Robert Penn Warren 1905
- 1805 - The U.S. Marines attacked and captured the town of Derna in Tripoli.
- 1833 - A patent was granted for first soda fountain.
- 1877 - Russia declared war on the Ottoman Empire.
- 1889 - The Edison General Electric Company was organized.
- 1915 - During World War I, the Ottoman Turkish Empire began the mass deportation of Armenians.
- 1916 - Irish nationalist launched the Easter Rebellion against British occupation forces. They were overtaken several days later.
- 1967 - Soviet astronaut Vladimir Komarov died when his craft crashed with a tangled parachute.
- 1989 - Thousands of students began striking in Beijing.
- 2003 - A U.S. official reported the North Korea had claimed to have nuclear weapons.
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