871 Æthelred of Wessex (died) (born 837)
1016 Æthelred the Unready (died), English son of Edgar the Peaceful (born 968)
1016 Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as king of England,
1348 The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St. George’s Day.
1464 Joan of France (born), Duchess of Berry (died 1505)
1484 Julius Caesar Scaliger (born), Italian physician and scholar (died 1558)
1500 Alexander Ales (born), Scottish theologian (died 1565)
1516 Georg Fabricius (born), German poet, historian, and archaeologist (died 1571)
1605 Boris Godunov (died) of Russia (born 1551)
1616 Garcilaso de la Vega (died), Peruvian historian and author (born 1539)
1616 William Shakespeare (died), English playwright and actor (born 1564)
1621 William Penn (born), English admiral and politician (died 1670)
1628 Johannes Hudde (born), Dutch mathematician and politician (died 1704)
1635 The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts.
1661 King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1791 James Buchanan (born), American politician, 15th President of the United States (died 1868)
1792 John Thomas Romney Robinson (born), Irish astronomer and physicist (died 1882)
1792 Karl Friedrich Bahrdt (died), German theologian and adventurer (born 1741)
1805 Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz (born), German philosopher (died 1879)
1813 Stephen A. Douglas (born), American politician (died 1861)
1850 William Wordsworth (died), English poet (born 1770)
1857 Ruggero Leoncavallo (born), Italian composer (died 1919)
1858 Ethel Smyth (born), English composer (died 1944)
1858 Max Planck (born), German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1947)
1891 Sergei Prokofiev (born), Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1953)
1895 Carl Ludwig (died), German physician and physiologist (born 1815)
1895 Ngaio Marsh (born), New Zealand author and director (died 1982)
1901 E. B. Ford (born), English geneticist (died 1988)
1907 Alferd Packer (died), American prospector (born 1842)
1910 American President Theodore Roosevelt makes his “The Man in the Arena” speech.
1921 Janet Blair (born), American actress (died 2007)
1924 Bobby Rosengarden (born), American drummer and bandleader (died 2007)
1928 Shirley Temple (born), American actress, singer, and dancer
1930 Alan Oppenheimer (born), American actor
1932 Halston (born), American fashion designer (died 1990)
1932 Jim Fixx (born), American runner and author (died 1984)
1936 Roy Orbison (born), American singer-songwriter (Traveling Wilburys) (died 1988)
1939 Lee Majors (born), American actor
1940 The Rhythm Night Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
1942 Sandra Dee (born), American model and actress (died 2005)
1945 World War II Adolf Hitler’s designated successor Hermann Göring sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of the Third Reich, which causes Hitler to replace him with Joseph Goebbels and Karl Dönitz.
1947 Glenn Cornick (born), English bass player (Jethro Tull and Paris)
1949 David Cross (born), English violinist (King Crimson)
1951 American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
1954 Michael Moore (born), American director, producer, and activist
1954 Tony Atlas (born), American bodybuilder and wrestler
1960 Steve Clark (born), English guitarist and songwriter (Def Leppard) (died 1991)
1960 Valerie Bertinelli (born), American actress
1961 George Lopez (born), American comedian, actor, and talk show host
1963 Paul Belmondo (born), French race car driver
1966 Matt Freeman (born), American bass player (Operation Ivy, Rancid, Social Distortion, Basic Radio, Downfall, and Devils Brigade)
1967 Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) a manned spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit.
1968 Timothy McVeigh (born), American terrorist, committed the Oklahoma City Bombing (died 2001)
1968 Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
1983 Buster Crabbe (died), American swimmer and actor (born 1908)
1984 Red Garland (died), American pianist (Miles Davis Quintet) (born 1923)
1985 Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than 3 months.
1985 Sam Ervin (died), American lawyer and politician (born 1896)
1986 Otto Preminger (died), Ukrainian-American actor, director, and producer (born 1906)
1993 Cesar Chavez (died), American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers (born 1927)
1993 Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
1995 Howard Cosell (died), American lawyer and journalist (born 1918)
1995 John C. Stennis (died), American lawyer and politician (born 1904)
1998 James Earl Ray (died), American assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr. (born 1928)
2007 Boris Yeltsin (died), Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (born 1931)
2012 Chris Ethridge (died), American bass player and songwriter (The Flying Burrito Brothers and International Submarine Band) (born 1947)
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