1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.
1863 – American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.
1880 – Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805) dies.
1885 – Good Housekeeping magazine goes on sale for the first time.
1918 – General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
1920 – The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
1932 – Comedian Jack Benny's radio show airs for the first time.
1936 – Engelbert Humperdinck, Indian-English singer and pianist is born.
1945 – Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan-American model, actress, and activist is born.
1947 – James Dyson, English businessman, founded the Dyson Company is born.
1955 – Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
1969 – The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
1972 – J. Edgar Hoover, American 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895) dies.
1975 – David Beckham, English footballer, coach, and model is born.
1986 – Chernobyl disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster
2000 – President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
2009 – Jack Kemp, American football player and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (b. 1935) dies.
2011 – Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man is killed by the United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
2012 – Junior Seau, American football player, San Diego Chargers, (b. 1969) dies.
2012 – A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction.
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