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Deaths

Holidays and observances

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Events

★ 625 - Battle of Uhud takes place between Muslims and Pagans in Arabia

★ 1174 - Jocelin, abbot of Melrose, is elected bishop of Glasgow

★ 1568 - Peace of Longjumeau ends the Second War of Religion in France. Again Catherine de' Medici and Charles IX of France make substantial concessions to the Huguenots.

★ 1708 - James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth.

★ 1775 - American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his famous speech -"give me liberty or give me death" at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia.

★ 1801 - Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael's Castle.

★ 1806 - After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their "Corps of Discovery" begin their arduous journey home.

★ 1821 - Battle and fall of city of Kalamata, Greek War of Independence.

★ 1848 - The ship ''John Wickliffe'' arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded.

★ 1857 - Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.

★ 1868 - The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.

★ 1889 - Land run: President Benjamin Harrison opens Oklahoma to white settlement starting on April 22.

★ 1889 - The free Woolwich Ferry officially opens in east London.

★ 1889 - The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was established by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian India.

★ 1896 - The Raines Law is passed by the New York State Legislature, restricting Sunday sale of alcohol to hotels

★ 1903 - The Wright Brothers apply for a patent on their invention of one of the first successful airplanes.

★ 1909 - Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.

★ 1919 - In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.

★ 1931 - Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev embrace the gallows during the Indian struggle for independence. Their request to be shot by a firing squad is refused.

★ 1933 - The ''Reichstag'' passes the Enabling act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.

★ 1935 - Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.

★ 1940 - The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or the then Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All India Muslim League.

★ 1942 - World War II: In the Indian Ocean, Japanese forces capture the Andaman Islands.

★ 1956 - Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. (Republic Day in Pakistan)

★ 1962 - NS ''Savannah'', the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, was launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's ''Atoms for Peace'' initiative.

★ 1965 - NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).

★ 1978 - The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line.

★ 1980 - Archbishop Óscar Romero of El Salvador gives his famous speech appealing to men of the El Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing the Salvadorans.

★ 1982 - Guatemala's government, headed by Fernando Romeo Lucas García is overthrown in a military coup by right-wing General Efraín Ríos Montt.

★ 1983 - Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.

★ 1989 - Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann announce cold fusion at the University of Utah.

★ 1992 - Education (Universities Funding Council) (Supplementary Functions) Order Sustained

★ 1994 - Wayne Gretzky sets all-time NHL goal scoring record with 804.

★ 1994 - At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto Martínez.

★ 1994 - Aeroflot Flight 593 crashes in Siberia when the pilot's fifteen-year old son accidentally disengages the autopilot, killing 75.

★ 1994 - A United States Air Force (USAF) F-16 aircraft collides with a USAF C-130 at Pope Air Force Base and then crashes into a group of United States Army soldiers on the ground, killing 24 people in what is often called the Green Ramp Disaster.

★ 1996 - Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President.

★ 1999 - Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.

★ 2001 - The Russian ''Mir'' space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.

★ 2003 - In Nasiriyah, Iraq, 11 soldiers of the 507th Maintenance Company as well as 18 U.S. Marines are killed during the first major conflict of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

★ 2003 - The Australian cricket team defeats India in the cricket World cup to win their second successive Cricket World Cup.

★ 2004 - Andhra Pradesh Federation of Trade Unions holds its first conference in Hyderabad, India.

★ 2005 - The United States 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, refuses to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube.

★ 2005 - A major explosion at the Texas City Refinery kills 15 workers.

★ 2006 - Federal Reserve discontinues publishing M3 money supply.

★ 2007 - Burnley Tunnel catastrophe occurs in Melbourne Australia.

★ 2007 - Iranian Navy seize Royal Navy personnel in Iraqi waters.

Births

★ 1429 - Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482)

★ 1638 - Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (d. 1731)

★ 1645 - William Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701)

★ 1699 - John Bartram, American botanist (d. 1777)

★ 1723 - Agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771)

★ 1732 - Marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800)

★ 1749 - Pierre Simon de Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1827)

★ 1754 - Baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician, physicist, and artillery officer (d. 1802)

★ 1769 - William Smith, English geologist and cartographer (d. 1839)

★ 1769 - Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (d. 1832)

★ 1823 - Schuyler Colfax, Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)

★ 1826 - Léon Minkus, German/Czech composer and violinist (d. 1917)

★ 1831 - Eduard Schlagintweit, German writer (d. 1866)

★ 1834 - Julius Reubke, German composer (d. 1858)

★ 1858 - Ludwig Quidde, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1941)

★ 1868 - Dietrich Eckart, early supporter of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party and member of Thule Society (d. 1923)

★ 1878 - Franz Schreker, Austrian composer (d. 1934)

★ 1880 - Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish politician (d. 1922)

★ 1881 - Roger Martin du Gard, French writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1958)

★ 1881 - Hermann Staudinger, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)

★ 1882 - Emmy Noether, German mathematician (d. 1935)

★ 1887 - Juan Gris, Spanish artist (d. 1927)

★ 1887 - Josef Čapek, Czech writer (d. 1945)

★ 1887 - Prince Felix Yussupov, Russian assassin of Rasputin (d. 1967)

★ 1893 - Cedric Gibbons, American art director (d. 1960)

★ 1899 - Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (d. 1943)

★ 1900 - Erich Fromm, German-born psychoanalyst (d. 1980)

★ 1905 - Lale Andersen, German singer and cabaretist (d. 1972)

★ 1905 - Joan Crawford, American actress (d. 1977)

★ 1907 - Daniel Bovet, Swiss-born scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1992)

★ 1910 - Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director (d. 1998)

★ 1912 - Wernher von Braun, German-born physicist and engineer (d. 1977)

★ 1915 - Vasily Zaitsev, Soviet World War II hero (d. 1991)

★ 1920 - Neal Smith, former United States Congressman

★ 1921 - Donald Campbell, British car and motorboat racer (d. 1967)

★ 1922 - Marty Allen, American comedian and actor

★ 1922 - Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1990)

★ 1924 - Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor (d. 1980)

★ 1925 - David Watkin, English cinematographer

★ 1929 - Sir Roger Bannister, English runner

★ 1931 - Yevgenij Grishin, Russian speed skater (d. 2005)

★ 1931 - Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess player

★ 1932 - Don Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player

★ 1933 - Philip Zimbardo, American psychologist, known for the Stanford prison experiment

★ 1934 - Ludvig Faddeev, Russian mathematician

★ 1934 - Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor (d. 2006)

★ 1934 - Mark Rydell, American film and television director

★ 1937 - Craig Breedlove, American land speed record holder

★ 1937 - Robert Gallo, American physician

★ 1938 - Maynard Jackson, first black mayor of Atlanta (d. 2003)

★ 1939 - Pepe Lienhard, Swiss band leader and entertainer

★ 1941 - Jim Trelease, American educator and children's literature author

★ 1942 - Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and political figure (d. 1980)

★ 1943 - Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish writer (d. 2001)

★ 1944 - Michael Nyman, British minimalist composer

★ 1948 - David Olney, American musician

★ 1949 - Ric Ocasek, American musician (The Cars)

★ 1950 - Anthony De Longis, American actor

★ 1950 - Corinne Clery, French actress

★ 1951 - Ron Jaworski, American football player and analyst

★ 1952 - Kim Stanley Robinson, American author

★ 1953 - Bo Diaz, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1990)

★ 1953 - Chaka Khan, American singer

★ 1955 - Moses Malone, American basketball player

★ 1955 - Petrea Burchard, American actress

★ 1956 - José Manuel Barroso, Portuguese politician, president of the European Commission

★ 1957 - Amanda Plummer, American actress

★ 1957 - Robbie James, Welsh footballer (d. 1998)

★ 1960 - Nicol Stephen, Deputy First Minister of Scotland

★ 1961 - Helmi Johannes, Indonesian television newscaster

★ 1964 - Hope Davis, American actress

★ 1964 - John Pinette, American comedian

★ 1965 - Richard Grieco, American actor and singer

★ 1965 - Marti Pellow, Scottish singer

★ 1965 - Gary Whitehead, American poet

★ 1967 - David Ford, Canadian kayaker

★ 1968 - Damon Albarn, English musician (Blur and Gorillaz)

★ 1968 - Mitch Cullin, American novelist

★ 1968 - Fernando Hierro, Spanish footballer

★ 1968 - Michael Atherton, English cricketer

★ 1971 - Yasmeen Ghauri, Canadian supermodel

★ 1971 - Karen McDougal, American model

★ 1971 - Gail Porter, British television presenter

★ 1971 - Alexander Selivanov, Russian ice hockey player

★ 1971 - Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Japanese professional wrestler

★ 1972 - Judith Godrèche, French actress and author

★ 1973 - Jerzy Dudek, Polish footballer

★ 1973 - Wim Eyckmans, Belgian racing driver

★ 1973 - Jason Kidd, American basketball player

★ 1975 - Alydar, American racehorse (d. 1990)

★ 1976 - Michelle Monaghan, American actress

★ 1976 - Keri Russell, American actress

★ 1976 - Ricardo Zonta, Brazilian racing car driver

★ 1977 - Jean Carlos Gamarra, Peruvian taekwondo practitioner

★ 1978 - Walter Samuel, Argentine footballer

★ 1978 - Nicholle Tom, American actress

★ 1979 - Mark Buehrle, American baseball player

★ 1979 - Emraan Hashmi, Indian actor

★ 1979 - Misty Hyman, American swimmer

★ 1979 - Donncha O'Callaghan, Irish International rugby player

★ 1981 - Luciana Carro, Canadian actress

★ 1981 - Erin Crocker, American NASCAR driver

★ 1983 - Jerome Thomas, English footballer

★ 1985 - Maurice Drew, American football player

★ 1990 - Princess Eugenie of York

★ 1999 - Prince Beltran of Bulgaria

Deaths

★ 1103 - Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058)

★ 1369 - King Pedro of Castile (b. 1334)

★ 1548 - Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen

★ 1555 - Pope Julius III (b. 1487)

★ 1559 - Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522)

★ 1596 - Henry Unton, English diplomat

★ 1606 - Justus Lipsius, Flemish humanist (b. 1547)

★ 1618 - James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician

★ 1653 - Johan van Galen, Dutch naval officer (b. 1604)

★ 1680 - Nicolas Fouquet, French statesman (b. 1615)

★ 1742 - Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French writer (b. 1670)

★ 1747 - Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (b. 1675)

★ 1748 - Johann Gottfried Walther, German music theorist, organist, and composer (b. 1684)

★ 1754 - Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (b. 1693)

★ 1783 - Charles Caroll, American lawyer and delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723)

★ 1801 - Tsar Paul of Russia (b. 1754)

★ 1842 - Stendhal, French writer (b. 1783)

★ 1927 - Paul César Helleu, French artist (b. 1859)

★ 1931 - Bhagat Singh, Rajguru Sukhdev Indian freedom fighters

★ 1935 - Florence Moore, American actress (b. 1886)

★ 1955 - Artur da Silva Bernardes, President of Brazil (b. 1875)

★ 1960 - Franklin Pierce Adams, American newspaper columnist (b. 1881)

★ 1964 - Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born actor (b. 1904)

★ 1965 - Mae Murray, American actress (b. 1889)

★ 1968 - Edwin O'Connor, American novelist and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (b. 1918)

★ 1970 - Del Lord, Canadian director (b. 1894)

★ 1972 - Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer (b. 1895)

★ 1979 - Ted Anderson, English footballer (b. 1911)

★ 1982 - Barney Clark, first artificial heart recipient (b. 1921)

★ 1985 - Richard Beeching, chairman of British Railways (b. 1913)

★ 1991 - Parkash Singh, Indian soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1913)

★ 1992 - Friedrich Hayek, Austrian economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1899)

★ 1994 - Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician (b. 1950)

★ 1994 - Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (b. 1921)

★ 1995 - Davie Cooper, Scottish footballer (b. 1956)

★ 1998 - Gerald Stano, American serial killer (b. 1951)

★ 1999 - Luis María Argaña, Paraguayan politician (b. ?)

★ 2001 - Rowland Evans, American journalist (b. 1921)

★ 2002 - Eileen Farrell, American soprano (b. 1920)

★ 2002 - Ben Hollioake, English cricketer (b. 1977)

★ 2003 - Fritz Spiegl, Austrian-born journalist (b. 1926)

★ 2004 - Rupert Hamer, Australian politician (b. 1916)

★ 2006 - David B. Bleak, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1932)

★ 2006 - Desmond Doss, American soldier and first conscientious objector Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)

★ 2006 - Cindy Walker, American singer, songwriter and dancer (b. 1918)

★ 2007 - Paul J. Cohen, American mathematician, Fields Medal winner (b. 1934)

★ 2007 - Eric Medlen, American NHRA drag racer (b. 1973)

Holidays and observances

★ Roman Empire - The fifth and final day of Quinquatria, held in honor of Minerva.

★ Roman Empire - Tubilustrium was held in honor of Mars.

★ Ancient Latvia - Lieldienas held in honor of Mara and other pagan goddesses.

★ Pakistan - National Day (Republic Day).

★ Oshawa, Ontario, Canada - Stephen Colbert Day.

★ Hungary - Day of Hungarian-Polish Friendship.

External links

★ BBC: On This Day

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★ On This Day in Canada
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