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Events
- 1534 - Jacques Cartier begins his voyage, in which he will discover Canada and Labrador.
- 1861 – American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
- 1918 - Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims marking his final victories before his death the following day.
- 1945 - Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface from the Führerbunker to award Iron Crosses to the young soldiers of the Hitler Youth.
- 1962 - The National Socialist Movement is formed in Britian
- 1968 - English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial Rivers of Blood speech.
- 1972 – Apollo 16 lands on the Moon.
- 1978 – Korean Air Flight 902 shot down by Soviets.
- 1985 - ATF raid on The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in northern Arkansas.
- 1989 - Centennial of the birth of Adolf Hitler
- 1998 - German leftist terrorist group Red Army Faction announces their dissolution after 28 years.
Births
- 1808 - Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (d. 1873)
- 1889 - Adolf Hitler, leader of National Socialist Germany (d. 1945)
- 1890 - Einar Åberg, Swedish nationalist and pamphleteer (d. 1970)
Deaths
- 1314 – Pope Clement V (b. 1264)
- 1912 - Bram Stoker, Irish author (b. 1847)
