1755 – Rufus King, framer of U.S. Constitution (d.1827)
1834 – William Morris, English poet, author, translator (d.1896)
1866 – Jack McAuliffe, U.S. lightweight boxing champ, Boxing HOF (d.1937)
1874 – Harry Houdini [Erik Weisz], born in Budapest, magician/escape artist (d.1926)
1909 – Clyde Barrow, bank robber, of Bonnie and Clyde fame (d.1934)
1911 – Joseph Barbera, Manhattan, animator, Hanna-Barbera (d.2006)
1924 – Norman Fell, Philadelphia, actor, Mr Roper – Three's Company (1976-81), The End (1978), The Graduate (1967) (d.1998)
1930 – Steve McQueen, born in Slater, Missouri, actor, The Sand Pebbles (1966), The Great Escape (1963), The Blob (1958), Bullitt (1968) (d.1980)
1934 – William Smith, born in Columbia, Missouri, TV, movies (d.2021)
1944 – Patti Labelle, singer, Phoenix, Tasty, Chameleon
1944 – Denny McLain, baseball pitcher, Detroit Tigers, the last pitcher to win more than thirty games in a season (31-6) in 1968, convicted of embezzlement
1949 – Nick Lowe, born in England, rock vocalist, Rockpile – Cruel to be Kind
1954 – Robert Carradine, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Slim – The Cowboys, Wavelength
1960 – Kelly LeBrock, born in New York City, actress, Weird Science (1985), The Woman in Red (1984), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2002)
1970 – Lara Flynn Boyle, born in Davenport, Iowa, actress, Donna Hayward – Twin Peaks
1976 – Peyton Manning, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, athlete, cHOF Colts (1998–2011), Broncos (2012–2015)

2023 – NOTE: – "Not All Verified": If no hyperlink, event not verified or vetted. [1] Could not corroborate date, may be conflicting data on multiple sites, or exact date could not be verified. Hyperlinks are generally verification of year, month, date, and event. [bh] Brainy History, not vetted elsewhere, take their word for it at this time, a valid citation would be nice. Error 403 links corrected when found.
2015 – H.J. Heinz Co and Kraft Foods Group Inc. will merge to form the third-largest global food company, Kraft Heinz Co.; the merger will be financed by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and Jorge Paulo Lemann's 3G Capital
2012 – China announces its plan to phase-out the practice of taking and selling organs from executed prisoners [1]
2011 – The U.S. Census conducted April 1, 2010 reveals that New York city is the country's most populated city, with eight million one hundred seventy-five thousand one hundred thirty-three residents [bh]
2003 – The Arab League votes twenty-one to one in favor of a resolution demanding the immediate and unconditional removal of U.S. and British soldiers from Iraq [1]
1998 – Jonesboro massacre: Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, aged eleven and thirteen respectively, fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas; five people are killed and ten are wounded
1996 – Metropolitan Transportation Authority raises New York City bridge tolls to three dollars and fifty cents each way
1989 – Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills two hundred and forty thousand barrels (thirty-eight thousand cubic meters) of crude oil after running aground
1981 – Nightline with Ted Koppel premieres on ABC
1977 – Indira Gandhi resigns as Prime Minister of India
1975 – Muhammad Ali TKOs Chuck Wepner in fifteen for heavyweight boxing title (Video)
1966 – Selective Service announces college deferments based on performance
1964 – Kennedy half-dollar issued
1958 – Elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761)
1947 – Congress proposes two-term limitation on the presidency
1947 – John D. Rockefeller, Jr. donates New York City East River site to the United Nations [1]
1944 – World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie "The Great Escape", seventy-six Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III
1934 – United States Congress enacted the Tydings–McDuffie Act, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth
1930 – Planet Pluto named [1]
1913 – Home of vaudeville, Palace Theatre, opens (New York City) starring Ed Wynn
1910 – 83°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March [bh]
1896 – A. S. Popov makes the first radio signal transmission in history
1882 – Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis
1880 – Tobacco Growers' Mutual Insurance Company incorporates in Connecticut [bh]
1868 – Metropolitan Life Insurance Company forms
1855 – Manhattan, Kansas founded as New Boston, Kansas [1]
1832 – In Hiram, Ohio, a group of men beat, tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith
1765 – American Revolution: Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops
1721 – Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046–1051
1664 – Roger Williams is granted a charter to colonize Rhode Island
1629 – First game law passed in American colonies, by Virginia [bh]