Western Kentucky University announced a five-year suspension of their swimming and diving programs as a result of a hazing scandal.
Boko Haram militants kidnapped 276 schoolgirls from a government secondary school in the town of Chibok, Nigeria.
Plumes of ash from a major eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland led to widespread disruption of air travel throughout Europe for several days.
Nearly 2,700 people were killed in an earthquake registering 6.9 Mw in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China.
A storm dropped around 500,000 tonnes of hailstones on Sydney (examples pictured) and the east coast of New South Wales, causing about A$2.3 billion in damages, the costliest natural disaster in Australian insurance history.
Iraqi no-fly zones conflict: In a friendly-fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort, two U.S. Air Force aircraft mistakenly shot down two U.S. Army helicopters over northern Iraq, killing 26 people.
Let's Dance, English musician David Bowie's best-selling album, was released.
Thousands of Georgians demonstrated in Tbilisi against an attempt by the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
After an oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 exploded, disabling the spacecraft's electrical and life-support systems, astronaut Jack Swigert reported: "Houston, we've had a problem here" (audio featured).
After leading a military coup three months earlier, Gnassingbé Eyadéma installed himself as President of Togo, a post that he held until 2005.
World War II: The German town of Friesoythe was razed by the 4th Canadian Division on the orders of Major General Christopher Vokes.
The freighter Fort Stikine, carrying cotton bales, gold and ammunition, exploded in the harbour of Bombay, India, sinking surrounding ships and causing about 800 deaths.
Dust Bowl: A severe dust storm swept across Oklahoma and northern Texas, removing an estimated 300 million tons of topsoil from the prairies.
Following a reactionary military revolt against the Committee of Union and Progress, a mob began a massacre of Armenian Christians in the Adana Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.
The first Hauser Dam in the U.S. state of Montana failed, causing severe flooding and damage downstream.
The Azusa Street Revival, the primary catalyst for the spread of Pentecostalism in the 20th century, opened in Los Angeles.
Actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth fatally shot U.S. president Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Lexicographer Noah Webster copyrighted the first edition of his dictionary of American English
Wars of the Roses: The Yorkists under Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians at the Battle of Barnet, killing Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick.
Polish ruler Mieszko I converted to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state.
War of Mutina: Despite initial success, troops loyal to Mark Antony were defeated near the Via Aemilia in northern Italy by legions loyal to the Roman Senate.
Flooding in the Persian Gulf starts, killing 19 in Oman.
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is launched by the European Space Agency.
Russian invasion of Ukraine: The Russian warship Moskva sinks.
The foreshock of a major earthquake occurs in Kumamoto, Japan.
Two bombs detonate at a bus station in Nyanya, Nigeria, killing at least 88 people and injuring hundreds. Boko Haram claims responsibility.
Boko Haram abducts 276 girls from a school in Chibok, Nigeria.
Twin blasts triggered by crude bombs during Asr prayer in the Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi injure 13 people.
The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples a year earlier by Multnomah County.
The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner MS Achille Lauro in 1985.
Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.
NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees. Yugoslav officials say 75 people were killed.
A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
Pai Hsiao-yen, daughter of Taiwanese artiste Pai Bing-bing is kidnapped on her way to school, preceding her murder.
In a friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two U.S. Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two U.S. Army helicopters, killing 26 people.
The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President following its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
The heaviest hailstones ever recorded, each weighing 1 kilogram (2.2 lb), fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92.
STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia completes its first test flight.
The Progressive Alliance of Liberia stages a protest, without a permit, against an increase in rice prices proposed by the government, with clashes between protestors and the police resulting in over 70 deaths and over 500 injuries.
Tbilisi demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrows Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new President of Togo, a title he will hold for the next 38 years.
The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours.
Razing of Friesoythe: The 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division deliberately destroys the German town of Friesoythe on the orders of Major General Christopher Vokes.
Bombay explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued at 20 million pounds.
World War II: German and Italian forces attack Tobruk, Libya.
World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway, preceding a larger force which will arrive two days later.
The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, sweeps across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
The Second Spanish Republic is proclaimed and King Alfonso XIII goes to exile. Meanwhile, in Barcelona, Francesc Macià proclaims the Catalan Republic.
The inaugural Monaco Grand Prix takes place in the Principality of Monaco. William Grover-Williams wins driving a Bugatti Type 35.
The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic and begins to sink.
Muslims in the Ottoman Empire begin a massacre of Armenians in Adana.
Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1 m) high downstream.
The first meeting of the Azusa Street Revival, which will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement, is held in Los Angeles.
The world's fair Exposition Universelle opens in Paris.
The 1895 Ljubljana earthquake, both the most and last destructive earthquake in the area, occurs.
The first ever commercial motion picture house opens in New York City, United States. It uses ten Kinetoscopes, devices for peep-show viewing of films.
The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight occurs in El Paso, Texas.
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; Lincoln dies the following day.
William H. Seward, the U.S. Secretary of State, and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell.
The 1858 Christiania fire severely destroys several city blocks near Stortorvet in Christiania, Norway, and about 1,000 people lose their homes.
Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader.
Bussa, a slave in British-ruled Barbados, leads a slave rebellion, for which he is remembered as the country's first national hero.
The French troops led by Léger-Félicité Sonthonax defeat the slaves settlers in the Siege of Port-au-Prince.
The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, the first abolition society in North America, is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
Thirty Years' War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire and Electorate of Saxony are defeated by the Swedes at the Battle of Chemnitz, ending the military effectiveness of the Saxon army for the rest of the war and allowing the Swedes to advance into Bohemia.
A celestial phenomenon is reported over Nuremberg, described as an aerial battle.
In England, the Yorkists under Edward IV defeat the Lancastrians under the Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Barnet; the Earl is killed and Edward resumes the throne.
Tokhtamysh–Timur war: At the Battle of the Terek River, Timur defeats the army of the Golden Horde, beginning the khanate's permanent military decline.
Otto II, Co-Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, marries Byzantine princess Theophanu. She is crowned empress by Pope John XIII in Rome the same day.
Following his marriage to the Christian Doubravka of Bohemia, the pagan ruler of the Polans, Mieszko I, converts to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state.
Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor Otho in the First Battle of Bedriacum to take power over Rome.
Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum.
Patrick Surtain II, American football player
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D. J. Moore, American football player
Abigail Breslin, American actress
Baker Mayfield, American football player
Georgie Friedrichs, Australian rugby sevens player
Joe Haden, American football player
Eric Gryba, Canadian ice hockey player
Eliška Klučinová, Czech heptathlete
Brad Sinopoli, Canadian football player
Anthony Modeste, French footballer
Michael Baze, American jockey (died 2011)
Erwin Hoffer, Austrian footballer
Wilson Kiprop, Kenyan runner
Matt Derbyshire, English footballer
Blake Costanzo, American football player
Charles Hamelin, Canadian speed skater
Harumafuji Kōhei, Mongolian sumo wrestler, the 70th Yokozuna
Tyler Thigpen, American football player
Simona La Mantia, Italian triple jumper
James McFadden, Scottish footballer
William Obeng, Ghanaian-American football player
Nikoloz Tskitishvili, Georgian basketball player
Uğur Boral, Turkish footballer
Larissa França, Brazilian volleyball player
Mustafa Güngör, German rugby player
Amy Leach, English director and producer
Win Butler, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jeremy Smith, New Zealand rugby league player
David Crisafulli, Australian politician, 41st Premier of Queensland
Rebecca DiPietro, American wrestler and model
Marios Elia, Cypriot footballer
Ross Filipo, New Zealand rugby player
Noé Pamarot, French footballer
Kerem Tunçeri, Turkish basketball player
Roland Lessing, Estonian biathlete
Nate Fox, American basketball player (died 2014)
Martin Kaalma, Estonian footballer
Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress and producer
Rob McElhenney, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Luke Priddis, Australian rugby league player
Christian Älvestam, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Georgina Chapman, English model, actress, and fashion designer, co-founded Marchesa
Anna DeForge, American basketball player
Kyle Farnsworth, American baseball player
Nadine Faustin-Parker, Haitian hurdler
Jason Wiemer, Canadian ice hockey player
Lita, American wrestler
Luciano Almeida, Brazilian footballer
Avner Dorman, Israeli-American composer and academic
Anderson Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer
Da Brat, American rapper
Roberto Ayala, Argentinian footballer
Adrien Brody, American actor
Hidetaka Suehiro, Japanese video game director and writer
David Miller, American tenor
Paul Devlin, English-Scottish footballer and manager
Roberto Mejía, Dominican baseball player
Dean Potter, American rock climber and BASE jumper (died 2015)
Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer and manager (died 2012)
Carlos Pérez, Dominican-American baseball player
Gregg Zaun, American baseball player and sportscaster
Shizuka Kudo, Japanese singer and actress
Brad Ausmus, American baseball player and manager
Martyn LeNoble, Dutch-American bass player
Vebjørn Selbekk, Norwegian journalist
Anthony Michael Hall, American actor
Nicola Berti, Italian international footballer
Barrett Martin, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
Julia Zemiro, French-Australian actress, comedian, singer and writer
André Boisclair, Canadian lawyer and politician
Jan Boklöv, Swedish ski jumper
David Justice, American baseball player and sportscaster
Greg Maddux, American baseball player, coach, and manager
Tom Dey, American director and producer
Alexandre Jardin, French author
Craig McDermott, Australian cricketer and coach
Brian Adams, American wrestler (died 2007)
Jeff Andretti, American race car driver
Jim Grabb, American tennis player
Jeff Hopkins, Welsh international footballer and manager
Gina McKee, English actress
Guillaume Leblanc, Canadian athlete
Robert Carlyle, Scottish actor and director
Brad Garrett, American actor and comedian
Myoma Myint Kywe, Burmese historian and journalist (died 2021)
Osamu Sato, Japanese graphic artist, programmer, and composer
Tina Rosenberg, American journalist and author
Pat Symcox, South African cricketer
Steve Byrnes, American sportscaster and producer (died 2015)
Marie-Thérèse Fortin, Canadian actress
Peter Capaldi, Scottish actor
Jim Smith, English musician
Lothaire Bluteau, Canadian actor
Bobbi Brown, American make-up artist and author
Marc Platt, American producer
Mikhail Pletnev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor
Boris Šprem, Croatian lawyer and politician, 8th President of Croatian Parliament (died 2012)
Katsuhiro Otomo, Japanese director, screenwriter, and illustrator
Kenny Aaronson, American bass player
Mickey O'Sullivan, Irish footballer and manager
David Urquhart, Scottish bishop
Milija Aleksic, English footballer (died 2012)
José Eduardo González Navas, Spanish politician
Julian Lloyd Webber, English cellist, conductor, and educator
Elizabeth Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, English politician
Francis Collins, American physician and geneticist
Péter Esterházy, Hungarian author (died 2016)
Dave Gibbons, English author and illustrator
DeAnne Julius, American-British economist and academic
Chris Langham, English actor and screenwriter
Chas Mortimer, English motorcycle racer
John Shea, American actor and director
Berry Berenson, American model, actress, and photographer (died 2001)
Anastasios Papaligouras, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice
Dominique Baudis, French journalist and politician (died 2014)
Bob Massie, Australian cricketer
Mireille Guiliano, French-American author
Michael Sarris, Cypriot economist and politician, Cypriot Minister of Finance
Knut Kristiansen, Norwegian pianist and orchestra leader
Ritchie Blackmore, English guitarist and songwriter
Roger Frappier, Canadian producer, director and screenwriter
John Sergeant, English journalist
Valeriy Brumel, Soviet high jumper (died 2003)
Valentin Lebedev, Russian engineer and astronaut
Björn Rosengren, Swedish politician, Swedish Minister of Enterprise and Innovation
Pete Rose, American baseball player and manager (died 2024)
Julie Christie, Indian-English actress and activist
David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes, English archbishop and academic
Richard Thompson, English physician and academic
Mahmud Esad Coşan, Turkish author and academic (died 2001)
Ralph Willis, Australian politician
Efi Arazi, Israeli businessman, founded the Scailex Corporation (died 2013)
Sepp Mayerl, Austrian mountaineer (died 2012)
Arlene Martel, American actress and singer (died 2014)
Bobby Nichols, American golfer
Frank Serpico, American-Italian soldier, police officer and lecturer
Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton, English table tennis player, swimmer, and politician (died 2023)
John Oliver, English bishop
Erich von Däniken, Swiss pseudohistorian and author
Fredric Jameson, American philosopher and theorist (died 2024)
Paddy Hopkirk, Northern Irish racing driver (died 2022)
Boris Strugatsky, Russian author (died 2012)
Yuri Oganessian, Armenian-Russian nuclear physicist
Bill Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Premier of British Columbia (died 2015)
Atef Ebeid, Egyptian academic and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Egypt (died 2014)
Loretta Lynn, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 2022)
Cameron Parker, Scottish businessman and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire
Geoffrey Dalton, English admiral (died 2020)
Paul Masnick, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2024)
Martin Adolf Bormann, German priest and theologian (died 2013)
Arnold Burns, American lawyer and politician, 21st United States Deputy Attorney General (died 2013)
René Desmaison, French mountaineer (died 2007)
Bradford Dillman, American actor and author (died 2018)
Gerry Anderson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
Inez Andrews, African-American singer-songwriter (died 2012)
Alan MacDiarmid, New Zealand chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)
Dany Robin, French actress and singer (died 1995)
Barbara Anderson, New Zealand author (died 2013)
Frank Daniel, Czech director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1996)
Gloria Jean, American actress and singer (died 2018)
Liz Renay, American actress and author (died 2007)
Abel Muzorewa, Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia (died 2010)
Rod Steiger, American soldier and actor (died 2002)
Shorty Rogers, American trumpet player and composer (died 1994)
Joseph Ruskin, American actor and producer (died 2013)
Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, English philosopher, and academic (died 2019)
Roberto De Vicenzo, Argentinian golfer (died 2017)
Audrey Long, American actress (died 2014)
Thomas Schelling, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)
Ivor Forbes Guest, English lawyer, historian, and author (died 2018)
Eleonore Schönborn, Austrian politician (died 2022)
Shamshad Begum, Pakistani-Indian singer (died 2013)
K. Saraswathi Amma, Indian author and playwright (died 1975)
Mary Healy, American actress and singer (died 2015)
Valerie Hobson, English actress (died 1998)
Marvin Miller, American baseball executive (died 2012)
Don Willesee, Australian telegraphist and politician, 29th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (died 2003)
Jean Fournet, French conductor (died 2008)
Robert Doisneau, French photographer and journalist (died 1994)
Georg Siimenson, Estonian footballer (died 1978)
François Duvalier, Haitian physician and politician, 40th President of Haiti (died 1971)
Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian king (died 1975)
Elizabeth Huckaby, American author and educator (died 1999)
Georg Lammers, German sprinter (died 1987)
Jean Pierre-Bloch, French author and activist (died 1999)
John Gielgud, English actor, director, and producer (died 2000)
Henry Corbin, French philosopher and academic (died 1978)
Ruth Svedberg, Swedish discus thrower and triathlete (died 2002)
Sylvio Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and referee (died 1974)
Shivrampant Damle, Indian educationist (died 1977)
Juan Belmonte, Spanish bullfighter (died 1962)
V. Gordon Childe, Australian archaeologist and philologist (died 1957)
Claire Windsor, American actress (died 1972)
B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist, jurist, and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Law and Justice (died 1956)
Otto Lasanen, Finnish wrestler (died 1958)
Arnold J. Toynbee, English historian and academic (died 1975)
Ernst Robert Curtius, German philologist and scholar (died 1956)
Árpád Tóth, Hungarian poet and translator (died 1928)
Moritz Schlick, German-Austrian physicist and philosopher (died 1936)
Husain Salaahuddin, Maldivian poet and scholar (died 1948)
Cecil Chubb, English barrister and one time owner of Stonehenge (died 1934)
Matti Lonkainen, Finnish politician (died 1918)
Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-English scholar and translator (died 1953)
Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter and educator (died 1905)
Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer and coach (died 1929)
Peter Behrens, German architect, designed the AEG turbine factory (died 1940)
Anne Sullivan, American educator (died 1936)
Alfred Hoare Powell, English architect, and designer and painter of pottery (died 1960)
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (died 1944)
Martin Lipp, Estonian pastor and poet (died 1923)
Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (died 1941)
Augustus Pitt Rivers, English general, ethnologist, and archaeologist (died 1900)
Harriett Ellen Grannis Arey, American educator, author, editor, and publisher (died 1901)
Dimitri Kipiani, Georgian publicist and author (died 1887)
George Grey, Portuguese-New Zealand soldier, explorer, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1898)
John Appold, English engineer (died 1865)
David G. Burnet, American politician, 2nd Vice-president of Texas (died 1870)
Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, French politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1854)
Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, French general (died 1799)
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1809)
Adam Gib, Scottish minister and author (died 1788)
Charles Collé, French playwright and songwriter (died 1783)
Abraham Darby I, English iron master (died 1717)
Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish general and politician (died 1741)
Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (died 1695)
Philip III of Spain (died 1621)
Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician, philosopher, and academic (died 1632)
Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer (died 1598)
Jeanne-Marie de Maille, French Roman Catholic saint (died 1414)
Henry I, king of Castile (died 1217)
Averroes, Andalusian Arab physician and philosopher (died 1198)
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysian civil servant and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia (born 1939)
Ken Holtzman, American baseball player (born 1945)
Mark Sheehan, Irish guitarist (The Script) (born 1976)
Mike Bossy, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (born 1957)
Ilkka Kanerva, Finnish politician (born 1948)
Orlando Julius, Nigerian saxophonist, singer (born 1943)
Bernie Madoff, American mastermind of the world's largest Ponzi scheme (born 1938)
Carol D'Onofrio, American public health researcher (born 1936)
Bibi Andersson, Swedish actress (born1935)
Klaus Bednarz, German journalist and author (born 1942)
Mark Reeds, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1960)
Percy Sledge, American singer (born 1940)
Roberto Tucci, Italian cardinal and theologian (born 1921)
Nina Cassian, Romanian poet and critic (born 1924)
Crad Kilodney, American-Canadian author (born 1948)
Wally Olins, English businessman and academic (born 1930)
Mick Staton, American soldier and politician (born 1940)
Efi Arazi, Israeli businessman, founded the Scailex Corporation (born 1937)
Colin Davis, English conductor and educator (born 1927)
R. P. Goenka, Indian businessman, founded RPG Group (born 1930)
George Jackson, American singer-songwriter (born 1945)
Armando Villanueva, Peruvian politician, 121st Prime Minister of Peru (born 1915)
Charlie Wilson, American politician (born 1943)
Émile Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1919)
Jonathan Frid, Canadian actor (born 1924)
Piermario Morosini, Italian footballer (born 1986)
Jean Gratton, Canadian Roman Catholic bishop (born 1924)
Israr Ahmed, Pakistani theologian and scholar (born 1932)
Alice Miller, Polish-French psychologist and author (born 1923)
Peter Steele, American singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1962)
Maurice Druon, French author (born 1918)
Tommy Holmes, American baseball player and manager (born 1917)
Ollie Johnston, American animator and voice actor (born 1912)
June Callwood, Canadian journalist, author, and activist (born 1924)
Don Ho, American singer and ukulele player (born 1930)
René Rémond, French historian and economist (born 1918)
Mahmut Bakalli, Kosovo politician (born 1936)
Micheline Charest, English-Canadian television producer, co-founded the Cookie Jar Group (born 1953)
Jyrki Otila, Finnish politician (born 1941)
Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (born 1939)
Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1927)
Phil Katz, American computer programmer, co-created the zip file format (born 1962)
August R. Lindt, Swiss lawyer and politician (born 1905)
Wilf Mannion, English footballer (born 1918)
Ellen Corby, American actress and screenwriter (born 1911)
Anthony Newley, English singer-songwriter and actor (born 1931)
Bill Wendell, American television announcer (born 1924)
Burl Ives, American actor, folk singer, and writer (born 1909)
Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani chemist and scholar (born 1897)
Irene Greenwood, Australian radio broadcaster and feminist and peace activist (born 1898)
Randolfo Pacciardi, centre-left Italian politician (born 1899)
Thurston Harris, American singer (born 1931)
Olabisi Onabanjo, Nigerian politician, 3rd Governor of Ogun State (born 1927)
Simone de Beauvoir, French novelist and philosopher (born 1908)
Pete Farndon, English bassist (The Pretenders) (born 1952)
Gianni Rodari, Italian journalist and author (born 1920)
Ben Dunne, founder of Dunnes Stores (born 1908)
Joe Gordon, American baseball player and manager (born 1915)
F. R. Leavis, English educator and critic (born 1895)
José Revueltas, Mexican author and activist (born 1914)
Günter Dyhrenfurth, German-Swiss mountaineer, geologist, and explorer (born 1886)
Fredric March, American actor (born 1897)
Matilde Muñoz Sampedro, Spanish actress (born 1900)
Al Benton, American baseball player (born 1911)
Tatyana Afanasyeva, Russian-Dutch mathematician and theorist (born 1876)
Rachel Carson, American biologist and author (born 1907)
Rahul Sankrityayan, Indian monk and historian (born 1893)
M. Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer and scholar (born 1860)
Al Christie, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1881)
Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru and philosopher (born 1879)
Yakov Dzhugashvili, Georgian-Russian lieutenant (born 1907)
Gillis Grafström, Swedish figure skater and architect (born 1893)
Emmy Noether, German-American mathematician and academic (born 1882)
Richard Armstedt, German philologist, historian, and educator (born 1851)
Vladimir Mayakovsky, Georgian-Russian actor, playwright, and poet (born 1893)
John Singer Sargent, American painter (born 1856)
Auguste-Réal Angers, Canadian judge and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (born 1837)
L. L. Zamenhof, Polish physician and linguist, created Esperanto (born 1859)
Gina Krog, Norwegian suffragist and women's rights activist (born 1847)
Hubert Bland, English activist, co-founded the Fabian Society (born 1855)
Henri Brisson, French politician, 50th Prime Minister of France (born 1835)
Addie Joss, American baseball player and journalist (born 1880)
Henri Elzéar Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 4th Chief Justice of Canada (born 1836)
Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter and sculptor (born 1856)
Emil Czyrniański, Polish chemist (born 1824)
Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint, Dutch novelist (born 1812)
Charles Lot Church, American-Canadian politician (born 1777)
Joseph Lanner, Austrian violinist and composer (born 1801)
Maximilian Hell, Slovak-Hungarian astronomer and priest (born 1720)
William Whitehead, English poet and playwright (born 1715)
George Frideric Handel, German-English organist and composer (born 1685)
Lady Catherine Jones, English philanthropist (born 1672)
Michel Chamillart, French politician, Controller-General of Finances (born 1652)
Avvakum, Russian priest and saint (born 1620)
William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English politician (born 1582)
Tomás Treviño de Sobremonte, crypto-Jewish martyr
Gasparo da Salò, Italian violin maker (born 1540)
Henry Wallop, English politician (born 1540)
Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland (born 1548)
James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, English husband of Mary, Queen of Scots (born 1534)
Louis of Nassau (born 1538)
Girolamo Riario, Lord of Imola and Forli (born 1443)
Thomas de Spens, Scottish statesman and prelate (born c. 1415)
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, English nobleman, known as "the Kingmaker" (born 1428)
John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (born 1431)
Lidwina, Dutch saint (born 1380)
Lucia Visconti, English countess (born 1372)
Richard de Bury, English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of The United Kingdom (born 1287)
Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere, English soldier and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1275)
Bolesław the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland (born 1224)
Mstislav I of Kiev (born 1076)
Conrad, Bishop of Utrecht (born before 1040)
Gerard, Duke of Lorraine (born c. 1030)
Pope Sergius III, pope of the Roman Catholic Church
Ambedkar Jayanti (India)
Bengali New Year (Bangladesh)
Black Day (South Korea)
Cake and Cunnilingus Day
Christian feast day: Anthony, John, and Eustathius
Christian feast day: Bénézet
Christian feast day: Henry Beard Delany (U.S. Episcopal Church)
Christian feast day: Domnina of Terni
Christian feast day: Lidwina
Christian feast day: Peter González
Christian feast day: Tiburtius, Valerian, and Maximus
Christian feast day: April 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Commemoration of Anfal Genocide Against the Kurds (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Day of Mologa (Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia)
Day of the Georgian language (Georgia)
Dhivehi Language Day (Maldives)
N'Ko Alphabet Day (Mande speakers)
Pan American Day (several countries in the Americas)
Takayama Spring Festival begins (Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Vaisakhi (Since 2011)
Youth Day (Angola)
World Quantum Day