1999 – Columbine High School massacre
1986 – Jordan’s 63-pt playoff game
1980 – Castro announced Cuban boatlift
1972 – Carmen Electra born
1939 – Billie Holiday records the first Civil Rights song "Strange Fruit".
1937 – George Takei born
1923 – Tito Puente born
1916 – The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 in 11 innings
1912 – Opening day for Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts
1906 – San Fran firefighters stop San Fran fire (from the earthquake)
1902 – Curie isolates radium
1889 – Adolf Hitler born
1871 – The Civil Rights Act of 1871 becomes law
1862 – Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the first pasteurization tests.
1861 – Lee resigns from Union army
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