1883 - Douglas Fairbanks born
1910 - Artie Shaw born
1910 - Scatman Crothers born
1920 - Helen O'Connell born
1928 - Rosemary Clooney born
1933 - Joan Collins born
1934 - Gangsters Bonnie and Clyde killed by police
1952 - Marvin Hagler born
1958 - Drew Carey and Mitch Albom born
1962 - A military court in Paris imposes a life sentence on Raoul Salan, leader of an extremist group violently opposed to Algerian independence.
1966 - The British government declares a state of emergency a week after the nation's seamen strike begins.
1974 - Jewel and Ken Jennings born
1976 - Kelly Monaco born
1977 - More than 100 children and six teachers are taken hostage in a primary school in northern Holland.
1984 - Sixteen people are left dead and dozens more injured in an explosion at the Abbeystead water treatment plant in Lancashire.
1998 - The Prime Minister, Tony Blair, welcomes the resounding "yes" vote in the referendum on the Good Friday Agreement on Northern Ireland calling it "a day for joy".
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