Harriet
Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom’s
CabinJesse James
Werner Klemperer
First Aircraft Carrier
Fred Rogers
Hal Linden
Radar
Jerry Reed
Bobby Orr
Spike Lee
Holly Hunter
Roberto Clemente
Joan Jett
Libby Riddles
Iditarod
Pete Rose
Iraq Invasion by US
| Year | Event |
| 43 BC | Born: Ovid, Roman poet (d. 17) |
| 141 | 6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet |
| 1345 | Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic" |
| 1469 | Born: Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) |
| 1477 | Born: Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) |
| 1502 | Born: Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) |
| 1525 | Paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants |
| 1569 | Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Cé |
| 1598 | French king Henri IV & duke van Mercour sign treaty |
| 1600 | The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. |
| 1602 | United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms |
| 1616 | Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana |
| 1627 | France & Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism |
| 1634 | Born: Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets) |
| 1644 | Born: Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709) |
| 1680 | Born: Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) |
| 1697 | Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land" |
| 1725 | Born: Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) |
| 1728 | Born: Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist |
| 1735 | Born: Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist (d. 1784) |
| 1737 | Born: Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Thailand (d. 1809) |
| 1739 | Born: Eligio Celestino, composer |
| 1739 | Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne. |
| 1741 | Born: Jean Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (d. 1828) |
| 1750 | Born: Martinus van Marum, Dutch chemist/physicist (Homo Diluvii Testus) |
| 1760 | Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings |
| 1770 | Born: Friedrich Hölderlin, German writer (d. 1843) |
| 1774 | Born: John Braham, composer |
| 1799 | Born: Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (d. 1839) |
| 1800 | French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, & advance to Cairo |
| 1804 | Born: Neal Dow, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 |
| 1811 | Born: George Caleb Bingham, US, politician/painter (Country Election) |
| 1811 | Born: Napoleon FKJ Bonaparte II, Napoleon's son/King of Rome |
| 1812 | Born: George Bibb Crittenden, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1880 |
| 1813 | Born: Matthias Keller, Ulm Germany, hymm writer (O Farther un High) |
| 1814 | Prince Willem Frederik becomes monarch of Netherlands |
| 1815 | Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule |
| 1816 | US Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions |
| 1820 | Born: Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Wallachia/Romania |
| 1823 | Born: John Echols, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 |
| 1823 | Born: Ned Buntline, American publisher (d. 1886) |
| 1825 | Born: William Nelson Rector Beall, Brig General (Confederate Army) |
| 1826 | Born: Carel Vosmaer, Dutch art historian/poet/editor |
| 1828 | Born: Henrik Ibsen, Norway, playwright (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler) |
| 1829 | Born: Charles Albert White, composer |
| 1830 | Born: Eugene Asa Carr, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910 |
| 1831 | Born: Solomon L. Spink, U.S. Congressman (d. 1881) |
| 1833 | Born: Henry Southwick Perkins, composer |
| 1833 | US & Siam sign commercial treaty |
| 1834 | Born: Charles William Elliot, Boston, Pres of Harvard (1869-1909) |
| 1836 | Born: Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American politician (d. 1886) |
| 1836 | Born: Sir Edward Poynter, British painter (d. 1919) |
| 1840 | Born: Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (d. 1894) |
| 1846 | Born: Auguste Bender, writer |
| 1848 | King Louis I of Bayern abdicates to marry dancer Lola Montez |
| 1852 | Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published (Boston) |
| 1853 | Born: George Godfrey, Chelsea Mass, heavyweight boxer (Old Chocolate) |
| 1856 | Born: Frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management |
| 1856 | Born: Sir John Lavery, Irish artist (d. 1941) |
| 1861 | An earthquake completely destroys Mendoza, Argentina. |
| 1863 | Battle of Pensacola FL -evacuated by Federals |
| 1863 | Born: Ernesto Nazareth, composer |
| 1865 | 2nd day of Battle of Bentonville NC |
| 1865 | Michigan authorizes workers' cooperatives |
| 1868 | Jesse James Gang robs bank in Russelville Kentucky of $14,000 |
| 1868 | Born: Obe Postma, Frisian poet/geography/historian (Frisian Clay Farm) |
| 1870 | Born: Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general/politician (East Africa) |
| 1872 | Born: Bernhard Seklas, composer |
| 1872 | Born: Karin Michaelis, writer |
| 1873 | Born: Sergei V Rachmaninov, Russian/US pianist/composer (Aleko) |
| 1874 | Born: Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (d. 1945) |
| 1876 | Born: Payne Whitney, American businessman (d. 1927) |
| 1879 | Born: Maud Menten, Canadian biochemist (d. 1960) |
| 1882 | Born: René Coty, Le Harve France, president of France (1953-58) |
| 1883 | Born: Colin Campbell, Falkirk Scot, actress (High Bright Sun, Leather Boys) |
| 1883 | Born: Karl Hasse, composer |
| 1883 | Unity treaty of Paris signed: protects industrial property |
| 1885 | John Matzeliger of Suriname patents shoe lacing machine |
| 1885 | Yiddish theater opens in NY with Golldfaden operetta |
| 1885 | Born: Eugen Herrigel, Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe |
| 1885 | Born: Hendrik A de Fish, [Henri Pauwels], Flemish philological/sociologist |
| 1886 | 1st AC power plant in US begins commercial operation, Mass |
| 1888 | Start of the Sherlock Holmes Adventure, "A Scandal in Bohemia" |
| 1888 | The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta was staged in Moscow, Russia. |
| 1888 | Born: S V Vegesack, writer |
| 1890 | Born: Lauritz Melchior, Copenhagen Denmark, baritone tenor (Natl Symphony) |
| 1890 | General Federation of Womans' Clubs founded |
| 1890 | German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck |
| 1895 | Born: Fredric Wertham, German-born psychologist (d. 1981) |
| 1896 | Born: Hal Walker, Ottumwa Ia, director (I Married Joan) |
| 1896 | Marines land in Nicaragua to protect US citizens |
| 1896 | Uprising in Matabeleland |
| 1897 | 1st US orthodox Jewish Rabbinical seminary (RIETS) incorporates in NY |
| 1897 | 1st known intercollegiate basketball game, Yale beats Penn 32-10 |
| 1897 | France signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia |
| 1902 | Born: Edgar Buchanan, Humansville Mo, actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction) |
| 1902 | Born: Kathryn Forbes, short story writer (mama's bank account) |
| 1903 | Born: Vincent Richards, hall of fame tennis pro (elected 1961) |
| 1904 | Born: Burrhus Frederic Skinner, Pa, Behaviorism pioneer (Skinner box) |
| 1905 | Born: Jean Galia, French rugby footballer (d. 1949) |
| 1906 | Born: Abraham Beame, (Mayor-D-NYC), NYC's 1st Jewish mayor |
| 1906 | Born: Ozzie Nelson, Jersey City NJ, actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet) |
| 1906 | Born: Pavel P Parenago, Russian astronomer |
| 1906 | George B Shaws "Captain Brassbound's Conversion," premieres in London |
| 1908 | Born: Frank Stanton, Muskegon Mich, broadcasting executive (CBS) |
| 1908 | Born: Michael Redgrave, Bristol Eng, actor (Browning Version, Lady Vanishes) |
| 1908 | Born: Philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (Czardasvorstin) |
| 1911 | Born: Mieke Verstraete, Belgian/Dutch actress (Pleasantly Settled) |
| 1911 | Born: Alfonso García Robles, Mexican diplomat and Nobel laureate (d. 1991) |
| 1911 | National Squash Tennis Association forms (NYC) |
| 1911 | Winter Garden Theater opens at 1634 Broadway NYC |
| 1913 | Born: Judith Evelyn, Seneca SD, actress (13th Letter, Tingler, Rear Window) |
| 1914 | Born: Sviatosiav Richter, Zhitomir Ukraine, pianist (Stalin Prize-1945) |
| 1914 | Born: Wendell Corey, Dracut Mass, actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl) |
| 1914 | Born: William Baddeley, rector (St Jame's Piccadilly) |
| 1914 | 1st international figure-skating tournament held in US, New Haven |
| 1915 | Born: Svyatoslav Richter, pianist |
| 1915 | Born: Rudolf Kirchschläger, President of Austria (d. 2000) |
| 1916 | Born: Pierre Messmer, PM (France) |
| 1916 | Allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium |
| 1917 | Born: Dolf Verspoor, literary/interpreter (M Nijhoff Prize 1958) |
| 1917 | Born: Peter Caddy, founder (Findhorn Community) |
| 1917 | Born: Vera Lynn, singer (Anniversary Waltz) |
| 1918 | Born: Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, German composer (Soldiers) |
| 1918 | Born: Jack Barry, Lindenhurst NY, game show emcee (Joker's Wild) |
| 1918 | Born: Marian McPartland, jazz pianist (Bill Mayer, Jimmy McPartland) |
| 1918 | Born: Donald Featherstone, British writer and wargamer |
| 1920 | Born: Douglas G Chapman, biomathematical statistician |
| 1920 | Born: Werner Klemperer, Cologne Germany, actor (Col Klink-Hogan's Heroes) |
| 1920 | 1st flight from London to South Africa lands (took 1½ months) |
| 1920 | US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld |
| 1920 | US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger |
| 1921 | Born: Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Senegal, director general (UNESCO) |
| 1921 | Born: Primoz Ramovs, composer |
| 1922 | Born: Arnold Burgen, college president (Academia Europaea) |
| 1922 | Born: Carl Reiner, Bronx, comedian (2000 Year Old Man, Dick Van Dyke Show) |
| 1922 | Born: Doug Barnard Jr, (Rep-D-GA, 1977- ) |
| 1922 | Born: Jack Kruschen, Winnipeg Canada, actor (Papa-Webster, Busting Loose) |
| 1922 | Born: Larry Elgart, New Haven Ct, bandleader/alto sax (Elgart Orch) |
| 1922 | Born: Ray Goulding, Lowell Mass, comedian (Bob & Ray) |
| 1922 | USS Langley is commissioned, Navy's 1st aircraft Carrier |
| 1922 | WIP-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions |
| 1923 | Bavarian minister of Interior refuses to forbid Nazi SA |
| 1923 | Belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent |
| 1923 | Born: Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani Author, Journalist and Political Activist (d. 2006) |
| 1924 | Born: Jozef Kroner, Slovak actor (d. 1998) |
| 1924 | Finnair begins scheduled flight of Helsinki-Tallinn |
| 1924 | Stanley Cup: Mont Canadiens (NHL) sweep Vanc Millionaires (PCHA) in 2 |
| 1925 | Born: James Pickles, judge |
| 1925 | Born: John D Erlichman, Politician (Nixon aide, Watergate) |
| 1926 | Born: Ted Bessell, Flushing NY, actor (Don-That Girl, Frankie-Gomer Pyle) |
| 1927 | Born: John Pierre Herman Joubert, composer (Chamber Music for brass quintet) |
| 1928 | Born: Anthony Blond, British publisher (The Publishing Game, Book Book) |
| 1928 | Born: Christopher Benstead, race horse trainer |
| 1928 | Born: Fred Rogers, Latrobe PA, children TV host (Mr Rogers' Neighborhood) |
| 1928 | Born: Jerome Cousins Biffle, Denver Co, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1952) |
| 1929 | Born: Germán Robles, Spanish actor |
| 1930 | Born: Michel Magne, composer |
| 1930 | Clessie Cummins sets diesel engine speed record of 129.39 kph |
| 1931 | Bishop Schreiber warns against national-socialism in Berlin |
| 1931 | Born: Antonio Tauriello, composer |
| 1931 | Born: David Montgomery, chairman (British Forestry Commission) |
| 1931 | Born: Hal Linden, [Harold Lipshitz], actor (Barney Miller, Blacke's Magic) |
| 1931 | Born: John Rae, British educator (Conscience & Politics) |
| 1932 | Born: Tod Dockstader, composer |
| 1932 | Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kara-Kalpak ASSR |
| 1933 | Dachau, 1st concentration camp, completed |
| 1933 | Born: David James Moore, educationalist |
| 1933 | Born: Jacquez Guyonnet, composer |
| 1933 | Born: George Altman, American baseball player |
| 1933 | Born: Alexander Gorodnitsky, Russian geologist and poet |
| 1934 | Born: Eric Hebborn, artist/faker |
| 1934 | Born: Marion Conti, arch bishop (Aberdeen England) |
| 1934 | Born: Willie Brown, American politician |
| 1934 | Born: David Malouf, Australian author |
| 1934 | Rudolf Kuhnold demonstrates radar in Kiel Germany |
| 1934 | Test of practical radar apparatus made by Rudolf Kuhnold in Germany |
| 1934 | Female Babe Didrickson pitches hitless inning for Phila A's in exhibition game against Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 1935 | "Your Hit Parade" made its debut on radio |
| 1935 | Born: Ted Bessell, American actor (d. 1996) |
| 1936 | Born: Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican Reggae artist |
| 1936 | Born: Vaughn Meader, American comedian (d. 2004) |
| 1937 | Born: Elizabeth Gille, writer translator/editor |
| 1937 | Born: Helmut Recknagel, Germany, 90m ski jump (Olympic-gold-1960) |
| 1937 | Born: Jerry Reed, Atlanta GA, singer/actor (Bat 21, Smokey & the Bandit) |
| 1937 | Born: Joe Rivers, rocker (Johnnie & Joe) |
| 1937 | Born: Mark Saville, QC, British high court judge |
| 1937 | Franco-offensive at Guadalajara Spain |
| 1938 | Born: Frans J van der Heijden, Dutch journal/Dutch MP (CDA) |
| 1938 | Born: Sergei Petrovich Novikov, Russian Mathematician, Fields Medalist |
| 1939 | Born: Brian Mulroney, (P-C) 18th PM of Canada (1984-93) |
| 1939 | Born: Earl of Seafield, [Ginger], English large landowner |
| 1939 | 7,000 Jews flee German occupied Memel Lithuania |
| 1940 | Paul Reynoud becomes French premier |
| 1940 | Born: Mickey Preger, horse trainer |
| 1941 | Born: Carlos Lopez, jockey |
| 1941 | Born: Pat Corrales, American baseball player |
| 1941 | Nazi-German/Yugoslav pact drawn |
| 1942 | Convoy PQ13 departs Reykjavik Iceland to Russia |
| 1942 | Gen MacArthur vows, "I shall return" |
| 1942 | Major German assault on Malta |
| 1943 | British offensive against Mareth-line |
| 1943 | German U-384 bombed & sinks |
| 1943 | Born: Gerard Malanga, American poet and photographer |
| 1943 | Born: Naima Neidre, Estonian graphic artist |
| 1943 | Born: Paul Junger Witt, American TV producer |
| 1944 | Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River NJ, killing 16 |
| 1944 | Mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes |
| 1945 | US 70th Infantry division/7th Armour division attack Saar |
| 1945 | Born: Larry Combest, (Rep-R-TX, 1985- ) |
| 1945 | Born: Pat Riley, Schenectady NY, NBA coach (Lakers, Knicks, Heat) |
| 1945 | Born: Tim Yeo, British MP/under-sect (State of Environment) |
| 1945 | Born: Henry Bartholomay, American fighter pilot |
| 1945 | Born: Jay Ingram, Canadian television host and author |
| 1946 | Born: Ranger Doug, [Douglas Green], Ill, singer (Riders in Sky-Cowboy Way) |
| 1946 | Belgian govt of Spaak, resigns |
| 1947 | 180-metric ton blue whale (record) caught in South Atlantic |
| 1947 | Born: Carl Palmer, drummer (Asia-Heat of the Moment, Emerson Lake & Palmer) |
| 1947 | Born: John Eastburn Boswell, medievalist |
| 1948 | Born: Bobby Orr, Parry Sound, Ontario, HOF NHL defenseman (Boston Bruins) |
| 1948 | Born: John de Lancie, actor (Q-Star Trek Next Gen, Days of our Lives) |
| 1948 | Born: Pamela Sargent, US, sci-fi author (Venus of Dreams, Cloned Lives) |
| 1948 | 1st live televised musical Eugene Ormandy on CBS followed in 90 |
| 1948 | 20th Academy Awards - "Gentleman's Agreement," L Young, R Colman win minutes by 2nd live televised musical Arturo Toscvanni on NBC |
| 1949 | Born: Marcia Ball, American singer and pianist |
| 1950 | Born: William Hurt, Wash DC, actor (Big Chill, Children of a Lesser God) |
| 1951 | Born: Guy Perry, rock guitarist/vocalist (Motels-Only the Lonely) |
| 1951 | Born: Jimmie Vaughan, guitarist (Fabulous Thunderbirds) |
| 1951 | Born: John Wetton, rocker (Asia) |
| 1951 | Born: Madan Lal, cricketer (Indian medium pacer in the 70's) |
| 1951 | Born: Tanya Boyd, Detroit Mich, actress (Celeste-Days of our Life) |
| 1951 | Born: Curt Smith, American author and media host |
| 1951 | Indonesian army offensive against Darul Islam on Java |
| 1951 | Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshu is founded. |
| 1952 | 24th Academy Awards - "American in Paris," H Bogart & Vivian Leigh win |
| 1952 | Final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan |
| 1952 | US senate ratifies peace treaty with Japan |
| 1952 | Born: Anand Armitraj, India, tennis player (Brother of ViJay) |
| 1952 | Born: Geoff Brabham, Australian racing driver |
| 1953 | Senator Edwin C Johnson offers a bill to give clubs the sole |
| 1954 | "King & I" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1246 performances |
| 1954 | 16th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: La Salle beats Bradley 92-76 |
| 1954 | 1st newspaper vending machine used (Columbia Pennsylvania) |
| 1954 | Born: Charlie Simmer, Ontario, NHL left winger (LA Kings) |
| 1954 | Born: Jim Seales, Hamilton Ala, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South) |
| 1954 | Born: Liana Kanelli, Greek journalist and politician |
| 1955 | KXTV TV channel 10 in Sacramento, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1956 | 156-day strike against Westinghouse ends |
| 1956 | E Ochab succeeds Beirut as 1st secretary of Polish CP |
| 1956 | Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes |
| 1956 | Tunisia gains independence from France |
| 1956 | USSR performs nuclear test |
| 1956 | Union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp |
| 1956 | Born: Phillip Oppenhein, British MP |
| 1957 | Born: Spike Lee, Atlanta, dir (Mo Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X) |
| 1957 | Born: Theresa Russell, [Paup], SD Calif, actress (Black Widow, Razor's Edge) |
| 1957 | Born: Vanessa Bell Calloway, American actress |
| 1957 | Born: David Foster, Australian woodchopper |
| 1957 | Born: Spike Lee, American film director |
| 1957 | Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it |
| 1958 | 50" snow across the Mason-Dixon line |
| 1958 | Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist) begins transmitting |
| 1958 | Greek Clandestine Radio (communist), Voice of Truth 1st transmission |
| 1958 | Born: Holly Hunter, Atlanta Georgia, actress (Broadcast News, Roe vs Wade) |
| 1958 | Born: Rickey Jackson, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers) |
| 1958 | Born: Phil Anderson, Australian cyclist |
| 1959 | Born: Dale Reid, Ladybank Scotland, LPGA golfer (European Solheim Cup team) |
| 1959 | Born: Richard Drummie, rocker (Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down) |
| 1959 | Born: Steve McFadden, British actor |
| 1959 | Born: Sting, American professional wrestler |
| 1961 | Born: John Clark Gable, LA Calif, actor (Bad Jim) |
| 1961 | Born: Kathy Guadagnino, Albany NY, LPGA golfer (1985 US Women's Open) |
| 1961 | Born: Slim Jim Phantom, [Jim Mcdonnell], rock drummer (Stray Cats) |
| 1961 | Born: Jesper Olsen, Danish footballer |
| 1962 | Born: Stephen Sommers, American film director |
| 1962 | Sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater |
| 1963 | 1st "Pop Art" exhibition (NYC) |
| 1963 | Sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke |
| 1963 | Born: Paul Annacone, Southampton NY, tennis star |
| 1963 | Born: Paul Mirkovich, rock keyboardist (Nelson-Love & Affection) |
| 1963 | Born: Ramon Andersson, Middle Swan Australia, canoeist (Olympics-br-92, 96) |
| 1963 | Born: Yelena Romanova, Russian athlete (d. 2007) |
| 1963 | Born: Manabu Suzuki, Japanese racing driver and broadcaster |
| 1963 | Born: David Thewlis, British actor |
| 1964 | Born: Ruth Davidon, Balt MD, rower (Olympics-6th-96) |
| 1964 | Born: Natacha Atlas, Belgian singer |
| 1964 | ESRO established, European Space Research Organization |
| 1965 | 27th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Michigan 91-80 |
| 1965 | Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 v NZ at Delhi |
| 1965 | Born: Chris Hoiles, Bowling Green OH, catcher (Baltimore Orioles) |
| 1965 | Born: Danielle Woodward, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) |
| 1966 | Born: Blas Minor, Merced CA, pitcher (Seattle Mariners) |
| 1966 | Born: Giulio Caravatta, CFL quarterback (BC Lions) |
| 1966 | Born: Alka Yagnik, Indian singer |
| 1966 | Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St Petersburg Women's Golf Open |
| 1967 | Supremes release "The Happening" |
| 1967 | WOET (now WPTD) TV channel 16 in Dayton, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1967 | Born: Bryan Genesse, actor, (Rocco-Bold & Beautiful, Grady-Street Justice) |
| 1967 | Born: Dana Rinehart Dalton, Orlando Florida, Miss Florida-America (1991) |
| 1967 | Born: Mookie Blaylock, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks) |
| 1967 | Born: Randy Gullatt, horse trainer |
| 1968 | Born: Eric Viscaal, Dutch soccer star (PSV/AA Gent) |
| 1968 | Born: Jurgen Rumrich, Miesbach GER, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998) |
| 1968 | Born: Sheree Megan Higgins, Matamata NZ, golfer (1991 Bridgestone) |
| 1968 | LBJ signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money |
| 1968 | Military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign) |
| 1969 | Abebe Bikila's auto-accident, near Addis Ababa |
| 1969 | Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar |
| 1969 | US president Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970 |
| 1969 | Born: Caroline Brunet, Quebec City Quebec, kayaker (Olympics-silver-96) |
| 1969 | Born: Konstantine Starikovitch, Podolsk Rus, 238lbs US weightlift (Oly-96) |
| 1969 | Born: Paul Atkinson, jockey |
| 1969 | Born: Sharon Manning, WNBA center/forward (Charlotte Sting) |
| 1969 | Born: Thang Thanh Nguyen, Soc Trang Vietnam, murderer (FBI Most Wanted) |
| 1969 | Born: Mannie Fresh, American producer |
| 1970 | Born: Kristin Klein, Santa Monica Calif, volleyball outside hitter (Oly-96) |
| 1970 | Born: Ralph Dawkins, NFL running back (NO Saints) |
| 1970 | Born: Ron George, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons) |
| 1970 | Born: Todd Burger, NFL guard (Chic Bears) |
| 1971 | Born: Janis Kelly, Winnipeg Manitoba, volleyball player (Olympics-96) |
| 1971 | Born: Manny Alexander, Dominican Republic, infielder (Baltimore Orioles) |
| 1971 | Born: Touré, American writer |
| 1971 | Boston Bruins win 13th straight NHL game |
| 1972 | 19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche |
| 1972 | S Mansholt succeeds Malfatti as chairman of European Committee |
| 1972 | Born: Ajah Wilson-Ogechukwu, soccer player (Roda JC) |
| 1972 | Born: Alexander Kapranos, Greek-British musician (Franz Ferdinand) |
| 1973 | Born: Jane March, Edgeware England, actress (Lover) |
| 1973 | Born: Nico Boje, cricketer (South African ODI left-arm spinner 1996) |
| 1973 | Born: Norman Tome, Australian soccer striker (Olyroos, Olympics-96) |
| 1973 | Born: Christopher Heinz, American businessman; son of Teresa Heinz |
| 1973 | Born: Jung Woo-sung, South Korean actor |
| 1973 | Born: Cedric Yarbrough, American actor |
| 1973 | Roberto Clemente elected to Hall of Fame, 11 weeks after his death |
| 1974 | Born: P J Bogart, NYC, diver (Olympics-96) |
| 1974 | Born: Paula Garces, Colombian actress |
| 1974 | Born: Andrzej Pilipiuk, Polish writer |
| 1975 | Born: Brian Buetsch, Rockford Ill, figure skater (1997 Great Lakes Sr champ) |
| 1976 | Born: Arno Knapen, Dutch soccer player (Holten, FC Twente) |
| 1976 | Born: Chester Bennington, American musician (Linkin Park) |
| 1976 | Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.70) |
| 1976 | Patricia Hearst convicted of armed robbery |
| 1977 | Communists/socialists win French municipal elections |
| 1977 | Parisians elect former PM Jacques Chirac as 1st mayor in a century |
| 1977 | Premier Indira Gandhi loses election in India |
| 1978 | Flyers' Rick MacLeash scores on 6th penalty shot against Islanders |
| 1979 | Columbia flies on Shuttle carrier aircraft to Kennedy Space Center |
| 1979 | Born: Bernard O'Connor, Gaelic Footballer |
| 1979 | Born: Molly Jenson, American musician |
| 1979 | Born: Silvia Abascal, Spanish actress |
| 1979 | Born: Freema Agyeman, British actress |
| 1979 | Born: Bianca Lawson, American actress |
| 1979 | Born: Keven Mealamu, New Zealand rugby player |
| 1980 | Born: Jamal Crawford, American basketball player |
| 1980 | Born: Ock Ju-Hyun, South Korean singer |
| 1980 | The Mi Amigo ship containing England's pirate Radio Caroline sinks |
| 1980 | US appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran |
| 1981 | Argentine ex-president Isabel Peron sentenced to 8 years |
| 1981 | Jean Harris sentenced 15-to-life for slaying of Scarsdale Diet Dr |
| 1982 | 1st-class debut of Richie Richardson, Leeward Is v Barbados |
| 1982 | France performs nuclear test |
| 1982 | Joan Jett & Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 wks |
| 1982 | Rev A Treurnicht forms Conservative Party of South Africa |
| 1982 | Born: Tomasz Kuszczak, Polish footballer |
| 1982 | Born: José Moreira, Portuguese footballer |
| 1982 | Born: Terrence Duffin, Zimbabwean cricketer |
| 1982 | Born: Nick Wheeler, American guitarist (The All-American Rejects) |
| 1983 | Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open |
| 1984 | Andy Kaufman & Fred Blassie's "My Breakfast With Blassie" premieres |
| 1984 | Senate rejects amendment to permit spoken prayer in public schools |
| 1984 | Born: Justine Ezarik, American Internet personality |
| 1984 | Born: Markus Niemelä, Finnish racing driver |
| 1984 | Born: Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer |
| 1984 | Born: Winta, Norwegian musician |
| 1984 | Born: Valtteri Filppula, Finnish professional ice-hockey player |
| 1984 | Born: Rami Malek, Egyptian-born actor |
| 1984 | Born: Christy Carlson Romano, American actress |
| 1984 | Born: Marcus Vick, American football player |
| 1985 | Libby Riddles is 1st woman to win Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race |
| 1986 | 228 KPH gust of wind strikes Cairngorm (UK record) |
| 1986 | Jacques Chirac forms French government |
| 1986 | Born: Dean Geyer, Australian singer/actor |
| 1987 | Born: Daniel Maa Boumsong, Cameroonian football player |
| 1987 | Born: Patrick Boyle, Scottish footballer |
| 1987 | Born: Pedro Ken, Brazilian footballer |
| 1987 | Born: Sergei Kostitsyn, Belarusian hockey player |
| 1987 | Born: Jô, Brazilian footballer |
| 1987 | Born: Rollo Weeks, English actor |
| 1987 | FDA approves sale of AZT (AIDS treatment) |
| 1987 | NASA launches Palapa B2P |
| 1987 | Soap opera "Capitol" final episode |
| 1987 | Soviet filmmakers arrive in Hollywood for an entertainment summit |
| 1987 | Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 5 km (7:20.36) |
| 1988 | David Henry Hwang's "M. Butterfly," premieres in NYC |
| 1988 | Laura Davies wins Circle K LPGA Tucson Golf Open |
| 1988 | Mike Tyson KOs Tony Tubbs in 2 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1988 | Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet. |
| 1989 | Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation |
| 1989 | Richard J Kerr replaces Robert M Gates as deputy director of CIA |
| 1989 | Born: Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi cricketer |
| 1990 | LA Lakers retires Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33 |
| 1990 | Singer Gloria Estefan breaks her collarbone in a bus accident |
| 1991 | Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in suit against Disney |
| 1991 | Michael Jackson signs $65M 6 album deal with Sony records |
| 1991 | Supreme Court rules unanimously employers can't exclude women from jobs where exposure to toxic chemicals could potentially damage fetus |
| 1991 | US forgives $2 billion in loans to Poland |
| 1992 | Janice Pennington is awarded $1.3M for accident on Price is Right set |
| 1992 | Noriega's wife Felicidad arrested for stealing buttons from dresses |
| 1993 | Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (36.02 sec) |
| 1993 | IRA-bomb kills 3 year old in Warrington England |
| 1993 | Morton Downey Jr weds Lori Krebs |
| 1994 | "Cyrano - The Musical" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 137 perfs |
| 1994 | "Flowering Peach" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 41 performances |
| 1994 | "No Man's Land" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 61 performances |
| 1994 | 14th Golden Raspberry Awards: Indecent Proposal wins |
| 1994 | Brett Hart wins WWF championship at Wrestlemania X |
| 1994 | El Salvador's 1st pres election following 12-year-old civil war |
| 1994 | Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament |
| 1994 | Mashonaland U-24 beat Matabeleland on 1st inn to win Logan Cup |
| 1994 | Wrestlemania X at MSG NY, Bret Hart pins Yokozuna |
| 1994 | Zulu-king Goodwill Zwelithini founds realm in South Africa |
| 1995 | Dow-Jones hits 4083.68 (record) |
| 1995 | Poison Gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed, 4,700 injured |
| 1995 | Beatles song, "Baby It's You," with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, 1st Fab Four single in more than 30 years |
| 1996 | "Love Thy Neighbor," opens at Booth Theater NYC |
| 1996 | Erik & Lyle Menendez found guilty of killing their parents |
| 1996 | UK admits humans can catch CJD (Mad Cow Disease) |
| 1997 | "Play On!," opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 61 performances |
| 1997 | Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive |
| 1997 | Mens Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) |
| 1999 | Legoland California, the first and only Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California. |
| 2000 | Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after a gun battle that leaves a Georgia sheriff's deputy dead. |
| 2003 | Invasion of Iraq by American and British led coalition begins without United Nations support and in defiance of world opinion |
| 2004 | Stephen Harper wins the leadership of the newly created Conservative Party of Canada, becoming the party's first leader. |
| 2005 | A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits Fukuoka, Japan, its first major quake in over 100 years. One person is killed, hundreds are injured and evacuated. |
| 2006 | Cyclone Larry makes landfall in eastern Australia, destroying most of the country's banana crop. |
| 2006 | Over 150 Chadian soldiers are killed in eastern Chad by members of the rebel UFDC. The rebel movement sought to overthrow Chadian president Idriss Deby. |
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