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• 28 BCE – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.
• 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, opens a full-scale assault on Jerusalem and attacks the city's Third Wall to the northwest.
• 1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England pending the selection of a king.
• 1497 – Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World.
• 1503 – Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there.
• 1534 – Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland.
• 1655 – England, with troops under the command of Admiral William Penn and General Robert Venables, annexes Jamaica from Spain.
• 1768 – John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London.
• 1773 – The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade.
• 1774 – Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
• 1775 – American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
• 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Representatives from the Thirteen Colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
• 1796 – War of the First Coalition: Napoleon I of France wins a decisive victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the Adda River in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.
• 1801 – First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.
• 1824 – The National Gallery in London opens to the public.
• 1833 – The desecration of the grave of the viceroy of southern Vietnam Lê Văn Duyệt by Emperor Minh Mạng provokes his adopted son to start a revolt.
• 1837 – Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels.
• 1849 – Astor Place Riot: A riot breaks out at the Astor Opera House in Manhattan, New York City over a dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William Charles Macready, killing at least 25 and injuring over 120.
• 1857 – Indian Rebellion of 1857: In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys mutiny against their commanding officers at Meerut.
• 1864 – American Civil War: Colonel Emory Upton leads a 10-regiment "Attack-in-depth" assault against the Confederate works at The Battle of Spotsylvania, which, though ultimately unsuccessful, would provide the idea for the massive assault against the Bloody Angle on May 12. Upton is slightly wounded but is immediately promoted to Brigadier general.
• 1865 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is captured by Union troops near Irwinville, Georgia.
• 1865 – American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
• 1866 – Romania National Holiday 1866-1947, The Modern Monarchy Instauration of the Kingdom of Romania, Carol I of Romania
• 1869 – The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
• 1872 – Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
• 1876 – The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia by U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and Brazilian Emperor Dom Pedro II.
• 1877 – Romania declares itself independent from the Ottoman Empire following the Senate adoption of Mihail Kogălniceanu's Declaration of Independence. Recognized on March 26, 1881 after the end of the Romanian War of Independence.
• 1893 – The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Nix v. Hedden that a tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit, under the Tariff Act of 1883.
• 1904 – The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
• 1908 – Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
• 1916 – Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
• 1922 – The United States annexes the Kingman Reef.
• 1924 – J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
• 1933 – Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.
• 1940 – World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
• 1940 – World War II: German raids on British shipping convoys and military airfields begin.
• 1940 – World War II: Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
• 1940 – World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain.
• 1940 – World War II: Invasion of Iceland by the United Kingdom.
• 1941 – World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.
• 1941 – World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany.
• 1942 – World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
• 1946 – First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
• 1948 – The Republic of China implements "temporary provisions" granting President Chiang Kai-shek extended powers to deal with the Communist uprising; they will remain in effect until 1991.
• 1954 – Bill Haley & His Comets release "Rock Around the Clock", the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts.
• 1960 – The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast, the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.
• 1962 – Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk.
• 1969 – Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.
• 1970 – Bobby Orr scores "The Goal" to win the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals, for the Boston Bruins' fourth NHL championship in their history.
• 1972 – First flight of the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (a.k.a. "Warthog").
• 1975 – Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder in Japan.
• 1979 – The Federated States of Micronesia become self-governing.
• 1981 – François Mitterrand wins the presidential election and becomes the first Socialist President of France in the French Fifth Republic.
• 1993 – In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills 156 workers.
• 1994 – Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.
• 1997 – A 7.3 M_w earthquake strikes Iran's Khorasan Province, killing 1,567, injuring over 2,300, leaving 50,000 homeless, and damaging or destroying over 15,000 homes.
• 1997 – The Maeslantkering, a storm surge barrier in the Netherlands that is one of the world's largest moving structures, is opened by Queen Beatrix.
• 2002 – F.B.I. agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.
• 2005 – A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 65 feet (20 meters) from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.
• 2008 – An EF4 tornado strikes the Oklahoma–Kansas state line, killing 21 people and injuring over 100.
• 2012 – The Damascus bombings are carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside of a military intelligence complex in Damascus, Syria, killing 55 people and injuring 400 others
• 2013 – One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.

Births[edit]

• 213 – Claudius Gothicus, Roman emperor (d. 270)
• 1002 – Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Iraqi historian and scholar (d. 1071)
• 1265 – Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)
• 1604 – Jean Mairet, French author and playwright (d. 1686)
• 1640 – Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1701)
• 1697 – Jean-Marie Leclair, French violinist and composer (d. 1764)
• 1714 – Sophie Charlotte Ackermann, German actress (d. 1792)
• 1727 – Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, French economist and politician, French Controller-General of Finances (d. 1781)
• 1755 – Robert Gray, American captain and explorer (d. 1806)
• 1760 – Johann Peter Hebel, German author and poet (d. 1826)
• 1760 – Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French captain, engineer, and composer (d. 1836)
• 1770 – Louis-Nicolas Davout, French general and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1823)
• 1775 – Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, French general (d. 1809)
• 1788 – Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist and engineer (d. 1827)
• 1788 – Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1819)
• 1810 – E. Cobham Brewer, English lexicographer and author (d. 1897)
• 1812 – William Henry Barlow, English engineer (d. 1902)
• 1813 – Montgomery Blair, American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General (d. 1883)
• 1838 – John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1865)
• 1840 – Hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian warlord (d. 1868)
• 1841 – James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American publisher and broadcaster, co-founded Commercial Cable Company (d. 1918)
• 1843 – Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (d. 1920)
• 1847 – Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician and academic (d. 1923)
• 1855 – Yukteswar Giri, Indian guru and educator (d. 1936)
• 1863 – Kaarle Krohn, Finnish historian and academic (d. 1933)
• 1866 – Léon Bakst, Russian painter and costume designer (d. 1924)
• 1872 – Marcel Mauss, French sociologist and anthropologist (d. 1950)
• 1874 – Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and orientalist (d. 1941)
• 1876 – Ivan Cankar, Slovenian poet and playwright (d. 1918)
• 1878 – Konstantinos Parthenis, Greek painter (d. 1967)
• 1878 – Gustav Stresemann, German journalist and politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1929)
• 1879 – Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (d. 1926)
• 1886 – Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author (d. 1968)
• 1886 – Felix Manalo, Filipino religious leader, founded Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963)
• 1888 – Max Steiner, Austrian-American composer and conductor (d. 1971)
• 1889 – Mae Murray, American actress, dancer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1965)
• 1890 – Alfred Jodl, German general (d. 1946)
• 1891 – Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor and academic (d. 1934)
• 1893 – Tonita Peña, San Ildefonso Pueblo (Native American) artist (d. 1949)
• 1894 – Elvira Popescu, Romanian-French actress and director (d. 1993)
• 1894 – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-American composer and conductor (d. 1979)
• 1895 – Kama Chinen, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2010)
• 1896 – Alberts Ozoliņš, Latvian weightlifter (d. 1985)
• 1897 – Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian politician, 15th Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1987)
• 1898 – Ariel Durant, American historian and author (d. 1981)
• 1899 – Fred Astaire, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1987)
• 1900 – Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1979)
• 1901 – John Desmond Bernal, Irish-English crystallographer and physicist (d. 1971)
• 1902 – Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1974)
• 1902 – David O. Selznick, American director and producer (d. 1965)
• 1903 – Otto Bradfisch, German economist, jurist, and SS officer (d. 1994)
• 1904 – David Brown, English businessman (d. 1993)
• 1905 – Markos Vamvakaris, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (d. 1972)
• 1907 – Harilaos Perpessas, Greek composer (d. 1995)
• 1908 – Carl Albert, American lawyer and politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2000)
• 1909 – Maybelle Carter, American autoharp player (Carter Family and The Carter Sisters) (d. 1978)
• 1911 – Bel Kaufman, American author and educator (d. 2014)
• 1915 – Monica Dickens, English author (d. 1992)
• 1915 – Denis Thatcher, English soldier and businessman, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2003)
• 1916 – Milton Babbitt, American composer and educator (d. 2011)
• 1918 – T. Berry Brazelton, American pediatrician and author
• 1918 – Desmond MacNamara, Irish painter, sculptor, and author (d. 2008)
• 1920 – Basil Kelly, Northern Irish barrister, judge and politician (d. 2008)
• 1920 – Bert Weedon, English guitarist (d. 2012)
• 1922 – David Azrieli, Polish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2014)
• 1922 – Nancy Walker, American actress, singer, and director (d. 1992)
• 1923 – Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijan general and politician, 3rd President of Azerbaijan (d. 2003)
• 1923 – Otar Korkia, Georgian basketball player and coach (d. 2005)
• 1926 – Hugo Banzer, Bolivian general and politician, 62nd President of Bolivia (d. 2002)
• 1927 – Nayantara Sahgal, Indian author
• 1928 – Arnold Rüütel, Estonian agronomist and politician, 3rd President of Estonia
• 1928 – Lothar Schmid, German chess player (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Audun Boysen, Norwegian runner (d. 2000)
• 1929 – George Coe, American actor and producer (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Antonine Maillet, Canadian author and playwright
• 1930 – George E. Smith, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1931 – Ichirō Nagai, Japanese voice actor (d. 2014)
• 1931 – Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
• 1932 – Karthigesu Sivathamby, Sri Lankan author and academic (d. 2011)
• 1933 – Barbara Taylor Bradford, English-American author
• 1933 – Françoise Fabian, Algerian-French actress
• 1934 – Kenneth D. Taylor, Canadian diplomat (d. 2015)
• 1935 – Larry Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1980)
• 1937 – Tamara Press, Ukrainian shot putter and discus thrower
• 1938 – Jean Becker, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1938 – Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis player
• 1940 – Wayne Dyer, American author and educator (d. 2015)
• 1941 – Winfried Bischoff, German-English banker and businessman
• 1941 – Aydın Güven Gürkan, Turkish academician and politician (d. 2006)
• 1942 – Jim Calhoun, American basketball player and coach
• 1942 – Youssouf Sambo Bâ, Nigerien-Burkinabe educator and politician
• 1943 – David Clennon, American actor
• 1944 – Jim Abrahams, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1944 – Marie-France Pisier, French actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
• 1946 – Donovan, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
• 1946 – Graham Gouldman, English guitarist and songwriter (10cc, The Mindbenders, and Wax)
• 1946 – Dave Mason, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Traffic and Fleetwood Mac)
• 1946 – Diderik Wagenaar, Dutch composer and theorist
• 1947 – Caroline B. Cooney, American author
• 1948 – Meg Foster, American actress
• 1949 – Miuccia Prada, Italian fashion designer
• 1950 – Natalya Bondarchuk, Russian actress and director
• 1952 – Kikki Danielsson, Swedish singer (Wizex, Chips, Kikki, Bettan & Lotta, and Kjell Roos Band)
• 1952 – Sly Dunbar, Jamaican drummer (Sly and Robbie, The Aggrovators, The Upsetters, and The Revolutionaries)
• 1952 – Vanderlei Luxemburgo, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1953 – Tito Santana, American wrestler and coach
• 1955 – Mark David Chapman, American murderer
• 1956 – Yves Jacques, Canadian actor
• 1956 – Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist (d. 1995)
• 1957 – Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (Sex Pistols) (d. 1979)
• 1958 – Tauseef Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer
• 1958 – Gaétan Boucher, Canadian speed skater
• 1958 – Rick Santorum, American lawyer and politician
• 1959 – Victoria Rowell, American actress
• 1959 – Danny Schayes, American basketball player
• 1960 – Bono, Irish singer-songwriter, humanitarian, and activist (U2)
• 1960 – Dean Heller, American lawyer and politician, 15th Secretary of State of Nevada
• 1960 – Merlene Ottey, Jamaican-Slovenian runner
• 1961 – Randy Cunneyworth, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1961 – Ayako Fuji, Japanese singer
• 1963 – Lisa Nowak, American commander and astronaut
• 1963 – Debbie Wiseman, English composer and conductor
• 1965 – Linda Evangelista, Canadian model
• 1965 – Rony Seikaly, Lebanese-American basketball player and radio host
• 1966 – Ilian Djevelekov, Bulgarian film director and producer
• 1966 – Jonathan Edwards, English triple jumper
• 1967 – Young MC, English-American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1967 – Nobuhiro Takeda, Japanese footballer and sportscaster
• 1968 – Al Murray, English comedian and television host
• 1968 – Tatyana Shikolenko, Russian javelin thrower
• 1969 – Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1969 – John Scalzi, American author and blogger
• 1970 – Gabriela Montero, Venezuelan-American pianist
• 1970 – David Weir, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1971 – Monisha Kaltenborn, Indian-Swiss lawyer and businesswoman
• 1971 – Craig Mack, American rapper and producer
• 1971 – Ådne Søndrål, Norwegian speed skater
• 1972 – Radosław Majdan, Polish footballer
• 1973 – Aviv Geffen, Israeli singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Blackfield)
• 1973 – Rüştü Reçber, Turkish footballer
• 1974 – Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer
• 1975 – Torbjørn Brundtland, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (Röyksopp)
• 1975 – Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver
• 1975 – Adam Deadmarsh, Canadian-American ice hockey player
• 1976 – Udo Mechels, Belgian singer
• 1976 – Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi, Greek javelin thrower
• 1977 – Henri Camara, Senegalese footballer
• 1977 – Sergei Nakariakov, Russian trumpet player
• 1978 – Bruno Cheyrou, French footballer
• 1978 – Kenan Thompson, American actor
• 1979 – Lee Hyori, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Fin.K.L)
• 1981 – Samuel Dalembert, Haitian-Canadian basketball player
• 1981 – Humberto Suazo, Chilean footballer
• 1983 – Gustav Fridolin, Swedish journalist and politician, Swedish Minister of Education
• 1984 – Edward Mujica, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1985 – Odette Annable, American actress
• 1985 – Ryan Getzlaf, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Jon Schofield, English canoe racer
• 1986 – Emilio Izaguirre, Honduran footballer
• 1987 – Wilson Chandler, American basketball player
• 1987 – Anej Lovrečič, Slovenian footballer
• 1989 – Lindsey Shaw, American actress, singer, and producer
• 1990 – Ivana Španović, Serbian long jumper
• 1992 – Charice Pempengco, Filipino singer-songwriter and actress
• 1993 – Tímea Babos, Hungarian tennis player
• 1993 – Mirai Shida, Japanese actress
• 1994 – Jamar Loza, Jamaican footballer
• 1995 – Missy Franklin, American swimmer
• 1996 – Tyus Jones, American basketball player
• 1996 – Kateřina Siniaková, Czech tennis player

Deaths[edit]

• 689 – Prince Kusakabe of Japan (b. 662)
• 884 – Ahmad ibn Tulun, ruler of Egypt and Syria (b. 835)
• 1290 – Rudolf II, Duke of Austria (b. 1271)
• 1424 – Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan (b. 1347)
• 1482 – Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1397)
• 1493 – Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1433)
• 1521 – Sebastian Brant, German author (b. 1457)
• 1566 – Leonhart Fuchs, German physician and botanist (b. 1501)
• 1641 – Johan Banér, Swedish field marshal (b. 1596)
• 1657 – Gustav Horn, Count of Pori (b. 1592)
• 1691 – John Birch, English soldier and politician (b. 1615)
• 1692 – Sarah Osborne, Salem witch trials victim (b. 1643)
• 1717 – John Hathorne, American merchant and politician (b. 1641)
• 1721 – Christian William I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (b. 1647)
• 1726 – Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (b. 1670)
• 1737 – Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (b. 1702)
• 1774 – Louis XV of France (b. 1710)
• 1775 – Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (b. 1751)
• 1787 – William Watson, English physician, physicist, and botanist (b. 1715)
• 1798 – George Vancouver, English navigator and explorer (b. 1757)
• 1807 – Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French general (b. 1725)
• 1818 – Paul Revere, American engraver and soldier (b. 1735)
• 1829 – Thomas Young, English physician and linguist (b. 1773)
• 1849 – Hokusai, Japanese painter and illustrator (b. 1760)
• 1863 – Stonewall Jackson, American general (b. 1824)
• 1868 – Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
• 1889 – Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1826)
• 1897 – Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the Philippines (b. 1863)
• 1904 – Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (b. 1861)
• 1910 – Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)
• 1945 – Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
• 1945 – Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1960 – Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1962 – Shunroku Hata, Japanese field marshal and politician, 48th Japanese Minister of War (b. 1879)
• 1964 – Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
• 1965 – Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)
• 1967 – Lorenzo Bandini, Italian race car driver (b. 1935)
• 1968 – Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 1974 – Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)
• 1976 – Elias Aslaksen, Norwegian religious leader (b. 1888)
• 1977 – Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)
• 1982 – Peter Weiss, German playwright and painter (b. 1916)
• 1988 – Shen Congwen, Chinese author and academic (b. 1902)
• 1989 – Dimitar Ilievski-Murato, Macedonian mountaineer (b. 1953)
• 1989 – Woody Shaw, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1944)
• 1990 – Walker Percy, American author and academic (b. 1916)
• 1994 – John Wayne Gacy, American criminal (b. 1942)
• 1999 – Shel Silverstein, American poet, author, and illustrator (b. 1930)
• 2000 – Jules Deschênes, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1923)
• 2000 – Kaneto Shiozawa, Japanese voice actor (b. 1954)
• 2000 – Dick Sprang, American illustrator (b. 1915)
• 2001 – Sudhakarrao Naik, Indian politician, 16th Governor of Himachal Pradesh (b. 1934)
• 2002 – Kaifi Azmi, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1919)
• 2002 – Yves Robert, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
• 2003 – Milan Vukcevich, Serbian-American chemist and chess player (b. 1937)
• 2005 – David Wayne, American singer-songwriter (Metal Church, Reverend, and Wayne) (b. 1958)
• 2006 – Soraya, Colombian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1969)
• 2006 – Raizo Matsuno, Japanese politician (b. 1917)
• 2006 – A. M. Rosenthal, Canadian-American journalist (b. 1922)
• 2008 – Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (b. 1928)
• 2010 – Frank Frazetta, American illustrator and painter (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Horst Faas, German photographer and journalist (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Günther Kaufmann, German actor and singer (b. 1947)
• 2012 – Bernardo Sassetti, Portuguese pianist and composer (b. 1970)
• 2012 – Carroll Shelby, American race car driver and designer (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Gunnar Sønsteby, Norwegian captain and author (b. 1918)
• 2013 – Félix Agramont Cota, Mexican engineer and politician, 8th Governor of Baja California Sur (b. 1918)
• 2014 – Carmen Argibay, Argentinian lawyer and judge (b. 1939)
• 2014 – Patrick Lucey, American soldier and politician, 38th Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1918)
• 2015 – Ninad Bedekar, Indian historian, author, and academic (b. 1949)
• 2015 – Jack Body, New Zealand composer and photographer (b. 1944)
• 2015 – Chris Burden, American sculptor, illustrator, and academic (b. 1946)
• 2015 – William T. Cooper, Australian ornithologist and illustrator (b. 1934)
• 2015 – Rachel Rosenthal, French-American actress and dancer (b. 1926)

Justin Timberlake to perform at Eurovision in Sweden

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Justin Timberlake has said he'll be performing at this year's Eurovision Song contest in Stockholm, Sweden.

The 35-year-old will sing during the interval at the grand final on Saturday.

Eurovision bosses made clear his performance would be in a non-competitive role.

It is the first time in the history of the contest that an artist of global stature has taken to the stage to perform independently. 

In a statement, Sven Stojanovic, one of show's producers said: "This is a fantastic opportunity, we are very happy and excited that Justin Timberlake will perform his new song together with his band in our show. 

"It makes it extra special that the Swedish songwriters Max Martin and Shellback have co-written and co-produced the song together with Justin Timberlake."

The nine-time Grammy award-winner will perform his new song, Can't Stop the Feeling, which he wrote for the Dreamworks animation, Trolls.

BBC Radio 1 presenter Scott Mills and The Great British Bake Off's Mel Giedroyc will co-host BBC Four's live coverage of the two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May.

Graham Norton will again commentate for BBC One's live broadcast of the final from the Globe Arena. 

Timberlake, who's on a promotional tour for his single, also presented the best drama series trophy at this year's Bafta TV awards, alongside actress Anna Kendrick.

The award went to BBC Two's Wolf Hall.

Timberlake's performance announcement comes after Eurovision announced Romania was being expelled from the competition for not paying their fees.

It also comes days after Eurovision bosses relaxed their flag rules, meaning the UK entry could fly a Welsh flag.

It was originally included in a list of banned flags because its red dragon was considered a political statement.

Previously only flags of contest members and UN states were allowed due to the event's non-political nature.

The UK entry features Joe Woolford from Ruthin, Denbighshire who will be performing You're Not Alone with Jake Shakeshaft from Stoke-on-Trent.

Σχετική Βιβλιογραφία

• «Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης - Αυτοβιογραφία», της Αγγελικής Βέλλου - Κάιλ. (εκδόσεις «Παπαζήση»)
• «Ρεμπέτικη Ανθολογία», του Τάσου Σχορέλη, Τόμος Α'. (εκδόσεις «Πλέθρον»)
• «Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης, ο Άγιος Μάγκας», του Μάνου Τσιλιμίδη. (εκδόσεις «Κάκτος»)


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• 330 – Byzantium is renamed Nova Roma during a dedication ceremony, but it is more popularly referred to as Constantinople.
• 868 – A copy of the Diamond Sutra is printed in China, making it the oldest known dated printed book.
• 912 – Alexander becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1310 – In France, fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake as heretics.
• 1502 – Christopher Columbus departs Cádiz on his fourth and final voyage to the Americas.
• 1647 – Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam to replace Willem Kieft as Director-General of New Netherland, the Dutch colonial settlement in present-day New York City.
• 1672 – Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands.
• 1745 – War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy: French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch–Hanoverian army.
• 1792 – Captain Robert Gray becomes the first documented white person to sail into the Columbia River.
• 1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London.
• 1813 – In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth lead an expedition to cross the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. Their route opens up inland Australia for continued expansion throughout the 19th century.
• 1820 – HMS Beagle, the ship that will take Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage, is launched.
• 1833 – The Aberdeen-built brig Lady of the Lake struck an iceberg and sank off the coast of Newfoundland with the loss of up to 265 passengers and crew.
• 1846 – President James K. Polk asked for and received a Declaration of War against Mexico, starting the Mexican–American War
• 1857 – Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
• 1858 – Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. State.
• 1862 – American Civil War: The ironclad CSS Virginia is scuttled in the James River northwest of Norfolk, Virginia.
• 1867 – Luxembourg gains its independence.
• 1880 – Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
• 1889 – An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
• 1891 – The Ōtsu incident: Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich of Imperial Russia (later Nicholas II) suffers a critical head injury during a sword attack by Japanese policeman Tsuda Sanzō. He is rescued by Prince George of Greece and Denmark.
• 1894 – Pullman Strike: Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike in Illinois.
• 1907 – Thirty-two Shriners are killed when their chartered train derails at a switch near Surf Depot in Lompoc, California.
• 1910 – An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
• 1918 – The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus is officially established.
• 1927 – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded.
• 1942 – William Faulkner's collections of short stories, Go Down, Moses, is published.
• 1943 – World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
• 1944 – World War II: The Allies begin a major offensive against the Axis Powers on the Gustav Line.
• 1945 – World War II: Off the coast of Okinawa, the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill is hit by two kamikazes, killing 346 of its crew. Although badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under its own power.
• 1946 – The United Malays National Organisation is created.
• 1949 – Siam officially changes its name to Thailand for the second time. The name had been in use since 1939 but was reverted in 1945.
• 1949 – Israel joins the United Nations.
• 1953 – The 1953 Waco tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado hits downtown Waco, Texas, killing 114.
• 1960 – In Buenos Aires, Argentina, four Israeli Mossad agents capture fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann who is living under the alias of Ricardo Klement.
• 1963 – Racist bombings in Birmingham, Alabama disrupt nonviolence in the Birmingham campaign and precipitate a crisis involving federal troops.
• 1970 – The Lubbock tornado, a F5 tornado, hits Lubbock, Texas, killing 26 and causing $250 million in damage.
• 1972 – United States performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site, which was part of the series Operation Grommet and Operation Toggle.
• 1973 – Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg has charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times dismissed.
• 1984 – Eight people perish in a fire at Six Flags Great Adventure's Haunted Castle.
• 1985 – Bradford City stadium fire: Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in a flash fire at Valley Parade football ground during a match against Lincoln City in Bradford, England.
• 1987 – Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
• 1987 – In Baltimore, the first heart–lung transplant takes place. The surgery is performed by Dr. Bruce Reitz of the Stanford University School of Medicine.
• 1995 – More than 170 countries extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions.
• 1996 – After the aircraft's departure from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades killing all 110 on board.
• 1996 – The 1996 Mount Everest disaster: on a single day eight people die during summit attempts on Mount Everest.
• 1997 – Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.
• 1998 – India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran to include a thermonuclear device.
• 2000 – Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia.
• 2010 – David Cameron becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following talks between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats to form the UK's first coalition government since World War II after elections produced a hung parliament.
• 2013 – Fifty-two people are killed in a bombing in Reyhanlı, Turkey.
• 2014 – Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into the stand by police officers attempting to defuse a hostile incident.

Births[edit]

• 1014 – Anawrahta, founder of the Pagan Empire (d. 1077)
• 1366 – Anne of Bohemia (d. 1394)
• 1571 – Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimyo (d. 1637)
• 1715 – Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, German organist (d. 1739)
• 1715 – Ignazio Fiorillo, Italian composer and educator (d. 1787)
• 1722 – Petrus Camper, Dutch physician, anatomist, and physiologist (d. 1789)
• 1733 – Princess Victoire of France (d. 1799)
• 1752 – Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist (d. 1840)
• 1771 – Laskarina Bouboulina, Greek commander (d. 1825)
• 1799 – John Lowell, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist, founded Lowell Institute (d. 1836)
• 1801 – Henri Labrouste, French architect and academic, designed the Sainte-Geneviève Library (d. 1875)
• 1811 – Chang and Eng Bunker, Thai-American conjoined twins (d. 1874)
• 1811 – Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss politician (d. 1893)
• 1817 – Fanny Cerrito, Italian ballerina and choreographer (d. 1909)
• 1824 – Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904)
• 1827 – Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)
• 1835 – Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905)
• 1838 – Isabelle Bogelot, French philanthropist (d. 1923)
• 1838 – Walter Goodman, English painter, illustrator, and author (d. 1912)
• 1852 – Charles W. Fairbanks, American journalist and politician, 26th United States Vice President (d. 1918)
• 1854 – Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer (d. 1932)
• 1861 – Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (d. 1947)
• 1869 – Archibald Warden, English tennis player (d. 1943)
• 1870 – Otto von Friesen, Swedish linguist and academic (d. 1942)
• 1871 – Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and author (d. 1943)
• 1875 – Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter (d. 1912)
• 1881 – Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager (d. 1964)
• 1881 – Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (d. 1944)
• 1881 – Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (d. 1963)
• 1882 – Joseph Marx, Austrian composer, educator, and critic (d. 1964)
• 1888 – Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer (d. 1989)
• 1888 – Willis Augustus Lee, American admiral (d. 1945)
• 1889 – Paul Nash, British painter (d. 1946)
• 1890 – Willie Applegarth, English-American sprinter (d. 1958)
• 1890 – Helge Løvland, Norwegian decathlete (d. 1984)
• 1892 – Margaret Rutherford, English actress (d. 1972)
• 1894 – Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1991)
• 1895 – Jacques Brugnon, French tennis player (d. 1978)
• 1895 – William Grant Still, American composer and conductor (d. 1978)
• 1896 – Josip Štolcer-Slavenski Croatian composer and academic (d. 1955)
• 1897 – Kurt Gerron, German actor and director (d. 1944)
• 1897 – Robert E. Gross, American businessman (d. 1961)
• 1899 – Paulino Masip, Spanish author and playwright (d. 1963)
• 1901 – Gladys Rockmore Davis, American painter (d. 1967)
• 1902 – Karl Pärsimägi, Estonian painter (d. 1942)
• 1903 – Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player and manager (d. 1993)
• 1904 – Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter and illustrator (d. 1989)
• 1907 – Rose Ausländer, Ukrainian-English poet and author (d. 1988)
• 1907 – Rip Sewell, American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)
• 1909 – Ellis R. Dungan, American director and producer (d. 2001)
• 1909 – Kurt Großkurth, German actor and singer (d. 1975)
• 1911 – Mitchell Sharp, Canadian economist and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Finance (d. 2004)
• 1911 – Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (d. 1985)
• 1912 – Saadat Hasan Manto, Indian-Pakistani author and screenwriter (d. 1955)
• 1913 – Robert Jungk, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1994)
• 1914 – Haroun Tazieff, French volcanologist and geologist (d. 1998)
• 1916 – Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
• 1918 – Richard Feynman, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
• 1920 – Denver Pyle, American actor and director (d. 1997)
• 1921 – Robin Barbour, Scottish minister and author (d. 2014)
• 1921 – Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German politician
• 1922 – Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera, Filipino lawyer and jurist
• 1924 – Eugene Dynkin, Russian-American mathematician and theorist (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Antony Hewish, English astronomer and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1925 – Edward J. King, American football player and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 2006)
• 1927 – Mort Sahl, Canadian-American comedian and actor
• 1927 – Gene Savoy, American explorer, author, and scholar (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Yaacov Agam, Israeli sculptor
• 1928 – Andrew van der Bijl, Dutch missionary and author
• 1930 – Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist and academic, co-developed THE multiprogramming system (d. 2002)
• 1930 – Stanley Elkin, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 1995)
• 1932 – Valentino Garavani, Italian fashion designer, founded Valentino SpA
• 1933 – Louis Farrakhan, American religious leader
• 1933 – Narendra Patel, Baron Patel, Tanzanian-English obstetrician, academic, and politician
• 1934 – Jim Jeffords, American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 2014)
• 1934 – Arthur Labatt, Canadian businessman and academic
• 1935 – Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist and author (d. 2007)
• 1936 – Carla Bley, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (Jazz Composer's Orchestra)
• 1937 – Cheng Yen, Taiwanese Buddhist nun and philanthropist
• 1939 – Dante Tiñga, Filipino jurist and politician
• 1940 – Herbert Müller, Swiss race car driver (d. 1981)
• 1941 – Eric Burdon, English singer-songwriter, actor, and painter (The Animals and War)
• 1941 – Ian Redpath, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1943 – Nancy Greene, Canadian skier and politician
• 1944 – John Benaud, Australian cricketer
• 1945 – Floyd Adams, Jr., American publisher and politician, 63rd Mayor of Savannah, Georgia (d. 2014)
• 1946 – Robert Jarvik, American cardiologist, developed the Artificial heart
• 1947 – Butch Trucks, American drummer (The Allman Brothers Band)
• 1948 – Jack Cantoni, French rugby player (d. 2013)
• 1948 – Nirj Deva, Sri Lankan-English politician
• 1948 – Shigeru Izumiya, Japanese singer, actor, and poet
• 1950 – Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Indian actor and singer (d. 2014)
• 1950 – Jeremy Paxman, English journalist and author
• 1951 – Mike Slemen, English rugby player and educator
• 1951 – Ed Stelmach, Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Alberta
• 1952 – Shohreh Aghdashloo, Iranian-American actress
• 1952 – Frances Fisher, English-American actress
• 1952 – Warren Littlefield, American businessman
• 1952 – Mike Lupica, American journalist and author
• 1953 – David Gest, American concert promoter (d. 2016)
• 1954 – John Clayton, American journalist
• 1954 – John Gregory, English footballer and manager
• 1954 – Judith Weir, English composer and educator
• 1955 – John DeStefano, Jr., American politician, 49th Mayor of New Haven
• 1956 – Theresa Burke, Canadian journalist and producer
• 1956 – Alex Lester, English radio host
• 1957 – Mike Nesbitt, Northern Irish journalist and politician
• 1958 – Dan Ireland, American director and producer (d. 2016)
• 1958 – Nalliah Kumaraguruparan, Sri Lankan accountant and politician
• 1958 – Phil Smyth, Australian basketball player and coach
• 1958 – Walt Terrell, American baseball player
• 1959 – Martha Quinn, American radio and television host
• 1961 – Luis Felipe, Cuban gang leader, founded the Latin Kings
• 1961 – Kimberly McCarthy, American murderer (d. 2013)
• 1962 – Steve Bono, American football player
• 1963 – Gunilla Carlsson, Swedish politician, 10th Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation
• 1963 – Roark Critchlow, Canadian-American actor
• 1963 – Masatoshi Hamada, Japanese comedian and actor
• 1963 – Natasha Richardson, English-American actress (d. 2009)
• 1964 – Tim Blake Nelson, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1964 – John Parrott, English snooker player and sportscaster
• 1964 – Bobby Witt, American baseball player
• 1964 – Floyd Youmans, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1965 – Greg Dulli, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Twilight Singers, The Afghan Whigs, and The Gutter Twins)
• 1966 – Christoph Schneider, German drummer (Rammstein and Feeling B)
• 1967 – Alberto García Aspe, Mexican footballer and manager
• 1968 – Wenn V. Deramas, Filipino director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
• 1968 – Jeffrey Donovan, American actor
• 1969 – Mitch Healey, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1969 – Simon Vroemen, Dutch runner
• 1970 – Harold Ford, Jr., American lawyer and politician
• 1970 – Jason Queally, English cyclist
• 1972 – Tomáš Dvořák, Czech decathlete and coach
• 1972 – Daniel Ornellas, South African bass player (Tree63)
• 1973 – Tsuyoshi Ogata, Japanese runner
• 1974 – Kevin Brown, English-Canadian ice hockey player
• 1974 – Stanley Gene, Papua New Guinean rugby league player and coach
• 1974 – Darren Ward, English-Welsh footballer and coach
• 1975 – Francisco Cordero, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1975 – Ziad Jarrah, Lebanese terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 93 (d. 2001)
• 1977 – Janne Ahonen, Finnish ski jumper and race car driver
• 1977 – Gonzalo Colsa, Spanish footballer
• 1977 – Pablo Gabriel García, Uruguayan footballer
• 1977 – Victor Matfield, South African rugby player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1978 – Laetitia Casta, French model and actress
• 1978 – Perttu Kivilaakso, Finnish cellist and composer (Apocalyptica)
• 1979 – Erin Lang, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1980 – Ernest Vardanean, Armenian-Moldovan political scientist and journalist
• 1981 – Lauren Jackson, Australian basketball player
• 1981 – Dusán Mukics, Slovene journalist, poet, and translator
• 1981 – Daniel Ortmeier, American baseball player
• 1982 – Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and singer (d. 2013)
• 1983 – Matt Leinart, American football player
• 1983 – Steven Sotloff, American-Israeli journalist (d. 2014)
• 1984 – John Bowie, American football player
• 1984 – Andrés Iniesta, Spanish footballer
• 1984 – Marvin Wijks, Dutch footballer
• 1985 – Sifow, Japanese singer
• 1985 – Matt Giraud, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1985 – Beau Ryan, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1986 – Ronny Heberson Furtado de Araújo, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 – Abou Diaby, French footballer
• 1986 – Miguel Veloso, Portuguese footballer
• 1987 – Albulena Haxhiu, Kosovo jurist and politician
• 1987 – Monica Roșu, Romanian gymnast
• 1988 – Brad Marchand, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Ami Nakashima, Japanese singer and dancer (Dream and E-girls)
• 1989 – Gianluigi Bianco, Italian footballer
• 1989 – Giovani dos Santos, Mexican footballer
• 1989 – Jack Grimes, Australian rules footballer
• 1989 – Cam Newton, American football player
• 1992 – Thibaut Courtois, Belgian footballer
• 1993 – Jirapong Meenapra, Thai sprinter
• 1994 – Hagos Gebrhiwet, Ethiopian runner
• 1994 – Nene Macdonald, Papua New Guinean rugby league player
• 1995 – Gelson Martins, Portuguese footballer

Deaths[edit]

• 912 – Leo VI the Wise, Byzantine emperor (b. 866)
• 1304 – Ghazan, Mongolian ruler (b. 1271)
• 1610 – Matteo Ricci, Italian priest and mathematician (b. 1552)
• 1672 – Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, Scottish politician (b. 1615)
• 1686 – Otto von Guericke, German physicist and politician (b. 1602)
• 1696 – Jean de La Bruyère, French philosopher and author (b. 1645)
• 1708 – Jules Hardouin-Mansart, French architect, designed the Château de Dampierre and Grand Trianon (b. 1646)
• 1723 – Jean Galbert de Campistron, French playwright and author (b. 1656)
• 1760 – Alaungpaya, Burmese king (b. 1714)
• 1777 – George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot, English politician (b. 1719)
• 1778 – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1708)
• 1779 – John Hart, American lawyer and politician (b. 1711)
• 1812 – Spencer Perceval, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)
• 1848 – Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
• 1849 – Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (b. 1777)
• 1871 – John Herschel, English mathematician, astronomer, and chemist (b. 1792)
• 1878 – Henry Norris, English civil engineer (b. 1816)
• 1887 – Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist and academic (b. 1802)
• 1889 – John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1891 – Edmond Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1820)
• 1916 – Max Reger, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1873)
• 1916 – Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1920 – James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 – William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 – Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1929 – Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
• 1934 – Blaise Diagne, Senegalese-French soldier and politician (b. 1872)
• 1934 – Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1852)
• 1938 – George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)
• 1939 – Yevgeny Miller, Latvian-Russian general and politician (b. 1867)
• 1940 – Chujiro Hayashi, Japanese physician (b. 1880)
• 1954 – Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Turkish author and poet (b. 1906)
• 1955 – Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
• 1960 – John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1874)
• 1963 – Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1966 – Alfred Wintle, English lieutenant and author (b. 1897)
• 1967 – James E. Brewton, American painter (b. 1930)
• 1976 – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect, designed Finlandia Hall and Paimio Sanatorium (b. 1898)
• 1979 – Lester Flatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Foggy Mountain Boys and Nashville Grass) (b. 1914)
• 1981 – Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1981 – Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bob Marley and the Wailers) (b. 1945)
• 1985 – Chester Gould, American cartoonist, created Dick Tracy (b. 1900)
• 1986 – Alexander Akimov, Ukrainian Chernobyl worker (b. 1953)
• 1986 – Fritz Pollard, American football player and coach (b. 1894)
• 1988 – Kim Philby, British double agent (b. 1912)
• 1994 – Timothy Carey, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1928)
• 1996 – Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigerian journalist and politician, 1st President of Nigeria (b. 1904)
• 1996 – Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1922)
• 2000 – René Muñoz, Cuban-Mexican actor and screenwriter (b. 1938)
• 2001 – Douglas Adams, English novelist and screenwriter (b. 1952)
• 2002 – Joseph Bonanno, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1905)
• 2002 – Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1912)
• 2002 – Bill Peet, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 2003 – Noel Redding, English bass player (The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Road, Fat Mattress, and The Noel Redding Band) (b. 1945)
• 2005 – Léo Cadieux, Canadian politician, 17th Canadian Minister of National Defence (b. 1908)
• 2005 – Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1917)
• 2006 – Yossi Banai, Israeli singer and actor (b. 1932)
• 2006 – Floyd Patterson, American boxer and actor (b. 1935)
• 2007 – Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (b. 1913)
• 2008 – John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (Rush) (b. 1953)
• 2009 – Abel Goumba, Central African physician and politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1926)
• 2009 – Claudio Huepe, Chilean economist and politician, Chilean Minister Secretary-General of Government (b. 1939)
• 2009 – Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda, Indian admiral (b. 1915)
• 2010 – Doris Eaton Travis, American dancer and vaudevillian (b. 1904)
• 2010 – Emmanuel Ngobese, South African footballer (b. 1980)
• 2011 – Maurice Goldhaber, Ukrainian-American physicist and academic (b. 1911)
• 2011 – Robert Traylor, American basketball player (b. 1977)
• 2012 – Jack Benaroya, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Tony DeZuniga, Filipino author and illustrator (b. 1932)
• 2014 – Reg Gasnier, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1939)
• 2014 – Martin Špegelj, Croatian general and politician, 2nd Croatian Minister of Defence (b. 1927)
• 2015 – Alan Borovoy, Canadian lawyer and activist (b. 1932)
• 2015 – Jef Geeraerts, Belgian author and playwright (b. 1930)

Η εμπλοκή των Σαϊεντολόγων στην ζωη του Τομ Κρουζ

Ο πατέρας του ηγέτη της Σαϊεντολογίας,David Miscavige, 

αποκάλυψε στην  Daily Mail τι γινόταν στο σπίτι του Τομ 

Κρουζ, όταν ήταν με την Κέιτι Χόλμς, και περιέγραψε ποια

 ήταν τα περιστατικά που την ώθησαν να πάρει διαζύγιο από

 τον ηθοποιό.

Ο Ρον Μισκάβιτς, λοιπόν, ανέφερε πως η Κέιτι Χολμς πήρε διαζύγιο από τον 

Κρουζ, διότι φοβήθηκε πως θα χάσει την κόρη της με τον ίδιο τρόπο που την 

έχασε και η Νικόλ Κίντμαν.

Η Κέιτι, μάλιστα, φρίκαρε όταν μέλη της σαϊεντολογίας είχαν εγκατασταθεί στο 

σπίτι που ζούσαν με τον Τομ και τον συμβούλευαν για τα πάντα.

Η ίδια αποφάσισε να δώσει τέλος στον γάμο της με τον διάσημο ηθοποιό, μιας και 

φοβήθηκε πως και η κόρη της Suri θα ακολουθήσει την «πολιτικής της αποσύνδεσης».

Σύμφωνα με τον Ρον, η πολιτική της αποσύνδεσης είναι μία τακτική που 

ακολουθούν οι Σαϊεντολόγοι, κατά την οποία οι ίδιοι κόβουν κάθε επαφή με

 άτομα που δεν την ασπάζονται (ακόμη και αν οι είναι οι γονείς τους), πράγμα που

 έκανε και η πρώτη κόρη του Τομ Κρουζ με την Νικόλ Κίτμαν.
Μάλιστα ο Ρον μέσα από το σχετικό βιβλίο του, αποκαλύπτει πως ο Τομ Κρουζ δεν

 είδε μια μέρα την Κέιτι και την ερωτεύτηκε, αντιθέτως ο ίδιος πέρασε από μία

 διαδικασία επιλογής της ιδανικής συντρόφου, την οποία είχαν αναλάβει

 Σαϊεντολόγοι.

Ουσιαστικά, πιστοί της θρησκευτικής οργάνωσης είχαν διοργανώσει μία σειρά από συνεντεύξεις για να βρουν στον Τομ τη νέα του γυναίκα και η Κέιτ Χολμς ήταν η πιο κατάλληλη.