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What happened in history on this day: April 24?
On April 24 in ...
- 709 - Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about age 76.
- 729 - Egbertus, English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at age 89.
- 858 - Nicolas I succeeds Benedict III as Catholic Pope.
- 1061 - Halley's Comet sparks English monk to predict country'll be destroyed.
- 1077 - Geza I King of Hungary (1074-7), dies.
- 1185 - Antoku Taira emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns.
- 1185 - Battle at Danoura: Yoshitsune Minamoto's fleet beats imperial fleet.
- 1288 - Jews of Yroyes France are accused of ritual murder.
- 1311 - General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India.
- 1364 - Pope Urbabus V names John V van Virneburg as bishop of Utrecht.
- 1524 - Duke of Bourbon drives Admiral Bonnivet out of Milan.
- 1530 - Jacopo Sannazaro Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies.
- 1538 - Birth of Gugliemo Gonzaga composer.
- 1547 - Battle of Mühlberg: Emperor Karel V versus ruler Johan Frederik the Brave.
- 1558 - Queen Mary Stuart of Scotland marries French crown prince François.
- 1570 - Battles between Spanish troops and followers of sultan Suleiman.
- 1576 - Birth of San Vicente de Paúl.
- 1594 - Birth of Benedikt Lechler composer.
- 1596 - Pacificatie of Ireland drawn.
- 1617 - Carlo Concino French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered.
- 1620 - Birth of John Graunt statistician, founder of science of demography.
- 1670 - Birth of Christian Ludwig Boxberg composer.
- 1704 - Boston News-Letter, first successful newspaper in US, is established.
- 1731 - Daniel Defoe English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies.
- 1743 - Birth of Edmund Cartwright England, cleric, inventor (power loom).
- 1750 - Birth of Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier Swiss mathematician.
- 1762 - Russia and Prussia signs peace treaty.
- 1766 - Birth of Robert Bailey Thomas founded Farmer's Almanac.
- 1769 - Birth of Arthur Wellesley General/Duke of Wellington.
- 1773 - Birth of Harman W Muntinghe lawyer/Dutch colonial director.
- 1791 - Birth of Nikolaj A Bestuzhev in Russia; writer/painter (Account about Holland).
- 1800 - US Library of Congress is established with $5,000 allocation.
- 1804 - Birth of Thomas Oliver Selfridge; Commander (Union Navy).
- 1807 - Birth of Charles Ferguson Smith; US Major General (Union volunteers) (dies 1862).
- 1814 - Birth of Angela Burdett-Coutts; philanthropist extrordinaire.
- 1814 - Birth of Vincente F López in Argentina; historian (La Novia del Hereje).
- 1815 - Birth of Anthony Trollope in England; novelist/poet (Barchester Towers).
- 1815 - Birth of James Edward Harrison; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1875).
- 1822 - Birth of Erastus Barnard Tyler; US Brevet Major General (Union volunteers).
- 1824 - Herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at age 71.
- 1828 - Birth of Robert Brank Vance; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1899).
- 1829 - Birth of George Peabody Estey; US Brigadier General (US volunteers) (dies 1881).
- 1833 - Patent granted for first soda fountain to Jacob Evert and George Dulty.
- 1834 - Antonio López de Santa Anna becomes President (4th time) of Mexico.
- 1837 - Birth of Friedrich von Holstein; German diplomat (die graue Eminenz).
- 1845 - Birth of Carl Spitteler in Switzerland; poet (Prometheus and Epimetheus / Nobel Prize 1919).
- 1849 - Birth of Joseph S Galliéni; General (Battle of Marne)/military governor (Paris).
- 1851 - Birth of Eduardo Acevedo Díaz; Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria).
- 1854 - Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I marries Princess Elizabeth of Wittelsbach.
- 1856 - Birth of Henri POBJ Pétain; French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime).
- 1864 - Birth of George Alting van Geusau; Director-General (PTT)/Dutch Minister of War (1918-20).
- 1867 - In Manhattan, Kansas, USA, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurs.
- 1867 - Birth of Fannie Thomas; became oldest known American (113 years 273 days at death).
- 1867 - Black demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond, Virginia, streetcars.
- 1872 - Volcano Vesuvius erupts.
- 1873 - Birth of Theodor Körner von Siegringen; Austrian General/President.
- 1874 - Birth of John Russell Pope; US architect (Jefferson Memorial).
- 1877 - Russia declares war on Turkey through Romania.
- 1880 - Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England and Wales, is founded in Oxford, England.
- 1880 - A bomb explodes in the Monte Carlo casino; many are wounded by glass, but no serious theft is carried out.
- 1884 - National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes (Atlanta, Georgia, USA).
- 1886 - Birth of R Pelgrom; oldest Dutch man (died April 15, 1994, 9 days short of 108).
- 1889 - Birth of [Richard] Stafford Cripps; English Minister of Plane manufacturing (1942-45).
- 1891 - Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian General/fieldmarshal, dies.
- 1892 - Birth of Jack Hulbert in Ely, England; actor (Into the Blue, Bulldog Jack).
- 1893 - Birth of Robert Harron in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance).
- 1894 - French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18.
- 1895 - Joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11m boat.
- 1898 - Spain declares war on US rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba.
- 1898 - US fleet under commodore Dewey sails from Hong Kong to Philippines.
- 1899 - Transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid.
- 1900 - George J D Campbell, British minister of Indies (1868-74, 1880-85), dies at age 76.
- 1901 - First American League baseball game, Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Blues 8-2; three other games are rained out.
- 1903 - Birth of José A Primo de Rivera y Saénz de Heredia; founder (Spanish Falange).
- 1903 - Birth of Mike Michalske; NFL guard (New York Yankees, Green Bay Packers).
- 1903 - Birth of Siegfried F Nadel; Austrian/British anthropologist (Black Byzantium).
- 1904 - Birth of Willem De Kooning in Rotterdam, Netherlands; artist (North Atlantic Light).
- 1904 - Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens), dies at age 77.
- 1905 - Birth of Robert Penn Warren; first US poet laureate (All the King's Men).
- 1908 - Mr and Mrs Jacob Murdock become the first to travel across the US by car, they leave Los Angeles in a Packard and arrive in New York City in 32 days, 5 hours, 25 minutes.
- 1909 - Birth of Bernhard Grzimek; zoologist (Federal Republic of Germany).
- 1909 - Harry Hillman and Lawson Robertson run 100 metre 3-legged race in 11 seconds.
- 1910 - German Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms.
- 1911 - Birth of Jack E. Leonard AKA Leonard Lebitsky in Chicago, Illinois, USA; insult comedian (Disorderly Orderly, Ed Sullivan Show, Hollywood Palace).
- 1911 - Birth of Karl O Schiller; German economist (Minister of Economics).
- 1911 - Birth of Robert Joseph Kane in Ithaca, New York, USA; President of US Olympic Committee (1976).
- 1912 - Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at age 81.
- 1913 - The skyscraper Woolworth Building in New York City opens.
- 1914 - Birth of Justin Wilson; cajun chef (Wise Potato Chips).
- 1914 - Birth of Ruth White in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA; actress (Up the Down Staircase).
- 1915 - German army fires chloroform gas in Ieper.
- 1915 - Massacre of Armenians by Turks (Armenian Martyrs Day).
- 1916 - Birth of Stanley Kauffmann in New York City, New York, USA; playwright (Red Handkerchief Man).
- 1916 - In Dublin, Ireland, the Irish Republican Brotherhood launches the Easter Rebellion, an armed uprising against British rule. About 1500 armed rebels seize control of Dublin.
- 1917 - New York Yankees' left-handed pitcher George Mogridge no-hits Boston Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway Park.
- 1917 - US Congress passes the First Liberty Bond Act.
- 1918 - The first tank-to-tank combat occurs at Villers-Bretonneux, France, when three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs.
- 1920 - British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect (lasts 28 years).
- 1920 - Polish troops attack Ukraine.
- 1921 - First municipal elections for men and women in Belgium.
- 1922 - Birth of J D Cannon in Salmon, Idaho, USA; actor (Chief Clifford - McCloud, Ike, Call to Glory, Alias Smith and Jones, Law and Order).
- 1922 - In Barnegat, New Jersey, USA an overhead explosion of comet fragment rocks buildings, shatters windows, and releases clouds of noxious gas.
- 1923 - Colonel Jacob Schick patents Schick shavers.
- 1923 - General harbor strike begins in New York City, New York, USA.
- 1924 - Birth of Marilyn Erskine in Rochester, New York, USA; actor (Fran - Tom Ewell Show).
- 1924 - George Street, English cricket wicket keeper (one Test 1923), dies.
- 1926 - Birth of Marilyn Erskine; actress (Tom Ewell Show, Climax, Lux Video Theatre).
- 1926 - Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Treaty of Berlin. If one country is attacked, the other is to remain neutral.
- 1927 - Birth of Josy Barthel in Luxembourg; 1500 metre runner (Olympics-gold-1952).
- 1928 - Fathometer, which measures underwater depth, patented.
- 1929 - First non-stop England-to-India flight takes-off.
- 1929 - Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark.
- 1930 - Birth of Conn Findlay in Stockton, California, USA; coxswain (Olympics-2 gold/bronze-1956, 1964, 1976).
- 1931 - Second Spanish Republic proclaimed.
- 1931 - Birth of Bridget Riley; British painter (op-art).
- 1932 - Birth of Coen[rad] Flink; Dutch actor (Pastorale 1943, Havinck, Honneponnetje).
- 1932 - German national election (NSDAP 36.3 percent in Prussia).
- 1933 - First major league player to get four consecutive doubles in 9 innings (Dick Bartell).
- 1933 - Birth of Freddie Scott; American songwriter/singer ("Cry to Me").
- 1934 - Birth of John Barbour in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; TV host/producer/comedian (Real People, On Stage America).
- 1934 - Birth of Shirley MacLaine in Richmond, Virginia, USA; actress/mystic (Irma la Douce, Shirley's World, Salem Witch Trials).
- 1935 - Birth of Louis Keith in Chicago, Illinois, USA; physician (expert on multiple-births).
- 1936 - Birth of Jill Ireland in London, England; actress (Breakout, Assassination, Chino).
- 1940 - Birth of Michael Parks; actor-singer (Twin Peaks, Then Came Bronson).
- 1940 - Birth of David Larter; cricket player (two-metre tall England pace bowler).
- 1941 - The Greek government surrenders to Germany.
- 1941 - Birth of John Williams in Melbourne, Australia; guitarist (Academy Award).
- 1941 - British army begins evacuation of Greece.
- 1941 - Dutch Prince Bernhard becomes a British Royal Air Force pilot.
- 1942 - Birth of Barbra [Joan] Streisand in Brooklyn, New York, USA; singer ("The Way We Were"), actress (Funny Girl).
- 1942 - Birth of Richard M Daley; American politician (mayor-Democrat-Chicago).
- 1942 - Birth of Valeri Abramovich Voloshin; Russian cosmonaut.
- 1942 - Death of Lucy Maud Montgomery at age 68 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Canadian author (22 works of fiction, 450 poems, 500 short stories, Anne of Green Gables, Emily of New Moon).
- 1943 - Birth of Richard Sterban in Camden, New Jersey, USA; country singer (Oak Ridge Boys - "Elvira").
- 1944 - First Boeing B-29 arrives in China "over the Hump".
- 1944 - Birth of [Bernard] Saint Clair Lee [Calhoun]; American singer ("Rock the Boat").
- 1944 - British Royal Air Force bombs Munich, Germany.
- 1945 - Albert B "Happy" Chandler is named second baseball commissioner.
- 1945 - Anton de Kom, Suriname resistance fighter, dies at age 47.
- 1945 - Birth of Doug Clifford in Palo Alto, California, USA; rock drummer (Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Proud Mary").
- 1945 - Birth of Robert Knight in Franklin, Tennessee, USA; rocker (Everlasting Love).
- 1946 - Eleven players (Tinker, Evers, Chance, Burkett, McCarthy, Waddell, Plank, Walsh, Chesbro, Griffith, and McGinnity) are named to Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame.
- 1947 - Birth of Glenn Cornick; rock bassist (Jethro Tull - "Thick as a Brick").
- 1947 - Birth of Hubert Ann Kelly; American singer (Hues Corporation - "Rock the Boat").
- 1948 - Birth of Eddie James Hart in Martinez, California, USA; 4x100 metre relay runner (Olympics-gold-1972).
- 1948 - Manuel Marua Ponce; Mexican composer (Ferial), dies at age 65.
- 1948 - Rosita Marstini, actress (I Cover Waterfront, Big Parade), dies at age 54.
- 1949 - Third Tony Awards: Death of a Salesman and Kiss Me Kate win.
- 1949 - Birth of Wilfrido [Radamés] Vargas [Martínez] Altamira in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic; Spanish singer ("El Barbarazoí").
- 1950 - The Desert Inn hotel and casino opens on the Las Vegas strip, Nevada, USA.
- 1950 - Independent republic of South Molukkas declared.
- 1950 - US President Harry Truman denies there are communists in US government.
- 1951 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Women's Golf Invitational Open.
- 1952 - Hans [Hendrik A] Kramers, physicist (quantum mechanics), dies at age 57.
- 1952 - Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State, dies at age 82.
- 1953 - Birth of Eric Bogosian in Woburn, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Talk Radio, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Love Monkey).
- 1953 - Birth of John P Hiler; American politician (Representative-Republican-Indiana, 1981-).
- 1953 - Birth of Porter Carroll Junior; drummer (Atlantic Star - "Touch a Four Leaf Clover").
- 1953 - Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
- 1954 - First American, civilian pilot, P R Holden, wounded in Indochina.
- 1954 - Australia and USSR break diplomatic relations.
- 1954 - Birth of Captain Sensible [Raymond Burns] in Balham, London, England; rocker ("Women and Captains First").
- 1954 - Birth of Jack Blades; rock bassist (Damn Yankees - "Coming of Age", Night Ranger).
- 1954 - Birth of Vince Ferragamo; NFL/Canadian Football League quarterback (Los Angeles Rams, Montreal Alouettes).
- 1955 - Birth of Jack Kingston; American politician (Representative-Republican-Georgia).
- 1955 - Birth of Michael O'Keefe in Mount Vernon, New York, USA; actor (Caddyshack, Ironweed, Slugger's Wife, Roseanne).
- 1955 - Conference of Bandung against colonialism, for self-determination, ends.
- 1955 - Gaullists lose elections in France.
- 1956 - Albrecht G Alt, German theologist (Small Schriften), dies at age 72.
- 1956 - American League umpire Frank Umont is first to wear glasses in a regular season game.
- 1956 - Henry Stephenson, actor (Conquest, Mr Lucky), dies at age 85.
- 1957 - Birth of David J; bassist (Love and Rockets - "So Alive", Bauhaus).
- 1957 - Andries CD de Graeff, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1926-31), dies at age 84.
- 1957 - Chicago Cubs' pitchers walk National League record nine Cincinnati Reds in 5th inning.
- 1958 - Lee Walls hits three homeruns, as Chicago Cubs beat Los Angeles Dodgers 15-2.
- 1959 - Birth of Yvonne D Cagle in West Point, New York, USA; MD/astronaut.
- 1960 - 14th Tony Awards: Miracle Worker and Fiorello! win.
- 1960 - Birth of Paula Yates in London, England; rocker/writer (Blondes).
- 1960 - Heavy earthquake strikes South Persia, 500 killed.
- 1960 - John P "John" Musch, actor/founder (JM), dies at age 84.
- 1960 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Civitan Golf Open.
- 1960 - Record four grand slams hit today.
- 1961 - The Swedish Vasa warship is pulled to the surface of the Baltic for the first time since 1628.
- 1961 - US President John Kennedy accepts "sole responsibility" following Bay of Pigs aborted invasion of Cuba.
- 1961 - Lee Moran, actor (Circus Clown), dies of heart ailment at age 72.
- 1962 - First Lockheed A-12 is taxi tested.
- 1962 - MIT sends TV signal by satellite for first time: California to Massachusetts.
- 1962 - Sandy Koufax's second 18-strikeout game.
- 1963 - 17th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 2.
- 1963 - Birth of Billy Gould in Los Angeles, California, USA; rock bassist (Faith No More).
- 1963 - Birth of Joey Vera; heavy metal rocker (Armored Saint - "Aftermath").
- 1963 - Boston Celtics' Bob Cousy retires.
- 1963 - English princess Alexandra marries sir Angus Ogilvy.
- 1963 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1964 - Birth of Djimon Hounsou; actor (ER, Alias).
- 1964 - Birth of Cedric the Entertainer; actor, comedian (Steve Harvey Show, The Proud Family).
- 1965 - Birth of Mike Blowers in Wurlzburg, Germany; infielder (New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers).
- 1965 - Louise Dresser, actress (State Fair, Ship Comes In, Mammy), dies at age 86.
- 1965 - Military coup under Donald Reid Cabral in Dominican Republic.
- 1965 - New York Mets' Casey Stengel wins his 3,000th game as manager.
- 1966 - Atlanta Braves win National League-record 18 straight home games (17 in Milwaukee).
- 1966 - Birth of Margashayam Venkataramana; cricket player (Indian off-spinner 1989).
- 1966 - Birth of Theo Adams; WLAF tackle (Frankfurt Galaxy).
- 1966 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Invitational.
- 1967 - Birth of Patty Schemel; drummer (Hole).
- 1967 - 21st NBA Championship: Philadelphia 76ers beat San Francisco Warriors, 4 games to 2.
- 1967 - Birth of Dino Radja; NBA forward (Boston Celtics).
- 1967 - Birth of Leslie M Marx in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, USA; fencer-epee (Olympics-1996).
- 1967 - Birth of Pam[ela] Bustin in Somerset, Massachusetts, USA; field hockey defender (Olympics-1996).
- 1967 - Death of Frank Overton at age 48 of a heart attack; actor (Major Stovall - 12 O'Clock High TV show, Elias Sandoval Star Trek).
- 1967 - Vladimir M Komarov, cosmonaut (Voshkod I), is first to die in space, aboard Soyuz 1 at age 40.
- 1968 - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Pete Tountas.
- 1968 - Birth of Aaron Comes; drummer (The Spin Doctors).
- 1968 - Birth of Todd Jones in Marietta, Georgia, USA; pitcher (Houston Astros).
- 1968 - Birth of Tracy Gravely; Canadian Football League linebacker (Montreal Alouettes).
- 1968 - Leftist students take over Columbia University, New York City, New York.
- 1968 - Norman McKaye, actor (Untamed Fury, Frogman), dies at age 62.
- 1968 - Tommy Noonan, actor (Gentlemen Perfer Blondes), dies at age 45.
- 1968 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1969 - Birth of Melinda Clarke; actress (The O.C., Days of Our Lives).
- 1969 - Lebanese army in battle with Palestinians.
- 1969 - Paul McCartney says there is no truth to the rumours he is dead.
- 1969 - American B-52 bombers drop 3,000-ton bombs at Cambodian boundary.
- 1970 - Birth of Damien Fleming; Australian cricket pace bowler (hat-trick on Test debut).
- 1970 - Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth.
- 1970 - People's Rebublic of China launches its first satellite, Dong Fang Hong I, transmitting song "East is Red".
- 1970 - Senegal adopts constitution.
- 1971 - Birth of Jeff Brohm; quarterback (San Francisco 49ers).
- 1971 - Birth of Ken Klee in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals).
- 1971 - Birth of Kumara Dharmasena; cricket player (Sri Lankan off-spinner).
- 1971 - Birth of Phil Rogers in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; 100 metre breaststroke (Olympics-bronze-1992, 1996).
- 1971 - Soyuz 10 returns to Earth.
- 1972 - Birth of Chipper Jones in Deland, Florida, USA; infielder (Atlanta Braves).
- 1972 - Birth of Jamie Brown; NFL tackle (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32).
- 1972 - Birth of Nicolas Gill in Montréal, Québec, Canada; 86kg judoka (Olympics-bronze-1992, 1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Eric Snow; NBA guard (Philadelphia 76ers, Seattle Supersonics).
- 1973 - Birth of Jamie Brown; NFL tackle (Denver Broncos).
- 1973 - Birth of Mark Babic; Australian soccer defender (Olyroos, Olympics-1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Melissa Short in Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA; Miss Hawaii-America (Top 10-1997).
- 1973 - Birth of Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar; cricket player (prodigy at age 16, Indian captain at age 23).
- 1973 - Birth of Ville Peltonen; hockey forward (Team Finland Olympics-bronze-1998).
- 1974 - Birth of Jared Tomich; defensive end (New Orleans Saints).
- 1974 - Birth of Marc Collins; NFL punter (Seattle Seahawks).
- 1974 - Birth of Toine Rorije; soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles).
- 1974 - Death of Bud Abbott at age 78 of cancer; comedian (movie/radio/TV team of Abbott and Costello).
- 1974 - Dutch women's hockey team becomes world champion.
- 1974 - NFL grants franchise to Tampa Bay (Buccaneers).
- 1975 - Birth of Justin Boocock in Launceston, Australia; canoeist (Olympics-1996).
- 1975 - Birth of Michael Stewart; NBA center (Sacramento Kings).
- 1975 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1975 - Death of William Hartnell at age 67 of heart failure; English actor (Jackpot, This Sporting Life, Doctor Who).
- 1976 - Birth of Shane McDermott; actor (Garrett Booth - Swan's Crossing).
- 1976 - Birth of Sonya Jeyaseelan; New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; tennis star (1995 Futures Florida).
- 1976 - Mark Tobey, US abstract painter, (Broadway Norm), dies at age 85.
- 1977 - Birth of Eric Balfour; actor (24, Conviction, Six Feet Under).
- 1977 - Birth of Ryan Mitchell in Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia; swimmer (Olympics-1996).
- 1977 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA American Defender Golf Tournament.
- 1978 - California Angels' Nolan Ryan strikes out 15 Mariners, 20th time he has 15 in game.
- 1979 - Birth of Rebecca Mader; actress (Lost).
- 1979 - John Carroll, actor (Hired Wife, Fiesta, Geraldine), dies at age 72.
- 1979 - Rhodesian bishop Muzorewa wins general election.
- 1980 - Alentejo Carpentier, Cuban/French writer (Guerra del Tiempo), dies at age 75.
- 1980 - (to April 25) Operation Eagle Claw, a US commando mission in Iran to rescue American embassy hostages, is aborted after mechanical problems ground the rescue helicopters. Eight United States troops are killed in a mid-air collision during the failed operation.
- 1980 - The Pennsylvania Lottery is rigged by six men including the host of the live TV drawing, Nick Perry.
- 1981 - San Antonio Spurs blocks 20 Golden State Warriors' shots to set NBA regulation game record.
- 1981 - US ends grain embargo against USSR.
- 1981 - Bill Shoemaker wins his 8000th race, 2000 more than any other jockey.
- 1982 - 150 Khomeini followers assault student dormitory in Federal Republic of Germany.
- 1982 - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Durbin.
- 1982 - Saint Louis Cardinals win 12th game in a row; 7-4 over Philadelphia Phillies.
- 1982 - The German singer Nicole wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 for Germany, with the song "Ein Bisschen Frieden".
- 1982 - Birth of Kelly Clarkson; American singer (American Idol).
- 1983 - Austrian socialist party loses parliamentary election.
- 1983 - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic.
- 1984 - In Morgan Hill, California, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurs.
- 1984 - Edmonton Oilers' Wayne Gretzky is third to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot.
- 1985 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Carolyn Lizer for Yin.
- 1985 - Sergei Yutkevich, Russian director, (Otello, Banya), dies at age 80.
- 1985 - In Luzon, Philippine Islands, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurs.
- 1986 - Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson (wife of King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, Duchess of Windsor) dies at age 89 (born 1896).
- 1986 - Bill Edrich, cricket player (39 Tests for England), dies.
- 1988 - E S "Bob" Newson, cricket player (South African fast bowler in 1930s), dies.
- 1988 - Rosie Jones wins LPGA USX Golf Classic.
- 1989 - The Disney Channel begins airing another new The New Mickey Mouse Club series.
- 1989 - Tens of thousands of students strike in Beijing, China.
- 1990 - Security law violator Michael Milken pleads guilty to six felonies.
- 1990 - Death of Tom Rolfing at age 40 of AIDS; actor (He Knows You're Alone, Cliff - Another World).
- 1990 - Federal Republic of Germany and German Democratic Republic agree to merge currency and economies on July 1.
- 1991 - 26th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins.
- 1992 - Birth of Sean Rademaker; actor (Kirkland Harrison - Another World).
- 1992 - George Steinbrenner drops his lawsuits against baseball.
- 1993 - 1000kg heavy Irish Republican Army car bomb explodes in London, killing 1.
- 1993 - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by George Branham.
- 1993 - Oliver R Tambo, chairman (African National Congress), dies at age 75.
- 1994 - Armando Calderón Sol wins El Salvador presidential election.
- 1994 - David Robinson scores ties 7th highest total in the NBA - 71.
- 1994 - New York Rangers sweep New York Islanders in NHL playoffs.
- 1995 - Dow Jones Industrial Average hits record 4303.98.
- 1995 - Package bomb, linked to Unabomber, blows up killing lobbyist Gilbert B Murray in Sacramento, California.
- 1995 - Death of Art Fleming, American actor and game show host (Jeopardy), at age 74 (born 1924).
- 1996 - 31st Academy of Country Music Awards: Shania Twain wins.
- 1996 - Highest scoring baseball game in 17 years - Minnesota Twins 24, Detroit Tigers 11.
- 1996 - Preston Lockwood, actor (House of Windsor, Black Candle), dies at age 83.
- 1997 - Death of Pat Paulsen of colon cancer at age 69; comedian (Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour), US Presidential candidate (1968).
- 2001 - Death of Al Hibbler at age 85; singer (Duke Ellington Orchestra, solo - "Unchained Melody" (1955), "He", "After the Lights go Down Low").
- 2004 - Death of Estée Lauder, American cosmetics entrepreneur (born 1906).
- 2004 - Referendums on the Annan Plan for Cyprus, which proposes to re-unite the island of Cyprus, take place in both the Republic of Cyprus controlled and the Turkish controlled parts. Although the Turkish Cypriots vote in favour, the Greek Cypriots reject the proposal.
- 2005 - Death of Ezer Weizman, President of Israel (born 1924).
- 2006 - Royal Caribbean International takes delivery of Freedom of the Seas cruise ship (160,000 gross tons, 3634 passengers), the world's largest, at a ceremony in Hamburg, Germany.
- 2006 - In Panama, a referendum on the Third Set of Locks Project is approved by 76.8 percent.
- 2006 - Three explosions in a tourist section of Dahab, Egypt kill 30 and injure over 115.
- 2007 - Gliese 581 c, a potentially habitable Earth-like extrasolar planet, is discovered in the constellation Libra.
- 2009 - In Baghdad, Iraq, two female suicide bombers blow themselves up outside the Imam Moussa al-Kadhim Shi'ite Muslim shrine, killing 60 people, wounding at least 125 people.
- 2010 - The U.S. Coast Guard discovers that an estimated 1000 barrels per day of oil is leaking from the damaged well underneath the rig that exploded off Louisiana's shore on April 20.
- 2013 - An eight-storey commercial building collapses in Savar Upazila near the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, leaving 1,129 dead and 2,500 injured.
- 2013 - At the Central States Numismatic Society 74th Annual Convention in Schaumburg, Illinois, Heritage Auctions conducts the Platinum Night sales.
- $1000 Treasury note, Series 1891, EF45 Premium Paper Quality PCGS Currency: $2,585,000.
- $1000 Treasury note, Series 1890, "Grand Watermelon" AEF34? PCGS Currency: $1,527,500.
- $100 gold certificate, Series 1863, 1 of 3 known, AEF40 PCGS Currency: $2,115,000.
These are the highest prices ever realized at auction for US papar money.
- 2021 - The number of COVID-19 vaccinations administered worldwide exceeds 1 billion.
- 2021 - Following an international search and rescue effort, the Indonesian navy reports the sinking of KRI Nanggala with 53 crew members, the largest loss of life aboard a submarine since 2003.
- 2022 - Run-off presidential election in France, won by Emmanuel Macron with 58.5 percent of votes over Marine le Pen with 41.5 percent.
- 2022 - General election in Slovenia, won by Robert Golob, over prime minister Janez Jansa.
- 2022 - Death of Andrew Woolfolk at age 71; saxophonist (Earth, Wind & Fire).
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