This day in history:
- 1947 – An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
- 1065 – The Great German Pilgrimage is attacked on Good Friday by Beduin bandits, suffering heavy losses.
- 1306 – Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scots (Scotland).
- 2018 – Syrian civil war: Following the completion of the Afrin offensive, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) initiate an insurgency against the Turkish occupation of the Afrin District.
Births:
- 1926 – Riz Ortolani, Italian composer and conductor (d. 2014)
- 1964 – Buzz Osborne, American musician
- 1935 – Gabriel Elorde, Filipino boxer (d. 1985)
Deaths:
- 2009 – Dan Seals, American musician (b. 1948)
- 1995 – James Samuel Coleman, American sociologist and academic (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author (b. 1921)
Holidays:
- Tolkien Reading Day
- International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (international)
- Independence Day, celebrates the start of Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire, in 1821. (Greece)
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