| 1984 - | The USSR and Warsaw Pact countries announced they would boycott the Los Angeles Olympics |
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| 1984 - | The Thames Barrier in Woolwich was officially opened |
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| 1970 - | The Beatles released their first album, 'Let It Be' |
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| 1950 - | American General MacArthur became comander of the UN forces in Korea |
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| 1945 - | Victory In Europe Day (VE Day) was declared |
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| 1942 - | The Battle of the Coral Sea, in the Pacific, came to an end |
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| 1933 - | Gandhi, in India, began a hunger strike in protest against the British |
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| 1926 - | David Attenborough, English naturalist and broadcaster, was born |
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| 1911 - | Iceland gave the vote to women |
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| 1911 - | The German zeppelin 'Deutschland' crashed during its first flight |
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| 1909 - | Albert Raines runs world record marathon (2 |
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| 1909 - | Frederick Barrett runs world record marathon (2 |
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| 1907 - | Bostons Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cin Reds, 6-0 |
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| 1907 - | Tommy Burns beats Jack OBrien in 20 for heavyweight boxing title |
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| 1906 - | Phila As pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield and hits 2 HRs |
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| 1902 - | Mt Pel‚e erupts, wipes out St Pierre, Martinique, kills 30,000 |
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| 1902 - | The volcano Mount Pelee, in the Caribbean, erupted, killing 30,000 people |
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| 1901 - | In their long-delayed AL home opener, Boston defeats Phila 12-4 |
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| 1900 - | 250 grave robbers shot to death |
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| 1900 - | Galveston Texas, hit by hurricane; about 6,000 die |
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| 1900 - | John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson sign with Cardinals |
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