1941 – British major general Michael Gambier-Parry captured in North Africa
1954 – US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1957 – Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
1973 – Pioneer 11 launched toward Jupiter and Saturn
1994 – Chuck Jones found guilty of breaking into Marla Maples’ home
1994 – The Rwandan Genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.
1823 – Joseph Medill, St John NB Canada, newspaper editor (Chicago Tribune)
1892 – Lowell Thomas, Woodington Ohio, newscaster (High Adventure)
1909 – Hermann Lang, German race car driver (d. 1987)
1910 – Desmond Dreyer, British admiral
1948 – Patrika Darbo, American actress
1970 – Oliver Miller, NBA forward/center (Toronto Raptors)
1551 – Joachim Vadianus, Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen, dies at 66
1661 – John Webster, colonial Governor of Connecticut (Fundamental Orders of Connecticut), dies at about 71
1949 – Stanley Christopherson, cricketer (1884, MCC Pres during WWII), dies
1974 – Willem Dudok, Dutch architect (Hilversum Town Hall), dies at 89
1994 – Dick Cary, jazz musician, dies at 77
2009 – Shawn Mackay, Brumbies rugby player (b. 1982)