Nothingandall: On this day in History

0373 - Athanasius dies (b. 0298). Patriarch of Alexandria.
0756 - Emperor Shōmu dies (b. 0701). Emperor of Japan.
0907 - Boris I of Bulgariadies.
1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.
1230 - William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny dies (b. c. 1197).
1300 - Blanche of Artois dies (b. 1248). Regent of Navarre, Countess of Lancaster.
1335 - Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinthia.
1360 - Yongle was born (d. 1424). Emperor of China.
1450 - William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk dies (b. 1396).
1451 - René II, Duke of Lorraine was born (d. 1508).
1458 - Leonor of Viseu was born (d. 1525). Queen of Portugal.
1500 - Pedro Álvares Cabral parte para as Índias.
1519 - Leonardo da Vinci dies (b. 15 Apr 1452). Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer. Da Vinci was a great engineer and inventor who designed buildings, bridges, canals, forts and war machines. His greater fame lies in being one of the greatest painters of all times, best known for such paintings as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
1551 - William Camden was born (d. 1623). English historian.
1564 - Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi dies (b. 1500). Italian humanist.
1568 - Mary I of Scotland escapes from Loch Leven Castle.
1601 - Athanasius Kircher was born (d. 1680). German Jesuit scholar.
1627 - Lodovico Grossi da Viadana dies (b. 1560). Italian composer.
1660 - Alessandro Scarlatti was born (d. 1725). Italian composer.
1667 - George Wither dies (b. 1588). English writer.
1668 - Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Devolution.
1670 - King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.

1672 - John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.

1683 - Stjepan Gradić dies (b. 1613). Croatian philosopher and scientist.

1695 - Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni was born (d. 1766). Italian-born French architect.

1702 - Friedrich Christoph Oetinger was born (d. 1782), German theologian.

1711 - Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester dies (b. 1641). English statesman.

1729 - Empress Catherine II of Russia [Ekaterina Alekseevna] was born (d. 1796). Russian leader [1762-1796].

1737 - William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne was born (d. 1805). Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

1740 - Elias Boudinot was born (d. 1821). American President of the Continental Congress.

1750 - John André was born (d. 1780). British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War.

1754 - Joseph Joubert was born in Montignac-le-Comte (d. 4 May 1824). French moralist and essayst.

1772 - Novalis was born ( d. 1801). German writer.

1773 - Henrik Steffens was born (d. 1845). Norwegian-born philosopher.

1797 - Abraham Gesner was born on this day at Cornwallis, Nova Scotia (d. 29 Apr 1864). Gesner will invent kerosene oil, and build a refinery in New York in 1854.

1802 - Heinrich Gustav Magnus was born (d. 1870). German chemist and physicist.

1802 - Herman Willem Daendels dies (b. 1762). Dutch statesman.

1805 - Francisco Vieira (Portuense) dies (b. 13 May 1765). Portuguese painter.

1806 - Catherine Labouré was born (d. 1876). French visionary and saint.

1808 - Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation.

1808 - Emma Wedgwood was born (d. 1896). English naturalist, wife of Charles Darwin.

1810 - Hans Christian Lumbye was born (d. 1874). Danish composer.

1810 - Rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis dies (b. 1740). Divine: Rector of St. Antholin, and Vicar of Wing.

1816 - Marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Charlotte Augusta.

1816 - Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Charlotte Augusta are wed.

1819 - Mary Moser dies (b. 1744). English painter.

1826 - D. Pedro IV abdica da coroa de Portugal na filha D. Maria da Glória, com a condição de esta casar com o tio, D. Miguel.

1828 - Désiré Charnay was born (d. 1915). French archaeologist.

1829 - After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia.

1843 - Carl Michael Ziehrer was born (d. 14 Nov 1922). Austrian composer.

1843 - Elijah McCoy was born (d. 1929). Canadian-born inventor.

1857 - Alfred de Musset dies (b. 1810). French dramatist, poet, and novelist.

1859 - Jerome Klapka Jerome was born (d. 1927). English writer.

1860 - Theodor Herzl was born (d. 1904). Austrian journalist, Zionist leader.

1863 - During the American Civil War, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson is accidentally shot by his own men at Chancellorsville, Virginia; he dies shortly after.

1864 - Giacomo Meyerbeer dies (b. 1791). German composer.

1865 - Clyde Fitch was born (d. 1909). American playwright.

1866 - Peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.

1868 - Buenaventura Báez assume (pela 4º vez) a presidência da República Dominicana.

1873 - Jurgis Baltrušaitis was born (d. 1944). Lithuanian poet.

1876 - The April Uprising breaks out in Bulgaria.

1879 - The Spanish Socialist Worker's Party is founded in Casa Labra Pub (city of Madrid) by the historical Spanish workers' leader Pablo Iglesias.

1879 - James F. Byrnes was born (d. 1972). American politician, statesman, and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

1881 - Alexander Kerensky was born (d. 1970). Russian politician.

1884 - Elijah McCoy was born (d. 1929). Canadian-born inventor.

1884 - Adelino Fontoura dies (b. 1859). Brazilian poet.

1885 - Hedda Hopper was born (d. 1966). American actress, gossip columnist.

1885 - Good Housekeeping magazine goes on sale for the first time.

1885 - Cree and Assiniboine warriors won the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.

1885 - The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.

1885 - Hedda Hopper was born (d. 1966). American gossip columnist.

1886 - Gottfried Benn was born (d. 1956). German author.

1887 - Eddie Collins was born (d. 1951). American baseball player.

1887 - Vernon Castle was born (d. 1918). English dancer.

1889 - Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, which gives Ethiopia control over Eritrea.

1890 - E. E. Smith was born (d. 1965). American science fiction writer.

1892 - Manfred von Richthofen, "The Red Baron", was born (d. 1918). German World War I pilot.

1895 - Lorenz Hart was born (d. 1943). American lyricist.

1896 - Helen of Greece and Denmark was born (d. 1982). Queen of Romanian.

1897 - J. Fred Coots was born (d. 1985). American songwriter.

1900 - Oscar II, King of Sweden, declares support for Britain at the time of the Boer War.

1903 - Dr. Benjamin Spock was born (d. 1998). American pediatrician, Olympic Games gold medalist in rowing and author (The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care).

1903 - Bing Crosby was born in Tacoma, Washington [d. 14 Oct 1977]. American singer, actor. Bing was featured in over 60 movies, winning an Academy Award for Going My Way in 1944. Crosby won the Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 1962 and has been called the number one recording artist of all time.

1906 - Aileen Riggin was born (d. 2002). American swimmer.

1906 - Philippe Halsman was born (d. 1979). American photographer.

1907 - Pinky Lee was born (d. 1993). American vaudeville performer, children's television host.

1909 - Ataulfo Alves de Souza was born. Brazilian composer and singer.

1910 - Alexander Bonnyman was born (d. 1943). U.S. Marine.

1912 - Axel Cäsar Springer was born (d. 1985). German publisher.

1913 - Nigel Patrick was born in London (d. 1981). English actor.

1915 - Doris Fisher was born (d. 2003). American singer, songwriter.

1915 - Peggy Mount was born (d. 2001). English actress.

1917 - Albert Castelyns was born. Belgian water polo player and bobsledder.

1918 - General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.

1918 - Augusto Rosa dies. Portuguese actor .

1918 - Amadeo de Souza Cardoso dies. Portuguese painter.

1919 - Akef Nader Dajani was born. Jordanian founder of the Rotary Club

1920 - The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis, Indiana.

1920 - Jean-Marie Auberson was born (d. 2004). Swiss conductor.

1920 - Otto Buchsbaum was born (d. 2000). Austrian writer and ecological activist.

1921 - Satyajit Ray was born (d. 1992). Indian director who is considered one of the most influential filmmakers of all time.

1922 - A.M. Rosenthal was born. Canadian-born newspaper editor.

1922 - Serge Reggiani was born (d. 2004). Italian-born French singer and actor.

1923 - Patrick Hillery was born (d. 12-Apr.2008). President of Ireland, 1976-1990.

1923 - Portugal reconhece o Estado independente da Lituânia.

1924 – Jamal Abro was born (d. 2004). Sindhi writer.

1924 - Theodore Bikel was born. Austrian-born actor and singer.

1925 – John Neville was born. English theatre and film actor

1925 - Maria Barroso was born. Portuguese actress and wife of Mário Soares (President of Portugal).

1925 - Roscoe Lee Browne was born. American actor.

1925 - Johann Palisa dies (b. 6 Dec 1848). Silesian astronomer who was a prolific discoverer of asteroids, 122 in all, beginning with Asteroid 136 Austria (on 18 Mar 1874, using a 6” refractor) to Asteroid 1073 Gellivara in 1923 - all by visual observation, without the aid of photography.

1926 - Gérard D. Lévesque was born (d. 1993). Quebec politician.

1927 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Louis Bromfield (Early Autumn).

1927 - Ray Barrett was born. Australian actor.

1927 - Ernest Starling dies (b. 1866). British physiologist.

1929 - Édouard Balladur was born. French right-wing politician, who was Prime-Minister (29 March 1993 – 10 May 1995).

1929 - Link Wray was born. American guitarist.

1930 - Marco Pannella was born. Italian politician and nonviolent leader.

1932 - Comedian Jack Benny's radio show airs for the first time.

1932 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S. Buck (Good Earth).

1932 - Françoise Fabian (Michele Cortes De Leon y Fabianera) was born. Actress: Reunion, The French Woman, Dressmaker, My Night at Maud’s.

1932 - Maury Allen was born. American sportswriter.

1933 - The first modern sighting of the Loch Ness monster is reported.

1933 - Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler bans trade unions.

1935 - King Faisal II of Iraq was born (d. 1958).

1935 - Lance LeGault was born. American actor.

1935 - Luis Suárez Miramontes was born. Former Spanish footballer and manager.

1936 - Engelbert Humperdinck was born. Indian-born singer.

1936 - Michael Rabin was born (d. 1972). American violinist.

1937 - Lorenzo Music was born (d. 2001). American actor, writer and television producer.

1938 - Chief Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho was born (d. 1996).

1939 - Lou Gehrig's streak of 2130 consecutive Major League Baseball games played comes to an end. The record will stand for 56 years before Cal Ripken, Jr. breaks it.

1939 - Sumio Iijima was born. Japanese physicist.

1940 - The British passenger liner City of Exeter encounters the German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis, but without incident.

1941 - Stephen J. Cannell was born. Producer.

1941 - Clay Carroll was born. American baseball player.

1942 - Jacques Rogge was born. Belgian International Olympic Committee president

1945 - World War II: Fall of Berlin - The Soviet Union announces the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoist their red flag over the Reichstag building. German forces surrender in Italy.

1945 - The last postage stamp utilized by Manzhouguo is issued.

1945 - Bianca Jagger was born. Nicaraguan socialite, ex-wife of Mick Jagger.

1945 - Gene Deckerhoff was born. American sports announcer.

1945 - Judge Dread was born (d. 1998). English musician.

1945 – Paco Bandeira was born. Portuguese singer.

1945 - Sarah Weddington was born. American attorney in Roe v. Wade case.

1945 - Joe Corbett dies (b. 1875). Baseball player.

1945 - Ludwig Stumpfegger dies (b. 1910). German SS doctor.

1945 - Martin Bormann dies (b. 1900). Nazi official.

1946 - "Battle of Alcatraz" - Alcatraz Federal prison, San Francisco is taken over by six inmates following failed escape attempt.

1946 - David Suchet was born. English actor.

1946 - Lesley Gore was born. American singer.

1946 - Simon Flexner dies (b. 25 Mar 1863). American pathologist and bacteriologist who isolated (1899) a common strain (Shigella dysenteriae) of dysentery bacillus and developed a curative serum for cerebrospinal meningitis (1907).

1947 - O Conselho de Ministros decide promover o presidente da república Óscar Carmona ao posto de marechal do exército.

1947 - Dorothea Binz dies (b. 1920). Nazi war criminal.

1948 - Hour of Charm's last broadcast.

1948 - Larry Gatlin was born. American musician.

1949 - Alan Titchmarsh was born. English television presenter.

1950 – Bianca Jagger was born. Nicaraguan socialite.

1950 - Duncan Gay was born. Australian politician.

1950 - Lou Gramm was born. American musician (Foreigner).

1952 - The world's first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 makes its maiden voyage, flying from London to Johannesburg.

1952 - Christine Baranski was born. American actress.

1952 - Mari Natsuki was born. Japanese singer, dancer and actress.

1953 - Blackpool F.C. win the FA Cup Final. Subsequently dubbed "The Matthews Final", Blackpool came back from being 3-1 down to Bolton Wanderers to win 4-3, with Stan Mortensen scoring the first and, to date, only FA Cup Final hat-trick at Wembley.

1953 - Hussein is crowned King of Jordan.

1953 - Valery Gergiev was born. Russian-born conductor.

1954 - Roberta Pedon was born (d.1982). American glamour model.

1955 - Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

1955 - Donatella Versace was born. Italian fashion designer.

1955 - Jay Osmond was born. Rocker, Osmond Brothers.

1956 – Amir Mokri was born. Iranian-born American cinematographer..

1956 - David Rhodes was born. English guitarist.

1957 - Joseph McCarthy dies (b. 1908). U.S. Senator.

1958 - David O'Leary was born. Irish football manager and player, notable for managerial stint at Leeds United A.F.C.

1959 - Alan Best was borb. Canadian animation director and producer.

1959 - Tony Wakeford was born. English musician (Sol Invictus).

1959 - Zoé Valdés was born. Cuban writer.

1960 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Al Drury (Advice and Consent).

1960 - Caryl Chessman dies (b. 1921). American robber and rapist.

1961 - Phil Vickery was born. English celebrity chef.

1961 - Steve James was born. English snooker player.

1962 - Benfica wins 7th Europe Cup in football. O Benfica sagra-se Campeão europeu de clubes ao vencer pela 2ª. vez consecutiva a Taça dos Clubes Campeões Europeus em futebol. Benfica 5 - 3 Real Madrid.

1962 – Elizabeth Berridge was born. American actress.

1962 – Jimmy White was born. English snooker player.

1962 - Mayara Magri was born. Brazilian actress.

1962 - Ray Traylor was born (d. 2004). American professional wrestler.

1962 - Stephen Daldry was born. English film director.

1963 - Berthold Seliger launches near Cuxhaven a rocket with three stages with a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany.

1964 - Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the USS Card while docked at Saigon. Viet Cong forces are suspected of placing a bomb on the ship.

1964 - First ascent of Shishapangma the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders.

1964 - Nancy Astor dies (b. 1879). First woman elected to the British Parliament.

1965 - Félix José was born. Dominican baseball player.

1966 - Upper Hutt in New Zealand is proclaimed a city.

1966 - Belinda Stronach was born. Canadian politician.

1967 - Mika Brzezinski was born. American journalist.

1968 - May 1968 in France: the University of Paris at Nanterre, is closed following months of conflicts between students and authorities, and this episode gives the starting of a students movement which would be known by May 68.

1968 - Jeff Agoos was born. American footballer.

1968 - Midorikawa Hikaru was born. Japanese voice actor.

1968 - Ziana Zain was born. Malaysian singer and actress.

1969 - The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.

1969 - Brian Lara was born. Trinidadian West Indies cricketer.

1969 - Franz von Papen dies (b. 1879). Chancellor of Germany.

1970 - The Ohio National Guard arrives at Kent State University in response to arson on an ROC building.

1970 - Vietnam War: Joint forces continue attack into Cambodia.

1972 - Buddy Baker became the first stock car driver to finish a 500-mile race in less than three hours en route to winning the Winston Select 500 at the Alabama International Motor Speedway in Talladega, Alabama.

1972 - Production of the movie Jaws begins.

1972 - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was born. American professional wrestler and actor.

1972 - Paul Adcock was born. English footballer.

1972 - J. Edgar Hoover dies (b. 1895). American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

1973 - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck was born. German film director and screenwriter.

1974 - Andy Johnson was born. Welsh footballer.

1974 - Garðar Thór Cortes was born. Icelandic tenor.

1975 - David Beckham was born. English footballer.

1976 - Antonio Illanes Rodríguez dies (n. 9 Out 1901). Spanish sculptor.

1977 - Fredrik Malm was born. Swedish politician.

1977 – Jenna von Oy was born. American actress.

1977 - Luke Hudson was born. American baseball player.

1978 – Mike Weaver was born. Canadian ice hockey player.

1978 - Steve Bays was born. Canadian musician.

1979 - Jason Chimera was born. Canadian ice hockey player.

1979 - Roman Lyashenko was born (d. 2003). Russian ice hockey player.

1979 - Giulio Natta dies (b. 1903). Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate.

1980 - Brad Richards was born. Canadian ice hockey player.

1980 - Greg Davis was born. American Cheif Financial Officer of Pine Mountain Amphitheater.

1980 - Miloš Glogovac was born. Serbian footballer.

1980 - Pierre-Luc Gagnon was born. Canadian skateboarder.

1980 - Tim Borowski was born. German footballer.

1980 - Troy Murphy was born. American basketball player.

1980 - Zat Knight was born. English footballer.

1980 - Clarrie Grimmett dies (b. 1891). Australian cricketer.

1980 - George Pál dies (b. 1908). Hungarian-born film director.

1981 - Chris Kirkland was born. English footballer.

1981 - Matt Murray was born. English footballer.

1981 - Tiago was born. Portuguese footballer (Benfica, Lyon, Juventus, Atético Madrid).

1982 - Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.

1982 - The Weather Channel goes on the air.

1982 - Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja takes place on the seat of President of El Salvador.

1982 – Johan Botha was born. South African cricketer.

1982 - Lorie was born. French singer.

1983 - Norm Van Brocklin dies. American football star.

1983 - Em Vila Nova de Ourém, o padre espanhol Juan Fernandez Krohn é condenado por tentativa de homicídio do papa João Paulo II em 12 de Maio de 1982, em Fátima.

1983 - Christa Rigozzi was born. Swiss model.

1983 - Ernesto Guardia Navarro dies. President of Panama (1956-1960).

1983 - Norm Van Brocklin dies (b. 1926). American football star.

1984 - Na cidade do Cabo, Portugal, Moçambique e África do Sul assinaram um Acordo sobre Cahora Bassa.

1984 - Sunday in the Park with George opens on Broadway.

1984 - Saulius Mikoliūnas was born. Lithuanian footballer.

1984 - Thabo Sefolosha was born. Swiss basketball player.

1984 - Jack Barry dies (b. 1918). Television game show producer and host.

1985 - David Nugent was born. English footballer.

1985 - Jarrod Saltalamacchia was born. American baseball player.

1985 - Kyle Busch was born. American race car driver.

1985 - Lily Allen was born. English singer and songwriter.

1985 - Sarah Hughes was born. American figure skating champion.

1985 - Attilio Bettega dies (b. 1951). Italian rallydriver.

1985 - Larry Clinton dies (b. 1909). American trumpeter and bandleader.

1986 - The 1986 World Exposition in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada opens.

1986 - James Kirk was born. Canadian actor.

1986 - Henri Toivonen dies (b. 1956). Finish rallydriver.

1987 – Kris Russell was born. Canadian hockey player.

1987 - Nana Kitade was born. Japanese singer.

1988 - The last B-1 Lancer is delivered.

1988 - Lara Liang was born. Taiwanese-American singer.

1989 - Hungary starts to dismantle the Iron Curtain: it's the end of the Cold War and the beginning of the fall of the Berlin Wall and of the German Reunification.

1989 - Giuseppe Cardinal Siri dies (b. 1906). Italian Catholic Cardinal.

1989 - Veniamin Kaverin dies (b. 1902). Russian writer.

1990 - Bristol Rovers beat Bristol City by three goals to nil to clinch English football's Third Division championship.

1990 - Kay Panabaker was born. American actress.

1990 - David Rappaport dies (b. 1951). English actor.

1990 - Zé Trindade dies. Brazilian comedian.

1991 - Pope John Paul II's encyclical on Centesimus annus.

1991 - Ronald McKie dies (b. 1909). Australian author.

1992 - Wilbur Mills dies (b. 1909). American politician.

1993 - Armando Bógus dies (b. 1930). Brazilian actor.

1994 - In a bus disaster in Poland, 32 people die.

1994 - South African President F. W. de Klerk concedes defeat and Nelson Mandela claims victory in the country's first multi-racial presidential election.

1995 - During the Croatian War of Independence, Serb forces fire cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing 7 and wounding over 175 civilians.

1995 - Kelsey Lewis was born. American actress.

1995 - Michael Hordern dies (b. 1911). English actor.

1996 - Megan McKinnon was born. Canadian actress.

1997 - The Labour Party's Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, ending 18 years of Conservative Party rule. At 44, he is the youngest prime minister for 185 years.

1997 - John Carew Eccles dies (b. 1903). Australian neurophysiologist, Nobel Prize winner.

1997 - Paulo Freire dies (b. 1921). Brazilian educator.

1998 - The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the EU's monetary policy.

1998 - César Camacho dies. Portuguese journalist.

1998 - Gene Raymond dies (b. 1908). American actor.

1998 - Hideto "hide" Matsumoto dies (b. 1964). Japanese musician.

1998 - Kevin Lloyd dies (b. 1949). British actor.

1998 - Justin Fashanu dies (b. 1961). English footballer.

1999 - Panamanian election: Mireya Moscoso became the first woman to be elected President of Panama.

1999 - Norman J. Sirnic and Karen Sirnic are murdered in their Weimar, Texas parsonage by Angel Maturino Resendiz. The couple are his fourth and fifth victims in his fourth attack.

1999 - Oliver Reed dies (b. 1938). English actor.

2000 - Bill Clinton announces that GPS access equivalent to the U.S. military would be available for rgular citizens.

2000 - Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands unveiled the Man With Two Hats in Ottawa on May 11, 2002, and the other in Apeldoorn on May 2, 2000. Symbolically linking both Netherlands and Canada for their assistance throughout the Second World War.

2000 - Angel Sy was born. Filipina child actor.

2001 - Gina Mastrogiacomo dies (b. 1961). American actress.

2001 - Ted Rogers dies (b. 1935). British comedian.

2002 - Marad massacre of eight Hindus near Palakkad in Kerala.

2002 - John Nathan-Turner dies (b. 1947). English television producer.

2002 - W. T. Tutte dies (b. 1917). Codebreaker and mathematician.

2003 - A China anuncia a morte de 11 pessoas por Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Severa (Sars).

2004 - O primeiro-ministro da Espanha, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, critica as "guerras preventivas".

2004 - Renúncia do primeiro-ministro da Polónia, Leszek Miller.

2004 - Yelwa massacre of more than 630 nomad Muslims by Christians in Nigeria.

2005 - The Pontiac Grand Am ceases production at the 100 year-old Lansing Car Assembly plant.

2005 - The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee opens on broadway.