238 - Year of the Six Emperors: The Roman Senate outlaws Emperor Maximinus Thrax for his bloodthirsty proscriptions in Rome and nominates two of its members, Pupienus and Balbinus, to the throne.
1500 - Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil.
1529 - Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas.
1659 - Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
1809 - The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: the Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France and driven over the Danube in Regensburg.
1864 - The US Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
1876 - The first ever National League baseball game is played in Philadelphia.
1898 - Spanish-American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports and the USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
1912 - Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
1930 - The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
1945 - World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. 520 are killed and 80 escape.
1945 - World War II: Führerbunker: After learning that Soviet forces have taken Eberswalde without a fight, Adolf Hitler admits defeat in his underground bunker and states that suicide is his only recourse.
1948 - 1948 Arab-Israeli War: Haifa, a major port of Israel, is captured from Arab forces.
1954 - Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army-McCarthy Hearings begins.
1970 - The first Earth Day is celebrated.
1972 - Vietnam War: Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.
1992 - In an explosion in Guadalajara, Mexico, 206 people are killed, nearly 500 injured and 15,000 left homeless.
1997 - The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends in Lima, Peru.
2000 - Second Battle of Elephant Pass: Tamil Tigers capture a strategic Sri Lankan Army base and hold it for 8 years.
2005 - Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record.
2006 - 243 people are injured in pro-democracy protest in Nepal after Nepali security forces open fire on protesters against King Gyanendra.
Famous Birthdays
1451 - Isabella I of Castile, Queen of Castile and León
1610 - Pope Alexander VIII
1766 - Madame de Staël, author
1852 - Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1868 - Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria
1872 - Princess Margaret of Prussia
1892 - Vernon Johns, civil rights activist
1906 - Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
1926 - Charlotte Rae, actress
1940 - Marie-José Nat, actress
1957 - Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland
1963 - Sean Lock, comedian
1967 - Sheryl Lee, actress
1972 - Sabine Appelmans, tennis player
1977 - Aaron Fink, musician
1980 - Clarke Dermody, rugby player
1990 - MGK, rapper
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