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What happened in history on this day: April 10?
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- 401 - Birth of Theodosius II the Younger, Eastern Roman emperor.
- 837 - Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth, the closest in 2000 years.
- 847 - Saint Leo IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 879 - Louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies.
- 879 - Louis III crowned King of France.
- 947 - Hugo van Arles count of Arles/king of Italy, dies.
- 1008 - Notger bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies.
- 1362 - Machteld countess of Holland, dies.
- 1500 - France captures duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan.
- 1512 - Birth of James I king of Scotland (1513-42).
- 1512 - Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateranen.
- 1516 - First ghetto, Jews are compelled to live in specific area of Venice.
- 1533 - Frederik I King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at age 61.
- 1552 - Henri II of France occupies Metz.
- 1569 - Birth of Emilia van Nassau daughter of Willem of Orange and Anna of Saxon.
- 1583 - Birth of Hugo Grotius Holland, jurist, father of international law.
- 1585 - Gregory XIII [Ugo Buoncampagni] Italian Pope (1572-85), dies.
- 1589 - Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg.
- 1606 - King James I grants Royal Charter to Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 1633 - Birth of Werner Fabricius composer.
- 1640 - Agostino Agazzari Italian composer, dies at age 61.
- 1640 - Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau daughter of Willem I, dies at age 60.
- 1656 - Dutch fleet occupiers Colombo Ceylon.
- 1694 - Duke Victor Amadeus of Savoye attacks Casale.
- 1695 - Birth of Balthazar Huydecoper Dutch translator/historian.
- 1710 - England's Queen Anne gives assent to law limiting term of copyright on books: 21 years for books already in print, 14 years for new books, and additional 14 years if author still alive at end of first term.
- 1712 - Yusuf Nabi Turkish poet (Hayriye), dies at about age 77.
- 1723 - Claude F Tserclaes South Netherlands earl of Tilly, dies at age 74.
- 1739 - Dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing.
- 1741 - Prussians defeat Austrians at Mollwitz.
- 1755 - Birth of Samuel Hahnemann German physician/originator of homeopathy.
- 1756 - La Gallisonnière weighs anchor from Toulon, France, with 12 sail of the line, 5 frigates, 100+ transport ships, with 16,000 troops, with Maréchal Duc de Richelieu commanding, steering for Minorca.
- 1760 - Gerard George Clifford head of East-Indian Company, dies at age 75.
- 1783 - Birth of Hortense E de Beauharnais; French queen of Netherlands (1806-10).
- 1789 - Birth of Leona Vicario; "Sweet Mother of the Fatherland", aided the Mexican War of Independence.
- 1790 - US Patent system is established.
- 1794 - Birth of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry; opened Japan.
- 1797 - Birth of Claude Ambroise Seurat in Troyes, France; world's skinniest man.
- 1806 - Birth of Leonidas Polk; Lieutenant General (Confederate Army) (dies 1864).
- 1807 - Death of Anna Amalia van Brumswijk-Wolfenbüttel; duchess of Saxon-Weimar.
- 1815 - Austria declares war on realm of Naples.
- 1823 - Birth of Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb; Brigadier General (Confederate Army).
- 1825 - Nicaraguan constituent assembly meets at León.
- 1825 - Paul-Louis Courier (Méré), French writer/interpreter, dies at age 53.
- 1827 - Birth of Lewis Wallace; Major General (US volunteers)/lawyer/diplomat/author (Ben Hur).
- 1829 - Birth of William Booth; founder (Salvation Army).
- 1833 - Birth of David McMurtrie Gregg; US Brevet Major General (Union volunteers).
- 1833 - Birth of James Edward Rains; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1862).
- 1841 - New York Tribune newspaper begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley.
- 1845 - More than 1,000 buildings are damaged by fire in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1847 - Birth of Joseph Pulitzer in Hungary; publisher (Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, New York World).
- 1848 - Godert AGP baron van Capellen, Governor-General of Dutch-Indies, dies at age 69.
- 1849 - Safety pin is patented by Walter Hunt (New York City, New York); sold rights for $100.
- 1862 - William Harvey Lamb Wallace, US lawyer/Brigadier-General, dies at age 40.
- 1863 - Giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist, dies at age 77.
- 1864 - Austrian Archduke Maximilian becomes emperor of México.
- 1864 - Birth of Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert; German pianist/composer (Golem).
- 1865 - At Appomattox, Confederate General Robert Lee issues General Order #9, his last.
- 1866 - The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by philanthropist and diplomat Henry Bergh.
- 1868 - Birth of George Arliss in London, England; actor (Devil, Green Goddess).
- 1868 - British defeat King of Abyssinia at Magdala.
- 1869 - US Congress increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 9.
- 1871 - P.T. Barnum's The Greatest Show on Earth opens.
- 1872 - Arbor day first celebrated in Nebraska.
- 1877 - Federal troops are withdrawn from Columbia, South Carolina.
- 1878 - California State Cable Car Railroad Company starts service.
- 1882 - Birth of Simon F H J Berkelbach Van der Sprenkel; theologist (Fear and Religion).
- 1882 - Matson founds his shipping company (San Francisco and Hawaii).
- 1884 - US Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo.
- 1885 - John H Scholten, theologist (Free Want), dies at age 73.
- 1886 - Birth of Valentine Paul in Denver, Colorado, USA; silent film actor (Red Red Heart, Lair of the Wolf).
- 1887 - Birth of Bernardo A Houssay; Argentine physiologist (Nobel Prize 1947).
- 1887 - US President Abraham Lincoln is re-buried with his wife in Springfield, Illinois.
- 1892 - Birth of Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt; German anthropologist (Rassenkunde).
- 1892 - Birth of Victor de Sabata in Trieste, Italy; conductor/composer (Il Macigno).
- 1894 - Birth of Ben Nicholson; English painter/sculptor (Circle).
- 1896 - Greek runner Spiridon Loues wins first modern Olympic marathon in Athens (2:58:50).
- 1898 - Birth of Hans Ehrke; German writer/poet (Narrenspiegel, Füer).
- 1900 - Birth of Jean Duvieusart; premier (Belgium 1950).
- 1903 - Birth of Clare Boothe Luce; US ambassador to Vatican.
- 1905 - Birth of Jan H van Roijen; diplomat/Netherlands foreign minister.
- 1906 - Birth of Kathleen Major; principal (Saint Hilda's College, England).
- 1906 - Birth of Lili Darvas in Budapest, Hungary; actress (Szerelem, Cimmaron).
- 1907 - Birth of Pete Desjardins; US platform/springboard diver (Olympics-gold-1928).
- 1908 - Birth of Aidan Crawley; CEO (London Weekend TV).
- 1910 - Birth of Eddy Duchin in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; society pianist/bandleader (Eddy Duchin Orchestra).
- 1911 - Birth of Martin Denny in New York City, New York, USA; composer/pianist ("Quiet Village", "The Enchanted Sea", "A Taste of Honey", "Ebb Tide").
- 1911 - Birth of Maurice Schumann; French statesman/writer (La Voix du couvre-feu).
- 1912 - Birth of Clarke Hinkle; NFL fullback (Green Bay Packers).
- 1912 - Birth of Roy Hofheinz; engineer (Houston Astrodome).
- 1912 - RMS Titanic passenger liner sets sail from Southampton, England for its first (and last) voyage, with 2207 passengers and crew.
- 1913 - Birth of Stefan Heym; German/US author (Crusaders, Family Benda).
- 1913 - President Woodrow Wilson throws out first ball, Washington Senators beat New York Yankees 2-1.
- 1914 - Birth of E A V "Foffie" Williams; cricket player (West Indies all-rounder 1939-48).
- 1914 - Birth of Jack Badcock; cricket player (Tasmania Australian batsman of 1930s).
- 1915 - Birth of Harry Morgan in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (December Bride, Colonel Potter - MASH, Dragnet).
- 1916 - First professional golf tournament held.
- 1917 - Birth of Robert Burns Woodward; organic chemist (Nobel Prize 1965).
- 1917 - Munition factory explosion at Eddystone, Pennsylvania, USA, kills 133 workers.
- 1919 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican leader, murdered at age 39.
- 1920 - Tryggve Andersen, Norwegian writer (Mod Kvaeld), dies at age 53.
- 1921 - Birth of Chuck Connors in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (The Rifleman TV show, Arrest and Trial TV show), host (Thrill Seekers TV show, Branded, Cowboy in Africa).
- 1921 - Birth of Sheb Wooley near Erick, Oklahoma, USA; singer/songwriter (Hee-Haw TV show theme song, "The Purple People Eater", CMA Comic of the Year), actor (Rawhide TV show).
- 1923 - Birth of Floyd M Simmons; actor/decathlete (Olympics-bronze-1948, 1952).
- 1923 - Birth of John Watkins; cricket player (South African all-rounder in 15 Tests 49-57).
- 1923 - Adolf Hitler demands "hatred and more hatred" in Berlin, Germany.
- 1924 - Birth of Johanna M van de Berg; actress (What See I?).
- 1924 - Birth of Lee Bergere in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Joseph - Dynasty).
- 1924 - Tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play.
- 1925 - Czarina re-christens Stalingrad.
- 1925 - Scribners publishes book The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald.
- 1926 - Birth of Johnnie Tillmon; civil rights activist (National Welfare Rights Association).
- 1927 - Birth of "Alvin" Junior Samples in Cummings, Georgia, USA; country performer (Hee Haw TV show).
- 1927 - Ivo Bligh, cricket player (8th Earl of Darnley, four Tests 1882-83), dies.
- 1928 - Birth of Fraser MacPherson in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; jazz saxophonist ("Fraser: Live at the Planetarium" album (1975)).
- 1929 - Birth of Liz Sheridan; actress (Seinfeld TV show, Alf TV show).
- 1929 - Birth of Max [Carl Adolf] Von Sydow in Lund, Sweden; actor (Hawaii, Exorcist, Dune, Dreamscape).
- 1930 - Birth of Lord Morton of Shauna; Senator (College of Justice, Scotland).
- 1930 - Birth of Shuja-ud-Din; cricket player (batted in 19 Tests for Pakistan 1954-62).
- 1930 - George Headley scores 223 in cricket versus England at Kingston.
- 1930 - Synthetic rubber first produced.
- 1932 - Birth of Adrian Henri; poet/president (Liverpool Academy of Arts).
- 1932 - Birth of Delphine Seyrig in Beirut, Lebanon; actress (Freak Orlando, Reperages).
- 1932 - Birth of Hari Rhodes in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actor (Mike - Daktari, Roots).
- 1932 - Birth of Mae Heriwentha in Faggs Starr, New Jersey, USA; 4x100 metre runner (Olympics-gold-1952).
- 1932 - Birth of Nate Nelson in Chicago, Illinois, USA; singer (Platters, Flamingos - "I'll Be Home", "I Only Have Eyes For You").
- 1932 - Birth of Omar Sharif AKA Michael Shalhoub in Alexandria, Egypt; actor (Dr Zhivago, Top Secret, Peter the Great, Mysteries of the Great Pyramids).
- 1932 - Paul von Hindenburg re-elected President of Germany.
- 1933 - Birth of Robert Rhodes James; historian (Gallipoli).
- 1933 - Birth of [Ponciano] Poncie Ponce in Maui, Hawaii; actor (Kazuo Kim - Hawaiian Eye).
- 1934 - Birth of David Halberstam; international correspondent (New York Times, Pulitzer Prize 1964).
- 1934 - NHL Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 3 games to 1.
- 1935 - Birth of Jorge Mester in México City, México; conductor (Louisville Orchestra 1967-79).
- 1935 - Birth of Patrick Garland; director (Doll House).
- 1936 - Birth of John Madden; NFL coach (Oakland Raiders)/sports commentator (CBS, FOX).
- 1936 - Birth of Robert "Bobby" Smith; American singer (The Spinners).
- 1938 - Austria becomes a state of Germany.
- 1938 - Birth of Don Meredith in Mount Vernon, Texas, USA; NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys), sportscaster (Monday Night Football).
- 1939 - Alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Il Bacio de Lesba), dies at age 75.
- 1939 - Birth of Alan Rothenberg; US Soccer president (1990-).
- 1939 - Birth of Daniel Oliver in New York City, New York, USA; CEO (Federal Trade Commission).
- 1939 - Colijn's Dutch government opens camp Westerbork for German Jews.
- 1940 - Birth of Gloria Hunniford; British broadcaster/actress (Old Curiosity Shop).
- 1941 - Birth of Paul Theroux; American travel book writer (Mosquito Coast).
- 1941 - German troops conquer Libyan county Cyrenaica.
- 1941 - In Washington, USA, a treaty is signed with the Danish government for the US to take over protection of Greenland.
- 1942 - Cigarettes and candy rationed in Holland.
- 1943 - Twelve Jewish patients of Herren Loo-Lozenoord escape from Germans.
- 1943 - British general Bernard Montgomery occupies Sfax Tunisia.
- 1944 - Patrolling the Ether is shown on three TV stations simultaneously.
- 1944 - Birth of Danny Woods; US musician (CEO of the Board).
- 1944 - Soviet forces liberate Odessa from Germans.
- 1945 - Birth of Vera Misevich in the USSR; equestrian dressage (Olympics-gold-1980).
- 1945 - Canadian troops conquer Deventer.
- 1945 - General Blaskowitz becomes German leader of "Fort Holland".
- 1945 - German troops attack Ijsselbrug.
- 1945 - Hendrik N Werkman, resistance/painter (Blue Boat), is executed at age 63.
- 1945 - NFL's Boston Yankees and Brooklyn Tigers merge.
- 1945 - US troops land on Tsugen Shima, Okinawa, Japan.
- 1946 - First election for Japanese Diet.
- 1946 - Birth of Armand [Herman van Loenhout]; singer (Blommenkinders).
- 1947 - Birth of Bunny Waller; vocalist/percussionist (Bob Marley and Wailers).
- 1947 - King Frederik IX of Denmark crowned.
- 1948 - Birth of Thomas Spencer; Member of European Parliament (Conservative).
- 1948 - Jewish Hagana repels an Arab attack on Mishmar HaEmek.
- 1949 - 13th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 282.
- 1949 - Birth of Frank de Leeuw; Dutch rock guitarist (Bob Color).
- 1950 - Birth of Dave Peverett; rocker (Foghat - "Slow Ride").
- 1950 - Birth of Eddie Hazel; American pop guitarist (Funkadelic - "Uncle Jam Wants You").
- 1951 - Birth of Mark Roth; bowler (4-time PBA Player of Year).
- 1951 - Birth of Steven Seagal in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Above the Law, Hard to Kill).
- 1953 - House of Wax, first 3-D movie, is released (New York City, New York).
- 1953 - 7th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 1.
- 1953 - Birth of Terre Roche; rocker (The Roches).
- 1954 - Birth of Jouko Törmänen in Finland; 90 metre ski jumper (Olympics-gold-1980).
- 1954 - Birth of Peter MacNicol in Dallas, Texas, USA; actor (John Cage - Ally McBeal TV show, Alan Birch - Chicago Hope, TV show Dragonslayer movie, Sophie's Choice movie, Numb3rs TV show).
- 1954 - Ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst), dies at age 79.
- 1955 - 19th Golf Masters Championship: Cary Middlecoff wins, shooting a 279.
- 1955 - 9th NBA Championship: Syracuse Nationals beat Fort Wayne Pistons, 4 games to 3.
- 1955 - Birth of Cary Middlecoff; golfer (Masters).
- 1955 - Dr Jonas Salk successfully tests Polio vaccine.
- 1956 - Clarence Beaumont, first batter in first World Series, dies at age 75.
- 1956 - Philips broadcasts first Dutch color TV programs.
- 1956 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1.
- 1957 - Birth of Steven Gustafson; bassist (10,000 Maniacs).
- 1957 - Jordanian government of Naboelsi resigns.
- 1957 - Suez Canal re-opens for all traffic.
- 1957 - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test.
- 1958 - Birth of Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; singer/producer/songwriter (Boyz II Men, Bobby Brown).
- 1958 - Death of Chuck Willis at age 30 after stomach surgery in an Atlanta hospital; rhythm-and-blues singer ("What Am I Living For", "Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes").
- 1958 - Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco.
- 1959 - Birth of Brian Setzer in Massapequa Park, New York, USA; rock guitarist/vocalist (Stray Cats).
- 1959 - Japan's Crown Prince Akihito marries commoner Michiko Shoda.
- 1960 - 24th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 282.
- 1960 - Arthur Benjamin, Australian composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at age 66.
- 1960 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open.
- 1960 - Birth of Julie Fulton in Evanston, Illinois, USA; actress (Lime Steel).
- 1960 - US Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill.
- 1961 - 25th Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 280.
- 1961 - Birth of Jeb Adams in Hollywood, California, USA; actor (Lieutenant Jeb Pruitt- Baa Baa Black Sheep, Once Upon a Texas Train).
- 1961 - Birth of Olivia Brown in Frankfurt, German Federal Republic; actress (Detective Trudy Joplin - Miami Vice).
- 1961 - Irene Warfield, silent screen actress (Satan Sanderson), dies at age 65.
- 1961 - New Washington Senators loses first regular-season game 4-3 to Chicago White Sox.
- 1962 - First baseball game at Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium, the Dodgers lose 6-3 to Cincinnati Reds.
- 1962 - First major league game in Houston, Texas, Colt 45s beat Chicago Cubs, 11-2.
- 1962 - Birth of Cathy Turner in Rochester, New York, USA; short track skater (Olympics-gold-1994).
- 1962 - Birth of Jukka Tammi; hockey goaltender (Team Finland Olympics-bronze-1998).
- 1962 - Birth of Steve Tasker; wide receiver (Buffalo Bills).
- 1962 - New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle hits his 375th homerun.
- 1962 - Stuart Sutcliffe, original Beatles bassist, dies of brain hemorrhage at age 21.
- 1963 - Birth of Claire Smith in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; equestrian three day event (Olympics-1996).
- 1963 - Birth of Kirk Lowdermilk; NFL center (Indianapolis Colts).
- 1963 - Birth of Marvin Freeman in Chicago, Illinois, USA; pitcher (Colorado Rockies).
- 1963 - Birth of Mike Devereaux in Casper, Wyoming, USA; outfielder (Baltimore Orioles).
- 1963 - Birth of Warren DeMartini; heavy metal rocker (Dokken - "Alone Again", Ratt).
- 1963 - American atomic-powered submarine USS Thresher sinks 220 miles east of Boston, Massachusetts from an unknown accident, with loss of all 129 men aboard.
- 1963 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1964 - Birth of Alan "Reni" Wren; English pop drummer (Stone Roses - "Fools Gold").
- 1964 - Birth of Felicia Collins in Albany, New York, USA; guitarist (Late Night with David Letterman).
- 1964 - Birth of Manon Bollegraf den Bosch in Netherlands; tennis star (semi-1996 Australian doubles).
- 1964 - Iranian motor launch catches fire and sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf).
- 1965 - Birth of Karen Booker; WNBA center (Utah Starzz).
- 1965 - Birth of Tim "Herb" Alexander; US funk metal drummer (Primus - "Prok soda").
- 1966 - Birth of Neil Smith; NFL defensive end (Kansas City Chiefs, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32).
- 1966 - Christian J Modeste, Dutch king of gypsies, dies at age 71.
- 1966 - Evelyn Waugh, British writer (Black Mischief), dies at age 62.
- 1967 - Birth of Donald Dufresne in Rimouski, Quebec, Canada; NHL defenseman (Edmonton Oilers).
- 1967 - Birth of Kay Whitmore in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; NHL goalie (New York Rangers).
- 1968 - Birth of Orlando Jones; Actor-comedian (The Evidence, Mad TV).
- 1968 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1969 - Birth of Katrina Leskanich; singer (Katrina and the Waves).
- 1969 - Birth of Billy Jacoby in Flushing, New York, USA; actor (Brad - Silver Spoons, Maggie).
- 1969 - Birth of Dennis Vial in Sault Ste-Marie, Quebec, Canada; NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators).
- 1969 - Birth of Wayne Lammle; WLAF kicker/punter (Scotland Claymores).
- 1969 - Birth of William Jayne; actor (Mikey Randall - Parker Lewis Can't Lose).
- 1970 - Birth of Q-Tip; rapper (A Tribe Called Quest).
- 1970 - Birth of Enrico Ciccone in Montréal, Québec, Canada; NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks).
- 1970 - Birth of J J McCleskey; NFL safety (New Orleans Saints, Arizona Cardinals).
- 1970 - Birth of Sean Gilbert; defensive tackle (Washington Redskins).
- 1970 - Birth of Wesley Barnett in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA; Olympic weightlifter (Pan Am-silver-1987).
- 1971 - First baseball game at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia Phillies beat Montreal Expos 4-1.
- 1971 - Birth of Karl Williams; wide receiver (Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
- 1971 - Birth of Mihai Bagiu in Timisoara, Romania; US gymnast (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Nana Miyagi in Seattle, Washington, USA; tennis star (1995 final Surabaya doubles).
- 1972 - In the Fars Province of southern Iran, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurs. Over 5,000 killed, 1,700 injured.
- 1972 - Birth of Maurice Harrell; NFL tight end (San Diego Chargers).
- 1972 - Birth of Richard Wearne; Australian rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Sue Merz in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA; ice hockey defense (USA, Olympics-1998).
- 1972 - US, USSR and 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons.
- 1973 - BEA Vanguard Turboprop flight to Basel, Switzerland, crashes into wooded hillside during landing, killing 107 of 143.
- 1973 - Kansas City opens its new park, Royals Stadium, with 12-1 rout of Texas Rangers.
- 1973 - Pakistan suspends constitution.
- 1974 - Birth of Sherry Johnson in Owatonna, Minnesota, USA; Miss Minnesota-America (1996).
- 1974 - Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir.
- 1975 - Birth of Eric Den Besten in Bettendorf, Iowa; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1975 - Birth of Floris, Prince of Netherlands.
- 1975 - Birth of Steve Washburn in Ottawa, Canada; NHL center (Florida Panthers).
- 1975 - Marjorie Main, actress (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies at age 85.
- 1975 - Sophia JW "Sophie" Hermse, actress (But a Dream), dies at age 86.
- 1975 - Walker Evans, US photographer (Fortune Magazine), dies at age 71.
- 1976 - Milwaukee Brewers' Don Money's grand slammer disallowed-New York Yankees win 9-7.
- 1976 - Cleveland Cavaliers win their first NBA Central Division title.
- 1977 - 41st Golf Masters Championship: Tom Watson wins, shooting a 276.
- 1977 - Beverly Klass wins LPGA Women's International Golf Satellite.
- 1977 - Birth of Claudia Delpin; Miss Chile-Universe (1997).
- 1977 - Cleveland Indians set club record for longest, 9 inning game (3:17).
- 1978 - Birth of Jessica Davis in Greenbrae, California; rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-27th-1996).
- 1978 - Formation of the Major Indoor Soccer League is announced.
- 1978 - Volkswagen becomes the second (after Rolls-Royce) non-American automobile manufacturer to open a plant in the United States, commencing production of the Rabbit, the North American version of the Volkswagen Golf, at the Volkswagen Westmoreland Assembly Plant near New Stanton, Pennsylvania with a unionized (UAW) workforce.
- 1979 - Henriëtte P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Dodendans), dies at age 91.
- 1979 - J R Richard throws major league record six wild pitches in Astrodome.
- 1979 - Nino Rota, Italian composer (Torquemada), dies at age 67 (born 1911).
- 1979 - Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian and a Bulgarian.
- 1979 - A tornado hits Wichita Falls, Texas, killing 42 people (the most notable of 26 tornadoes that day).
- 1979 - Cambodia recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
- 1979 - Birth of Tsuyoshi Domoto; Japanese entertainer (KinKi Kids).
- 1980 - Spain and the United Kingdom agree to reopen the border between Gibraltar and Spain, closed since 1969.
- 1980 - Death of Kay Medford at age 65 of cancer; actress (Dean Martin Show TV show, To Rome With Love TV show, Barney Miller TV show, Love American Style Tv show).
- 1980 - Birth of Bryce Soderberg; Canadian musician (Lifehouse).
- 1981 - France performs nuclear test.
- 1981 - Imprisoned Irish Republican Army hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliament (Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election).
- 1982 - Birth of Chyler Leigh; actress (That 80's Show, The Practice, Reunion).
- 1982 - Los Angeles Kings losing 5-0 to Edmonton Oilers in the third period, win in overtime 6-5.
- 1983 - Jordan's King Hussein ceases negotiations with Palestinian Liberation Organization.
- 1983 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament.
- 1983 - Birth of Ryan Merriman; actor (The Pretender, Veritas: The Quest).
- 1983 - Baltimore Orioles' Eddie Murray hits his 1,000 career hit.
- 1983 - Hennie Kuiper (Netherlands) wins Paris-Roubaix cycle race.
- 1983 - Issam Sartawi, Palestinian Liberation Organization ambassador to Portugal, is murdered.
- 1984 - Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle.
- 1984 - John Long (Detroit Pistons) ends NBA free throw streak of 51 games.
- 1984 - US Senate condemns Central Intelligence Agency mining of Nicaraguan harbors.
- 1984 - Birth of Mandy Moore; singer, actress (Entourage, Mad TV).
- 1984 - Birth of Zoe in Melbourne, Australia, first frozen-embryo child.
- 1984 - Death of Nate Nelson at age 52 from a heart attack; singer (The Flamingos - "I'll Be Home", "I Only Have Eyes For You" (1959), The Platters).
- 1985 - At 80, Leo Sites becomes oldest bowler to score a 300 game.
- 1986 - Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan.
- 1986 - Joseph P Addabbo, US defence specialist/(Senator-Democrat), dies at age 61.
- 1986 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1986 - Death of Linda Creed at age 37 in Pennsylvania, USA; soul music songwriter ("The Greatest Love of All").
- 1988 - 52nd Golf Masters Championship: Sandy Lyle wins, shooting a 281.
- 1988 - 8th Golden Raspberry Awards: Leonard Part 6 wins.
- 1988 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA San Diego Inamori Golf Classic.
- 1988 - Birth of Haley Joel Osment in Los Angeles, California; actor (Cole Sear - The Sixth Sense, Murphy Brown, Thunder Alley, Trevor 'Trev' McKinney - Pay It Forward).
- 1988 - Cliff Gladwin, cricket player (8 Tests for England 1947-49), dies.
- 1988 - The Great Seto Bridge opens to traffic in Japan.
- 1988 - New York Islanders beat New Jersey Devils 5-4 (overtime) first round tied at 2-2.
- 1989 - H J Heinz, Van Camp Seafood and Bumble Bee Seafood say they will not buy tuna caught in nets that also trap dolphins.
- 1989 - Intel announces the 25 MHz i486 microprocessor. It integrates the 386 processor, 387 math coprocessor, and adds an 8 kB primary cache. It uses 1.2 million transistors, employing 1-micron technology. Initial price is US$900. Speed is 20 MIPS.
- 1990 - Curtly Ambrose takes 8-45 in cricket versus England at Bridgetown.
- 1991 - Italian ferry Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy killing 140.
- 1991 - Death of Kevin Peter Hall at age 35 of AIDS; actor (Harry - Harry and the Hendersons TV show).
- 1991 - Last automat (coin operated cafeteria) closes (3rd and 42nd Street, New York City, New York).
- 1991 - Los Angeles Kings player Wayne Gretzky scores NHL record 93rd playoff goal.
- 1991 - Martin Zubero swims world record 200 metre backstroke (1:52.51).
- 1991 - Death of Natalie Schafer at age 90 from cancer; actress (Lovey Wentworth Howell - Gilligan's Island TV show).
- 1991 - A South Atlantic tropical cyclone develops in the Southern Hemisphere off the coast of Angola (the first of its kind to be documented by weather satellites).
- 1991 - Birth of Amanda "AJ" Michalka; American singer (Aly and AJ), actress.
- 1992 - 25 die in a bus bombing in Sri Lanka.
- 1992 - A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb explodes in the Baltic Exchange in the City of London; three are killed, 91 injured.
- 1992 - Floriade (Flower Show) opens at the Hague, Netherlands.
- 1992 - NHL strike ends after ten days.
- 1992 - Death of Sam Kinison at age 38 in a motor vehicle accident near Needles, California, USA; screaming comedian, actor.
- 1993 - BPAA US Open by Del Ballard Junior.
- 1993 - Chris Hani, Secretary-General South Africian Communist Party, assassinated at age 50.
- 1993 - Ottawa Senators win first road game (New York Islanders) after 38 straight loses.
- 1993 - Pittsburgh Penguins win their NHL record 17 game winning streak.
- 1994 - 58th Golf Masters Championship: Jose M Olazabal wins, shooting a 279.
- 1994 - Victor Afanasiev, Russian editor-in-chief of Pravda (1976-89), dies at age 71.
- 1995 - Chen Yun, Vice-Premier of China (1949-75, 1979-80), dies.
- 1995 - Death of Joseph Anthony "Joe" Richards dies at age 44; singer/actor (Colorado Ranger).
- 1995 - Morarji Desai, Prime Minister of India (1977-79), dies (born 1896).
- 1995 - New York City bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more.
- 1998 - Eighteen hours after the end of the talks deadline, the Belfast Agreement is signed between the Irish and British governments and most Northern Ireland political parties, with the notable exception of the Democratic Unionist Party.
- 1999 - Death of Jean Vander Pyl at age 78 of lung cancer; voice actress (Margaret - Father Knows Best radio show, The Jetsons TV show, The Flintstones TV show).
- 2000 - Death of Larry Linville at age 60 of pneumonia after a cancer operation; actor (Major Frank Burns - M*A*S*H TV show).
- 2001 - Kevin Olmstead of Ann Arbor, Michigan, wins US$2,180,000 on Who Wants to Be A Millionaire TV show, largest prize ever given out on a TV game show.
- 2003 - Death of Little Eva at age 59 of cervical cancer; singer ("The Loco-Motion" (1962)).
- 2005 - MTV airs the final episode of The Osbournes in the UK, after a three-year run.
- 2006 - Romano Prodi narrowly defeats Silvio Berlusconi in the Italian parliamentary elections.
- 2007 - Birth of HRH Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, daughter of Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima.
- 2007 - Death of Dakota Staton at age 74; jazz and blues singer ("The Late Late Show" (1957), "Crazy He Calls Me", "Time to Swing").
- 2008 - In London, England, a 12th century key to Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine in Mecca, sells at Sotheby's auction for £9.2 million (US$18.1 million), a record for the sale of an Islamic work of art. Sotheby's Islamic art sale realises more than £21.5 million in total.
- 2008 - Nepal general elections: Communist Party of Nepal wins, with leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
- 2008 - Death of Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Mexican cardinal (born 1919).
- 2009 - Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso unveils a record 15.4 trillion yen (US$150 billion) stimulus package to revive its economy.
- 2009 - A political crisis begins in Fiji when President Josefa Iloilo suspends the nation's Constitution, dismisses all judges and constitutional appointees and assumes all governance in the country after the Court of Appeal rules that the government of Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama is illegal.
- 2010 - The Polish presidential Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft crashes in thick fog while attempting to land in Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 on board, including Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria, Poland's army chief Franciszek Gagor, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer, central bank governor Slawomir Skrzypek, and other officials.
- 2010 - A Pakistani army jet involved in operations against Taliban militants bombs a remote village in the Khyber region, killing at least 73 civilians.
- 2014 - In response to the annexation of Crimea, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) passes a resolution to temporarily strip Russia of its voting rights; its rights to be represented in the Bureau of the Assembly, the PACE Presidential Committee, and the PACE Standing Committee; and its right to participate in election-observation missions.
- 2016 - Peru presidential election: Keiko Fujimari first with nearly 40 percent, to be runoff election versus Pedro Pablo Kuczynski on June 5.
- 2019 - Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project announce the first ever image of a black hole, located in the centre of the M87 galaxy.
- 2019 - Fossil fragments found in the Callao Cave in the Philippines reveal the existence of the Homo luzonensis species of humans.
- 2020 - The ESA/JAXA space probe BepiColombo makes its final gravity assist around Earth and begins to depart for Venus, where it is scheduled to make several gravity assist maneuvers before finally arriving at Mercury in 2025.
- 2020 - The death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 100,000 globally.
- 2020 - EU finance ministers agree on a 540 billion euro loan package to alleviate the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
- 2022 - Presidential election in France. Emmanuel Macron 27.9%, Marine Le Pen 23.2%, Jean-Luc Mélenchon 22%.
- 2022 - Death of Eya Guezguez in a training accident at age 17; Tunisian Olympic sailor.
- 2023 - Death of Al Jaffee at age 102 of organ failure in New York City, New York, USA; cartoonist (Mad magazine).
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