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Acontecimientos (56)

  1. 221Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty.
  2. 392Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbogast. He is found hanging in his residence at Vienne.
  3. 589King Authari marries Theodelinda, daughter of the Bavarian duke Garibald I. A Catholic, she has great influence among the Lombard nobility.
  4. 756Abd al-Rahman I, the founder of the Arab dynasty that ruled the greater part of Iberia for nearly three centuries, becomes emir of Cordova, Spain.
  5. 908Constantine VII is crowned Byzantine co-emperor.
  6. 1194Michael the Syrian reconsecrates the Mor Bar Sauma Monastery, which he reconstructed after its destruction by a fire. The monastery stays a center of the Syriac Orthodox Church until the end of the thirteenth century.
  7. 1252Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad extirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition.
  8. 1525Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Müntzer are defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
  9. 1532The English church submits to the king of England in passing a convocation in which it surrenders a number of rights, such as to make provincial ecclesiastic laws independently of the king.
  10. 1536Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest; she is condemned to death by a specially-selected jury.
  11. 1567The wedding of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Earl of Bothwell, the chief instigator of the murder of her previous husband Lord Darnley, takes place.
  12. 1571Venice, Spain, Naples, the Papal States, and other Italian states establish the Holy League to fight the Ottomans, resulting in the victory at Lepanto later that year.
  13. 1602Cape Cod is sighted by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold.
  14. 1648The Peace of Münster is ratified, by which Spain acknowledges Dutch sovereignty.
  15. 1725Bach leads the first performance of his cantata Ich bin ein guter Hirt, BWV 85, about Jesus as the Good Shepherd.
  16. 1791French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
  17. 1836Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse.
  18. 1849The Sicilian revolution of 1848 is finally extinguished.
  19. 1850The Arana–Southern Treaty is ratified, ending "the existing differences" between Great Britain and Argentina.
  20. 1851The first Australian gold rush is proclaimed, although the discovery had been made three months earlier.
  21. 1864American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.
  22. 1891Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
  23. 1911In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
  24. 1911More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
  25. 1916A seventeen-year-old farmworker, Jesse Washington, is lynched in Waco, Texas, USA, after being convicted of rape and murder.
  26. 1918The Finnish Civil War ends when the Whites take over Fort Ino, a Russian coastal artillery base on the Karelian Isthmus, from Russian troops.
  27. 1919The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.
  28. 1919Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades.
  29. 1929A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
  30. 1932In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan, Inukai Tsuyoshi, is assassinated.
  31. 1933All military aviation organizations within or under the control of the RLM of Germany are officially merged in a covert manner to form its Wehrmacht military's air arm, the Luftwaffe.
  32. 1934A self coup by prime minister Kārlis Ulmanis succeeds in Latvia, suspending its constitution and dissolving its Saeima.
  33. 1940Is recommissioned. It was originally the USS Squalus.
  34. 1940World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
  35. 1940Richard and Maurice McDonald open the first McDonald's restaurant.
  36. 1941First flight of the Gloster E.28/39, the first British and Allied jet aircraft.
  37. 1942World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
  38. 1943Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).
  39. 1945World War II: The Battle of Poljana, the final skirmish in Europe, is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia.
  40. 1948Following the expiration of The British Mandate for Palestine, the Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invade Israel, thus starting the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
  41. 1957At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
  42. 1963Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to go into space alone.
  43. 1970President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington as the first female United States Army generals.
  44. 1972The Ryukyu Islands, under U.S. military governance since their conquest in 1945, revert to Japanese control.
  45. 1974Ma'alot massacre: Members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine attack and take hostages at an Israeli school; a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchildren.
  46. 1976Aeroflot Flight 1802 crashes near Viktorivka, Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, killing 52.
  47. 1988Soviet–Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan.
  48. 1991Édith Cresson becomes France's first female Prime Minister.
  49. 1997The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans.
  50. 1997The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-84 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
  51. 2001A CSX EMD SD40-2 8888 rolls out of a train yard in Walbridge, Ohio, with 47 freight cars, including some tank cars with flammable chemical, after its engineer fails to reboard it after setting a yard switch. It travels south driverless for 66 miles (106 km) until it is brought to a halt near Kenton. The incident became the inspiration for the 2010 film Unstoppable.
  52. 2004Arsenal F.C. go an entire league campaign unbeaten in the English Premier League, joining Preston North End F.C. with the right to claim the title "The Invincibles".
  53. 2008California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.
  54. 2010Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo.
  55. 2013An upsurge in violence in Iraq leaves more than 389 people dead over three days.
  56. 2024Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico is shot and critically injured while meeting with supporters at an event in Handlová.

Nacimientos (251)

  1. 1397Sejong the Great, Korean king of Joseon (died 1450)
  2. 1531Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (died 1581)
  3. 1565Hendrick de Keyser, Dutch sculptor and architect (died 1621)
  4. 1567Claudio Monteverdi, Italian priest and composer (died 1643)
  5. 1608René Goupil, French-American missionary and saint (died 1642)
  6. 1645George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, British judge (died 1689)
  7. 1689Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (died 1762)
  8. 1720Maximilian Hell, Hungarian priest and astronomer (died 1792)
  9. 1749Levi Lincoln Sr., American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Attorney General (died 1820)
  10. 1759Maria Theresia von Paradis, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1824)
  11. 1770Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (died 1843)
  12. 1773Klemens von Metternich, German-Austrian politician, 1st State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire (died 1859)
  13. 1786Dimitris Plapoutas, Greek general and politician (died 1864)
  14. 1803Juan Almonte, son of José María Morelos, was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a regent in the Second Mexican Empire (died 1869)
  15. 1805Samuel Carter, English railway solicitor and Member of Parliament (MP) (died 1878)
  16. 1808Michael William Balfe, Irish composer and conductor (died 1870)
  17. 1817Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author (died 1905)
  18. 1841Clarence Dutton, American commander and geologist (died 1912)
  19. 1845Élie Metchnikoff, Russian zoologist (died 1916)
  20. 1848Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter and illustrator (died 1926)
  21. 1848Carl Wernicke, German neuropathologist. (died 1905)
  22. 1854Ioannis Psycharis, Ukrainian-French philologist and author (died 1929)
  23. 1856L. Frank Baum, American novelist (died 1919)
  24. 1856Matthias Zurbriggen, Swiss mountaineer (died 1917)
  25. 1857Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (died 1911)
  26. 1859Pierre Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1906)
  27. 1862Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (died 1931)
  28. 1863Frank Hornby, English businessman and politician, invented Meccano (died 1936)
  29. 1869Paul Probst, Swiss target shooter (died 1945)
  30. 1869John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (died 1921)
  31. 1873Oskari Tokoi, Finnish socialist and the Chairman of the Senate of Finland (died 1963)
  32. 1882Walter White, Scottish international footballer (died 1950)
  33. 1890Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (died 1980)
  34. 1891Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright (died 1940)
  35. 1891Hjalmar Dahl, Finnish journalist, translator and writer (died 1960)
  36. 1891Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (died 1971)
  37. 1892Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral (died 1977)
  38. 1892Jimmy Wilde, Welsh boxer (died 1969)
  39. 1893José Nepomuceno, Filipino filmmaker, founder of Philippine cinema (died 1959)
  40. 1894Feg Murray, American hurdler and cartoonist (died 1973)
  41. 1895Prescott Bush, American captain, banker, and politician (died 1972)
  42. 1895William D. Byron, American lieutenant and politician (died 1941)
  43. 1898Arletty, French model, actress, and singer (died 1992)
  44. 1899Jean Étienne Valluy, French general (died 1970)
  45. 1900Ida Rhodes, American mathematician, pioneer in computer programming (died 1986)
  46. 1901Xavier Herbert, Australian author (died 1984)
  47. 1901Luis Monti, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (died 1983)
  48. 1902Richard J. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago (died 1976)
  49. 1902Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (died 1937)
  50. 1903Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (died 1998)
  51. 1904Clifton Fadiman, American game show host and author (died 1999)
  52. 1905Joseph Cotten, American actor (died 1994)
  53. 1905Albert Dubout, French cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor (died 1976)
  54. 1905Abraham Zapruder, American businessman and amateur photographer, filmed the Zapruder film (died 1970)
  55. 1907Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (died 1931)
  56. 1909James Mason, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 1984)
  57. 1909Clara Solovera, Chilean singer-songwriter (died 1992)
  58. 1910Constance Cummings, British-based American actress (died 2005)
  59. 1911Max Frisch, Swiss playwright and novelist (died 1991)
  60. 1911Herta Oberheuser, German physician (died 1978)
  61. 1912Arthur Berger, American composer and educator (died 2003)
  62. 1914Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1972)
  63. 1914Angus MacLean, Canadian farmer and politician, 25th Premier of Prince Edward Island (died 2000)
  64. 1914Norrie Paramor, English composer, producer, and conductor (died 1979)
  65. 1915Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author and activist (died 2006)
  66. 1915Paul Samuelson, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)
  67. 1915Henrik Sandberg, Danish production manager and producer (died 1993)
  68. 1916Vera Gebuhr, Danish actress (died 2014)
  69. 1918Eddy Arnold, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2008)
  70. 1918Arthur Jackson, American lieutenant and target shooter (died 2015)
  71. 1918Joseph Wiseman, Canadian-American actor (died 2009)
  72. 1920Michel Audiard, French director and screenwriter (died 1985)
  73. 1921Federico Krutwig, Basque writer, member of ETA and translator (died 1998)
  74. 1922Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt, Russian historian and ethnographer (died 2013)
  75. 1922Jakucho Setouchi, Japanese nun and author (died 2021)
  76. 1923Richard Avedon, American sailor and photographer (died 2004)
  77. 1923John Lanchbery, English-Australian composer and conductor (died 2003)
  78. 1924Maria Koepcke, German-Peruvian ornithologist and zoologist (died 1971)
  79. 1925Andrei Eshpai, Russian pianist and composer (died 2015)
  80. 1925Mary F. Lyon, English geneticist and biologist (died 2014)
  81. 1925Carl Sanders, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 74th Governor of Georgia (died 2014)
  82. 1925Roy Stewart, Jamaican-English actor and stuntman (died 2008)
  83. 1926Clermont Pépin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (died 2006)
  84. 1926Anthony Shaffer, English author, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2001)
  85. 1926Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter (died 2016)
  86. 1930Jasper Johns, American painter and sculptor
  87. 1931Ken Venturi, American golfer and sportscaster (died 2013)
  88. 1931James Fitz-Allen Mitchell, Vincentian politician and agronomist, 2nd Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (died 2021)
  89. 1935Don Bragg, American pole vaulter (died 2019)
  90. 1935Ted Dexter, Italian-English cricketer (died 2021)
  91. 1935Utah Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008)
  92. 1935Akihiro Miwa, Japanese singer, actor, director, composer, author and drag queen
  93. 1936Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-American actress and singer
  94. 1936Mart Laga, Estonian basketball player (died 1977)
  95. 1936Ralph Steadman, English painter and illustrator
  96. 1936Paul Zindel, American playwright and novelist (died 2003)
  97. 1937Madeleine Albright, Czech-American politician and diplomat, 64th United States Secretary of State (died 2022)
  98. 1937Karin Krog, Norwegian singer
  99. 1937Trini Lopez, American singer, guitarist, and actor (died 2020)
  100. 1938Mireille Darc, French actress, director, and screenwriter (died 2017)
  101. 1938Nancy Garden, American author (died 2014)
  102. 1938Diane Nash, American civil rights movement activist
  103. 1939Dorothy Shirley, English high jumper and educator
  104. 1940Roger Ailes, American businessman (died 2017)
  105. 1940Lainie Kazan, American actress and singer
  106. 1940Don Nelson, American basketball player and coach (died 2026)
  107. 1941Jaxon, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded the Rip Off Press (died 2006)
  108. 1942Lois Johnson, American singer-songwriter (died 2014)
  109. 1942Jusuf Kalla, Indonesian businessman and politician, 10th Vice President of Indonesia
  110. 1942Charles Horman, American journalist and documentary filmmaker (died 1973)
  111. 1942Doug Lowe, Australian politician, 35th Premier of Tasmania
  112. 1942K. T. Oslin, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2020)
  113. 1943Paul Bégin, Canadian lawyer and politician
  114. 1943Freddie Perren, American songwriter, producer, and conductor (died 2004)
  115. 1944Bill Alter, American police officer and politician
  116. 1944Ulrich Beck, German sociologist and academic (died 2015)
  117. 1945Michael Dexter, English hematologist and academic
  118. 1945Jerry Quarry, American boxer (died 1999)
  119. 1946Thadeus Nguyễn Văn Lý, Vietnamese priest and activist
  120. 1947Graeham Goble, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
  121. 1948Yutaka Enatsu, Japanese baseball player
  122. 1948Brian Eno, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
  123. 1948Kathleen Sebelius, American politician, 44th Governor of Kansas
  124. 1949Frank L. Culbertson Jr., American captain, pilot, and astronaut
  125. 1949Robert S.J. Sparks, English geologist and academic
  126. 1950Jim Bacon, Australian politician, 41st Premier of Tasmania (died 2004)
  127. 1950Jim Simons, American golfer (died 2005)
  128. 1951Dennis Frederiksen, American singer-songwriter (died 2014)
  129. 1951Chris Ham, English political scientist and academic
  130. 1951Frank Wilczek, American mathematician and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
  131. 1952Chazz Palminteri, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  132. 1953George Brett, American baseball player and coach
  133. 1953Athene Donald, English physicist and academic
  134. 1953Mike Oldfield, English-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  135. 1954Diana Liverman, English-American geographer and academic
  136. 1954Caroline Thomson, English journalist and broadcaster
  137. 1955Mohamed Brahmi, Tunisian politician (died 2013)
  138. 1955Lia Vissi, Cypriot singer-songwriter and politician
  139. 1956Andreas Loverdos, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Labour
  140. 1956Dan Patrick, American television anchor and sportscaster
  141. 1956Kevin Greenaugh, American nuclear engineer (died 2023)
  142. 1957Meg Gardiner, American-English author and academic
  143. 1957Juan José Ibarretxe, Spanish politician
  144. 1957Kevin Von Erich, American football player and wrestler
  145. 1958Jason Graae, American musical theater actor
  146. 1958Ruth Marcus, American journalist
  147. 1958Ron Simmons, American football player and wrestler
  148. 1959Khaosai Galaxy, Thai boxer and politician
  149. 1959Luis Pérez-Sala, Spanish race car driver
  150. 1959Beverly Jo Scott, American-Belgian singer-songwriter
  151. 1960Rhonda Burchmore, Australian actress, singer, and dancer
  152. 1960Rob Bowman, American director and producer
  153. 1960R. Kuhaneswaran, Sri Lankan politician
  154. 1960Rimas Kurtinaitis, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
  155. 1961Giselle Fernández, Mexican-American television journalist.
  156. 1962Lisa Curry, Australian swimmer
  157. 1963Gavin Nebbeling, South African footballer
  158. 1964Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Danish lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Denmark
  159. 1965André Abujamra, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  160. 1965Scott Tronc, Australian rugby league player
  161. 1966Jiří Němec, Czech footballer
  162. 1967Simen Agdestein, Norwegian chess grandmaster and football player
  163. 1967Laura Hillenbrand, American journalist and author
  164. 1967John Smoltz, American baseball player and sportscaster
  165. 1967Madhuri Dixit, Indian actress
  166. 1968Cecilia Malmström, Swedish academic and politician, 15th European Commissioner for Trade
  167. 1968Sophie Raworth, English journalist and broadcaster
  168. 1969Hideki Irabu, Japanese-American baseball player (died 2011)
  169. 1969Kari Baadstrand Sandnes, Norwegian politician
  170. 1969Emmitt Smith, American football player and sportscaster
  171. 1970Frank de Boer, Dutch footballer and manager
  172. 1970Ronald de Boer, Dutch footballer and manager
  173. 1970Desmond Howard, American football player and sportscaster
  174. 1970Alison Jackson, English photographer, director, and screenwriter
  175. 1970Rod Smith, American football player
  176. 1970Ben Wallace, English captain and politician
  177. 1971Karin Lušnic, Slovenian tennis player
  178. 1972Danny Alexander, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
  179. 1972David Charvet, French actor and singer
  180. 1973Giles Perry, British keyboardist
  181. 1974Vasilis Kikilias, Greek basketball player and politician
  182. 1974Matthew Sadler, English chess player and author
  183. 1974Marko Tredup, German footballer and manager
  184. 1974Ahmet Zappa, American musician and writer
  185. 1975Ray Lewis, American football player and sportscaster
  186. 1975Ales Michalevic, Belarusian lawyer and politician
  187. 1975Janne Seurujärvi, Finnish Sami politician, first Sami ever to be elected to the Finnish Parliament
  188. 1976Torraye Braggs, American basketball player
  189. 1976Mark Kennedy, Irish footballer
  190. 1976Jacek Krzynówek, Polish footballer
  191. 1976Ryan Leaf, American football player and coach
  192. 1976Anže Logar, Slovenian politician
  193. 1976Tyler Walker, American baseball player
  194. 1978Amy Chow, American gymnast and pediatrician
  195. 1978Dwayne De Rosario, Canadian soccer player
  196. 1978Edu, Brazilian footballer
  197. 1978David Krumholtz, American actor
  198. 1979Adolfo Bautista, Mexican footballer
  199. 1979Daniel Caines, English sprinter
  200. 1979Chris Masoe, New Zealand rugby player
  201. 1979Ryan Max Riley, American skier
  202. 1979Robert Royal, American football player
  203. 1979Dominic Scott, Irish guitarist
  204. 1980Josh Beckett, American baseball player
  205. 1981Patrice Evra, French footballer
  206. 1981Paul Konchesky, English international footballer
  207. 1981Justin Morneau, Canadian baseball player
  208. 1981Zara Phillips, English equestrian
  209. 1981Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress and singer
  210. 1982Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaican sprinter
  211. 1982Segundo Castillo, Ecuadorian footballer
  212. 1982Rafael Pérez, Dominican baseball player
  213. 1982Layal Abboud, Lebanese singer
  214. 1984Jeff Deslauriers, Canadian ice hockey player
  215. 1984Sérgio Jimenez, Brazilian race car driver
  216. 1984Samantha Noble, Australian actress
  217. 1984Beau Scott, Australian rugby league player
  218. 1984Mr Probz, Dutch singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and record producer
  219. 1985Cristiane, Brazilian footballer
  220. 1985Tania Cagnotto, Italian diver
  221. 1985Laura Harvey, English football coach
  222. 1985Tathagata Mukherjee, Indian actor
  223. 1985Denis Onyango, Ugandan football goalkeeper
  224. 1985Justine Robbeson, South African javelin thrower
  225. 1986Thomas Brown, American football player
  226. 1986Matías Fernández, Chilean footballer
  227. 1986Adam Moffat, Scottish footballer
  228. 1987David Adams, American baseball player
  229. 1987Michael Brantley, American baseball player
  230. 1987Brian Dozier, American baseball player
  231. 1987Mark Fayne, American ice hockey player
  232. 1987Ersan İlyasova, Turkish basketball player
  233. 1987Leonardo Mayer, Argentinian tennis player
  234. 1987Andy Murray, Scottish tennis player
  235. 1988Indrek Kajupank, Estonian basketball player
  236. 1988Scott Laird, English footballer
  237. 1989Susan Soonkyu Lee, Korean-American singer and entertainer
  238. 1989Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, French footballer
  239. 1990Jordan Eberle, Canadian ice hockey player
  240. 1990Lee Jong-hyun, Korean guitarist
  241. 1990Stella Maxwell, New Zealand model
  242. 1993Jeremy Hawkins, New Zealand rugby league player
  243. 1993Tomáš Kalas, Czech international footballer
  244. 1996Birdy, English singer-songwriter
  245. 1997Ousmane Dembélé, French footballer
  246. 1997Scott Drinkwater, Australian rugby league player
  247. 1998Lucrezia Stefanini, Italian tennis player
  248. 1999Anastasia Gasanova, Russian tennis player
  249. 2000Dayana Yastremska, Ukrainian tennis player
  250. 2002Chase Hudson, American internet celebrity, singer, actor
  251. 2006Haerin, Korean singer

Fallecimientos (93)

  1. 392Valentinian II, Roman emperor (born 371)
  2. 558Hilary of Galeata, Christian monk (born 476)
  3. 884Marinus I, pope of the Catholic Church (born 830)
  4. 913Hatto I, German archbishop (born 850)
  5. 926Zhuang Zong, Chinese emperor (born 885)
  6. 973Byrhthelm, bishop of Wells
  7. 1036Go-Ichijō, emperor of Japan (born 1008)
  8. 1157Yuri Dolgorukiy, Grand Prince of Kiev (born 1099)
  9. 1174Nur ad-Din, Seljuk emir of Syria (born 1118)
  10. 1175Mleh, prince of Armenia
  11. 1268Peter II, count of Savoy (born 1203)
  12. 1461Domenico Veneziano, Italian painter (born c. 1410)
  13. 1464Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (born 1436)
  14. 1470Charles VIII, king of Sweden (born 1409)
  15. 1585Niwa Nagahide, Japanese samurai (born 1535)
  16. 1609Giovanni Croce, Italian composer and educator (born 1557)
  17. 1615Henry Bromley, English politician (born 1560)
  18. 1634Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (born 1585)
  19. 1698Marie Champmeslé, French actress (born 1642)
  20. 1699Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet, English politician (born 1631)
  21. 1700John Hale, American minister (born 1636)
  22. 1740Ephraim Chambers, English publisher (born 1680)
  23. 1773Alban Butler, English priest and hagiographer (born 1710)
  24. 1845Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, Head of State of Costa Rica (born 1800)
  25. 1879Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (born 1803)
  26. 1886Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (born 1830)
  27. 1914Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (born 1863)
  28. 1919Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (born 1888)
  29. 1924Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1852)
  30. 1926Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (born 1850)
  31. 1928Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (born 1845)
  32. 1935Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (born 1878)
  33. 1937Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1864)
  34. 1945Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (born 1881)
  35. 1945Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (born 1886)
  36. 1948Edward J. Flanagan, Irish-American priest, founded Boys Town (born 1886)
  37. 1954William March, American soldier and author (born 1893)
  38. 1955Harry J. Capehart, American lawyer, politician, and businessperson (born 1881)
  39. 1956Austin Osman Spare, English painter and magician (born 1886)
  40. 1957Keith Andrews, American race car driver (born 1920)
  41. 1957Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1892)
  42. 1963John Aglionby, English-born Bishop of Accra and soldier (born 1884)
  43. 1964Vladko Maček, Croatian lawyer and politician (born 1879)
  44. 1965Pio Pion, Italian businessman (born 1887)
  45. 1967Edward Hopper, American painter (born 1882)
  46. 1967Italo Mus, Italian painter (born 1892)
  47. 1969Joe Malone, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1890)
  48. 1971Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and playwright (born 1900)
  49. 1978Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1894)
  50. 1980Gordon Prange, American historian and author (born 1910)
  51. 1982Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (born 1946)
  52. 1984Francis Schaeffer, American pastor, theologian, and philosopher (born 1912)
  53. 1985Jackie Curtis, American actress and writer (born 1947)
  54. 1986Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (born 1958)
  55. 1986Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author (born 1915)
  56. 1989Johnny Green, American composer and conductor (born 1908)
  57. 1989Luc Lacourcière, Canadian ethnographer and author (born 1910)
  58. 1991Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (born 1956)
  59. 1991Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Malian ethnologist and author (born 1901)
  60. 1991Fritz Riess, German race car driver (born 1922)
  61. 1993Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese poet and diplomat (born 1933)
  62. 1994Gilbert Roland, American actor (born 1905)
  63. 1995Eric Porter, English actor (born 1928)
  64. 1996Charles B. Fulton, American lawyer and judge (born 1910)
  65. 1998Earl Manigault, American basketball player (born 1944)
  66. 1998Naim Talu, Turkish economist, banker, politician, 15th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1919)
  67. 2003June Carter Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (born 1929)
  68. 2006Nizar Abdul Zahra, Iraqi footballer (born 1961)
  69. 2007Jerry Falwell, American pastor, founded Liberty University (born 1933)
  70. 2008Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1956)
  71. 2008Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (born 1919)
  72. 2008Will Elder, American illustrator (born 1921)
  73. 2009Bud Tingwell, Australian actor, director, and producer (born 1923)
  74. 2009Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and bass player (born 1964)
  75. 2010Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer (born 1987)
  76. 2010Loris Kessel, Swiss race car driver (born 1950)
  77. 2012Carlos Fuentes, Mexican novelist and essayist (born 1928)
  78. 2012Arno Lustiger, German historian and author (born 1924)
  79. 2012Zakaria Mohieddin, Egyptian soldier and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Egypt (born 1918)
  80. 2013Henrique Rosa, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (born 1946)
  81. 2014Jean-Luc Dehaene, French-Belgian politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (born 1940)
  82. 2014Noribumi Suzuki, Japanese director and screenwriter (born 1933)
  83. 2015Elisabeth Bing, German-American physical therapist and author (born 1914)
  84. 2015Jackie Brookner, American sculptor and educator (born 1945)
  85. 2015Flora MacNeil, Scottish Gaelic singer (born 1928)
  86. 2015Garo Yepremian, Cypriot-American football player (born 1944)
  87. 2017Herbert R. Axelrod American tropical fish expert, publisher of pet books, and entrepreneur (born 1927)
  88. 2020Fred Willard, American actor, comedian, and writer (born 1933)
  89. 2021Oliver Gillie, British journalist and scientist (born 1937)
  90. 2022Frank Curry, Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1950)
  91. 2022Kay Mellor, English actress (born 1951)
  92. 2024Kamla Beniwal, Indian politician (born 1927)
  93. 2025Robert Walls, Australian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (born 1950)

Celebraciones (12)

  1. Aoi Matsuri (Kyoto)
  2. Army Day (Slovenia)
  3. Constituent Assembly Day (Lithuania)
  4. Independence Day (Paraguay), celebrates the independence of Paraguay from Spain in 1811. Celebrations for the anniversary of the independence begin on Flag Day, May 14.
  5. International Conscientious Objectors Day
  6. International Day of Families (International)
  7. La Corsa dei Ceri begins on the eve of the feast day of Saint Ubaldo. (Gubbio)
  8. Mother's Day (Paraguay)
  9. Nakba Day (Palestinian communities)
  10. Peace Officers Memorial Day (United States)
  11. Republic Day (Lithuania)
  12. Teachers' Day (Colombia, Mexico, and South Korea)

Santoral (11)

  1. Achillius of Larissa
  2. Athanasius of Alexandria (Coptic Church)
  3. Hallvard Vebjørnsson (Roman Catholic Church)
  4. Hilary of Galeata
  5. Isidore the Laborer, celebrated with festivals in various countries, the beginning of bullfighting season in Madrid.
  6. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (Roman Catholic Church)
  7. Kaleb of Axum
  8. Peter, Andrew, Paul, and Denise (Roman Catholic Church)
  9. Reticius (Roman Catholic Church)
  10. Sophia of Rome (Roman Catholic church)
  11. May 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar)