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879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks.
1407 - the lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing. He is awarded with the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma.
1500 - Ludovico Sforza is captured by the Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French.
1606 - The Charter of the Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
1710 - The first law regulating copyright is issued in Great Britain.
1741 - War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia defeats Austria in the Battle of Mollwitz.
1815 - The Mount Tambora volcano begins its peak eruption period that lasts until July 15.
1816 - The United States Government approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States.
1821 - Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Turks from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.
1826 - The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town Messolonghi start leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
1856 - The Theta Chi Fraternity is founded at Norwich University.
1857 - The Sepoy Mutiny popularly known as the "Revolt of 1857" broke out in Meerut, India as part of the Indian independence movement.
1858 - The original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonne bell for the Tower of London is cast in Stockton-on-Tees by Warner's of Cripplegate. This however cracked during testing and was recasted into the 13.76 tonne bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry and is still in use to date.
1864 - Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is elected emperor of Mexico.
1865 - American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
1866 - The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
1868 - At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Theodore. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two die from the British/Indian troops.
1869 - José Martí founds the Cuban Revolutionary Party.
1874 - The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
1887 - On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of The Catholic University of America.
1912 - The RMS Titanic leaves port in Southampton, England for her first and only voyage.
1916 - The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
1919 - Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
1925 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons.
1933 - New Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps is created.
1941 - World War II: The Axis Powers in Europe establish the Independent State of Croatia from occupied Yugoslavia with Ante Paveli?'s Ustase fascist insurgents in power.
1944 - Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escape from the Birkenau death camp.
1957 - The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
1959 - Akihito, future Emperor of Japan, weds Michiko.
1963 - 129 people die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea.
1968 - Shipwreck of the New Zealand inter-island ferry TEV Wahine outside Wellington harbour.
1971 - Ping Pong Diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, the People's Republic of China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a weeklong visit.
1972 - 20 days after he was kidnapped in Buenos Aires, Oberdan Sallustro is executed by communist guerrillas.
1972 - Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
1973 - A British Vanguard turboprop crashes during a snowstorm at Basel, Switzerland killing 104.
1979 - Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.
1991 - Italian ferry Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy killing 140.
1991 - A rare tropical storm develops in the Southern Hemisphere near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites.
1998 - The Belfast Agreement is signed.

Births

1389 - Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)
1583 - Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer (d. 1645)
1651 - Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)
1656 - René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718)
1704 - Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
1713 - John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (d. 1788)
1735 - Button Gwinnett, Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (d. 1777)
1755 - Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (d. 1843)
1762 - Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834)
1778 - William Hazlitt, English writer (d. 1830)
1794 - Matthew C. Perry, American commodore (d. 1858)
1796 - James Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (d. 1836)
1829 - William Booth, English founder of the Salvation Army (d. 1912)
1837 - Forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867)
1847 - Joseph Pulitzer, American journalist and publisher (d. 1911)
1864 - Eugen d'Albert, German composer (d. 1932)
1865 - Jack Miner, Canadian conservationist (d. 1944)
1867 - George William Russell, Irish nationalist (d. 1935)
1868 - George Arliss, English actor (d. 1946)
1880 - Montague Summers, English writer (d. 1948)
1880 - Mohammed Nadir Shah, Afghan king (d. 1933)
1882 - Frances Perkins, American politician (d. 1965)
1887 - Bernardo Houssay, Argentine physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
1894 - Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist (d. 1983)
1897 - Ross Youngs, American baseball player (d. 1927)
1903 - Claire Boothe Luce, American activist, (d. 1987)
1910 - Paul Sweezy, American economist and editor (d. 2004)
1911 - Martin Denny, American musician (d. 2005)
1913 - Stefan Heym, German author (d. 2001)
1915 - Harry Morgan, American actor
1917 - Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
1918 - Lee Bergere, American actor (d. 2007)
1921 - Chuck Connors, American actor (d. 1992)
1921 - Sheb Wooley, American actor and singer (d. 2003)
1923 - Roger Gaillard, Haitian historian and novelist (d. 2000)
1924 - Kenneth Noland, American painter
1926 - Junior Samples, American musician (d. 1983)
1927 - Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American scientist, Nobel laureate
1929 - Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver (d. 1959)
1929 - Max von Sydow, Swedish actor
1930 - Claude Bolling, French jazz composer/pianist
1930 - Dolores Huerta, American labor activist
1930 - Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actor/comedian (d. 2006)
1930 - Spede Pasanen, Finnish comedian (d. 2001)
1932 - Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor
1933 - Rokusuke Ei, Japanese lyricist and author
1934 - David Halberstam, American journalist and author (d. 2007)
1934 - Vladimir Posner, Russian journalist
1935 - John A. Bennett, American convicted rapist (d. 1961)
1936 - John Madden, American football coach and broadcaster
1937 - Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet
1938 - Don Meredith, American football player and broadcaster
1940 - Gloria Hunniford, Northern Irish TV and radio presenter
1941 - Paul Theroux, American author
1942 - Ian Callaghan, English footballer
1942 - Nick Auf der Maur, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1998)
1943 - Andrzej Bade?ski, Polish athlete
1946 - David Angell, American television producer (d. 2001)
1947 - Bunny Wailer, Jamaican musician
1950 - Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player
1950 - Barry M. Riemer, American author
1950 - Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (P-Funk and The Temptations) (d. 1992)
1950 - Akiko Wada, Japanese singer and television performer
1951 - David Helvarg, American journalist and environmental activist
1951 - Steven Seagal, American actor
1954 - Peter MacNicol, American actor
1955 - Lesley Garrett, British soprano
1957 - John M. Ford, American science fiction author and poet (d. 2006)
1957 - Steve Gustafson, American musician
1958 - Bob Bell, British engineer
1958 - Yefim Bronfman, Russian-born pianist
1958 - Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, American music producer
1959 - Yvan Loubier, Quebec politician
1959 - Brian Setzer, American musician (Stray Cats)
1960 - Steve Bisciotti, American owner of the Baltimore Ravens
1960 - Katrina Leskanich, American musician
1961 - Joe Cole (roadie), American roadie (d. 1991)
1962 - Steve Tasker, American football player
1963 - Warren DeMartini, American musician
1963 - Doris Leuthard, member of the Swiss Federal Council
1965 - Tim Alexander, American musician
1967 - Donald Dufresne, Canadian ice hockey player
1968 - Orlando Jones, American actor and comedian
1969 - Billy Jayne, American actor
1969 - Ekaterini Koffa, Greek sprinter
1970 - Matt Barlow, American musician
1970 - Enrico Ciccone, Canadian ice hockey player
1970 - Leonard Dorin, Canadian boxer
1970 - Kenny Lattimore, American singer
1970 - Mike Mushok, American musician
1970 - Q-Tip, American musician
1971 - Al Reyes, Dominican baseball player
1973 - Guillaume Canet, French actor and film director
1973 - Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer
1973 - Aidan Moffat, Scottish musician
1973 - Christopher Simmons, American designer
1974 - Eric Greitens, American former military officer
1974 - Petros Passalis, Greek footballer
1975 - Chris Carrabba, American singer
1976 - Sara Renner, Canadian cross country skier
1979 - Shemekia Copeland, American singer
1979 - Rachel Corrie, American activist (d. 2003)
1979 - Tsuyoshi Domoto, Japanese artist
1979 - Sophie Ellis-Bextor, English singer
1979 - Peter Kopteff, Finnish footballer
1980 - Sean Avery, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 - Charlie Hunnam, British actor
1980 - Kasey Kahne, American race-car driver
1980 - Bryce Soderberg, American musician
1981 - Laura Bell Bundy, American actor
1981 - Liz McClarnon, British singer
1981 - Michael Pitt, American actor
1981 - Alexei Semenov, Russian ice hockey player
1982 - Damián Lanza, Ecuadorian footballer
1982 - Chyler Leigh, American actress
1982 - Andre Ethier, American baseball player
1983 - Ryan Merriman, American actor
1984 - Mandy Moore, American singer/actor
1985 - Carlos Tevez, Argentine footballer
1985 - Dion Phaneuf, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 - Olivia Borlée, Belgian athlete
1986 - Vincent Kompany, Belgian footballer
1986 - Ayesha Takia, Indian actress
1987 - Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano
1988 - Haley Joel Osment, American actor
1990 - Lulinha, Brazilian footballer
1990 - Alex Pettyfer, English actor
1991 - Amanda Michalka, American actress/singer
2007 - Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, Dutch Princess