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May 13th

1619 – Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt was executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason.

1846 – The United States declared war on Mexico after a series of disputes in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, starting the Mexican–American War.

1848 – Maamme, the national anthem of Finland written by German composer Fredrik Pacius and Finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg, was performed for the first time.

1888 – Isabel the Redeemer signed the Lei Áurea into law, formally abolishing slavery in Brazil.

1912 – The Royal Flying Corps (later the Royal Air Force) was established in the United Kingdom.

1917 – Our Lady of Fatima: Ten-year-old Lúcia Santos and her siblings Francisco and Jacinta Marto reportedly began experiencing a Marian apparition near Fátima, Portugal.

1969 – Chinese-Malay race riots began in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, leaving at least 190 people dead, and leading the government to declare a state of emergency and suspend Parliament until 1971.
 

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May 14th
Feast day of Saint Matthias and Saint Mochuda (Roman Catholic Church)

1264 – Second Barons' War: King Henry III was captured at the Battle of Lewes in Sussex, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.

1607 – An expedition led by Edward Maria Wingfield, Christopher Newport, and John Smith established the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in North America.

1804 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition led by explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark (pictured) left Camp Dubois near present-day Hartford, Illinois and began the first American overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back.

1943 – World War II: The Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Queensland, killing 268 people aboard.

1948 – David Ben-Gurion publicly read the Israeli Declaration of Independence at the present-day Independence Hall in Tel Aviv, officially establishing a new Jewish state in parts of the former British Mandate of Palestine.
 

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May 15th

May 15 is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 230 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition.
1514 - Jodocus Badius Ascensius publishes Christiern Pedersen's Latin version of Saxo’s Gesta Danorum, the oldest known version of that work.
1525 - The battle of Frankenhausen ends the Peasants' War.
1567 - Mary Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, her third husband.
1602 - Bartholomew Gosnold becomes the first European to see Cape Cod.
1618 - Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).
1701 - The War of the Spanish Succession begins.
1718 - James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun.
1756 - The Seven Years' War begins when England declares war on France.
1776 - American Revolution: the Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
1791 - Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
1792 - War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.
1793 - Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for "about 360 meters", at a height of 5-6 meters, during one of the first attempted flights.
1796 - First Coalition: Napoleon enters Milan in triumph.
1800 - George III survives two assassination attempts in one day.
1811 - Paraguay declares independence from Spain.
1817 - Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1836 - Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse.
1849 - Troops of the Two Sicilies take Palermo and crush the republican government of Sicily.
1851 - Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand.
1858 - Opening of the present Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.
1862 - President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. it is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture.
1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Resaca, Georgia ends.
1864 - American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia – students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate Army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.
1869 - Woman's suffrage: in New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman's Suffrage Association.
1891 - Rerum Novarum, the first document of the Catholic Social Teaching tradition, is published by Pope Leo XIII.
1897 - The Greek army retreats with heavy losses in the Greco-Turkish War.
1905 - Las Vegas, Nevada, is founded when 110 acres (0.4 km²), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
1910 - The last time a major earthquake happened on the Elsinore Fault Zone.
1911 - The United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
1911 - The Georgios Averof cruiser is bought by Greece.
1914 - Bolivia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1918 - The Finnish Civil War ends.
1919 - The Winnipeg General Strike begins. By 11:00 a.m., almost the whole working population of Winnipeg, Manitoba had walked off the job.
1919 - Greek invasion of İzmir. During the invasion, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks. The responsible are punished by the Greek Commander Aristides Stergiades. Hasan Tahsin fires the first shot of the Turkish War of Independence.
1920 - Council of Lithuania adjourns as the newly elected Constituent Assembly of Lithuania meets for the first time in Kaunas.
1929 - A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
1932 - The May 15 Incident: in an attempted Coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is killed.
1934 - Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
1935 - The Moscow Metro is opened to public.
1936 - Amy Johnson arrives back in England after a record-breaking return flight to Capetown
1940 - World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
1940 - McDonald's opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California.
1941 - Baseball player Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees starts his record-breaking 56-game hitting streak.
1942 - World War II: in the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
1943 - Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).
1945 - World War II: The final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia.
1948 - Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia attack Israel.
1951 - The Polish cultural attache in Paris, Czesław Miłosz, asks the French government for political asylum.
1955 - The Austrian Independence Treaty is signed.
1955 - The first ascent of Makalu, the world's fifth highest mountain.
1957 - At Malden Island in the Pacific, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple. The device fails to detonate properly.
1958 - The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
1960 - The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4.
1963 - Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space.
1970 - President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army Generals.
1970 - Philip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green are killed at Jackson State University by police during student protests.
1972 - The island of Okinawa, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
1972 - In Laurel, Maryland, Arthur Bremer shoots and paralyzes Alabama Governor George Wallace while he is campaigning to be become President.
1974 – Ma'alot massacre: A total of 31 people, including hostage takers, are killed.
1987 - The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.
1988 - Soviet war in Afghanistan: After more than eight years of fighting, the Red Army begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan.
1990 - Portrait of Doctor Gachet by Vincent van Gogh is sold for a record $82.5 million, the most expensive painting at the time.
1991 - Edith Cresson becomes France's first female prime minister.
1997 - The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans.
2008 - The California Supreme Court rules in favor of Same-sex marriage.


Births

1567 - (baptism) Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer (d. 1643)
1608 - René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)
1720 - Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)
1749 - Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)
1773 - Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Austrian statesman (d. 1859)
1786 - General Dimitris Plapoutas, a Revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence (d. 1864)
1817 - Debendranath Tagore, Indian religious reformer (d. 1905)
1848 - Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (d. 1926)
1856 - L. Frank Baum, American author (d. 1919)
1857 - Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (d. 1911)
1859 - Pierre Curie, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1906)
1862 - Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian dramatist and narrator (d. 1931)
1890 - Katherine Anne Porter, American author (d. 1980)
1891 - Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian writer (d. 1940)
1891 - Fritz Feigl, Austria-born chemist (d. 1971)
1892 - Jimmy Wilde, boxer (d. 1969)
1895 - William D. Byron, U.S. Congressman (d. 1941)
1898 - Arletty, French model and actress (d. 1992)
1899 - Jean-Etienne Valluy, French general (d. 1970)
1901 - Luis Monti, Argentine-Italian footballer (d. 1983)
1902 - Richard J. Daley, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1976)
1903 - Maria Reiche, German-born mathematician and archaeologist (d. 1998)
1905 - Joseph Cotten, American actor (d. 1994)
1907 - Sukhdev Thapar, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931)
1909 - James Mason, English actor (d. 1984)
1910 - Constance Cummings, British actress (d. 2005)
1911 - Max Frisch, Swiss author (d. 1991)
1911 - Herta Oberheuser, Nazi doctor (d. 1978)
1912 - Arthur Berger, American composer (d. 2003)
1914 - Turk Broda, ice hockey goaltender (d. 1972)
1914 - Tenzing Norgay, (adopted birthdate) Nepalese Sherpa who accompanied Edmund Hillary to the top of Mount Everest (d. 1986)
1915 - Hilda Bernstein, English-born South African author, artist, and activist (d. 2006)
1915 - Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter
1915 - Paul Samuelson, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1915 - Gus Viseur, French button accordionist (d. 1974)
1918 - Eddy Arnold, American country music singer (d. 2008)
1918 - Joseph Wiseman, Canadian actor
1922 - Jakucho Setouchi, Japanese writer and Buddhist nun
1923 - Richard Avedon, American photographer (d. 2004)
1923 - John Lanchbery, English composer (d. 2003)
1923 - Johnny Walker, Indian actor (d. 2003)
1924 - Maria Koepcke, ornithologist (d. 1971)
1926 - Anthony Shaffer, English playwright (d. 2001)
1926 - Peter Shaffer, English playwright
1930 - Jasper Johns, American painter
1931 - Ken Venturi, American golfer
1936 - Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-born actress
1936 - Wavy Gravy, American clown and activist
1936 - Ralph Steadman, British cartoonist
1936 - Paul Zindel, American writer (d. 2003)
1937 - Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State
1937 - Trini López, American musician
1938 - Mireille Darc, French actress
1938 - Lenny Welch, American singer
1939 - Dorothy Shirley, British athlete
1940 - Lainie Kazan, American actress and singer
1940 - Don Nelson, American basketball coach, currently of the Golden State Warriors
1941 - K.T. Oslin, American musician
1942 - Jusuf Kalla, vice- president of Indonesia and Chairman of the Golkar Party.
1942 - Doug Lowe, 35th Premier of Tasmania
1944 - Ulrich Beck, German sociologist
1944 - Bill Alter, Missouri State Senator
1945 - Lasse Berghagen, Swedish singer
1945 - Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, heir to the Portuguese crown
1948 - Brian Eno, English musician and record producer
1948 - Yutaka Enatsu, Japanese professional baseball pitcher
1950 - Nicholas Hammond, American actor
1951 - Frank Wilczek, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1952 - Chazz Palminteri, American actor, writer and director
1953 - George Brett, American baseball player
1953 - Mike Oldfield, English composer
1954 - Robert P. Harrison, American thinker
1955 - Lee Horsley, American actor
1956 - Dan Patrick, American sportscaster
1957 - Juan José Ibarretxe, Basque Lehendakari (Prime Minister)
1957 - Kevin Von Erich, American professional wrestler
1958 - Ron Simmons, American professional wrestler
1959 - Andrew Eldritch, English singer and songwriter (The Sisters of Mercy)
1959 - Kaokor Galaxy, Thai boxer
1959 - Luis Perez-Sala, Spanish racing driver
1960 - Rob Bowman, American film director
1961 - Katrin Cartlidge, British actress (d. 2002)
1961 - Melle Mel, American musician
1965 - Raí, Brazilian footballer
1966 - Pete Wiggs, English musician (Saint Etienne)
1967 - Madhuri Dixit, Indian actress
1967 - John Smoltz, baseball player
1968 - Cecilia Malmström, Swedish politician
1968 - Seth Putnam, American musician
1969 - Hideki Irabu, Japanese baseball player
1969 - Emmitt Smith, American football player
1970 - Martin Rossiter, Welsh Musician
1970 - Frank de Boer, Dutch football player
1970 - Ronald de Boer, Dutch football player
1970 - Desmond Howard, American football player
1970 - Rod Smith, American football player
1971 - Phil Pfister, American strength athlete
1972 - David Charvet, French actor
1973 - Pedro Reyes, Mexican engineer
1974 - Vassilis Kikilias, Greek basketball player
1974 - Ahmet Zappa, American musician
1975 - Ray Lewis, American football player
1976 - Adolfo Bautista, Mexican footballer
1976 - Torraye Braggs, American basketball player
1976 - Jacek Krzynówek, Polish footballer
1976 - Ryan Leaf, American football player
1976 - Tyler Walker, baseball player
1978 - Amy Chow, American gymnast
1978 - Dwayne DeRosario, Canadian footballer
1978 - Caroline Dhavernas, Canadian actress
1978 - Edu, Brazilian footballer
1978 - David Krumholtz, American actor
1978 - Krissy Taylor, American model (d. 1995)
1980 - Josh Beckett, American baseball player
1980 - Rocky Marquette, American actor
1981 - Patrice Evra, French-Senegalese footballer
1981 - Justin Morneau, Canadian baseball player
1981 - Zara Phillips, British royal and eventer
1981 - Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress
1982 - Alex Breckenridge, American actress
1982 - Veronica Campbell, Jamaican athlete
1982 - Segundo Castillo, Ecuadorian footballer
1982 - Tatsuya Fujiwara, Japanese actor
1982 - Jessica Sutta, American dancer, singer and actress (The Pussycat Dolls)
1983 - Devin Bronson, American guitarist (Avril Lavigne)
1984 - Sérgio Jimenez, Brazilian racing driver
1985 - Cristiane, Brazilian footballer
1986 - Matías Fernández, Chilean footballer
1986 - Adam Moffat, Scottish soccer player
1987 - Ersan İlyasova, Turkish basketball player
1987 - Jennylyn Mercado, Filipina Actress and Singer
1987 - Andrew "Andy" Murray, Scottish tennis player


Deaths

913 - Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz
1036 - Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)
1157 - Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince
1174 - Nur ad-Din, ruler of Syria (b. 1118)
1381 - Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron
1470 - Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)
1585 - Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535)
1591 - Dmitry Ivanovich, Tsarevich (b. 1582)
1609 - Giovanni Croce, Italian composer (b. 1557)
1634 - Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)
1698 - Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)
1699 - Edward Petre, English Jesuit and privy councilor (b. 1631)
1714 - Roger Elliott, British general and Governor of Gibraltar
1740 - Ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680)
1760 - Alaungpaya, King of Burma (b. 1711)
1773 - Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (b. 1710)
1782 - Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)
1879 - Gottfried Semper, German architect (b. 1803)
1886 - Emily Dickinson, American poet (b. 1830)
1924 - Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1852)
1935 - Kazimir Malevich, Polish/Ukrainian artist (b. 1878)
1937 - Phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864)
1940 - Menno ter Braak, Dutch author and polemicist (b. 1902)
1945 - Charles Williams, UK writer (b. 1886)
1948 - Edward Flanagan, American priest and founder of Boys Town (b. 1886)
1954 - William March, American writer (b. 1893)
1956 - Austin Osman Spare, English magician (b. 1886)
1967 - Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882)
1971 - Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and writer (b. 1900)
1978 - Sir Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
1982 - Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946)
1984 - Francis Schaeffer, American theologian, philosopher, and pastor (b. 1912)
1986 - Theodore White, American writer (b. 1915)
1986 - Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
1989 - Johnny Green, American songwriter (b. 1908)
1991 - Andreas Floer, German mathematician (b. 1956)
1991 - Ronald Lacey, English actor (b. 1935)
1992 - Jovy Marcelo, Filipino race car driver (b. 1965)
1993 - Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese writer, poet, and diplomat (b. 1933)
1994 - Gilbert Roland, Mexican actor (b. 1905)
1995 - Eric Porter, British actor (b. 1928)
1996 - Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (b. 1910)
1998 - Earl Manigault, American basketball player (b. 1944)
2003 - June Carter Cash, American musician and singer (b. 1929)
2003 - George Francis, British gangster (b. 1940)
2005 - Alan B. Gold, Quebec Chief Justice (b. 1917)
2007 - Jerry Falwell, American evangelist (b. 1933)
2007 - Yolanda King, American actress and activist, daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1955)
2008 - Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer (b. 1956)
2008 - Robert Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer, younger brother of Joey Dunlop (b. 1960)


Holidays and observances

International Conscientious Objectors' Day
Paraguay - Independence Day. Celebrations for the anniversary of the independence begin on Flag Day, 14 May.
Roman Empire - Mercuralia in honor of Mercury held.
Buddha's Birthday in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and South Korea (2005).
United States - Peace Officers Memorial Day.
Slovenia - Day of Slovenian armed forces.
Teacher's Day in Mexico (Día del Maestro) and South Korea (스승의 날).
Nakba Day in Palestinian communities.
 

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May 16th

May 16 is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 229 days remaining until the end of the year.


Events

1204 - Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
1527 - The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes a republic.
1532 - Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
1568 - Mary Queen of Scots flees to England.
1770 - 14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France.
1771 - The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called "The Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
1777 - Lachlan McIntosh and Button Gwinnett shoot each other during a duel near Savannah, Georgia. Gwinnett, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, dies three days later.
1811 - Peninsular War - The allies Spain, Portugal and Britain, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera.
1815 - The Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, officially names the town of Blackheath in the upper Blue Mountains.
1822 - Greek War of Independence: the Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.
1836 - Edgar Allan Poe marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia.
1843 - The first major wagon train heading for the Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri.
1866 - The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or nickel.
1866 - Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer.
1868 - President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate.
1874 - A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
1877 - May 16, 1877 political crisis in France.
1910 - The U.S. Congress authorizes the creation of the United States Bureau of Mines.
1914 - The first ever Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final is played. Brooklyn Field Club beats Brooklyn Celtic 2-1.
1918 - The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government an imprisonable offense.
1919 - A naval Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
1920 - In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc as a saint.
1929 - In Hollywood, California, the first Academy Awards are handed out.
1943 - Holocaust: the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
1948 - Chaim Weizmann is elected the first President of Israel.
1951 - The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between New York and London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
1960 - Nikita Khrushchev demands an apology from US President Dwight D. Eisenhower for U-2 spy plane flights over the Soviet Union thus ending a Big Four summit in Paris.
1960 - Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
1965 - Campbell Soup Company introduces SpaghettiOs under its Franco-American brand.
1966 - The Communist Party of China issues the 'May 16 Notice', marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
1967 - The city of Jerusalem is returned to the nation of Israel
1969 - Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet spaceprobe, lands on Venus.
1974 - Josip Broz Tito was re-elected president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This time he was elected for life.
1975 - India annexes Sikkim after the mountain state holds a referendum in which the popular vote was in favour of merging with India.
1975 - Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
1983 - Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement rebels against the Sudanese government.
1986 - The Seville Statement on Violence is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain.
1988 - A report by United States' Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
1992 - STS-49: Space Shuttle Endeavour lands safely after a successful maiden voyage.
2003 - In Casablanca, Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
2004 - The Day of Mourning at Bykivnia forest, just outside of Kiev, Ukraine. Here during 1930s and early 1940s communist bolsheviks executed over 100,000 Ukrainian civilians.
2005 - Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote.
2006 - A large earthquake (7.4 on the Richter scale) occurs near New Zealand.
2007 - The General Assembly of the United Nations, recognizing that genuine multilingualism promotes unity in diversity and international understanding, proclaimed 2008 the International Year of Languages.


Births

1490 - Duke Albert of Prussia (d. 1568)
1578 - Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)
1611 - Pope Innocent XI (d. 1689)
1710 - William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)
1718 - Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)
1763 - Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist (d. 1829)
1788 - Friedrich Rückert, German Poet, Translator and Orientalist (d. 1866)
1801 - William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State, bought Alaska at 2 ¢/acre (d. 1872)
1821 - Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d. 1894)
1824 - Levi P. Morton, United States Vice President under Benjamin Harrison (d.1920)
1827 - Pierre Cuypers, Dutch architect (d. 1921)
1831 - David E. Hughes, American musician (d. 1900)
1845 - Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1916)
1891 - Richard Tauber, Austrian tenor (d. 1948)
1898 - Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-born painter (d. 1980)
1898 - Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese film director (d. 1956)
1905 - Henry Fonda, American actor (d. 1982)
1906 - Alfred Pellan, French Canadian painter (d. 1988)
1906 - Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer (d. 2001)
1906 - Margret Rey, author and illustrator (d. 1996)
1909 - Margaret Sullavan, American actress (d. 1960)
1910 - Olga Berggolts, Russian poet (d. 1975)
1910 - Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter (d. 1972)
1912 - Studs Terkel, American writer
1913 - Woody Herman, American musician and band leader (d. 1987)
1914 - Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and author
1916 - Adriana Caselotti, American actress (d. 1997)
1917 - Juan Rulfo, Mexican novelist (d. 1986)
1917 - James C. Murray, American politician (d. 1999)
1917 - George Gaynes, American actor
1918 - Wilf Mannion, English former footballer (d. 2000)
1919 - Liberace, American pianist (d. 1987)
1919 - Ramon Margalef, Spanish scientist (d. 2004)
1920 - Martine Carol, French actress (d. 1967)
1921 - Harry Carey, Jr., American actor
1923 - Merton Miller, American economist, Nobel laureate
1925 - Bobbejaan Schoepen, Belgian entertainer
1927 - Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer
1928 - Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)
1929 - John Conyers, American politician
1929 - Claude Morin, French Canadian politician
1929 - Adrienne Rich, American writer
1930 - Betty Carter, American jazz singer (d. 1998)
1930 - Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist (d. 2000)
1931 - Jack Dodson, American actor (d. 1994)
1931 - Denise Filiatrault, French Canadian actress and director
1931 - Natwar Singh, Indian politician
1931 - Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., American politician
1931 - Hana Brady, Killed during Holocaust
1935 - James Bolam, English actor
1936 - Roy Hudd, English radio and television actor
1936 - Karl Lehmann, German Catholic cardinal
1937 - Yvonne Craig, American actress
1944 - Billy Cobham, American virtuoso drummer
1944 - Danny Trejo, American actor
1945 - Nicky Chinn, English songwriter (Sweet, Suzi Quatro)
1946 - Robert Fripp, English guitarist (King Crimson)
1946 - Roger Earl, English rock drummer (Savoy Brown, Foghat)
1947 - Bill Smitrovich, American actor
1948 - Katia Dandoulaki, Greek actress
1948 - Judy Finnegan, English TV presenter (Richard & Judy)
1950 - J. Georg Bednorz, German physicist, Nobel laureate
1950 - Ray Condo, Canadian rockabilly musician
1951 - Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer
1951 - Jonathan Richman, American proto-punk icon
1952 - James Herndon, American media psychologist
1953 - Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor
1954 - Dafydd Williams, Canadian physician and astronaut
1955 - Olga Korbut, Russian gymnast
1955 - Jack Morris, American baseball player
1955 - Hazel O'Connor, English singer
1955 - Debra Winger, American actress
1959 - Mare Winningham, American actress
1961 - Charles Wright, American professional wrestler known as "The Godfather"
1963 - Jon Coffelt, American artist
1963 - Mercedes Echerer, Austrian actress and politician
1964 - John Salley, American basketball player
1964 - Boyd Tinsley, American violinist (Dave Matthews Band)
1964 - Edit Berces, Hungarian Ultra-Marathon runner
1965 - Krist Novoselic, American bassist (Nirvana)
1966 - Janet Jackson, American singer
1966 - Scott Reeves, American actor and singer
1966 - Thurman Thomas, American football player
1968 - Ralph Tresvant, American singer (New Edition)
1968 - Chingmy Yau, Hong Kong actress
1969 - David Boreanaz, American actor
1969 - Tucker Carlson, American television commentator
1969 - Tracey Gold, American actress
1969 - Steve Lewis, American athlete
1970 - Gabriela Sabatini, Argentine tennis player
1970 - Danielle Spencer, Australian singer and actress
1971 - Rachel Goswell, English singer and songwriter (Slowdive, Mojave 3)
1972 - Khary Payton, American actor
1973 - Special Ed, American rapper
1973 - Tori Spelling, American actress
1973 - Jason Acuña "Wee-Man", American television personality
1974 - Laura Pausini, Italian pop singer
1974 - Sonny Sandoval, American singer (P.O.D.)
1975 - Tony Kakko, Finnish singer (Sonata Arctica)
1975 - Tonéx, American singer
1977 - Dolcenera, Italian singer
1977 - Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Canadian ice hockey player
1978 - David Ford, English singer/songwriter
1978 - Lionel Scaloni, Argentine footballer
1979 - McKenzie Lee, English pornographic actress
1980 - Mikel Alonso, Spanish footballer
1980 - Michael Ryan, American ice hockey player
1981 - Jim Sturgess, English actor
1982 - Joo Ji Hoon, Korean actor and model
1982 - Łukasz Kubot, Polish tennis player
1983 - Nancy Ajram, Lebanese singer
1983 - Gordon McRory, Scottish Drummer (The Fratellis)
1983 - Kyle Wellwood, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 - Mickie Knuckles, American female professional wrestler
1984 - Jensen Lewis, American baseball player
1985 - Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian actor
1985 - Anja Mittag, German footballer
1985 - Corey Perry, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 - Megan Fox, American actress


Deaths

583 - Saint Brendan, Irish navigator (b. 484)
1265 - Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)
1620 - William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)
1657 - Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)
1667 - Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)
1669 - Pietro da Cortona, Italian architect (b. 1596)
1691 - Jacob Leisler, American colonist (b. 1640)
1703 - Charles Perrault, French author (b. 1628)
1778 - Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat (b. 1718)
1782 - Daniel Solander, Swedish botanist (b. 1736)
1790 - Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (b. 1720)
1830 - Joseph Fourier, French scientist (b. 1768)
1891 - Ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821)
1913 - Louis Perrier, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1849)
1920 - Levi P. Morton, United States Vice President under Benjamin Harrision (b. 1824)
1926 - Mehmed VI, last Ottoman Sultan (b. 1861)
1943 - Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist (b. 1865)
1944 - George Ade, American author (b. 1866)
1947 - Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1861)
1953 - Django Reinhardt, Belgian musician (b. 1910)
1954 - Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (b. 1893)
1955 - James Agee, American writer (b. 1909)
1956 - H. B. Reese, American founder of Reese's (b. 1876)
1957 - Eliot Ness, American federal agent (b. 1903)
1959 - Elisha Scott, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1894)
1961 - George A. Malcolm, American jurist & educator (b. 1881)
1969 - Robert R., first confirmed death from AIDS in North America (b. 1954)
1979 - A. Philip Randolph, American civil rights activist and labor union leader (b. 1889)
1981 - Ernie Freeman, American pianist and arranger (b. 1922)
1984 - Andy Kaufman, American comedian (b. 1949)
1984 - Irwin Shaw, American author (b. 1913)
1985 - Margaret Hamilton, American actress (b. 1902)
1988 - Charles Keeping, English illustrator (b. 1924)
1990 - Sammy Davis, Jr., American entertainer (b. 1925)
1990 - Jim Henson, American puppeteer (b. 1936)
1992 - Chalino Sanchez, Mexican musician (b, 1960)
1993 - Marv Johnson, American R&B and soul singer (b. 1938)
1994 - Jack Dodson, American actor (b. 1931)
1996 - Jeremy Michael Boorda, American admiral (b. 1939)
1997 - Elbridge Durbrow, American diplomat (b. 1903)
2000 - Bodacious the Bull Famous rodeo bull (b. 1988)
2001 - Brian Pendleton, English musician (The Pretty Things) (b. 1944)
2002 - Alec Campbell, the last surviving ANZAC (b. 1899)
2002 - Big Dick Dudley, American professional wrestler (b. 1968)
2003 - Mark McCormack, American businessman (b. 1930)


Holidays and observances

Teachers' Day in Malaysia.
Middlesex Day.
 

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May 18th

May 18 is the 138th day of the year (139th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 227 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events
1152 - Henry II marries Eleanor of Aquitaine.
1268 - The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch.
1302 - Bruges Matins, the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by members of the local Flemish militia
1498 - Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicut, India
1593 - Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
1631 - In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
1652 - Rhode Island passes the first law in North America making slavery illegal.
1765 - Fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec.
1783 - First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada after leaving the United States.
1803 - Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France.
1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate.
1811 - Las Piedras Battle: first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay leaded by Jose Artigas.
1848 - Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany.
1863 - American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
1869 - Surrender and dissolution of the Ezo Republic to Japan.
1869 - The Public Credit Act is signed by Ulysses S. Grant, one of his first actions as President of the United States.
1876 - Wyatt Earp starts work in Dodge City, Kansas.
1896 - The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that separate but equal is constitutional.
1896 - Khodynka Tragedy: a mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II resulted in the deaths of 1,389 people.
1897 - Dracula, a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker is published.
1900 - The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
1910 - The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley.
1917 - World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President the power of conscription.
1926 - Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California, beach.
1927 - The Bath School Disaster: Forty-five people are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
1933 - New Deal: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
1944 - World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino - Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers ("Fallschirmjäger") evacuate Monte Cassino.
1944 - Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government.
1944 - World War II: SS troops burn down six villages in the Brkini hills in south western Slovenia.
1948 - The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
1953 - Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
1958 - An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 km/h).
1959 - Launching of the National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire in Conakry, Guinea.
1969 - Apollo program: Apollo 10 launched.
1974 - Nuclear test: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.
1974 - Completion of the Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built at the time. It later collapses on August 8, 1991.
1980 - 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption: Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage.
1980 - Gwangju Massacre: Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations, calling for democratic reforms.
1983 - In Ireland, the Government launched a crackdown, with the leading Dublin pirate Radio Nova being put off the air.
1990 - In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record - 515.3km/h
1991 - Helen Sharman from Sheffield becomes the first Briton to orbit in Space
1991 - Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland but is unrecognised by the international community.
1992 - The Archivist of the United States officially announces the 27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
1998 - United States v. Microsoft: The United States Department of Justice and 20 U.S. states file an antitrust case against Microsoft.
2006 - The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.

Births
1048 - Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. 1131)
1186 - Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218)
1474 - Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539)
1610 - Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (d. 1664)
1616 - Johann Jakob Froberger, German composer (d. 1667)
1662 (O.S.) - George Smalridge, English bishop of Bristol (d. 1719)
1692 (O.S.) - Joseph Butler, English bishop and philosopher (d. 1752)
1711 - Ruđer Josip Bošković, Croatian atomic theorist (d. 1787)
1778 - Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (d. 1854)
1785 - John Wilson, Scottish writer (d. 1854)
1797 - Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (d. 1854)
1850 - Oliver Heaviside, English physicist (d. 1925)
1851 - James Budd, Governor of California (d. 1908)
1868 - Nicholas II of Russia, Tsar of Russia (d. 1918)
1872 - Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, English mathematician, writer and philosopher, Nobel laureate (d. 1970)
1876 - Hermann Müller, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1931)
1882 - Babe Adams, American baseball player (d. 1968)
1883 - Eurico Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil (d. 1974)
1883 - Walter Gropius, German architect (d. 1969)
1887 - Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1946)
1889 - Thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (d. 1944)
1891 - Rudolf Carnap, German philosopher (d. 1970)
1892 - Ezio Pinza, Italian-born bass (d. 1957)
1897 - Frank Capra, American film producer, director, and writer (d. 1991)
1901 - Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1978)
1902 - Meredith Willson, American composer (d. 1984)
1904 - Jacob K. Javits, American politician (d. 1986)
1905 - Hedley Verity, English cricketer (d. 1943)
1907 - Carl Mydans, American photographer (d. 2004)
1909 - Fred Perry, British former tennis player (d. 1995)
1911 - Big Joe Turner, American blues singer (d. 1985)
1912 - Richard Brooks, American film director, writer and producer (d. 1992)
1912 - Perry Como, American singer (d. 2001)
1912 - Walter Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid activist (d. 2003)
1913 - Jane Birdwood, British anti-Semitic activist (d. 2000)
1913 - Charles Trenet, French singer and songwriter (d. 2001)
1913 - Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Fifth President of India (d. 1996)
1914 - Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer (d. 1982)
1918 - George Welch, American pilot and war hero (d. 1954)
1918 - Massimo Girotti, Italian actor (d. 2003)
1919 - Dame Margot Fonteyn, English ballet dancer (d. 1991)
1920 - Pope John Paul II (d. 2005)
1920 - Lucia Mannucci, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra)
1922 - Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-born body psychotherapist (d. 2005)
1922 - Bill Macy, American actor
1922 - Kai Winding, Danish-born musician (d. 1983)
1923 - Hugh Shearer, Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 2004)
1923 - Jean-Louis Roux, French Canadian actor and artistic director
1924 - Priscilla Pointer, American actress
1924 - Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster
1926 - Dirch Passer, Danish actor (d. 1980)
1928 - Pernell Roberts, American actor
1929 - Jack Sanford, American baseball player (d. 2000)
1930 - Warren Rudman, American politician
1931 - Don Martin, American cartoonist (d. 2000)
1931 - Robert Morse, American actor
1933 - Bernadette Chirac, French politician
1934 - Dwayne Hickman, American actor and television executive
1937 - Brooks Robinson, American baseball player
1937 - Jacques Santer, Luxembourg statesman
1939 - Giovanni Falcone, Italian magistrate (d. 1992)
1939 - Gordon O'Connor, Canadian politician
1941 - Lobby Loyde, Australian guitarist and songwriter (d. 2007)
1942 - Albert Hammond, British musician and composer
1942 - Nobby Stiles, English footballer
1943 - James Reiher, American professional wrestler
1944 - W. G. Sebald, German-born writer (d. 2001)
1946 - Bruce Gilbert, English musician (Wire)
1946 - Frank Hsieh, former Premier of Taiwan
1946 - Reggie Jackson, American baseball player
1946 - Andreas Katsulas, American actor (d. 2006)
1947 - John Bruton, ninth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland
1949 - Rick Wakeman, English composer and musician (Yes)
1949 - Bill Wallace, Canadian musician (The Guess Who)
1950 - Thomas Gottschalk, German television show host
1950 - Mark Mothersbaugh, American composer, musician, and singer (Devo)
1952 - Diane Duane, American writer
1952 - George Strait, American musician
1952 - Jeana Yeager, American aviator
1955 - Chow Yun-Fat, Hong Kong actor
1957 - Michael Cretu, German musician (Enigma)
1958 - Toyah Willcox, English actor and singer
1959 - Jay Wells, Canadian ice hockey player
1960 - Jari Kurri, Finnish ice hockey player
1960 - Yannick Noah, French tennis player
1962 - Mike Whitmarsh, American Volleyball Player
1962 - Nanne Grönvall, Swedish singer
1962 - Sandra Cretu, German singer
1962 - Mike Darnell, American television executive
1965 - Ingo Schwichtenberg, German drummer (d. 1995)
1966 - Michael Tait, American musician (dc Talk, Tait)
1967 - Heinz-Harald Frentzen, German F1 driver
1969 - Martika, Cuban-American singer
1970 - Tina Fey, American writer/actress
1971 - Brad Friedel, American soccer player
1971 - Nobuteru Taniguchi, Japanese racing driver
1972 - Turner Stevenson, Canadian ice hockey player
1973 - Dario Franchitti, Scottish racecar driver
1974 - Nelson Figueroa, American baseball player
1975 - John Higgins, Scottish snooker player
1975 - Jack Johnson, American musician
1975 - Peter Iwers, Swedish bass player (In Flames)
1976 - Oleg Tverdovsky, Ukrainian ice hockey player
1977 - Lee Hendrie, English footballer
1977 - Danny Mills, English footballer
1978 - Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
1979 - Mariusz Lewandowski, Polish footballer
1979 - Michal Martikán, Slovak slalom canoiest
1979 - Julián Speroni, Argentine footballer
1980 - Jeff Roehl, American football player
1980 - Ali Zafar, Pakistani singer and model
1980 - Aileen Campbell, Scottish Politician
1981 - Mahamadou Diarra, Malian footballer
1982 - Jason Brown, English-born footballer
1982 - Eric West, American singer and actor
1983 - Gary O'Neil, English footballer
1983 - Luis Terrero, Dominican baseball player
1983 - Vince Young, American football player
1984 - Scarlett Keegan, Playboy Playmate
1984 - Joakim Soria, Mexican baseball player
1984 - Niki Terpstra, Dutch cyclist
1986 - Ryan Lamb, English rugby union player
1987 - Luisana Lopilato, Argentine actress and model
1988 - Ryan Cooley, Canadian television actor
1992 - Spencer Breslin, American actor
1997 - Alana Etheridge, American actress


Deaths
1401 - Władysław Opolczyk (German: Ladislaus von Oppel, count palatine of Hungary 1367-1372, governor of Halych-Volhynia 1372 - 1378, count palatine of Poland
1450 - Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1397)
1550 - John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498)
1551 - Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486)
1584 - Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559)
1675 - Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (b. 1623)
1675 - Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (b. 1637)
1692 - Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (b. 1617)
1733 - Georg Böhm, German organist (b. 1761)
1780 - Charles Hardy, British governor of Newfoundland
1781 - Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian Indian revolutionary, a descendant of the last Inca ruler, Túpac Amaru (b. 1742)
1799 - Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, French playwright (b. 1732)
1800 - Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b. 1729)
1807 - John Douglas, Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (b. 1721)
1808 - Elijah Craig, American minister and inventor (b. 1738?)
1829 - Maria Josepha of Saxony, queen consort of Spain (b. 1803)
1844 - Richard McCarty, American politician (b. 1780)
1889 - Isabella Glyn Dallas, Scottish Shakepearean actress (b. 1823)
1900 - Jean Gaspard Felix Ravaisson-Mollien, French philosopher (b. 1813)
1909 - George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
1909 - Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
1910 - Pauline Garcia-Viardot, French mezzo-soprano and composer (b. 1821)
1910 - Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish novelist (b.1841)
1911 - Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
1922 - Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1845)
1927 - Andrew Kehoe, American mass murderer (b. 1872)
1941 - Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (b. 1863)
1955 - Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (b. 1875)
1956 - Maurice Tate, English cricketer (b. 1895)
1963 - Ernie Davis, American football player (b. 1939)
1967 - Andy Clyde, American actor (b. 1892)
1971 - Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician (b. 1908)
1973 - Jeannette Rankin, first U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1880)
1975 - Leroy Anderson, American composer (b. 1908)
1980 - Ian Curtis, English musician, singer and lyricist (Joy Division) (b. 1956)
1980 - Harry Truman, victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (b. 1896)
1980 - David A. Johnston, a U.S. Volcanoligist was also a victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (b. 1949)
1980 - Reid Blackburn, a photojournalist for National Geographic was also a victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (b. 1952)
1981 - Arthur O'Connell, American actor (b. 1908)
1981 - William Saroyan, American author (b. 1908)
1988 - Daws Butler, American voice actor (b. 1916)
1990 - Jill Ireland, English actress (b. 1936)
1992 - Skip Stephenson, American TV personality (b. 1940)
1992 - Marshall Thompson, American actor (b. 1925)
1995 - Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (b. 1903)
1995 - Alexander Godunov, Russian ballet dancer and actor (b. 1949)
1995 - Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (b. 1933)
1997 - Bridgette Andersen, American actress (b. 1975)
1999 - Augustus Pablo, Jamaican singer (b. 1954)
1999 - Betty Robinson, American runner (b. 1911)
2000 - Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian musician and arranger (b. 1946)
2000 - Maulana Yousuf Ludhianvi, Muslim scholar
2002 - Davey Boy Smith, English professional wrestler (b. 1962)
2003 - Anna Santisteban, Puerto Rican beauty contest organizer (b. 1914)
2003 - Barb Tarbox, Canadian anti-smoking crusader (b. 1961)
2004 - Elvin Jones, American jazz drummer (b. 1927)
2004 - Serge Turgeon, Quebec actor and union leader (b. 1946)
2006 - Andrew Martinez, U.C. Berkeley's "Naked Guy" (b. 1972)
2007 - Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist (b. 1932)
2007 - Yoyoy Villame, Philippine novelty singer and movie actor (b. 1932)

Holidays and observances
International Museum Day
Renascence, Unity and Poetry Day of Makhtumkuli in Turkmenistan
Festival of the god Pan in Ancient Greece
Festival of Faunus in Ancient Rome

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May 19th

May 19 is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 226 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events
1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's two sons (whom Cartier kidnapped during his first voyage).
1536 - Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery.
1568 - Queen Elizabeth I of England has Mary Queen of Scots arrested.
1604 - The town of Montreal is founded.
1643 - Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.
1649 - An Act declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament. England would be a republic for the next eleven years.
1749 - King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
1780 - New England's Dark Day: A combination of thick smoke and heavy cloud cover causes complete darkness to fall on Eastern Canada and the New England area of the United States at 10:30 AM.
1802 - The Légion d'Honneur is founded by Napoleon Bonaparte.
1828 - U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States.
1848 - Mexican-American War: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo – Mexico ratifies the treaty thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of five other modern-day U.S. states to the USA for USD $15 million.
1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends.
1897 - Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol.
1919 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what was later termed the Turkish War of Independence. The anniversary of this event is the official date of commemoration of the Pontic Greek Genocide in Greece and Cyprus.
1921 - The Emergency Quota Act passes the U.S. Congress establishing national quotas on immigration
1922 - Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union is established.
1943 - World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt set Monday, May 1, 1944 as the date for the cross-English Channel landing (D-Day would later be delayed over a month due to bad weather).
1961 - Venera program: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back data).
1962 - A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's infamous rendition of Happy Birthday.
1971 - Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.
1991 - Croatians vote for independence at their independence referendum.

Births
1593 - Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter (d. 1678)
1700 - José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)
1724 - Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)
1744 - Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)
1762 - Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (d. 1814)
1773 - Arthur Aikin, English mineralogist (d. 1854)
1795 - Johns Hopkins, American philanthropist (d. 1873)
1797 - Maria Isabel of Portugal, queen of Spain (d. 1818)
1827 - Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (d. 1896)
1861 - Dame Nellie Melba, Australian opera singer (d. 1931)
1862 - Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (d. 1942)
1870 - Albert Fish, American serial killer (d. 1936)
1874 - Gilbert Laird Jessop, English cricketer (d. 1955)
1879 - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-born politician (d. 1964)
1880 - Sir Albert Richardson, English architect (d. 1964)
1881 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, 1st President of Turkey (d. 1938)
1882 - Mohammed Mossadegh, Prime Minister of Iran (d. 1967)
1890 - Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader (d. 1969)
1891 - Oswald Boelcke, German World War I pilot (d. 1916)
1897 - Frank Luke, American World War I pilot (d. 1918)
1898 - Julius Evola, Italian philosopher (d. 1974)
1906 - Bruce Bennett, American athlete and actor (d. 2007)
1908 - Percy Williams, Canadian athlete (d. 1982)
1909 - Nicholas Winton, British Humanitarian
1914 - Max Perutz, Austrian-born molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 2002)
1914 - Go Seigen, Japanese Go player
1914 - Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
1918 - Abraham Pais, Dutch-born American physicist (d. 2000)
1921 - Yuri Kochiyama, American civil rights activist
1921 - Karel van het Reve, Dutch writer (d. 1999)
1921 - Daniel Gélin, French actor (d. 2002)
1924 - Sandy Wilson, British composer
1925 - Malcolm X, American civil rights activist (d. 1965)
1925 - Pol Pot, Cambodian dictator (d. 1998)
1925 - Guy Provost, French Canadian actor (d. 2004)
1926 - Swami Kriyananda, Indian teacher and author
1928 - Colin Chapman, founder of Lotus Cars (d. 1982)
1928 - Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach
1929 - John Stroger Chicago politician
1930 - Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright (d. 1965)
1931 - Eric Tappy, Swiss tenor
1931 - Bob Anderson, British racing driver (d. 1967)
1932 - Alma Cogan, English singer (d. 1966)
1932 - Paul Erdman, American economist and author (d. 2007)
1932 - Claude Blanchard, Quebec comedian, actor and singer (d. 2006)
1934 - Jim Lehrer, American television journalist
1934 - Ruskin Bond, Indian author
1937 - Pat Roach, English actor and wrestler (d. 2004)
1938 - Madge Hindle, English actress
1938 - Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese leader, UDT President in the exterior (d. 1989)
1939 - Livio Berruti, Italian athlete
1939 - James Fox, English actor
1939 - Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong actress
1939 - Dick Scobee, American astronaut (d. 1986)
1940 - Mickey Newbury, American musician
1940 - Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist
1941 - Nora Ephron, American screenwriter
1942 - Gary Kildall, American computer programmer (d. 1994)
1942 - Robert Kilroy-Silk, British politician/television presenter
1944 - Peter Mayhew, British-American actor
1945 - Pete Townshend, English musician (The Who)
1946 - André the Giant, French professional wrestler (d. 1993)
1946 - Claude Lelièvre, Belgian commissioner for children's rights
1947 - Michele Placido, Italian actor and director
1947 - Paul Brady, Northern Ireland singer/songwriter
1947 - David Helfgott, Australian pianist
1948 - Grace Jones, Jamaican singer and actress
1949 - Archie Manning, American football player
1949 - Dusty Hill, American blues rock singer/bassist (ZZ Top)
1951 - Joey Ramone, American musician (The Ramones) (d. 2001)
1952 - Bert van Marwijk, Dutch football manager
1953 - Victoria Wood, British comic actress
1953 - Dawud M. Mu'Min, American convicted murderer (d. 1997)
1953 - Shavarsh Karapetyan, Soviet Armenian finswimmer
1954 - Phil Rudd, Australian drummer (AC/DC)
1956 - James Gosling, Canadian computer programmer
1956 - Steven Ford, American actor
1957 - Bill Laimbeer, American basketball player and coach
1959 - Nicole Brown Simpson, Ex-wife of O.J. Simpson and murder victim. (d. 1994)
1963 - Filippo Galli, former Italian footballer
1963 - Yazz, British singer
1964 - Miloslav Mečíř, Slovakian former tennis player
1964 - Sean Whalen, American actor
1966 - Polly Walker, British actress
1966 - Marc Bureau, French Canadian ice hockey player
1968 - Kyle Eastwood, American jazz musician; son of Clint Eastwood
1970 - Mario Dumont, Quebec politician (Action démocratique du Québec)
1970 - Choi Kyung-Ju, South Korean professional golfer
1970 - Jason Gray-Stanford, Canadian actor
1971 - Dionicio Castellanos, Mexican professional wrestler
1972 - Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer (Ace of Base)
1974 - Andrew Johns, Australian rugby league footballer
1975 - London Fletcher, American football player
1975 - Masanobu Ando, Japanese actor
1975 - Josh Paul, American baseball player
1975 - Pretinha, Brazilian footballer
1975 - Stuart Stevenson, Scottish musician
1976 - Ed Cota, American basketball player
1976 - Kevin Garnett, American basketball player
1977 - Manuel Almúnia, Spanish footballer
1977 - Brandon Inge, American baseball player
1978 - Marcus Bent, English footballer
1979 - Barbara Nedeljakova, Slovak actress (Hostel)
1979 - Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer
1979 - Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer
1980 - Drew Fuller, American actor/model
1980 - Tony Hackworth, English footballer
1981 - Georges St. Pierre, Mixed Martial Arts Fighter
1981 - Luciano Figueroa, Argentine footballer
1981 - Klaas-Erik Zwering, Dutch swimmer
1981 - Nate Cole, American singer/songwriter (formerly of Plus One, now in Castledoor)
1982 - Kevin Amankwaah, English footballer
1982 - Pål Steffen Andresen, Norwegian footballer
1983 - Eve Angel, Hungarian model/porn star
1983 - Jessica Fox, British actress
1984 - Marcedes Lewis, American football player
1986 - Eric Lloyd, American actor
1986 - Mario Chalmers, NCAA basketball player
1987 - David Edgar, Canadian footballer
1988 - Lily Cole, English model/actress
1991 - Jordan Pruitt, American singer

Deaths
804 - Alcuin, English monk (b. c. 735)
988 - Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 909)
1102 - Stephen, Count of Blois (b. c. 1045)
1125 - Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053)
1296 - Pope Celestine V (b. 1215)
1319 - Louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276)
1389 - Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)
1526 - Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)
1531 - Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)
1536 - Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England
1601 - Costanzo Porta, Italian composer
1610 - Thomas Sanchez, Spanish theologian (b. 1550)
1637 - Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (b. 1588)
1715 - Charles Montagu, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
1786 - John Stanley, English composer (b. 1712)
1795 - Josiah Bartlett, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1729)
1795 - James Boswell, Scottish biographer (b. 1740)
1798 - William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English dueler (b. 1722)
1821 - Camille Jordan, French politician (b. 1771)
1825 - Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon, French political philosopher (b. 1760)
1864 - Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author (b. 1804)
1876 - Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch politician (b. 1801)
1885 - Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809)
1895 - José Martí, Cuban independence leader (b. 1853)
1898 - William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1809)
1904 - Auguste Molinier, French historian (b. 1851)
1907 - Benjamin Baker, English engineer (b. 1840)
1912 - Bolesław Prus, Polish writer (b. 1847)
1915 - John Simpson Kirkpatrick stretcher bearer with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli during World War I (b. 1892)
1918 - Raoul Lufbery, French-American World War I fighter pilot and flying ace (b. 1885)
1935 - T. E. Lawrence, English soldier known as Lawrence of Arabia (b. 1888)
1943 - Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter (b. 1865)
1945 - Philipp Bouhler, German nazi leader (b. 1889)
1946 - Booth Tarkington, American novelist (b. 1869)
1954 - Charles Ives, American composer (b. 1874)
1958 - Archie Scott-Brown, English race car driver (b. 1927)
1958 - Ronald Colman, English actor (b. 1891)
1965 - Tui Malila, world's oldest tortoise (b. 1773 or 1777)
1969 - Coleman Hawkins, American musician (b. 1901)
1971 - Ogden Nash, American poet (b. 1902)
1983 - Jean Rey, President of the European Commission (b. 1902)
1984 - John Betjeman, English poet and Poet Laureate (b. 1906)
1986 - Jimmy Lyons, American musician (b. 1931)
1987 - James Tiptree, Jr, American author (b. 1915)
1989 - CLR James, West Indian writer and journalist (b. 1901)
1994 - Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, First Lady of the United States (b. 1929)
1994 - Luis Ocaña, Spanish cyclist (b. 1945)
1998 - Sōsuke Uno, Japanese prime minister (b. 1922)
1999 - James Blades, English percussionist (b. 1901)
1999 - Candy Candido, American actor (b. 1913)
2000 - Yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut (b. 1933)
2001 - Susannah McCorkle, American singer (b. 1946)
2002 - John Gorton, nineteenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1911)
2002 - Walter Lord, American writer (b. 1917)
2004 - Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress (b. 1907)
2005 - Henry Corden, American actor and voice artist (b. 1921)
2006 - Freddie Garrity, English lead singer from the band Freddie and the Dreamers (b. 1940)
2007 - Dean Eyre, New Zealand politician (b. 1914)
2008 - Vijay Tendulkar, Indian playwright, (b. 1928)

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May 20th

May 20 is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 225 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events
325 - The First Council of Nicaea – the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church – is held.
526 - An earthquake kills about 300,000 people in Syria and Antiochia.
685 - The Battle of Dunnichen or Nechtansmere is fought between a Pictish army under King Bridei III and the invading Northumbrians under King Ecgfrith, who are decisively defeated.
1217 - The Second Battle of Lincoln is fought near Lincoln, England, resulting in the defeat of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke.
1293 - King Sancho IV of Castile creates the Study of General Schools of Alcalá.
1497 - John Cabot sets sail from Bristol, England, on his ship Matthew looking for a route to the west (other documents give a 2 May date).
1498 - Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Kozhikode (previously known as Calicut), India.
1521 - Battle of Pampeluna: Ignatius Loyola is seriously wounded.
1570 - Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues the first modern atlas.
1609 - Shakespeare's Sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe.
1631 - The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years' War.
1690 - England passes the Act of Grace, forgiving followers of Roman Catholic James II.
1813 - Napoleon Bonaparte leads his French troops into the Battle of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany, against the combined armies of Russia and Prussia. The battle ends the next day with a French victory.
1835 - Otto is named the first modern king of Greece.
1845 - HMS Erebus and HMS Terror with 134 men under John Franklin sail from the River Thames in England, beginning a disastrous expedition to find the Northwest Passage. All hands are lost.
1861 - American Civil War: the state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state.
1862 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law.
1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church - in the Virginia Bermuda Hundred Campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
1873 - Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
1882 - The Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy is formed.
1883 - Krakatoa begins to erupt. The volcano's final explosion will happen on August 26.
1891 - History of cinema: the first public display of Thomas Alva Edison's prototype kinetoscope (shown at Edison's Laboratory for a convention of the National Federation of Women's Clubs).
1896 - The six ton chandelier of the Palais Garnier falls on the crowd resulting in the death of one and the injury of many others.
1902 - Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the first President of Cuba.
1916 - The Saturday Evening Post publishes its first cover with a Norman Rockwell painting ("Boy with Baby Carriage").
1916 - The small town of Codell, Kansas is struck by a tornado. Incredibly, the same town was also hit in 1917 and 1918 on the exact same date
1920 - The Weimarer Nationalversammlung, the national assembly of Germany's Weimar Republic, is permanently dissolved.
1920 - Montreal Quebec station XWA broadcasts the first regularly scheduled radio programming in North America.
1927 - By the Treaty of Jedda, the United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merged to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
1927 - At 07:52 Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, on the world's first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, touching down at Le Bourget Field in Paris at 22:22 the next day.
1932 - Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.
1940 - Holocaust: the first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
1941 - World War II: Battle of Crete – German paratroops invade Crete.
1949 - In the United States of America, the Armed Forces Security Agency (predecessor to the National Security Agency) is established.
1949 - Kuomintang regime declares Taiwan is under martial law.
1954 - Chiang Kai-shek is selected for another term as President of the Republic of China by the National Assembly
1965 - PIA Flight 705, a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 720 - 040 B crashes while descending to land at Cairo International Airport, killing 119 of the 125 passengers and crew.
1969 - The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends.
1980 - In a Referendum in Quebec, the population rejects by a 60% vote the proposal from its government to move towards independence from Canada.
1983 - First publications of the discovery of the virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by Luc Montagnier and Robert Gallo individually.
1984 - The first line of the Miami Metrorail in Miami, Florida opens.
1985 - Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba.
1989 - The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre.
1990 - The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.
1995 - In a second Referendum in Quebec, the population rejects by a slight majority the proposal from its government to move towards independence from Canada.
1996 - Gay rights: the Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v. Evans against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of gays and lesbians.
2002 - The independence of East Timor is recognized by Portugal, formally ending 23 years of Indonesian rule and 3 years of provisional UN administration (Portugal itself was the former colonizer of East Timor until 1976).

Births
1315 - Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349)
1470 - Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal (d. 1547)
1554 - Paolo Bellasio, Italian composer (d. 1594)
1593 - Salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656)
1660 - Andreas Schlüter, German sculptor (d. 1714)
1663 - William Bradford, British-born printer (d. 1752)
1706 - Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (d. 1777)
1726 - Francis Cotes, English painter (d. 1770)
1737 - William Petty Fitzmaurice, British statesman (d. 1805)
1759 - William Thornton, West Indian-born architect (d. 1828)
1768 - Dolley Madison, First Lady of the United States (d. 1849)
1769 - Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (d. 1835)
1772 - Sir William Congreve, English inventor (d. 1828)
1799 - Honoré de Balzac, French novelist (d. 1850)
1806 - John Stuart Mill, English philosopher (d. 1873)
1818 - William Fargo, co-founder of Wells, Fargo & Company (d. 1881)
1822 - Frédéric Passy, French economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1912)
1830 - Hector Malot, French writer (d. 1907)
1838 - Jules Méline, French statesman (d. 1925)
1851 - Emil Berliner, German-born recording pioneer (d. 1929)
1860 - Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1917)
1882 - Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author, Nobel laureate (d. 1949)
1883 - King Faisal I of Iraq (d. 1933)
1894 - Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian Hindu sage, Jivanmukta (d. 1994)
1895 - R. J. (Reginald Joseph) Mitchell, British aircraft designer (d. 1937)
1897 - Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish anarchist (d. 1983)
1899 - Alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (d. 1969)
1899 - John Marshall Harlan II, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1971)
1901 - Max Euwe, Dutch chess player (d. 1981)
1906 - Giuseppe Siri, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1989)
1908 - James Stewart, American actor (d. 1997)
1911 - Gardner Fox, American writer (d. 1986)
1913 - William Hewlett, American engineer (d. 2001)
1914 - Corneliu Coposu, Romanian politician (d. 1995)
1914 - Hideko Maehata, Japanese swimmer (d. 1995)
1915 - Moshe Dayan, Israeli general (d. 1981)
1916 - Trebisonda Valla, Italian athlete (d. 2006)
1916 - Alexei Petrovich Maresiev, Russian flying ace (d. 2001)
1917 - Guy Favreau, French Canadian lawyer (d. 1967)
1917 - Bergur Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic politician (d. 2005)
1918 - Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
1919 - Gerhard Barkhorn, German fighter pilot (d. 1983)
1919 - George Gobel, American comedian (d. 1991)
1920 - John Cruickshank, Scottish airman, won Victoria Cross
1920 - Betty Driver, English singer and actress
1921 - Wolfgang Borchert, German writer (d. 1947)
1921 - Hal Newhouser, American baseball player (d. 1998)
1925 - Chester Ludgin, American baritone (d. 2003)
1926 - Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (d. 1956)
1926 - John Lucarotti, TV writer (d. 1994)
1927 - Bud Grant, American football coach
1927 - Franciszek Macharski, Polish Cardinal
1927 - David Hedison, American actor
1928 - Jack Kevorkian, controversial American medical doctor
1930 - Sam Etcheverry, American football player and coach
1931 - Ken Boyer, American baseball player (d. 1982)
1936 - Anthony Zerbe, American actor
1938 - Marinella, Greek singer and actress
1940 - Stan Mikita, Slovak-born ice hockey player
1940 - Sadaharu Oh, Japanese baseball player
1940 - Shorty Long, American musician (d. 1969)
1941 - Goh Chok Tong, Singaporean Senior Minister
1941 - John Strasberg, American actor
1941 - Manuel Isaias Lopez, Mexican child psychiatrist
1942 - Carlos Hathcock, American Marine sniper (d. 1999)
1942 - Jill Jackson, American singer
1943 - Al Bano, Italian singer
1944 - Joe Cocker, British singer
1944 - Boudewijn de Groot, Dutch singer
1944 - Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman
1945 - Vladimiro Montesinos, Peruvian politician
1946 - Cher, American singer
1947 - Greg Dyke, British broadcast executive
1949 - Dave Thomas, Canadian comedian & actor
1950 - Yvon Lambert, French Canadian ice hockey player
1950 - Reinaldo Merlo, Argentine footballer
1951 - Mike Crapo, American politician
1952 - Roger Milla, Cameroonian footballer
1953 - Robert Doyle, Australian politician
1954 - Guy Hoffman, American musician (Violent Femmes)
1954 - David Paterson, American politician
1954 - Cindy Hensley McCain, wife of John McCain
1955 - Zbigniew Preisner, Polish film composer
1956 - Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Norwegian author
1956 - Dean Butler, American actor
1956 - William Michaelian, American novelist and poet
1958 - Ron Reagan, American talk show host
1958 - Jane Wiedlin, American singer (The Go-Go's)
1959 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, American singer (d. 1997)
1959 - Bronson Pinchot, American actor
1960 - Chuck Brodsky, American musician
1960 - Tony Goldwyn, American actor
1961 - Clive Allen, English footballer
1962 - Mike Jeffries, American soccer coach
1963 - David Wells, American baseball player
1963 - Karl Beattie, English television director and producer
1965 - Ted Allen, American television host
1966 - Mindy Cohn, American actress
1966 - Dan Abrams, American TV reporter
1967 - Gabriele Muccino, Italian film director
1967 - Ramzi Yousef, Kuwaiti-born Pakistani terrorist
1967 - Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece
1968 - Timothy Olyphant, American actor
1968 - Waisale Serevi, Fijian rugby union and rugby sevens footballer
1969 - Brian Gerard James, American professional wrestler
1970 - Louis Theroux, British television presenter
1970 - Terrell Brandon, American basketball player
1971 - Šárka Kašpárková, Czech athlete
1971 - Tony Stewart, American race car driver
1972 - Tina Hobley, British television actress
1972 - Busta Rhymes, American singer and rapper
1973 - Elsa Lunghini, French singer and actress
1975 - Isaac Gálvez, Spanish cyclist (d. 2006)
1975 - Mark Zupan, American quadriplegic rugby player
1976 - Ramón Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
1976 - Tomoya Satozaki, Japanese baseball player
1977 - Matt Czuchry, American actor
1977 - Leonardo Noeren Franco, Argentine footballer
1977 - Miriam Parrish, American television actress
1977 - Vesa Toskala, Finnish ice hockey player
1981 - Iker Casillas, Spanish footballer
1981 - Calico Cooper, American actress and dancer
1981 - Lindsay Taylor, American basketball player
1981 - Mark Winterbottom, Australian racing driver
1982 - Petr Čech, Czech footballer
1982 - Imran Farhat, Pakistani cricketer
1983 - Jr. NTR, Indian film actor
1986 - Dexter Blackstock, English footballer
1986 - LaLa Brown, American singer (d. 2007)

Deaths
685 - King Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645)
1277 - Pope John XXI (b. 1215)
1285 - John II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus (b. 1259)
1444 - Saint Bernardino of Siena, Italian Franciscan missionary (b. 1380)
1503 - Lorenzo de Medici, Italian patron (b. 1463)
1506 - Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer (b. 1451)
1550 - Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (b. 1510)
1622 - Osman II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1604)
1648 - King Wladislaus IV of Poland (b. 1595)
1677 - George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (b. 1612)
1713 - Thomas Sprat, English writer (b. 1635)
1717 - John Trevor, British statesman (b. 1637)
1722 - Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (b. 1669)
1732 - Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (b. 1676)
1782 - William Emerson, British mathematician (b. 1701)
1793 - Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist (b. 1720)
1825 - Papaflessas, Greek priest and government official (b. 1788)
1834 - Gilbert du Motier, French statesman (b. 1757)
1841 - Joseph Blanco White, British theologian (b. 1775)
1873 - Sir George-Étienne Cartier, French-Canadian statesman (b. 1814)
1896 - Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819)
1909 - Ernest Hogan, blackface comedian and musician (b. 1859)
1917 - Philipp von Ferrary, Italian philatelist (b. 1850)
1917 - Valentine Fleming, Scottish politician (b. 1887)
1940 - Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1859)
1946 - Jacob Ellehammer, Danish inventor (b. 1871)
1947 - Philipp Lenard, Austrian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1862)
1949 - Randolph West, American biochemist, known for the Dakin-West reaction (b. 1890)
1956 - Max Beerbohm, English theater critic (b. 1872)
1961 - Josef "Pips" Priller, German fighter ace (b. 1915)
1971 - Waldo Williams, Welsh poet (b. 1904)
1973 - Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1945)
1975 - Barbara Hepworth, British sculptor (b. 1903)
1976 - Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1911)
1976 - Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan politician, member of the Christian-Democrat party, and Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz "disappeared"
1978 - Bjarne Brustad, Norwegian composer (b. 1895)
1989 - John Hicks, English economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1904)
1989 - Gilda Radner, American comedian and actress (b. 1946)
1992 - Roger Keith Coleman, American convict
1996 - Jon Pertwee, British actor (b. 1919)
2000 - Jean Pierre Rampal, French flutist (b. 1922)
2000 - Malik Sealy, American basketball player (b. 1970)
2001 - Renato Carosone, Italian musician (b. 1920)
2002 - Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist (b. 1941)
2005 - Paul Ricoeur, French philosopher (b. 1913)
2005 - William Seawell, United States Army Brigadier General (b. 1918)
2007 - Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer (b. 1914)

Holidays and observances
National Day in Cameroon
East Timor National Day.

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May 21st

May 21 is the 141st day of the year (142nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 224 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events
878 - Syracuse, Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily.
879 - Pope John VIII gives blessings to duke Branimir and to Croatian people, considered to be international recognition of Croatian state.
996 - Sixteen-year-old Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
1260 - Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire sends his envoy Hao Jing and two other advisors to the Song Dynasty court of Emperor Lizong of Song; while attempting to negotiate with the Song in order to resolve their conflict, Hao Jing and his fellow emissaries are imprisoned by order of the high Chancellor of China, Jia Sidao.
1502 - The island of Saint Helena is discovered by the Portuguese navigator João da Nova.
1554 - A royal Charter is granted to Derby School in Derby, England.
1674 - The nobility elect John Sobieski King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
1725 - The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by the empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
1758 - Mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War.
1851 - Slavery is abolished in Colombia, South America.
1856 - Lawrence, Kansas is captured and burned by pro-slavery forces.
1863 - American Civil War: Siege of Port Hudson – Union forces begin to lay siege to the Confederate-controlled Port Hudson, Louisiana.
1864 - Russia declares an end to the Russian-Circassian War and many Circassians are forced into exile. The day is designated to be the Circassian Day of Mourning.
1871 - French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week" some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
1879 - War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
1894 - The Manchester Ship Canal in England is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.
1894 - 22-year-old French Anarchist Émile Henry is executed by guillotine.
1904 - The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
1917 - The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 takes place.
1924 - University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
1927 - Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
1932 - Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and thereby becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
1934 - Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.
1936 - Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her hand. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
1937 - A Soviet station becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
1941 - World War II: 950 miles off the coast of Brazil, the freighter SS Robin Moor becomes the first American ship sunk by a German U-boat.
1945 - Screen legend Humphrey Bogart marries actress Lauren Bacall.
1951 - The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition - a gathering of a number of notable artists, and the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively know as the New York School.
1958 - United Kingdom Postmaster General Ernest Marples announces that from December, subscriber trunk dialling will be introduced in the Bristol area.
1961 - American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out.
1972 - Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is damaged by a vandal.
1979 - White Night riots in San Francisco following the manslaughter conviction of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk.
1991 - Former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras.
1991 - Mengistu Haile Mariam, president of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, flees Ethiopia, effectively bringing the Ethiopian Civil War to an end.
1994 - The Democratic Republic of Yemen secedes from the Republic of Yemen.
1996 - The MV Bukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters on Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1000.
1996 - The Trappist Martyrs of Atlas are executed.
1998 - In Miami, Florida, five abortion clinics are hit by a butyric acid attacker.
1998 - Suharto, the Indonesian dictator who had ruled for 32 years, resigns.
2001 - French Taubira law officially recognizes the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.
2003 - An earthquake hits northern Algeria killing more than 2,000 people.
2004 - Sherpa Pemba Dorjie climbs Mount Everest in 8 hours 10 minutes, breaking his rival Sherpa Lakpa Gelu's record from the previous year.
2004 - Stanislav Petrov is awarded the World Citizen Award for averting a potential World War III in 1983.
2006 - The Republic of Montenegro holds a referendum proposing independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. The Montenegrin people choose independence with a majority of 55%.
2006 - The Swedish ice hockey team Tre Kronor takes gold in the World Championship, becoming the first nation to hold both the World and Olympic titles separately in the same year.
2008 - Manchester United F.C. defeated Chelsea F.C. in the UEFA Champions League 2007-08 Final match to claim the trophy for the third time.

Births
1471 - Albrecht Dürer, German painter (d. 1528)
1527 - King Philip II of Spain (d. 1598)
1653 - Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)
1664 - Giulio Alberoni, Italian cardinal (d. 1754)
1688 - Alexander Pope, English poet (d. 1744)
1755 - Alfred Moore, American judge (d. 1810)
1763 - Joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820)
1775 - Lucien Bonaparte, French politician, soldier and academic (d. 1840)
1780 - Elizabeth Fry, British social reformer (d. 1845)
1792 - Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (d. 1843)
1827 - William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899)
1832 - Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (d. 1917)
1835 - František Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884)
1843 - Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914)
1844 - Henri Rousseau, French artist (d. 1910)
1850 - Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914)
1851 - Léon Bourgeois, French statesman, Nobel laureate (d. 1925)
1853 - Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905)
1860 - Willem Einthoven, Dutch inventor, Nobel laureate (d. 1927)
1863 - Archduke Eugen of Austria, Austrian field marshal (d. 1954)
1864 - Princess Stephanie of Belgium (d. 1945)
1873 - Hans Berger, German neuroscientist (d. 1941)
1878 - Glenn Curtiss, American aviation pioneer (d. 1930)
1880 - Tudor Arghezi, Romanian writer (d. 1967)
1885 - Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg, wife of Prince William of Wied (d.1936)
1898 - Armand Hammer, American physician (d. 1990)
1898 - Charles Léon Hammes, Luxembourgian lawyer and President of the European Court of Justice (d. 1967)
1901 - Horace Heidt, American band leader (d. 1986)
1901 - Sam Jaffe, American film producer (d. 2000)
1901 - Suzanne Lilar, Belgian essayist, novelist and playwright (d. 1992)
1902 - Earl Averill, baseball player (d. 1983)
1902 - Marcel Lajos Breuer, Hungarian-born architect (d. 1981)
1903 - Manly Wade Wellman, American author (d. 1986)
1904 - Robert Montgomery, American actor (d. 1981)
1904 - Fats Waller, American pianist (d. 1943)
1909 - François-Albert Angers, Quebec economist (d. 2003)
1912 - John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist (d. 1986)
1912 - Monty Stratton, baseball player (d. 1982)
1913 - Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist (d. 1976)
1916 - Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (d. 2002)
1916 - Harold Robbins, American novelist (d. 1997)
1917 - Raymond Burr, American actor (d. 1993)
1918 - Dennis Day, American singer and comedian (d. 1988)
1920 - Anthony Steel, British actor (d. 2001)
1921 - Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist (d. 1989)
1923 - Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (d. 2003)
1923 - Ara Parseghian, American football coach
1924 - Peggy Cass, American actress (d. 1999)
1926 - Robert Creeley, American poet (d. 2005)
1928 - Tom Donahue, American disc jockey (freeform radio) (d. 1975)
1930 - Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician
1933 - Maurice André, French trumpeter
1934 - Bengt I. Samuelsson, Swedish biochemist, Nobel laureate
1936 - Günter Blobel, German biologist, Nobel laureate
1939 - Heinz Holliger, Swiss musician
1941 - Martin Carthy, English musician
1941 - Ronald Isley, American singer (The Isley Brothers)
1942 - Danny Ongais, American race car driver
1943 - Hilton Valentine, British guitarist (The Animals)
1944 - Mary Robinson, President of Ireland
1944 - Marcie Blane, American singer
1945 - Ernst Messerschmid, German astronaut
1947 - Bill Champlin, American singer
1947 - Jonathan Hyde, Australian-born actor
1948 - Leo Sayer, English musician
1951 - Al Franken, American comedian
1952 - Mr. T, American actor
1954 - Marc Ribot, American musician
1955 - Paul Barber, British field hockey player
1955 - Stan Lynch, American drummer
1957 - Bruce Buffer, American Mixed Martial Arts Announcer
1957 - Nadine Dorries, British politician
1957 - Judge Reinhold, American actor
1957 - Renée Soutendijk, Dutch actress
1958 - Jefery Levy, American television director
1959 - Nick Cassavetes, American actor and director
1960 - Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (d. 1994)
1960 - Kent Hrbek, American baseball player
1963 - Richard Appel, American writer
1963 - Kevin Shields, Musician (My Bloody Valentine)
1964 - Danny Bailey, English footballer
1964 - Danny Lee Clark, American football player and American Gladiator "Nitro"
1964 - Nancy Daus, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
1964 - Carolyn Lawrence, American actress
1966 - Lisa Edelstein, American actress
1967 - Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2007)
1968 - Julie Vega, Filipino child actress and singer (d. 1985)
1968 - Matthias Ungemach, German rower
1969 - Masayo Kurata, Japanese voice actress
1969 - Pierluigi Brivio, Italian footballer
1970 - Dorsey Levens, former American football player
1970 - Carl Veart, Australian former footballer
1972 - Adriano Cintra, Brazilian musician (CSS)
1972 - The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper (d. 1997)
1972 - Alesha Oreskovich, American model
1973 - Noel Fielding, British comedian
1974 - Fairuza Balk, American actress
1974 - Havoc, American rapper (Mobb Deep)
1975 - Lee Gaze, Welsh guitarist
1976 - Deron Miller, American rock musician
1976 - Kardinal Offishall, Canadian rapper
1977 - Quinton Fortune, South African footballer
1977 - Ricky Williams, American football player
1978 - Briana Banks, German-American pornographic actress
1978 - Jamaal Magloire, Canadian professional basketballer
1978 - Adam Gontier, Canadian singer Three Days Grace
1979 - Damián Ariel Álvarez, Argentinian footballer
1979 - Jesse Capelli, Canadian pornographic actress
1979 - Jamie Hepburn, Member of the Scottish Parliament
1979 - Scott Smith, mixed martial arts fighter
1980 - Chris Raab, American actor
1981 - Belladonna, American pornographic actress
1981 - Max, German singer
1981 - Josh Hamilton, Major League Baseball player
1984 - Brandon Fields, National Football League punter
1984 - Lorena Ayala, Spanish-Dutch model and beauty queen
1985 - Andrew Miller, Major League Baseball player
1985 - Kano, British rapper
1985 - Mutya Buena, English singer (ex-Sugababes)
1985 - Marco Carta, Italian singer
1986 - Myra, Mexican-American singer
1987 - Ashlie Brillault, American actress
1988 - Jonathan Howson, English footballer
1991 - Sarah Ramos, American actress
1992 - Olivia Olson, American singer and actress

Deaths
987 - King Louis V of France (b. 967)
1254 - Conrad IV of Germany (b. 1228)
1481 - King Christian I of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (b. 1426)
1512 - Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena
1524 - Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English soldier
1542 - Hernando de Soto, Spanish explorer
1607 - John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)
1639 - Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian (b. 1568)
1647 - Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet (b. 1581)
1650 - James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish royalist (b. 1612)
1664 - Elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman
1670 - Niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (b. 1586)
1686 - (N. S.) Otto von Guericke, German scientist (b. 1602)
1690 - John Eliot, English Puritan missionary (b. 1604)
1719 - Pierre Poiret, French mystic (b. 1646)
1724 - Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, English statesman (b. 1661)
1742 - Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664)
1771 - Christopher Smart, English poet (b. 1722)
1786 - Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish chemist (b. 1742)
1790 - Thomas Warton, English poet (b. 1728)
1844 - Giuseppe Baini, Italian composer (b. 1775)
1862 - John Drew, Irish-born American actor (b. 1827)
1879 - Arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer (b. 1848)
1894 - Emile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872)
1894 - August Kundt, German physicist (b. 1839)
1895 - Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (b. 1819)
1911 - Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (b. 1857)
1915 - Leonid Gobyato, Russian general (b. 1875)
1919 - Yevgraf Fyodorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1853)
1920 - Venustiano Carranza, 54th President of Mexico (b. 1859)
1929 - Archibald Primrose, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1847)
1935 - Jane Addams, American social worker, Nobel laureate (b. 1860)
1949 - Klaus Mann, German writer (b. 1906)
1952 - John Garfield, American actor (b. 1913)
1957 - Aleksandr Vertinsky, Russian singer (b. 1889)
1964 - James Franck, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1882)
1965 - Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer (b. 1882)
1970 - E. L. Grant Watson, Australian biologist (b. 1885)
1973 - Vaughn Monroe, American musician (b. 1911)
1981 - Patsy O'Hara, Irish hunger striker (b. 1957)
1981 - Raymond Mccreesh, Irish hunger striker (b. 1957)
1983 - Kenneth Clark, English art historian (b. 1903)
1984 - Ann Little, American actress (b. 1891)
1985 - Julie Vega, Philippine Actress (b. 1968)
1988 - Sammy Davis, Sr., American dancer (b. 1900)
1991 - Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (b. 1944)
1996 - Paul Delph, American musician and producer (b. 1957)
1996 - Lash LaRue, American actor (b. 1917)
1999 - Karnail "Bugz" Pitts, American rapper (D12) (b. 1979)
2000 - Barbara Cartland, English author (b. 1901)
2000 - Sir John Gielgud, British actor (b. 1904)
2000 - Mark R. Hughes, American entrepreneur (b. 1956)
2002 - Niki de Saint Phalle, French artist (b. 1930)
2003 - Frank D. White, American politician (b. 1933)
2003 - Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentine-Italian racing driver and car manufacturer (b. 1928)
2005 - Howard Morris, American comic actor and director (b. 1919)
2006 - Cherd Songsri, Thai film director (b. 1931)
2006 - Katherine Dunham, American dancer (b. 1909)
2006 - Spencer Clark, American racecar driver (b. 1987)
2006 - Billy Walker, American singer (b. 1929)

Holidays and observances
Saint Helena Day is celebrated on the Island of Saint Helena, to celebrate its discovery in 1502
Navy Day (Día de las Glorias Navales) in Chile.
Dia de la Afrocolombianidad marks the abolition of slavery in Colombia.
Independence Day is celebrated in Montenegro.
Circassian Day of Mourning Memorial Day to mourn the losses in the Russian-Circassian War and the Circassian Genocide.


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May 22nd

May 22 is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 223 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events
334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.
1176 - Murder attempt by the Hashshashin (Assassins) on Saladin near Aleppo.
1377 - Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe.
1455 - Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.
1762 - Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
1807 - A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.
1809 - Second and last Day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling (near Vienna), Napoleon was repelled by an enemy army for the first time.
1819 - The SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The ship arrived at Liverpool, England on June 20.
1826 - The HMS Beagle departed Plymouth with Charles Darwin aboard.
1840 - The transporting of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.
1842 - Farmers Lester Howe and Henry Wetsel discover Howe Caverns, when they stumble upon a large gaping hole in the ground.
1843 - Thousands of people and their cattle headed west via wagon train from Independence, Missouri to what would later become the Oregon Territory. It was part of the Great Migration. They followed what is now known as the Oregon Trail.
1844 - Persian Prophet The Báb announces His revelation, founding Bábism. He announced to the world of the coming of "He whom God shall make manifest." He is considered the forerunner of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.
1848 The abolition of slavery in Martinque
1856 - Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina beats Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas ("Bleeding Kansas").
1872 - Reconstruction: U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act of 1872 into law restoring full civil rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
1903 - Launch of the White Star Liner, SS Ionic.
1906 - The 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, opens in Athens.
1906 - Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
1915 - Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, and is the only mountain to erupt other than Mount St. Helens in the continental US during the 20th century.
1915 - Five trains collide in the Quintinshill rail crash near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246; the accident is found to be the result of non-standard operating practices during a shift change at a busy junction.
1936 - Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland.
1939 - World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.
1942 - Mexico enters World War II on the side of the Allies.
1942 - The Steel Workers Organizing Committee disbands, and a new trade union, the United Steelworkers, is formed.
1942 - World War II: Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox enlists in the United States Marine Corps as a flight instructor.
1947 - Cold War: In an effort to fight the spread of Communism, U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs an act into law that will later be called the Truman Doctrine. The act grants $400 million in military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece.
1960 - An earthquake measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, now known as the Great Chilean Earthquake, hits southern Chile. It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
1962 - Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode.
1963 - Assassination attempt of Greek left-wing politician Gregoris Lambrakis, who will die five days afterwards.
1964 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces the goals of his Great Society social reforms to bring an "end to poverty and racial injustice" in America.
1967 - The L'Innovation department store in the centre of Brussels, Belgium, burns down. It is the most devastating fire in Belgian history, which results in 323 dead and missing and 150 injured.
1968 - The nuclear-powered submarine the USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard 400 miles southwest of the Azores.
1969 - Apollo 10's lunar module flies within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the moon's surface.
1972 - Ceylon adopts a new constitution thus becoming a Republic, changes its name to Sri Lanka, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
1990 - North and South Yemen are unified to create the Republic of Yemen.
1990 - The Windows 3.0 operating system is released by Microsoft.
1992 - After 30 years, 66-year-old Johnny Carson hosts The Tonight Show for the last time.
1997 - Kelly Flinn, US Air Force's first female bomber pilot certified for combat, accepts a general discharge in order to avoid a court martial.
1998 - Lewinsky scandal: A federal judge rules that United States Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the scandal, involving President Bill Clinton.
2002 - In Washington, DC, the remains of the missing Chandra Levy are found in Rock Creek Park.
2002 - American civil rights movement: A jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church.
2003 - In Fort Worth, Texas, Annika Sörenstam becomes the first woman to play the PGA Tour in 58 years.
2004 - Felipe, Prince of Asturias, of the Spanish Royal Family marries Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano.
2004 - The U.S. town of Hallam, Nebraska, is wiped out by a powerful F4 tornado that broke a width record at an astounding 2.5 miles wide. It also killed one local resident.
2006 - Results from the Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006 are announced. 55.4% of voters voted to become independent from the Serbia and Montenegro Union.

Births
1381 - Saint Rita of Cascia, Italian Saint (d. 1457)
1622 - Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (d. 1698)
1715 - François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794)
1724 - Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (d. 1772)
1770 - Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)
1772 - Ram Mohan Roy, Hindu reformer (d. 1833)
1808 - Gérard de Nerval, French writer (d. 1855)
1813 - Richard Wagner, German composer (d. 1883)
1823 - Solomon Bundy, American politician (d. 1889)
1823 - Isabella Glyn Dallas, British Shakepearean actress (d. 1889)
1841 - Catulle Mendès, French poet (d. 1909)
1844 - Mary Cassatt, American artist (d. 1926)
1849 - Louis Perrier, Swiss politician (d. 1913)
1859 - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, British physician and writer (d. 1930)
1874 - Daniel François Malan, Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1959)
1879 - Warwick Armstrong, Australian cricketer (d. 1947)
1879 - Alla Nazimova, Ukrainian-born actress, scriptwriter, and producer (d. 1945)
1885 - Giacomo Matteotti, Italian politician (d. 1924)
1885 - Toyoda Soemu, Japanese admiral (d. 1957)
1891 - Eddie Edwards, American jazz trombonist (d. 1963)
1900 - Yvonne de Gaulle, wife of Charles de Gaulle (d. 1979)
1901 - Maurice J. Tobin, 56th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1953)
1902 - Al Simmons, American baseball player (d. 1956)
1903 - Yves Rocard, French physicist (d. 1992)
1904 - Paul Viiding, Estonian poet (d. 1962)
1907 - Hergé, Belgian comic book creator (d. 1983)
1907 - Sir Laurence Olivier, acclaimed English stage and screen actor (d. 1989)
1908 - Rattana Pestonji, Thai filmmaker (d. 1970)
1908 - Horton Smith. American golfer (d. 1963)
1910 - Johnny Olson, American game show announcer (d. 1985)
1911 - Anatol Rapoport, Russian-born mathematical psychologist and pianist (d. 2007)
1912 - Herbert C. Brown, English-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
1914 - Vance Packard, American author (d. 1996)
1914 - Sun Ra, American musician (d. 1993)
1917 - Georg Tintner, Austrian-born conductor (d. 1999)
1917 - Nathan Davis, American actor
1917 - Daniel Nagrin, American modern dancer and choreographer
1920 - Thomas Gold, Austrian astrophysicist (d. 2004)
1922 - Quinn Martin, American television producer (d. 1987)
1924 - Charles Aznavour, French singer, actor, and composer
1925 - James King, American tenor (d. 2005)
1925 - Jean Tinguely, Swiss artist (d. 1991)
1927 - George Andrew Olah, Hungarian-born chemist, Nobel laureate
1927 - Phil Tucker, American director
1930 - John Barth, American writer
1930 - Harvey Milk, American politician and civil rights activist (d. 1978)
1930 - Kenny Ball, British musician
1934 - Peter Nero, American musician
1934 - Arne Harris, American television sports director (d. 2001)
1935 - Ron Piché, Quebec baseball player
1936 - M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and writer (d. 2005)
1938 - Richard Benjamin, American actor
1938 - Susan Strasberg, American actress (d. 1999)
1940 - Bernard Shaw, American television journalist
1940 - Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor
1941 - Paul Winfield, American actor (d. 2004)
1941 - Sir Menzies Campbell, British politician
1941 - Martha Langbein, German athlete
1942 - Theodore Kaczynski, American terrorist
1942 - Calvin Simon, American musician (P Funk)
1942 - Barbara Parkins, Canadian actress
1943 - Tommy John, American baseball player
1943 - Betty Williams, Northern Irish political activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1943 - Gesine Schwan, German politician and science professor
1946 - Howard Kendall, English footballer and football manager
1946 - George Best, Northern Irish footballer (d. 2005)
1948 - Richard Baker, American politician
1950 - Alekos Alavanos, Greek politician
1950 - Bernie Taupin, English songwriter
1952 - Bernhard Brinkmann, German politician
1953 - Doris Barnett, German politician
1953 - Cha Bum-Kun, Korean footballer
1955 - Jimmy Lyon, American guitarist (Eddie Money)
1955 - Dale Winton, British radio DJ and television presenter
1955 - Jerry Dammers, English musician (The Specials)
1955 - Chalmers "Spanky" Alford, American jazz guitarist (d. 2008)
1956 - Al Corley, American actor and producer
1957 - Lisa Murkowski, American politician
1957 - Gary Sweet, Australian actor
1958 - Eric Carlson, American guitarist (The Mentors)
1959 - Steven Morrissey, English singer
1960 - Hideaki Anno, Japanese director
1962 - Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler (d. 1997)
1964 - Ashley Renee, American fetish model
1966 - Kenny Hickey, American guitarist (Type O Negative)
1966 - Jose Mesa, Dominican baseball player
1968 - Kevin Carolan, American actor and comedian
1970 - Naomi Campbell, English model and actress
1970 - Pedro Diniz, Brazilian Formula One driver
1971 - Manuel Ortiz, Mexican professional wrestler
1972 - Annabel Chong, Singapore actress
1972 - Anna Belknap, American actress
1973 - Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Danish actor
1973 - Julián Tavárez, Dominican baseball player
1973 - Danny Tiatto, Australian soccer player
1974 - John Bale, American baseball player
1974 - Sean Gunn, American actor
1974 - A. J. Langer, American actress
1975 - Janne Niinimaa, Finnish ice hockey player
1975 - Tracy Brookshaw, American professional wrestler and valet
1975 - Salvador Ballesta, Spanish Footballer.
1977 - Alastair Ralphs, Canadian professional wrestler
1977 - Seán Óg Ó hAilpín, Irish hurler
1977 - Dre Bly, American Football Player
1978 - Ginnifer Goodwin, American actress
1978 - Katie Price, British model
1979 - Nadia Khan, TV Presenter
1979 - Maggie Q, American actress
1980 - Rhett Fisher, actor/musician
1980 - Steven Baker, Australian rules footballer
1980 - Chad Tracy, American baseball player
1981 - Bryan Danielson, American professional wrestler
1981 - Jürgen Melzer, Austrian tennis player
1982 - Apolo Anton Ohno, American short track speed skater
1982 - John Bobek, American actor
1983 - John Hopkins, Anglo-American motorcycling racer
1984 - Joe Lauzon, American Mixed-Martial Arts fighter
1985 - Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 - Tranquillo Barnetta, Swiss footballer
1985 - Caridee English, American Model
1987 - Novak Đoković, Serbian tennis player

Deaths
337 - Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor (b. 272)
748 - Empress Genshō of Japan (b. 680)
1068 - Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (b. 1025)
1455 - Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (killed in battle)
1455 - Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, English commander (killed in battle) (b. 1406)
1457 - Saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (b. 1381)
1538 - John Forrest, English Franciscan friar (martyred) (b. 1471)
1540 - Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian (b. 1483)
1666 - Gaspar Schott, German scientist (b. 1608)
1667 - Pope Alexander VII (b. 1599)
1745 - François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (b. 1671)
1746 - Thomas Southerne, Irish dramatist (b. 1660)
1760 - Israel ben Eliezer, Polish-born mystical rabbi (b. 1700)
1772 - Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (b. 1687)
1795 - Ewald Friedrich, Count von Hertzberg, Prussian statesman (b. 1725)
1851 - Mordecai Manuel Noah, American writer, journalist (b. 1755)
1859 - King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
1868 - Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
1885 - Victor Hugo, French author (b. 1802)
1901 - Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist (b. 1869)
1910 - Jules Renard, French author (b. 1864)
1932 - Lady Gregory, Irish playwright (b. 1852)
1939 - Ernst Toller, German author (b. 1893)
1939 - Jiri Mahen, Czech author (b. 1882)
1965 - Christopher Stone, first disc jockey in the United Kingdom (b. 1882)
1966 - Tom Goddard, English cricketer (b. 1900)
1967 - Langston Hughes, American writer (b. 1902)
1972 - Cecil Day-Lewis, Irish poet and writer (b. 1904)
1972 - Margaret Rutherford, English actress (b. 1892)
1975 - Lefty Grove, American Baseball Player (b. 1900)
1983 - Albert Claude, Belgian biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1899)
1988 - Giorgio Almirante, Italian politician (b. 1914)
1989 - Steven DeGroote, South African classical pianist (b. 1953)
1990 - Rocky Graziano, American boxer (b. 1922)
1992 - Zellig Harris, American linguist (b. 1909)
1997 - Alfred Hershey, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1908)
1998 - José Enrique Moyal, mathematical physicist (b. 1910)
2003 - Ousmane Zongo, Burkinabé shooting victim
2004 - Richard Biggs, American actor (b. 1960)
2004 - Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (b. 1945)
2005 - Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician, long-time General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (b. 1914)
2005 - Julia Randall, American poet (b. 1924)
2005 - Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and singer (b. 1914)
2006 - Lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the World Health Organisation (b. 1945)
2006 - Heather Crowe, Canadian activist (b. 1945)

Holidays and observances
World Biodiversity Day.
Republic of Yemen - National Day.
National Maritime Day in the United States
Corpus Christi in Poland


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May 23rd

May 23 is the 143rd day of the year (144th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 222 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events
1430 - Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne. (See Siege of Compiègne.)
1498 - Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy, on the orders of Pope Alexander VI
1533 - The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
1568 - The Netherlands declares independence from Spain.
1568 - Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, brother of William I of Orange, defeat Jean de Ligne, Duke of Aremberg and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War.
1609 - Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia takes place.
1618 - The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War.
1701 - After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
1706 - Battle of Ramillies: John Churchill, the 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal Villeroi.
1805 - Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in the Cathedral of Milan.
1813 - South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator").
1844 - Declaration of the Báb: during the previous night the Persian Prophet the Báb announces his revelation, founding Bábísm. He announces to the world coming of "He whom God shall make manifest". He is considered the forerunner of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.
1846 - Mexican-American War: Mexico declares war on the United States.
1863 - Organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan.
1863 - The Siege of Port Hudson starts.
1873 - The Canadian Parliament establishes the North West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
1900 - American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney becomes the first African American to be awarded the Medal of Honor, for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner.
1907 - The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
1911 - Dedication ceremony for the New York Public Library.
1915 - World War I: Italy joins the Allies after they declare war on Austria-Hungary.
1923 - Launch of Belgium's SABENA airline.
1929 - The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, The Karnival Kid, is released.
1933 - The legendary American racehorse Seabiscuit is born.
1934 - American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Black Lake, Louisiana.
1934 - The Auto-Lite Strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
1939 - The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 26 sailors. The remaining 32 crewmen and one passenger are rescued the following day.
1945 - World War II: Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, commits suicide while in Allied custody.
1945 - World War II: the Flensburg government under Reichspräsident Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are captured and arrested by British forces at Flensburg in Northern Germany.
1949 - The Federal Republic of Germany is established and the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany proclaimed.
1951 - Tibetans are forced to sign the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet with the People's Republic of China.
1958 - Explorer 1 ceases transmission.
1960 - Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion announces that Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann has been captured.
1967 - Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran and blockades the port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping, laying the foundations for the Six Day War.
1970 - A fire breaks out in the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Straits in north Wales contributing to its partial destruction and causing approximately £1,000,000 worth of fire damage.
1977 - Two terrorist actions unfold in The Netherlands: several dozen hostages are taken on board a train, and about 100 others (mostly children) are held at a Dutch school. The train siege lasts until June 11.
1995 - Oklahoma City bombing: in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the remains of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building are imploded.
1998 - The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% 'yes' votes.
2002 - The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.
2003 - The euro exceeds its initial trading value as it hits $1.18 for the first time since its introduction in 1999.
2004 - Part of Paris Charles De Gaulle International Airport Terminal 2E collapses, killing four people and injuring three others.
2007 - The Parliament of Finland celebrates its 100th anniversary plenary session, with President Tarja Halonen and veterans in attendance.

Births
1052 - King Philip I of France (d. 1108)
1100 - Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)
1606 - Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)
1617 - Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (d. 1692)
1707 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778)
1718 - William Hunter, Scottish anatomist (d. 1783)
1729 - Giuseppe Parini, Italian writer (d. 1799)
1734 - Franz Anton Mesmer, Austrian physician/hypnotist (d.1815)
1741 - Andrea Luchesi, Italian composer (d. 1801)
1790 - Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842)
1795 - Charles Barry , English architect (d. 1860)
1810 - Margaret Fuller, American journalist and feminist (d. 1850)
1820 - James Buchanan Eads, American engineer and inventor (d. 1887)
1820 - Lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. 1891)
1824 - Ambrose Burnside, American Union Civil War general (d. 1881)
1834 - Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890)
1844 - `Abdu'l-Bahá, Successor to Prophet of the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1921)
1848 - Otto Lilienthal, German aviation pioneer (d. 1896)
1865 - Epitácio Pessoa, President of Brazil (d. 1942)
1875 - Alfred P. Sloan, American long-time president and chairman of General Motors (d. 1966)
1879 - Dezső Lauber, Hungarian sportsman (d. 1966)
1883 - Douglas Fairbanks, American actor (d. 1939)
1884 - Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist (d. 1965)
1887 - Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician (d. 1963)
1888 - Zack Wheat, American baseball player (d. 1972)
1889 - Ernst Niekisch, German politician (d. 1967)
1890 - Herbert Marshall, English actor (d. 1966)
1891 - Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1974)
1893 - Ulysses S. Grant IV, American geologist and paleontologist (d. 1977)
1896 - Felix Martin Julius Steiner, German Heer and Waffen-SS officer (d. 1966)
1898 - Scott O'Dell, American author (d. 1989)
1900 - Hans Frank, German Nazi war criminal (d. 1946)
1908 - John Bardeen, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1991)
1908 - Hélène Boucher, French aviatrix (d. 1934)
1910 - Margaret Wise Brown, American author (d. 1952)
1910 - Sir Hugh Casson, British architect and painter (d. 1999)
1910 - Scatman Crothers, American actor and musician (d. 1986)
1910 - Artie Shaw, American clarinetist and bandleader (d. 2004)
1912 - Jean Françaix, French composer (d. 1997)
1912 - Betty Astell, English actress (d. 2005)
1912 - John Payne, American actor (d. 1989)
1913 - Ruth Fernandez legendary singer from Puerto Rico
1917 - Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (d. 2008)
1918 - Denis Compton, English cricketer (d. 1997)
1919 - Betty Garrett, American actress and dancer
1920 - Helen O'Connell, American singer (d. 1993)
1921 - James Blish, American author (d. 1975)
1921 - Humphrey Lyttelton, English musician (d. 2008)
1923 - Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist
1923 - Walter Wolfrum, German fighter pilot
1925 - Joshua Lederberg, American molecular biologist, Nobel laureate
1925 - Mac Wiseman, American musician
1928 - Jeannie Carson, English actress and comedian
1928 - Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (d. 2002)
1928 - Nigel Davenport, English actor
1928 - Pauline Julien, French Canadian singer (d. 1998)
1929 - Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (d. 1982)
1930 - Friedrich Achleitner, German poet
1931 - Barbara Barrie, American actress
1933 - Joan Collins, English actress
1934 - Robert Moog, American inventor (d. 2005)
1936 - Ingeborg Hallstein, German opera singer
1936 - Charles Kimbrough, American actor
1938 - Peter Preston, English journalist and author
1939 - Reinhard Hauff, German film director
1939 - Michel Colombier, French composer and songwriter (d. 2004)
1942 - K. Raghavendra Rao, Indian film director
1942 - Gabriel Liiceanu, Romanian philosopher
1943 - General Norman Johnson, American singer (Chairmen of the Board)
1944 - John Newcombe, Australian tennis player
1945 - Padmarajan, Indian film director (d. 1991)
1946 - Frederik de Groot, Dutch actor
1946 - H. Paul Shuch, American SETI scientist
1947 - Bernard Comrie, English linguist
1947 - Ann Hui, Hong Kong film director
1948 - Reggie Cleveland, Canadian baseball player
1951 - Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player
1951 - Antonis Samaras, Greek politician
1952 - Anne-Marie David, French singer
1952 - "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler, American boxer
1955 - Luka Bloom, Irish singer/songwriter
1956 - Ursula Plassnik, Austrian politician
1956 - Mark Shaw, New Zealand rugby footballer
1956 - Buck Showalter, American baseball player and manager
1957 - Baltimora, Northern Irish singer (d. 1995)
1958 - Mitch Albom, American writer
1958 - Drew Carey, American actor, comedian, and game show host
1958 - François Feldman, French singer
1962 - Imran Anwar, Pakistani Internet pioneer and American TV personality
1962 - Karen Duffy, American actress
1963 - Wally Dallenbach Jr., American race car driver and announcer
1963 - Gregg "Opie" Hughes, American radio personality (The Opie and Anthony Show)
1964 - Ruth Metzler-Arnold, member of the Swiss Federal Council
1965 - Tom Tykwer, German film director
1965 - Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Real Madrid footballer
1966 - Graeme Hick, English cricketer
1967 - Anna Ibrisagic, Swedish politician
1967 - Phil Selway, English drummer (Radiohead)
1970 - Yigal Amir, Israeli assassin of Yitzhak Rabin
1970 - Bryan Herta, American race car driver
1970 - Blake Schwendiman, American author
1972 - Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian formula one driver
1974 - Ken Jennings, American game show contestant
1974 - Matt Hindle, Canadian bobsledder
1974 - Jewel, American singer
1974 - Mónica Naranjo, Spanish singer
1974 - Charlie Yeung, Hong Kong actress and singer
1975 - Kim Sung-soo, South Korean actor
1976 - Kelly Monaco, American actress
1976 - Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer
1977 - Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater
1978 - Mike González, American baseball player
1978 - Carolyn Moos, American model and professional basketball player
1978 - Scott Raynor, American drummer (formerly of blink-182)
1979 - Brian Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 - Kirk Saarloos, American baseball player
1979 - Rasual Butler, American basketball player
1980 - Theofanis Gekas, Greek footballer
1981 - Gwenno Saunders, Former Welsh dancer, now singer with The Pipettes
1982 - Cyrill Gloor, Swiss footballer
1982 - Malene Mortensen, Danish singer
1982 - Tristan Prettyman, American musician
1983 - Cristiano Bilanzola, Canadian musician and film-maker
1983 - Heidi Range, English singer (Sugababes)
1983 - Alex Shelley, American professional wrestler
1984 - Adam Wylie, American actor
1985 - Ross Wallace, Scottish footballer
1986 - Ruben Zadkovich, Australian soccer player
1988 - Morgan Pressel, American golfer

Deaths
1125 - Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1081)
1304 - Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer
1498 - Girolamo Savonarola, Italian religious reformer and ruler of Florence (b. 1452)
1523 - Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)
1524 - Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)
1662 - John Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605)
1670 - Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610)
1691 - Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622)
1701 - Captain Kidd, Scottish pirate (b. 1645)
1752 - William Bradford, English-born printer (b. 1663)
1754 - John Wood, the Elder, English architect (b. 1704)
1783 - James Otis, American lawyer and patriot (b. 1725)
1786 - Móric Beňovský, Slovak officer and explorer, King of Madagascar (b. 1746)
1813 - Geraud Duroc, French general (b. 1772)
1825 - Ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia
1841 - Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1765)
1846 - Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (b. 1778)
1855 - Charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. 1797)
1857 - Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (b. 1789)
1868 - Kit Carson, American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. 1809)
1886 - Leopold von Ranke, German historian (b. 1795)
1893 - Anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (b. 1805)
1895 - Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist (b. 1798)
1906 - Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian writer (b. 1828)
1908 - François Coppée, French poet and novelist (b. 1842)
1920 - Svetozar Boroević, Austrian field marshal (b. 1856)
1934 - Clyde Barrow, American outlaw (b. 1909)
1934 - Bonnie Parker, American outlaw (b. 1910)
1937 - John D. Rockefeller, American entrepreneur (b. 1839)
1945 - Heinrich Himmler, Nazi official (b. 1900)
1965 - Earl Webb, American baseball player (b. 1897)
1966 - Demchugdongrub, Mongolian politician (b. 1902)
1967 - Lionel Groulx, French Canadian priest and historian (b. 1878)
1975 - Moms Mabley, American comedian (b. 1894)
1981 - Gene Green, American baseball player (b. 1933)
1981 - Rayner Heppenstall, English novelist (d. 1911)
1981 - George Jessel, American actor (b. 1898)
1981 - David Lewis, Canadian labour lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
1986 - Sterling Hayden, American actor (b. 1916)
1989 - Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian theatre director (b. 1915)
1991 - Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (b. 1895)
1992 - Giovanni Falcone, Italian judge (b. 1939)
1994 - Ray Candy, American professional wrestler (b. 1951)
1996 - Patrick Cargill, English actor (b. 1918)
1999 - Owen Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1965)
2002 - Sam Snead, American golfer (b. 1912)
2003 - Jean Yanne, French actor and director (b. 1933)
2004 - Ramon Margalef, Spanish scientist (b. 1919)
2006 - Clifford Antone, American businessman (b. 1949)
2006 - Lloyd Bentsen, American politician (b. 1921)
2006 - Frits Bernard, American activist (b. 1920)
2006 - Kazimierz Górski, Polish footballer (b. 1921)

Holidays and observances
Bahá'í Faith: Declaration of the Báb
World Turtle Day
Discordianism: Day of Disunity


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May 24th

May 24 is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 221 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events
1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.
1276 - Magnus Ladulås crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral.
1487 - Imposter Lambert Simnel is crowned as "King Edward VI" at Dublin.
1595 - Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.
1621 - Protestant Union formally dissolved.
1626 - Peter Minuit buys Manhattan.
1689 - The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting Protestants (Roman Catholics are intentionally excluded).
1738 - John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day.
1798 - Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins.
1822 - Battle of Pichincha: Antonio José de Sucre secures the independence of the Presidency of Quito.
1830 - "Mary Had a Little Lamb" by Sarah Josepha Hale is published.
1830 - The first revenue trains in the United States begin service on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road between Baltimore and Ellicott's Mills.
1832 - The First Kingdom of Greece is declared in the London Conference.
1844 - Samuel F. B. Morse sent the message "What hath God wrought" (a Bible quotation, Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland.
1846 - Mexican-American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.
1856 - John Brown and his men murder five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.
1861 - American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
1881 - Turkey cedes Thessaly and Arta back to Greece.
1883 - The Brooklyn Bridge in New York is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
1895 - Henry Irving becomes the first personage from the theatre to be knighted.
1900 - Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
1901 - 78 miners die in Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales.
1911 - The New York Public Library opened.
1915 - World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary.
1921 - The trial of Sacco and Vanzetti opens.
1930 - Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).
1940 - Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
1941 - World War II: In the North Atlantic, the German Battleship Bismarck sinks the HMS Hood killing all but three crewmen on what was the pride of the Royal Navy.
1943 - Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer in Auschwitz concentration camp.
1949 - The Soviet Union ends the 11-month Berlin Blockade.
1956 - Conclusion of the Sixth Buddhist Council on Vesak Day, marking the 2,500 year anniversary after the Lord Buddha's Parinibbāna.
1958 - United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
1961 - American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus.
1961 - Cyprus enters the Council of Europe.
1962 - Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
1968 - FLQ separatists bomb the U.S. consulate in Quebec City.
1970 - The drilling of the Kola Superdeep Borehole begins in the USSR
1973 - Earl Jellicoe resigns as Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the Lords.
1976 - London to Washington, DC Concorde service begins.
1980 - The International Court of Justice calls for the release of United States embassy hostages in Tehran. The hostages would not be freed until the following January.
1981 - First International Women's Day for Disarmament.
1982 - Liberation of Khorramshahr, Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during Iran-Iraq War
1988 - Section 28 is passed as law by Parliament in the United Kingdom.
1989 - Sonia Sutcliffe, wife of the Yorkshire Ripper, is awarded a six-figure sum in damages after winning a libel action against Private Eye.
1990 - A car carrying American Earth First! activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney explodes in Oakland, California, critically injuring both.
1991 - Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
1992 - The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests.
1993 - Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia.
1994 - Four men convicted of bombing New York's World Trade Center in 1993 are each sentenced to 240 years in prison.
1999 - Venezuela enters the Antarctic Treaty System.
2000 - Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
2001 - Mountain climbing: 15-year-old Sherpa Temba Tsheri becomes the youngest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest.
2001 - The Versailles wedding hall collapse in Jerusalem, Israel, kills 23 and injures over 200 in Israel's worst-ever civil disaster.
2001 - The Democrats gain control of the U.S. Senate for the first time since 1994 when Senator James Jeffords of Vermont abandons the Republican Party and declares himself an independent.
2002 - Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
2004 - North Korea bans mobile phones.(See:Communications in North Korea)

Births
15 BC - Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commander (d. 19)
1494 - Pontormo, Italian painter (d. 1557)
1522 - John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)
1544 - William Gilbert, English natural philosopher (d. 1603)
1616 - John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)
1671 - Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)
1686 - Gabriel Fahrenheit, inventor and thermometer maker (d. 1736)
1689 - Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (d. 1769)
1743 - Jean-Paul Marat, French revolutionary (d. 1793)
1794 - William Whewell, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1866)
1803 - Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish zoologist (d. 1866)
1810 - Charles Clark, Governor of Mississippi (d. 1877)
1810 - Abraham Geiger, German rabbi and scholar (d. 1874)
1816 - Emanuel Leutze, German-born painter (d. 1868)
1819 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1901)
1830 - Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter (d. 1897)
1836 - Joseph Rowntree, British social reformer (d. 1925)
1854 - John Riley Banister, American law officer and cowboy (d. 1918)
1855 - Arthur Wing Pinero, English playwright (d. 1934)
1863 - George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (d. 1938)
1868 - Charles E. Taylor, First aircraft maintenance professional (d. 1956)
1870 - Benjamin Cardozo, American jurist (d. 1938)
1870 - Jan Christiaan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1950)
1878 - Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American engineer (d. 1972)
1879 - H. B. Reese, American inventor of Reese's and founder (d. 1956)
1885 - Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English educational psychologist (d. 1948).
1886 - Paul Paray, French conductor and composer (d. 1979)
1887 - Edward "Mick" Mannock, Irish WWI flying ace (d. 1918)
1891 - William F. Albright, American archeologist and Biblical scholar (d. 1971)
1895 - Samuel Irving Newhouse, American publisher (d. 1979)
1899 - Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (d. 1938)
1899 - Henri Michaux, French poet (d. 1984)
1900 - Lionel Conacher, Canadian athlete and politician (d. 1954)
1900 - Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1984)
1901 - José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1968)
1905 - Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
1909 - Wilbur Mills, American politician (d. 1992)
1911 - Barbara West, English survivor of the Titanic sinking (d. 2007)
1914 - Lilli Palmer, German-born actress (d. 1986)
1914 - Giuseppe Valdengo, Italian baritone (d. 2007)
1916 - Roden Cutler, Australian diplomat (d. 2002)
1923 - Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress (d. 1986)
1925 - Mai Zetterling, Swedish-born entertainer (d. 1994)
1926 - Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor
1928 - William Trevor, Irish writer
1930 - Hans-Martin Linde, German conductor
1931 - Michael Lonsdale, French actor
1932 - Arnold Wesker, English dramatist
1934 - Jane Byrne, American politician
1934 - Barry Rose, English choir-trainer and organist
1935 - Joan Micklin Silver, American director
1936 - Harold Budd, American musician
1938 - Tommy Chong, Canadian-born actor and comedian
1938 - David Viscott, American psychiatrist (d. 1996)
1940 - Joseph Brodsky, Russian-born poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
1941 - Bob Dylan, American singer and songwriter
1941 - George Lakoff, American linguist and political activist
1943 - Gary Burghoff, American actor
1944 - Patti LaBelle, American singer
1945 - Priscilla Presley, American actress
1946 - Irena Kirszenstein-Szewinska, Russian-born Polish athlete
1947 - Martin Winterkorn, German automotive executive
1949 - Jim Broadbent, English actor
1950 - Larry Seidlin, American judge
1953 - Alfred Molina, London-born Spanish-Italian actor
1955 - Rosanne Cash, American singer
1956 - Michael Jackson, Northern Irish clergyman
1959 - Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish hockey player (d. 1985)
1960 - Kristin Scott Thomas, English actress
1960 - Guy Fletcher, British keyboardist (Dire Straits)
1962 - Gene Anthony Ray, American actor (d. 2003)
1962 - Mo Willems, American author and screenwriter
1963 - Ivan Capelli, Italian racing driver
1963 - Michael Chabon, American author
1963 - Joe Dumars, American basketball player
1963 - Kathy Leander, Swiss singer
1963 - Rich Rodriguez, American football coach
1964 - Adrian Moorhouse, British swimmer
1964 - Pat Verbeek, Canadian ice hockey player
1965 - John C. Reilly, American actor
1965 - Shinichiro Watanabe, Japanese anime director
1966 - Eric Cantona, French footballer
1966 - Ricky Craven, American NASCAR driver
1967 - Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
1967 - Steve McDonald, American bassist (Redd Kross)
1969 - Rich Robinson, American musician (Black Crowes)
1970 - Tommy Page, American singer
1971 - Kris Draper, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings)
1972 - Greg Berlanti, American television writer and producer
1973 - Bartolo Colón, Dominican Major League Baseball player
1973 - Dermot O'Leary, English television presenter
1973 - Ruslana, Ukrainian singer
1974 - Will Sasso, Canadian actor and comedian
1975 - Marc Gagnon, Canadian short track speed skater
1975 - Maria Lawson, British Singer
1975 - Yannis Goumas, Greek footballer
1976 - Alessandro Cortini, Italian musician
1976 - Catherine Cox, Australian netballer
1977 - Kym Valentine. Australian actress
1978 - Brian Ching, American soccer player
1978 - Bryan Greenberg, American actor
1978 - Brad Penny, American baseball player
1978 - Johan Holmqvist, Swedish hockey player
1979 - Tracy McGrady, American basketball player
1979 - Frank Mir, American UFC fighter
1980 - Cecilia Cheung, Hong Kong actress and singer
1981 - Marketa Janska, Czech model and Playboy Playmate
1982 - Issah Ahmed, Ghana football player
1982 - DaMarcus Beasley, American soccer player
1984 - Sarah Hagan, American actress
1984 - Brodney Pool, American football player
1985 - Tim Bridgman, British racing driver
1986 - Jordan Metcalfe, English actor
1987 - Dominika Kasprzycka, Polish singer
1987 - Guillaume Latendresse, French-Canadian hockey player
1988 - Billy Gilman, American singer
1989 - Tara Correa-McMullen, American actress (d. 2005)
1990 - Luke Temple, American Concert pianist
1991 - Erika Umeda, Japanese singer
1992 - Travis T. Flory, American Actor
1995 - Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein

Deaths
1153 - King David I of Scotland (b. 1084)
1351 - Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297)
1408 - Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)
1425 - Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)
1456 - Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)
1543 - Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer (b. 1473)
1612 - Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English statesman (b. 1563)
1627 - Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (b. 1561)
1725 - Jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1682)
1734 - Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
1749 - Graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman
1792 - George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, British naval officer (b. 1718)
1806 - John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, British field marshal (b. 1723)
1843 - Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1765)
1861 - Elmer E. Ellsworth, American Civil War officer (b. 1837)
1872 - Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (b. 1794)
1879 - William Lloyd Garrison, American abolitionist and publisher (b. 1805)
1881 - Samuel Palmer, English artist (b. 1805)
1883 - Abdel Kadir, Algerian leader (b. 1808)
1919 - Amado Nervo, Mexican poet (b. 1870)
1941 - Lancelot Holland, British admiral, died in sinking of the HMS Hood (51) (b. 1887)
1945 - Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal (b. 1892)
1947 - C. F. Ramuz, Swiss writer (b. 1878)
1948 - Jacques Feyder, Belgian director and screenwriter (b. 1885)
1949 - Aleksey Shchusev, Russian architect (b. 1873)
1950 - Archibald Wavell, British general (b. 1883)
1959 - John Foster Dulles, United States Secretary of State (b. 1888)
1963 - Elmore James, American musician (b. 1918)
1969 - Willy Ley, German-born rocket scientist (b. 1906)
1974 - Duke Ellington, American composer and musician (b. 1899)
1984 - Vincent J. McMahon, American pro wrestling promoter (b. 1914)
1991 - Gene Clark, American singer and songwriter (The Byrds) (b. 1944)
1991 - Miriam di San Servolo, Italian actress (b. 1912)
1992 - Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese racing driver (b. 1956)
1995 - Harold Wilson, British politician (b. 1916)
1997 - Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (b. 1923)
1999 - Owen Hart, Professional Wrestler (b.1965)
2000 - Kurt Schork, American reporter (b. 1947)
2002 - Wallace Markfield, American writer (b. 1926)
2003 - Rachel Kempson, English actress (b. 1910)
2004 - Henry Ries, American photographer (b. 1917)
2004 - Milton Shulman, Canadian author and critic (b. 1913)
2004 - Edward Wagenknecht, American literary critic (b. 1900)
2005 - Carl Amery, German writer (b. 1922)
2005 - Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist (b. 1913)
2005 - Vivian Liberto, first wife of Johnny Cash (b. 1934)
2006 - Henry Bumstead, American art director (b. 1915)
2006 - Michał Życzkowski, Polish technician (b. 1930)
2007 - Bill Johnston, Australian cricket player (b. 1922)

Holidays and observances
Canada: Victoria Day, on this date if it falls on a Monday or the Monday before it. In Quebec, it is known as National Patriotes Day (Journée nationale des patriotes).
Saints Cyril and Methodius Day in Eastern Orthodox tradition. In addition, the following secular observances are recognized, in the association with the works of Cyril and Methodius Day
Republic of Macedonia: Saints Cyril and Methodius, Slavonic Enlighteners' Day
Russia: Slavonic Literature and Culture Day
Bulgaria: Slavonic Literature and Culture Day
Bermuda: Bermuda Day.
Eritrea: National Day.
Aldersgate Day (Methodism).
Saint Sarah is celebrated in Camargue, France by the Roma people (or Gypsies).


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May 25th

May 25 is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 220 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events
1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo back from the Moors.
1420 - Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ.
1521 - The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.
1659 - Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth.
1738 - A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
1787 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States. George Washington presides.
1810 - In the May Revolution, citizens of Buenos Aires expel the Viceroy during the Semana de Mayo.
1837 - The Patriots of Lower Canada (Quebec) rebel against the British for freedom
1865 - In Mobile, Alabama, 300 are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
1895 - Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
1895 - The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Ching-sung as the president.
1914 - The United Kingdom's House of Commons passes Home Rule Act for devolution in Ireland.
1925 - Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.
1926 - Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the Paris-based government-in-exile of Ukrainian People's Republic.
1935 - Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks five world records and ties a sixth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
1936 - The Remington Rand strike, led by the American Federation of Labor, begins.
1938 - Spanish Civil War: Bombing of Alicante, 313 deaths.
1940 - World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk begins.
1946 - The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their king.
1953 - Nuclear testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
1955 - In the United States, a night time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It was the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.
1961 - Apollo program: U.S. president John F. Kennedy announces before a special joint session of Congress his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the moon" before the end of the decade.
1961 - King Hussein of Jordan marries Princess Muna al-Hussein (Antoinette Gardiner).
1963 - In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Organisation of African Unity is established.
1966 - Explorer program: Explorer 32 launches.
1966 - The first prominent DaZiBao during the Cultural Revolution in China was posted at Peking University.
1977 - Star Wars is released. It rapidly becomes a cult classic and is the start of a six-movie franchise.
1979 - American Airlines Flight 191: In Chicago, a DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport killing 271 on board and two people on the ground.
1981 - In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
1982 - HMS Coventry is sunk during the Falklands War.
1985 - Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.
1986 - Hands Across America takes place to raise money for local charities fighting poverty.
1989 - Calgary Flames won the Stanley Cup for the first time.
1995 - The Bosnian Serb Army kills 72 youngsters in the Bosnian city of Tuzla.
1997 - A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koromah.
1999 - The United States House of Representatives released the Cox Report which detailed the People's Republic of China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades.
2000 - Liberation Day of Lebanon. Israel withdraws its army from most of the Lebanese territory after 22 years of its first invasion in 1978.
2001 - 32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer, of Boulder, Colorado, becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
2002 - China Airlines Flight 611: A Boeing 747-200 breaks apart in mid-air and plunges into the Taiwan Strait killing 225 people.
2002 - A train crash in Tenga, Mozambique kills 197 people.
2003 - Néstor Kirchner becomes President of Argentina after defeating Carlos Menem. He is the first elected President since the economic crisis.
2007 - The Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire for the second time.
2008 - The Lebanese parliament elects Michel Suleiman as President of Lebanon.

Births
1048 - Emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085)
1334 - Emperor Sukō (d. 1398)
1458 - Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)
1606 - Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
1661 - Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)
1713 - John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1792)
1725 - Samuel Ward, American politician (d. 1776)
1783 - Philip Pendleton Barbour, Virginia politician and U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1841)
1803 - Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English novelist and playwright (d. 1873)
1803 - Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and philosopher (d. 1882)
1818 - Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian (d. 1897)
1845 - Lip Pike, baseball player (d. 1883)
1846 - Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (d. 1923)
1846 - Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and writer(d. 1900)
1852 - William Muldoon, wrestler (d. 1933)
1856 - Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (d. 1942)
1860 - James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (d. 1944)
1865 - John Mott, American YMCA leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1955)
1865 - Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)
1877 - Billy Murray, American singer (d. 1954)
1878 - Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, African American entertainer (d. 1949)
1879 - Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Canadian-born publisher (d. 1964)
1880 - Jean Alexandre Barré, French neurologist (d. 1967)
1882 - Marie Doro, American actress (d. 1956)
1886 - Philip Murray, U.S. (Scottish-born) labor leader (d. 1952)
1886 - Rash Behari Bose, leader against the British Raj in India (d. 1945)
1887 - Pio of Pietrelcina, Catholic saint (d. 1968)
1888 - Miles Malleson, English actor (d. 1969)
1889 - Igor Sikorsky, Russian inventor (d. 1972)
1892 - Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav resistance leader and later president (d. 1980)
1897 - Gene Tunney, American heavyweight champion (d. 1978)
1898 - Bennett Cerf, American publisher, TV personality (d. 1971)
1899 - Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher (d. 1976)
1900 - Alain Grandbois, French Canadian poet (d. 1975)
1903 - Binnie Barnes, British actress (d. 1998)
1907 - U Nu, Burmese politician (d. 1995)
1908 - Theodore Roethke, American poet (d. 1963)
1909 - Alfred Kubel, German politician (d. 1999)
1909 - Marie Menken, American experimental filmmaker and socialite (d. 1970)
1912 - Princess Dukhye of Korea (d. 1989)
1913 - Richard Dimbleby, British journalist and broadcaster (d. 1965)
1917 - Theodore Hesburgh, American educator and theologian
1917 - Steve Cochran, American actor (d. 1965)
1918 - Claude Akins, American actor (d. 1994)
1921 - Jack Steinberger, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1921 - Hal David, American lyricist and songwriter
1922 - Enrico Berlinguer, Italian politician (d. 1984)
1922 - Kitty Kallen, American big band singer
1924 - István Nyers, Hungarian footballer (d. 2005)
1925 - Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet (d. 1974)
1925 - Jeanne Crain, American actress (d. 2003)
1925 - Don Liddle, baseball player (d. 2000)
1926 - Miles Davis, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1991)
1927 - Robert Ludlum, American writer (d. 2001)
1929 - Beverly Sills, American soprano (d. 2007)
1929 - Warren Frost, American actor
1931 - Georgi Grechko, cosmonaut
1931 - Aili Jõgi, Estonian freedom fighter
1932 - John Gregory Dunne, American writer (d. 2003)
1933 - Ray Spencer, English footballer
1935 - Cookie Gilchrist, American football player
1935 - Victoria Shaw, Australian-born American actress (d. 1988)
1936 - Tom T. Hall, American singer and songwriter
1938 - Raymond Carver, American writer (d. 1988)
1939 - Dixie Carter, American actress
1939 - Ian McKellen, English actor
1943 - Jessi Colter, American singer
1943 - John "Poli" Palmer, British rock musician (Family)
1944 - Frank Oz, English-born puppeteer and director
1944 - Pierre Bachelet, French singer and songwriter (d. 2005)
1944 - John Bunnell, former Sheriff of Multnomah County, Oregon and TV personality
1944 - Robert MacPherson, American mathematician
1946 - David A. Hargrave, RPG designer
1948 - Sgt. Slaughter, American professional wrestler
1948 - Klaus Meine, German musician (Scorpions)
1949 - Jamaica Kincaid, Antiguan-born novelist
1951 - Bob Gale, American screenwriter
1952 - Al Sarrantonio, American writer
1952 - Jeffrey Bewkes, American media executive
1953 - Eve Ensler, American playwright
1953 - Daniel Passarella, Argentine football player
1953 - Stan Sakai, Japanese-American cartoonist (Usagi Yojimbo)
1955 - Alistair Burt, British politician
1956 - Sugar Minott, Jamaican singer
1956 - David P. Sartor, American music composer
1956 - Tatsutoshi Goto, Japanese professional wrestler
1957 - Edward Lee, American writer
1957 - Robert Picard, French Canadian ice hockey player
1958 - Paul Weller, British musician
1959 - Manolis Kefalogiannis, Greek politician
1959 - Rick Wamsley, Canadian ice hockey player
1959 - Julian Clary, British television personality
1960 - Amy Klobuchar, American politician, junior senator from Minnesota
1962 - Rick Nattress, Canadian ice hockey player
1963 - Mike Myers, Canadian actor and comedian
1964 - Ivan Bella, Slovak cosmonaut
1964 - David Shaw, Canadian ice hockey player
1966 - Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands
1967 - Poppy Z. Brite, American author
1968 - Kendall Gill, American basketball player
1969 - Anne Heche, American actress
1969 - Stacy London, American fashion consultant
1969 - Glen Drover, Canadian guitar player (Megadeth)
1970 - Joey Eischen, baseball player
1970 - Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush, American actresses
1970 - Jamie Kennedy, American actor
1970 - Satsuki Yukino, Seiyuu
1971 - Marco Cappato, Italian politician
1971 - Justin Henry, American actor
1972 - Octavia Spencer, American actress
1973 - Demetri Martin, American comedian
1973 - Molly Sims, American supermodel and actress
1973 - Daz Dillinger, American hip-hop performer
1974 - Frank Klepacki, American musician
1974 - Miguel Tejada, Dominican baseball player
1975 - Lauryn Hill, American singer
1976 - Tarik Glenn, National Football League offensive lineman
1976 - Cillian Murphy, Irish actor
1978 - Brian Urlacher, American football player
1979 - Carlos Bocanegra, American soccer player
1979 - Jonny Wilkinson, English international and Newcastle Falcons rugby player
1979 - Caroline Ouellette, French Canadian ice hockey player
1979 - Sam Sodje, Nigerian footballer
1980 - Jae Hee, South Korean actor
1980 - David Navarro, Spanish footballer
1982 - Adam Boyd, English footballer
1982 - Daniel Braaten, Norwegian footballer
1982 - Ryan Gallant, American skateboarder
1983 - Kunal Khemu, Indian actor
1984 - Marion Raven, Norwegian Singer-Songwritter (M2M)
1984 - Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, 2005 Miss World
1984 - Kyle Brodziak, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 - Shawne Merriman, American football Player for the San Diego Chargers
1984 - Kostas Martakis, Greek singer
1985 - Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer and actress
1986 - Yoan Gouffran, French football player
1986 - Juri Ueno, Japanese actress
1987 - Timothy Derijck, Belgian football player
1993 - Dilley sextuplets, American sextuplets
1999 - Maisy McLeod-Riera, New Zealand actress

Deaths
709 - Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne (b. cica 639)
735 - Bede, English historian and monk (b. circa 672 or 673)
967 - Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 926)
992 - Mieszko I first lord and knight of Poland, duke of Polans (b. circa 935)
1085 - Pope Gregory VII
1261 - Pope Alexander IV
1452 - John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury
1555 - Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (b. 1508)
1555 - Henry II of Navarre (b. 1503)
1595 - Valens Acidalius, German critic and poet (b. 1567)
1632 - Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572)
1667 - Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (b. 1620)
1681 - Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright (b. 1600)
1693 - Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette, French writer (b. 1634)
1741 - Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (b. 1660)
1786 - Peter III of Portugal, consort of Queen Maria I of Portugal (b. 1717)
1789 - Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist (b. 1751)
1797 - John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719)
1805 - William Paley, English philosopher (b. 1743)
1848 - Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797)
1849 - Benjamin d'Urban, British general and colonial administrator (b. 1777)
1899 - Rosa Bonheur, French realist painter and sculptor (d. 1822)
1912 - Austin Lane Crothers, American politician (b. 1860)
1917 - Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet (b. 1891)
1919 - Madame C.J. Walker, African American philanthropist and tycoon (b. 1867)
1924 - Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (b. 1889)
1926 - Symon Petlura, Ukrainian politician and statesman (b. 1879)
1927 - Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1876)
1930 - Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848)
1934 - Gustav Holst, English composer (b. 1874)
1935 - Sir Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer (b. 1868)
1940 - Joe De Grasse, American film director (b. 1873)
1943 - Nils von Dardel, Swedish post-impressionist painter (b. 1888)
1951 - Paula von Preradović, Croatian-born writer (b. 1887)
1954 - Robert Capa, Hungarian-born photojournalist (b. 1913)
1965 - Sonny Boy Williamson, (Alec "Rice" Miller) American Blues singer, songwriter, and musician (b. 1899)
1968 - Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (b. 1881)
1977 - Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (b. 1904)
1979 - John Arthur Spenkelink, American murderer (b. 1949)
1981 - Fredric Warburg, British publisher and author (b. 1898)
1983 - Jean Rougeau, French Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1925)
1983 - Black Jack Stewart,Canadian NHL hockey player (b. 1917)
1986 - Chester Bowles, American politician (b. 1901)
1988 - Ernst Ruska, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
1994 - Sonny Sharrock, American jazz guitarist (b. 1940)
1995 - Dany Robin, French actress (b. 1927)
1996 - Renzo De Felice, Italian historian (b. 1929)
1996 - Bradley Nowell, American singer and guitarist (Sublime) (b. 1968)
2000 - Nicholas Clay, British actor (b. 1946)
2002 - Pat Coombs, English actress (b. 1926)
2003 - Jeremy Michael Ward, American musician (The Mars Volta) (b. 1976)
2004 - Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (b. 1917)
2005 - Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician (b. 1929)
2005 - Robert Jankel, British coachbuilder (b. 1938)
2005 - Graham Kennedy, Australian television personality (b. 1934)
2005 - Ruth Laredo, American pianist (b. 1937)
2005 - Gregory Scott Johnson, American murderer (b. 1965)
2006 - Desmond Dekker, Jamaican ska musician (b. 1941)
2007 - Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor and host (b. 1931)

Holidays and observances
Argentina - Day of May Revolution/National Day (1810)
Africa Day commemorating the 1963 fouding of he AU's precursor, OAU
Chad, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe - African Liberation Day
Lebanon, Liberation Day (2000)
The former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - Day of Youth
Ancient Latvia - Urbanas Diena observed


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May 26th

May 26 is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 219 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events
451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place. The Armenians are defeated militarily but are guaranteed freedom to openly practice Christianity.
1293 - An earthquake strikes Kamakura, Japan, killing about 30,000.
1328 - William of Ockham, Franciscan Minister-General Michael of Cesena and two other Franciscan leaders secretly leave Avignon, fearing a death sentence from Pope John XXII.
1538 - Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years.
1637 - Pequot War: A combined Protestant and Mohegan force under German Captain John Mason attacks a Pequot village in Connecticut, massacring approximately 500 Native Americans.
1647 - Alse Young becomes the first person executed as a witch in the American colonies, when she is hanged in Hartford, Connecticut.
1670 - In Dover, England, Charles II of Great Britain and Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover.
1736 - Battle of Ackia: British and Chickasaw soldiers repel a French and Choctaw attack on the Chickasaw village of Ackia, near present-day Tupelo, Mississippi. The French, under Louisiana governor Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, had sought to link Louisiana with Acadia and the other northern colonies of New France.
1770 - The Orlov Revolt, a first attempt to revolt against the Turks before the Greek War of Independence ends in disaster for the Greeks.
1805 - Napoléon Bonaparte assumes the title of King of Italy and is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in the Duomo di Milano gothic cathedral in Milan.
1828 - Mysterious feral child Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg.
1830 - The Indian Removal Act is passed by the U.S. Congress; it is signed into law by President Andrew Jackson two days later.
1857 - Dred Scott is emancipated by the Blow family, his original owners.
1864 - Montana is organized as a United States territory.
1865 - American Civil War: Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas.
1868 - The impeachment trial of U.S. President Andrew Johnson ends, with Johnson being found not guilty by one vote.
1869 - Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1879 - Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
1889 - Opening of the first Eiffel Tower elevator to the public.
1894 - Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia.
1896 - Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
1896 - James Dunham murders six people in Campbell, California.
1906 - Vauxhall Bridge is opened in London.
1908 - At Masjed Soleyman (مسجد سليمان) in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.
1913 - Emily Duncan becomes Great Britain's first woman magistrate.
1917 - A powerful F4 tornado rips Mattoon, Illinois apart, killing 101 people and injuring 689. It was the world's longest-lasting tornado, lasting for over 7 hours and traveling 293 miles, spreading death and destruction along its path.
1918 - The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.
1928 - The first motion picture is projected publicly in Athens, Greece.
1936 - In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he spoke for 10 hours.
1938 - The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
1940 - World War II: Battle of Dunkirk – In France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France.
1942 - World War II: The Battle of Bir Hakeim takes place.
1948 - The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 557 which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force.
1966 - British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
1969 - Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.
1970 - The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
1972 - Willandra National Park is established in Australia.
1972 - The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
1972 - The British state-owned travel firm Thomas Cook & Son is sold to a consortium of private businesses headed by the Midland Bank.
1977 - George Willig climbs the South Tower of New York City's World Trade Center.
1978 - In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Resorts International, the first legal casino in the eastern United States, opens.
1981 - The Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due).
1983 - A strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Japan, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 104 people, injures thousands. Many people go missing and thousands of buildings are destroyed.
1986 - The European Community adopts the European flag.
1991 - Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
1991 - Lauda Air Flight 004 explodes over rural Thailand, killing 223.
1992 - Charles Geschke, co-founder of Adobe Systems, Inc. is kidnapped at gunpoint from the Adobe parking lot in Mountain View, California for $650,000 and is held hostage in a rented house in Hollister, California. The FBI rescues him four days later.
1998 - The United States Supreme Court rules that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.
2002 - The Mars Odyssey finds signs of large ice deposits on the planet Mars.
2002 - Álvaro Uribe becomes President of Colombia.
2003 - Only three days after a previous record, Sherpa Lakpa Gelu climbs Mount Everest in 10 hours 56 minutes. The tourism ministry of Nepal confirms this record in July that year.
2004 - The New York Times publishes an admission of journalistic failings, claiming that its flawed reporting and lack of skeptism towards sources during the buildup to the 2003 war in Iraq helped promote the belief that Iraq possessed large stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction.
2004 - The United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
2006 - The May 2006 Java earthquake kills over 5,700 people, leaves 200,000 homeless.

Births1264 - Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)
1478 - Pope Clement VII (d. 1534)
1566 - Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)
1602 - Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)
1650 - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, British general (d. 1722)
1667 - Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (d. 1754)
1669 - Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)
1689 - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (d. 1762)
1700 - Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German religious and social reformer (d. 1760)
1764 - Edward Livingston, American jurist and statesman (d. 1836)
1799 - Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian author (d. 1837)
1822 - Edmond de Goncourt, French writer (d. 1896)
1863 - Robert Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. 1917)
1865 - Robert W. Chambers, American artist (d. 1933)
1867 - Mary of Teck, wife of George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1953)
1873 - Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian artist (d. 1958)
1883 - Mamie Smith, American singer (d. 1946)
1886 - Al Jolson, American singer (d. 1950)
1893 - Norma Talmadge, American actress (d. 1957)
1893 - Eugène Aynsley Goossens, English conductor and composer (d. 1962)
1895 - Dorothea Lange, American photographer (d. 1965)
1895 - Paul Lukas, Hungarian actor (d. 1971)
1899 - Antonio Barrette, French Canadian politician (d. 1968)
1904 - George Formby, English singer and comedian (d. 1961)
1904 - Vlado Perlemuter, Polish pianist (d. 2002)
1907 - Jean Bernard, French physician (d. 2006)
1907 - John Wayne, American actor (d. 1979)
1908 - Robert Morley, English actor (d. 1992)
1908 - Nguyen Ngoc Tho, Prime Minister of South Vietnam
1909 - Sir Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1994)
1909 - Nikolay Guryanov, Russian Orthodox Christian mystic and priest (d. 2002)
1909 - Adolfo López Mateos, President of Mexico (d. 1969)
1911 - Ben Alexander, American actor (d. 1969)
1912 - János Kádár, Prime minister of Hungary (d. 1989)
1912 - Jay Silverheels, American actor (d. 1980)
1913 - Peter Cushing, English actor (d. 1994)
1914 - Frankie Manning, American Lindy Hop dancer
1915 - Sam Edwards, American actor (d. 2004)
1915 - Antonia Forest, British children's author (d. 2003)
1916 - Moondog, American composer, musician and poet (d. 1999)
1916 - Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist (d. 1972)
1917 - Eva Szorenyi, Hungarian actress, freedom activist for Hungary
1918 - Anton Christoforidis, Greek boxer (d. 1985)
1920 - Peggy Lee, American singer (d. 2002)
1923 - James Arness, American actor
1923 - Roy Dotrice, British actor
1932 - Grigor Vachkov, Bulgarian actor (d. 1980)
1935 - Sheila Steafel, South African-born British actress
1938 - William Bolcom, American composer
1938 - Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Russian playwright and novelist
1938 - Teresa Stratas, Canadian soprano
1939 - Merab Kostava, Georgian anti-Soviet leader
1939 - Brent Musburger, American sports broadcaster
1940 - Monique Gagnon-Tremblay, French Canadian politician
1940 - Levon Helm, American musician (The Band)
1941 - Reg Bundy, British performer (d. 2003)
1941 - Cliff Drysdale, South African tennis player
1941 - John Kaufman, sculptor
1943 - Erica Terpstra, President of the Dutch Olympic Committee
1944 - Sam Posey, American race car driver, TV commentator and author
1945 - Garry Peterson, Canadian drummer (The Guess Who)
1946 - Neshka Robeva, Bulgarian Rhythmic gymnas and coach.
1946 - Mick Ronson, English musician (d. 1993)
1948 - Stevie Nicks, American songwriter
1949 - Ward Cunningham, American computer programmer and inventor
1949 - Pam Grier, American actress
1949 - Philip Michael Thomas, American actor
1949 - Hank Williams Jr., American singer
1951 - Sally Ride, American astronaut
1951 - Madeleine Taylor-Quinn, Irish politician
1952 - David Meece, Christian musician
1953 - Michael Portillo, British politician
1954 - Alan Hollinghurst, British novelist
1954 - Danny Rolling, American murderer (d. 2006)
1955 - Masaharu Morimoto, Japanese chef
1955 - Wesley Walker, American football player
1956 - Frédéric Dutoit, French politician
1957 - Margaret Colin, American actress
1957 - François Legault, French Canadian politician
1957 - Kristina Olsen, American musician
1957 - Roberto Ravaglia, Italian racing driver
1957 - Pontso S.M. Sekatle, Lesotho academic and politician
1959 - Steve Hanley, English musician (The Fall, Tom Hingley and the Lovers)
1959 - Ole Bornedal, Danish film director, actor and producer
1960 - Masahiro Matsunaga, Japanese racing driver
1960 - Rob Murphy, American baseball player
1961 - Tarsem Singh, Indian film director
1962 - Genie Francis, American actress
1962 - Bobcat Goldthwait, American actor
1962 - Colin Vearncombe, English singer,(Black)
1964 - Caitlín R. Kiernan, Irish-American writer
1964 - Lenny Kravitz, American musician
1965 - Hazel Irvine, British television presenter
1966 - Helena Bonham Carter, English actress
1966 - Zola Budd, South African athlete
1967 - Phil Doyle, Australian writer
1968 - Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
1968 - Pat Kenney, American professional wrestler
1968 - Fernando León de Aranoa, Spanish film director
1968 - Steve Sedgley, English footballer
1969 - John Baird, Canadian politician
1969 - Musetta Vander, South African actress
1970 - Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese cartoonist
1971 - Matt Stone, American television producer
1972 - Patsy Palmer, British actress
1974 - Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer
1975 - Travis Lee, American baseball player
1976 - Justin Pierre, American singer (Motion City Soundtrack)
1977 - Mark Hunter, American musician (Chimaira)
1977 - Misaki Ito, Japanese actress
1977 - Luca Toni, Italian footballer
1978 - Phil Elverum, American singer-songwriter
1979 - Elisabeth Harnois, American actress
1979 - Mehmet Okur (Memo), Turkish basketball player
1979 - Ashley Massaro, American model and professional wrestler
1981 - Eda-Ines Etti, Estonian singer
1981 - Irini Merkouri, Greek singer
1982 - Yoko Matsugane, Japanese model
1988 - Joel Selwood, Australian footballer
1991 - Julianna Rose Mauriello, American actress

Deaths
604 - Augustine of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
818 - Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)
946 - King Edmund I of England (b. 921)
1055 - Margrave Adalbert of Austria
1421 - Mehmed I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1389)
1512 - Bayezid II, Ottoman Sultan
1536 - Francesco Berni, Italian poet
1595 - Philip Neri, Italian churchman (b. 1515)
1647 - Alse Young, American "witch"
1648 - Vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597)
1653 - Robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588)
1679 - Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)
1685 - Karl II, Elector Palatine (b. 1651)
1703 - Samuel Pepys, English civil servant and diarist (b. 1633)
1742 - Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (b. 1672)
1762 - Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (b. 1714)
1799 - James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (b. 1714)
1814 - Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, officially named the Guillotine (b. 1789)
1824 - Capel Lofft, English writer (b. 1751)
1831 - Ciro Menotti, Italian patriot (b. 1798)
1840 - Sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764)
1881 - Jakob Bernays, German philologist (b. 1824)
1883 - Abd al-Qadir, Algerian political and military leader (b. 1808)
1883 - Edward Sabine, Irish astronomer (b. 1788)
1902 - Almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839)
1904 - Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (b. 1857)
1907 - Ida McKinley, First Lady of the United States (b. 1847)
1908 - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, founder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam (b. 1835)
1924 - Victor Herbert, Irish composer (b. 1859)
1926 - Simon Petlyura, Ukrainian independence fighter (b. 1879)
1933 - Horatio Bottomley, British financier and politician (b. 1860)
1933 - Jimmie Rodgers, American singer (b. 1897)
1939 - Charles Horace Mayo, American medical practitioner (Mayo Clinic) (b. 1865)
1943 - Edsel Ford, American automobile executive (b. 1893)
1948 - Theodore Morell, Hitler's personal physician (b. 1886)
1951 - Lincoln Ellsworth, American scientist (b. 1880)
1954 - Lionel Conacher, Canadian athlete (b. 1900)
1955 - Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver and two-time F1 world champion (b. 1918)
1968 - Little Willie John, American singer (b. 1937)
1969 - Paul Hawkins, Australian racing driver (b. 1937)
1969 - Allan H. Loughead, American aviation pioneer (Lockheed Corporation; b. 1889)
1974 - Silvio Moser, Swiss racing driver (b. 1941)
1976 - Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (b. 1889)
1976 - Juan Maino, Chilean leader of MAPU, "disappeared"
1977 - William Powell, American singer (The O'Jays) (b. 1942)
1978 - Cybele, Greek actress (b. 1887)
1979 - George Brent, British actor (b. 1899)
1989 - Don Revie, Former footballer and England and Leeds United Manager (b. 1927)
1999 - Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (b. 1906)
1999 - Waldo Semon, American inventor (b. 1898)
2001 - Vittorio Brambilla, Italian racing driver (b. 1937)
2001 - Anne Haney, American actress (b. 1934)
2001 - Moven Enock Mahachi, Defence Minister of Zimbabwe (b. 1952)
2002 - Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (b. 1932)
2003 - Kathleen Winsor, American writer (b. 1919)
2004 - Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, Russian astronomer (b. 1931)
2004 - Dullah Omar, South African lawyer (b. 1934)
2005 - Eddie Albert, American actor (b. 1906)
2005 - Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1928)
2006 - Édouard Michelin, CEO of Michelin (b. 1963)
2006 - Kevin O'Flanagan, Irish athlete and physician (b. 1919)
2007 - J Edward Oliver, cartoonist and composer (b. 1942)

Holidays and observances
Australia - National Sorry Day
Poland - Mother's Day
Georgia - National Day


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May 27th

May 27 is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 218 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events
927 - Battle of the Bosnian Highlands Simeon I of Bulgaria decisively defeated by King Tomislav of Croatia
1120 - Richard III of Capua anointed as prince a fortnight before his untimely death.
1153 - Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland.
1328 - Philip VI is crowned King of France.
1647 - Peter Stuyvesant was inaugurated as Director-General of New Netherland.
1703 - Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
1798 - The Battle of Oulart Hill occurs in Wexford, Ireland.
1812 - South American Wars of Independence: In Bolivia, the battle of La Coronilla, in which the women from Cochabamba fought against the Spanish army.
1813 - War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
1849 - The Great Hall of Euston station, London opened.
1860 - Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian Unification.
1883 - Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
1895 - Oscar Wilde is sent to prison for sodomy.
1896 - The F4-strength St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri and East Saint Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and incurring $2.9 billion in damages (1997USD).
1905 - Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
1907 - A Bubonic plague outbreak begins in San Francisco, California.
1908 - Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Din elected first Khalifa of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
1919 - The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.
1927 - The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacturing the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make Ford Model A's.
1930 - The 1,046 feet (319 meters) tall Chrysler Building in New York (tallest man-made structure at the time) opens to the public.
1933 - New Deal: The U.S. Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission.
1933 - The Walt Disney Company releases the cartoon The Three Little Pigs, with its hit song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"
1933 - The Century of Progress World's Fair opens in Chicago.
1935 - New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in the case A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (295 U.S. 495).
1937 - In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County.
1939 - DC Comics publishes its second superhero in Detective Comics #27; he is Batman, one of the most topical comic book superheroes of all time.
1940 - World War II: Le Paradis massacre. 97 out of 99 members of a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops.
1941 - World War II: U.S. President Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency".
1941 - World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic killing almost 2,100 men.
1942 - World War II: Operation Anthropoid - assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in Prague
1957 - Toronto's 1050 CHUM AM becomes Canada's first radio station to only broadcast top 40 Rock n' Roll music format.
1958 - The F-4 Phantom II flies for the first time.
1960 - In Turkey, a military coup removed President Celal Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.
1964 - Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru dies in office.
1965 - Vietnam War: United States warships begin bombardments of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam for the first time.
1967 - Australians vote in favour of a constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians, and to count them in the national census.
1967 - The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) is christened by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline.
1968 - the meeting of the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France (national Union of the students of France), most outstanding of the events of May 1968, proceeds and gathers 30.000 to 50.000 people in the Stade Sebastien Charlety.
1971 - The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal.
1975 - Dibble's Bridge coach crash near Grassington, North Yorkshire, England killed 32 (highest ever death toll in a United Kingdom road accident).
1980 - The Gwangju Massacre: airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.
1995 - In Culpeper, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition.
1996 - First Chechnya War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire in the war.
1997 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Paula Jones can pursue her sex harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton while he is in office.
1997 - A F5 tornado strikes Jarrell, Texas killing 27 people
1998 - Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
1999 - The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
2006 - The May 2006 Java earthquake strikes at 5:53:58 AM local time (22:53:58 UTC May 26) devastating Bantul and the city of Yogyakarta killing over 6,600 people.

Births
1332 - Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (d. 1406)
1519 - Girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594)
1576 - Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649)
1601 - Antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648)
1623 - William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687)
1626 - William II, Prince of Orange (d. 1650)
1651 - Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729)
1652 - Liselotte von der Pfalz, Duchess of Orléans (d. 1722)
1738 - Nathaniel Gorham, American politician (d. 1796)
1756 - King Maximilian I of Bavaria (d. 1825)
1794 - Cornelius Vanderbilt, American entrepreneur (d. 1877)
1818 - Amelia Bloomer, American suffragette (d. 1894)
1819 - Julia Ward Howe, American composer (d. 1910)
1820 - Mathilde Bonaparte, French princess and socialite (d. 1904)
1827 - Samuel F. Miller, American politician (d. 1892)
1836 - Jay Gould, American financier (d. 1892)
1837 - Wild Bill Hickok, American gunfighter (d. 1876)
1837 - Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter (d. 1887)
1860 - Manuel Teixeira Gomes, 7th President of Portugal (d. 1941)
1864 - Ante Trumbić, Croatian politician (d. 1938)
1867 - Arnold Bennett, British novelist (d. 1931)
1871 - Georges Rouault, French painter and graphic artist (d. 1958)
1876 - Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer (d. 1945)
1878 - Isadora Duncan, American dancer (d. 1927)
1879 - Hans Lammers, German SS officer (d. 1962)
1884 - Max Brod, Austrian author (d. 1968)
1888 - Louis Durey, French composer (d. 1979)
1891 - Claude Champagne, French-Canadian composer (d. 1965)
1893 - Hermann Dörnemann, German supercentarian (d. 2005)
1894 - Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French writer (d. 1961)
1894 - Dashiell Hammett, American author (d. 1961)
1897 - John Cockcroft, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
1900 - Uładzimir Zylka, Belarusian poet (d. 1933)
1904 - Chuhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (d. 1997)
1907 - Rachel Carson, American biologist and science writer (d. 1964)
1911 - Hubert H. Humphrey, American politician (d. 1978)
1911 - Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born Israeli politician (d. 2007)
1911 - Vincent Price, American actor (d. 1993)
1912 - John Cheever, American author (d. 1982)
1912 - Sam Snead, American golfer (d. 2002)
1912 - Terry Moore, American baseball player (d. 1995)
1913 - Wols, German painter (d. 1951)
1915 - Herman Wouk, American writer
1918 - Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese politician
1921 - Caryl Chessman, American robber and rapist (d. 1960)
1922 - Christopher Lee, English actor
1923 - Henry Kissinger, United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1923 - Sumner Redstone, American entrepreneur
1925 - Tony Hillerman, American writer
1930 - John Barth, American novelist
1930 - William S. Sessions, American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
1933 - Ted Rogers, Canadian entrepreneur
1934 - Harlan Ellison, American author
1935 - Lee Meriwether, Miss America and actress
1935 - Ramsey Lewis, American pianist
1935 - Mal Evans, British Beatles assistant (d. 1976)
1936 - Louis Gossett Jr., American actor
1936 - Marcel Masse, Canadian politician
1937 - Allan Carr, American film producer and writer (d. 1999)
1939 - Socratis Kokkalis, Greek businessman
1942 - Lee Baca, American law enforcement official
1943 - Cilla Black, English singer and presenter
1943 - Bruce Weitz, American actor
1944 - Christopher Dodd, American politician
1944 - Alain Souchon, French singer and songwriter
1945 - Bruce Cockburn, Canadian musician
1946 - Lewis Collins, English actor
1946 - Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish musician (d. 2005)
1947 - Branko Oblak, Slovenian footballer
1948 - Wubbo de Boer, Dutch civil servant
1951 - Ana Belén, Spanish singer and actress
1954 - Pauline Hanson, Australian politician
1954 - Jackie Slater, American football player
1955 - Richard Schiff, American actor
1955 - Eric Bischoff, American professional wrestling promoter
1956 - Cynthia McFadden, American television anchor
1957 - Siouxsie Sioux, English musician (Siouxsie and the Banshees)
1957 - Duncan Goodhew, English Olympic Games gold medalist swimmer
1958 - Neil Finn, New Zealand singer and songwriter (Split Enz, Crowded House)
1958 - Linnea Quigley, American actress
1961 - Peri Gilpin, American actress
1962 - Ray Borner, Australian basketball player
1962 - Steven Brill, American film writer and director
1964 - Adam Carolla, American comedian and television personality
1965 - Todd Bridges, American actor
1967 - Paul Gascoigne, English footballer
1968 - Jeff Bagwell, American baseball player
1968 - Frank Thomas, American baseball player
1969 - Jeremy Mayfield, American race car driver
1970 - Tim Farron, British politician
1970 - Joseph Fiennes, English actor
1970 - Michele Bartoli, Italian cyclist
1971 - Paul Bettany, English actor
1971 - Wayne Carey, Australian rules footballer
1971 - Kaur Kender, Estonian author
1971 - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, American singer (TLC) (d. 2002)
1971 - Glenn Ross, Northern Irish strongman
1971 - Monika Schnarre, Canadian model
1972 - Ivete Sangalo, Brazilian singer
1972 - Todd Demsey, American golfer
1973 - Jack McBrayer, American actor and comedian
1974 - Derek Webb, American singer and songwriter (Caedmon's Call)
1974 - Danny Wuerffel, American football player
1975 - André 3000, American musician (OutKast)
1975 - Michael Hussey, Australian cricketer
1975 - Jadakiss, American rapper (The Lox)
1975 - Jamie Oliver, British chef and television personality
1976 - RJD2, American hip-hop producer
1976 - Anita Blonde, Hungarian porn star
1977 - Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian athlete
1977 - Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer
1977 - Tommie van der Leegte, Dutch footballer
1978 - Adin Brown, American soccer player
1979 - Mile Sterjovski, Australian footballer
1981 - Özgür Çevik, Turkish singer and actor
1981 - Johan Elmander, Swedish footballer
1981 - Miloy, Angolan footballer
1981 - Fivos Constantinou, Cypriot distance runner
1983 - Bobby Convey, American soccer player
1984 - Kalle Spjuth, Swedish bandy player
1984 - Blake Ahearn, NBA basketball player
1985 - Chien-Ming Chiang, Taiwanese baseball player
1990 - Ekaterina Zaikina, Russian figure-skater


Deaths
366 - Procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326)
735 - Bede, English historian and theologian (b. 672 or 673)
866 - Ordoño I of Asturias, King of Asturias (b. 831)
927 - Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria (b. 864 or 865)
1039 - Dirk III, Count of Holland
1444 - John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (b. 1404)
1508 - Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1452)
1525 - Thomas Muentzer, German rebel leader
1541 - Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury (b. 1473)
1564 - John Calvin, French religious reformer (b. 1509)
1610 - François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578)
1615 - Marguerite de Valois, queen of Henry IV of France (b. 1553)
1661 - Archibald Campbell, Scottish religious dissident (b. 1607)
1675 - Gaspard Dughet, French painter (b. 1613)
1690 - Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer (b. 1626)
1702 - Dominique Bouhours, French critic (b. 1628)
1707 - Marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640)
1781 - Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (b. 1716)
1797 - François-Noël Babeuf, French revolutionary (b. 1760)
1831 - Jedediah Smith, American explorer (b. 1799)
1840 - Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1782)
1896 - Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist (b. 1839)
1910 - Robert Koch, German physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1843)
1919 - Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian social activist (b. 1848)
1926 - Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
1941 - Gunther Lutjens, German admiral, died in sinking of the German battleship Bismarck (b. 1889)
1941 - Ernst Lindemann, German captain, died in sinking of the German battleship Bismarck (b. 1894)
1947 - Ed Konetchy, American baseball player (b. 1885)
1949 - Robert Ripley, American cartoonist (Ripley's Believe It or Not!) (b. 1890)
1953 - Jesse Burkett, American baseball player (b. 1868)
1960 - James Montgomery Flagg, American illustrator (b. 1877)
1963 - Gregoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (b. 1912)
1964 - Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian politician (b. 1889)
1967 - Ernst Niekisch, German politician (b. 1889)
1969 - Jeffrey Hunter, American actor (b. 1926)
1973 - P.Ramlee, Malaysian actor,singer and songwriter (b. 1922)
1984 - Vincent James McMahon, was a U.S. professional wrestling promoter.
1986 - Isma'il Raji' al-Faruqi, Palestinian-born philosopher (b. 1921)
1987 - John Howard Northrop, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1891)
1989 - Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet (b. 1907)
1990 - Robert B. Meyner, American politician (b. 1908)
1991 - Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (b. 1904)
1992 - Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (b. 1890)
1993 - Mary Philbin, American actress (b. 1903)
1993 - Werner Stocker, German actor (b. 1955)
2000 - Crawford Murray MacLehose of Beoch, British statesman (b. 1917)
2000 - Maurice Richard, Canadian hockey player (b. 1921)
2000 - Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer, fighter pilot, intelligence and counter-intelligence officer (b. 1912)
2001 - Ramon Bieri, American actor (b. 1929)
2003 - Luciano Berio, Italian composer (b. 1925)
2006 - Craig Heyward, American football player (b. 1966)
2006 - Paul Gleason, American actor (b. 1939)
2006 - Alex Toth, American cartoonist (b. 1928)
2006 - Rob Borsellino, American columnist (b. 1949)
2006 - Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Indian actor (b. 1944)
2007 - Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (b. 1967)
2007 - Ed Yost, American inventor (b. 1919)
2007 - Gretchen Wyler, American actress (b. 1932)

Holidays and observances
Lag Ba'omer in Judaism (2005)
Feast day of the following saints in the Christian Church:
Augustine of Canterbury
Saint Julius the Veteran
Pope John I
Hildebert
Bruno, Bishop of Würzburg
Eutropius
Mother's Day in Bolivia (Día de la Madre) and Sweden (Mors Dag)
Children's Day in Nigeria


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May 28th

May 28 is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 217 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events
585 BC - A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated.
1503 - James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor are married according to a Papal Bull by Pope Alexander VI. A Treaty of Everlasting Peace between Scotland and England signed on that occasion results in a peace that lasts ten years.
1533 - The Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer declares the marriage of King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn valid.
1588 - The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port).
1644 - Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of the Earl of Derby.
1754 - French and Indian War: in the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under 22-year-old Lieutenant Colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
1774 - American Revolutionary War: the first Continental Congress convenes.
1830 - President Andrew Jackson signs The Indian Removal Act which relocates Native Americans.
1863 - American Civil War: the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first African American regiment, leaves Boston, Massachusetts, to fight for the Union.
1892 - In San Francisco, California, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
1905 - Russo-Japanese War: the Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Togo Heihachiro and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
1918 - The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic declares its independence
1926 - 28th May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
1930 - The Chrysler Building in New York City officially opens.
1934 - Near Callander, Ontario, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Olivia and Elzire Dionne, later becoming the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
1934 - The Glyndebourne festival in England is inaugurated.
1936 - Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
1937 - The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, DC, who pushes a button signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the span.
1937 - Neville Chamberlain becomes British Prime Minister.
1940 - World War II: Belgium surrenders to Germany.
1940 - World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik. This is the first allied infantry victory of World War II.
1942 - World War II: in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazis in Czechoslovakia kill over 1800 people.
1952 - Memphis Kiddie Park opens in Brooklyn, Ohio. The park's Little Dipper roller coaster would become the oldest operating steel roller coaster in North America.
1952 - The women of Greece are given the right to vote.
1955 - Henry Bolte becomes Premier of the state of Victoria.
1961 - Peter Benenson's article "The Forgotten Prisoners" is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International.
1964 - The Palestine Liberation Organization is formed.
1970 - The formerly united Free University of Brussels officially splits into two separate entities, the French-speaking Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Dutch-speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
1974 - Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.
1975 - Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States.
1977 - In Southgate, Kentucky, the Beverly Hills Supper Club is engulfed in fire, killing 165 people inside.
1978 - Second round of the presidential elections in Upper Volta. The election is won by incumbent Sangoulé Lamizana.
1979 - Constantine Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community.
1982 - Falklands War: British forces defeat the Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green.
1987 - 19-year-old West German pilot Mathias Rust evades Soviet Union air defenses and lands a private plane in Red Square in Moscow. He is immediately detained and is not released until August 3, 1988.
1987 - A robot probe finds the wreckage of the USS Monitor near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
1991 - The capital city of Addis Ababa, falls to the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, ending both the Derg regime in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Civil War.
1995 - The Russian town of Neftegorsk is hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that kills at least 2,000 people, ⅔ of total population.
1996 - U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, James McDougal and Susan McDougal, and Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud.
1998 - Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of Indian nuclear tests with five of its own, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions.
1999 - In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece "The Last Supper" is put back on display.
1999 - Two Swedish police officers are murdered with their own fire arms by the bank robbers Jackie Arklöv and Tony Olsson after a dramatic car chase.
2002 - NATO declares Russia a limited partner in the Western alliance.
2003 - Peter Hollingworth becomes the first Governor-General of Australia to resign his office as a result of criticism of his conduct.
2004 - The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, to become prime minister of Iraq's interim government.

Births
1140 - Xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207)
1371 - John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1419)
1524 - Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574)
1582 - William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662)
1588 - Pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672)
1641 - Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693)
1660 - King George I of Great Britain (d. 1727)
1676 - Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (d. 1754)
1692 - Joseph Butler, English philosopher (d. 1752)
1738 - Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician (d. 1814)
1759 - William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1806)
1779 - Thomas Moore, Irish poet (d. 1852)
1807 - Louis Agassiz, Swiss-born zoologist and geologist (d. 1873)
1818 - Pierre Beauregard, American Confederate general (d. 1893)
1836 - Alexander Mitscherlich, German chemist (d. 1918)
1837 - George Ashlin, Irish architect (d. 1921)
1837 - Tony Pastor, American vaudeville performer (d. 1908)
1853 - Carl Larsson, Swedish painter (d. 1919)
1858 - Carl Rickard Nyberg, Swedish inventor (d. 1939)
1872 - Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist (d. 1917)
1878 - Paul Pelliot, French sinologist (d. 1945)
1883 - Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian activist (d. 1966)
1883 - Clough Williams-Ellis, Welsh architect (d. 1978)
1884 - Edvard Beneš, Czech politician (d. 1948)
1886 - Santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-born American mobster (d. 1954)
1888 - Jim Thorpe, American athlete (d. 1953)
1888 - Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian Prime Minister (d. 1942)
1889 - Richard Réti, Austrian-Czech chess grandmaster (d. 1929)
1892 - Sepp Dietrich, German SS officer (d. 1966)
1900 - Tommy Ladnier, American musician (d. 1939)
1908 - Ian Fleming, English author (d. 1964)
1909 - Red Horner, Canadian hockey player (d. 2005)
1910 - T-Bone Walker, American singer (d. 1975)
1910 - Lady Rachel Kempson, English actress (d. 2003)
1911 - Thora Hird, British actress (d. 2003)
1911 - Fritz Hochwälder, Austrian author (d. 1986)
1912 - Patrick White, Australian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1990)
1912 - Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist and politician (d. 1992)
1914 - W. G. G. Duncan Smith, British World War II pilot (d. 1996)
1915 - Joseph Greenberg, American linguist (d. 2001)
1916 - Walker Percy, American author (d. 1990)
1917 - Papa John Creech, American musician (d. 1994)
1918 - Johnny Wayne, Canadian comedian (Wayne and Shuster) (d. 1990)
1921 - Heinz G. Konsalik, German author (d. 1999)
1922 - Lou Duva, American boxing trainer
1923 - György Ligeti, Hungarian composer (d. 2006)
1923 - Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Indian actor and politician (d. 1998)
1925 - Bülent Ecevit, Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 2006)
1925 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German baritone
1931 - Carroll Baker, American actress
1934 - Dionne quintuplets (Emilie d. 1954, Marie d. 1970, Yvonne d. 2001)
1936 - Betty Shabazz, American civil rights activist (d. 1997)
1936 - Claude Forget, French-Canadian politician
1938 - Jerry West, American basketball player
1938 - Prince Buster, Jamaican musician
1941 - Beth Howland, American actress
1942 - Stanley B. Prusiner, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1943 - Terry Crisp, Canadian hockey coach
1943 - Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano (d. 2004)
1944 - Rudy Giuliani, American politician
1944 - Gladys Knight, American singer and actress
1944 - Patricia Quinn, Northern Irish actress
1944 - Billy Vera, American actor and musician
1944 - Faith Brown, British actress
1945 - John Fogerty, American musician (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
1945 - Gary Stewart, American singer (d. 2003)
1945 - Hunter "Patch" Adams, American doctor
1945 - John N. Bambacus, American politician
1946 - Satchidanandan, Indian poet
1946 - Skip Jutze, American baseball player
1947 - Sondra Locke, American actress
1947 - Zahi Hawass, Egyptian Egyptologist
1949 - Wendy O. Williams, American musician (The Plasmatics) (d. 1998)
1950 - Ian Bradley, British writer and academic
1950 - Jim Harris, American professional wrestler
1952 - Russell J. Wintner, American film executive
1953 - Arto Lindsay, American guitarist and singer
1954 - John Tory, Canadian politician
1954 - Youri Egorov, Soviet classical pianist (d.1988)
1955 - John McGeoch, Scottish musician (Siouxsie and the Banshees) (d. 2004)
1955 - Mark Howe, American ice hockey player
1956 - Julie Peasgood, British actress
1956 - Jerry Douglas, American dobro player
1956 - Markus Höttinger, Austrian racing driver (d. 1980)
1957 - Kirk Gibson, American baseball player
1957 - Ben Howland, American college basketball coach
1959 - John Morgan, British etiquette expert (d. 2000)
1961 - Roland Gift, English musician (Fine Young Cannibals)
1962 - Brandon Cruz, American actor
1962 - James Michael Tyler, American actor
1963 - Houman Younessi, Iranian-born scientist
1963 - Gavin Harrison, British drummer (Porcupine Tree)
1964 - Jeff Fenech, Australian boxer
1964 - Christa Miller, American actress
1964 - David Baddiel, British comedian and television presenter
1964 - Phil Vassar, American country music singer
1965 - Chris Ballew, American musician
1967 - Glen Rice, American basketball player
1968 - Kylie Minogue, Australian actress and singer
1969 - Mike DiFelice, American baseball player
1969 - Justin Kirk, American actor
1970 - Morgan Fox, Canadian model and 1990 Playboy playmate
1970 - Ian Cashmore, English actor and paranormal investigator
1970 - Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (d. 2002)
1971 - Isabelle Carré, French actress
1971 - Ekaterina Gordeeva, Russian figure skater
1972 - Michael Boogerd, Dutch cyclist
1972 - Guidoni Junior Doriva, Brazilian footballer
1975 - Charmaine Sheh, Hong Kong actress
1976 - Liam O'Brien, American voice actor
1976 - Alexei Nemov, Russian gymnast
1976 - Glenn Morrison, Rugby League Player
1977 - Jeremy Borash, American professional wrestling announcer
1977 - Elisabeth Hasselbeck, American television panelist (The View)
1979 - Jesse Bradford, American actor
1979 - Monica Keena, American actress
1979 - Ronald Curry, American football player
1980 - Mark Feehily, Irish musician (Westlife)
1980 - Miguel Pérez, Spanish footballer
1981 - Adam Green, American singer and songwriter
1981 - Daniel Cabrera, Dominican baseball player
1982 - Alexa Davalos, American actress
1982 - Jhonny Peralta, Dominican baseball player
1983 - Joshua Houghton, Instrumental Enviornmentalist
1983 - Humberto Sanchez, Dominican baseball player
1985 - Colbie Caillat, American folk singer-songwriter
1986 - Charles N'Zogbia, French footballer
1986 - Jaslene Gonzalez, American model and reality show contestant
1986 - Michael Oher, American football player at Ole Miss
1988 - David Perron, Canadian ice hockey player

Deaths
1357 - King Afonso IV of Portugal (b. 1291)
1556 - Saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?)
1672 - John Trevor, English politician (b. 1626)
1747 - Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. 1715)
1750 - Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720)
1787 - Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer (b. 1719)
1805 - Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer (b. 1743)
1808 - Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720)
1811 - Henry Dundas, British minister (b. 1742)
1816 - Ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord
1828 - Daikokuya Kōdayū, Japanese castaway (b. 1751)
1843 - Noah Webster, American author, politician, and lexicographer (b. 1758)
1849 - Anne Brontë, English author (b. 1820)
1878 - John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)
1916 - Ivan Franko, Ukrainian writer (b. 1856)
1927 - Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter (b. 1878)
1937 - Alfred Adler, Austrian psychologist (b. 1870)
1940 - Friedrich Karl von Hessen (b. 1868)
1947 - August Eigruber, Austrian war criminal (b. 1907)
1948 - Unity Mitford, English fascist sympathizer (b. 1914)
1953 - Hori Tatsuo, Japanese writer (b. 1904)
1968 - Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov, Yakut-born Soviet sniper (b. 1908)
1971 - Audie Murphy, American actor and war hero (b. 1924)
1971 - Jean Vilar, French actor (b. 1912)
1972 - King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. 1894
1975 - Ezzard Charles, Heavyweight champion (b. 1921)
1976 - Steffan Danielsen, Faroese painter (b. 1922)
1978 - Arthur Brough, English actor (b. 1905)
1980 - Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician (b. 1895)
1981 - Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński, Archbishop of Warsaw (b. 1901)
1982 - Lt Col 'H'. Jones VC, British soldier (Falklands War) (b. 1940)
1984 - Eric Morecambe, British comedian (Morecambe and Wise) (b. 1926)
1988 - Sy Oliver, Jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader (b. 1910)
1993 - Billy Conn, American boxer and actor (b. 1917)
1994 - Julius Boros, American golfer (b. 1920)
1994 - Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American writer (b. 1916)
1998 - Phil Hartman, Canadian actor, comedian (b. 1948)
2001 - Francisco Varela, Chilean biologist and philosopher (b. 1946)
2001 - Joe Moakley, American politician (b. 1927)
2002 - Jean Berger, German-born composer (b. 1909)
2003 - Oleg Makarov, cosmonaut (b. 1933)
2003 - Ilya Prigogine, Russian-born physicist and chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1917)
2003 - Martha Scott, American actress (b. 1912)
2004 - Umberto Agnelli, Swiss-born automobile executive (b. 1934)
2006 - Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian author and ski jumper (b. 1920)
2007 - Marquise Hill, American football player (b. 1982)
2007 - Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Japanese politician (b. 1945)
2008 - David Mitton, Scottish-born director (b. 1938 )

Holidays and observancesFeast day of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church:
Germain of Paris
Augustine of Canterbury
William of Gellone
Bernard of Menthon
Lanfranc
Republic Day in Azerbaijan and Armenia (both 1918).
National Flag Day in the Republic of the Philippines


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May 29th

May 29 is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 216 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events
363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sassanid capital, but is unable to take the city.
1167 - Battle of Monte Porzio - A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel
1176 - Battle of Legnano, in which the Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.
1414 - Council of Constance.
1453 - Byzantine-Ottoman Wars: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.
1592 - At the Battle of Sacheon, the Korean navy led by Admiral Yi Sun Shin, repel a Japanese army which outnumbers them nearly 3 to 1.
1660 - English Restoration: Charles II (on his birthday - see below) is restored to the throne of Great Britain.
1677 - Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local Indians.
1727 - Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia.
1733 - Right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves upheld at Quebec City.
1765 - Patrick Henry in a speech (on his birthday, see below) denouncing the Stamp Act is believed to have said, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"
1780 - Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton brutally massacred Colonel Abraham Buford's continentals even after the continentals surrendered. 113 Americans were killed.
1790 - Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state.
1848 - Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
1864 - Emperor Maximilian of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
1867 - Austro-Hungarian agreement called Ausgleich ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which established the Austro-Hungarian Empire; on June 8 Emperor Franz Joseph was crowned King of Hungary.
1868 - The assassination of Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade.
1886 - Chemist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in the Atlanta Journal.
1903 - May coup d'etat: Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
1913 - Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris.
1914 - Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; 1,024 lives lost.
1919 - Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington's observation of a total solar eclipse in Principe and by Andrew Crommelin in Sobral, Ceará, Brazil.
1919 - Republic of Prekmurje founded
1924 - AEK Athens FC is established on the anniversary of the siege of Constantinople by the Turks.
1932 - World War I Veterans begin to assemble in Washington, DC in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
1942 - Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra record Irving Berlin's "White Christmas", the best-selling Christmas album in history, for Decca Records in Los Angeles.
1950 - St. Roch, first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia .
1953 - Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay are the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
1954 - First of the annual Bilderberg conferences.
1964 - The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian situation in Israel which leads to the formation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
1968 - Manchester United wins the European Cup, the first English Club to do so.
1972 - 26 people are killed and dozens more injured when three Japanese gunmen opened fire on crowds at Lod International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel.
1973 - Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
1982 - Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff ever to visit Canterbury Cathedral.
1985 - Heysel Stadium disaster: In Brussels, Belgium, 39 football fans die and hundreds are injured by Liverpool fans at a European Cup match.
1985 - Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
1988 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union as he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
1990 - Boris Yeltsin is elected president of the Russian SFSR by the Russian parliament.
1999 - Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
1999 - Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
2001 - U.S. Supreme Court rules that disabled golfer Casey Martin could use a cart to ride in tournaments.
2004 - The World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
2004 - The Al-Khobar massacres in Saudi Arabia kill 22.
2005 - France, one of the founders of a united Europe, resoundingly rejects the European Constitution.

Births
1594 - Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian general (d. 1632)
1627 - Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French writer and Princess(d. 1693)
1630 - Charles II of England (d. 1685)
1675 - Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (d. 1715)
1716 - Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French naturalist (d. 1800)
1722 - James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (d. 1773)
1736 - Patrick Henry, American patriot, statesman, and orator (d. 1799)
1773 - Princess Sophia of Gloucester (d. 1844)
1794 - Johann Heinrich von Mädler, German astronomer (d. 1874)
1823 - John H. Balsley, American carpenter (d. 1895)
1860 - Isaac Albéniz, Spanish composer (d. 1909)
1863 - Arthur Mold, English cricketer (d. 1921)
1874 - G. K. Chesterton, English novelist (d. 1936)
1880 - Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (d. 1936)
1892 - Alfonsina Storni, Argentine writer (d. 1938)
1893 - Max Brand, American author and war correspondent (d. 1944)
1894 - Beatrice Lillie, Canadian actress (d. 1989)
1894 - Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-born writer and film director (d. 1969)
1897 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (d. 1957)
1903 - Bob Hope, British-born comedian and actor (d. 2003)
1905 - Sebastian Shaw, English actor (d. 1994)
1906 - T.H. White, British author (d. 1964)
1907 - Hartland Molson, Canadian businessman and senator (d. 2002)
1911 - Armida, Mexican-American stage, vaudeville and film star (d. 1989)
1913 - Tony Zale, American boxer (d. 1997)
1914 - Stacy Keach, Sr., American actor (d. 2003)
1915 - Karl Münchinger, German conductor (d. 1990)
1917 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (d. 1963)
1920 - John Harsanyi, Hungarian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
1922 - Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer and architect, major contributor to musical modernism (d. 2001)
1926 - Charles Denner, French actor (d. 1995)
1927 - Jean Coutu, Quebec businessman (Jean Coutu Group)
1932 - Richie Guerin, former basketball player
1932 - Paul R. Ehrlich, American biologist and author who founded the group Zero Population Growth
1933 - Helmuth Rilling, German conductor
1937 - Charles W. Pickering, American judge
1937 - Irmin Schmidt, German musician (Can)
1938 - Fay Vincent, baseball commissioner
1939 - Al Unser, Sr., American race car driver
1940 - Farooq Leghari, President of Pakistan
1942 - Pierre Bourque, Former mayor of Montreal
1942 - Kevin Conway, American actor
1943 - Robert W. Edgar, Theologian
1945 - Gary Brooker, musician (Procol Harum)
1946 - Fernando Buesa, Basque politician (d. 2000)
1947 - Gene Robinson, American ecclesiastic
1947 - Anthony Geary, American actor
1949 - Brian Kidd, English footballer
1950 - Rebbie Jackson, American musician
1951 - Peter Chernin, President of News Corporation
1953 - Danny Elfman, American musician (Oingo Boingo)
1953 - Aleksandr Abdulov, Russian actor (d. 2008)
1955 - John Hinckley, Jr., American attempted assassin
1955 - Sut Jhally, Kenyan-born American educator
1955 - Ken Schrader, American race car driver
1956 - LaToya Jackson, American musician
1957 - Jeb Hensarling, American politician
1957 - Ted Levine, American actor
1958 - Annette Bening, American actress
1958 - Willem Holleeder, Dutch criminal
1959 - Rupert Everett, English actor
1959 - Adrian Paul, English actor
1961 - Melissa Etheridge, American musician
1962 - Eric Davis, American baseball player
1962 - John D. LeMay, American actor
1963 - Blaze Bayley, British singer (ex-Iron Maiden)
1963 - Ukyo Katayama, Japanese racing driver
1963 - Lisa Whelchel, American actress
1967 - Noel Gallagher, English musician (Oasis)
1967 - Mike Keane, Canadian hockey player
1969 - Chan Kinchla, Canadian musician (Blues Traveler)
1971 - Eric Lucas, Quebec professional boxer
1972 - Közi, Japanese visual kei artist
1973 - Mark Lee, American musician (guitarist for Third Day)
1973 - Alpay Özalan, Turkish footballer
1974 - Myf Warhurst, Australian radio presenter on Triple J and TV personality on Spicks and Specks
1974 - Marc Gené, Spanish Formula One driver
1975 - Melanie Brown, English musician and actress
1975 - Anthony Wall, English golfer
1976 - David Buckner, American musician (Papa Roach)
1976 - Caçapa, Brazilian footballer
1976 - Jerry Hairston Jr., American baseball player
1976 - Yūsuke Iseya, Japanese model and actor
1977 - Antonio Lebo-Lebo, Angolan footballer
1978 - Pelle Almqvist, Swedish musician (The Hives)
1978 - Sébastien Grosjean, French tennis player
1978 - Adam Rickitt,British/New Zealand actor
1979 - Brian Kendrick, American professional wrestler
1979 - Arne Friedrich, German football player
1979 - John Rheinecker, Major League Baseball player
1979 - Casey Sheehan, American soldier; son of Cindy Sheehan (d. 2004)
1982 - Ana Beatriz Barros, Brazilian model
1982 - Joanne Borgella, American plus-sized model and singer
1982 - Matt Macri, American baseball player
1983 - Rama Claproth, Indonesian blues guitarist
1984 - Carmelo Anthony, American basketball player
1986 - Dylan Postl, American professional wrestler
1987 - Alessandra Toreson, American actress
1989 - Danielle Riley Keough, American actress
1991 - Kristen Alderson, American actress

Deaths
1259 - King Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219)
1379 - King Henry II of Castile (b. 1334)
1405 - Philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France
1425 - Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378)
1453 - Constantine XI Palaeologus, last Byzantine Emperor (b. 1404)
1500 - Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer
1546 - David Beaton, Scottish Catholic cardinal
1593 - John Penry, Welsh Protestant leader (b. 1559)
1660 - Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician (b. 1615)
1691 - Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. 1629)
1790 - Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (b. 1718)
1796 - Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (b. 1720)
1814 - Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (b. 1763)
1829 - Humphry Davy, English chemist (b. 1778)
1847 - Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (b. 1766)
1866 - Winfield Scott, American general (b. 1786)
1868 - Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia (b. 1823)
1882 - Vasily Perov, Russian painter (b. 1833)
1892 - Bahá'u'lláh, Persian founder of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817)
1896 - Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist (b. 1814)
1903 - Draga Mašin, Queen of Serbia (b. 1864)
1903 - Bruce Price, American architect (b. 1845)
1910 - Mily Balakirev, Russian composer (b. 1837)
1911 - William S. Gilbert, English dramatist (b. 1836)
1919 - Robert Bacon, American politician (b. 1860)
1935 - Josef Suk, Czech composer and violinist (b. 1874)
1939 - Ursula Julia Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic saint (b. 1865)
1942 - John Barrymore, American actor (b. 1882)
1946 - Martin Gottfried Weiss, Commandant of Dachau concentration camp (b. 1905)
1948 - Dame May Whitty, English actress (b. 1865)
1951 - Fanny Brice, American singer/comedian (b. 1891)
1953 - Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (b. 1891)
1958 - Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1881)
1970 - John Gunther, American writer (b. 1901)
1972 - Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy (b. 1902)
1972 - Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (b. 1878)
1973 - P. Ramlee, Malaysian film actor, director, singer and songwriter. (b. 1929)
1977 - Ba Maw, Burmese politician (b. 1893)
1979 - Mary Pickford, Canadian-born American actress and studio founder (b. 1892)
1979 - John H. Wood, Jr., American federal judge (b. 1916)
1982 - Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (b. 1938)
1983 - Arvīds Pelše, Soviet Latvian statesman (b. 1899)
1989 - John Cipollina, American musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (b. 1943)
1993 - Billy Conn, American boxer (b. 1917)
1994 - Erich Honecker, leader of East Germany (b. 1912)
1996 - Tamara Toumanova, Ballet star and actress (b. 1919)
1997 - Jeff Buckley, American musician (drowned) (b. 1966)
1997 - George Fenneman, American radio and television announcer (b. 1919)
1998 - Barry M. Goldwater, U.S. Senator from Arizona and presidential candidate (b. 1909)
2002 - Mildred Benson, American writer (b. 1905)
2003 - David Jefferies, British motorcycle racer (b. 1972)
2004 - Archibald Cox, Watergate special prosecutor (b. 1912)
2004 - Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (b. 1925)
2005 - George Rochberg, American composer (b. 1918)
2006 - Steve Mizerak, American pool player (b. 1944)
2006 - Jacques Bouchard, Quebec advertising executive (b. 1930)
2007 - Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
2007 - Lois Browne-Evans, Bermudian Politician (stroke) (b. 1927)
2007 - Posteal Laskey, American convicted murderer widely believed to be the Cincinnati Strangler of natural causes (b. 1938)

Holidays and observances
Bahá'í Faith: Ascension of Bahá'u'llah
Nigeria: Democracy Day
United Kingdom: Oak Apple Day.


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May 30th

May 30 is the 150th day of the year (151st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 215 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events
1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, burns Jerome of Prague following a trial for heresy.
1431 - Hundred Years' War: in Rouen, France, 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal.
1434 - Hussite Wars (Bohemian Wars): Battle of Lipany - effectively ending the war, Utraquist forces led by Diviš Bořek of Miletínek defeat and almost annihilate Taborite forces led by Prokop the Great.
1536 - King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.
1539 - In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.
1574 - Henry III becomes King of France.
1588 - The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel.
1635 - Thirty Years' War: the Peace of Prague (1635) is signed.
1642 - From this date all honours granted by Charles I are retrospectively annulled by Parliament
1806 - Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson had accused Jackson's wife of bigamy.
1814 - Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalition - the Treaty of Paris (1814) is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent.
1832 - The Rideau Canal in eastern Ontario is opened.
1854 - The Kansas-Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the US territories of Nebraska and Kansas.
1868 - Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time (By "Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic" John A. Logan's proclamation on May 5).
1871 - The Paris Commune falls.
1876 - Ottoman sultan Abd-ul-Aziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murat V.
1879 - New York City's Gilmores Garden is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
1879 - An F4 tornado strikes Irving, Kansas, killing 18 and injuring 60.
1883 - In New York City, a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse causes a stampede that crushes twelve people.
1911 - At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
1913 - First Balkan War: the Treaty of London, 1913 is signed ending the war. Albania becomes an independent nation.
1914 - The new and then largest Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
1917 - Alexander I becomes king of Greece.
1922 - In Washington, D.C. the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated.
1925 - In China protests erupt against the Great Powers infringing on Chinese sovereignty.
1941 - World War II: Germany captures Crete.
1941 - World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb on the Athenian Acropolis, tear down the Nazi swastika and replace it with the Greek flag.
1942 - World War II: 1000 British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
1948 - A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
1959 - The Auckland Harbour Bridge is officially opened today in Auckland, New Zealand.
1958 - Memorial Day: the remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery.
1966 - Former Congolese Prime Minister Evariste Kimba and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu.
1967 - At the Ascot Park in Gardena, California, daredevil Evel Knievel jumps his motorcycle over 16 cars lined up in a row.
1967 - The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.
1969 - Riots on the Caribbean island of Curaçao
1971 - Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched to Map 70% of the surface, and study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of Mars.
1972 - The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout Britain.
1972 - In Tel Aviv members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport Massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.
1982 - Spain becomes the 16th member of NATO and the first nation to enter the alliance since West Germany's admission in 1955.
1989 - Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: the 33-foot high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
1998 - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.

Births
1010 - Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063)
1423 - Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)
1623 - John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686)
1653 - Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676)
1713 - Princess Caroline Elizabeth of Great Britain (d. 1757)
1718 - Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician (d. 1793)
1719 - Roger Newdigate, English politician (d. 1806)
1757 - Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1844)
1814 - Mikhail Bakunin, Russian anarchist (d. 1876)
1814 - Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician (d. 1894)
1819 - William McMurdo, British army officer (d. 1894)
1820 - Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, French Canadian politician (d. 1890)
1845 - King Amadeo I of Spain (d. 1890)
1846 - Peter Carl Fabergé, Russian goldsmith and jeweler (d. 1920)
1858 - Siegfried Alkan, German composer (d. 1941)
1871 - Olga Engl, Austrian actress (d. 1946)
1875 - Giovanni Gentile, Italian philosopher (d. 1944)
1878 - Mike Donlin, American baseball player (d. 1933)
1879 - Colin Blythe, English cricketer (d. 1917)
1881 - Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (d. 1968)
1882 - Wyndham Halswelle, Scottish runner (d. 1915)
1886 - Randolph Bourne, American writer (d. 1918)
1892 - Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (d. 1972)
1895 - Maurice Tate, English cricketer (d. 1956)
1896 - Howard Hawks, American film director (d. 1977)
1899 - Irving Thalberg, American film producer (d. 1936)
1901 - Cornelia Otis Skinner, American writer and actress (d. 1979)
1902 - Stepin Fetchit, American dancer and actor (d. 1985)
1903 - Countee Cullen, American writer (d. 1946)
1906 - Bruno Gröning, German faith healer (d. 1959)
1907 - Elly Beinhorn, German pilot (d. 2007)
1907 - Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist, member of French Resistance (d. 2008)
1908 - Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
1908 - Mel Blanc, American voice actor (d. 1989)
1909 - Benny Goodman, American clarinetist and bandleader (d. 1986)
1910 - Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete (d. 1978)
1910 - Inge Meysel, German actress (d. 2004)
1912 - Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
1912 - Erich Bagge, German physicist
1912 - Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (d. 1980)
1918 - Guadalupe "Pita" Amor, Mexican poet (d. 2000)
1918 - Bob Evans, American restaurateur (d. 2007)
1919 - René Barrientos, President of Bolivia (d. 1969)
1920 - Franklin Schaffner, American film director (d. 1989)
1922 - Hal Clement, American writer (d. 2003)
1926 - Christine Jorgensen, American transsexual activist (d. 1989)
1927 - Clint Walker, American actor
1928 - Agnès Varda, French director
1928 - Pro Hart, Australian artist (d. 2006)
1930 - Mark Birley, British nightclub owner (d. 2007)
1930 - Robert Ryman, American painter
1932 - Pauline Oliveros, American composer and accordionist
1934 - Aleksei Leonov, Russian cosmonaut
1934 - Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and coach
1936 - Keir Dullea, American actor
1939 - Michael J. Pollard, American actor
1939 - Dieter Quester, Austrian racing driver
1940 - Gilles Villemure, Canadian ice hockey player
1943 - James Chaney, American civil rights activist (d. 1964)
1943 - Gale Sayers, American football player
1944 - Meredith MacRae, American actress (d. 2000)
1945 - Norman Eshley, English actor
1947 - Jocelyne Bourassa, French Canadian LPGA golfer
1948 - Michael Piller, American screenwriter (d. 2005)
1949 - P.J. Carlesimo, American basketball coach
1950 - Bertrand Delanoë, French politician
1950 - Paresh Rawal, Indian actor
1951 - Stephen Tobolowsky, American actor
1951 - Zdravko Čolić, Yugoslav-Bosnian singer
1951 - Fernando Lugo, Paraguayan politician
1953 - Colm Meaney, Irish actor
1955 - Topper Headon, British musician (The Clash)
1956 - Robert F. Newmyer, American film producer (d. 2005)
1958 - Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer and songwriter (Roxette)
1958 - Steve Israel, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (D-New York)
1958 - Ted McGinley, American actor
1959 - Frank Vanhecke, Belgian politician
1961 - Harry Enfield, British comedian
1962 - Kevin Eastman, American comic book creator
1962 - Tonya Pinkins, American actress
1964 - Wynonna Judd, American Country/Bluegrass Singer
1964 - Tom Morello, American guitarist (Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine)
1964 - Andrea Montermini, Italian racing driver
1966 - Stephen Malkmus, American musician (Pavement)
1967 - Tim Burgess, English singer (The Charlatans)
1968 - Zacarias Moussaoui, French citizen found guilty relating to September 11, 2001 attacks
1968 - Kelley Armstrong, Novelist
1970 - Flora Chan, Hong Kong television actress
1970 - Ness Wadia, Indian industrialist
1971 - Idina Menzel, American actress and singer
1972 - Manny Ramírez, Major League Baseball player
1972 - Soichiro Hoshi, Japanese seiyuu
1973 - Leigh Francis, British comedian
1974 - Cee-Lo, American musician
1974 - Big L, American rapper (d. 1999)
1974 - Konstantinos Chalkias, Greek footballer
1974 - Shin Ha-kyun, South Korean actor
1974 - David Wilkie, American ice hockey player
1975 - Andrew Farrell, English rugby league and union footballer
1976 - Radoslav Nesterovič, Slovenian basketball player
1976 - Magnus Norman, Swedish tennis player
1977 - Akwá, Angolan footballer
1977 - Rachael Stirling, British actress
1979 - Mike Bishai, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 - Kugimiya Rie, Japanese seiyuu (voice actress)
1980 - Steven Gerrard, English footballer
1981 - Devendra Banhart, American singer and songwriter
1981 - Andrey Arshavin, Russian Footballer
1981 - Blake Bashoff, American actor
1981 - Gianmaria Bruni, Italian racing driver
1981 - Ahmad Elrich, Australian footballer
1982 - Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (d. 2007)
1984 - Matt Maguire, Australian rules footballer
1984 - Jordan Palmer, American Football Player
1989 - Kevin Covais, American singer
1990 - Dean Collins, American actor

Deaths
1159 - Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105)
1252 - King Ferdinand III of Castile
1416 - Jerome of Prague, Czech theologian (executed) (b. 1379)
1431 - Joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (burned at the stake) (b. 1412)
1434 - Prokop the Great, Hussite general
1469 - Lope de Barrientos —a powerful bishop in Castile
1574 - King Charles IX of France (b. 1550)
1576 - Harada Naomasa, Japanese retainer and samurai
1593 - Christopher Marlowe, English playwright (b. 1564)
1640 - Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter (b. 1577)
1696 - Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (b. 1638)
1718 - Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle, Dutch favorite of William III of England (b. 1670)
1730 - Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (b. 1648)
1744 - Alexander Pope, English writer (b. 1688)
1770 - François Boucher, French painter (b. 1703)
1778 - Voltaire, French philosopher and author (b. 1694)
1865 - John Catron, United States Supreme Court Justice
1868 - Souji Okita, 1st Captain of the Shinsengumi (b. 1823
1901 - Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician (b. 1841)
1912 - Wilbur Wright, aviation pioneer (Wright Brothers) (b. 1867)
1918 - Georgi Plekhanov, Russian revolutionary and Marxist theoretician (b. 1856)
1925 - Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian (b. 1876)
1926 - Vladimir Steklov, Russian physicist (b. 1864)
1934 - Togo Heihachiro, Japanese admiral (b. 1848)
1939 - Floyd Roberts, Auto racer, killed during 1939 Indianapolis 500 (b. 1904)
1941 - Prajadhipok, Rama VII, king of Thailand (b. 1893)
1946 - Louis Slotin, Canadian Scientist at Los Alamos (b. 1910)
1947 - Georg Ritter von Trapp, World War I Austrian submarine commander (b. 1880)
1951 - Hermann Broch, Austrian author (b. 1886)
1953 - Dooley Wilson, American musician and actor (b. 1886)
1955 - Bill Vukovich, Auto racer, killed during 1955 Indianapolis 500 (b. 1918)
1960 - Boris Pasternak, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (declined) (b. 1890)
1961 - Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, dictator of the Dominican Republic (b. 1891)
1964 - Leó Szilárd, Hungarian-born nuclear physicist (b. 1898)
1964 - Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald, American auto racers, killed during 1964 Indianapolis 500 (b. 1927)
1967 - Claude Rains, English actor (b. 1889)
1971 - Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (b. 1886)
1975 - Steve Prefontaine, American runner (b. 1951)
1975 - Michel Simon, French actor (b. 1895)
1975 - Tatsuo Shimabuku, founder of Isshinryu karate (b. 1908)
1980 - Carl Radle, American bass guitarist (b. 1942)
1981 - Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1955)
1981 - Ziaur Rahman, President of Bangladesh (b. 1936)
1986 - Perry Ellis, American fashion designer (b. 1940)
1993 - Sun Ra, American musician (b. 1914)
1994 - Ezra Taft Benson, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
1994 - Marcel Bich, French industrialist (Société Bic) (b. 1914)
1995 - Ted Drake, former English footballer (b. 1912)
1995 - Lofty England, English automotive engineer and race team manager (b.1911)
1995 - Bobby Stokes, former English footballer (b. 1951)
2000 - Tex Beneke, American bandleader, singer, and saxophone player (b. 1914)
2000 - Doris Hare, Welsh actress (b. 1905)
2003 - Mickie Most, English record producer (b. 1938)
2005 - Fazal Mahmood, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1927)
2005 - Tomasz Pacyński, Polish writer (b. 1958)
2006 - Shohei Imamura, Japanese film director (b. 1926)
2006 - Robert Sterling, American actor (b. 1917)
2006 - David Lloyd, New Zealand biologist (b. 1938)
2007 - Jean-Claude Brialy, French actor, director, screenwriter and author (b. 1933)
2008 - Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1987)

Holidays and observances
Geologist's Day (in Brazil)
Trinidad and Tobago – Indian Arrival Day (National Holiday).
United States – Memorial Day (originally – currently last Monday in May).


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May 31st

May 31 is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 214 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events
1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great) (19th dynasty) becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
1223 - Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River - Mongol armies of Genghis Khan lead by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus and Cumans.
1578 - Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England to Frobisher Bay, Canada, eventually to mine fool's gold, used to pave streets in London.
1669 - Citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary.
1678 - The Godiva procession through Coventry begins.
1759 - The Province of Pennsylvania bans all theater productions.
1775 - American Revolutionary War: The Mecklenburg Resolutions adopted urging the American Colonies to declare independence from Great Britain.
1790 - Alferez Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
1790 - The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
1813 - In Australia, Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth, reached Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains.
1862 - American Civil War Peninsula Campaign: Battle of Seven Pines or (Battle of Fair Oaks) - Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston & G. W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside Richmond, Virginia.
1864 - American Civil War Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor - The Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee engages the Army of the Potomac under Ulysses S. Grant & George G. Meade.
1866 - In the Fenian Invasion of Canada, John O'Neill leads 850 Fenian raiders across the Niagara River at Buffalo, New York/Fort Erie, Ontario, as part of an effort to free Ireland from the English. Canadian militia and British regulars repulse the invaders in over the next three days, at a cost of 9 dead and 38 wounded to the Fenian's 19 dead and about 17 wounded.
1889 - Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam break sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
1902 - Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
1910 - Creation of the Union of South Africa.
1911 - R.M.S. Titanic launched.
1916 - World War I: Battle of Jutland - The British Grand Fleet under the command of Sir John Jellicoe & Sir David Beatty engage the Kaiserliche Marine under the command of Reinhard Scheer & Franz von Hipper in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
1921 - Tulsa Race Riot: A civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, the official death toll is 39, but recent investigations suggest the actual toll may be much higher.
1924 - The Soviet Union signs an agreement with the Peking government, referring to Outer Mongolia as an "integral part of the Republic of China", whose "sovereignty" therein the Soviet Union promises to respect.
1927 - The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
1931 - 7.1 magnitude Earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan: 40,000 dead.
1942 - World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
1961 - Republic of South Africa created.
1962 - The West Indies Federation dissolves.
1970 - The Ancash earthquake causes a landslide that buries the town of Yungay, Peru; more than 47,000 people are killed.
1971 - In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30.
1973 - The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the end of the Cambodian Civil War.
1977 - The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System completed.
1985 - United States-Canadian Outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead.
1985 - Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) became a Schedule I drug in the United States.
1987 - Athena 98.4 FM, the first legal private radio station starts broadcasting in Greece.
1997 - The Confederation Bridge opens, linking Prince Edward Island with mainland New Brunswick.

Births
1443 - Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509)
1469 - Manuel I of Portugal (d. 1521)
1535 - Alessandro Allori, Italian painter (d. 1607)
1557 - Feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)
1613 - John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)
1640 - Michał Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)
1656 - Marin Marais, French composer (d. 1728)
1753 - Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, French revolutionary (d. 1793)
1754 - Andrea Appiani, Italian painter (d. 1817)
1773 - Ludwig Tieck, German writer (d. 1853)
1801 - Johann Georg Baiter, Swiss philologist (d. 1887)
1818 - John Albion Andrew, 25th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1867)
1819 - Walt Whitman, American poet (d. 1892)
1835 - Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese military leader (d. 1869)
1838 - Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (d. 1900)
1852 - Francisco Moreno, Argentine explorer (d. 1919)
1857 - Pope Pius XI (d. 1939)
1860 - Walter Sickert, English painter (d. 1942)
1863 - Francis Younghusband, British explorer (d. 1942)
1872 - Heath Robinson, English cartoonist (d. 1944)
1882 - Sándor Graf Festetics, Hungarian politician (d. 1956)
1883 - Lauri Kristian Relander, 2nd President of Finland (d. 1942)
1885 - Alois Hudal, bishop, helped Nazis escape trial (d. 1963)
1887 - Saint-John Perse, French diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
1892 - Michel Kikoine, Belarus painter (d. 1968)
1892 - Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky, Russian writer (d. 1968)
1892 - Gregor Strasser, German Nazi politician (d. 1934)
1894 - Fred Allen, American comedian (d. 1956)
1898 - Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, American clergyman (d. 1993)
1901 - Alfredo Antonini, American conductor and composer (d. 1983)
1905 - Florence Desmond, English actress and comedian (d. 1993)
1908 - Don Ameche, American actor (d. 1993)
1908 - Nils Poppe, Swedish actor (d. 2000)
1909 - Aurore Gagnon, French Canadian victim of child abuse (d. 1920)
1911 - Maurice Allais, French economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1912 - Alfred Deller, English countertenor (d. 1979)
1914 - Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (d. 2006)
1916 - Bert Haanstra, Dutch filmmaker (d. 1997)
1921 - Alida Valli, Italian actress (d. 2006)
1921 - Howard Reig, American radio and television announcer
1922 - Denholm Elliott, English actor (d. 1992)
1923 - Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (d. 2005)
1930 - Clint Eastwood, American film director and actor
1931 - John Robert Schrieffer, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1931 - Shirley Verrett, American soprano
1932 - Jay Miner, American microchip designer (d. 1994)
1935 - Jim Bolger, 35th Prime Minister of New Zealand
1938 - Johnny Paycheck, American singer (d. 2003)
1938 - John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1938 - Peter Yarrow, American folk singer (Peter, Paul and Mary)
1939 - Terry Waite, British humanitarian
1940 - Gilbert Shelton, American underground comics illustrator
1941 - Louis J. Ignarro, American pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1943 - Sharon Gless, American actress
1943 - Joe Namath, American football player
1945 - Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German film director (d. 1982)
1945 - Bernard Goldberg‎, American journalist
1946 - Ted Baehr, American media critic
1946 - Steve Bucknor, West Indian Cricket Umpire
1947 - Junior Campbell, British musician and songwriter (The Marmalade)
1948 - John Bonham, British musician (Led Zeppelin) (d. 1980)
1948 - Duncan Hunter, American politician, 2008 presidential candidate
1949 - Tom Berenger, American actor
1949 - Nancy Shade, American soprano
1950 - Gregory Harrison, American actor
1952 - Karl Bartos, German musician (Kraftwerk, Electronic)
1953 - Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Finnish actor
1954 - Vicki Sue Robinson, American singer (d. 2000)
1954 - Thomas Mavros, Greek footballer
1956 - Fritz Hilpert, German musician and sound engineer (Kraftwerk)
1955 - Tommy Emmanuel, Australian Guitarist CGP
1957 - Jim Craig, American hockey player
1959 - Andrea de Cesaris, Italian racing driver
1960 - Greg C. Adams, Canadian ice hockey player
1960 - Chris Elliott, American comedian
1961 - Ray Cote, Canadian ice hockey player
1961 - Lea Thompson, American actress
1962 - Corey Hart, Canadian musician
1962 - Sebastian Koch, German actor
1963 - Teresa Cheung, Hong Kong socialite
1963 - Hugh Dillon, Canadian musician and actor
1963 - Viktor Orbán, Hungarian politician
1963 - Wesley Willis, American musician (d. 2003)
1964 - Leonard Asper, Canadian businessman
1964 - Scotti Hill, American rock guitarist
1964 - Darryl McDaniels, American musician (Run-D.M.C.)
1965 - Brooke Shields, American model
1966 - Jeremy Hotz, Canadian stand-up comedian
1966 - Nick Scotti, American actor and singer
1967 - Sandrine Bonnaire, French actress
1967 - Phil Keoghan, New Zealand television personality
1967 - Kenny Lofton, American baseball player
1967 - Vampiro, Canadian professional wrestler
1972 - Frode Estil, Norwegian cross-country skier
1972 - Sarah Murdoch, English model
1972 - Karl Geary, Irish actor
1972 - Dave Roberts, American baseball player
1974 - Chad Campbell, American golfer
1974 - Zsolt Erdei, Hungarian light heavyweight boxer
1974 - Adrian Tomine, American cartoonist
1975 - Sienna Guillory, English actress
1976 - Colin Farrell, Irish actor
1976 - Matt Harpring, American basketball player
1977 - Eric Christian Olsen, American actor
1977 - Theodoros Baev, Bulgarian-born Greek volleyball player
1977 - Debbie King, English TV presenter
1977 - Scott Klopfenstein, American musician (Reel Big Fish)
1980 - Andy Hurley, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
1981 - Jake Peavy, American baseball player
1982 - Jonathan Tucker, American actor
1983 - David Hernandez, American singer
1983 - Dustin Wells, New Zealand footballer
1983 - Reggie Yates, English television presenter
1984 - Nate Robinson, American basketball player
1984 - Jason Smith, Australian actor
1985 - Ian Vouyoukas, Greek basketball player
1986 - Robert Gesink, Dutch cyclist
1986 - Sopho Khalvashi, Georgian musical artist
1986 - Melissa McIntyre, Canadian actress
1988 - Hope Partlow, American Singer

Deaths
1246 - Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England
1349 - Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)
1408 - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)
1410 - King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356)
1495 - Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415)
1558 - Philip Hoby, English politician (b. 1505)
1567 - Guido de Bres, Belgian theologian (b. 1522)
1594 - Tintoretto, Italian painter (b. 1518)
1680 - Joachim Neander, German clergyman (b. 1650)
1740 - King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia (b. 1688)
1747 - Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686)
1799 - Pierre Lemonnier, French astronomer (b. 1715)
1809 - Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (b. 1732)
1809 - Jean Lannes, French marshal (b. 1769)
1831 - Samuel Bentham, British mechanical engineer (b. 1757)
1832 - Évariste Galois, French mathematician (b. 1811)
1837 - Joseph Grimaldi, British clown (b. 1779)
1846 - Philip Marheineke, German clergyman (b. 1780)
1847 - Thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor (b. 1780)
1848 - Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805)
1908 - Louis-Honoré Fréchette, French Canadian poet (b. 1839)
1910 - Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician (b. 1821)
1931 - Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, French Canadian cardinal, archbishop of Quebec (b. 1866)
1945 - Odilo Globocnik, Austrian nazi (b. 1904)
1957 - Leopold Staff, Polish poet (b. 1878)
1960 - Willem Elsschot, Flemish writer (b. 1882)
1960 - Walther Funk, Nazi leader (b. 1890)
1961 - Walter Little, Canadian politician (b. 1877)
1962 - Henry Fountain Ashurst, American politician (b. 1874)
1967 - Billy Strayhorn, American composer, pianist and arranger (b. 1915)
1970 - Terry Sawchuk, hockey player (b. 1929)
1972 - Walter Freeman, American physician (b. 1895)
1976 - Jacques Monod, French biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1910)
1977 - William Castle, American film director (b. 1914)
1978 - József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer (b. 1925)
1983 - Jack Dempsey, American boxer (b. 1895)
1986 - Jane Frank (Jane Schenthal Frank), American artist (b. 1918)
1986 - James Rainwater, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1917)
1987 - John Abraham (director), Indian film director
1993 - Spuds Mackenzie, American advertisement dog
1994 - Herva Nelli, Italian-born soprano (b. 1909)
1996 - Timothy Leary, American professor and LSD advocate (b. 1920)
1997 - James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist (b. 1905)
1998 - Charles Van Acker, Belgian racing driver (b. 1912)
2000 - Tito Puente, American musician (b. 1923)
2000 - Johnnie Taylor, American singer (b. 1938)
2001 - Arlene Francis, American television personality (d. 1907)
2004 - Robert Quine, American guitarist (b. 1941)
2004 - Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (b. 1941)
2006 - Ryan Bennett, broadcast commentator (b. 1970)
2006 - Miguel Berrocal, sculptor (b. 1933)
2006 - Raymond Davis Jr., American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
2006 - Lula Mae Hardaway, American songwriter, mother of singer Stevie Wonder (b. 1930)

Holidays and observancesThe Godiva procession.
World No Tobacco Day.
Syaday (Discordianism) (5th day of the season of Confusion, honors Apostle Sri Syadasti).
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary


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June 1st

June 1 is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 213 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events
193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus assassinated.
987 - Hugh Capet is elected King of France.
1204 - King Philip Augustus of France conquers Rouen.
1215 - Beijing, then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Beijing.
1252 - Alfonso X is elected King of Castile and León.
1283 - Treaty of Rheinfelden: Duke Rudolph II of Austria waives his right to the Duchies of Austria and Styria.
1485 - Matthias of Hungary takes Vienna from Frederick III
1495 - Friar John Cor records the first known batch of scotch whisky.
1533 - Anne Boleyn crowned Queen of England.
1660 - Mary Dyer hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1779 - American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold court-martialed for malfeasance.
1792 - Kentucky admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
1796 - Tennessee admitted as the 16th state of the United States.
1812 - War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.
1813 - James Lawrence, the mortally-wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, cries out "Don't give up the ship!"
1815 - Napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France.
1831 - James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole.
1855 - American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua.
1857 - Charles Baudelaire's Fleurs du mal is published.
1862 - American Civil War Peninsula Campaign: Battle of Seven Pines or (Battle of Fair Oaks) - Engagement ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
1868 - Treaty of Bosque Redondo signed allowing the Navajos to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
1869 - Thomas Edison receives a patent for his electric voting machine.
1879 - Napoleon Eugene killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
1886 - The railroads of the Southern United States convert 11,000 miles of track from a five foot rail gauge to standard gauge, beginning May 31.
1890 - The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
1910 - Robert Falcon Scott's South Pole expedition leaves England.
1918 - World War I Western Front: Battle for Belleau Wood - Allied Forces under John J. Pershing & James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
1920 - Adolfo de la Huerta becomes president of Mexico.
1921 - Tulsa Race Riot: Civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1922 - Royal Ulster Constabulary founded .
1925 - Lou Gehrig plays the first game in his streak of 2,130 consecutive games; it was the longest such streak until broken by Cal Ripken Jr. in 1995.
1935 - The first driving tests are introduced in the United Kingdom.
1939 - Maiden flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger (D-OPZE) fighter aeroplane
1940 - The Leninist Communist Youth League of the Karelo-Finnish SSR holds its first congress.
1941 - World War II: Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
1941 - The Farhud, a pogrom in Iraqi Jews, took place in baghdad.
1942 - World War II: The Warsaw paper Liberty Brigade publishes the first news of the concentration camps.
1943 - British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation the downing was an attempt to kill British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
1946 - Ion Antonescu executed.
1956 - First international flight (to YUL) from the Atlanta Municipal Airport (ATL; now Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and currently the world's busiest airport)
1958 - Charles de Gaulle brought out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
1962 - Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel.
1963 - Kenya gains internal self-rule (Madaraka Day).
1967 - The groundbreaking Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album by The Beatles is released
1974 - Flixborough disaster: Explosion at a chemical plant kills 28 people.
1974 - Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims published in the journal Emergency Medicine.
1978 - FIFA World Cup kicks off in Argentina with a match held in Buenos Aires between cup holder West Germany and Poland
1978 - The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty filed.
1979 - Vizianagaram district is formed in Andhra Pradesh, India.
1979 - The first black-led government of Rhodesia in 90 years takes power.
1980 - Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
1985 - Alan García is proclaimed President of Peru.
1990 - George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production.
1997 - Hugo Banzer wins the Presidential elections in Bolivia.
2000 - The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) signed.
2001 - Dipendra of Nepal slaughters his family during dinner.
2001 - Dolphinarium massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.
2003 - The People's Republic of China begins filling the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam.
2005 - The Dutch referendum on the European Constitution results in its rejection.
2005 - The longest oil/natural gas explosion in the Houston, Texas area occurred in Crosby, Texas. The drill was owned by the Louisiana Oil and Gas Company.
2007 - Jack Kevorkian was released from prison after serving eight years of his 10-25 year prison term for second-degree murder in the 1998 death of Thomas Youk, 52, of Oakland County, Michigan.

Births
1076 - Mstislav I of Kiev (d. 1132)
1300 - Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (d. 1338)
1480 - Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (d. 1550)
1503 - Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (d. 1567)
1563 - Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English statesman and spymaster (d. 1612)
1633 - Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (d. 1687)
1637 - Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d. 1675)
1653 - Georg Muffat, French composer (d. 1704)
1675 - Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (d. 1755)
1762 - Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (d. 1844)
1771 - Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (d. 1839)
1780 - Carl von Clausewitz, Prussian general and military theorist (d. 1831)
1790 - Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (d. 1836)
1796 - Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (d. 1832)
1800 - Edward Deas Thomson, Australian politician (d. 1879)
1801 - Brigham Young, Mormon church leader (d. 1877)
1804 - Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (d. 1857)
1815 - Philip Kearny, American general (d. 1862)
1815 - Otto of Greece (d. 1862)
1831 - John Bell Hood, American Confederate general (d. 1879)
1833 - John Marshall Harlan, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1911)
1843 - Henry Faulds, Scottish fingerprinting pioneer (d. 1930)
1844 - John J. Toffey, American Civil War hero (d. 1911)
1878 - John Masefield, English novelist and poet (d. 1967)
1881 - Charles Kay Ogden, English writer and linguist (d. 1957)
1890 - Frank Morgan, American actor (d. 1949)
1898 - Molly Picon, American actress (d. 1992)
1899 - Edward Charles Titchmarsh, English mathematician (d. 1963)
1901 - John Van Druten, English screen writer (d. 1957)
1901 - Hap Day, Canadian hockey player and manager (d. 1990)
1903 - Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky C.Ss.R Bishop and Martyr (d. 1973)
1907 - Frank Whittle, English inventor of the jet engine. (d. 1996)
1909 - Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist (d. 1986)
1913 - Bill Deedes, British journalist (d. 2007)
1915 - John Randolph, American actor (d. 2004)
1917 - William S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1921 - Nelson Riddle, American bandleader and arranger (d. 1985)
1922 - Povel Ramel, Swedish entertainer (d. 2007)
1922 - Joan Caulfield, American actress (d. 1991)
1922 - Joan Copeland, American actress
1924 - William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman (d. 2006)
1926 - Andy Griffith, American actor
1926 - Marilyn Monroe, American actress (d. 1962)
1928 - Georgi Dobrovolski, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1971)
1928 - Bob Monkhouse, English comedian (d. 2003)
1930 - John Lemmon, English logician (d. 1966)
1930 - Edward Woodward, English actor
1933 - Charles Wilson, American politician
1934 - Pat Boone, American singer
1935 - Reverend Ike, American televangelist
1936 - Gerald Scarfe, British illustrator
1937 - Morgan Freeman, American actor
1937 - Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress
1937 - Colleen McCullough, Australian novelist (The Thorn Birds)
1939 - Cleavon Little, American actor (d. 1992)
1940 - René Auberjonois, American actor
1940 - Kip Thorne, American physicist
1944 - Robert Powell, English actor
1945 - Frederica von Stade, American mezzo-soprano
1945 - Linda Scott, American singer
1946 - Brian Cox, Scottish actor
1947 - Jonathan Pryce, British actor
1947 - Ron Dennis, CBE, F1 team principal (McLaren)
1947 - Ronnie Wood, English guitarist (Rolling Stones)
1948 - Tomáš Halík, Czech priest and public intellectual
1948 - Michel Plasse, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
1948 - Tom Sneva, American race car driver and Indianapolis 500 winner (1983)
1950 - Wayne Nelson, American musician (Little River Band)
1953 - Ronnie Dunn, American musician (Brooks & Dunn)
1953 - David Berkowitz, American serial killer (Son of Sam)
1955 - Ralph Morse, British actor, singer and writer of historical dramas
1956 - Lisa Hartman, American actress
1957 - Dorota Kędzierzawska, Polish film director
1958 - Ahron Bregman, Israeli journalist
1959 - Martin Brundle, British race car driver and F1 television commentator
1959 - Alan Wilder, British musician (Depeche Mode and Recoil)
1960 - Simon Gallup, English bassist (The Cure)
1961 - Paul Coffey, Canadian hockey player
1963 - Mike Joyce, English drummer (The Smiths)
1964 - Mark Curry, American comedian and actor
1965 - Larisa Lazutina, Russian cross-country skier
1965 - Nigel Short, English chess player
1966 - Greg Schiano, American football coach
1967 - Roger Sanchez, American disc jockey
1968 - Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer
1968 - Jeff Hackett, Canadian hockey player
1969 - Teri Polo, American actress
1970 - Alexi Lalas, American soccer player
1970 - Karen Mulder, Dutch supermodel
1970 - R. Madhavan, Indian actor
1971 - Mario Cimarro, Cuban actor
1972 - Daniel Casey, English actor
1973 - Adam Garcia, Australian actor
1973 - Derek Lowe, American baseball player
1973 - Heidi Klum, German supermodel
1974 - Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer-songwriter
1974 - Michael Rasmussen, Danish cyclist
1974 - Melissa Sagemiller, American actress
1974 - Akis Zikos, Greek footballer
1975 - James Storm, American professional wrestler
1975 - Michal Grosek, Czech hockey player
1977 - Veronika Vařeková, Czech supermodel
1977 - Danielle Harris, American actress
1977 - Sarah Wayne Callies, American actress
1977 - Brad Wilkerson, American baseball player
1977 - Richard Williams, British racing driver
1979 - Santana Moss, American football player
1980 - Oliver James, British actor
1981 - Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
1982 - Justine Henin (formerly Henin-Hardenne), Belgian tennis player
1984 - Oliver Tielemans, Dutch racing driver
1985 - Mário Hipólito, Angolan footballer
1985 - Nick Young, American basketball player
1987 - Zoltán Harsányi, Slovakian footballer
1988 - Nami Tamaki, Japanese pop singer

Deaths
195 BC - Gaozu of Han of China
193 - Marcus Severus Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor (b. 133)
1434 - Wladislaus II of Poland
1571 - John Story, English Catholic
1616 - Tokugawa Ieyasu (b. 1543)
1625 - Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (b. 1568)
1639 - Melchior Franck, German composer
1660 - Mary Dyer, English Quaker (martyred)
1710 - David Mitchell, British admiral (b. 1642)
1740 - Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (b. 1657)
1769 - Edward Holyoke, President of Harvard University (b. 1689)
1795 - Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist (b. 1744)
1815 - Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (b. 1853)
1823 - Louis Nicolas Davout, French marshal (b. 1770)
1826 - Jean Frédéric Oberlin, Alsatian pastor (b. 1740)
1841 - David Wilkie, Scottish artist (b. 1785)
1846 - Pope Gregory XVI (b. 1765)
1864 - Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel (b. 1812)
1868 - James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States (b. 1791)
1872 - James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American newspaper publisher (b. 1795)
1873 - Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (b. 1804)
1876 - Hristo Botev, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1848)
1879 - Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial son of Emperor Napoleon III (b. 1856)
1927 - J. B. Bury, Irish historian (b. 1861)
1941 - Hans Berger, German neuroscientist (b. 1873)
1943 - Leslie Howard, English actor (b. 1893)
1943 - Wilfrid B. Israel, Jewish activist
1946 - Ion Antonescu, Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1882)
1948 - Sonny Boy Williamson I, American musician (b. 1914)
1948 - Alex Gard, Russian-born caricaturist (b. 1900)
1954 - Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (b. 1869)
1959 - Sax Rohmer, English author (b. 1883)
1960 - Lester Patrick, Canadian hockey player (b. 1883)
1960 - Paula Hitler, Adolf Hitler's final living sibling (b. 1896)
1962 - Adolf Eichmann, Nazi official (by execution; b. 1906)
1965 - Earl "Curly" Lambeau, American football coach (b. 1898)
1966 - Papa Jack Laine, American musician (b. 1873)
1968 - Helen Keller, American humanitarian (b. 1880)
1968 - André Laurendeau, French Canadian writer, journalist and politician (b. 1912)
1969 - Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian ice skater (b. 1904)
1971 - Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian (b. 1892)
1973 - Mary Kornman, American actress (b. 1915)
1979 - Werner Forssmann, German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1904)
1980 - Rube Marquard, baseball player (b. 1886)
1980 - Arthur Nielsen, American market analyst (b. 1897)
1981 - Carl Vinson, U.S. Congressman (b. 1883)
1983 - Prince Charles of Belgium (b. 1903)
1985 - Richard Greene, British actor (b. 1918)
1986 - Jo Gartner, Austrian racing driver (d. 1958)
1987 - Rashid Karami, Lebanese statesman (b. 1921)
1989 - Aurelio Lampredi, Italian mechanical engineer (Ferrari; b. 1917)
1991 - David Ruffin, American singer (The Temptations) (b. 1941)
1994 - Frances Heflin, American actress (b. 1923)
1996 - Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Fifth President of India (b. 1913)
1998 - Darwin Joston, American actor (b. 1937)
1999 - Christopher Sydney Cockerell, British engineer and inventor (b. 1910)
2001 - Queen Aiswarya of Nepal (b. 1949)
2001 - King Birendra of Nepal (b. 1945)
2001 - Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
2002 - Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (b. 1969)
2003 - Johnny Hopp, baseball player (b. 1916)
2004 - William Manchester, American writer (b. 1922)
2005 - George Mikan, American basketball player (b. 1924)
2006 - Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
2007 - Arn Shein, American sports writer (b. 1928)
2007 - Tony Thompson, Singer in R&B group Hi-Five (b. 1975)
2008 - Tommy Lapid, Israeli journalist and politician (b. 1931)

Holidays and observances
Children's Day in some countries.
Poland - Thanksgiving Day
Kenya - Madaraka Day 1963.
Roman Empire - Festival in honour of Carna.
Commemoration of Justin Martyr (Eastern Orthodox


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June 2nd

June 2 is the 153rd day of the year (154th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 212 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events
455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks.
1098 - First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city. The second siege would later start on June 7.
1615 - First Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.
1692 - Bridget Bishop is the first person to go to trial in the Salem witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, is found guilty, and would go on to be hanged on June 10.
1763 - Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
1774 - Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to let British soldiers into their homes, is reenacted.
1780 - The Derby horse race is held for the first time.
1793 - Jean-Paul Marat recites the names of 29 people to the French National Convention. Almost all of these people are guillotined, followed by 17,000 more over the course of the next year during the Reign of Terror.
1800 - The first smallpox vaccination in North America, at Trinity, Newfoundland.
1835 - P. T. Barnum and his circus start their first tour of the United States.
1848 - The Slavic congress in Prague begins.
1855 - The Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine.
1876 - Hristo Botev, a national revolutionary of Bulgaria, is killed in Stara Planina
1886 - U.S. President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House, becoming the only president to wed in the executive mansion.
1896 - Guglielmo Marconi receives a patent for his newest invention: the radio.
1909 - Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
1924 - U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
1925 - Because of a lineup shakeup by Miller Huggins, Wally Pipp is replaced by Lou Gehrig at first base for the New York Yankees, begining a streak of 2,130 consecutive games played, topped only by Cal Ripken, Jr. in 1995. Exactly 16 years to the day, in 1941, Gehrig passes away from Amyotropic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
1946 - Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians decide to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After this referendum the king of Italy Umberto II di Savoia is exiled.
1953 - The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, the first to be televised.
1955 - The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
1965 - Vietnam War: The first contingent of Australian combat troops arrive in South Vietnam.
1966 - Surveyor program: The Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft land on another world.
1967 - Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran turn into riots, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June.
1975 - French sex workers occupied a Lyon church in protest against excessive fines and taxes, as well as a lack of police action against violence, thereby sparking the birth of the modern sex worker rights movement.
1979 - Pope John Paul II visits his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.
1984 - Operation Bluestar, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for the Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6 with causalities, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000.
1990 - The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 88 confirmed tornados in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12. Petersburg, Indiana is the hardest-hit town in the outbreak, with 6 deaths.
1992 - Denmark rejects the Maastricht Treaty by a thin margin in a national referendum.
1995 - United States Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady's F-16 is shot down over Bosnia while patrolling the NATO no-fly zone.
1997 - In Denver, Colorado, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 terrorist bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
1998 - The CIH computer virus is discovered in Taiwan.
1999 - The Bhutan Broadcasting Service brings television transmissions to the Kingdom for the first time.
2003 - Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan.
2004 - Ken Jennings begins his 74-game winning streak on the syndicated game show Jeopardy!.

Births
926 - Murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967)
1535 - Pope Leo XI (d. 1605)
1731 - Martha Washington, First American first lady (d. 1802)
1740 - Marquis de Sade, French author (d. 1814)
1743 - Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, Sicilian Occultist (d. 1795)
1773 - John Randolph, U.S. Senator from Virginia (d. 1833)
1774 - William Lawson, explorer of New South Wales, Australia (d. 1850)
1823 - Gédéon Ouimet, French Canadian politician (d. 1905)
1835 - Pope Pius X (d. 1914)
1838 - Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna (d. 1900)
1840 - Thomas Hardy, English writer (d. 1928)
1857 - Edward Elgar, English composer (d. 1934)
1857 - Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
1863 - Felix Weingartner, Yugoslavian conductor (d. 1942)
1865 - George Lohmann, English cricketer (d. 1901)
1869 - Jack O'Connor, baseball player (d. 1937)
1887 - Howard Johnson, American songwriter (d. 1941)
1891 - Thurman Arnold, American attorney and jurist (d. 1969)
1899 - Lotte Reiniger, German film director (d. 1981)
1904 - Frank Runacres, English artist (d. 1974)
1904 - Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (d. 1984)
1907 - Dorothy West, American writer (d. 1998)
1913 - Walter Andreas Schwarz, German singer and author (d. 1992)
1913 - Barbara Pym, English novelist (d. 1980)
1915 - Walter Tetley, American voice actor (d. 1975)
1915 - Alexandru Nicolschi, Russian communist (d. 1992)
1917 - Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and filmmaker (d. 2006)
1919 - Nat Mayer Shapiro, American painter (d. 2005)
1920 - Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-born critic
1920 - Tex Schramm, American football team president and general manager (d. 2003)
1920 - Frank G. Clement, Governor of Tennessee (d. 1969)
1922 - Charlie Sifford, American golfer
1922 - Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1924 - June Callwood, Canadian jounalist and activist (d. 2007)
1926 - Milo O'Shea, Irish actor
1927 - W. Watts Biggers, American novelist and animator
1929 - Norton Juster, American author and architect
1929 - Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player
1930 - Pete Conrad, American astronaut (d. 1999)
1930 - Bob Lillis, baseball player
1931 - Larry Jackson, baseball player (d. 1990)
1932 - Sammy Turner, American singer
1935 - Carol Shields, American-born novelist (d. 2003)
1935 - Roger Brierley, English actor (d. 2005)
1935 - Dimitri Kitsikis, Greek turkologist
1936 - Sally Kellerman, American actress
1937 - Jimmy Jones (singer), American singer and songwriter
1938 - Kevin Brownlow, English film historian and author
1940 - King Constantine II of Greece
1941 - Stacy Keach, American actor
1941 - Charlie Watts, English musician (The Rolling Stones)
1941 - William Guest, American singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
1943 - Charles Haid, American actor
1943 - Ilaiyaraaja, Indian composer
1944 - Marvin Hamlisch, American composer and musician
1945 - Jon Peters, American film producer and hairdresser
1946 - Peter Sutcliffe, English murderer
1946 - Lasse Hallström, Swedish film director
1947 - Mark Elder, British opera and symphony conductor
1948 - Jerry Mathers, American actor
1949 - Heather Couper, British astronomer
1949 - Frank Rich, American theater critic and columnist
1951 - Larry Robinson, Canadian hockey player
1952 - Gary Bettman, American National Hockey League commissioner
1953 - Keith Allen, Welsh comedian, actor, singer and writer
1953 - Craig Stadler, American golfer
1954 - Dennis Haysbert, American actor
1955 - Dana Carvey, American actor and comedian
1955 - Michael Steele, American musician (The Bangles)
1955 - Chantal Hochuli, Swiss-born socialite
1956 - Mani Ratnam, Indian director
1956 - Malcolm Garrett, English graphic designer
1957 - King Lizzard, American entertainer
1957 - Mark Lawrenson, English Football Pundit
1958 - Lawrence Pfohl, American professional wrestler
1959 - Lydia Lunch, American singer
1960 - Kyle Petty, American race car driver
1960 - Tony Hadley, English singer (Spandau Ballet)
1961 - Dez Cadena, American musician (Black Flag)
1964 - Caroline Link, German film director and screenwriter
1965 - Jim Knipfel, American autobiographer and journalist
1965 - Mark and Steve Waugh, Australian cricketers
1966 - Pedro Guerra, Spanish songwriter and singer
1967 - Mike Stanton, baseball player
1968 - Beetlejuice, member of Howard Stern's Wack Pack
1968 - Jon Culshaw, British comedian
1969 - Cy Chadwick, English actor
1970 - Andy McCollum, American football player
1970 - B-Real, American rapper (Cypress Hill)
1971 - Anthony Montgomery, American actor
1971 - Kateřina Jacques, Czech politician
1972 - Wayne Brady, American actor and comedian
1972 - Wentworth Miller, American actor
1972 - Simon Staho, Danish film director
1973 - Neifi Perez, Dominican baseball player
1974 - Matt Serra, American mixed martial artist
1974 - Gata Kamsky, American chess player
1976 - Earl Boykins, American basketball player
1976 - Tim Rice-Oxley, English musician (Keane)
1976 - Martin Čech, International ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1976 - Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1976 - Queen 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso, Queen consort of Lesotho
1977 - Zachary Quinto, American actor
1978 - Dominic Cooper, English actor
1978 - Nikki Cox, American actress
1978 - Justin Long, American actor
1978 - A.J. Styles, American professional wrestler
1980 - Fabrizio Moretti, American rock drummer (The Strokes)
1981 - Nikolay Davydenko, Russian professional tennis player
1981 - Tucker Rountree, American guitarist and composer.
1981 - Chin-hui Tsao, Taiwanese baseball player
1982 - Jewel Staite, Canadian actress
1983 - Christopher Higgins, American ice hockey player
1983 - Brooke White, American singer
1988 - Sergio Agüero, Argentinian footballer
1988 - Patrik Berglund, Swedish hockey player
1989 - Freddy Adu, Ghanaian-American footballer
1990 - Brittany Curran, American actress

Deaths
829 - Saint Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 758)
910 - Richilde of Provence, Queen of Western Francia
1418 - Katherine of Lancaster, wife of Henry III of Castile
1567 - Shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain
1581 - James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland
1693 - John Wildman, English soldier and politician
1701 - Madeleine de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1607)
1716 - Ogata Korin, Japanese painter
1754 - Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (b. 1680)
1761 - Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (b. 1685)
1785 - Jean Paul de Gua de Malves, French mathematician (b. 1713)
1833 - Simon Byrne, Irish bare-knuckle prize fighter (b. 1806)
1865 - Ner Alexander Middleswarth, American politician (b. 1783)
1875 - Józef Kremer, Polish messianistic philosopher (b. 1806)
1876 - Hristo Botev, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1848)
1881 - Émile Littré, French lexicographer (b. 1801)
1882 - Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian revolutionarist (b. 1807)
1901 - George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary (b. 1844)
1933 - Frank Jarvis, American athlete (b. 1878)
1937 - Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (b. 1870)
1941 - Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (b. 1903)
1948 - Viktor Brack, Nazi physician (b. 1904)
1948 - Karl Brandt, personal physician of Adolf Hitler (b. 1904)
1948 - Karl Gebhardt, Nazi doctor (b. 1897)
1948 - Waldemar Hoven, German physician (b. 1903)
1948 - Wolfram Sievers, Nazi physician (b. 1905)
1956 - Jean Hersholt, Danish actor and humanitarian (b. 1886)
1961 - George S. Kaufman, American playwright (b. 1889)
1962 - Vita Sackville-West, English writer, and gardener (b. 1892)
1967 - Benno Ohnesorg, German student (b. 1940)
1968 - André Mathieu, Quebec pianist and composer (b. 1929)
1969 - Leo Gorcey, American actor (b. 1917)
1970 - Bruce McLaren, New Zealand car racer, designer, and founder of eponymous race team (b. 1937)
1970 - Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian poet (b. 1888)
1970 - Albert Lamorisse, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
1974 - Hiroshi Kazato, Japanese racing driver (b. 1949)
1976 - Juan José Torres, former President of Bolivia, assassinated in the frame of Operation Condor
1977 - Stephen Boyd, Northern Irish actor (b. 1931)
1979 - Jim Hutton, American actor (b. 1934)
1982 - Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician (b. 1904)
1983 - Stan Rogers, Canadian musician (b. 1949)
1984 - Georgios Kasassoglou, Greek musician (b. 1908)
1986 - Aurel Joliat, Canadian hockey player (b. 1901)
1987 - Sammy Kaye, American bandleader (b. 1910)
1987 - Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (b. 1893)
1989 - Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer (b. 1907)
1990 - Stiv Bators, American singer (The Dead Boys, The Lords of the New Church) (b. 1949)
1990 - Jack Gilford, American actor (b. 1908)
1990 - Rex Harrison, English actor (b. 1908)
1992 - Phillip Dunne, American film director (b. 1908)
1993 - Johnny Mize, American baseball player (b. 1913)
1996 - John Alton, American cinematographer (b. 1901)
1996 - Ray Combs, American game show host and comedian (b. 1956)
1996 - Leon Garfield, English children's author (b. 1921)
1996 - Amos Tversky, Israeli psychologist (b. 1937)
1997 - Doc Cheatham, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1905)
1998 - Sylvester Ritter, American professional wrestler (b. 1952)
1999 - Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican musician (The Wailers) (b. 1949)
2000 - Svyatoslav Fyodorov, Russian ophthalmologist (b. 1927)
2000 - Gerald Whitrow, British mathematician (b. 1912)
2001 - Imogene Coca, American actress (b. 1908)
2001 - Frank Stagg, Baptist Theologian (b. 1911)
2001 - Joey Maxim, American boxer (b. 1922)
2003 - Fred Blassie, American professional wrestler (b. 1918)
2004 - Loyd Sigmon, American amateur ("ham") radio broadcaster (b. 1909)
2005 - Gunder Gundersen, Norwegian Nordic combined skier and sports official (b. 1930)
2005 - Chloe Jones, Model and pornographic actress (b. 1975)
2005 - Samir Kassir, Lebanese journalist and teacher (b. 1950)
2005 - Melita Norwood, British spy (b. 1912)
2006 - Keith Smith, English professional rugby player (b. 1952)
2006 - Vince Welnick, musician, keyboardist (The Grateful Dead) (b. 1951)
2007 - Huang Ju, Chinese Vice-Premier
2007 - Kentaro Haneda, Japanese composer (b. 1949)
2008 - Bo Diddley, American musician (b. 1928)


Holidays and observances
Italy's Festa della Repubblica (Republic Day), which commemorates the birth of the Repubblica Italiana and the end of the monarchy.
Xenia name day in Slovakia.
Shavuoth (Judaism) (2006).
The death of Hristo Botev in Bulgaria.
Independence day Samoa 1962
The Greek Orthodox Church commemorates Saint Nicephorus' death - see also March 13.

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