1863, Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was accidentally wounded by his men during the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia. He died eight days later.
1970, Diane Crump became the first female jockey to ride in the Kentucky Derby.
1994, Nelson Mandela claimed victory in the wake of South Africa’s first democratic elections. He was inaugurated as the country’s first black president eight days later.
1996, Phil Donahue taped his final TV talk show, after nearly 29 years.
1997, Los Angeles police arrested a transsexual hooker with actor-comedian Eddie Murphy.
1997, Forty-four-year-old Tony Blair, whose Labor Party crushed John Major‘s long-reigning Conservatives, became Britain’s youngest prime minister in 185 years.
1999, Yugoslav authorities handed over three American prisoners of war who’d been held for a month to the Reverend Jesse Jackson.
2000, An investigating panel concluded that Texas A&M University students cut corners in construction and school officials failed to adequately supervise them before a bonfire collapse in November 1999 that killed 12 people.
2000, Jockey Julie Krone became the first female elected to thoroughbred racing’s Hall Of Fame.