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What happened in history on this day: April 17?
On April 17 in ...
- 69 - Roman emperor Marcus Salvius Otto commits suicide.
- 485 - Proclus, Greek mathematician, dies in Athens.
- 818 - King Bernhard I of Italy dies.
- 858 - Benedict III dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope (855-58).
- 1272 - Zita/Cita Italian maid/saint, dies at about age 59.
- 1297 - Willem van Afflighem Flemish poet/abbot Saint Truiden, dies at about age 86.
- 1397 - Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II.
- 1421 - Dikes at Dort Holland breaks, 100,000 drown.
- 1427 - Jan IV duke of Brabant/Limburg/wife of Jacoba van Bayern, dies.
- 1521 - Martin Luther makes his first appearance before the Diet in Worms.
- 1524 - Giovanni Verrazano, a florentine navigator, discovers New York Bay in America.
- 1534 - Sir Thomas More confined in London Tower.
- 1539 - Birth of Tobias Stimmer Swiss painter/cartoonist (Comedia).
- 1555 - Siena surrenders for Spanish troops.
- 1573 - Birth of Maximillian I in Munich, Germany; Duke of Bavaria, elector of the Holy Roman Empire (1623).
- 1574 - Death of Joachim Camerarius in Germany; classical scholar, professor of classics at Tübingen, reorganized the University of Leipzig.
- 1586 - Birth of John Ford English dramatist ('Tis Pity She's a Whore).
- 1587 - Birth of Marco Ivan Lukacic composer.
- 1596 - Arch duke Albrecht of Austria occupies Calais.
- 1622 - Birth of Henry Vaughan English poet (Silex Scintillans).
- 1629 - First commercial fishery established.
- 1630 - Christian I ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (battle of White Mountain), dies.
- 1644 - Birth of Abraham Jansz Storck painter, baptized.
- 1666 - Birth of François Valentijn Dutch vicar/writer.
- 1676 - Birth of Friedrich I [van Hessen Kassel] in Kassel; king of Sweden (1720-1751).
- 1683 - Birth of Johann David Heinichen composer.
- 1694 - A British Act stops production of tin coins, and sets exchange for new copper coins.
- 1699 - Birth of Robert Blair Scottish poet (Grave).
- 1704 - First successful US newspaper; published in Boston by John Campbell.
- 1711 - Charles VI Habsburg becomes king of Austria.
- 1711 - Jozef I [Habsburg] emperor of Germany (1705-11), dies at about age 32.
- 1726 - Henriëtte Amalia ruler of Nassau-Dietz, dies at age 49.
- 1741 - Birth of Samuel Chase judge (signed Declaration of Independence).
- 1747 - French troops occupy Zeeuws-Flanders, Netherlands.
- 1758 - Francis Williams, first US black college graduate, publishes poems.
- 1788 - Birth of Joseph Gilbert Totten; US Brevet Major General (Union Army) (dies 1864).
- 1790 - Death of Benjamin Franklin at age 84 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; published Poor Richard's Almanac under name Richard Saunders, founded Philadelphia Library, Postmaster of Philadelphia, discovered identity of lightning with electric fluid, member of Royal Society, signed Declaration of Independence, ambassador to France 1776-85, signed treaty ending Revolutionary War.
- 1793 - Battle of Warsaw.
- 1803 - Napoleon Bonaparte tells brother Lucien it is worthwhile selling Louisiana to the Americans, as they (the French) are sure to lose it: "... for the English... are aching for a chance to capture it."
- 1808 - Bayonne Decree by Napoleon I of France orders seizure of US ships.
- 1809 - Birth of Philip Saint George Cocke; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1861).
- 1813 - Birth of Henry Washington Benham; US Brevet Major General (Union Army) (dies 1884).
- 1817 - First US school for the deaf founded by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc (American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut).
- 1820 - Birth of Alexander Joy Cartwright; inventor of modern baseball field.
- 1824 - Russia abandons all North American claims south of 54 degrees 40' North.
- 1827 - Birth of French C Baeckelmans; Flemish architect (Saint Amanduskerk, Antwerp).
- 1835 - William Henry Ireland, forger (Shakespearean manuscripts), dies.
- 1837 - Birth of John Pierpont Morgan; US banker/CEO (US Steel).
- 1837 - Edouard, viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies.
- 1839 - Guatemala forms republic.
- 1845 - Birth of Isabel Barrows; US editor/penologist (Conference on Negro Question).
- 1853 - US Marine Hospital at Presidio (San Francisco) is established.
- 1859 - Death of Jacqueline Smith Mills AKA Jacqueline Pendleton, at age 45, confidential emmisary between governments of US and France.
- 1861 - Indianola, Texas, "Star of the West", taken by Confederacy.
- 1861 - Virginia become eighth state to secede from the USA.
- 1863 - Daniel Smith Donelson, Confederate General/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at age 61.
- 1864 - USA General Ulysses Grant suspends prisoner-of-war exchanges.
- 1865 - Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in President Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
- 1868 - Birth of Charles R Gallas; Dutch lexicographer (French dictionary).
- 1869 - First professional baseball game: Cincinnati Reds 24, Cincinnati amateurs 15.
- 1870 - Birth of Ray Stannard Baker; US journalist (Pulitzer Prize 1940).
- 1876 - Birth of Ian Hay in Scotland; novelist/playwright (PIp, Carrying On).
- 1882 - Birth of Artur Schnabel in Lipnik, Austria; pianist (Beethoven Piano Sonatas).
- 1885 - Birth of Isak Dinesen; Danish writer (Out of Africa, Seven Gothic Tales).
- 1886 - Birth of Otto Lederer in Prague, Auto-Hungarian Empire; actor (Jazz Singer).
- 1890 - Birth of Art Acord in Glenwood Sevier, Utah, USA; western actor (Arizona Kid, Hard Fists).
- 1892 - First Sunday National League baseball game, Cincinnati Reds beat Saint Louis Cardinals 5-1.
- 1894 - Birth of Nikita S Khrushchev; first Secretary USSR (1953-64).
- 1895 - Birth of Bert Wheeler; actor (Nitwits, Hold 'em Jail, High Flyers, Rainmakers).
- 1895 - Treaty of Shimonoseki is signed, ends first Sino-Japanese War (1894-95).
- 1897 - Birth of Antonius F "Anton" Coolen; Dutch author (Village by the River).
- 1897 - Birth of Harald Saeverud in Bergen, Norway; composer (Saline).
- 1897 - Birth of Thornton N Wilder; US novelist/playwright (Our Town).
- 1900 - Seven high chiefs of American Samoa sign Instrument of Cession.
- 1902 - Birth of Anton Beuving; lyricist ("Ketelbinkie").
- 1903 - Birth of Nicolas Nabokov near Lubcha, Minsk, Russia; composer (The Holy Devil).
- 1904 - Birth of Edward Chodorov; playwright/director (Story of Louis Pasteur).
- 1904 - Birth of Naoomal Jeoomal; cricket player (pioneer Indian Test opening batsman).
- 1905 - Birth of Arthur Lake in Corbin, Kentucky, USA; actor (Dagwood - Blondie).
- 1905 - Birth of Louis Jean Heydt in Montclair, New Jersey, USA; actor (Joe - Waterfront).
- 1905 - US Supreme court judges rule maximum work day is unconstitutional.
- 1906 - Birth of M Rooi; editor-in-chief (New Rotterdam Daily).
- 1907 - The Ellis Island immigration center in New York, USA, processes 11,747 people, more than any other day.
- 1911 - Birth of Mikhail Botvinnik; USSR world chess champion (1948-63).
- 1912 - First unofficial gold record (Al Jolson's "Ragging The Baby To Sleep").
- 1912 - Birth of Isador Caplan; lawyer/Aldeburgh Festival Pioneer.
- 1913 - Birth of Paul Langton in Salt Lake City, Utah; actor (Leslie - Peyton Place).
- 1913 - Birth of Richard Travis in Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA; actor (Missile to the Moon).
- 1916 - Birth of Sirimavo Bandaranaike; Prime Minister (Sri Lanka, 1960-77).
- 1918 - Birth of Anne Shirley in the United Kingdom; actress (Devil and Daniel Webster, Stella Dallas).
- 1918 - Birth of William Franklin Beedle AKA William Holden in O'Fallon, Illinois, USA; actor (Stalag 17, Bridge Over the River Kwai, SOB).
- 1920 - American Professional Football Association forms (later NFL).
- 1920 - Birth of Bengt N Anderberg; Swedish poet/writer (Kain).
- 1921 - Birth of Donald Barron; CEO (Midland Bank).
- 1923 - Birth of Harry Reasoner in Dakota City, Iowa, USA; newscaster (60 Minutes, ABC, CBS).
- 1923 - Birth of Lindsay Anderson in Bangalore, India; director (Thursday's Children).
- 1923 - Birth of Lloyd Biggle Junior; US sci-fi author (Silence is Deadly).
- 1923 - Longest National League opening game, Philadelphia Phillies and Brooklyn Dodgers tie 5-5 in 14.
- 1924 - Birth of Patrick Sergeant; founder (Euromoney Publications).
- 1924 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios is formed from a merger of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and the Louis B. Mayer Company.
- 1925 - Birth of Anne Harris; CEO (National Federation of Women's Institutes).
- 1925 - Birth of John Yates; bishop (Lambeth, England).
- 1925 - Paul Painlevé follows Edouard Herriot on as French premier.
- 1926 - Birth of Arthur Hockaday; director-General (Commonwealth War Graves Commission).
- 1926 - Birth of Michael Vernon; CEO (RNLI).
- 1927 - Birth of Tadeusz Mazowiecki; premier of Poland (1989-90).
- 1927 - Japan's Wakarsoeki government falls; Baron Tanaka becomes premier.
- 1928 - Birth of Cynthia Ozick; American author (Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories).
- 1929 - Birth of Eileen Stamers-Smith; headmistress (Malvern Girls' College).
- 1929 - Birth of Lady (James) Mellon; CEO (Volunteer Development Scotland).
- 1930 - Abkhazian ASSR established in Georgian SSR.
- 1930 - Birth of Genevieve in Paris, France; singer (Jack Paar Show, Scruples).
- 1931 - Birth of Joan Clague; director of nursing services (Marie Curie Foundation).
- 1931 - Birth of John Bartlett; tennis player (Davis Cup captain-Britain).
- 1931 - Birth of John Chalstrey; alderman/Lord Mayor (London).
- 1931 - Birth of Ruth Etchells; principal (Saint John's College-Durham).
- 1932 - Birth of Han J A Hansen [Jansen]; Dutch journalist (King Comes!).
- 1932 - Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia ends slavery.
- 1933 - Birth of Monique Van Vooren in Brussels, Belgium; actress (Warhol's Frankenstein).
- 1933 - Chicago Bears win their first NFL game beating New York Giants 23-21.
- 1934 - Birth of Don Kirshner; rock and roll producer (invented bubblegum music).
- 1934 - The new Fenway Park opens, Washington Senators beat Boston Red Sox 6-5.
- 1936 - Birth of Pete Graves; rocker (Moonglows).
- 1936 - Charles J M Ruys de Beerenbrouck, Dutch Prime Minister (1918-23, 1929-33), dies.
- 1937 - Birth of Brian Sedgemore; British Member of Parliament.
- 1937 - Birth of Terry Dicks; British Member of Parliament.
- 1937 - Cartoon characters Daffy Duck, Elmer J Fudd and Petunia Pig debut.
- 1938 - Birth of David Dilks; vice-chancellor (Hull University).
- 1938 - Birth of K M P O'Brien; archbishop (Saint Andrews and Edinburgh).
- 1939 - Joe Louis knocks out Jack Roper in one for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1939 - USSR's Josef Stalin signs British-France-Russian anti-German pact.
- 1941 - Birth of Bill Fury in Liverpool, England; vocalist/guitarist ("When Will You Say I Love You").
- 1941 - Birth of Max Stafford-Clark; artistic director (Royal Court Theatre).
- 1941 - Yugoslavia signs an armistice with Germany.
- 1941 - British troops land in Iraq.
- 1941 - Office of Price Administration established (to handle rationing).
- 1942 - Birth of Mario Brenta; writer/director (Maicol, Barnabo of the Mountains).
- 1942 - Operations begin to destroy Sobibor Concentration Camp.
- 1942 - Pierre Laval becomes head of France Vichy Government.
- 1943 - Birth of Roy Estrada; rocker (Mothers Of Invention).
- 1944 - J T Hearne, cricket player (took 49 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies.
- 1945 - 8th Air Force bombs Dresden, Germany.
- 1945 - Birth of Vincent A M van der Burg; Dutch Member of Parliament (CDA).
- 1945 - German occupiers flood Wieringermeer, Netherlands.
- 1945 - Hannie Schaft, "Girl with red hair", is executed.
- 1945 - Ion Pillat Romaniams, poet/Senator (Umbra timpului), dies.
- 1945 - Benito Mussolini flees from Salò to Milan.
- 1945 - US troops lands in Mindanao.
- 1945 - Walter Model, German fieldmarshal, commits suicide at age 54.
- 1946 - Birth of Clare Francis; yachtswoman/novelist (Come Hell or High Water).
- 1946 - Birth of Henry Kelly; British broadcaster.
- 1946 - Birth of J R Baines; professor (Egyptologist).
- 1946 - John Iddon, cricket player (car accident five Tests for England 1934-35), dies.
- 1946 - Last French troops leave Syria.
- 1947 - Birth of Charles Frank in Olympia, Washington, USA; actor (The Chisholms, Emerald Point NAS).
- 1947 - Jackie Robinson bunts for his first major league hit.
- 1948 - Birth of Jan Hammer; composer (Escape from TV, Miami Vice).
- 1948 - Percy Sherwell, cricket player (South Africa captain in 13 Tests 1905-11), dies.
- 1949 - Birth of Heini Hemmi in Switzerland; giant slalom (Olympics-gold-1976).
- 1951 - Birth of Olivia Hussey in Buenos Aires, Argentina; actress (Romeo and Juliet, Death on the Nile).
- 1951 - The Peak District becomes the first national park established in Great Britain.
- 1953 - Mickey Mantle hits a 565-foot (172-metre) homerun in Washington DC's Griffith Stadium.
- 1954 - Birth of Kim Tyler in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Kyle - Please Don't Eat the Daisies).
- 1954 - Birth of Riccardo Patrese; driver (Grand Prix).
- 1955 - Betty Jameson wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open.
- 1955 - Birth of Pete Shelley; vocal/guitar (Buzzcocks - "Going Steady", "Love Bites").
- 1955 - Birth of Rob Bolland; Dutch singer/guitarist (Bolland and Bolland).
- 1956 - Birth of Kaye Young Cowher; Women's Professional Basketball League forward (New York Stars, New Jersey Gems).
- 1956 - Birth of Pillow [Therese Joan Bell] in California, USA; bodybuilder (Gold Classic 1983).
- 1956 - Bulgaria premier Tchervenkov resigns.
- 1956 - Premium Savings Bonds are introduced in Great Britain.
- 1956 - USSR's Cominform (Parliament) dissolves.
- 1956 - Willie Mosconi sinks 150 consecutive balls in a billiard tournament.
- 1957 - Birth of Teresa "Teri" Austin in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (Terminal Choice, Knots Landing).
- 1958 - Birth of Byron Cherry in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; actor (Coy - Dukes of Hazzard).
- 1958 - Birth of Sergei Yuriyevich Vozovikov; Russian Major/cosmonaut.
- 1958 - Brussel's (Belgium) World Fair opens.
- 1959 - Birth of David Hearn in Washington, DC, USA; slalom single canoe (Olympics-9th-1996).
- 1959 - Birth of Elizabeth Lindsey; actress (China Beach).
- 1959 - Birth of Stephen Singleton in Sheffield, England; rocker (ABC).
- 1959 - A bright fireball is photographed by a synchronized network of cameras over Czechoslovakia, breaking up into about 19 pieces, with four recovered near Pribram. The photos allow determination of the asteroid belt as place of origin.
- 1960 - American Samoa sets up a constitutional government.
- 1960 - Cleveland Indians trade Rocky Colavito to Detroit Tigers for Harvey Kuenn.
- 1961 - 1,400 Cuban exiles land in Bay of Pigs and attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro.
- 1961 - 33rd Academy Awards - Apartment, Burt Lancaster and Elizabeth Taylor win.
- 1961 - Birth of Norman Cowans; cricket player (England fast bowler in 19 Tests 1982-85).
- 1961 - Birth of [Norman] Boomer Esiason in West Islip, New York, USA; NFL quarterback (Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets).
- 1962 - Birth of Nancy Hogshead in Iowa City, Iowa, USA; swimmer (Olympics-gold-1984)/model (jockey).
- 1964 - First game at Shea Stadium, New York Mets lose to Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3.
- 1964 - Birth of Ken Daneyko in Windsor, Ontario, Canada; NHL defenseman (New Jersey Devils).
- 1964 - Birth of Raye Hollit; American Gladiator (Zap).
- 1964 - The Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Mustang at the New York World's Fair (US$2368 base price).
- 1966 - 100th international soccer meet between Netherlands-Belgium (3-1).
- 1966 - Birth of Lela Rochon; actress (Waiting to Exhale).
- 1966 - Birth of Susie Redman in Salem, Ohio, USA; LPGA golfer (1995 Nabisco Dinah Shore-second).
- 1966 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational.
- 1967 - Birth of Aaron Wallace; NFL defensive end/linebacker (Oakland Raiders).
- 1967 - Birth of Leslie Bega in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Maria Tomlinson - Head of the Class).
- 1967 - Birth of Marquis Grisom in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; outfielder (Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians).
- 1967 - Birth of Timothy Gibbs in Burbank, California, USA; actor (Father Murphy, Santa Barbara).
- 1967 - Surveyor 3 launched; soft lands on Moon, April 20.
- 1968 - Oakland Athletics' first game in Oakland-Alameda Stadium, lose 4-1 to Baltimore Orioles.
- 1968 - Birth of Maurits, Prince of Netherlands.
- 1968 - Birth of Ritchie Woodhall; boxer.
- 1968 - Birth of Roger Twose; cricket player (Warwickshire batsman, New Zealand 1995).
- 1969 - Bernadette Devlin elected to British House of Commons.
- 1969 - Birth of Alexander McQueen; fashion designer.
- 1969 - Czechoslovakia's Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubcek deposed.
- 1969 - Montreal Expos' Bill Stoneman no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 7-0.
- 1969 - Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating US Senator Robert F Kennedy.
- 1970 - Apollo 13 limps back safely to Earth.
- 1970 - Birth of Tony Sacca; WLAF quarterback (Barcelona Dragons).
- 1970 - Paul McCartney's first solo album "McCartney" is released.
- 1970 - Sergei Aleksi, patriarch of Russian-Orthodox church, dies at age 92.
- 1971 - Birth of David Oliver Sechelt; NHL right wing (Edmonton Oilers).
- 1971 - Egypt, Libya and Syria form federation (Federation of Arab Republics).
- 1971 - People's Republic of Bangladesh forms, under sheik Mujib ur-Rahman.
- 1971 - Death of Carmen Lombardo of cancer at age 67; younger brother of bandleader Guy Lombardo, singer/saxophonist (The Royal Canadians), songwriter ("Coquette", "Boo Hoo", "Seems Like Old Times", "Sweethearts on Parade", and "Get Out Those Old Records").
- 1972 - First Boston Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik of New York in 3:10:26.
- 1972 - 76th Boston Marathon won by Olavi Suomalainen of Finland in 2:15:39.
- 1972 - Birth of Benjamin Dodwell; Australian rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Gordon Laro; NFL tight end (Jacksonville Jaguars).
- 1972 - Birth of Keith Lyle; safety (Saint Louis Rams).
- 1972 - Birth of Muttiah Muralitharan; cricket player (leading Sri Lankan Test off-spinner).
- 1972 - Birth of Tony Boselli; NFL offensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars).
- 1972 - Kiteman attempting to throw out first ball in Philadelphia Phillies' Veterans Stadium crashes into the centerfield seats.
- 1972 - Revised Dutch constitution proclaimed.
- 1973 - Second Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Hansen of California in 3:05:59.
- 1973 - 77th Boston Marathon won by Jon Anderson of Oregon in 2:16:03.
- 1973 - Birth of Brett Maher in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; basketball guard (Olympics-1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Gene Makowsky; Canadian Football League offensive linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders).
- 1973 - Birth of Jeff Lewis; NFL quarterback (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32).
- 1973 - Birth of Ross Aloisi; Australian soccer midfielder (Olyroos, Olympics-1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Theo Ratliff; NBA forward/center (Detroit Pistons, Philadelphia 76ers).
- 1974 - Birth of James Hamilton; linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars).
- 1974 - Birth of Marcel Nijenhuis; soccer player (NEC).
- 1974 - Frank McGee, Today Show host, dies of cancer at age 52.
- 1974 - Herbert Elwell, US composer (Happy Hypocrite), dies at age 75.
- 1974 - Muslim fundamentalists assault military academy in Heliopolis, Egypt.
- 1974 - Susan Rancourt disappears from Central Washington State College, Ellensburg, Washington (Ted Bundy victim).
- 1974 - Vinnie Taylor, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a drug overdose.
- 1975 - Birth of Trifun Zivanovic in Santa Monica, California; figure skater (1995 Pacific Coast Junior champion).
- 1975 - Phnom Penh falls to Communist insurgents, ending Cambodia's five-year war.
- 1976 - Birth of Nadine Thomas; Miss Jamaica-Universe (1997).
- 1976 - National League greatest comeback, trailing 12-1 the Philadelphia Phillies win 18-16 in 10, Mike Schmidt hits four consecutive homeruns.
- 1977 - Birth of Pascal de Vries; soccer player (FC Twente).
- 1977 - Death of Richard Brauer in Berlin, Germany; mathematician, taught at the University of Königsberg, the University of Toronto and the University of Michigan.
- 1977 - Christian-Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election.
- 1977 - Marjorie Gateson, actress (One Man's Family), dies at age 86.
- 1977 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament.
- 1978 - 63,500,000 shares traded on New York stock exchange (record).
- 1978 - 7th Boston Women's Marathon won by Gayle Barron of Georgia in 2:44:52.
- 1978 - 82nd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Massachusetts in 2:10:13.
- 1978 - Birth of Bilal Abdul-samad; rocker (Boys).
- 1978 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Carl Sagan for Dragons of Eden.
- 1979 - Birth of Tram-Anh Tran; actress (Ghostwriters').
- 1979 - Schoolchildren in the Central African Empire are arrested (and around 100 killed) for protesting against compulsory school uniforms.
- 1980 - Birth of Crystal Carlson; Miss Maine Teen-USA (1997).
- 1981 - New York Rangers' Anders Hedberg is second to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot.
- 1981 - New York Islanders' Potvin's three playoff power-play goals tie NHL record versus Edmonton Oilers.
- 1982 - By Proclamation of the Queen of Canada on Parliament Hill, Canada patriates its constitution, granting full political independence from the United Kingdom; included is the country's first entrenched bill of rights.
- 1982 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1983 - In Warsaw, Poland, police route 1,000 Solidarity supporters.
- 1983 - India enters space age launching SLV-3 rocket.
- 1983 - New York Islanders tie NHL record with three shorthanded playoff goals versus New York Rangers; Rangers 7-Islanders 6-Patrick Division Finals- Islanders hold 2-1 lead; Wayne Gretzky scores 7 goals.
- 1983 - Lynn Adams wins LPGA Combanks Orlando Golf Classic.
- 1983 - Mark W Clark, US General (WWII), dies at age 87.
- 1983 - Baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter.
- 1983 - Peter Potter, DJ (Peter Potter Show, Juke Box Jury), dies at age 78.
- 1983 - Birth of Miguel Cabrera; Venezuelan Major League Baseball player.
- 1983 - Felix Pappalardi, rocker (Cream, Mountain), dies.
- 1983 - Grete Waltz runs female world record marathon (2:25:29).
- 1984 - WPC Yvonne Fletcher is shot and killed by a secluded gunman during a siege outside the Libyan Embassy in London.
- 1984 - Atlanta Braves' pitcher Pascual Perez suspended due to cocaine usage.
- 1986 - IBM produces first megabit-chip.
- 1986 - Netherlands and the Scilly Islands sign peace treaty (war of 1651).
- 1986 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Larry McMurtry for Lonesome Dove.
- 1986 - An Irishwoman is found unknowingly carrying explosives onto an El Al flight from London, England to Tel Aviv, Israel.
- 1986 - British journalist John McCarthy is kidnapped in Beirut (released in August 1991) - three others are found dead; Revolutionary Cells (RZ) claims responsibility in retaliation for the U.S. bombing of Libya.
- 1987 - Carlton Barrett, Jamaican reggae drummer ("No woman no cry"), dies at age 36 (born 1950).
- 1987 - Dick Shawn, American actor/comedian (Producers), dies on stage from a heart attack at age 63 (born 1924).
- 1987 - Julius Erving becomes the third NBA player to score 30,000 points.
- 1987 - Richard Wilbur appointed as US poet laureate.
- 1987 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1988 - Ethiopian Belayneh Densimo runs world record marathon (2:06:50).
- 1988 - Eva Novak, actress (Medicine Man), dies of pneumonia at age 90.
- 1988 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA AI Star/Centinela Hospital Golf Classic.
- 1989 - 18th Boston Women's Marathon won by Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:33.
- 1989 - 93rd Boston Marathon won by Abebe Mekonen of Ethiopia in 2:09:06.
- 1989 - Polish labor union granted legal status.
- 1990 - Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar, India, 80 die.
- 1990 - Reverend Ralph David Abernathy, American civil rights activist, dies at 64 (born 1926).
- 1991 - Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 3,000 for first time (3,004.46).
- 1991 - Jack Yellen, US poet (Sons o' Fun), dies at age 97.
- 1991 - Railroad workers go on strike in the US.
- 1993 - STS-56 (Discovery) lands.
- 1993 - Turgut Özal, President of Turkey (1989-93), dies at age 65 (born 1927).
- 1994 - 55th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Lee Trevino wins.
- 1994 - Aruba government of Oduber falls.
- 1994 - Peter Hacker, US journalist/actor (NBC, Broadcast News), dies at age 69.
- 1994 - Val Skinner wins LPGA Atlanta Women's Golf Championship.
- 1994 - Death of Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neurobiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1913).
- 1995 - 24th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:25:11.
- 1995 - 99th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:09:22.
- 1995 - A R A (Anton) Murray, cricket player (289 runs and 11 wickets in 10 Tests), dies.
- 1995 - Nancy Mayhew Youngman, artist/educator, dies at age 88.
- 1997 - Chaim Herzog, President of Israel (1983-93), dies at age 78.
- 1997 - John Bell, 115, recieves new heart pacemaker.
- 1997 - New Jersey Devils' goalie Martin Brodeur is second NHL goalie to score in a playoff game.
- 1999 - A nail bomb explodes in the middle of a busy market in Brixton, South London.
- 2000 - Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin becomes Raja of Perlis.
- 2002 - Four Canadian infantrymen are killed in Afghanistan by friendly fire from two US F-16s.
- 2003 - The Stevens Report concludes that members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and British Army cooperated with the Ulster Defence Association in the killings of Catholics in Northern Ireland.
- 2003 - Death of Robert Atkins, American nutritionist (born 1930).
- 2003 - Death of Paul Getty, American-born philanthropist (born 1932).
- 2004 - Israeli helicopters fire missiles at a convoy of vehicles in the Gaza Strip, killing the Gaza leader of Hamas, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi.
- 2005 - Twelve tourists are killed in southern Switzerland when a bus carrying 27 people plunges 656 feet into a ravine.
- 2006 - A suicide bombing by Islamic Jihad in Tel Aviv, Israel, kills nine people and injures dozens.
- 2007 - Student Cho Seung-hui kills 32 people plus himself at the premises of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
- 2007 - The 2014 Asian Games is awarded to be held in Incheon, South Korea, winning over India's New Delhi.
- 2007 - The British Pound Sterling hits a 15-year high against the US dollar, breaking through the US$2 level for the first time since 1992.
- 2007 - Death of Kitty Carlisle AKA Kitty Carlisle Hart at age 96; actress, singer, panelist (To Tell the Truth TV show).
- 2007 - Death of Iccho Itoh, Mayor of Nagasaki, Japan (assassinated) (born 1945).
- 2008 - European Poker Tour Grand Final at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel Casino Resort in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Winner is Glen Chorny, collecting US$3,193,822.
- 2008 - At the Central States Numismatic Society convention, in Rosemont, Illinois, Heritage Auction Galleries hosts the US Coin Signature Auction. Some highlights:
- USA 1870-S $1, EF-40 NGC: US$805,000,
- USA 1839 25-cent, no drapery, PR-65 NGC: US$517,500,
- USA 1794 $1, AU-58 NGC: US$488,750,
- USA 1802 $1, "Novodel", PR-65 Cameo PCGS: US$920,000,
- USA 1804 Draped Bust $1, Class I, Mickley, PR-62 NGC: US$3,737,500.
- 2008 - Heritage Auction Galleries sells at auction a USA 1804 Draped Bust dollar coin for US$3,737,500.
- 2008 - In Tokyo, Japan, a high school regional baseball game is halted in the second inning, after one team had scored 66 runs. The coach of the losing team asked for the game to end to spare his pitcher's arm, with over 250 pitches already thrown.
- 2008 - A suicide bomber strikes a funeral in northern Iraq, killing 50 and wounding 55.
- 2008 - Iran displays its military power at a ceremony to mark the country's annual army day. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran is the most powerful nation in the world.
- 2008 - Raila Odinga becomes the new Prime Minister of Kenya after the formation of a coalition government, ending the political crisis in Kenya.
- 2008 - Death of Aimé Césaire, French Martinican poet and politician (born 1913).
- 2009 - In eastern Afghanistan, a 5.5 magnitude earthquake occurs, followed in two hours by a 5.1 aftershock.
- 2009 - Thirty-four heads of state and government meet in Port of Spain, Trinidad for the 5th Summit of the Americas.
- 2010 - Lucian Bute retains his International Boxing Federation super middleweight title with a third-round stoppage of challenger Edison Miranda in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- 2010 - Cheryl Bernard beats fellow Calgarian Crystal Webster 6-4 in the final of the Grey Power Players' Championship curling event in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada.
- 2010 - Cuba's most famous cigar maker, Alejandro Robaina, dies at age 91.
- 2016 - British Airways flight from Geneva, Switzerland to London, England on approach to Heathrow airport hits on the nosecone a small unmanned drone.
- 2016 - Brazil Congress votes 367 to 137 to forward charges against President Dilma Rousseff for impeachment.
- 2020 - The China Securities Regulatory Commission approves a transaction in which Switzerland's Credit Suisse will take a majority interest in a People's Republic of China securities firm, making Credit Suisse the first foreign bank to own a majority of such a company since the easing of foreign ownership rules in 2018.
- 2020 - Europe surpasses 100,000 COVID-19-related deaths.
- 2021 - The Czech government concludes that the Russian GRU was responsible for the blast of two ammunition warehouses in Vrbetice in 2014.
- 2021 - The Soyuz MS-17 mission concludes, returning three crewmembers of Expedition 64 to Earth from the International Space Station.
- 2021 - The global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 3 million.
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