1616 - Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana
1932 - Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kara-Kalpak ASSR
1954 - 16th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: La Salle beats Bradley, 92-76; Explorers' small forward Tom Gola is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
1982 - France beats Ireland, 22-9 at the Parc des Princes, Paris but the Irish take the Five Nations Rugby Championship with a 3-1 record and also their 5th Triple Crown
1987 - FDA approves sale of AZT (AIDS treatment)
2000 - Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after a gun battle that leaves a Georgia sheriff's deputy dead
1469 - Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507)
1873 - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian-American piano virtuoso, conductor, and composer (Aleko; Piano Concerto No. 3), born in Oneg or Semyonovo, Russian Empire (d. 1943) [NS=Apr 1]
1883 - Karl Hasse, German composer, born in Dohna (d. 1960)
1922 - Larry Elgart, American big band jazz alto saxophonist, and bandleader ("Bandstand Boogie"; "Hooked On Swing"), born in New London, Connecticut (d. 2017)
1948 - John de Lancie, American actor (Star Trek Next Generation - "Q"; Days of Our Lives), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1986 - Dean Geyer, South African-Australian singer-songwriter (Australian Idol), and actor (Neighbours; Glee), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
1937 - Harry Vardon, Jersey golfer (6 time British Open champion, US Open 1900), dies of lung cancer at 66
1969 - Henri Longchambon, French politician, dies at 72
1982 - Hendrik L van Beek, Dutch vice-admiral, dies at 52
1983 - Ivan Vinogradov, Russian mathematician (analytic number theory), dies at 91
1994 - Lewis Grizzard, American humorist (b. 1946)
2010 - Stewart Udall, American politician, environmentalist (b. 1920)