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Events

215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene .
1014 – Battle of Clontarf: Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle.
1229 – Ferdinand III of Castile conquers Cáceres .
1343 – St. George's Night Uprising.
1348 – The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St George's Day.
1521 – Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros.
1597 – William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor is first performed, with Queen Elizabeth I in attendance.
1635 – The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School , is founded in Boston, Massachusetts .
1660 – Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland .
1661 – King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey .
1815 – The Second Serbian Uprising - a second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the Ottoman Empire, erupts shortly after the annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire.
1867 – William Lincoln patents the zoetrope, a machine that shows animated pictures by mounting a strip of drawings in a wheel.
1920 – The national council in Turkey denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces a temporary constitution.
1920 – The Grand National Assembly of Turkey is founded in Ankara .
1923 – Inauguration ceremonies take place of Gdynia as a temporary military port and fishers' shelter.
1932 – The 153-year old De Adriaan Windmill in Haarlem , the Netherlands burns down.
1935 – The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
1935 – The first official Children's day is celebrated in Turkey.
1940 – The Rhythm Night Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi , kills 198 people.
1941 – World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.
1942 – World War II: Baedeker Blitz – German bombers hit Exeter , Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck .
1948 – 1948 Arab-Israeli War: Haifa , the major port of Israel , is captured from Arab forces .
1949 – Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
1955 – The Canadian Labour Congress is formed by the merger of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada and the Canadian Congress of Labour.
1961 – Algiers putsch by French generals.
1967 – A group of young radicals are expelled from the Nicaraguan Socialist Party. This group goes on to found the Socialist Workers Party.
1968 – Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
1979 – Fighting in London between the Anti-Nazi League and the Metropolitan Police's Special Patrol Group results in the death of protester Blair Peach.
1982 – The Conch Republic is established
1985 – Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than 3 months.
1987 – 28 construction workers die when the L'Ambiance Plaza apartment building collapses while under construction in Bridgeport, Connecticut .
1988 – Pink Floyd's album The Dark Side of the Moon leaves the charts for the first time after spending a record of 741 consecutive weeks (over 14 years) on the Billboard 200.
1990 – Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
1993 – Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
1997 – Omaria massacre in Algeria : 42 villagers are killed.
2003 – Beijing closes all schools for two weeks because of the SARS virus.
2009 – The gamma ray burst GRB 090423 it's observed for 10 seconds as the most distant object of any kind and also the oldest known object in the universe.

Births

1170 – Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190)
1185 – King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)
1464 – Joan of France, Duchess of Berry, queen of France (d. 1505)
1484 – Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian philosopher (d. 1558)
1500 – Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565)
1516 – Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)
1564 – William Shakespeare, English writer and actor (d. 1616) (traditional approximate birth date (in the Julian calendar) based on April 26 baptism)
1598 – Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (d. 1653)
1621 – William Penn, English admiral (d. 1670)
1628 – Johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (d. 1704)
1676 – King Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751)
1720 – Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1797)
1725 – Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (d. 1755)
1746 – Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (d. 1794)
1775 – J. M. W. Turner, English painter (d. 1851)
1791 – James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States (d. 1868)
1792 – John Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882)
1794 – Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar (d. 1856)
1805 – Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, German philosopher (d. 1879)
1813 – Stephen A. Douglas, U.S. Senator from Illinois and Presidential candidate (d. 1861)
1813 – Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar (Society of Saint Vincent de Paul) (d. 1853)
1823 – Abd-ul-Mejid, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1861)
1834 – Artemus Ward, American comic writer (d. 1867)
1853 – Winthrop M. Crane, 40^th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1920)
1857 – Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (d. 1919)
1858 – Max Planck, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)
1858 – Ethel Mary Smyth, English composer (d. 1944)
1861 – Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, British general (d. 1936)
1865 – Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (d. 1943)
1867 – Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger, Danish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1928)
1872 – Violet Gordon-Woodhouse, British musician (d. 1951)
1876 – Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian (d. 1925)
1880 – Michel Fokine, Russian choreographer and dancer (d. 1942)
1882 – Albert Coates, British composer (d. 1953)
1888 – Georges Vanier, French-Canadian soldier and diplomat (d. 1967)
1889 – Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (d. 1942)
1893 – Frank Borzage, American film director (d. 1952)
1894 – Cow Cow Davenport, American pianist (d. 1955)
1895 – Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand writer (d. 1982)
1897 – Lucius Clay, American general (d. 1978)
1897 – Lester B. Pearson, fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1972)
1899 – Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner (d. 1979)
1899 – Minoru Shirota, inventor of Yakult (d. 1982)
1899 – Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-American author (d.1977)
1900 – Joseph Green, Polish-born actor and director (d. 1996)
1900 – Jim Bottomley, American baseball player (d. 1959)
1901 – E.B. Ford, British ecological geneticist (d. 1988)
1902 – Halldór Laxness, Icelandic writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
1903 – Guy Simonds, youngest general officer in the Canadian army (d. 1974)
1904 – Duncan Renaldo, Spanish-American actor (d. 1985)
1907 – Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (d. 1975)
1907 – Lee Miller, American photographer & model (d. 1977)
1908 – Myron Waldman, American animator (d. 2006)
1910 – Simone Simon, French actress (d. 2005)
1917 – Dorian Leigh, American supermodel (d. 2008)
1918 – Maurice Druon, French author (d. 2009)
1919 – Oleg Penkovsky, Soviet double-agent (d. 1963)
1921 – Janet Blair, American actress (d. 2007)
1921 – Warren Spahn, American baseball player (d. 2003)
1922 – Marjorie Cameron, American writer, painter, actress and occultist (d. 1995)
1923 – Dolph Briscoe, Governor of Texas
1923 – Avram Davidson, American writer (d. 1993)
1923 – Antonino Rocca, professional wrestler
1924 – Chuck Harmon, American baseball player
1924 – Bobby Rosengarden, American jazz drummer (d. 2007)
1926 – J. P. Donleavy, Irish American author
1928 – Shirley Temple, American actress and politician
1932 – Jim Fixx, American athlete and writer (d. 1984)
1932 – Halston, American fashion designer (d. 1990)
1934 – George Canseco, Filipino music composer (d. 2004)
1935 – Bunky Green, American musician
1936 – Roy Orbison, American singer and musician (d. 1988)
1939 – Jorge Fons, Mexican film director
1939 – Lee Majors, American actor
1939 – Ray Peterson, American singer (d. 2005)
1940 – Michael Copps, American Federal Government official
1941 – Jacqueline Boyer, French singer
1941 – Paavo Lipponen, Prime Minister of Finland 1995-2003
1941 – Michael Lynne, American film executive
1942 – Sandra Dee, American actress (d. 2005)
1943 – Gail Goodrich, American basketball player
1943 – Tony Esposito, Canadian ice hockey player
1943 – Frans Koppelaar, Dutch painter
1943 – Hervé Villechaize, French actor (d. 1993)
1947 – Glenn Cornick, British musician (Jethro Tull)
1947 – Bernadette Devlin, Irish politician
1948 – Pascal Quignard, French author
1948 – Serge Thériault, French-Canadian comedian and actor
1949 – David Cross, British violinist (King Crimson)
1949 – Joyce DeWitt, American actress
1952 – Narada Michael Walden, American musician and producer
1954 – Michael Moore, American filmmaker
1955 – Judy Davis, Australian actress
1955 – Tony Miles, English chess player (d. 2001)
1957 – Neville Brody, English graphic designer, typographer and art director
1957 – Jan Hooks, American actress
1957 – Kenji Kawai, Japanese composer
1958 – Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Icelandic music composer
1958 – Ryan Walter, Canadian ice hockey player
1960 – Valerie Bertinelli, American actress
1960 – Steve Clark, English guitarist (Def Leppard) (d. 1991)
1960 – Claude Julien, French-Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961 – Terry Gordy, American professional wrestler (d. 2001),George Lopez
1961 – George Lopez, American actor and comedian
1962 – John Hannah, Scottish actor
1963 – Paul Belmondo, French actor and racing driver
1963 – Magnús Ver Magnússon, Icelandic powerlifter
1967 – Rheal Cormier, Canadian baseball player
1967 – Melina Kanakaredes, American actress
1968 – Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist (d. 2001)
1968 – Princess Aisha bint Al Hussein of Jordan
1968 – Princess Zein bint Al Hussein of Jordan
1969 – Yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast
1969 – Byron Thames, American actor
1969 – Richard Wolstencroft, Australian Filmmaker
1969 – Martin López-Zubero, Spanish swimmer
1970 – Scott Bairstow, American actor
1970 – Andrew Gee, Australian rugby league footballer
1970 – Dennis Bayne Culp, American singer/songwriter
1970 – Sadao Abe, Japanese actor
1971 – Charmaine Sinclair, English model
1971 – Uli Herzner, German American designer
1972 – Pierre Labrie, Canadian poet
1972 – Patricia Manterola, Mexican singer
1972 – Sonya Smith, American actress
1973 – Patrick Poulin, French-Canadian ice hockey player
1974 – Carlos Dengler, American musician (Interpol)
1974 – Barry Watson, American actor
1975 – Jón Þór Birgisson, Icelandic musician and singer (Sigur Rós)
1975 – Bobby Shaw, American football wide receiver for the NFL
1977 – John Cena, American professional wrestler
1977 – Andruw Jones, Curaçaoan baseball player
1977 – Willie Mitchell, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Kal Penn, American actor
1977 – Lee Young-Pyo, Korean footballer
1977 – John Oliver, British comedian
1979 – Barry Fratelli, Scottish bassist (The Fratellis)
1979 – Yana Gupta, Indian actress & model
1979 – Jaime King, American actress
1979 – Lauri Ylönen, Finnish singer (The Rasmus)
1981 – Sean Henn, American baseball player
1981 – Joanna Krupa, Polish/American model and actress
1981 – Chris Sharma, American rock climber/boulderer
1982 – Taio Cruz, English singer
1983 – Daniela Hantuchová, Slovakian tennis player
1983 – Jennifer Heil, Canadian free style skier
1984 – Alexandra Kosteniuk, Russian chess player
1985 – Angel Locsin, Filipina actress
1986 – Sven Kramer, Dutch speedskater
1986 – Jessica Stam, Canadian model
1987 – Emily Fox, American cup stacker
1988 – Victor Anichebe, Nigerian footballer
1989 – Nicole Vaidišová, Czech tennis player
1990 – Dev Patel, British actor
1990 – Matthew Underwood, American actor
1991 – Jennifer Messelier, French model
1996 – Daniel James Flood, Hand model

Deaths

303 – Saint George, Roman soldier and Christian martyr
725 – Wihtred, King of Kent
871 – Ethelred of Wessex
997 – Saint Adalbert of Prague, bishop (b. c. 956)
1014 – Brian Boru, High King of Ireland (killed in battle)
1016 – Ethelred II of England
1124 – King Alexander I of Scotland (b. 1078)
1151 – Queen Adeliza of England (b. 1103)
1217 – King Inge II of Norway (b. 1185)
1407 – Olivier de Clisson, French soldier (b. 1326)
1605 – Tsar Boris Godunov of Russia (b. c. 1550)
1616 – Miguel Cervantes, Spanish author (b. 1547)
1616 – El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Peruvian writer (b. 1539)
1616 – William Shakespeare, English writer and actor (b. 1564) (date according to the Julian calendar, hence 10 days later than death of Cervantes or Garcilaso, by the Gregorian calendar)
1625 – Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (b. 1567)
1702 – Margaret Fell, English Quaker leader (b. 1614)
1740 – Thomas Tickell, English writer (b. 1685)
1781 – James Abercrombie, British general (b. 1706)
1792 – Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and adventurer (b. 1741)
1794 – Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (executed) (b. 1721)
1827 – Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek hero of the Greek War of Independence
1839 – Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer (b. 1768)
1850 – William Wordsworth, English poet (b. 1770)
1889 – Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (b. 1808)
1895 – Carl Ludwig, German physician (b. 1815)
1905 – Gédéon Ouimet, Quebec politician (b. 1823)
1907 – Alfred Packer, American Cannibal (b. 1842)
1915 – Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887).
1936 – Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (b. 1889)
1951 – Charles G. Dawes, Vice President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1865)
1952 – Julius Freed, American inventor and banker (b. 1887)
1975 – William Hartnell, English actor (b. 1908)
1979 – Blair Peach, New Zealand-born anti-fascist (b. 1946)
1981 – Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and writer (b. 1897)
1983 – Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
1984 – Red Garland, American jazz pianist (b. 1923)
1985 – Sam Ervin, American politician (b. 1896)
1986 – Harold Arlen, American composer (b. 1905)
1986 – Jim Laker, English cricketer (b. 1922)
1986 – Otto Preminger, Austrian-born film director (b. 1906)
1990 – Paulette Goddard, American actress (b. 1910)
1991 – Johnny Thunders, American musician (b. 1952)
1992 – Satyajit Ray, Indian filmmaker (b. 1921)
1992 – Tanka Prasad Acharya former Nepalese Prime Minister (b.1912)
1993 – César Chávez, American labor activist (b. 1927)
1995 – Howard Cosell, American sports journalist (b. 1918)
1995 – John C. Stennis, U.S. Senator from Mississippi (b. 1904)
1996 – Jean-Victor Allard, Canadian military officer (b. 1913)
1996 – P. L. Travers, Australian author (b. 1899)
1997 – Denis Compton, English cricketer (b. 1918)
1998 – Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek politician (b. 1907)
1998 – James Earl Ray, American alleged assassin (b. 1928)
2003 – James H. Critchfield, American Central Intelligence agent (b. 1917)
2003 – Fernand Fonssagrives, French photographer (b. 1910)
2005 – Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (b. 1911)
2005 – Al Grassby, Australian immigration minister (b. 1928)
2005 – John Mills, English actor (b. 1908)
2005 – Romano Scarpa, Italian-born comic artist (b. 1927)
2005 – Earl Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1934)
2006 – Johnnie Checketts, New Zealand fighter pilot (b. 1912)
2006 – Phil Walden, American manager of the Allman Brothers Band (b. 1940)
2007 – Paul Erdman, American economist and author (b. 1932)
2007 – David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author (b. 1934)
2007 – Boris Yeltsin, first President of the Russian Federation (b. 1931)