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Acontecimientos (75)

  1. 293Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appoint Galerius as Caesar to Diocletian, beginning the period of four rulers known as the Tetrarchy.
  2. 878Syracuse, Sicily, is captured by the Muslim Aghlabids after a nine-month siege.
  3. 879Pope John VIII gives blessings to Branimir of Croatia and to the Croatian people, considered to be international recognition of the Croatian state.
  4. 996Sixteen-year-old Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
  5. 1294Coronation of Michael IX Palaiologos as Byzantine Emperor.
  6. 1347Coronation of John VI Kantakouzenos as Byzantine Emperor by patriarch Isidore I of Constantinople at the Church of St. Mary of Blachernae.
  7. 1349Dušan's Code, the constitution of the Serbian Empire, is enacted by Dušan the Mighty.
  8. 1403Henry III of Castile sends Ruy González de Clavijo as ambassador to Timur to discuss the possibility of an alliance between Timur and Castile against the Ottoman Empire.
  9. 1424Coronation of James I of Scotland at Scone.
  10. 1554Queen Mary I grants a royal charter to Derby School, as a grammar school for boys in Derby, England.
  11. 1659In the Concert of The Hague, the Dutch Republic, the Commonwealth of England and the Kingdom of France set out their views on how the Second Northern War should end.
  12. 1660The Battle of Long Sault concludes after five days in which French colonial militia, with their Huron and Algonquin allies, are defeated by the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.
  13. 1674The nobility elect John Sobieski King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
  14. 1703Daniel Defoe is imprisoned on charges of seditious libel.
  15. 1725The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by Empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
  16. 1758Ten-year-old Mary Campbell is abducted in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War. She is returned six and a half years later.
  17. 1792A lava dome collapses on Mount Unzen, near the city of Shimbara on the Japanese island of Kyūshū, creating a deadly tsunami that killed nearly 15,000 people.
  18. 1799The end of the Siege of Acre (1799): Napoleon Bonaparte abandons his siege of the Ottoman city of Acre after two months. This was the turning point of Bonaparte's Egyptian campaign and one of the first major defeats he suffered in his military career.
  19. 1809The first day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling between the Austrian army led by Archduke Charles and the French army led by Napoleon I of France sees the French attack across the Danube held.
  20. 1851Slavery in Colombia is abolished.
  21. 1856Lawrence, Kansas is captured and burned by pro-slavery forces.
  22. 1863American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege.
  23. 1864Russia declares an end to the Russo-Circassian War and many Circassians are forced into exile. The day is designated the Circassian Day of Mourning.
  24. 1864American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends.
  25. 1864The Ionian Islands reunite with Greece.
  26. 1871French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
  27. 1871Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
  28. 1879War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
  29. 1881The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Dansville, New York.
  30. 1894The Manchester Ship Canal in the United Kingdom is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who later knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.
  31. 1904The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
  32. 1911President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
  33. 1917The Imperial War Graves Commission is established through royal charter to mark, record, and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of the British Empire's military forces.
  34. 1917The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5 million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
  35. 1924University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
  36. 1925The opera Doktor Faust, unfinished when composer Ferruccio Busoni died, is premiered in Dresden.
  37. 1927Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
  38. 1932Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
  39. 1934Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.
  40. 1936Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
  41. 1937A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
  42. 1939The Canadian National War Memorial is unveiled by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
  43. 1946Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
  44. 1951The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition: A gathering of a number of notable artists, and the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively known as the New York School.
  45. 1961American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out.
  46. 1966The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.
  47. 1969Civil unrest in Rosario, Argentina, known as Rosariazo, following the death of a 15-year-old student.
  48. 1972Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is damaged by a vandal, the mentally disturbed Hungarian geologist Laszlo Toth.
  49. 1976Twenty-nine people are killed in the Yuba City bus disaster in Martinez, California.
  50. 1979White Night riots in San Francisco following the manslaughter conviction of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk.
  51. 1981The Italian government releases the membership list of Propaganda Due, an illegal pseudo-Masonic lodge that was implicated in numerous Italian crimes and mysteries.
  52. 1981Transamerica Corporation agrees to sell United Artists to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for $380 million after the box office failure of the 1980 film Heaven's Gate.
  53. 1982Falklands War: A British amphibious assault during Operation Sutton leads to the Battle of San Carlos.
  54. 1988Margaret Thatcher holds her controversial Sermon on the Mound before the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
  55. 1991Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras.
  56. 1991Mengistu Haile Mariam, president of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, flees Ethiopia, effectively bringing the Ethiopian Civil War to an end.
  57. 1992After 30 seasons Johnny Carson hosts his penultimate episode and last featuring guests (Robin Williams and Bette Midler) of The Tonight Show.
  58. 1994The Democratic Republic of Yemen unsuccessfully attempts to secede from the Republic of Yemen; a war breaks out.
  59. 1996The ferry sinks in Tanzanian waters on Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000.
  60. 1996The seven Trappist monks of Tibhirine who were abducted on March 27 are killed under uncertain circumstances.
  61. 1998In Miami, five abortion clinics are attacked by a butyric acid attacker.
  62. 1998President Suharto of Indonesia resigns following the killing of students from Trisakti University earlier that week by security forces and growing mass protests in Jakarta against his ongoing corrupt rule.
  63. 2000Nineteen people are killed in a plane crash in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
  64. 2001French Taubira law is enacted, officially recognizing the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.
  65. 2003The 6.8 Boumerdès earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). More than 2,200 people were killed and a moderate tsunami sank boats at the Balearic Islands.
  66. 2005The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opens at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey.
  67. 2006The Republic of Montenegro holds a referendum proposing independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro; 55% of Montenegrins vote for independence.
  68. 2010JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, launches the solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS aboard an H-IIA rocket. The vessel would make a Venus flyby late in the year.
  69. 2011Radio broadcaster Harold Camping predicted that the world would end on this date.
  70. 2012A bus accident near Himara, Albania kills 13 people and injures 21 others.
  71. 2012A suicide bombing kills more than 120 people in Sanaa, Yemen.
  72. 2014Random killings occur on the Bannan Line of the Taipei MRT, killing four and injuring 24.
  73. 2017Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus perform their final show at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
  74. 2024The Greenfield tornado kills five and injures 35 across rural Iowa, United States. Wind speeds in excess of are estimated from measurements for the third time in history.
  75. 2024A stabbing spree on the Green line of the Taichung MRT injures four people, including the perpetrator.

Nacimientos (255)

  1. 1471Albrecht Dürer, German painter, engraver, and mathematician (died 1528)
  2. 1497Al-Hattab, Muslim jurist (died 1547)
  3. 1527Philip II of Spain, King of Spain, Portugal, England and Ireland (died 1598)
  4. 1653Eleonore of Austria, Queen of Poland (died 1697)
  5. 1688(O.S.) Alexander Pope, English poet, essayist, and translator (died 1744)
  6. 1755Alfred Moore, American lawyer and judge (died 1810)
  7. 1756William Babington, Irish-born, English physician and mineralogist (died 1833)
  8. 1759Joseph Fouché, French lawyer and politician (died 1820)
  9. 1775Lucien Bonaparte, French soldier and politician (died 1840)
  10. 1780Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, philanthropist and Quaker (died 1845)
  11. 1790William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Lord Chamberlain of the Household (died 1858)
  12. 1792Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician and engineer (died 1843)
  13. 1799Mary Anning, English paleontologist (died 1847)
  14. 1801Princess Sophie of Sweden, Swedish princess (died 1865)
  15. 1806Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, English duchess (died 1868)
  16. 1808David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo, Dutch Talmudist (died 1890)
  17. 1827William P. Sprague, American banker and politician (died 1899)
  18. 1828Rudolf Koller, Swiss painter (died 1905)
  19. 1835František Chvostek, Czech-Austrian physician and academic (died 1884)
  20. 1837Itagaki Taisuke, Japanese soldier and politician (died 1919)
  21. 1843Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss lawyer and politician, and Nobel Prize laureate (died 1914)
  22. 1843Louis Renault, French jurist, educator, and Nobel Prize laureate (died 1918)
  23. 1844Henri Rousseau, French painter (died 1910)
  24. 1849Édouard-Henri Avril, French painter (died 1928)
  25. 1850Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian priest and volcanologist (died 1914)
  26. 1851Léon Bourgeois, French police officer and politician, 64th Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1925)
  27. 1853Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (died 1905)
  28. 1855Ella Stewart Udall, American telegraphist (died 1937)
  29. 1856José Batlle y Ordóñez, Uruguayan journalist and politician, President of Uruguay (died 1929)
  30. 1858Édouard Goursat, French mathematician (died 1936)
  31. 1860Willem Einthoven, Indonesian-Dutch physician, physiologist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1927)
  32. 1861Abel Ayerza, Argentinian physician and academic (died 1918)
  33. 1863Archduke Eugen of Austria (died 1954)
  34. 1864Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (died 1945)
  35. 1867Anne Walter Fearn, American physician (died 1939)
  36. 1873Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic (died 1941)
  37. 1878Glenn Curtiss, American cyclist and engineer (died 1930)
  38. 1880Tudor Arghezi, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (died 1967)
  39. 1884Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet and publisher (died 1920)
  40. 1885Princess Sophie of Albania, (Princess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg) (died 1936)
  41. 1893Arthur Carr, English cricketer (died 1963)
  42. 1893Giles Chippindall, Australian public servant (died 1969)
  43. 1895Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexican general, president (1934–1940) and father of Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas (died 1970)
  44. 1898Armand Hammer, American physician and businessman, founded Occidental Petroleum (died 1990)
  45. 1898Charles Léon Hammes, Luxembourgian lawyer and judge (died 1967)
  46. 1898Carl Johnson, American long jumper (died 1932)
  47. 1898John McLaughlin, American painter and translator (died 1976)
  48. 1901Regina M. Anderson, Multiracial playwright and librarian (died 1993)
  49. 1901Horace Heidt, American pianist, bandleader, and radio host (died 1986)
  50. 1901Sam Jaffe, American film producer and agent (died 2000)
  51. 1901Suzanne Lilar, Belgian author and playwright (died 1992)
  52. 1902Earl Averill, American baseball player (died 1983)
  53. 1902Marcel Breuer, Hungarian-American architect and academic, designed the Ameritrust Tower (died 1981)
  54. 1902Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1974)
  55. 1903Manly Wade Wellman, American author (died 1986)
  56. 1904Robert Montgomery, American actor and director (died 1981)
  57. 1904Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1943)
  58. 1907John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer (died 1979)
  59. 1912Chen Dayu, Chinese painter and calligrapher (died 2001)
  60. 1912John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist and academic (died 1986)
  61. 1912Monty Stratton, American baseball player and coach (died 1982)
  62. 1913Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer (died 1976)
  63. 1914Romain Gary, French novelist, diplomat, film director, aviator (died 1980)
  64. 1915Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan, Indian Civil Service Officer and former Under Secretary-General of the UN (died 2003)
  65. 1916Dennis Day, American singer and actor (died 1988)
  66. 1916Tinus Osendarp, Dutch sprinter and police officer (died 2002)
  67. 1916Harold Robbins, American author and screenwriter (died 1997)
  68. 1917Raymond Burr, Canadian-American actor and director (died 1993)
  69. 1919George P. Mitchell, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2013)
  70. 1920Bill Barber, American tuba player and educator (died 2007)
  71. 1920Forrest White, American businessman, co-founded the Music Man Company (died 1994)
  72. 1921Sandy Douglas, English computer scientist and academic, designed OXO (died 2010)
  73. 1921Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1989)
  74. 1923Vernon Biever, American photographer (died 2010)
  75. 1923Armand Borel, Swiss-American mathematician and academic (died 2003)
  76. 1923Ara Parseghian, American football player and coach (died 2017)
  77. 1923Dorothy Hewett, Australian feminist poet, novelist and playwright (died 2002)
  78. 1923Evelyn Ward, American actress (died 2012)
  79. 1924Peggy Cass, American actress, comedian, and game show panelist (died 1999)
  80. 1926Robert Creeley, American novelist, essayist, and poet (died 2005)
  81. 1926Albert Grossman, American music manager (died 1986)
  82. 1927Kay Kendall, English actress and comedian (died 1959)
  83. 1927Péter Zwack, Hungarian businessman and diplomat (died 2012)
  84. 1928Tom Donahue, American radio host and producer (died 1975)
  85. 1928Alice Drummond, American actress (died 2016)
  86. 1929Larance Marable, American drummer (died 2012)
  87. 1929Robert Welch, English silversmith and industrial designer (died 2000)
  88. 1930Tommy Bryant, American bassist (died 1982)
  89. 1930Keith Davis, New Zealand rugby player (died 2019)
  90. 1930Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (died 2015)
  91. 1932Inese Jaunzeme, Latvian javelin thrower and surgeon (died 2011)
  92. 1932Leonidas Vasilikopoulos, Greek admiral and intelligence chief (died 2014)
  93. 1933Maurice André, French trumpet player (died 2012)
  94. 1933Yevgeny Minayev, Russian weightlifter (died 1993)
  95. 1934Jocasta Innes, Chinese-English journalist and author (died 2013)
  96. 1934Bob Northern, American horn player and bandleader (died 2020)
  97. 1934Bengt I. Samuelsson, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
  98. 1935Terry Lightfoot, English clarinet player and bandleader (died 2013)
  99. 1936Günter Blobel, Polish-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
  100. 1938Lee "Shot" Williams, American singer (died 2011)
  101. 1939Heinz Holliger, Swiss oboist, composer, and conductor
  102. 1940Tony Sheridan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)
  103. 1941Martin Carthy, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  104. 1941Bobby Cox, American baseball player and manager (died 2026)
  105. 1941Ambrose Greenway, 4th Baron Greenway, English photographer and politician
  106. 1941Ronald Isley, American singer-songwriter and producer
  107. 1942David Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral, English politician, Secretary of State for Wales
  108. 1942John Konrads, Australian swimmer (died 2021)
  109. 1942Danny Ongais, American race car driver (died 2022)
  110. 1943Vincent Crane, English pianist and composer (died 1989)
  111. 1943John Dalton, English bass player
  112. 1943Hilton Valentine, English guitarist and songwriter (died 2021)
  113. 1944Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar, Iranian-English academic and politician (died 2022)
  114. 1944Marcie Blane, American singer
  115. 1944Janet Dailey, American author and entrepreneur (died 2013)
  116. 1944Mary Robinson, Irish lawyer and politician, President of Ireland
  117. 1945Ernst Messerschmid, German physicist and astronaut
  118. 1945Richard Hatch, American actor, writer, and producer (died 2017)
  119. 1946Allan McKeown, English-American screenwriter and producer (died 2013)
  120. 1946Wayne Roycroft, Australian equestrian rider and coach
  121. 1947Bill Champlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  122. 1947Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic (died 1992)
  123. 1947İlber Ortaylı, Turkish historian and academic (died 2026)
  124. 1948Elizabeth Buchan, English author and critic
  125. 1948Joe Camilleri, Maltese-Australian singer-songwriter and saxophonist
  126. 1948Jonathan Hyde, Australian-English actor
  127. 1948Denis MacShane, Scottish journalist and politician, UK Minister of State for Europe
  128. 1948Leo Sayer, English-Australian singer-songwriter and musician
  129. 1949Andrew Neil, Scottish journalist and academic
  130. 1949Denis O'Connor, British police officer
  131. 1949Rosalind Plowright, English soprano
  132. 1950Will Hutton, English economist and journalist
  133. 1951Al Franken, American actor, screenwriter, and politician
  134. 1951Adrian Hardiman, Irish lawyer and judge (died 2016)
  135. 1952Mr. T, American actor and wrestler
  136. 1953Nora Aunor, Filipino actress and recording artist (died 2025)
  137. 1953Jim Devine, British politician
  138. 1954Marc Ribot, American guitarist and composer
  139. 1955Paul Barber, English field hockey player
  140. 1955Stan Lynch, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
  141. 1957James Bailey, American basketball player
  142. 1957Nadine Dorries, English politician
  143. 1957Judge Reinhold, American actor and producer
  144. 1957Renée Soutendijk, Dutch actress
  145. 1958Christian Audigier, French fashion designer (died 2015)
  146. 1958Muffy Calder, Canadian-Scottish computer scientist and academic
  147. 1958Michael Crick, English journalist and author
  148. 1958Naeem Khan, Indian-American fashion designer
  149. 1958Jefery Levy, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  150. 1958Curtis T. McMullen, American mathematician, 1998 Fields medalist
  151. 1959Nick Cassavetes, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  152. 1959Abdulla Yameen, Maldivian politician, 6th President of the Maldives
  153. 1960Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (died 1994)
  154. 1960Kent Hrbek, American baseball player and sportscaster
  155. 1960Mohanlal, Indian actor
  156. 1960Mark Ridgway, Australian cricketer
  157. 1960Vladimir Salnikov, Russian swimmer
  158. 1962David Crumb, American composer and educator
  159. 1963Richard Appel, American screenwriter and producer
  160. 1963Patrick Grant, American musician and producer
  161. 1963David Lonsdale, English actor
  162. 1963Dave Specter, American guitarist
  163. 1963Laurie Spina, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
  164. 1964Danny Bailey, English footballer and coach
  165. 1964Pete Sandoval, Salvadoran-American drummer
  166. 1966Lisa Edelstein, American actress and playwright
  167. 1966Tatyana Ledovskaya, Belarusian hurdler
  168. 1967Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler (died 2007)
  169. 1967Alain Yzermans, Belgian politician
  170. 1968Ilmar Raag, Estonian director, producer, and screenwriter
  171. 1968Matthias Ungemach, German-Australian rower
  172. 1968Julie Vega, Filipino actress and singer (died 1985)
  173. 1969Pierluigi Brivio, Italian footballer
  174. 1969Georgiy Gongadze, Georgian-Ukrainian journalist and director (died 2000)
  175. 1969Masayo Kurata, Japanese voice actress and singer
  176. 1969George LeMieux, American lawyer and politician
  177. 1969Brian Statham, Rhodesian born English footballer and manager
  178. 1970Brigita Bukovec, Slovenian hurdler
  179. 1970Dorsey Levens, American football player and sportscaster
  180. 1970Pauline Menczer, Australian surfer
  181. 1970Carl Veart, Australian footballer and coach
  182. 1971Shane Cloete, Zimbabwean-British ex-cricketer and teacher
  183. 1972The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper (died 1997)
  184. 1973Stewart Cink, American golfer
  185. 1973Noel Fielding, English comedian, musician and television presenter
  186. 1974Brad Arthur, Australian rugby league coach
  187. 1974Fairuza Balk, American actress
  188. 1974Havoc, American rapper and producer
  189. 1975Anthony Mundine, Australian rugby league player and boxer
  190. 1976Stuart Bingham, English snooker player
  191. 1976Abderrahim Goumri, Moroccan runner (died 2013)
  192. 1976Deron Miller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  193. 1977Quinton Fortune, South African international footballer and coach
  194. 1977Michael Fuß, German footballer
  195. 1977Ricky Williams, American football player
  196. 1978Max B, American rapper and songwriter
  197. 1978Briana Banks, German-American porn actress and model
  198. 1978Jamaal Magloire, Canadian basketball player and coach
  199. 1979Damián Ariel Álvarez, Argentinian-Mexican footballer
  200. 1979Jamie Hepburn, Scottish politician, Minister for Sport, Health Improvement and Mental Health
  201. 1979James Clancy Phelan, Australian author and academic
  202. 1979Scott Smith, American mixed martial artist
  203. 1980Gotye, Belgian-Australian singer-songwriter
  204. 1981Craig Anderson, American ice hockey player
  205. 1981Edson Buddle, American soccer player
  206. 1981Josh Hamilton, American baseball player
  207. 1981Maximilian Mutzke, German singer-songwriter
  208. 1981Anna Rogowska, Polish pole vaulter
  209. 1983Līga Dekmeijere, Latvian tennis player
  210. 1983Deidson Araújo Maia, Brazilian footballer
  211. 1984Brandon Fields, American football player
  212. 1984Sara Goller, German volleyball player
  213. 1985Mark Cavendish, Manx cyclist
  214. 1985Alexander Dale Oen, Norwegian swimmer (died 2012)
  215. 1985Isa Guha, English cricketer and sportscaster
  216. 1985Lucie Hradecká, Czech tennis player
  217. 1985Kano, English rapper, producer, and actor
  218. 1985Dušan Kuciak, Slovak footballer
  219. 1985Heath L'Estrange, Australian rugby league player
  220. 1985Andrew Miller, American baseball player
  221. 1986Mario Mandžukić, Croatian footballer
  222. 1986Myra, American singer and actress
  223. 1986Eder Sánchez, Mexican race walker
  224. 1986Park Sojin, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
  225. 1986Greg Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player
  226. 1986Matt Wieters, American baseball player
  227. 1987Beau Falloon, Australian rugby league player
  228. 1988Claire Cashmore, English Paralympic swimmer
  229. 1988Park Gyu-ri, South Korean singer
  230. 1988Jonny Howson, English footballer
  231. 1988Kaire Leibak, Estonian triple jumper
  232. 1989Emily Robins, New Zealand actress and singer
  233. 1989Hal Robson-Kanu, Welsh footballer
  234. 1990Kierre Beckles, Barbadian athlete
  235. 1990Rene Krhin, Slovenian footballer
  236. 1991Guilherme, Brazilian footballer
  237. 1992Hutch Dano, American actor
  238. 1992Lisa Evans, Scottish footballer
  239. 1992Philipp Grüneberg, German footballer
  240. 1992Olivia Olson, American singer and actress
  241. 1993Grete Gaim, Estonian biathlete
  242. 1993Luke Garbutt, English footballer
  243. 1993Matías Kranevitter, Argentine footballer
  244. 1993Lynn Williams, American soccer player
  245. 1994Tom Daley, English diver
  246. 1995Diego Loyzaga, Filipino actor
  247. 1996Josh Allen, American football player
  248. 1996Indy de Vroome, Dutch tennis player
  249. 1996Karen Khachanov, Russian tennis player
  250. 1997Ivan De Santis, Italian footballer
  251. 1997Sisca Folkertsma, Dutch footballer
  252. 1997Viktoria Petryk, Ukrainian singer-songwriter
  253. 1997Kevin Quinn, American actor and singer
  254. 2002Elena Huelva, Spanish cancer activist and influencer (died 2023)
  255. 2007El Ma, Bulgarian singer-songwriter

Fallecimientos (116)

  1. 252Sun Quan, Chinese emperor of Eastern Wu (born 182)
  2. 954Feng Dao, Chinese prince and chancellor (born 882)
  3. 987Louis V, king of West Francia (born c. 966)
  4. 1075Richeza of Poland, queen of Hungary (born 1013)
  5. 1086Wang Anshi, Chinese statesman and poet (born 1021)
  6. 1237Olaf the Black, Manx son of Godred II Olafsson
  7. 1254Conrad IV, king of Germany (born 1228)
  8. 1416Anna of Celje, queen consort of Poland (born 1386)
  9. 1471Henry VI, king of England (born 1421)
  10. 1481Christian I, king of Denmark (born 1426)
  11. 1512Pandolfo Petrucci, Italian ruler (born 1452)
  12. 1524Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English soldier and politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1443)
  13. 1542Hernando de Soto, Spanish-American explorer (born 1496)
  14. 1563Martynas Mažvydas, Lithuanian writer (born 1510)
  15. 1607John Rainolds, English scholar and academic (born 1549)
  16. 1617Luis Fajardo, Spanish admiral and nobleman (born 1556)
  17. 1619Hieronymus Fabricius, Italian anatomist (born 1537)
  18. 1639Tommaso Campanella, Italian astrologer, theologian, and poet (born 1568)
  19. 1647Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet and playwright (born 1581)
  20. 1650James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish general and politician (born 1612)
  21. 1664Elizabeth Poole, English settler, founded Taunton, Massachusetts (born 1588)
  22. 1670Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer and physicist (born 1586)
  23. 1686Otto von Guericke, German physicist and inventor of the Magdeburg Hemispheres (born 1602)
  24. 1690John Eliot, English-American minister and missionary (born 1604)
  25. 1719Pierre Poiret, French mystic and philosopher (born 1646)
  26. 1724Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1661)
  27. 1742Lars Roberg, Swedish physician and academic (born 1664)
  28. 1762Alexander Joseph Sulkowski, Polish and Saxon general (born 1695)
  29. 1771Christopher Smart, English actor, playwright, and poet (born 1722)
  30. 1786Carl Wilhelm Scheele, German-Swedish chemist and pharmacist (born 1742)
  31. 1790Thomas Warton, English poet and critic (born 1728)
  32. 1810Chevalier d'Eon, French diplomat and spy (born 1728)
  33. 1829Sikandar Jah, 3rd Nizam (born 1768)
  34. 1844Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest and composer (born 1775)
  35. 1858José de la Riva Agüero, Peruvian soldier and politician, 1st President of Peru and 2nd President of North Peru (born 1783)
  36. 1862John Drew, Irish-American actor and manager (born 1827)
  37. 1879Arturo Prat, Chilean lawyer and commander (born 1848)
  38. 1894Émile Henry, French anarchist (born 1872)
  39. 1894August Kundt, German physicist and academic (born 1839)
  40. 1895Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor (born 1819)
  41. 1901Joseph Olivier, French rugby player (born 1874)
  42. 1911Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (born 1857)
  43. 1915Leonid Gobyato, Russian general and engineer (born 1875)
  44. 1919Evgraf Fedorov, Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist (born 1853)
  45. 1920Venustiano Carranza, Mexican politician, 54th President of Mexico (born 1859)
  46. 1925Hidesaburō Ueno, Japanese agriculturalist, guardian of Hachikō (born 1871)
  47. 1926Ronald Firbank, English-Italian author (born 1886)
  48. 1929Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1847)
  49. 1932Marcel Boulenger, French fencer and author (born 1873)
  50. 1935Jane Addams, American activist and author, co-founded Hull House, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860)
  51. 1935Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist and geneticist (born 1848)
  52. 1940Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (born 1888)
  53. 1949Klaus Mann, German-American novelist, playwright, and critic (born 1906)
  54. 1952John Garfield, American actor (born 1913)
  55. 1956Harry Bensley, English businessman and adventurer (born 1877)
  56. 1957Alexander Vertinsky, Ukrainian-Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (born 1889)
  57. 1964James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1882)
  58. 1965Marguerite Bise, French chef (born 1898)
  59. 1965Geoffrey de Havilland, English pilot and engineer, designed the de Havilland Mosquito (born 1882)
  60. 1968Doris Lloyd, English actress (born 1896)
  61. 1970E. L. Grant Watson, English-Australian biologist and author (born 1885)
  62. 1973Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, bandleader, and actor (born 1911)
  63. 1973Ivan Konev, Soviet Marshal and general (born 1897)
  64. 1981Raymond McCreesh, PIRA volunteer, died on hunger strike (born 1957)
  65. 1981Patsy O'Hara, INLA volunteer, died on hunger strike (born 1957)
  66. 1983Kenneth Clark, English historian and author (born 1903)
  67. 1984Ann Little, American actress (born 1891)
  68. 1988Sammy Davis Sr., American actor and dancer (born 1900)
  69. 1991Rajiv Gandhi, Indian politician, 6th Prime Minister of India (born 1944)
  70. 1995Les Aspin, American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1938)
  71. 1996Paul Delph, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1957)
  72. 1996Lash LaRue, American actor and producer (born 1917)
  73. 1996Villem Raam, Estonian art historian, art critic and conservator (born 1910)
  74. 1998Robert Gist, American actor and director (born 1917)
  75. 2000Barbara Cartland, English author (born 1901)
  76. 2000John Gielgud, English actor (born 1904)
  77. 2000Mark R. Hughes, American businessman, founded Herbalife (born 1956)
  78. 2002Niki de Saint Phalle, French-American sculptor and painter (born 1930)
  79. 2003Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentinian-Italian race car driver and businessman, founded De Tomaso (born 1928)
  80. 2003Frank D. White, American captain, banker, and politician, 41st Governor of Arkansas (born 1933)
  81. 2005Deborah Berger, American outsider artist (born 1956)
  82. 2005Stephen Elliott, American actor (born 1918)
  83. 2005Howard Morris, American actor and director (born 1919)
  84. 2006Spencer Clark, American race car driver (born 1987)
  85. 2006Katherine Dunham, American dancer, choreographer, and author (born 1909)
  86. 2006Cherd Songsri, Thai director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1931)
  87. 2006Billy Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1929)
  88. 2012Eddie Blazonczyk, American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
  89. 2012Otis Clark, American butler and preacher, survivor of the Tulsa race massacre (born 1903)
  90. 2012Constantine of Irinoupolis, Metropolitan of Irinoupolis and Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA (born 1936)
  91. 2012Roman Dumbadze, Georgian commander (born 1964)
  92. 2012Douglas Rodríguez, Cuban boxer (born 1950)
  93. 2012Bill Stewart, American football player and coach (born 1952)
  94. 2012Alan Thorne, Australian anthropologist and academic (born 1939)
  95. 2013Count Christian of Rosenborg, member of the Danish royal family (born 1942)
  96. 2013Frank Comstock, American trombonist, composer, and conductor (born 1922)
  97. 2013Cot Deal, American baseball player and coach (born 1923)
  98. 2013Leonard Marsh, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (born 1933)
  99. 2013Bob Thompson, American pianist and composer (born 1924)
  100. 2013Dominique Venner, French journalist and historian (born 1935)
  101. 2014Tunku Annuar, Malaysian son of Badlishah of Kedah (born 1939)
  102. 2014Johnny Gray, American baseball player (born 1926)
  103. 2014Jaime Lusinchi, Venezuelan physician and politician, President of Venezuela (born 1924)
  104. 2014Alireza Soleimani, Iranian wrestler (born 1956)
  105. 2015Annarita Sidoti, Italian race walker (born 1969)
  106. 2015Twinkle, English singer-songwriter (born 1948)
  107. 2015Jassem Al-Kharafi, Kuwaiti businessman and politician, 8th Kuwaiti Speaker of the National Assembly (born 1940)
  108. 2015Fred Gladding, American baseball player and coach (born 1936)
  109. 2015Louis Johnson, American bass player and producer (born 1955)
  110. 2016Nick Menza, American drummer and songwriter (born 1964)
  111. 2019Rik Kuypers, Belgian film director (born 1925)
  112. 2019Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan writer (born 1971)
  113. 2020Alan Merten, fifth President of George Mason University (born 1941)
  114. 2024Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, Polish composer (born 1953)
  115. 2025Gerry Connolly, American politician, U.S. Representative from (born 1950)
  116. 2026Kyle Busch, American race car driver and owner (born 1985)

Celebraciones (8)

  1. Afro-Colombian Day (Colombia)
  2. Circassian Day of Mourning (Circassians)
  3. Day of Patriots and Military (Hungary)
  4. Independence Day, celebrates the Montenegrin independence referendum in 2006, celebrated until the next day. (Montenegro)
  5. International Tea Day (International)
  6. Navy Day (Chile)
  7. Saint Helena Day, celebrates the discovery of Saint Helena in 1502. (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)
  8. World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (International)

Santoral (9)

  1. Blessed Adílio Daronch and Manuel Gómez González
  2. Blessed Franz Jägerstätter
  3. Earliest day on which Corpus Christi can fall, while June 24 is the latest; held on Thursday after Trinity Sunday (often locally moved to Sunday). (Roman Catholic Church)
  4. Eugène de Mazenod
  5. Helena of Constantinople, also known as "Feast of the Holy Great Sovereigns Constantine and Helen, Equal-to-the-Apostles." (Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion)
  6. Blessed Hemming of Turku
  7. John Elliot (Episcopal Church)
  8. Saints of the Cristero War, including Christopher Magallanes
  9. May 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)