1468 - Charles I, Duke of Savoy
1910 - Ingrid, Queen Mother of Denmark
1472 - Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517)
1483 - Raphael, Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens)
1515 - Theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint
1911 - J. L. Austin, British philosopher of language (d. 1960)
1955 - John Alderdice, Northern Irish politician
1956 - Asoka De Silva, cricket leg-spinner (Sri Lanka in 10 Tests 1985-91)
1956 - Evelin Jahl, German DR, discus thrower (Olympic-2 gold-1976)
1914 - Edmund Sixtus Muskie, (Sen-D-Me)/US Sec of State (1980)
1914 - Frank Lovejoy, Bronx NY, actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw)
1914 - Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (d. 2000)
1643 - Jose Solana, composer
1652 - Samuel Sewall, American magistrate (d. 1730)
1959 - Petra Delhees, Jauch Switzertand, tennis star
1959 - Todd Curtis, actor (Capitol, Skip-Young & Restless)
1725 - Andrew Kippis, English clergyman and biographer (d. 1795)
1960 - Jos Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician
1729 - Pieter Fouquet, Dutch art seller (Atlas of Fouquet)
1961 - Byron Scott, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies)
1962 - Ged Grimes, [Danny Wilson], rocker (Mary's Prayer)
1920 - Lord Butterfield
1760 - Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation)
1922 - Felice Chiusano, Italian singer (d. 1990)
1770 - Sophie Mereau, writer
1773 - Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (d. 1844)
1924 - Gerhart Fritsch, writer
1966 - Jason Garrett, NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys)
1925 - Innokenti Smoktunovsky, actor (Bely Prazdnik, Zakoldovannye)
1799 - Karl Adolph von Basedow, German artist (Ziekte van Basedow)
1926 - Polly Umrigar, cricketer (Indian batsman & captain)
1926 - Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba
1815 - Arsne Houssaye, French novelist (d. 1896)
1817 - Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer
1818 - Wade Hampton, SC, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1902
1819 - Sir Joseph Bazalgette, English civil engineer (d. 1891)
1929 - Aubrey J Watson Sr, bishop
1840 - Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor (Equatoria)
1842 - William Harvey Carney, American Civil War officier (d. 1908)
1968 - Jon Lee, British drummer (d. 2002)
1851 - Bernardino Machado, Portuguese politician (d. 1944)
1930 - Elizabeth Bainbridge, English opera singer
1862 - Aristide Briand, France, 11x premier (1909-22) (Nobel 1926)
1969 - Elliot Perry, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks)
1934 - Siegfried Thiele, composer
1935 - Michael Parkinson, English broadcaster
1868 - Wojciech Gawronski, composer
1940 - J Michael Plumb, Islip NY, equestrian (Oly-2 gold/4 silver-1976,84)
1871 - Willem Mengelberg, Utrecht Neth, conductor (NY Philharmonic 1922-30)
1970 - Jason B Gailes, Taunton Mass, rower (Olympics-silver-1996)
1941 - Alf Clausen, Minneapolis Mn, orch leader (Mary, Simpsons)
1970 - Vince Vaughn, American actor
1886 - Jaroslav Novotny, composer
1887 - Rudolf F W Boskaljon, Curacao, musician/composer
1942 - Neil Kinnock, leader of the British opposition (Labour)
1972 - Derek West, offensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts)
1942 - Daniel Dennett, American philosopher
1972 - Keith Tkachuk, Melrose MA, NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix, USA)
1892 - Tom Maguire, Irish republican (d. 1993)
1943 - Mike Newell, director (Bad Blood, Awakening, Amazing Grace & Chuck)
1895 - Spencer W Kimball, 12th prophet of Mormon church
1972 - Nick Frost, English comedian and actor
1944 - Rick Barry, ABA/NBA forward (NY Nets, Golden State Warriors)
1973 - Eddie Fatu, Samoan professional wrestler
1974 - K C Jones, NFL center (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1945 - Count Bjrn Hamilton, Swedish politician
1900 - Achille Longo, composer
1975 - Atta-ur-Rehman, cricketer (Pakistani quickie, debut v Engl1992 age 17)
1902 - Flora Robson, South Shields England, actress (Dominique is Dead)
1975 - Ivn Helguera, Spanish footballer
1947 - John Landecker, American disk jockey
1903 - Rudolf Serkin, Eger Bohemia, pianist (Marlboro Sch of Music)
1903 - Charles Starrett, American actor (d. 1986)
1904 - Fosco Giachetti, Livorno Italy, actor (Wastrel, We the Living)
1905 - Marlin Perkins, Carthage Mo, TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom)
1978 - Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997)
1979 - Juli Keech, Miss South Dakota Teen USA (1997)
1949 - Ronnie Ray Smith, 4 X 100m relay runner (Olympic-gold-1968)
1980 - Cara Lewis, Miss Mississippi Teen USA (1997)
1907 - "Swifty" Lazar, American talent agent (d. 1993)
37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.
193 - Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.
364 - Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
845 - Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
1776 - Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
1794 - Allies under the prince of Coburg defeat French forces at Le Cateau.
1795 - Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
1802 - Heinrich Wilhelm Matthus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man.
1809 - Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin.
1854 - Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
1860 - First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Glorieta Pass - in New Mexico, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of New Mexico territory. The battle began on March 26.
1871 - The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
1889 - The Yngsj murder occurs in Yngsj, Sweden and Anna Mnsdotter is arrested along with her son.
1910 - Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
1913 - Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1920 - Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
1930 - Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara.
1939 - Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid.
1941 - World War II: Battle of Cape Matapan - in the Mediterranean Sea, British Admiral Andrew Browne Cunningham leads the Royal Navy in the destruction of three major Italian heavy cruisers and two destroyers.
1942 - World War II: In occupied France, British naval forces successfully raid the German-occupied port of St. Nazaire.
1946 - Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
1959 - The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the Government of Tibet.
1968 - Brazilian high school student Edson Lus de Lima Souto is shot by the police in a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students. The aftermath of his death is one of the first major events against the military dictatorship.
1969 - Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
1969 - The McGill franais movement protest occurs, the second largest protest in Montreal's history with 10,000 trade unionists, leftist activists, CEGEP students, and even some McGill students at McGill's Roddick Gates. This led to the majority of the protesters getting arrested.
1978 - The US Supreme Court hands down 5-3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
1979 - Operators of Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania fail to recognize that a relief valve in the primary coolant system has stuck open following an unexpected shutdown. As a result, enough coolant drains out of the system to allow the core to overheat and partially melt down.
1979 - The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government, precipitating a general election.
1990 - President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
1994 - In South Africa, Zulus and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg, resulting in 18 deaths.
1999 - Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill 146 Kosovo Albanians in the Izbica massacre.
2000 - Three children are killed when a Murray County, Georgia, school bus is hit by a CSX freight train.
2003 - In a friendly fire incident, two A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft from the United States Idaho Air National Guard's 190th Fighter Squadron attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing British soldier Matty Hull.
2005 - The 2005 Sumatran earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the fourth strongest earthquake since 1965.
2006 - At least 1 million union members, students, and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law.
1910 - Ingrid, Queen Mother of Denmark
1472 - Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517)
1483 - Raphael, Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens)
1515 - Theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint
1911 - J. L. Austin, British philosopher of language (d. 1960)
1955 - John Alderdice, Northern Irish politician
1956 - Asoka De Silva, cricket leg-spinner (Sri Lanka in 10 Tests 1985-91)
1956 - Evelin Jahl, German DR, discus thrower (Olympic-2 gold-1976)
1914 - Edmund Sixtus Muskie, (Sen-D-Me)/US Sec of State (1980)
1914 - Frank Lovejoy, Bronx NY, actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw)
1914 - Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (d. 2000)
1643 - Jose Solana, composer
1652 - Samuel Sewall, American magistrate (d. 1730)
1959 - Petra Delhees, Jauch Switzertand, tennis star
1959 - Todd Curtis, actor (Capitol, Skip-Young & Restless)
1725 - Andrew Kippis, English clergyman and biographer (d. 1795)
1960 - Jos Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician
1729 - Pieter Fouquet, Dutch art seller (Atlas of Fouquet)
1961 - Byron Scott, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies)
1962 - Ged Grimes, [Danny Wilson], rocker (Mary's Prayer)
1920 - Lord Butterfield
1760 - Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation)
1922 - Felice Chiusano, Italian singer (d. 1990)
1770 - Sophie Mereau, writer
1773 - Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (d. 1844)
1924 - Gerhart Fritsch, writer
1966 - Jason Garrett, NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys)
1925 - Innokenti Smoktunovsky, actor (Bely Prazdnik, Zakoldovannye)
1799 - Karl Adolph von Basedow, German artist (Ziekte van Basedow)
1926 - Polly Umrigar, cricketer (Indian batsman & captain)
1926 - Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba
1815 - Arsne Houssaye, French novelist (d. 1896)
1817 - Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer
1818 - Wade Hampton, SC, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1902
1819 - Sir Joseph Bazalgette, English civil engineer (d. 1891)
1929 - Aubrey J Watson Sr, bishop
1840 - Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor (Equatoria)
1842 - William Harvey Carney, American Civil War officier (d. 1908)
1968 - Jon Lee, British drummer (d. 2002)
1851 - Bernardino Machado, Portuguese politician (d. 1944)
1930 - Elizabeth Bainbridge, English opera singer
1862 - Aristide Briand, France, 11x premier (1909-22) (Nobel 1926)
1969 - Elliot Perry, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks)
1934 - Siegfried Thiele, composer
1935 - Michael Parkinson, English broadcaster
1868 - Wojciech Gawronski, composer
1940 - J Michael Plumb, Islip NY, equestrian (Oly-2 gold/4 silver-1976,84)
1871 - Willem Mengelberg, Utrecht Neth, conductor (NY Philharmonic 1922-30)
1970 - Jason B Gailes, Taunton Mass, rower (Olympics-silver-1996)
1941 - Alf Clausen, Minneapolis Mn, orch leader (Mary, Simpsons)
1970 - Vince Vaughn, American actor
1886 - Jaroslav Novotny, composer
1887 - Rudolf F W Boskaljon, Curacao, musician/composer
1942 - Neil Kinnock, leader of the British opposition (Labour)
1972 - Derek West, offensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts)
1942 - Daniel Dennett, American philosopher
1972 - Keith Tkachuk, Melrose MA, NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix, USA)
1892 - Tom Maguire, Irish republican (d. 1993)
1943 - Mike Newell, director (Bad Blood, Awakening, Amazing Grace & Chuck)
1895 - Spencer W Kimball, 12th prophet of Mormon church
1972 - Nick Frost, English comedian and actor
1944 - Rick Barry, ABA/NBA forward (NY Nets, Golden State Warriors)
1973 - Eddie Fatu, Samoan professional wrestler
1974 - K C Jones, NFL center (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1945 - Count Bjrn Hamilton, Swedish politician
1900 - Achille Longo, composer
1975 - Atta-ur-Rehman, cricketer (Pakistani quickie, debut v Engl1992 age 17)
1902 - Flora Robson, South Shields England, actress (Dominique is Dead)
1975 - Ivn Helguera, Spanish footballer
1947 - John Landecker, American disk jockey
1903 - Rudolf Serkin, Eger Bohemia, pianist (Marlboro Sch of Music)
1903 - Charles Starrett, American actor (d. 1986)
1904 - Fosco Giachetti, Livorno Italy, actor (Wastrel, We the Living)
1905 - Marlin Perkins, Carthage Mo, TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom)
1978 - Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997)
1979 - Juli Keech, Miss South Dakota Teen USA (1997)
1949 - Ronnie Ray Smith, 4 X 100m relay runner (Olympic-gold-1968)
1980 - Cara Lewis, Miss Mississippi Teen USA (1997)
1907 - "Swifty" Lazar, American talent agent (d. 1993)
37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.
193 - Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.
364 - Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
845 - Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
1776 - Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
1794 - Allies under the prince of Coburg defeat French forces at Le Cateau.
1795 - Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
1802 - Heinrich Wilhelm Matthus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man.
1809 - Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin.
1854 - Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
1860 - First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Glorieta Pass - in New Mexico, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of New Mexico territory. The battle began on March 26.
1871 - The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
1889 - The Yngsj murder occurs in Yngsj, Sweden and Anna Mnsdotter is arrested along with her son.
1910 - Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
1913 - Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1920 - Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
1930 - Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara.
1939 - Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid.
1941 - World War II: Battle of Cape Matapan - in the Mediterranean Sea, British Admiral Andrew Browne Cunningham leads the Royal Navy in the destruction of three major Italian heavy cruisers and two destroyers.
1942 - World War II: In occupied France, British naval forces successfully raid the German-occupied port of St. Nazaire.
1946 - Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
1959 - The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the Government of Tibet.
1968 - Brazilian high school student Edson Lus de Lima Souto is shot by the police in a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students. The aftermath of his death is one of the first major events against the military dictatorship.
1969 - Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
1969 - The McGill franais movement protest occurs, the second largest protest in Montreal's history with 10,000 trade unionists, leftist activists, CEGEP students, and even some McGill students at McGill's Roddick Gates. This led to the majority of the protesters getting arrested.
1978 - The US Supreme Court hands down 5-3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
1979 - Operators of Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania fail to recognize that a relief valve in the primary coolant system has stuck open following an unexpected shutdown. As a result, enough coolant drains out of the system to allow the core to overheat and partially melt down.
1979 - The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government, precipitating a general election.
1990 - President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
1994 - In South Africa, Zulus and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg, resulting in 18 deaths.
1999 - Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill 146 Kosovo Albanians in the Izbica massacre.
2000 - Three children are killed when a Murray County, Georgia, school bus is hit by a CSX freight train.
2003 - In a friendly fire incident, two A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft from the United States Idaho Air National Guard's 190th Fighter Squadron attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing British soldier Matty Hull.
2005 - The 2005 Sumatran earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the fourth strongest earthquake since 1965.
2006 - At least 1 million union members, students, and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law.
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