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What happened in history on this day: May 28?
On May 28 in ...
- 576 - Death of Saint Germain of Paris.
- 640 - Severinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope (elected in 638).
- 1037 - German emperor Koenraad II removes "Constitutio the Feudis".
- 1089 - Lanfrance Archbishop of Canterbury, dies.
- 1156 - Battle at Brindisi: King Willem of Sicily beats Byzantine fleet.
- 1259 - Christoffel I King of Denmark, dies.
- 1317 - Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen bishop of Utrecht, dies at about age 63.
- 1349 - 60 Jews murdered in Breslau Silesia.
- 1357 - Afonso IV King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at age 66.
- 1358 - Daint-Leu at Oise begins French boer uprising.
- 1371 - Birth of John the Fearless Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior.
- 1521 - Pope Leo X signs treaty with German emperor Charles V.
- 1521 - Willem van Croij duke of Soria, dies at about age 62.
- 1533 - England's archbishop voids King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's marriage.
- 1534 - Dirk Martens Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about age 83.
- 1539 - Hernando de Soto lands in Florida.
- 1577 - Birth of Floris II van Pallandt Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician.
- 1608 - Claudio Monteverdi's "Arianna" premieres in Mantua.
- 1635 - Zorilla's "El Desafio de Carlos V" premieres in Madrid.
- 1650 - Gilles Hayne composer, dies at age 59.
- 1660 - Birth of George I in Osnabrück, Hanover; first Elector of Hannover, the first Hanoverian King of Great Britain (1714-1727).
- 1664 - First Baptist Church is organized (Boston).
- 1674 - German Parliament declares war on France.
- 1731 - All Hebrew books in Papal State are confiscated.
- 1738 - Birth of Dr Joseph Ignace Guillotin France, physician/inventor (guillotine).
- 1741 - Spain and Bavaria sign treaty.
- 1742 - First indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London).
- 1754 - George Washington defeats French and Indians at Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh).
- 1759 - Birth of William Pitt the Younger (Conservative), English Prime Minister (1783-1801, 1804-06).
- 1774 - The first Continental Cogress convenes in Philadelphia.
- 1787 - Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at age 67.
- 1789 - Birth of Bernard S Ingemann; Danish author (Tomorrow- og Aftensange).
- 1805 - Death of Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini at age 62; Italian composer/cellist (Minuet).
- 1807 - Birth of Jan van Swieten; Dutch general/Governor of West-Sumatra.
- 1810 - In Skåne, Sweden, Prince Karl August has a stroke, falls from a horse while attending a military review, and dies within a half hour.
- 1818 - First steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes is launched.
- 1818 - Birth of Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard in St-Bernard, Louisiana, USA; Confederate General (Hero of Sumter).
- 1819 - Birth of William Birney; US Brevet Major General (Union volunteers) (dies 1907).
- 1828 - Birth of Alpheus Baker; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1891).
- 1830 - Birth of George Lucas Hartsuff; US Major General (Union volunteers) (dies 1874).
- 1830 - US Congress authorizes Indian removal from all states to western prairie.
- 1838 - Birth of Basil Wilson in Duke, Kentucky, USA; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1916).
- 1843 - Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at age 84.
- 1845 - Fire in Québec; 1,500 houses destroyed.
- 1851 - Birth of Dick Barlow; cricket player (immortal England all-rounder of 1880s).
- 1862 - Birth of Henry W Slocum Junior; tennis champion (US Open-1888).
- 1863 - First black regiment (54 Massachusetts) leaves Boston to fight in Civil War.
- 1863 - Edmund Kirby Junior, USA-Brigadier-General, dies of injuries at age 23.
- 1864 - Maximilian and wife Carlota arrive in Veracruz, Mexico to no adoring crowds.
- 1864 - Henry H Giesy, USA-Brigadier-General, dies in battle.
- 1865 - Birth of Gerrit Grijns; Dutch physiologist (Vitamin E).
- 1866 - Dutch Government of Zuylen van Nijevelt/Heemskerk forms.
- 1868 - Birth of Claude Anet [Jean Schopfer]; French writer (Fille Perdue).
- 1871 - Paris, France, communards revolt put down.
- 1875 - Third Preakness: L Hughes aboard Tom Ochiltree wins in 2:43.5.
- 1880 - 8th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Grenada wins in 2:40.5.
- 1884 - Birth of Edvard Benes; premier/President of Czechoslovakia (1921-22, 1935-48).
- 1886 - Birth of Nicolai Sokoloff near Kiev, Ukraine; conductor (Seattle Symphony).
- 1887 - Birth of Hank Mann in New York City, New York, USA; actor (City Lights, Smoky, Dawn Trail, Fugitive Road).
- 1888 - Birth of James Francis Thorpe AKA Jim Thorpe AKA Wa-Tho-Huk (Bright Path) in Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA; decathlete (Olympics-gold-1912) (dies 1953).
- 1892 - Birth of Minna Gombell in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actress (Bad Girl, Thin Man, Hello Sister).
- 1892 - Sierra Club is formed by John Muir in San Francisco, California, USA for conservation of nature.
- 1894 - Belgian Princess Josephine marries Prince Karl von Hohenzollern.
- 1894 - Birth of Sammy White in Rhode Island, USA; actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off).
- 1896 - Birth of Warren Giles; American baseball's National League president.
- 1897 - Birth of Henry Kendall in London, England; actor (Amazing Quest, Shadow, Rich and Strange).
- 1898 - Edward Bellamy, US author (Looking Backward), dies.
- 1900 - Birth of Owen Aisher; president (Marley).
- 1900 - Britain annexes Orange Free State (as Orange River Colony).
- 1900 - Fire in Cincinnati, Ohio, nearly destroys Cincinnati Reds' grandstand.
- 1900 - Solar eclipse occurs on Earth.
- 1901 - 26th Preakness: Fred Landry aboard The Parader wins in 1:47.2.
- 1901 - Laws against phosphor matches is enacted (inhibition of white phosphorous).
- 1903 - Birth of Gaston Duribreux; Flemish writer (Golden Sail).
- 1904 - 29th Preakness: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Bryn Mawr wins in 1:44.2.
- 1905 - Russian battleship Admiral Nakhimov is sunk in Japanese waters 6 miles from Sushima Island between Japan and Korea, carrying 16 platinum bars, 48 gold bars, and 5000 pounds of British gold coins.
- 1906 - Birth of Mary Ralton; director (British WRAC).
- 1906 - Birth of Phil Regan; singer ("My Wild Irish Rose").
- 1907 - Birth of Henry Ritz; comedian/dancer (Ritz Brothers).
- 1908 - Birth of Ian Lancaster Fleming in London, England; author (James Bond) (dies 1964).
- 1909 - Birth of John Schepens [Jean Baudoux]; Flemish journalist/writer (Polyfoto).
- 1910 - Birth of Rachel Kempson; actress (Captive Heart).
- 1910 - Birth of Aaron Thibeaux Walker in Linden, Texas, USA; blues guitarman ("Call It Stormy Monday" (1943), "Funky Town", "Well Done").
- 1911 - Birth of Bob Crisp; cricket player (South African pace bowler of 1930s).
- 1911 - Stephanus J du Toit, South African theologist/journalist (African Bond), dies.
- 1912 - Birth of Patrick White in Australia; novelist (Happy Valley, Nobel Prize 1973).
- 1913 - Lord Avebury [John Lubbock], British banker/politician, dies.
- 1915 - Birth of Scott McKay in Pleasantville, Iowa, USA; actor (Stage Door).
- 1916 - Birth of Thora Hird; actress (Nightcomers, Kind of Loving).
- 1916 - Birth of Walker Percy in Birmingham, Alabama, USA; author (Adventures of a Bad Catholic).
- 1917 - Birth of Barry Commoner in Brooklyn, New York, USA; biologist (Science and Survival).
- 1917 - Birth of Gerald Cash; Governor-General (Bahamas).
- 1917 - Birth of Marshall Reed in Englewood, California, USA; actor (Fred Asher - Lineup).
- 1917 - Birth of Papa John Creech; rocker (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane).
- 1918 - Birth of Johnny Wayne in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; comedian (Wayne and Schuster on radio and TV, appeared on Ed Sullivan Show 52 times).
- 1918 - Tatars declare Azerbaijan, in Russian Caucasus, independent.
- 1919 - Armenia declares its independence.
- 1919 - Birth of Duke of Rutland; British land owner/multi-millionaire.
- 1919 - Birth of Frank Middlemass in England; actor (Island, Oliver Twist, Heartbeat, Rocky Hardcastle - As Time Goes By).
- 1919 - Birth of John Eldridge; CEO (Matthews Wrightmson).
- 1921 - Geo Mestdagh, Belgian aviation pioneer, dies.
- 1922 - Birth of John Alderson; chief constable (Devon and Cornwall, United Kingdom).
- 1923 - Birth of Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao in India; film star (Patala Bhairavi).
- 1924 - Birth of Edward du Cann; CEO (Lonrho).
- 1925 - Birth of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in Zehlendorf, Germany; baritone (Doktor Faust).
- 1925 - Birth of Martha Vickers in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; actress (Alimony, Man I Love, Ruthless).
- 1926 - Military coup by General Manuel Gomes da Costa in Portugal.
- 1926 - US Customs Court created by Congress.
- 1927 - Birth of François Nourissier; French writer (Un petit bourgeois).
- 1927 - Birth of Norman Ireland; CEO (Bowater).
- 1927 - Birth of Robert Evans; CEO (British Gas).
- 1927 - Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer (Belgian Kempen), dies.
- 1928 - American automakers Dodge Brothers Inc and Chrysler Corp merge.
- 1929 - First full-length all-color talking picture On With the Show is exhibited, in New York City.
- 1929 - Birth of Leslie Wight; cricket player (one Test West Indies versus India 1953, scored 21).
- 1930 - Birth of Edward Seaga; Prime Minister (Jamaica).
- 1930 - Georges Forbes succeeds Joseph Ward as premier of New Zealand.
- 1931 - Birth of Carroll Baker in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA; American actress (Andy Warhol's Bad, Babydoll, Harlow, LA Law, Grand).
- 1931 - Birth of Raymond Miquel; chairman (Scottish Sports Council).
- 1931 - Birth of Stephen Birmingham Hartford; author (Real Lace - America's Irish Rich).
- 1933 - Birth of John Karlen in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Harvey Lacey - Cagney and Lacey, Dark Shadows).
- 1934 - Birth of Dionne Quintuplets (Annette, Cécile, Émilie, Marie, Yvonne), in Ontario, Canada, first known set of surviving quintuplets.
- 1934 - Donald Bradman gets 160 Australia versus Middlesex, 124 minutes, 27 fours, 1x6, 1x5.
- 1934 - Hobbs scores his 197th and last FC cricket ton at age 51 years 163 days.
- 1935 - Birth of Kenneth Kleinwort; English banker/multi-millionaire.
- 1937 - Alfred Adler, Austrian psychiatrist (Individual Psychology), dies at age 67.
- 1937 - Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opens to vehicular traffic.
- 1937 - Neville Chamberlain becomes the Prime Minister of Great Britain.
- 1938 - Birth of Jerry West in Cabin Creek, West Virginia, USA; NBA superstar (Los Angeles Lakers, Olympics-gold-1960).
- 1938 - Birth of Prince Buster; Jamaican reggae musician/producer (Madness).
- 1938 - Foundation for Tel Aviv harbor is laid.
- 1940 - Adriaan J Enschedé, director (Dutch printers Joh Enschedé), dies at age 50.
- 1940 - (0400 hours) King Leopold III of Belgium surrenders the army unconditionally to German forces.
- 1940 - Birth of Betty Shabazz; educator/talk show hostess/widow (Malcolm X).
- 1940 - Birth of Hans Dulfer; tenor saxophonist/director (Paradiso).
- 1940 - Birth of Thomas E Petri; American politician (Representative-Republican-Wisconsin, 1979-).
- 1940 - British-French troops capture Narvik, Norway.
- 1940 - Irving Berlin's musical "Louisiana Purchase" premieres in New York City.
- 1940 - Randle Ayrton, actor (Manx Man), dies at age 70.
- 1940 - Walter Connolly, actor (It Happened One Night, Good Earth), dies at age 53.
- 1941 - First night game at Washington DC, Griffith Stadium (New York Yankees 6, Senators 5).
- 1941 - Birth of Beth Howland in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Vera - Alice, Company).
- 1941 - British army begins evacuation of Crete.
- 1942 - 1,800 Czechoslovakians murdered by Germans during attack on Reinhard Heydrich.
- 1942 - Jean F van Royen, German secretary PTT (Camp Amersfoort), dies.
- 1943 - Birth of Ray Mitchell; governor (Albany Prison, England).
- 1943 - Birth of Tony Mansfield [Anthony Bookbinder]; rock drummer (Billy J Kramer).
- 1943 - British militia reaches Tito.
- 1944 - Birth of Adriaan T "Ad" Zuiderent; poet/critic (On the Droge).
- 1944 - Birth of Gary Stewart in Latcher County, Kentucky, USA; country singer ("She's Actin' Single").
- 1944 - Birth of Billy Vera; musician (Billy and the Beaters - "At This Moment", "Into the Night").
- 1944 - Birth of Gladys Knight in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; singer, leader of the Pips ("Last Train to Georgia").
- 1944 - Birth of Rudy Giuliani; American politician (Mayor-Republican/Liberal New York City, 1994-).
- 1945 - Birth of John Fogerty in Berkeley, California, USA rock vocals (Creedence Clearwater Revival).
- 1946 - Death of Carter Glass, Virginia member of Congress, co-author of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913.
- 1946 - First night game at Yankee Stadium (Washington Senators 2, New York Yankees 1).
- 1946 - Birth of Madeleine Le Roux in Wyoming, USA; Broadway actress (Cry Uncle).
- 1947 - Birth of Beth Howland in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Vera - Alice).
- 1947 - Birth of Sondra Locke in Shelbyville, Tennessee, USA; actress (Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Rosie: The Rosemary Clooeney Story).
- 1948 - Birth of Ray Laidlaw; British rock drummer (Jack the Lad).
- 1948 - Iraq captures Ge'ulim settlement.
- 1949 - Birth of Shelley Hamlin in San Mateo, California, USA; LPGA golfer (1978 Patty Berg Classic).
- 1949 - Birth of Sue Holderness; actress (Marlene - Only Fools and Horses, Sandbaggers).
- 1949 - Birth of Wendy O[rleans] Williams in Rochester, New York, USA; punk rocker (Plasmatics).
- 1951 - After going 0-for-12, Willie Mays connects for his first homerun (also his first major league hit).
- 1951 - Jerry Colonna Show debuts on ABC-TV.
- 1952 - The women of Greece are given sufferage.
- 1953 - Birth of Arto Lindsay; rocker/actor (Cookie, Desperately Seeking Susan).
- 1953 - Premiere of first animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor: Melody.
- 1954 - Birth of George E Mahlberg; astrophysicist, Mount Palomar/Mount Wilson California (1974-78).
- 1954 - Birth of Joâo Carlos De Oliveira in Brazil; triple jumper (Olympics-bronze-1976, 1980).
- 1955 - 81st Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Nashua wins in 1:54.6.
- 1955 - Bob Sweikert wins Indianapolis 500 with an average speed of 128.213 mph.
- 1955 - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Wolverine Golf Open.
- 1956 - Birth of Jeff Dujon; cricket wicket-keeper (West Indies 1981-91, their most successful).
- 1956 - Dale Long becomes first to hit homeruns in eight straight games.
- 1956 - US President Dwight Eisenhower signs farm bill allowing government to store agricultural surplus.
- 1957 - Birth of Kirk Gibson in Michigan, USA; outfield (Detroit Tigers, Brooklyn Dodgers, 1988 National League Most Valuable Player).
- 1957 - Birth of Walter R Tucker; American politician (Representative-Democrat-California).
- 1957 - National League approves Brooklyn Dodgers' and New York Giants' move to west coast.
- 1957 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1958 - French Government of Pflimlin resigns; 200,000 demonstrate against Charles de Gaulle.
- 1958 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Land of Sky Golf Open.
- 1959 - Bert Collins, cricket player (19 Tests for Australia 1920-26), dies.
- 1959 - Birth of Leon "The Bop" Klaasse; rock drummer/singer (The Pilgrims - "Red").
- 1959 - US Congressional Committee of Astronautics meets Project 7 astronauts.
- 1959 - Monkeys Able and Baker zoom 300 miles (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became first animals retrieved from a space mission.
- 1961 - British newspaper The London Observer publishes British lawyer Peter Benenson's article "The Forgotten Prisoners", launching the Appeal for Amnesty, calling for the release of all people imprisoned in various parts of the world because of the peaceful expression of their beliefs.
- 1961 - Birth of Roland Gift in Birmingham, England; rocker (Fine Young Cannibals - "She Drives Me Crazy").
- 1961 - Last trip (Paris to Bucharest) on Orient Express (after 78 years).
- 1961 - Record 27 homeruns hit in seven American League games.
- 1962 - Birth of Roland Gift; singer (Fine Young Cannibals).
- 1962 - Birth of Brandon Cruz; actor (Eddie - Courtship of Eddie's Father).
- 1962 - Lawsuit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester, New York.
- 1962 - US stock market drops US$20.8 billion in one day.
- 1962 - Wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio.
- 1963 - Birth of Eugene Robinson; NFL safety (Seattle Seahawks, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31).
- 1963 - Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; estimated 22,000 die and one million houses destroyed.
- 1963 - Jomo Kenyatta becomes first Prime Minister of Kenya.
- 1964 - Birth of Christa Miller; actress (Scrubs, The Drew Carey Show).
- 1964 - Birth of Armon Gilliam; NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks, New Jersey Nets).
- 1964 - Birth of Mark MacKay in Brandon, Germany; hockey forward (Team Germany 1998).
- 1964 - Jawaharlal Nehru cremated in New Dehli, India.
- 1964 - John Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at age 76.
- 1964 - Palestine National Congress forms the Palestine Liberation Organization in Jerusalem.
- 1964 - Unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn rocket test launched into Earth orbit.
- 1965 - Birth of Chris Ballew; singer (Presidents of the United States of America).
- 1965 - Birth of Chantal Bailey in Champaign, Illinois, USA; speed skater (Olympics-1994).
- 1965 - Birth of Christa Miller in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Kate - The Drew Carey Show).
- 1965 - Birth of Michael Charles Brisky in Brownsville, Texas, USA; PGA golfer (1995 Buick-second).
- 1965 - Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400.
- 1966 - Birth of Gavin Robertson in New South Wales; cricket off-spin all-rounder (Australia ODI-Pakistan 1994).
- 1966 - Dmitri Shostakovich's 11th String quartet premieres in Leningrad, Russia.
- 1966 - The "It's a Small World" attraction opens in Fantasyland at Disneyland.
- 1967 - Birth of Glen Rice; NBA guard/forward (Charlotte Hornets).
- 1967 - Birth of Kari Wuhrer in Brookfield, Connecticut, USA; actress (Remote Control, Beverly Hills 90210, Out Of Sync).
- 1967 - Birth of Tory Epps; NFL defensive tackle (New Orleans Saints).
- 1967 - Dmitri Shostakovich completes his second Violin concerto.
- 1967 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1968 - American League announces it is splitting into two divisions.
- 1968 - Birth of Char Thompson; WLAF running back (Barcelona Dragons).
- 1968 - Birth of Kylie Minogue in Melbourne, Australia; rock vocalist (Locomotion).
- 1968 - Birth of Sandra Bacher in Long Island, New York, USA; half-heavyweight judoka (Olympics-1992, 1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Tomas P Pukstys in Chicago, Illinois, USA; javelin thrower (Olympics-1996).
- 1968 - National League grants San Diego a baseball franchise (San Diego Padres).
- 1968 - Senator Eugene McCarthy wins Democratic primary in Oregon.
- 1969 - Birth of Justin Kirk; actor (Weeds).
- 1969 - AC Milan wins 14th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid, Spain.
- 1969 - Birth of Bob Meeks; WLAF corner (Barcelona Dragons).
- 1969 - Birth of Damian Rhodes in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; NHL goalie (Ottawa Senators).
- 1969 - Birth of Frank McCormack in Leicester, Massachusetts, USA; cyclist (Olympics-1996).
- 1969 - Rhys Williams, actor (Nightmare, Okinawa, Corn is Green), dies at age 71.
- 1970 - Birth of Ben Williams; WLAF defensive end (London Monarchs).
- 1970 - Birth of David Roberts in Alameda, California, USA; hockey forward (Olympics-1994).
- 1970 - Birth of Jason Belser; NFL cornerback (Indianapolis Colts).
- 1971 - Birth of Jeff Gove in Seattle, Washington, USA; Nike golfer (1991 Ralphs Senior Classic).
- 1971 - Birth of Nick Bravin in New York City, New York, USA; fencer-foil (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - USSR Mars 3 launched, first spacecraft to soft land on Mars.
- 1971 - Death of Audie Murphy at age 46 in a plane crash; most decorated American GI of WWII (27 US decorations plus 5 decorations from France and Belgium), actor (Whispering Smith TV show (1961), Sierra).
- 1972 - Birth of Cheryl Demkowski in Syracuse, New York, USA; dance skater (and Gregory Maddalone).
- 1972 - Birth of Denise Booker in Liverpool, England; golfer (South Australian Junior champion 1990).
- 1972 - Edward VIII, King of Great Britain/Northern Ireland/emperor (India 1936), dies at age 77.
- 1972 - White House "plumbers" break into Democratic National headquarters at Watergate.
- 1973 - Birth of Pat Peake Rochester, NHL center (Washington Capitals).
- 1973 - Birth of Todd Sweeris in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA; table tennis player (Olympics-1996).
- 1973 - Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 innings (game started May 26).
- 1973 - Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, German composer/conductor (Hassan), dies at age 73.
- 1973 - Jacques Lipchitz, Polish/French/US art critic sculptor, dies at age 81.
- 1974 - In Switzerland, an Athenian decadrachm sells for US$272,240, a world record price.
- 1974 - In Hollywood, California, the 26th Annual Emmy Awards (primetime programming) are presented, hosted by Johnny Carson.
- Best Lead Actor in a Drama: Hal Holbrook for Pueblo
- Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Telly Savalas for Kojak
- Actor of the Year - Special: Hal Holbrook for Pueblo
- Actor of the Year - Series: Alan Alda for M*A*S*H
- Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Alan Alda for M*A*S*H
- Best Lead Actor in a Limited Series: William Holden for The Blue Knight
- Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Michael Learned for The Waltons
- Best Lead Actress in a Drama: Cicely Tyson for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
- Best Lead Actress in a Limited Series: Mildred Natwick for The Snoop Sisters
- Actress of the Year - Special: Cicely Tyson for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
- Actress of the Year - Series: Mary Tyler Moore for Mary Tyler Moore
- Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Mary Tyler Moore for Mary Tyler Moore
- Best Supporting Actor in Comedy: Rob Reiner for All in the Family
- Best Supporting Actor in Drama: Michael Moriarty for The Glass Menagerie
- Supporting Actor of the Year: Michael Moriarty for The Glass Menagerie
- Best Supporting Actor in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music: Harvey Korman for The Carol Burnett Show
- Supporting Actress of the Year: Joanna Miles for The Glass Menagerie
- Best Supporting Actress in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music: Brenda Vaccaro for The Shape of Things
- Best Supporting Actress in Comedy: Cloris Leachman for episode "The Lars Affair" of Mary Tyler Moore
- Best Supporting Actress in Drama: Joanna Miles for The Glass Menagerie
- Best Directing in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music: Dwight Hemion for Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments
- Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction and Electronic Camerawork: Gerry Bucci, Ken Tamburri, Dave Hilmer, David Smith, Jim Balden, and Ron Brooks for In Concert Cat Stevens: Moon & Star
- Director of the Year - Special: Dwight Hemion for Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments
- Best Directing in Drama - A Single Program - Comedy or Drama: John Korty for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
- Best Directing in Comedy: Jackie Cooper for episode Carry on, Hawkeye of M*A*S*H
- Best Directing in Variety or Music: Dave Powers for The Australia Show of The Carol Burnett Show
- Best Music Direction of a Variety, Music or Dramatic Program: Jack Parnell, Ken Welch, Mitzie Welch for Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments
- Director of the Year - Series: Robert Butler for The Blue Knight
- Best Directing in Drama - A Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and/or Theme: Robert Butler for The Blue Knight
- Best Writing in Drama - Original Teleplay: Fay Kanin for Tell Me Where It Hurts
- Best Writing in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music: Herbert Sargent, Rosalyn Drexler, Lorne Michaels, Richard Pryor, Jim Rusk, James R. Stein, Bob Illes, Lily Tomlin, George Yanok, Jane Wagner, Rod Warren, Ann Elder, and Karyl Miller for Lily
- Best Writing in Drama - Adaptation: Tracy Keenan Wynn for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
- Best Writing in Comedy: Treva Silverman for episode The Lou And Edie Story of Mary Tyler Moore
- Best Writing in Drama: Joanna Lee for episode The Thanksgiving Story of The Waltons
- Best Writing in Variety or Music: Ed Simmons, Gary Belkin, Roger Beatty, Arnie Kogen, Bill Richmond, Gene Perret, Rudy De Luca, Barry Levinson, Dick Clair, Jenna McMahon, and Barry Harman for The Carol Burnett Show
- Best Cinematography for Entertainment Programming - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series: Harry L. Wolf for Columbo: Any Old Port in a Storm
- Art Director and Set Decorator of the Year: Jan Scott, Charles Kreiner for The Lie
- Best Art Direction or Scenic Design - For a Dramatic Program or Feature Length Film, for a Series, a Single Program of a Series or a Special Program: Jan Scott and Charles Kreiner for The Lie
- Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design: Bruce Walkup and Sandra Stewart for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
- Best Film Editing for Entertainment Programming - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series: Gene Fowler Junior, Marjorie Fowler, and Samuel E. Beetley for The Blue Knight
- Outstanding Achievement in Makeup: Stan Winston and Rick Baker for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
- Best Song or Theme: Marty Paich and David Paich for the song "Light The Way" for episode "Once More For Joey" of Ironside
- Outstanding Music-Variety Series: The Carol Burnett Show
- Musician of the Year: Jack Parnell, Ken Welch, and Mitzie Welch for Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments
- Best Music Composition - For a Series, a Single Program of a Series: Morton Stevens for episode "Hookman" of Hawaii Five-O
- Best Music Composition - For a Special Program: Fred Karlin for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
- Outstanding Drama Series: Upstairs, Downstairs
- Outstanding Limited Series: Columbo: Lovely But Lethal, and Columbo: Any Old Port in a Storm, and Columbo: Candidate for Crime, and Columbo: Double Exposure, and Columbo: Publish or Perish, and Columbo: Mind Over Mayhem, and Columbo: Swan Song
- Outstanding Special - Comedy or Drama: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
- Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement: John Gilroy and Dick Cavett for The Dick Cavett Show and Tom Snyder for The Tomorrow Show
- Film Editor of the Year: Frank Morriss for The Execution of Private Slovik
- Outstanding Comedy Series: M*A*S*H
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming: Bill Zaharuk, Peter Razmofsky for The Borrowers and Charles M. Schulz for A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
- Writer of the Year - Special: Fay Kanin for Tell Me Where It Hurts
- Outstanding Children's Special: Marlo Thomas, Carole Hart for Free to Be... You & Me
- Writer of the Year - Series: Treva Silverman for episode "The Lou And Edie Story" of Mary Tyler Moore
- Outstanding Achievement in Sports Programming: Roone Arledge, Dennis Lewin for ABC's Wide World of Sports
- Best Film Editing for Entertainment Programming - For a Special or Feature Length Program Made for Television: Frank Morriss for The Execution of Private Slovik
- 1974 - Massachusetts State Lottery begins selling first instant game lottery tickets (latex-covered scratch-off area).
- 1974 - Italian fascists bomb demonstrators in Brescia, six killed.
- 1974 - Stephen Schwartz' musical Magic Show premieres at the Cort Theater in New York City for 1859 performances.
- 1975 - Bayern München wins 20th Europe Cup 1 in Paris, France.
- 1975 - Birth of Caresa Winters; Miss South Dakota USA (1996).
- 1975 - Birth of Mike Fisher in Naperville, Illinois; soccer midfielder (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1975 - Death of Roy Roberts at age 75 of a heart attack; actor (Petticoat Junction, Gunsmoke, Beverly Hillbillies, Lucy Show, My Little Margie).
- 1975 - Soyuz 18 launched.
- 1977 - Birth of Elisabeth Hasselbeck; host (The View TV show).
- 1977 - A fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky, USA, kills 164 people and injures 130 others.
- 1977 - Birth of Ashley Ryan Ruiz Offord in Miami, Florida, singer (Menudo - "Cannonball").
- 1978 - In Indianapolis, Indiana, the 62nd Indianapolis 500 race is held. A 1978 Corvette is the official pace car, driven by Jim Rathmann. Al Unser is fifth to win the race three time (average speed of 161.363 mph).
- 1979 - Birth of Monica Keena; actress (Dawson's Creek, Undeclared).
- 1979 - Birth of Jesse Bradford; actor (The West Wing).
- 1979 - European Market accepts Greece as member.
- 1980 - Birth of Cheri Wheeler; Miss Georgia Teen USA (1997).
- 1980 - Joe Darby does a standing long jump of 12 feet 5 inches.
- 1980 - Nottingham Forrest wins 25th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid, Spain.
- 1980 - Two Oakland Athletics' players steal home in first inning.
- 1981 - Stefan Wyszynski, Polish Cardinal, dies.
- 1982 - United Artists releases the film Rocky III to theaters.
- 1982 - Pope John Paul II is first pope to visit Great Britain since 1531.
- 1982 - British troops reach Darwin, Falkland Islands.
- 1982 - Death of Lieutenant Colonel H. Jones, Victory Cross, British soldier (Falklands War) (born 1940).
- 1983 - The 9th G7 summit begins at Williamsburg, Virginia.
- 1983 - Hamburger ZV wins 28th Europe Cup 1 in Athens, Greece.
- 1985 - David Jacobsen taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon.
- 1986 - Birth of Joseph Cross; actor (As The World Turns, The O'Keefes).
- 1986 - Democratic Labor Party wins parliamentary election in Barbados.
- 1986 - Death of Lurene Tuttle at age 79 of cancer; actress (Sam Spade radio show, Red Skelton, Great Gildersleeve, Dr. Christian, Life with Father TV show, Julia, Father of the Bride, Pete and Gladys, These Are the Days, Perry Mason).
- 1986 - Chicago White Sox player Joe Cowley sets record striking out first seven Texas Rangers he faces.
- 1987 - 19-year-old West German Mathias Rust, flies a rented single-engine Cessna plane 500 miles from Hamburg to Moscow, through Russian security without clearance and lands in Red Square. He is immediately detained (but is released August 3, 1988).
- 1987 - 60th US National Spelling Bee: Stephanie Petit wins spelling "staphylococci".
- 1987 - Baltimore Orioles' player Mike Young hits two homeruns in extra innings.
- 1987 - Bob Milacki sets Southern League pitching record 11 1/3 no hit innings.
- 1987 - Charles Ludlam, actor (Big Easy), dies at age 44.
- 1987 - Monitor, Civil War warship, is discovered by a deep sea robot.
- 1987 - Paul Pearman jumps 21 barrels on a skateboard in Augusta, Georgia, USA.
- 1988 - Death of Sy Oliver at age 77; trumpet player/arranger/bandleader (Tommy Dorsey - "On the Sunny Side of the Street", "Opus One").
- 1989 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic.
- 1989 - Emerson Fittipaldi wins the Indianapolis 500 with an average speed of 167.581 mph.
- 1990 - Superior Galleries conducts the Boys Town Sale coin auction in Beverly Hills California. The King of Siam Proof Set (with 1804 silver dollar) sells for $3.19 million, highest price paid for a single auction lot in numismatic history. Total sale is $21.5 million, highest grossing one-part numismatic auction to date.
- 1990 - César Gaviria Trujillo installed as President of Colombia.
- 1990 - CBS-TV debuts The Dave Thomas Comedy Show.
- 1990 - Eugenia Charles' Dominican Freedom Party wins election in Dominica.
- 1990 - Hussein Bin Onn, first minister of Malaysia (1976-81), dies.
- 1990 - Joseph Hardy, actor/director (Tree Grows in Brooklyn), dies at age 71.
- 1990 - Longest wheelie (David Robilliard with 5 hours 12 minutes 33 seconds (Channel Islands).
- 1991 - Ethel Lois Payne, journalist (Chicago Defender), dies at age 79.
- 1991 - Ethiopian rebels seize Addis Ababa.
- 1991 - Liberian-registered supertanker ABT Summer explodes off Angola, leaking oil causing an oil slick 31km by 5.6km.
- 1991 - The Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the Minnesota North Stars 8-0 in Game 6 to win their first Stanley Cup in franchise history.
- 1992 - 65th National Spelling Bee: Amanda Goad wins spelling "lyceum".
- 1993 - TriStar releases the film Cliffhanger to theaters.
- 1993 - 200,000 demonstrate against mafia terror.
- 1993 - Charles Barnett, cricket player (20 Tests for England), dies.
- 1993 - Polish Government of Suchocka falls.
- 1994 - NBC-TV airs final episode of Cafe American.
- 1994 - Julius Boros, pro golfer (US Open 1952), dies of heart attack at age 74.
- 1994 - Minnesota Twins' Dave Winfield passes Rod Carew into 15th hit list (3,054).
- 1995 - Alison Nichols wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic.
- 1995 - Daniela Rocca, actress (Battle of Austerlitz), dies at age 57.
- 1995 - Dottie Mochrie wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Golf Game.
- 1995 - In Indianapolis, Indiana, the 79th Indianapolis 500 race is held. A 1995 Corvette performs the role of Official Pace Car, driven by Jim Perkins.
- 1995 - Neftegorsk, Russia is hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake, killing at least 2000 people (two-thirds of the town's population).
- 1995 - Chicago White Sox (5) and Detroit Tigers (7) combine for record 12 homeruns at Tiger Stadium.
- 1997 - Linda Finch completes an around-the-world flight first attempted by Amelia Earhart.
- 1998 - In response to a series of Indian nuclear tests, Pakistan explodes five nuclear devices of its own in the Chaghai hills of Baluchistan, prompting the United States, Japan and other nations to impose economic sanctions.
- 1998 - Death of Phil Hartman at age 49, shot dead by his wife (who then kills herself) in Encino, California, USA; actor/comedian (Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, NewsRadio).
- 1998 - In Southern Xinjiang, China, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurs. Twenty-eight people injured, more than 2,000 buildings destroyed, an additional 3,000 damaged.
- 1999 - Swedish police officers Robert Karlström and Olov Borén are wounded by three bank robbers armed with automatic weapons and later executed with their own service pistols by shots in the head from close distance on the scene in Malexander.
- 1999 - After 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo de Vinci's painting The Last Supper is placed back on display in Milan, Italy.
- 1999 - Universal releases the film Notting Hill to theaters.
- 2000 - The volcano Mount Cameroon erupts.
- 2000 - Royal Caribbean International's Voyager of the Seas cruise ship sets a new record for most guests on a single cruise: 3608.
- 2001 - A super tanker collides with the MT Singapura Timur oil tanker off Pulau Undan, near Malacca, Malaysia, causing it to sink and remain half-submerged in the sea, leaking diesel oil and bitumen.
- 2002 - The Mars Odyssey finds signs of large ice deposits on the planet Mars.
- 2003 - Death of Ilya Prigogine, Russian-born physicist and chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (born 1917).
- 2003 - Death of Martha Scott at age 86; actress (Dallas, Bionic Woman, Bob Newhart Show, Robert Montgomery Presents, Beulah Land).
- 2003 - Prometea, the first horse cloned by Italian scientists, is born.
- 2003 - AC Milan defeats fellow Italian rival Juventus 3-2 on penalties after a scoreless tie to win the UEFA Champions League, their sixth European title.
- 2004 - Fox releases the film The Day After Tomorrow to theaters.
- 2006 - President Alvaro Uribe Velez is re-elected in Colombia for a second term. He becomes the first president in over a century to serve consecutive terms.
- 2006 - At AT&T Park, Barry Bonds passes Babe Ruth for number of home runs as he hits the 715th homer of his Major League career. Bonds is now in second place, behind Hank Aaron.
- 2007 - Riyo Mori is crowned the new Miss Universe 2007 in Mexico City, Mexico.
- 2009 - A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Honduras, killing five people.
- 2010 - Gunmen launch raids on two mosques of the Ahmadi Islamic sect in Lahore, Pakistan, killing 93 people, with three attackers blowing themselves up with suicide vests.
- 2010 - Two trains collide in West Bengal, India, killing at least 100, injuring 145. The Calcutta-Mumbai passenger train derailed, throwing five of its carriages into the path of an oncoming goods train.
- 2010 - The Tungurahua "Throat of Fire" volcano 130 kilometres southeast of Ecuador's capital, Quito comes to life, spewing lava, rocks and debris.
- 2010 - Death of Gary Coleman, American actor (Arnold Jackson - Diff'rent Strokes 1978-85) at age 42 in Utah of a brain hemorrhage after a fall.
- 2021 - In the United Kingdom, the Royal Mail receives the final design entries for a proposed set of postage stamps designed by children, to honor COVID workers. The stamp designs were submitted in a design contest by UK children ages 4 through 14. The Royal Mail received 606,049 entries, breaking the Guiness world record for largest postage stamp design competition.
- 2022 - Death of Patricia Brake at age 79; English actor (Porridge TV show).
- 2023 - Turkey presidential runoff won by incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (52%) against competitor Kemal Kilicdaroglu (48%).
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