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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1152]] – After an eight-year conflict, [[Baldwin III of Jerusalem]] wins sole control of the [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]] from his mother [[Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem|Melisende]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Mayer|first=Hans Eberhard|title=Studies in the History of Queen Melisende of Jerusalem|author-link=Hans E. Mayer |journal=Dumbarton Oaks Papers|year=1972|volume=26 |page=169 |doi=10.2307/1291317 |jstor=1291317 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1291317|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
*[[1303]] – The [[Sapienza University of Rome]] is instituted by a [[papal bull|bull]] of [[Pope Boniface VIII]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Torgil Magnuson|title=Urban Transformation of Medieval Rome, 312-1420|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AutPAAAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Swedish Institute in Rome|isbn=978-91-7042-167-9|page=121}}</ref>
===1601–1900===
*[[1653]] – [[Oliver Cromwell]] dissolves England's [[Rump Parliament]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=William Robison|author2=Ronald H. Fritze|title=Historical Dictionary of Stuart England, 1603-1689|publisher=Greenwood Press|year=1996|isbn=9780313283918|page=147}}</ref>
*[[1657]] – English Admiral [[Robert Blake (admiral)|Robert Blake]] destroys a Spanish silver fleet, under heavy fire from the shore, at the [[Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1657)|Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Manganiello |first1=Stephen C |title=The Concise Encyclopedia of the Revolutions and Wars of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1639-1660 |date=2004 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-5100-9|page=481}}</ref>
* 1657 – [[Freedom of religion]] is granted to the Jews of [[New Amsterdam]] (later New York City).
*[[1752]] – Start of [[Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War]], a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740–57).
*[[1770]] – The [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] king, [[Erekle II]], abandoned by his [[Russian Empire|Russian]] ally [[Gottlieb Heinrich Totleben|Count Totleben]], wins a victory over [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman forces]] at [[Battle of Aspindza|Aspindza]].
*[[1789]] – [[George Washington]] arrives at [[Grays Ferry, Philadelphia]], while en route to Manhattan for his [[first inauguration of George Washington|inauguration]].
*[[1792]] – France declares war against the "[[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor|King of Hungary and Bohemia]]", the beginning of the [[French Revolutionary Wars]].
*[[1800]] – The [[Septinsular Republic]] is established.
*[[1809]] – Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a [[First French Empire]] army led by [[Napoleon]] at the [[Battle of Abensberg]] on the second day of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory.
*[[1828]] – [[René Caillié]] becomes the second non-Muslim to enter [[Timbuktu]], following [[Alexander Gordon Laing|Major Gordon Laing]]. He would also be the first to return alive.<ref>{{cite book | last=Quella-Villéger | first=Alain | year=2012 | title=René Caillié, l'Africain: une vie d'explorateur, 1799–1838 | publisher=Aubéron | place=Anglet, France | isbn=978-2-84498-137-0 | language=fr|page=95 }}</ref>
*[[1836]] – [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] passes an act creating the [[Wisconsin Territory]].
*[[1861]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Robert E. Lee]] resigns his commission in the [[United States Army]] in order to command the forces of the state of [[Virginia]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Pryor|first=Elizabeth Brown|title=Robert E. Lee's 'Severest Struggle'|journal=American Heritage|date=Winter 2008 |access-date=April 20, 2019|url=https://www.americanheritage.com/robert-e-lees-severest-struggle}}</ref>
* 1861 – [[Thaddeus S. C. Lowe]], attempting to display the value of balloons, makes record journey, flying 900 miles from Cincinnati to South Carolina.<ref>{{cite book|first=Clifton|last=Daniel|title=Chronicle of America|publisher=Chronicle publication|year=1989|page=364|isbn=0-13-133745-9}}</ref>
*[[1862]] – [[Louis Pasteur]] and [[Claude Bernard]] complete the experiment disproving the theory of [[spontaneous generation]].
*[[1865]] – Astronomer [[Angelo Secchi]] demonstrates the [[Secchi disk]], which measures water clarity, aboard [[Pope Pius IX]]'s yacht, the ''L'Immaculata Concezion''.
*[[1876]] – The [[April Uprising of 1876|April Uprising]] begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the [[Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)|Russo-Turkish War]].
*[[1884]] – Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical ''[[Humanum genus]]'', condemning Freemasonry.
*[[1898]] – U.S. President [[William McKinley]] signs a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the [[Spanish–American War]].<ref>{{cite book|last=McCallum|first=Jack|title=Military Medicine: From Ancient Times to the 21st Century|___location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2008|isbn=978-1-85109-693-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5BXB9QtUfFQC|page=306}}</ref>
===1901–present===
*[[1902]] – [[Pierre Curie|Pierre]] and [[Marie Curie]] refine [[radium chloride]].
*[[1908]] – Opening day of competition in the [[New South Wales Rugby League]].<ref>{{cite book|title= The best ever Australian Sports Writing|last= Cunneen|first= Chris|year= 2001|publisher= Black Inc.|___location= Australia|isbn= 1-86395-266-7|page= 321|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=66OBschGE_YC|access-date= 19 February 2011}}</ref>
*[[1914]] – Nineteen men, women, and children participating in a strike are killed in the [[Ludlow Massacre]] during the [[Colorado Coalfield War]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Rees|first=Jonathan|chapter=Ludlow Massacre|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Business, Labor, and Economic History. Volume 1: Abra to Mutu|editor-last=Dubofsky|editor-first=Melvyn|___location=Oxford, UK|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2013|isbn=978-0-19-999304-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D-NMAgAAQBAJ|pages=483–484}}</ref>
*[[1918]] – [[Manfred von Richthofen]], a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
*[[1922]] – The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] government creates [[South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast]] within [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic|Georgian SSR]].
*[[1945]] – [[World War II]]: U.S. troops capture [[Leipzig]], Germany, only to later cede the city to the [[Soviet Union]].
* 1945 – World War II: [[Führerbunker]]: On his 56th birthday [[Adolf Hitler]] makes his last trip to the surface to award [[Iron Cross]]es to boy soldiers of the [[Hitler Youth]].
* 1945 – Twenty Jewish children used in [[Nazi human experimentation|medical experiments]] at [[Neuengamme concentration camp|Neuengamme]] are killed in the basement of the [[Bullenhuser Damm]] school.
*[[1946]] – The [[League of Nations]] officially [[dissolution (law)|dissolves]], giving most of its power to the [[United Nations]].
* [[1949]] – [[Amethyst incident]]: The [[People's Liberation Army]] attacks {{HMS|Amethyst|F116}} travelling to the British embassy in [[Nanjing]] during the [[Chinese Civil War]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Murfett |first=Malcolm H. |date=May 1991 |title=A Pyrrhic Victory: HMS Amethyst and the Damage to Anglo-Chinese Relations in 1949 |journal=[[War & Society]] |language=en |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=121–140 |doi=10.1179/072924791791202396 |issn=0729-2473}}</ref>
*[[1961]] – [[Cold War]]: Failure of the [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]] of US-backed Cuban exiles against [[Cuba]].
*[[1968]] – English politician [[Enoch Powell]] makes his controversial [[Rivers of Blood speech|"Rivers of Blood" speech]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Anthony F Heath|author2=Sin Yi Cheung|author3=Shawna N. Smith|title=Unequal Chances: Ethnic Minorities in Western Labour Markets|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ahnAAAAMAAJ|date=25 October 2007|publisher=OUP/British Academy|isbn=978-0-19-726386-0|page=512}}</ref>
* 1968 – [[South African Airways Flight 228]] crashes near [[Hosea Kutako International Airport|J.G. Strijdom Airport]] in [[South West Africa]] (now Hosea Kutako International Airport in [[Namibia]]), killing 123 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-344C ZS-EUW Windhoek-Strijdom International Airport (WDH) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19680420-0 |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1972]] – [[Apollo program]]: [[Apollo 16]] [[Apollo Lunar Module|Lunar Module]], commanded by [[John Young (astronaut)|John Young]] and piloted by [[Charles Duke]], lands on the Moon.
*[[1998]] – [[Air France Flight 422]] crashes after taking off from [[El Dorado International Airport]] in [[Bogotá]], Colombia, killing all 53 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-230 HC-BSU Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19980420-0 |access-date=2019-04-17 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[1999]] – [[Columbine High School massacre]]: [[Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold]] kill 14 people and injure 23 others before committing suicide at [[Columbine High School]] in [[Columbine, Colorado|Columbine]], Colorado.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vigdor |first1=Neil |date=March 13, 2025 |title=Death Toll in 1999 Columbine School Shooting Climbs to 14 With Homicide Ruling |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/us/columbine-school-shooting-death-toll.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=April 20, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250410141149/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/us/columbine-school-shooting-death-toll.html |archive-date=April 10, 2025}}</ref>
*[[2004]] – The [[Nicoll Highway]] in [[Singapore]] [[Nicoll Highway collapse|collapsed]], killing four workers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singapore |first=National Library Board |title=Nicoll Highway collapse |url=https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/article-detail?cmsuuid=7a60c2bc-c72a-4f4d-b447-a68e7ad7ee00 |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=www.nlb.gov.sg |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2007]] – [[Johnson Space Center shooting]]: William Phillips barricades himself with a [[handgun]] in [[NASA]]'s [[Johnson Space Center]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=April 20, 2007 |title=Gunman kills hostage, self at NASA center |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna18233965 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806205611/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna18233965 |archive-date=August 6, 2023 |access-date=August 6, 2023 |website=[[NBC News]] |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2008]] – [[Danica Patrick]] wins the [[Indy Japan 300]] becoming the first female driver in history to win an [[American Championship car racing|Indy car]] race.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/danica-patrick-makes-history-with-indy-japan-300-win-1.715905|title=Danica Patrick makes history with Indy Japan 300 win|date=April 21, 2008|publisher=[[CBC News]]|access-date=January 1, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180106094637/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/danica-patrick-makes-history-with-indy-japan-300-win-1.715905|archive-date=January 6, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[2010]] – The ''[[Deepwater Horizon]]'' drilling rig [[Deepwater Horizon explosion|explodes]] in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an [[Deepwater Horizon oil spill|oil spill that lasted six months]].
*[[2012]] – One hundred twenty-seven people are killed when a [[Bhoja Air Flight 213|plane crashes]] in a residential area near the [[Benazir Bhutto International Airport]] near [[Islamabad]], Pakistan.
*[[2013]] – A 6.6-[[Moment magnitude scale|magnitude]] [[2013 Lushan earthquake|earthquake]] strikes [[Lushan County, Sichuan|Lushan County]], [[Ya'an]], in China's [[Sichuan]] province, killing at least 193 people and injuring thousands.
*[[2015]] – Ten people are killed in a [[2015 Garowe attack|bomb attack]] on a convoy carrying food supplies to a [[United Nations]] compound in [[Garowe]] in the Somali region of [[Puntland]].
*[[2020]] – For the first time in history, [[Price of oil|oil prices]] drop [[Negative pricing|below zero]], an effect of the [[2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war|2020 Russia-Saudi Arabia oil price war]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/about-150-years-of-oil-price-history-in-one-chart-illustrates-crudes-spectacular-plunge-below-0-a-barrel-2020-04-22 |title=About 150-years of oil-price history in one chart illustrates crude's spectacular plunge below $0 a barrel |author=Mark DeCambre |agency= |work=Market Watch |date=April 22, 2020 }}</ref>
*[[2021]] – ''[[Trial of Derek Chauvin|State of Minnesota v. Derek Michael Chauvin]]'': [[Derek Chauvin]] is found guilty of all charges in the [[murder of George Floyd]] by the [[District Court of Minnesota|Fourth Judicial District Court of Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite news|first1=Jonathan|last1=Allen|first2=Nathan|last2=Layne|first3=Gabriella|last3=Borter|date=April 21, 2021|title=Minneapolis jury convicts ex-policeman Derek Chauvin of murdering George Floyd|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/jurors-resume-deliberations-derek-chauvin-murder-trial-2021-04-20/|work=[[Reuters]]|language=en|access-date=April 25, 2022}}</ref>
*[[2023]] – [[SpaceX Starship|SpaceX's Starship]] rocket, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, launches for the first time. It explodes four minutes into flight.<ref>{{Cite news| last1 = Berger | first1 = Eric |date=2023-04-20 |title=So what was that? Was Starship’s launch a failure or a success? |work=[[Ars Technica]] | publisher = [[Condé Nast]] | ___location = New York | url= https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/04/so-what-was-that-was-starships-launch-a-failure-or-a-success/|access-date=2025-04-20 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230420173954/https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/04/so-what-was-that-was-starships-launch-a-failure-or-a-success/| archive-date=2023-04-20 | url-status = live}}</ref>
==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1494]] – [[Johannes Agricola]], German theologian and reformer (died 1566)<ref>{{cite book|author=Joseph Whitaker|title=An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iw4wAAAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=J. Whitaker|page=14}}</ref>
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===1601–1900===
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*[[1723]] – [[Cornelius Harnett]], American merchant, farmer, and politician (died 1781)<ref>{{cite book|author=John Hill Wheeler|title=Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Anm0ZuTZ8EcC&pg=PA46|year=1966|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com|isbn=978-0-8063-0375-8|pages=46}}</ref>
*[[1727]] – [[Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau]], Belgian-Austrian minister and diplomat (died 1794)
*[[1745]] – [[Philippe Pinel]], French physician and psychiatrist (died 1826)
*[[1748]] – [[Georg Michael Telemann]], German composer and theologian (died 1831)
*[[1808]] – [[Napoleon III]], French politician, 1st [[President of France]], Emperor of [[Second French Empire|French Second Empire]] (died 1873)
*[[1816]] – [[Bogoslav Šulek]], Croatian philologist, historian, and lexicographer (died 1895)
*[[1818]] – [[Heinrich Göbel]], German-American mechanic and engineer (died 1893)
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*[[1840]] – [[Odilon Redon]], French painter and illustrator (died 1916)
*[[1850]] – [[Daniel Chester French]], American sculptor, designed the [[Abraham Lincoln (1920 statue)|Lincoln statue]] (died 1931)
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* 1851 – [[Siegmund Lubin]], Polish-American businessman, founded the [[Lubin Manufacturing Company]] (died 1923)
*[[1860]] – [[Justinien de Clary]], French target shooter (died 1933)
*[[1871]] – [[Sydney Chapman (economist)|Sydney Chapman]], English economist and civil servant (died 1951)
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*[[1875]] – [[Vladimir Vidrić]], Croatian poet and lawyer (died 1909)
*[[1879]] – [[Paul Poiret]], French fashion designer (died 1944)
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*[[1884]] – [[Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (died 1966)
* 1884 – [[Oliver Kirk]], American boxer (died 1960)
* 1884 – [[Daniel Varoujan]], Armenian poet and educator (died 1915)
*[[1889]] – [[Albert Jean Amateau]], Turkish rabbi, lawyer, and activist (died 1996)
* 1889 – [[Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland]] (died 1918)
* 1889 – [[Marie-Antoinette de Geuser]], French mystic (died 1918)
* 1889 – [[Adolf Hitler]], Austrian-born German politician, [[Führer]] of [[Nazi Germany]] (died 1945)
* 1889 – [[Tonny Kessler]], Dutch footballer (died 1960)
*[[1890]] – [[Maurice Duplessis]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th [[Premier of Quebec]] (died 1959)
* 1890 – [[Adolf Schärf]], Austrian soldier and politician, 6th [[President of Austria]] (died 1965)
*[[1891]] – [[Dave Bancroft]], American baseball player and manager (died 1972)
*[[1893]] – [[Harold Lloyd]], American actor, comedian, and producer (died 1971)
* 1893 – [[Joan Miró]], Spanish painter and sculptor (died 1983)
*[[1895]] – [[Henry de Montherlant]], French essayist, novelist, and dramatist (died 1972)
*[[1899]] – [[Alan Arnett McLeod]], Canadian lieutenant, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (died 1918)
===1901–present===
*[[1904]] – [[Bruce Cabot]], American actor (died 1972)
*[[1907]] – [[Miran Bakhsh]], Pakistani cricketer (died 1991)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1003/1003.html|title=Miran Bakhsh |website=CricketArchive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210172201/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1003/1003.html |accessdate=13 April 2020 |archive-date=10 December 2024 }}</ref>
* 1907 – [[Augoustinos Kantiotes]], Greek bishop (died 2010)
*[[1908]] – [[Lionel Hampton]], American vibraphone player, pianist, bandleader, and actor (died 2002)
*[[1910]] – [[Fatin Rüştü Zorlu]], Turkish diplomat and politician (died 1961)
*[[1913]] – [[Mimis Fotopoulos]], Greek actor and poet (died 1986)
* 1913 – [[Willi Hennig]], German biologist and entomologist (died 1976)
*[[1914]] – [[Betty Lou Gerson]], American actress (died 1999)
*[[1915]] – [[Joseph Wolpe]], South African psychotherapist and physician (died 1997)
*[[1916]] – [[Nasiba Zeynalova]], Azerbaijani actress (died 2004)
*[[1918]] – [[Kai Siegbahn]], Swedish physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2007)
*[[1919]] – [[Richard Hillary]], Australian lieutenant and pilot (died 1943)
*[[1920]] – [[Frances Ames]], South African [[neurologist]], psychiatrist, and human rights activist (died 2002)
* 1920 – [[Clement Isong]], Nigerian banker and politician, [[List of Governors of Cross River State|Governor of Cross River State]] (died 2000)
* 1920 – [[John Paul Stevens]], American lawyer and jurist, [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]] (died 2019)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/us/john-paul-stevens-dead.html|title=Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, Who Led Court's Liberal Wing, Dies at 99|last1=Greenhouse, Linda|date=July 16, 2019|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=July 16, 2019|author1-link=Linda Greenhouse|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211043554/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/us/john-paul-stevens-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1921]] – [[Katarína Kolníková]], Slovak actress (died 2006)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-19 |title=Pred 100 rokmi sa narodila nezabudnuteľná herečka Katarína Kolníková |url=https://kultura.pravda.sk/divadlo/clanok/584981-pred-100-rokmi-sa-narodila-nezabudnutelna-herecka-katarina-kolnikova/ |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=Pravda.sk |language=sk-SK}}</ref>
*[[1923]] – [[Mother Angelica]], American nun and broadcaster, founded [[Eternal Word Television Network]] (died 2016)<ref>{{cite book|title=New Catholic Encyclopedia: Ead-Fre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fwgKAQAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Thomson/Gale|isbn=978-0-7876-4009-5|page=379}}</ref>
* 1923 – [[Irene Lieblich]], Polish-American painter and illustrator (died 2008)
* 1923 – [[Tito Puente]], American drummer and producer (died 2000)<ref>{{cite book|author=Steven Joseph Loza|title=Tito Puente and the Making of Latin Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZroTEzIfzncC&pg=PA1|year=1999|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0-252-06778-5|pages=1}}</ref>
*[[1924]] – [[Nina Foch]], Dutch-American actress (died 2008)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Gerald Gardner|author2=Jim Bellows|title=80: From Ben Bradlee to Lena Horne to Carl Reiner, Our Most Famous Eighty Year Olds Reveal Why They Never Felt So Young|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wUIQaWm4MWoC&pg=PA211|year=2007|publisher=Sourcebooks, Inc.|isbn=978-1-4022-4823-8|pages=211}}</ref>
* 1924 – [[Leslie Phillips]], English actor and producer (died 2022)<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/08/movies/leslie-phillips-dead.html|title = Leslie Phillips, 98, British Comic Actor And Sagacious Object in 'Harry Potter'|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|last = Genzlinger|first = Neil|date = 10 November 2022|access-date = 10 November 2022|page = B12|url-access = limited}}</ref>
* 1924 – [[Guy Rocher]], Canadian sociologist and academic
*[[1925]] – [[Ernie Stautner]], German-American football player and coach (died 2006)
* 1925 – [[Elena Verdugo]], American actress (died 2017)
*[[1927]] – [[Bud Cullen]], Canadian judge and politician, 1st [[Minister of Employment and Immigration (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Employment and Immigration]] (died 2005)
* 1927 – [[Phil Hill]], American race car driver (died 2008)
* 1927 – [[K. Alex Müller]], Swiss physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/science/alex-muller-dead.html|title=K. Alex Müller, Innovator in Ceramic Superconductors, Dies at 95|date=January 18, 2023|website=New York Times|author=Dylan Loeb McClain|access-date=April 19, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1928]] – [[Robert Byrne (chess player)|Robert Byrne]], American chess player and author (died 2013)
* 1928 – [[Johnny Gavin (footballer)|Johnny Gavin]], Irish international footballer (died 2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.11v11.com/players/johnny-gavin-31935/|title=Johnny Gavin|website=11v11.com|access-date=6 April 2020}}</ref>
*[[1930]] – [[Dwight Gustafson]], American composer and conductor (died 2014)
* 1930 – [[Antony Jay]], English director and screenwriter (died 2016)
*[[1931]] – [[Michael Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby]], English lieutenant and politician (died 2014)
* 1931 – [[John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles]], English businessman and politician
*[[1932]] – [[Myriam Bru]], French actress
*[[1936]] – [[Lisa Davis (actress)|Lisa Davis]], English-American actress
* 1936 – [[Pauli Ellefsen]], Faroese technician, surveyor, and politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands]] (died 2012)<ref>{{cite book|title=Folketinget|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lyEvAAAAYAAJ|year=1988|publisher=J. H. Schultz bogtr.|isbn=978-87-569-6636-8|page=125}}</ref>
* 1936 – [[Pat Roberts]], American captain, journalist, and politician<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's Who in Congress, 1991-1992|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b0uxduAZtJUC|date=March 1991|publisher=Congressional Quarterly, Incorporated|isbn=978-0-87187-596-9|page=431}}</ref>
*[[1937]] – [[Jiří Dienstbier]], Czech journalist and politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Czechoslovakia)|Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (died 2011)
* 1937 – [[Harvey Quaytman]], American painter and educator (died 2002)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/15/arts/harvey-quaytman-64-painter-known-for-geometric-works.html|title=Harvey Quaytman Obituary|work=The New York Times|first=Ken|last=Johnson|date=April 15, 2002}}</ref>
* 1937 – [[George Takei]], American actor<ref>{{cite book|author=Guiyou Huang|title=Asian American Autobiographers: A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L11CQ4Uw7MQC&pg=PA351|year=2001|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31408-7|pages=351}}</ref>
*[[1938]] – [[Betty Cuthbert]], Australian sprinter (died 2017)<ref>{{cite book|title=Great Athletes: Olympic sports. Vol. 1, Kjetil Andre Aamodt-Laura Flessel-Colovic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2LVZAAAAYAAJ|year=2010|publisher=Salem Press|isbn=978-1-58765-473-2|page=234}}</ref>
* 1938 – [[Manfred Kinder]], German runner<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/manfred-kinder |title=Manfred Kinder |website=Olympic.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422090159/https://www.olympic.org/manfred-kinder |archive-date=2021-04-22}}</ref>
* 1938 – [[Eszter Tamási]], Hungarian actress (died 1991)
* 1938 – [[Johnny Tillotson]], American singer-songwriter (died 2025)<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |title=Biography by William Ruhlmann |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p22625|pure_url=yes}} |access-date=April 8, 2025 |publisher=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Madarang |first=Charisma |date=April 3, 2025 |title=Johnny Tillotson, 'Poetry in Motion' Singer, Dead at 86 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/johnny-tillotson-poetry-in-motion-dead-obituary-1235309690/ |access-date=April 8, 2025 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1939]] – [[Peter S. Beagle]], American author and screenwriter
* 1939 – [[Gro Harlem Brundtland]], Norwegian physician and politician, 22nd [[Prime Minister of Norway]]–
*[[1940]] – [[James Gammon]], American actor (died 2010)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/arts/20gammon.html?_r=1&src=me| title=James Gammon, Character Actor, Dies at 70| first=Bruce| last=Weber | work=The New York Times| date=July 20, 2010}}</ref>
*[[1941]] – [[Ryan O'Neal]], American actor (died 2023)<ref name = Amatulli>{{cite news|url = https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/08/actor-ryan-oneal-dead-love-story-paper-moon|title = Ryan O'Neal, Hollywood actor and star of Love Story, dies aged 82|last = Amatulli|first = Jenna|date = December 8, 2023|accessdate = December 8, 2023|work = [[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
*[[1943]] – [[Alan Beith]], English academic and politician
* 1943 – [[John Eliot Gardiner]], English conductor and director
*[[1944]] – [[Toivo Aare]], Estonian journalist and author (died 1999)
*[[1945]] – [[Michael Brandon]], American actor and director
* 1945 – [[Olga Karlatos]], Greek actress and Bermudian lawyer
* 1945 – [[Thein Sein]], Burmese general and politician, 8th [[President of Burma]]
* 1945 – [[Naftali Temu]], Kenyan runner (died 2003)
* 1945 – [[Steve Spurrier]], American football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Steve Spurrier |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SpurSt00.htm |website=Pro Football Reference |access-date=21 April 2020}}</ref>
*[[1946]] – [[Sandro Chia]], Italian painter and sculptor
*[[1947]] – [[Rita Dionne-Marsolais]], Canadian economist and politician
* 1947 – [[Viktor Suvorov]], Russian intelligence officer, historian, and author
* 1947 – [[Niko Lekishvili]], Georgian politician (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.interpressnews.ge/ka/article/826826-niko-lekishvili-gardaicvala/|title=ნიკო ლეკიშვილი გარდაიცვალა|date=January 3, 2025|website=www.interpressnews.ge |language=ka}}</ref>
*[[1948]] – [[Matthias Kuhle]], German geographer and academic (died 2015)
*[[1949]] – [[Veronica Cartwright]], English-American actress<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rubin |first1=Steven Jay |title=The Twilight Zone Encyclopedia |date=2017 |publisher=Chicago Review Press |isbn=9781613738887 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iSLXDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT146}}</ref>
* 1949 – [[Toller Cranston]], Canadian-Mexican figure skater and painter (died 2015)
* 1949 – [[Massimo D'Alema]], Italian journalist and politician, 76th [[Prime Minister of Italy]]
* 1949 – [[Jessica Lange]], American actress
*[[1950]] – [[Alexander Lebed]], Russian general and politician (died 2002)
* 1950 – [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]], Indian politician, 13th [[Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[1951]] – [[Luther Vandross]], American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2005)<ref>{{cite news|title=Luther Vandross, Smooth Crooner of R&B, Is Dead at 54|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/02/arts/music/02vandross.html?_r=1&|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=May 24, 2014|first=Jeff|last=Leeds|date=July 2, 2005}}</ref>
*[[1952]] – [[Louka Katseli]], Greek economist and politician
*[[1953]] – [[Sebastian Faulks]], English journalist and author<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/f/6779/Sebastian+Charles.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121104047/http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/f/6779/Sebastian+Charles.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 January 2013|title=Sebastian Faulks, Esq, CBE, FRSL|publisher=Debrett's|access-date=20 March 2012}}</ref>
* 1953 – [[James Chance]], American musician (died 2024)<ref name = Variety>{{Cite web |title=James Chance, No Wave Icon and Saxophonist of The Contortions, Dies at 71 |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/james-chance-dead-no-wave-contortions-1236041979/ |access-date=June 18, 2024 |website=Variety |date=June 18, 2024 |archive-date=June 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620131935/https://variety.com/2024/music/news/james-chance-dead-no-wave-contortions-1236041979/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1955]] – [[Donald Pettit]], American engineer and astronaut<ref>{{cite book|author=Lee Ellis|title=Who's who of NASA Astronauts|publisher=Americana Group Pub|year=2004|isbn=9780966796148|page=148}}</ref>
* 1955 – [[Svante Pääbo]], Swedish geneticist and Nobel Laureate<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2022/paabo/facts/ |title=Svante Pääbo Facts |website=nobelprize.org}}</ref>
*[[1956]] – [[Beatrice Ask]], Swedish politician, [[Minister for Justice (Sweden)|Swedish Minister for Justice]]<ref>{{cite book | last = LastName | first = FirstName | title = The international who's who of women 2002 | publisher = Europa | ___location = London | year = 2001 | isbn = 9781857431223 | page=29}}</ref>
* 1956 – [[Peter Chelsom]], English film director, writer, and actor
* 1956 – [[Kakha Bendukidze]], Georgian economist and politician (died 2014)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Herszenhorn |first1=David M.|title=Kakha Bendukidze Dies at 58; Pushed Post-Soviet Market Change|work=The New York Times |date=15 November 2014 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/16/world/europe/kakha-bendukidze-dies-at-58-pushed-post-soviet-market-change.html?emc=edit_th_20141116&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=21209710&_r=0|access-date=19 November 2014}}</ref>
*[[1958]] – [[Viacheslav Fetisov]], Russian ice hockey player and coach
*[[1959]] – [[Perry Haddock]], Australian rugby league player<ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.com/players/Perry_Haddock.html Rugby League Project]</ref>
*[[1960]] – [[Debbie Flintoff-King]], Australian hurdler and coach<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/debbie-flintoff-king |title=Debbie Flintoff-King |website=Olympic.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422050725/https://www.olympic.org/debbie-flintoff-king |archive-date=2021-04-22}}</ref>
*[[1961]] – [[Don Mattingly]], American baseball player, coach, and manager
* 1961 – [[Konstantin Lavronenko]], Russian actor
*[[1963]] – [[Rachel Whiteread]], English sculptor
*[[1964]] – [[John Carney (American football)|John Carney]], American football player<ref>{{Cite pro-football-reference|name=John Carney|id=C/carnejoh01 |access-date=November 13, 2022}}</ref>
* 1964 – [[Crispin Glover]], American actor and filmmaker<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zappia |first1=Corina |title=Crispin Hellion Glover: The Interview |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2006/11/09/crispin-hellion-glover-the-interview/ |publisher=[[The Village Voice]] |access-date=10 April 2023 |date=9 November 2006}}</ref>
* 1964 – [[Andy Serkis]], English actor and director
* 1964 – [[Rosalynn Sumners]], American figure skater<ref>{{cite book|title=Women's Sports|publisher=Women's Sports Publications|year=1983|page=21}}</ref>
*[[1965]] – [[Kostis Chatzidakis]], Greek politician, [[Ministry of Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism]]
* 1965 – [[Léa Fazer]], Swiss film director, screenwriter and actress
* 1965 – [[Mark Mallia]], Maltese painter and sculptor (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Borg |first=Neville |date=2024-07-23 |title=Artist Mark Mallia dies aged 59 |url=https://timesofmalta.com/article/artist-mark-mallia-dies-59.1095770 |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=Times of Malta |language=en-gb}}</ref>
*[[1966]] – [[David Chalmers]], Australian philosopher and academic
* 1966 – [[David Filo]], American businessman, co-founded [[Yahoo!]]
* [[1967]] – [[Lara Jill Miller]], American actress<ref>{{Cite web |last=Call |first=The Morning |date=1985-05-02 |title=TO LARA JILL MILLER, TURNING 18 MEANS MORE THAN THE END OF HIGH SCHOOL INSIDE TELEVISION |url=https://www.mcall.com/1985/05/02/to-lara-jill-miller-turning-18-means-more-than-the-end-of-high-school-inside-television/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=The Morning Call |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1967]] – [[Mike Portnoy]], American drummer and songwriter<ref>{{cite book | last = Lackowski | first = Rich | title = On the beaten path : progressive rock: the drummer's guide to the genre and the legends who defined it | publisher = Alfred | ___location = Van Nuys, CA | year = 2008 | isbn = 9780739056714 | page=34}}</ref>
*[[1968]] – [[Julia Morris]], Australian entertainer
*[[1969]] – [[Felix Baumgartner]], Austrian daredevil (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Freiman |first=Jordan |date=July 18, 2025 |title=Felix Baumgartner, daredevil who jumped from the stratosphere, dies in paragliding accident at age 56 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/felix-baumgartner-dies-italy-age-56-jump-from-stratosphere/ |access-date=July 22, 2025 |website=[[CBS News]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Spector |first1=Dina |title=Felix Baumgartner's Future Plans Are A Far Cry From Space Jumping |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/felix-baumgartners-future-plans-2012-10 |publisher=[[Business Insider]] |access-date=10 April 2023 |date=15 October 2012}}</ref>
* 1969 – [[Will Hodgman]], Australian politician, 45th [[Premier of Tasmania]]<ref>{{cite Tas Parliament |id=hodgmanwe729 |title=Hodgman William Edward Felix |access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref>
*[[1970]] – [[Shemar Moore]], American actor<ref>{{Cite web|last=Thomas|first=Michael|title=Shemar Moore Celebrates His Birthday - Check Out His Amazing Photos Here!|url=https://www.soapoperanews.net/2021/04/shemar-moore-celebrates-his-birthday.html|access-date=2021-06-15|website=Soap Opera News}}</ref>
*[[1971]] – [[Allan Houston]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Allan Houston |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/275/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=10 April 2023}}</ref>
*[[1972]] – [[Carmen Electra]], American model and actress<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/carmen-electra-10604780|work=Biography.com|title=Carmen Electra|publisher=[[The Biography Channel]]|access-date=April 17, 2017|archive-date=November 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115203219/https://www.biography.com/people/carmen-electra-10604780|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1972 – [[Stephen Marley (musician)|Stephen Marley]], Jamaican-American musician<ref>{{cite web |last1=Martoccio |first1=Angie |title=Stephen Marley Celebrates Birthday, 4/20 With Livestream Concert |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/stephen-marley-birthday-4-20-livestream-1158245/ |publisher=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=10 April 2023 |date=20 April 2021}}</ref>
*[[1973]] – [[Julie Powell]], American food writer and memoirist (died 2022)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/dining/julie-powell-dead.html|title=Julie Powell, Food Writer Known for 'Julie & Julia,' Dies at 49|newspaper=The New York Times|last1=Severson|first1=Kim|last2=Moskin|first2=Julia|date=November 1, 2022|access-date=November 1, 2022}}</ref>
*[[1975]] – [[Killer Mike]], American rapper<ref>{{cite web |last1=Madden |first1=Sidney |title=Happy Birthday, Killer Mike! |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/happy-birthday-killer-mike/ |publisher=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]] |access-date=10 April 2023 |date=20 April 2015}}</ref>
*[[1978]] – [[Carl Greenidge]], English cricketer<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-04-30 |title=Carl Greenidge |url=https://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7410/7410.html |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050319231303/https://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7410/7410.html |archive-date=2005-03-19 |website=CricketArchive}}</ref>
*[[1980]] – [[Emma Husar]], Australian politician<ref name="Husar aph">{{cite Au Parliament |mpid=263328 |name=Ms Emma Husar MP |access-date=2021-11-07}}</ref>
*[[1983]] – [[Miranda Kerr]], Australian model<ref>{{cite web |last1=Christmass |first1=Pip |title=Miranda Kerr fans stunned over key detail in celebration: 'Is it a joke?' |url=https://7news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/miranda-kerr-fans-stunned-over-key-detail-in-celebration-is-it-a-joke-c-10181632 |publisher=[[Seven News]] |access-date=10 April 2023 |date=29 March 2023}}</ref>
*[[1984]] – [[Harris Wittels]], American comedian<ref>{{Cite news |last=Freeman |first=Hadley |date=2017-04-17 |title='Harris Wittels was the funniest person I ever met' – Amy Poehler, Sarah Silverman and Aziz Ansari on a lost comic genius |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/apr/17/harris-wittels-was-the-funniest-person-i-ever-met-amy-poehler-sarah-silverman-and-aziz-ansari-on-a-lost-comic-genius |access-date=2025-04-05 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*[[1987]] – [[Jorge Pinto]], Portuguese politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Deputados: Biografia - Jorge Pinto |url=https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=8869 |access-date=27 March 2024 |archive-url= |archive-date= |___location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref>
*[[1988]] – [[Brandon Belt]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandon Belt |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/brandon-belt-474832 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=10 April 2023}}</ref>
*[[1989]] – [[Vannesa Rosales]], Venezuelan activist and teacher<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 January 2021 |title=Venezuela mantiene privada de libertad a profesora que apoyó aborto tras violación |url=https://www.elpais.cr/2021/01/13/venezuela-mantiene-privada-de-libertad-a-profesora-que-apoyo-aborto-tras-violacion/ |access-date=16 January 2021 |agency=El País}}</ref>
*[[1990]] – [[Kyle Higashioka]], American baseball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kyle Higashioka Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/kyle-higashioka-543309 |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>
*1990 – [[Jason Behrendorff]], Australian cricketer<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/272477.html Jason Behrendorff profile] – ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 August 2011.</ref>
*[[1991]] – [[Luke Kuechly]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Luke Kuechly |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14938/luke-kuechly |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=10 April 2023}}</ref>
*[[1997]] – [[Alexander Zverev]], German tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Zverev |url=https://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/2375/alexander-zverev |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=10 April 2023}}</ref>
*[[2005]] – [[Tallyn Da Silva]], Australian rugby league player<ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.com/players/Tallyn_Da_Silva.html Rugby League Project]</ref>
==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[689]] – [[Cædwalla of Wessex|Cædwalla]], king of [[Wessex]] (born 659)<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Barber|title=Arthurian Literature VI|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jzxaeqQg0LQC&pg=PA44|date=December 1992|publisher=Boydell & Brewer Ltd|isbn=978-0-85991-226-6|pages=44}}</ref>
*[[AD 888|888]] – [[Emperor Xizong of Tang|Xi Zong]], Chinese emperor (born 862)
*[[1099]] – [[Peter Bartholomew]] (born 1061)<ref>{{cite book|author=Raimond (d'Aguilers.)|title=Historia Francorum qui ceperunt Iherusalem|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=POxEAAAAIAAJ|year=1968|publisher=American Philosophical Society|page=108|isbn=978-1-4223-8011-6 }}</ref>
*[[1164]] – [[Antipope Victor IV (1159–1164)|Antipope Victor IV]]
*[[1176]] – [[Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke]], English-Irish politician, [[Lord Chief Justice of Ireland]] (born 1130)
*[[1248]] – [[Güyük Khan]], Mongol ruler, 3rd [[Great Khan|Great Khan of the Mongol Empire]] (born 1206)
*[[
*[[
*[[1322]] – [[Simon Rinalducci]], Italian Augustinian friar
*[[1344]] – [[Gersonides]], French Jewish philosopher, Talmudist, mathematician, physician, and astronomer (born 1288)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sFztBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA387|title=Philosophy in the Middle Ages: The Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions|isbn=9781603844512|last1=Hyman|first1=Arthur|last2=Walsh|first2=James J.|last3=Williams|first3=Thomas|date=24 September 2010|publisher=Hackett }}</ref>
*[[1502]] – [[Mary of Looz-Heinsberg]], Dutch noble (born 1424)<ref>{{cite book |last=Lück |first=Alfred |title=Siegerland und Nederland |language=de |___location=Siegen |publisher=Siegerländer Heimatverein e.V. |date=1981 |orig-date=1967 |edition=2nd |page=25 }}</ref><ref>{{aut|Schutte, O.}} (1979). "Genealogische gegevens". In: {{aut|Tamse, C.A.}} (red.), ''Nassau en Oranje in de Nederlandse geschiedenis'' (in Dutch). Alphen aan den Rijn: A.W. Sijthoff. p. 41. {{ISBN|90-218-2447-7}}.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Dek |first=A.W.E. |title=Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau |language=nl |___location=Zaltbommel |publisher=Europese Bibliotheek |date=1970 |page=69 }}</ref><ref>{{aut|Blok, P.J.}} (1911). "Johan IV". In: {{aut|Molhuysen, P.C.}} en {{aut|Blok, P.J.}} (redactie), ''Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek'' (in Dutch). Vol. Eerste deel. Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff. p. 1219.</ref><ref>{{aut|Vorsterman van Oyen, A.A.}} (1882). ''Het vorstenhuis Oranje-Nassau. Van de vroegste tijden tot heden'' (in Dutch). Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff/Utrecht: J.L. Beijers. p. 93.</ref>
*[[1521]] – [[Zhengde Emperor|Zhengde]], Chinese emperor (born 1491)
*[[1534]] – [[Elizabeth Barton]], English nun and martyr (born 1506)
*[[1558]] – [[Johannes Bugenhagen]], German priest and theologian (born 1485)
===1601–1900===
*[[1643]] – [[Christoph Demantius]], German composer and poet (born 1567)
*[[1703]] – [[Lancelot Addison]], English clergyman and educator (born 1632)
*[[1769]] – [[Chief Pontiac]], American tribal leader (born 1720)
*[[1831]] – [[John Abernethy (surgeon)|John Abernethy]], English surgeon and anatomist (born 1764)
*[[1873]] – [[William Tite]], English architect, designed the [[Royal Exchange, London|Royal Exchange]] (born 1798)
*[[1874]] – [[Alexander H. Bailey]], American lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1817)
*[[1881]] – [[William Burges]], English architect and designer (born 1827)
*[[1886]] – [[Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville]], French general and diplomat, [[List of French ambassadors to the United States|French ambassador to the United States]] (born 1814)
*[[1887]] – [[Muhammad Sharif Pasha]], Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Egypt]] (born 1826)
*[[1899]] – [[Joseph Wolf]], German ornithologist and illustrator (born 1820)
===1901–present===
*[[1902]] – [[Joaquim de Sousa Andrade]], Brazilian poet and educator (born 1833)
*[[1912]] – [[Bram Stoker]], Anglo-Irish novelist and critic, created [[Count Dracula]] (born 1847)
*[[1918]] – [[Jussi Merinen]], Finnish politician (born 1873)<ref>{{cite web |title=Person: Merinen, Juho Rikard |url=https://sotasurmat.narc.fi/en/victims/page/p_15762/table |website=[[War Victims of Finland 1914–1922]] |publisher=[[National Archives of Finland]] |access-date=23 July 2023 |___location=Helsinki, Finland}}</ref>
*1918 – [[Karl Ferdinand Braun]], German-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1850)
*[[1927]] – [[Enrique Simonet]], Spanish painter and educator (born 1866)
*[[1929]] – [[Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929)|Prince Henry of Prussia]] (born 1862)
*[[1931]] – [[Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet]], Scottish-English fencer and businessman (born 1862)
*[[1932]] – [[Giuseppe Peano]], Italian mathematician and philosopher (born 1858)
*[[1935]] – [[John Cameron (footballer, born 1872)|John Cameron]], Scottish footballer and manager (born 1872)
* 1935 – [[Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon]], English fashion designer (born 1863)
*[[1942]] – [[Jüri Jaakson]], Estonian businessman and politician, 6th [[Head of State of Estonia|State Elder of Estonia]] (born 1870)
*[[1944]] – [[Elmer Gedeon]], American baseball player and pilot (born 1917)
*[[1945]] – [[Erwin Bumke]], Polish-German jurist and politician (born 1874)
*[[1946]] – [[Mae Busch]], Australian actress (born 1891)
*[[1947]] – [[Christian X of Denmark]] (born 1870)
*[[1951]] – [[Ivanoe Bonomi]], Italian politician, 25th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (born 1873)
*[[1967]] – [[Léo-Paul Desrosiers]], Canadian journalist and author (born 1896)
*[[1968]] – [[Rudolph Dirks]], German-American illustrator (born 1877)
*[[1969]] – [[Vjekoslav Luburić]], Croatian [[Ustaše]] official and concentration camp administrator (born 1914)
*[[1978]] – [[Lord Richard Cecil]], British soldier and journalist in the [[Rhodesian Bush War]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=1978-04-22 |title=British Reporter Dies in Fighting |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/04/22/archives/british-reporter-dies-in-fighting.html |access-date=2025-05-05 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[1980]] – [[M. Canagaratnam]], Sri Lankan politician (born 1924)
*[[1982]] – [[Archibald MacLeish]], American poet, playwright, and lawyer (born 1892)
*[[1986]] – [[Sibte Hassan]], Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist (born 1916)
*[[1991]] – [[Steve Marriott]], English singer-songwriter and producer (born 1947)
* 1991 – [[Don Siegel]], American director and producer (born 1912)
*[[1992]] – [[Marjorie Gestring]], American springboard diver (born 1922)
* 1992 – [[Benny Hill]], English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1924)
*[[1993]] – [[Cantinflas]], Mexican actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1911)
*[[1995]] – [[Milovan Đilas]], Yugoslav communist, politician, theorist and author (born 1911)
*[[1996]] – [[Trần Văn Trà]], Vietnamese general and politician (born 1918)
*[[1999]] – [[Rick Rude]], American professional wrestler (born 1958)<ref>{{Cite web|date=1999-04-21|title=Rick Rude dies|url=https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/1999/04/21/rick-rude-dies/|access-date=2021-06-15|website=Slam Wrestling|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-03-06|title=Rick Rude announced as sixth inductee into WWE Hall of Fame's 2017 class|url=https://www.cbssports.com/general/news/rick-rude-announced-as-sixth-inductee-into-wwe-hall-of-fames-2017-class/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-15|website=[[CBS Sports]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307233418/http://www.cbssports.com:80/general/news/rick-rude-announced-as-sixth-inductee-into-wwe-hall-of-fames-2017-class/ |archive-date=2017-03-07 }}</ref>
*1999 – [[Rachel Scott]], American victim of [[Columbine High School massacre]] (born 1981)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Denver Post Online - Columbine - Tragedy and Recovery |url=https://extras.denverpost.com/news/shot0808c.htm |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=extras.denverpost.com}}</ref>
*1999 – [[Cassie Bernall]], American victim of [[Columbine High School massacre]] (born 1981)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Post |first=Claire Martin {{!}} The Denver |date=1999-04-23 |title=Columbine shooting victim: Cassie Bernall |url=https://www.denverpost.com/1999/04/23/columbine-shooting-victims-cassie-bernall/ |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2001]] – [[Giuseppe Sinopoli]], Italian conductor and composer (born 1946)
*[[2002]] – [[Alan Dale (singer)|Alan Dale]], American singer (born 1925)
*[[2003]] – [[Bernard Katz]], German-English biophysicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1911)
*[[2004]] – [[Lizzy Mercier Descloux]], French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter (born 1956)
*[[2005]] – [[Fumio Niwa]], Japanese journalist and author (born 1904)
*[[2007]] – [[Andrew Hill (jazz musician)|Andrew Hill]], American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1931)
* 2007 – [[Michael Fu Tieshan]], Chinese bishop (born 1931)
*[[2008]] – [[Monica Lovinescu]], Romanian journalist and author (born 1923)
*[[2010]] – [[Dorothy Height]], American educator and activist (born 1912)
*[[2011]] – [[Tim Hetherington]], English photographer and journalist (born 1970)
*[[2012]] – [[Bert Weedon]], English guitarist and songwriter (born 1920)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/apr/20/bert-weedon|title=Bert Weedon obituary|website=The Guardian|date=20 April 2012|access-date=21 August 2020}}</ref>
*[[2014]] – [[Neville Wran]], Australian politician, 35th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (born 1926)<ref name=death>{{cite news|title=Neville Wran dead aged 87|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/neville-wran-dead-aged-87-20140420-36ywh.html|access-date=20 April 2014|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=20 April 2014}}</ref>
*[[2016]] – [[Victoria Wood]], British comedian, actress and writer (born 1953)
*[[2018]] – [[Avicii]], Swedish DJ and musician (born 1989)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Aswad|first=Jem|date=2018-04-20|title=Avicii Dies at 28|url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/avicii-dead-at-28-1202772767/|access-date=2021-04-20|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2021]] – [[Idriss Déby]], Chadian politician and military officer (born 1952)<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 April 2021|title=Chad President Idriss Deby dies on front lines, says army spokesman|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/chad-president-idriss-deby-has-died-says-army-spokesman-2021-04-20/|access-date=20 April 2021|website=Reuters}}</ref>
* 2021 – [[Monte Hellman]], American film director (born 1929)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stars we've lost in 2021|url=https://ew.com/celebrity/stars-we-lost-in-2021/|access-date=2021-04-22|website=EW.com|language=en}}</ref>
* 2021 – [[Les McKeown]], Scottish pop singer (born 1955)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-23|title=Les McKeown obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/23/les-mckeown-obituary|access-date=2021-04-26|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2022]] – [[Gavin Millar]], Scottish film director (born 1938)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-28 |title=Gavin Millar obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/apr/28/gavin-millar-obituary |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2024]] – [[Antonio Cantafora]], Italian film and television actor (born 1944)<ref>{{cite news |title=Si è spento a Roma Antonio Cantafora, attore e pittore crotonese |url=https://www.ilcrotonese.it/2024/04/20/si-e-spento-a-roma-antonio-cantafora-attore-e-pittore-crotonese/1701660/ |access-date=20 April 2024 |publisher=il Crotonese |date=20 April 2024}}</ref>
*2024 – [[Andrew Davis (conductor)|Andrew Davis]], English conductor (born 1944)<ref name="Millington">{{cite news |last=Millington |first=Barry |title=Sir Andrew Davis obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/22/sir-andrew-davis-obituary |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=22 April 2024 }}</ref>
*2024 – [[Roman Gabriel]], Filipino-American NFL American footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Roman Gabriel dies at 83. The first Filipino-American quarterback in NFL was MVP in 1969|url=https://apnews.com/article/roman-gabriel-obituary-nc-state-nfl-qb-da8608646fe7e576c32e5e05abf5d635 |access-date=20 April 2024 |website=APnews |date=20 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
*2024 – [[Lourdes Portillo]], Mexican film director, producer, and writer (born 1943)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haring |first=Bruce |date=2024-04-21 |title=Lourdes Portillo Dies: Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker And Activist Was 80 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/lourdes-portillo-dead-oscar-nominated-filmmakeractivist-was-80-obituary-1235891168/ |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2025]] – [[Hugo Gatti]], Argentine footballer (born 1944)<ref>{{cite web |title=Muere Hugo Gatti |url=https://as.com/futbol/internacional/fallece-hugo-gatti-n/?outputType=amp |website=[[Diario AS]] |access-date=20 April 2025|language=es}}</ref>
==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
**[[Agnes of Montepulciano]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cooper |first1=J. C. |title=Dictionary of Christianity |date=2013 |___location=Abingdon, Oxon |isbn=9781315074047 |page=4}}</ref>
**[[Beuno]]
**[[Johannes Bugenhagen]] ([[Lutheran]])
**[[Theotimos (bishop of Tomi)|Theotimos]]
**[[April 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[420 (cannabis culture)]]<ref name=UCSC>{{cite web |url=http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2007/April/24/local/stories/08local.htm |title=Thousands at UCSC burn one to mark cannabis holiday |first=Matt |last=King |date=April 24, 2007 |work=[[Santa Cruz Sentinel]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070426081319/http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2007/April/24/local/stories/08local.htm |archive-date = April 26, 2007}}</ref><ref name="McCoy 2014">{{cite news | last=McCoy | first=Terrence | title=The strange story of how the pot holiday '4/20' got its name | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=2014-04-18 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/04/18/the-strange-story-of-how-the-pot-holiday-420-got-its-name/ | access-date=2020-04-18}}</ref>
*[[Evacuee Flag Day]] (Finland)<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.hs.fi/suomi/art-2000011181119.html | title=Pääsiäissunnuntaina liputetaan ensimmäistä kertaa evakoille | trans-title=On Easter Sunday, flags will be raised for the first time for evacuees | work=[[Helsingin Sanomat]] | date=20 April 2025 | ___location=Helsinki | publisher=[[Sanoma Media Finland]] | access-date=9 August 2025 | language=fi | url-access=subscription}}</ref>
*[[UN Chinese Language Day]] ([[United Nations]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |title=International Days |publisher=United Nations |___location=New York |date=6 January 2015 |access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/20 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=4|day=20}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/april/20 Historical Events on April 20]
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