Ellen Goodman 1941 - Syndicated columnist
- 1898 - U.S. President William McKinley asked Congress for a declaration of war with Spain.
- 1921 - Iowa became the first state to impose a cigarette tax.
- 1945 - During World War II, American soldiers liberated the Nazi concentration camp of Buchenwald in Germany.
- 1947 - Jackie Robinson became the first black player in major-league history. He played in an exhibition game for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
- 1970 - Apollo 13 blasted off on a mission to the moon that was disrupted when an explosion crippled the spacecraft. The astronauts did return safely.
- 1981 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan returned to the White House from the hospital after recovering from an assassination attempt on March 30.
- 2001 - China agreed to release 24 crewmembers of a U.S. surveillance plane. The EP-3E Navy crew had been held since April 1 on Hainon, where the plane had made an emergency landing after an in-flight collision with a Chinese fighter jet. The Chinese pilot was missing and presumed dead.
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