1857 – Herman Melville publishes The Confidence-Man
1919 – Stanley Cup Final, Seattle Ice Arena, Seattle, WA: With Montreal Canadiens (NHL) and Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) tied at 2-2-1, trophy not awarded due to worldwide flu epidemic
1931 – Jackie Mitchell becomes the second female (after Lizzie Arlington 1898) in organised baseball when she signs with the Chattanooga Lookouts Baseball Club
1933 – Nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews by boycotting Jewish businesses
1933 – Scotland beats Ireland, 8-6 at Lansdowne Road, Dublin to win the Home Nations Rugby Championship and Triple Crown
1947 – 1st Jewish immigrants to Israel disembark at Port of Eilat
1954 – WQED TV channel 13 in Pittsburgh, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1957 – World’s biggest glass oven used
1984 – 14th Easter Seal Telethon raises $24,600,000
1992 – Rocker Billy Idol fined $2,000 for hitting a woman