1912

Boston’s Fenway Park, now the oldest active stadium in Major League Baseball, hosted its first official baseball game.

1972

Apollo 16’s lunar module, carrying astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr., landed on the moon.

1999

Two students shot and killed 12 classmates and one teacher and injured 23 others before taking their own lives at Columbine High School, near Denver, Colorado.

2010

An explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, leased by BP, killed 11 workers and caused a blowout that began spewing an estimated 200 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

2021

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter charges for the killing of George Floyd.

2023

SpaceX’s giant new rocket — the biggest and most powerful ever built — exploded minutes after blasting off on its first test flight from South Padre Island, Texas, and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico.

Birthdays

Actor George Takei is 89. Actor Jessica Lange is 77. Actor Clint Howard is 67. Former MLB first baseman Don Mattingly is 65. Actor Crispin Glover is 62. Actor Andy Serkis is 62. Actor Shemar Moore is 56. Actor-model Carmen Electra is 54. Reggae musician Stephen Marley is 54. Actor Joey Lawrence is 50. Model Miranda Kerr is 43. Former NFL linebacker Luke Kuechly is 35.