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What happened in history on this day: March 22?
On March 22 in ...
- 1312 - Pope Clement V suppresses the order of Templars.
- 1349 - Townspeople of Fulda Germany massacre Jews (blamed for black death).
- 1459 - Birth of Maximilian I of Habsburg, in Wiener Neustadt; German Emperor/archduke of Austria.
- 1471 - George van Podiebrad king of Bohemia (1458-71), dies.
- 1556 - Cardinal Reginald Pole becomes archbishop of Canterbury.
- 1589 - Lodovico Guicciardini Ital historian, dies at age 67.
- 1594 - French King Henri IV festival in Paris France.
- 1599 - Birth of Anthony Van Dyck Flemish painter (Charles I of England).
- 1621 - Hugo de Grote escapes in bookcase from Loevenstein castle, Netherlands.
- 1621 - Massasoit and Pilgrims agree on league of friendship (Plymouth).
- 1622 - First Indian (Powhattan) massacre of whites, in Jamestown, Virginia; 347 slain.
- 1627 - Cornelis van Aerssen Flemish Clerk of the House, dies at about age 81.
- 1630 - First colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston).
- 1638 - Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 1639 - Thomas Carew English poet/diplomat (The Rapture), dies.
- 1680 - Parliament of Breisach accept French sovereignty over Elzas.
- 1692 - Emperor Leopold I names duke Earnest August of Braunschweig, king.
- 1733 - Joseph Priestly invents carbonated water (seltzer).
- 1743 - Jean-Baptiste Lully Italian/French composer (Forced Marriage), dies at age 77.
- 1752 - Pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, died two days later.
- 1758 - Jonathan Edwards theologian/philosopher (Original Sin), dies at age 54.
- 1765 - The British government passes the Stamp Act, imposing a direct tax on all materials printed for commercial and legal use in the American colonies.
- 1767 - Birth of Cornelis T Elout Dutch minister of Finance.
- 1771 - Birth of Heinrich D Zschokke Swiss author (Das Goldmacherdorf).
- 1771 - Gottlieb W Rabener German author (Bremer Beiträge), dies at age 56.
- 1775 - Edmund Burke presents his 13 articles to the English parliament.
- 1777 - Death of John Bartram at age 77; father of American botany.
- 1778 - Captain Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state.
- 1794 - US Congress bans US vessels from supplying slaves to other countries.
- 1797 - Birth of Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig von Preußen in Berlin; King of Prussia (1861-88), German emperor Kaiser Wilhelm I (1871-88).
- 1799 - Birth of F W A Argelander in Memel, East Prussia; cataloguer of 324,188 stars.
- 1813 - Birth of Thomas Crawford in New York City, New York, USA; sculptor (Freedom atop dome of US Capitol).
- 1813 - Birth of Gabriel Rene Paul; Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (dies 1886).
- 1814 - Birth of Thomas Crawford; US sculptor (Babes in the Wood).
- 1817 - Birth of Braxton Bragg; General (Confederate Army) (dies 1876).
- 1819 - Birth of William Wirt Adams; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1888).
- 1822 - Birth of Ahmed Djevdet Pasha; Turkish minister of Education/Justice.
- 1822 - Birth of Isaac D Fransen van de Putte; Dutch premier (1866).
- 1822 - Birth of Seth Williams; US Brevet Major General (Union Army) (dies 1866).
- 1824 - Birth of William Henry Chase Whiting; Major General (Confederate Army).
- 1834 - Birth of Francis Asbury Shoup; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1896).
- 1841 - Cornstarch patented by Orlando Jones.
- 1846 - Birth of Randolph Caldecott in England; illustrator (Caldecott Medal namesake).
- 1848 - Republic of San Marco comes into existence in Venice.
- 1857 - Birth of Arnold Sauwen; Flemish poet (Along the Meuse).
- 1857 - Birth of Paul Doumer; Governor-General of Indo-China/13th President of France (1931-32).
- 1861 - First US nursing school is chartered.
- 1862 - San Marino and Italy conclude treaty of friendship and cooperation.
- 1865 - Raid at Wilson's: Chickaswas, Alabama, to Macon, Georgia.
- 1868 - Birth of Henry W Methorst; lawyer/director (Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics).
- 1868 - Birth of Robert A Millikan; US physicist (photoelectric effect; Nobel Prize 1923).
- 1871 - Johnny Cuzens, cricket player (Australian aboriginal tourist 1868), dies.
- 1871 - William Holden of North Carolina is first governor removed from office by impeachment.
- 1872 - Illinois becomes first state to require sexual equality in employment.
- 1874 - Young Men's Hebrew Association is founded in New York City, New York.
- 1882 - Edmunds Act adopted by US to suppress polygamy in the territories.
- 1887 - Birth of Leonard Marx AKA Chico Marx in New York City, New York, USA; comedian (Marx Brothers).
- 1890 - Désiré de Haerne, Belgian priest/Congressional leader, dies at age 85.
- 1894 - Stanley Cup: Montréal AAA beat Ottawa Generals, 3-1 (first Cup game ever).
- 1895 - In Paris, France, Auguste and Louis Lumiere show their first movie (La Sortie des Ouvriers de l'Usine Lumière) to an invited audience.
- 1895 - Birth of Joseph Schildkraut in Vienna, Austria; actor (Flame of Barbary Coast, Joseph Schildkraut Presents).
- 1898 - A Spanish investigating committee concludes the US battleship Maine was sunk by an accidental explosion in the forward magazines.
- 1902 - Birth of Ellin MacKay AKA Ellin Berlin; writer (Lace Curtain).
- 1903 - Birth of James S Russell; US pilot/Admiral (WWII Pacific Ocean).
- 1903 - Niagara Falls runs out of water because of a drought.
- 1905 - Birth of Ruth Page; US choreographer/ballet leader (Diaghilev, Pygmalion).
- 1907 - Birth of James Gavin; US 82nd Airborne Division General (Sicily/Normandy).
- 1907 - Birth of Paul J Steenbergen in Netherlands; actor (Ciske Rat), founder (Hague's Comedy).
- 1908 - Birth of Louis D L'Amour in Jamestown, North Dakota, USA; author (Hondo, Jubal Sackett).
- 1908 - Birth of Maurice H Stans in Shakope, Minnesota, USA; US Secretary of Commerce (1969-72).
- 1909 - Birth of Gabrielle Roy; French-Canadian novelist (Tin Flute).
- 1910 - Birth of Nicholas Monsarret in England; writer (Cruel Sea).
- 1912 - Birth of Wilfrid Brambell in Dublin, Ireland; actor (A Hard Day's Night).
- 1913 - Birth of James Westerfield in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; actor (Jungle Heat, Lucky Johnny).
- 1913 - Birth of Karl Malden in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Mike - The Streets of San Francisco, American Express commercials).
- 1913 - Birth of Martha Mödl; German singer/soprano (Wagner).
- 1914 - Birth of Cec Burke; cricket player (New Zealand leg-spinner versus Australia 1946, 1 and 3, 2-30).
- 1914 - World's first airline, Saint Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, begins.
- 1915 - Birth of George Cresswell; cricket player (3 Tests for New Zealand aged 35).
- 1916 - Birth of George Wyle in New York City, New York, USA; orchestra leader (The Jerry Lewis Show, The Flip Wilson Show).
- 1916 - Birth of Josephine van Gasteren; Dutch actress/director (Bluejackets).
- 1917 - Birth of Paul Rogers in Plympton, Devon, England; actor (Looking Glass War, Billy Budd).
- 1917 - Birth of Virginia Grey in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Another Thin Man, Idiot's Delight, Idaho).
- 1918 - Birth of Cheddi B Jagan; dentist/founder PPP/Guyanese Premier (1953, 1957-64).
- 1918 - Birth of Harry Kay; vice-chancellor (Exeter University).
- 1920 - Birth of Ross Martin in Grodek, Poland; actor (Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West).
- 1921 - Birth of Wilhelm Klaus Norbert Schmelzer in the Netherlands; foreign minister (KVP).
- 1922 - Birth of Mujib ur-Rahman in Pakistan; sheik/premier.
- 1922 - Birth of Stewart Stern; screenwriter (Rebel Without A Cause).
- 1923 - Birth of Cor N van Dis Junior; Dutch Member of Parliament (SGP, 1971-94).
- 1923 - Birth of Marcel Marceau in Strasbourg, France; mime (Barbarella, Silent Movie).
- 1923 - Theophile Delcassé, French statesman, dies at age 71.
- 1924 - Birth of Al Neuharth; newspaper founder (today usa).
- 1924 - Birth of Bill Wendell in New York City, New York, USA; TV announcer (Late Night With David Letterman).
- 1924 - R G Nivelle, French General (Verdun), dies at age 67.
- 1925 - Birth of Colin Spedding; CEO (Council of Science and Technology Institutes).
- 1926 - Birth of Lawrence Jackson; Provost Emeritus (Blackburn).
- 1927 - Birth of George Thoms; cricket player (one Test Australia against West Indies 1952, scored 16 and 28).
- 1928 - Birth of Bill Archer; American politician (Representative-Republican-Texas, 1971-).
- 1928 - Birth of DC Ingman; CEO (British Waterways Board).
- 1928 - Birth of Ed Macauley; NBA player (Boston Celtics).
- 1929 - 66 horses run in Irish Grand National Sweepstakes.
- 1929 - US Coast Guard vessel sinks Canadian schooner suspected of carrying liquor.
- 1930 - Birth of Derek Bok; college president (Harvard).
- 1930 - Birth of Lynden O Pindling; Prime Minister of Bahamas (1967-92).
- 1930 - Birth of Pat Robertson; televangelist (700 club), US Presidential candidate (Republican-1989).
- 1930 - Birth of Stephen Sondheim in New York City, New York, USA; lyricist/composer ("Sweeney Todd", "Into The Woods", "West Side Story", "A Little Night Music").
- 1931 - Birth of William Shatner in Montréal, Quebec, Canada; actor (Captain James T. Kirk - Star Trek, TJ Hooker, Boston Legal).
- 1931 - Birth of Burton Richter; American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
- 1932 - Death of Jean Coiffer of Lyons, UK, after swallowing and choking on nearly 1000 pounds sterling in banknotes.
- 1933 - Birth of Buddy MacKay; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Florida, 1983-).
- 1933 - Birth of Chris Duckworth; cricket player (South African batsman versus England 1956-57).
- 1933 - President Franklin Roosevelt makes wine and beer with up to 3.2 percent alcohol legal.
- 1934 - First Masters golf championship begins in Augusta, Georgia, USA.
- 1934 - Birth of Leslie Turnberg; President (Royal College of Physicians).
- 1934 - Birth of Orrin G Hatch; American politician (Senator-Republican-Utah, 1977-).
- 1934 - Birth of Sheila Cameron; Queen's Council, Vicar-General (Province of Canterbury).
- 1934 - Fire destroys Hakodate, Japan (kills 1,500, injures 1,000).
- 1935 - Birth of M[ichael] Emmet Walsh in Ogdensburg, New York, USA; actor (Wildcats, War Party).
- 1935 - Blood tests are authorized as evidence in court cases (New York).
- 1936 - Birth of Alan Bleasdale; author/playwright (Are You Lonesome Tonight).
- 1936 - Birth of May Britt [Maybritt Wilkens] in Lidinga, Sweden; actress (Young Lions)/wife of Sammy Davis Junior.
- 1936 - Birth of Philip Ely; President (British Law Society).
- 1936 - Birth of Roger Whittaker in Nairobi, Kenya; country singer ("Durham Town").
- 1936 - Quote by Adolf Hitler, regarding the re-occupation of the Rhineland: "We and all nations have a sense that we have come to the turning point of an age.".
- 1936 - Birth of Ron Carey; union president (Teamsters).
- 1939 - Lithuania surrenders Memel to Germany.
- 1940 - Birth of William Ritchie; vice-chancellor (Lancaster University).
- 1941 - Birth of Bruno Ganz in Zurich, Switzerland; actor (Strapless, Wings of Desire).
- 1941 - Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State goes into operation.
- 1942 - Birth of Barbara Parkins in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; actress (Peyton Place, Asylum).
- 1942 - Heavy German assault on Malta.
- 1943 - Birth of George Benson in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; singer/guitarist ("Greatest Love of All").
- 1943 - Birth of Keith Relf Richmond in London, England; rocker (Yardbirds - "For Your Love", "Renaissance").
- 1943 - Dutch work week extended to 54 hours.
- 1943 - SS police chief Rauter threatens to kill half Jewish children.
- 1944 - Pucheu, French Internal minister to Vichy, executed.
- 1944 - 600+ US 8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin, Germany.
- 1944 - Birth of Jeremy Clyde in Buckinghamshire, England; rocker (Chad and Jeremy - "Yesterday's Gone").
- 1944 - Birth of R P Mardling; headmaster (Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield).
- 1944 - Birth of T S "Tony" McPhee; rocker (Sad Go Round).
- 1945 - Arab League forms with adoption of a charter in Cairo, Egypt.
- 1945 - Birth of Alan Opie; baritone (Boughton Bethlehem, Britten 5 Canticles).
- 1945 - Birth of Charles "Chuck" Jackson; American singer (Playboy, Independents).
- 1945 - J Postuma, Dutch resistance fighter, dies.
- 1945 - US third Army crosses Rhine at Nierstein.
- 1946 - First US rocket to leave the Earth's atmosphere (50 miles up).
- 1946 - Birth of Don Chaney; NBA player (Houston Rockets)/coach (Detroit Pistons).
- 1946 - Birth of Laraine Ashton; fashion models' agent (London).
- 1946 - Birth of Rudy/Rudolf [von Bittner] Rucker; American sci-fi author (Wetware).
- 1946 - Birth of Serge [Ruud Schaap]; Dutch singer/guitarist (Saskia and Serge).
- 1946 - Britain signs treaty granting independence to Jordan.
- 1946 - Clemens A von Galen, bishop of Munster/anti fascist, dies at age 68.
- 1947 - Birth of Harry Vanda [Vandenberg] in the Hague, Netherlands; rock guitarist (Easybeats).
- 1947 - Birth of Patrick Olive; percussionist (Hot Chocolate - "You Sexy Thing").
- 1947 - Birth of Priscilla Yates; director (Royal Academy of Dancing).
- 1948 - Birth of Andrew Lloyd Webber in London, England; composer (Evita, Starlight Express, Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar).
- 1948 - Birth of Randy Hobbs; rocker (Johnny Winter Band, McCoys).
- 1949 - Birth of Brian Hanrahan; British TV newsman (BBC).
- 1949 - Birth of D Watson; director (Brighton University).
- 1949 - Birth of Fanny Ardant in Monte Carlo; actress (Australia, Confidentially Yours).
- 1950 - Birth of Mary Tamm in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England; actress (The Odessa File, Doctor Who).
- 1951 - Birth of Howard Reitzes in Southgate, California, USA; rocker (Iron Butterfly).
- 1951 - Birth of Musa Khiramanovich Manarov in the USSR; cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-4, TM-11).
- 1951 - J Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (Matthäus Passion), dies at age 79.
- 1952 - Birth of Bob Costas in Queens, New York, USA; sportscaster/talk show host (Later).
- 1952 - Dutch DC-6 crashes near Frankfurt, Germany, killing 44.
- 1953 - Antonín Zápotocky chosen as president of Czechoslovakia.
- 1953 - Birth of Peter McEvoy in Australia; actor (Against the Innocent).
- 1953 - Birth of Thomas H Andrews; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Maine).
- 1953 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open.
- 1954 - First shopping mall opened in Southfield, Michigan, USA.
- 1956 - Birth of Lena Olin in Stockholm, Sweden; actress (Enemies A Love Story).
- 1956 - Birth of Lyndsay Stephen in Donnybrook, Western Australia; Australasia golfer.
- 1956 - Death penalty against Prime Minister-director Léon Jungschlaeger.
- 1956 - George A L Sarton, Belgian/US historian, dies at age 71.
- 1956 - Musical Mr Wonderful with Sammy Davis Junior premieres at Broadway Theater in New York City for 383 performances.
- 1957 - Birth of Stephanie Mills; singer/actress (The Wiz).
- 1957 - Earthquake gives San Francisco, California the shakes.
- 1957 - Republic of India adopts Saka calendar along with Gregorian.
- 1958 - 20th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Seattle 84-72.
- 1958 - Birth of Joyce Lester; Australian softball catcher (Olympics-bronze-1996).
- 1958 - Birth of Pete Wylie in Liverpool, England; rocker (Sinful).
- 1958 - Faisal succeeds Saudi as king of Saudi-Arabia.
- 1958 - Michael Todd, producer (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at age 56.
- 1958 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya.
- 1959 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Nehi Golf Tournament.
- 1959 - Birth of Matthew Modine in Loma Linda, California, USA; actor (Full Metal Jacket, Pacific Heights).
- 1960 - First patent for lasers, granted to Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes.
- 1960 - Birth of Laurie Sargent; rock vocalist (Face To Face).
- 1962 - Aura Abranches Port, actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio), dies at age 65.
- 1962 - Birth of Diane Pavich in Melbourne, Australia; golfer (1993 T50 Alpine Australia Ladies).
- 1962 - Birth of Tim Elliott in Perth, Western Australia; Australasia golfer.
- 1963 - Birth of Hannu Virta in Turku, Finland; hockey defenseman (Team Finland).
- 1963 - Birth of Rich Monteleone in Tampa, Florida, USA; pitcher (California Angels).
- 1963 - Birth of Suzanne Sulley in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England; rocker (Human Leauge - "Human").
- 1963 - Oregon State's Terry Baker becomes first and only Heisman Trophy winner.
- 1964 - Addison Richards, actor (Colonel - Pentagon), dies at age 76.
- 1964 - Birth of Jeffrey Wagner in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Australasia golfer.
- 1964 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open Invitational.
- 1965 - D Senanayake wins general elections in Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
- 1965 - US confirms its troops used chemical warfare against the Vietcong.
- 1966 - Birth of Brad Edwards; NFL safety (Atlanta Falcons).
- 1966 - Birth of Brian Shaw; NBA guard (Orlando Magic, San Francisco Warriors).
- 1966 - Birth of Sean Berry in Santa Monica, California, USA; infielder (Houston Astros).
- 1966 - Birth of Todd Ewen in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks).
- 1966 - Southeast of Ningjin, Hebei (Hopeh), China, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurs. Extensive damage to hundreds of thousands of rooms, but casualty figures are not released.
- 1966 - Birth of Yahya Ayyash; militant.
- 1967 - Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay] knocks out Zora Folley in 7 innings for heavyweight boxing title in first Madison Square Garden fight.
- 1968 - Birth of Ramon Martinez in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers).
- 1968 - Jarmila Novotna resigns presidency of Czechoslovakia.
- 1968 - Student riot in Nanterre near Paris, France.
- 1969 - 31st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Purdue 92-72; UCLA wins its 5th national championship in six years.
- 1969 - Birth of Russell Maryland; NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys, Oakland Raiders).
- 1969 - Ernst Deutsch [Dorian], Czechoslovakian actor (3rd Man, Golem), dies at age 78.
- 1970 - Birth of Jason Rouser in Tucson, Arizona, USA; 200 metre/400 metre runner.
- 1970 - Birth of Reggie White; NFL nose tackle (New England Patriots).
- 1970 - Birth of Travis Richards in Crystal, Minnesota, USA; US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994).
- 1970 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic.
- 1971 - Birth of Richard Castillo; jockey.
- 1971 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1972 - Birth of Elvis Stojko in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada; ice skater (Olympics-silver-1994).
- 1972 - Birth of John Farquhar; tight end (New Orleans Saints).
- 1972 - Birth of Mikhail Sloutsky; WLAF linebacker (Scotland Claymores).
- 1972 - Birth of Pieter Christiaan, Prince of Netherlands.
- 1972 - Birth of Shawn Bradley; NBA center (Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets, Space Jams).
- 1972 - US Congress approves Equal Rights Amendment (never ratified).
- 1972 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar named NBA Most Valuable Player.
- 1972 - Nick Mileti purchases Cleveland Indians for US$9 million.
- 1972 - New York Yankees trade Danny Cater to the Boston Red Sox for Sparky Lyle.
- 1973 - Birth of Joe Nedney; kicker (Arizona Cardinals).
- 1973 - Birth of Luther Elliss; NFL defensive end (Detroit Lions).
- 1974 - Birth of Kim Yun-Jung; Miss Korea-Universe (1996).
- 1974 - Birth of Marcus Camby; NBA forward (Toronto Raptors).
- 1974 - Birth of Tuomas Gronman; NHL defenseman (Team Finland Olympics-Bronze-1998, Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 1974 - Peter Revson. US race car driver (Indianapolis 500), dies at age 35.
- 1975 - Asa Smith Bushnell Junior, Secretary of US Olympics (1945-65), dies at age 75.
- 1975 - Birth of Chris Bayne; safety (Atlanta Falcons).
- 1975 - Birth of Dax Griffin in Atlanta Georgia, USA; actor (Tim Truman - Sunset Beach).
- 1975 - Cass Daley, actress (Red Garters), dies at age 59.
- 1975 - Delta State beats Immaculata for the women's AIAW championship.
- 1975 - Teach-In wins Eurovision Song Festival with "Dinge-Dong".
- 1975 - Walt Disney World Shopping Village opens.
- 1976 - Birth of Kellie Shanygne Williams in Washington DC; actress (Laura - Family Matters).
- 1977 - Dutch Den Uyl government falls.
- 1977 - Indira Gandhi resigns as Prime Minister of India.
- 1978 - France performs nuclear test.
- 1978 - Karl Wallenda, famed American aerialist (Flying Wallendas), dies at age 73 while attempting to walk a wire suspended 123 feet in the air between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- 1979 - Ben Lyon, American actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Indiscreet), dies at age 78 (born 1901).
- 1979 - Birth of Mariah Leanne Bergmann; Miss Kansas Teen-USA (1997).
- 1979 - Israeli parliament approves peace treaty with Egypt.
- 1979 - NHL votes to accept four WHA teams (Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, Quebec Nordiques, and Hartford Whalers).
- 1981 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Desert Inn Pro-Am Golf Tournament.
- 1981 - Soyuz 39 carries two cosmonauts (one Mongolian) to Salyut 6.
- 1981 - Toshihiko Seko runs world record 25km (1:13:55.8) and 30km (1:29:18.8).
- 1982 - Iran offensive against Iraq.
- 1982 - Birth of Pete Bennett; English rock singer (Daddy Fantastic) and television personality (Big Brother 2006).
- 1982 - Third Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 3 launched.
- 1983 - Chaim Herzog elected Israeli president.
- 1984 - New York Islanders' Bryan Trottier ties NHL record scores 5 seconds into game.
- 1985 - NASA launches Intelsat VA.
- 1986 - Andrea Ehrig skates ladies world record 5 km (7:00.99).
- 1986 - Charles Starrett, actor (Silver Streak, Jungle Bride), dies.
- 1986 - HBO launches boxing's heavyweight title unification tournament.
- 1986 - Karin Kania skates ladies world record 1500 metre (1:09.30).
- 1986 - Kurt Browning (Canada) becomes first skater to land a quadruple jump.
- 1986 - World Ice Dance Championship in Geneva won by Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin (USSR).
- 1986 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Gordeeva and Grinkov (USSR).
- 1986 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Debi Thomas (USA).
- 1986 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Brian Boitano (USA).
- 1986 - Trevor Berbick beats Pinklon Thomas in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1987 - Betsy King wins LPGA Circle K Tucson Golf Open.
- 1987 - Joan Shawlee, actress (Abbott and Costello Show), dies at age 58.
- 1988 - US Congress overrides President Ronald Reagan's veto of sweeping civil rights bill.
- 1988 - Western Australia beats Queensland by five wickets to win the Sheffield Shield Final.
- 1989 - NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle announces retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years.
- 1989 - US Supreme Court upholds one person one vote rule of New York City, New York Board of Estimate.
- 1989 - Asteroid 4581 Asclepius approaches the Earth at a distance of 700,000 kilometres.
- 1989 - Clint Malarchuk of the NHL Buffalo Sabres suffers an almost fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat.
- 1990 - Anchorage Alaska jury finds Captain Hazelwood innocent of Valdez oil spill.
- 1990 - The Major League Baseball umpires announce that they will boycott exhibition games.
- 1991 - Gloria Holden, actress (Dracula's Daughter, Test Pilot), dies at age 73.
- 1991 - Law enforcement officers raid fraternities at University of Virginia seizing drugs.
- 1991 - New York Daily News begins using motto "Forward with New York".
- 1991 - Pamela Smart (high school teacher) found guilty in New Hampshire of manipulating her student-lover to kill her husband.
- 1992 - Danielle Ammaccapane wins Standard Register Ping Golf Championship.
- 1992 - England beats South Africa in rain-ruined cricket World Cup semi final.
- 1992 - Joseph A Molloy elected New York Yankees general partner.
- 1992 - US Air New York to Cleveland crashes on take off at La Guardia, 27 die.
- 1993 - Cec Pepper, cricket player (New South Wales and Commonwealth XI leggie), dies.
- 1993 - Gret Palucca, German dancer/choreographer (Entartet), dies at age 91.
- 1993 - Phia [Sophia R] Berghout, Dutch harpist, dies at age 83.
- 1993 - Steve Olin, pitcher (Cleveland Indians), drowns at age 27.
- 1993 - Tim Crews, pitcher (Cleveland Indians), drowns at age 31.
- 1994 - Death of Dan Hartman at age 42; US singer/songwriter (Love Sensations).
- 1994 - Dutch Ambassador to US christens a new tulip (the Hillary Clinton).
- 1994 - Igor Aleinikov, Russian director (tractors, air crash), dies at age 32.
- 1994 - Luther Diamond, radio personality, dies at age 89.
- 1994 - Mark Foster swims world record 50 metre butterfly (23.68 seconds).
- 1994 - South African Government/African National Congress take power in Ciskei homeland.
- 1994 - Soyuz TM-21 lands.
- 1994 - Death of Walter Lantz at age 93 of heart failure; cartoonist and animator (Woody Woodpecker).
- 1995 - The last episode of the TV series All-American Girl airs.
- 1995 - Deputy Governor of Bank of England, Rupert Pennant-Rea, resigns following revelations of his affair with a freelance journalist.
- 1995 - Peter Woods, newsreader, dies at age 64.
- 1995 - Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns to Earth after setting a record for 438 days in outer space.
- 1996 - Cheryl Depew, of Florida, crowned 13th Miss Hawaiian Tropic International.
- 1996 - Capcom releases the Resident Evil game for the PlayStation in the US. The game innovates by creating the survival-horror genre.
- 1996 - Robert Franklin Overmyer, astronaut (STS 5, STS 51-B), dies at age 59.
- 1996 - STS 76 (Atlantis 16), launches into orbit.
- 1997 - The comet Hale-Bopp makes its closest approach to Earth.
- 1998 - 18th Golden Raspberry Awards: The Postman wins.
- 1998 - Liselotte Neumann wins Standard Register PING Golf Tournament.
- 1999 - U.S. pro-euthanasia doctor Jack Kevorkian goes on trial for murder in Pontiac, Michigan.
- 2001 - Death of William Hanna at age 90 of throat cancer; animation studio executive (Hanna-Barbera, The Flintstones TV show, Quick Draw McGraw TV show, Huckleberry Hound TV show, The Jetsons TV show, Magilla Gorilla TV show, Jonny Quest TV show, Scooby Doo: Where are You TV show).
- 2003 - The United States and the United Kingdom begin their "shock and awe" campaign, with a massive air strike on military targets in Baghdad, Iraq.
- 2003 - Death of Milton G. Henschel, a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses and 5th President of Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society (born 1920).
- 2004 - Palestinians protest in the streets after an Israeli helicopter gunship fires a missile at the entourage of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in Gaza City, killing him and seven others.
- 2004 - Death of Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian co-founder of Hamas.
- 2005 - Death of Clemente Domínguez y Gómez, Antipope Gregory XVII (born 1946).
- 2006 - ETA declares a permanent ceasefire in their campaign for Basque independence from Spain.
- 2007 - NATO troops launch two assaults in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, killing 38 Taliban terrorists. NATO suffers no casualties.
- 2008 - In Taiwan (Republic of China), the presidential election is held. Opposition candidate Ma Ying-jeou, of the Kuomintang party, wins with nearly 17 percentage points ahead of Frank Hsieh of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party. Two referendums on joining the United Nations fail due to less than 50 percent voter turnout.
- 2008 - Death of Adolfo Suárez Rivera, Mexican cardinal (born 1927).
- 2009 - In Puebla, Mexico, round 2 of the FIA World Touring Car Championship is held. Race 1 is won by Rickard Rydell; race 2 is won by Yvan Muller.
- 2010 - Death of James Black, British pharmacologist and Nobel Prize laureate (born 1924).
- 2012 - The President of Mali, Amadou Toumani Touré, is ousted in a coup d'état after mutinous soldiers attack government offices.
- 2016 - Three coordinated bombings in Brussels, Belgium kill at least 32 and injure at least 250. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility for the attacks.
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