Rodney King

Rodney Glen King was an African American man who was a victim of police brutality. On March 3, 1991, he was severely beaten by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) during his arrest after a high speed pursuit for driving while intoxicated on the I-210. An uninvolved resident, George Holliday, saw and filmed the incident from his nearby balcony and sent the footage, which showed the unarmed King on the ground being beaten after initially evading arrest, to local news station KTLA. The incident was covered by news media around the world and caused a public uproar.

2 April 1965

Born on the same birth day (2 April): Clark Gregg • David Ferrer • Delfo Cabrera • Dick Radatz • Dimitris Mitropanos • Hanno Pevkur • Hans Rosenthal • John Corvinus • Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski • Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce • Miralem Pjanić • Nicholas Murray Butler • Roald Als • Roselyn Sánchez • Sue Townsend • Teddy Sheringham

Born in the same month (April 1965): Anna-Leena Härkönen • Black Francis • Jeff Jackson (ice hockey, born 1965) • Jeff Zucker • Jon Cryer • Kostis Hatzidakis • Lang Tzu-yun • Leni Robredo • Linda Perry • Léa Fazer • Nenad Vučinić • Paulina Porizkova • Robert Downey Jr. • Soichi Noguchi • Tim Alexander • Tom Dey