EVENTS:
- 1611 – The King James Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.
- 1879 – The Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party is founded in Casa Labra Pub (city of Madrid) by the historical Spanish workers’ leader Pablo Iglesias.
- 1920 – The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
- 1955 – Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
- 1998 – The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union‘s monetary policy.
- 2008 – Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.
- 2008 – Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
- 2011 – Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI‘s most wanted man is killed by the United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
- 2011 – An E. coli outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the bacteria outbreak.
- 2014 – Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing.
- 2016 – The cabinet of the Czech Republic approved the name Czechia as the official short form name in English.
- 2018 – Basque separatist terrorist band ETA announces its dissolution and ceasing of all activities.
BIRTHS:
- 1551 – William Camden, English historian and topographer (d. 1623)
- 1894 – Joseph Henry Woodger, English biologist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1981)
- 1910 – Alexander Bonnyman, Jr., American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1943)
- 1912 – Axel Springer, German journalist and publisher, founded Axel Springer AG (d. 1985)
- 1920 – Vasantrao Deshpande, Indian singer and sitar player (d. 1983)
- 1921 – Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
- 1935 – Luis Suárez Miramontes, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1936 – Engelbert Humperdinck, Indian-English singer and pianist
- 1959 –Russ Grimm, American football player and coach
- 1967 – Bengt Åkerblom, Swedish ice hockey player (d. 1995)
- 1969 – Brian Lara, Trinidadian cricketer
- 1972 – Paul Adcock, English footballer
- 1980 – Zat Knight, English footballer
- 1982 – Johan Botha, South African cricketer
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