| 2013 | Suspects in the Boston Marathon Bombings are identified as Kyrgyzstan-born Muslims Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, age 19, and his 28-year old brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev |
| 2013 | Former President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, is arrested and charged with unlawfully detaining judges in 2007 |
| 2012 | At the London Book Fair, Ma Jian, Chinese author of the banned novel 'Beijing Coma,' puts red paint over his face and calls Chinese publishers, 'the mouthpiece of the Chinese communist party' |
| 2012 | After 70 years, two papers on Alan Turing's theory of code-breaking are released to the U.K.'s National Archives |
| 2011 | In Cuba, Fidel Castro resigns from the Communist Party's central committee |
| 2011 | Singapore dissolves its Parliament for the 14th General Election, planned for May 7, 2011 |
| 2010 | Kyrgyzstan unrest continues as over 1,000 people in Jala-Abad gather in the towns main square denouncing Otunbayeva's interim government and chanting pro-Bakiev slogans |
| 2006 | Han Myung-sook elected Prime Minister of South Korea |
| 2005 | Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, becomes the 265th pope |
| 2000 | Air Philippines flight 541 crashes into a hill near Davao, killing 131 |
| 1998 | 59th PGA Seniors Golf Championship |
| 1997 | Renee Slaughter, crowned 14th Miss Hawaiian Tropic International |
| 1997 | San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals play at Aloha Stadium Hawaii |
| 1996 | Rangers scores 16 in 8th vs Orioles |
| 1996 | South Africa defeat Pakistan to win the Pepsi Cup in Sharjah |
| 1995 | Chopper 4 1st used on WNBC TV (New York City) news |
| 1995 | Truck bomb at Federal Building in Oklahoma City, kills 168 |
| 1994 | 15th Emmy Sports Award presentation |
| 1994 | Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10km (11:25.88) |
| 1994 | Inkatha ends boycott of South African multi-racial election |
| 1994 | Rodney King award $3,800,000 in compensation of police beating |
| 1994 | Supreme Court outlaws excluding people from juries because of gender |
| 1993 | 22nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:25:27 |
| 1993 | 97th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas N'deti of Kenya in 2:09:33 |
| 1993 | Fire in psychiatric institute in South Korea, kills 40 |
| 1993 | The Branch Davidian Compound near Waco, Texas, is destroyed in a fire after 51-day stand-off; 76 people die, including 24 British nationals and 20 children |
| 1992 | "4 Baboons Adoring the Sun" closes at Beaumont New York City after 38 perf |
| 1992 | Balki and Mary Ann wed on "Perfect Strangers" |
| 1992 | Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Sega Women's Golf Championship |
| 1991 | Evander Holyfield beats George Foreman in 12 for heavywgt boxing title |
| 1991 | Greyhound Bus posts $195 million loss for 1990 |
| 1990 | Contra guerrillas, leftist Sandinistas and incoming government agree to truce |
| 1990 | Marla Maples appears on ABC's Prime-Time |
| 1990 | Pistons and 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 fines (NBA record) |
| 1990 | Truce in Nicaragua's civil war |
| 1989 | Gun turret explodes on USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors |
| 1989 | Kevin Elster (New York Mets), sets errorless shortstop mark at 73 |
| 1989 | Republic Day in Sierra Leone |
| 1987 | Brendon Kuruppu scores 201* on Test Cricket debut (Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand ) |
| 1987 | Brewers score 5 runs in 9th to win 6-4 and record 12th straight AL win |
| 1987 | Gregory Robertson does 200-mph free fall to save unconscious skydiver |
| 1987 | Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed record, 124.9 mph |
| 1987 | Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Santa Barbara Golf Open |
| 1987 | Los Angeles Clippers end season with a terrible 12-70 record |
| 1987 | Last wild condor captured on California wildlife reserve |
| 1987 | U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test |
| 1986 | Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1985 | 16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Earth |
| 1985 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1984 | Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs 1st appears in Nature magazine |
| 1983 | France performs nuclear test |
| 1982 | 11th Boston Women's Marathon won by Charlotte Teske of Germany in 2:29:33 |
| 1982 | 86th Boston Marathon won by Alberto Salazar of Oreg in 2:08:51 |
| 1982 | Guinon Bluford announced as 1st black astronaut |
| 1982 | Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery |
| 1982 | Sally Ride announced as 1st woman astronaut |
| 1982 | U.S.S.R. Salyut 7 space station put into orbit |
| 1981 | Beth Daniel wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf |
| 1981 | Oakland A's runs record to 11-0 |
| 1981 | William Finn's musical "March of Falsettos," premieres in New York City |
| 1981 | Rochester Red Wings and Pawtucket Red Sox play to 2-2 tie in 32 innings, game suspended at 4:07 AM (Pawtucket later wins in 33rd) |
| 1979 | Following a 6-3 loss to the Orioles, Yankees Goose Gossage and Cliff |
| 1979 | Johnson brawl, Gossage sustains a sprained ligament in his left thumb |
| 1978 | Yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel |
| 1976 | 5th Boston Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt of Wis in 2:47:10 |
| 1976 | 80th Boston Marathon won by Jack Fultz of Wash, DC in 2:20:19 |
| 1975 | India launches 1st satellite with help of U.S.S.R. |
| 1974 | Oriole Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park home run against New York Yankees |
| 1973 | Barbra Streisand records "Between Yesterday and Tomorrow" |
| 1973 | Steinbrenner replaces Mike Burke with Gabe Paul as Yankee president |
| 1973 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1972 | "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" opens at Playhouse New York City for 1,065 performances |
| 1972 | Bangladesh becomes a member of British Commonwealth |
| 1972 | Hungary revises constitution |
| 1972 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1971 | 75th Boston Marathon won by Alvaro Mejia of Colombia in 2:18:45 |
| 1971 | Charles Manson sentenced to life (Sharon Tate murder) |
| 1971 | Sierra Leone becomes a republic (National Day) |
| 1971 | U.S.S.R. Salyut 1 launched; 1st manned lab in orbit |
| 1970 | "Look to the Lilies" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 25 performances |
| 1970 | 24th Tony Awards: Borstal Boy and Applause win |
| 1970 | Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational |
| 1968 | 72nd Boston Marathon won by Amby Burfoot of Connecticut in 2:22:17 |
| 1968 | Belgian construction workers strike |
| 1968 | NL owners approve expansion for 2 new teams |
| 1967 | "Casino Royale" premieres |
| 1967 | 71st Boston Marathon won by Dave McKenzie of New Zealand in 2:15:45 |
| 1967 | Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years |
| 1967 | U.S. Surveyor III lands on Moon |
| 1967 | Yugoslav author Mihaljo Mihaljov sentenced 4 years |
| 1966 | In 1st regular season game at Anaheim Stadium, Angels lose 3-1 to Chic |
| 1966 | 70th Boston Marathon won by Kenji Kimihara of Japan in 2:17:11 |
| 1966 | Roberta Bignay becomes 1st woman to run in the Boston Marathon |
| 1965 | 1st all news radio station (WINS 1010 AM in New York City) begins operating |
| 1965 | 69th Boston Marathon won by Morio Shigematsu of Japan in 2:16:33 |
| 1965 | T.A.M.I. Show premieres in London |
| 1965 | At a cost of $20,000, the outer Astrodome ceiling is painted because of sun's glare, this causes the grass to die |
| 1964 | Mickey Wright wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Invitational |
| 1964 | Rightist coup in Laos, Suvanna Phuma remains premier |
| 1964 | Roger Sessions' opera "Montezuma," premieres in West-Berlin |
| 1963 | "Hot Spot" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 43 performances |
| 1963 | 67th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:18:58 |
| 1962 | 66th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:48 |
| 1962 | NASA civilian pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 46,900m |
| 1961 | 65th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:39 |
| 1960 | 64th Boston Marathon won by Paavo Kotila of Finland in 2:20:54 |
| 1960 | Baseball uniforms begin displaying player's names on their backs |
| 1960 | Comiskey Park's famed "exploding" scoreboard begins operating |
| 1959 | Louise Suggs wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open |
| 1959 | Uprising in La Paz Bolivia, fails |
| 1958 | 62nd Boston Marathon won by Franjo Mihalic of Yugoslavia in 2:25:54 |
| 1956 | 1st ML baseball game in New Jersey, Dodgers beat Phils in Roosevelt Stadium |
| 1956 | 60th Boston Marathon won by Antti Viskari of Finland in 2:14:14 |
| 1956 | U.S. actress Grace Kelly marries Monaco's Prince Rainier III |
| 1955 | 59th Boston Marathon won by Hideo Hamamura of Japan in 2:18:22 |
| 1954 | 58th Boston Marathon won by Veikko Karvonen of Finland in 2:20:39 |
| 1954 | 7-time winner of Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th |
| 1953 | Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Diego Golf Open |
| 1953 | WAFB TV channel 9 in Baton Rouge, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1952 | 56th Boston Marathon won by Doroteo Flores of Guatemala in 2:31:53 |
| 1951 | "Tree Grows in Brooklyn" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 267 performances |
| 1951 | 55th Boston Marathon won by Shigeki Tanaka of Japan in 2:27:45 |
| 1951 | General Douglas MacArthur ends his military career |
| 1950 | 54th Boston Marathon won by Kee Yong Ham of Korea in 2:32:39 |
| 1949 | 53rd Boston Marathon won by Gosta Leandersson of Sweden in 2:31:50.8 |
| 1949 | Yankees dedicate a plaque for Babe Ruth |
| 1948 | 52nd Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:31:02 |
| 1948 | ABC-TV network begins |
| 1948 | Chiang Kai-shek elected president of Nationalist China |
| 1947 | 51st Boston Marathon won by Yun Bok Soh of Korea in 2:25:39 |
| 1947 | AAU record for a 25' rope climb is set in 4.7 seconds |
| 1947 | French ship explodes in Texas City harbor, kills about 522 |
| 1947 | Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 2 |
| 1947 | Suh Yun Buck wins world record marathon (2:25:39) |
| 1946 | Yankees switch from 3rd base to 1st base dug out |
| 1945 | 49th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:30:40.2 |
| 1945 | Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Carousel" opens on Broadway |
| 1945 | U.S. aircraft carrier Franklin heavy damaged in Japanese air raid |
| 1945 | U.S. offensive against Shuri-barrier on Okinawa |
| 1944 | Allied fleet attack Sabang Sumatra |
| 1943 | Revolt in Warsaw Ghetto under Mordechai Anielewicz |
| 1943 | 47th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:28:25.8 |
| 1943 | Jews attack Nazi occupation forces at Warsaw Ghetto |
| 1942 | 46th Boston Marathon won by Joe Smith of Mass in 2:26:51.2 |
| 1941 | 45th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:30:38 |
| 1941 | B Brecht's "Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder," premieres in Zurich |
| 1941 | Bulgarian troops invade Macedonia |
| 1941 | Milk rationed in Holland |
| 1940 | "Lake Shore Ltd" derails speed killing 34 near Little Falls NY |
| 1940 | 44th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:28:28.6 |
| 1940 | Dutch prime minister De Geer declares state of siege |
| 1939 | 43rd Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of RI in 2:28:51.8 |
| 1939 | Connecticut finally approves Bill of Rights (148 years late) |
| 1938 | 42nd Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:35:34.8 |
| 1938 | Phil Emmett Mueller and Dodger Ernie Koy both homer in their 1st at bat |
| 1937 | 41st Boston Marathon won by Walter Young of Canada in 2:33:20 |
| 1936 | Anti-Jewish riots break out in Palestine |
| 1935 | 39th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:32:07.4 |
| 1934 | 38th Boston Marathon won by Dave Komonen of Canada in 2:32:53.8 |
| 1934 | Shirley Temple appears in her 1st movie, "Stand Up and Cheer" |
| 1933 | 37th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:31:01.6 |
| 1933 | Franklin D. Roosevelt announces U.S. will leave gold standard |
| 1932 | 36th Boston Marathon won by Paul de Bruyn of Germany in 2:33:36.4 |
| 1932 | President Herbert Hoover suggests 5 day work week |
| 1930 | 34th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:34:48.2 |
| 1929 | 33rd Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:33:08.6 |
| 1928 | 32nd Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:37:07.8 |
| 1928 | Japanese troops occupies Sjantung-schiereiland |
| 1928 | Yankees are out of 1st place for 1st time since May 1926 |
| 1927 | "Vagabond King" opens in London |
| 1927 | 31st Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:40:22.2 |
| 1926 | 30th Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:25:40.4 |
| 1924 | "National Barn Dance" premieres on WLS Chicago |
| 1924 | 28th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:29:40.2 |
| 1923 | 27th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:23:37.4 |
| 1923 | New Egyptian law allows suffrage for men, except soldiers |
| 1922 | 26th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:18:10 |
| 1921 | 25th Boston Marathon won by Frank Zuna of New Jersey in 2:18:57.6 |
| 1921 | Funeral of last German Emperoress, Augusta Victoria |
| 1920 | 24th Boston Marathon won by Peter Trivoulidas of Greece in 2:29:31 |
| 1919 | 23rd Boston Marathon won by Carl Linder of Mass in 2:29:13.4 |
| 1919 | French assembly decides on 8 hour work day |
| 1919 | Leslie Irvin of U.S. makes 1st parachute jump and free fall |
| 1919 | Opera "Monsieur Beaucaire" is produced (London) |
| 1917 | 21st Boston Marathon won by Bill Kennedy of New York in 2:28:37.2 |
| 1916 | "Bing Boys are Here" opens in London |
| 1916 | 20th Boston Marathon won by Arthur Roth of Mass in 2:27:16.4 |
| 1916 | Italians troops conquer Col di Lana at Merano |
| 1915 | 19th Boston Marathon won by Edouard Fabre of Canada in 2:31:41.2 |
| 1913 | 17th Boston Marathon won by Fritz Carlson of Minnesota in 2:25:14.8 |
| 1912 | 16th Boston Marathon won by Mike Ryan of New York in 2:21:18.2 |
| 1911 | 15th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:21:39.6 |
| 1911 | George Bernard Shaw's "Fanny's First Play," premieres in London |
| 1910 | 14th Boston Marathon won by Fred Cameron of Canada in 2:28:52.4 |
| 1910 | Halley's comet seen by naked eye 1st time this trip (Curacao) |
| 1909 | 13th Boston Marathon won by Henri Renaud of New Hampshire in 2:53:36.8 |
| 1907 | 11th Boston Marathon won by Tom Longboat of Canada in 2:24:24 |
| 1906 | 10th Boston Marathon won by Tim Ford of Mass in 2:45:45 |
| 1906 | Belgian naval education ship Comte The Stain de Naeyer sets sail |
| 1905 | 9th Boston Marathon won by Fred Lorz of New York in 2:38:25.4 |
| 1904 | 8th Boston Marathon won by Michael Spring of New York in 2:38:04.4 |
| 1904 | Much of Toronto destroyed by fire |
| 1902 | 6th Boston Marathon won by Sam Mellor of New York in 2:43:12 |
| 1901 | 5th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:29:23.6 |
| 1901 | James J Caffrey wins Boston marathon (2:29:23.6) |
| 1900 | 4th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:39:44.4 |
| 1900 | Highest scoring opening game, Phils beat Braves 19-17 in 10 |
| 1899 | 3rd Boston Marathon won by Lawrence Brignolia of Mass in 2:54:38 |
| 1898 | 2nd Boston Marathon won by Ron McDonald of Mass in 2:42:00 |
| 1897 | 1st American marathon ran, John J McDermott wins in 2:55:10 (Boston) |
| 1897 | 1st Boston Marathon won by John McDermott of New York in 2:55:10 |
| 1897 | 1st performance of Debussy's "Pelleas et Melisande" |
| 1896 | Herzl's "The Jewish State" is published |
| 1894 | Jules Massenet's opera "Werther," premieres in New York City |
| 1892 | Charles Duryea takes 1st American-made auto out for a spin (Mass) |
| 1890 | Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in Brussels |
| 1877 | Opera "Les Cloches de Cornerville" is produced (Paris) |
| 1874 | Barracks on Alcatraz Island destroyed in fire |
| 1864 | Naval Engagement at Cherbourg, FR: USS Kearsage vs. CSS Alabama |
| 1863 | Union troops/fleet occupy For Huger, Virginia |
| 1861 | Baltimore riots-4 soldiers, 9 civilians killed |
| 1861 | Lincoln orders blockade of Confederate ports (Civil War) |
| 1853 | Netherlands Van Hall government forms |
| 1852 | California Historical Society forms |
| 1839 | Treaty of London constitutes Belgium an independent kingdom and Luxembourg a Grand Duchy |
| 1837 | Cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth |
| 1836 | Nikolai Gogol's "Revisor," premieres in St. Petersburg |
| 1825 | 33 patriotic exiles return to Uruguay |
| 1782 | Netherlands recognizes U.S. |
| 1775 | Minutemen Captain John Parker orders not to fire unless fired upon |
| 1775 | Revolution begins-Lexington Common, shot "heard round the world" |
| 1774 | CW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris |
| 1770 | Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname |
| 1770 | Captain James Cook 1st sees Australia |
| 1713 | Emperor Karel VI ends Pragmatic Sanctions |
| 1619 | Theatrum Anatomicum opens in Amsterdam |
| 1591 | Chartres surrenders to king Henri IV in France |
| 1587 | Sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain and sinks Spanish fleet |
| 1552 | Mauritius of Saksen captures Karel |
| 1539 | Charles, protestant German monarch, signs Treaty of Frankrfurt |
| 1529 | 2nd Parliament of Spiers bans Lutheranism |
| 1524 | Pope Clemens VII fires Netherlands inquisitor-general French Van de Holly |
| 1451 | Alam Shah of Delhi resigns throne |
| 607 | Comet 1P/607 H1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0898 AUs of Earth |
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