1564-William Shakespeare baptized
1677-Emperor Leopold I forms University of Innsbruck
1721-Smallpox vaccination first administrated
1913-Sun Yet-san calls for revolt against President Yuan Shikai in China
1933-Jewish students are barred from school in Germany
1941-Potatoes rationed in Holland
1977-New York's famed disco Studio 54 opens
1982-Argentina surrenders to Britain on South Georgia near Falkland Island
1984-President Ronald Reagan visits China
1986-Actor/body builder Arnold Schwarzenegger weds newscaster Maria Shriver
1986-Worst nuclear disaster, fourth reactor at Chernobyl USSR explodes, 31 die
1991-Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession & distribution of illegal narcotics
1994-Taiwan Airbus A-300 crashes at Nagoya Japan, 262 killed