2001 – Wikipedia goes online
The online encyclopedia has since become the largest reference work on the internet.
1992 – Croatia and Slovenia are internationally recognized as independent nations
The Yugoslav federation effectively collapsed as a result.
1973 – Nixon orders ceasefire in Vietnam
The fighting continued anyway until the capture of Saigon by the Vietnam People's Army on April 30, 1975.
1892 – The rules of Basketball are published
Canadian James Naismith invented the sport for his gym class at YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts.
1759 – The British Museum opens
Its collection comprises 8 million items and it is one of the most comprehensive collections in the world.
1965 – James Nesbitt
Irish actor
1941 – Captain Beefheart
American singer-songwriter
1929 – Martin Luther King, Jr.
American minster, activist, Nobel Prize laureate
1918 – Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egyptian army officer, politician, 2nd President of Egypt
1622 – Molière
French playwright, actor
1994 – Harry Nilsson
American singer-songwriter, musician
1988 – Seán MacBride
Irish politician, Nobel Prize laureate
1950 – Henry H. Arnold
American general
1947 – Elizabeth Short
American waitress, murder victim
1919 – Rosa Luxemburg
Russian economist, philosopher
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