1804 – High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil
1905 – James Barrie’s “Alice-sit-by-the-fire” premieres in London
1946 – 100th Grand National: Capt. Robert Petre wins aboard 25/1 shot Lovely Cottage; first true GN since 1940 due to World War II; last on a Friday
1967 – ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit
1969 – Massive anti-Vietnam War demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities
1982 – 43 year old St. Louis reliever Jim Kaat pitches 1 inning for the Cardinals in a season-opening, 14-3 rout of Houston; sets a MLB record for pitchers by playing in his 24th consecutive season
1991 – Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida
1994 – Miami Heat beat NY Knicks ending 15 game NBA winning streak
1998 – The Arizona Diamondbacks record their first win in team history with a 3-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants in Phoenix, AZ; ends second-worst start ever (0-5) by an expansion team
2022 – Shanghai lockdown extended to cover the whole city as COVID-19 cases increase, as China remains one of the last to employ a “zero-Covid” system