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- 0254 Death - St Lucius I Pope (253-54), dies
- 0363 Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a campaign which will bring about his own death.
- 1046 Naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama.
- 1291 Death - Sa'ad al'Da'ulah Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated
- 1324 Birth - David II Bruce king of Scotland (1331..71)
- 1326 Birth - Louis I [the Great] King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)
- 1461 Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses
- 1496 England King Henry VII issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorizing them to explore unknown lands.
- 1496 English King Henry VII hires John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) to explore
- 1512 Birth - Gerardus Mercator Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker
- 1528 Utrecht Governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague
- 1558 Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes
- 1561 Death - Carlo Caraffa Italian cardinal, dies at 41
- 1574 Birth - William Oughtred England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule)
- 1574 Death - Philip of Saint-Aldegonde Flemish viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies
- 1576 Death - Don Lus de Requesens y Zuiga viceroy of Netherlands (1573-76), dies at 70
- 1578 Birth - Charles d'Albert duke of Luynes premier of France/Governor of Picardi
- 1585 Birth - Johan Georg I elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)
- 1605 Death - Clement VIII [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69
- 1616 Copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index
- 1623 American temperance law enacted, Virginia
- 1625 Death - James I (VI) king of England (1603-25)/poet/author, dies at 58
- 1637 Birth - John van der Heyden Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher)
- 1644 Death - Louise Juliana countess of Nassau, dies at 73
- 1651 South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm
- 1658 Birth - Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac French colonial governor of America
- 1668 Birth - Francesco Gasparini composer
- 1684 Emperor Leopold I, Poland & Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz
- 1689 Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham is named Secretary of State for the Northern Department.
- 1696 Birth - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice)
- 1732 Death - Joseph-Franois Salomon composer, dies at 82
- 1733 Birth - Vincenzo Galeotti [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer
- 1743 US religious journal, The Christian History, first published, Boston
- 1746 Birth - Jacob Wallenberg Swedish writer/naval chaplain
- 1746 Jakobijnse troops leave Aberdeen
- 1748 Birth - William Shield composer
- 1750 Birth - Jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison French classical (Apollonii Lexicon)
- 1750 The first American Shakespearean production-"altered" Richard III, New York NY
- 1751 Birth - Jan Krtitel Kuchar composer
- 1756 Birth - Thomas Linley composer
- 1760 Princess Carolina marries General Charles Christian van Nassau-Weilburg
- 1764 In Quebec, Governor James Murray requires inhabitants of Quebec to declare their French money; before May 1
- 1766 Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
- 1766 Don Antonio de Ulloa takes possession of Louisiana Territory from French
- 1770 Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including a black man named Crispus Attucks, and a boy are killed by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War five years later.
- 1770 Death - Crispus Attuks slave, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre
- 1770 The Boston Massacre takes place when British soldiers kill five colonists who had been taunting them.
- 1774 Birth - Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse composer
- 1778 Death - Thomas A Arne English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67
- 1783 King Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski grants rights to Jews of Kovno
- 1784 Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney is named President of the Board of Trade.
- 1794 Birth - Jacques Babinet French physicist/mathematician/astronomer
- 1794 Death - Rmon de la Cruz Spanish playwright/translator, dies at 62
- 1795 Amsterdam celebrates Revolution on the Dam; Square of Revolution
- 1795 Death - Josef Reicha composer, dies at 42
- 1795 Treaty of Basel-Prussia ends war with France
- 1805 Birth - Theodore Labarre composer
- 1807 First performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 4th Symphony in B
- 1817 Birth - Austen H Layard British archaeologist/diplomat
- 1820 Dutch city of Leeuwarden forbids Jews to go to synagogues on Sundays
- 1821 Monroe is first President inaugurated on March 5th, because 4th was Sun
- 1824 Birth - Elisha Harris US, physician/found American Public Health Association
- 1824 Birth - James Merritt Ives lithographer (Currier & Ives)
- 1824 First Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
- 1825 Birth - John Dunovant Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
- 1825 Birth - Joseph Albert German photographer (albertotype)
- 1827 Death - Alessandro Volta Italian physicist (made 1st battery), dies at 82
- 1828 Birth - Johann Gungl composer
- 1836 Mexico attacks Alamo and wins the battle
- 1836 Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver (.34-caliber).
- 1836 Samuel Colt manufactures first pistol, 34-caliber "Texas" model
- 1840 Birth - Constance Fenimore Woolson Claremont NH, writer (Jupiter Lights)
- 1842 Over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande.
- 1843 Birth - William F Sudds composer
- 1845 Birth - Alfonse Hasselmans composer
- 1848 Louis Antoine Garnier-Pages is named French minister of Finance.
- 1849 Zachary Taylor is sworn in as US president.
- 1850 Birth - Daniel Brink Towner composer
- 1850 The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
- 1852 Birth - Lady Isabella Gregory Ireland, writer/playwright (Golden Apple)
- 1853 Birth - Arthur W Foote Salem MA, organist/composer (Suite for Strings in E)
- 1853 Birth - Howard Pyle illustrator/painter/author (King Stork)
- 1853 Death - Georg A Kestner German art collector/diplomat, dies at 75
- 1856 Covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire
- 1860 Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join Kingdom of Sardinia.
- 1861 The "Stars and Bars" is adopted as the flag of the Confederate States of America.
- 1862 Union troops under Brigadier-General Wright occupy Fernandina FL
- 1864 The first track meet between Oxford & Cambridge
- 1867 Birth - Theodor Zckler German theologist (Stanislauer Anstalten)
- 1868 A court of impeachment is organized in the United States Senate to hear charges against President Andrew Johnson.
- 1868 Birth - Prosper Poullet Belgian viscount/jurist/minister
- 1868 Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito premieres at La Scala.
- 1868 Stapler patented in England by C H Gould
- 1868 US Senate organizes to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson
- 1869 Birth - Michael von Faulhaber cardinal/archbishop of Munich
- 1870 Birth - [B] Franc[lin] Norris US, writer (McTeague, Octopus)
- 1871 Birth - Maria do Carmo Geronimo Brazilian lives to be at least 126
- 1872 George Westinghouse Jr patents triple air brake for trains
- 1872 George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
- 1873 Death - Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor composer, dies at 34
- 1874 Birth - Arthur van Schendel Dutch writer (The World a Dancing Party)
- 1874 Birth - Henry Travers Berwick-Upon-Tweed Northumberland England, actor (Bells of St Mary's, High Sierra)
- 1876 Death - Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult [Daniel Stern], Fren author, dies at 70
- 1877 Birth - Malcolm D Whitman tennis champion (US Open-1898)
- 1877 Rutherford B Hayes inaugurated as 19th US President
- 1879 Birth - Walter Long actor (Moby Dick, Sheik, Sea Devils, Dragnet Patrol)
- 1886 Birth - Paul Radmilovic England, swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1908)
- 1887 Birth - Heitor Villa-Lobos Rio de Janeiro Brazil, composer (Salon Waltz)
- 1888 Birth - Friedrich Schnack German journalist/writer (Rosewood)
- 1889 Birth - Frits Slomp [Frits de Rover], Dutch vicar/resistance fighter
- 1891 Birth - Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson Chicago IL, comedian (Olsen & Johnson)
- 1893 Birth - Emmett J Culligan founder of water treatment organization
- 1893 Death - Hippolyte Taine French philosopher/historian, dies at 64
- 1893 Death - Richard Samuel Hughes composer, dies at 37
- 1894 Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery becomes First Lord of the Treasury.
- 1894 Birth - Henry Daniell London, actor (Camille, Philadelphia Story, Body Snatchers)
- 1894 Seattle authorizes first municipal employment office in US
- 1895 Birth - Fritz Usinger German writer (Eternal Struggle)
- 1895 Death - Nikolai Leskow writer, dies at 64
- 1896 Italian Governor of Eritrea, General Baldissera, reaches Massawa
- 1897 American Negro Academy forms
- 1897 Birth - Mei-ling Soong Madame Chiang Kai-shek
- 1899 Birth - Patrick Hadley composer
- 1900 American Hall of Fame is founded
- 1900 Birth - Ludwig Donath actor (Jolson Story, Jolson Sings Again)
- 1901 Birth - Julian Przybos Polish poet (Sruby)
- 1903 Birth - Lowell Peters Cleveland TN, vocalist (Southernaires)
- 1904 Death - Alfred von Waldersee Prussian field marshal/chief-staff, dies at 71
- 1904 Nikola Tesla, in Electrical World and Engineer, describes the process of ball lightning formation.
- 1905 Birth - Gilroy Roberts US chief engraver (1948-64)
- 1905 Russian troops begin to retreat from Mukden, Manchuria after losing 100,000 troops in three days.
- 1907 The second Duma opens in St. Petersburg, Russia and 40,000 demonstrators have to be dispersed by Russian troops.
- 1908 Birth - Rex [Reginald Carey] Harrison Huyton Lancashire England, actor (My Fair Lady, Dr Doolittle)
- 1908 Birth - Sophie Stewart Scotland, actress (As You Like It, Under the Red Robe)
- 1908 First ascent of Mount Erebus, Antarctica
- 1909 Birth - Sutan Sjahrir premier of Indonesia (1945-47)
- 1910 Rogers Pass BC, an avalanche kills sixty-two railroad workers in the pass
- 1911 Birth - Joseph Tomelty actor/playwright (Bedevilled, Moby Dick, Melba)
- 1912 Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, using them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
- 1912 Spanish steamer "Principe de Asturias" sinks northeast of Spain, 500 die
- 1913 Birth - Yulian Grigor'yevich Kreyn composer
- 1914 Birth - Joan Sterndale-Bennett London England, actress (Those Fantastic Flying Fools)
- 1915 World War I: LZ 33, a zeppelin, is damaged by enemy fire and stranded south of Ostend.
- 1916 Birth - Horace Ian Parrott composer
- 1916 Spanish football club Real Club Deportivo Mallorca is founded.
- 1917 Birth - Joseph Stone lawyer
- 1917 Birth - Virginia Christine Stanton IA, actress (Tales of Wells Fargo)
- 1917 The first jazz recording for Victor Records released
- 1918 Birth - Halsey S Colchester British SAS/spy (MI6)/priest
- 1918 Birth - Ranga Sohoni Indian cricketer (pace bowler of late 40's average 101)
- 1918 Bolshevist Russia moves the national capital from Petrograd to Moscow.
- 1919 Death - Jozef Surzynski composer, dies at 67
- 1920 Birth - Delbert L Latta (Representative-Republican-OH, 1959- )
- 1920 Birth - Leontine Kelly 1st black female bishop (Methodist)
- 1920 Birth - Virginia Christine actress (Mrs Olson)
- 1921 Birth - Berkley Bedell (Representative-Democrat-IA, 1975- )
- 1922 "Nosferatu" premieres in Berlin
- 1922 Birth - Ebrahim Maka Indian cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests 1952)
- 1922 Birth - James Noble Dallas TX, actor (Governor Gatling-Benson)
- 1922 Birth - Pier Paolo Pasolini Bologna Italy, director (Teorema, Pigsty)
- 1923 Montana & Nevada become first states to enact old age pension laws
- 1924 Computing-Tabulating-Recording Corp becomes IBM
- 1924 King Hussein of Hedzjaz appoints himself kalief
- 1927 1,000 US marines land in China to protect American property
- 1927 Birth - Jack [John Joseph Edward] Cassidy Richmond Hill NY, actor (Oscar/Jetman-He & She)
- 1927 US Marines land in China to protect American property during a civil uprising.
- 1929 Birth - Joan Shawlee Forest Hills NY, actress (Prehistoric Women)
- 1930 Birth - Lorin Maazel Neuilly France, conductor (NBC Symphony Orchestra 1941)
- 1931 Birth - Anthony Headges composer
- 1931 Birth - Barry Tuckwell Melbourne Australia, horn player (London Symphony Orchestra 1955-68)
- 1931 Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign pact
- 1932 Birth - Walter Charles Marshall scientist
- 1932 Death - Takuma Dan Japanese baron/financier/industrial, murdered
- 1933 Birth - Arlen Dean Snyder Rice KS, actor (Trauma Center)
- 1933 Birth - Norbert Linke composer
- 1933 FDR proclaims 10-day bank holiday
- 1933 Germany's Nazi Party wins majority in parliament (43.9%-17.2M votes)
- 1933 Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all United States banks and freezing all financial transactions.
- 1933 In Germany, the Nazis win 44 percent of the vote in parliamentary elections.
- 1934 Birth - James B Sikking Los Angeles CA, actor (Hill St Blues, Star Trek 3, Doogie Howser)
- 1934 Mother-in-law's day first celebrated (Amarillo TX)
- 1935 Birth - Malcolm J Anderson tennis champion (US Open-1957)
- 1935 Birth - Philip K Chapman Melbourne Australia, astronaut (Apollo 14 support)
- 1936 Birth - Dale Douglass Wewoka OK, PGA golfer (1970 Phoenix Open)
- 1936 Birth - Dean Stockwell Hollywood CA, actor (Quantum Leap, Blue Velvet)
- 1936 First flight of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft.
- 1936 The British Spitfire makes it's first flight (Eastleigh Aerodrome in Southampton)
- 1937 Birth - Stephen Fitz-Simon entrepreneur
- 1938 Birth - Fred "Hammer" Williamson Gary IN, NFLer (Chiefs)/actor (Julia)
- 1938 Birth - Paul Evans singer/pedal guitarist (Damascus Road)
- 1939 Birth - Charles Fuller US writer (Zooman, Soldier Story)
- 1939 Birth - Samantha Eggar London England, actress (Collector, Dr Doolittle)
- 1939 Birth - Terry Curry English multi-millionaire
- 1940 Birth - Mary Rose Oakar (Representative)
- 1940 Members of Soviet politburo sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, known also as the Katyn massacre.
- 1941 Death - Ludwig Quidde German historian/politician (Nobel 1927), dies at 82
- 1942 Birth - Michael D[iamond] Resnick sci-fi author (Sideshow, Eros Ascending)
- 1942 Bosnia Tito establishes 3rd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia
- 1942 Japanese troop march into Batavia
- 1943 Anti fascist strikes in Italy
- 1943 British and Canadian bombers start Battle of the Ruhr; year-long bombing offensive against Germany.
- 1943 First flight of Gloster Meteor jet aircraft in the United Kingdom.
- 1943 RAF bombs Essen Germany
- 1943 The Japanese are routed in the Battle of Bismark Sea off New Guinea.
- 1944 Visitor posting - Birth of Margaret Patricia Rawlinson - United Kingdom
- 1944 Birth - Paul Sands Los Angeles CA, comedian/actor (SCTV, Story Theater, St Elsewhere)
- 1944 Death - Max Jacob French writer, dies in Nazi concentration camp at 67
- 1945 Allied troops converge on the Rhine.
- 1945 Birth - Randy Matson US, shot putter (Olympics-gold-1968)
- 1945 Generals Eisenhower, Patton & Patch meet in Luneville
- 1945 US 7th Army Corps captures Cologne
- 1945 World War II: "Battle of the Ruhr" begins.
- 1946 Birth - Michael Warren South Bend IN, actor (Bobby Hill-Hill Street Blues)
- 1946 Birth - Murray Head singer
- 1946 Birth - Rocky Bleier Wisconsin, NFL running back (Pittsburgh Steelers)
- 1946 Hungarian Communists and Social Democrats co-found the Left Bloc.
- 1946 Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech (Fulton MO), the term sticks for the next 50 years
- 1947 Birth - Eddie Hodges Hattiesburg MS, actor/singer (High Hopes, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)
- 1947 Death - Alfredo Casella Italian composer/conductor (La Giara), dies at 63
- 1948 Actor Eli Wallach marries actress Anne Jackson
- 1948 Birth - Eddy Grant Guyana, reggae performer (Electric Avenue)
- 1948 Birth - Jacques Kloes singer (Dizzy Man's Band)
- 1948 Death - Charles Prince cricketer (5 & 1 in only Test for South Africa), dies
- 1948 US rocket flies record 4800 KPH to 126k height
- 1949 The Jharkhand Party is founded in India.
- 1950 Birth - Eugene Fodor Turkey Creek CO, violinist (1972 Paganini Award, 1974 Tchaikovsky Award)
- 1950 Birth - Harvey Jacob Alperin Minneapolis MN, actor (Cocktail)
- 1951 Birth - Rodney Hogg cricketer (prolific Australian wicket-taker 1978-84)
- 1952 Birth - Alan Clark keyboardist (Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing)
- 1952 Death - Vladimir Vladimirovich Scherbachov composer, dies at 63
- 1953 Birth - Russel D Feingold (Senator-D-WI)
- 1953 Birth - Valery Grigoriyevich Korzun Russian Colonel/cosmonaut (TM-24)
- 1953 Death - Josef V Stalin soviet leader responsible for 11 million murders, dies at 73
- 1953 Death - Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev composer, dies at 61
- 1953 Josef Stalin's death announced
- 1953 Soviet dictator Josef Stalin dies at age 73.
- 1953 Visitor posting - Birth; Ray Murphy - Australia
- 1954 Birth - Marsha Warfield comedian/actress (Roz-Night Court)
- 1954 Death - Julian Lowell Coolidge mathematician (Study-Segre school), dies at 80
- 1955 Birth - Marcia McCabe actress (Alice-One Life to Live)
- 1955 Birth - Penn Jillette Greenfield MA, magician (Penn & Teller-Penn & Teller are Dead)
- 1956 "King Kong", first televised
- 1956 Birth - Mark Handley writer (Nell)
- 1956 Death - Erich Itor Kahn composer, dies at 50
- 1957 Birth - Mark E Smith English rock vocalist (Fall-Fall in a Hole)
- 1957 Birth - Tim Holden (Representative-Democrat-PA)
- 1957 Eamon de Valera's Fianna Fail-party wins election in Ireland
- 1957 Sergeant Bilko satirizes Elvis Presley
- 1958 Birth - Andy Gibb Manchester England, singer/TV host (Solid Gold)
- 1958 Birth - Bill Timoney TV commercial actor (Addicted to Love)
- 1958 Explorer 2 spacecraft launches, fails to reach Earth orbit.
- 1958 Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is established.
- 1959 Iran & US sign economic & military treaty
- 1960 Aquatic Ape Hypothesis originates when Alister Hardy publicly announces his idea that ape-human divergence may have been due to a coastal phase.
- 1960 Elvis Presley becomes a civilian after spending two years in the US Army.
- 1961 Birth - Dan Stuart US singer/songwriter (Green on Red)
- 1961 Birth - Zeke Mowatt NFL tight end (New York Giants)
- 1962 Birth - Elise Burgin Baltimore MD, tennis star
- 1962 Birth - Robert L Curbeam Jr Baltimore MD, astronaut (STS 85, sk-99)
- 1962 Death - Anne C Veth Dutch cartoonist/art critic, dies at 82
- 1962 Death - Otakar Jeremias composer, dies at 69
- 1963 A private plane crashes near Camden, TN, claiming the life of country music singer Patsy Cline and two other performers.
- 1963 Beatles record "From Me to You" & "Thank You Girl"
- 1963 Birth - Eddo Brandes cricketer (Zimbabwe Test pace bowler)
- 1963 Death - Cyril Smith actor (Adventures of Sir Lancelot), dies at 70
- 1963 Death - Hawkshaw Hawkins country singer (Ozark Jubilee), dies at 41
- 1963 Death - Patsy Cline country singer (Crazy, I Fall To Pieces), dies in a plane crash at 30
- 1963 Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Cowboy Copas die in plane crash.
- 1964 Birth - Reggie Williams NBA forward/guard (Denver Nuggets)
- 1964 Ceylon declares emergency crisis due to unrest.
- 1964 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Ceylon due to social unrest
- 1965 Ernie Terrel beats Eddie Machen in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
- 1966 75 MPH air currents cause BOAC 707 crash above Mount Fuji, 124 die
- 1966 A BOAC Boeing 707 jet crashes on Mount Fuji, Japan, killing 124.
- 1966 Birth - Greg Clark CFL linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
- 1966 Birth - Michael Irvin NFL wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys)
- 1966 Birth - Tracy Kerdyk Coral Gables FL, LPGA golfer (1995 JAL Big Apple)
- 1966 Death - Anna Achmatova Ukrainian poet, dies at 76
- 1966 Death - Enrique E Ecker Curaaos/US bacteriologist, dies at 79
- 1966 In Luxembourg, Udo Jrgens wins the eleventh Eurovision Song Contest for Austria.
- 1967 Birth - Nicole Boegman Australian long jumper (Olympics-88, 92, 96)
- 1967 Death - Mischa Auer actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at 61 of a heart attack
- 1967 Death - Mohammed H Mossadeq premier of Persia (1951-53), dies
- 1968 Birth - Marq Mellor Long Island NY, field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
- 1968 Birth - Roman Phifer linebacker (St Louis Rams)
- 1968 Birth - Shjon Podein Rochester, NHL left wing (Philadelphia Flyers)
- 1968 U.S. launches Solar Explorer B, aka Explorer 37 from Wallops Island to study the Sun.
- 1968 US launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun
- 1969 Gold reaches then record high ($47 per ounce) in Paris France
- 1969 Gustav Heinemann elected President of West-Germany
- 1969 Joe Orton's "What the Butler Saw", premieres in London
- 1970 3 SDS Weathermen terrorist group bomb 18 West 11th St in New York NY
- 1970 Dubnium atoms are first detected conclusively.
- 1970 Nuclear non-proliferation treaty went into effect
- 1970 The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
- 1971 Birth - Amy Peistrup-Matthews Arlington Heights IL, WPVA (Old Orchard-17-1995)
- 1971 Birth - Brian Hunter Portland OR, outfielder (Houston Astros)
- 1971 Birth - Chad Fonville Jacksonville NC, infielder (Los Angeles Dodgers)
- 1971 Birth - James Roberson WLAF defensive end (Rhein Fire)
- 1971 Birth - Jose Mercedes El Seybo Dominican Republic, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
- 1971 Death - Winnie Lightner actress (Gold Dust Gertie, Sit Tight), dies at 71
- 1972 Birth - Brandon Hamilton CFL cornerback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
- 1972 Birth - Brian Grant NBA forward (Portland Trailblazers, Sacramento Kings)
- 1972 Birth - Hernan Gumy Buenos Aires Argentina, tennis star
- 1972 Birth - Mikael Tillstrom Sweden, tennis star
- 1972 Birth - Tom Hipsz CFL defensive tackle (Montral Alouettes)
- 1972 Death - Nils Bjorkander composer, dies at 78
- 1972 Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves communist party
- 1973 Birth - Nicole Pratt Mackay Australia, tennis star (1995 Futures Australia)
- 1973 Birth - Paul Lieftink Dutch soccer player (NAC, Spakenburg)
- 1973 Death - Rupert Crosse actor (Too Late Blues), dies of cancer at 45
- 1973 Donald DeFreeze, future Symbionese Liberation Army leader, escapes from Vacaville Prison.
- 1974 Birth - Brad Schumacher US, 400 meter/800 meter freestyle (Olympics-gold-96)
- 1974 Birth - Hans Bond Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam)
- 1974 Birth - Kevin Connolly actor (Beverly Hillbillies, Rocky V, Angus)
- 1974 Death - Billy Dewolfe actor (Good Morning World), dies at 67
- 1974 Death - Solomon I "Sol" Hurok US impresario, dies at 85
- 1974 Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
- 1974 Visitor posting - My Grandpa Died - USA
- 1975 Birth - Chris Silverwood cricketer (England Test pace bowler vs Zimbabwe 1996)
- 1975 Birth - Niki Taylor model (Elle, Marie Claire)
- 1976 Birth - Adriana Serra-Zanetti Modena Italy, tennis star (1995 Moscow semi)
- 1976 British pound falls below $2 U.S. for the first time.
- 1976 British £ falls below $2 for first time
- 1977 Birth - Bryan Berard NHL defenseman (Team USA Olympics-1998, New York Islanders)
- 1977 Birth - Natalie Bevins Miss West Virginia-USA (1997)
- 1977 Death - Lockrem Johnson composer, dies at 52
- 1977 Death - Moses Pergament composer, dies at 83
- 1978 "Hello, Dolly!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 152 performances
- 1978 Birth - Kimberly McCullough Bellflower CA, actress (Robin-General Hospital)
- 1978 Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg AFB in California.
- 1978 Landsat 3 launched from Vandenberg AFB, California
- 1979 Death - Vicente Ascone composer, dies at 81
- 1979 Detection equipment picks up a gamma ray burst originating from the Large Magellanic Cloud, leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters.
- 1979 Voyager 1's closest approach to Jupiter, 172,000 miles.
- 1979 Voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (172,000 miles)
- 1980 Death - Jay Silverheels actor (Tonto-Lone Ranger), dies at 60
- 1980 Death - Winifred Wagner-William German World Festival organizer, dies at 82
- 1980 Earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49
- 1981 Death - Brenda De Banzie actress (39 Steps, Hobson's Choice), dies at 64
- 1981 Death - Paul Horbiger actor (3rd Man), dies at 86
- 1981 US government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer
- 1982 Comedian/actor John Belushi is found dead at age 33 of a drug overdose in Hollywood.
- 1982 Death - John Belushi comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 33
- 1982 Parliament passes Canada Oil and Gas Act; Petro Canada (the peoples oil and gas company) gets automatic 25% of all new offshore finds; to speed offshore oil and gas development
- 1982 Venera 14, a Soviet satellite arrives at the planet Venus.
- 1983 Bob Hawke (Labour) defeats Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (Conservative)
- 1983 Number one hit on UK music charts - Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
- 1984 Death - Harry Salter orchestra leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85
- 1984 Death - Michael Sklar California, comedian (Laugh-in, Sha Na Na), dies at 39
- 1984 Death - Tito Gobbi Italian baritone (Scarpia in Tosca), dies at 68
- 1984 Death - William Powell actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at 91
- 1984 Supreme Court (5-4); city may use public money for Nativity scene
- 1984 US accuse Iraq of using poison gas
- 1985 Visitor posting - Lee Williams born - United Kingdom
- 1986 "Today" tabloid launched (Britain's first national color newspaper)
- 1986 Death - Teddy Hoad cricketer (West Indian captain 1930), dies
- 1988 Constitution of Turks and Caicos Islands is restored and revised.
- 1989 19th Easter Seal Telethon raises $37,002,000
- 1990 Death - Gary Merrill actor (Time Tunnel, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 75
- 1990 Death - Gloria Carter Spann President Carter's sister, dies at 63 from cancer
- 1990 The Crown charges 8 Canadian flour mills with rigging prices for food aid; $500 million over 12 years, so much for corporate ethics
- 1991 Death - August de Schryver Belgian politician/founder (CVP), dies at 92
- 1991 Death - Trijntje Jansma-Boskma oldest person in Netherland, dies at 109
- 1991 Iraq releases all Gulf War prisoners.
- 1991 Iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait
- 1992 Death - Andrew Samuel child actor (Our Gang), dies at 82
- 1992 Death - Yevgeny Yevstigneev Russian actor (Welcome Kosta), dies at 65
- 1992 Ethic committee votes to reveal congressmen who bounced checks
- 1993 Boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery
- 1993 Death - Diana Ochoa dies after long illness at 80
- 1993 Death - Peter Bierdrager Dutch Fokker's-test pilot, dies in air crash
- 1993 Fokker 100 crashes at Skopje Macedonia, 81 die
- 1993 Former Washington DC Mayor Marion Barry divorces his wife Effi
- 1993 Visitor posting - Nikki Baker, a star was born
- 1993 Visitor posting - Brian Niemi born, Musician, Vilolin, Trumpet - USA
- 1994 Death - Abdullah Al-Sallal President of Yemen (1962-67), dies
- 1994 Death - Joe Daley jazz tenor/clarinet/flute player, dies at 75
- 1994 Death - Paul Vincze medallist, dies at 86
- 1994 Singer Grace Slick arrested for pointing a gun at a cop
- 1995 21st People's Choice Awards: Tim Allen wins
- 1995 Canadian Airborne Regiment officially disbanded at laying-up of the colors ceremony at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa; 660 paratroopers dismissed
- 1995 Death - Ed Flanders actor (Dr Westphal-St Elsewhere), dies
- 1995 Death - Marguerite Kelsey English painter/sculptor model (Haunting), dies at 86
- 1995 Death - Peter John Norton naval diplomat/artist, dies at 82
- 1995 Death - Vivian Stanshall British musician (Magical Mystery Tour), dies at 51
- 1995 Estonia Centrumlinkse Coalition party wins parliamentary election
- 1995 Graves of czar Nicholas & family found in St Petersburg
- 1996 Death - Joshua Compston art impressario, dies at 26
- 1996 Death - Khundaqar Mushtaq Amhed President of Bangladesh (1975), dies
- 1996 Death - Nicolas Cotoner y Cotoner Spanish courtier, dies at 90
- 1996 Death - Whit Bissell actor (Time Tunnel), dies at 86
- 1998 Visitor posting - Nathan Sing born I don't have a pet. - Canada
- 1998 Visitor posting - Dylan Lee Brown was born - USA
- 1999 Actor Richard Kiley dies in Warwick, NY, at age 76.
- 1999 Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut.
- 2001 In Mecca, 35 Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death during the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
- 2001 In Santee, California, a school massacre occurs at Santana High School, leaving 2 dead and 15 wounded.
- 2003 In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed by a Hamas suicide bomb in the Haifa bus 37 massacre.
- 2004 The Ottawa Senators and Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL set a record for most penalty minutes in one game with 419.
- 2005 The Burkinab Party for Democracy and Socialism holds its 1st National Convention
- 2010 Wife shootings down - Guys are getting their wives Toyotas instead.
- 2010 Visitor posting - Erin Carman goes to Ohio's spelling bee! I HOPE SHE WINS!!!!! - USA