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Buchenwald slave laborers
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Hugo Chávez
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Buchenwald concentration camp watchtower
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SMS Blücher
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Nevill Ground's cricket pavilion after the arson attack
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The Concertgebouw
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Emir Abdullah of Transjordan
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| Juan Santamaría Day in Costa Rica | refimprove |
| 1828 – Bahía Blanca in Argentina was founded as a fortress to protect dwellers and their cattle from native rustling, and to protect the coast from the Brazilian Navy. | date not cited, inappropriate tone |
| 1909 – The city of Tel Aviv in Ottoman Syria was founded as 66 Jewish families held a lottery to distribute land their organisation had purchased north of Jaffa. | refimprove section |
| 1945 – World War II: American forces liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany. | refimprove section |
| 1955 – Air India's Kashmir Princess was destroyed in mid-air by a bomb in an assassination attempt on Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai, who had not been on board. | refimprove |
| 1965 – Almost 50 confirmed tornadoes struck six states in the Midwestern United States during the Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, killing over 270 people and injuring 1,500 others. | needs more footnotes |
| 1968 – U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting racial discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing. | missing information |
| 1981 – Tensions between residents and the police in Brixton, South London, escalated into a massive riot that resulted in almost 300 police injuries, 45 civilian injuries, over a hundred vehicles burned, and over 150 buildings damaged. | multiple issues |
| 1986 – Eight FBI agents exchanged gunfire with two bank robbers in Miami, Florida, which led to the introduction of more powerful handguns in many police departments around the country. | refimprove section |
| Llywelyn the Great |d|1240 | refimprove section |
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- 1241 – Mongol invasion of Europe: Mongol forces led by Batu Khan and Subutai defeated the army of King Béla IV at the Battle of Mohi near the river Sajó, a key victory in their first invasion of Hungary.
- 1544 – Italian War of 1542–1546: French and Spanish forces fought a massive pitched battle in the Piedmont region of Italy.
- 1713 – The main treaties of the Peace of Utrecht were signed in Utrecht in the Dutch Republic, helping to end the War of the Spanish Succession.
- 1814 – The Treaty of Fontainebleau was signed, ending the War of the Sixth Coalition and forcing Napoleon to abdicate as ruler of France and sending him into exile on Elba.
- 1888 – The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, considered one of the world's finest concert halls, was inaugurated.
- 1908 – Blücher, the last armored cruiser built by the Imperial German Navy, was launched.
- 1913 – The cricket pavilion at the Nevill Ground was destroyed in an arson attack (damage pictured) that was attributed to militant suffragettes as part of a country-wide campaign co-ordinated by the Women's Social and Political Union.
- 1919 – Paris Peace Conference: Woodrow Wilson overturns Japan's Racial Equality Proposal, stating that unanimous support was required.
- 1921 – Emir Abdullah established the first centralised government in the recently created British protectorate of Transjordan.
- 1963 – Pope John XXIII issued Pacem in terris, the first papal encyclical addressed to "all men of good will" rather than only to Catholics.
- 1968 – Rudi Dutschke, the most prominent leader of the German student movement, survived an assassination attempt, which led to the largest protests to that date in Germany.
- 1973 – On the Art of the Cinema, a treatise on film propaganda in support of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea written by the future North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, was published.
- 1979 – Uganda–Tanzania War: The allied forces of Tanzania and the Uganda National Liberation Front captured the capital Kampala, deposing Ugandan president Idi Amin.
- 1993 – Prisoners at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility near Lucasville, Ohio, rioted and took over the prison for 11 days, resulting in the deaths of one officer and nine inmates.
- 1996 – While attempting to set a record as the youngest person to pilot an airplane across the United States, the aircraft flown by seven-year-old Jessica Dubroff crashed in Cheyenne, Wyoming, killing her and two others.
- 2002 – In a coup attempt, members of the Venezuelan military detained President Hugo Chávez and demanded his resignation.
- 2011 – A bomb exploded at the central Oktyabrskaya station of the Minsk Metro in Belarus, killing 15 people and injuring more than 200.
- 2017 – The tour bus of the German football team Borussia Dortmund was attacked with roadside bombs in Dortmund, killing a police officer and injuring one of the team's players.
- 2023 – A Myanmar Air Force airstrike killed at least 100 villagers in Pazigyi.
- Born/died:| Anawrahta |d|1077| | Stephen IV of Hungary |d|1165| Ramadan ibn Alauddin |d|1349| Edward Wightman |d|1612| Christopher Smart |b|1722| Edward Everett |b|1794| Ferdinand Lassalle |b|1825| John Douglas (English architect) |b|1830| Arthur Shrewsbury |b|1856| Charles Evans Hughes |b|1862| Joseph Merrick |d|1890| Percy Lavon Julian |b|1899| Percy Lavon Julian |b|1899| Winston Peters |b|1945| Bunny Ahearne |d|1985| Milly Alcock |b|2000| Kurt Vonnegut |d|2007| Muhammad Kamaruzzaman |d|2015
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- 1689 – William III and Mary II (both pictured) were crowned joint sovereigns of England in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey.
- 1809 – Napoleonic Wars: A hastily assembled Royal Navy fleet launched an assault against the main strength of the French Atlantic Fleet; an incomplete victory led to political turmoil in Britain.
- 1951 – U.S. president Harry S. Truman relieved General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of his commands for making public statements about the Korean War that contradicted the administration's policies.
- 2001 – In a FIFA World Cup qualifying match, [[Australia 31–0 American Samoa|Australia defeated American Samoa Template:Nowrap]], the largest margin of victory recorded in international football.