Maurice Ravel was a French composer, pianist, and conductor, often associated with Impressionism. He is globally celebrated for his orchestral work "Boléro" and his brilliant, texturally rich contributions to 20th-century classical music.
Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for the telephone, just hours before his rival Elisha Gray filed a caveat for a similar device.
Adolf Hitler orders German troops to march into the Rhineland, directly violating the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties.
Civil rights marchers are brutally attacked by state troopers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, while marching for voting rights.