2001 Helge Ingstad, Norwegian Explorer
1994 26.9 degrees C in Prestebakke Norway (Norwegian April high temp record)
1994 Johan J Holst, Norwegian min of defense/foreign affairs, dies at 56
1993 Norwegian Rushdie publisher William Nygaard injured in attack
1990 Norwegian Scandinavian Star catches fire; about 170 die
1989 Norwegian Convair 580 crashes at Jutland in sea (55 murder)
1989 Soviet sub sinks in Norwegian Sea, with about a dozen deaths
1987 Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian Athlete
1986 Singer Diana Ross marries Norwegian businessman Arne Naess in Switzerland
1983 Jon Johansen, Norwegian Celebrity
1979 Klaus Egge, Norwegian composer (Fanitullen), dies at 72
1976 70 die as Norwegian tanker Frosta collides with George Prince
1975 Norwegian King Olav V opens Longyearbyen Airport on Spitsbergen
1973 Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist (Nobel 1969), dies at 77
1972 Christian Ruud, born in Oslo, Norway, tennis star, 1989 Norwegian
1970 Asne Seierstad, Norwegian Journalist
1968 Norwegian king Harald V marries Sonja
1967 Stefan Johnstown, Norwegian speed walker, world record 20 km
1962 Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67
1959 Peter A Egge, Norwegian writer (The Dream), dies
1959 Oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies
1955 Norwegian government of Einar Gerhardsen forms
1953 Hans Aanrud, Norwegian author (Storken), dies at 89
1952 Olav Fartein Valen, Norwegian composer, dies at 65
1952 Knut [Pedersen] Hamsun, Norwegian writer (Wanders, Nobel 1920), dies
1951 Vilhelm F K Bjerknes, Norwegian/US physicist/meteorology, dies at 89
1947 Kristian Elster, Norwegian author (Paradisets Have), dies at 66
1947 Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norwegian Statesman
1946 Trygve Lie, a Norwegian socialist, becomes 1st Sec-Gen of UN
1945 Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian Min of Defense/PM (1942-45), executed at 58
1945 Norwegian nazi collaborators Vidkun Quisling arrested
1944 Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (The Scream), dies at 80
1943 German occupiers make Vidkun Quisling Norwegian premier
1942 [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author (Enken), dies at 69
1942 2nd Norwegian government of Quisling forms
1940 German "Dutch Q-ship Atlantis" sinks Norwegian tanker
1940 Norwegian government in exile forms in London
1940 Norwegian King Haakon and government flees to England
1940 Vidkun Quisling forms Norwegian "national government"
1939 Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian premier, 1981-82, 86-89, 90-
1938 Liv Ullman, Tokyo, Japan, actress, Cries and Whispers, 40 Carats
1937 Johan J Holst, Norwegian minister of Defense/Foreign affairs
1933 Peter I Island incorporated as a Norwegian dependency
1930 Bouvet Island declared a Norwegian dependency
1929 Rudolf W. Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen), dies at 28
1928 Roald E G Amundsen, Norwegian pole explorer, dies
1928 Roald Amundsen, Norwegian Explorer
1926 Hans E Kinck, Norwegian philological/writer (Driftekaren), dies at 61
1924 Nils Kj'r, Norwegian playwright (Det Lykkelige Valg), dies at 53
1924 Arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Mannfolk), dies at 72
1922 Terje Stigen, Norwegian author, Det siste paradiset
1920 Tryggve Andersen, Norwegian writer (Mod Kvaeld), dies at 53
1920 International treaty recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard
1919 Norwegian population agrees to prohibition
1918 Jarl Andre Bjerke, [Bernhard Borge], Norwegian poet/writer
1915 Germany sinks U.S. ships Carib and Evelyn and torpedoes Norwegian ship Regin
1911 South Pole 1st reached, by Norwegian Roald Amundsen
1911 Torolf Elster, Norwegian journalist and writer, Frihet och demokrati
1910 Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel 1903), dies at 77
1910 Trygve Martin Bratteli, Norwegian PM, Labour, 1971-72, 1973-76
1908 Jonas LI Lie, Norwegian writer (Kommandorens dottre), dies at 74
1907 Halldis Vesaas-Moren, Norwegian author and poet
1907 Edvard Hagerup Grieg, Norwegian composer (Peer Gynt Suite), dies at 64
1906 Henrik Johan Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (Doll House), dies at 78
1906 Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian Poet
1906 Alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer (Working People), dies at 57
1905 Inger J. Hagerup-Halsor, Norwegian poet
1905 B Amalie Skram-Alver, Norwegian author (Paa St. Jorgen), dies at 58
1904 Ragnar Skrede, Norwegian poet, Lauvfall
1903 Norwegian parliament vote unanimiously for female suffrage
1902 Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian poet/dramatist/novelist, The Defeat
1902 Cato M Guldberg, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 65
1901 Rudolf W. Nilsen, Norwegian poet, Hverdagen
1899 M Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56
1899 Helge Ingstad, Norwegian Explorer
1897 Jacob A B "Jack" Bjerknes, Norwegian/US meteorologist, USAF in London
1897 Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author, Det Store Spelet
1896 Ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet, dies at 83
1896 Trygve Lie, Norwegian Politician
1896 Hans H Holm, Norwegian poet, Jonsoknatt
1895 Ingeborg Refling-Hagen, Norwegian author and poet, Loke Saar Havre
1895 Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano, Wagner
1888 Knute Rockne, Norwegian/U.S. football player and coach, Notre Dame
1887 [Olav] Fartein Valen, Norwegian composer
1887 Vidkun Al Quisling, Norwegian minister of Defense/premier, 1942-45
1885 Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72
1881 Kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author (Torn Trondal), dies at 40
1881 Kristian Elster, Norwegian author, Less bror Harris
1875 Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian Athlete
1873 [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author, Kvinnen og Den
1870 Nils Kjaer, Norwegian playwright, Det evige Savn
1869 Michael Sars, Norwegian zoologist, dies at 64
1869 Peter A. Egge, Norwegian writer, De Droom
1868 Thomas P Krag, Norwegian writer, Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran
1866 Tryggve Andersen, Norwegian writer, Fra Cancelliraadens Dage
1865 Hans E Kinck, Norwegian philological/writer, Mot Karnaval
1862 Vilhelm FK Bjerknes, Norwegian/US physicist/meteorology
1861 Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic explorer/humanitarian, Nobel 1922
1851 Arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright, Bondestudentar
1850 Swedish/Norwegian crown prince Charles weds Dutch princess Wilhelmina
1849 Alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer/politician, Garman og Worse
1842 Marius Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, continous groups
1842 Thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies
1841 Kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author, And fremmed Fugl
1836 Cato M Guldberg, Norwegian mathematician
1833 Jonas LI Lie, Norwegian writer, Kommandorens dottre, Gaa paa
1829 Niels H Able, Norwegian mathematician (infinite series), dies at 26
1814 Norwegian constitution passed by constitutent assembly at Eidsvoll
1813 Ivar A. Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet
1812 Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer
1805 Michael Sars, Norwegian zoologist
1802 Niels H Abel, Norwegian mathematician, Abel's Comparisons
1792 Henrik A. Bjerregaard, Norwegian writer/poet, Sonner af Norge
1727 Cornelis Cruys, Norwegian/Dutch admiral, dies at 70
1684 Ludvig Baron Holberg, founder, Danish and Norwegian literature
1657 Cornelis Cruys, [Niels Olsen Creutz], Norwegian/Dutch admiral
1520 Danish/Norwegian king Christian II crowned king of Sweden
1513 Christian II succeeds Johan I as Danish/Norwegian king
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