| 2013 | The Liberal Political Party of Canada choses Justin Trudeau, son of Pierre Trudeau, as its new leader |
| 2013 | The first-ever European MP's of Croatia are determined in an election held in anticipation of Croatia gaining formal entry into the European Union |
| 2012 | The U.S., Russia and China, begin talks about Iran's nuclear program |
| 2012 | In Ireland, anti-austerity protesters use a coffin draped in the Irish tricolor |
| 2011 | Rejean Hinse, a Quebec man wrongly convicted of a crime in the 1960s and acquitted 30 years later, receives $13.1 million in compensation |
| 2011 | North Korea attests it has detained Jun Young Su, a U.S. citizen; they plan to charge him with 'committing a crime' against their country |
| 2010 | Ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano drifts towards Europe, causing air traffic to close over Northern Norway |
| 2002 | 66th Golf Masters Championship: |
| 1996 | "Apple Doesn't Fall" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 1 performance |
| 1996 | 60th Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 276 |
| 1996 | Detroit Red Wings win NHL record 62 games |
| 1995 | India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah |
| 1995 | Rosie Jones wins LPGA Pinewild Women's Golf Championship |
| 1994 | Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley announces plans to divorce |
| 1994 | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis operated on for a bleeding ulcer |
| 1994 | New Jersey Devils end best regular season, 47-25-12 record for 106 points |
| 1994 | U.S. F-15 accidentally shoots 2 U.S. helicopters down over Iraq, 26 die |
| 1994 | Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender after completion of his Seven Seals manuscript |
| 1992 | "Guys and Dolls" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 1143 performances |
| 1992 | "Les Miserables," opens at Palace Theatre, Manchester |
| 1992 | Court throws out Apple's lawsuit against Microsoft |
| 1992 | UAW ends 5 month strike against Caterpillar Inc |
| 1992 | U.N. imposes embargo against Libya takes effect |
| 1991 | "Mule Bone" closes at Ethel Barrymore Theater New York City after 67 performances |
| 1991 | "Oh, Kay!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City |
| 1991 | 55th Golf Masters Championship: Ian Woosnam wins, shooting a 277 |
| 1991 | Chicago Blackhawks becomes 1st NHL regular season champion in 20 years to lose in 1st round of the playoffs (To Minnesota North Stars) |
| 1989 | 1,100,000,000th Chinese born |
| 1989 | In the Iran-Contra trial, Oliver North's case goes to the jury |
| 1988 | "Mail" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 36 performances |
| 1988 | Devils 6-5 over Islanders-Devils take 1st round 4-2 |
| 1988 | U.S.S.R., U.S., Pakistan and Afghanistan sign Afghanistan treaty |
| 1987 | Turkey asks to join European market |
| 1986 | 21st Academy of Country Music Awards: G Strait, Alabama, R McEntire |
| 1986 | Desmond Tutu elected Anglican archbishop of Capetown |
| 1986 | Double-decker ferry sinks in stormy weather in Bangladesh killing 200 |
| 1986 | U.S. aircraft attacks 5 terrorist locations in Libya |
| 1985 | "Take Me Along!" opens/closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City |
| 1985 | 49th Golf Masters Championship: Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 282 |
| 1985 | Ahmed Salah wins 1st World Cup marathon (2:08:09) |
| 1985 | Alan Garcia wins elections in Peru |
| 1985 | Beth Daniel wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic |
| 1985 | Bob Carpenter is unsuccessful on Washington Caps 1st playoff penalty shot |
| 1985 | Caps 4-Isles 6-Patrick Div Semifinals-Series tied at 2-2 |
| 1985 | Jack C Burcham is 5th to receive "Jarvik 7" permanent artificial heart |
| 1984 | Farewell concert of "Doe Maar" in Den Bosch, Netherlands |
| 1983 | Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Ranger |
| 1983 | President Reagan signs $165 billion Social Security rescue |
| 1983 | Rangers 1-Isles 4-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 1-0 lead |
| 1981 | 1st Space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth |
| 1980 | 1st Cubans of the Mariel boatlift sail to Florida |
| 1980 | 52nd Academy Awards - "Kramer vs Kramer," D Hoffman and Sally Field win |
| 1980 | Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Executioner's Song) |
| 1979 | Susan Horvath, of Penn, crowned America's Young Woman of the Year |
| 1978 | David Hare's "Plenty," premieres in London |
| 1978 | Korean Air Lines Boeing 707, fired on by Soviets, crashes in Russia |
| 1978 | WRR-AM in Dallas Texas changes call letters to KAAM |
| 1977 | Supreme Court says people may refuse to display state motto on license |
| 1974 | 38th Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 278 |
| 1973 | Acting FBI director L Patrick Gray resigns after admitting he destroyed evidence in the Watergate scandal |
| 1972 | "That's Entertainment" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 4 performances |
| 1971 | Fort Point, San Francisco dedicated as a national historic site |
| 1971 | President Nixon ends blockade against People's Republic of China |
| 1971 | Stephen Sondheim's musical "Follies," premieres in New York City |
| 1971 | Supreme Court upheld busing as means of achieving racial desegregation |
| 1970 | "Boy Friend" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 119 performances |
| 1969 | 1st major league baseball game outside U.S. played (Montreal Canada) |
| 1969 | 41st Academy Awards - "Oliver," C Robertson and K Hepburn/Striesand win |
| 1969 | KEET TV channel 13 in Eureka, California (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1969 | Student Afro-American Society seized at Columbia College |
| 1969 | Tornado strikes Dacca East Pakistan killing 540 |
| 1968 | 1st NBA game at Madison Square Garden, Knicks beat SD Clippers |
| 1968 | 32nd Golf Masters Championship: Bob Goalby wins, shooting a 277 |
| 1968 | Marilynn Smith wins LPGA O'Sullivan Golf Open |
| 1968 | Roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card |
| 1967 | General Gnassingbe Eyadema becomes president of Togo |
| 1967 | In the Vietnam War, U.S. planes bombed Haiphong for 1st time |
| 1967 | Red Sox rookie Billy Rohome comes within 1 strike of a no hitter at |
| 1967 | Yankee Stadium, Elston Howard singles on a 3-2 pitch |
| 1965 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1964 | Sandy Koufax throws his 9th complete game without allowing a walk |
| 1963 | George Harrison is impressed by unsigned group "Rolling Stones" |
| 1962 | Demonstration for sovereign status of New-Guinea in Amsterdam |
| 1962 | Georges Pompidou becomes president of France |
| 1961 | 1st live television broadcast from Soviet Union |
| 1961 | Cuban-American invasion army departs Nicaragua |
| 1961 | U.S. element 103 (Lawrencium) discovered |
| 1960 | "Bye Bye Birdie" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 607 performances |
| 1960 | 1st underwater launching of Polaris missile |
| 1960 | Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 4 games |
| 1959 | KDIN TV channel 11 in Des Moines, IA (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1958 | Sputnik 2 (with dog Laika) burns up in atmosphere |
| 1957 | Leah Neuberger wins her 8th women's singles ping pong championship |
| 1957 | Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open |
| 1956 | "Plain and Fancy" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 476 performances |
| 1956 | Ampex Corp demonstrates 1st commercial videotape recorder |
| 1955 | Elston Howard becomes the 1st black to wear the Yankee uniform |
| 1955 | Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 3 |
| 1955 | WBRZ TV channel 2 in Baton Rouge, LA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting |
| 1954 | Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov asks for politics asylum in Canberra |
| 1953 | Viet-Minh offensive in Laos |
| 1953 | WHYN (now WGGB) TV channel 40 in Springfield-Holyoke, MA (ABC) begins |
| 1950 | 1st edition of British strip "Eagle" |
| 1950 | Doorne's Auto factory opens in Netherlands |
| 1949 | International Military Tribunal at Neurenberg's last judgment |
| 1948 | A flash of light is observed in crater Plato on Moon |
| 1948 | New York City subway fares jump from 5 cents to 10 cents |
| 1948 | Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games |
| 1948 | U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak |
| 1946 | "Day Before Spring" closes at National Theater New York City after 167 performances |
| 1946 | Manager Mel Ott of Giants hits 511th and final home run |
| 1945 | American planes bombed Tokyo and damaged the Imperial Palace |
| 1945 | Arnhem/Zwolle freed from nazis |
| 1945 | U.S. 7th Army and allies forces captured Nuremberg and Stuttgart in Germany |
| 1945 | U.S. forces conquered Motobu peninsula on Okinawa |
| 1945 | U.S. Marines attack Yae Take on Okinawa |
| 1944 | 1st Jews transported from Athens arrive at Auschwitz |
| 1944 | Freighter "Fort Stikene" explodes in Bombay India, killing 1,376 |
| 1944 | General Eisenhower becomes head commander of allied air fleet |
| 1944 | Greek Colonel Venizelos forms government |
| 1943 | General Alexander, Eisenhower, Anderson and Bradley discuss assault on Tunis |
| 1943 | James Gow and A d'Usseau's "Tomorrow the World," premieres in New York City |
| 1942 | Destroyer Roper sinks German U-85 of U.S. east coast |
| 1941 | 1st massive German raid in Paris, 3,600 Jews rounded up |
| 1941 | King Peter leaves Yugoslavia |
| 1940 | Allied troops land in Norway |
| 1940 | RCA demonstrated its new electron microscope in Philadelphia |
| 1939 | John Steinbeck novel "The Grapes of Wrath" published |
| 1935 | Sandstorm ravages U.S. midwest (Dust Bowl) |
| 1932 | Bizet, Massine and Miro's "Jeux d'Enfants," premieres in Monte Carlo |
| 1931 | Spain becomes republic with overthrow of King Alfonso XIII |
| 1931 | Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 3 games to 2 |
| 1930 | Philip Barry's "Hotel Universe," premieres in New York City |
| 1928 | Maddus Airlines starts 1st regular passenger flights between San Francisco and LA |
| 1928 | Stanley Cup: New York Rangers beat Montreal Maroons, 3 games to 2 |
| 1925 | 1st regular-season Cubs game to be broadcast on radio (WGN) |
| 1923 | Etienne Oehmichen sets helicopter distance record of 358 meters |
| 1922 | Republic rebels occupies 4 government courts in Dublin |
| 1921 | NHL Championship: Ottawa Senators sweep Toronto St. Patricks in 2 games |
| 1921 | Prince Henry opens Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Bremen-Hamburg air route |
| 1920 | Tornadoes killed 219 people in Alabama and Mississippi |
| 1918 | Douglas Campbell is 1st U.S. ace pilot (shooting down 5th German plane) |
| 1917 | Chicago White Sox Ed Cicotte no-hits St. Louis Browns, 11-0 |
| 1915 | A's Herb Pennock is within 1 out of pitching 1st Opening Day no-hitter |
| 1915 | Dutch merchant Navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo |
| 1914 | Stacy G Carkhuff patents non-skid tire pattern |
| 1913 | Belgium begins general strike for voting rights |
| 1912 | Pan American Union forms |
| 1910 | President Taft begins tradition of throwing out ball on opening day |
| 1909 | Anglo-Persian Oil Company forms in London |
| 1906 | President Theodore Roosevelt denounces "muckrakers" in U.S. press |
| 1904 | George Bernard Shaw's "Candida," premiered in London |
| 1903 | Dr. Harry Plotz discovers vaccine against typhoid in New York City |
| 1902 | Marie and Pierre Curie isolated the radioactive element radium |
| 1900 | President Loubet opens International Fairs in Paris |
| 1900 | Veteran's Hospital at Ft. Miley forms |
| 1896 | John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres (New York City) |
| 1895 | 1st performance of Gustav Mahler's (incomplete) 2nd Symphony |
| 1894 | 1st public showing of Edison's kinetoscope (moving pictures) |
| 1894 | Thomas Edison presents "peep show" device |
| 1890 | Pan American Day-1st conference of American states (Washington D.C.) |
| 1887 | Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Reigate Squires" |
| 1883 | Leo Delibes' opera "Lakme," premieres in Paris |
| 1872 | Dominion Lands Act passed-Canada's Homestead Act |
| 1872 | San Francisco organizes Bar Association |
| 1871 | Canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, and mills |
| 1868 | South Carolina voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228 |
| 1865 | Mobile, Alabama is captured |
| 1865 | President Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth |
| 1863 | William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press |
| 1862 | Battle of Ft. Pillow Tennessee |
| 1861 | Formal Union surrender of Ft. Sumter |
| 1861 | Robert E Lee resigns from Union army |
| 1860 | 1st Pony Express rider arrives in San Francisco from St. Joseph, Missouri |
| 1859 | Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" published |
| 1853 | Harriet Tubman began her Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape |
| 1847 | Persia and Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum |
| 1841 | Edgar Allen Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue," published |
| 1836 | Congress forms Territory of Wisconsin |
| 1828 | 18-gun sloop "Acorn" sinks off Halifax with 115 men aboard |
| 1828 | 1st edition of Noah Webster's dictionary published |
| 1818 | U.S. Medical Corp forms |
| 1814 | Napoleon abdicated and was banished to Elba |
| 1809 | Napoleon defeated Austria in the Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria |
| 1799 | Napoleon called for establishing Jerusalem for Jews |
| 1792 | France declares war on Austria, starting French Revolutionary Wars |
| 1777 | New York adopts new constitution as an independent state |
| 1775 | 1st abolitionist society in U.S. organizes in Philadelphia |
| 1756 | Governor Glen of South Carolina protests against 900 Acadia indians |
| 1671 | Cosaks capture Russian boer leader Stenka Razin |
| 1629 | England and France sign Peace of Susa |
| 1614 | Pocahontas, daughter of chief Powhatan, marries planter John Rolfe |
| 1611 | Word "telescope" is 1st used (Prince Federico Cesi) |
| 1574 | Battle of Mookerhei-D'Avila beats Louis of Nassau |
| 1570 | Polish Calvinists/Lutherians/Hernhutters unify against Jesuits |
| 1544 | Battle at Carignano: French troops under Earl d'Enghien beat Swiss |
| 1536 | English king Henry VIII expropriate minor monasteries |
| 1471 | Battle of Barnet-King Edward IV vs Earl of Warwick |
| 1191 | 85-year old Giacinto Bobo becomes Pope Coelestinus III |
| 1028 | German emperor Conrad II the Sailor crowns his son Henry III, king |
| 979 | Challenge to throne of King Aethelred II of England |
| 972 | Notger becomes bishop of Liege |
| 754 | Pact of Quierzy: between Pope Stephen II, III, and Pippin the Korte |
| 193 | Lucius Septimus Severus crowned emperor of Rome |
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