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Acontecimientos (63)

  1. 332Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople.
  2. 872Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 47. His first coronation was 28 years earlier, in 844, during the reign of his father Lothair I.
  3. 1012Pope Benedict VIII begins his papacy following the death of his predecessor Pope Sergius IV earlier that month.
  4. 1096First Crusade: Around 800 Jews are massacred in Worms, Germany.
  5. 1152The future Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. He would become king two years later, after the death of his cousin once removed King Stephen of England.
  6. 1268The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Siege of Antioch.
  7. 1291Fall of Acre, the end of Crusader presence in the Holy Land.
  8. 1302Bruges Matins, the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by members of the local Flemish militia.
  9. 1388During the Battle of Buyur Lake, General Lan Yu leads a Ming army forward to crush the Mongol hordes of Tögüs Temür, the Khan of Northern Yuan.
  10. 1499Alonso de Ojeda sets sail from Cádiz on his voyage to what is now Venezuela.
  11. 1565The Great Siege of Malta begins, in which Ottoman forces attempt and fail to conquer Malta.
  12. 1593Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
  13. 1631In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
  14. 1652Slavery in Rhode Island is abolished, although the law is not rigorously enforced.
  15. 1695The 1695 Linfen earthquake in Shannxi, Qing dynasty causes extreme damage and kills at least 52,000 people.
  16. 1756The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France.
  17. 1783First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States.
  18. 1794Battle of Tourcoing during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
  19. 1803Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France.
  20. 1804Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate.
  21. 1811Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay led by José Artigas.
  22. 1812John Bellingham is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging for the assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval.
  23. 1843The Disruption in Edinburgh of the Free Church of Scotland from the Church of Scotland.
  24. 1848Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany.
  25. 1860United States presidential election: Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
  26. 1863American Civil War: Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant begin the Siege of Vicksburg during the Vicksburg campaign in order to take full control of the Mississippi River.
  27. 1896The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
  28. 1896Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
  29. 1900The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
  30. 1912The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
  31. 1917World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
  32. 1922Seamus Woods and Roger McCorley lead an Irish Republican Army attack on the headquarters of the Royal Irish Constabulary in Belfast.
  33. 1926Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
  34. 1927The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Bath Township, Michigan.
  35. 1927After being founded for 20 years, the Nationalist government approves Tongji University to be among its first national universities.
  36. 1933New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
  37. 1944World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino: Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino.
  38. 1944Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union.
  39. 1948The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
  40. 1953Jacqueline Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
  41. 1955Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends.
  42. 1962The French government and representatives of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic reach a settlement to end the Algerian war in the Évian Accords.
  43. 1965Israeli spy Eli Cohen is hanged in Damascus, Syria.
  44. 1969Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.
  45. 1972During approach to Kharkiv International Airport, Aeroflot Flight 1491 crashes near Ruska Lozova, killing all 112 aboard.
  46. 1973Aeroflot Flight 109 is hijacked mid-flight and the aircraft is subsequently destroyed when the hijacker's bomb explodes, killing all 82 people on board.
  47. 1974Nuclear weapons testing: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.
  48. 1977Likud party wins the 1977 Israeli legislative election, with Menachem Begin, its founder, as the sixth Prime Minister of Israel.
  49. 1980Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage.
  50. 1980Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.
  51. 1980Rioting spreads to Miami's mostly African-American neighborhoods of Overtown and Liberty City following the previous day's courthouse protests.
  52. 1990In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3 km/h (320.2 mph).
  53. 1991Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland.
  54. 1993Riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police open fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injure 11 demonstrators.
  55. 1994Israeli troops finish withdrawing from the Gaza Strip, ceding the area to the Palestinian National Authority to govern.
  56. 2005A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra.
  57. 2006The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.
  58. 2009The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.
  59. 2015At least 78 people die in a landslide caused by heavy rains in the Colombian town of Salgar.
  60. 2018A school shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas kills ten people.
  61. 2018Cubana de Aviación Flight 972 crashes in Santiago de las Vegas after takeoff from José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, killing 112 of the 113 people on board.
  62. 2019United States presidential election: Joe Biden launches his presidential campaign.
  63. 2026A shooting carried out by two gunmen at the Islamic Center of San Diego results in the deaths of five people, including the perpetrators.

Nacimientos (219)

  1. 1048Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet (died 1131)
  2. 1186Konstantin of Rostov (died 1218)
  3. 1450Piero Soderini, Italian politician and diplomat (died 1513)
  4. 1537Guido Luca Ferrero, Roman Catholic cardinal (died 1585)
  5. 1631Stanislaus Papczyński, Polish priest and saint (died 1701)
  6. 1662George Smalridge, English bishop (died 1719)
  7. 1692(O.S.) Joseph Butler, English bishop, theologian, and apologist (died 1752)
  8. 1711Roger Joseph Boscovich, Ragusan physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (died 1787)
  9. 1777John George Children, English chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist (died 1852)
  10. 1778Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish soldier and diplomat, British Ambassador to Austria (died 1854)
  11. 1785John Wilson, Scottish author and critic (died 1854)
  12. 1797Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (died 1854)
  13. 1822Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (died 1896)
  14. 1824Wilhelm Hofmeister, German botanist (died 1877)
  15. 1835Charles N. Sims, American Methodist preacher and 3rd chancellor of Syracuse University (died 1908)
  16. 1850Oliver Heaviside, English engineer, mathematician, and physicist (died 1925)
  17. 1851James Budd, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of California (died 1908)
  18. 1851Simon Kahquados, Potawatomi political activist (died 1930)
  19. 1852Gertrude Käsebier, American photographer (died 1934)
  20. 1854Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (died 1924)
  21. 1855Francis Bellamy, American minister and author (died 1931)
  22. 1862Josephus Daniels, American publisher and politician, 41st United States Secretary of the Navy (died 1948)
  23. 1867Minakata Kumagusu, Japanese author, biologist, naturalist and ethnologist (died 1941)
  24. 1868Nicholas II of Russia (died 1918)
  25. 1869Lucy Beaumont, English-American actress (died 1937)
  26. 1871Denis Horgan, Irish shot putter and weight thrower (died 1922)
  27. 1872Bertrand Russell, British mathematician, historian, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)
  28. 1876Hermann Müller, German journalist and politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany (died 1931)
  29. 1878Johannes Terwogt, Dutch rower (died 1977)
  30. 1882Babe Adams, American baseball player, manager, and journalist (died 1968)
  31. 1883Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Brazilian marshal and politician, 16th President of Brazil (died 1974)
  32. 1883Walter Gropius, German-American architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building (died 1969)
  33. 1886Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (died 1946)
  34. 1888(O.S.) Hanna Barysevich, the oldest female resident of Belarus not registered by the Guinness Book of Records. (died 2007)
  35. 1889Thomas Midgley Jr., American chemist and engineer (died 1944)
  36. 1891Rudolf Carnap, German-American philosopher and academic (died 1970)
  37. 1892Ezio Pinza, Italian-American actor and singer (died 1957)
  38. 1895Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (died 1934)
  39. 1896Eric Backman, Swedish runner (died 1965)
  40. 1897Frank Capra, Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1991)
  41. 1898Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel, Turkish poet, author, and playwright (died 1973)
  42. 1901Henri Sauguet, French composer (died 1989)
  43. 1901Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1978)
  44. 1902Meredith Willson, American playwright and composer (died 1984)
  45. 1904Jacob K. Javits, American colonel and politician, 58th New York Attorney General (died 1986)
  46. 1904Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator (died 1971)
  47. 1905Ruth Alexander, pioneering American pilot (died 1930)
  48. 1905Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier (died 1943)
  49. 1907Irene Hunt, American author and educator (died 2001)
  50. 1909Fred Perry, English tennis player and academic (died 1995)
  51. 1910Ester Boserup, Danish economist and author (died 1999)
  52. 1911Big Joe Turner, American blues/R&B singer (died 1985)
  53. 1912Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1992)
  54. 1912Perry Como, American singer and television host (died 2001)
  55. 1912Walter Sisulu, South African politician (died 2003)
  56. 1913Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood, Canadian-English publisher and politician (died 2000)
  57. 1914Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer, founded Balmain (died 1982)
  58. 1914Boris Christoff, Bulgarian-Italian opera singer (died 1993)
  59. 1917Bill Everett, American author and illustrator (died 1973)
  60. 1919Margot Fonteyn, British ballerina (died 1991)
  61. 1920Pope John Paul II (died 2005)
  62. 1920Anthony Storr, English psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author (died 2001)
  63. 1921Joan Eardley, British artist (died 1963)
  64. 1921Michael A. Epstein, English pathologist and academic (died 2024)
  65. 1922Bill Macy, American actor (died 2019)
  66. 1922Kai Winding, Danish-American trombonist and composer (died 1983)
  67. 1923Jean-Louis Roux, Canadian actor and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 2013)
  68. 1923Hugh Shearer, Jamaican journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (died 2004)
  69. 1924Priscilla Pointer, American actress (died 2025)
  70. 1924Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster (died 2019)
  71. 1925Lillian Hoban, American author and illustrator (died 1998)
  72. 1927Richard Body, English politician (died 2018)
  73. 1927Ray Nagel, American football player and coach (died 2015)
  74. 1928Pernell Roberts, American actor (died 2010)
  75. 1929Jack Sanford, American baseball player and coach (died 2000)
  76. 1929Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (died 2012)
  77. 1930Warren Rudman, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2012)
  78. 1930Fred Saberhagen, American soldier and author (died 2007)
  79. 1931Don Martin, American cartoonist (died 2000)
  80. 1931Robert Morse, American actor (died 2022)
  81. 1931Kalju Pitksaar, Estonian chess player (died 1995)
  82. 1931Clément Vincent, Canadian farmer and politician (died 2018)
  83. 1933Bernadette Chirac, French politician, First Lady of France (died 2026)
  84. 1933H. D. Deve Gowda, Indian farmer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of India
  85. 1933Don Whillans, English rock climber and mountaineer (died 1985)
  86. 1934Dwayne Hickman, American actor and director (died 2022)
  87. 1935Pádraig Ó Snodaigh, Irish activist and writer (died 2025)
  88. 1936Leon Ashley, American singer-songwriter (died 2013)
  89. 1936Türker İnanoğlu, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)
  90. 1936Michael Sandle, English sculptor and academic
  91. 1937Brooks Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2023)
  92. 1937Jacques Santer, Luxembourger jurist and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Luxembourg
  93. 1938Janet Fish, American painter and academic
  94. 1939Patrick Cormack, Baron Cormack, English historian, journalist, and politician (died 2024)
  95. 1939Giovanni Falcone, Italian lawyer and judge (died 1992)
  96. 1939Gordon O'Connor, Canadian general and politician, 38th Canadian Minister of Defence
  97. 1940Erico Aumentado, Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 2012)
  98. 1941Gino Brito, Canadian wrestler and promoter
  99. 1941Malcolm Longair, Scottish astronomer, physicist, and academic
  100. 1941Miriam Margolyes, English-Australian actress and singer
  101. 1942Nobby Stiles, English footballer, coach, and manager (died 2020)
  102. 1943Jimmy Snuka, Fijian wrestler (died 2017)
  103. 1944Albert Hammond, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  104. 1944W. G. Sebald, German novelist, essayist, and poet (died 2001)
  105. 1945Gail Strickland, American actress
  106. 1946Frank Hsieh, Taiwanese lawyer and politician, 40th Premier of the Republic of China
  107. 1946Reggie Jackson, American baseball player and sportscaster
  108. 1946Gerd Langguth, German political scientist and author (died 2013)
  109. 1947John Bruton, Irish politician, 10th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 2024)
  110. 1948Joe Bonsall, American country/gospel singer (died 2024)
  111. 1948Yi Mun-yol, South Korean author and academic
  112. 1948Richard Swedberg, Swedish sociologist and academic
  113. 1948Tom Udall, American lawyer and politician, 28th New Mexico Attorney General, United States Senator from New Mexico
  114. 1949Walter Hawkins, American gospel music singer and pastor (died 2010)
  115. 1949Rick Wakeman, English progressive rock keyboardist and songwriter
  116. 1950Rod Milburn, American hurdler and coach (died 1997)
  117. 1950Mark Mothersbaugh, American singer-songwriter and painter
  118. 1951Richard Clapton, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  119. 1951Jim Sundberg, American baseball player and sportscaster
  120. 1951Angela Voigt, German long jumper (died 2013)
  121. 1952Diane Duane, American author and screenwriter
  122. 1952David Leakey, English general and politician
  123. 1952George Strait, American singer, guitarist and producer
  124. 1952Jeana Yeager, American pilot
  125. 1953Alan Kupperberg, American author and illustrator (died 2015)
  126. 1954Wreckless Eric, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  127. 1954Eric Gerets, Belgian footballer and manager
  128. 1955Chow Yun-fat, Hong Kong actor and screenwriter
  129. 1956Catherine Corsini, French director and screenwriter
  130. 1956John Godber, English playwright and screenwriter
  131. 1956Jim Moginie, Australian guitarist and songwriter
  132. 1957Michael Cretu, Romanian-German keyboard player and producer
  133. 1957Henrietta Moore, English anthropologist and academic
  134. 1958Rubén Omar Romano, Argentinian-Mexican footballer and coach
  135. 1958Toyah Willcox, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
  136. 1959Graham Dilley, English cricketer and coach (died 2011)
  137. 1959Jay Wells, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  138. 1960Brent Ashton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  139. 1960Jari Kurri, Finnish ice hockey player, coach, and manager
  140. 1960Yannick Noah, French tennis player
  141. 1961Russell Senior, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  142. 1963Marty McSorley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  143. 1963Sam Vincent, American basketball player and coach
  144. 1964Ignasi Guardans, Spanish academic and politician
  145. 1966Renata Nielsen, Polish-Danish long jumper and coach
  146. 1966Michael Tait, American singer-songwriter and producer
  147. 1967Nina Björk, Swedish journalist and author
  148. 1967Heinz-Harald Frentzen, German race car driver
  149. 1967Nancy Juvonen, American screenwriter and producer, co-founded Flower Films
  150. 1967Mimi Macpherson, Australian environmentalist, entrepreneur and celebrity
  151. 1968Philippe Benetton, French rugby player
  152. 1968Ralf Kelleners, German race car driver
  153. 1969Troy Cassar-Daley, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  154. 1969Martika, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
  155. 1969Antônio Carlos Zago, Brazilian footballer and manager
  156. 1970Javier Cárdenas, Spanish singer, television and radio presenter
  157. 1970Tina Fey, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
  158. 1970Tim Horan, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
  159. 1970Billy Howerdel, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
  160. 1970Vicky Sunohara, Canadian former ice hockey player
  161. 1971Brad Friedel, American international soccer player, manager and sportscaster
  162. 1971Mark Menzies, Scottish politician
  163. 1971Nobuteru Taniguchi, Japanese race car driver
  164. 1972Turner Stevenson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  165. 1973Donyell Marshall, American basketball player and coach
  166. 1973Aleksandr Olerski, Estonian footballer (died 2011)
  167. 1974Nelson Figueroa, American baseball player and sportscaster
  168. 1975Jem, Welsh singer-songwriter and producer
  169. 1975John Higgins, Scottish snooker player
  170. 1975Jack Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  171. 1975Ingvild Kjerkol, Norwegian politician
  172. 1976Ron Mercer, American basketball player
  173. 1976Marko Tomasović, Croatian pianist and composer
  174. 1976Oleg Tverdovsky, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
  175. 1977Lee Hendrie, English footballer
  176. 1977Danny Mills, English footballer and sportscaster
  177. 1977Li Tie, Chinese footballer and manager
  178. 1978Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
  179. 1978Marcus Giles, American baseball player
  180. 1978Charles Kamathi, Kenyan runner
  181. 1979Jens Bergensten, Swedish video game designer, co-designed Minecraft
  182. 1979Mariusz Lewandowski, Polish footballer
  183. 1979Michal Martikán, Slovak slalom canoeist
  184. 1979Milivoje Novaković, Slovenian footballer
  185. 1979Julián Speroni, Argentinian footballer
  186. 1980Reggie Evans, American basketball player
  187. 1980Michaël Llodra, French tennis player
  188. 1980Diego Pérez, Uruguayan footballer
  189. 1981Mahamadou Diarra, Malian international footballer
  190. 1981Ashley Harrison, Australian rugby league player
  191. 1982Jason Brown, English footballer
  192. 1982Marie-Ève Pelletier, Canadian tennis player
  193. 1983Gary O'Neil, English footballer
  194. 1983Luis Terrero, Dominican baseball player
  195. 1983Vince Young, American football player
  196. 1984Ivet Lalova, Bulgarian sprinter
  197. 1984Simon Pagenaud, French race car driver
  198. 1984Darius Šilinskis, Lithuanian basketball player
  199. 1984Joakim Soria, Mexican baseball player
  200. 1984Niki Terpstra, Dutch cyclist
  201. 1985Oliver Sin, Hungarian painter
  202. 1985Henrique Sereno, Portuguese footballer
  203. 1986Kevin Anderson, South African tennis player
  204. 1988Taeyang, South Korean singer
  205. 1990Dimitri Daeseleire, Belgian footballer
  206. 1990Yuya Osako, Japanese footballer
  207. 1990Josh Starling, Australian rugby league player
  208. 1992Adwoa Aboah, British fashion model
  209. 1993Stuart Percy, Canadian ice hockey player
  210. 1993Jessica Watson, Australian sailor
  211. 1998Polina Edmunds, American figure skater
  212. 1999Laura Omloop, Belgian singer-songwriter
  213. 2000Ryan Sessegnon, English footballer
  214. 2000Steven Sessegnon, English footballer
  215. 2001Emma Navarro, American tennis player
  216. 2001Grace Reiter, American actress, comedian, and content creator
  217. 2002Alina Zagitova, Russian figure skater
  218. 2003Travis Hunter, American football player
  219. 2009Hala Finley, American actress

Fallecimientos (107)

  1. 526Pope John I
  2. 893Stephen I of Constantinople (born 867)
  3. 932Ma Shaohong, general of Later Tang
  4. 947Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty
  5. 978Frederick I, duke of Upper Lorraine
  6. 1065Frederick, Duke of Lower Lorraine (born c. 1003)
  7. 1096Minna of Worms, Jewish martyr killed during the Worms massacre (1096)
  8. 1160Eric Jedvardsson (King Eric IX) of Sweden (since 1156); (born circa 1120)
  9. 1297Nicholas Longespee, Bishop of Salisbury
  10. 1401Vladislaus II of Opole (born 1332)
  11. 1410Rupert of Germany, Count Palatine of the Rhine (born 1352)
  12. 1550Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (born 1498)
  13. 1551Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian painter (born 1486)
  14. 1675Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer, historian, and theologian (born 1623)
  15. 1675Jacques Marquette, French-American missionary and explorer (born 1637)
  16. 1692Elias Ashmole, English astrologer and politician (born 1617)
  17. 1721Maria Barbara Carillo, victim of the Spanish Inquisition (born 1625)
  18. 1733Georg Böhm, German organist and composer (born 1661)
  19. 1780Charles Hardy, English-American admiral and politician, 29th Colonial Governor of New York (born 1714)
  20. 1781Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian indigenous rebel leader (born 1742)
  21. 1792Levy Solomons, Canadian merchant and fur trader (born 1730)
  22. 1795Robert Rogers, English colonel (born 1731)
  23. 1799Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and publisher (born 1732)
  24. 1800Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (born 1729)
  25. 1807John Douglas, Scottish bishop and scholar (born 1721)
  26. 1808Elijah Craig, American minister, inventor, and educator, invented Bourbon whiskey (born 1738)
  27. 1844Richard McCarty, American lawyer and politician (born 1780)
  28. 1853Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player (born 1806)
  29. 1867Clarkson Stanfield, English painter (born 1793)
  30. 1889Isabella Glyn, Scottish-English actress (born 1823)
  31. 1900Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (born 1813)
  32. 1908Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1823)
  33. 1909Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (born 1860)
  34. 1909George Meredith, English novelist and poet (born 1828)
  35. 1910Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (born 1841)
  36. 1910Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (born 1821)
  37. 1911Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (born 1860)
  38. 1916Chen Qimei, Chinese revolutionary (born 1878)
  39. 1922Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1845)
  40. 1941Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (born 1863)
  41. 1943Ōnishiki Daigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 28th Yokozuna (born 1883)
  42. 1947Hal Chase, American baseball player and manager (born 1883)
  43. 1955Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (born 1875)
  44. 1956Maurice Tate, English cricketer (born 1895)
  45. 1958Jacob Fichman, Israeli poet and critic (born 1881)
  46. 1963Ernie Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (born 1939)
  47. 1968Frank Walsh, Australian politician, 34th Premier of South Australia (born 1897)
  48. 1971Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician and theorist (born 1908)
  49. 1973Jeannette Rankin, American social worker and politician (born 1880)
  50. 1973İbrahim Kaypakkaya, Turkish Maoist revolutionary and founder of Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist (TKP/ML) (born 1949)
  51. 1974Harry Ricardo, English engine designer and researcher (born 1885)
  52. 1975Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor (born 1908)
  53. 1980Victims of Mount St. Helens eruption:
  54. 1980Reid Blackburn, American photographer and journalist (born 1952)
  55. 1980David A. Johnston, American volcanologist and geologist (born 1949)
  56. 1980Ian Curtis, English singer-songwriter (born 1956)
  57. 1981Arthur O'Connell, American actor (born 1908)
  58. 1981William Saroyan, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (born 1908)
  59. 1987Mahdi Amel, Lebanese journalist, poet, and academic (born 1936)
  60. 1989Dorothy Ruth, American horse breeder and author (born 1921)
  61. 1990Jill Ireland, English actress (born 1936)
  62. 1995Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (born 1903)
  63. 1995Alexander Godunov, Russian-American ballet dancer and actor (born 1949)
  64. 1995Brinsley Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, Irish ufologist and historian (born 1911)
  65. 1995Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (born 1933)
  66. 1998Obaidullah Aleem, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (born 1939)
  67. 1999Augustus Pablo, Jamaican singer, keyboard player, and producer (born 1954)
  68. 1999Betty Robinson, American runner (born 1911)
  69. 2000Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian-American composer and musicologist (born 1946)
  70. 2001Irene Hunt, American author and illustrator (born 1907)
  71. 2002Davey Boy Smith, English professional wrestler (born 1962)
  72. 2004Elvin Jones, American drummer and bandleader (born 1927)
  73. 2006Jaan Eilart, Estonian geographer, ecologist, and historian (born 1933)
  74. 2007Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1932)
  75. 2008Joseph Pevney, American actor and director (born 1911)
  76. 2008Roberto García-Calvo Montiel, Spanish judge (born 1942)
  77. 2009Dolla, American rapper (born 1987)
  78. 2009Wayne Allwine, American voice actor, sound effects editor and Foley artist (born 1947)
  79. 2009Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan rebel leader, founded the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (born 1954)
  80. 2012Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German opera singer and conductor (born 1925)
  81. 2012Peter Jones, English-Australian drummer and songwriter (born 1967)
  82. 2012Alan Oakley, English bicycle designer, designed the Raleigh Chopper (born 1927)
  83. 2013Aleksei Balabanov, Russian director and screenwriter (born 1959)
  84. 2013Jo Benkow, Norwegian soldier and politician (born 1924)
  85. 2013Steve Forrest, American actor (born 1925)
  86. 2013David McMillan, American football player (born 1981)
  87. 2013Lothar Schmid, German chess player (born 1928)
  88. 2014Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (born 1921)
  89. 2014Hans-Peter Dürr, German physicist and academic (born 1929)
  90. 2014Kaiketsu Masateru, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1948)
  91. 2014Chukwuedu Nwokolo, Nigerian physician and academic (born 1921)
  92. 2014Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut (born 1946)
  93. 2015Halldór Ásgrímsson, Icelandic accountant and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Iceland (born 1947)
  94. 2015Raymond Gosling, English physicist and academic (born 1926)
  95. 2015Jean-François Théodore, French businessman (born 1946)
  96. 2017Roger Ailes, American businessman (born 1940)
  97. 2017Chris Cornell, American singer (born 1964)
  98. 2017Jacque Fresco, American engineer and academic (born 1916)
  99. 2019Austin Eubanks, American addiction recovery advocate, survivor of the Columbine shooting (born 1981)
  100. 2020Ken Osmond, American actor and police officer (born 1943)
  101. 2021Charles Grodin, American actor and talk show host (born 1935)
  102. 2021Yolanda Tortolero, Venezuelan politician
  103. 2023Jim Brown, American football player, civil rights activist, and actor (born 1936)
  104. 2024Bruce Nordstrom, American businessman (born 1933)
  105. 2024Tony O'Reilly, Irish rugby player and businessman (born 1936)
  106. 2024Alice Stewart, American political commentator (born 1966)
  107. 2026Tom Kane, American voice actor (born 1962)

Celebraciones (7)

  1. Baltic Fleet Day (Russia)
  2. Day of Remembrance of Crimean Tatar genocide (Ukraine)
  3. Independence Day (Somaliland) (unrecognized)
  4. International Museum Day
  5. National Speech Pathologist Day (United States)
  6. Revival, Unity, and Poetry of Magtymguly Day (Turkmenistan)
  7. Teacher's Day (Syria)

Santoral (7)

  1. Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury
  2. Blessed Blandine Merten
  3. Eric IX of Sweden
  4. Felix of Cantalice
  5. Pope John I
  6. Venantius of Camerino
  7. May 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)