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What happened in history on this day: April 13?
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- 989 - Battle at Abydos: Byzantine emperor Basilius II beats Bardas Phocas.
- 1055 - Bishop Gebhard van Eichstätt named Pope Victor II.
- 1111 - In Rome, Pope Paschalis II crowns Heinrich V Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1180 - Republic day of Gelnhausen.
- 1204 - Crusaders occupy Constantinople.
- 1346 - Pope Clemens VI declares German emperor Louis of Bavaria, envoy.
- 1367 - Battle at Nájera Spain Castilië and England beat Aragón and France.
- 1475 - Matteo Palmieri Italian writer (Città di Vita), dies at age 69.
- 1517 - Osmaanse army occupies Cairo.
- 1517 - Tuman Bey last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged.
- 1519 - Birth of Catherine de Médici Queen of Spain/daughter of Henry II.
- 1545 - Birth of Elisabeth van Valois French queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II.
- 1556 - Portuguese Marranos who revert back to Judaism burned by order of Pope.
- 1593 - Birth of Thomas Wentworth London, earl of Strafford/Viceroy of Ireland.
- 1598 - Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots.
- 1626 - Birth of Aert Jansz van Nes Lieutenant-Admiral, baptised.
- 1638 - Henri II duke of Rohan-Gié, French hugenot leader, dies at age 58.
- 1640 - English Short Parliament forms (to May 5).
- 1648 - Birth of Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Mothe-Guyon French mystic (quiétisme).
- 1668 - John Dryden (36) becomes first English poet laureate.
- 1695 - Jean de La Fontaine poet, dies.
- 1722 - Charles Leslie Irish controversialist, dies.
- 1729 - Birth of Thomas Percy English literary/bishop of Dromore.
- 1732 - Birth of Frederick Lord North (Conservative) British Prime Minister (1770-82).
- 1741 - Dutch people protest bad quality of bread.
- 1741 - Royal Military Academy forms at Woolwich.
- 1742 - George Frideric Händel's "Messiah" performed for first time (Dublin).
- 1743 - Birth of Thomas Jefferson in Shadwell, Virginia; politician (Democrat-R) third US President (1801-09).
- 1749 - Birth of Frederik Sigismund van Bylandt Dutch count/Vice-Admiral.
- 1756 - Birth of Louis H J Condé French prince.
- 1759 - French beat European Allies in Battle of Bergen.
- 1762 - Birth of Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis Dutch actress (Phaedra, Lady Macbeth).
- 1771 - Birth of Adam FJA van der Duyn Dutch Governorernor (South Holland).
- 1771 - Birth of Richard Trevithick Illogan Cornwall England, inventor (steam locomotive).
- 1791 - Birth of Félix Earl de Merode; Belgian minister of War/Finance.
- 1796 - First elephant arrives in US from Bengal, India.
- 1796 - Battle at Millesimo, Italy: Napoleon beats Austrians.
- 1808 - William Henry Lane ("Juda") perfects the tap dance.
- 1810 - Birth of Félicien C David; French composer (Perle du Brésil, Désert).
- 1817 - Birth of Alphonse Wauters; Belgian historian/archivist (Brussels).
- 1822 - Birth of Leroy Augustus Stafford; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1864).
- 1822 - Birth of William Stephen Walker; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1899).
- 1828 - Birth of Joseph B Lightfoot; English theologist/bishop of Durham.
- 1829 - English Emancipation Act grants freedom of religion to Catholics.
- 1832 - Birth of James Wimshurst; British designer/inventor (electricstatic generator).
- 1842 - Lord Rosse successfully casts 72-inch (183cm) mirror for a telescope.
- 1847 - Birth of Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk; Governor-General (Netherlands East-Indies).
- 1849 - Birth of Enrique José Varona; Cuban sociologist/psychologist.
- 1849 - Hungarian Republic is proclaimed.
- 1852 - Birth of Frank W Woolworth; 5- and 10-cent King (Woolworths department store).
- 1854 - Birth of Richard T Ely; US economist (Hard Times).
- 1860 - First Pony Express mail delivery reaches Sacramento, California.
- 1860 - Birth of James Ensor; Flemish painter/etcher (De lampenjongen).
- 1861 - After 34 hours of bombardment, U.S. Major Robert Anderson surrenders Fort Sumter in South Carolina to Confederates.
- 1863 - Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled in New York is first orthopedic hospital.
- 1867 - Birth of Sammy Woods; cricket bowler (Australia and England Rugby wing-forward).
- 1868 - Theodorus [Kasa], emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide.
- 1869 - Steam power brake is patented (George Westinghouse).
- 1870 - Metropolitan Museum of Art forms in New York City.
- 1873 - Colfax Massacre in Grant Parish, Los Angeles (60 blacks killed).
- 1881 - Birth of Ludwig Binswanger; Swiss psychiatrist (Über Ideenflucht).
- 1882 - Anti-Semitic League forms in Prussia.
- 1885 - Birth of György Lukács; Hungarian philosopher (Zerstörung der Vernunft).
- 1885 - Birth of Pieter S Gerbrandy; Dutch lawyer/premier in London (1940-45).
- 1892 - Birth of Arthur Harris Cheltenham; Marshal of the British RAF.
- 1892 - Birth of Robert A Watson-Watt in England; physicist (radar).
- 1899 - Birth of Alfred Moser Butts; game inventor (Scrabble).
- 1901 - Birth of René-Jean Pleven; French premier (1950-52).
- 1902 - Birth of Godfrey Kenton; actor (Well's Theater).
- 1902 - Birth of Philippe de Rothschild in Paris, France; manager (Bordeaux Vineyard).
- 1902 - JC Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming, USA.
- 1903 - Birth of Rex Evans; actor (Frankenstein meets the Wolfman, Zara, Matchmaker).
- 1904 - The flagship of Russian naval forces in the Far East, the Petropavlovsk, is blown up by a mine, killing commander Admiral Stephen Osipovitch Makarov.
- 1904 - Battle at Oviumbo, Africa: Herero's chase away German army.
- 1904 - Vasili Vereshtshagin, Russian painter (War and Peace), dies.
- 1906 - Birth of Budd [Lawrence] Freeman; US jazz saxophonist ("Eel").
- 1906 - Birth of Samuel Beckett; Irish playwright (Waiting for Godot, Nobel Prize 1969).
- 1906 - Mutiny on Portuguese battleships Dom Carlos and Vasco da Gama.
- 1907 - Birth of Harold Stassen in West Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Governor (Republican), perennial presidential candidate.
- 1909 - Death of Sir Donald Currie at age 83 at Dartmouth, England; founder of Union Castle Steamship Company.
- 1909 - Birth of Eudora Welty in Jackson, Mississippi, USA; novelist (Optimist's Daughter - Pulitzer 1973).
- 1909 - Birth of Jan Veldkamp; Dutch geophysicist/director (KNMI).
- 1912 - Birth of Roy Winsor in Chicago, Illinois, USA; producer (Search for Tomorrow, Love of Life).
- 1912 - British Royal Flying Corps forms (later Royal Air Force).
- 1913 - Birth of David Donald Albritton in Danville, Alabama, USA; high jumper (Olympics-silver-1936).
- 1914 - First US Federal League baseball game: Baltimore Terrapins beat Buffalo Blues3-2.
- 1915 - Birth of R N Coote; Bishop (Colchester).
- 1915 - Birth of Stephen Roberts; CEO (British Milk Marketing Board).
- 1918 - Electrical fire kills 38 mental patients at Oklahoma State Hospital.
- 1919 - British General Reginald E.H. Dyer orders 50 riflemen to fire on assembly of 10,000 protesting Indian nationalists at Jalianwala Bagh in City of Amritsar in Pubjab, northwest India, without warning (but under previous order for no assembly), continued firing for 10 minutes, 1650 rounds, resulting in 379 killed, 1200+ wounded.
- 1919 - Birth of Harold Clifford Keel AKA Howard Keel in Gillespie, Illinois, USA; actor/singer (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Kiss Me Kate).
- 1919 - Birth of Madalyn Murray O'Hair; American atheist (opposed prayer in school).
- 1920 - Helen Hamilton is appointed US Civil Service Commissioner.
- 1920 - Birth of Liam Cosgrave; leader (Fine Gael Party).
- 1921 - Birth of Maxwell Henley Harris; Australian poet/publisher (Gift of Blood).
- 1922 - Birth of John Braine; English novelist (Life at the Top).
- 1922 - Birth of John George Vanderbile Henry Spencer-Churchill [11th Duke of Marlborough]; English large landowner.
- 1923 - Army wins the first college three-weapon fencing championship.
- 1924 - Birth of Stanley Donen in Columbia, South Carolina, USA; film director/producer (Bedazzled, Damn Yankees).
- 1924 - Greek plebiscite for a republic.
- 1925 - Birth of Frank Chamberlain; CEO (Test and County Cricket Board).
- 1926 - At age 41, Walter Johnson pitches his 7th opening day shutout.
- 1926 - Birth of Don [James Yarmy] Adams in New York City, New York, USA; actor/comedian (Maxwell Smart - Get Smart, Check it Out).
- 1927 - Birth of Lord Wedderburn of Charlton Queen's Council.
- 1927 - Birth of Mari Blanchard in Long Beach, California, USA; actress (Kathy - Klondike).
- 1927 - Birth of Maurice Ronet in Nice, France; actor (Frantic, Sphinz, Circle of Love).
- 1927 - NHL Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Boston Bruins, in two games and two ties.
- 1928 - First trans-atlantic flight, Europe-US (Fitzmaurice-von Hünefeld-Köhl).
- 1929 - Birth of Marilynn Smith in Topeka, Kansas, USA; LPGA golfer (1972 Pabst Open).
- 1930 - Robert Ripley hosts the first of his Believe It Or Not radio programs on NBC.
- 1931 - Birth of Bradford Dillman; actor (Falcon Crest, King's Crossing, Court Martial).
- 1931 - Birth of Jay Robinson; actor (Days of Our Lives, Krofft Supershow).
- 1932 - Johannes T de Visser, first Dutch minister of Education, dies at age 75.
- 1933 - Birth of Ben Nighthorse Campbell; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Colorado).
- 1933 - Birth of Shani Wallis in Ireland; singer/actress (Oliver).
- 1933 - NHL Stanley Cup: New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs, three games to one.
- 1934 - 4.7 million US families report receiving welfare payments.
- 1934 - Birth of Horace Kay; US singer (Tams - "You Lied to Your Daddy").
- 1934 - US Congress passes Johnson Debt Default Act.
- 1935 - Birth of Erich von Däniken; author (Chariots of the Gods).
- 1935 - Birth of Lyle Waggoner in Kansas City, Kansas, USA; actor (Carol Burnett Show, Wonder Woman).
- 1936 - Birth of Loretta Lynn in Butcher's Hollow, Kentucky, USA; country singer ("Coal Miner's Daughter").
- 1936 - Metaxas proclaims himself dictator of Greece.
- 1937 - Birth of Edward Fox in London, England; actor (M - Never Say Never Again).
- 1937 - Birth of Lanford Wilson; American playwright (Hot L Baltimore).
- 1937 - Birth of Peter M Harris; Official Solicitor (Supreme Court).
- 1938 - Birth of Frederic Rzewski in Westfield, Massachusetts, USA; composer (Spacecraft).
- 1939 - Birth of Barbara-Rose Collins; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Michigan).
- 1939 - Birth of Paul Sorvino in Brookyn, New York, USA; stage/screen actor (Law and Order, Reds, Goodfellas, A Touch of Class, That Championship Season, An American Millionaire, The Mating Dance, Skyscraper, King Lear).
- 1939 - Birth of Wijnie Jabaaij; Dutch Member of Parliament (PvdA).
- 1940 - Second battle of Narvik, Norway: eight German destroyers destroyed.
- 1940 - Birth of Lester Chambers in Flora, Mississippi, USA; vocalist (Chambers Brothers - "Time Has Come Today").
- 1940 - Cornelious Warmerdam becomes the first man to pole vault 15 feet, Berkeley, California.
- 1940 - Stanley Cup: New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 2.
- 1941 - Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer (Henry Draper catalogues), dies at age 77.
- 1941 - Birth of Margaret Price in Tredegar, Wales; soprano (Pamlina - Die Zauberflöte).
- 1941 - Heavy German assault on Tobruk.
- 1941 - The Yugoslav capital of Belgrade is occupied by German forces.
- 1941 - Japan and the Soviet Union sign a five-year non-aggression pact.
- 1941 - Birth of Julie Christie in Assam, India; actress (Dr Zhivago, Separate Tables '83).
- 1942 - Birth of Bill Conti in Providence, Rhode Island, USA; composer (For Your Eyes Only, Rocky IV).
- 1942 - Henk Sneevliet, leader of Dutch RSAP/Spartacus, executed at age 58.
- 1943 - Birth of Eve Graham; rocker (New Seekers).
- 1943 - US President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates Jefferson Memorial.
- 1943 - Germans discover mass grave of Polish officers near Katyn.
- 1943 - Beginning of Warsaw ghetto uprising in Poland.
- 1944 - Birth of Brian Pendleton Wolverhampton in West Midlands, England; rocker (The Pretty Things).
- 1944 - Birth of Charles Burnett; director (When it Rains, Glass Shield).
- 1944 - Birth of Jack Casady in Washington, DC; rock bassist (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane).
- 1944 - South Carolina rejects black suffrage.
- 1944 - NHL Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Chicago Blackhawks in four games.
- 1945 - The Soviet Red Army occupies Vienna, Austria.
- 1945 - Birth of Carlos Gimenez in Argentina/Venezuela; founder (Theater festival of Caracas).
- 1945 - Birth of Edward J Caruthers Junior in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; high jumper (Olympics-silver-1968).
- 1945 - Birth of Lowell George; rock vocalist/guitarist (Little Feat - "Time is a Hero").
- 1945 - Birth of Raymond van Geytenbeek; Dutch singer/drummer (Les Baroques).
- 1945 - Birth of Stacy Johnson; American singer (Sharpees - "Tired of Being Alone").
- 1945 - Birth of Tony Dow in Hollywood, California, USA; actor (Wally - Leave it to Beaver).
- 1945 - Canadian army liberates Teuge and Assen Netherlands from Germans.
- 1945 - US marines conquer Minna Shima off Okinawa.
- 1946 - Belgian premier Acker proclaims end of wage and price freeze.
- 1946 - Birth of Al Green in Forest City, Arkansas, USA; singer ("Let's Stay Together").
- 1946 - Birth of Jim Pons; rocker (Mothers Of Invention).
- 1946 - Birth of Roy Loney; rocker (Flaming Groovies).
- 1946 - Eddie Klepp, a white pitcher signed by defending Negro League champion Cleveland Buckeyes, is barred from field in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1948 - 75 scientists ambushed on way to Mount Scopus.
- 1948 - Birth of Amy Robinson in Trenton, New Jersey, USA; writer/actress (Mean Streets).
- 1948 - Birth of Kathleen Battle; US soprano (Tannhäuser).
- 1949 - Third NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat Washington Capitals, 4 games to 2.
- 1949 - Birth of Jean-Jacques Favier in Kehl, Germany; astronaut (STS 78).
- 1949 - Minneapolis beats Washington, 4 games to 2, for the NBA championship.
- 1950 - Birth of Riff West; rock bassist (Molly Hatchet - "Flirtin' With Disaster").
- 1950 - Birth of Ron Perlman in the Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Quest for Fire, Beauty and the Beast).
- 1950 - Birth of Terry Lester in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; actor (Royce Keller - As the World Turns, Mason Capwell - Santa Barbara, Jack Abbott - The Young and the Restless).
- 1951 - Birth of Beatrix "Trixie" Schuba in Austria; figure skater (Olympics-gold-1972).
- 1951 - Birth of Jack Quinn; American politician (Representative-Republican-New York).
- 1951 - Birth of Max Weinberg; rock drummer (E Street Band, Conan O'Brien Show).
- 1951 - Birth of Peabo Bryson in Greenville, South Carolina, USA; rhythm and blues vocalist ("I'm So into You").
- 1951 - Birth of Peter Davison; actor (Doctor Who, Sink or Swim, Fiddlers Three).
- 1952 - [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress (Adelaarsjong), dies at age 79.
- 1953 - First game of Milwaukee Braves, they beat Cincinnati Reds 2-0.
- 1953 - Birth of Stephen Byers; British Member of Parliament.
- 1954 - Baltimore Orioles' first game, lose to Detroit Tigers in Detroit 3-0.
- 1954 - Birth of Barbara Roche; British Member of Parliament.
- 1954 - Birth of Jimmy Destri; rock keyboardist (Blondie - "Heart of Glass", Rapture).
- 1954 - American physicist Robert Oppenheimer accused of being a communist.
- 1955 - 20.33 inches (51.64 cm) of rainfall in Axis, Alabama (state record).
- 1955 - Birth of Louis Johnson in Los Angeles, California, USA; rock bassist/vocalist (Brothers Johnson).
- 1956 - Birth of Michael Nikolay in the German Democratic Republic; gymnast (Olympics).
- 1956 - At the NARTB convention in Chicago, Illinois, Ampex Corporation of Redwood City, California, demonstrates the first commercial magnetic tape recorder for sound and picture. Price of a machine: $75,000.
- 1957 - 11th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Saint Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3.
- 1957 - 11th Tony Awards: Long Days Journey into the Night and My Fair Lady win.
- 1957 - Birth of Gary Kroeger in Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA; comedian-actor (Saturday Night Live, Return of the Shaggy Dog).
- 1957 - Birth of Saundra Santiago in Bronx, New York, USA; actress (Gina - Miami Vice).
- 1957 - Birth of Wayne Lewis; keyboardist (Atlantic Star - "Touch a Four Leaf Clover").
- 1958 - 12th Tony Awards: Sunrise at Campobello and Music Man win.
- 1958 - Birth of Randy Piper; heavy metal rocker (Wasp - "Wildchild").
- 1959 - Eduard van Beinum, chief conductor at the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Netherlands, dies at age 58 while rehearsing a Brahms symphony.
- 1959 - Rigardus "Rijn" Rijnhout, Giant of Rotterdam (2.375 metres tall), dies at age 38.
- 1959 - US Air Force launches Discoverer II into polar orbit.
- 1959 - Vanguard SLV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed).
- 1959 - Vatican edict forbids Roman Catholics from voting for communists.
- 1960 - France becomes the fourth nuclear nation, exploding an A-Bomb in Sahara.
- 1960 - Transit 1B, first navigational satellite, placed in Earth orbit.
- 1961 - Carnival! opens at Imperial Theater in New York City for 719 performances.
- 1961 - Birth of Tammy Stephens in Arlington, Texas, USA; singer (Girls Next Door - Don't Be Cruel).
- 1961 - United Nations General Assembly condemns South Africa for apartheid.
- 1961 - Inauguration of first Chinese atomic reactor, at the National Tsing-thua University Institute of Nuclear Science.
- 1962 - Birth of Robert Carlyle; actor (Hamish Macbeth).
- 1962 - Stan Musial scores his 1,869th run, a new National League record.
- 1962 - US steel industry forced to give up price increases.
- 1963 - Birth of Garry Kimovich Kasparov in USSR; world chess champion (1985-).
- 1963 - Birth of Jan Willem van Ede; Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht, PSV).
- 1963 - Birth of Mark Leiter in Joliet, Illinois, USA; pitcher (San Francisco Giants).
- 1963 - Pete Rose triples for his first major league base hit.
- 1963 - Birth of John Bell; singer, guitarist (Widespread Panic).
- 1963 - Pittsburgh Pirates' Bob Friend balks four times in a game.
- 1964 - 36th Academy Awards - Tom Jones, Sidney Poitier, and Patricia Neal win.
- 1964 - Birth of Davis Milton Love III in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; PGA golfer (1987 MCI Heritage).
- 1964 - Birth of Doug Strange in Greenville, South Carolina, USA; infielder (Seattle Mariners).
- 1964 - Birth of Jose Rijo; pitcher (New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds).
- 1964 - Birth of Page Hannah in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Kate Riley - Fame).
- 1964 - New Zealander Colin Bosher shears a record 565 sheep in one work day.
- 1965 - Birth of Quinn Early; NFL wide receiver (New Orleans Saints, Buffalo Bills).
- 1965 - NBC airs "The Best on Record", the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 7th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
- Record of the Year: Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto for "The Girl From Ipanema";
- Best Instrumental Composition (other than jazz): Henry Mancini for "The Pink Panther Theme";
- Best Vocal Performance, Female: Barbra Streisand for "People";
- Best Vocal Performance, Male: Louis Armstrong for "Hello, Dolly!";
- Best Performance by a Vocal Group: The Beatles for "A Hard Day's Night";
- Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show: Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman for "Mary Poppins";
- Best Rock and Roll Recording: Petula Clark for "Downtown";
- Best Folk Recording: Gale Garnett for "We'll Sing In The Sunshine";
- Best Country and Western Single: Roger Miller for "Dang Me".
- 1966 - Birth of Rodney Smith in Washington DC; 149.5 pounds greco-roman wrestler (Olympics-1992, 1996).
- 1966 - Pan Am places US$525 million order for 25 Boeing 747s.
- 1967 - Birth of Dana Barros; NBA guard (Boston Celtics).
- 1967 - Luis Somoza Debayle, President of Nicaragua (1956-63), dies at age 44.
- 1967 - ABC-TV airs the final Where the Action Is TV show.
- 1968 - Birth of Ted Washington; NFL nose tackle (Buffalo Bills).
- 1968 - Birth of Tami Lyn Jameson in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; team handball goalie/twin sister of Toni (Olympics-1992, 1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Toni Lee Jameson in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; team handball back court/twin sister of Tami (Olympics-1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Barrett Martin; drummer (Screaming Trees).
- 1969 - 33rd Golf Masters Championship: George Archer wins, shooting a 281.
- 1969 - Birth of Harold Pruett; rocker (Outsiders - "Time Won't Let Me").
- 1970 - 34th Golf Masters Championship: Billy Casper wins, shooting a 279.
- 1970 - Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon.
- 1970 - Birth of Eddie Robinson; NFL linebacker (Houston Oilers, Jacksonville Jaguars).
- 1970 - Birth of Monty Brown; NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills).
- 1970 - Birth of Ramona Reuter; Miss New York-USA (1997).
- 1970 - Birth of Rick Schroder in Staten Island, New York, USA; actor (Ricky - Silver Spoons, Champ, Earthling).
- 1970 - Greek composer Mikis Theordorakis is freed.
- 1970 - Oakland Athletics use gold-colored bases during the club's home opener; Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation.
- 1971 - Birth of Charles Outlaw; NBA forward (Los Angeles Clippers, Orlando Magic).
- 1971 - Birth of Corey Yothers in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Off the Rock).
- 1972 - First baseball players' strike ends after 13 days.
- 1972 - Birth of Dave Wohlabaugh; NFL center/guard (New England Patriots).
- 1972 - Birth of Jeroen Thesseling; pop bassist (Pestilence, Spheres).
- 1972 - Birth of Mariusz Czerkawski in Radomsko, Poland; NHL right wing (Edmonton Oilers).
- 1972 - Birth of Mike Kennedy in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; NHL left wing (Dallas Stars).
- 1973 - Alexandre A M Stols, publisher/typographer (Schoone Book), dies at age 73.
- 1973 - Birth of Aaron Hayden; NFL running back (San Diego Chargers, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31).
- 1973 - Birth of Dave Wohlabaugh; corner (New England Patriots).
- 1974 - Birth of Sergei Gonchar in Chelyabinsk, Russia; NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals, Olympics-silver-1998).
- 1974 - Stanley Smith, actor (Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts), dies at age 71.
- 1975 - 39th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 276.
- 1975 - Birth of David Miller; singer (Il Divo).
- 1975 - Chad military coup by General Odingar.
- 1975 - Christian Falange kills 27 Palestinians, begins Lebanese civil war.
- 1975 - Larry Parks, actor (Jazz Singer), dies at age 60.
- 1975 - N'garta Tombalbaye, President of Chad, dies.
- 1976 - First NBA playoff game for Cleveland Cavliers, they lose 100-95 to Washington Bullets.
- 1976 - Birth of Everton Matambanadzo; Zimbabwean cricket pace bowler (vs Pakistan 1996).
- 1976 - Birth of Jonathan Brandis in Danbury, Connecticut; actor (Lucas Wolenczak - seaQuest DSV, Never Ending Story II).
- 1976 - The US Treasury releases 225 million Series 1976 $2 Federal Reserve notes commemorating the Bicentennial of the Declaration of Independence.
- 1976 - Motown Records renews recording contract with Stevie Wonder for a record US$13 million.
- 1978 - Birth of Grace Murray Tubbs; Miss Montana Teen-USA (1996).
- 1978 - New York Yankees defeat Chicago White Sox 4-2 in home opener on Reggie Candy Bar Day; Jackson slugs a three-run homerun in the first inning, and the field is showered.
- 1978 - Paul McGrath, actor (The Witness, No Time for Love), dies at age 74.
- 1979 - Birth of Monica Ivey; Miss Hawaii Teen-USA (1996).
- 1979 - Christian Turks occupy Saint Jansbasiliek.
- 1979 - Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours.
- 1979 - Yusuf Lule becomes premier of Uganda.
- 1979 - Birth of Tony Lundon; Irish singer (Liberty X).
- 1979 - The La Soufrière volcano erupts in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
- 1980 - 44th Golf Masters Championship: Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 275.
- 1980 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic.
- 1980 - Grease closes at Broadhurst Theater in New York City after 3,388 performances.
- 1980 - Soviet news agency TASS denounces US boycott of the Moscow Summer Olympics.
- 1981 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Beth Henley for "Crimes of the Heart".
- 1981 - Washington Post's Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize for "Jimmy's World" (later admits story was a hoax and returns prize).
- 1982 - In South Africa, a magnitude 5.0 earthquake occurs.
- 1983 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1984 - 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41C) - Challenger 5 - returns to Earth.
- 1984 - Christopher Wilder, FBI's "most wanted man", accidentally kills self.
- 1984 - India beats Pakistan by 58 runs to win first Asia Cricket Cup in Sharjah.
- 1984 - India launches Operation Meghdoot, as most of the Siachen Glacier in Kashmir comes under Indian control.
- 1984 - On the same date he got his first major league hit 21-years earlier, Pete Rose of the Montreal Expos makes hits 4000th hit.
- 1985 - Katrin Dörre wins first female World Cup marathon (2:33:30).
- 1985 - Ramiz Alia succeeds Enver Hoxha as party leader of Albania.
- 1986 - 50th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 279.
- 1986 - Boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record.
- 1986 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic.
- 1986 - Pope John Paul II meets Rome's Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff at Rome synagogue.
- 1986 - Spanish Grand Prix decided by 0.014 of a second.
- 1986 - Stephen Stucker, actor (Trading Places, Airplane), dies.
- 1987 - First three San Diego Padres' players hit homeruns off San Francisco Giants starter Roger Mason.
- 1987 - Portugal and the People's Republic of China sign an agreement in which Macau would be returned to China in 1999.
- 1988 - Italy government of De Mita forms.
- 1990 - Fourth largest NBA crowd (45,458) see Orlando Magic play at Minneapolis Timberwolves.
- 1990 - New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 6-5, Rangers win preliminary, 4-1.
- 1990 - The Soviet Union apologizes for the Katyn Massacre of Polish officers during World War II.
- 1990 - The first sellout in Seattle Mariners' history occurs when 54,597 fans attend the season opener at the Kingdome.
- 1990 - Death of Thurston Harris at age 58 of a heart attack in Pomona, California, USA; rhythm-and-blues singer ("Little Bitty Pretty One" (1957)).
- 1991 - BPAA US Open won by Pete Weber.
- 1992 - Roermond, the Netherlands, is rocked by a 5.5 magnitude earthquake along the Peel Fault. Felt strongly in many parts of northwestern Germany, eastern Belgium southern Netherlands, northeastern France, southeastern England.
- 1992 - American Airlines reduces its first-class fares 20-50 percent.
- 1992 - Crystal Pepsi begins test marketing in the USA in Providence, Denver, and Dallas.
- 1992 - Great Chicago Flood - Chicago's underground tunnels flood.
- 1992 - Longest two undefeated baseball teams to meet (New York Yankees 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); New York Yankees score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2.
- 1992 - Lou Conaseca retires as coach of Saint John's basketball team.
- 1992 - UK Labour leader Neil Kinnock resigns after nine years as leader.
- 1992 - Wallace Stegner, novelist (Pulitzer 1972), dies at age 84.
- 1992 - Walter Stuart Surridge, cricketeer (Captain of Surrey), dies at age 74.
- 1993 - Henny Budie, Dutch director/producer (Sterrenslag), dies.
- 1993 - Max Tripels, Dutch attorney/Member of Parliament, dies at age 72.
- 1993 - Death of Wallace Stegner, American writer (car accident) (born 1909).
- 1994 - Nikolai Afanassyevich Kryuchkov, actor (Telegram), dies at age 83.
- 1994 - P J Engels, Dutch Member of Parliament (KVP), dies at age 70.
- 1994 - Presidential guard at Kigali, Rwanda, chops 1,200 church members to death.
- 1994 - Robert O van Gennep, Dutch publisher (Guevara, Mandèl), dies at age 56.
- 1994 - Rudolf Hrusinsky, Czechoslovakian actor (Short Cut, Golden Eels), dies at age 72.
- 1994 - Taleb Ali al-Suheil, Iran sheik, murdered in Lebanon at age 64.
- 1994 - United Arab Emirates' first official ODI, losing to India.
- 1994 - Ted Turner launches the "Turner Classic Movies" cable TV channel in the US.
- 1995 - New York Yankees beat the New York Mets 2-0.
- 1996 - Ottawa Senators eliminate Stanley Cup champions New Jersey Devils from playoff.
- 1997 - First time since 1961 that two doubleheaders are played in the same city - San Francisco Giants versus New York Mets and Oakland Athletics vs New York Yankees in New York.
- 1997 - 48th time opposing pitchers hit homeruns, Carlos Perez (Mon)/Darren Holmes.
- 1997 - In Augusta, Georgia, 21-year-old Eldrick "Tiger" Woods wins the 61st Golf Masters Tournament by a record 12 strokes (total 270; 18 under par), his first victory in one of golf's four major championships, the greatest performance by a professional golfer in more than a century, and the youngest golfer to win the Masters.
- 1997 - George Wald, scientist (Nobel Prize, vitamin A in retina), dies at age 80.
- 1997 - Hartford Whalers last NHL game.
- 1997 - NHL Pittsburgh Penguins' player Mario Lemieux's last NHL regular game.
- 1997 - Travis Fryman homers off R Hernandez in both games of double header.
- 1997 - VH1 debuts TV show Classic Albums, with host Ringo Starr.
- 1998 - Death of Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and skysurfing pioneer (born 1960).
- 1999 - Death of Ellen Corby at age 87; actress (Grandma - The Waltons TV show).
- 2002 - In Caracas, Venezuela, poor people protest in the streets against the military coup against Hugo Chávez, resulting in his return to power.
- 2004 - At SBC Park in San Francisco, Barry Bonds hits his 661st career homer to move up to third on the all-time homer run career list.
- 2005 - Death of Tutti Camarata at age 91; trumpet player (Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman), musical arranger (Glen Gray, Casa Loma Orchestra, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington), musical director (Startime TV show, The Vic Damone Show, The Alcoa Hour).
- 2008 - In Augusta, Georgia, the final round of the U.S. Masters golf tournament is held. Trevor Immelman wins by three shots over Tiger Woods, with a score of 75, the first South African to win the U.S. Masters in 30 years.
- 2008 - In Montevideo, Uruguay, 1250 people grill 26,400 pounds (12 metric tonnes) of beef, setting a new Guinness world record.
- 2009 - Former major-league pitcher (Detroit Tigers, 1976-80) Mark Fidrych dies in an apparent accident at his farm in Northborough, Massachusetts, at age 54.
- 2012 - Kwangmyongsong-3, a North Korean Earth observation satellite, explodes shortly after launch. The United States and other countries had called the impending launch a violation of United Nations Security Council demands. The launch was planned to mark the centenary of the birth of Kim Il-sung, the founder of the republic.
- 2017 - The U.S. drops the GBU-43/B MOAB, the world's largest non-nuclear weapon, at an ISIL base in Nangarhar, Afghanistan.
- 2017 - Death of Dan Rooney, American sports team owner (born 1932).
- 2019 - First flight of Stratolaunch aircraft from Mojave Air and Space Port, largest aircraft ever built.
- 2021 - Japan's government approves the dumping of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean over the course of 30 years, with full support of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The decision is opposed by China, South Korea, and Taiwan.
- 2022 - Death of Freddy Rincón after a car crash at age 55; soccer player (Real Madrid).
- 2023 - Death of Dame Mary Quant at age 93 at home in Surrey, United Kingdom; clothing designer (inventor of the mini skirt).
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