Nikita Khrushchev 1894 - U.S.S.R. premier
- 1865 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln died from injuries inflicted by John Wilkes Booth.
- 1871 - "Wild Bill" Hickok became the marshal of Abilene, Kansas.
- 1923 - Insulin became generally available for people suffering with diabetes.
- 1945 - During World War II, British and Canadian troops liberated the Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen.
- 1947 - Jackie Robinson played his first major league baseball game for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Previously he had only appeared in exhibition games.
- 1948 - The Arabs were defeated in the first Jewish-Arab battle.
- 1989 - Students in Beijing launched a series of pro democracy protests upon the death of former Communist Party leader Hu Yaobang. The protests led to the Tienanmen Square massacre.
- 1994 - The World Trade Organization was established.
- 1998 - Pol Pot died at the age of 73. The leader of the Khmer Rouge regime thereby evaded prosecution for the deaths of 2 million Cambodians.
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