Thornton Wilder 1897 - Novelist, playwright
- 1492 - Christopher Columbus signed a contract with Spain to find a passage to Asia and the Indies.
- 1524 - New York Harbor was discovered by Giovanni Verrazano.
- 1629 - Horses were first imported into the colonies by the American Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 1824 - Russia abandoned all North American claims south of 54' 40'.
- 1961 - About 1,400 U.S.-supported Cuban exiles invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. It was an unsuccessful attack.
- 1964 - The Ford Motor Company unveiled its new Mustang model.
- 1969 - In Los Angeles, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
- 1970 - Apollo 13 returned to Earth safely after an on-board accident with an oxygen tank.
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