Lew Wallace 1827 - U.S. novelist ("Ben Hur")
- 1825 - The first hotel opened in Hawaii.
- 1849 - Walter Hunt patented the safety pin. He sold the rights for $100.
- 1912 - The Titanic set sail from Southampton, England.
- 1916 - The Professional Golfers Association (PGA) held its first championship tournament.
- 1919 - In Mexico, revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata was killed by government troops.
- 1932 - Paul von Hindenburg was elected president of Germany with 19 million votes. Adolf Hitler came in second with 13 million votes.
- 1938 - Germany annexed Austria after Austrians had voted in a referundum to merge with Germany.
- 1963 - 129 people died when the nuclear-powered submarine USS Thresher failed to surface off Cape Cod, MA.
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