1500 – Pedro Álvares Cabral is the first european to discover Brazil, landing near Monte Pascoal, claims it for Portugal
1804 – Gioachino Rossini performs as a singer in Imola, Italy, aged only 12 years old
1871 – All German Jews emancipated after the German Constitution adopted by its last state Bavaria
1893 – Paul Kruger elected President of Transvaal for the third time
1971 – Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 10 launched
1981 – Almost 1 million West German metal workers go on strike
1991 – Frank Thomas is 1st White Sox to homer at new Comiskey Park
1993 – Holocaust Memorial Museum dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1993 – Seattle Mariner Chris Basio no-hits Boston Red Sox
2000 – The Big Number Change takes place in the United Kingdom