1506 - The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid.
1797 - Battle of Neuwied - French victory against the Austrians.
1882 - birth of Leopold Stokowski, Polish conductor (d. 1977)
1906 - An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.9, destroys much of San Francisco, California.
1907 - birth of Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-born composer (d. 1995)
1923 - Yankee Stadium, "The House that Ruth Built", opens.
1942 - World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Tokyo occurs.
1947 - Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany, detonating 6800 tonnes of explosives, creating the biggest non-nuclear explosion in history, and changing the shape of the island.
1947 - birth of James Woods, American actor
1949 - The Republic of Ireland Act comes into force.
1951 - birth of Ricardo Fortaleza, Australian-Filipino retired boxer
1953 - birth of Rick Moranis, Canadian comedian
1955 - death of Albert Einstein, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
1963 - birth of Conan O'Brien, American comedian
1969 - birth of Princess Sayako of Japan
1976 - birth of Melissa Joan Hart, American actress
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