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What happened in history on this day: April 15?
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- 69 - Battle at Bedriacum, North-Italy; Aulus Vitellius defeated.
- 1205 - Battle at Adrianople Bulgaria beats Emperor Boudouin of Constantinople.
- 1220 - Adolf I archbishop of Cologne, dies.
- 1250 - Pope Innoncent III refuses Jews of Cordova Spain to build a synagogue.
- 1367 - Birth of Henry to John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and Duchess Blanche, at Bolingbroke Castle, England.
- 1415 - Manuel Chrysoloras Byzantine leader/diplomat (Erotèmata), dies.
- 1450 - French defeat English at Battle of Formigny in 100 Years' War.
- 1452 - Birth of Leonardo da Vinci in Italy; painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary (dies 1519).
- 1469 - Birth of Nanak first guru of Sikhs.
- 1472 - Leon B Alberti Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at age 68.
- 1493 - Columbus meets with King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.
- 1502 - Jan IV Chalon prince of Orange, dies.
- 1581 - Cortes van Thomar accepts Philip II as king of Portugal.
- 1588 - Birth of Claudius Salmasius [Claude Saumaise] French linguist.
- 1594 - Fleming Pieter Stevens appointed royal painter of Rudolf II (Prague).
- 1595 - Willem I's daughter of Elisabeth of Nassau marries duke Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne of Broth.
- 1605 - Boris Godunov tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies.
- 1607 - Cornelius Kilianus Flemish translator/poet, dies at about age 78.
- 1610 - Johan van Duivenoorde mister of Warmond, dies at about age 62.
- 1621 - Hugo the Great arrives in France.
- 1637 - Birth of Valentin Molitor composer.
- 1651 - Birth of Domenico Gabrielli composer.
- 1654 - England and Netherlands signs peace treaty.
- 1682 - Birth of John van Huysum Dutch painter (flowers/fruit).
- 1684 - Birth of Catherine I empress of Russia (1725-27).
- 1689 - Birth of Ferdinand Zellbell composer.
- 1689 - French king Louis XIV declares war on Spain.
- 1697 - Charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden.
- 1707 - Birth of Leonhard Euler in Basel, Switzerland; mathematician of the Berlin Academy, writer (Introductio in analysin infinitorum (1748), Institutiones calculi differentialis (1755), calculi integralis (1770)). He made significant contributions to geometry, calculus, mechanics and number theory as well as observational astronomy.
- 1715 - Uprising of Yamasse-Indians in South Carolina.
- 1716 - Russian and Prussian troops occupy Wismar.
- 1729 - Johann S Bachs "Matthäus Passion" premieres in Leipzig.
- 1738 - Bottle opener invented.
- 1741 - Birth of Charles Willson Peale US, port painter/inventor (George Washington).
- 1764 - Jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles Marquis de Pomador, dies.
- 1772 - Karel Jozef ruler of Batthyányi, dies at age 73.
- 1784 - First balloon flight in Ireland.
- 1788 - England, Netherlands and Prussia sign peace treaty.
- 1793 - The Bank of England issues its first 5-pound notes.
- 1793 - Birth of Friedrich Struve in Germany; founded dynasty of astronomers.
- 1800 - Birth of James Clark Ross; explorer (British Antarctic), discovers magnetic North Pole.
- 1814 - Birth of John Lothrop Motley; US historian/author (Rise of the Dutch Republic).
- 1820 - Birth of Evander McNair; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1902).
- 1822 - Birth of Napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana; US Major General (Union volunteers).
- 1824 - Theodorus F van Capellen, Vice-Admiral (Algiers), dies at age 61.
- 1837 - Birth of Horace Porter; US Brevet Brigadier General (Union Army) (dies 1921).
- 1843 - Birth of Henry James in New York City, New York, USA; American/British writer/critic (Turn of the Screw, Bostonians).
- 1845 - Birth of Dave Gregory; cricket player (Australia's first Test captain).
- 1850 - City of San Francisco is incorporated.
- 1852 - Barbados issues its first postage stamps.
- 1854 - In San Francisco, California, USA, the branch mint strikes the first "S" mint mark coin, a $20 gold piece.
- 1858 - Battle of Azimghur, Mexicans defeat Spanish loyalists.
- 1858 - Birth of Emile Durkheim; French sociologist (Division du travail social).
- 1861 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issues a proclamation calling for 75,000 volunteer soldiers to quell the Southern insurrection.
- 1865 - Otto von Bismarck is elevated to Earl.
- 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln dies, at 7:22 am, morning after being shot by John Wilkes Booth, the first US president to be assassinated.
- 1865 - Andrew Johnson is sworn in as 17th US President.
- 1870 - Last day US silver coins are allowed to circulate in Canada at par with Canadian coins.
- 1874 - Birth of Johannes Stark in Germany; physicist (Stark effect) (Nobel Prize 1919).
- 1874 - New York legislature passes compulsory education law.
- 1875 - Birth of Klaziena "Ina" Boudier-Bakker; Dutch playwright/novelist (Poverty).
- 1876 - First game of the Alleghenies professional baseball in Pittsburgh, playing at Union Park.
- 1882 - Birth of Giovanni Amendola; Italian antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo).
- 1888 - Birth of Florence Bates in San Antonio, Texas, USA; actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama).
- 1889 - Birth of Asa Philip Randolph; labor leader (Railroad Porter's Union).
- 1889 - Birth of Thomas Hart Benton in Neosho, Missouri, USA; painter/muralist (Lonesome Road).
- 1891 - Birth of Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter in Maces Springs, Virginia, USA; vocalist (Carter Family).
- 1891 - Birth of Wallace Reid in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actor/director/screenwriter (Every Inch a Man).
- 1892 - General Electric Company forms and is incorporated in New York.
- 1894 - Birth of Elizabeth Mae "Bessie" Smith; Empress of Blues (over 200 songs).
- 1895 - Birth of Corrado Alvaro; Italian writer (Gente in Aspromonte).
- 1895 - Birth of Harry F V Edward in British Guiana; 100 metre/200 metre runner (Olympics-bronze-1920).
- 1895 - Josephine Blatt (US) makes hip-and-harness lift of 3564 pounds (record).
- 1896 - Games of the I Olympiad close at Athens, Greece.
- 1897 - Birth of Marian Jordan; actress (Molly - Fibber McGee and Molly).
- 1898 - Birth of Nini de Boël; Flemish operette singer (White Horse).
- 1900 - At the Paris Exposition, the first films with synchronized sound are shown before a paying audience.
- 1900 - A 50-mile race is won by an electric car in over two hours.
- 1901 - Birth of Joe Davis; English snooker/billiards-world champion (1927-46).
- 1902 - Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical On the Church in the US.
- 1903 - Birth of John Williams in England; actor (Niles - Family Affair, Dial M for Murder).
- 1906 - Birth of A J "Sandy" Bell; South Africa cricket fast bowler (16 Tests 1929-35).
- 1906 - Birth of Susan Walker; vice CEO (WRVS).
- 1907 - Birth of Gerald Abrahams in Liverpool, England; author (Teach Yourself Chess).
- 1907 - Birth of Nicholas Tinbergen; Netherlands/British biologist/zoologist (Nobel Prize 1973).
- 1910 - Birth of Lord Grey of Naunton; chancellor (Ulster University).
- 1910 - William Howard Taft is first US President to throw out a first ball at a baseball game.
- 1911 - Birth of Jacob Fresco; Dutch architect (Antilles Brewery/Autonomy Monument).
- 1912 - (2:27 AM) RMS Titanic sinks in North Atlantic. An estimated 1522 people die, 705 survive.
- 1912 - Birth of Kim Il Sung; President of North Korea (1945-94).
- 1912 - Birth of Peter Menzies; CEO (British Electricity Council).
- 1917 - Birth of Hans Conried in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actor (The Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy).
- 1918 - Birth of John Baragrey in Haleyville, Alabama, USA; actor (Creeper, Colossus of New York).
- 1918 - French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau publishes secret French/Austrian documents.
- 1919 - Birth of Meriol Trevor; novelist/biographer (Civil Prisoners).
- 1920 - Birth of Richard von Weizsäcker; baron/President (Germany, 1984-94).
- 1920 - The size of the Canadian 1-cent coin is reduced to a 3/4-inch diameter, similar to the American cent.
- 1921 - Birth of Georgi Timofeyevich Beregovoi in Ukraine; cosmonaut (Soyuz 3).
- 1922 - Birth of Harold Washington; mayor of Chicago (Democrat, 1983-87).
- 1922 - Birth of Michael Ansara in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Cochise - Broken Arrow, Centennial).
- 1923 - Insulin first becomes generally available for use by diabetics.
- 1923 - First sound on film public performance shown at Rialto Theater (New York City).
- 1923 - Birth of Douglas Wass; CEO (Equity and Law Life Assurance Company).
- 1924 - Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas, in the USA.
- 1924 - Birth of Neville Marriner in Lincoln, England; conductor (Minnesota Orchestra 1978).
- 1924 - Flemish-Walloon riots in Louvain, Belgium; one dead.
- 1925 - NHL's New York Americans (formerly Hamilton Tigers) play first game, lose 3-1.
- 1926 - Frank Iredale, cricket player (14 Tests for Australia, 807 runs at 36 68), dies.
- 1927 - Francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (Di Giacomo), dies at age 47.
- 1927 - Switzerland and USSR agree to diplomatic relations.
- 1929 - Birth of Adrian Cadbury; candy manufacturer (Cadbury, Schweppes).
- 1929 - Birth of Jocelyn Barrow; deputy chair person (British Broadcast Standards).
- 1930 - Birth of Elijah Barayi; head of South Africa union centre (COSATU).
- 1930 - Birth of Vigdis Finnbogadóttir; President of Iceland (1980-).
- 1931 - Birth of Florian Zabach in Chicago, Illinois, USA; violinist ("Hot Canary", "Club Embassy").
- 1931 - Birth of Kenneth Bloomfield; BBC governor (Ireland).
- 1931 - Birth of Tomas G Tranströmer; Swedish psychologist/poet (Mörkerseende).
- 1931 - Birth of Helen Maksagak in Canada; Commissioner of both the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (dies 2009).
- 1931 - The Castellemmarese War ends with the assassination of Joe "The Boss" Masseria, briefly leaving Salvatore Maranzano as capo di tutti i capi ("boss of all bosses") and undisputed ruler of the American Mafia.
- 1932 - Birth of David Bolton; director (British Royal United Service for Defense).
- 1933 - Birth of Boris Strugatski in USSR; sci-fi author (Tale of Troika).
- 1933 - Birth of Elizabeth Montgomery Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Samantha/Serena - Bewitched).
- 1933 - Birth of Roy Clark in Meherrin, Virginia, USA; country singer (Hee Haw).
- 1935 - Another massive dust storm in the USA becomes known as "Black Sunday".
- 1936 - Birth of Jack Noreiga; cricket player (9-95 West Indies versus India 1971).
- 1936 - Birth of Maurice Shock; rector (Lincoln College in Oxford).
- 1937 - NHL Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat New York Rangers, three games to 2.
- 1938 - César Vallejo, Peru/French poet (Trilce, Russia and 1931), dies at age 46.
- 1938 - Spanish insurgents reach the Mediterranean at Vinaroz, cutting the Loyalists in two.
- 1938 - Disney's Donald Duck film Donald's Nephews is released to theaters in the USA. Characters Huey, Dewey, and Louie make their film debut.
- 1939 - Albert Lebrun elected President of France.
- 1939 - Birth of Claudia Cardinale in Tunis, Tunisia; actress (Blindfold, 8 1/2, Pink Panther).
- 1940 - Birth of Edy Hubacher in Switzerland; four-man bobsled (Olympics-gold-1972).
- 1940 - Birth of Jeffrey Archer in England; politician (Tory-Commons), author (Matter of Honor).
- 1940 - Birth of Phil Lesh in Berkeley, California, USA; bassist (Grateful Dead - "Truckin'").
- 1940 - Birth of Robert Walker Junior in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Ceremony, Don Juan 73, Ensign Pulver).
- 1940 - British troops land at Narvik, Norway.
- 1941 - First helicopter flight of one hour duration, Stratford, Connecticut.
- 1941 - Birth of Howard L Berman; American politician (Representative-Democrat-California, 1983-).
- 1942 - Birth of Julie Sommars in Fremont, Nebraska, USA; actress (Governor and JJ, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo).
- 1942 - Birth of Kim Il Jong; son of North Korean President Kim Il Sung (1972-94).
- 1942 - Birth of Walter Raphael Hazzard in Wilmington, Delaware, USA; basketball (Olympics-gold-1964).
- 1942 - The British George Cross is awarded to the Island Fortress of Malta for their endurance and defiance against enemy forces.
- 1942 - Robert Musil, Austrian writer (Mann ohne Eigenschaften), dies at age 61.
- 1943 - Birth of Riem de Wolff; Indonesian/Dutch singer/guitarist (Blue Diamonds).
- 1943 - Metropolitan Life Insurance issues a US$225 million check to Chase bank.
- 1944 - Birth of Dave Edmunds in Cardiff, Wales; singer/guitarist (Rockpile - "Baby I Love You").
- 1944 - Birth of Gerard Schoenaker; Dutch singer ("Les Baroques").
- 1945 - Birth of Jos F B van Rey; Dutch Member of Parliament (VVD).
- 1945 - British and Canadian troops liberate German camp of Bergen-Belsen.
- 1945 - Franklin Roosevelt buried on grounds of Hyde Park home.
- 1945 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Communium interpretes dolorum.
- 1945 - US troops occupy concentration camp Colditz.
- 1946 - Birth of Wayne Gilchrest; American politician (Representative-Republican-Maryland).
- 1947 - Birth of Linda Bloodworth-Thomason; TV producer (Designing Women, Murphy Brown).
- 1947 - Birth of Michael DeBello; singer (Maniac).
- 1947 - Birth of Mike Chapman; Australian songwriter/producer (Chinn and Chapman).
- 1947 - Birth of Wooly Wolstenholme; keyboardist/vocalist (Barclay James Harvest).
- 1947 - Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, first black in modern major league baseball.
- 1947 - Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio.
- 1948 - First modern Jewish-Arab military battle, Arabs defeated.
- 1948 - Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh is created.
- 1949 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Redemptoris nostri.
- 1949 - Wallace Beery, American actor (The Champ), dies at age 64.
- 1950 - Birth of Amy Wright in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Inside Moves, Accidental Tourist).
- 1951 - Birth of Heloise [Kiah Michelle Cruse]; columnist (Heloise's Helpful Hints).
- 1951 - Birth of John L Phillips in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, USA; PhD/astronaut.
- 1951 - Birth of Marsha S Ivins in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; astronaut (STS 32, 46, 62, 81).
- 1951 - Michael Gorsira is first person in charge of Curaçao.
- 1952 - First B-52 bomber prototype test flight.
- 1952 - Birth of Sam McMurray; actor (Tracey Ullman).
- 1952 - Franklin National Bank issues first bank credit card.
- 1952 - Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep Montreal Canadiens in four games.
- 1952 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1953 - Malans National Party wins South African elections.
- 1954 - Baltimore Orioles' first game in Baltimore; they beat Chicago White Sox 3-1.
- 1954 - New York Yankees dedicate a plaque to Edward Barrow.
- 1955 - Birth of Enith Salle Brigitha in the Netherlands; 100 metre/200 metre swimmer (Olympics-bronze-1976).
- 1955 - Ray Kroc starts the McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
- 1955 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1956 - Birth of Gregory J Harbaugh in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; astronaut (STS 39, 54, 71, 82).
- 1956 - Birth of Michael Cooper; NBA star (Los Angeles Lakers).
- 1956 - Emile Nolde [Hansen], German painter (Grablegung Christi), dies at age 88.
- 1956 - Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open.
- 1956 - ABC premieres the TV show Rhythm on Parade.
- 1957 - Birth of Evelyn Ashford in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA; 100 metre runner (Olympics-4 gold-1976, 1984).
- 1958 - In Hollywood, California, the 10th Annual Emmy Awards are presented, hosted by Danny Thomas.
- Best Comedy Series: The Phil Silvers Show
- Best Comedy Writing: The Phil Silvers Show
- Best Continuing Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic or Comedy Series: Robert Young for Father Knows Best
- Best Continuing Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic or Comedy Series: Jane Wyatt for Father Knows Best
- Best Continuing Supporting Performance by an Actor in a Dramatic or Comedy Series: Carl Reiner for Caesar's Hour
- Best Continuing Supporting Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic or Comedy Series: Ann B. Davis for The Bob Cummings Show
- Best Dramatic Series with Continuing Characters: Gunsmoke
- Best Musical, Variety, Audience Participation or Quiz Series: The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
- Best New Program Series of the Year: The Seven Lively Arts
- Best Public Service Program or Series: Omnibus
- Best Single Performance By An Actor Lead or Supporting: Peter Ustinov for Omnibus
- Best Single Performance By An Actress Lead or Supporting: Polly Bergen for Playhouse 90.
- 1958 - First Major League baseball game in California, San Francisco Giants beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 8-0.
- 1958 - Birth of John Bracewell in New Zealand; cricket player (premiere spinner of 1980s).
- 1958 - Birth of Matt Reid; rock keyboardist (Berlin - "Take My Breath Away").
- 1959 - Birth of Emma Thompson in Paddington, London, England; actress (Henry V, Howards End, Oscar-1992).
- 1959 - Birth of Kevin Lowe in Lachute, Quebec, Canada; NHL defenseman (New York Rangers).
- 1959 - Fidel Castro begins US goodwill tour.
- 1959 - US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles resigns.
- 1960 - Birth of Philip; Belgian prince/husband of princess Paola.
- 1960 - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), organizes at Shaw University.
- 1961 - Music Man closes at Majestic Theater in New York City after 1375 performances.
- 1961 - Birth of Tiina Lillak in Finland; javelin thrower (Olympics-silver-1984).
- 1962 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Disneyland After Dark. The show marks the network TV debut of the Osmond Brothers.
- 1962 - US national debt above US$300,000,000,000.
- 1963 - Birth of Manoj Prabhakar; cricket player (Indian opening batsman and opening bowler).
- 1963 - Birth of Teresa Wentzel DeWitt in Fort Braggm North Carolina, USA; double trap (Olympics-1996).
- 1964 - Birth of Lydie Denier in Saint Nazaire, France; actress (General Hospital, Blood Relation).
- 1964 - Birth of Nadeem Abbasi; cricket player (three Tests for Pakistan versus India 1989).
- 1964 - Chesapeake Bay Bridge opens (Bridge-Tunnel measures 17.6 miles (28.4 km) and is considered the world's largest bridge-tunnel complex).
- 1964 - Ian Smith becomes premier of Rhodesia.
- 1965 - Birth of Anthony Miller; NFL wide receiver (Denver Broncos, Dallas Cowboys).
- 1965 - Birth of Kevin Stevens in Brockton, Massachusetts, USA; NHL left wing (Los Angeles Kings).
- 1965 - Birth of Mark Dennis; NFL tackle (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers).
- 1965 - Birth of Michele Redman in Zanesville, Ohio, USA; LPGA golfer (1995 Star Bank-third).
- 1965 - Birth of Soichi Noguchi in Yokohama, Japan; astronaut.
- 1965 - NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold.
- 1966 - Birth of Graeme Clark; bassist (Wet Wet Wet - "Angel Eyes", "Love is All Around").
- 1966 - Birth of Samantha [Karen] Fox in East End, London, England; model/singer ("Touch Me", "I Wanna Have Some Fun").
- 1966 - President of Iraq Abul Salam Arif dies in a helicopter crash.
- 1967 - Birth of Dara Torres in Beverly Hills, California, USA; American Olympic swimmer (Olympics-gold-1984).
- 1967 - Birth of Lance Zeno; NFL/WLAF corner (Los Angeles Rams, Scottish Claymores).
- 1967 - Birth of Mark Mortimer; actor (Nick Hudson - Another World).
- 1967 - Birth of Suzy Green in Detroit, Michigan, USA; LPGA golfer (1995 Fieldcrest Cannon-26th).
- 1968 - Birth of Billy Brewer in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; pitcher (New York Yankees).
- 1968 - Birth of Stacey Williams in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; model (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 1996).
- 1968 - The Houston Astros defeat the New York Mets in 24 innings (6 hours, 6 minutes), 1-0, making it the longest scoreless game in Major League Baseball history.
- 1969 - Birth of Chris Smith in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Nike golfer (1993 British Columbia Open-8th).
- 1969 - Birth of Jeromy Burnitz in Westminster, California, USA; outfielder (Cleveland Indians).
- 1969 - Birth of Michael Jones; NFL linebacker (Oakland Raiders, Saint Louis Rams).
- 1969 - Birth of Phillippi Sparks; NFL cornerback (New York Giants).
- 1969 - North Korea shoots at US airplane above Japanese sea.
- 1969 - Victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso, dies at age 81.
- 1970 - Birth of Darrin Smith; NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles).
- 1970 - Libyan leader Qadhafi launches "Green Revolution".
- 1971 - Birth of Craig Whelihan; NFL quarterback (San Diego Chargers).
- 1971 - Birth of Derek Brown; NFL running back (New Orleans Saints).
- 1971 - Birth of Guivi Sissaouri in Tbilisi, Georgia; Canada freestyle wrestler (Olympics-silver-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Jason Sehorn; NFL cornerback/safety (New York Giants).
- 1971 - Birth of Rich McKenzie; NFL linebacker (Cleveland Browns).
- 1971 - Birth of Tim Tindale; NFL running back (Buffalo Bills).
- 1972 - Barbra Streisand, James Taylor, Carole King, and Quincy Jones perform at a benefit for George McGovern for President.
- 1972 - Birth of Melvin Johnson; NFL safety (Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
- 1972 - Birth of Peter Billingsley in New York City, New York; actor (Real People, Sherman Oaks, Carly's Web).
- 1972 - Birth of Ricky Otero in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico; outfielder (Philadelphia Phillies).
- 1972 - Birth of Ronald Cherry; NFL tackle (Detroit Lions).
- 1972 - Birth of Vickie Johnson; WNBA guard/forward (New York Liberty).
- 1972 - Otto Brenner, German trade union leader, dies at age 64.
- 1973 - Second Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright.
- 1973 - Birth of Jeremy Burkett; NFL/WLAF tight end (New York Giants, Barcelona Dragons).
- 1974 - Third Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:47:11.
- 1974 - 78th Boston Marathon won by Neil Cusack of Ireland in 2:13:39.
- 1974 - Birth of Marena Bencomo; Miss Universe-2nd place (Venezuela, 1997).
- 1974 - Birth of Mike Quinn; quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 1974 - Birth of Sergei Krivokrasov in Angarsk, Russia; NHL right wing (Chicago Blackhawks, Olympics-silver-1998).
- 1974 - The first Olympic lottrery draw is held in Canada. Nine winners share the CDN$1 million top prize, while one person wins the $500,000 second prize.
- 1974 - Military coup in Niger, President Diori Hamani deposed.
- 1975 - Gabon amends constitution.
- 1975 - John B McKay, US test pilot (X-15), dies.
- 1975 - Richard Conte, actor (Four Just Men, Jean Arthur Show), dies at age 65.
- 1976 - Gerald Smith, antisemite/catholic (National Christian Crusade), dies at age 78.
- 1976 - Yankee Stadium reopens, New York Yankees beat Minnesota Twins after trailing 4-0.
- 1977 - First baseball game at Montréal's Olympic Stadium, Quebec, Canada.
- 1977 - Birth of Lisa Bell in Rockford, Illinois; figure skater (1997 Midwestern Senior Champion).
- 1978 - 43 die as two express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy.
- 1978 - Great Britain performs nuclear test.
- 1979 - In Yugoslavia, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurs. At least 156 people killed, more than 1,400 injured, 100,000 homeless, and extensive damage along the southwestern coast of Yugoslavia and in northern Albania. Also felt over a wide area of Europe.
- 1979 - 43rd Golf Masters Championship: Fuzzy Zoeller wins, shooting a 280.
- 1980 - Paul Langton, actor (Leslie - Peyton Place), dies at age 76.
- 1980 - Raymond Bailey, actor (Mr Drysdale - The Beverly Hillbillies), dies at age 75.
- 1980 - Jean-Paul Sartre, French existentialist philosopher/writer (Nobel Prize 1964), dies in Paris, France at age 74 (born 1905).
- 1980 - Marshall Reed, actor (Fred Asher - Lineup), dies at age 62.
- 1981 - French Duynstee, Dutch states rights leader, dies at age 67.
- 1981 - Janet Cooke says her Pulitzer award-winning 8-year-old heroin addict story is a lie; Washington Post relinquishes Pulitzer Prize on fabricated story.
- 1981 - The Australian Foreign Minister Andrew Peacock resigns from the cabinet, accusing Prime Minister Fraser of gross disloyalty.
- 1981 - NBC airs the final episode of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
- 1982 - Arthur Lowe, British actor (Captain Mainwaring in Dad's army), dies at age 66 (born 1915).
- 1982 - Birth of Mark Mizzark [Marlis Pugh] in Akron, Ohio; rapper (Another Bad Creation).
- 1982 - Louis M de Guiringaud, French foreign minister (1976-78), commits suicide at age 70.
- 1982 - Five Muslim extremist murderers of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat are executed.
- 1983 - Rodolfo Hoyos, actor (Luis - Viva Valdez), dies at age 68.
- 1983 - Tokyo Disneyland opens in Urayasu, just outside Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Oriental Land Company under licence from Disney. It includes several themed areas: Adventureland, Fantasyland, Tomorrowland, Westernland, and World Bazaar.
- 1983 - American Public Radio is founded.
- 1983 - Paramount releases the film Flashdance to theaters.
- 1983 - Gyula Illyes, Hungarian writer/poet (Az Ismertlen Illyes), dies at age 80.
- 1984 - 48th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 277.
- 1984 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament.
- 1984 - Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India.
- 1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1984 - British comedian/magician Tommy Cooper suffers a massive heart attack while live on TV, dying at age 61 (born 1921).
- 1985 - 14th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lisa Larsen Weidenbach in 2:34:06.
- 1985 - 89th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:14:05.
- 1985 - South Africa ends its ban on interracial marriages.
- 1986 - US aircraft attacks five terrorist locations in Libya; 15 deaths.
- 1986 - Jean Genêt, French playwright (Lesson Nègres), dies at age 75 (born 1910).
- 1986 - Tim McIntire, actor (Bob Younger - Legend of Jesse James), dies at age 42.
- 1986 - Viv Richards century off 56 balls versus England in Antigua Test Cricket.
- 1988 - Hendrikus G "Han" Hoekstra, Dutch poet (Zandloper), dies at age 81.
- 1988 - Meteorite explodes above Indonesia.
- 1989 - At the Sheffield Soccer Stadium in England, 96 Liverpool fans are crushed to death.
- 1989 - Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of Chinese Commnist Party, dies (born 1915).
- 1989 - Students in Beijing pro-democracy protests.
- 1989 - Sue Marchiano wins third World Cup female marathon (2:30:48).
- 1989 - Largest lottery win to date in North America (US$69 million) drawn in Illinois.
- 1990 - In Living Color premieres on FOX-TV.
- 1990 - Greenidge and Haynes make 298 opening stand (versus England), their best.
- 1990 - Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (Anna Karenina, Camille), dies at age 84 (born 1905).
- 1990 - Food poisoning kills 450 guests at an engagement party in Uttar Pradesh.
- 1991 - Secret Garden opens at Saint James Theater New York City for 706 performances.
- 1991 - 20th Boston Women's Marathon won by Wanda Panfil of Poland in 2:24:18.
- 1991 - 95th Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:11:06.
- 1991 - East-Europe Bank forms in London, England.
- 1991 - European foreign ministers lift most remaining sanctions against South Africa.
- 1991 - Magic Johnson sets NBA record for career assists with 9,898.
- 1991 - Sacramento Kings set NBA record, losing 35th consecutive game on road.
- 1992 - Jay Leno's final appearance as permanent guest host of The Tonight Show.
- 1992 - Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx loses its accreditation.
- 1992 - New York Islanders' Al Arbour coaches the most NHL games (1,438).
- 1992 - William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and DeForest Kelley (Star Trek actors) inducted into National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
- 1992 - The National Assembly of Vietnam adopts the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
- 1993 - George Ives dies at age 111.
- 1993 - H H "Bull" Alexander, cricket player (Test for Australia 1933, average 154), dies.
- 1993 - Leslie Charteris, British mystery writer (Saint), dies at age 85.
- 1994 - Cleveland Indians lose first game at Jacobs Field, Kansas City Royals wins 2-1.
- 1994 - John Curry, British figure skater (Olympics-gold-1976), dies of AIDS at age 44 (born 1949).
- 1996 - 100th Boston Marathon won by Moses Tanui of Kenya in 2:09:15.9.
- 1996 - The treasure of Primos found by Heinrich Schliemann in 1873 in Troy and taken from Berlin in 1945 by Russians is exhibited in Moscow for the first time. Prior to 1996 the Soviet Union had denied knowledge of the whereabouts of the hundreds of thousands of artifacts.
- 1996 - 25th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:27:12.6.
- 1997 - America OnLine begins service in Japan.
- 1997 - Baseball honors Jackie Robinson by retiring #42 for all teams.
- 1997 - The ABC TV network premieres Disney's Soul Man show.
- 1997 - Zdenek Mlynar, Secretary of Czechoslovakian Communist Central Committee (1968), dies.
- 1997 - Death of Mildred Cleghorn, chairwoman of the Fort Sill Apache tribe (born 1910).
- 1998 - Death of Pol Pot, Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader (born 1925).
- 1998 - Intel announces the 266 MHz Celeron processor with 32 kB Level 1 cache. The Celeron is a Pentium II processor with no secondary cache, making it cheaper and slightly less powerful, targeting home computer users.
- 2001 - Death of Joey Ramone AKA Jeffrey Hyman at age 49 of lymphoma; punk rocker (The Ramones - "Beat on the Brat" (1976), "Now I Want to Sniff Some Glue").
- 2002 - Death of Byron White, American athlete and Supreme Court Justice (born 1917).
- 2002 - An Air China Boeing 767-200 crashes into a hillside during heavy rain and fog near Pusan, South Korea, killing 128.
- 2002 - The Alameda Corridor transportation project in Los Angeles, California opens to rail traffic, ceasing operations of freight trains on the 120-year-old BNSF Harbor Subdivision.
- 2005 - At least 21 people die and around 50 are injured in a devastating fire at a hotel in central Paris, France.
- 2005 - Shanghai Automotive rules out any possibility of going back on its decision to pull out of a venture with MG Rover. This results in the largest independent British carmaker finishing production with the loss of more than 6,000 jobs at its huge Longbridge plant in Birmingham.
- 2005 - The first major league game in Washington D.C. since September 30, 1971 is played between the Washington Nationals and the Arizona Diamondbacks at RFK Stadium. President George W. Bush throws out the first ceremonial pitch. The Nationals win, 5-3.
- 2005 - Ben Sheets signs a US$38.5 million, four-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers American professional baseball team. It is the richest deal in Brewers' history.
- 2006 - New York City officially opens the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. Cost of construction was US$56 million.
- 2007 - Fifteen British sailors are abducted by Iran, claiming they are in Iranian waters.
- 2008 - Suicide bombings in three cities in Iraq (Baquba, Ramadi, and Mosul) kill over 70.
- 2008 - Vladimir Putin accepts an invitation to become leader of the ruling United Russia party.
- 2008 - In Goma, Congo, a Hewa Bora Airways McDonnell Douglas DC-9 plane crashes into a market district, killing at least 33 people and injuring 80.
- 2010 - At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, US President Barack Obama announces details of his new policy for the US space agency NASA. New spacecraft with new rocket booster systems are to be built so that by 2025 manned missions can extend beyond the Moon, and to Mars and back by the mid-2030s. New funding would amount to US$6 billion over the next five years.
- 2013 - Two bombs explode near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, killing 3 and injuring 264 others. Two Chechen Islamist brothers are suspected of planting the explosives.
- 2014 - Odyssey Marine Explorations recovers over $1 million in gold ingots and US coins from the wreck site of the SS Central America off South Carolina.
- 2016 - Buena Vista releases the film The Jungle Book to theaters.
- 2017 - Death of Emma Morano, Italian supercentenarian (born 1899).
- 2019 - During Holy Week, a major fire engulfs Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, resulting in the roof and main spire collapsing.
- 2020 - The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 2 million worldwide.
- 2020 - The 2020 Tour de France bicycle race is delayed until August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- 2020 - Death of Joe Brown at age 89; rock climber (Petit Dru at Chamonix 1954, Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas 1955, Old Man of Hoy in the Orkneys 1967, Mustagh Tower in Pakistan, Cenotaph Corner in Snowdonia 1952).
- 2021 - Scientists announce they successfully injected human stem cells into the embryos of monkeys, creating chimera-embryos.
- 2022 - Death of Mike Bossy of lung cancer at age 65 at home in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; hockey player (NHL, New York Islanders, four Stanley Cups).
- 2022 - Death of Liz Sheridan at age 93 at home in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Helen - Seinfeld TV show).
- 2022 - Death of Art Rupe at age 104; American music executive (Little Richard, Sam Cooke).
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