J.P. (John Pierpoint) Morgan 1837 - Financier
- 1629 - Horses were first imported into the colonies by the American Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 1824 - Russia abandoned all North American claims south of 54' 40'.
- 1961 - About 1,400 U.S.-supported Cuban exiles invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. It was an unsuccessful attack.
- 1964 - The Ford Motor Company unveiled its new Mustang model.
- 1969 - In Los Angeles, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
- 1970 - Apollo 13 returned to Earth safely after an on-board accident with an oxygen tank.
- 1993 - A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted two former police officers of violating the civil rights of beaten motorist Rodney King. Two other officers were acquitted.
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