EVENTS
- 1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The anti-slavery story played an important role in setting the scene for the American Civil War.
- 1916 – Albert Einstein publishes his theory of relativity.
- 1969 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono get married.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono - 1985 – The first woman wins the 1,135-mile Iditarod dog sled race.
- 1995 – A nerve gas attack occurred on the Tokyo subway system during rush hour resulting in 12 persons killed and 5,000 injured. Japanese authorities later arrest the leader and members of a Japanese religious cult suspected in the attack.
- 2003 – The United States invade Iraq, assisted by the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland. The Iraq War, which was termed illegal by then UN Secretary, Kofi Annan, caused hundreds of thousands of Iraqi deaths.
BIRTHDAYS
- 43 BC – Ovid (Roman Poet)
- 1828 – Henrik Ibsen (Norwegian poet, playwright, director)
- 1904 – American psychologist B.F. Skinner (1904-1990) was born in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
- 1928 – Fred Rogers (Actor)
Fred Rogers - 1939 – Brian Mulroney (Canadian politician 18th Prime Minister of Canada)
- 1945 – Pat Riley (NBA Basketball coach)
- 1948 – Bobby Orr (Hockey player)
- 1950 – William Hurt (Actor)
- 1957 – Spike Lee (Movie Director)
- 1958 – Holly Hunter (Actress)
- 1959 – Sting (American wrestler)
- 1984 – Fernando Torres (Spanish footballer)
DEATHS
- 1726 – Isaac Newton (English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, theologian)
- 1793 – William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (Scottish judge, politician)
- 1897 – Apollon Maykov (Russian poet)
Apollon Maykov - 1925 – George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (English politician, Governor-General of India)
- 2004 – Juliana of the Netherlands
