1799 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor – Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre
1917 – 21st Boston Marathon won by Bill Kennedy in 2:28:37.2
1945 – World War II: Dutch town of Arnhem, site of failed Operation Market Garden, is freed by British and Canadian forces
1973 – 77th Boston Marathon: American double; Jon Anderson men’s champion in 2:16:03; Jacqueline Hansen wins women’s title in 3:05:59
1979 – Failed Palestinian attack on Zaventem Airport, Belgium
1987 – Peter Taylor’s “Summons to Memphis” wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction
1992 – “Metro” opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 13 performances
2006 – Colin Farrell reaches a confidential settlement with ex-girlfriend Nicole Narain to keep their 13-minute sex tape private
2007 – “Spider-Man 3” directed by Sam Raimi and starring Toby Maguire and Kristen Dunst premieres at the Tokyo Film Festival
2020 – Nationwide State of Emergency declared in Japan till 6 May due to the worsening COVID-19 outbreak