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What happened in history on this day: April 14?
On April 14 in ...
- 193 - Lucius Septimus Severus crowned emperor of Rome.
- 711 - Childebert III, king of French, dies at about age 27.
- 754 - Pact of Quierzy between Pope Stephen II, [III] and Pippin the Korte.
- 911 - Sergius III, Italian Pope (904-11), dies.
- 972 - Notger becomes bishop of Liege.
- 979 - Challenge to throne of King Aethelred II of England.
- 1028 - German emperor Conrad II the Sailor crowns his son Henry III, king.
- 1099 - Conrad bishop of Utrecht, stabbed to death.
- 1191 - 85-year old Giacinto Bobo becomes Pope Coelestinus III.
- 1240 - Llywelyn ap Iorwerth Prince of Wales, dies.
- 1427 - John IV duke of Brabant, dies.
- 1433 - Liduina van Schiedam Dutch mystic (Christ's Bride)/saint, dies at age 53.
- 1471 - Battle of Barnet-King Edward IV versus Earl of Warwick.
- 1471 - Richard Neville Warwick second earl of Salisbury, dies at age 42.
- 1536 - English king Henry VIII expropriates minor monasteries.
- 1544 - Battle at Carignano French troops under Earl d'Enghien beat Swiss.
- 1552 - Laurentius Andreae [Lars Andersson] Swedish church reformer, dies.
- 1570 - Polish Calvinists/Lutherians/Hernhutters unify against Jesuits.
- 1574 - Battle of Mookerhei-D'Avila beats Louis of Nassau.
- 1574 - Christoffel Palts German General strategist, dies in battle.
- 1574 - Hendrik count of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies in battle.
- 1574 - Louis earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies in battle at age 35.
- 1578 - Birth of Philip III king of Spain and Portugal (1598-1621).
- 1592 - Birth of Abraham Elsevier book publisher/publisher.
- 1611 - Word "telescope" is first used (Prince Federico Cesi).
- 1614 - Pocahontas, daughter of chief Powhatan, marries planter John Rolfe.
- 1629 - Birth of Christiaan Huygens Holland, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings).
- 1629 - England and France sign Peace of Susa.
- 1655 - Johann Erasmus Kindermann composer, dies at age 39.
- 1671 - Cosaks capture Russian boer leader Stenka Razin.
- 1676 - Birth of Ernst Chreistian Hesse composer.
- 1692 - Carlos de Gurrea Spanish viceroy (Spanish Netherlands), dies.
- 1695 - Jean de la Fontaine French poet (Fables), dies at age 73.
- 1710 - Birth of Marie A C de Camargo Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer.
- 1721 - Birth of William August [Duke of Cumberland] English army leader.
- 1738 - Birth of Duck of Portland (Conservative) British Prime Minister (1783, 1807-09).
- 1756 - Governor Glen of South Carolina protests against 900 Acadia Indians.
- 1759 - Georg Frideric Händel organist/composer (Watermusic), dies at age 74.
- 1762 - Birth of Giuseppe Valadier Italian architect/archaeologist.
- 1768 - François de Cuvilliés Belgian architect of Bayern, dies.
- 1775 - First abolitionist society in US organizes in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
- 1797 - Birth of Adolphe Thiers; first President of third French Republic (1871-77).
- 1809 - Napoleon defeats Austria in the Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria.
- 1813 - Birth of Junius S Morgan; US merchant/philanthropist (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
- 1818 - US Medical Corp forms.
- 1819 - Birth of Charles Halle; pianist/conductor/founder (Halle Orchestra).
- 1820 - Birth of Harry Thompson Hays; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1876).
- 1828 - 18-gun sloop Acorn sinks off Halifax with 115 men aboard.
- 1831 - Birth of Gerhard Rohlfs; German explorer/ambassador in Abyssinia.
- 1832 - Birth of James Hewett Ledlie; US Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (dies 1882).
- 1836 - US Congress forms Territory of Wisconsin.
- 1847 - Persia and Osmaanse sign second Treaty of Erzurum.
- 1853 - Harriet Tubman begins her Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape.
- 1857 - Birth of Edgar Stillman Kelley in Sparta, Wisconsin, USA; composer (Gulliver).
- 1859 - Charles Dickens' story A Tale Of Two Cities is first published.
- 1860 - First Pony Express rider arrives in San Francisco, California from Saint Joseph, Missouri.
- 1861 - Formal USA surrender of Fort Sumter to CSA forces.
- 1861 - Colonel Robert E Lee resigns from US army.
- 1862 - Birth of Pyotr A Stolypin; premier of Russia (1906-11).
- 1863 - William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press.
- 1865 - John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer, fatally shoots US President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.
- 1865 - Lewis T. Powell bursts into US Secretary of State William Seward's home, seriously wounding him and three others.
- 1868 - South Carolina voters approve constitution, 70,758 to 27,228.
- 1870 - Birth of Syd Gregory; cricket player (Australian batsman in 58 Tests 1890-1912).
- 1871 - Canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, and mills.
- 1872 - Dominion Lands Act passed in Canada.
- 1874 - Birth of Count Alexander of Athlone; Governor-General (South Africa/Canada).
- 1874 - Hermanus J Abbring, Dutch author/engineer on Curaçao, dies at age 86.
- 1876 - Birth of Murray Bisset; cricket player (South African wicket-keeper 1899 and 1910).
- 1879 - Birth of James Branch Cabell; American novelist/essayist (Restless Heads).
- 1881 - Birth of Anton Wildgans; Austrian writer/director (Burg Theater).
- 1886 - Birth of Edward C Tolman; US psychologist (behaviorism).
- 1889 - Birth of Arnold Toynbee in England; historian (A Study of History).
- 1889 - Birth of James Stephenson; actor (Letter, Espionage Agent, Nancy Drew).
- 1890 - Pan American Day-first conference of American states (Washington DC).
- 1892 - Birth of Giorgio Cesana in Italy; coxswain, (Olympics-gold-1906).
- 1894 - First commercial public showing of Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope. The Holland Bros Kinetoscope Parlor in New York, USA, shows five short films for 25 cents.
- 1895 - Birth of Mary Marquet in Saint Petersburg, Russia; actress (Matter of Resistance).
- 1897 - Birth of Barbara Baroness Wootton of Abinger; English Lower house leader.
- 1898 - Birth of Lee Tracy in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; actor (Martin Kane - Martin Kane Private Eye).
- 1900 - Birth of Salvatore Baccaloni in Rome; actor (Merry Andrew, Rock-a-Bye Baby).
- 1900 - French President Emile Loubet opens International Fairs in Paris, France.
- 1901 - Birth of Alfred West; champion cyclist/record hair splitter (17 splits).
- 1902 - Birth of Menachem A Schneerson; rebel (head of Lubavitcher Jews).
- 1903 - Dr Harry Plotz discovers vaccine against typhoid (New York City, New York).
- 1904 - Birth of Lionel Birkett; cricket player (West Indies vice-captain on Australian tour 1930-31).
- 1904 - Birth of Reinout W van Bemmelen Dutch geologist.
- 1904 - Birth of John Gielgud in London, England; actor (Arthur, Ages of Man).
- 1905 - Birth of Frits Philips; Dutch engineer/CEO (Philips).
- 1905 - Birth of Holmesdale Charles "Slinger" Nitschke; cricket batsman (South Australia and Test).
- 1906 - Birth of Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz; King of Saudi Arabia (1964-75).
- 1906 - US President Theodore Roosevelt denounces "muckrakers" in US press.
- 1907 - Birth of François "Doc" Duvalier; dictator of Haiti.
- 1907 - Birth of Otto F A H van Nispen; Dutch mayor (Pannerden), Member of Parliament (KVP).
- 1907 - Birth of Phyllis Konstam in London, England; actress (Murder, Skin Game).
- 1909 - Anglo-Persian Oil Company forms in London, England.
- 1912 - Birth of Piet van Egmond; Dutch organist/conductor (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra).
- 1912 - Pan American Union forms.
- 1912 - (11:40 PM) The RMS Titanic passenger liner, on route from Southampton to New York, strikes an iceberg 453 miles southeast of Newfoundland, 37 seconds after warning from the night watchman in the crow's nest. Six of 15 watertight compartments are breached by a 300-foot gash.
- 1913 - Belgium begins general strike for voting rights.
- 1913 - Birth of Everhard van Royen; Dutch flautist/founder (Alma musica).
- 1913 - Birth of John Howard in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (Dave - My Three Sons).
- 1913 - Karl Hagenbeck, German animal trainer (Von Tieren), dies at age 68.
- 1914 - Stacy G Carkhuff patents non-skid tire pattern.
- 1915 - Dutch merchant navy ship Katwijk sunk by German torpedo.
- 1915 - James Hutton Brew "Pioneer of West African Journalism", dies.
- 1916 - Birth of Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari; cricket player (India 1947-48).
- 1917 - Birth of Valerie Hobson in North Ireland; actress (Great Expectations).
- 1917 - Chicago White Sox pitcher Ed Cicotte no-hits Saint Louis Browns, 11-0.
- 1917 - Lew [Lejzer L] Zamenhof, Polish doctor/linguist (creator of Esperanto language), dies at age 57.
- 1918 - Birth of Mary Healy in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actress (Second Fiddle, He Married his Wife).
- 1918 - Douglas Campbell is first US ace pilot (shooting down 5th German plane).
- 1921 - NHL Championship: Ottawa Senators sweep Toronto Saint Patricks in two games.
- 1922 - Republic rebels occupy four government courts in Dublin, Ireland.
- 1923 - Etienne Oehmichen sets helicopter distance record of 358 metres.
- 1924 - Louis H Sullivan, architect (Wainwright building Saint Louis, Missouri, USA), dies at age 67.
- 1924 - Roland Napoleon Bonaparte, French officer/explorer (Surinam), dies at age 65.
- 1925 - Birth of Abel Muzorewa; bishop/premier (Rhodesia).
- 1925 - Birth of Bill Harris; American guitarist (Clovers - "Good Lovin'").
- 1925 - Birth of H G Kischenchand; cricket player (5 Tests for India 1947-52).
- 1925 - Birth of Rod Steiger in West Hampton, New York, USA; actor (Illustrated Man, Pawnbroker, Chosen).
- 1927 - In Sweden, Volvo produces its first production line car, the Jakob, in Göteborg. The car has a 28-hp 4-cylinder engine, and costs 4800 kronor. About 200 are produced. The company name was chosen because it means "I roll" in Latin.
- 1927 - Birth of Dany Robin; actress (Follow the Boys, Topaz, Jupiter, Julietta).
- 1927 - Birth of Gloria Jean in Buffalo, New York, USA; actress (Never Give a Sucker an Even Break).
- 1928 - Birth of Robert Mugabe, President (Zimbabwe, 1988-).
- 1928 - Maddus Airlines starts first regular passenger flights between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
- 1928 - NHL Stanley Cup: New York Rangers beat Montréal Maroons, 3 games to 2.
- 1929 - Birth of William Edgar Thornton in Faison, North Carolina, USA; MD/astronaut (STS-8, 51-B, sk:49).
- 1930 - Birth of Bradford Dillman in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Piranha, Sudden Impact, Enforcer).
- 1930 - Birth of George W Gekas; American politician (Representative-Republican-Pennsylvania, 1983-).
- 1930 - Birth of Jay Robinson in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Born Again, Malibu Bikini Shop).
- 1931 - The Second Spanish Republic is proclaimed in Madrid, Spain.
- 1931 - NHL Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 3 games to 2.
- 1933 - Birth of Buddy Knox in Happy, Texas, USA; rock vocalist ("Party Doll", "Lovey Dovey").
- 1933 - Birth of Morton Subotnick in Los Angeles, California, USA; composer (Wild Bull).
- 1934 - Birth of Bruce Pairaudeau; cricket player (West Indies opening bat in 13 Tests, 115 on debut).
- 1934 - Gerald du Maurier, British actor-manager (Unmarried, Escape), dies.
- 1935 - Birth of Joan Darling in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Frieda - Owen Marshall).
- 1936 - Birth of Robert Herman Nichols in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; PGA golfer (1986 Showdown).
- 1938 - Birth of Gloria Dean Randle Scott; educator/president (Beaumont College).
- 1939 - John Steinbeck novel The Grapes of Wrath is published.
- 1940 - British troops land in Norway near Trondheim and Narvik.
- 1940 - Birth of Patricia Bruder in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Ellen - As the World Turns).
- 1941 - First massive German raid in Paris, France, 3,600 Jews rounded up.
- 1941 - Birth of Pete Rose in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; baseball player/manager (Cincinnati Reds, Charlie hustle, most hits in majors).
- 1941 - Jack Edmonson, Australian corporal in Tobruk (Victoria Cross), dies.
- 1941 - King Peter leaves Yugoslavia.
- 1942 - Birth of Valentin Vitaliyevich Lebedev; cosmonaut (Soyuz 13, 35, T-5).
- 1942 - Destroyer Roper sinks German submarine U-85 off US east coast.
- 1943 - Asser B Kleerekoper, SDAP-Second-Member of parliament, dies at age 62.
- 1943 - Birth of Clarice Elaine Gaylord; director of research grants (EPA).
- 1943 - Birth of Yvonne Vriens-Auerbach; Dutch Member of Parliament (CDA).
- 1943 - Generals Alexander, Dwight Eisenhower, Anderson, Bradley discuss assault on Tunis.
- 1944 - First Jews transported from Athens arrive at Auschwitz.
- 1944 - In the harbor in Bombay, India, American cargo ship SS Fort Stikine explodes. It was carrying 1395 tons of explosives, and gold for the Indian Treasury. Ten nearby ships are destroyed, 500 people are killed, and 8000 injured.
- 1944 - US General Dwight Eisenhower becomes head commander of Allied air fleet.
- 1944 - Greek Colonel Venizelos forms government.
- 1945 - American B-29 make incendiary raids on Tokyo, Japan, and damage the Imperial Palace.
- 1945 - Arnhem/Zwolle freed from Germans.
- 1945 - Birth of Derek Leckenby; rocker/actor ("Mrs Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter").
- 1945 - Birth of Ritchie Blackmore in England; guitarist (Rainbow - "Stone Cold", Deep Purple).
- 1945 - Birth of Uwe Beyer; German Democratic Republic shot-putter (Olympics-gold-1976).
- 1945 - US forces conquer Motobu peninsula on Okinawa.
- 1945 - US marines attack Yae Take on Okinawa, Japan.
- 1946 - Birth of Patrick Fairley; guitarist (Marmalade - "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da").
- 1946 - Birth of Tom Monteleone; American writer (Dark Star and Illumination).
- 1946 - Manager Mel Ott of New York Giants hits 511th and final homerun.
- 1947 - Birth of Bob Massie; cricket player (Australian swing bowler, 16 wickets on debut versus England 1972).
- 1948 - Birth of John Shea in North Conway, New Hampshire, USA; actor (Honeymoon, New Life, Lois and Clark).
- 1948 - A flash of light is observed in the crater Plato on the Moon.
- 1948 - Birth of Chester G Atkins; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Massachusetts).
- 1948 - Birth of Larry Ferguson in Nassau, Bahamas; keyboardist (Hot Chocolate - "You Sexy Thing").
- 1948 - Birth of Ty Grimes; rocker (Captain Beefheart Band Drums).
- 1948 - Gerhard Anschütz, German professor, dies at age 81.
- 1948 - Stanley Cup: NHL Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in four games.
- 1948 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak.
- 1949 - Joseph A Cushman, American paleontologist, dies at age 68.
- 1950 - First edition of British strip Eagle.
- 1950 - Birth of Anna M "Ansje" Beentjes; actress (Blindgangers).
- 1950 - Birth of Randolph Powell in Iowa City, Iowa, USA; actor (Alan - Dallas, Logan's Run).
- 1953 - Birth of Irina Rudolfovna Pronina; Russian cosmonaut.
- 1953 - Emmanuel K de Bom, Flemish writer (Scheldelucht), dies at age 84.
- 1953 - Viet-Minh offensive in Laos.
- 1954 - Birth of Bruce Sterling; American sci-fi author (Involution Ocean, Schismatrix).
- 1954 - Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov asks for political asylum in Canberra, Australia.
- 1955 - Birth of Simone Griffeth in Savannah, Georgia, USA; actress (Death Race 2000, Bret Maverick, Amanda's).
- 1955 - NHL Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 3.
- 1956 - Plain and Fancy closes at Mark Hellinger Theater in New York City after 476 performances.
- 1957 - Leah Neuberger wins her 8th women's singles ping pong championship.
- 1957 - Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open.
- 1958 - Birth of Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre, Prince of Monaco.
- 1958 - Birth of Michael Patrick Hulbert in Elmira, New York, USA; PGA golfer (1989 British Columbia Open).
- 1958 - Sputnik 2 (with dog Laika) burns up in atmosphere.
- 1959 - (President Robert) Taft Memorial Bell Tower dedicated in Washington DC.
- 1959 - CBS airs the last (until 1974) Your Hit Parade TV show.
- 1960 - Birth of Brad Garrett; actor (Everybody Loves Raymond, Till Death).
- 1960 - Bye Bye Birdie opens at Martin Beck Theater in New York City for 607 performances.
- 1960 - Birth of Brian Forster; rocker (Partridge Family Drums).
- 1960 - Birth of Pat Symcox; cricket player (South African off-spinner 1993-).
- 1960 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in four games.
- 1961 - First live television broadcast from the Soviet Union.
- 1961 - Birth of John Clarke in South Bend, Indiana, USA; actor (Michael - Days of Our Lives).
- 1961 - Cuban-American invasion army departs Nicaragua.
- 1961 - US element 103 (Lawrencium) discovered.
- 1962 - Birth of James Carpenter in Canton, Connecticut, USA; fencer-epee (Olympics-1996).
- 1962 - Demonstration for sovereign status of New-Guinea in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- 1962 - Georges Pompidou becomes President of France.
- 1963 - Birth of Cynthia Cooper; WNBA guard (Houston Comets/Olympics-gold-1988).
- 1963 - Birth of Meg Mallon in Natick, Massachusetts, USA; LPGA golfer (1991 US Women's Open).
- 1964 - Bert McGirr, cricket player (two Tests for New Zealand, 51 runs), dies.
- 1964 - Birth of Allen James in Sacramento, California, USA; 50km walker (Olympics-24th-1992, 1996).
- 1964 - Birth of Greg Battle; Canadian Football League linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
- 1964 - Earle Hodgins, actor (Guestward Ho!), dies at age 64.
- 1964 - Rachel L Carson, US biologist/author (Silent spring), dies at age 56.
- 1964 - Sandy Koufax throws his 9th complete game without allowing a walk.
- 1965 - Birth of Craig McDermott; cricket pace bowler (tireless Australian since 1984).
- 1965 - Birth of Stan Humphries; NFL quarterback (San Diego Chargers).
- 1965 - Leonard Mudie dies of heart ailment at age 82.
- 1965 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1966 - Birth of David Justice; baseball player (Atlanta Braves) / husband of Halle Barry.
- 1966 - Birth of Greg Maddux in San Angelo, Texas, USA; pitcher (Atlanta Braves).
- 1966 - Birth of Greg Myers in Riverside, California, USA; catcher (Minnesota Twins).
- 1966 - Birth of Ricky Andrews; WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire).
- 1967 - Birth of Barret Martin; rocker (Screaming Trees).
- 1967 - Birth of Jeff Finley in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets).
- 1967 - Birth of Marla Wynne in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA; Miss Pennsylvania-America (1991) (top 10).
- 1967 - Birth of Steve Chiasson in Barrie, Ontario, Canada; NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames).
- 1967 - General Gnassingbe Eyadema becomes President of Togo.
- 1967 - In the Vietnam War, US planes bomb Haiphong for first time.
- 1967 - Boston Red Sox rookie Billy Rohome comes within one strike of a no hitter at Yankee Stadium, Elston Howard singles on a 3-2 pitch.
- 1968 - Birth of Anthony Michael Hall in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; comedian (Saturday Night Live, The Breakfast Club, Dead Zone).
- 1968 - First NBA game at Madison Square Garden, New York Knicks beat San Diego Clippers.
- 1968 - 32nd Golf Masters Championship: Bob Goalby wins, shooting a 277.
- 1968 - Birth of Andrew Trim in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; canoeist (Olympics-1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Jesse Levis in Philadephia, Pennsylvania, USA; catcher (Milwaukee Brewers).
- 1968 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA O'Sullivan Golf Open.
- 1968 - Roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card.
- 1969 - The first Major League Baseball regular season game is played outside the United States, in Montréal, Québec, Canada, as the Montreal Expos play the Saint Louis Cardinals at Jarry Park. The Expos win 8-7.
- 1969 - 41st Academy Awards - Oliver, Cliff Robertson, and Katharine Hepburn/ Barbra Streisand win.
- 1969 - Birth of Brad Ausmus in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; catcher (Detroit Tigers).
- 1969 - Birth of Brad Pennington in Salem, Indiana, USA; pitcher (California Angels).
- 1969 - Birth of David Archibald in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada; NHL center (Ottawa Senators).
- 1969 - Birth of Mark Macon; NBA guard (Detroit Pistons).
- 1969 - Birth of Tim Roberts; NFL defensive end (New England Patriots).
- 1969 - Student Afro-American Society seized at Columbia College.
- 1969 - Tornado strikes Dacca, East Pakistan, killing 540.
- 1970 - Birth of Brian Stablein; NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts).
- 1970 - Birth of Steve Avery in Trenton, Michigan, USA; pitcher (Atlanta Braves).
- 1971 - Armand Spitz, developer of small educational planetarium, dies.
- 1971 - Birth of Antonio London; NFL linebacker (Detroit Lions).
- 1971 - Birth of Gregory Zaun in Glendale, California, USA; catcher (Baltimore Orioles).
- 1971 - Fort Point, San Francisco dedicated as a national historic site.
- 1971 - US President Richard Nixon ends blockade against People's Republic of China.
- 1971 - US Supreme Court upholds busing as means of achieving racial desegregation.
- 1972 - Birth of Jason Mallett; Canadian Football League safety (Saskatchewan Roughriders).
- 1972 - Birth of Zev Lumelski; WLAF guard (Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1973 - Birth of Adrien Brody; (Annie McGuire, Saturday Night Live).
- 1973 - Acting FBI director L Patrick Gray resigns after admitting he destroyed evidence in the Watergate scandal.
- 1973 - Magda Janssens, Flemish actress (Nederlands in Seven Lessons), dies at age 88.
- 1974 - 38th Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 278.
- 1974 - Birth of Mike Allen Lambert in Honolulu, Hawaii; volleyball opposite hitter (Olympics-1996).
- 1975 - Birth of Petra Begerow in Germany; tennis star (1996 quarter Hilton Head).
- 1975 - Fredric March, actor (Inherit the Wind, The Iceman Cometh, Death of a Salesman), dies from cancer at age 77.
- 1976 - Birth of Baedon Choppy; Australian field hockey forward (Olympics-1996).
- 1976 - Birth of Jason Wiemer Kimberley; NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning).
- 1976 - Maude Prickett, actress (Rosie - Hazel), dies at age 60.
- 1977 - Birth of Sarah Michelle Gellar; actress (Kendall - All My Children, Buffy the Vampire Slayer).
- 1977 - US Supreme Court rules people may refuse to display state motto on car license.
- 1978 - Korean Air Lines' Boeing 707, fired on by Soviets, crashes in Russia.
- 1978 - Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against an attempt by Soviet authorities to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
- 1979 - Susan Horvath, of Pennsylvania, crowned America's Young Woman of the Year.
- 1980 - 52nd Academy Awards: Best Picture: Kramer versus Kramer, Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman, Best Actress: Sally Field, Best Foreign Film: Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum) (first Oscar award for a German film).
- 1980 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Executioner's Song).
- 1980 - Tom Fadden, actor (Duffeild - Broken Arrow, Cimarron City), dies at age 84.
- 1981 - First Space Shuttle - Columbia 1 - returns to Earth.
- 1982 - The CBS TV network airs the last episode of the TV series Herbie, the Love Bug. Only five episodes were produced.
- 1983 - Death of Pete Farndom at age 30 of a drug overdose at his home in England; bass guitarist (The Pretenders).
- 1983 - US President Ronald Reagan signs US$165 billion Social Security rescue.
- 1983 - New York Islanders tie own record with two shorthanded playoff goals in a period versus New York Rangers.
- 1983 - Nina Dumbadze, Russian discus thrower (Olympics-bronze-1952), dies at age 64.
- 1983 - North Carolina State beats Houston for NCAA basketball title.
- 1984 - Birth of Kyle Coetzer, Scottish cricket player.
- 1985 - 49th Golf Masters Championship: Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 282.
- 1985 - Ahmed Salah wins first World Cup marathon (2:08:09).
- 1985 - Alan Garcia wins elections in Peru.
- 1985 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic.
- 1985 - Bob Carpenter is unsuccessful on Washington Capitals first playoff penalty shot.
- 1985 - Jack C Burcham is 5th to receive "Jarvik 7" permanent artificial heart.
- 1985 - Reginald Beane, pianist (Starlit Time, Once Upon a Tune), dies at age 63.
- 1986 - 21st Academy of Country Music Awards: George Strait, Alabama, Reba McEntire.
- 1986 - Desmond Tutu elected Anglican archbishop of Capetown, South Africa.
- 1986 - Double-decker ferry sinks in stormy weather in Bangladesh killing 200.
- 1986 - Hailstones weighing 2.2 pounds (880 grams) fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92.
- 1986 - Simone de Beauvoir, French feminist author (Deuxième Sexe), dies at age 86 (born 1908).
- 1987 - Turkey asks to join European market.
- 1988 - New Jersey Devils 6-5 over New York Islanders-Devils take first round 4-2.
- 1988 - USSR, US, Pakistan, and Afghanistan sign Afghanistan treaty (Geneva Accords). The Soviet Union commits itself to withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan.
- 1988 - The USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) strikes a naval mine in the Persian Gulf.
- 1989 - 1,100,000,000th Chinese born.
- 1989 - In the Iran-Contra trial, Oliver North's case goes to the jury.
- 1989 - Lance Pierre, cricket player (Test West Indies versus England 1948, DNB, 7 overs 0-28), dies.
- 1990 - Peter Dunn, actor (Invaders from Mars) dies.
- 1991 - In the Netherlands, thieves steal 20 paintings worth US$500 million from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Less than an hour later the paintings are found in an abandoned car near the museum.
- 1991 - 55th Golf Masters Championship: Ian Woosnam wins, shooting a 277.
- 1991 - Chicago Blackhawks becomes first NHL regular season champion in 20 years to lose in first round of the playoffs (to Minnesota North Stars).
- 1992 - Guys and Dolls opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City on Broadway for 1143 performances.
- 1992 - Court throws out Apple Computer's lawsuit against Microsoft.
- 1992 - United Auto Workers ends five month strike against Caterpillar Inc.
- 1992 - United Nations-imposed embargo against Libya takes effect.
- 1992 - First light on the Keck 1 telescope with fully-filled mirror.
- 1993 - Birth of Vivien Cardone; actress (Everwood).
- 1993 - Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender after completion of his Seven Seals manuscript.
- 1993 - Jo Boer, Dutch painter/writer/author (Heir), dies at age 85.
- 1993 - Sam Ntombani, African National Congress-Secretary in Soweto South Africa, shot to death.
- 1994 - Harry Touw, Dutch comic (Fred Haché Show), dies at age 70.
- 1994 - New Jersey Devils end best regular season, 47-25-12 record for 106 points.
- 1994 - Selometsi Baholo, vice-premier of Lesotho, is murdered.
- 1994 - US F-15 accidentally shoots two US helicopters down over Iraq, 26 die.
- 1995 - Death of Burl Ives at age 85 of mouth cancer in his home in Anacortes, Washington, USA; folk singer ("The Blue Tail Fly", "Little Bitty Tear", "Funny Way of Laughin'", "Holly, Jolly Christmas"), actor (The Big Country (Oscar award 1958), Big Daddy - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Alias Smith and Jones TV show).
- 1995 - India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah.
- 1995 - Michael Scott Montague Fordham, jungian analyst educator, dies at age 89.
- 1995 - Rosie Jones wins LPGA Pinewild Women's Golf Championship.
- 1995 - In Western Texas, a magnitude 5.7 earthquake occurs.
- 1996 - 60th Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 276.
- 1996 - Detroit Red Wings win NHL record 62 games.
- 1996 - Gaylord Birch, drummer (Pointer Sisters, Herbie Hancock), dies at age 50.
- 1996 - Birth of Abigail Breslin; actress (Grey's Anatomy, Ghost Whisperer).
- 1997 - Fire breaks out in a pilgrim camp on the Plain of Mena, 7 miles from Mecca; 343 die.
- 1999 - Death of Anthony Newley at age 67 of cancer in his home in Florida, USA; British entertainer/songwriter/singer ("Stop the World -- I Want to Get Off", "What Kind of Fool Am I?", "The Candy Man", "Goldfinger").
- 1999 - The official move of the German federal government begins as the first trucks with documents from the ministries of the interior and economics leave Bonn on the way to the new seat of government in Berlin.
- 2002 - ABC airs the last episode of TV show Once and Again.
- 2003 - The Human Genome Project is successfully completed, with 99 percent of the human genome sequenced to 99.99 percent accuracy.
- 2007 - Retired chess champion Garry Kasparov is detained in Moscow for participating in a banned march.
- 2007 - Death of Don Ho in Hawaii at age 76; singer ("Tiny Bubbles").
- 2008 - Italian general election: Silvio Berlusconi wins election as prime minister for the third time. His People of Freedom Party wins 413 of 630 seats in the lower chamber.
- 2008 - Passenger train service between Calcutta, India, and Dhaka, capital of Banglasdesh, resumes for the first time since service was cut in 1965 due to the war between India and Pakistan. Bangladesh was East Pakistan at the time.
- 2008 - Delta Air Lines announces it will acquire Northwest Airlines for US$3 billion in stock, creating the world's biggest airline.
- 2010 - A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes Qinghai Province in the remote mountainous Tibetan Plateau of southwest China, killing at least 1900 people and injuring at least 12,000.
- 2010 - In Iceland, a volcano buried under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier erupts, sending up a massive ash cloud that prompts the closure of airports in parts of Europe.
- 2014 - An estimated 276 girls and women are abducted and held hostage from a school in Nigeria.
- 2016 - Magnitude 6.2 earthquake in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan.
- 2017 - Universal releases the film The Fate of the Furious to theaters.
- 2018 - The United States, the United Kingdom and France order the bombing of Syrian military bases in response to the sarin attack allegedly by the Bashar al-Assad regime on civilians in Ghouta.
- 2021 - Death of Yildirim Akbulut, 20th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1935).
- 2022 - Death of Rio Hackford at age 51 in Huntington Beach, California, USA; actor (The Mandalorian movie, American Crime Story).
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