1829 – Levi Strauss, German-American fashion designer, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (d. 1902) is born.
1846 – Buffalo Bill, American soldier and hunter (d. 1917) is born.
1852 – John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, co-created Corn flakes (d. 1943) is born.
1866 – Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (d. 1930) is born.
1903 – Richard Jordan Gatling, American engineer, invented the Gatling gun (b. 1818) dies.
1909 – Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
1914 – HMHS Britannic, sister to the RMS Titanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
1916 – Jackie Gleason, American actor and singer (d. 1987) is born.
1919 – President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
1928 – Fats Domino, American singer-songwriter and pianist is born.
1929 – President Calvin Coolidge signs an executive order establishing the 96,000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
1952 – Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
1953 – Michael Bolton, American singer-songwriter and actor is born.
1971 – U.N. Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
1979 – The Superliner railcar enters revenue service with Amtrak.
1993 – World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand.
2005 – Jef Raskin, American computer scientist, created Macintosh (b. 1943) dies.
2008 – The New York Philharmonic performs in Pyongyang, North Korea; this is the first event of its kind to take place in North Korea.
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