1951 – Matti Pellonp, Finnish actor and musician (d. 1995)

1910 – Ingrid, Queen Mother of Denmark

1910 – Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr., American Librarian (d. 2001)

1910 – Jimmie Dodd, American actor (d. 1964)

1515 – Theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint

1522 – Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557)

1955 – John Alderdice, Northern Irish politician

1592 – Jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer

1599 – Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch naval officer (d. 1658)

1613 – Xiaozhuangwen Grand Empress Dowager, Empress of Manchu (d. 1688)

1956 – April Margera, Bam Margera’s mother

1914 – Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (d. 2000)

1958 – Bart Wayne Conner, Morton Grove Ill, gymnist (Olympic-2 gold-1984)

1915 – Jay Livingston, composer (Buttons & Bows, Mona Lisa, Tammy)

1660 – Arnold Houbraken, Dutch schilder/writer

1660 – Georg Ludwig, German monarch of Hannover/King George I of Gt Britain

1725 – Andrew Kippis, English clergyman and biographer (d. 1795)

1960 – Jos Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician

1960 – ric-Emmanuel Schmitt, French author and dramatist

1961 – Byron Scott, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies)

1962 – Ged Grimes, [Danny Wilson], rocker (Mary’s Prayer)

1750 – Francisco A G de Miranda, Venezuelan freedom fighter

1922 – Neville Bonner, Australian politician (d. 1999)

1766 – Joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Emmeline)

1922 – Joey Maxim, American boxer (d. 2001)

1924 – Freddie Bartholomew, England, actor (Anna Karenina, David Copperfield)

1965 – Steve Bull, English footballer

1924 – Peter Baer, artost/printmaker

1795 – Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian (d. 1876)

1799 – Karl Adolph von Basedow, German artist (Ziekte van Basedow)

1926 – Polly Umrigar, cricketer (Indian batsman & captain)

1926 – Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba

1927 – Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author (d. 2007)

1817 – Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer

1818 – Wade Hampton, SC, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1902

1968 – Max Perlich, actor (JH Brodie-Homicide)

1968 – Nasser Hussain, cricketer (Essex & England batsman)

1968 – Teee Williams, LA Calif, volleyball outside hitter (Oly-bronze-92, 96)

1968 – Iris Chang, American author (d. 2004)

1930 – George Bruce, painter

1930 – Robert Ashley, composer

1969 – Craig Paquette, Long Beach CA, infielder (KC Royals)

1969 – Earnest Stewart, soccer player (Willem II)

1969 – Elliot Perry, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks)

1868 – Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter

1868 – Maxim Gorki, [Aleksei Peshikov], Russia, writer (Mother) [3/16 OS]

1936 – Mario Vargas Llosa, Peru, writer (Aunt Julia)/pres candidate

1868 – Maxim Gorky, Russian author (d. 1936)

1940 – Kevin Loughery, NBA star/coach (Balt, Phila)

1872 – Jose Sanjurjo y Sacanell, Spanish general (Morocco)

1970 – Shawn Price, NFL defensive end (GB Packers, Car Panthers, Buf Bills)

1941 – Charlie McCoy, Oak Hill WV, harmonica player (Hee Haw)

1970 – Michelle Gildernew, Irish republican politician

1942 – Neil Kinnock, Wales, leader (Labour Party)

1971 – Wesley Person, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers)

1942 – Samuel Ramey, Colby Kansas, bass (La Scala)

1972 – Jonathan Edwards, Boston Mass, doubles luger (Olympics-1994)

1942 – Conrad Schumann, East German border guard (d. 1998)

1972 – Michael Smith, NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)

1972 – Mike Morton, linebacker (Oakland Raiders)

1895 – Spencer W Kimball, 12th prophet of Mormon church

1944 – Ken Howard, El Centro California, American actor (Ken-White Shadow, Dynasty, 1776)

1973 – Andrew Whittall, cricketer (cousin of Guy Zimbabwe off-spinner 1996)

1973 – Eddie Fatu, Samoan professional wrestler

1945 – Hans Brunhart, leader of Liechtenstein (1978-93)

1899 – Buck Shaw, American football coach (d. 1977)

1974 – Scott Mills, British radio disc jockey

1946 – Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru

1975 – Shanna Moakler, former beauty queen

1975 – Ivn Helguera, Spanish footballer

1947 – John Landecker, American disk jockey

1948 – Dianne Wiest, KC MO, actress (Hannah & Her Sisters, Footloose)

1948 – John Evans, (Aka Evan) rock drummer (Jethro Tull)

1904 – Fosco Giachetti, Livorno Italy, actor (Wastrel, We the Living)

1905 – Marlin Perkins, Carthage Mo, TV host (Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom)

1978 – Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997)

1979 – Juli Keech, Miss South Dakota Teen USA (1997)

1979 – Park Chae-rim, South Korean actress

1907 – Herbert “Herb” Hall, clarinetist/saxophonist

1951 – Karen Kain, Canadian ballerina

37 – Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.

193 – Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.

364 – Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.

845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.

1776 – Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.

1794 – Allies under the prince of Coburg defeat French forces at Le Cateau.

1795 – Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.

1802 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man.

1809 – Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin.

1854 – Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.

1860 – First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.

1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Glorieta Pass – in New Mexico, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of New Mexico territory. The battle began on March 26.

1871 – The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.

1889 – The Yngsj murder occurs in Yngsj, Sweden and Anna Mnsdotter is arrested along with her son.

1910 – Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.

1913 – Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1920 – Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.

1930 – Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara.

1939 – Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid.

1941 – World War II: Battle of Cape Matapan – in the Mediterranean Sea, British Admiral Andrew Browne Cunningham leads the Royal Navy in the destruction of three major Italian heavy cruisers and two destroyers.

1942 – World War II: In occupied France, British naval forces successfully raid the German-occupied port of St. Nazaire.

1946 – Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.

1959 – The State Council of the People’s Republic of China dissolves the Government of Tibet.

1968 – Brazilian high school student Edson Lus de Lima Souto is shot by the police in a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students. The aftermath of his death is one of the first major events against the military dictatorship.

1969 – Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.

1969 – The McGill franais movement protest occurs, the second largest protest in Montreal’s history with 10,000 trade unionists, leftist activists, CEGEP students, and even some McGill students at McGill’s Roddick Gates. This led to the majority of the protesters getting arrested.

1978 – The US Supreme Court hands down 5-3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.

1979 – Operators of Three Mile Island’s Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania fail to recognize that a relief valve in the primary coolant system has stuck open following an unexpected shutdown. As a result, enough coolant drains out of the system to allow the core to overheat and partially melt down.

1979 – The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan’s government, precipitating a general election.

1990 – President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.

1994 – In South Africa, Zulus and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg, resulting in 18 deaths.

1999 – Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill 146 Kosovo Albanians in the Izbica massacre.

2000 – Three children are killed when a Murray County, Georgia, school bus is hit by a CSX freight train.

2003 – In a friendly fire incident, two A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft from the United States Idaho Air National Guard’s 190th Fighter Squadron attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing British soldier Matty Hull.

2005 – The 2005 Sumatran earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the fourth strongest earthquake since 1965.

2006 – At least 1 million union members, students, and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government’s proposed First Employment Contract law.