At least 1 million union members, students, and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law.

The 2005 Sumatran earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the second strongest earthquake since 1965.

In a "friendly fire" incident, two A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft from the United States Idaho Air National Guard's 190th Fighter Squadron attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing British soldier Matty Hull.

A Murray County, Georgia, school bus is hit by a CSX freight train (3 children die in this accident).

In South Africa, Zulus and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg, resulting in 18 deaths.

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.

Operators of Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania fail to recognize that a relief valve in the primary coolant system has stuck open following an unexpected shutdown. As a result, enough coolant drains out of the system to allow the core to overheat and partially melt down.

The US Supreme Court hands down 5-3 decision in ''Stump v. Sparkman'', 435 U.S. 349, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.

The McGill français movement protest occurs, the second largest protest in Montreal's history with 10,000 trade unionists, leftist activists, CEGEP students, and even some McGill students at McGill's Roddick Gates. This led to the majority of the protesters getting arrested.

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 shot by the police in a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students. The aftermath of his death is one of the first major events against the military dictatorship.

The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the Government of Tibet.

Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.

World War II: In occupied France, British naval forces raid the German-occupied port of St. Nazaire.

World War II: Battle of Cape Matapan

Construction begins of the exhibition center to host the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair.

Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid.

Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara.

Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.

Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.

The Yngsjö murder occurs in Yngsjö, Sweden and Anna Månsdotter is arrested along with her son.

The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.

American Civil War: Battle of Glorieta Pass

First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.

Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.

The United States Senate censures President Andrew Jackson for his actions in de-funding the Second Bank of the United States.

Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin.

Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man.

Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.

Allies under the prince of Coburg defeat French forces at Le Cateau.

Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.

Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.

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.