1899 - Two months after the breakout of the Philippine-American War, the victories of the Philippine Army in intense gunbattles in Malolos, Marilao, Polo, Novaliches and Mariquinaa and the great losses suffered by the imperialist American invaders are communicated to the local chief of Gerona, Tarlac; the communique mentions about the Filipinos' positive expectations of their triumph in the war based on the analysis of the war defense by Gen. Antonio Luna, two months before President Emilio Aguinaldo will have him assassinated.
1945 - Vienna, Australia falls to the Soviet Red Army following the end of the so-called Vienna Offensive during World War II as the forces of the Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front has victoriously surrounded, besieged, and attacked the city, facilitated by Austrians who has sabotaged German defenses in order to prevent further destruction of Vienna; the war's end left Austrians with a ruined land, with 247,000 soldiers either killed or missing or dead, 29,000 civilian casualties, food and fuel exhausted, and transportation broken down everywhere.
1975 - Twenty-six people are killed and 30 wounded in an ambush by right-wing Lebanese forces on a bus carrying Palestinians in Beirut; the incident will mark the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War, with the Maronite Christian groups being led by Israel-backed Shaikh Pierre Gemayel's Phalangists, as Syria supported the Muslim militias.
1997 - Tiger Woods wins his major victory, the prestigious Masters Tournament by a record 12 strokes, in what is regarded as the greatest performance by a professional golfer in more than a century; In June 2000, he will win his first U.S. Open title, shooting a record 12-under-par 272 to finish 15 strokes ahead of his nearest competitors--the greatest professional golf performance in history, surpassing even his 1997 Masters' triumph and Old Tom Morris' 1862 British Open showing.
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