1605 – The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain.
1906 – Marshall Field, American businessman, founded Marshall Field's (b. 1834) dies.
1908 – Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (d. 1984) is born.
1917 – Carl Karcher, American businessman, founded Carl's Jr. (d. 2008) is born.
1920 – The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
1935 – A. J. Foyt, American race car driver is born.
1938 – Benny Goodman, and his band, performed in concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City
1942 – Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
1945 – Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.
1949 – Anne F. Beiler, American businesswoman, founded Auntie Anne's is born.
1964 – Hello, Dolly! (musical) starring Carol Channing opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 2,844 performances.
1969 – Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
1972 – Greg Page, Australian singer and actor (The Wiggles) is born.
1979 – The last Iranian Shah flees Iran with his family for good and relocates to Egypt.
1991 – The Coalition Forces go to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War (U.S. Time).
2001 – US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish–American War.
2002 – The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the remaining members of the Taliban.
2003 – The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.
2007 – Benny Parsons, American race car driver and sportscaster (b. 1941) dies.
2010 – Glen Bell, American businessman, founded Taco Bell (b. 1923) dies.
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