The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.

Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts.

Part of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport's Terminal 2E collapses, killing four people and injuring three others.

The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.

The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% voting yes.

The first version of the Java programming language is released.

Oklahoma City bombing: In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the remains of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building are imploded.

Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran and blockades the port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping, laying the foundations for the Six Day War.

Explorer 1 ceases transmission.

Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet with the People's Republic of China.

The Federal Republic of Germany is established and the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is proclaimed.

World War II: The Flensburg government under Reichspräsident Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are captured and arrested by British forces at Flensburg in Northern Germany.

World War II: Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, commits suicide while in Allied custody.

The U.S. Navy submarine USS ''Squalus'' sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.

The Auto-Lite Strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.

American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Black Lake, Louisiana.

Launch of Belgium's SABENA airline.

World War I: Italy joins the Allies after they declare war on Austria-Hungary.

The New York Public Library is dedicated.

The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.

American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney becomes the first African American to be awarded the Medal of Honor, for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.

The Canadian Parliament establishes the North West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Mexican-American War: President Mariano Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on the United States.

Declaration of the Báb: a merchant of Shiraz announces that he is a Prophet and founds a religious movement that would later be brutally crushed by the Persian government. He is considered to be a forerunner of the Bahá'í Faith, and Bahá'ís celebrate the day as a holy day.

Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna.

South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed ''El Libertador'' ("The Liberator").

Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in the Cathedral of Milan.

South Carolina ratifies the Constitution as the 8th American state.

Battle of Ramillies: John Churchill, the 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal Villeroi.

After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.

The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War.

Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia takes place.

Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, brother of William I of Orange, defeat Jean de Ligne, Duke of Aremberg and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War.

The Netherlands declare their independence from Spain.

The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.

Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy, on the orders of Pope Alexander VI.

Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne.