| 2012 | Ceremonies and special events marking the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic are help around the world |
| 2012 | China allows the yuan to fluctuate up to 1% from 0.5%, in trading against the U.S. dollar |
| 2011 | Each household within the exclusion zone of the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant will receive 1 million yen from the Tokyo Electric Power Company |
| 2011 | In a Schrodinger's cat experiment, researchers in Japan and Australia successfully teleport wave packets of light; this is the first transfer of quantum information from one point to another |
| 2010 | Roza Otunbayeva says Kyrgyzstan's ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev must stand trial over riots; gunfire disrupts a rally in support of the former President in the city of Osh |
| 2002 | Air China flight 129 crashes into a mountain near Pusan, South Korea killing 128 |
| 1997 | America On Line, begins service in Japan |
| 1997 | Baseball honors Jackie Robinson by retiring #42 for all teams |
| 1997 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charlotte North Carolina on WXRC 95.7 FM |
| 1996 | "Apple Doesn't Fall" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 1 performance |
| 1996 | 100th Boston Marathon won by Moses Tanui of Kenya in 2:09:15.9 |
| 1996 | 25th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:27:12.6 |
| 1994 | Indians loses 1st game at Jacobs Field, Kansas City wins 2-1 |
| 1994 | Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (21 days after his divorce) weds Mary Richardson |
| 1994 | WMMS-FM's Jeff and Flash, and entire station staff, are fired |
| 1992 | Billionaire Leona Helmsly is sent to jail for tax evasion |
| 1992 | Jay Leno's final appearance as permanent guest host of Tonight |
| 1992 | Lincoln Hospital in Bronx loses its accreditation |
| 1992 | New York Islander, Al Arbour, coaches most NHL games (1,438) |
| 1992 | William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley inducted into National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame |
| 1991 | "Secret Garden" opens at St. 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 |
| 1991 | Europe foreign ministers lift most remaining sanctions against South Africa |
| 1991 | Former child actor Adam Rich charged with burglary |
| 1991 | Magic Johnson sets NBA record for career assistswith 9,898 |
| 1991 | Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $280 per week |
| 1991 | Sacramento Kings set NBA record, losing 35th consecutive game on road |
| 1991 | Ton Sijbrands improves world record blind checker games (15 wins) |
| 1990 | "In Living Color" premieres on FOX-TV |
| 1990 | Greenidge and Haynes make 298 opening stand (v Eng), their best |
| 1989 | 96 crushed to death at Sheffield Soccer Stadium in England |
| 1989 | South African/British Olympic runner Zola Budd marries |
| 1989 | Students in Beijing pro-democracy protests |
| 1989 | Sue Marchiano wins 3rd World Cup female marathon (2:30:48) |
| 1989 | Then largest lottery in North America ($69M) drawn in Illinois |
| 1988 | Meteorite exploded above Indonesia |
| 1988 | Wendy Wasserstein's "Heidi Chronicles," premieres in New York City |
| 1987 | "Barbara Cook: A Concert..." opens at Ambassador New York City for 13 performances |
| 1987 | Alfred Uhry's "Driving Miss Daisy," premieres in New York City |
| 1986 | U.S. air raids Libya, responding to La Belle disco, Berlin bombing |
| 1986 | Viv Richards century off 56 balls vs. England in Antigua Test Cricket |
| 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 | Challenger moves to launch pad for 51-B mission |
| 1985 | South Africa will repeal sex and marriage laws against whites and non-whites |
| 1984 | "Human Comedy" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 13 performances |
| 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 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1983 | Rangers 0-Isles 5-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 2-0 lead |
| 1983 | Tokyo Disneyland opens |
| 1982 | Apollo Computer announces DN400, DN420, and landscape display |
| 1981 | Janet Cooke says her Pulitzer award 8-year-old heroin addict story is a lie, Washington Post relinquishes Pulitzer Prize on fabricated story |
| 1979 | 43rd Golf Masters Championship: Fuzzy Zoeller wins, shooting a 280 |
| 1978 | 43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy |
| 1978 | Great Britain performs nuclear test |
| 1977 | 1st baseball game at Montreal's Olympic Stadium |
| 1976 | Yankee stadium reopens, Yankees beat Twins after trailing 4-0 |
| 1975 | 1st appearance of San Diego Chicken |
| 1975 | Gabon amends constitution |
| 1975 | Penguins 3-Isles 1-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 2-0 lead |
| 1974 | 3rd 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 | Military coup in Niger, president Diori Hamani deposed |
| 1973 | 2nd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright |
| 1973 | Walt Disney Store opens |
| 1972 | Barbra Striesand, James Taylor, Carole King and Quincy Jones perform at a benefit for George McGovern for President |
| 1971 | "70, Girls, 70" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 35 performances |
| 1971 | 43rd Academy Awards - "Patton," George C Scott and Glenda Jackson win |
| 1970 | "Cry for Us All" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 8 performances |
| 1970 | Libyan leader Gadaffi launches "Green Revolution" |
| 1970 | WMGZ TV channel 16 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, begins broadcasting |
| 1970 | WPSJ TV channel 14 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, begins broadcasting |
| 1969 | North Korea shoots at U.S. airplane above Japanese sea |
| 1968 | Houston Astros beat New York Mets, 1-0, in 24 innings |
| 1967 | "Wait A Minim!" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 457 performances |
| 1966 | KHET TV channel 11 in Honolulu, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1966 | Rolling Stones release "Aftermath" |
| 1965 | James Baldwin's "Amen Corner," premieres in New York City |
| 1965 | NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold |
| 1964 | Chesapeake Bay Bridge opens (world's longest) |
| 1964 | Ian Smith becomes premier of Rhodesia |
| 1963 | "Sophie" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 8 performances |
| 1962 | U.S. national debt above $300,000,000,000 |
| 1961 | "Music Man" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 1375 performances |
| 1960 | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), organizes at Shaw U |
| 1959 | Fidel Castro begins U.S. goodwill tour |
| 1959 | U.S. Secretary of States John Foster Dulles resigns |
| 1958 | 10th Emmy Awards: Gunsmoke, Robert Young and Jane Wyatt |
| 1958 | 1st baseball game in California, San Francisco Giants beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 8-0 |
| 1957 | Congress gives Post Office $41M; restoring Saturday mail delivery |
| 1957 | KTVI TV channel 2 in Saint Louis, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| 1957 | Saturday mail delivery restored after Congress givs PO $41 million |
| 1956 | Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Open |
| 1955 | Ray Kroc starts McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants in Illinois |
| 1955 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1954 | KARK TV channel 4 in Little Rock, AR (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| 1954 | Orioles 1st game in Baltimore beat White Sox 3-1 |
| 1954 | WHO TV channel 13 in Des Moines, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| 1954 | Yankees dedicate a plaque to Edward Barrow |
| 1953 | Malans National Party wins South African elections |
| 1953 | WHP TV channel 21 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1952 | 1st B-52 prototype test flight |
| 1952 | Franklin National Bank issues 1st bank credit card |
| 1952 | Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep Montreal Canadiens in 4 games |
| 1952 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1951 | Michael Gorsira is 1st person in charge of Curacao |
| 1949 | Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Redemptoris nostri |
| 1948 | 1st Jewish-Arab military battle, arabs defeated |
| 1948 | Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh created |
| 1948 | KCPX (now KTVX) TV channel 4 in Salt Lake City, UT (ABC) 1st broadcast |
| 1947 | Jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut |
| 1947 | Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio |
| 1945 | British Army liberates Belsen concentration camp |
| 1945 | British and Canadian troops liberate Nazi camp of Bergen-Belsen |
| 1945 | Franklin D. Roosevelt buried on grounds of Hyde Park home |
| 1945 | Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Communium interpretes dolorum |
| 1945 | U.S. troops occupy concentration camp Colditz |
| 1943 | Metropolitan Life Insurances issues a $225 million check to Chase |
| 1942 | George VI awards George Cross to people of Malta |
| 1941 | 1st helicopter flight of 1 hour duration, Stratford, Connecticut |
| 1940 | British troops land at Narvik, Norway |
| 1939 | Albert Lebrun elected president of France |
| 1937 | Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat New York Rangers, 3 games to 2 |
| 1931 | 1st walk across American backwards begins |
| 1928 | Alioto's on Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco forms |
| 1927 | Babe Ruth hits 1st of 60 home runs of season (off A's Howard Ehmke) |
| 1927 | Switzerland and U.S.S.R. agree to diplomatic relations |
| 1925 | NHL's New York Americans (formerly Hamilton Tigers) 1st game, lose 3-1 |
| 1924 | Flemish-Walloon riots in Louvain Belgium, 1 dead |
| 1924 | WHO-AM in Des Moines Iowa begins radio transmissions |
| 1923 | 1st sound on film public performance shown at Rialto Theater (New York City) |
| 1923 | Insulin becomes generally available for diabetics |
| 1922 | Banting, MacLeod and Best discover insulin |
| 1922 | Poodle Dog Restaurant closes |
| 1921 | Black Friday- Labour Party strike of mine workers fails |
| 1920 | New Canadian small cent coin is released |
| 1918 | Clemenceau publishes secret French/Austrian documents |
| 1915 | Manuel de Falla's ballet "El Amor Brujo," premieres in Madrid |
| 1915 | New York Giant Rube Marquard no-hits Bkln, 2-0 |
| 1912 | Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM off Newfoundland as band plays on |
| 1911 | Jack Lawrence Theater (Playhouse) opens at 137 W 48th St. New York City |
| 1911 | Walter Johnson pitches a record tying 4 strike outs in an inning |
| 1910 | Taft is 1st President to throw out a 1st ball at a baseball game |
| 1909 | Mien Wenneker, Dutch prince Henry's lover, weds Uncle Cornelis Abbo |
| 1909 | New York Giant Red Ames 2nd no-hitter, loses in 13 on a 7 hitter to Dodgers |
| 1902 | Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Church in US" |
| 1901 | 1st British motorized burial |
| 1900 | An early 50 mile race is won by an electric car in over 2 hours |
| 1900 | International Exposition opens in Paris |
| 1896 | 1st Olympic games close at Athens, Greece |
| 1895 | Josephine Blatt (U.S.) makes hip-and-harness lift of 3564 lb (record) |
| 1892 | General Electric Company, forms and is incorporated in New York |
| 1878 | Harley Procter introduces Ivory Soap |
| 1877 | 1st telephone installed: Boston-Somerville, Massachusetts |
| 1874 | New York legislature passes compulsory education law |
| 1870 | Last day U.S. silver coins allow to circulate in Canada |
| 1865 | Otto von Bismarck elevated to earl |
| 1864 | General Steeles' Union troops occupies Camden, Arkansas |
| 1861 | Federal army (75,000 volunteers) mobilized by President Lincoln |
| 1853 | Protestant church questions king Willem III RC bishops |
| 1851 | Earl G. Andrassy sentenced to death in Hungary |
| 1850 | City of San Francisco incorporated |
| 1817 | 1st American school for the deaf opens in Hartford, Connecticut |
| 1800 | James Ross discovers North Magnetic pole |
| 1793 | Bank of England hands out 1st 5 pound note |
| 1788 | England, Netherlands and Prussia sign peace treaty |
| 1784 | 1st balloon flight in Ireland |
| 1776 | Duchess of Kingston found guilty of bigamy |
| 1738 | Bottle opener invented |
| 1729 | Johann S Bachs "Matthaus Passion" premieres in Leipzig |
| 1716 | Russian and Prussian troops occupy Wismar |
| 1715 | Uprising of Yamasse-indians in South Carolina |
| 1697 | Charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden |
| 1689 | French king Louis XIV declares war on Spain |
| 1654 | England and Netherlands signs peace treaty |
| 1632 | Swedish and Saxon army beat Earl Tilly |
| 1621 | Hugo the Great arrives in France |
| 1595 | Willem I's daughter of Elisabeth of Nassau marries duke Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne of Broth |
| 1594 | Fleming Pieter Stevens appointed royal painter of Rudolf II (Prague) |
| 1581 | Cortes van Thomar accepts Philip II as king of Portugal |
| 1450 | French defeat English at Battle of Formigny in 100 Years' War |
| 1250 | Pope Innoncent III refuses Jews of Cordova Spain to build a synagogue |
| 1205 | Battle at Adrianople: Bulgaria beats Emp Boudouin of Constantinople |
| 69 | Battle at Bedriacum, North-Italy |
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