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Acontecimientos (54)

  1. 1040The Seljuks defeat the Ghaznavids in the battle of Dandanaqan.
  2. 1308Robert the Bruce, king of Scots, defeats John Comyn, earl of Buchan, decisively in the battle of Inverurie.
  3. 1430Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compiègne by troops from the Burgundian faction.
  4. 1498Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy.
  5. 1533The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
  6. 1568Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau defeat Jean de Ligne and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War.
  7. 1609Official ratification of the Second Virginia Charter takes place.
  8. 1618The Third Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War.
  9. 1706John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy at the Battle of Ramillies.
  10. 1788South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
  11. 1793Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
  12. 1829Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna, Austrian Empire.
  13. 1844Báb: A merchant of Shiraz announces that he is a Prophet and founds a religious movement. He is considered to be a forerunner of the Baháʼí Faith.
  14. 1846Mexican–American War: President Mariano Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on the United States.
  15. 1863The General German Workers' Association, a precursor of the modern Social Democratic Party of Germany, is founded in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony.
  16. 1873The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
  17. 1900American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
  18. 1905Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, publicly announces the creation of the Ullah millet for the Aromanians of the empire, which had been established one day earlier. For this reason, the Aromanian National Day is usually celebrated on May 23, although some do so on May 22 instead.
  19. 1907The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
  20. 1911The New York Public Library is dedicated.
  21. 1915World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.
  22. 1919Sheikh Mahmud Barzanji, a Kurdish sheikh and at-the-time governor of the Slêmanî Province of British Iraq, initiates the first Mahmud Barzanji revolt.
  23. 1932In Brazil, four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, which resulted in the outbreak of the Constitutionalist Revolution several weeks later.
  24. 1934American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
  25. 1934The Auto-Lite strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
  26. 1939The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.
  27. 1941World War II: German paratroopers start a series of mass executions of Greek civilians in Missiria for their participation in the ongoing Battle of Crete.
  28. 1945World War II: Heinrich Himmler, head of the Schutzstaffel, commits suicide while in Allied custody.
  29. 1945World War II: Germany's Flensburg Government under Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are arrested by British forces.
  30. 1946The start of a two-day tornado outbreak across the Central United States that spawned at least 15 significant tornadoes.
  31. 1948Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.
  32. 1949Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.
  33. 1951Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement with China.
  34. 1960A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii.
  35. 1971Seventy-eight people are killed when Aviogenex Flight 130 crashes on approach to Rijeka Airport in present-day Rijeka, Croatia (then the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia).
  36. 1971The Intercontinental Hotel in Bucharest opens, becoming the second-tallest building in the city.
  37. 1978A Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near the Russian town of Yegoryevsk, killing two.
  38. 1980The Shining, the psychological horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick, is premiered on 10 screens in New York City and Los Angeles on the Memorial Day weekend.
  39. 1991Aeroflot Flight 8556 crashes at Pulkovo Airport, killing 13.
  40. 1992Italy's most prominent anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three body guards are killed by the Corleonesi clan with a half-ton bomb near Capaci, Sicily. His friend and colleague Paolo Borsellino will be assassinated less than two months later, making 1992 a turning point in the history of Italian Mafia prosecutions.
  41. 1995The first version of the Java programming language is released.
  42. 1998The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with roughly 75% voting yes.
  43. 2002The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto Protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.
  44. 2006Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts.
  45. 2008The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.
  46. 2013A freeway bridge carrying Interstate 5 over the Skagit River collapses in Mount Vernon, Washington.
  47. 2014Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed and another 14 injured in the Isla Vista attacks near the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara.
  48. 2015At least 30 people are killed as a result of floods and tornadoes in Texas, Oklahoma, and northern Mexico.
  49. 2016Two suicide bombings, conducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, kill at least 45 potential army recruits in Aden, Yemen.
  50. 2016Eight bombings are carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Jableh and Tartus, coastline cities in Syria. One hundred eighty-four people are killed and at least 200 people injured.
  51. 2017Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declares martial law in Mindanao, following the Maute's attack in Marawi.
  52. 2021A cable car falls from a mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, killing 14 people.
  53. 2021Ryanair Flight 4978 is forced to land by Belarusian authorities to detain dissident journalist Roman Protasevich.
  54. 2022Anthony Albanese of the Australian Labor Party is sworn in as the 31st Prime Minister of Australia after winning the 2022 Australian federal election, ending 9 years of conservative rule.

Nacimientos (223)

  1. 635Kʼinich Kan Bahlam II, Mayan king (died 702)
  2. 675Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar II, King of Mutharaiyar dynasty, Tamil Nadu, India
  3. 1052Philip I of France (died 1108)
  4. 1100Emperor Qinzong of Song (died 1161)
  5. 1127Uijong of Goryeo, Korean monarch of the Goryeo dynasty (died 1173)
  6. 1330Gongmin of Goryeo, Korean ruler (died 1374)
  7. 1586Paul Siefert, German composer and organist (died 1666)
  8. 1606Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish mathematician and philosopher (died 1682)
  9. 1614Bertholet Flemalle, Flemish Baroque painter (died 1675)
  10. 1617Elias Ashmole, English astrologer and politician (died 1692)
  11. 1629William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, noble of Hesse-Kassel (died 1663)
  12. 1707Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (died 1778)
  13. 1718William Hunter, Scottish-English anatomist and physician (died 1783)
  14. 1729Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and educator (died 1799)
  15. 1730Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Prussian prince and general (died 1813)
  16. 1734Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologer (died 1815)
  17. 1741Andrea Luchesi, Italian organist and composer (died 1801)
  18. 1789Franz Schlik, Austrian earl and general (died 1862)
  19. 1790Jules Dumont d'Urville, French admiral and explorer (died 1842)
  20. 1790James Pradier, French neoclassical sculptor (died 1852)
  21. 1794Ignaz Moscheles, Czech pianist and composer (died 1870)
  22. 1795Charles Barry, English architect, designed the Upper Brook Street Chapel and Halifax Town Hall (died 1860)
  23. 1800Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Mexican general and president (1855) (died 1877)
  24. 1810Margaret Fuller, American journalist and critic (died 1850)
  25. 1817Manuel Robles Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president (died 1862)
  26. 1820James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (died 1887)
  27. 1820Lorenzo Sawyer, American lawyer and judge (died 1891)
  28. 1824Ambrose Burnside, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Rhode Island (died 1881)
  29. 1834Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis, Latvian architect (died 1891)
  30. 1834Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (died 1890)
  31. 1837Anatole Mallet, Swiss mechanical engineer and inventor (died 1919)
  32. 1837Józef Wieniawski, Polish pianist and composer (died 1912)
  33. 1838Amaldus Nielsen, Norwegian painter (died 1932)
  34. 1840George Throssell, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Western Australia (died 1910)
  35. 1844ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, Iranian religious leader (died 1921)
  36. 1848Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (died 1896)
  37. 1855Isabella Ford, English author and activist (died 1924)
  38. 1861József Rippl-Rónai, Hungarian painter (died 1927)
  39. 1863Władysław Horodecki, Polish architect (died 1930)
  40. 1864William O'Connor, American fencer (died 1939)
  41. 1865Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian jurist and politician, 11th President of Brazil (died 1942)
  42. 1875Alfred P. Sloan, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1966)
  43. 1882William Halpenny, Canadian pole vaulter (died 1960)
  44. 1883Douglas Fairbanks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1939)
  45. 1884Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist and demographer (died 1965)
  46. 1887Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (died 1963)
  47. 1887Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian-Russian sailor and captain (died 1951)
  48. 1887C. R. M. F. Cruttwell, English historian (died 1941)
  49. 1888Adriaan Roland Holst, Dutch writer (died 1976)
  50. 1888Zack Wheat, American baseball player and police officer (died 1972)
  51. 1889Ernst Niekisch, German educator and politician (died 1967)
  52. 1890Herbert Marshall, English-American actor and singer (died 1966)
  53. 1891Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1974)
  54. 1892Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer, British peer (died 1975)
  55. 1896Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (died 1966)
  56. 1897Jimmie Guthrie, Scottish motorcycle racer (died 1937)
  57. 1898Scott O'Dell, American soldier, journalist, and author (died 1989)
  58. 1898Josef Terboven, German soldier and politician (died 1945)
  59. 1899Jeralean Talley, American super-centenarian (died 2015)
  60. 1900Hans Frank, German lawyer and politician (died 1946)
  61. 1900Franz Leopold Neumann, German lawyer and theorist (died 1954)
  62. 1908John Bardeen, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
  63. 1908Hélène Boucher, French pilot (died 1934)
  64. 1908Tomiko Itooka, Japanese supercentenarian (died 2024)
  65. 1908Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Swiss author and photographer (died 1942)
  66. 1910Margaret Wise Brown, American author and educator (died 1952)
  67. 1910Hugh Casson, English architect and academic (died 1999)
  68. 1910Scatman Crothers, American actor and comedian (died 1986)
  69. 1910Franz Kline, American painter and academic (died 1962)
  70. 1910Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (died 2004)
  71. 1911Lou Brouillard, Canadian boxer (died 1984)
  72. 1911Paul Augustin Mayer, German cardinal (died 2010)
  73. 1911Betty Nuthall, English tennis player (died 1983)
  74. 1912Jean Françaix, French pianist and composer (died 1997)
  75. 1912John Payne, American actor (died 1989)
  76. 1914Harold Hitchcock, English visionary landscape artist (died 2009)
  77. 1914Celestine Sibley, American journalist and author (died 1999)
  78. 1914Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist, journalist, and prominent Catholic layperson (died 1981)
  79. 1915S. Donald Stookey, American physicist and chemist, invented CorningWare (died 2014)
  80. 1917Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (died 2008)
  81. 1918Denis Compton, English cricketer and sportscaster (died 1997)
  82. 1919Robert Bernstein, American author and playwright (died 1988)
  83. 1919Ruth Fernández, Puerto Rican contralto and a member of the Puerto Rican Senate (died 2012)
  84. 1919Betty Garrett, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2011)
  85. 1920Helen O'Connell, American singer (died 1993)
  86. 1921Humphrey Lyttelton, British jazz musician and broadcaster (died 2008)
  87. 1923Alicia de Larrocha, Catalan-Spanish pianist (died 2009)
  88. 1923Irving Millman, American virologist and microbiologist (died 2012)
  89. 1924Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist (died 2014)
  90. 1925Joshua Lederberg, American biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)
  91. 1926Basil Salvadore D'Souza, Indian bishop (died 1996)
  92. 1926Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African activist and politician (died 1995)
  93. 1926Aileen Hernandez, American union organizer and civil rights activist (died 2017)
  94. 1928Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (died 2002)
  95. 1928Nigel Davenport, English actor (died 2013)
  96. 1928Nina Otkalenko, Russian runner (died 2015)
  97. 1929Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish-Austrian actress (died 1982)
  98. 1929Vic Stasiuk, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2023)
  99. 1930Friedrich Achleitner, German poet and critic (died 2019)
  100. 1931Barbara Barrie, American actress
  101. 1932Kevork Ajemian, Syrian-French journalist and author (died 1998)
  102. 1933Joan Collins, English actress
  103. 1933Ove Fundin, Swedish motorcycle racer
  104. 1934Robert Moog, electronic engineer and inventor of the Moog synthesizer (died 2005)
  105. 1935Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish author (died 2009)
  106. 1936Ingeborg Hallstein, German soprano and actress
  107. 1936Charles Kimbrough, American actor (died 2023)
  108. 1939Michel Colombier, French-American composer and conductor (died 2004)
  109. 1939Reinhard Hauff, German director and screenwriter
  110. 1940Bjørn Johansen (musician), Norwegian saxophonist (died 2002)
  111. 1940Gérard Larrousse, French race car driver
  112. 1940Cora Sadosky, Argentinian mathematician and academic (died 2010)
  113. 1941Zalman King, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
  114. 1941Rod Thorn, American basketball player, coach, and executive
  115. 1942Gabriel Liiceanu, Romanian philosopher, author, and academic
  116. 1942Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao, Indian director, screenwriter, and choreographer
  117. 1943Peter Kenilorea, Solomon Islands politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (died 2016)
  118. 1943Alan Walden, American music manager and record label founder (died 2026)
  119. 1944John Newcombe, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
  120. 1945Padmarajan, Indian director, screenwriter, and author (died 1991)
  121. 1946David Graham, Australian golfer
  122. 1947Jane Kenyon, American poet and translator (died 1995)
  123. 1948Myriam Boyer, French actress, director, and producer
  124. 1949Daniel DiNardo, American cardinal
  125. 1949Alan García, Peruvian lawyer and politician, twice President of Peru (died 2019)
  126. 1950Martin McGuinness, Irish republican and Sinn Féin politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (died 2017)
  127. 1950Richard Chase, American serial killer (died 1980)
  128. 1951Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player
  129. 1951Antonis Samaras, Greek economist and politician, 185th Prime Minister of Greece
  130. 1952Martin Parr, English photographer and journalist
  131. 1954Gerry Armstrong, Northern Irish international footballer
  132. 1954Marvelous Marvin Hagler, American boxer and actor (died 2021)
  133. 1955Luka Bloom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  134. 1956Andrea Pazienza, Italian illustrator and painter (died 1988)
  135. 1956Ursula Plassnik, Austrian politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Austria
  136. 1956Buck Showalter, American baseball player, coach, and manager
  137. 1958Mitch Albom, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
  138. 1958Drew Carey, American actor, game show host, and entrepreneur
  139. 1958Lea DeLaria, American actress and singer
  140. 1959Marcella Mesker, Dutch tennis player and sportscaster
  141. 1960Linden Ashby, American actor
  142. 1961Daniele Massaro, Italian footballer and manager
  143. 1961Norrie May-Welby, Scottish Australian gender activist
  144. 1961Dave Babych, Canadian ice hockey player
  145. 1962Karen Duffy, American actress
  146. 1963Viviane Baladi, Swiss mathematician
  147. 1964Ruth Metzler, Swiss lawyer and politician
  148. 1965Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Spanish footballer
  149. 1965Tom Tykwer, German director, producer, screenwriter, and composer
  150. 1965Melissa McBride, American actress
  151. 1965Paul Sironen, Australian rugby league player
  152. 1966H. Jon Benjamin, American actor, comedian, writer, and producer
  153. 1966Graeme Hick, Zimbabwean-English cricketer and coach
  154. 1966Gary Roberts, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  155. 1967Luís Roberto Alves, Mexican footballer
  156. 1967Anna Ibrisagic, Swedish politician
  157. 1967Philip Selway, English musician
  158. 1968Guinevere Turner, American actress and screenwriter
  159. 1970Bryan Herta, American race car driver and businessman, co-founded Bryan Herta Autosport
  160. 1971George Osborne, English journalist and politician, former Chancellor of the Exchequer
  161. 1972Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian race car driver
  162. 1972Poppy King, Australian entrepreneur
  163. 1972Martin Saggers, English cricketer and umpire
  164. 1973Maxwell, American singer-songwriter and producer
  165. 1974Jewel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress, and poet
  166. 1974Ken Jennings, American game show host and contestant
  167. 1974Manuela Schwesig, German politician, German Federal Minister of Family Affairs
  168. 1976Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer and manager
  169. 1976Andy Selva, Sammarinese footballer and manager
  170. 1977Richard Ayoade, British actor, director and writer
  171. 1977Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater
  172. 1978Scott Raynor, American drummer
  173. 1979Rasual Butler, American basketball player (died 2018)
  174. 1979Brian Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
  175. 1980Theofanis Gekas, Greek footballer
  176. 1980Chris Gethard, American actor, comedian and writer
  177. 1980Ben Ross, Australian rugby league player
  178. 1981Tim Robinson, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
  179. 1983Silvio Proto, Belgian-Italian footballer
  180. 1984Hugo Almeida, Portuguese footballer
  181. 1985Sebastián Fernández, Uruguayan footballer
  182. 1985Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russian tennis player
  183. 1985Wim Stroetinga, Dutch cyclist
  184. 1985Ross Wallace, Scottish footballer
  185. 1986Ryan Coogler, American film director and screenwriter
  186. 1986Alexei Sitnikov, Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater
  187. 1986Alice Tait, Australian swimmer
  188. 1986Ruben Zadkovich, Australian footballer
  189. 1987Gracie Otto, Australian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
  190. 1987Bray Wyatt, American wrestler (died 2023)
  191. 1988Rosanna Crawford, Canadian biathlete
  192. 1988Angelo Ogbonna, Italian footballer
  193. 1988Morgan Pressel, American golfer
  194. 1989Ezequiel Schelotto, Argentine-Italian footballer
  195. 1990Dan Evans, British tennis player
  196. 1990Kristína Kučová, Slovak tennis player
  197. 1990Oliver Venno, Estonian volleyball player
  198. 1991Aaron Donald, American football player
  199. 1991Lena Meyer-Landrut, German singer-songwriter
  200. 1991César Pinares, Chilean footballer
  201. 1992Laerte do Vando, Brazilian politician
  202. 1994Esa Lindell, Finnish ice hockey player
  203. 1996Katharina Althaus, German ski jumper
  204. 1996Emmanuel Boateng, Ghanaian footballer
  205. 1996Răzvan Marin, Romanian footballer
  206. 1996Çağlar Söyüncü, Turkish footballer
  207. 1997Pedro Chirivella, Spanish footballer
  208. 1997Coy Craft, American footballer
  209. 1997Joe Gomez, English footballer
  210. 1997Maximilian Kilman, English footballer
  211. 1997Gustaf Nilsson, Swedish footballer
  212. 1997Sam Timmins, New Zealand basketball player
  213. 1998Sérgio Sette Câmara, Brazilian racing driver
  214. 1998Salwa Eid Naser, Bahraini track and field sprinter
  215. 1998Luca de la Torre, American soccer player
  216. 1999James Charles, American internet personality
  217. 1999Trinidad Cardona, American singer and songwriter
  218. 1999Sandro Mamukelashvili, Georgian-American basketball player
  219. 2000Felipe Drugovich, Brazilian-Italian racing driver
  220. 2000Israel Reyes, Mexican footballer
  221. 2001Brennan Johnson, Welsh footballer
  222. 2005Alexandra Eala, Filipino tennis player
  223. 2007Rayane Messi, French footballer

Fallecimientos (92)

  1. 230Urban I, pope of the Catholic Church
  2. 922Li Sizhao, Chinese general and governor
  3. 962Guibert of Gembloux, Frankish abbot (born 892)
  4. 1125Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1086)
  5. 1304Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer
  6. 1338Alice de Warenne, Countess of Arundel, English noble (born 1287)
  7. 1370Toghon Temür, Mongol emperor (born 1320)
  8. 1423Antipope Benedict XIII (born 1328)
  9. 1498Girolamo Savonarola, Italian friar and preacher (born 1452)
  10. 1523Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shōgun (born 1466)
  11. 1524Ismail I, First Emperor of Safavid Empire (born 1487)
  12. 1591John Blitheman, English organist and composer (born 1525)
  13. 1662John Gauden, English bishop (born 1605)
  14. 1670Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1610)
  15. 1691Adrien Auzout, French astronomer and instrument maker (born 1622)
  16. 1701William Kidd, Scottish pirate (born 1645)
  17. 1749Abraham ben Abraham, Polish martyr (born 1700)
  18. 1752William Bradford, English-American printer (born 1663)
  19. 1754John Wood, the Elder, English architect, designed The Circus and Queen Square (born 1704)
  20. 1783James Otis Jr., American lawyer and politician (born 1725)
  21. 1813Géraud Duroc, French general and diplomat (born 1772)
  22. 1815Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American clergyman and botanist (born 1753)
  23. 1841Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (born 1765)
  24. 1855Charles Robert Malden, English lieutenant and explorer (born 1797)
  25. 1857Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic (born 1789)
  26. 1868Kit Carson, American general (born 1809)
  27. 1886Leopold von Ranke, German historian and academic (born 1795)
  28. 1893Anton von Schmerling, Austrian politician (born 1805)
  29. 1895Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician (born 1798)
  30. 1906Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (born 1828)
  31. 1908François Coppée, French poet and author (born 1842)
  32. 1920Svetozar Boroević, Croatian-Austrian field marshal (born 1856)
  33. 1921August Nilsson, Swedish shot putter and tug of war competitor (born 1872)
  34. 1934Clyde Barrow, American criminal (born 1909)
  35. 1934Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (born 1860)
  36. 1934Bonnie Parker, American criminal (born 1910)
  37. 1937John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company and Rockefeller University (born 1839)
  38. 1938Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (born 1871)
  39. 1942Panagiotis Toundas, Greek composer and conductor (born 1886)
  40. 1945Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician, Reich Minister of the Interior and head of the SS (born 1900)
  41. 1947Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (born 1878)
  42. 1949Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator (born 1872)
  43. 1956Gustav Suits, Latvian-Estonian poet and politician (born 1883)
  44. 1960Georges Claude, French engineer and inventor, created Neon lighting (born 1870)
  45. 1962Louis Coatalen, French engineer (born 1879)
  46. 1963August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician (born 1904)
  47. 1965David Smith, American sculptor (born 1906)
  48. 1975Moms Mabley, American comedian and actor (born 1894)
  49. 1979S. Selvanayagam, Sri Lankan geographer and academic (born 1932)
  50. 1981Gene Green, American baseball player (born 1933)
  51. 1981Rayner Heppenstall, English author and poet (born 1911)
  52. 1981George Jessel, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1898)
  53. 1981David Lewis, Belarusian-Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1909)
  54. 1986Sterling Hayden, American actor (born 1916)
  55. 1989Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian director and producer (born 1915)
  56. 1989Karl Koch, German computer hacker (born 1965)
  57. 1991Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (born 1895)
  58. 1991Jean Van Houtte, Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium (born 1907)
  59. 1991Fletcher Markle, Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1921)
  60. 1992Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer (born 1948)
  61. 1992Giovanni Falcone, Italian lawyer and judge (born 1939)
  62. 1994Olav Hauge, Norwegian poet (born 1908)
  63. 1996Kronid Lyubarsky, Russian journalist and activist (born 1934)
  64. 1998Telford Taylor, American general and lawyer (born 1908)
  65. 1999Owen Hart, Canadian-American wrestler (born 1965)
  66. 2002Big Bill Neidjie, Australian activist and last speaker of the Gaagudju language (born )
  67. 2002Sam Snead, American golfer and journalist (born 1912)
  68. 2006Lloyd Bentsen, American colonel and politician, 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury (born 1921)
  69. 2006Kazimierz Górski, Polish footballer and manager (born 1921)
  70. 2008Iñaki Ochoa de Olza, Spanish mountaineer (born 1967)
  71. 2008Utah Phillips, American singer-songwriter and poet (born 1935)
  72. 2009Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean soldier and politician, 9th President of South Korea (born 1946)
  73. 2010José Lima, Dominican-American baseball player (born 1972)
  74. 2010Simon Monjack, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1970)
  75. 2011Xavier Tondo, Spanish cyclist (born 1978)
  76. 2012Paul Fussell, American historian, author, and academic (born 1924)
  77. 2013Epy Guerrero, Dominican baseball player, coach, and scout (born 1942)
  78. 2013Hayri Kozakçıoğlu, Turkish police officer and politician, 15th Governor of Istanbul Province (born 1938)
  79. 2013Georges Moustaki, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1934)
  80. 2013Flynn Robinson, American basketball player (born 1941)
  81. 2014Mikhail Egorovich Alekseev, Russian linguist and academic (born 1949)
  82. 2014Madhav Mantri, Indian cricketer (born 1921)
  83. 2015Anne Meara, American actress, comedian and playwright (born 1929)
  84. 2015Aleksey Mozgovoy, Pro-Russian Ukrainian separatist leader (born 1975)
  85. 2015Alicia Nash, Salvadoran-American physicist and engineer (born 1933)
  86. 2015John Forbes Nash Jr., American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1928)
  87. 2017Roger Moore, English actor (born 1927)
  88. 2020Hana Kimura, Japanese professional wrestler (born 1997)
  89. 2021Ron Hill, English long-distance runner (born 1938)
  90. 2021Eric Carle, American children's book designer, illustrator, and writer best known for The Very Hungry Caterpillar (born 1929)
  91. 2024Caleb Carr, American military historian and author (born 1955)
  92. 2024Morgan Spurlock, American filmmaker (born 1970)

Celebraciones (15)

  1. Aromanian National Day
  2. Christian feast day:
  3. Aaron the Illustrious (Syriac Orthodox Church)
  4. Desiderius of Vienne
  5. Giovanni Battista de' Rossi
  6. Julia of Corsica
  7. Michael of Synnada
  8. Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler (Episcopal Church (USA))
  9. Quintian, Lucius and Julian
  10. William of Perth
  11. May 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  12. Constitution Day (Germany)
  13. Labour Day (Jamaica)
  14. Students' Day (Mexico)
  15. World Turtle Day