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Events

=Pre-1600=

  • 491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I.{{cite book|title=Von einer Gesellschaft deutscher Gelehrten bearbeitet: Bd. 1-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0FT9TlFkyAwC&pg=PA487|year=1832|publisher=Brüggemann|pages=487|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Kosiński|first=Rafał|title=Holiness and Power: Constantinopolitan Holy Men and Authority in the 5th Century|location=Berlin|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|date=2016|isbn=9783110417074|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dZBlCwAAQBAJ|page=162}}
  • 1241 – Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi.{{cite book|last=Bachrach|first=David S.|title=The Histories of a Medieval German City, Worms c. 1000-c. 1300|location=Farnham, Surrey, UK|publisher=Ashgate|date=2014|isbn=9781472436412|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Fw8BAAAQBAJ|page=88}}
  • 1512 – War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Ferrarese forces led by Gaston de Foix and Alfonso I d'Este win the Battle of Ravenna against the Papal-Spanish forces.{{cite book|last=Tucker|first=Spencer C.|chapter=Overview of 1500-1600: A Chronology|title=A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. Volume 2: 1500-1774|editor-last=Tucker|editor-first=Spencer C.|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2010|isbn=9781851096671|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5_tSnygvbIC|page=481}}
  • 1544 – Italian War of 1542–46: A French army defeats Habsburg forces at the Battle of Ceresole, but fails to exploit its victory.{{cite book|last=Tucker|first=Spencer C.|chapter=Overview of 1500-1600: A Chronology|title=A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. Volume 2: 1500-1774|editor-last=Tucker|editor-first=Spencer C.|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2010|isbn=9781851096671|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5_tSnygvbIC|pages=510–511}}

=1601–1900=

  • 1689 – William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain{{cite book|last=Bell|first=James B.|title=Anglicans, Dissenters and Radical Change in Early New England 1686-1786|location=Cham, Switzerland|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|date=2017|isbn=9783319556291|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fng5DwAAQBAJ|page=33}} on the same day that the Scottish Parliament concurs with the English decision of 12 February.{{cite book|last=Panton|first=Kenneth J.|title=Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Scarecrow Press|date=2011|isbn=9780810857797|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiyyueBTpaMC|page=xxxiii}}
  • 1713 – France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Utrecht, bringing an end to the War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War). Britain accepts Philip V as King of Spain, while Philip renounces any claim to the French throne.{{cite book|last=Ghervas|first=Stella|chapter=In the Shadow of Utrecht: Perpetual Peace and International Order, 1713-1815|title=The 1713 Peace of Utrecht and Its Enduring Effects|editor-last=Soons|editor-first=Alfred H.A.|location=Boston|publisher=Brill|date=2020|isbn=9789004266407|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hm3DDwAAQBAJ|pages=204–205}}
  • 1727 – Premiere of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion BWV 244b at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony (now Germany).{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Richard Douglas|title=The Creative Development of Johann Sebastian Bach: Music to Delight the Spirit. Volume 2: 1717-1750|location=Oxford, UK|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2013|isbn=9780198164401|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0YwzAQAAQBAJ|page=181}}
  • 1809 – Battle of the Basque Roads: Admiral Lord Gambier fails to support Captain Lord Cochrane, leading to an incomplete British victory over the French fleet.{{cite book|last=Cordingly|first=David|title=Cochrane the Dauntless|location=London|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|date=2007|isbn=9780747580881|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZMdDpmTXdWsC|page=205|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Clowes|first=William Laird|title=The Royal Navy, A History from the Earliest Times to the Present. Volume V|location=London|publisher=S. Low, Marston and Co.|date=1900|oclc=1296915|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iH9nAAAAMAAJ|pages=268–269|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Stewart|first=William|title=Admirals of the World: A Biographical Dictionary: 1500 to the Present|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Co.|date=2009|isbn=9780786438099|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S1VimlFIjQoC|page=139}}
  • 1814 – The Treaty of Fontainebleau ends the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon Bonaparte, and forces him to abdicate unconditionally for the first time.
  • 1856 – Second Battle of Rivas: Juan Santamaría burns down the hostel where William Walker's filibusters are holed up.
  • 1868 – Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
  • 1876 – The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
  • 1881 – Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.

=1901–present=

  • 1908 – {{SMS|Blücher}}, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
  • 1909 – The city of Tel Aviv is founded.{{cite book |last1=Schlor |first1=Joachim |last2=Schlör |first2=Joachim |title=Tel Aviv: From Dream to City |year=1999 |publisher=Reaktion Books |isbn=978-1-86189-033-7 |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CpxkwO7hdVQC&pg=PA43 |language=en}}
  • 1921 – Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.
  • 1935 – Stresa Front: opening of the conference between the British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, the Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and the French Minister for Foreign Affairs Pierre Laval to condemn the German violations of the Treaty of Versailles.{{Cite web|url=http://beyondthirtynine.com/11-14-april-1935-the-stresa-front-to-stop-adolf-hitler/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413050817/http://beyondthirtynine.com/11-14-april-1935-the-stresa-front-to-stop-adolf-hitler/ |archive-date=13 April 2015 |url-status=dead |title=11-14 April 1935. The Stresa Front to stop Adolf Hitler. |last=Paratico |first=Angelo |date=13 April 2015 |website=beyondthirtynine.com}}
  • 1945 – World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.{{cite web |title=Buchenwald {{!}} Definition, Location, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Buchenwald |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 November 2020 |language=en}}
  • 1951 – Korean War: President Truman relieves Douglas MacArthur of the command of American forces in Korea and Japan.
  • 1951 – The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
  • 1952 – Bolivian National Revolution: Rebels take over Palacio Quemado.{{Cite web|date=13 November 2019|title=The 1952 Bolivian Revolution |website=IWL-FI |last=Sagra |first=Alicia |url=https://litci.org/en/the-1952-bolivian-revolution/ |access-date=26 February 2022 |language=en |url-status=live |archive-date=27 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127005758/https://litci.org/en/the-1952-bolivian-revolution/}}
  • 1952 – Pan Am Flight 526A ditches near San Juan-Isla Grande Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, after experiencing an engine failure, killing 52 people.{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-4 N88899 San Juan-Isla Grande Airport (SIG) |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19520411-0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013235651/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19520411-0 |archive-date=2012-10-13 |access-date= |website=Aviation Safety Network}}
  • 1955 – The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
  • 1957 – United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
  • 1961 – The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
  • 1963 – Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in terris, the first encyclical addressed to all Christians instead of only Catholics, and which described the conditions for world peace in human terms.
  • 1964 – Brazilian Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is elected president by the National Congress.
  • 1965 – The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-five tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states of the United States, killing 266 people.{{cite web |author1=Blake Naftel |author2=Jon Chamberlain |author3=Becky Monroe |author4=Ed Lacey Jr. |author5=Dick Loney |title=April 11th 1965 Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak |url=https://www.weather.gov/iwx/1965_palmsunday_50 |website=Northern Indiana Weather Forecast Office |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=14 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404011605/https://www.weather.gov/iwx/1965_palmsunday_50 |archive-date=4 April 2015 |location=Syracuse, Indiana |date=2015}}
  • 1968 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
  • 1968 – A failed assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement, leaves Dutschke suffering from brain damage.{{Cite journal |last=Karcher |first=Katharina |date=2021-11-01 |title=The pleasure and pain of passing as (dis)abled: Rudi Dutschke's exile in the UK (1968-1971) and the Ableism of the West German Student Movement |url=https://research.birmingham.ac.uk/en/publications/the-pleasure-and-pain-of-passing-as-disabled-rudi-dutschkes-exile |journal=New German Critique |language=English |volume=48 |issue=3 |pages=199–218 |doi=10.1215/0094033X-9305540 |s2cid=244302173 |issn=1558-1462|url-access=subscription }}
  • 1970 – Apollo Program: Apollo 13 is launched.
  • 1976 – The Apple I is created.{{cite web|title=And that's the way it was: April 11, 1976|website=Columbia Journalism Review|date=April 11, 2013|access-date=April 1, 2019|url=https://archives.cjr.org/the_kicker/and_thats_the_way_it_was_april_7.php}}
  • 1977 – London Transport's Silver Jubilee AEC Routemaster buses are launched.
  • 1979 – Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
  • 1981 – A massive riot in Brixton, south London results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.
  • 1982 – American-Israeli reservist Alan Harry Goodman carried out a mass shooting at the Dome of the Rock, killing two Palestinians and injured at least seven others.{{cite web|date=17 December 1997|title='I am not dangerous' Killer: The man who shot up a Muslim holy place in Jerusalem in 1982, setting off riots, returns to Baltimore.|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1997/12/17/i-am-not-dangerous-killer-the-man-who-shot-up-a-muslim-holy-place-in-jerusalem-in-1982-setting-off-riots-returns-to-baltimore/|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=6 June 2025|work=Baltimore Sun}}
  • 1986 – FBI Miami Shootout: A gun battle in broad daylight in Dade County, Florida between two bank/armored car robbers and pursuing FBI agents. During the firefight, FBI agents Jerry L. Dove and Benjamin P. Grogan were killed, while five other agents were wounded. As a result, the popular .40 S&W cartridge was developed.
  • 1987 – The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.
  • 1990 – Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, seize what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq.
  • 1993 – Four hundred fifty prisoners rioted at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continued to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs.
  • 2001 – The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, China after a collision with a J-8 fighter, is released.
  • 2001 – The Australia national men's soccer team sets a world record for the largest victory in an international association football match, winning the game 31–0 against American Samoa at the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers for OFC. Australia's Archie Thompson also breaks the record for most goals scored by a player in an international match by scoring 13 goals.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/3003021/Australia-score-31-without-loss-in-record-win.html |title=Australia score 31 without loss in record win |date=11 April 2001 |access-date=5 August 2009|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |first=Christopher |last=Davies}}
  • 2002 – The Ghriba synagogue bombing by al-Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.
  • 2002 – Over two hundred thousand people march in Caracas towards the presidential palace to demand the resignation of President Hugo Chávez. Nineteen protesters are killed.
  • 2006 – Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces Iran's claim to have successfully enriched uranium.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/apr/12/iran.topstories3|title=Iran declares: we are in the nuclear club|first=Robert Tait Ewen|last=MacAskill|newspaper=The Guardian |date=April 11, 2006|via=www.theguardian.com}}
  • 2007 – Algiers bombings: Two bombings in Algiers kill 33 people and wound a further 222 others.
  • 2008 – Kata Air Transport Flight 007 crashes while attempting an emergency landing at Chișinău International Airport, killing eight.{{Cite web |date=12 April 2008 |title=Sudanese plane crashes in Moldova, eight dead |url=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/198443,sudanese-plane-crashes-in-moldova-eight-dead.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714115007/http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/198443,sudanese-plane-crashes-in-moldova-eight-dead.html |archive-date=14 July 2014 |website=Earth Times}}
  • 2011 – An explosion in the Minsk Metro, Belarus kills 15 people and injures 204 others.
  • 2012 – A pair of great earthquakes occur in the Wharton Basin west of Sumatra in Indonesia. The maximum Mercalli intensity of this strike-slip doublet earthquake is VII (Very strong). Ten are killed, twelve are injured, and a non-destructive tsunami is observed on the island of Nias.
  • 2017 – The tour bus of the German football team Borussia Dortmund was attacked with roadside bombs in Dortmund, Germany. Three bombs exploded as the bus ferried the team to the Westfalenstadion for the first leg of their quarter-final against Monaco.
  • 2018 – An Ilyushin Il-76 which was owned and operated by the Algerian Air Force crashes near Boufarik, Algeria, killing 257.
  • 2021 – Twenty year old Daunte Wright is shot and killed in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota by officer Kimberly Potter, sparking protests in the city, when the officer mistakes her pistol for her taser.{{Cite web|author=Ray Sanchez and Mallika Kallingal|title=Ex-police officer Kim Potter weeps, says she's 'sorry' as she recalls fatally shooting Daunte Wright|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/17/us/kim-potter-trial-friday/index.html|access-date=2021-12-18|website=CNN|date=17 December 2021 }}
  • 2023 – During the Pazigyi massacre, an airstrike conducted by the Myanmar Air Force kills at least 100 villagers in Pazigyi, Sagaing Region.{{cite news |date=11 April 2023 |title=Airstrikes on Myanmar village feared to have killed 100 |language=en |work=AP NEWS |url=https://apnews.com/article/airstrikes-military-myanmar-village-918fd636bb81153928ab7481e06423e5}}

Births

=Pre-1600=

=1601–1900=

=1901–present=

  • 1903 – Misuzu Kaneko, Japanese poet (died 1930)
  • 1904 – K. L. Saigal, Indian singer and actor (died 1947)
  • 1905 – Attila József, Hungarian poet and educator (died 1937)
  • 1906 – Dale Messick, American author and illustrator (died 2005)
  • 1907 – Paul Douglas, American actor (died 1959)
  • 1908 – Jane Bolin, American lawyer and judge (died 2007)
  • 1908 – Masaru Ibuka, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (died 1997){{cite news |title=Obituary: Masaru Ibuka |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-masaru-ibuka-1290247.html |access-date=22 July 2020 |work=The Independent |date=22 December 1997 |language=en}}
  • 1908 – Dan Maskell, English tennis player and sportscaster (died 1992)
  • 1908 – Leo Rosten, Polish-American author and academic (died 1997)
  • 1910 – António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician, 14th President of Portugal (died 1996)
  • 1912 – John Levy, American bassist and businessman (died 2012)
  • 1913 – Oleg Cassini, French-American fashion designer (died 2006)
  • 1914 – Norman McLaren, Scottish-Canadian animator, director, and producer (died 1987)
  • 1914 – Robert Stanfield, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia (died 2003)
  • 1914 – Dorothy Lewis Bernstein, American mathematician (died 1988){{cite book | first=Ann | last=Morkel | chapter=Dorothy Lewis Bernstein | editor-last1=Grinstein | editor-first1=Louise S. | editor-last2=Campbell | editor-first2=Paul J. | title=Women of Mathematics: a Biobibliographic Sourcebook | place=New York | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-3132-4849-8 | page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/17 17] | chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/17 }}
  • 1916 – Alberto Ginastera, Argentinian pianist and composer (died 1983){{cite web |title=Alberto Ginastera {{!}} Argentine composer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alberto-Ginastera |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=27 April 2022 |language=en}}
  • 1916 – Howard W. Koch, American director and producer (died 2001)
  • 1917 – David Westheimer, American soldier, journalist, and author (died 2005){{cite book|author=Harris M. Lentz|title=Obituaries in the performing arts, 2005: film, television, radio, theatre, dance, music, cartoons and pop culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pp8HAQAAMAAJ|year=2006|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-7864-2489-4|page=389}}{{Better source needed|reason=Lentz does not cite sources.|date=May 2025}}
  • 1918 – Richard Wainwright, English soldier and politician (died 2003)
  • 1919 – Raymond Carr, English historian and academic (died 2015)
  • 1920 – Emilio Colombo, Italian lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Italy (died 2013){{cite book|title=Nouvelles universitaires européennes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BFxT-QmnT3wC|year=1997|publisher=Bureau d'information des Communautés européennes|page=14}}
  • 1920 – William Royer, American soldier and politician (died 2013)
  • 1921 – Jim Hearn, American baseball player (died 1998)
  • 1921 – Jack Rayner, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2008)
  • 1922 – Arved Viirlaid, Estonian-Canadian soldier and author (died 2015)
  • 1923 – George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman (died 1980)
  • 1924 – Mohammad Naseem, Pakistani-English activist and politician (died 2014)
  • 1925 – Yuriy Lituyev, Russian hurdler and commander (died 2000)
  • 1925 – Viola Liuzzo, American civil rights activist (died 1965)
  • 1925 – Viktor Masing, Estonian botanist and ecologist (died 2001)
  • 1925 – Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman, founded Quebecor (died 1997)
  • 1926 – David Manker Abshire, American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO (died 2014){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/04/us/david-m-abshire-who-helped-reagan-through-iran-contra-scandal-dies-at-88.html |title=David M. Abshire, Who Helped Reagan Through Iran-Contra Scandal, Dies at 88 |last=Martin |first=Douglas |work=The New York Times |date=November 3, 2014 |access-date=July 9, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108173050/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/04/us/david-m-abshire-who-helped-reagan-through-iran-contra-scandal-dies-at-88.html |archive-date=November 8, 2014 |quote=David Manker Abshire was born in Chattanooga, Tenn., on April 11, 1926}}
  • 1926 – Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer (died 2011)
  • 1926 – Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist and academic (died 2007)
  • 1927 – Lokesh Chandra, Indian historian
  • 1928 – Ethel Kennedy, American philanthropist (died 2024){{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Douglas |date=October 10, 2024 |title=Ethel Kennedy, Passionate Supporter of the Family Legacy, Dies at 96 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/10/us/politics/ethel-kennedy-dead.html |access-date=October 11, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}
  • 1928 – Edwin Pope, American journalist and author (died 2017)
  • 1928 – Tommy Tycho, Hungarian-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2013)
  • 1930 – Nicholas F. Brady, American businessman and politician, 68th United States Secretary of the Treasury
  • 1930 – Walter Krüger, German javelin thrower (died 2018)
  • 1930 – Anton LaVey, American occultist, founded the Church of Satan (died 1997){{cite web |title=Anton LaVey {{!}} Biography, Books, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anton-LaVey |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 January 2021 |language=en}}
  • 1931 – Lewis Jones, Welsh rugby player and coach (died 2024)
  • 1932 – Joel Grey, American actor, singer, and dancer
  • 1933 – Tony Brown, American journalist and academic
  • 1934 – Mark Strand, Canadian-born American poet, essayist, and translator (died 2014)
  • 1934 – Ron Pember, English actor, director and playwright (died 2022)
  • 1935 – Richard Berry, American singer-songwriter (died 1997)
  • 1936 – Brian Noble, English bishop (died 2019)
  • 1937 – Jill Gascoine, English actress and author (died 2020)
  • 1938 – Gerry Baker, American soccer player and manager (died 2013)
  • 1938 – Michael Deaver, American politician, Deputy White House Chief of Staff (died 2007)
  • 1938 – Reatha King, American chemist and businesswoman{{cite book | last=Brown |first= Jeannette E. | year=2012 | title=African American Women Chemists | location=New York | publisher=Oxford University Press |page=115 | isbn=978-0-19974-288-2}}
  • 1939 – Luther Johnson, American singer and guitarist (died 2022)
  • 1939 – Louise Lasser, American actress
  • 1940 – Col Firmin, Australian politician (died 2013)
  • 1940 – Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter and actor (died 1998)
  • 1941 – Ellen Goodman, American journalist and author
  • 1941 – Shirley Stelfox, English actress (died 2015){{cite web |last1=Hayward |first1=Anthony |title=Shirley Stelfox obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/dec/09/shirley-stelfox |website=The Guardian |access-date=9 August 2023 |date=9 December 2015}}
  • 1942 – Anatoly Berezovoy, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 2014)
  • 1942 – Hattie Gossett, American writer{{Cite book|title=Presenting-- Sister Noblues|last=Gossett|first=Hattie|publisher=Firebrand Books|year=1988|isbn=0932379508|pages=[https://archive.org/details/presentingsister00goss/page/9 9]|url=https://archive.org/details/presentingsister00goss/page/9}}
  • 1942 – James Underwood, English pathologist and academic
  • 1943 – John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich, English businessman and politician
  • 1943 – Harley Race, American wrestler and trainer (died 2019)
  • 1944 – Peter Barfuß, German footballer
  • 1944 – John Milius, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1945 – John Krebs, Baron Krebs, English zoologist and academic
  • 1946 – Chris Burden, American sculptor, illustrator, and academic (died 2015)
  • 1946 – Bob Harris, English journalist and radio host
  • 1947 – Lev Bulat, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (died 2016)
  • 1947 – Uli Edel, German director and screenwriter
  • 1947 – Frank Mantooth, American pianist and composer (died 2004)
  • 1947 – Peter Riegert, American actor, screenwriter and film director
  • 1947 – Michael T. Wright, English engineer and academic (died 2015)
  • 1949 – Dorothy Allison, American writer (died 2024){{Cite news |last=Green |first=Penelope |date=November 8, 2024 |title=Dorothy Allison, Author of 'Bastard Out of Carolina,' Dies at 75 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/08/books/dorothy-allison-dead.html |access-date=November 9, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}
  • 1949 – Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (died 2011)
  • 1950 – Bill Irwin, American actor and clown
  • 1951 – Paul Fox, English singer and guitarist (died 2007)
  • 1952 – Nancy Honeytree, American singer and guitarist
  • 1952 – Indira Samarasekera, Sri Lankan engineer and academic
  • 1952 – Peter Windsor, English-Australian journalist and sportscaster
  • 1953 – Guy Verhofstadt, Belgian politician, 47th Prime Minister of Belgium
  • 1953 – Andrew Wiles, English mathematician and academic
  • 1954 – Abdullah Atalar, Turkish engineer and academic
  • 1954 – Aleksandr Averin, Azerbaijani cyclist and coach
  • 1954 – Francis Lickerish, English guitarist and composer
  • 1954 – David Perrett, Scottish psychologist and academic
  • 1954 – Ian Redmond, English biologist and conservationist
  • 1954 – Willie Royster, American baseball player (died 2015)
  • 1955 – Kevin Brady, American lawyer and politician
  • 1955 – Michael Callen, American singer-songwriter and AIDS activist (died 1993)
  • 1955 – Micheal Ray Richardson, American basketball player and coach
  • 1958 – Stuart Adamson, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2001)
  • 1958 – Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Russian sprinter
  • 1958 – Wayne Wigham, Australian rugby league player[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/wayne-wigham/summary.html Rugby League Project]
  • 1959 – Pierre Lacroix, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1959 – Ana María Polo, Cuban-American lawyer and judge
  • 1959 – Zahid Maleque, Bangladeshi politician
  • 1960 – Jeremy Clarkson, English journalist and television presenter
  • 1961 – Vincent Gallo, American actor, director, producer, and musician
  • 1961 – Doug Hopkins, American guitarist and songwriter (died 1993)
  • 1961 – Nobuaki Kakuda, Japanese martial artist
  • 1962 – Franck Ducheix, French fencer
  • 1962 – Mark Lawson, English journalist and author
  • 1963 – Billy Bowden, New Zealand cricketer and umpire
  • 1963 – Waldemar Fornalik, Polish footballer and manager
  • 1963 – Elizabeth Smylie, Australian tennis player
  • 1963 – Eleni Tsaligopoulou, Greek singer{{cite web |last1=Βαμβακούλα |first1=Χαρά |title=Ελένη Τσαλιγοπούλου: Γιατί να συνεργαστώ με τον Αργυρό; |url=https://www.athensvoice.gr/viral/showbiz/746248-eleni-tsaligopoyloy-giati-na-synergasto-me-ton-argyro |website=Athens Voice |date=16 February 2022 |access-date=27 June 2022 |language=el}}
  • 1964 – Steve Azar, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1964 – John Cryer, English journalist and politician
  • 1964 – Johann Sebastian Paetsch, American cellist
  • 1964 – Bret Saberhagen, American baseball player and coach
  • 1964 – Patrick Sang, Kenyan runner
  • 1966 – Steve Scarsone, American baseball player and manager
  • 1966 – Shin Seung-hun, South Korean singer-songwriter
  • 1966 – Lisa Stansfield, English singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1968 – Sergei Lukyanenko, Kazakh-Russian journalist and author
  • 1969 – Cerys Matthews, Welsh singer-songwriter{{cite book|author=Europa Europa Publications|title=International Who's Who in Popular Music 2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NYUnAQAAIAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-85743-454-5|page=205}}
  • 1969 – Dustin Rhodes, American wrestler{{cite web |title=Goldust |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17167218/wwe-profile-page-goldust |publisher=ESPN |access-date=31 March 2023 |date=11 August 2016}}
  • 1969 – Michael von Grünigen, Swiss skier
  • 1970 – Trevor Linden, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
  • 1970 – Whigfield, Danish singer and songwriter{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rgsEAAAAMBAJ&q=Whigfield+Italian&pg=PA75|title=Billboard: Italian Acts|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2020-08-19|date=1995-07-01}}
  • 1971 – Oliver Riedel, German bass player{{cite book|author=Graham Betts|title=Collins Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ewk5AQAAIAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Collins|isbn=978-0-00-717931-2|page=534}}
  • 1972 – Balls Mahoney, American wrestler (died 2016){{cite news | url=http://www.wrestlingnewssource.com/news/42182/ECW-Original-Balls-Mahoney-Passes-Away-At-Age-44/ | title=ECW Original Balls Mahoney Passes Away At Age 44 | first=Kenny | last=Williams | work=Wrestling News Source | date=April 12, 2016 | access-date=April 13, 2016}}
  • 1972 – Allan Théo, French singer
  • 1972 – Jason Varitek, American baseball player and manager
  • 1973 – Olivier Magne, French rugby player
  • 1973 – Jennifer Esposito, American actress and writer{{cite book|title=Drum: A Magazine of Africa for Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z1EnAQAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=African Drum Publications|page=57}}
  • 1974 – Àlex Corretja, Spanish tennis player and coach
  • 1974 – Ashot Danielyan, Armenian weightlifter
  • 1974 – David Jassy, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1974 – Tom Thacker, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1974 – Trot Nixon, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 1976 – Marta Breen, Norwegian journalist, non-fiction writer, and organizational leader{{cite encyclopedia|title=Marta Breen |first=Randi |last=Brenden |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |date=5 January 2024 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Marta_Breen |language=no|access-date=17 March 2024}}
  • 1976 – Kelvim Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 1976 – Kotomitsuki Keiji, Japanese sumo wrestler{{cite web |title=Hefty fan club |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-xpm-2008-04-15-dpt-sumo041308-story.html |website=Daily Pilot |access-date=12 October 2020 |date=15 April 2008}}
  • 1977 – Ivonne Teichmann, German runner
  • 1978 – Josh Hancock, American baseball player (died 2007)
  • 1979 – Malcolm Christie, English footballer
  • 1979 – Sebastien Grainger, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1979 – Michel Riesen, Swiss ice hockey player
  • 1979 – Josh Server, American actor
  • 1980 – Keiji Tamada, Japanese footballer
  • 1980 – Mark Teixeira, American baseball player
  • 1981 – Alessandra Ambrosio, Brazilian model
  • 1981 – Alexandre Burrows, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1981 – Luis Flores, Dominican basketball player{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/florelu01.html|title=Luis Flores Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}
  • 1981 – Veronica Pyke, Australian cricketer
  • 1982 – Ian Bell, English cricketer
  • 1982 – Peeter Kümmel, Estonian skier
  • 1983 – Jennifer Heil, Canadian skier
  • 1983 – Rubén Palazuelos, Spanish footballer
  • 1983 – Nicky Pastorelli, Dutch race car driver
  • 1984 – Kelli Garner, American actress
  • 1984 – Nikola Karabatić, French handball player
  • 1985 – Pablo Hernández Domínguez, Spanish footballer
  • 1985 – Will Minson, Australian footballer
  • 1986 – Sarodj Bertin, Haitian model and human rights lawyer{{Cite web|url=http://wenshow.me/2012/10/26/miss-haiti-sarodj-bertin-is-now-reina-hispano-americana-2012/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026094629/http://wenshow.me/2012/10/26/miss-haiti-sarodj-bertin-is-now-reina-hispano-americana-2012/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-10-26|title=Miss Haiti, Sarodj Bertin is now Reina Hispano Americana 2012 {{!}} WENSHOW|date=2014-10-26|access-date=2018-05-03}}
  • 1986 – Lena Schöneborn, German pentathlete
  • 1987 – Joss Stone, English singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1987 – Lights, Canadian singer-songwriter
  • 1988 – Milton Casco, Argentine footballer{{cite web|title=Milton Casco|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/milton-casco/81983/|website=Soccerway|access-date=11 April 2025}}
  • 1988 – Leland Irving, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1989 – Torrin Lawrence, American sprinter (died 2014)
  • 1990 – Dimitrios Anastasopoulos, Greek footballer
  • 1990 – Thulani Serero, South African footballer
  • 1991 – Thiago Alcântara, Spanish footballer
  • 1991 – Cédric Bakambu, Congolese footballer{{cite web|title=Cédric Bakambu|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/cedric-bakambu/136141/|website=Soccerway|access-date=11 April 2025}}
  • 1991 – Brennan Poole, American racing driver{{cite web |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Brennan_Poole|title=Brennan Poole|access-date=21 April 2020}}
  • 1993 – Florin Andone, Romanian footballer{{cite web|title=Florin Andone|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/37587/Florin-Andone/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=11 April 2025}}
  • 1994 – Brandon Montour, Canadian ice hockey player{{Cite web |title=Brandon Montour |url=https://www.nhl.com/panthers/player/brandon-montour-8477986 |access-date=11 April 2024 |publisher=National Hockey League}}
  • 1996 – Dele Alli, English international footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=63196|title=Dele Alli|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=31 March 2020}}
  • 1996 – Summer Walker, American singer-songwriter{{cite web |title=Summer Walker |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/summer-walker/990402287 |website=Apple Music |access-date=April 9, 2025}}
  • 2000 – Calen Addison, Canadian ice hockey player{{Cite web |title=Calen Addison |url=https://www.nhl.com/sharks/player/calen-addison-8480884 |access-date=11 April 2024 |publisher=National Hockey League}}
  • 2000 – Milly Alcock, Australian actress{{cite web|url=https://shanahan.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ALCOCK-Milly-081121.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://shanahan.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ALCOCK-Milly-081121.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Milly Alcock|website=Shanahan.com.au|access-date=31 August 2022}}
  • 2000 – Loïc Badé, French footballer{{cite web|title=Loïc Badé|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/75686/Lo%C3%AFc-Bad%C3%A9/overview#!|website=Premier League|access-date=11 April 2025}}
  • 2000 – Ken Carson, American rapper and record producer{{cite web |title=Ken Carson |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/ken-carson/1434801023 |website=Apple Music |access-date=April 9, 2025}}
  • 2000 – Karina, South Korean singer{{Cite news |url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/312/0000657620 |title=카리나, 누가 찍어줬을까…화려한 비주얼→푸짐한 생일상 눈길 |date=11 April 2024 |work=텐아시아|language=ko |access-date=25 October 2024}}
  • 2001 – Manuel Ugarte, Uruguayan footballer{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce44/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Uruguay |publisher=FIFA |page=30 |date=18 December 2022 |access-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218195301/https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce44/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |archive-date=18 December 2022 |url-status=live}}
  • 2002 – Jake Fraser-McGurk, Australian cricketer{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1168049.html |title=Jake Fraser-McGurk |access-date=12 November 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}
  • 2005 – Jack Hinshelwood, English footballer{{cite web|title=Jack Hinshelwood|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/112739/Jack-Hinshelwood/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=11 April 2025}}
  • 2005 – Danielle Marsh, South Korean-Australian singer{{cite web|title="Don't hurry Be Happy"…뉴진스 혜인, 부상으로 스케줄 중단→다니엘 생일 축하|url=https://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=15479694#_PA|work=톱스타뉴스|date=12 April 2024|access-date=10 March 2025|language=ko}}

Deaths

=Pre-1600=

  • 618 – Yang Guang, Chinese emperor of the Sui Dynasty (born 569)
  • 678 – Donus, pope of the Catholic Church (born 610)
  • 924 – Herman I, chancellor and archbishop of Cologne
  • 1034 – Romanos III Argyros, Byzantine emperor (born 968)
  • 1077 – Anawrahta, king of Burma and founder of the Pagan Empire (born 1014)
  • 1079 – Stanislaus of Szczepanów, bishop of Kraków (born 1030)
  • 1165 – Stephen IV, king of Hungary and Croatia{{cite book|author1=Július Bartl|author2=Dusan Skvarna|title=Slovak History: Chronology & Lexicon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3orG2yZ9mBkC&pg=PA29|year=2002|publisher=Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers|isbn=978-0-86516-444-4|pages=29}}
  • 1240 – Llywelyn the Great, Welsh prince (born 1172){{cite book|author=Roger Turvey|title=Llywelyn the Great: Prince of Gwynedd|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oRMXAQAAIAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Gwasg Gomer|isbn=978-1-84323-747-1|page=134}}
  • 1349 – Ramadan ibn Alauddin, first known Muslim from Korea{{cite journal| author= 박현규 (Park Hyun-kyu) | title = Choegeun balgul-doen Jungguk sojang Haedong gwallyeon geumseongmun: Goryeo-in Isseullam-gyodo Ramadan myobi | script-title = ko:최근 발굴된 중국 소장 海東 관련 금석문: 고려인 이슬람교도 剌馬丹 묘비 | trans-title = A recently discovered Korea-related inscription in China: The epitaph of Ramadan, a Korean Muslim | journal = 중국학논총 | volume = 17 | year = 2004 | pages = 309–324 | url = https://dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE09039250 | access-date = June 8, 2020 | ref = {{harvid|Park H.|2004}}}}
  • 1447 – Henry Beaufort, Cardinal, Lord Chancellor of England (born 1377)
  • 1512 – Gaston de Foix, French military commander (born 1489)
  • 1554 – Thomas Wyatt the Younger, English rebel leader (born 1521){{cite book|author=George Wilson Page|title=The descendants of Robart Page of the king's house: the probable English origins, ancestors, and relatives of George Page of Branford, Connecticut, and Thomas Page of Saco in the Province of Maine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ohCAAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=G.W. Page|page=112}}
  • 1587 – Thomas Bromley, English lord chancellor (born 1530)

=1601–1900=

=1901–present=

Holidays and observances

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