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What happened in history on this day: April 25?
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- 974 - Ratherius of Verona/Liege bishop/abbot, dies at about age 84.
- 1185 - Sea battle at Dan-no-ura: Minamoto Yoritomo beats Taira-family.
- 1214 - Birth of Louis IX king of France (1226-70).
- 1228 - Birth of Koenraad IV Roman Catholic German king (1237-54).
- 1284 - Birth of Edward II king of England (1307-27).
- 1295 - Sancho IV the Brave, scholar/king of Castile/León, dies.
- 1342 - Benedict XII [Jacques Fournier] Pope (1334-42), dies.
- 1449 - Anti-pope Felix V resigns.
- 1472 - Leon Battista degli Alberti scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies.
- 1482 - Margaret of Anjou Queen (Henry VI), dies.
- 1507 - Geographer Martin Waldseemuller first used name America.
- 1541 - Liege flooded after heavy down pour.
- 1566 - Diane de Poitiers lover of French King Henry II, dies.
- 1595 - Torquato Tasso Italian poet/playwright, dies at age 51.
- 1599 - Birth of Oliver Cromwell; Puritan lord protector of England (1653-58) (dies 1658).
- 1604 - Count Maurits' army lands at Cadzand.
- 1607 - Battle at Gibraltar Dutch fleet beats Spanish/Portuguese fleet.
- 1607 - Don Juan Alvarez Spanish Admiral (Gibraltar), dies in battle.
- 1607 - Jacob van Heemskerck Dutch Admiral (Nova Zambia), dies in battle.
- 1608 - Birth of Jean duke of Orléans brother of French King Louis XIII/General.
- 1614 - Amsterdam Bank of Loan forms.
- 1614 - Birth of Hieronymus van Beverningk chief Dutch treasurer/maecenas.
- 1614 - Birth of Marc'Antonio Pasqualini composer.
- 1626 - Battle at the Dessauer bridge Monarch Albrecht von Wallenstein beats Earl of Mansfeld.
- 1635 - Alessandro Tassoni Italian political writer (Rape of Bucket), dies at age 69.
- 1647 - Matthias Gallas Austrian earl of Campo/duke of Lucerna, dies at age 62.
- 1660 - London Convention Parliament meets and votes to restore Charles II.
- 1663 - Heinrich Pape composer, dies at age 53.
- 1666 - Birth of Johann Heinrich Buttstett composer.
- 1677 - Birth of Guillaume Coustou Sr French sculptor (Chevaux the Marly).
- 1678 - French troops conquer Ypres.
- 1684 - Patent granted for the thimble.
- 1690 - David Teniers the Younger Flemish painter (Pictorium), dies at age 79.
- 1707 - Battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portuguese.
- 1719 - Daniel Defoes publishes "Robinson Crusoe".
- 1744 - Anders Celsius Swedish astronomer (Centegrade Thermometer), dies at age 42.
- 1747 - Prince Willem V appointed viceroy of Zealand.
- 1769 - Birth of Mark Isambard Brunel engineer/inventor.
- 1792 - Birth of John Keble; Anglican priest/founder (Oxford Movement).
- 1792 - Highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier of France is first to be guillotined.
- 1800 - Death of William Cowper at age 68; English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns).
- 1813 - Death of Louis-Sébastien Mercier at age 73; French poet (Le Déserteur).
- 1822 - Frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer (discovered Uranus), dies at age 83.
- 1825 - Birth of Charles Ferdinand Dowd; standardized time zones.
- 1840 - Birth of James Dearing; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1865).
- 1840 - Siméon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician (Poisson verdeling), dies.
- 1842 - Birth of Antonio Fogazzarro; Italian writer/poet (Il santo, Leila).
- 1846 - Mexican troops kill and wound American soldiers on patrol near Rio Grande.
- 1849 - Birth of Felix Klein; German mathematician (Evanston Colloquium).
- 1859 - Ferdinand de Lesseps and a group of 150 diplomats, businessmen, engineers, and laborers arrive at a spot in the Egyptian desert to commence building the Suez Canal from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.
- 1861 - New York 7th arrives to reinforce Washington, District of Columbia.
- 1862 - Birth of Edward Grey; English viscount of Fallodon/minister of Foreign affairs.
- 1862 - Charles Ferguson Smith, USA General-Major, dies of infection at age 55.
- 1863 - Birth of Belisario Domínguez in Mexico; senator, critic of President Victoriano Huerta.
- 1867 - Tokyo is opened for foreign trade.
- 1872 - Birth of Charles Burgess Fry; cricketer/world record long jumper.
- 1873 - Birth of Walter John de la Mare in Kent, England; poet/author (Behold the Dreamer).
- 1874 - Birth of Guglielmo Marconi in Bologna, Italy; inventor (radio/Nobel Prize 1909).
- 1876 - Chicago Cubs play their first National League game, beating Louisville Grays 4-0 (first National League shutout).
- 1881 - 250,000 Germans petition to bar foreign Jews from entering Germany.
- 1881 - Birth of Hans Windisch; German new testament expert.
- 1881 - French troops occupy Algeria and Tunisia.
- 1882 - Johann CF Zöllner, German astronomer (astro photography), dies.
- 1883 - Birth of Elsa Maxwell in Keokuk, Iowa, USA; writer (Jack Paar Show).
- 1889 - Birth of Charles Kellaway; cricket player (great Australian all-rounder of 1920s).
- 1897 - Birth of VAA Mary; English princess.
- 1898 - US President William McKinley asks Congress for a declaration of war.
- 1898 - US declares war on Spain over Cuba.
- 1900 - Birth of Wolfgang Ernst Pauli in Austria; physicist (Pauli inhibition/Nobel Prize 1945).
- 1901 - Erve Beck hits the first home run in the American League.
- 1901 - In last of 9th inning, Detroit Tigers, trailing by 13-4, score ten runs to win one of the greatest comebacks in baseball (first game in Detroit).
- 1901 - New York becomes first U.S. state requiring automobile license plates ($1 fee).
- 1903 - Birth of Camilla Horn; actress (Rebus, Vertigine, Polterabend, Matinee Idol).
- 1905 - Whites win right to vote in South Africa.
- 1906 - Birth of William Joseph Brennan in Newark, New Jersey, USA; 92nd Supreme Court judge (1956-90) (dies 1997).
- 1907 - Birth of Paula Trueman in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Gran - Billy).
- 1908 - Birth of Edward R Murrow in Pole Creek, North Carolina, USA; newscaster (Person to Person).
- 1913 - Birth of Earl Bostic in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; alto sax player (Flamingo, Temptation).
- 1913 - Birth of Russ Conway in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada; actor (Richard Diamond Private Eye).
- 1914 - Birth of Marcos Perez Jimenez; President/dictator of Venezuela.
- 1915 - 78,000 ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli.
- 1917 - Birth of Ella Fitzgerald in Newport News, Virginia, USA; jazz singer (The First Lady of Song, Is it live or Memorex, "A-Tisket A-Tasket") (dies 1996).
- 1918 - Birth of Astrid Varnay in Stockholm, Sweden; soprano (Metropolitan Opera 1941-56).
- 1920 - The League of Nations grants a mandate to the United Kingdom to administer Iraq.
- 1920 - Birth of Jean Carmet; actor (Cache Cash, Miss Mona, Night Magic).
- 1921 - Birth of Karel Appel; painter (Vragende Children).
- 1923 - Birth of Aafje J R Bouber [Blom]; actress (Traveller Without Baggage).
- 1923 - Birth of Albert King in Indianola, Mississippi, USA; blues singer/guitarist ("Bad Look Blues").
- 1923 - Birth of Anita Bjorak; actress (Miss Julie, Loving Couples, Night People).
- 1923 - Birth of Melissa Hayden in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; ballerina (1961 Silver Bowl).
- 1925 - Paul von Hindenburg elected second President of Germany.
- 1926 - Ellen K S Key, Swedish author/feminist (Century of the Child), dies at age 76.
- 1926 - Persian cossack officer Reza Chan crowns himself Shah Palawi.
- 1927 - Spain routes 20,000 soldiers to Morocco (uprising Rifkabylen).
- 1928 - Buddy, a German Shepherd, becomes first guide dog for the blind.
- 1928 - Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron General, dies at age 49.
- 1929 - Birth of José Angel Valente; Spanish poet (A modo the esperanza).
- 1929 - Birth of Yvette Williams in New Zealand; long jumper (Olympics-gold-1952).
- 1930 - Birth of Dotty Mack in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actress (Paul Dixon Show).
- 1930 - Birth of Lynn Hamilton in Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA; actress (Alice Morgan - Port Charles, Donna - Sanford and Son).
- 1930 - Birth of Paul Mazursky in Brooklyn, New York, USA; writer/director (Moscow on the Hudson).
- 1930 - Birth of Roy Marshall; cricket opener (prolific Hampshire only four Tests for West Indies).
- 1931 - A J Y [Bert] Hopkins, cricket player (20 Tests for Australia, 509 runs), dies.
- 1932 - Birth of Lia Manoliu in Romania; discus thrower (Olympics-gold-1968).
- 1932 - Birth of Meadowlark [George] Lemon; basketball star (Harlem Globetrotter).
- 1932 - Birth of William Roache in England; actor (Ken Barlow - Coronation Street).
- 1933 - Birth of Jerry Leiber; songwriter (Leiber and Stoller).
- 1933 - New York Yankees' player Russ Van Atta shuts out Washington Senators 16-0.
- 1934 - Birth of Denny "Scott" Miller in Bloomington, Indiana, USA; actor (Wagon Train).
- 1937 - Birth of Bo Brundin in Stockholm, Sweden; actress (Rhinemann Exchange).
- 1937 - Clem Sohn, air show performer, dies at age 26 when his chute fails to open.
- 1938 - First use of seeing eye dog.
- 1939 - Birth of Richard Earl of Lichfield; English photographer.
- 1939 - Birth of Veronica Sutherland; British diplomat.
- 1940 - Birth of Al Pacino in New York City, New York, USA; actor (And Justice For All, Godfather, Scorpio).
- 1940 - Birth of O B McClinton [Burnett] in Senatobia, Mississippi, USA; country singer ("Keep your arms around me").
- 1941 - Birth of Bertrand Tavernier; actor (Captain Conan, L627, Daddy Nostalgie).
- 1941 - Birth of Chris Augustine; rocker (Every Mother's Son).
- 1941 - Birth of Lawrence J Smith; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Florida, 1983-).
- 1941 - Operation Merkur: Adolf Hitler orders conquest of Crete.
- 1942 - Birth of Jon Kyl; American politician (Representative-Republican-Arizona).
- 1944 - Birth of John Bryant; editor (Europeans).
- 1944 - United Negro College Fund incorporates in the USA.
- 1945 - 46 countries convene United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco, California.
- 1945 - Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java.
- 1945 - Birth of Björn Ulvaeus in Gothenburg, Sweden; guitarist/songwriter (ABBA - "Waterloo", "Dancing Queen", "Mamma Mia").
- 1945 - Birth of Stu Cook in Oakland, California, USA; rock bassist (Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Proud Mary").
- 1945 - Birth of Walt Wesley; NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers).
- 1945 - British troops reach the Grebbe Line in Netherlands.
- 1945 - Clandestine Radio 1212, used to hoax Germany, makes its final transmission.
- 1945 - Last Boeing B-17 attack against Germany.
- 1945 - Soviet Red Army completely surrounds Berlin, Germany.
- 1945 - British and American troops meet Soviet forces at Torgau on the Elbe river. By order of General Dwight Eisenhower, the US 9th Army halts at the Elbe, allowing Russian forces to capture Berlin.
- 1946 - Exposition Flyer rammed at Napierville, Illinois, USA killing 48.
- 1946 - Albert Knight, cricket player (3 Tests for England on 1903-04 tour), dies.
- 1946 - Birth of Peter Sutherland; CEO (Allied Irish Banks).
- 1946 - Birth of Ronnie Gilbert; rocker (Lifeline, Harp).
- 1946 - Birth of Talia [Rose Coppola] Shire in Jamaica, New York; actress (Adrian - Rocky, Constanzia Corleone - The Godfather).
- 1946 - Birth of Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky; Russian ultra nationalist/anti semite.
- 1946 - Joseph Vine, cricket player (batted in two Tests England versus Australia 1911-12), dies.
- 1947 - Birth of Jeffrey DeMunn in Buffalo, New York, USA; actor (Blaze, Frances, Windy City).
- 1947 - Birth of Johan Cruyff; Dutch soccer player/coach (Ajax/Barcelona).
- 1947 - Lou Thesz beats Whipper Watson in Saint Louis, to become wrestling champion.
- 1948 - Birth of Mike Selvey; cricket player (England pace bowler of late 1970s).
- 1949 - Birth of Michael Brown in New York City, New York, USA; keyboardist/songwriter (The Left Banke - "Walk Away Renee").
- 1950 - Ambon proclaims RMS (Republik Maluku Selatan).
- 1950 - Birth of Steve Ferrone in Brighton, England; drummer (Average White Band - "Pick Up the Pieces").
- 1951 - Birth of Ian McCartney; British Member of Parliament.
- 1952 - 6th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 3.
- 1952 - American Bowling Congress approves use of an automatic pinsetter.
- 1952 - Birth of Vladislav Tretiak; USSR hockey player (Olympics-gold-1972, 1976).
- 1952 - German "Country" Bathe-Württemberg forms.
- 1953 - Birth of Gary Cosier; cricket player (Australian batsman 1975-78, 109 on debut versus West Indies).
- 1953 - Francis Crick and James D. Watson publish an article describing the double helix structure of DNA.
- 1954 - Bell labs announces first solar battery (New York City, New York).
- 1954 - Birth of Rob Crosby in Sumter, South Carolina, USA; country singer ("She's a Natural").
- 1954 - British raid Nairobi, Kenya (25,000 Mau Mau suspects are arrested).
- 1954 - Joseph Hergesheimer, novelist (Java Head), dies.
- 1954 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island.
- 1955 - Birth of Joanne Abbott in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada; yachter (Olympics-1996).
- 1955 - Birth of John Nunn; British chess player.
- 1955 - Constance Collier, actress (Perils of Pauline), dies at age 77.
- 1955 - Paulus B Barth, Swiss painter/lithographer, dies at age 73.
- 1957 - First experimental sodium nuclear reactor operated.
- 1957 - Birth of Eric "The Crafty Cockney" Bristow in London, England; dart thrower (five World Masters titles).
- 1957 - Ibrahim Hashim forms Jordanian government.
- 1958 - Birth of Chris Johnson in Arcata, California, USA; LPGA golfer (1990 Atlantic City Classic).
- 1958 - Birth of Fish [Derek William Dick] in Edinburgh, Scotland; rock vocalist (Marillion - "Real to Reel").
- 1959 - Birth of Tony Phillips in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; baseball outfielder (Chicago White Sox).
- 1959 - The St. Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
- 1960 - Amanullah, emir/king of Afhanistan (1919-28), dies at age 67.
- 1960 - Hope Emerson, actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn), dies at age 62.
- 1961 - France performs nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds, Algeria.
- 1961 - Mercury/Atlas rocket lifts off with an electronic mannequin.
- 1961 - Premier Moïse Tsjombe of Katanga arrested in Congo.
- 1961 - Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit.
- 1962 - Cleveland Indians send Harry Chiti to New York Mets for a player to be named later, on June 15 the Mets send Chiti back to Cleveland.
- 1962 - US Ranger 4 spacecraft crash lands on the Moon.
- 1962 - US resumes above ground nuclear testing, at Christmas Island.
- 1964 - Birth of Andy Bell; rocker (Erasure - "Oh L'Amour").
- 1964 - Birth of Jackie Campbell in Los Angeles, California, USA; WPVA volleyball player (Nationals-5th-1993).
- 1964 - Birth of Jamie Siddons; cricket player (Victorian and South Africa batsman ODI for Australia 1988).
- 1964 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3.
- 1965 - 19th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 1.
- 1965 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Pensacola Golf Invitational.
- 1965 - Birth of Denis Perez; hockey defenseman (Team France 1998).
- 1965 - Birth of Mark Bryant, NBA forward/center (Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets).
- 1966 - Birth of Darren Holmes in Asheville, North Carolina, USA; pitcher (Colorado Rockies).
- 1966 - Birth of Isabelle Pasco in France; actress (Ave Maria)/model (Elle, Vogue).
- 1966 - Drunk driver kills ten children in Asse, Belgium.
- 1966 - Maurice Roelants, Belgian author (Prayer for a Good End), dies at age 70.
- 1967 - Abortion legalized in Colorado, USA.
- 1967 - Birth of Angel Martino in Americus, Georgia, USA; 50 metre/100 metre freestyle (Olympics-gold/2 bronze-1992, 1996).
- 1967 - Britain grants internal self-government to Swaziland.
- 1969 - 5,400th and last radio broadcast of Mrs Dale's Diary on BBC Radio.
- 1969 - Birth of Darren Woodson; NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1969 - Birth of Gavin Bruk-Jackson; cricket player (Zimbabwe Test batsman 1993).
- 1969 - Birth of Jon Olsen; American 100 metre freestyle/400 metre/800 metre medley (Olympics-gold-1992, 1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Marisa Pedulla in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA; half-lightweight judoka (Olympics-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Nir Shental in Israel; Men's 470 yachter (Olympics-15th-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Sanjeeva Ranatunga; cricket player (Sri Lankan Test batsman 1994-).
- 1969 - Birth of Travis Fryman in Lexington, Kentucky, USA; infielder (Detroit Tigers).
- 1969 - Margarita Xirgu, actress (Bloody Wedding), dies at age 80.
- 1969 - A fireball is photographed over Bangor in northern Wales, which falls in two pieces (one 4.95kg) 60km apart near Sprucefield and Bovedy, Northern Ireland.
- 1970 - Death of Anita Louise at age 55 from a stroke; actress (My Friend Flicka, Gorilla, Anthony Adverse).
- 1970 - Birth of Corwin Brown; NFL safety (New York Jets, New England Patriots).
- 1970 - Birth of Steve Tovar; NFL linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals).
- 1971 - About 200,000 anti-Vietnam War protesters march on Washington DC.
- 1971 - Birth of Andrew Grigg; Canadian Football League receiver (Hamilton Tiger Cats).
- 1971 - Birth of Brad Clontz in Stuart, Virginia, USA; pitcher (Atlanta Braves).
- 1971 - Birth of Eric England; NFL defensive end (Arizona Cardinals).
- 1971 - Birth of Joël Bourgeois in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada; 3000 metre Steeplechase (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Michelle Harris in Newark, Delaware, USA; Miss Delaware-America (1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Pam Schaffrath in Chicago, Illinois, USA; female catcher (Colorado Silver Bullets).
- 1971 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational.
- 1971 - US canal rights in Nicaragua and rights to Corn Islands expire.
- 1971 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1972 - Birth of Percell Gaskins; linebacker (Carolina Panthers).
- 1972 - George Sanders, actor (Mr Freeze - Batman, Ivanhoe), dies at age 65.
- 1972 - Hans-Werner Grosse glides 907.7 miles (1,461 km) in an AS-W-12.
- 1973 - Birth of Alek Stojanov in Windsor, Ontario, Canada; NHL right wing (Pittsburgh Penguins).
- 1973 - Birth of Barbara Rittner in Krefeld, German Federal Republic; tennis star (1992 Schenectady).
- 1973 - Birth of Paige Gordon in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; diver (Olympics-16-1992, 1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Wes Martin in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; golfer (1990 Alberta Junior Masters-second).
- 1973 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1974 - Birth of Brad Hassell; Australian soccer striker (Olyroos, Olympics-1996).
- 1974 - Birth of Libor Prochazka; hockey defenseman (Team Czechoslovakia Olympics-gold-1998).
- 1974 - Birth of Tricia Dunn; ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics-1998).
- 1974 - Birth of Twan Russell; linebacker (Washington Redskins).
- 1974 - German Chancellor Willy Brandt's Secretary Günther Guillaume arrested as a spy.
- 1974 - Leo Tindemans forms Belgium government.
- 1974 - Marcello Caetano overthrown in Portugal; he is exiled to Madeira and later to Brazil (Carnation revolution).
- 1974 - NFL moves the goal posts and adopts sudden-death playoff.
- 1975 - First Boeing Jetfoil revenue service, Hong Kong to Macao.
- 1975 - Birth of Jacque Jones in San Diego, California; baseball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-1996).
- 1975 - Birth of Ruben Gomez; rocker (Menudo - "Cannonball").
- 1975 - Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins first free election in Portugal.
- 1975 - USSR performs underground nuclear test.
- 1975 - West German embassy blown-up in Stockholm, Sweden.
- 1976 - Birth of Tim Duncan; NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs).
- 1976 - Carol Reed, director (Agony and Ecstasy), dies.
- 1976 - Chicago Cubs' centerfielder Rick Monday rescues US flag from two fans trying to set it on fire.
- 1976 - Elections in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country.
- 1976 - India all out for 97 versus West Indies.
- 1976 - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic.
- 1976 - Margaret Bannerman, actress (Great Defender), dies at age 79.
- 1976 - Portugal adopts constitution.
- 1977 - Birth of Jonathan Angel in San Francisco, California; actor (Tommy Delucca - Saved By The Bell).
- 1977 - Birth of Marguerite Moreau; actress (Connie - Mighty Ducks, D2, D3).
- 1977 - Cincinnati Reds tie record of 12 runs in 5th inning beating Atlanta Braves 23-9.
- 1977 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1978 - US Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more.
- 1978 - St. Paul, Minnesota becomes the 2nd U.S. city to repeal its gay rights ordinance after Anita Bryant's successful 1977 anti-gay campaign in Dade County, Florida.
- 1979 - Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt goes into effect.
- 1980 - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Wayne Webb.
- 1980 - Oakland Athletics' manager Billy Martin restrained by umpires from attacking a fan.
- 1980 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1980 - Birth of Daniel McPherson; Australian actor and TV personality.
- 1980 - Announcement of US President Jimmy Carter of the hostage rescue bungle in Iran.
- 1981 - Seattle Mariners' manager Maury Wills is suspended for two games after ordering Seattle's grounds crew to enlarge batter's boxes by one foot.
- 1981 - Birth of Anja Pärson; Swedish alpine skier.
- 1982 - Don Wilson, TV announcer (Jack Benny Show), dies at age 81.
- 1982 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1982 - John Cody, US cardinal/archbishop of Chicago (1965-82), dies at age 74.
- 1982 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Orlando Lady Golf Classic.
- 1982 - Paul de Vree, Flemish writer/essayist (Round Table), dies.
- 1982 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1982 - William R Burnett, American writer (Asphalt Jungle), dies at age 82.
- 1982 - New York Yankees fire manager Bob Lemon.
- 1982 - Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai peninsula per the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty.
- 1982 - Birth of Monty Panesar; English cricket player.
- 1983 - The Soviet Union releases a letter that Russian leader Yuri Andropov wrote to Samantha Smith, an American fifth-grade student in Manchester, Maine, inviting her to visit his country. Andropov's letter came in response to a note Smith had sent him in December 1982, asking him if the Soviets were planning to start a nuclear war.
- 1983 - Nightline TV show expands from half hour to a full hour.
- 1983 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island.
- 1983 - Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit.
- 1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1984 - The term of Sultan Ahmad Shah as the 7th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia ends.
- 1984 - Richard Benedict, actor (Okinawa), dies of a heart attack at age 64.
- 1984 - Rock group Wings disbands.
- 1985 - Birth of Jonathan Halyalkar Ramsey in New Jersey, USA; actor (Billy - Who's the Boss).
- 1985 - For second time, Wayne Gretzky scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game.
- 1985 - The ABC TV network airs the last episode of the Wildside series.
- 1985 - Murray Matheson, actor (Felix - Banacek), dies at age 72.
- 1985 - Richard Haydn, British actor (Mutiny on the Bounty), dies at age 80.
- 1985 - Roger Miller's musical Big River, premieres at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 1005 performances.
- 1985 - West German Parliament rules it illegal to deny the holocaust.
- 1986 - ETA bomb explodes in Madrid, Spain, killing 5.
- 1988 - US TV show Nightline goes on location to Jerusalem, Israel.
- 1988 - Clifford D[onald] Simak, sci-fi author (Hugo, Way Station), dies at age 83.
- 1988 - In Israel, Ivan Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II.
- 1988 - NASA launches space vehicle S-211.
- 1988 - Death of Lanny Ross at age 82 after a stroke; singer ("Troubadour on the Moon" (1928), "Moonlight and Roses", Maxwell House Show Boat radio show, Packard Car Mardi Gras, Camel Caravan, Your Hit Parade).
- 1989 - George Coulouris, actor (Papillon, Runaway Bus), dies at age 85.
- 1989 - Pittsburgh Penguins' player Mario Lemieux ties NHL playoff record of four goals in first period.
- 1989 - Motorola introduces the Motorola MicroTAC Personal Cellular Telephone, the world's smallest mobile phone.
- 1989 - The term of Baginda Almutawakkil Alallah Sultan Iskandar Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail as the 8th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia ends.
- 1989 - Near the coast of Guerrero, Mexico, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurs.
- 1990 - Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery.
- 1990 - 25th Academy of Country Music Awards: Clint Black and Kathy Mattea win.
- 1990 - Violeta Barrios de Chamorro is elected President of Nicaragua.
- 1991 - Grand Hotel closes at Beck Theater New York City after 1018 performances.
- 1991 - Frank Hamilton, actor (Subterraneans), dies at age 66.
- 1991 - CBS airs the 300th episode of the primetime soap Knots Landing.
- 1991 - Theo Laseroms [Tank], Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord), dies.
- 1992 - Dany [Daniël S] Tuijnman, Dutch minister of traffic and water, dies at age 77.
- 1992 - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marc McDowell.
- 1992 - Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese rock artist, dies at age 26 of pulmonary edema (born 1965).
- 1992 - In Cape Mendocino, California, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurs.
- 1992 - ABC airs the final episode of Growing Pains TV show.
- 1992 - ABC airs the final episode of Who's the Boss? TV show after 8-year run.
- 1993 - Rosita Moreno, actress (Walls of Gold), dies of heart attack at age 85.
- 1993 - Russia elects Boris Yeltsin leader.
- 1994 - 14 inches of snow in Southern California.
- 1994 - Bomb attack on taxi stand in Johannesburg, South Africa; ten killed.
- 1994 - David Langton, British actor (Upstairs Downstairs), dies at age 82.
- 1994 - The largest high school arson ever in the United States is started at Burnsville High School, in Burnsville, Minnesota, resulting in over US$15 million in damages.
- 1994 - The NBC TV network airs the last episode of Disney's Someone Like Me show.
- 1994 - Fishing boat with school children capsizes at Lanaka, Syria, 46 killed.
- 1994 - George Gennimatas, Greek minister of National Economy, dies at age 55.
- 1994 - Mexican businessman and billionaire Angel Losada is kidnapped.
- 1994 - Talaat Yassin Hamman, militant Muslim leader, shot dead at age 32.
- 1994 - Tsutomu Hata elected premier of Japan.
- 1994 - End of term for Sultan Azlan Muhibbudin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yusuff Izzudin Shah Ghafarullahu-lahu as 9th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
- 1995 - The 257-day Major League Baseball strike ends.
- 1995 - Francis Henry Smith, librarian, dies at age 85.
- 1995 - Death of Ginger Rogers AKA Virginia Katherine McMath of congestive heart failure at age 83; actress/dancer (Top Hat, Stage Door), hostess (The Bell Telephone Hour).
- 1995 - Death of Alexander Knox at age 88 of bone cancer; actor (US President Woodrow Wilson - Wilson film (1944), Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy TV series, Gorky Park, Accident).
- 1996 - John Eustace Theodore Brancker, lawyer/parliamentarian, dies at age 87.
- 1996 - Death of Saul Bass at age 74 (born 1920); American graphic design pioneer, co-founder of Rankin-Bass animation studio.
- 1997 - Seattle Mariners' player Ken Griffey Junior hits his 250th homerun.
- 1997 - British magician Gordon Williams dies on stage during a charity show in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England at age 63.
- 1998 - A waste reservoir at the Los Frailes mine in Andalusia, Spain ruptures, discharging heavy metal waste into the Guadiamar River. The pollution threatens the sensitive ecosystem and endangered species of Doñana National Park, Spain's largest nature reserve, but is diverted into the Guadalquivir River. Up to 100 square km of farmland are ruined by the spill.
- 1999 - The term of Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman as the 10th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia ends.
- 1999 - Death of Lord Killanin, Irish journalist and president of the International Olympic Committee (born 1914).
- 2000 - The State of Vermont passes HB847, legalizing Civil unions for same-sex couples.
- 2000 - Death of David Merrick, American stage producer (born 1911).
- 2001 - San Diego Padres' outfielder Rickey Henderson breaks the career walks record established by Babe Ruth when he receives his 2,063rd base on balls.
- 2002 - Death of Indra Devi, yoga teacher (born 1899).
- 2002 - Death of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, American rapper (TLC) (born 1971).
- 2002 - Soyuz TM-34: South African Mark Shuttleworth blasts off from the Baikonur cosmodrome; he had paid £15 million for the trip.
- 2004 - Death of Thom Gunn, British poet (born 1929).
- 2005 - A passenger train derails in Amagasaki Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, killing 107 people and injuring another 456.
- 2005 - Death of Janette Davis at age 87; singer (Arthur Godfrey Time radio and TV show), producer (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts).
- 2006 - The Beaconsfield mine diaster occurs in Tasmania, Australia.
- 2007 - A USA 1913 Liberty Head nickel, graded PR-66 by PCGS, is sold in a private sale to $5 million, second highest amount ever paid for a single US coin.
- 2007 - US Representative Dennis Kucinich (Democrat-Ohio), introduces articles to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney.
- 2007 - In the USA, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 135.95 points to close at 13089.89; its first close above 13000 in its history.
- 2008 - In Abbortsford, British Columbia, Canada, a church hall packed with 1200 guests collapses during a Christian rock concert, injuring over 40 people.
- 2009 - The ruling African National Congress wins South Africa's general election, with 65.9 percent of votes, with the Democratic Alliance taking 16.66 percent, and the Congress of the People taking 7.42 percent.
- 2009 - The World Health Organization calls an emerging flu outbreak in Mexico and the United States a "public health emergency of international concern". Since the first case was discovered in March, about 80 have died, with over 1000 sick across Mexico. The virus is a combination of bird, swine and human influenzas.
- 2009 - Matthew Stafford signs a contract with NFL's Detroit Lions for a six-year worth US$41.7-78 million.
- 2009 - China's state-owned Jiansu People's Publishig House acquires Beijing Republic Publishing.
- 2009 - Italy's MSC Cruises' cruise ship MSC Melody fends off a pirate attack near the coast of Somalia. Six people in a small boat fire about 200 shots at the ship, before being repelled by water cannons and shots fired by Israeli security guards.
- 2009 - Death of Beatrice Arthur, American actress (All in the Family, Maude [Emmy award], The Golden Girls [Emmy award], Mame [Tony award]), at age 86 from cancer, in Los Angeles, California.
- 2010 - Hungary's conservative opposition party Fidesz wins about 68 percent of the popular vote and 263 of 386 seats in parliament in a general election. Fidesz leader Viktor Orban is set to become prime minister.
- 2010 - British author Alan Sillitoe (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner) dies at age 82 in London, England.
- 2011 - Universal releases the film Fast Five to theaters.
- 2015 - A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Nepal and causes 8,857 deaths in Nepal, 130 in India, 27 in China and 4 in Bangladesh with a total of 9,018 deaths, and destroying the houses of millions.
- 2016 - Saudi Arabia's deputy crown prince Muhammad bin Salman announces plans to end the kingdom's dependence on oil by 2030.
- 2019 - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits Russia to hold a series of summits with Russian leaders, including President Vladimir Putin.
- 2020 - The global death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 200,000. The UK becomes the fifth country to report 20,000 deaths.
- 2020 - The Southern Transitional Council announces the establishment of a self-rule administration in southern Yemen and deploys forces in Aden.
- 2023 - James Corden makes his final TV appearance as host of the CBS The Late Late Show TV show, after nearly 1200 episodes.
- 2023 - Death of Harry Belafonte at age 96; singer ("Day-O (Banana Boat Song)", "Jump in the Line"), actor (Bright Road movie (1956), Carmen Jones movie, Island in the Sun movie), activist (civil rights), UNICEF goodwill ambassador, recipient of a National Medal of Arts, Tony award winner, Emmy award winner.
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