1857 - Sepoy mutiny
1871 - The Franco Prussian war ends
1888 - Max Steiner born
1899 - Fred Astaire born
1902 - David O. Selznick born
1922 - Nancy Walker born
1930 - Pat Summerall born
1936 - Gary Owens born
1940 - German forces invade the Low Countries by air and land, while in London, Chamberlain is replaced by Winston Churchill as prime minister
1941 - Vice Furher Rudolf Hess lands in Scotland
1946 - Donovan born
1957 - Sid Vicious as well as Phil and Steve Mahre born
1960 - Paul "Bono" Hewson born
1967 - Mick Jagger and Keith Richards appeared before magistrates charged with drug offences.
1977 - Amanda Borden born
1978 - The murdered Italian politician Aldo Moro is buried after a private funeral service, 55 days after he was kidnapped by the Red Brigade. Also Kenan Thompson born
1994 - Nelson Mandela becomes South Africa's first black president after more than three centuries of white rule.
1998 - The political wing of the republican IRA back the Good Friday peace agreement heralding a major shift in modern republicanism.
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