1290 – Round Table tournament held near Winchester, England, in imitation of King Arthur, to commemorate betrothal of daughter of Edward I, and attended by the king
1884 – Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical “On Freemasonry”
1918 – Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims marking his final victories before his death the following day
1920 – Phillies manager Gravvy Cravath puts himself in as pinch hitter, his 3- run homer beats NY Giants 3-0
1935 – “Your Hit Parade” begins broadcasting (becomes #1 quickly)
1986 – Michael Jordan sets NBA playoff record with 63 points in a game
1993 – Mercury Nashville Records releases “Shania Twain”, the debut studio album by Shania Twain
1997 – Mark McGwire is 4th to HR on Detroit Tiger left field roof (others are Frank Howard, Harmon Killibrew, and Cecil Fielder)
2021 – Former police officer Derek Chauvin convicted of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, in a case that prompted huge nationwide racial justice protests
2023 – Colombian President Gustavo Petro meets with US President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington