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• 553 – The Second Council of Constantinople begins.
• 1215 – Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta.
• 1260 – Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.
• 1494 – Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica and claims it for Spain.
• 1640 – King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.
• 1762 – Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
• 1789 – In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
• 1809 – Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
• 1809 – The Swiss canton of Aargau allowed citizenship to Jews.
• 1811 – In the second day of fighting at the Peninsular War Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro the French army, under Marshall André Masséna, drive in the Duke of Wellington's overextended right flank, but French frontal assaults fail to take the town of Fuentes de Oñoro and the Anglo-Portuguese army holds the field at the end of the day.
• 1821 – Emperor Napoleon dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
• 1835 – The first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen.
• 1860 – Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy.
• 1862 – Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
• 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
• 1865 – American Civil War: The Confederate District of the Gulf surrenders about 4,000 men at Citronelle, Alabama.
• 1865 – In North Bend, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati), the first train robbery in the United States takes place.
• 1865 – American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
• 1866 – Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
• 1877 – American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
• 1886 – The Bay View Massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
• 1891 – The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
• 1904 – Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
• 1905 – The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
• 1912 – Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
• 1920 – Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder.
• 1925 – Scopes Trial: Serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
• 1925 – The government of South Africa declares Afrikaans an official language.
• 1934 – The first Three Stooges short, Woman Haters, is released.
• 1936 – Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• 1940 – World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London
• 1940 – World War II: Norwegian Campaign: Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to German forces after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.
• 1941 – Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots' Victory Day.
• 1944 – German troops execute 216 civilians in the village of Kleisoura in Greece.
• 1945 – World War II: The Prague uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation.
• 1945 – World War II: Six people are killed when a Japanese fire balloon explodes near Bly, Oregon. They are the only Americans killed in the continental US during the war.
• 1946 – The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
• 1949 – The Treaty of London establishes the Council of Europe in Strasbourg as the first European institution working for European integration.
• 1950 – Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned King Rama IX of Thailand.
• 1955 – West Germany gains full sovereignty.
• 1961 – The Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 3: Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.
• 1964 – The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.
• 1965 – The Warlocks, later known as The Grateful Dead, make their first public appearance in Menlo Park, California.
• 1972 – Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.
• 1973 – Secretariat wins the 1973 Kentucky Derby in 1:59 2/5, an as-yet unbeaten record.
• 1977 – The first of The Nixon Interviews between David Frost and Richard Nixon are broadcast.
• 1980 – Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.
• 1981 – Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27.
• 1985 – Bitburg and Bergen-Belsen: Ronald Reagan visits the military cemetery at Bitburg, Germany, and the site of the Nazi concentration camp, Bergen-Belsen, where he makes a speech.
• 1987 – Iran–Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America
• 1991 – A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after police shoot a Salvadoran man.
• 1994 – The signing of the Bishkek Protocol between Armenia and Azerbaijan effectively freezes the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
• 1994 – American teenager Michael P. Fay is caned in Singapore for theft and vandalism.
• 2006 – The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.
• 2010 – Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek government-debt crisis.
• 2014 – 11 people are missing after a Chinese cargo ship collides with a Marshall Islands registered container ship off the coast of Hong Kong.
• 2014 – 22 people die after two boats carrying illegal immigrants collide in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Greece.

Births[edit]

• 867 – Emperor Uda of Japan (d. 931)
• 1210 – Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)
• 1479 – Guru Amar Das, Indian 3rd Sikh Guru (d. 1574)
• 1542 – Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (d. 1623)
• 1684 – Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, French wife of Adrien Maurice de Noailles (d. 1739)
• 1747 – Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792)
• 1749 – Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, French pianist and composer (d. 1794)
• 1764 – Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician (d. 1812)
• 1800 – Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (d. 1864)
• 1813 – Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and author (d. 1855)
• 1818 – Karl Marx, German philosopher, sociologist, and journalist (d. 1883)
• 1826 – Eugénie de Montijo, French wife of Napoleon III (d. 1920)
• 1830 – John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company (d. 1906)
• 1832 – Hubert Howe Bancroft, American ethnologist and historian (d. 1918)
• 1833 – Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer and academic (d. 1905)
• 1834 – Viktor Hartmann, Russian painter and architect (d. 1873)
• 1843 – William George Beers, Canadian dentist and patriot (d. 1900)
• 1846 – Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)
• 1858 – John L. Leal, American physician (d. 1914)
• 1864 – Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (d. 1922)
• 1866 – Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman (d. 1938)
• 1869 – Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator (d. 1937)
• 1869 – Hans Pfitzner, German composer and conductor (d. 1949)
• 1883 – Agustín Barrios, Paraguayan guitarist and composer (d. 1944)
• 1883 – Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (d. 1950)
• 1884 – Chief Bender, American baseball player and coach (d. 1954)
• 1887 – Mervyn S. Bennion, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1941)
• 1887 – Geoffrey Fisher, English archbishop (d. 1972)
• 1889 – Herbie Taylor, South African cricketer and soldier (d. 1973)
• 1890 – Christopher Morley, American journalist and author (d. 1957)
• 1898 – Elsie Eaves, American engineer (d. 1983)
• 1899 – Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1982)
• 1901 – Blind Willie McTell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)
• 1903 – James Beard, American chef and author (d. 1985)
• 1905 – Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator (d. 1986)
• 1906 – Charles Exbrayat, French author and screenwriter (d. 1989)
• 1907 – Iryna Vilde, Ukrainian journalist and author (d. 1982)
• 1908 – Kurt Böhme, German opera singer (d. 1989)
• 1909 – Miklós Radnóti, Hungarian poet and author (d. 1944)
• 1910 – Leo Lionni, American author and illustrator (d. 1999)
• 1911 – Gilles Grangier, French director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
• 1911 – Andor Lilienthal, Russian-Hungarian chess player (d. 2010)
• 1911 – Pritilata Waddedar, Indian educator and activist (d. 1932)
• 1913 – Duane Carter, American racing driver (d. 1993)
• 1914 – Tyrone Power, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1958)
• 1915 – Alice Faye, American actress and singer (d. 1998)
• 1915 – Ben Wright, English-American actor (d. 1989)
• 1916 – Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India (d. 1987)
• 1917 – Pío Leyva, Cuban singer-songwriter (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2006)
• 1919 – Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
• 1922 – Irene Gut Opdyke, Polish-American nurse (d. 2003)
• 1923 – William C. Campbell, American golfer
• 1923 – James Gilbert, Scottish television producer and director
• 1923 – Richard Wollheim, English philosopher and academic (d. 2003)
• 1925 – Eddi Arent, Polish-German actor (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Leo Ryan, American soldier, educator, and politician (d. 1978)
• 1926 – Ann B. Davis, American actress and singer (d. 2014)
• 1927 – Pat Carroll, American actress and singer
• 1927 – Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (d. 2012)
• 1928 – Richard Schaal, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 1929 – Ayhan Işık, Turkish actor and producer (d. 1979)
• 1929 – Ilene Woods, American actress and singer (d. 2010)
• 1930 – Hans Abramson, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Will Hutchins, American actor
• 1931 – Greg, Belgian author and illustrator (d. 1999)
• 1932 – Stan Goldberg, American illustrator (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Bob Said, American race car driver and bobsled racer (d. 2002)
• 1933 – Igor Kashkarov, Russian high jumper
• 1933 – Collie Smith, Jamaican cricketer (d. 1959)
• 1934 – Ace Cannon, American saxophonist
• 1934 – Victor Garland, Australian accountant and politician, 26th Australian Minister for Veterans' Affairs
• 1934 – Johnnie Taylor, American vocalist (d. 2000)
• 1935 – Douglas Marland, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1993)
• 1935 – Bernard Pivot, French journalist, talk show host, and producer
• 1935 – Robert Rehme, American film producer
• 1936 – Patrick Gowers, English composer and educator (d. 2014)
• 1936 – Ervin Lázár, Hungarian author (d. 2006)
• 1936 – John Maxton, Scottish politician
• 1937 – Delia Derbyshire, English keyboard player and composer (White Noise) (d. 2001)
• 1937 – Sandy Baron, American actor and comedian (d. 2001)
• 1938 – Michael Murphy, American actor
• 1938 – Bill Robertson, American businessman and politician (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Barbara Wagner, Canadian figure skater and coach
• 1939 – Ray Gosling, English journalist, author, and activist (d. 2013)
• 1940 – Lasse Åberg, Swedish actor, singer, and director
• 1940 – Lance Henriksen, American actor
• 1940 – Michael Lindsay-Hogg, American director and producer
• 1941 – Alexander Ragulin, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2004)
• 1942 – Marc Alaimo, American actor
• 1942 – István Bujtor, Hungarian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
• 1942 – Jean Corston, Baroness Corston, English lawyer and politician
• 1942 – Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon, English politician (d. 2015)
• 1942 – Tammy Wynette, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)
• 1943 – Michael Palin, English actor and screenwriter
• 1943 – Ignacio Ramonet, Spanish journalist and author
• 1943 – Dilys Watling, English actress and singer
• 1944 – Bo Larsson, Swedish footballer
• 1944 – John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor and screenwriter
• 1944 – Roger Rees, Welsh-American actor and director (d. 2015)
• 1945 – Kurt Loder, American journalist, author, and critic
• 1945 – Lars-Inge Svartenbrandt, Swedish criminal (d. 2016)
• 1945 – Dianne Willcocks, English sociologist and academic
• 1946 – Jim Kelly, American actor and martial artist (d. 2013)
• 1946 – Aydın Menderes, Turkish politician (d. 2011)
• 1947 – Daisuke Ban, Japanese actor
• 1947 – Robin McNamara, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1948 – Bella van der Spiegel-Hage, Dutch cyclist
• 1948 – Bill Ward, English drummer and songwriter (Black Sabbath and Mythology)
• 1949 – Eppie Bleeker, Dutch speed skater
• 1950 – Rex Caldwell, American golfer
• 1950 – Maggie MacNeal, Dutch singer (Mouth & MacNeal)
• 1951 – Rudolf Finsterer, German rugby player and coach
• 1951 – Toomas Vilosius, Estonian physician and politician, 2nd Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia
• 1952 – Jorge Llopart, Spanish race walker
• 1952 – Willem Witteveen, Dutch scholar and politician (d. 2014)
• 1956 – Steve Scott, American runner and coach
• 1957 – Richard E. Grant, Swazi-English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1957 – Peter Howitt, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1957 – Aad van Mil, Dutch water polo player
• 1958 – Ron Arad, Israeli colonel and pilot (d. 1986)
• 1958 – Robert DiPierdomenico, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1958 – Jack Wishna, American businessman, co-founded Rockcityclub (d. 2012)
• 1959 – Bobby Ellsworth, American singer and bass player (Overkill)
• 1959 – Ian McCulloch, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Echo & the Bunnymen, Electrafixion, and Crucial Three)
• 1959 – Peter Molyneux, English video game designer, created Fable
• 1959 – Steve Stevens, American guitarist and songwriter (Juno Reactor)
• 1959 – Brian Williams, American journalist
• 1960 – Doug Hawkins, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1961 – Hiroshi Hase, Japanese wrestler and politician
• 1961 – Rob Williams, American basketball player (d. 2014)
• 1962 – Sot Chitalada, Thai boxer
• 1962 – Nicolas Vanier, Senegalese explorer, author, and director
• 1962 – Kaoru Wada, Japanese composer and conductor
• 1963 – James LaBrie, Canadian singer-songwriter (Dream Theater, Winter Rose, Explorers Club, and MullMuzzler)
• 1963 – Simon Rimmer, English chef and author
• 1963 – Scott Westerfeld, American author and composer
• 1964 – Jean-François Copé, French politician, French Minister of Budget
• 1964 – Heike Henkel, German high jumper
• 1964 – Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)
• 1964 – Minami Takayama, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1965 – Leslie Law, English horse rider
• 1965 – Glenn Seton, Australian race car driver
• 1966 – Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer (Megadeth, Eidolon, and Act of Defiance)
• 1966 – Sergei Stanishev, Ukrainian-Bulgarian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• 1966 – Josh Weinstein, American screenwriter and producer
• 1967 – Levent Kazak, Turkish actor and screenwriter
• 1967 – Takehito Koyasu, Japanese voice actor and singer
• 1967 – Charles Nagy, American baseball player and coach
• 1967 – Alexis Sinduhije, Burundian journalist and politician
• 1967 – Bill Ward, English actor
• 1968 – Katherine Rake, English academic
• 1968 – Atsuro Watabe, Japanese actor
• 1969 – Pieter Muller, South African rugby player
• 1969 – Olav Sepp, Estonian chess player
• 1970 – Kyan Douglas, American television host and author
• 1970 – LaPhonso Ellis, American basketball player
• 1970 – Todd Newton, American game show host
• 1971 – Harold Miner, American basketball player
• 1971 – Mike Redmond, American baseball player and manager
• 1972 – James Cracknell, English rower
• 1972 – Zigmund Palffy, Slovakian ice hockey player
• 1972 – Mikael Renberg, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1973 – Casino Versus Japan, American composer and producer
• 1974 – Seiji Ara, Japanese race car driver
• 1974 – Jens Fredrik Ryland, Norwegian guitarist (Borknagar)
• 1975 – Meb Keflezighi, American runner
• 1976 – Dieter Brummer, Australian actor
• 1976 – Jean-François Dumoulin, Canadian race car driver
• 1976 – Anastasios Pantos, Greek footballer
• 1976 – Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentinian footballer and sportscaster
• 1976 – Sage Stallone, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2012)
• 1976 – Jeremy Michael Ward, American singer and guitarist (The Mars Volta and De Facto) (d. 2003)
• 1977 – Virginie Efira, Belgian actress and journalist
• 1977 – Choi Kang-hee, South Korean actress
• 1977 – Jessica Schwarz, German actress
• 1978 – Santiago Cabrera, Venezuelan-English actor
• 1978 – Morgan Pehme, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1978 – John Wilshere, Papua New Guinean rugby league player
• 1979 – Vincent Kartheiser, American actor
• 1980 – Yossi Benayoun, Israeli footballer
• 1980 – DerMarr Johnson, American basketball player
• 1981 – Marcelle Bittar, Brazilian model
• 1981 – Craig David, English singer-songwriter
• 1981 – Stian Omenås, Norwegian trumpeter and orchestra leader
• 1981 – Danielle Fishel, American actress
• 1981 – Farid Kamil, Malaysian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1982 – Ferrie Bodde, Dutch footballer
• 1982 – Wouter D'Haene, Belgian sprinter
• 1982 – Randall Gay, American football player
• 1982 – Corey Parker, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1983 – James Anyon, English cricketer
• 1983 – Henry Cavill, English actor
• 1983 – Mabel Gay, Cuban triple jumper
• 1983 – Annie Villeneuve, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1983 – Scott Ware, American football player
• 1984 – Wade MacNeil, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Alexisonfire, Gallows, and Black Lungs)
• 1984 – Christian Valdéz, Mexican footballer
• 1985 – Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress and singer
• 1985 – Emanuele Giaccherini, Italian footballer
• 1985 – Tsepo Masilela, South African footballer
• 1985 – Marcos Rogério Oliveira Duarte, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 – Terrence Wheatley, American football player
• 1987 – Graham Dorrans, Scottish footballer
• 1987 – Siim Sellis, Estonian skier
• 1988 – Adele, English singer-songwriter
• 1988 – Mai Agan, Estonian bass player and composer
• 1988 – Jessica Dubroff, American pilot (d. 1996)
• 1988 – Brooke Hogan, American singer and actress
• 1988 – Richard O'Dwyer, English computer programmer
• 1988 – Skye Sweetnam, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress (Sumo Cyco)
• 1988 – Mervyn Westfield, English cricketer
• 1989 – Chris Brown, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
• 1989 – Agnes Knochenhauer, Swedish curler
• 1990 – Hannah Davis, American model
• 1990 – Valentijn de Hingh, Dutch model
• 1990 – Song Jieun, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Secret)
• 1991 – Colin Edwards, Guyanese footballer (d. 2013)
• 1991 – Xenofon Fetsis, Greek footballer
• 1991 – Raúl Jiménez, Mexican footballer
• 1991 – Shubha Phutela, Indian model and actress (d. 2012)
• 1992 – Loïck Landre, French footballer
• 1992 – Yōsuke Mikami, Japanese footballer
• 1992 – Taisuke Miyazaki, Japanese footballer
• 1993 – Francine Niyonsaba, Burundian runner
• 1999 – Nathan Chen, American figure skater

Deaths[edit]

• 984 – Gerberga of Saxony (b. 913)
• 1194 – Casimir II the Just, Polish son of Bolesław III Wrymouth (b. 1138)
• 1243 – Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent, English justiciar (b. c. 1160)
• 1306 – Constantine Palaiologos, Byzantine general (b. 1261)
• 1309 – Charles II of Naples (b. 1254)
• 1525 – Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (b. 1463)
• 1586 – Henry Sidney, Irish politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1529)
• 1671 – Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, English general and politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (b. 1602)
• 1672 – Samuel Cooper, English painter and linguist (b. 1609)
• 1700 – Angelo Italia, Italian architect (b. 1628)
• 1705 – Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1640)
• 1760 – Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician (b. 1720)
• 1766 – Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (b. 1684)
• 1808 – Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher (b. 1757)
• 1821 – Napoleon, French general and emperor (b. 1769)
• 1827 – Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b. 1750)
• 1833 – Sophia Campbell, English-Australian painter (b. 1777)
• 1855 – Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1786)
• 1859 – Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (b. 1805)
• 1860 – Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (b. 1804)
• 1892 – August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1896 – Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1907 – Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1916 – John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)
• 1916 – Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)
• 1921 – Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1924 – A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)
• 1931 – Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1939 – Clara Schønfeld, Danish actress (b. 1856)
• 1942 – Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)
• 1947 – Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 1959 – Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1962 – Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1965 – Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (b. 1915)
• 1965 – John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1971 – Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887)
• 1973 – Zekai Özger, Turkish poet and academic (b. 1948)
• 1977 – Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1981 – Bobby Sands, Irish republican hunger striker (b. 1954)
• 1983 – Horst Schumann, German physician (b. 1901)
• 1983 – John Williams, English-American actor (b. 1903)
• 1985 – Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed the Bailey bridge (b. 1901)
• 1988 – Michael Shaara, American author and academic (b. 1928)
• 1992 – Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor and singer (b. 1927)
• 1994 – Mário Quintana, Brazilian poet and translator (b. 1906)
• 1995 – Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and coach (b. 1911)
• 1997 – Walter Gotell, German-English actor (b. 1924)
• 1999 – Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
• 2000 – Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (b. 1914)
• 2000 – Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1940)
• 2001 – Morris Graves, American painter and educator (b. 1910)
• 2001 – Clifton Hillegass, American publisher, created CliffsNotes (b. 1918)
• 2002 – Hugo Banzer, Bolivian general and politician, 62nd President of Bolivia (b. 1926)
• 2002 – Paul Wilbur Klipsch, American engineer, founded Klipsch Audio Technologies (b. 1904)
• 2002 – George Sidney, American director and producer (b. 1916)
• 2003 – Sam Bockarie, Sierra Leonean commander (b. 1964)
• 2003 – Walter Sisulu, South African activist and politician (b. 1912)
• 2004 – Ritsuko Okazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (Melocure) (b. 1959)
• 2005 – Elisabeth Fraser, American actress (b. 1920)
• 2005 – Édgar Ponce, Mexican actor and dancer (b. 1974)
• 2006 – Naushad Ali, Indian composer and producer (b. 1919)
• 2006 – Atıf Yılmaz, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 2007 – Theodore Harold Maiman, American-Canadian physicist and engineer, created the laser (b. 1927)
• 2008 – Irv Robbins, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (b. 1917)
• 2008 – Jerry Wallace, American singer and guitarist (b. 1928)
• 2010 – Giulietta Simionato, Italian soprano (b. 1910)
• 2010 – Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian academic and politician, 12th president of Nigeria (b. 1951)
• 2011 – Claude Choules, English-Australian soldier (b. 1901)
• 2011 – Yosef Merimovich, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1924)
• 2011 – Dana Wynter, German-English actress (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Surendranath, Indian cricketer (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Aatos Erkko, Finnish journalist and publisher (b. 1932)
• 2012 – George Knobel, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Roy Padayachie, South African lawyer and politician, South African Minister of Communications (b. 1950)
• 2013 – Rossella Falk, Italian actress (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Sarah Kirsch, German poet and author (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Greg Quill, Australian-Canadian singer-songwriter and journalist (b. 1947)
• 2013 – Robert Ressler, American FBI agent and author (b. 1937)
• 2014 – Timothy John Byford, English-Serbian director and screenwriter (b. 1941)
• 2014 – Butler Derrick, American lawyer and politician (b. 1936)
• 2014 – Eduardo Mac Entyre, Argentinian painter (b. 1929)
• 2014 – Michael Otedola, Nigerian journalist and politician, 9th Governor of Lagos State (b. 1926)
• 2015 – Jobst Brandt, American cyclist, engineer, and author (b. 1935)
• 2015 – Craig Gruber, American bass player (Rainbow, Elf, Bible Black, and Raven Lord) (b. 1951)
• 2015 – Oscar Holderer, German-American scientist and engineer (b. 1919)
• 2015 – Hans Jansen, Dutch linguist, academic, and politician (b. 1942)
• 2015 – Brian Sedgemore, English lawyer and politician (b. 1937)

Ennio Morricone cancels Rome concerts over back problems

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Italian composer Ennio Morricone has cancelled concerts in Rome because of health concerns.

The 87-year-old has shelved three performances due to two collapsed vertebrae, according to Rome's Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Orchestra.

The Oscar winner was due to perform with Santa Cecilia and its chorus on 22, 23 and 24 May.

Later European concerts will still go ahead, Morricone's spokeswoman said.

These include concerts at Paris' Palais Des Congres on 27 and 28 May and at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, on 23 June.

Morricone, who has 500 film credits to this name, won his first competitive Oscar this year for his work on Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight. He had previously received an honorary Oscar in 2007.

His most notables scores include The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Untouchables and Bugsy.

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• 1527 – Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. 147 Swiss Guards, including their commander, die fighting the forces of Charles V in order to allow Pope Clement VII to escape into Castel Sant'Angelo.
• 1536 – The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Spanish.
• 1536 – King Henry VIII orders English-language Bibles be placed in every church. In 1539 the Great Bible would be provided for this purpose.
• 1542 – Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.
• 1659 – English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.
• 1682 – Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles.
• 1757 – Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
• 1757 – The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).
• 1757 – English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.
• 1782 – Construction begins on the Grand Palace, the royal residence of the King of Siam in Bangkok, at the command of King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
• 1801 – Captain Thomas Cochrane in the 14-gun HMS Speedy captures the 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo.
• 1835 – James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the New York Herald.
• 1840 – The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
• 1844 – The Glaciarium, the world's first mechanically frozen ice rink, opens.
• 1857 – The British East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British and is considered to be the First Martyr in the War of Indian Independence.
• 1861 – American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
• 1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by Confederate troops.
• 1877 – Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Sioux surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
• 1882 – Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed and killed during the Phoenix Park Murders in Dublin.
• 1882 – The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
• 1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
• 1902 – Macario Sakay establishes the Tagalog Republic with himself as President.
• 1906 – The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23rd by the Julian calendar).
• 1910 – George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.
• 1915 – Babe Ruth hits his first major league home run while pitching for the Boston Red Sox.
• 1916 – Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.
• 1930 – The 7.1 Mw Salmas earthquake shakes northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Up to three-thousand people were killed.
• 1933 – The Deutsche Studentenschaft attacked Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, later burning many of its books.
• 1935 – New Deal: Executive Order 7034 creates the Works Progress Administration.
• 1935 – The first flight of the Curtiss P-36 Hawk.
• 1937 – Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
• 1940 – John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
• 1941 – At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
• 1941 – The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
• 1942 – World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
• 1945 – World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.
• 1945 – World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.
• 1949 – EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
• 1954 – Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
• 1960 – More than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.
• 1962 – St. Martín de Porres is canonized by Pope John XXIII.
• 1966 – Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England.
• 1972 – Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara for attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.
• 1975 – During a lull in fighting, 100,000 Armenians gather in Beirut to commemorate 60th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
• 1976 – An earthquake strikes the Friuli region of northeastern Italy, causing 989 deaths and the destruction of entire villages.
• 1981 – A jury of architects and sculptors unanimously selects Maya Ying Lin's design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial from 1,421 other entries.
• 1983 – The Hitler Diaries are revealed as a hoax after examination by experts.
• 1984 – One hundred three Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul.
• 1989 – Cedar Point opens Magnum XL-200, the first roller coaster to break the 200 ft height barrier, therefore spawning what is known as the "coaster wars".
• 1994 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
• 1994 – Former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones files a lawsuit against United States President Bill Clinton, alleging that he had sexually harassed her in 1991.
• 1996 – The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.
• 1997 – The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.
• 1998 – Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his fifth career start.
• 1999 – The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.
• 2001 – During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
• 2002 – After a radio-interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum the Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated.
• 2004 – The series finale of the television sitcom Friends is aired on NBC. The finale attracts 52.46 million viewers, making it the sixth most watched television series finale in U.S. history.
• 2013 – Three women missing for more than a decade are found alive in the U.S. city of Cleveland, Ohio. Their captor, Ariel Castro, is taken into custody.

Births[edit]

• 1501 – Pope Marcellus II (d. 1555)
• 1574 – Pope Innocent X (d. 1655)
• 1635 – Johann Joachim Becher (d. 1682)
• 1668 – Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright (d. 1747)
• 1680 – Jean-Baptiste Stuck, Italian-French cellist and composer (d. 1755)
• 1713 – Charles Batteux, French philosopher and academic (d. 1780)
• 1714 – Anton Raaff, German tenor (d. 1797)
• 1742 – Jean Senebier, Swiss pastor and physiologist (d. 1809)
• 1758 – André Masséna, French general (d. 1817)
• 1758 – Maximilien Robespierre, French lawyer and politician (d. 1794)
• 1769 – Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1824)
• 1769 – Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (d. 1834)
• 1781 – Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher and author (d. 1832)
• 1797 – Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer (d. 1882)
• 1800 – Roman Sanguszko, Polish general (d. 1881)
• 1827 – Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (d. 1891)
• 1836 – Max Eyth, German engineer and author (d. 1906)
• 1843 – Grove Karl Gilbert, American geologist and academic (d. 1918)
• 1848 – Henry Edward Armstrong, English chemist and academic (d. 1937)
• 1851 – Aristide Bruant, French singer and actor (d. 1925)
• 1856 – Sigmund Freud, Austrian-English neurologist and psychoanalyst (d. 1939)
• 1856 – Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (d. 1920)
• 1861 – Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (d. 1931)
• 1868 – Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (d. 1927)
• 1869 – Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and central banker, 8th and 11th Governor of the Bank of Japan (d. 1932)
• 1870 – Walter Rutherford, Scottish golfer (d. 1936)
• 1871 – Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
• 1871 – Christian Morgenstern, German author and poet (d. 1914)
• 1872 – Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1934)
• 1872 – Djemal Pasha, Ottoman general (d. 1922)
• 1879 – Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (d. 1952)
• 1879 – Hendrik van Heuckelum, Dutch footballer (d. 1929)
• 1880 – Winifred Brunton, English-South African painter and illustrator (d. 1959)
• 1880 – Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German-Swiss painter (d. 1938)
• 1880 – William Joseph Simmons, American Ku Klux Klan leader (d. 1945)
• 1882 – Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (d. 1951)
• 1883 – Alberto Collo, Italian actor (d. 1955)
• 1895 – Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and author (d. 1974)
• 1896 – Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1966)
• 1895 – Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian soldier and politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (d. 1946)
• 1895 – Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (d. 1926)
• 1897 – Paul Alverdes, German author and poet (d. 1979)
• 1898 – Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (d. 1945)
• 1902 – Harry Golden, Ukrainian-American journalist and author (d. 1981)
• 1902 – Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter (d. 1957)
• 1903 – Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant (d. 1977)
• 1904 – Raymond Bailey, American actor (d. 1980)
• 1904 – Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (d. 1984)
• 1904 – Catherine Lacey, English actress (d. 1979)
• 1904 – Harry Martinson, Swedish author and poet Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978)
• 1905 – Philip N. Krasne, American lawyer and producer (d. 1999)
• 1906 – André Weil, French mathematician and academic (d. 1998)
• 1907 – Weeb Ewbank, American football player and coach (d. 1998)
• 1911 – Guy des Cars, French journalist and author (d. 1993)
• 1913 – Carmen Cavallaro, American pianist (d. 1989)
• 1913 – Stewart Granger, English-American actor (d. 1993)
• 1915 – Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1985)
• 1915 – Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author (d. 1986)
• 1916 – Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1997)
• 1916 – Adriana Caselotti, American voice actress and singer (d. 1997)
• 1917 – Kal Mann, American songwriter (d. 2001)
• 1917 – Jilly Rizzo, American businessman and actor (d. 1992)
• 1919 – André Guelfi, French race car driver
• 1920 – Martha Beck, American murderer (d. 1951)
• 1920 – Ross Hunter, American actor and producer (d. 1996)
• 1920 – Kamisese Mara, Fijian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Fiji (d. 2004)
• 1921 – Erich Fried, Austrian-German author, poet, and translator (d. 1988)
• 1922 – Vladimir Etush, Russian actor
• 1922 – Camille Laurin, Canadian psychiatrist and politician, 7th Deputy Premier of Quebec (d. 1999)
• 1923 – Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2002)
• 1924 – Nestor Basterretxea, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite, activist, and author (d. 2006)
• 1924 – Denny Wright, English guitarist, composer, and producer (d. 1992)
• 1926 – Gilles Grégoire, Canadian politician, co-founded the Parti Québécois (d. 2006)
• 1926 – Marguerite Piazza, American soprano and actress (d. 2012)
• 1929 – Rosemary Cramp, English archaeologist and academic
• 1929 – Paul Lauterbur, American chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
• 1929 – John Taylor, English bishop and theologian
• 1930 – Sonia Rykiel, French fashion designer
• 1931 – Willie Mays, American baseball player and coach
• 1932 – Ahmet Haxhiu, Kosovan activist (d. 1994)
• 1932 – Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, English lieutenant and politician
• 1934 – Richard Shelby, American lawyer and politician
• 1936 – Bernard Lemaire, Canadian businessman
• 1937 – Rubin Carter, American-Canadian boxer (d. 2014)
• 1938 – Jean Garon, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician (d. 2014)
• 1939 – Eddie C. Campbell, American singer and guitarist
• 1939 – Chet Allen, American child actor (d. 1984)
• 1940 – Alexandra Burslem, Chinese-English academic
• 1942 – Ariel Dorfman, Argentinian author, playwright, and academic
• 1942 – David Friesen, American bassist
• 1942 – Rin Kaiho, Chinese-Japanese go player
• 1943 – Andreas Baader, German terrorist, co-founded the Red Army Faction (d. 1977)
• 1943 – Grange Calveley, English animator and screenwriter
• 1943 – Milton William Cooper, American theorist and author (d. 2001)
• 1943 – Wolfgang Reinhardt, German pole vaulter (d. 2011)
• 1943 – James Turrell, American sculptor and illustrator
• 1944 – Anton Furst, English-American production designer and art director (d. 1991)
• 1944 – Masanori Murakami, Japanese baseball player and coach
• 1945 – Bob Seger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 – Grier Jones, American golfer and coach
• 1946 – Frankie Librán, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 1947 – Alan Dale, New Zealand actor
• 1947 – Kit Martin, English architect and author
• 1947 – Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher and author
• 1947 – Ljubomir Vračarević, Serbian martial artist, founded Real Aikido (d. 2013)
• 1948 – Mary MacGregor, American singer
• 1950 – Jeffery Deaver, American journalist and author
• 1950 – Robbie McIntosh, Scottish drummer (Average White Band and The Senate) (d. 1974)
• 1951 – Samuel Doe, Liberian sergeant and politician, 21st President of Liberia (d. 1990)
• 1951 – Antonio Saldías, Chilean historian and author
• 1952 – Graham Brazier, New Zealand singer-songwriter (Hello Sailor) (d. 2015)
• 1952 – Fred Newman, American actor and composer
• 1952 – Gerrit Zalm, Dutch economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1953 – Alexander Akimov, Ukrainian Chernobyl worker (d. 1986)
• 1953 – Tony Blair, British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1953 – Michelle Courchesne, Canadian urban planner and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
• 1953 – Ülle Rajasalu, Estonian politician
• 1953 – David Rudder, Trinidadian calypsonian
• 1953 – Graeme Souness, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1953 – Lynn Whitfield, American actress and producer
• 1954 – Tom Abernethy, American basketball player
• 1954 – Dora Bakoyannis, Greek politician, 120th Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs
• 1954 – Angela Hernández Nuñez, Dominican author and poet
• 1955 – Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Armagh
• 1955 – Tom Bergeron, American television host
• 1955 – John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
• 1956 – Lakis Lazopoulos, Greek actor and screenwriter
• 1956 – Roland Wieser, German race walker and coach
• 1958 – Randall Stout, American architect, designed the Taubman Museum of Art (d. 2014)
• 1959 – Andreas Busse, German runner
• 1959 – Charles Hendry, English politician
• 1960 – Lyudmila Andonova, Bulgarian high jumper
• 1960 – Keith Dowding, English political scientist, philosopher, and academic
• 1960 – Roma Downey, Irish-American actress and producer
• 1960 – John Flansburgh, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (They Might Be Giants and Mono Puff)
• 1960 – Aleksei Lotman, Estonian biologist and politician
• 1960 – Anne Parillaud, French actress
• 1961 – Oleksandr Apaychev, Ukrainian decathlete and coach
• 1961 – George Clooney, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 – Tom Hunter, Scottish businessman and philanthropist
• 1961 – Gina Riley, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 – Tom Brake, English politician
• 1962 – Brad Izzard, Australian rugby league player
• 1963 – Alessandra Ferri, Italian ballerina
• 1965 – Leslie Hope, Canadian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1968 – Worku Bikila, Ethiopian runner
• 1968 – Shin Hae-chul, South Korean singer-songwriter and producer (N.EX.T) (d. 2014)
• 1968 – Lætitia Sadier, French singer and keyboard player (Stereolab, Monade, and McCarthy)
• 1969 – Jim Magilton, Northern Irish footballer and manager
• 1970 – Roland Kun, Nauruan politician
• 1971 – Chris Shiflett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Foo Fighters, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Jackson United, No Use for a Name, and Viva Death)
• 1972 – Martin Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 – Naoko Takahashi, Japanese runner
• 1974 – Bernard Barmasai, Kenyan runner
• 1974 – Daniela Bártová, Czech pole vaulter and gymnast
• 1974 – Faruk Namdar, German-Turkish footballer
• 1975 – Alan Richardson, English cricketer and coach
• 1976 – Dean Chandler, English footballer
• 1977 – Christophe Brandt, Belgian cyclist
• 1977 – Marc Chouinard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Mark Eaton, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1977 – Chantelle Newbery, Australian diver
• 1978 – John Abraham, American football player
• 1978 – Fredrick Federley, Swedish journalist and politician
• 1978 – Aleksandr Fyodorov, Russian bodybuilder
• 1979 – Mark Burrier, American illustrator
• 1979 – Gerd Kanter, Estonian discus thrower
• 1979 – Jan Erik Mikalsen, Norwegian composer
• 1980 – Brooke Bennett, American swimmer
• 1980 – Colt Cabana, American wrestler
• 1980 – Dimitris Diamantidis, Greek basketball player
• 1980 – Mark Ladwig, American figure skater
• 1980 – Ricardo Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
• 1980 – Taebin, American-South Korean rapper (1TYM)
• 1980 – Matthew Whiley, English cricketer
• 1981 – Matt Drake, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Evile)
• 1981 – Nick Setta, American-Canadian football player
• 1981 – Edyta Śliwińska, Polish dancer
• 1982 – Dilshod Nazarov, Tajikistani hammer thrower
• 1982 – Kyle Shewfelt, Canadian gymnast
• 1982 – Jason Witten, American football player
• 1983 – Dani Alves, Brazilian footballer
• 1983 – Ingrid Jonach, Australian author
• 1983 – Gabourey Sidibe, American actress
• 1983 – Trinley Thaye Dorje, Tibetan religious leader, the 17th Karmapa Lama
• 1984 – Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki, American-Somali terrorist (d. 2013)
• 1984 – Anton Babchuk, Ukrainian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Juan Pablo Carrizo, Argentinian footballer
• 1985 – Tanerau Latimer, New Zealand rugby player
• 1985 – Chris Paul, American basketball player
• 1986 – Goran Dragić, Slovenian basketball player
• 1986 – Gintarė Vostrecovaitė, Lithuanian figure skater
• 1986 – Sasheer Zamata, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1987 – Moon Geun-young, South Korean actress
• 1987 – Dries Mertens, Belgian footballer
• 1987 – Aljona Malets, Estonian footballer
• 1989 – Bobby Bazini, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1989 – Dominika Cibulková, Slovakian tennis player
• 1989 – Amra Sadiković, Swiss tennis player
• 1990 – José Altuve, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1990 – Danielle Beaubrun, Saint Lucian swimmer
• 1990 – Caitlin Yankowskas, American figure skater
• 1991 – Valerio Frasca, Italian footballer
• 1992 – Brendan Gallagher, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1992 – Takashi Usami, Japanese footballer
• 1993 – Alex Preston, American singer
• 1993 – Andris Siksnis, Latvian ice hockey player
• 1994 – Mateo Kovačić, Austrian-Croatian footballer

Deaths[edit]

• 850 – Ninmyō, Japanese emperor (b. 808)
• 1471 – Edmund Beaufort, English commander (b. 1438)
• 1475 – Dieric Bouts, Flemish painter (b. 1415)
• 1502 – James Tyrrell, English knight (b. 1450)
• 1596 – Giaches de Wert, Flemish-Italian composer (b. 1535)
• 1631 – Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, English historian and politician, founded the Cotton library (b. 1570)
• 1638 – Cornelius Jansen, Dutch-French bishop and theologian (b. 1585)
• 1708 – François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop (b. 1623)
• 1757 – Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1683)
• 1757 – Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (b. 1684)
• 1782 – Christine Kirch, German astronomer and academic (b. 1696)
• 1840 – Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (b. 1792)
• 1859 – Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)
• 1862 – Henry David Thoreau, American author and philosopher (b. 1817)
• 1877 – Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 – Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1882 – Lord Frederick Cavendish, English-Irish politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1902 – Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1910 – Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
• 1913 – Alexandros Schinas, Greek assassin of George I of Greece (b. 1870)
• 1919 – L. Frank Baum, American journalist and author (b. 1856)
• 1939 – Konstantin Somov, Russian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1869)
• 1949 – Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1951 – Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1869)
• 1952 – Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (b. 1870)
• 1959 – Maria Dulęba, Polish actress (b. 1881)
• 1959 – Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic (b. 1907)
• 1961 – Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1895)
• 1963 – Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1881)
• 1963 – Ted Weems, American violinist, and trombonist, and bandleader (b. 1901)
• 1963 – Monty Woolley, American actor and director (b. 1888)
• 1967 – Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator (b. 1885)
• 1970 – Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general (b. 1879)
• 1972 – Deniz Gezmiş, Turkish activist (b. 1947)
• 1973 – Ernest MacMillan, Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1893)
• 1975 – József Mindszenty, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1892)
• 1981 – Frank O'Grady, Australian public servant (b. 1900)
• 1983 – Ezra Jack Keats, American author and illustrator (b. 1916)
• 1983 – Kai Winding, Danish-American trombonist and composer (b. 1922)
• 1984 – Mary Cain, American journalist and politician (b. 1904)
• 1984 – Bonner Pink, English politician (b. 1912)
• 1985 – Julie Vega, Filipino actress and singer (b. 1968)
• 1987 – William J. Casey, American politician, 13th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1913)
• 1989 – Earl Blaik, American football player and coach (b. 1897)
• 1990 – Charles Farrell, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1991 – Wilfrid Hyde-White, English actor (b. 1903)
• 1992 – Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress and singer (b. 1901)
• 1995 – Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1956)
• 1995 – Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança, Portuguese woman who claimed to be the daughter of Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1907)
• 2000 – Gordon McClymont, Australian ecologist and academic (b. 1920)
• 2002 – Murray Adaskin, Canadian violinist, composer, conductor, and educator (b. 1906)
• 2002 – Otis Blackwell, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1932)
• 2002 – Pim Fortuyn, Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician (b. 1948)
• 2002 – Bjørn Johansen, Norwegian saxophonist (b. 1940)
• 2003 – Art Houtteman, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1927)
• 2004 – Virginia Capers, American actress (b. 1925)
• 2004 – Philip Kapleau, American monk and educator (b. 1912)
• 2004 – Barney Kessel, American guitarist and composer (The Wrecking Crew) (b. 1923)
• 2006 – Lillian Asplund, American survivor of the Sinking of the RMS Titanic (b. 1906)
• 2006 – Shigeru Kayano, Japanese activist (b. 1926)
• 2006 – Grant McLennan, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Go-Betweens and Jack Frost) (b. 1958)
• 2006 – Lorne Saxberg, Canadian journalist (b. 1958)
• 2007 – Enéas Carneiro, Brazilian physician and politician (b. 1938)
• 2007 – Curtis Harrington, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2009 – Kevin Grubb, American race car driver (b. 1978)
• 2010 – Robin Roberts, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Fahd al-Quso, Yemeni terrorist (b. 1974)
• 2012 – James R. Browning, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Pat Frink, American basketball player (b. 1945)
• 2012 – James Isaac, American director and producer (b. 1960)
• 2012 – Jean Laplanche, French psychoanalyst and author (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Giulio Andreotti, Italian journalist and politician, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1919)
• 2013 – Steve Carney, English footballer (b. 1957)
• 2013 – Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle (b. 1909)
• 2013 – Esperanza Magaz, Cuban-Venezuelan actress (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Severo Aparicio Quispe, Peruvian bishop (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Michelangelo Spensieri, Italian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
• 2014 – Wil Albeda, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs (b. 1925)
• 2014 – William H. Dana, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (b. 1940)
• 2014 – Billy Harrell, American baseball player and scout (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Antony Hopkins, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Maria Lassnig, Austrian painter and academic (b. 1919)
• 2014 – Farley Mowat, Canadian environmentalist and author (b. 1921)
• 2015 – Novera Ahmed, Bangladeshi sculptor (b. 1930)
• 2015 – Denise McCluggage, American race car driver and journalist (b. 1927)
• 2015 – Jim Wright, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1922)

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