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Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
World War I: The German minelayer SS Königin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64 km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMS Amphion.
Second World War: Two Royal navy destroyers were lost to mines and two other vessels damaged off Texel, Netherlands, killing around 300 men.
Paddy Roy Bates proclaimed HM Fort Roughs, a former World War II Maunsell Sea Fort in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, England, as an independent sovereign state: the Principality of Sealand (p�
Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
The FA Cup final (crowd and police pictured) between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United was held on the opening day of the Empire Stadium in London.
On the day of the UEFA Cup Final, violence erupted between football hooligan supporters of both teams and the Greater Manchester Police, resulting in 39 arrests and 39 injured officers.
Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen
The racing yacht Australia II, captained by John Bertrand, won the America's Cup and ended the New York Yacht Club's 132-year defence of the trophy.
East African Airways Flight 720 crashes during a rejected takeoff from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing 43.
George Shirley, African-American tenor and educator
Pigmeat Markham, African-American comedian, singer, and dancer (died 1981)
James McCune Smith, African-American physician, apothecary, abolitionist, and author (died 1865)
American Civil War: African-American Union soldiers were massacred and mutilated during and after the Battle of Poison Spring.
Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African American, died of injuries sustained while in the custody of the Baltimore Police Department.
Slide Hampton, African-American trombonist and composer (died 2021)
Paul Chambers, African-American bassist and composer (died 1969)
Vernon Johns, African-American minister and activist (died 1965)
Meadowlark Lemon, African-American basketball player and minister (died 2015)
Elisabeth Domitien, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (born 1925)