1841 – William Rockhill Nelson, American businessman and publisher, founded The Kansas City Star (d. 1915) is born.
1876 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
1960 – Ivan Lendl, Czech tennis player and coach is born.
1965 – Bloody Sunday: a group of 600 civil rights marchers is brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama.
1985 – The song "We Are the World" receives its international release.
1986 – Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor.
1988 – Divine, American drag queen and film actor (b. 1945) dies.
1991 – Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player (b. 1903) dies.
1999 – Stanley Kubrick, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928) dies.
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