1869 – Kasturba Gandhi, Indian wife of Mahatma Gandhi (d. 1944) is born.
1881 – Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
1890 – Rachele Mussolini, Italian wife of Benito Mussolini (d. 1979) is born.
1906 – James Anthony Bailey, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1847) dies.
1909 – The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
1928 – Ethel Kennedy, American philanthropist; wife of Robert F. Kennedy is born.
1930 – Anton LaVey, American occultist, founded the Church of Satan (d. 1997) is born.
1951 – Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
1965 – The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states, killing 256 people.
1968 – President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
1970 – Apollo 13 is launched.
1976 – The Apple I is created.
1989 – Ron Hextall becomes the first goaltender in NHL history to score a goal in the playoffs.
1993 – Four hundred fifty prisoners rioted at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continued to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs.
2003 – Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist and businessman, founded Texas Instruments (b. 1900) dies.
2006 – June Pointer, American singer and actress (The Pointer Sisters) (b. 1953) dies.
2013 – Jonathan Winters, American comedian, actor and screenwriter (b. 1925) dies.
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