1930 - Abkhazian ASSR forms in Georgian SSR
1950 - 54th Boston Marathon won by Kee Yong Ham of South Korea in 2:32:39
1956 - Willie Mosconi sinks 150 consecutive balls in a billiard tournament
1961 - 1,400 Cuban exiles land in the Bay of Pigs in a doomed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro
1964 - 1st game at Shea Stadium, NY Mets lose to Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3
1987 - USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
1993 - Two Los Angeles police officers convicted in federal court of violating Rodney King's civil rights and sentenced to prison, while two others are acquitted,
2006 - 110th Boston Marathon: Kenyan double; Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot wins 2nd men's title in 2:07:14; Rita Jeptoo takes women's title in 2:23:38

1586 - John Ford, English dramatist ('Tis Pity She's a Whore), born in Ilsington, Devon, England (d. 1639)
1833 - Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1900)
1912 - Isador Caplan, British lawyer and Aldeburgh Festival pioneer, born in Blackpool, England (d. 1995)
1916 - Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1960-65, 1970-77 and 1994-2000) and 1st female head of state, born in Ratnapura, British Ceylon (d. 2000)
1931 - Ruth Etchells, English poet and educator (Principal of St John's College Durham, 1979-88), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2012)
1952 - Arkan [Željko Ražnatović], Serbian paramilitary leader, born in Brežice, Slovenia (d. 2000)
1958 - Marina Yee, Belgian fashion designer and member of the Antwerp Six, born in Temse, Belgium (d. 2025)
1968 - Adam McKay, American director (The Big Short, Vice), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1982 - Brad Boyes, Canadian hockey player, 2003-16 (St. Louis Blues, and 6 other teams), born in Mississauga, Ontario
1989 - (Avriel) "Avi" Kaplan, American pop bass vocalist (Pentatonix, 2011-2017; Avriel and the Sequoias), born in Visalia, California

485 - Proclus, Greek mathematician, dies in Athens [or Apr 14]
1835 - William Henry Ireland, English forger (Shakespearean manuscripts), dies
1896 - Sophus Tromholt, Danish astrophysicist and photographer (portraits of the Kven and Sami people), dies at 44
1941 - Al Bowlly, South African-British dance band vocalist ("Midnight, The Stars, And You"), and bandleader, dies in a German bombing raid of London at 43
1975 - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and leader, Second President of India (1962-67), dies at 86
1983 - Felix Pappalardi, American rock music producer, songwriter, vocalist, and bassist (Mountain - "Mississippi Queen"), shot and killed by his wife, Gail, at 43
1992 - Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt, American jazz and session saxophonist and clarinetist (Dorsey Brothers; Benny Goodman; Lawrence Wlek), dies at 80
2004 - [Andrew] Bruce Boa, Canadian actor (The Empire Strikes Back), dies of cancer at 73
2008 - Danny Federici, American rock organist, accordionist, and glockenspieler (E Street Band), dies of melanoma at 58
2018 - Tom McBride, Irish traditional and country music singer-songwriter, and band leader (Big Tom and the Mainliners), dies at 81