Otto Von Bismarck 1815 - First chancellor of united Germany
- 1778 - Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, created the "$" symbol.
- 1826 - Samuel Mory patented the internal combustion engine.
- 1916 - The first U.S. national women's swimming championships were held.
- 1929 - Louie Marx introduced the Yo-Yo.
- 1933 - Nazi Germany began the persecution of Jews by boycotting Jewish businesses.
- 1948 - The Berlin Airlift began.
- 1979 - Iran was proclaimed to be an Islamic Republic by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini after the fall of the Shah.
- 1982 - The U.S. transferred the Canal Zone to Panama.
- 1987 - U.S. President Reagan told doctors in Philadelphia, "We've declared AIDS public health enemy No. 1."
- 2001 - China began holding 24 crewmembers of a U.S. surveillance plane. The EP-3E U.S. Navy crew had made an emergency landing after an in-flight collision with a Chinese fighter jet. The Chinese pilot was missing and presumed dead. The U.S. crew was released on April 11, 2001.
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