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What happened in history on this day: March 30?
On March 30 in ...
- 804 - Liudger becomes first bishop of Münster.
- 988 - Arnulf II count of Flanders (965-988), dies.
- 988 - Boudouin IV with the Beard becomes earl of Flanders.
- 1135 - Birth of Maimonides [Moses Ben Maimon] Còrodoba Spain, philosopher/physician.
- 1202 - Joachim Van Fiore Italian religious founder (Joachimism), dies.
- 1222 - Birth of Nichiren Japan, Buddhist priest/saint.
- 1282 - Furious inhabitants of Palermo attack French occupation force.
- 1422 - Ketsugan, Zen teacher, performs exorcisms to free aizoji temple.
- 1432 - Birth of Mehmed II [Fâtih] Sultan of Turkey (1451-81).
- 1456 - Prince Louis of Bourbon elected bishop of Liege.
- 1474 - Duke Sigismund van Tirol ends contacts with Switzerland.
- 1492 - King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella sign decree expelling Jews from Spain.
- 1533 - Henry VIII divorces his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.
- 1533 - Thomas Cranmer becomes archbishop of Canterbury.
- 1547 - François I of Valois-Angoulême King of France (1515-47), dies at age 52.
- 1603 - Battle at Mellifont: English army under Lord Mountjoy beats Irish.
- 1672 - Birth of Peter I "the Great" Romanov great tsar of Russia (1682-1725).
- 1674 - Birth of Jethro Tull agricultural writer (Basildon), baptised.
- 1681 - Birth of Pieter Snyers Flemish painter/engraver.
- 1697 - Birth of John-Baptist Xavery Flemish sculptor.
- 1707 - Sébastien le Prestre Vauban French fortress architect, dies at age 73.
- 1719 - Birth of John Hawkins England, wrote first history of music.
- 1727 - Birth of Tommaso Traetta Italy's opera composer/band leader (Farnace).
- 1746 - Birth of Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes in Fuendetodos, Spain; painter/etcher (Naked Maja, The Third of May, The Witches' Sabbath).
- 1790 - Birth of Joseph Smith; US Rear Admiral (Union Navy) (dies 1877).
- 1814 - Britain and allies march into Paris, France, after defeating Napoleon.
- 1822 - US Congress combines East and West Florida into Florida Territory.
- 1823 - Birth of Joseph Farmer Knipe; US Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (dies 1901).
- 1824 - Birth of Innis Newton Palmer; US Brevet Major General (Union volunteers).
- 1825 - Birth of Samuel Bell Maxey; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1895).
- 1842 - First surgical operation using ether as anaesthetic (to remove a neck cyst), performed by Dr. Crawford Long on James Venable, in Jefferson, Georgia, USA.
- 1844 - Birth of Paul M Verlaine in France; lyric poet (Sagesse Bonbeur).
- 1853 - Birth of Vincent Willem van Gogh in the Netherlands; artist (The Potato Eaters, Starry Night, Irises).
- 1853 - Death of Abigail Powers in Washington, DC, USA; spouse of US President Millard Fillmore.
- 1856 - Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War.
- 1858 - Pencil with attached eraser patented (Hyman L Lipman of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA).
- 1863 - Danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Sleeswÿk-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg chosen as king George of Greece.
- 1867 - The Russian empire sells the Alaskan territory to the USA for US$7.2 million (2 cents per acre).
- 1870 - 15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race.
- 1870 - Texas is re-admitted to USA.
- 1871 - W F A A Louisa/Lovisa, Queen of Sweden/Norway, dies at age 42.
- 1873 - Benedict Augustin Morel, psychologist (dementia praecox), dies at age 63.
- 1879 - David van der Kellen, Dutch coin engraver, dies at age 74.
- 1880 - Birth of Sean O'Casey in Ireland; playwright (Playboy of the Western World).
- 1883 - Birth of Jo Davidson; US sculptor (Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman).
- 1887 - Birth of Albert P Termote; Flemish/Dutch sculptor (Charles the Great).
- 1888 - Birth of Anna Q Nilsson in Ystad, Sweden; actress (Shenandoah, Uncle Tom's Cabin).
- 1889 - John T Reid opens first US golf course (Yonkers, New York).
- 1891 - Birth of Jan B Cammans; Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov).
- 1893 - Thomas F Bayard becomes first US ambassador in Great Britain.
- 1894 - Birth of Sergei Ilyushin; Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin).
- 1895 - Birth of Jean Giono; French writer (World Chant).
- 1895 - British inventor Birt Acres films Oxford-Cambridge.
- 1895 - China and Japan sign armistice.
- 1898 - Birth of Joyce Carey in London, England; actress (Black Windmill).
- 1899 - Birth of Irving Thalberg; US film producer (MGM).
- 1900 - Dutch second Chamber accepts Compulsory education law.
- 1903 - Birth of Countee Cullen; US poet (Color, Ballad of the Brown Girl).
- 1903 - Birth of Sol C Siegel; US producer (High Society, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes).
- 1904 - Birth of Akarova [Marguerite Acarin]; Belgian dancer (Les Biches).
- 1905 - Birth of Mikio Oda in Japan; triple jumper (Olympics-gold-1928).
- 1907 - In Bagatelle, France, Voisin Frères delivers the first commercially-produced aircraft, a box-kite bi-plane powered by a 50hp 8-cylinder Antoinette engine.
- 1908 - Birth of Leslie O'Brien "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith; Chinese cricket bowler.
- 1909 - Birth of Ernst Gombrich; OM/FBA/director (Warburg Institute).
- 1909 - Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens in New York City.
- 1911 - Lötschberg tunnel in Switzerland (13,735 metre) completed.
- 1912 - Birth of Jack Cowie; cricket player (successful New Zealand fast bowler either side of WWII).
- 1912 - French protectorate in Morocco is established.
- 1912 - Karl May, German writer (Winnetou, Kara Ben Nemsi), dies at age 70.
- 1913 - Birth of Frankie Laine [Frank Paul LoVecchio] in Chicago, Illinois, USA; singer ("Hey, Good Lookin'", "That's My Desire"), actor (Frankie Laine Show, Rawhide).
- 1913 - Birth of Richard Helms; US Central Intelligence Agency head (1966-73).
- 1913 - Birth of Marc Davis in Bakersfield, California, USA; Disney Studios 1935-78, animator on many films, worked on Disneyland attractions, named Disney Legend 1989.
- 1914 - Birth of Sonny Boy Williamson [John Lee]; blues musician (Down and Out Blues).
- 1916 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens (NHA) beat Portland Rosebuds (PCHA), 3 games to 2.
- 1917 - Birth of Herbert Anderson; actor (Henry - Dennis the Menace).
- 1918 - Birth of Joseph Allen Junior in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Death of a Champion).
- 1918 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Arenas (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2.
- 1919 - Belgian Army occupies Düsseldorf, Germany.
- 1919 - Birth of McGeorge Bundy in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; national security adviser under President John Kennedy.
- 1919 - Birth of Ramsay Ames; actress (G-Men Never Forget, Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves).
- 1919 - Mahatma Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act.
- 1920 - Birth of Turhan Bey in Vienna, Austria; actor (Dragon Seed, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves).
- 1921 - Birth of Countess of Sutherland; English great land owner/multi-millionaire.
- 1923 - Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, formed at Howard University in 1920, incorporates.
- 1925 - Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher (anthroposophy), dies at age 64.
- 1925 - Josef Stalin supports rights of non-Serbian Yugoslavians.
- 1925 - Stanley Cup: Victoria Cougars (WCHL) beat Montréal Maroons (NHL), 3 games to 1.
- 1926 - Birth of Ray McAnally in Buncrana County, Donegal, Ireland; actor (My Left Foot, Empire State, Sicilian).
- 1926 - Birth of Werner Torkanowsky in Berlin, Germany; conductor (New Orleans Symphony).
- 1926 - Feliks E Dzerzjinski, Lithuanian organizer (KGB), dies at age 48.
- 1927 - Birth of Wally Grout; cricket player (great Aussie wicket-keeper).
- 1928 - Birth of Tom Sharpe; English historian/author (Riotous Assembly, Want).
- 1929 - Birth of Richard Dysart in Brighton, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Leland MacKenzie - L.A. Law).
- 1929 - Birth of Shirley Stoler in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Frankenhooker, Seven Beauties).
- 1930 - Birth of David Staple; joint president (Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland).
- 1930 - Birth of John Astin in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actor (I'm Dickens He's Fenster, Gomez - Addams Family).
- 1930 - Birth of Peter Marshall [Pierre LaCock] Huntington in Long Island, New York, USA; TV game show host (Hollywood Squares).
- 1930 - Birth of Rolf Harris in Bassendean, Western Australia; Australian/British cartoonist, singer ("Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport"), actor (The Little Convict).
- 1931 - Birth of Harold Burrage; American singer/pianist ("Hi Yo Silver").
- 1932 - Birth of A J Zuckerman; Dean (Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine).
- 1933 - Birth of Jean-Claude Brialy in Aumale, Algeria; actor (Circle of Love, Cousins).
- 1935 - Birth of Alan Jackson; CEO (BTR).
- 1935 - Newfoundland changes time to 3.5 hours West of Greenwich, repeats 44 seconds.
- 1936 - Birth of Mark Burns; British director (Juggernaut).
- 1936 - Birth of Richard Baker in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA; Zen teacher (Dharma Sangha).
- 1937 - Birth of J S Jennings; CEO (Shell Transport and Trading Co).
- 1937 - Birth of Jay W Macintosh in Gainesville, Georgia, USA; actress (Sons and Daughters).
- 1937 - Birth of Warren Beatty in Richmond, Virginia, USA; actor (Bonnie and Clyde, Shampoo, Dick Tracy).
- 1938 - Birth of Martin Dunne; Lord-Lieutenant (Warwickshire).
- 1939 - The British and French governments guarantee Poland's independence.
- 1940 - Second NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana University beats Kansas 60-42.
- 1940 - Birth of Astrud Gilberto in Brazil; singer ("Girl From Ipanema").
- 1940 - Birth of Jerry Lucas in Middletown, Ohio, USA; NBA center (New York Knicks, NBA rookie of year 1964, Olympics-gold-60).
- 1940 - Birth of Norman Gifford; cricket player (respected England slow left-armer 1964-73).
- 1941 - Birth of Brendan O'Friel; CEO (Prison Governors Association).
- 1941 - Birth of Robert C Smith; American politician (Representative-Republican-New Hampshire, 1985-).
- 1941 - Birth of Ron Johnston; Vice-Chancellor (Essex University).
- 1941 - Birth of Sven Hamrin in Sweden; road race cycler (Olympics-bronze-1964).
- 1941 - German counter offensive in North-Africa.
- 1942 - First RSHA-transport from France arrives in camp Birkenau.
- 1942 - Alfred Coville, French historian (Lesson premier Valois), dies at age 81.
- 1942 - Birth of George Esson; Chief Constable (Dumfries and Galloway).
- 1942 - Birth of Graeme Edge in Rochester, Staffordshire, England; rock drummer (The Moody Blues - "Nights in White Satin", "Your Wildest Dreams").
- 1942 - SS murders 200 inmates of Trawniki labor camp.
- 1943 - 5th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: University of Wyoming beat Georgetown 46-34.
- 1943 - Birth of Bob Blewett; cricket player (father of Greg South Australia batsman 1975-79).
- 1943 - British 1st Army recaptures Sejenane.
- 1944 - 781 British bombers attack Neurenberg, Germany.
- 1944 - Birth of Gerrit Komrij; Dutch poet/essayist (Happy Schizo).
- 1945 - 289 anti-fascists murdered by Germans in Rombergpark, Dortmund.
- 1945 - Birth of Eric Clapton [Eric Patrick Clapp] in Ripley, England; legendary guitarist/singer (The Yardbirds, Cream, "Tears in Heaven").
- 1945 - USSR invades Austria.
- 1946 - Australia beats New Zealand in cricket at 3:30pm on second day.
- 1946 - John S S P V Gort, viscount of Limerick/Hamsterley, dies at age 59.
- 1946 - Last Test Cricket appearance of Bill O'Reilly (5-14 and 3-19).
- 1948 - Birth of Dave Ball; rocker (Procol Harum).
- 1948 - Birth of Jim Dandy Mangrum; vocalist (Black Oak Arkansas - "Jim Dandy").
- 1948 - Birth of Justin Deas in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Buzz - Guiding Light, Dream Lover, As the World Turns, Santa Barbara).
- 1948 - Birth of Nigel Jones; British Member of Parliament.
- 1949 - Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricket player (4 Tests for India), dies.
- 1949 - Friedrich C R Bergius, chemist (brown coal, Nobel Prize 1931), dies at age 64.
- 1950 - Birth of Dave McCurdy; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Oklahoma, 1981-).
- 1950 - Birth of Eugene Bowen; composer (Wonder's Edge).
- 1950 - Birth of Joseph Cali in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Nick - Today's FBI).
- 1950 - Birth of Rupert Greenall; rock keyboardist (The Fixx).
- 1950 - Léon Blum, French premier (People's Front Government), dies at age 77.
- 1950 - Phototransistor invention announced, in Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA.
- 1951 - Death of Hans Schuler; American sculptor (Ariadne, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse), designer of 1934 Maryland Tercentenary commemorative half dollar.
- 1952 - 6th Tony Awards: Fourposter and King and I win.
- 1952 - Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open.
- 1953 - Albert Einstein announces revised unified field theory.
- 1954 - Test Cricket debut of Garry Sobers versus England at Kingston.
- 1955 - 27th Academy Awards: On the Waterfront, Marlon Brando and Grace Kelly win.
- 1955 - Birth of Randy Van Warmer in Indian Hills, Colorado, USA; vocalist ("Just When I Needed You Most").
- 1955 - Harl McDonald, US composer (Santa Fé Trail), dies at age 55.
- 1956 - USSR performs nuclear test.
- 1957 - Birth of Elena V Kondakova in Moscow, Russia; cosmonaut (STS 84).
- 1957 - Birth of Paul Reiser in New York City, New York, USA; actor (My Two Dads, Diner, Aliens, Mad About You).
- 1957 - Birth of Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova; Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM 20, STS 84).
- 1958 - Birth of Joseph Paul Sindelar in Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA; PGA golfer (British Columbia Open-1985, 1987).
- 1959 - Birth of Daniel Seifried in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada; Canadian Tour golfer (1981 Thunder Bay).
- 1960 - Birth of William D Johnson; US alpine skier.
- 1960 - Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor/painter, dies at age 90.
- 1961 - NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 169,600 feet (51,690 metres).
- 1961 - P J Melotte, discovered Jupiter's 8th satellite Pasiphae, dies.
- 1962 - Birth of M C Hammer [Stanley Kirk Burrell] in Oakland, California, USA; rapper ("U Can't Touch This").
- 1963 - Birth of Jenny Lidback in Lima, Peru; LPGA golfer (1995 du Maurier Ltd Classic).
- 1963 - Birth of Lomas Brown; NFL tackle (Detroit Lions, Arizona Cardinals).
- 1963 - France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker, Algeria.
- 1964 - Birth of Corey Millen in Cloquet, Minnesota, USA; NHL center (Calgary Flames).
- 1964 - Birth of Dave Ellett in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs).
- 1964 - Birth of Tracy Chapman; US singer/songwriter ("Freedom Now", "I Got a Fast Car").
- 1964 - Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven), dies at age 76.
- 1964 - NBC-TV debuts game show Jeopardy, hosted by Art Fleming.
- 1965 - Birth of Karel Novacek in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia; tennis star (1994 Hilversum).
- 1965 - Birth of Piers Morgan; editor (Daily Mirror).
- 1965 - In Rat Islands, Alaska, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurs. One of the largest earthquakes in the United States.
- 1966 - Erwin Piscator, German director (Plebeians test rebellion), dies at age 72.
- 1966 - Maxfield Parrish, US painter, dies at age 95.
- 1967 - Birth of Ian Ziering in West Orange, New Jersey, USA; actor (Steve Sanders - Beverly Hills 90210).
- 1967 - Birth of Julie Richardson in Auckland, New Zealand; tennis star (1992 Futures-Canberra).
- 1968 - Birth of Celine Dion in Québec, Canada; singer ("I'm Your Woman").
- 1968 - Birth of Donna D'Errico in Dothan, Alabama, USA; actress (Baywatch).
- 1968 - General Ludvik Svoboda elected President of Czechoslovakia.
- 1969 - Birth of Marco Foddis; pop drummer (Pestilence).
- 1969 - Birth of Mark Astley in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres).
- 1969 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Port Malabar Golf Invitational.
- 1969 - Lucien Bianchi; Belgian auto racer, dies at age 34.
- 1970 - Birth of George Coghill; WLAF safety (Scottish Claymores).
- 1970 - Birth of Mark Consuelos in Zaragosa, Spain; actor (Mateo Santos - All My Children).
- 1970 - Birth of Secreteriat race horse; triple crown winner (1973).
- 1970 - Birth of Shane Bertsch in Denver, Colorado, USA; Nike golfer (1994 Permina Basin Open-14th).
- 1970 - ABC debuts the TV drama show The Best of Everything.
- 1970 - ABC debuts the TV drama show A World Apart.
- 1970 - NBC debuts the TV drama show Somerset.
- 1970 - USSR wins its 8th straight world hockey championship.
- 1970 - Death of Heinrich Brüning in Norwich, Vermont, USA (born in Münster, Germany); member of the Catholic Centre Party, chancellor of the Weimar Republic (1930-32), taught political science at Harvard University from 1937 to 1952.
- 1971 - Birth of Mari Holden in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; cyclist (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Selmer Jackson, actor (Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at age 82.
- 1972 - Birth of Brenden Stai; NFL guard (Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 1972 - Birth of Matt Joyce; NFL/WLAF guard/tackle (Saint Louis Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks, Claymores).
- 1972 - Birth of Peggy Zlotkowski; Miss France-Universe (1989).
- 1972 - Gabriel Heather, US news anchor, dies at age 81.
- 1972 - North Vietnamese troops enter South Vietnam.
- 1972 - Peter Whitney, actor (Rough Riders), dies at age 55.
- 1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1973 - Birth of Caroline Ramagos; Miss Mississippi-USA (1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Melinda Penn; Miss British Virgin Islands-Universe (1997).
- 1973 - Birth of Rodney Thomas; running back (Tennessee Oilers).
- 1973 - Birth of [Kirk] Kareem Streete-Thompson in Ithaca, New York, USA; 100 metre/long jumper.
- 1973 - The United Arab Emirates is admitted to the Universal Postal Union.
- 1973 - Ellsworth Bunker resigns as US ambassador to South Vietnam.
- 1974 - Birth of Martin Love; cricket player (high scoring Queensland batsman, Australia 1995).
- 1974 - Ludovicus J Rogier, Dutch historian (Reborn in Freedom), dies at age 79.
- 1975 - Ron Lalonde scores the first hat trick by a Washington Capitals' player.
- 1976 - Birth of Chris Canty; cornerback (New England Patriots).
- 1976 - Birth of Toby Gowin; punter (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1976 - Israel kills six Palestinians protesting land confiscation.
- 1976 - Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Hostage Rights), dies at age 99.
- 1976 - Death of Richard Irvine at age 55; art director for films, some Disney, headed Imagineering (WED) for creation of every Disneyland attraction, Walt Disney World, retired 1973, named Disney Legend 1990.
- 1978 - Birth of Wendy Christina Roberts; Miss South Carolina Teen-USA (1996).
- 1978 - George Paine, lefty cricket spinner (for England in West Indies 1935), dies.
- 1978 - Harold Gimblett, cricket player (batted in three Tests for England), dies by suicide.
- 1978 - NBC airs the final episode of Police Woman TV show.
- 1979 - Airey Neave, World War II veteran and Conservative Northern Ireland spokesman, is killed by an Irish National Liberation Army bomb in the British House of Commons car park.
- 1979 - Birth of Simon Webbe; English singer (Blue).
- 1979 - Death of Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra, former President of Ecuador (born 1893).
- 1980 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open.
- 1980 - Birth of Liriel Higa in Los Angeles, California; rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-1996).
- 1981 - 43rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats North Carolina 63-50.
- 1981 - Dewitt Wallace, American magazine founder/publisher (Reader's Digest), dies at age 91 (born 1889).
- 1981 - Noel Harford, cricket player (8 Tests for New Zealand 1955-58), dies.
- 1981 - US President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., hotel. Six shots are fired, hitting Reagan, White House Press Secretary James Brady, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy, and District of Columbia policeman Thomas Delahaney. None is killed.
- 1982 - Third space shuttle mission - Columbia 3 lands at White Sands New Mexico.
- 1983 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1983 - Birth of Zach Gowen; American wrestler.
- 1983 - Birth of Hebe Tian; member of the Taiwanese girl-group S.H.E.
- 1983 - Birth of California condor chick in San Diego, California, first born in captivity.
- 1984 - US ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force.
- 1984 - Death of Karl Rahner in Innsbruck, Austria (born in Freiburg, Germany); Jesuit priest, writer, professor of theology at the universities of Innsbruck, Munich and Münster.
- 1984 - Fox releases the film Romancing the Stone to theaters.
- 1984 - Peter Yarrall, strongest Englishman/weighed 826 pounds (374.7kg), dies.
- 1985 - Harold Peary, actor (Herb - Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at age 76.
- 1986 - 5th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: Texas beats Southern California 97-81.
- 1986 - James F Cagney, American actor (Public Enemy, Angels With Dirty Faces, Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at his Stanfordville, New York farm at age 86 (born 1899).
- 1986 - John Ciardi, US poet/interpreter (Dante), dies at age 69.
- 1987 - 59th Academy Awards: Platoon, Paul Newman and Marlee Matlin win.
- 1987 - Christie's in London England auctions Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers painting for record £22.5M (US$39.7 million) to an anonymous buyer.
- 1988 - Tamil Nadu beats Railways by innings and 144 to win Ranji Trophy.
- 1989 - Dort Clark, actor (In Harm's Way), dies.
- 1990 - Jack Nicklaus makes his debut in the "Seniors" golf tournament.
- 1991 - First exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium (New York Yankees versus Baltimore Orioles).
- 1991 - 44th NCAA Ice Hockey Chanmpionship: Northern Michigan beats Boston University 8-7; Northern Michigan's first NCAA hockey title.
- 1991 - Jan Willem Hofstra, Dutch actor/writer (Friends of My Friends), dies.
- 1991 - PBA National Championship Won by Mike Miller.
- 1992 - 64th Academy Awards (Silence of the Lambs sweeps with Best Picture, Anthony Hopkins as Best Actor and Jodie Foster as Best Actress).
- 1992 - Death of Art Hannes at age 69 of a respiratory ailment; announcer (The Ed Sullivan Show).
- 1992 - CBS TV premieres overnight news program Up To The Minute.
- 1992 - Luigi De Laurentiis, Italian producer (Toto, Macaroni), dies.
- 1992 - PJ Patterson resigns as 6th Prime Minister of Jamaica.
- 1993 - French government of Balladur forms.
- 1993 - Jamaican premier Percival Patterson wins parliamentary election.
- 1993 - Jeremy Siegrist, actor (Adventures of Darly and Samy), dies hiking at age 20.
- 1993 - New South Wales beat Queensland by eight wickets to win Sheffield Shield.
- 1993 - Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
- 1993 - Richard C Diebenkorn Junior, US painter (Ocean Park Paintings), dies at age 70.
- 1993 - Peanuts comic strip character Charlie Brown hits a baseball game-winning home run, his first in 43 years.
- 1993 - Israel begins a policy of sealing off the border between Israel and the occupied territories.
- 1994 - ABC Masters Tournament won by Hobo Boothe.
- 1994 - Albert Goldman, American rock biographer (Elvis Presley, John Lennon), dies at age 66.
- 1994 - Bombay beats Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
- 1994 - England Cricket all out for 46 at Port-of-Spain.
- 1995 - A police officer tries to assassinate Takaji Kunimatsu, chief of the National Police Agency of Japan.
- 1996 - Lara hits 146 cricket not out in ODI versus New Zealand at Port-Of-Spain.
- 1996 - New York Mets beats New York Yankees 5-3 in an exhibition game.
- 1996 - The Jeff Kennett government is re-elected in Victoria, Australia, with a 30 seat majority.
- 1997 - 16th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Old Dominion 68-59.
- 1997 - 26th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King.
- 1997 - Steve Elkington wins Golf's Players Championship.
- 1998 - 60th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, at Alamodome, San Antonio. Kentucky beats Utah 78-69.
- 2000 - America's Cup 2000 sailing race is retained by Team New Zealand near Auckland. Prada Challenge 2000 lost 0-5 in a "best-of-9".
- 2002 - Death of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, queen consort of George VI of the United Kingdom (born 1900).
- 2003 - Meigs Field Airport in Chicago, Illinois is demolished overnight.
- 2006 - The first Brazilian astronaut, Marcos Pontes, goes to space in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz TMA-8, at 2:29:00 CET.
- 2006 - The al-Dana capsizes off the coast of Bahrain, killing at least 48 people.
- 2006 - Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig appoints George Mitchell to head an investigation into the use of steroids in baseball.
- 2008 - Death of Dith Pran, Cambodian-American photojournalist (born 1942).
- 2009 - General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner is ordered to step down by US President Barack Obama.
- 2016 - Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj and six ministers enter Tripoli to form government of Libya.
- 2017 - SpaceX conducts the world's first reflight of an orbital class rocket.
- 2020 - Death of Hau Pei-tsun, 13th Premier of the Republic of China (born 1919).
- 2020 - Death of Joachim Yhombi-Opango, 4th President and 12th Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (born 1939).
- 2020 - Death of Roman Marber at age 94, near home in Essex, England; graphic designer (The Economist magazine, Penguin Books, New Society, the Observer).
- 2022 - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention drops its cruise ship health travel notice.
- 2022 - Death of Tom Parker from brain cancer at age 33; singer (Wanted).
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