On this day in History - Apr. 04

• 0186 - Caracalla was born (d. 0217). Roman emperor.
• 0397 - St. Ambrose dies (b. c. 0340). Bishop of Milan.
• 0636 - Saint Isidore of Seville dies. Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet
• 0896 - Pope Formosus dies (b. 0816).
• 1284 - King Alfonso X of Castile dies (b. 1221) / Morre Alfonso X o Sabio de Castilla (n. 23 Nov 1221). Monarca e astrónomo espanhol que encorajou a preparação das tabelas planetárias revisadas (1252), publicou no dia de sua ascensão ao trono como rei de Castilha e León.
• 1292 - Pope Nicholas IV dies (b. 1227).
• 1305 - Jeanne of Navarre dies. Queen of Philip IV of France.
• 1460 - O Papa Pio II funda a Universidade de Basileia.
• 1492 - Ambrosius Blarer was born (d. 1564). German reformer.
• 1536 - Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach dies (b. 1460).
• 1541 - Ignatius of Loyola became the first superior-general of the Jesuits.
• 1566 - Daniele Ricciarelli da Volterra, dies (b. 1509). Italian Mannerist painter and sculptor. He is noted for his finely drawn, highly idealized figures done in the style of Michelangelo.
• 1572 - William Strachey was born (d. 1621). English writer.
• 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I.
• 1588 - King Frederick II of Denmark dies (b. 1534).
• 1593 - Edward Nicholas was born (d. 1669). English statesman.
• 1609 - Charles de L'Ecluse dies (b. 1526). Flemish botanist.
• 1617 - John Napier dies (b. 1550). Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms.
• 1633 - Pieter Pieterszoon Lasman dies buried (b. 1583). Amsterdam Dutch painter and draftsman, specialized in religious, historical, and mythological scenes.
• 1643 - Simon Episcopius dies (b. 1583). Dutch theologian.
• 1646 - Antoine Galland was born (d. 1715). French archaeologist.
• 1648 - Grinling Gibbons was born (d. 1721). Master wood-worker.
• 1655 - The miraculous statue entitled the Infant of Prague is solemnly crowned by command of Cardinal Harrach.
• 1660 - Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of England.
• 1661 - Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven dies. Scottish soldier
• 1688 - Joseph-Nicolas Delisle was born (d. 11 Sep 1768). French astronomer / Nascia Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (m. 11 Set 1768). Astrónomo francês que propôs que a série de anéis (halos) coloridos observados ao redor do Sol são causados pela difração da luz solar através de gotículas de água / cristais de gelo em uma nuvem.
• 1693 - A Princesa D. Joana de Portugal, filha de D. Afonso V e D. Isabel, foi canonizada pelo Papa Inocêncio XII.
• 1701 - Joseph Haines dies. Entertainer and author.
• 1718 - Benjamin Kennicott was born (d. 1783). English churchman and Hebrew scholar.
• 1721 - Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I.
• 1743 - Daniel Neal dies (b. 1678). English historian.
• 1758 - Pierre Paul Prud'hon was born (d. 16 Feb 1823). French Neoclassical painter and draftsman known for his softly modeled, emotionally Romantic style.
• 1758 - John Hoppner was born (d. 23 Jan 1810). English painter.
• 1761 - Theodore Gardelle dies (b. 1722). Swiss painter and enameler.
• 1766 - John Taylor dies (b. 1704). English classical scholar.
• 1772 - Nachman of Breslov was born (d. 1810). Founder of Breslov Hasidut.
• 1774 - Oliver Goldsmith dies (b. 1728). Irish playwright.
• 1780 - Edward Hicks was born (d. 23 Aug 1849). Pennsylvania Folk artist, specialized in Animals.
• 1785 - O escritor português Barbosa du Bocage parte para a Índia .
• 1785 - Bettina von Arnim was born (d. 1859). German writer.
• 1791 - Em Paris, a igreja de Santa Genoveva é convertida num Panteão de Homens Ilustres .
• 1792 - James Sykes dies (b. 1725). American politician.
• 1802 - Dorothea Dix was born (d. 1887). American social activist.
• 1807 - Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de Lalande dies (b. 1732). French astronomer. / Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de Lalande (n. 11 Jul 1732). Astrónomo, nascido em Bourg-en-Bresse, França. Ele determinou a paralaxe da Lua em Berlim para a Academia Francesa (1751).
• 1809 - Benjamim Peirce was born (d. 06 Oct 1880). American mathematicien and astronomer / Nascia Benjamim Peirce (m. 06 Out 1880). Astrónomo, matemático e pedagogo americano que computou as perturbações gerais dos planetas Urano e Netuno.
• 1812 - U.S. President James Madison enacted a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.
• 1812 - The territory of Orleans became the 18th U.S. state and will become known as Louisiana.
• 1814 - Napoleon abdicates for the first time.
• 1814 - Thomas-Germain-Joseph Duvivier, dies (b. 30 Aug 1735). French artist.
• 1817 - André Masséna dies (b. 1758). French marshal.
• 1818 - The U.S. Congress adopts the flag of the United States as having 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (20 stars) with additional stars to be added whenever a new state is added to the Union.
• 1819 - Queen Maria II of Portugal was born (d. 1853) / Nascimento no Rio de Janeiro de Maria II de Portugal, filha de D. Pedro IV e da Imperatriz Maria Leopoldina.
• 1821 - Linus Yale was born born in Salisbury, New York (d. 24 Dec 1868). American inventor / Nascimento do inventor americano Linus Yale, responsável pela fechadura. (m. 24 Dec 1868).
• 1823 - Sir William Siemens was born in Lenthe, near Hanover (d. 19 Nov 1883). German engineer
• 1826 - Zénobe Gramme was born (d. 1901). Belgian engineer.
• 1841 - President William Henry Harrison dies (b. 1773) of pneumonia becoming the first President of the United States to die in office and at one month, the elected president with the shortest term served.
• 1842 - Edouard Lucas was born (d. 1891). French mathematician.
• 1842 - Jean Moufot dies (b. 1784). French philosopher and mathematician.
• 1843 - Hans Richter was born in Raab, Gyoer (d. 5 Dec 1916). Hungarian conductor.
• 1843 - William Henry Jackson was born in Keeseville, New York (d. 30 Jun 1942) . American photographer.
• 1846 - Comte de Lautréamont was born (d. 1870). French writer.
• 1846 - Solomon Sibley dies (b. 1769). American Senator, Michigan Territory 1820-1823.
• 1849 - José Xavier Mouzinho da Silveira dies (b. 1780). Portuguese statesman and politician.
• 1850 - The Great Fire of Cottenham, a large part of the Cambridgeshire village (England) is burnt to the ground under suspicious circumstances.
• 1850 - Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city.
• 1858 - Remy de Gourmont was born (d. 1915). French poet.
• 1859 - Bryant's Minstrels debut "Dixie" in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show.
• 1861 - John McLean dies (b. 1785). U.S. Supreme Court justice.
• 1864 - Alfredo Roque Gameiro was born in Minde (d. in Lisboa, on 5 Aug 1935). Portuguese painter.
• 1864 - Joseph Pitty Couthouy dies (b. 1808). American naval officer.
• 1865 - American Civil War: A day after Union forces captured Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.
• 1866 - Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev. A design for a city gate to commemorate his escape was the inspiration for Mussorgsky's The Great Gate of Kiev from Pictures at an Exhibition.
• 1870 - George Albert Smith was born (d. 1951). President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .
• 1870 - Heinrich Gustav Magnus dies (b. 1802). German chemist and physicist.
• 1871 - Peter Heinrich Lambert von Hess dies (b. 29 Jul 1792). German artist.
• 1874 - Charles Ernest Beulé dies (b. 1826). French archaelogist and politician.
• 1875 - Pierre Monteux was born (d. 1964). French conductor.
• 1876 - Maurice de Vlaminck was born (d. 10 Oct 1958). French Fauvist painter.
• 1878 - Marie Isidore Henri Liénard de Saint-Délis was born (d. 15 Nov 1949). French painter.
• 1879 - Heinrich Wilhelm Dove dies (b. 1803). German physicist.
• 1882 - Emil Filla was born (d. 07 Oct 1953). Czech painter, printmaker, sculptor, writer, and collector.
• 1882 - Kurt von Schleicher was born (d. 1934). Chancellor of Germany.
• 1883 - Peter Cooper dies (b. 1791). American Industrialist, inventor and philanthropist.
• 1884 - Isoroku Yamamoto was born (d. 1943). Japanese naval commander.
• 1884 - Marie Bashkirtseff dies (b.1860). Russian artist and diarist .
• 1885 - Arthur Murray was born (d. 1991). Dancer.
• 1887 - Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna Medora Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
• 1887 - William Cumming Rose was born (d. 25 Sep 1985). American biochemist who researched the role of amino acids in nutrition determining which were essential, and calculated the minimum daily requirement for each of them.
• 1888 - Tris Speaker was born (d. 1958). Baseball Hall of Famer.
• 1888 - Zdzisław Żygulski, Sr. was born (d. 1975). Polish literary historian.
• 1890 - Edmond Hébert dies (b. 1812). French geologist.
• 1890 - Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau dies (b. 1820). Quebec politician.
• 1895 - Arthur Murray was born (d. 1991). American dance teacher.
• 1896 - Robert E. Sherwood was born (d. 1955). American playwright.
• 1897 - Pierre Fresnay was born (d. 1975). French stage and film actor.
• 1898 - Agnes Ayres was born (d. 1940). American silent film actress, starred with Rudolph Valentino in "The Sheik".
• 1902 - 100 years ago, British financier Cecil Rhodes left $10 million in his will to provide scholarships for Americans at Oxford University.
• 1902 - Louise Leveque de Vilmorin was born (d. 1969). French actress.
• 1902 - Stanley G. Weinbaum was born (d. 1935). American science-fiction author.
• 1905 - In India, an earthquake near Kangra kills 370,000.
• 1905 - Constantin Emile Meunier dies (b. 12 Apr 1831). Belgian sculptor and painter. He was one of the principal social-realist artists of the late19th century in Europe.
• 1905 - Eugene Bozza was born (d. 1991). French Modern Composer.
• 1906 - Bea Benaderet was born (d. 1968). American actress.
• 1906 - John Cameron Swayze was born (d. 1995). American journalist and television host.
• 1908 - Ernestine Gilbreth Carey was born (d. 2006). American memoirist (Cheaper by the Dozen).
• 1909 - Fundação do Sport Club Internacional, de Porto Alegre, Brasil.
• 1910 - Juri Pawlowitsch German was born (d. 1967). Writer.
• 1911 - Max Dupain was born (d. 1992). Australian photographer.
• 1913 - The Greek aviator Emmanuel Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot victim of the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
• 1913 - Frances Langford was born (d. 2005). American actress.
• 1914 - Marguerite Duras was born (d. 1996). French writer.
• 1914 - A Albânia decreta mobilização geral e ameaça entrar em guerra contra a Grécia.
• 1915 - Muddy Waters [McKinley Morganfield] was born (d. 30 Apr 1983). American blues singer, guitarrist ( Close to You, Baby Please Don’t Go, She’s Nineteen Years Old, I Can’t Be Satisfied, Honey Bee).
• 1916 - David White was born (d. 1990). American actor.
• 1916 - Edith Fore was born (d. 1977). Old lady in commercial ("I've fallen and I can't get up!")
• 1916 - Mickey Owen was born (d. 2005). American baseball player.
• 1916 - David White was born (d. 1990). American actor.
• 1918 - George Jellicoe was born (second Earl Jellicoe)
• 1918 - World War I: Second Battle of the Somme ends.
• 1919 - Sir William Crookes dies (b. 1832). Chemist and physicist.
• 1919 - Francisco Marto dies in Aljustrel (b. 11 Jun 1908). One of the Fatima vidents (Portugal). V. Os três pastorinhos de Fátima
• 1920 - Éric Rohmer was born. French film director.
• 1922 - Elmer Bernstein was born (d. 18 Aug 2004). American Academy Award -winning composer of film scores : Thoroughly Modern Millie [1967]; Sudden Fear, The Man with the Golden Arm, Ten Commandments, Sweet Smell of Success, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Walk on the Wild Side, The Magnificent Seven.
• 1922 - Dircinha Batista was born. Brazilian actress and singer.
• 1923 - John Venn dies (b. 1834). British mathematician.
• 1924 - Gil Hodges was born (d. 1972). American baseball player.
• 1925 - Claude Wagner was born (d. 1979). French Canadian politician and judge.
• 1925 - Emmett Williams was born (d. 2007). American poet.
• 1928 - Maya Angelou was born. American poet and novelist.
• 1929 - Karl Benz dies (d. 1844). German enginneer, automobile pioneer.
• 1930 - The Communist Party of Panama is founded.
• 1931 - André Michelin dies (b. 16 Jan 1853). French tyre manufacturer.
• 1931 - Bobby Ray Inman was born. American admiral and intelligence director.
• 1932 - Richard Lugar was born. American politician.
• 1932 - Anthony Perkins was born (d. 12 Sep 1992). American actor : Psycho series, The Sins of Dorian Gray, Mahogany, Murder on the Orient Express, On the Beach, Desire Under the Elms, Friendly Persuasion.
• 1932 - Andrei Tarkovsky was born (d. 1986). Russian film director.
• 1932 - Richard Lugar was born. American politician.
• 1932 - Estelle Harris was born. American actress.
• 1932 - Clive Davis was born. American record producer.
• 1932 - Estelle Harris was born. American actress.
• 1932 - Dick Lugar was born. American politician.
• 1932 - Professor C.G. King of the University of Pittsburgh isolated vitamin C after five years of research.
• 1932 - Wilhelm Ostwald dies (born 2 Sep 1853). German chemist who almost single-handedly organized physical chemistry into a nearly independent branch of chemistry. He won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1909 for his work on catalysis, chemical equilibrium, and reaction velocities.
• 1933 - In the USA, 73 people died when the helium-filled airship Akron crashed into the sea off the New Jersey coast.
• 1933 - Bill France, Jr. was born (d. 2007). NASCAR pioneer.
• 1934 - Clive Davis was born. American record producer.
• 1935 - Abraão Batista was born in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará. Brazilian poet and engraver.
• 1938 - A. Bartlett Giamatti was born (d. 01 Sep 1989). American University President ( Yale Univ.) and baseball commissioner who banned Pete Rose.
• 1939 - Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
• 1939 - JoAnne Carner was born. American golfer.
• 1939 - Major Lance was born (d. 1994). American singer.
• 1939 - Hugh Masekela was born. South African musician.
• 1940 - Richard Attwood was born. British racing driver
• 1940 - Sharon Sheeley was born. American songwriter.
• 1941 - Mussum was born (d. 1941). Brazilian musician, actor and comedian.
• 1942 - Jim Fregosi was born. American baseball player and manager.
• 1942 - Kitty Kelley was born. American writer.
• 1942 - Elizabeth Levy was born. American author of childrens' books.
• 1944 - Magda Aelvoet was born. Belgian politician
• 1944 - Craig T. Nelson was born. American actor (Coach, The District, The Incredibles) .
• 1944 - Lili Caneças was born. Portuguese Jet Set queen.
• 1945 - World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf death camp in Germany.
• 1945 - World War II: Soviet Army liberates Hungary.
• 1945 - Caroline McWilliams was born. American actress.
• 1945 - Daniel Cohn-Bendit was born. French political activist.
• 1946 - Dave Hill was born. English guitarist (Slade).
• 1946 - Katsuaki Sato was born. Japanese martial artist
• 1947 - Stephen Kerton was born. Banking wizard, wide-screen tv patron .
• 1947 - Luke Halpin was born. American actor.
• 1947 - Ray Fosse was born. American baseball player and broadcaster
• 1947 - Wiranto was born. Indonesian general.
• 1948 - Abdullah Öcalan was born. Kurdish leader.
• 1948 - Derek Thompson was born. Northern Irish actor.
• 1948 - Berry Oakley was born (d. 1972). American bassist (The Allman Brothers Band)
• 1948 - Dan Simmons was born. American writer.
• 1948 - Michael Blassie was born (d. 1972). U.S. Air Force officer.
• 1949 - Twelve nations sign The North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Portugal is one of them.
• 1949 - Shing-Tung Yau was born. Chinese mathematician (Fields Medal 1983)
• 1949 - Junior Braithwaite was born (d. 1999). Jamaican singer (The Wailers).
• 1950 - Christine Lahti was born. American actress.
• 1951 - Hun Sen was born. Prime Minister of Cambodia.
• 1951 - John Hannah was born. American football player.
• 1951 - Al Christie dies (b. 1881). Early Hollywood director/producer.
• 1951 - George Albert Smith dies (b. 1870). President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• 1952 - Rosemarie Ackermann was born. German high jumper.
• 1952 - Gary Moore was born. Irish guitarist (Thin Lizzy).
• 1952 - Gregg Hansford was born (d. 1995). Australian motorcycle and car racer.
• 1952 - Pat Burns was born. Canadian National Hockey League coach.
• 1953 - Robert Bertrand was born. Canadian politician.
• 1953 - Sammy Wilson was born. Northern Irish politician.
• 1953 - King Carol II of Romania dies (b. 1893).
• 1954 - Maestro Arturo Toscanini conducted his last concert with the NBC Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Toscanini ended a 17-year association with the orchestra.
• 1956 - David E. Kelley was born. American writer, television producer.
• 1956 - Tom Herr was born. Former Major League Baseball player
• 1957 - Ali El Haggar was born. Egyptian singer and actor
• 1957 - Aki Kaurismäki was born. Finnish film director
• 1957 - Graeme Kelling was born (d. 2004). Scottish musician (Deacon Blue)
• 1957 - Kelso was born (d. 1983). American racehorse
• 1957 - Nobuyoshi Kuwano was born. Japanese musician (Rats & Star)
• 1957 - Severiano Ballesteros was born. Spanish professional olf player.
• 1957 - E. Herbert Norman dies (b. 1909). Canadian diplomat.
• 1958 - Cazuza was born (d. 1990). Brazilian poet, singer and composer/ Nascimento de Cazuza(Agenor Miranda de Araújo Neto), cantor da MPB, no Rio de Janeiro-RJ.
• 1958 - Mary-Margaret Humes was born. American soap opera actress.
• 1958 - Don Bliss was born. Actor, Theater Educator, Writer and Congregational Pastor.
• 1958 - Johnny Stompanato dies (b. 1925). American organized crime figure.
• 1960 - Senegal independence day.
• 1960 - Jane Eaglin was born. English soprano .
• 1960 - Hugo Weaving was born. Nigerian-born Australian actor .
• 1960 - José Peseiro was born. Portuguese football coach (ex- Sporting Club de Portugal).
• 1960 - 32nd Annual Academy Awards at the RKO Pantages Theater, Los Angeles. Ben-Hur, won eleven Academy Awards namely the Best Picture of 1959, Best Director (William Wyler), Best Actor (Charlton Heston); Best Supporting Actor (Hugh Griffith). The best actress went to (Simone Signoret). The Best Supporting Actress award went to Shelley Winters for her performance in The Diary of Anne Frank, her second Oscar.
• 1961 - Simion Stoilow dies (b. 1873). Romanian mathematician.
• 1962 - Craig Adams was born. English musician(The Sisters of Mercy, Mission UK)
• 1963 - Dale Hawerchuk was born. Canadian ice hockey player.
• 1963 - Jack Del Rio was born. American football player and coach.
• 1963 - Graham Norton was born. Irish talk show host.
• 1964 - The Beatles occupy all of the top five positions on the Billboard singles chart in the United States.
• 1964 - João Goulart es-presidente do Brasil exila-se no Uruguai.
• 1964 - David Cross was born. American actor and comedian
• 1964 - Branco was born. Brazilian football player and coach
• 1964 - Sertab Erener was born. Turkish singer and Eurovision winner
• 1964 - Robbie Rist was born. American actor
• 1965 - The first model of the new Saab Viggen fighter aircraft plane is unveiled.
• 1965 - Robert Downey Jr. was born. American actor.
• 1966 - Nancy McKeon was born. American actress.
• 1967 - Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church.
• 1967 - Héctor Scarone dies (b. 1898). Uruguayan footballer.
• 1968 - Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
• 1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. dies assassinated. The American black civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King was shot dead in the southern US city of Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to lead a march of sanitation workers protesting against low wages and poor working conditions (Nobel Prize in Peace 1964).
• 1968 - AEK Athens BC becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
• 1968 - Jennifer Lynch was born. American director.
• 1968 - Morte de Assis Chateaubriand (Francisco de Assis Chateaubriand Bandeira de Melo), em São Paulo (n. em 5 de Out. 1892). Membro da Academia Brasileira de Letras e expoente do mundo jornalístico brasileiro.
• 1969 - Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
• 1969 - The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour is cancelled after the brothers failed to submit an episode before its broadcast date.
• 1969 - Rómulo Gallegos dies. Venezuelan novelist and politician.
• 1970 - Barry Pepper was born. Canadian actor.
• 1970 - Michael Schwartz was born. American turntablist, known as Mix Master Mike, DJ for the Beastie Boys
• 1971 - John Zandig was born. American professional wrestler
• 1971 - Josh Todd was born. Lead singer of rock band Buckcherry
• 1971 - Yanic Perreault was born. French Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 - Adam Clayton Powell Jr. dies. American politician.
• 1972 - Stefan Wolpe dies (b. 1902). German-born composer.
• 1972 - Xenia Seeberg was born in Niederrhein, Germany. Model and actress, who is best known for her role on the TV series LEXX
• 1972 - Jill Scott was born. American soul singer
• 1972 - Magnus Sveningsson was born. Swedish musician (The Cardigans).
• 1972 - Isabelle Brinkman was born. Dutch television presenter and radio personality.
• 1973 - The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.
• 1973 - Em Portugal tem lugar o 3.º Congresso da Oposição Democrática.
• 1973 - David Blaine was born. American illusionist.
• 1973 - Chris McCormack was born. Australian triathlete.
• 1973 - Loris Capirossi was born. Italian motorcycle racer.
• 1974 - Dave Mirra was born. American Extreme sports champion.
• 1975 - Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico
• 1975 - Vietnam War: Operation Baby Lift - A United States Air Force C-5A Galaxy crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, transporting orphans - 172 die.
• 1975 - Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
• 1975 - Delphine Arnault was born. French businesswoman.
• 1975 - Thobias Fredriksson was born. Swedish cross-country skier.
• 1975 - Pamela Ribon was born. American author, actress.
• 1975 - Scott Rolen was born. American baseball player.
• 1976 - Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
• 1976 - Emerson was born. Brazilian footballer.
• 1976 - Harry Nyquist dies (b. 1889). Contributor to information theory.
• 1977 - Adam Dutkiewicz was born. American guitarist (Killswitch Engage)
• 1977 - Stephen Mulhern was born. Magician, CITV Presenter
• 1977 - Omarr Ali Hasan Smith, Arena Football League defensive back
• 1978 - Começou a Guerra Civil em Angola.
• 1978 - O escritor cubano Alejo Carpentier recebe em Madrid o Premio Cervantes de Literatura.
• 1978 - Jason Ellison was born. American baseball player
• 1978 - Alan Mahon was born. Irish footballer
• 1978 - Irene Skliva was born. Greek 1996 Miss World winner
• 1978 - Lemar was born. English R'n'B singer
• 1978 - Sam Moran was born. Australian entertainer.
• 1978 - Irene Skliva, Greek 1996 Miss World winner.
• 1978 - Aska Yang was born. Taiwan Singer.
• 1979 - President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed, hanged in spite of international calls for clemency.
• 1979 - Heath Ledger was born. Australian actor.
• 1979 - Natasha Lyonne was born. American actress
• 1979 - Roberto Luongo was born. Canadian ice hockey goaltender
• 1979 - Ali Bhutto dies executed (b. 1928). President and Prime Minister of Pakistan.
• 1979 - Natasha Lyonne was born. American actress.
• 1980 - Björn Wirdheim was born. Swedish race car driver.
• 1980 - Trevor Moore was born. American comedian
• 1980 - Johnny Borrell was born. English singer (Razorlight)
• 1980 - Red Sovine dies. Country music entertainer .
• 1981 - Henry Cisneros became the first Mexican-American elected mayor of a major U.S. city - San Antonio, Texas.
• 1981 - In Dublin, Ireland, Bucks Fizz win the twenty-sixth Eurovision Song Contest for the United Kingdom singing "Making Your Mind Up".
• 1981 - Natasha Lyonne was born. Actress.
• 1983 - Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space.
• 1983 - Fabian Geiser was born. Swiss footballer
• 1983 - Angelle Tymon was born. American journalist and TV game show host
• 1983 - Ben Gordon was born. American Professional Basketball Player
• 1983 - Doug Lynch was born. Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 - Gloria Swanson dies (b. 1897). American actress.
• 1984 - Winston Smith, the main character of George Orwell's book Nineteen Eighty-Four, begins writing in his secret diary.
• 1984 - President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
• 1984 - Portugal: A escritora portuguesa Alice Vieira é agraciada com o Prémio Calouste Gulbenkian para obras infantis, pelo seu livro Este Rei Que Eu Escolhi.
• 1984 - Arkady Vyatchanin was born. Russian swimmer
• 1986 - Aiden McGeady was born. Republic of Ireland and Celtic Footballer.
• 1987 - Cameron Maybin was born. American Baseball Player.
• 1987 - Sarah Gadon was born. Canadian actress.
• 1987 - Devon Anderson was born. British actor.
• 1987 - C.L. Moore dies (b. 1911). American Science fiction writer.
• 1988 - Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
• 1988 - Kansas, coached by Larry Brown, won the national title with a 83-79 victory in the final game over Oklahoma
• 1988 - Frank Fielding was born. English footballer
• 1990 - Em El Salvador governo e guerrilha selam um acordo de paz.
• 1991 - Jamie Lynn Spears was born. American actress
• 1991 - H. John Heinz III dies (b. 1938). Member of the U.S. Senate in a plane crash.
• 1991 - Forrest Towns dies (b. 1914). American hurdler.
• 1991 - Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their plane over Merion, Pennsylvania.
• 1992 - Sali Berisha became the first non-Marxist president of Albania since World War II.
• 1992 - Alexa Nikolas was born. American actress on the show Zoey 101
• 1992 - Arthur Russell dies (b. 1951). American cellist.
• 1992 - Yvette Brind'Amour dies (b. 1918). French Canadian stage actress and artistic director.
• 1992 - Salgueiro Maia dies (b. 1944). Portuguese soldier, important figure in April 1974 Revolution.
• 1993 - Alfred Butts dies (b. 13 Apr 1899). American architect, artist and photographer, who invented the board game Scrabble.
• 1994 - Netscape Communications Corporation is founded (under the name "Mosaic Communications Corporation") by Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark.
• 1994 - Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name "Mosaic Communications Corporation".
• 1994 - Risako Sugaya was born. Japanese singer
• 1994 - Kurt Cobain dies. Rock Star, lead singer of Nirvana.
• 1995 - Priscilla Lane dies (b. 1915). American singer, actress.
• 1995 - Kenny Everett dies (b.1944). British radio DJ and television entertainer.
• 1996 - Comet Hyakutake was imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.
• 1996 - Barney Ewell dies (b. 1918). American athlete.
• 1996 - Larry LaPrise dies (b. 1913). American songwriter.
• 1997 - 21 países do Conselho da Europa subsscrevem a Convenção sobre Direitos Humanos e Biomedicina, que inclui a proibição de clonar seres humanos.
• 1998 - Vasco da Gama Bridge in Lisbon, Portugal is inaugurated / A Ponte Vasco da Gama que liga Lisboa a Seixal é inaugurada
• 1999 - Against the plea of Pope John Paul II, NATO planes continued to bomb the former Yugoslavia on Easter Sunday.
• 1999 - Early Wynn dies (b. 1920). Baseball Hall of Famer.
• 1999 - Faith Domergue dies (b. 1924). American actor.
• 2000 - Spring freeze brings chaos - Severe weather forces the closure of Luton airport as blizzards and flooding cause widespread chaos.
• 2000 - Tommaso Buscetta dies (b. 1928). Sicilian mafioso and pentito.
• 2001 - Local Philadelphia wrestling promotion ECW files bankrupcy.
• 2001 - Ed "Big Daddy" Roth dies (b. 1932). American custom car designer.
• 2002 - The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
• 2002 - Harry L. O'Connor dies. Czech-born film stuntman.
• 2003 - Resortes (Adalberto Martinez Chavez) dies. Legendary Mexican comedian.
• 2003 - Sammy Sosa becomes the 18th member of the 500 home run club with a home run at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio.
• 2003 - Anthony Caruso dies (b. 1916). American actor.
• 2003 - Resortes (Adalberto Martinez Chavez) dies (b. 1916). Mexican comedian.
• 2004 - Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army stage an uprising in several towns and cities in Iraq after the Coalition's closure of Sadr's al-Hawza newspaper.
• 2004 - Casey Sheehan dies (b. 1979). American soldier, son of Cindy Sheehan
• 2004 - Alberic Schotte dies (b. 1919). Belgian cyclist.
• 2005 - Edward Bronfman dies (b. 1924). Canadian Businessmen.
• 2007 - 15 British Royal Navy personnel held in Iran are released by the Iranian President.
• International Day for Landmine Awareness and Assistance
• 2007 - Bob Clark dies (b. 1941). American film director.
• 2007 - Terry Hall dies (b. 1927). English ventriloquist.
• Lesotho - Heroes' Day
• Taiwan and Hong Kong - Children's Day
• International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
• World Rat Day