1077 - Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor is lifted.
1393 - King Charles VI of France is nearly killed when several dancers' costumes catch fire during a masquerade ball.
1521 - The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25th.
1547 - Henry VIII of England dies. His nine year old son, Edward VI becomes King
1813 - Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
1871 - Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
1908 - Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
1909 - United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish-American War.
1918 - Finnish Civil War: Rebels seized control of the capital, Helsinki, and members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
1932 - Japanese forces attack Shanghai.
1941 - French-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.
1945 - World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
1981 - Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
1986 - Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission – Space Shuttle Challenger breaks apart after liftoff killing all seven astronauts on board.
2011 - Hundreds of thousands of protesters filled up the Egyptian's streets in demonstrations referred to as "Friday of Anger" against the Mubarak regime.
Famous Birthdays
1225 - St Thomas Aquinas
1312 - Queen Joan II of Navarre
1457 - King Henry VII of England
1600 - Pope Clement IX
1717 - Mustafa III, Ottoman sultan
1822 - Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada
1865 - Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, 1st President of Finland
1910 - Arnold Moss, actor
1933 - Jack Hill, film director
1943 - Dick Taylor, musician
1950 - His Majesty King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah of Bahrain
1955 - Nicolas Sarkozy, former President of France
1975 - Lee Latchford-Evans, singer
1980 - Nick Carter, singer
1986 - Jessica Ennis CBE, track and field athlete, Olympic champion
1988 - Paul Henry, footballer
1991 - Calum Worthy, actor
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