Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 59 events. Showing 31 - 59.
- John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
- At California’s March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
- The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
- World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
- World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.
- World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.
- EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
- Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
- More than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.
- St. Martín de Porres is canonized by Pope John XXIII.
- Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England.
- Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara for attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.
- During a lull in fighting, 100,000 Armenians gather in Beirut to commemorate 60th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
- An earthquake strikes the Friuli region of northeastern Italy, causing 989 deaths and the destruction of entire villages.
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- A jury of architects and sculptors unanimously selects Maya Ying Lin’s design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial from 1,421 other entries.
- The Hitler Diaries are revealed as a hoax after examination by experts.
- One hundred three Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul.
- Cedar Point opens Magnum XL-200, the first roller coaster to break the 200 ft height barrier, therefore spawning what is known as the “coaster wars”.
- Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
- Former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones files a lawsuit against United States President Bill Clinton, alleging that he had sexually harassed her in 1991.
- The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.
- The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank’s 300-year history.
- Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his fifth career start.
- The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.
- During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
- After a radio-interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum the Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated.
- The series finale of the television sitcom Friends is aired on NBC. The finale attracts 52.46 million viewers, making it the sixth most watched television series finale in U.S. history.
- Three women missing for more than a decade are found alive in the U.S. city of Cleveland, Ohio. Their captor, Ariel Castro, is taken into custody.
- Six people are injured in a knife attack at a Chinese train station in Guangzhou.
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