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Events
- 1909 – United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
- 1960 – The National Football League announced expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for 1961 NFL season.
- 1986 – Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission – Space Shuttle Challenger breaks apart after liftoff killing all seven astronauts on board.
Births
- 1818 – George S. Boutwell, American politician, 28th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1905)
- 1857 – William Seward Burroughs I, American inventor and businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (d. 1898)
- 1951 – Brian Bilbray, American politician
- 1959 – Frank Darabont, American director and producer
- 1959 – Megan McDonald, American author
- 1973 – Jason Aaron, American comic book writer
Deaths
- 1942 – Edward Siegler, American gymnast (b. 1881)
- 1959 – Walter Beall, American baseball player (b. 1899)
- 1986 – crew of Space Shuttle Challenger:
- Gregory Jarvis, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1944)
- Christa McAuliffe, American educator and astronaut (b. 1948)
- Ronald McNair, American physicist and astronaut (b. 1950)
- Ellison Onizuka, American engineer and astronaut (b. 1946)
- Judith Resnik, American engineer and astronaut (b. 1949)
- Dick Scobee, American pilot and astronaut (b. 1939)
- Michael J. Smith, American pilot and astronaut (b. 1945)
- 1994 – Hal Smith, American actor (b. 1916)
- 2001 – Curt Blefary, American baseball player (b. 1943)