1911-1st non-stop London-Paris flight (Pierre Prier in 3 hours 56 minutes)
1935-Germany prohibits publishing "not-Arian" writers
1942 -Japan kills about 400 Filipino officers in Bataan
1955-First game in Kansas City, Kansas City A's beat Detroit Tigers, 6-2
1958-Flemish Open air museum opens in Bokrijk
1961-Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit Earth (Vostok 1)
1964-28th Golf Masters Championship Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 276
1969-Simon & Garfunkel releases "The Boxer"
1975-Linda Ronstadt releases "When Will I Be Loved"
1983-USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1988-Frank Robinson replaces Cal Ripkin as manager of the Baltimore Orioles
1989-3rd Soul Train Music Awards Anita Baker wins
1991-2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs
1992-Earthquake rocks Germany
1992-Euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France
1998-62nd Golf Masters Championship Mark O'Meara wins