1862 – First pasteurization test completed by Frenchman Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard.
1912 – Fenway Park opens, Red Sox beat New York Highlanders 7-6, in 11 innings.
1914 – President Woodrow Wilson, having dispatched more naval ships to Mexico, asks a joint session of Congress to approve armed forces, if necessary, Congress approves.
1920 – Tornadoes kill 219 in Alabama & Mississippi.
1935 – “Your Hit Parade” begins broadcasting (becomes #1 quickly)
1945 – US 7th army captured the German city of Nuremberg.
1948 – New York City hikes subway fare from 5 cents to 10 cents.
1949 – Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 1st race, in Albany, California.
1962 – NASA civilian pilot Neil Armstrong takes X-15 to 63,250 meters.
1966 – WDCA TV channel 20 in Washington, D.C. (Ind) begins broadcasting.
1967 – US Surveyor 3 lands on Moon.
1972 – Apollo 16’s John Young & Charles Duke land on Moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2.
1979 – President Jimmy Carter is attacked by a swamp rabbit which swam up to his fishing boat in Plains, Georgia.
1983 – President Ronald Reagan signs a $165 billion bail out for Social Security.
1990 – Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income.
1999 – Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School, Colorado.
2002 – NFL Draft:: Fresno State quarterback David Carr #1 pick by Houston Texans.
2008 – Danica Patrick, driving for Andretti Green Racing, wins the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi; first female driver in history to win an IndyCar series race.
2020 – Price of oil turns negative for the 1st time in history – West Texas Intermediate, the benchmark for US oil, falls as low as minus $37.63 a barrel as worldwide demand falls.
2022 – Online streaming service Netflix suffers its first subscriber loss in a decade, losing 200,000 customers January-March.
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