence from France
- 1961 Birth - Matt Cole Stratford Ontario Canada, Canadian Tour golfer (1990 Space Coast)
- 1962 Birth - Ava Fabian Brewster NY, playmate (August 1986)/actress (Cafe Nostra)
- 1962 Birth - Sherrin Smyers Newcastle Australia, LPGA golfer (1995 Youngstown-11th)
- 1962 Birth - Tina Tombs Montral Qubec Canada, LPGA golfer (1990 Jamie Farr Toledo)
- 1963 Birth - Anthony Clark comedian (Boyd Pritchett-Boston Common)
- 1963 Birth - Dale Hawerchuk Toronto Ontario Canada, NHL center (Philadelphia Flyers)
- 1963 Birth - David Gavurin English pop guitarist/composer (Sundays, Blind)
- 1963 Birth - Jack Del Rio NFL linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)
- 1963 Death - Endzion Barelli dies 2 days after winning a boxing match at 18
- 1963 Death - Jason Robards Sr actor (Acapulco), dies at 70
- 1963 Jason Robards Sr actor (Acapulco), dies at 70
- 1964 "Anyone Can Whistle" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 9 performances
- 1964 Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love", single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks
- 1964 Birth - Gregory Thomas Kraft Detroit MI, PGA golfer (1993 Walt Disney-2nd)
- 1964 Birth - Paul Parker soccer player
- 1964 Birth - Robbie Rist California, actor (Oliver-Brady Bunch)
- 1965 Birth - Black Francis [Charles Thompson], US singer/songwriter (Pixies)
- 1965 Birth - Robert Downey Jr New York NY, comedian/actor (Larry Paul-Ally McBeal, Saturday Night Live, Less than Zero, Back to School)
- 1965 Birth - Tony Burse CFL fullback (Edmonton Eskimos)
- 1965 Birth - Zwart Francis [Charles Thompson] US singer/songwriter (Pixies)
- 1965 Robert Downey, Jr. born.
- 1965 The first model of the new Saab Viggen fighter aircraft plane is unveiled.
- 1966 Birth - Michal Clingman Indio CA, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-9th-1994)
- 1966 Birth - Myriam Schropp West Germany, tennis star
- 1966 Birth - Nancy McKeon Westbury NY, actress (Jo Polniazek-Facts of Life)
- 1966 Birth - Stanislav Medrik Nitra Czechoslovakia, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia)
- 1966 Canada starts five-year, $350,000 project to help increase wheat production in Kenya; an environmental fiasco.
- 1966 Pirate Radio Scotland changes name to Radio Ireland
- 1967 Birth - Juliana "Juli" Furtado New York NY, cyclist (Olympics-10th-96)
- 1967 Death - Mischa Elman Ukraine/US violinist, dies at 76
- 1967 Dutch De Young government forms
- 1967 Marines chase "Nozems" out of Amsterdam Central Station
- 1967 Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church.
- 1968 "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 28 performances
- 1968 AEK Athens BC becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
- 1968 Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned
- 1968 Birth - Andre Bowden WLAF LB (Frankfurt Galaxy)
- 1968 Death - Reverend Martin Luther King Jr civil rights leader, assassinated in Memphis at 39
- 1968 James Earl Ray assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee. The FBI opened a special investigation based on the violation of Dr. King's civil rights so that federal jurisdiction in the matter could be established.
- 1969 Birth - Anthony Tucker NBA forward (New York Knicks)
- 1969 Birth - Carlos Reyes Miami FL, pitcher (Oakland A's)
- 1969 Birth - Dennis de Nooijer Dutch soccer player/twin brother of Gerard (Sparta)
- 1969 Birth - Gerard de Nooijer Dutch soccer player/twin brother of Dennis (Sparta)
- 1969 Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
- 1970 Birth - Barry van Galen Dutch soccer player (Roda JC)
- 1970 Birth - Jason Stoltenberg Australia, tennis star
- 1970 Byron Foulger actor (Capt Nice, Petticoat Junction), dies at 70
- 1970 Death - Byron Foulger actor (Captain Nice, Petticoat Junction), dies at 70
- 1970 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson
- 1970 Visitor posting - M. J. RUNCO born - USA
- 1971 "Follies" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 524 performances
- 1971 Birth - Allan Houston NBA guard (New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons)
- 1971 Birth - Felipe Lira Miranda Venezeula, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
- 1971 Birth - Jaime Fernandez Australian rower (Olympics-96)
- 1971 Birth - Yanic Perreault Sherbrooke, NHL center (Los Angeles Kings)
- 1971 Marine clay under houses liquifies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Qu‚bec)
- 1972 1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating
- 1972 Adam Clayton Powell Jr (Rep-D-NY), dies at 63
- 1972 Birth - Chad Eaton defensive tackle (New England Patriots)
- 1972 Birth - Jim Werland Ventura CA, canoe (alternate-Olympics-96)
- 1972 Birth - Matt Wagner Cedar Falls IA, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
- 1972 Death - Adam Clayton Powell Jr (Representative-Democrat-NY), dies at 63
- 1972 Death - John A H J S Bruins Slot co-founder/editor in chief (illegal), dies
- 1972 Death - Stefan Wolpe German composer (Zeus & Elidco), dies at 69
- 1973 Birth - Damon Allen Winston-Salem NC, figure skater (1997 Midwestern champion)
- 1973 Birth - Peter Hoekstra Dutch soccer player (PSV, Ajax)
- 1973 Birth - Ryan Coughlin CFL offensive linebacker (Montral Alouettes)
- 1973 Birth - Tiffany Woosley WNBA guard (Houston Comets)
- 1973 The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.
- 1974 Birth - O J Santiago tight end (Atlanta Falcons)
- 1974 Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th
- 1975 Birth - Kisha Ford WNBA guard/forward (New York Liberty)
- 1975 C5A Galaxy on military charter crashes, taking 155 lives (Saigon)
- 1975 Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
- 1975 Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes
- 1975 USAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes killing 155
- 1975 Vietnam War: Operation Baby Lift - A United States Air Force C-5A Galaxy crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, transporting orphans - 172 die.
- 1976 5th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Judy Rankin
- 1976 Birth - Alicia Silverstone San Francisco CA, actress (Clueless)
- 1976 Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
- 1976 Seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand
- 1977 Death - Jeno Zador composer, dies at 82
- 1977 Sarah Michelle Gellar born.
- 1978 Birth - Irene Skliva Athens Greece, Miss World (1996)
- 1978 Death - Gino Contilli composer, dies at 70
- 1979 Birth - Charles Butler Salt Lake City UT, dance skater (& Joseph-1997 National)
- 1979 Birth - Rebecca Stoyel South Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
- 1979 Death - Edgar Buchanan actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), dies at 77
- 1979 Death - Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto former Pakistani President, hanged in Pakistan at 51
- 1979 Edgar Buchanan actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), dies at 77
- 1979 Jane M Byrne (D), elected 1st woman mayor of Chicago IL
- 1979 President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
- 1979 Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto former Pakistani president, hanged in Pakistan
- 1981 Brad Johnson actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56
- 1981 Visitor posting - April 4 1981 Charity Amber was born
- 1981 Henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio)
- 1982 11th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sally Little
- 1982 Death - Tsvetan Tsvetanov composer, dies at 50
- 1983 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship North Carolina State beats Houston 54-52
- 1983 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched
- 1983 Death - Gloria Swanson actress (Airport 1975), dies of a heart ailment at 84
- 1983 Death - Jacqueline Logan silent film leading lady, dies at 78
- 1983 Gloria Swanson actress, dies at 84 of a heart ailment
- 1983 Jacqueline Logan silent film leading lady, dies at 78
- 1983 Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space (STS-6).
- 1984 Death - John Arnold cricketer (England bat vs New Zealand 1931, scored 34 only Test), dies
- 1984 Michael Frayn's "Benefactors" premieres in London
- 1984 President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
- 1984 Visitor posting - April 4 1984 Lori Kathryn Brady born to Larry and Kathy Brady at Colquitt Regional Medical Center
- 1984 Winston Smith in Orwell's "1984" begins his secret diary
- 1985 Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal
- 1986 Death - Frank Mortelmans Belgian painter, dies at 87
- 1986 Visitor posting - Sigma Lambda Beta Fraternity Inc. is Founded
- 1986 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season
- 1987 Death - C[atherine] L[ucille] Moore author (Judgment Night), dies at 76
- 1987 Dow Jones up 69.89 points, ending at record 2,390.34 points
- 1987 Number one hit on UK music charts - Ferry Aid - Let It Be
- 1988 50th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Kansas beat Oklahoma 83-79
- 1988 Eddie Hill becomes 1st to drag race a ¬ mile in under 5 seconds
- 1988 Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
- 1988 Largest crowd (55,438) at a season game at Riverfront (Cincinnati Reds vs St Louis Cardinals)
- 1988 Last broadcast of "Crossroads" on British TV
- 1988 New York Mets set Opening Day record with 6 homeruns
- 1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle
- 1989 New York Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win puts him 19th overall as Yankees beat Twins on opening day 4-2
- 1990 "The Marshall Chronicles" premieres on ABC-TV
- 1990 Gloria Estefan released from the hospital after her accident
- 1990 Sarah Vaughn jazz singer, dies at 68
- 1990 Security law violator Ivan Boesky is released from federal custody
- 1991 "Lucifer's Child" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 28 performances
- 1991 Death - John Heinz (Senator-Republican-PA), dies in a plane crash, dies at 52
- 1991 Death - Luc de Rijck Belgian soccer player (Turnhout), dies
- 1991 Death - Max Frisch Swiss architect/writer (Stiller, Biedermann), dies at 79
- 1991 Graham Green english novelist, dies at 86
- 1991 John Heinz (Sen-R-Pa), dies in a plane crash
- 1991 Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their plane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.
- 1992 Death - Karl Tunberg US scriptwriter (Ben Hur), dies
- 1992 Death - Samuel Reshevsky Polish-born chess grandmaster, dies at 80
- 1992 Death - Sy Kramer singer/comedy writer dies of cancer at 59
- 1992 Game 1 of Mayor Challenge - New York Yankees beat New York Mets 6-4 at Yankee Stadium
- 1992 John Tesh (Entertainment Tonight) marries actress Connie Selleca
- 1992 Jury deliberations begin in the Noriega case
- 1992 Sali Berisha becomes president/Alexander Meksi premier of Albania
- 1993 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion Texas Tech beats Ohio State 84-82
- 1993 5th Seniors Golf Tradition Tom Shaw
- 1993 Death - Alfred Mosher Butts US architect/game maker (Scrabble), dies at 93
- 1993 Death - Bep [Alberta B] Ogterop [Rita la Roche] singer, dies
- 1993 Trish Johnson wins Las Vegas LPGA at Canyon Gate Golf Tournament
- 1993 Wrestlemania IX at Caesar's Palace Las Vegas, Hulk Hogan pins Yokozuna
- 1994 1st game played at Jacobs Field, Indians beat Mariners 4-3 in 11 innings
- 1994 56th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion Arkansas Razorbacks beats Duke 76-72
- 1994 Death - Olga Lowina Dutch yodeler (Edelweisskapel), dies at 69
- 1994 Death - Virginia "Ginny" Simms actress/singer (Kay Kyser Band), dies at 77
- 1994 KLM Saab 340B crashes at Schiphol, 3 killed
- 1994 Largest Opening Day crowd at Yankee Stadium, 56,706
- 1994 Los Angeles Dodger Darryl Strawberry begins substance abuse treatment
- 1994 Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name "Mosaic Communications Corporation".
- 1994 Netscape Communications founded as Mosaic Communications
- 1994 Tony Curtis undergoes heart-bypass surgery
- 1995 Death - Kenny Everett disc Jockey, dies at 50
- 1995 Death - Peter Brinson dance educationalist, dies at 67
- 1995 Death - Priscilla Lane actress (Saboteur, Bodyguard), dies at 77
- 1996 "Inherit the Wind" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 45 performances
- 1996 Comet Hyakutake was imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.
- 1996 Death - Carl Burton Stokes politician, dies at 68
- 1996 Death - David Keylsey actor/director, dies at 63
- 1996 Death - David Whitton campaigner, dies at 44
- 1996 Death - Frederick Denison Maurice Hocking pathologist, dies at 97
- 1996 Death - Joy Newton dancer, dies at 82
- 1996 Death - Larry Laprise songwriter, dies at 83
- 1996 Death - Seamas NacNeill piper, dies at 79
- 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Austin TX on KJFK 98.9 FM
- 1997 Anaheim Ducks clinch their 1st-ever playoff berth
- 1997 Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs
- 1997 DMSP Titan 2 launched
- 1997 STS 83 (Columbia 22), launches
- 1998 NFL Europe (Formerly WLAF), kicks off season
- 2002 The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
- 2002 Visitor posting - april 4 2002 colby corbitt is born
- 2003 Visitor posting - Sarah N. Whitt was born @ 2.8 pounds
- 2007 15 British Royal Navy personnel held in Iran are released by the Iranian President.
- 2009 The datesinhistory website was hacked by Turkish Hacker.
- 2010 Visitor posting - 7.2 Earthquake strikes Mexicali, Baja California Mexico Leaving 2 Death and 25,000 Homeless. More Than 500 AfterShocks in the 4.0 and 5.0 Range - Mexico
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