1452 - Leonardo da Vinci born
1843 - Henry James born
1865 - US President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated
1880 - William Gladstone becomes Prime Minister
1894 - Bessie Smith born
1912 - SS Titanic sinks
1917 - Hans Conried born
1922 - Leon Schotter born
1933 - Elizabeth Montgomery born
1933 - Roy Clark born
1939 - Claudia Cardinale born
1942 - The people of Malta are awarded the George Cross in recognition of their heroic struggle against occupation.
1945 - British troops enter the German concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen.
1953 - Reis Leming, a 22-year-old US airman, is awarded the George Medal for rescuing people trapped by winter floods in Britain.
1959 - Emma Thompson born
1986 - The United States bombs Tripoli in retaliation for Libyan terrorist attacks on American targets.
1989 - 96 Liverpool fans are crushed to death at Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield during the FA Cup semi-final between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool.
1998 - The former Cambodian dictator, Pol Pot, whose regime led to the deaths of millions of his people, dies.
2000 - A white farmer in Zimbabwe is kidnapped and shot dead by squatters occupying his land.
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