1886 – City of Vancouver BC incorporated
1909 – North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson
1912 – Electric starter 1st appeared in cars
1936 – 3rd Augusta National Invitation Tournament (Masters) Golf: Horton Smith wins his second Masters, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Harry Cooper, with defending champion Gene Sarazen 3rd
1941 – Italian forces holding Addis Ababa surrender to British and Ethiopian forces
1952 – 16th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Sam Snead wins his second green jacket by 4 strokes over Jack Burke Jr
1982 – Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota 52,279
1986 – Nabisco Dinah Shore Women’s Golf, Mission Hills CC: Pat Bradley wins the 4th of her 6 major titles, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Val Skinner
1994 – Palestinian suicide bomber kills 7 Israelis and himself
1994 – Rwandan Genocide begins with the assassination of Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira with their plane being shot down by surface-to-air missiles, abruptly ending peace negotiations. Those responsible have never been identified.