1926 – Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the Paris-based government-in-exile of the Ukrainian People’s Republic
1947 – Coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Co’s Mine #5 killing 111 in Illinois
1964 – Frank Gilroy’s dramatic play “The Subject Was Roses”, starring Jack Albertson and Martin Sheen, opens at Royale Theatre, NYC; runs for 832 performances; wins Pulitzer Prize, and 2 Tony Awards
1968 – BPAA US Women’s Bowling Open won by Dotty Fothergill
1968 – BPAA All-Star Bowling Tournament won by Jim Stefanich
1968 – Unicorn by The Irish Rovers hits #7
1983 – “Return of the Jedi” (Star Wars Episode VI), produced by George Lucas first released
1989 – Eastern Airlines graduates it 1st class of non-union pilots
2009 – Thailand’s economy shrank more than expected in the first quarter of 2009, contracting the most in a decade and plunging the nation into recession
2018 – Barbados elects its first female Prime Minister Mia Mottley, who leads the Barbados Labour Party to victory