1500 – Pedro Álvares Cabral departs Lisbon, Portugal at the head of a 13 ship expedition to India that will also claim Brazil for Portugal
1522 – Martin Luther begins preaching his “Invocavit Sermons” in the German city of Wittenberg, reminding citizens to trust God’s word rather than violence and thus helping bring to a close the revolutionary stage of the Reformation
1864 – Ulysses S. Grant is appointed commander of Union Army
1947 – US Ladies’ Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill
1949 – Brigadier General Edwin K Wright, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1961 – The Supremes release “I Want A Guy” and “Never Again”
1985 – 26th SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament: Auburn beats Alabama, 53-49
1986 – 16th Easter Seal Telethon raises $30,100,000
1986 – Soviet probe Vega 2 flies by Halley’s Comet at 8,030 km
1988 – President Reagan presides at unveiling of Knute Rockne stamp