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Acontecimientos (38)

  1. 330Constantine the Great dedicates the much-expanded and rebuilt city of Byzantium, changing its name to New Rome and declaring it the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
  2. 868A copy of the Diamond Sūtra is published, the earliest dated and printed book known.
  3. 973In the first coronation ceremony ever held for an English monarch, Edgar the Peaceful is crowned King of England, having ruled since 959 AD. His wife, Ælfthryth, is crowned queen, the first recorded coronation for a Queen of England.
  4. 1068Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, is crowned Queen of England.
  5. 1258Louis IX of France and James I of Aragon sign the Treaty of Corbeil, renouncing claims of feudal overlordship in one another's territories and separating the House of Barcelona from the politics of France.
  6. 1560The Ottoman naval forces inflict a defeat on a Spanish fleet in the battle of Djerba. This marks the highpoint of Ottoman naval dominance in the Mediterranean, which starts declining five years later after the failed siege of Malta.
  7. 1713Great Northern War: After losing the Battle of Helsinki to the Russians, the Swedish and Finnish troops burn the entire city, so that it would not remain intact in the hands of the Russians.
  8. 1812Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons.
  9. 1813William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route across the Blue Mountains, opening up inland Australia to settlement.
  10. 1857Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
  11. 1858Minnesota becomes the 32nd U.S. state.
  12. 1878Hödel assassination attempt by anarchist Max Hödel targeting the German Kaiser, Wilhelm I.
  13. 1880Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
  14. 1889An 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.
  15. 1894Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
  16. 1919Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
  17. 1953In the deadliest of a series of tornadoes, an F5 tornado kills 114 in Waco, Texas.
  18. 1970The 1970 Lubbock tornado kills 26 and causes $250 million in damage.
  19. 1973Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg's charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times are dismissed.
  20. 1973Aeroflot Flight 6551 crashes in Semey, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (now Kazakhstan), killing all 63 aboard.
  21. 1985Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire.
  22. 1987Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
  23. 1996After the aircraft's departure from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Airlines Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 on board.
  24. 1997Deep 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.
  25. 1998India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran.
  26. 2000Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia.
  27. 2009An American soldier in Iraq opens fire on a counseling center at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, killing five other US soldiers and wounding three.
  28. 2009Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on the final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
  29. 2010David Cameron takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats form the country's first coalition government since the Second World War.
  30. 2011An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hits Lorca, Spain.
  31. 2011The Istanbul Convention is signed in Istanbul, Turkey.
  32. 2013Fifty-two people are killed in a bombing in Reyhanlı, Turkey.
  33. 2014Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa, DRC, in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into soccer stands by police officers.
  34. 2016One hundred and ten people are killed in an ISIL bombing in Baghdad.
  35. 2022The Burmese military executes at least 37 villagers during the Mon Taing Pin massacre in Sagaing, Myanmar.
  36. 2022Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is killed while covering a raid in Jenin. Israel eventually admitted and apologized for the murder, after initial denials.
  37. 2024Start/Middle of the May 2024 Solar Storms, the most powerful set of geomagnetic storms since the 2003 Halloween solar storms.
  38. 2024The 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest is held in Malmö, Sweden. Nemo from Switzerland win with their song "The Code", making them the contest's first non-binary winner.

Nacimientos (115)

  1. 1571Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimyō (died 1637)
  2. 1578Sophie Axelsdatter Brahe, Danish noblewoman (died 1646)
  3. 1715Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, German organist (died 1739)
  4. 1752Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist (died 1840)
  5. 1797José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician (died 1867)
  6. 1811Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss politician (died 1893)
  7. 1811Chang and Eng Bunker, Siamese-American showmen, the original conjoined twins (died 1874)
  8. 1852Charles W. Fairbanks, American journalist and politician, 26th United States Vice President (died 1918)
  9. 1854Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer (died 1932)
  10. 1869Archibald Warden, English tennis player (died 1943)
  11. 1871Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and author (died 1943)
  12. 1875Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter (died 1912)
  13. 1881Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager (died 1964)
  14. 1881Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (died 1944)
  15. 1881Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (died 1963)
  16. 1888Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer (died 1989)
  17. 1888Willis Augustus Lee, American admiral (died 1945)
  18. 1889Paul Nash, British painter (died 1946)
  19. 1890Willie Applegarth, English-American sprinter (died 1958)
  20. 1890Helge Løvland, Norwegian decathlete (died 1984)
  21. 1894Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (died 1991)
  22. 1895Jacques Brugnon, French tennis player (died 1978)
  23. 1895Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher and speaker (died 1986)
  24. 1895William Grant Still, American composer and conductor (died 1978)
  25. 1896Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer and academic (died 1955)
  26. 1897Robert E. Gross, American businessman (died 1961)
  27. 1901Rose Ausländer, poet and author (died 1988)
  28. 1901Gladys Rockmore Davis, American painter (died 1967)
  29. 1903Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player and manager (died 1993)
  30. 1904Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist (died 1989)
  31. 1905Lise de Baissac, Mauritian SOE agent, war hero (died 2004)
  32. 1905Catherine Bauer Wurster, American architect and public housing advocate (died 1964)
  33. 1907Rip Sewell, American baseball player and coach (died 1989)
  34. 1911Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (died 1985)
  35. 1912Saadat Hasan Manto, Pakistani author and screenwriter (died 1955)
  36. 1912Foster Brooks, American actor and comedian (died 2001)
  37. 1916Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002)
  38. 1918Richard Feynman, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1988)
  39. 1924Antony Hewish, English astronomer and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
  40. 1925Edward J. King, American politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (died 2006)
  41. 1927Bernard Fox, British actor (died 2016)
  42. 1927Gene Savoy, American explorer, author, and scholar (died 2007)
  43. 1928Arthur Foulkes, 9th governor-general of the Bahamas
  44. 1929Gerhard Klingenberg, Austrian actor (died 2024)
  45. 1930Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist and academic (died 2002)
  46. 1930Basil H. Losten, American Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch (died 2024)
  47. 1932Valentino Garavani, Italian fashion designer (died 2026)
  48. 1933Louis Farrakhan, American religious leader
  49. 1934Jim Jeffords, American lawyer and politician (died 2014)
  50. 1934Jack Twyman, American basketball player (died 2012)
  51. 1937Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, Hungarian Olympic and world champion foil fencer
  52. 1941Eric Burdon, English musician
  53. 1941Ian Redpath, Australian cricketer and coach (died 2024)
  54. 1943Nancy Greene Raine, Canadian skier and politician
  55. 1945Hilda Pérez Carvajal, Venezuelan biologist
  56. 1947Butch Trucks, American drummer (died 2017)
  57. 1948Nirj Deva, British politician
  58. 1948Pam Ferris, Welsh actress
  59. 1950Jeremy Paxman, English journalist and author
  60. 1950Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Indian actor (died 2014)
  61. 1951Ed Stelmach, Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Alberta
  62. 1954John Gregory, English footballer and manager
  63. 1955James L. Dolan, American businessman
  64. 1957Mike Nesbitt, Northern Irish journalist and politician
  65. 1958Sayuri Kume, Japanese singer-songwriter
  66. 1963Natasha Richardson, English actress (died 2009)
  67. 1964Tim Blake Nelson, American actor
  68. 1964Bobby Witt, American baseball player
  69. 1967Alberto García Aspe, Mexican footballer and manager
  70. 1969Mitch Healey, Australian rugby league player and coach
  71. 1969Simon Vroemen, Dutch runner
  72. 1970Harold Ford Jr., American lawyer and politician
  73. 1974Stanley Gene, Papua New Guinean rugby league player
  74. 1975Francisco Cordero, Dominican baseball player
  75. 1976Kardinal Offishall, Canadian rapper and record producer/executive
  76. 1977Pablo Gabriel García, Uruguayan footballer
  77. 1977Victor Matfield, South African rugby player, coach, and sportscaster
  78. 1977Bobby Roode, Canadian professional wrestler
  79. 1978Laetitia Casta, French model and actress
  80. 1978Judy Ann Santos, Filipino actress
  81. 1981Lauren Jackson, Australian basketball player
  82. 1981JP Karliak, American actor, voice actor and comedian
  83. 1982Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and singer (died 2013)
  84. 1983Matt Leinart, American football player
  85. 1983Steven Sotloff, American-Israeli journalist (died 2014)
  86. 1983Holly Valance, Australian actress, singer and model
  87. 1984Andrés Iniesta, Spanish footballer
  88. 1985Beau Ryan, Australian rugby league player and television host
  89. 1986Abou Diaby, French footballer
  90. 1986Miguel Veloso, Portuguese footballer
  91. 1987Lim Seul-ong, South Korean singer and actor
  92. 1988Jeremy Maclin, American football player
  93. 1988Brad Marchand, Canadian ice hockey player
  94. 1989Giovani dos Santos, Mexican footballer
  95. 1989Cam Newton, American football player
  96. 1992Thibaut Courtois, Belgian footballer
  97. 1992Pablo Sarabia, Spanish footballer
  98. 1992Bryan Rust, American ice hockey player
  99. 1992Bobi, Portuguese Rafeiro do Alentejo, oldest recorded dog (died 2023)
  100. 1993Maurice Harkless, American-Puerto Rican basketball player
  101. 1993Miguel Sanó, Dominican baseball player
  102. 1994Hagos Gebrhiwet, Ethiopian runner
  103. 1994Nene Macdonald, Papua New Guinean rugby league player
  104. 1995Gelson Martins, Portuguese footballer
  105. 1995Sachia Vickery, American tennis player
  106. 1995Shira Haas, Israeli actress
  107. 1996Adin Hill, Canadian ice hockey player
  108. 1997Coi Leray, American rapper and singer
  109. 1997Lana Condor, American actress
  110. 1998Viktória Kužmová, Slovak tennis player
  111. 1999Sabrina Carpenter, American singer and actress
  112. 2000Yūki Tsunoda, Japanese racing driver
  113. 2000Wang Chuqin, Chinese table tennis player
  114. 2003Fermín López, Spanish footballer
  115. 2006Konsta Helenius, Finnish ice hockey player

Fallecimientos (55)

  1. 912Leo VI the Wise, Byzantine Emperor, the second ruler of the Macedonian dynasty (born 866)
  2. 1610Matteo Ricci, Italian priest and mathematician (born 1552)
  3. 1778William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (born 1708)
  4. 1779John Hart, American lawyer and politician (born 1711)
  5. 1812Spencer Perceval, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1762)
  6. 1848Tom Cribb, English boxer (born 1781)
  7. 1849Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (born 1777)
  8. 1882Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (born 1816)
  9. 1889John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (born 1801)
  10. 1908Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (born 1850)
  11. 1916Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (born 1873)
  12. 1918George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (born 1861)
  13. 1920James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (born 1878)
  14. 1920William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (born 1837)
  15. 1927Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (born 1887)
  16. 1929Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (born 1864)
  17. 1938George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (born 1858)
  18. 1946Seán McCaughey, Irish Republican, died on hunger strike (born 1915)
  19. 1955Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (born 1874)
  20. 1960John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (born 1874)
  21. 1963Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888)
  22. 1964Janne Mustonen, Finnish politician (born 1901)
  23. 1967James E. Brewton, American painter (born 1930)
  24. 1979Lester Flatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1914)
  25. 1980Dyre Vaa, Norwegian sculptor and painter (born 1903)
  26. 1981Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
  27. 1981Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1945)
  28. 1983Zenna Henderson, American writer (born 1917)
  29. 1985Chester Gould, American cartoonist, created Dick Tracy (born 1900)
  30. 1986Fritz Pollard, American football player and coach (born 1894)
  31. 1987James Jesus Angleton, CIA counterintelligence leader (born 1917)
  32. 1988Kim Philby, British-Soviet double agent (born 1912)
  33. 1990Stratos Dionysiou, Greek Singer, composer and lyricist (born 1935)
  34. 1991Ulyana Barkova, Russian farm worker (born 1906)
  35. 1994Timothy Carey, American actor, director, and producer (born 1928)
  36. 2001Douglas Adams, English novelist and screenwriter (born 1952)
  37. 2002Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and politician (born 1912)
  38. 2002Bill Peet, American animator and screenwriter (born 1915)
  39. 2003Noel Redding, English bass player (born 1945)
  40. 2005Léo Cadieux, Canadian politician, 17th Canadian Minister of National Defence (born 1908)
  41. 2005Horton Davies, Welsh minister and historian (born 1916)
  42. 2006Floyd Patterson, American boxer and actor (born 1935)
  43. 2007Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (born 1913)
  44. 2008John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (born 1953)
  45. 2009Abel Goumba, Central African physician and politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (born 1926)
  46. 2009Claudio Huepe, Chilean economist and politician, Chilean Minister Secretary-General of Government (born 1939)
  47. 2009Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda, Indian admiral (born 1915)
  48. 2010Doris Eaton Travis, American dancer and vaudevillian (born 1904)
  49. 2011Robert Traylor, American basketball player (born 1977)
  50. 2019Peggy Lipton, American actress, model, and singer (born 1946)
  51. 2019Thomas Silverstein, American murderer (born 1952)
  52. 2020Jerry Stiller, American comedian, actor (born 1927)
  53. 2021Norman Lloyd, American actor, producer and director (born 1914)
  54. 2024Susan Backlinie, American actress and stuntwoman (born 1946)
  55. 2026Brandon Clarke, Canadian-American basketball player (born 1996)

Santoral (6)

  1. Anthimus of Rome
  2. Gangulphus of Burgundy
  3. Blessed John Rochester
  4. Ignatius of Laconi
  5. Majolus of Cluny
  6. Mamertus, the first of the Ice Saints