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Historical Events 1899 - John McGraw, at 26, has his managerial debut as Oriole manager 1955 - 1st Bandoeng Conference opens in Indonesia, attended by 29 nations - first international assembly of Asian-African nations 1966 - Bill Russell becomes first African American coach in NBA history (Boston Celtics) 1991 - US Census Bureau said it failed to count up to 63 million in 1990 census 2017 - British Prime Minister Teresa May announces she will seek a "snap" election More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1944 - Rudy Shackelford, American organist, composer, and musicologist, born in Newport News, Virginia 1947 - Dorothy Lyman, American actress (All My Children. 1981-83 -"Opal"; Mama's Family - "Naomi"), and director, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota 1949 - Geoff Bodine, American race car driver, born in Chemung, New York 1956 - Melody Thomas Scott, American actress (The Young and the Restless, 1979-present - "Nikki Newman"), born in Los Angeles, California 1979 - Matthew Upson, English footballer (England national team World Cup 2010), born in Eye, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1674 - John Graunt, English statistician and founder of science of demography, dies at 53 1689 - George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, Welsh judge, dies at 43 2012 - Robert O. Ragland, American film score composer (The Thing With Two Heads), dies at 80 2013 - Storm Thorgerson, British graphic designer and music video director (Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, The Cranberries), dies of cancer at 69 2024 - Wally Harris, Canadian ice hockey referee (6 x Stanley Cup series; first NHL Director of Officiating), dies at 88 More Famous Deaths »

1875 - Modern Snooker invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain, a bored British officer in Jabalpur, India 1922 - 26th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar in race record 2:18:10; his 2nd race victory; first of 3 consecutive wins 1927 - Japan's Wakarsoeki government falls, Baron Tanaka becomes premier 1935 - Provincial-National elections (Musserts NSB achieves 7.9%, 44 chairs) 1942 - POW French General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Festung Königstein 1981 - Carl Gottlieb's movie "Caveman", starring Ringo Starr, Shelley Long, Barbara Bach, Dennis Quaid, Jack Gilford, and John Matuszak premieres 1991 - Railroad workers go on strike in US 1999 - NFL Draft: University of Kentucky quarterback Tim Couch first pick by Cleveland Browns 2001 - A letter between Gale Norton and Jeb Bush is released, stating that the Bush administration has decided to go ahead with plans to auction 6 million acres of potentially oil-and-gas-rich seabed in the Gulf of Mexico 2023 - New Research shows the Great Pacific Garbage Patch now has coast creatures living and breeding in it, including jellyfish, sponges and worms raising concerns about the spread of invasive species More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1492 - Christopher Columbus signs a contract with the Spanish monarchs to find the "Indies" with the stated goal of converting people to Catholicism. This promises him 10% of all riches found, and the governorship of any lands encountered. 1684 - Dutch East India Company signs treaty with Sultan Hadji of Banten (Java) to aid him in a civil war with his father in exchange for sole right to trade in the Sultanate 1977 - Christian-democrats win Belgium parliamentary election 1983 - Grete Waltz runs female world record marathon (2:25:29) 2017 - 121st Boston Marathon: Kenyan double; Geoffrey Kirui takes men's title in 2:09:37; Edna Kiplagat women's champion in 2:21:52 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1622 - Henry Vaughan, English poet (Silex Scintillans), born in Newton St. Bridget, Brecknockshire, Wales (d. 1695) 1845 - Isabel Barrows, American editor and penologist (Conference on Negro Question), born in Irasburg, Vermont (d. 1913) 1947 - Linda Martin, Irish singer and TV presenter, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland 1961 - Norman Cowans, Jamaican cricketer (England fast bowler in 19 Tests 1982-85), born in St. Mary, Jamaica 1971 - David Oliver, Canadian NHL right wing (Edmonton Oilers), born in Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 858 - Benedict III, Italian Pope (855-58), dies 1713 - David Hollatz, Pomeranian dogmatician (b. 1648) 1948 - Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum, Dutch diplomat (Governor General of the Dutch East Indies 1916-21), dies at 75 1987 - Cecil Harmsworth King, Irish-British owner of Mirror Group Newspapers, dies at 86 2003 - Robert Atkins, American cardiologist, known for the Atkins diet, dies at 72 More Famous Deaths »

1799 - Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor - Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre 1917 - 21st Boston Marathon won by Bill Kennedy in 2:28:37.2 1945 - World War II: Dutch town of Arnhem, site of failed Operation Market Garden, is freed by British and Canadian forces 1973 - 77th Boston Marathon: American double; Jon Anderson men's champion in 2:16:03; Jacqueline Hansen wins women's title in 3:05:59 1979 - Failed Palestinian attack on Zaventem Airport, Belgium 1987 - Peter Taylor's "Summons to Memphis" wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction 1992 - "Metro" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 13 performances 2006 - Colin Farrell reaches a confidential settlement with ex-girlfriend Nicole Narain to keep their 13-minute sex tape private 2007 - "Spider-Man 3" directed by Sam Raimi and starring Toby Maguire and Kristen Dunst premieres at the Tokyo Film Festival 2020 - Nationwide State of Emergency declared in Japan till 6 May due to the worsening COVID-19 outbreak More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1912 - Pirates turn a rare 5-3-7 doubleplay (left fielder covers 2nd base) 1922 - Annie Oakley sets women's record by breaking 100 clay targets in a row 1980 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1981 - "Copperfield" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 13 performances 1985 - "Grind" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 79 performances More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1697 - Johann Gottlieb Gorner, German composer, born in Penig, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1778) 1935 - Bobby Vinton, American pop singer, known as "The Polish Prince" ("Roses Are Red (My Love)"; "Blue Velvet"; "My Melody Of Love"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1963 - Saleem Malik, Pakistani cricketer (memorable Pakistani and Essex batsman), born in Kayerpora, Lahore, Pakistan 1968 - Grace Kim, South Korean-American tennis star, born in South Korea 1975 - Joanna Ławrynowicz, Polish classical pianist, born in Warsaw, Poland More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1879 - Peter Kosler, German-Slovenian lawyer and cartographer who made the first map of Slovene land (Kosler's Map), dies at 55 1938 - Steve Bloomer, English footballer (b. 1874) 1989 - Tawfieq Yusuf Awwaad, Lebanese writer, dies 2011 - Paul Des Marais, American composer, dies at 90 2011 - Harold Volkmer, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri, dies at 80 More Famous Deaths »

1621 - Hugo Grotius arrives in France after escaping prison in a book chest 1817 - 1st American school for the deaf opens (Hartford, Connecticut) 1865 - Abraham Lincoln dies nine hours after he is shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre in Washington 1896 - I (modern) Summer Olympic Games close at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece; USA wins gold medal count, 11; Greece wins total medal count, 46; IOC has retroactively assigned gold, silver and bronze medals to 3 best placed athletes in each event 1912 - RMS Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM off Newfoundland as the band plays on, with the loss of between 1,490 and 1,635 people 1920 - Sacco and Vanzetti Trial: paymaster shot and killed along with his guard 1924 - WHO-AM in Des Moines Iowa begins radio transmissions 1963 - 67th Boston Marathon won by Aurèle Vandendriessche of Belgium in race record 2:18:58 1997 - Baseball honors Jackie Robinson by retiring #42 for all teams 2020 - US's deadliest day during COVID-19 pandemic with 2,752 deaths reported More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1862 - American poet Emily Dickinson first corresponds with author and future literary mentor Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a relationship that lasts the rest of her life 1971 - John Kander and Fred Ebbs' musical "70, Girls, 70", starring Hans Conried and Mildred Natwick, opens at Broadhurst Theater, NYC; runs for 35 performances 1991 - East-Europe Bank forms in London 1992 - Lincoln Hospital in Bronx. New York loses its accreditation 2023 - Indian Atiq Ahmed, former lawmaker and convicted criminal, assassinated live on TV along with his brother Ashraf in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, while under police guard More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1874 - Johannes Stark, German physicist (Stark Effect; Nobel Prize in Physics -1919), and Nazi sympathizer, born in Schickenhof, German Empire (d. 1957) 1892 - Corrie ten Boom, Dutch author (The Hiding Place) and Holocaust survivor, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1983) 1940 - Jeffrey Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare, English novelist, born in Finsbury, London 1947 - Cristina Husmark Pehrsson, Swedish politician, born in Uddevalla, Sweden 1970 - Flex Alexander, American actor and comedian (Mark 'Flex' Washington in "One to One"), born in New York City, New York More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1854 - Arthur Aikin, English scientist and writer (b. 1773) 1943 - Raffaele Casimiri, Italian composer, and musicologist dies at 62 1997 - Sam Moskowitz, American writer and historian of science fiction, dies at 76 1999 - Harvey Postlethwaite, British engineer and racing car designer, dies at 55 2008 - Krister Stendahl, Swedish Lutheran theologian and bishop, dies at 86 More Famous Deaths »

193 - Lucius Septimius Severus crowned Emperor of Rome 1699 - Khalsa: Birth of Khalsa, the brotherhood of the Sikh religion, in Northern India in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar 1836 - US Congress forms Territory of Wisconsin 1896 - US Patent Office issues Patent No. 558,393 to Dr John Harvey Kellogg of Battle Creek, Michigan for "flaked cereal, and process of making same" 1910 - US President William Howard Taft begins tradition of throwing ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day of baseball season 1949 - International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg's last judgment 1961 - Cuban-American invasion army departs Nicaragua 1989 - In the Iran-Contra trial, Oliver North's case goes to the jury 2007 - At least 200,000 demonstrators in Ankara, Turkey protest against the possible candidacy of incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 2021 - Coinbase becomes the first major cryptocurrency company to trade shares on the New York Stock Exchange More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1862 - Battle of Fort Pillow, Tennessee 1872 - Dominion Lands Act passed: Canada's Homestead Act 1910 - Pan American Union forms 1991 - 55th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Welshman Ian Woosnam wins his only major title, 1 stroke ahead of José María Olazábal; 4th straight year the Masters champion is from the UK 2013 - 33 people are killed after a bus tumbled off a cliff in Trujillo, Peru More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1897 - Olga Chekhova, Russian-German actress (Italian Strawhat, Cry of the Children), born in Aleksandropol, Erivan Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1980) 1907 - Otto Frans Antoine Hubert van Nispen, Dutch mayor (Pannerden), born in Pannerden, Netherlands (d. 1992) 1945 - Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, 8th Prime Minister of Samoa, born in Lepa, Samoa 1949 - John Shea, American actor (Honeymoon, New Life, Lois and Clark), born in North Conway, New Hampshire 1975 - Avner Dorman, Israeli composer (Variations Without A Theme; Dialogues of Love), conductor, and educator, born in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1910 - Mikhail Vrubel, Russian Symbolist painter, one of the first modern Russian artists (The Demon Cast Down), dies from the effects of syphilis at 54 1917 - L. L. Zamenhof, Polish physician and linguist (Esperanto), dies at 57 1965 - Perry Edward Smith, US murderer (In Cold Blood), hanged at 36 1986 - Horst Bastian, German writer and screenwriter, dies at 46 2008 - Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish jazz pianist (Seven Days Of Falling), dies in scuba diving accident at 44 More Famous Deaths »

1256 - The Grand Union of the Augustinian order formed when Pope Alexander IV issues papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae 1863 - Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled is incorporated in the State of New York 1870 - Metropolitan Museum of Art forms in NYC, opening in the Dodworth Building at 681 Fifth Avenue 1925 - Virginia Theater (ANTA, Guild) opens at 245 W 52nd St NYC 1934 - US Congress passes Johnson Debt Default Act 1941 - Heavy German assault on Tobruk 1969 - Closure of the Brisbane tramway network. 1979 - Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours 1980 - 44th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: 23-year-old Spaniard Seve Ballesteros wins his first Masters, 4 strokes ahead of Jack Newton and Gibby Gilbert 1992 - American Airlines reduce its 1st-class fares 20%-50% More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1865 - Raleigh, North Carolina, captured by Union forces 1904 - Battle of Oviumbo (in modern Namibia): Herero tribesmen rise up against German colonists 1920 - 1st woman US Civil Service Commissioner, Helen Hamilton appointed 1989 - "Welcome to the Club" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 12 performances 2000 - "When Louis Met..." documentary by Louis Theroux premieres on BBC2 in the UK featuring Jimmy Saville More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1891 - Nellallitea "Nella" Larsen [Nellie Walker], African-American Harlem Renaissance novelist (Quicksand, Passing), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1964) 1927 - Maurice Ronet, French film actor, director, and writer (Frantic, Sphinx, Circle of Love), born in Nice, France (d. 1983) 1954 - Niels Olsen, Danish singer and songwriter (The Olsen Brothers; Eurovision Song Contest, 2000), born in Odense, Denmark 1960 - Bob Casey, Jr., American lawyer and politician (Senator-D-Pennsylvania 2007-), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania 1963 - Mark Leiter, American baseball pitcher (SF Giants), born in Joliet, Illinois More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1970 - William H. Johnson, African-American artist of the Harlem Renaissance (Flowers; Training for War), dies of pancreatic hemorrhage at 67 1984 - Ralph Kirkpatrick, American musician, musicologist and harpsichordist (Domenico Scarlatti), dies at 72 1994 - Taleb Ali al-Suheil, Iran sheik, murdered in Lebanon at 64 1995 - Edward Henderson, British diplomat, dies at 77 2005 - Yuri Anatoyevich Ponomaryov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 18 backup), dies at 73 More Famous Deaths »

1862 - James Andrews steals Confederate train (General) at Kennesaw, Georgia 1900 - The US Congress passes the Foraker Act, establishing Puerto Rico as an unincorporated territory (effective 1 May) 1905 - French Dufaux brothers test helicopter 1927 - Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek begins a counter-revolution by violently suppressing Communist groups 1938 - First US law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses in New York 1954 - Joe Turner releases "Shake, Rattle and Roll" 1983 - Harold Washington elected Chicago's 1st black mayor 1992 - Lynn Gunther of California threatens to blow herself up in front of UN 1992 - Euro Disney (Disneyland Paris) opens in Marne-la-Vallee, France 2009 - President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority makes a courtesy phone call to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, restarting the Palestinian-Israeli dialogue More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1861 - Fort Sumter in South Carolina is attacked by the Confederacy, beginning the American Civil War 1877 - Catcher's mask 1st used in a baseball game 1986 - 20,000 mine workers protest closing of Hasselt Belgium mines 1989 - Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through 2002 - Pedro Carmona becomes interim President of Venezuela during the military coup against Hugo Chávez. More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1705 - William Cookworthy, English chemist, born in Kingsbridge, Devon (d. 1780) 1942 - Bill Bryden, Scottish stage director (National Theatre), film director, and screenwriter, born in Greenock, Scotland (d. 2022) 1945 - Doug Riley, Canadian jazz keyboard player (Dr. Music), and musical director (Famous People Players), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2007) 1949 - Scott Turow, American lawyer and author (Presumed Innocent), born in Chicago, Illinois 1979 - Elena Grosheva, Russian gymnast (Olympic 1996), born in Yaroslavl, Russia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 238 - Gordian II, Roman co-Emperor with his father Gordian I, killed in battle at Carthage 1550 - Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53 2007 - Kevin Crease, Australian TV anchor (b. 1936) 2019 - Forrest Gregg, American Pro Football HOF tackle (9 x Pro Bowl; 7 × First-team All-Pro; Green Bay Packers) and coach (Cleveland Browns, Toronto Argonauts, Cincinnati Bengals, GB Packers), dies of Parkinson's disease at 85 2020 - Stirling Moss, British auto racer (16 x F1 Grand Prix; World F1 Drivers C'ship runner-up 1955-58; 12 Hours of Sebring 1954) and broadcaster (ABC F1, NASCAR), dies at 90 More Famous Deaths »

Historical Events 1876 - Sir Charles Gordon ends religious tolerance in Sudan 1907 - New York Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame backstop Roger Bresnahan becomes first catcher to wear shin guards 1939 - Hungary leaves League of Nations 1991 - UN Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration 2019 - Ex-Pope Benedict XVI claims Catholic sexual abuse caused in part by 1960s sexual revolution More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1904 - Arthur Ernest Mourant, British hematologist, born in La Hougue Bie, Jersey (d. 1994) 1906 - Dalia "Dale" Messick, American cartoonist (Brenda Starr, Reporter), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 2005) 1918 - Richard Wainwright, English politician, Liberal MP for Colne Valley (1966–70), born in Leeds (d. 2003) 1925 - Viola Liuzzo (née Gregg), American civil rights activist, murdered by Ku Klux Klan, born in California, Pennsylvania (d. 1965) 1932 - Max Schubel, American composer (Opus One Records), born in New York (d. 2010) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1648 - Matthäus Appelt, German composer, dies at 53 1842 - John England, bishop of Charleston Carolina, dies 1981 - Marie Ney, British character actress (The Lavender Hill Mob), dies at 85 1990 - Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist, Prime Minister of Greece, dies at 86 1998 - Rodney Harvey, American actor and model (Salsa), dies of a drug overdose at 30 More Famous Deaths »

491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, as Anastasius I - often called the first Byzantine Emperor 1828 - Foundation of Bahia Blanca, Argentina 1898 - President McKinley asks for Spanish–American War declaration 1921 - Iowa imposes 1st state cigarette tax 1921 - The Emirate of Transjordan created 1942 - US Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal established 1962 - New York Mets make a losing debut 1991 - UN Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration 2021 - 20-year-old Daunte Wright shot and killed at a traffic stop by police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, who says they mistook their gun for a taser 2023 - Largest cosmic explosion ever recorded (AT2021lwx)- fireball 100 x size of the solar system with a brightness 2trillion x the sun’s, thought to be large gas cloud entering a supermassive black hole eight million lights years away More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1924 - 1st men's college swimming championships begin 1967 - Tom Stoppard's play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" debuts in London at the Old Vic 1996 - Detroit Red Wings become 2nd NHL team to win 60 games in a season 2006 - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium 2007 - Two bombings in the Algerian capital of Algiers kill 33 people and wounds a further 222 2010 - "The night of Sora Aoi", Japanese porn actress Sora Aoi joins twitter prompting many Chinese fans to try and circumnavigate Chinese censorship More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1357 - John I, King of Portugal (1383-1433), born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1433) 1906 - Dalia "Dale" Messick, American cartoonist (Brenda Starr, Reporter), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 2005) 1931 - Frank Vicari, American jazz, session, and touring saxophonist (Maynard Ferguson; Woody Herman; Tom Waits; Saturday Night Live), born in New Jersey (d. 2006) 1942 - Anatoly Nikolayevich Berezovoi, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz T-5), born in Enem, Russia (d. 2014) 1957 - Everton Mattis, West Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests, 1 x 50; Jamaica), born in Kingston, Jamaica 2000 - Milly Alcock, Australian actress (The House of the Dragon), born in Sydney, Australia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1810 - Jakob Zupan, Slovenian composer, dies at 75 1976 - Liam Dunn, American actor, dies at 59 1998 - Ivan Tcherepnin, American experimental and postmodern composer, dies at 55 2011 - Billy Bang [William Walker], American free jazz violinist and composer, dies of lung cancer at 63 2017 - J. Geils [John Warren Geils Jr], American rock guitarist (J. Geils Band - Centerfold), dies at 71 2020 - Francis Tombs, Lord Tombs, British engineer and businessman (CEO of Rolls Royce), dies at 95 More Famous Deaths »

1816 - 2nd Bank of US chartered 1937 - Cole Porter's musical "Red, Hot And Blue", starring Ethel Merman, Jimmy Durante, and Bob Hope, closes at the Alvin Theatre, NYC, after 183 performances 1939 - Grens mobilization due to Italian invasion in Albania 1945 - German troops attack Ijsselbrug 1946 - 1st election for Japanese Parliament 1961 - 25th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: South African Gary Player beats defending champion Arnold Palmer and amateur Charles Coe by 1 stroke to become first international champion; Monday finish because of rain 1988 - Islanders beat Devils 5-4 (OT) 1st round tied at 2-2 1993 - Pittsburgh Penguins win their NHL record 17 game winning streak 2006 - 5th CMT Video Music Awards: Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood and Kenny Chesney win 2019 - First home delivery service by drone begins in Canberra, Australia by Wing, part of Google's Alphabet company More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1500 - France captures Duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan 1815 - Austria declares war on Kingdom of Naples 1898 - First Navy Law is passed by the German Reichstag 1925 - Scribners publishes "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1961 - 25th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: South African Gary Player beats defending champion Arnold Palmer and amateur Charles Coe by 1 stroke to become first international champion; Monday finish because of rain 2024 - South Korea's liberal opposition party wins landslide majority in the country's general election - a defeat for President Yoon Suk Yeol, amid claims he was brought down by a spring onion More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1847 - Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher (St Louis Post-Dispatch, NY World) and Democratic politician whose bequest founded the Columbia School of Journalism and the Pulitzer Prize, born in Makó, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1911) 1930 - Shujauddin Butt, Pakistani cricket all-rounder (19 Tests, 20 wickets; Combined Services, Bahawalpur), born in Lahore, Pakistan (d. 2006) 1953 - David Moorcroft, British athlete (WR 5,000m 13:00.41 1982-85) and broadcaster (BBC), born in Coventry, England 1965 - Tim Alexander, American funk metal drummer (Primus-Pork soda), born in Cherry Point, North Carolina 1970 - Enrico Ciccone, Canadian NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks), born in Montreal, Quebec 1982 - Damián Lanza, Ecuadorian footballer, born in Cuenca, Ecuador More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1807 - Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, German princess and composer (patron of Classical Weimar court), dies at 67 1883 - Emilie Mayer, German composer of Romantic music, dies at 70 1972 - Henech Kon, Polish composer and cabaret performer, dies at 81 1981 - Howard Thurman, African-American theologian and author (Deep River, Deep is the Hunger), dies at 81 2007 - Dakota Staton, American jazz singer ("Where Flamingos Fly"; "Sex Is A Misdemeanor"), dies at 76 2022 - Philippe Boesmans, Belgian pianist, and composer (Upon La-Mi; Reigen), dies at 85 More Famous Deaths »

1941 - PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame 1945 - World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, East Prussia, ends. 1965 - Beatles "Ticket to Ride" single is released in UK 1977 - Communist party in Spain allowed legally after 40 years 1986 - TV show "Dallas" announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character 1992 - Florida drops rape charges against NY Mets Gooden, Boston and Coleman 2000 - 64th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Fijian Vijay Singh wins by 3 strokes from Ernie Els of South Africa 2013 - The French Senate approves a bill for same-sex marriage 2017 - Suicide car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia kills at least 17, Al-Shabaab group claim responsibility 2018 - Fleetwood Mac announce new members Neil Finn and Mike Campbell after firing long-standing member Lindsey Buckingham More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1935 - Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Maroons beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-1 for 3-0 series sweep; Maroons last defunct team to win the Cup 1947 - Atomic Energy Commission confirmed 1954 - 7th Cannes Film Festival: "Gate of Hell" directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film 1976 - "All the President's Men", directed by Alan J. Pakula, based on the non-fiction book by journalists Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward detailing their Watergate investigation, starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford, is released 2022 - Joel Embiid is named the NBA scoring champion, averaging 30.6 points per game 2024 - A group of older Swiss women win a landmark climate change case at the European Court of Human Rights, ruling the women's rights had been violated by not fully addressing climate change More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1806 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer (SS Great Britain, Great Western Railway), born in Portsmouth, England (d. 1859) 1915 - Albert Rémy, French actor (Grand Prix, The 400 Blows, The Train), born in Sèvres, Seine, France (d. 1967) 1933 - Gian Maria Volontè, Italian actor (Fistful of Dollars), born in Milan, Italy (d. 1994) 1939 - Michael Learned, American actress (Olivia in The Waltons, Nurse), born in Washington, D.C. 1943 - Terry Knight [Knapp], American rock singer, manager, and record producer (Grand Funk Railroad), born in Lapeer, Michigan (d. 2004) 1966 - Oliver Barnett, American NFL defensive end (SF 49ers), born in Louisville, Kentucky More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1553 - Francois Rabelais, French author (Gargantua, Pantagruel), dies at 49 1914 - Eben Sumner Draper, American businessman and politician (44th Governor of Massachusetts), dies at 55 1994 - Keith Watson, British comic strip artist (Dan Dare), dies at 59 2001 - Willie Stargell, American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder/1st baseman (7 x MLB All Star; World Series 1971, 79 [MVP]; Pittsburgh Pirates), dies from a stroke at 61 2006 - Robin Orr, Scottish composer, dies at 96 2021 - Ramsey Clark, American lawyer, US Attorney General (1967-69) and activist, dies at 93 More Famous Deaths »

1802 - French Protestant church becomes state-supported and -controlled 1913 - China's National Assembly opens in Peking, the first free democratic parliament in Chinese history 1945 - 1945 NFL Draft: Charley Trippi from University of Georgia first pick by Chicago Cardinals 1965 - India and Pakistan forces engage in a border fight 1975 - 47th Academy Awards: "The Godfather Part II", Ellen Burstyn and Art Carney win 1989 - Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo is arrested in Mexico and charged with kidnapping, murder of DEA agent Enrique Camarena, drug trafficking and other crimes 1994 - MLB outfielder Darryl Strawberry enters Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California for substance abuse rehabilitation 1994 - Atlanta Brave Kent Mercker no-hits Dodgers, 6-0 2006 - 159th Grand National: 11–1 Irish shot Numbersixvalverde, ridden by Niall Madden wins by 6 lengths from defending champion Hedgehunter 2013 - 163 people are killed and 50,000 are displaced after tribal violence erupts in Darfur, Sudan More Historical Events »

1802 - French Protestant church becomes state-supported and -controlled 1913 - China's National Assembly opens in Peking, the first free democratic parliament in Chinese history 1945 - 1945 NFL Draft: Charley Trippi from University of Georgia first pick by Chicago Cardinals 1965 - India and Pakistan forces engage in a border fight 1975 - 47th Academy Awards: "The Godfather Part II", Ellen Burstyn and Art Carney win 1989 - Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo is arrested in Mexico and charged with kidnapping, murder of DEA agent Enrique Camarena, drug trafficking and other crimes 1994 - MLB outfielder Darryl Strawberry enters Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California for substance abuse rehabilitation 1994 - Atlanta Brave Kent Mercker no-hits Dodgers, 6-0 2006 - 159th Grand National: 11–1 Irish shot Numbersixvalverde, ridden by Niall Madden wins by 6 lengths from defending champion Hedgehunter 2013 - 163 people are killed and 50,000 are displaced after tribal violence erupts in Darfur, Sudan More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1766 - 1st fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley and chain 1869 - American Museum of Natural History opens in New York City 1979 - 205th and final episode of "All in the Family"; followed by "Archie Bunker's Place" for 4 seasons 1993 - Indians' Carlos Baerga is 1st to switch hit HRs in same inn (vs Yanks) 2000 - 153rd Grand National: Irish 10/1 shot Papillon, ridden by jockey Ruby Walsh and trained by his father Ted Walsh wins by 1¼ lengths from Mely Moss 2016 - 31st Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Chicago, Cheap Trick, Deep Purple, Steve Miller, and N.W.A More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1756 - Joseph Gehot, Belgian composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1820) 1865 - Ted Wainwright, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests; Yorkshire CCC), born in Sheffield, England (d. 1919) 1893 - Grace Cunard, American silent screen actress (Untamed, Resurrection), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1967) 1905 - George Baxter, French actor (Flying Saucer, Lili, Caged), born in Paris, France (d. 1976) 1955 - Barbara Kingsolver, American novelist (The Poisonwood Bible), born in Annapolis, Maryland 1972 - Katrina Powell, Australian field hockey striker (252 caps; Olympic gold 1996, 2000; World Cup gold 1998; Champions Trophy gold 1997, 99, 2003) and coach (Australia women), born in Canberra Australia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1931 - Eric Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet (Nobel Prize for Literature 1931), dies at 66 1969 - Arthur Walter Kramer, American composer, dies at 78 1981 - Omar Bradley, American WWII General (Invasion of Normandy) and 1st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1949-53), dies of cardiac arrhythmia at 88 1982 - Katherine Rawls, American diver (Olympic silver 3m springboard 1932, 36) and swimmer (Olympic bronze 4×100m freestyle 1936), dies from cancer at 64 1992 - Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist (1957 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, discovered chemotherapeutic agents including antihistamines0, dies at 85 1993 - Arleen Whelan, American film actress (Kidnapped), dies of a stroke at 78 More Famous Deaths »

1498 - Crowd storms Savonarola's convent San Marco Florence, Italy 1862 - Grant defeats Confederates at Battle of Shiloh, Tenn, Island #10 falls 1917 - J.M. Barrie's play "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals" premieres in London 1976 - Chinese Politburo fires vice-premier Deng Xiaoping 1985 - Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Alice Miller shoots a final round 67 (−5) to win her only major title, 3 strokes ahead of Jan Stephenson of Australia 1996 - Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya hits the fastest ODI fifty off 17 balls vs Pakistan in Singapore 1997 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Ft Myers , Florida on WRXK 96.1 FM 2018 - Vegas Golden Knights suffer a 7-1 end of regular season defeat at Calgary but finish with an NHL expansion team record 51 victories; previous record 33 by Anaheim Ducks and Florida Panthers 1993-94 2020 - China ends its lockdown of Wuhan, the city at the center of the COVID-19 pandemic after 76 days as the country reports no new deaths for the 1st time 2020 - Australia's highest court overturns the child sexual abuse conviction of Catholic Cardinal George Pell More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1118 - Pope Gelasius II is excommunicated by Holy Roman Emperor Henry V, forcing him to flee Rome and rule in exile 1584 - Ieper surrenders to Duke of Parma 1933 - University Bridge, Seattle opens for traffic 1959 - Radar 1st bounced off Sun, Stanford Calif 1963 - Yugoslavia proclaimed a Socialistic republic 1970 - MLB Milwaukee Brewers (former Seattle Pilots) 1st game, lose to Angels 12-0 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1775 - Francis Cabot Lowell, American mill owner (founded 1st raw cotton-to-cloth textile mill), born in Newburyport, Massachusetts (d. 1817) 1916 - Anthony Caruso, American character actor best known for playing villains (The Desperate Mission, The Wonderful County), born in Frankfort, Indiana (d. 2003) 1929 - "Crazy" Joe Gallo, American mobster, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1972) 1960 - Tracy Silverman, American contemporary classical and jazz acoustic and electric 6-string violinist (Turtle Island String Quartet), composer, and pedagogue, born in Peekskill, New York 1964 - Joe Durant, American golfer (4 PGA Tour titles), born in Pensacola, Florida 1972 - Lovett Purnell, American NFL football wide receiver, 1996-2001 (New England Patriots, and 2 other teams), born in Seaford, Delaware More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1614 - El Greco, Greek-born artist working in Spain (b. 1541) 1651 - Lennart Torstenson, Swedish soldier and engineer (b. 1603) 1920 - Karl Binding, German jurist whose writings were used to justify the Holocaust, dies at 79 1936 - Marilyn Miller [Mary Ellen Reynolds], American Broadway dancer, singer, and actress (Ziegfeld Follies), dies from complications of nasal surgery at 37 1997 - Sam Parks Jr., American golfer (US Open 1935), dies at 87 2021 - James Hampton, American actor (F Troop - "Bugler Dobbs"; Teen Wolf), writer, and director, dies from Parkinson’s disease complications at 84 More Famous Deaths »