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): André Onana • Donald Jackson (figure skater) • Edward Egan • J. C. Squire • Kenneth Tynan • Leon Russell • Paquita la del Barrio • Penelope Keith • Todd Woodbridge

Born in the same month (April 1965): Anna-Leena Härkönen • Daniela Costian • Jane Adams (actress, born 1965) • John Henson (puppeteer) • Jon Cryer • Leni Robredo • Mark Bryant (basketball) • Mark Jackson • Nazia Hassan • Patricio Pouchulu • Steven Blaney