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• 46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) in the battle of Thapsus.
• 402 – Stilicho stymies the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia.
• 1199 – King Richard I of England dies from an infection following the removal of an arrow from his shoulder.
• 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Ayyubids of Egypt capture King Louis IX of France in the Battle of Fariskur.
• 1320 – The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.
• 1327 – The poet Petrarch first sees his idealized love, Laura, in the church of Saint Clare in Avignon.
• 1385 – John, Master of the Order of Aviz, is made king John I of Portugal.
• 1453 – Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (Istanbul), which falls on May 29.
• 1580 – One of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place.
• 1652 – At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town.
• 1712 – The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 begins near Broadway.
• 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
• 1782 – King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) founds the Chakri dynasty.
• 1793 – During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.
• 1808 – John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America's first millionaire.
• 1812 – British forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington assault the fortress of Badajoz. This would be the turning point in the Peninsular War against Napoleon-led France.
• 1814 – Nominal beginning of the Bourbon Restoration; anniversary date that Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
• 1830 – Church of Christ, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement, is organized by Joseph Smith and others at either Fayette or Manchester, New York.
• 1841 – U.S. President John Tyler is sworn in, two days after having become President upon William Henry Harrison's death.
• 1860 – The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, later renamed Community of Christ, is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois.
• 1861 – First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
• 1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
• 1865 – American Civil War: The Battle of Sailor's Creek: Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia during the Appomattox Campaign.
• 1866 – The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.
• 1869 – Celluloid is patented.
• 1888 – Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
• 1893 – Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
• 1895 – Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
• 1896 – In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
• 1909 – Robert Peary and Matthew Henson reach the North Pole.
• 1911 – During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
• 1917 – World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
• 1919 – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi orders a general strike.
• 1926 – Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
• 1929 – Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
• 1930 – Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire," beginning the Salt Satyagraha.
• 1936 – Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
• 1941 – World War II: Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece).
• 1945 – World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.
• 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end.
• 1947 – The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
• 1957 – Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
• 1962 – Leonard Bernstein causes controversy with his remarks from the podium during a New York Philharmonic concert featuring Glenn Gould performing Brahms' First Piano Concerto.
• 1965 – Launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.
• 1965 – The British Government announces the cancellation of the TSR-2 aircraft project.
• 1968 – In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
• 1968 – Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.
• 1970 – Newhall massacre: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout.
• 1972 – Vietnam War: Easter Offensive: American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.
• 1973 – Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
• 1973 – The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.
• 1974 – The Swedish pop band ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo", launching their international career.
• 1979 – Student protests break out in Nepal.
• 1984 – Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.
• 1992 – The Bosnian War begins.
• 1994 – The Rwandan Genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.
• 1998 – Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.
• 1998 – Travelers Group announces an agreement to undertake the $76 billion merger between Travelers and Citicorp, and the merger is completed on October 8, of that year, forming Citibank.
• 2004 – Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.
• 2005 – Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.
• 2008 – The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.
• 2009 – A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.
• 2010 – Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India.
• 2011 – In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 victims of Los Zetas were exhumed from several mass graves.
• 2012 – Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali.

Births[edit]

• 1135 – Maimonides (March 30 also proposed, d. 1204)
• 1483 – Raphael, Italian painter and architect (d. 1520)
• 1492 – Maud Green, English noble (d. 1531)
• 1632 – Maria Leopoldine of Austria (d. 1649)
• 1651 – André Dacier, French scholar and academic (d. 1722)
• 1660 – Johann Kuhnau, German organist and composer (d. 1722)
• 1664 – Arvid Horn, Swedish general and politician, Governor of Västerbotten County (d. 1742)
• 1671 – Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet and playwright (d. 1741)
• 1672 – André Cardinal Destouches, French composer (d. 1749)
• 1706 – Louis de Cahusac, French playwright and composer (d. 1759)
• 1708 – Johann Georg Reutter, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1772)
• 1725 – Pasquale Paoli, French soldier and politician (d. 1807)
• 1726 – Gerard Majella, Italian saint (d. 1755)
• 1741 – Nicolas Chamfort, French author and playwright (d. 1794)
• 1766 – Wilhelm von Kobell, German painter and educator (d. 1853)
• 1773 – James Mill, Scottish historian, economist, and philosopher (d. 1836)
• 1810 – Philip Henry Gosse, English biologist and academic (d. 1888)
• 1812 – Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author (d. 1870)
• 1815 – Robert Volkmann, German organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1883)
• 1818 – Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Norwegian journalist and poet (d. 1870)
• 1820 – Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author (d. 1910)
• 1823 – Joseph Medill, Canadian-American publisher and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1899)
• 1824 – George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1906)
• 1826 – Gustave Moreau, French painter and academic (d. 1898)
• 1844 – William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1913)
• 1851 – Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (d. 1932)
• 1852 – Will Crooks, English trade unionist and politician (d. 1921)
• 1855 – Charles Huot, Canadian painter and illustrator (d. 1930)
• 1857 – Arthur Wesley Dow, American painter and photographer (d. 1922)
• 1860 – René Lalique, French sculptor and jewellery designer (d. 1945)
• 1861 – Stanislas de Guaita, French poet and author (d. 1897)
• 1864 – William Bate Hardy, English biologist and academic (d. 1934)
• 1866 – Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (d. 1931)
• 1869 – Levon Shant, Armenian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1951)
• 1878 – Erich Mühsam, Jewish-German author, poet, and playwright (d. 1934)
• 1881 – Karl Staaf, Swedish pole vaulter and hammer thrower (d. 1953)
• 1884 – J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer (d. 1927)
• 1886 – Athenagoras I of Constantinople (d. 1972)
• 1886 – Walter Dandy, American physician and neurosurgeon (d. 1946)
• 1886 – Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, Indian ruler (d. 1967)
• 1888 – Hans Richter, Swiss painter, illustrator, and director (d. 1976)
• 1888 – Gerhard Ritter, German historian and academic (d. 1967)
• 1890 – Anthony Fokker, Dutch engineer and businessman, founded Fokker Aircraft Manufacturer (d. 1939)
• 1892 – Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American businessman, founded the Douglas Aircraft Company (d. 1981)
• 1892 – Lowell Thomas, American journalist and author (d. 1981)
• 1894 – Gertrude Baines, African-American super-centenarian (d. 2009)
• 1895 – Dudley Nichols, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1960)
• 1898 – Jeanne Hébuterne, French painter and author (d. 1920)
• 1900 – Leo Robin, American composer and songwriter (d. 1984)
• 1901 – Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian activist (d. 1925)
• 1902 – Julien Torma, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1933)
• 1903 – Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player and manager (d. 1962)
• 1903 – Harold Eugene Edgerton, American engineer and academic (d. 1990)
• 1904 – Kurt Georg Kiesinger, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Chancellor of Germany (d. 1988)
• 1904 – Erwin Komenda, Austrian car designer and engineer (d. 1966)
• 1908 – Marcel-Marie Desmarais, Canadian preacher, missionary, and author (d. 1994)
• 1909 – William M. Branham, American minister and theologian (d. 1965)
• 1909 – Hermann Lang, German race car driver (d. 1987)
• 1911 – Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
• 1913 – Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune, American geographer and academic (d. 1993)
• 1915 – Tadeusz Kantor, Polish director, painter, and set designer (d. 1990)
• 1916 – Phil Leeds, American actor (d. 1998)
• 1916 – Vincent Ellis McKelvey, American geologist and author (d. 1987)
• 1917 – Leonora Carrington, English-Mexican painter and author (d. 2011)
• 1918 – Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia (d. 1982)
• 1919 – Georgios Mylonas, Greek politician, 11th Greek Minister of Culture (d. 1998)
• 1920 – Jack Cover, American pilot and physicist, invented the Taser gun (d. 2009)
• 1920 – Edmond H. Fischer, Chinese-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1921 – Wilbur Thompson, American shot putter (d. 2013)
• 1922 – Gordon Chater, English-Australian comedian and actor (d. 1999)
• 1923 – Herb Thomas, American race car driver (d. 2000)
• 1926 – Sergio Franchi, Italian-American singer and actor (d. 1990)
• 1926 – Gil Kane, Latvian-American author and illustrator (d. 2000)
• 1926 – Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical minister and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 2014)
• 1926 – Randy Weston, American jazz pianist and composer
• 1927 – Gerry Mulligan, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 1996)
• 1928 – James Watson, American biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1929 – Willis Hall, English playwright and author (d. 2005)
• 1929 – Joi Lansing, American model, actress and nightclub singer (d. 1972)
• 1929 – André Previn, American pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1931 – Ram Dass, American author and educator
• 1931 – Ivan Dixon, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008)
• 1932 – Connie Broden, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Helmut Griem, German actor and director (d. 2004)
• 1933 – Roy Goode, English lawyer and academic
• 1933 – Tom C. Korologos, American journalist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Belgium
• 1933 – Eduardo Malapit, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Kauai (d. 2007)
• 1934 – Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor (d. 1996)
• 1934 – Anton Geesink, Dutch martial artist and wrestler (d. 2010)
• 1934 – Guy Peellaert, Belgian painter, illustrator, and photographer (d. 2008)
• 1935 – Douglas Hill, Canadian author and critic (d. 2007)
• 1936 – Helen Berman, Dutch-Israeli painter and illustrator
• 1936 – Jean-Pierre Changeux, French neuroscientist, biologist, and academic
• 1937 – Merle Haggard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
• 1937 – Tom Veivers, Australian cricketer and politician
• 1937 – Billy Dee Williams, American actor, singer, and writer
• 1938 – Paul Daniels, English magician and television host (d. 2016)
• 1938 – Roy Thinnes, American actor
• 1939 – André Ouellet, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1939 – John Sculley, American businessman, co-founded Zeta Interactive
• 1940 – Homero Aridjis, Mexican journalist, author, and poet
• 1940 – Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., Mexican-American actor and producer (d. 2011)
• 1941 – Christopher Allsopp, English economist and academic
• 1941 – Phil Austin, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1941 – Hans W. Geißendörfer, German director and producer
• 1941 – Don Prudhomme, American race car driver and manager
• 1941 – Gheorghe Zamfir, Romanian flute player and composer
• 1942 – Barry Levinson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1943 – Max Clifford, English journalist and publicist
• 1943 – Roger Cook, New Zealand-English journalist and academic
• 1943 – Ian MacRae, New Zealand rugby player
• 1943 – Mitchell Melton, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
• 1944 – Anita Pallenberg, Italian-English model, actress, and fashion designer
• 1944 – Felicity Palmer, English operatic soprano
• 1945 – Rodney Bickerstaffe, English trade union leader
• 1945 – Peter Hill, English journalist
• 1946 – Paul Beresford, New Zealand-English dentist and politician
• 1947 – John Ratzenberger, American actor and director
• 1947 – André Weinfeld, French-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1947 – Mike Worboys, English mathematician and computer scientist
• 1949 – Alyson Bailes, English academic and diplomat (d. 2016)
• 1949 – Patrick Hernandez, French singer-songwriter
• 1949 – Ng Ser Miang, Singaporean athlete, entrepreneur and diplomat
• 1949 – Horst Ludwig Störmer, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1950 – Claire Morissette, Canadian cycling activist (d. 2007)
• 1950 – Cleo Odzer, Jewish-American anthropologist and author (d. 2001)
• 1951 – Bert Blyleven, Dutch-American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1951 – Jean-Marc Boivin, French skier, mountaineer, and pilot (d. 1990)
• 1951 – Pascal Rogé, French pianist
• 1951 – Phil Schaap, American jazz disc jockey and historian
• 1952 – Udo Dirkschneider, German singer-songwriter
• 1952 – Marilu Henner, Greek-Polish American actress and author
• 1952 – Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 1992)
• 1953 – Patrick Doyle, Scottish actor and composer
• 1953 – Christopher Franke, German-American drummer and songwriter
• 1955 – Rob Epstein, American director and producer
• 1955 – Michael Rooker, American actor, director, and producer
• 1955 – Cathy Jones, Canadian actress, comedian, and writer
• 1956 – Michele Bachmann, American lawyer and politician
• 1956 – Normand Corbeil, Canadian composer (d. 2013)
• 1956 – Mudassar Nazar, Pakistani cricketer
• 1956 – Lee Scott, English politician
• 1956 – Sebastian Spreng, Argentinian-American painter and journalist
• 1956 – Dilip Vengsarkar, Indian cricketer and coach
• 1957 – Giorgio Damilano, Italian race walker and coach
• 1957 – Maurizio Damilano, Italian race walker and coach
• 1957 – Jaroslava Maxová, Czech soprano and educator
• 1957 – Paolo Nespoli, Italian soldier, engineer, and astronaut
• 1958 – Graeme Base, Australian author and illustrator
• 1959 – Gail Shea, Canadian politician
• 1960 – Warren Haynes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1960 – Richard Loe, New Zealand rugby player
• 1960 – John Pizzarelli, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 – Rory Bremner, Scottish actor and screenwriter
• 1961 – Peter Jackson, English footballer and manager
• 1962 – Iris Häussler, German sculptor and academic
• 1962 – Marco Schällibaum, Swiss footballer, coach, and manager
• 1963 – Rafael Correa, Ecuadorian economist and politician, 54th President of Ecuador
• 1963 – Derrick May, American electronic musician
• 1964 – Phil Gayle, English journalist
• 1965 – Black Francis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1965 – Sterling Sharpe, American football player and sportscaster
• 1966 – Vince Flynn, American author (d. 2013)
• 1966 – Young Man Kang, South Korean-American director and producer
• 1967 – Julian Anderson, English composer and educator
• 1967 – Kathleen Barr, Canadian voice actress and singer
• 1967 – Tanya Byron, English psychologist and academic
• 1967 – Jonathan Firth, English actor
• 1968 – Archon Fung, American political scientist, author, and academic
• 1968 – Affonso Giaffone, Brazilian race car driver
• 1969 – Bret Boone, American baseball player and manager
• 1969 – Bison Dele, American basketball player (d. 2002)
• 1969 – Philipp Peter, Austrian race car driver
• 1969 – Paul Rudd, American actor
• 1969 – Spencer Wells, American geneticist and anthropologist
• 1970 – Olaf Kölzig, South African-German ice hockey player and coach
• 1970 – Roy Mayorga, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
• 1970 – Huang Xiaomin, Chinese swimmer
• 1971 – Lou Merloni, American baseball player and radio host
• 1972 – Anders Thomas Jensen, Danish director and screenwriter
• 1972 – Dickey Simpkins, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1973 – Donnie Edwards, American football player
• 1973 – Randall Godfrey, American football player
• 1973 – Rie Miyazawa, Japanese model and actress
• 1973 – Sun Wen, Chinese footballer
• 1975 – Zach Braff, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1975 – Hal Gill, American ice hockey player
• 1976 – Candace Cameron Bure, American actress and talk show panelist
• 1976 – James Fox, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1976 – Chris Hoke, American football player
• 1976 – Georg Hólm, Icelandic bass player
• 1976 – Hirotada Ototake, Japanese author and educator
• 1977 – Ville Nieminen, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1977 – Andy Phillips, American baseball player and coach
• 1978 – Imani Coppola, American singer-songwriter and violinist
• 1978 – Tim Hasselbeck, American football player and sportscaster
• 1978 – Myleene Klass, English singer, pianist, and model
• 1978 – Martín Méndez, Uruguayan bass player and songwriter
• 1978 – Blaine Neal, American baseball player
• 1978 – Igor Semshov, Russian footballer
• 1979 – Lord Frederick Windsor, English journalist and financier
• 1980 – Tommi Evilä, Finnish long jumper
• 1981 – Robert Earnshaw, Welsh footballer
• 1981 – Jeff Faine, American football player
• 1981 – Alex Suarez, American bass player
• 1982 – Travis Moen, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Mehdi Ballouchy, Moroccan footballer
• 1983 – Jerome Kaino, New Zealand rugby player
• 1983 – Mitsuru Nagata, Japanese footballer
• 1983 – Remi Nicole, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1983 – James Wade, English darts player
• 1983 – Katie Weatherston, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Max Bemis, American singer-songwriter
• 1984 – Michaël Ciani, French footballer
• 1984 – Siboniso Gaxa, South African footballer
• 1985 – Clarke MacArthur, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Frank Ongfiang, Cameroonian footballer
• 1985 – Sinqua Walls, American basketball player and actor
• 1986 – Nikolas Asprogenis, Cypriot footballer
• 1986 – Aaron Curry, American football player
• 1986 – Goeido Gotaro, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1986 – Ryota Moriwaki, Japanese footballer
• 1987 – Benjamin Corgnet, French footballer
• 1987 – Heidi Mount, American model
• 1987 – Juan Adriel Ochoa, Mexican footballer
• 1987 – Levi Porter, English footballer
• 1987 – Hilary Rhoda, American model
• 1988 – Jucilei, Brazilian footballer
• 1988 – Leigh Adams, Australian footballer
• 1988 – Daniele Gasparetto, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Carlton Mitchell, American football player
• 1988 – Fabrice Muamba, Congolese-English footballer
• 1988 – Ivonne Orsini, Puerto Rican-American model and television host, Miss World Puerto Rico 2008
• 1989 – Rigard van Klooster, Dutch cyclist and speed skater
• 1990 – Lachlan Coote, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 – Charlie McDermott, American actor
• 1990 – Andrei Veis, Estonian footballer
• 1994 – Adrián Alonso, Mexican actor
• 1995 – Darya Lebesheva, Belarusian tennis player

Deaths[edit]

• 861 – Prudentius, bishop of Troyes
• 885 – Saint Methodius, Byzantine missionary and saint (b. 815)
• 887 – Pei Che, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
• 1147 – Frederick II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1090)
• 1199 – Richard I of England (b. 1157)
• 1231 – William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
• 1250 – Guillaume de Sonnac, Grand Master of the Knights Templar
• 1252 – Saint Peter of Verona
• 1340 – Basil of Trebizond
• 1362 – James I, Count of La Marche (b. 1319)
• 1490 – Matthias Corvinus, Romanian-Hungarian husband of Beatrice of Naples (b. 1443)
• 1520 – Raphael, Italian painter and architect (b. 1483)
• 1528 – Albrecht Dürer, German painter, engraver, and mathematician (b. 1471)
• 1551 – Joachim Vadian, Swiss scholar and politician (b. 1484)
• 1571 – John Hamilton, Scottish archbishop and academic (b. 1512)
• 1590 – Francis Walsingham, English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1532)
• 1605 – John Stow, English historian and author (b. 1525)
• 1655 – David Blondel, French minister, historian, and scholar (b. 1591)
• 1676 – John Winthrop the Younger, English politician, 1st Governor of Connecticut (b. 1606)
• 1686 – Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, Irish-English politician (b. 1614)
• 1707 – Willem van de Velde the Younger, Dutch-English painter (b. 1633)
• 1755 – Richard Rawlinson, English minister and historian (b. 1690)
• 1790 – Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1719)
• 1825 – Vladimir Borovikovsky, Ukrainian-Russian painter and educator (b. 1757)
• 1829 – Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (b. 1802)
• 1833 – Adamantios Korais, Greek philosopher and scholar (b. 1748)
• 1838 – José Bonifácio de Andrada, Brazilian poet, academic, and politician (b. 1763)
• 1860 – James Kirke Paulding, American author and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1778)
• 1862 – Albert Sidney Johnston, American general (b. 1803)
• 1883 – Benjamin Wright Raymond, American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago (b. 1801)
• 1886 – William Edward Forster, English businessman, philanthropist, and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1818)
• 1899 – Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (b. 1809)
• 1906 – Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician, 6th County Governor of Møre og Romsdal (b. 1849)
• 1913 – Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (b. 1835)
• 1927 – Florence Earle Coates, American poet (b. 1850)
• 1935 – Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1944 – Rose O'Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer (b. 1874)
• 1947 – Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician (b. 1896)
• 1950 – Louis Wilkins, American pole vaulter (b. 1882)
• 1953 – Idris Davies, Welsh poet and author (b. 1905)
• 1959 – Leo Aryeh Mayer, Polish-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1895)
• 1961 – Jules Bordet, Belgian microbiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1963 – Otto Struve, Ukrainian-American astronomer and academic (b. 1897)
• 1970 – Sam Sheppard, American wrestler and physician (b. 1923)
• 1970 – Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (b. 1933)
• 1971 – Igor Stravinsky, Russian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1882)
• 1974 – Willem Marinus Dudok, Dutch architect (b. 1884)
• 1974 – Hudson Fysh, Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas Airways Limited (b. 1895)
• 1977 – Kōichi Kido, Japanese politician, 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan (b. 1889)
• 1979 – Ivan Vasilyov, Bulgarian architect, designed the SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library (b. 1893)
• 1983 – Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri, Indian General who served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 1962 to 1966 and the Military Governor of Hyderabad State from 1948 to 1949. (b. 1908)
• 1992 – Isaac Asimov, American science fiction writer (b. 1920)
• 1994 – Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan banker and politician, 3rd President of Rwanda (b. 1937)
• 1994 – Cyprien Ntaryamira, Burundian politician, 5th President of Burundi (b. 1955)
• 1995 – Ioannis Alevras, Greek banker and politician, President of Greece (b. 1912)
• 1996 – Greer Garson, English-American actress (b. 1904)
• 1998 – Norbert Schmitz, German footballer (b. 1958)
• 1998 – Tammy Wynette, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
• 1999 – Red Norvo, American vibraphone player and composer (b. 1908)
• 2000 – Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian politician, 1st President of Tunisia (b. 1903)
• 2001 – Charles Pettigrew, American singer-songwriter (Charles & Eddie) (b. 1963)
• 2003 – David Bloom, American journalist (b. 1963)
• 2003 – Anita Borg, American computer scientist, founded Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (b. 1949)
• 2003 – Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian cardinal (b. 1912)
• 2003 – Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer, educator, and activist (b. 1927)
• 2004 – Lou Berberet, American baseball player (b. 1929)
• 2004 – Larisa Bogoraz, Russian linguist and activist (b. 1929)
• 2005 – Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (b. 1923)
• 2006 – Maggie Dixon, American basketball player and coach (b. 1977)
• 2006 – Francis L. Kellogg, American soldier and diplomat (b. 1917)
• 2006 – Stefanos Stratigos, Greek actor and director (b. 1926)
• 2007 – Luigi Comencini, Italian director and producer (b. 1916)
• 2009 – J. M. S. Careless, Canadian historian and academic (b. 1919)
• 2009 – Shawn Mackay, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1982)
• 2010 – Wilma Mankiller, American tribal leader (b. 1945)
• 2010 – Corin Redgrave, English actor (b. 1939)
• 2011 – Gerald Finnerman, American director and cinematographer (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Roland Guilbault, American admiral (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Thomas Kinkade, American painter and illustrator (b. 1958)
• 2012 – Fang Lizhi, Chinese astrophysicist and academic (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Sheila Scotter, Australian fashion designer and journalist (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Reed Whittemore, American poet and critic (b. 1919)
• 2013 – Hilda Bynoe, Grenadian physician and politician, 2nd Governor of Grenada (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Bill Guttridge, English footballer and manager (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Bigas Luna, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1946)
• 2013 – Ottmar Schreiner, German lawyer and politician (b. 1946)
• 2014 – Mary Anderson, American actress (b. 1918)
• 2014 – Jacques Castérède, French pianist and composer (b. 1926)
• 2014 – Liv Dommersnes, Norwegian actress (b. 1922)
• 2014 – Mickey Rooney, American soldier, actor, and dancer (b. 1920)
• 2014 – Chuck Stone, American soldier, journalist, and academic (b. 1924)
• 2014 – Massimo Tamburini, Italian motorcycle designer, co-founded Bimota (b. 1943)
• 2015 – Giovanni Berlinguer, Italian lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
• 2015 – James Best, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2015 – Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter and conductor (b. 1918)
• 2015 – Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
• 2016 – Merle Haggard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)

Barry Manilow opens up about sexuality

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Singer Barry Manilow has spoken for the first time about being gay, revealing he kept his sexuality secret for years out of fear of disappointing his fans.

The 73-year-old, who married his long-term partner Garry Kief in 2014, said he "never did anything" to address speculation about his private life.

When news of the wedding broke, though, he found the reaction heartening.

"When they found out Garry and I were together, they were so happy," he told People magazine.

"The reaction was so beautiful - strangers commenting, 'Great for you!' I'm just so grateful for it."

Manilow and Kief, who is also his business manager, have been together for almost 40 years since their first meeting in 1978.

"I knew that this was it," the singer is quoted as saying. "I was one of the lucky ones. I was pretty lonely before that."

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Kief, he goes on, is "the smartest person I've ever met in my life - and a great guy, too."

The couple married in a secret ceremony in Palm Springs, California, in April 2014, though it only came to light the following year.

Manilow, whose hits include Mandy, Copacabana and I Write the Songs, describes that revelation as "a blessing and a curse".

The singer was previously married to his high school sweetheart Susan Deixler but admits he was "too young" to be wed at the time.

"I was out making music every night, sowing my wild oats," he is quoted as saying. "I wasn't ready to settle down."

Manilow is to make a series of live performances next month in support of his latest album, This is My Town: Songs of New York.

Αυτός είναι ο νέος δρόμος, με τις σήραγγες στα Τέμπη που αλλάζει τον οδικό χάρτη 

Ενα μεγάλο έργο το οποίο όχι μόνο θα μειώσει το χρόνο του 

ταξιδιού αλλά και θα το κάνει πολύ ασφαλέστερο,

 παραδίδεται σήμερα στην κυκλοφορία. Ο λόγος για τη

 μεγάλη σήραγγα των Τεμπών, μήκους  6 χλμ. 

Με την παράδοση του έργου οι οδηγοί θα μπορούν να καλύψουν την απόσταση 

Αθήνα – Θεσσαλονίκη σε 4 ώρες και 15 λεπτά.

Το έργο περιλαμβάνει τη Μεγάλη Σήραγγα Τεμπών μήκους 6 χλμ. αλλά και τις

 δύο άλλες (μία στα Τέμπη και μία στον Πλαταμώνα).

Οι 3 μεγάλες Σήραγγες αντικαθιστούν το σημερινό επικίνδυνο πέρασμα της 

Κοιλάδας των Τεμπών αλλά και των στροφών του Πλαταμώνα.

Το τμήμα κατασκευής περιλαμβάνει αυτοκινητόδρομο 25 χιλιομέτρων, ενώ οι

 σήραγγες έχουν μήκος περίπου 11 χιλιόμετρα. Μεταξύ αυτών ξεχωρίζει η σήραγγα 

των Τεμπών, η οποία είναι 6 χιλιόμετρα και θεωρείται η μεγαλύτερη των 

Βαλκανίων.

Η σήραγγα διαθέτει δύο κλάδους, με τον κάθε κλάδο να έχει διάμετρο

 14,8 μέτρα, δύο λωρίδες κυκλοφορίας 3,60 εκ και μια ΛΕΑ, με συνολικό πλάτος

 οδοστρώματος 10,5 μέτρα. Επίσης διαθέτει 2 κατακόρυφα φρεάτια και μια

οριζόντια σήραγγα αερισμού/εκκαπνισμού.

Κάθε κλάδος διαθέτει ανά 300 μέτρα έξοδο διαφυγής/διασυνδετήρια σήραγγα

 με τον διπλανό κλάδο, ενώ κάθε 900 μέτρα η διασυνδετήρια σήραγγα είναι 

κατάλληλη για τη διέλευση οχημάτων των υπηρεσιών έκτακτης ανάγκης.

Το ΣΔΟΕ έβαλε λουκέτο σε δύο 

μαγαζιά του Φώτη Σεργουλόπουλου 

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• 451 – Attila the Hun sacks the town of Metz and attacks other cities in Gaul.
• 529 – First draft of the Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I.
• 611 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul sacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico.
• 1141 – Empress Matilda became the first female ruler of England, adopting the title 'Lady of the English'.
• 1348 – Charles University is founded in Prague.
• 1521 – Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu.
• 1541 – Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies.
• 1724 – Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion BWV 245 at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig.
• 1767 – End of Burmese–Siamese War (1765–67).
• 1776 – Captain John Barry and the USS Lexington captures the Edward.
• 1788 – American pioneers to the Northwest Territory establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory.
• 1789 – Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
• 1798 – The Mississippi Territory is organized from disputed territory claimed by both the United States and Spain. It is expanded in 1804 and again in 1812.
• 1805 – Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the Missouri River.
• 1805 – German composer Ludwig van Beethoven premiered his Third Symphony, at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
• 1827 – John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first friction match that he had invented the previous year.
• 1829 – Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, commences translation of the Book of Mormon, with Oliver Cowdery as his scribe.
• 1831 – Emperor Pedro I of Brazil resigns. He goes to his native Portugal to become King Pedro IV.
• 1862 – American Civil War: The Union's Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Ohio defeat the Confederate Army of Mississippi near Shiloh, Tennessee.
• 1868 – Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
• 1890 – Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
• 1906 – Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
• 1906 – The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
• 1908 – H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
• 1922 – The United States Secretary of the Interior leases federal petroleum reserves to private oil companies on excessively generous terms.
• 1927 – The first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
• 1933 – Prohibition in the United States is repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the XXI amendment.
• 1939 – World War II: Italy invades Albania.
• 1940 – Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
• 1943 – The Holocaust: In Terebovlia, Ukraine, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka, where they are shot and buried in ditches.
• 1943 – Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation.
• 1945 – World War II: The Yamato, one of the two largest battleships ever constructed, is sunk by American aircraft during Operation Ten-Go.
• 1945 – World War II: Visoko is liberated by the 7th, 9th, and 17th Krajina brigades from the Tenth division of Yugoslav Partisan forces.
• 1946 – Syria's independence from France is officially recognised.
• 1948 – The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
• 1949 – The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
• 1954 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
• 1955 – Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
• 1964 – IBM announces the System/360.
• 1964 – A bulldozer kills Rev. Bruce W. Klunder, a civil rights activist, during a school segregation protest in Cleveland, Ohio, sparking a riot.
• 1968 – Motor racing world champion Jim Clark is killed in an accident during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim.
• 1969 – The Internet's symbolic birth date: Publication of RFC 1.
• 1971 – President Richard Nixon announces his decision to quicken the pace of Vietnamization.
• 1976 – Member of Parliament and suspected spy John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party (UK) after being arrested for faking his own death.
• 1977 – German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light.
• 1978 – Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter.
• 1980 – During the Iran hostage crisis, the United States severs relations with Iran.
• 1983 – During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first Space Shuttle spacewalk.
• 1989 – Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway killing 42 sailors.
• 1990 – Iran–Contra affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction is later reversed on appeal).
• 1990 – A fire breaks out on the passenger ferry Scandinavian Star, killing 159 people.
• 1992 – Republika Srpska announces its independence.
• 1994 – Rwandan genocide: Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda.
• 1994 – Auburn Calloway attempts to destroy Federal Express Flight 705 in order to allow his family to benefit from his life insurance policy.
• 1995 – First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops begin a massacre of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.
• 1999 – The World Trade Organization rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas.
• 2001 – Mars Odyssey is launched.
• 2003 – U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later.
• 2009 – Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces.
• 2009 – Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent.

Births[edit]

• 1206 – Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1253)
• 1330 – John, 3rd Earl of Kent, English nobleman (d. 1352)
• 1470 – Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire (d. 1498)
• 1506 – Francis Xavier, Spanish missionary and saint, co-founded the Society of Jesus (d. 1552)
• 1539 – Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter and illustrator (d. 1584)
• 1613 – Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter (d. 1675)
• 1644 – François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, French general (d. 1730)
• 1648 – John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1721)
• 1652 – Pope Clement XII (d. 1740)
• 1713 – Nicola Sala, Italian composer and theorist (d. 1801)
• 1718 – Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author (d. 1800)
• 1727 – Michel Adanson, French botanist, entomologist, and mycologist (d. 1806)
• 1763 – Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (d. 1846)
• 1770 – William Wordsworth, English poet (d. 1850)
• 1772 – Charles Fourier, French philosopher and author (d. 1837)
• 1780 – William Ellery Channing, American preacher and theologian (d. 1842)
• 1803 – James Curtiss, American journalist and politician, 11th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1859)
• 1803 – Flora Tristan, French author and activist (d. 1844)
• 1811 – Hasan Tahsini, Albanian astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1881)
• 1848 – Randall Davidson, Scottish archbishop (d. 1930)
• 1859 – Walter Camp, American football player and coach (d. 1925)
• 1860 – Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (d. 1951)
• 1867 – Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist and academic (d. 1953)
• 1870 – Gustav Landauer, German theorist and activist (d. 1919)
• 1871 – Epifanio de los Santos, Filipino jurist, historian, and scholar (d. 1927)
• 1873 – John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (d. 1934)
• 1874 – Frederick Carl Frieseke, German-American painter (d. 1939)
• 1876 – Fay Moulton, American sprinter, football player, coach, and lawyer (d. 1945)
• 1882 – Bert Ironmonger, Australian cricketer (d. 1971)
• 1882 – Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany (d. 1934)
• 1883 – Gino Severini, Italian-French painter and author (d. 1966)
• 1884 – Clement Smoot, American golfer (d. 1963)
• 1886 – Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and soldier (d. 1971)
• 1889 – Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)
• 1890 – Paul Berth, Danish footballer (d. 1969)
• 1890 – Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist and activist (d. 1998)
• 1891 – Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded the Lego Group (d. 1958)
• 1893 – Allen Dulles, American lawyer and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1969)
• 1895 – John Flannagan, American soldier and sculptor (d. 1942)
• 1895 – Margarete Schön, German actress (d. 1985)
• 1896 – Frits Peutz, Dutch architect, designed the Glaspaleis (d. 1974)
• 1897 – Erich Löwenhardt, Polish-German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1918)
• 1897 – Walter Winchell, American journalist and radio host (d. 1972)
• 1899 – Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (d. 1972)
• 1900 – Adolf Dymsza, Polish actor (d. 1975)
• 1900 – Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, English race walker (d. 1984)
• 1902 – Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (d. 1941)
• 1903 – M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1965)
• 1903 – Edwin T. Layton, American admiral (d. 1984)
• 1904 – Roland Wilson, Australian economist and statistician (d. 1996)
• 1908 – Percy Faith, Canadian composer, conductor, and bandleader (d. 1976)
• 1909 – Robert Charroux, French author and critic (d. 1978)
• 1909 – Pete Zaremba, American hammer thrower (d. 1994)
• 1911 – Hervé Bazin, French author and poet (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Louise Currie, American actress (d. 2013)
• 1913 – Charles Vanik, American soldier, judge, and politician (d. 2007)
• 1914 – Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1995)
• 1915 – Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1977)
• 1915 – Billie Holiday, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1959)
• 1915 – Henry Kuttner, American author (d. 1958)
• 1916 – Anthony Caruso, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1917 – R. G. Armstrong, American actor and playwright (d. 2012)
• 1918 – Bobby Doerr, American baseball player and coach
• 1919 – Roger Lemelin, Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 1992)
• 1919 – Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Ravi Shankar, Indian-American sitar player and composer (d. 2012)
• 1921 – Feza Gürsey, Turkish mathematician and physicist (d. 1992)
• 1922 – Mongo Santamaría, Cuban-American drummer (d. 2003)
• 1924 – Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian-English author and screenwriter (d. 2009)
• 1925 – Chaturanan Mishra, Indian trade union leader and politician (d. 2011)
• 1925 – Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer (d. 2011)
• 1927 – Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian-American drummer, educator, and activist (d. 2003)
• 1927 – Leonid Shcherbakov, Russian triple jumper
• 1928 – James Garner, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2014)
• 1928 – Alan J. Pakula, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998)
• 1928 – James White, Northern Irish author and educator (d. 1999)
• 1929 – Bob Denard, French soldier (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Jane Priestman, English interior designer
• 1930 – Yves Rocher, French businessman, founded the Yves Rocher Company (d. 2009)
• 1930 – Andrew Sachs, German-English actor and screenwriter (d. 2016)
• 1930 – Roger Vergé, French chef and restaurateur (d. 2015)
• 1931 – Donald Barthelme, American short story writer and novelist (d. 1989)
• 1931 – Daniel Ellsberg, American conspiracy theorist and author
• 1932 – Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 1933 – Wayne Rogers, American actor, investor, and producer (d. 2015)
• 1933 – Sakıp Sabancı, Turkish businessman and philanthropist (d. 2004)
• 1934 – Ian Richardson, Scottish-English actor (d. 2007)
• 1935 – Bobby Bare, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1935 – Hodding Carter III, American journalist and politician, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
• 1937 – Charlie Thomas, American R&B singer
• 1938 – Jerry Brown, American lawyer and politician, 34th and 39th Governor of California
• 1938 – Spencer Dryden, American rock drummer (d. 2005)
• 1938 – Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2008)
• 1938 – Iris Johansen, American author
• 1939 – Francis Ford Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1939 – David Frost, English journalist and game show host (d. 2013)
• 1939 – Gary Kellgren, American record producer, co-founded Record Plant (d. 1977)
• 1939 – Brett Whiteley, Australian painter (d. 1992)
• 1940 – Marju Lauristin, Estonian academic and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Social Affairs
• 1941 – James Di Pasquale, American composer
• 1941 – Peter Fluck, English puppet maker and illustrator
• 1941 – Gorden Kaye, English actor (d. 2017)
• 1943 – Mick Abrahams, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 – Dennis Amiss, English cricketer and manager
• 1944 – Warner Fusselle, American sportscaster (d. 2012)
• 1944 – Julia Phillips, American film producer and author (d. 2002)
• 1944 – Gerhard Schröder, German lawyer and politician, 7th Chancellor of Germany
• 1944 – Bill Stoneman, American baseball player and manager
• 1945 – Megas, Icelandic singer-songwriter
• 1945 – Gerry Cottle, English businessman
• 1945 – Marilyn Friedman, American philosopher and academic
• 1945 – Martyn Lewis, Welsh journalist and author
• 1945 – Joël Robuchon, French chef and author
• 1945 – Werner Schroeter, German director and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1945 – Hans van Hemert, Dutch songwriter and producer
• 1946 – Zaid Abdul-Aziz, American basketball player
• 1946 – Colette Besson, French runner and educator (d. 2005)
• 1946 – Herménégilde Chiasson, Canadian poet, playwright, and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
• 1946 – Stan Winston, American special effects designer and makeup artist (d. 2008)
• 1947 – Patricia Bennett, American singer
• 1947 – Florian Schneider, German singer and drummer
• 1947 – Eliseo Soriano, Filipino minister and television host
• 1947 – Michèle Torr, French singer and author
• 1949 – Mitch Daniels, American academic and politician, 49th Governor of Indiana
• 1949 – John Oates, American singer-songwriter guitarist, and producer
• 1950 – Brian J. Doyle, American press secretary
• 1951 – Bruce Gary, American drummer (d. 2006)
• 1951 – Janis Ian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 – David Baulcombe, English geneticist and academic
• 1952 – Jane Frederick, American hurdler and heptathlete
• 1952 – Gilles Valiquette, Canadian actor, singer, and producer
• 1952 – Dennis Hayden, American actor
• 1953 – Douglas Kell English biochemist and academic
• 1954 – Jackie Chan, Hong Kong martial artist, actor, stuntman, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1954 – Tony Dorsett, American football player
• 1955 – Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (d. 2014)
• 1955 – Gregg Jarrett, American lawyer and journalist
• 1956 – Annika Billström, Swedish businessman and politician, 16th Mayor of Stockholm
• 1956 – Christopher Darden, American lawyer and author
• 1956 – Georg Werthner, Austrian decathlete
• 1957 – Kim Kap-soo, South Korean actor
• 1958 – Brian Haner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 – Hindrek Kesler, Estonian architect
• 1960 – Buster Douglas, American boxer and actor
• 1960 – Sandy Powell, English costume designer
• 1961 – Thurl Bailey, American basketball player and actor
• 1961 – Pascal Olmeta, French footballer
• 1961 – Brigitte van der Burg, Tanzanian-Dutch geographer and politician
• 1962 – Jon Cruddas, English lawyer and politician
• 1962 – Andrew Hampsten, American cyclist
• 1963 – Jaime de Marichalar, Spanish businessman
• 1963 – Nick Herbert, English businessman and politician, Minister for Policing
• 1963 – Dave Johnson, American decathlete and educator
• 1964 – Jace Alexander, American actor and director
• 1964 – Russell Crowe, New Zealand-Australian actor
• 1964 – Steve Graves, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 – Bill Bellamy, American comedian, actor, and producer
• 1965 – Alison Lapper, English painter and photographer
• 1965 – Nenad Vučinić, Serbian-New Zealand basketball player and coach
• 1966 – Richard Gomez, Filipino actor and politician
• 1966 – Gary Wilkinson, English snooker player
• 1967 – Artemis Gounaki, Greek-German singer-songwriter
• 1967 – Simone Schilder, Dutch tennis player
• 1968 – Duncan Armstrong, Australian swimmer and sportscaster
• 1968 – Jennifer Lynch, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1968 – Vasiliy Sokov, Russian triple jumper
• 1969 – Ricky Watters, American football player
• 1970 – Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist and educator
• 1971 – Guillaume Depardieu, French actor (d. 2008)
• 1971 – Victor Kraatz, German-Canadian figure skater
• 1972 – Tim Peake, British astronaut
• 1973 – Marco Delvecchio, Italian footballer
• 1973 – Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence
• 1973 – Carole Montillet, French skier
• 1973 – Christian O'Connell, British radio DJ and presenter
• 1973 – Brett Tomko, American baseball player
• 1975 – Karin Dreijer Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1975 – Ronde Barber, American football player and sportscaster
• 1975 – Tiki Barber, American football player and journalist
• 1975 – Ronnie Belliard, American baseball player
• 1975 – John Cooper, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1975 – Simon Woolford, Australian rugby league player
• 1976 – Kevin Alejandro, American actor and producer
• 1976 – Martin Buß, German high jumper
• 1976 – Jessica Lee, English lawyer and politician
• 1976 – Barbara Jane Reams, American actress
• 1978 – Jo Appleby, English soprano
• 1978 – Duncan James, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1978 – Lilia Osterloh, American tennis player
• 1979 – Adrián Beltré, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1979 – Patrick Crayton, American football player
• 1979 – Pascal Dupuis, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Danny Sandoval, Venezuelan-American baseball player
• 1980 – Dragan Bogavac, Montenegrin footballer
• 1980 – Tetsuji Tamayama, Japanese actor
• 1981 – Hitoe Arakaki, Japanese singer
• 1981 – Kazuki Watanabe, Japanese songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
• 1981 – Vanessa Olivarez, American singer-songwriter, and actress
• 1981 – Suzann Pettersen, Norwegian golfer
• 1982 – Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress
• 1982 – Sonjay Dutt, American wrestler
• 1982 – Kelli Young, British singer
• 1983 – Franck Ribéry, French footballer
• 1983 – Jon Stead, English footballer
• 1983 – Jakub Smrž, Czech motorcycle rider
• 1983 – Janar Talts, Estonian basketball player
• 1984 – Hiroko Shimabukuro, Japanese singer
• 1985 – KC Concepcion, Filipino actress and singer
• 1985 – Humza Yousaf, Scottish politician
• 1986 – Brooke Brodack, American comedian
• 1986 – Andi Fraggs, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1986 – Christian Fuchs, Austrian footballer
• 1987 – Martín Cáceres, Uruguayan footballer
• 1987 – Jack Duarte, Mexican actor, singer, and guitarist (Eme 15)
• 1987 – Eelco Sintnicolaas, Dutch decathlete
• 1987 – Jamar Smith, American football player
• 1988 – Antonio Piccolo, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Ed Speleers, English actor and producer
• 1989 – Franco Di Santo, Argentinian footballer
• 1989 – Mitchell Pearce, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 – Teddy Riner, French judoka
• 1990 – Anna Bogomazova, Russian-American kick-boxer, martial artist, and wrestler
• 1990 – Sorana Cîrstea, Romanian tennis player
• 1990 – Trent Cotchin, Australian footballer
• 1991 – Luka Milivojević, Serbian footballer
• 1991 – Anne-Marie, English singer-songwriter
• 1992 – Andreea Acatrinei, Romanian gymnast
• 1992 – Guilherme Negueba, Brazilian footballer
• 1994 – Johanna Allik, Estonian figure skater
• 1994 – Aaron Gray, Australian rugby league player
• 1997 – Rafaela Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player

Deaths[edit]

• AD 30 – Jesus Christ of Nazareth, (possible date of the crucifixion)^[1][2][3] (b. circa 4 BC)
• 924 – Berengar I of Italy (b. 845)
• 1206 – Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine
• 1340 – Bolesław Jerzy II of Mazovia (b. 1308)
• 1498 – Charles VIII of France (b. 1470)
• 1499 – Galeotto I Pico, Duke of Mirandola (b. 1442)
• 1501 – Minkhaung II, king of Ava (b. 1446)
• 1614 – El Greco, Greek-Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1541)
• 1638 – Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese daimyo (b. 1576)
• 1651 – Lennart Torstensson, Swedish field marshal and engineer (b. 1603)
• 1658 – Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic and philosopher (b. 1595)
• 1661 – Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English commander and politician (b. 1604)
• 1663 – Francis Cooke, English-American settler (b. 1583)
• 1668 – William Davenant, English poet and playwright (b. 1606)
• 1719 – Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest and saint, founded the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (b. 1651)
• 1739 – Dick Turpin, English criminal (b. 1705)
• 1747 – Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1676)
• 1761 – Thomas Bayes, English minister and mathematician (b. 1701)
• 1766 – Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (b. 1685)
• 1767 – Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and director (b. 1715)
• 1782 – Taksin, Thai king (b. 1734)
• 1789 – Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1725)
• 1789 – Petrus Camper, Dutch physician, anatomist, and physiologist (b. 1722)
• 1801 – Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer and author (b. 1724)
• 1804 – Toussaint Louverture, Haitian general (b. 1743)
• 1811 – Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757)
• 1823 – Jacques Charles, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1746)
• 1833 – Antoni Radziwiłł, Lithuanian composer and politician (b. 1775)
• 1836 – William Godwin, English journalist and author (b. 1756)
• 1849 – Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician (b. 1777)
• 1850 – William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic (b. 1762)
• 1858 – Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1868 – Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist, activist, and politician (b. 1825)
• 1885 – Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (b. 1804)
• 1889 – Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese soldier and politician (b. 1823)
• 1891 – P. T. Barnum, American businessman and politician, co-founded The Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1810)
• 1917 – Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1918 – David Kolehmainen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1885)
• 1918 – George E. Ohr, American potter (b. 1857)
• 1920 – Karl Binding, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1841)
• 1928 – Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician, philosopher, and author (b. 1873)
• 1932 – Grigore Constantinescu, Romanian priest and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1938 – Suzanne Valadon, French painter (b. 1865)
• 1939 – Joseph Lyons, Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879)
• 1943 – Jovan Dučić, Serbian-American poet and diplomat (b. 1871)
• 1943 – Alexandre Millerand, French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France (b. 1859)
• 1947 – Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (b. 1863)
• 1949 – John Gourlay, Canadian soccer player (b. 1872)
• 1950 – Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1883)
• 1955 – Theda Bara, American actress (b. 1885)
• 1956 – Fred Appleby, English runner (b. 1879)
• 1960 – Henri Guisan, Swiss general (b. 1874)
• 1965 – Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919)
• 1966 – Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (b. 1919)
• 1968 – Edwin Baker, Canadian co-founder of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) (b. 1893)
• 1968 – Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver (b. 1936)
• 1972 – Abeid Karume, Tanzanian politician, 1st President of Zanzibar (b. 1905)
• 1981 – Kit Lambert, English record producer and manager (b. 1935)
• 1981 – Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1982 – Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver and journalist (b. 1948)
• 1984 – Frank Church, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1924)
• 1985 – Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and jurist (b. 1888)
• 1986 – Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist (b. 1912)
• 1990 – Ronald Evans, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1933)
• 1991 – Memduh Ünlütürk, Turkish general (b. 1913)
• 1992 – Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1903)
• 1992 – Antonis Tritsis, Greek high jumper and politician, 71st Mayor of Athens (b. 1937)
• 1994 – Lee Brilleaux, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)
• 1994 – Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer, manager, and politician (b. 1923)
• 1994 – Golo Mann, German historian and author (b. 1909)
• 1994 – Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Rwandan chemist, academic, and politician, Prime Minister of Rwanda (b. 1953)
• 1995 – Philip Jebb, English architect and politician (b. 1927)
• 1997 – Luis Aloma, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1923)
• 1997 – Georgy Shonin, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1935)
• 1998 – Alex Schomburg, Puerto Rican-American painter and illustrator (b. 1905)
• 1999 – Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (b. 1911)
• 2001 – David Graf, American actor (b. 1950)
• 2001 – Beatrice Straight, American actress (b. 1914)
• 2002 – John Agar, American actor (b. 1921)
• 2003 – Cecile de Brunhoff, French pianist and author (b. 1903)
• 2003 – David Greene, English-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2004 – Victor Argo, American actor (b. 1934)
• 2004 – Konstantinos Kallias, Greek politician (b. 1901)
• 2005 – Cliff Allison, English race car driver (b. 1932)
• 2005 – Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
• 2005 – Bob Kennedy, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1920)
• 2005 – Melih Kibar, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1951)
• 2007 – Johnny Hart, American author and illustrator (b. 1931)
• 2007 – Barry Nelson, American actor (b. 1917)
• 2008 – Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese journalist and author (b. 1915)
• 2009 – Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (b. 1947)
• 2011 – Pierre Gauvreau, Canadian painter (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Steven Kanumba Tanzanian actor and director (b. 1984)
• 2012 – Satsue Mito, Japanese zoologist and academic (b. 1914)
• 2012 – Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Syrian cardinal (b. 1930)
• 2012 – David E. Pergrin, American colonel and engineer (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Bashir Ahmed Qureshi, Pakistani politician (b. 1959)
• 2012 – Mike Wallace, American television news journalist (b. 1918)
• 2013 – Marty Blake, American businessman (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Les Blank, American director and producer (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Andy Johns, English-American record producer (b. 1950)
• 2013 – Lilly Pulitzer, American fashion designer (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Irma Ravinale, Italian composer and educator (b. 1937)
• 2013 – Mickey Rose, American screenwriter (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Carl Williams, American boxer (b. 1959)
• 2014 – George Dureau, American painter and photographer (b. 1930)
• 2014 – James Alexander Green, American-English mathematician and academic (b. 1926)
• 2014 – V. K. Murthy, Indian cinematographer (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Zeituni Onyango, Kenyan-American computer programmer (b. 1952)
• 2014 – John Shirley-Quirk, English opera singer (b. 1931)
• 2014 – George Shuffler, American guitarist (b. 1925)
• 2014 – Josep Maria Subirachs, Spanish sculptor and painter (b. 1927)
• 2014 – Royce Waltman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942)
• 2015 – Tim Babcock, American soldier and politician, 16th Governor of Montana (b. 1919)
• 2015 – José Capellán, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1981)
• 2015 – Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer (b. 1926)
• 2015 – Richard Henyekane, South African footballer (b. 1983)
• 2015 – Geoffrey Lewis, American actor (b. 1935)
• 2016 – Blackjack Mulligan, American professional wrestler (b. 1942)

Legendary US comedian Don Rickles dies at 90

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American comedian Don Rickles, whose entertainment career spanned more than 60 years, has died, according to his publicist. He was 90 years old. 

Rickles died on Thursday of kidney failure at his Los Angeles home. 

The stage comedian headlined casinos in Las Vegas and frequently appeared on late-night television talk shows. 

Sarcastically nicknamed "Mr Warmth," Rickles was known for his sharp-tongue, comedic insults, mocking celebrities like Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope. 

He burnished his reputation for skewering stars during appearances on the NBC programme The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts, which ran during the mid-1970s until the mid-1980s. 

President Ronald Reagan, Lucille Ball, Kirk Douglas and Sammy Davis Jr were among the celebrities he took aim at. 

He also made frequent appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. 

Rickles was also featured in moves including the 1970 film Kelly's Heroes with Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese's 1995 film Casino.

He voiced the beloved character of Mr Potato Head in Disney's Toy Story films. 

"I can't please the world. When you're standing out there doing comedy, not everybody thinks you're funny. But in my case, I've gained a great deal of respect for my age to still be going," he said in 2012.

Comedian Billy Crystal called Rickles' death a "giant loss".

Actor George Takei tweeted: "Don Rickles, you kept us laughing for so many years. We will miss you dearly. Thanks for the zingers. You were one of a kind."

Rickles, who was born in Queens, New York, is survived by his wife of 52 years, Barbara; his daughter, Mindy Mann; and two grandchildren, Ethan and Harrison Mann. 

He would have turned 91 on May 8.

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