- 573 – Buddhists celebrate birth of Gautama Buddha.
- 1820 – The famous ancient Greek statue, Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Milos.
- 1918 – Betty Bloomer Ford is born.
- 1935 – FDR signs Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, authorizing work-relief programs.
- 1974 – Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth’s all-time home run record.
- 1990 – 18-year-old Ryan White, national symbol of the AIDS crisis, dies.
- 1993 – Astronaut Ellen Ochoa becomes the first Hispanic woman in space.
- 2013 – Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s Iron Lady, dies at age 87.
