757 | | Stephen II ends his reign as Catholic Pope. |
1478 | | Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo and kill Giuliano de'Medici. |
1514 | | Copernicus makes his first observations of Saturn. |
1564 | | William Shakespeare is baptized. |
1607 | | The British establish a colony at Cape Henry, Virginia. |
1865 | | Joseph E. Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee to Sherman. |
1915 | | Second Lieutenant Rhodes-Moorhouse becomes the first airman to win the Victoria Cross after conducting a successful bombing raid. |
1929 | | The first non-stop flight from England to India is completed. |
1931 | | New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits a home run but is called out for passing a runner, the mistake ultimately costs him the home run record. |
1937 | | The ancient Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain is bombed by German planes. |
1941 | | The first organ is played at a baseball stadium in Chicago. |
1968 | | Students seize the administration building at Ohio State University. |
1983 | | The Dow Jones Industrial Average breaks 1,200 for first time. |
1986 | | The world's worst nuclear disaster occurs at the Chernobyl power plant in the Soviet Union. |
1994 | | Nelson Mandela wins the presidency in South Africa's first multiracial elections. |
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