Historical Events
1534
Jacques Cartier departs France on his first voyage to North America.
1862
Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the first pasteurization test.
1999
The Columbine High School massacre: 13 students and one teacher are killed in Colorado.
2010
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers.
2020
Oil prices fall below zero for the first time in history.
Famous Birthdays
1808
Napoleon III
Emperor of the French and nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte.
1889
Adolf Hitler
Austrian-born German dictator who led Nazi Germany and was responsible for the Holocaust and World War II.
1893
Joan Miró
Spanish Catalan painter known for his surrealist and abstract works.
1949
Jessica Lange
Academy Award-winning American actress known for Tootsie and Blue Sky.
1972
Carmen Electra
American model and television personality.
