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Acontecimientos (56)

  1. 946Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan.
  2. 999Rebel Turkish warlord Mahmud of Ghazni defeats Samanid Emir Mansur II in battle at Merv.
  3. 1003Patrician John II Crescentius, who has seized control of Rome, selects Pope John XVII as the new pope.
  4. 1204Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
  5. 1364Hundred Years' War: Bertrand du Guesclin and a French army defeat the Anglo-Navarrese army of Charles the Bad at Cocherel.
  6. 1426Gov. Thado of Mohnyin becomes King of Ava.
  7. 1527The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic.
  8. 1532Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
  9. 1568Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England.
  10. 1584Santiago de Vera becomes sixth governor-general of the Spanish colony of the Philippines.
  11. 1739The Battle of Vasai concludes as the Marathas defeat the Portuguese army.
  12. 1770The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, Dauphin de France, who later becomes king of France.
  13. 1771The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
  14. 1777Continental Army officer Lachlan McIntosh fatally wounds Button Gwinnett, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, in a duel in Savannah, Georgia.
  15. 1811Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom fight an inconclusive battle against the French at the Albuera. It is, in proportion to the numbers involved, the bloodiest battle of the war.
  16. 1812Imperial Russia signs the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Russo-Turkish War. The Ottoman Empire cedes Bessarabia to Russia.
  17. 1822Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.
  18. 1832Juan Godoy discovers the rich silver outcrops of Chañarcillo sparking the Chilean silver rush.
  19. 1834The Battle of Asseiceira is fought; it was the final and decisive engagement of the Liberal Wars in Portugal.
  20. 1842The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail from Elm Grove, Missouri, with 100 pioneers.
  21. 1863American Civil War: During the Vicksburg campaign, the decisive Union victory by Ulysses S. Grant at the Battle of Champion Hill drives the Confederate army under John C. Pemberton back towards Vicksburg, Mississippi.
  22. 1866The United States Congress establishes the nickel.
  23. 1868The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
  24. 1874A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
  25. 1877The 16 May 1877 crisis occurs in France, ending with the dissolution of the National Assembly 22 June and affirming the interpretation of the Constitution of 1875 as a parliamentary rather than presidential system. The elections held in October 1877 led to the defeat of the royalists as a formal political movement in France.
  26. 1888Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
  27. 1891The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, featuring the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
  28. 1916The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria.
  29. 1918The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later.
  30. 1918The victory military parade by the Finnish White Guard is held in Helsinki celebrating their decisive victory in the Finnish Civil War. The day also begin to be celebrated on the Defence Forces Flag Day before it is moved in 1942 to the June 4th.
  31. 1919A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
  32. 1920In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
  33. 1925The first modern performance of Claudio Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria occurred in Paris.
  34. 1929In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
  35. 1943The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
  36. 1943Operation Chastise is undertaken by RAF Bomber Command with specially equipped Avro Lancasters to destroy the Mohne, Sorpe, and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley.
  37. 1945Beginning of the Levant Crisis between Britain and France in Syria. The latter try to quell nationalist protests but backs down after threat of military action by the British.
  38. 1951The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
  39. 1954Beginning of the Kengir uprising in the Gulag.
  40. 1959The Tritons' Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.
  41. 1960Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
  42. 1961Park Chung Hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
  43. 1966The Chinese Communist Party issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
  44. 1969Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus.
  45. 1972An Antonov An-24 crashes into a kindergarten building in Svetlogorsk, killing 35.
  46. 1974Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of Yugoslavia.
  47. 1975Junko Tabei from Japan becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
  48. 1988A report by the Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
  49. 1991Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.
  50. 1997Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
  51. 2003In Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
  52. 2005Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35–23 National Assembly vote.
  53. 2011STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for .
  54. 2014Twelve people are killed in two explosions in the Gikomba market area of Nairobi, Kenya.
  55. 2025A catastrophic EF3 tornado kills five people and causes over $1 billion in damages in St. Louis, MO.
  56. 2025A devastating EF4 tornado kills nineteen people in Southeast Kentucky, hitting the towns of Somerset and London.

Nacimientos (213)

  1. 1418John II of Cyprus, King of Cyprus and Armenia and also titular King of Jerusalem from 1432 to 1458 (probable; (died 1458)
  2. 1455Wolfgang I of Oettingen, German count (died 1522)
  3. 1542Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg, German noblewoman (died 1580)
  4. 1606John Bulwer, British doctor (died 1656)
  5. 1611Pope Innocent XI (died 1689)
  6. 1641Dudley North, English economist and politician (died 1691)
  7. 1710William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician, Lord Steward of the Household (died 1782)
  8. 1718Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher (died 1799)
  9. 1763Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist (died 1829)
  10. 1788Friedrich Rückert, German poet and translator (died 1866)
  11. 1801William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (died 1872)
  12. 1804Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, American educator who founded the first U.S. kindergarten (died 1894)
  13. 1819Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Estonian journalist and poet (died 1890)
  14. 1821Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and statistician (died 1894)
  15. 1824Levi P. Morton, American banker and politician, 22nd United States Vice President (died 1920)
  16. 1824Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (died 1893)
  17. 1827Pierre Cuypers, Dutch architect, designed the Amsterdam Centraal railway station and Rijksmuseum (died 1921)
  18. 1831David Edward Hughes, Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone (died 1900)
  19. 1859Horace Hutchinson, English golfer (died 1932)
  20. 1862Margaret Fountaine, English lepidopterist and diarist (died 1940)
  21. 1876Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (died 1948)
  22. 1879Pierre Gilliard, Swiss author and academic (died 1962)
  23. 1882Simeon Price, American golfer (died 1945)
  24. 1883Celâl Bayar, Turkish politician, 3rd President of Turkey (died 1986)
  25. 1887Maria Lacerda de Moura, Brazilian teacher and anarcha-feminist (died 1945)
  26. 1888Royal Rife, American microbiologist and instrument maker (died 1971)
  27. 1890Edith Grace White, American ichthyologist (died 1975)
  28. 1892Osgood Perkins (actor, born 1892), American actor (died 1937)
  29. 1894Walter Yust, American journalist and writer (died 1960)
  30. 1897Zvi Sliternik, Israeli entomologist and academic (died 1993)
  31. 1898Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-American painter (died 1980)
  32. 1898Desanka Maksimović, Serbian poet and academic (died 1993)
  33. 1898Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (died 1956)
  34. 1903Charles F. Brannock, American inventor and manufacturer (died 1992)
  35. 1905Henry Fonda, American actor (died 1982)
  36. 1905H.E. Bates, British writer (died 1974)
  37. 1906Ernie McCormick, Australian cricketer (died 1991)
  38. 1906Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and educator (died 1988)
  39. 1906Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan lawyer, journalist, and author (died 2001)
  40. 1906Margret Rey, German author and illustrator (died 1996)
  41. 1907Bob Tisdall, Irish hurdler (died 2004)
  42. 1909Margaret Sullavan, American actress and singer (died 1960)
  43. 1909Luigi Villoresi, Italian race car driver (died 1997)
  44. 1910Olga Bergholz, Russian poet and author (died 1975)
  45. 1910Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (died 2014)
  46. 1912Studs Terkel, American historian and author (died 2008)
  47. 1913Gordon Chalk, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Queensland (died 1991)
  48. 1913Woody Herman, American singer, saxophonist, and clarinet player (died 1987)
  49. 1914Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and author (died 2009)
  50. 1915Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2010)
  51. 1916Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel (died 2009)
  52. 1917Ben Kuroki, American sergeant and pilot (died 2015)
  53. 1917James C. Murray, American lawyer and politician (died 1999)
  54. 1917Juan Rulfo, Mexican author and photographer (died 1986)
  55. 1918Wilf Mannion, English footballer and manager (died 2000)
  56. 1919Liberace, American pianist and entertainer (died 1987)
  57. 1919Ramon Margalef, Spanish ecologist and biologist (died 2004)
  58. 1920Martine Carol, French actress (died 1967)
  59. 1921Harry Carey Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
  60. 1923Victoria Fromkin, American linguist and academic (died 2000)
  61. 1923Merton Miller, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2000)
  62. 1923Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author (died 2014)
  63. 1924Barbara Bachmann, American microbiologist (died 1999)
  64. 1924Dawda Jawara, 1st President of the Gambia (died 2019)
  65. 1925Nancy Roman, American astronomer (died 2018)
  66. 1925Ola Vincent, Nigerian banker and economist (died 2012)
  67. 1925Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer (died 2013)
  68. 1926Glen Michael, British television presenter and entertainer (died 2025)
  69. 1926Robert Jay Lifton, American psychiatrist and author (died 2025)
  70. 1928Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach (died 1989)
  71. 1929Betty Carter, American singer-songwriter (died 1998)
  72. 1929John Conyers, American lawyer and politician (died 2019)
  73. 1929Claude Morin, Canadian academic and politician (died 2026)
  74. 1929Adrienne Rich, American poet, essayist, and feminist (died 2012)
  75. 1929K. Natwar Singh, Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (died 2024)
  76. 1930Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist and composer (died 2000)
  77. 1931Vujadin Boškov, Serbian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2014)
  78. 1931Hana Brady, Jewish-Czech Holocaust victim (died 1944)
  79. 1931Lowell P. Weicker Jr., American soldier and politician, 85th Governor of Connecticut (died 2023)
  80. 1934Kenneth O. Morgan, Welsh historian and author
  81. 1934Antony Walker, English general (died 2023)
  82. 1935Floyd Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  83. 1936Karl Lehmann, German cardinal (died 2018)
  84. 1937Yvonne Craig, American ballet dancer and actress (died 2015)
  85. 1937Jim Hunt, American politician, 69th and 71st Governor of North Carolina (died 2025)
  86. 1938Stuart Bell, English lawyer and politician (died 2012)
  87. 1938Ivan Sutherland, American computer scientist and academic
  88. 1938Marco Aurelio Denegri, Peruvian television host and sexologist (died 2018)
  89. 1939Mario Segni, Italian professor and politician
  90. 1941Denis Hart, Australian archbishop
  91. 1942David Penry-Davey, English lawyer and judge (died 2015)
  92. 1943Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews, English politician
  93. 1943Dan Coats, American politician and diplomat, 29th United States Ambassador to Germany
  94. 1943Wieteke van Dort, Dutch actress, comedian, singer, writer and artist (died 2024)
  95. 1944Billy Cobham, Panamanian-American drummer, composer, and bandleader
  96. 1944Antal Nagy, Hungarian footballer
  97. 1944Friedrich Schorlemmer, German Protestant theologian (died 2024)
  98. 1944Danny Trejo, American actor
  99. 1946John Law, English sociologist and academic
  100. 1946Robert Fripp, English guitarist, songwriter and producer
  101. 1947Cheryl Clarke, American writer
  102. 1947Darrell Sweet, Scottish drummer (died 1999)
  103. 1947Roch Thériault, Canadian religious leader (died 2011)
  104. 1948Jesper Christensen, Danish actor, director, and producer
  105. 1948Judy Finnigan, English talk show host and author
  106. 1948Enrico Fumia, Italian automobile and product designer
  107. 1948Jimmy Hood, Scottish engineer and politician (died 2017)
  108. 1948Emma Georgina Rothschild, English historian and academic
  109. 1948Staf Van Roosbroeck, Belgian cyclist
  110. 1949Rick Reuschel, American baseball player
  111. 1950Georg Bednorz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  112. 1950Ray Condo, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2004)
  113. 1950Bruce Coville, American author
  114. 1951Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer
  115. 1951Jonathan Richman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  116. 1951Janet Soskice, Canadian philosopher and theologian
  117. 1953Pierce Brosnan, Irish-American actor and producer
  118. 1953Peter Onorati, American actor
  119. 1953Richard Page, American singer-songwriter and bass player
  120. 1953Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 55th Yokozuna (died 2015)
  121. 1953David Maclean, Scottish politician
  122. 1953Stephen Woolman, Lord Woolman, Scottish judge and academic
  123. 1954Dafydd Williams, Canadian physician and astronaut
  124. 1955Olga Korbut, Soviet gymnast
  125. 1955Jack Morris, American baseball player and sportscaster
  126. 1955Hazel O'Connor, English-born Irish singer-songwriter and actress
  127. 1955Páidí Ó Sé, Irish footballer and manager (died 2012)
  128. 1955Debra Winger, American actress
  129. 1956Loretta Schrijver, Dutch television host, news anchor (died 2025)
  130. 1957Joan Benoit, American runner
  131. 1957Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft, English politician
  132. 1957Yuri Shevchuk, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  133. 1957Anthony St John, 22nd Baron St John of Bletso, English lawyer and businessman
  134. 1957Bob Suter, American ice hockey player and coach (died 2014)
  135. 1959Mitch Webster, American baseball player
  136. 1959Mare Winningham, American actress and singer-songwriter
  137. 1960Landon Deireragea, Nauruan politician, Nauruan Speaker of Parliament
  138. 1960Bruce Norris, American actor and playwright
  139. 1960S. Shanmuganathan, Sri Lankan commander and politician (died 1998)
  140. 1961Kevin McDonald, Canadian actor and screenwriter
  141. 1961Charles Wright, American wrestler
  142. 1962Helga Radtke, German long jumper
  143. 1963Rachel Griffith, Anglo-American economist
  144. 1963David Wilkinson, English theologian and academic
  145. 1964John Salley, American basketball player and actor
  146. 1964Boyd Tinsley, American singer-songwriter and violinist
  147. 1964Milton Jones, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
  148. 1965Krist Novoselic, American bass player, songwriter, author, and activist
  149. 1965Tanel Tammet, Estonian computer scientist, engineer, and academic
  150. 1966Janet Jackson, American singer-songwriter and actress
  151. 1966Scott Reeves, American singer-songwriter and actor
  152. 1966Thurman Thomas, American football player
  153. 1967Doug Brocail, American baseball player and coach
  154. 1967Susan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford, British politician
  155. 1968Ralph Tresvant, American singer and producer
  156. 1969David Boreanaz, American actor
  157. 1969Tucker Carlson, American journalist, co-founded The Daily Caller
  158. 1969Steve Lewis, American sprinter
  159. 1970Gabriela Sabatini, Argentinian tennis player
  160. 1970Danielle Spencer, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
  161. 1971Phil Clarke, English rugby league player and sportscaster
  162. 1971Rachel Goswell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  163. 1972Christian Califano, French rugby player
  164. 1972Matthew Hart, New Zealand cricketer
  165. 1973Tori Spelling, American actress, reality television personality, and author
  166. 1974Laura Pausini, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
  167. 1974Sonny Sandoval, American singer-songwriter and rapper
  168. 1975Tony Kakko, Finnish musician, composer, and vocalist
  169. 1975Simon Whitfield, Canadian triathlete
  170. 1976Dirk Nannes, Australian-Dutch cricketer
  171. 1977Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand actress
  172. 1977Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer-songwriter
  173. 1978Scott Nicholls, English motorcycle racer
  174. 1978Lionel Scaloni, Argentinian footballer and manager
  175. 1979Michael Oberlechner, Austrian politician
  176. 1980Nuria Llagostera Vives, Spanish tennis player
  177. 1981Ricardo Costa, Portuguese footballer
  178. 1982Melissa Altro, Canadian actress
  179. 1982Łukasz Kubot, Polish tennis player
  180. 1983Daniel Kerr, Australian footballer
  181. 1983Kyle Wellwood, Canadian ice hockey player
  182. 1984Darío Cvitanich, Argentinian footballer
  183. 1984Tomáš Fleischmann, Czech ice hockey player
  184. 1984Jensen Lewis, American baseball player
  185. 1984Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2011)
  186. 1985Anja Mittag, German footballer
  187. 1985Rodrigo Peters Marques, Brazilian footballer
  188. 1985Corey Perry, Canadian ice hockey player
  189. 1986Megan Fox, American actress
  190. 1986Andy Keogh, Irish footballer
  191. 1986Shamcey Supsup, Filipino model and architect
  192. 1987Tom Onslow-Cole, English race car driver
  193. 1988Jesús Castillo, Mexican footballer
  194. 1988Martynas Gecevičius, Lithuanian basketball player
  195. 1988Jaak Põldma, Estonian tennis player
  196. 1989Behati Prinsloo, Namibian model
  197. 1990Amanda Carreras, Gibraltarian tennis player
  198. 1990Thomas Brodie-Sangster, English actor
  199. 1990Darko Šarović, Serbian sprinter
  200. 1990Omar Strong, American basketball player
  201. 1991Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgarian tennis player
  202. 1991Joey Graceffa, American internet celebrity
  203. 1991Ashley Wagner, American figure skater
  204. 1992Jeff Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player
  205. 1992Kirstin Maldonado, American singer and songwriter
  206. 1993Johannes Thingnes Bø, Norwegian biathlete
  207. 1993Karol Mets, Estonian footballer
  208. 1993IU, Korean singer-songwriter and actress
  209. 1994Kathinka von Deichmann, Liechtenstein tennis player
  210. 1995Elizabeth Ralston, Australian footballer
  211. 1996Louisa Chirico, American tennis player
  212. 2000Luis García Jr., Dominican-American baseball player
  213. 2002Ryan Gravenberch, Dutch footballer

Fallecimientos (99)

  1. 290Emperor Wu of Jin, Chinese emperor (born 236)
  2. 895Qian Kuan, Chinese nobleman
  3. 934Meng Hanqiong, eunuch official of Later Tang
  4. 995Fujiwara no Michitaka, Japanese nobleman (born 953)
  5. 1115Lambert of Arras, Flemish bishop
  6. 1182John Komnenos Vatatzes, Byzantine general (born 1132)
  7. 1265Simon Stock, English-French saint (born 1165)
  8. 1375Liu Bowen, Chinese military strategist, officer, statesman and poet (born 1311)
  9. 1412Gian Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan (born 1388)
  10. 1561Jan Tarnowski, Polish noble and statesman (born 1488)
  11. 1620William Adams, English sailor and navigator (born 1564)
  12. 1657Andrew Bobola, Polish missionary and martyr (born 1591)
  13. 1667Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1607)
  14. 1669Pietro da Cortona, Italian painter and architect, designed the Santi Luca e Martina (born 1596)
  15. 1691Jacob Leisler, German-American politician, 8th Colonial Governor of New York (born 1640)
  16. 1696Mariana of Austria, Queen consort of Spain (born 1634)
  17. 1703Charles Perrault, French author and academic (born 1628)
  18. 1778Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (born 1718)
  19. 1790Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (born 1720)
  20. 1818Matthew Lewis, English author and playwright (born 1775)
  21. 1823Grace Elliott, Scottish courtesan and spy (born )
  22. 1830Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (born 1768)
  23. 1861John Stevens Henslow, British priest, geologist and doctoral advisor to Charles Darwin (born 1796)
  24. 1862Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (born 1796)
  25. 1882Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (born 1799)
  26. 1890Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (born 1843)
  27. 1891Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (born 1821)
  28. 1910Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (born 1856)
  29. 1913Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (born 1849)
  30. 1920Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (born 1824)
  31. 1926Mehmed VI, the 36th and last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (born 1861)
  32. 1936Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (born 1860)
  33. 1938Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (born 1870)
  34. 1943Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist and academic (born 1865)
  35. 1943Nigger, black labrador retriever belonging to Wing Commander Guy Gibson of the Royal Air Force, and the mascot of No. 617 Squadron.
  36. 1944George Ade, American journalist, author, and playwright (born 1866)
  37. 1944Filip Mișea, Aromanian activist, physician and politician (born 1873)
  38. 1946Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (born 1890)
  39. 1947Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1861)
  40. 1947Kalle Hakala, Finnish politician (born 1880)
  41. 1947Zhang Lingfu, Chinese general (born 1903)
  42. 1953Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer (born 1910)
  43. 1954Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and manager (born 1893)
  44. 1955James Agee, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic(born 1909)
  45. 1955Manny Ayulo, American race car driver (born 1921)
  46. 1956H. B. Reese, American candy-maker and businessman, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (born 1876)
  47. 1957Eliot Ness, American federal agent (born 1903)
  48. 1961George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist (born 1881)
  49. 1977Modibo Keïta, Malian politician, 1st President of Mali (born 1915)
  50. 1979A. Philip Randolph, American union leader and activist (born 1889)
  51. 1981Ernie Freeman, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1922)
  52. 1981Willy Hartner, German physician and academic (born 1905)
  53. 1984Andy Kaufman, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (born 1949)
  54. 1984Irwin Shaw, American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short story writer (born 1913)
  55. 1985Margaret Hamilton, American actress (born 1902)
  56. 1989Leila Kasra, Iranian poet and songwriter (born 1939)
  57. 1990Sammy Davis Jr., American singer, dancer, and actor (born 1925)
  58. 1990Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director, producer, and screenwriter, creator of The Muppets (born 1936)
  59. 1993Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1938)
  60. 1994Alain Cuny, French actor (born 1908)
  61. 1996Jeremy Michael Boorda, American admiral (born 1939)
  62. 1997Elbridge Durbrow, American diplomat (born 1903)
  63. 2002Alec Campbell, Australian soldier (born 1899)
  64. 2003Mark McCormack, American lawyer and sports agent, founded IMG (born 1930)
  65. 2005Andrew Goodpaster, American general (born 1915)
  66. 2008Robert Mondavi, American winemaker, co-founded the Opus One Winery (born 1913)
  67. 2010Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1942)
  68. 2010Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1918)
  69. 2011Ralph Barker, English author (born 1917)
  70. 2011Bob Davis, Australian footballer and coach (born 1928)
  71. 2011Edward Hardwicke, English actor (born 1932)
  72. 2011Kiyoshi Kodama, Japanese actor (born 1934)
  73. 2012Patricia Aakhus, American author and academic (born 1952)
  74. 2012James Abdnor, American soldier and politician (born 1923)
  75. 2012Chuck Brown, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1936)
  76. 2012Ernie Chan, Filipino-American illustrator (born 1940)
  77. 2012Kevin Hickey, American baseball player (born 1956)
  78. 2013Angelo Errichetti, American politician (born 1928)
  79. 2013Bryan Illerbrun, Canadian football player (born 1957)
  80. 2013Frankie Librán, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (born 1948)
  81. 2013Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1933)
  82. 2013Paul Shane, British actor and comedian (born 1940)
  83. 2013Dick Trickle, American race car driver (born 1941)
  84. 2013Bernard Waber, American author and illustrator (born 1921)
  85. 2014Chris Duckworth, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (born 1933)
  86. 2014Vito Favero, Italian cyclist (born 1932)
  87. 2014Bud Hollowell, American baseball player and manager (born 1943)
  88. 2014Clyde Snow, American anthropologist and author (born 1928)
  89. 2015Prashant Bhargava, American director and producer (born 1973)
  90. 2015Moshe Levinger, Israeli rabbi and author (born 1935)
  91. 2015Flora MacNeil, Scottish Gaelic singer (born 1928)
  92. 2019Piet Blauw, Dutch politician (born 1937)
  93. 2019Bob Hawke, Australian politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia (born 1929)
  94. 2019I. M. Pei, Chinese-American architect (born 1917)
  95. 2021Bruno Covas, Brazilian lawyer, politician (born 1980)
  96. 2023Norm Green, American long-distance runner (born 1932)
  97. 2024Dabney Coleman, American actor (born 1932)
  98. 2024Eddie Gossage, American public speaker and businessman (born 1958)
  99. 2025Domingos Maubere, East Timorese Catholic priest and activist (born 1952)

Celebraciones (4)

  1. Martyrs of Sudan (Episcopal Church (USA))
  2. Mass Graves Day (Iraq)
  3. National Day, declared by Salva Kiir (South Sudan)
  4. Teachers' Day (Malaysia)

Santoral (14)

  1. Aaron (Coptic Church)
  2. Abda and Abdjesus, and companions:
  3. Abdas of Susa
  4. Andrew Bobola
  5. Brendan the Navigator (Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Eastern Orthodox Church)
  6. Caroline Chisholm (Church of England)
  7. Gemma Galgani (Passionists Calendar)
  8. Germerius
  9. Honoratus of Amiens
  10. Peregrine of Auxerre
  11. Possidius
  12. Simon Stock
  13. Ubald (see Saint Ubaldo Day)
  14. May 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)