James Woods 1947 - Actor ("The Onion Field", "Casino")
- 1775 - American revolutionaries Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott rode though the towns of Massachusetts giving the warning that the Regulars were coming out. Later, the phrase "the British are coming" was attributed to Revere even though it is unlikely he used that wording.
- 1847 - U.S. troops defeated almost 17,000 Mexican soldiers commanded by Santa Anna at Cerro Gordo. (Mexican-American War)
- 1906 - San Francisco, CA, was hit with an earthquake. The original death toll was cited at about 700. Later information indicated that the death toll may have been 3 to 4 times the original estimate.
- 1938 - Superman made his debut when he appeared in the first issue of Action Comics. (Cover date June 1938)
- 1942 - James H. Doolittle and his squadron, from the USS Hornet, raided Tokyo and other Japanese cities.
- 1989 - Thousands of Chinese students demanding democracy tried to storm Communist Party headquarters in Beijing.
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