- 1775 - The American Revolutionary War began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
- 1839 - The signing of the Treaty of London formally recognised Belgian independence from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- 1971 - The first space station, Salyut 1, was launched.
- 1995 - Oklahoma City bombing: A car bomb was detonated in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (pictured) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, killing 168 people.
- 2005 - Joseph Alois Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI on the second day of the papal conclave.
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