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What happened in history on this day: April 3?
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- 628 - Chosroes II, emperor of Persia (579-628), murdered by his son.
- 1024 - The Sung Dynasty of China first prints paper money in Szechwan, due to a shortage of copper for coinage.
- 1043 - Edward the Confessor crowned king of England.
- 1287 - Honorius IV [Giacomo Savelli], Italian Pope (1285-87), dies.
- 1312 - Second council of Vienna.
- 1367 - Birth of Henry IV Bolingbroke Lincolnshire, King of England (1399-1413).
- 1376 - Battle of Navarrete (Najera), English beat France.
- 1438 - Birth of John III van Egmont [Manke John], viceroy of Holland.
- 1485 - Birth of Lieven van der Maude [Ammonius] South Netherlands poet.
- 1512 - Richard Pafraet Dutch printer, dies.
- 1525 - Giovanni Rucellai Italian poet (Le Api), dies at age 49.
- 1559 - Peace of Cateao Cambresis, ending French war with Holy Roman Empire. England loses its last possession in France, Calais.
- 1569 - Birth of Giovanni Battista Massarengo composer.
- 1581 - Huibert Duifhuis Roman Catholic pastor (Rotterdam/Utrecht), dies.
- 1582 - French van Valois honored as duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen.
- 1593 - Birth of George Herbert English metaphysical poet (5 Mystical Songs).
- 1603 - Birth of William Smith composer.
- 1617 - Birth of Antimo Liberati composer.
- 1627 - Birth of Johann Caspar Kerll composer.
- 1631 - Swedish forces storm and quickly capture Frankfort. 3000 of the garrison are killed, in reprisal for New Brandenburg.
- 1645 - English parliament accept Self-Denying Ordinance.
- 1657 - English Lord Protector Cromwell refuses crown.
- 1679 - Edmund Halley meets Johannes Hevelius in Danzig.
- 1682 - Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Spanish painter, dies.
- 1682 - Birth of Johann Valentin Rathgeber German benedictine/composer.
- 1694 - Ferdinand van Apshoven de Jongere Flemish painter, buried at age 64.
- 1695 - Melchior de Hondecoeter Dutch still life painter, dies at about age 58.
- 1715 - Birth of John Hanson Port Tobacco Maryland, first US President under Articles of Confederation.
- 1720 - Birth of Elia van Vilnius [Elijahu ben Salomo Zalman] Latvian rabbi.
- 1721 - Robert Walpole becomes England's first Lord of the Treasury.
- 1755 - British Order-in-Council calls for raising 5000 Marines.
- 1764 - Austrian arch duke Jozef crowned himself Roman Catholic king.
- 1764 - Birth of John Abernethy London, surgeon.
- 1769 - Gerhard Tersteegen German evangelist/poet (in blood), dies at age 71.
- 1783 - Birth of Washington Irving in New York City, New York, USA; American writer (Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle).
- 1783 - Sweden and US sign a treaty of Amity and Commerce.
- 1790 - Revenue Marine Service (US Coast Guard), created.
- 1798 - Birth of Charles D Wilkes; US Commander (Union Navy) (dies 1877).
- 1812 - Birth of Louisa Maria; Queen of the Belgians (1832-50, wife of Leopold I).
- 1822 - Birth of Edward Everett Hale; US clergyman/author (Man without a Country).
- 1823 - Birth of William Marcy "Boss" Tweed; corrupt New York City political boss.
- 1837 - Birth of John Burroughs; writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake).
- 1838 - Birth of Léon Michel Gambetta; French attorney/premier (1881-82).
- 1838 - Francesco Antommarchi, Napoleon's physician on Saint Helena, dies at age 57.
- 1849 - Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Father of the Plague-Patient), dies at age 39.
- 1856 - Gunpowder in church explodes killing 4,000 in Rhodos.
- 1860 - Birth of Frederik W van Eeden; Dutch utopian writer (Walden).
- 1860 - The first successful United States Pony Express mail run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California begins, with a simultaneous run departing Sacramento.
- 1862 - James Clark Ross, Arctic explorer, dies.
- 1865 - USA forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, and Petersburg, Virginia.
- 1866 - Birth of James B Hertzog; South African General/premier (1914-39).
- 1868 - A Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever, he rides a 50-foot tidal wave.
- 1871 - Birth of José Juan Tablada; Mexican poet (El Florilegio).
- 1881 - Birth of Alcide de Gasperi; Italian premier (1945-53).
- 1881 - Birth of Margaret MJ "Daisy" Ashford; English author (Young Sisters).
- 1882 - Jesse James, outlaw, shot dead at age 34, in Saint Joseph, Missouri by Robert Ford.
- 1882 - Wood block alarm invented; when alarm rings, it drops 20 wood blocks.
- 1884 - Birth of Jackie Matthews; cricket player (Australia leg-spinner, two hat-tricks 1912).
- 1885 - Birth of Harry Saint John Philby; sheik Abdullah, British explorer.
- 1888 - Birth of Neville Cardus; cricket player (doyen of cricket writers).
- 1893 - First New South Wales versus Queensland F-C cricket game, at Brisbane Exhibition Ground.
- 1893 - Birth of Leslie Howard [Stainer] in London, England; actor (Ashley Wilkes - Gone With the Wind).
- 1894 - Birth of Dooley Wilson in Tyler, Texas; actor (Bill - Beulah, Sam - Casablanca).
- 1896 - Birth of Douwe Kalma; Dutch literary/leader (Young Frisian Movement).
- 1897 - Johannes Brahms, German composer/conductor (Hung Dances), dies at age 63.
- 1898 - Birth of George Jessel; toastmaster general/entertainer (Diary of Young Comic) (dies 1981).
- 1898 - Birth of Henry Robinson Luce in Penglai, Shantung, China; co-founder of Time magazine, founder of Fortune magazine, founder of Sports Illustrated, 1965 Fisher Award.
- 1899 - Birth of Cees Lasseur; Dutch actor/owner (Hague Comedy).
- 1900 - Birth of Camille Chamoun; President of Lebanon.
- 1901 - Richard D'Oyly Carte, promotor (Gilbert and Sullivan operas), dies.
- 1902 - Birth of Henri Garat in Paris, France; actor (Congress Dances).
- 1904 - Birth of Iron Eyes Cody in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Black Gold, Ernest Goes to Camp).
- 1904 - Birth of Peter Van Steeden in Amsterdam, Netherlands; orchestra leader ("Break the Bank").
- 1904 - Birth of Sally Rand; US actress/ecdysiast/fan dancer (1933 Chicago World Fair).
- 1906 - Birth of Kathleen Tillotson; Emeritus Professor of English (Bedford College).
- 1907 - Birth of Isaac Deutscher; Polish/English historian (Stalin/Trotsky biography).
- 1908 - Frank Gotch wins world heavyweight wrestling championship in two hours.
- 1910 - Highest mountain in North America, Alaska's Mount McKinley, is climbed.
- 1912 - Birth of Addeke H Boerma; Dutch Director-General (FAO).
- 1912 - Birth of Bert Bakker; Dutch publisher (Free Netherlands).
- 1913 - Birth of F H Tate; vice-CEO (Tate and Lyle).
- 1913 - British suffragette Emily Pankhurst sentenced to three years in jail.
- 1914 - Birth of Katherine Stammers in Menzies, England; doubles tennis player (Wimbeldon 1935).
- 1915 - Andrew Stoddart, cricket player (England captain at turn of century), dies of suicide.
- 1916 - Birth of Herb Caen in Sacramento, California, USA; columnist (San Francisco Chronicle).
- 1917 - Birth of Bill Finegan in Newark, New Jersey, USA; musician (Sauter-Finegan Band, Saturday Night Revue).
- 1917 - Leon Trotsky is detained in Halifax, Nova Scotia, by Canadian authorities, under instruction of the British Admiralty in London. He is released several hours later.
- 1917 - Vladimir Lenin leaves Switzerland for Petrograd, Russia.
- 1918 - Birth of Sixten Ehrling in Malmö, Sweden; conductor (Royal Opera of Stockholm).
- 1918 - House of Representatives accepts American Creed written by William Tyler.
- 1919 - Austria expels all Habsburgers.
- 1920 - Birth of Stan Freeman in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA; pianist (Melody Tour).
- 1921 - Birth of Harry Landers in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Ted Hoffman - Ben Casey).
- 1921 - Birth of Marilyn Maxwell in Clarinda, Iowa, USA; actress (Grace - Bus Stop).
- 1922 - Josef Stalin is appointed General Secretary of Communist Party.
- 1923 - Two "Black Sox" sue Chicago White Sox (unsuccessfully) for back salary.
- 1923 - Birth of Jan Sterling in New York City, New York, USA; actress (First Monday in October, High School Confidential).
- 1923 - Birth of John Smith; English large landowner/financier/Member of Parliament (Conservative).
- 1924 - Birth of Doris Day in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actress (Pillow Talk).
- 1924 - Birth of Marlon Brando in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; actor (Superman, Godfather) (dies 2004).
- 1925 - Birth of Tony Benn; British minister of technology (1968).
- 1925 - Netherlands and Belgium sign accord of Westerschelde.
- 1926 - Second flight of a liquid-fueled rocket by Robert Goddard.
- 1926 - Birth of Andrew Keir; actor (Rob Roy, Absolution, Blood Hunt, Catholics).
- 1926 - Birth of Virgil Grissom in Mitchell, Indiana, USA; Lieutenant Colonel US Air Force/astronaut (Mercury 4, Gemini 3) (dies 1967).
- 1926 - Italy establishes corp of force in order to break powerful unions.
- 1927 - Birth of Eva Székely in Hungary; 200-metre backstroke swimmer (Olympics-gold-1952).
- 1927 - Interstate Commerce Commission transfers Ohio to Eastern time zone.
- 1929 - Birth of Dennis Farr; director (Courtauld Institute Galleries).
- 1929 - Birth of Miyoshi Umeki Otaru in Hokkaido, Japan; actress (Best Supporting Actress Oscar-1957 - Sayonara, Mrs Livingston - Courtship of Eddie's Father).
- 1929 - Persia agrees to Litvinov Pact.
- 1930 - Birth of Helmut Kohl; chancellor (Germany, 1982-).
- 1930 - Birth of Lawton Chiles; American politician (Senator/Governor-Democrat-Florida, 1971-89/91-).
- 1930 - Birth of Max Frankel; journalist (Tables of Id of Organic Compounds).
- 1930 - Ras Tafari becomes Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia (Ethiopia).
- 1930 - NHL Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Boston Bruins in two games.
- 1931 - Birth of Alex Cord in Floral Park, New York, USA; actor (Jack - WEB, Michael - Airwolf).
- 1932 - Birth of Janet Bately; Professor of English Language (King's College London).
- 1933 - First airplane flight over Mount Everest, by Lord Clydesdale.
- 1933 - Birth of Robert K Dornan; American politician (Representative-Republican-California, 1977-83, 1985-).
- 1933 - Longest North American hockey game to date requires a 1:44:46 overtime as Toronto Maple Leafs' Ken Doraty scores to beat Montreal Canadiens 1-0.
- 1934 - Birth of David Jones; British reverend/headmaster (Bryanston School).
- 1934 - Birth of Jane van Lawick-Goodall in London, England; ethologist (studied African chimps, 1974 Walker Prize).
- 1934 - Birth of Jim Parker; NFL guard, tackle (Baltimore Colts).
- 1935 - Birth of Jeffery Bowman; CEO (Price Waterhouse Europe).
- 1935 - Yasuo Ikenada runs world record marathon (2:26:44).
- 1936 - Al Carr knocks out Lew Massey on one punch, 7 seconds into the first round (shortest boxing bout with gloves).
- 1936 - Bruno Hauptmann, convicted Lindbergh baby killer, executed in electric chair in Trenton, New Jersey, USA.
- 1937 - Birth of Simon Brown; British high court judge.
- 1937 - Birth of William Gaunt in Leeds, England; actor (The Champions).
- 1938 - Birth of Jeff Barry in Brooklyn, New York, USA; rock writer ("Tell Laura I Love Her").
- 1938 - Birth of Philippe Wynne in Detroit, Michigan, USA; soul singer (Spinners, Parliament, Ghetto Child).
- 1939 - Birth of Malcolm Thornton; British Member of Parliament.
- 1939 - Birth of Vitaliy Davidov in USSR; ice hockey player (Olympics-gold-1964, 1968, 1972).
- 1939 - German Chancellor Adolf Hitler issues a directive to the Army High Command to prepare for an attack on Poland, code named Fall Weiss (Case White), to be ready to implement by September 1.
- 1939 - King Ghazi of Iraq drives car into lamppost, dying instantly.
- 1940 - Birth of Lino Brocka in San Jose, Philippines; director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar).
- 1940 - Birth of R S Burman; CEO (Association of British Chambers of Commerce).
- 1940 - Winston Churchill becomes director of Britain's armed forces.
- 1940 - Earl of Athlone is appointed Governor-General of Canada.
- 1941 - André Michelin, French tire manufacturer, dies at age 88.
- 1941 - Birth of Eric Braeden in Kiel, Germany; actor (Victor Newman - The Young and the Restless).
- 1941 - Birth of Jan Berry in Los Angeles, California, USA; rock vocalist (Jan and Dean - "Deadman's Curve").
- 1941 - UK Prime Minister Churchill warns Josef Stalin of German invasion of Soviet Union.
- 1941 - Rasjid al-Gailani forms pro-German regime in Iraq.
- 1941 - Thomas Hull opens the El Rancho Vegas hotel/casino opens on the Los Angeles Highway 91 outside Las Vegas, Nevada. Hull nicknames the stretch of highway the "Strip".
- 1942 - Birth of Billy Joe Royal in Valdosta, Georgia, USA: country singer ("Down in the Boondocks").
- 1942 - Birth of Marsha Mason in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actress (Blume in Love, Cinderella Liberty).
- 1942 - Birth of Michael Elliott; American skier (Olympics-1968).
- 1942 - Birth of Rick Sylvester; parachute ski jumper (world record 3,300 feet).
- 1942 - Birth of Wayne Newton in Roanoke, Virginia, USA; singer ("Danke Schön").
- 1943 - Conrad Veidt, German/US actor (Cabinet of Dr Calgary), dies at age 50.
- 1944 - Birth of Barry Pritchard; rock guitarist (Fortunes).
- 1944 - Birth of Tony Orlando in New York City, New York, USA; singer (Tony Orlando and Dawn - "Tie a Yellow Ribbon").
- 1944 - British dive bombers attack German battle cruiser Tirpitz.
- 1944 - US Supreme Court (Smith versus Allwright) rules "white primaries" are unconstitutional.
- 1945 - Birth of Catherine Spaak in Boulogne-Billancourt, France; actress (Empty Canvas, Hotel, Libertine, Circle of Love).
- 1945 - Birth of Richard Manuel; rock pianist/vocalist (The Band-Up on Cripple Creek).
- 1945 - Birth of Wim J Deetman; Dutch minister of education/Member of Parliament (CDA).
- 1945 - The Canadian 1st Army crosses the Rhine River into Germany, capturing Zevenaar.
- 1945 - Hengelo freed from German control by Canadian army.
- 1945 - Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet/writer (Vienna Verbatim), dies at age 43.
- 1945 - Germans begin evacuation of camp Buchenwald.
- 1945 - US first army conquers Hofgeismar.
- 1946 - Birth of Carlos Salinas de Gortari; President (México, 1988-94).
- 1946 - Birth of Dee Murray; rocker (Elton John Band).
- 1946 - Birth of John Virgo; British snooker player.
- 1946 - Japanese Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma (responsible for Bataan Death March), is executed.
- 1946 - Netherlands-German postal relations resume.
- 1947 - Birth of Pat[rick] Proft in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; comedy writer (The Naked Gun, Airplane!).
- 1948 - Birth of Garrick Ohlsson in Bronxville, New York, USA; pianist (International Busoni winner 1969).
- 1948 - Birth of H C Tomlinson; Headmaster (Hereford Cathedral School).
- 1948 - Birth of Jaap G de Hoop Scheffer; Dutch Member of Parliament (CDA).
- 1948 - Birth of Mary Gordon-Watson in England; equestrian three day event (Olympics-gold-1972).
- 1948 - Armistice signed in Arab-Israeli war.
- 1948 - US President Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan (US$5 billion aid to 16 European countries).
- 1948 - First US figure skating championships held.
- 1948 - US female Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill.
- 1948 - US male Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button.
- 1949 - Birth of Anne De Salvo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Compromising Positions).
- 1949 - Birth of Jan Keizer; Dutch singer (BZN - "Rhythm of My Heart").
- 1949 - Birth of Lyle Alzado; NFL player (Los Angeles Raiders), actor (Oceans of Fire, Hangfire) (dies 1992).
- 1949 - Birth of Richard Thompson; vocalist/guitarist ("Shoot out the Lights").
- 1950 - Birth of Curtis Stone in North Hollywood, California, USA; singer (Highway 101 - "Cry Cry Cry").
- 1950 - Carter G Woodson "father of black history", dies in Washington DC at age 74.
- 1950 - Kurt Julian Weill, German composer (Dreigroschenoper), dies at age 50.
- 1951 - Birth of Gwen Welles; American actress (Desert Hearts, Nashville).
- 1951 - Birth of Mel Schacher in Owosso, Michigan, USA; bassist (Grand Funk Railroad - "Some Kind of Wonderful").
- 1951 - Johannes C Kielstra, Dutch economist/Governor (Suriname 1933-44), dies at age 72.
- 1952 - Dutch Queen Juliana speaks to US Congress.
- 1953 - Birth of Huub van der Lubbe; Dutch rock singer (Stampei - "The Dike").
- 1954 - Don Perry climbs a 20-foot rope in under 2.8 seconds (Amateur Athletic Union record).
- 1954 - Death of Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amarale Abranches in poverty in Portugal; Portuguese consul general in France 1938-40, issued tens of thousands of transit visas to refugees escaping European war through Spain to Portugal.
- 1955 - Baltimore Orioles pull their first triple play (3-6-2 versus Kansas City Athletics).
- 1955 - Birth of Aleksandr Nikolayevich Yablontsev; Russian Lieutenant-Colonel/cosmonaut.
- 1955 - Birth of Mick Mars [Bob Allen Dale] in Terra Haute, Indiana, USA; guitarist (Mötley Crüe - "Girls Girls").
- 1955 - Fire in cinema in Sclessin, Belgium, kills 39.
- 1955 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Oklahoma City Golf Open.
- 1955 - Night express train in Guadalajara, Mexico derails, killing 300.
- 1956 - Silk Stockings closes at Imperial Theater in New York City after 461 performances.
- 1956 - Birth of Miguel Bosé in Aries, Panamá; Spanish singer ("Lo Mejor del Año") / actor (El Avaro, Queen Margot).
- 1956 - German war criminals Hinrichsen/Rühl/Siebens/Viebahn are freed.
- 1956 - Bulgarian vice-premier Traitsjo Kostov is executed.
- 1957 - Birth of Charles Jones; NBA forward (Houston Rockets).
- 1957 - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test.
- 1958 - Birth of Alec Baldwin in Amityville, New York, USA; actor (Joshua - Knots Landing, Beetlejuice).
- 1958 - Fidel Castro's rebels attack Havana, Cuba.
- 1959 - Birth of David Hyde Pierce in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA; actor (Niles Crane - Fraiser).
- 1960 - Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at age 87.
- 1961 - Birth of Eddie Murphy in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Saturday Night Live, 48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop, Raw).
- 1962 - Benny "Kid" Paret, US welterweight boxer, dies after fight, at age 24.
- 1962 - Birth of John Griffith; rocker (Red Rockers).
- 1962 - Birth of Mike Ness; rocker (Social Distortion).
- 1962 - Birth of Nancy Filteau in Swift Current, Saskatchawan, Canada; 72k judoka (Olympics-1996).
- 1962 - Jockey Eddie Arcaro retires after 31 years (24,092 races).
- 1962 - Lieutenant General Marshall S Carter, USA, becomes deputy director of Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1962 - Manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer, dies at age 78.
- 1963 - Birth of Chris Bosio; baseball pitcher (Seattle Mariners).
- 1963 - Birth of Zakir Khan; cricket player (two Tests for Pakistan 1986-89).
- 1964 - The Beatles hold the top six spots on the Sydney, Australia record charts.
- 1964 - Birth of Ajay Sharma; cricket player (Indian spin all-rounder played one Test 1988).
- 1964 - US and Panamá agree to resume diplomatic relations.
- 1965 - First atomic powered spacecraft (SNAP) launched.
- 1965 - Birth of Laura Bryan Birn; actress (Lynne - The Young and the Restless).
- 1966 - Birth of Bo Orlando in Berwick, Pennsylvania, USA; NFL safety (San Diego Chargers, Cincinnati Bengals).
- 1966 - Birth of Shelley Michelle in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Golden Eye).
- 1966 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Venice Ladies Golf Open.
- 1966 - Russel Crouse, US stagewriter (Life with Father), dies at age 73.
- 1966 - Tom Seaver signs with the New York Mets for a reported $50,000 bonus.
- 1967 - 113 East Europeans attending World Amateur hockey championships in Vienna, Austria ask for political asylum.
- 1967 - Birth of Brent Gilchrist in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada; NHL center (Dallas Stars).
- 1967 - Birth of Pervis Ellison; NBA forward/center (Boston Celtics).
- 1968 - Birth of Mike Lansing in Rawlins, Wyoming, USA; infielder (Montreal Expos).
- 1968 - Birth of Sebastian Bach [Bierk] in the Bahamas; rocker (Skid Row - "18 and Life", "I Remember You").
- 1968 - North Vietnam agrees to meet US representatives to set up preliminary peace talks.
- 1969 - Birth of David Morland in North Bay, Ontario, Canada; golfer (1992 Trafalgar Rookie of Year).
- 1969 - Birth of Reid Hayston in Hamilton, New Zealand; beach volleyball player (Olympics-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Rodney Hampton; NFL running back (New York Giants).
- 1969 - Rex Evans, actor (Frankenstein meets the Wolfman, Zara), dies at age 65.
- 1970 - Birth of Keith Franklin; WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1970 - Birth of Matt Gay; WLAF safety (Rhein Fire).
- 1971 - Birth of Anthony McClanahan; Canadian Football League linebacker (Calgary Stampeders).
- 1971 - Birth of Kevin Farkas; WLAF tackle (Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1971 - Birth of Peter Schwab in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Picabo Street; skier (Olympics-gold-1994).
- 1971 - Birth of Quilvio Veras in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; infielder (Florida Marlins).
- 1971 - Joseph Valachi, US gangster, dies at age 66.
- 1971 - Manfred Bonnington Lee [Ellery Queen], detective writer, dies at age 65.
- 1972 - Official US gold price raised from $35 per ounce to $38.
- 1972 - Birth of Jennie Garth in Urbana, Illinois, USA; actress (Kelly Taylor - Beverly Hills 90210).
- 1972 - Birth of Sandrine Testud in Lyon, France; tennis star (1993 Strasbourg).
- 1972 - Ferde Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé, composer (Grand Canyon Suite), dies at age 80.
- 1973 - Birth of Greg DeLong; NFL tight end (Minnesota Vikings).
- 1973 - Birth of Jim Campbell in Worchester, Massachusetts, USA; US hockey forward (Olympics-1994).
- 1973 - Birth of Kelly Lochbaum; Canadian Football League linebacker (British Columbia Lions).
- 1973 - The first portable cell phone call is made in New York City.
- 1974 - In the USA, 148 tornadoes are reported over an area covering a dozen states in the east, south and midwest killed approximately 315.
- 1974 - Gold hits record US$197 an ounce in Paris, France.
- 1975 - Birth of Thomas Hamilton; NBA center (Boston Celtics).
- 1975 - Bobby Fischer stripped of world chess title for refusing to defend.
- 1975 - Mary Ure, actress (Sons and Lovers, Where Eagles Dare), dies at age 42.
- 1976 - Birth of Keith Closs; NBA center (Los Angeles Clippers).
- 1976 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island.
- 1976 - Philadelphia Flyers win record-tying 20th straight NHL home game.
- 1977 - 6th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Kathy Whitworth.
- 1977 - Birth of Veronique De Kock; Miss Belgium-Universe (1996).
- 1977 - Boston Bruins' Jean Ratelle scores his 1,000th NHL point.
- 1977 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's first meeting with US President Jimmy Carter.
- 1977 - Jack Ryder, cricket player (20 Tests for Australia, 1394 runs), dies.
- 1977 - Netherlands/Belgium/Luxembourg adopt summer time.
- 1978 - The 50th Academy Awards are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California.
- Best Picture: Annie Hall;
- Best Actor: Richard Dreyfuss;
- Best Actress: Diane Keaton.
- 1978 - European market and China sign trade agreement.
- 1979 - Belgium's Martens government forms.
- 1979 - Birth of Esmeralda Gonzales; Miss Wyoming Teen-USA (1997).
- 1980 - France performs nuclear test.
- 1980 - Luella Gear, actress (Joe and Mabel), dies at age 82.
- 1980 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1980 - The final episode of US TV show Barnaby Jones airs.
- 1981 - Arnie Boldt of Saskatchewan, Canada, jumps 6 feet 8.25 inches, with one leg.
- 1981 - Race riots in London's Brixton area.
- 1981 - Death of Juan Trippe, Airline entrepreneur (born 1899).
- 1981 - Birth of Arfius Arf; British artist.
- 1982 - United Nations Security Council demands Argentina's withdrawal from Falkland Islands.
- 1982 - Death of Warren Oates at age 53 from a heart attack; supporting actor in 1950s westerns (East of Eden, Stoney Burke).
- 1982 - Buffalo Sabres' Gil Perrault scores his 1,000th NHL point.
- 1983 - 12th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott.
- 1983 - Second NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Southern California beats Los Angeles Tech 69-67.
- 1983 - In Costa Rica, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurs.
- 1984 - Birth of Allana Slater, Australian gymnast.
- 1984 - Bombay beats Delhi on first innings to win Ranji Trophy.
- 1984 - Guinea suspends constitution after coup.
- 1985 - French government adopts equal electoral system.
- 1985 - Major League Baseball Players' Association agrees to proposal of the team owners to expand the 1985 League Championship Series from the best-of-five games to best-of-seven.
- 1985 - Vic Elliot pockets 15,780 pool balls in 24 hours in London, England.
- 1986 - IBM unveils their first laptop computer.
- 1986 - Peter Pears, English tenor (Death in Venice), dies at age 75 (born 1910).
- 1986 - Richard Manuel, rock pianist/vocalist (The Band), dies on 41st birthday.
- 1986 - US national debt hits US$2 trillion.
- 1987 - Bill Elliott sets NASCAR qualifying record of 212.809 mph at Talladega.
- 1987 - Chicago Cubs trade Dennis Eckersley to Oakland Athletics for three minor league players.
- 1987 - Death of Tom Sestak, American football player (born 1936).
- 1987 - Duchess of Windsor's jewels auctioned for 31,380,197 pounds.
- 1987 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1988 - 17th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott.
- 1988 - 7th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Louisiana Tech beat Auburn 56-54.
- 1988 - Mario Lemieux wins NHL scoring title, stopping Wayne Gretzky's seven-year streak.
- 1988 - Milton A Caniff, US cartoonist (Terry and the Pirates), dies at age 81.
- 1988 - New Jersey Devils beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4-3 in overtime, to clinch their first ever playoff spot.
- 1988 - Somalia and Ethiopia sign accord about Ogaden desert.
- 1988 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1989 - 51st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Michigan beats Seton Hall 80-79 in overtime.
- 1989 - New York Mets win 11th consecutive home opener 8-4 over Saint Louis Cardinals at Shea Stadium.
- 1989 - Norman Woolard, actor (Guilty, Saul and David, Medeleine), dies at age 79.
- 1990 - Katharine Balfour, actress (Love Story), dies of ALS at age 69.
- 1991 - Bo Jackson signs one-year contract with Chicago White Sox.
- 1991 - Graham Greene, British writer (Third Man, Our Man in Havana), dies at age 86 (born 1904).
- 1991 - Thomas Bos skates world record 3 km (3:65.16).
- 1991 - Death of Charles Goren, American bridge player, writer, and columnist (born 1901).
- 1991 - The United Nations Security Council passes the Cease Fire Agreement, Resolution 687. The resolution calls for the destruction or removal of all of Iraq's chemical and biological weapons, all stocks of agents and components, and all research, development, support and manufacturing facilities for ballistic missiles with a range greater than 150 km and production facilities; and for an end to its support for international terrorism.
- 1992 - First exhibition game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards; Baltimore Orioles beat New York Mets.
- 1992 - Lloyd "Slim" Andrews, actor (Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory), dies.
- 1992 - Margaret Barker, actress (Fathers and Son), dies of lung cancer at age 83.
- 1993 - Alexander Mnouchkine, French movie producer (Professional), dies at age 83.
- 1993 - Death of Pinky Lee AKA Pincus Leff at age 85 after a heart attack; American children's television host (The Pinky Lee Show).
- 1993 - In Canada, two people share a CDN$15 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot.
- 1994 - 13th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Louisiana Tech 60-59.
- 1994 - First roster of Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) announced.
- 1994 - 6th Seniors Golf Tradition: Ray Floyd.
- 1994 - Disney President and Chief Operating Officer Frank Wells dies in a helicopter accident, at age 62.
- 1994 - Jerome Lejeune, French geneticist (Syndrome of Down), dies at age 67.
- 1994 - Pat Harper, New York City news anchor (WPIX, WNBC), dies.
- 1995 - 57th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA Bruins beats Arkansas 89-78.
- 1995 - Harvey Pennick, golfer/teacher, dies at age 89.
- 1996 - Carl Stokes, mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, dies (born 1927).
- 1996 - Christopher John Seward, aid worker, dies at age 45.
- 1996 - Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is arrested at his Montana cabin.
- 1996 - A Lunar eclipse occurs.
- 1996 - A plane carrying United States Commerce Secretary Ron Brown crashes near Dubrovnik, Croatia, killing him.
- 1996 - Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes, bluesman, dies at age 59.
- 1996 - South Australia grab exciting draw versus Western Australia to win Sheffield Shield.
- 1996 - Saint Francis Fighting Saints scores college baseball run record 71-1.
- 1997 - Judy Flannery, master triathlete, killed by a car at age 56.
- 1997 - The Thalit massacre in Algeria: All but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
- 1998 - World Ice Dance Figure Skating Championship in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Russians Anjelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsyannikov win.
- 1999 - The US Network debuts the variety show Happy Hour, hosted by Dweezil and Ahmet Zappa.
- 2000 - In the US Justice Department versus Microsoft anti-trust case, Judge Thomas Jackson issues his Conclusions of Law, ruling that Microsoft acted illegally to protect its operating system monopoly, and used its monopoly position to attempt to monopolize the market for Web browser software.
- 2003 - A passenger bus hits a remote-controlled land mine in the Chechen capital, killing at least eight.
- 2003 - U.S. forces seize control of Saddam International Airport, changing the airport's name to Baghdad International Airport.
- 2005 - Alex Sanchez becomes the first major league baseball player to be publicly identified under baseball's new steroid policy. The Tampa Bay outfielder will be suspended for ten days for testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
- 2007 - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko dissolves the Ukrainian Parliament following defections that increased the majority of his opponents. It has been nicknamed the "Second Orange Revolution".
- 2007 - A French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record.
- 2007 - Death of Eddie Robinson, American football coach (born 1919).
- 2008 - ATA Airlines of the USA files for bankruptcy for the second time in 5 years and ceases all operations.
- 2008 - Death of Hrvoje Custic, Croatian football player (born 1983).
- 2009 - (to April 4) The 21st NATO Summit is held, 60 years after the founding of the organization. Former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen is appointed as the new Secretary General of NATO.
- 2015 - Universal releases the film Furious 7 to theaters.
- 2016 - The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung publish a set of 11.5 million confidential documents from the Panamanian corporate Mossack Fonseca that provides detailed information on more than 214,000 offshore companies, including the identities of shareholders and directors including noted personalities and heads of state.
- 2022 - All 25 ministers of the Sri Lanka government below President and Prime Minister resign.
- 2022 - In Hungary general elections, Fidesz party led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban wins 53 percent of votes, and two-thirds of seats in parliament. United for Hungary alliance wins 35 percent of votes.
- 2022 - Death of June Brown at age 95; actor (Dot Cotton - East Enders TV show).
- 2023 - Death of Nigel Lawson at age 91; UK chancellor of the exchequer (1983-1989).
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