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): Andreas Anastasopoulos • Bobby Ávila • Diana Shnaider • Dick Radatz • Dillon Bassett • Edmundo (footballer) • Eyal Berkovic • Greg Camp • Gregory Abbott • Hank Steinbrenner • Jack Webb • Kapil Sharma • Lennart Fagerlund • Menachem Mendel Schneerson • Penelope Keith • Yves Lavandier

Born in the same month (April 1965): Alexandre Jardin • Jane Adams (actress, born 1965) • Leni Robredo • Michael Jones (rugby union) • Nenad Vučinić • Patricio Pouchulu