1836 – Frederick Pabst, German-American brewer, founded the Pabst Brewing Company (d. 1904) is born.
1920 – Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
1946 – Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
1955 – Reba McEntire, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress is born.
1969 – Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States (b. 1890) dies.
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 – A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown.
1986 – Lady Gaga, American singer-songwriter, dancer, producer, and actress is born.
1990 – President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
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.
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