Events
- 491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of
Anastasius I.
- 1079 – Bishop Stanislaus of Krakow is
executed by order of Bolesław
II of Poland.
- 1241 – Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Muhi
.
- 1512 – War of the League of Cambrai:
French
forces led by Gaston de Foix win the
Battle of
Ravenna.
- 1689 – William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns
of Britain
.
- 1713 – War of the Spanish Succession
(Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht.
- 1775 – The last execution
for witchcraft in Germany
takes
place.
- 1814 – The Treaty of Fontainebleau ends
the War of the Sixth
Coalition against Napoleon
Bonaparte, and forces him to abdicate unconditionally for the
first time.
- 1828 – Foundation of
Bahia
Blanca
.
- 1856 – Battle of Rivas: Juan Santamaria burns down the hostel where
William Walker's filibusters are holed up.
- 1865 – President Abraham Lincoln makes his last public
speech.
- 1868 – The Shogunate is abolished in Japan
.
- 1876 – The Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks is organized.
- 1888 – The Concertgebouw
in Amsterdam
is inaugurated.
- 1899 – Spain
cedes
Puerto Rico to the United States
.
- 1905 – Albert
Einstein reveals his Theory of
Relativity (special
relativity).
- 1919 – The International Labour
Organization is founded.
- 1921 – The Emirate of
Transjordan
is created.
- 1945 – World War II: American forces liberate the
Buchenwald
concentration
camp.
- 1951 – Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General Douglas
MacArthur of overall command in Korea
.
- 1951
– The Stone of Scone, the stone upon
which Scottish
monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on
the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey
. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist
students from its place in Westminster Abbey
.
- 1952 – The Battle of Nanri island takes
place.
- 1955 – The Air
India Kashmir Princess is
bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
- 1957 – Britain agrees to
Singaporean
self-rule.
- 1961 – The trial of
Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem
.
- 1965 – The Palm Sunday tornado
outbreak of 1965: Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states, killing 256 people.
- 1968 – President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968,
prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of
housing.
- 1970 – Apollo
13 is launched.
- 1976 – The Apple I
is created.
- 1979 – Ugandan
dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
- 1981 – A massive
riot
in Brixton
, South
London
, results in almost 300 police injuries and 65
serious civilian injuries.
- 1986 – The FBI Miami shootout between eight
Federal
Bureau of Investigation
agents and two heavily-armed and well-trained
gunmen.
- 1987 – The London Agreement is secretly
signed between Israeli
Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King
Hussein of Jordan
.
- 1990 – Customs officers
in Middlesbrough
, United
Kingdom
, say they have seized what they believe to be the
barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq
.
- 1993 – 450 prisoners riot at the
Southern Ohio Correctional
Facility
in Lucasville
, Ohio
, and
continued to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to
prison
conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation
of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious
beliefs.
- 2000 – AT&T Park
in San
Francisco
, Minute Maid
Park
in Houston
, and Comerica Park
in Detroit
open.
- 2001 – The detained crew
of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed
in Hainan
, People's
Republic of China
after a collision with an J-8 fighter is released.
- 2002 – The Ghriba synagogue bombing by
Al Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia
.
- 2002
– An attempted coup
d'état in Venezuela
against President Hugo Chávez takes place.
Births
- 146 – Septimius
Severus (d. 211)
- 1357 – John I
of Portugal (d. 1433)
- 1374 – Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of
March (d. 1398)
- 1492 – Marguerite of Navarre, wife of
Henry II of Navarre (d.
1549)
- 1592 – John Eliot, English statesman (d.
1632)
- 1721 – David
Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (d. 1808)
- 1722 – Christopher Smart, English poet (d.
1771)
- 1755 – James
Parkinson, English physician (d. 1824)
- 1769 – Jean
Lannes, French marshal (d. 1809)
- 1770 – George
Canning, Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1827)
- 1794 – Edward
Everett, 15th Governor of
Massachusetts (d. 1865)
- 1798 – Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (d.
1854)
- 1810 – Henry Rawlinson, English
scholar (d. 1895)
- 1819 – Charles Hallé, German pianist and
conductor (d. 1895)
- 1825 – Ferdinand Lassalle, German politician (d.
1864)
- 1827 – Mahatma Jyotirao Phule, Indian social reformer (d.
1890)
- 1852 – Cap Anson,
American baseball player (d. 1922)
- 1862 – Charles Evans Hughes, 11th Chief Justice of the United
States (d. 1948)
- 1862 – William Wallace
Campbell, American astronomer (d. 1938)
- 1866 – Bernard
O'Dowd, Australian poet (d. 1953)
- 1867 – Mark
Keppel, Superintendent of Schools of Los Angeles County (d.
1928)
- 1869 – Kasturba
Gandhi, Wife of Mohandas Gandhi
(d. 1944)
- 1869 – Gustav Vigeland,
Norwegian sculptor (d. 1943)
- 1873 – Edward
Lawson, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1955)
- 1876 – Paul
Henry, Northern Irish artist (d. 1958)
- 1889 – Nick
LaRocca, American musician (d. 1961)
- 1890 – Donna Rachele Mussolini, wife of
Benito Mussolini (d. 1979)
- 1893 – Dean
Acheson, American statesman (d. 1971)
- 1896 – Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Quebec
novelist (d. 1967)
- 1899 – Percy
Lavon Julian, American chemist (d. 1975)
- 1900 – Sandor
Marai, Hungarian writer (d. 1989)
- 1905 – József
Attila, Hungarian poet (d. 1937)
- 1906 – Dale
Messick, American cartoonist (d. 2005)
- 1907 – Ivor
Spencer-Thomas, English farmer and entrepreneur (d. 2001)
- 1908 – Jane
Bolin, first African-American woman judge (d. 2007)
- 1908 – Masaru Ibuka, Japanese
industrialist (Sony) (d. 1997)
- 1908 – Dan Maskell, English tennis
commentator (d. 1992)
- 1908 – Leo Rosten, American humorist
and author (d. 1997)
- 1910 – António de Spínola, Portuguese
politician (d. 1996)
- 1911 – Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish
runner (d. 1980)
- 1913 – Oleg
Cassini, American fashion designer (d. 2006)
- 1914 – Norman
McLaren, Canadian film animator and director (d. 1987)
- 1914 – Robert Stanfield,
Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 2003)
- 1916 – Alberto
Ginastera, Argentine composer (d. 1983)
- 1916 – Howard W. Koch, American film director (d. 2001)
- 1917 – Danny
Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster (d.
1993)
- 1917 – David Westheimer,
American novelist (d. 2005)
- 1918 – Richard Wainwright, English politician
(d. 2003)
- 1921 – Jim Hearn,
American baseball player (d. 1998)
- 1923 – George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman (d.
1980)
- 1925 – Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman
and newspaper editor (Quebecor) (d.
1997)
- 1926 – Victor
Bouchard, Quebec pianist and composer
- 1928 – Ethel
Kennedy, wife of Robert F.
Kennedy
- 1930 – Anton
LaVey, American founder of the Church of Satan (d. 1997)
- 1931 – Johnny
Sheffield, American actor
- 1931 – Kōichi Sugiyama,
Japanese composer
- 1932 – Joel Grey,
American singer and actor
- 1933 – Tony Brown, American journalist
- 1934 – Mark
Strand, Canadian-born American poet
- 1935 – Richard
Berry, American singer and composer (d. 1997)
- 1935 – Richard Kuklinski,
American mafia hitman (d. 2006)
- 1938 – Michael
Deaver, Deputy
White House Chief of Staff (d. 2007)
- 1938 – Kurt Moll, German bass
- 1939 – Louise
Lasser, American actress
- 1941 – Ellen
Goodman, American political columnist
- 1941 – Shirley Stelfox, English
actress
- 1943 – Harley
Race, American professional wrestler
- 1944 – John
Milius, American director and writer
- 1946 – Bob
Harris, British disc jockey and presenter
- 1947 – Peter
Riegert, American actor
- 1947 – Uli Edel, German film
director
- 1947 – Meshach Taylor, American
actor
- 1947 – Lev Bulat, Russian
physicist
- 1948 – Marcello
Lippi, Italian football coach
- 1949 – Bernd
Eichinger, German film producer
- 1949 – Carl Franklin, American
actor
- 1951 – Doris McGowen Beck Angleton,
American socialite (d. 1997)
- 1951 – Paul Fox, English
guitarist (The Ruts) (d. 2007)
- 1951 – James Patrick Kelly,
American author
- 1952 – Peter
Windsor, English motor racing
journalist and reporter
- 1953 – Andrew
Wiles, British mathematician
- 1953 – Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister of Belgium
- 1955 – Kevin
Brady, American politician
- 1955 – Michael Callen, American
musician (d. 1993)
- 1955 – Neville Staple, Jamaican
musician
- 1955 – Micheal Ray
Richardson, American basketball player
- 1958 – Stuart
Adamson, British musician (Big
Country) (d. 2001)
- 1958 – Brynn Hartman, American
murderer (d. 1998)
- 1959 – Ana
María Polo, Cuban-American lawyer and
arbitrator
- 1960 – Jeremy
Clarkson, British journalist
- 1961 – Doug
Hopkins, American musician
- 1962 – Vincent
Gallo, American actor
- 1963 – Chris
Ferguson, American poker player
- 1963 – Billy Bowden, New Zealand
umpire
- 1964 – Steve
Azar, American singer-songwriter
- 1964 – Bret Saberhagen, American
baseball player
- 1964 – Johann Sebastian
Paetsch, American cellist
- 1966 – Mason
Reese, American actor
- 1966 – Dustin Rhodes, American
professional wrestler
- 1966 – Steve Scarsone, American
baseball player
- 1966 – Lisa Stansfield, English
singer
- 1968 – Sergey
Lukyanenko, Russian author
- 1969 – Cerys
Matthews, Welsh singer
- 1969 – Chisato Moritaka,
Japanese singer
- 1970 – Trevor
Linden, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1970 – Delroy Pearson, former
singer, Five Star
- 1970 – Johnny Messner,
American actor
- 1971 – Oliver
Riedel, German musician (Rammstein)
- 1971 – Vicellous Reon
Shannon, American actor
- 1972 – Jason
Varitek, American baseball player
- 1972 – Balls Mahoney, American
professional wrestler
- 1973 – Jennifer Esposito, American television
actor
- 1974 – Àlex
Corretja, Spanish tennis player
- 1974 – Ashot Danielyan, Armenian
weightlifter
- 1974 – Anton Glanzelius, Danish
actor
- 1974 – Tricia Helfer, Canadian
model and actor
- 1974 – Zöe Lucker, British
television actor
- 1974 – Trot Nixon, American baseball
player
- 1975 – Walid
Soliman, Tunisian author
- 1976 – Kelvim
Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1978 – Brett
Claywell, American actor
- 1978 – Josh Hancock, American
baseball player (d. 2007)
- 1978 – Tom Thacker,
Canadian musician
- 1979 – Malcolm
Christie, English footballer
- 1979 – Nazanin Afshin-Jam,
Canadian beauty pageant winner
- 1979 – Chris Gaylor, American
drummer
- 1979 – Michel Riesen, Swiss ice
hockey player
- 1979 – Josh Server, American
actor
- 1979 – Sebastien Grainger,
Canadian musician
- 1980 – Keiji
Tamada, Japanese footballer
- 1980 – Mark Teixeira, American
baseball player
- 1980 – Festus Baise, Nigerian
footballer
- 1981 – Alessandra Ambrosio, Brazilian
model
- 1981 – Alexandre Burrows,
Canadian ice hockey player
- 1982 – Ian
Bell, English cricketer
- 1982 – Danja, American record
producer, composer and songwriter
- 1983 – Nicky
Pastorelli, Dutch racing driver
- 1984 – Kelli
Garner, American actress
- 1985 – Will
Minson, Australian rules footballer
- 1986 – Roman
Heart, American porn actor
- 1987 – Joss
Stone, English singer
- 1994 – Dakota Blue Richards, English
actress
- 2000 – Morgan
Lily, American actress
- 2002 – Alexa
Gerasimovich, American actress
- [(1996)] – Michael Kariuki,
Peace activist
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Deaths
- 1034 – Romanus
III, Byzantine emperor (b.
968)
- 1165 – Stephen IV, Hungarian king (b. 1133)
- 1240 – Llywelyn the Great, King of
Gwynedd

- 1554 – Thomas Wyatt the younger, English
rebel (b. 1521)
- 1612 – Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian
(b. 1535)
- 1612 – Edward Wightman, English
Baptist preacher (b. 1566)
- 1626 – Marin
Getaldić, Croatian mathematician (b. 1568)
- 1712 – Richard
Simon, French Biblical critic (b. 1638)
- 1723 – John Robinson, English diplomat
(b. 1650)
- 1798 – Karl
Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (b. 1725)
- 1856 – Juan
Santamaría, national hero of Costa Rica (b. 1831)
- 1861 – Francisco González
Bocanegra, Mexican poet (b. 1824)
- 1873 – Edward
Canby, U.S. general (b. 1817)
- 1890 – Joseph
Merrick, "The Elephant Man" (b. 1862)
- 1894 – Constantin Lipsius, German architect (b.
1832)
- 1903 – Gemma
Galgani, Catholic Saint and Mystic (b. 1878)
- 1906 – James Anthony Bailey, American circus
impresario (b. 1847)
- 1906 – Francis Pharcellus
Church, American editor and publisher (b. 1839)
- 1908 – Henry Bird, English Chess player
and author (b. 1829)
- 1916 – Richard Harding Davis, American author
(b. 1864)
- 1926 – Luther
Burbank, American botanist (b. 1849)
- 1947 – Louise
Peete, American murderess (b. 1880)
- 1953 – Kid
Nichols, American baseball player (b. 1869)
- 1958 – Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter (b.
1875)
- 1967 – Donald
Sangster, Jamaican prime-minister (b. 1911)
- 1970 – Cathy
O'Donnell, American actress (b. 1923)
- 1970 – John O'Hara, American author
(b. 1905)
- 1977 – Jacques Prévert, French poet and
screenwriter (b. 1900)
- 1983 – Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (b.
1905)
- 1985 – Enver
Hoxha, Albanian Communist dictator (b.
1908)
- 1985 – Bunny Ahearne, British ice
hockey promoter (b. 1900)
- 1987 – Erskine
Caldwell, American author (b. 1903)
- 1987 – Primo Levi, Italian chemist
and author (b. 1919)
- 1990 – Harold
Ballard, Canadian ice hockey club owner and executive (b.
1903)
- 1990 – Xenophon Zolotas, Greek
economist, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1904)
- 1991 – Walker
Cooper, American baseball player (b. 1915)
- 1992 – Alejandro Obregón, Colombian painter
(b. 1920)
- 1992 – Eve Merriam, American
playwright, director, and poet (b. 1916)
- 1996 – Jessica
Dubroff, American pilot (b. 1988)
- 2000 – Diana
Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (b. 1945)
- 2001 – Sandy
Bull, American musician (b. 1941)
- 2001 – Harry Secombe, Welsh actor
and comedian (b. 1921)
- 2003 – Cecil
Howard Green, British geophysicist and businessman (b.
1900)
- 2005 – André François, French cartoonist
(b. 1915)
- 2005 – Lucien Laurent, French
footballer (b. 1907)
- 2006 – June
Pointer, American singer (Pointer
Sisters) (b. 1953)
- 2006 – Proof, American rapper
(D12) (b. 1973)
- 2007 – Roscoe
Lee Browne, American actor (b. 1925)
- 2007 – Kurt Vonnegut, American
author (b. 1922)
- 2007 – Ronald Speirs, American
Army officer(CO of Easy
Company) (b. 1920)
- 2007 – Janet McDonald, American
novelist (b. 1954)
- 2008 – Merlin
German, United States Marine (b. 1985)
- 2009 – Corín
Tellado, Spanish romance novelist (b. 1927)
- 2009 – Gerda Gilboe, Danish actress
(b. 1914)
Holidays and observances
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