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