Walter Winchell 1897 - Vaudeville performer, journalist, radio commentator
- 1862 - Union General Ulysses S. Grant defeated Confederates at the Battle of Shiloh, TN.
- 1864 - The first camel race in America was held in Sacramento, California.
- 1933 - Prohibition ended in the United States.
- 1940 - Booker T. Washington became the first black to be pictured on a U.S. postage stamp.
- 1945 - The Japanese battleship Yamato, the world’s largest battleship, was sunk during the battle for Okinawa. The fleet was headed for a suicide mission.
- 1948 - The musical "South Pacific" by Rogers and Hammerstein debuted on Broadway.
- 1953 - IBM unveiled the IBM 701 Electronic Data Processing Machine. It was IBM's first commercially available scientific computer.
- 1963 - At the age of 23, Jack Nicklaus became the youngest golfer to win the Green Jacket at the Masters Tournament.
- 1988 - In Fort Smith, AR, 13 white supremacists were acquitted on charges for plotting to overthrow the U.S. federal government.
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