A Bosnian-Serb wedding procession was attacked in Sarajevo, resulting in what is widely considered the first casualty of the Bosnian War.
Pink Floyd's critically acclaimed album The Dark Side of the Moon was released.
In a trial lasting less than 90 minutes, German–British physicist Klaus Fuchs was convicted of violating the Official Secrets Act by supplying information from the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union.
World War II: American and Australian troops won the Battle of Sio against Japanese forces as part of the New Guinea campaign.
Hoover Dam, straddling the Arizona–Nevada border on the Colorado River, was completed.
The Kronstadt rebellion began following mass protests in Petrograd demanding greater freedom in Russia with sailors and citizens taking up arms against the Bolsheviks.
The Australian cricket team, led by Warwick Armstrong, became the first team to complete a whitewash in the Ashes, an achievement that would not be repeated for 86 years.
Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
French physicist Henri Becquerel discovered the principle of radioactive decay when he exposed photographic plates to uranium salts.
Yellowstone National Park (bison pictured), located mostly in the present-day U.S. state of Wyoming, was established by President Ulysses S. Grant.
Paraguayan War: Marshal Francisco Solano López died at the Battle of Cerro Corá.
The Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev (pictured) finished his design of the first periodic table.
Samuel Chase, the only Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to be impeached, was acquitted by the Senate.
An attempt by François, Duke of Guise, to disperse a church service by Huguenots in Wassy, France, turned into a massacre, resulting in 50 dead, and starting the French Wars of Religion.
Thirty-five people are killed and 143 injured in a mass stabbing at Kunming Railway Station in China.
The Armenian police clash with peaceful opposition rally protesting against allegedly fraudulent presidential elections, as a result ten people are killed.
Tornadoes break out across the southern United States, killing at least 20 people, including eight at Enterprise High School.
English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.
In Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of any crime is unconstitutional.
Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.
The Envisat environmental satellite successfully launches aboard an Ariane 5 rocket to reach an orbit of 800 km (500 mi) above the Earth, which was the then-largest payload at 10.5 m long and with a diameter of 4.57 m.
Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-109 to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
Launched on MetroTV the sixth private television 24-hour news channel in Indonesia.
Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.
Launched on ANTV the fourth private television station in Indonesia.
Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Uprisings against Saddam Hussein begin in Iraq, leading to the deaths of more than 25,000 people, mostly civilians.
Launched on SCTV the second private television station in Indonesia.
Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze.
Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages.
President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.
Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria.
Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe.
Paradise Airlines Flight 901A crashes near Lake Tahoe, Nevada, killing 85.
American Airlines Flight 1 crashes into Jamaica Bay in New York, killing 95.
Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections.
Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first U.S. member of the Roman Curia.
The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee.
Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.
Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.
The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
The Bank of England is nationalised.
World War II: Japanese forces land on Java, the main island of the Dutch East Indies, at Merak and Banten Bay (Banten), Eretan Wetan (Indramayu) and Kragan (Rembang).
World War II: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact, allying itself with the Axis powers.
An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh's 20-month-old son Charles Jr is kidnapped from his home in East Amwell, New Jersey. His body would not be found until May 12.
The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
Following mass protests in Petrograd demanding greater freedom in the RSFSR, the Kronstadt rebellion begins, with sailors and citizens taking up arms against the Bolsheviks.
March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.
The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
China joins the Universal Postal Union.
The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
The Australian Army is formed.
Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France, after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
Nebraska is admitted as the 37th U.S. state.
United States President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.
Leaders of the Mamluk dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali.
Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted at the end of his impeachment trial before the U.S. Senate.
The Dutch East India Company is nationalized by the Batavian Republic.
The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.
Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.
Writs issued in February by Charles I of England mandate that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date.
Sixty-three Huguenots are massacred in Wassy, France, marking the start of the French Wars of Religion.
Forces of the Catholic Monarchs engage the combined Portuguese-Castilian armies of Afonso V and Prince John at the Battle of Toro.
Emperor Louis the Pious is restored as sole ruler of the Frankish Empire.
Vetranio proclaims himself Caesar after being encouraged to do so by Constantina, sister of Constantius II.
Emperor Diocletian and Maximian appoint Constantius Chlorus and Galerius as Caesars. This is considered the beginning of the Tetrarchy, known as the Quattuor Principes Mundi ("Four Rulers of the World").
Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.
Romulus More than 400 Women.
Wander Franco, Dominican baseball player
Sapnap, American YouTuber
Ja'Marr Chase, American football player
Oswaldo Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player
Brogan Hay, Scottish footballer
Justin Bieber, Canadian singer-songwriter
Asanoyama Hiroki, Japanese sumo wrestler
Tyreek Hill, American football player
Maximilian Philipp, German footballer
Juan Bernat, Spanish footballer
Michael Conforto, American baseball player
Josh McEachran, English footballer
Victor Rask, Swedish ice hockey player
Jordan Veretout, French footballer
Édouard Mendy, Senegalese footballer
Tom Walsh, New Zealand athlete
Joe Mantiply, American baseball player
Tenille Dashwood, Australian professional wrestler
Daniella Monet, American actress
Emeraude Toubia, Canadian-American actress
Carlos Vela, Mexican footballer
Trevor Cahill, American baseball player
Jarvis Varnado, American basketball player
Kesha, American singer-songwriter and actress
Kyle O'Reilly, Canadian professional wrestler
Big E, American professional wrestler
Jonathan Spector, American soccer player
Alec Utgoff, Ukrainian-English actor
Andreas Ottl, German footballer
Alexander Steen, Canadian-Swedish ice hockey player
Claudio Bieler, Argentinian footballer
Daniel Carvalho, Brazilian footballer
Lupita Nyong'o, Kenyan-Mexican actress
Travis Diener, American-Italian basketball player
Will Power, Australian race car driver
Shahid Afridi, Pakistani cricketer
Sercan Güvenışık, German-Turkish footballer
Djimi Traoré, French-Malian footballer
Mikkel Kessler, Danish boxer
Bruno Langlois, Canadian cyclist
Jensen Ackles, American actor and musician
Rens Blom, Dutch pole vaulter
Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American actor
Jack Davenport, English actor
Ryan Peake, Canadian musician and songwriter
Chris Webber, American basketball player and sportscaster
Ma Dong-seok, South Korean-American actor
Brad Falchuk, American screenwriter, director, and producer
Yolanda Griffith, American basketball player and coach
Javier Bardem, Spanish actor and producer
George Eads, American actor
Aron Winter, Surinamese-Dutch footballer and manager
Don Lemon, American journalist
Zack Snyder, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Booker T, American professional wrestler and sportscaster
Chris Eigeman, American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer
Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey
Bryan Batt, American actor
Ron Francis, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
Magnus Svensson, Swedish ice hockey player
Russell Wong, American actor
Mike Rozier, American football player
Nick Griffin, English politician
Nik Kershaw, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Wayne B. Phillips, Australian cricketer and coach
Bertrand Piccard, Swiss psychiatrist and aviator
Tim Daly, American actor, director, and producer
Dalia Grybauskaitė, Lithuanian politician, 8th President of Lithuania
Catherine Bach, American actress
Ron Howard, American actor, director, and producer
Sinan Çetin, Turkish actor, director, and producer
Carlos Queiroz, Portuguese footballer and manager
M. K. Stalin, Indian Tamil politician, 8th and incumbent Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Dave Barr, Canadian golfer
Nevada Barr, American actress and author
Janice Burgess, American television executive, screenwriter, and producer (died 2024)
Leigh Matthews, Australian footballer, coach, and sportscaster
Jerri Nielsen, American physician and explorer (died 2009)
Martin O'Neill, Northern Irish footballer and manager
Brian Winters, American basketball player and coach
Sergei Kourdakov, Russian-American KGB agent (died 1973)
Alan Thicke, Canadian-American actor and composer (died 2016)
Gerry Boulet, Canadian singer-songwriter (died 1990)
Jim Crace, English author and academic
Dirk Benedict, American actor and director
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Indian politician, 7th Chief Minister of West Bengal
John Breaux, American lawyer and politician
Mike d'Abo, English singer
Roger Daltrey, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
Gil Amelio, American businessman
José Ángel Iribar, Spanish footballer and manager
Rashid Sunyaev, Russian-German astronomer and physicist
Richard Myers, American general
Robert Hass, American poet
Dave Marcis, American stock car racing driver
Robin Gray, Australian politician, 37th Premier of Tasmania
Robert Grossman, American painter, sculptor, and author (died 2018)
Leo Brouwer, Cuban guitarist, composer, and conductor
Mustansar Hussain Tarar, Pakistani author
Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (died 1997)
Robert Conrad, American actor, radio host and stuntman (died 2020)
Jean-Michel Folon, Belgian painter and sculptor (died 2005)
Joan Hackett, American actress (died 1983)
Monu Mukhopadhyay, Indian Bengali actor (died 2020)
Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist (died 1980)
Georgi Markov, Bulgarian journalist and author (died 1978)
Jacques Rivette, French director, screenwriter, and critic (died 2016)
George O. Abell, American astronomer, academic, and skeptic (died 1983)
Harry Belafonte, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2023)
Robert Bork, American lawyer and scholar, United States Attorney General (died 2012)
Robert Clary, French-American actor and author (died 2022)
Cesare Danova, Italian-American actor (died 1992)
Pete Rozelle, American businessman and 3rd National Football League Commissioner (died 1996)
Allan Stanley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2013)
Arnold Drake, American author and screenwriter (died 2007)
Deke Slayton, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut (died 1993)
William Gaines, American publisher (died 1992)
Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli general and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)
Fred Scolari, American basketball player (died 2002)
Cameron Argetsinger, American race car driver and lawyer (died 2008)
Terence Cooke, American cardinal (died 1983)
Richard Wilbur, American poet, translator, and essayist (died 2017)
Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1984)
Howard Nemerov, American poet and academic (died 1991)
João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (died 1976)
Gladys Spellman, American educator and politician (died 1988)
Robert Lowell, American poet (died 1977)
Dinah Shore, American singer and actress (died 1994)
Harry Caray, American sportscaster (died 1998)
Ralph Ellison, American novelist and literary critic (died 1994)
Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian cardinal (died 2003)
Boris Chertok, Polish-Russian engineer and academic (died 2011)
Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002)
David Niven, English soldier and actor (died 1983)
Eugene Esmonde, English lieutenant and pilot (died 1942)
Winston Sharples, American pianist and composer (died 1978)
Phạm Văn Đồng, Vietnamese lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Vietnam (died 2000)
Doris Hare, Welsh-English actress, singer, and dancer (died 2000)
Paul Hartman, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1973)
Glenn Miller, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (died 1944)
Basil Bunting, British poet (died 1985)
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, German SS officer (died 1972)
Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1960)
Moriz Seeler, German playwright and producer (died 1942)
Mercedes de Acosta, American author, poet, and playwright (died 1968)
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author and educator (died 1927)
Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier (died 1940)