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Massive protests are mounted against France's First Employment Contract law, meant to reduce youth unemployment.
An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), leaving 915-1,314 people dead and 340-1,146 injured.
In a friendly fire incident, two American A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing one soldier.
Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill 146 Kosovo Albanians in Izbica.
In South Africa, African National Congress security guards kill dozens of Inkatha Freedom Party protesters.
United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government, precipitating a general election.
A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown.
The US Supreme Court hands down 5-3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
An earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring 1,260.
Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is killed by military police at a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students.
The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.
First Indochina War: In the Battle of Mạo Khê, French Union forces, led by World War II hero Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, inflict a defeat on Việt Minh forces commanded by General Võ Nguyên Giáp.
Cold War: The United States Department of State releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.
World War II: Britain's Mediterranean Fleet sinks three heavy cruisers and two destroyers of Italy's Regia Marina.
Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airliner lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board.
Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory. The battle began on March 26.
First concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, founded by Otto Nicolai.
War of 1812: In the Battle of Valparaíso, two American naval vessels are captured by two Royal Navy vessels of equal strength.
Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medellín.
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid ever to be discovered.
Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
Allies under Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld defeat French forces at Le Cateau.
Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
The foundation stone of Valletta, Malta's capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.
Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.
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