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Pre-1600

* 1457 BCBattle of Megido – the first
battle A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force co ...
to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail. * 69 – Defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum, Roman emperor Otho commits suicide. * 73Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the First Jewish–Roman War. * 1346Stefan Dušan, "the Mighty", is crowned Emperor of the Serbs at
Skopje Skopje ( , ; ; , sq-definite, Shkupi) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It lies in the northern part of the country, in the Skopje Basin, Skopje Valley along the Vardar River, and is the political, economic, and cultura ...
, his empire occupying much of the
Balkans The Balkans ( , ), corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throug ...
. * 1520 – The Revolt of the Comuneros begins in Spain against the rule of Charles V. * 1582 – Spanish
conquistador Conquistadors (, ) or conquistadores (; ; ) were Spanish Empire, Spanish and Portuguese Empire, Portuguese colonizers who explored, traded with and colonized parts of the Americas, Africa, Oceania and Asia during the Age of Discovery. Sailing ...
Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of
Salta Salta () is the capital and largest city in the Provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Salta Province, the same name. With a population of 618,375 according to the 2010 census, it is also the List of cities in Argentina, 7th most-populous ...
, Argentina.


1601–1900

* 1746 – The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland. * 1780Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the University of Münster. * 1799
French Revolutionary Wars The French Revolutionary Wars () were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802. They pitted French First Republic, France against Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain, Habsb ...
: The Battle of Mount Tabor:
Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...
drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near
Acre The acre ( ) is a Unit of measurement, unit of land area used in the Imperial units, British imperial and the United States customary units#Area, United States customary systems. It is traditionally defined as the area of one Chain (unit), ch ...
. *
1818 Events January–March * January 1 ** Battle of Koregaon: Troops of the British East India Company score a decisive victory over the Maratha Confederacy, Maratha Empire. ** English author Mary Shelley publishes the novel ''Frankenstein ...
– The
United States Senate The United States Senate is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and ...
ratifies the Rush–Bagot Treaty, limiting naval armaments on the
Great Lakes The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes spanning the Canada–United States border. The five lakes are Lake Superior, Superior, Lake Michigan, Michigan, Lake Huron, H ...
and
Lake Champlain Lake Champlain ( ; , ) is a natural freshwater lake in North America. It mostly lies between the U.S. states of New York (state), New York and Vermont, but also extends north into the Canadian province of Quebec. The cities of Burlington, Ve ...
. * 1838 – The
French Army The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (, , ), is the principal Army, land warfare force of France, and the largest component of the French Armed Forces; it is responsible to the Government of France, alongside the French Navy, Fren ...
captures Veracruz in the Pastry War. * 1847 – Shooting of a Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the
New Zealand Wars The New Zealand Wars () took place from 1845 to 1872 between the Colony of New Zealand, New Zealand colonial government and allied Māori people, Māori on one side, and Māori and Māori-allied settlers on the other. Though the wars were initi ...
. *
1853 Events January–March * January 6 – ** Florida Governor Thomas Brown signs legislation that provides public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the University of Florida. **U.S. President-elect ...
– The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to
Thane Thane (; previously known as Thana, List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1996) is a metropolitan city located on the northwestern side of the list of Indian states, state of Maharashtra in India and on ...
. * 1858 – The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish
learned society A learned society ( ; also scholarly, intellectual, or academic society) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and sciences. Membership may be open to al ...
, is dissolved. * 1862
American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...
: Battle at Lee's Mills in
Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...
. * 1862 – American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law. * 1863 – American Civil War: During the Vicksburg Campaign,
gunboat A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies. History Pre-steam ...
s commanded by acting Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter run downriver past Confederate artillery batteries at Vicksburg. * 1878 – The Senate of the Grand Duchy of Finland issues a declaration establishing a city of
Kotka Kotka (; ) is a town in Finland, located on the southeastern coast of the country at the mouth of the Kymi River. The population of Kotka is approximately , while the Kotka-Hamina sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is th ...
on the southern part islands from the old Kymi parish. * 1881 – In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.


1901–present

* 1908Natural Bridges National Monument is established in
Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
. * 1910 – The oldest existing indoor
ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...
arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time. *
1912 This year is notable for Sinking of the Titanic, the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15. In Albania, this leap year runs with only 353 days as the country achieved switching from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar by skippin ...
Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an
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across the
English Channel The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France. It links to the southern part of the North Sea by the Strait of Dover at its northeastern end. It is the busi ...
. * 1917
Russian Revolution The Russian Revolution was a period of Political revolution (Trotskyism), political and social revolution, social change in Russian Empire, Russia, starting in 1917. This period saw Russia Dissolution of the Russian Empire, abolish its mona ...
:
Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ( 187021 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He was the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 until Death and state funeral of ...
returns to Petrograd,
Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...
, from exile in Switzerland. * 1919
Mohandas Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British ...
organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier. * 1919 – Polish–Lithuanian War: The
Polish Army The Land Forces () are the Army, land forces of the Polish Armed Forces. They currently contain some 110,000 active personnel and form many components of the European Union and NATO deployments around the world. Poland's recorded military histor ...
launches the Vilna offensive to capture
Vilnius Vilnius ( , ) is the capital of and List of cities in Lithuania#Cities, largest city in Lithuania and the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, most-populous city in the Baltic states. The city's estimated January 2025 population w ...
in modern
Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...
. * 1922 – The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which
Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
and the
Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed. * 1925 – During the
Communist Communism () is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered on common ownership of the means of production, di ...
St Nedelya Church assault in
Sofia Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...
,
Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...
, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded. * 1941
World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
: The Italian-German ''Tarigo'' convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships. * 1941 – World War II: The Nazi-affiliated
Ustaše The Ustaše (), also known by anglicised versions Ustasha or Ustashe, was a Croats, Croatian fascist and ultranationalist organization active, as one organization, between 1929 and 1945, formally known as the Ustaša – Croatian Revolutionar ...
is put in charge of the
Independent State of Croatia The Independent State of Croatia (, NDH) was a World War II–era puppet state of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Fascist Italy. It was established in parts of Axis occupation of Yugoslavia, occupied Yugoslavia on 10 April 1941, ...
by the
Axis powers The Axis powers, originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis and also Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, was the military coalition which initiated World War II and fought against the Allies of World War II, Allies. Its principal members were Nazi Ge ...
after Operation 25 is effected. *
1942 The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was th ...
– King
George VI George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until Death and state funeral of George VI, his death in 1952 ...
awarded the George Cross to the people of Malta in appreciation of their heroism. *
1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 ...
Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19. *
1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixt ...
– World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter. * 1945 – World War II: The
Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union. The army was established in January 1918 by a decree of the Council of People ...
begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights. * 1945 – The
United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the primary Land warfare, land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of th ...
liberates Nazi ''Sonderlager'' (high security)
prisoner-of-war camp A prisoner-of-war camp (often abbreviated as POW camp) is a site for the containment of enemy fighters captured as Prisoner of war, prisoners of war by a belligerent power in time of war. There are significant differences among POW camps, inte ...
Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz). * 1945 – More than 7,000 die when the German transport ship '' Goya'' is sunk by a Soviet
submarine A submarine (often shortened to sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. (It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability.) The term "submarine" is also sometimes used historically or infor ...
. *
1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...
– An
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on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, United States, to catch fire, killing almost 600 people. * 1947 – Bernard Baruch first applies the term "
Cold War The Cold War was a period of global Geopolitics, geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 unt ...
" to describe the relationship between the United States and the
Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
. *
1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...
– The Organization of European Economic Co-operation is formed. * 1961 – In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader
Fidel Castro Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President of Cuba, president ...
declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt
Communism Communism () is a political sociology, sociopolitical, political philosophy, philosophical, and economic ideology, economic ideology within the history of socialism, socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a ...
. *
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...
– U.S. civil rights campaigner Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. writes his open letter from Birmingham Jail, sometimes known as "The Negro Is Your Brother", while incarcerated in
Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of Alabama, United States. It is the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama, Jefferson County. The population was 200,733 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List ...
, for protesting against segregation. *
1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...
Apollo program The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program led by NASA, which Moon landing, landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969. Apollo followed Project Mercury that put the first Americans in sp ...
: The launch of
Apollo 16 Apollo 16 (April 1627, 1972) was the tenth human spaceflight, crewed mission in the United States Apollo program, Apollo space program, administered by NASA, and the fifth and penultimate to Moon landing, land on the Moon. It was the second o ...
from Cape Canaveral, Florida. *
2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
– India and
Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...
begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border. * 2003 – The Treaty of Accession is signed in
Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...
admitting ten new member states to the
European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...
. * 2007
Virginia Tech shooting The Virginia Tech shooting was a spree killer, spree shooting that occurred on Monday, April 16, 2007, comprising two attacks on the campus of the Virginia Tech, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksbu ...
: Seung-Hui Cho murders 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide. * 2008 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the '' Baze v. Rees'' decision that execution by lethal injection does not violate the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Eighth Amendment ban against cruel and unusual punishment. *2012 – The Trial of Anders Behring Breivik, trial for Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, begins in Oslo, Norway. * 2012 – The 2012 Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize winners were announced, it was the first time 1977 Pulitzer Prize, since 1977 that no book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Fiction Prize. *2013 – A 7.8-Moment magnitude scale, magnitude 2013 Saravan earthquake, earthquake strikes Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others. * 2013 – The 2013 Baga massacre is started when Boko Haram militants engage government soldiers in Baga, Borno, Baga. *2014 – The South Korean ferry MV Sewol, MV ''Sewol'' Sinking of MV Sewol, capsizes and sinks near Jindo (island), Jindo Island, killing 304 passengers and crew and leading to widespread criticism of the South Korean government, media, and shipping authorities. *2016 – 2016 Ecuador earthquake, Ecuador's worst earthquake in nearly 40 years kills 676 and injures more than 230,000. *2018 – ''The New York Times'' and the ''The New Yorker, New Yorker'' win the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for breaking news of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases, Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal. *2024 – The historic Børsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, is severely damaged by a fire.


Births


Pre-1600

*1488 – Jungjong of Joseon (died 1544) *1495 – Petrus Apianus, German mathematician and astronomer (died 1557) *1516 – Tabinshwehti, Burmese king (died 1550)(Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 180): Wednesday, first waning of Kason 878 ME = 16 April 1516; *1569 – John Davies (poet, born 1569), John Davies, English poet and lawyer (died 1626)


1601–1900

*1635 – Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter (died 1681) *1646 – Jules Hardouin-Mansart, French architect (probable; (died 1708) *1660 – Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician and academic (died 1753) *1661 – Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, First Lord of the Treasury (died 1715) *1682 – John Hadley, English mathematician, invented the octant (instrument), octant (died 1744) *1697 – Johann Gottlieb Görner, German organist and composer (died 1778) *1728 – Joseph Black, French-Scottish physician and chemist (died 1799) *1730 – Henry Clinton (British Army officer, born 1730), Henry Clinton, English general and politician (died 1795) *1755 – Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter (died 1842) *1786 – John Franklin, English admiral and politician, fourth Governor of Tasmania, Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (died 1847) *1800 – George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, English field marshal and politician (died 1888) *1808 – Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, sixth United States Secretary of the Interior (died 1864) *1821 – Ford Madox Brown, French-English soldier and painter (died 1893) *1823 – Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (died 1852) *1826 – Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician (died 1891) *1827 – Octave Crémazie, Canadian poet and bookseller (died 1879) *1839 – Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì, Italian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Italy (died 1908) *1834 – Charles Lennox Richardson, English merchant (died 1862) *1844 – Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1924) * 1847 – Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (died 1906) *1848 – Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (died 1919) *1851 – Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, third Solicitor General of Sri Lanka (died 1930) *1864 – Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor (died 1915) *1865 – Harry Chauvel, Australian general (died 1945) *1866 – José de Diego, Puerto Rican journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 1918) *1867 – Wilbur Wright, American inventor (died 1912) *1871 – John Millington Synge, Irish author, poet, and playwright (died 1909) *1874 – Jōtarō Watanabe, Japanese general (died 1936) * 1878 – R. E. Foster, English cricketer and footballer (died 1914) *1882 – Seth Bingham, American organist and composer (died 1972) *1884 – Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, journalist, and politician (died 1963) *1885 – Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator (died 1960) *1886 – Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American football player and javelin thrower (died 1957) * 1886 – Ernst Thälmann, German politician (died 1944) *1888 – Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (died 1940) *1889 – Charlie Chaplin, English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (died 1977) *1890 – Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire (died 1954) * 1890 – Gertrude Chandler Warner, American author and educator (died 1979) *1891 – Dorothy P. Lathrop, American author and illustrator (died 1980) *1892 – Dora Richter, German transgender woman and the first known person to undergo complete male-to-female gender-affirming surgery (died 1966) * 1892 – Howard Mumford Jones, American author, critic, and academic (died 1980) *1893 – Germaine Guèvremont, Canadian journalist and author (died 1968) * 1893 – John Norton (athlete), John Norton, American hurdler (died 1979) *1895 – Ove Arup, English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded Arup Group Limited, Arup (died 1988) *1896 – Robert Henry Best, American journalist (died 1952) * 1896 – Árpád Weisz, Hungarian footballer (died 1944) *1899 – Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic (died 1988) *1900 – Polly Adler, Russian-American madam and author (died 1962)


1901–present

*1903 – Paul Waner, American baseball player and manager (died 1965) *1904 – Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian-American vaudevillian, actress, and singer (died 1983) *1905 – Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (died 2005) *1907 – Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (died 1964) * 1907 – August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician (died 1947) * 1908 – Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman and activist (died 2004) * 1908 – Ray Ventura (pianist), Ray Ventura, French jazz bandleader (died 1979) * 1910 – Berton Roueché, American journalist and author (died 1994) *1911 – Guy Burgess, English-Russian spy (died 1963) *1914 – John Hodiak, American actor (died 1955) * 1915 – Robert Speck (politician), Robert Speck, Canadian politician, first Mayor of Mississauga (died 1972) *1916 – Behçet Necatigil, Turkish author, poet, and translator (died 1979) * 1917 – Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli (died 2013) * 1917 – Barry Nelson, American actor (died 2007) *1918 – Hsuan Hua, Chinese-American monk and author (died 1995) * 1918 – Spike Milligan, Irish actor, comedian, and writer (died 2002) * 1919 – Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer (died 2009) * 1919 – Nilla Pizzi, Italian singer (died 2011) * 1919 – Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexican architect (died 2013) *1920 – Ananda Dassanayake, Sri Lankan politician (died 2012) * 1920 – Prince Georg of Denmark (died 1986) *1921 – Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (died 2014) * 1921 – Peter Ustinov, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2004) * 1922 – Kingsley Amis, English novelist, poet, and critic (died 1995) * 1922 – Lawrence N. Guarino, American colonel (died 2014) * 1922 – Leo Tindemans, Belgian politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium (died 2014) *1923 – Warren Barker, American composer (died 2006) * 1923 – Arch A. Moore Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of West Virginia (died 2015) *1924 – John Harvey-Jones, English academic and businessman (died 2008) * 1924 – Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor (died 1994) * 1924 – Madanjeet Singh, Indian diplomat, author, and philanthropist (died 2013) *1926 – Pierre Fabre (businessman), Pierre Fabre, French pharmacist, founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre (died 2013) *1927 – Edie Adams, American actress and singer (died 2008) * 1927 – Pope Benedict XVI (died 2022) * 1927 – Rolf Schult, German actor (died 2013) *1928 – Night Train Lane, American football player (died 2002) *1929 – Roy Hamilton, American singer (died 1969) * 1929 – Ralph Slatyer, Australian biologist and ecologist (died 2012) * 1929 – Ed Townsend, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2003) *1930 – Doug Beasy, Australian footballer and educator (died 2013) * 1930 – Herbie Mann, American flute player and composer (died 2003) *1931 – Julian Carroll, American politician, 54th Governor of Kentucky (died 2023) *1932 – Maury Meyers, American lawyer and politician (died 2014) *1933 – Marcos Alonso Imaz, Spanish footballer (died 2012) * 1933 – Joan Bakewell, English journalist and author * 1933 – Perry Botkin Jr., American composer, arranger and musician (died 2021) * 1933 – Vera Krepkina, Russian long jumper (died 2023) * 1933 – Ike Pappas, American journalist and actor (died 2008) *1934 – Vince Hill, English singer-songwriter (died 2023) * 1934 – Robert Stigwood, Australian producer and manager (died 2016) * 1934 – Barrie Unsworth, Australian politician, 36th Premier of New South Wales * 1934 – Vicar (cartoonist), Vicar, Chilean cartoonist (died 2012) *1935 – Marcel Carrière, Canadian director and screenwriter * 1935 – Sarah Kirsch (poet), Sarah Kirsch, German poet and author (died 2013) * 1935 – Lennart Risberg, Swedish boxer (died 2013) * 1935 – Dominique Venner, French journalist and historian (died 2013) * 1935 – Bobby Vinton, American singer *1936 – Vadim Kuzmin (physicist), Vadim Kuzmin, Russian physicist and academic (died 2015) *1937 – Gert Potgieter (athlete), Gert Potgieter, South African hurdler and coach * 1937 – George Steele, American wrestler and actor (died 2017) *1938 – Rich Rollins, American baseball player * 1938 – Gordon Wilson (Scottish politician), Gordon Wilson, Scottish lawyer and politician (died 2017) *1939 – John Amabile (American football), John Amabile, American football player and coach (died 2012) * 1939 – Dusty Springfield, English singer and record producer (died 1999) *1940 – Benoît Bouchard, Canadian academic and politician, 18th Minister of Transport (Canada), Canadian Minister of Transport * 1940 – David Holford, Barbadian cricketer (died 2022) * 1940 – Fotis Kafatos, Greek biologist, founding president of the European Research Council, European Research Council (ERC) (died 2017). * 1940 – Queen Margrethe II of Denmark * 1940 – Joan Snyder, American painter * 1940 – Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys, English banker and politician, Lord Chamberlain, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (died 2023) * 1941 – Allan Segal, American director and producer (died 2012) *
1942 The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was th ...
– Nikos Gioutsos, Greek footballer (died 2023) *1942 – Jim Lonborg, American baseball pitcher * 1942 – Sir Frank Williams, English businessman, founded the Williams F1, Williams F1 Racing Team (died 2021) *
1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 ...
– Petro Tyschtschenko, Austrian-German businessman * 1943 – John Watkins (Australian cricketer), John Watkins, Australian cricketer * 1945 – Tom Allen (Maine politician), Tom Allen, American lawyer and politician *1946 – Margot Adler, American journalist and author (died 2014) * 1946 – Ernst Bakker, Dutch politician (died 2014) * 1946 – Johnnie Lewis, Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Justice of Liberia (died 2015) * 1946 – R. Carlos Nakai, American flute player *
1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...
– Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American basketball player and coach * 1947 – Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter (died 2011) *
1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...
– Reg Alcock, Canadian businessman and politician, 17th President of the Treasury Board (Canada), Canadian President of the Treasury Board (died 2011) *1950 – David Graf, American actor (died 2001) * 1950 – Colleen Hewett, Australian singer and actress *1951 – Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, Romanian author and photographer *1952 – Michel Blanc, French actor and director (died 2024) * 1952 – Esther Roth-Shahamorov, Israeli sprinter and hurdler *1953 – Peter Garrett, Australian singer-songwriter and politician *1954 – Ellen Barkin, American actress * 1954 – John Bowe (racing driver), John Bowe, Australian racing driver * 1954 – Mike Zuke, Canadian ice hockey player *1955 – Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg *1956 – David M. Brown, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 2003) * 1956 – T Lavitz, American keyboard player, composer, and producer (died 2010) * 1956 – Lise-Marie Morerod, Swiss skier *1957 – Patricia De Martelaere, Belgian philosopher, author, and academic (died 2009) *1958 – Tim Flach, English photographer and director * 1958 – Ulf Wakenius, Swedish guitarist *1959 – Alison Ramsay, English-Scottish field hockey player and lawyer *1960 – Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician (died 2007) * 1960 – Rafael Benítez, Spanish footballer and manager * 1960 – Pierre Littbarski, German footballer and manager * 1961 – Jarbom Gamlin, Indian lawyer and politician, seventh Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (died 2014) *1962 – Anna Dello Russo, Italian journalist *
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...
– Saleem Malik, Pakistani cricketer * 1963 – Jimmy Osmond, American singer *1964 – Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish pianist (died 2008) *1965 – Yves-François Blanchet, Canadian politician * 1965 – Jon Cryer, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter * 1965 – Martin Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter *1966 – Jarle Vespestad, Norwegian drummer *1968 – Vickie Guerrero, American wrestler and manager * 1968 – Rüdiger Stenzel, German runner *1969 – Patrik Järbyn, Swedish skier * 1969 – Fernando Viña, American baseball player and sportscaster *1970 – Dero Goi, German singer-songwriter and drummer * 1970 – Margreth Olin, Norwegian filmmaker * 1970 – Walt Williams, American basketball player *1971 – Cameron Blades, Australian rugby player * 1971 – Selena, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer (died 1995) * 1971 – Seigo Yamamoto, Japanese racing driver * 1971 – Natasha Zvereva, Belarusian tennis player *
1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...
– Conchita Martínez, Spanish-American tennis player * 1972 – Tracy K. Smith, American poet and educator *1973 – Akon, Senegalese-American singer, rapper and songwriter * 1973 – Charlotta Sörenstam, Swedish golfer * 1973 – Teddy Cobeña, Spanish-Ecuadorian expressionist and representational sculptor *1976 – Lukas Haas, American actor and musician * 1976 – Kelli O'Hara, American actress and singer *1977 – Freddie Ljungberg, Swedish footballer *1979 – Christijan Albers, Dutch racing driver * 1979 – Lars Börgeling, German pole vaulter * 1979 – Daniel Browne, New Zealand rugby player *1981 – Anestis Agritis, Greek footballer * 1981 – Maya Dunietz, Israeli singer-songwriter and pianist * 1981 – Matthieu Proulx, Canadian football player *1982 – Gina Carano, American mixed martial artist and actress * 1982 – Boris Diaw, French basketball player * 1982 – Jonathan Vilma, American football player *1983 – Marié Digby, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress * 1983 – Cat Osterman, American softball player *1984 – Teddy Blass, American composer and producer * 1984 – Claire Foy, English actress * 1984 – Tucker Fredricks, American speed skater * 1984 – Paweł Kieszek, Polish footballer * 1984 – Kerron Stewart, Jamaican sprinter *1985 – Luol Deng, Sudanese-English basketball player * 1985 – Nate Diaz, American mixed martial artist * 1985 – Brendon Leonard, New Zealand rugby player * 1985 – Katerina Stikoudi, Greek singer, actress, TV host, model, businesswoman, former champion swimmer and beauty pageant titleholder. * 1985 – Taye Taiwo, Nigerian footballer *1986 – Shinji Okazaki, Japanese footballer * 1986 – Peter Regin, Danish ice hockey player * 1986 – Epke Zonderland, Dutch gymnast *1987 – Cenk Akyol, Turkish basketball player * 1987 – Aaron Lennon, English international footballer *1988 – Kyle Okposo, American ice hockey player *1990 – Reggie Jackson (basketball, born 1990), Reggie Jackson, American basketball player * 1990 – Vangelis Mantzaris, Greek basketball player * 1990 – Tony McQuay, American sprinter *1991 – Nolan Arenado, American baseball player * 1991 – Kim Kyung-jung, South Korean footballer *1993 – Chance the Rapper, American rapper * 1993 – Mirai Nagasu, Japanese-American figure skater *1996 – Anya Taylor-Joy, Argentine-British actress * 1996 – Taylor Townsend, American tennis player *2002 – Sadie Sink, American actress


Deaths


Pre-1600

*AD 69 – Otho, Roman emperor (born AD 32) * 665 – Fructuosus of Braga, French archbishop and saint *1090 – Sikelgaita, duchess of Apulia (born c. 1040) *1113 – Sviatopolk II of Kiev (born 1050) *1118 – Adelaide del Vasto, regent of Sicily, mother of Roger II of Sicily, queen of Baldwin I of Jerusalem *1198 – Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Frederick I, Duke of Austria (born 1175) *1234 – Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (born 1191) *1375 – John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English nobleman and soldier (born 1347) *1496 – Charles II, Duke of Savoy (born 1489) *1587 – Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (born 1497)


1601–1900

*1640 – Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (born 1579) *1645 – Tobias Hume, Scottish soldier, viol player, and composer (born 1569) *1687 – George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English poet and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire (born 1628) *1689 – Aphra Behn, English author and playwright (born 1640) *1742 – Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian poet and translator (born 1672) *1756 – Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (born 1677) *1783 – Christian Mayer (astronomer), Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator (born 1719) *1788 – Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (born 1707) *1828 – Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and illustrator (born 1746) *1846 – Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (born 1763) *1850 – Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds, Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (born 1761) *1859 – Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher, Minister of Foreign Affairs (France), French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1805) *1879 – Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (born 1844) *1888 – Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (born 1845) *1899 – Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (born 1875)


1901–present

*1904 – Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (born 1888) * 1904 – Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (born 1812) *1914 – George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (born 1838) *1915 – Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (born 1841) * 1925 – Stefan Nerezov, Bulgarian general (born 1867) *1928 – Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (born 1840) * 1928 – Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (born 1900) *1930 – José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (born 1894) *1935 – Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author (born 1884) *1937 – Jay Johnson Morrow, American military engineer and politician, third Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (born 1870) *1938 – Steve Bloomer, English footballer and manager (born 1874) *1940 – Tony D'Arcy, Irish Republican died while on hunger strike (born 1908) * 1941 – Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (born 1880) *
1942 The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was th ...
– Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (born 1878) * 1942 – Denis St. George Daly, Irish polo player (born 1862) *1946 – Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and engineer (born 1884) *
1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...
– Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (born 1900) *1950 – Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (born 1905) * 1950 – Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter (born 1867) *1955 – David Kirkwood, Scottish engineer and politician (born 1872) *1958 – Rosalind Franklin, English biophysicist and academic (born 1920) *1960 – Mihály Fekete, Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director (born 1884) * 1961 – Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic (born 1912) *1965 – Francis Balfour (colonial administrator), Francis Balfour, English soldier and colonial administrator (born 1884) *1965 – Sydney Chaplin, English actor, comedian, brother of Charlie Chaplin (born 1885) *1966 – Eric Lambert (author), Eric Lambert, Australian author (born 1918) *1968 – Fay Bainter, American actress (born 1893) * 1968 – Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1885) *1969 – Hem Vejakorn, Thai illustrator and painter (born 1904) *1970 – Richard Neutra, Austrian-American architect, designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records (born 1892) * 1970 – Péter Veres (politician), Péter Veres, Hungarian politician, Ministry of Defence (Hungary), Hungarian Minister of Defence (born 1897) *
1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...
– Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899) * 1972 – Frank O'Connor (public servant), Frank O'Connor, Australian public servant (born 1894) *1973 – István Kertész (conductor), István Kertész, Hungarian conductor and educator (born 1929) *1978 – Lucius D. Clay, American officer and military governor in occupied Germany (born 1898) *1980 – Morris Stoloff, American composer (born 1898) *1985 – Scott Brady, American actor (born 1924) *1988 – Khalil al-Wazir, Palestinian commander, founded Fatah (born 1935) * 1988 – Youri Egorov, Russian pianist (born 1954) *1989 – Jocko Conlan, American baseball player and umpire (born 1899) * 1989 – Kaoru Ishikawa Japanese author and educator (born 1915) * 1989 – Miles Lawrence, English cricketer (born 1940) *1989 – Hakkı Yeten, Turkish footballer, manager and president (born 1910) *1991 – David Lean, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1908) *1992 – Neville Brand, American actor (born 1920) * 1992 – Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian spy and activist (born 1915) * 1992 – Andy Russell (singer), Andy Russell, American singer and actor (born 1919) *1994 – Paul-Émilien Dalpé, Canadian labor unionist (born 1919) * 1994 – Ralph Ellison, American novelist and critic (born 1913) *1996 – Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (born 1917) *1997 – Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid, Colombian politician (born 1921) * 1997 – Roland Topor, French actor, director, and painter (born 1938) *1998 – Alberto Calderón, Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (born 1920) * 1998 – Fred Davis (snooker player), Fred Davis, English snooker player (born 1913) * 1998 – Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canadian super-centenarian (born 1880) *1999 – Skip Spence, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1946) *
2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
– Robert Osterloh, American actor (born 1918) * 2001 – Michael Ritchie (film director), Michael Ritchie, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1938) * 2001 – Alec Stock, English footballer and manager (born 1917) *2002 – Billy Ayre, English footballer and manager (born 1952) * 2002 – Ruth Fertel, American businesswoman, founded Ruth's Chris Steak House (born 1927) * 2002 – Robert Urich, American actor (born 1946) * 2003 – Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (born 1930) * 2003 – Graham Stuart Thomas, English horticulturalist and author (born 1909) *2005 – Kay Walsh, English actress, singer, and dancer (born 1911) * 2007 – Frank Bateson, New Zealand astronomer (born 1909) * 2007 – Gaétan Duchesne, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1962) * 2007 – Maria Lenk, Brazilian swimmer (born 1915) * 2007 – Chandrabose Suthaharan, Sri Lankan journalist * 2008 – Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (born 1917) *2009 – Michael Martin Dwyer, Irish security guard (born 1984) *2009 – Eduardo Rózsa-Flores, Bolivian-Hungarian-Croatian mercenary, journalist, and actor (born 1960) *2010 – Rasim Delić, Bosnian general and convicted war criminal (born 1949) * 2010 – Daryl Gates, American police officer, created the Drug Abuse Resistance Education, D.A.R.E. Program (born 1926) *2011 – Gerry Alexander, Jamaican cricketer and veterinarian (born 1928) * 2011 – Allan Blakeney, Canadian scholar and politician, tenth Premier of Saskatchewan (born 1925) * 2011 – Sol Saks, American screenwriter and producer (born 1910) *2012 – Sári Barabás, Hungarian soprano (born 1914) * 2012 – Marian Biskup, Polish author and academic (born 1922) * 2012 – Alan Hacker, English clarinet player and conductor (born 1938) * 2012 – George Kunda, Zambian lawyer and politician, 11th Vice-President of Zambia (born 1956) * 2012 – Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish businessman (born 1913) * 2012 – Carlo Petrini (footballer), Carlo Petrini, Italian footballer and coach (born 1948) *2013 – Charles Bruzon, Gibraltarian politician (born 1938) * 2013 – Ali Kafi, Algerian politician (born 1928) * 2013 – Siegfried Ludwig, Austrian politician, 18th List of governors of Lower Austria, Governor of Lower Austria (born 1926) * 2013 – Pentti Lund, Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player (born 1925) * 2013 – George Beverly Shea, Canadian-American singer-songwriter (born 1909) * 2013 – Pat Summerall, American football player and sportscaster (born 1930) * 2013 – Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexican architect, designed the Tijuana Cultural Center and National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico), National Museum of Anthropology (born 1919) *2014 – Gyude Bryant, Liberian businessman and politician (born 1949) * 2014 – Aulis Rytkönen, Finnish footballer and manager (born 1929) * 2014 – Ernst Florian Winter, Austrian-American historian and political scientist (born 1923) *2015 – Valery Belousov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (born 1948) * 2015 – Stanislav Gross, Czech lawyer and politician, fifth Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (born 1969) *2018 – Harry Anderson, American actor and magician (born 1952) *2021 – Andrew Peacock, Australian politician (born 1939) * 2021 – Helen McCrory, British actress (born 1968) * 2021 – Liam Scarlett, British choreographer (born 1986) * 2021 – John Dawes, Welsh rugby union player (born 1940) * 2024 – Carl Erskine, American baseball player (born 1926) * 2024 – Bob Graham, American lawyer, author, and politician, 38th List of governors of Florida, governor of Florida (born 1936) * 2025 – Nora Aunor, Filipino actress and recording artist (born 1953)


Holidays and observances

*Christian feast day: **Benedict Joseph Labre **Bernadette Soubirous **Saint Drogo, Drogo **Engratia **Fructuosus of Braga **Isabella Gilmore (Church of England) **Martyrs of Zaragoza **Molly Brant, Molly Brant (Konwatsijayenni) (Calendar of saints (Anglican Church of Canada), Anglican Church of Canada, Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church), Episcopal Church) **Turibius of Astorga **April 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) *Birthday of José de Diego (Puerto Rico, United States) *Birthday of Queen Margrethe II (Denmark) *Emancipation Day (Washington, D.C., United States) *Memorial Day for the Victims of the Holocaust (Hungary) *List of awareness days#April, National Healthcare Decisions Day (United States) *Remembrance of Chemical Attack on Balisan and Sheikh Wasan (Iraqi Kurdistan) *World Voice Day


References


External links


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