Historical Events
- 136th Grand National: 48 year old Dick Saunders wins aboard 7/1 favourite Grittar; oldest jockey to win the event
- Buffalo Sabre Gil Perrault scores his 1,000th NHL point
- UN Security Council demanded Argentina withdraw from Falkland Islands
Famous Birthdays
- Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress (How I Met Your Mother), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Fler [Patrick Losensky], German rapper, born in Berlin
- Iain Fyfe, Australian soccer player (Campbelltown City), born in Adelaide, Australia
- Jared Allen, American football player, born in Dallas, Texas
- Kasumi Nakane, Japanese gravure idol, born in Tokyo, Japan
Famous Deaths
- Herman W Filarski, Dutch bridge journalist, dies at 69
- Warren Oates, American actor (Dillinger, East of Eden, Stoney Burke), dies of a heart attack at 53