1513: Ponce de Leon lands in Florida.1625: Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the throne of France.
1794: The United States establishes a permanent navy.
1851: First reported case of Europeans seeing Yosemite Valley.
1854: During the Crimean War, the United Kingdom declares war on Russia.1912: Japanese cherry trees are planted along the Potomac.
1935: Julian Glover is born. He played William Donovan in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and also was the wicked Count Scarlioni in the Doctor Who episode City of Death.
1942: Michael York is born. He is most famous for playing Logan-5 in the terminally goofy Logan's Run.
1958: Nikita Khrushchev becomes premier of the Soviet Union.1963: Quentin Tarantino is born. Here's his views about Top Gun.
1964: The Good Friday Earthquake strikes south-central Alaska. At a magnitude of 9.2, it is the strongest earthquake ever measured in the US and kills 125 people.
1967: Talisa Soto is born. She played Vampirella in the dreadful Roger Corman version.
1970: The Concorde makes its first supersonic flight.1970: Mariah Carey is born.
1971: Nathan Fillion is born. He played the anti-hero Mal Reynolds in the cult sci-fi show Firefly. Today in History elements mostly cribbed from The History Channel, Wikipedia, The New York Times, The Jewish World Review, The Writer's Almanac and anything else I can dig up.
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