1865 – Abraham Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction.
1898 – President McKinley asks for Spanish-American War dedication.
1900 – The first modern submarine designed and built by John Phillip Holland is purchased by the U.S. Navy.
1912 – RMS Titanic leaves Queenstown, Ireland, for NY.
1921 – Iowa imposes 1st state cigarette tax.
1942 – US Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal established.
1945 – US troops capture Mulheim, Oberhausen, Bochum, Unna, Essen.
1951 – US President Harry Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of command in Korea.
1953 – US Department of Health, Education and Welfare created.
1955 – “Marty” directed by Delbert Mann and starring Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair premieres in NY (Best Picture 1956)
1961 – Bob Dylan makes his 1st appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village.
1965 – 29th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Jack Nicklaus wins the 2nd of his 6 Masters titles with a tournament record 271 (-17); beats Gary Player and Arnold Palmer by a record 9 strokes.
1966 – Frank Sinatra records “Stranger in the Night” single for his album of the same name. Later reaches #1 Billboard charts.
1976 – 40th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Raymond Floyd wins his only Masters title, 8 strokes ahead of runner-up Ben Crenshaw.
1983 – 55th Academy Awards: “Gandhi” Ben Kingsley & Meryl Streep win.
1991 – Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) lands.
2000 – AT&T Park in San Francisco, Minute Maid Park in Houston, and Comerica Park in Detroit open.
2010 – 74th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Phil Mickelson wins his 3rd green jacket by 3 strokes from England’s Lee Westwood.
2015 – Barack Obama and Raul Castro meet in Panama, the 1st meeting of US and Cuban heads of state since the Cuban Revolution.
2019 – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is forcibly removed from the Ecuadorian embassy in London by police and arrested on failure to appear in court on US extradition charges.
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