In Melbourne, Australia, a car bomb explodes at the Russell Street Police HQ killing one police officer and injuring 21 people.

Typhoid Mary (Mary Mallon) is put in quarantine and remains there for the rest of her life.

The United Kingdom declares war on Russia starting the Crimean War.

A Palestinian suicide bomber kills twenty nine people partaking of the Passover meal in Netanya, Israel.

Antonio López de Santa Anna directs the Mexican army to kill about 400 Texan prisoners at Goliad, Texas.