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Acontecimientos (60)

1. 567 a. C.Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.
2. 240 a. C.First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
3. 1085Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo, Spain, back from the Moors after a siege.
4. 1420Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ.
5. 1521The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.
6. 1644Ming general Wu Sangui forms an alliance with the invading Manchus and opens the gates of the Great Wall of China at Shanhaiguan pass, letting the Manchus through towards the capital Beijing.
7. 1659Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth of England.
8. 1660Charles II lands at Dover at the invitation of the Convention Parliament, which marks the end of the Cromwell-proclaimed Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland and begins the Restoration of the British monarchy.
9. 1738A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
10. 1763First issue of Norske Intelligenz-Seddeler, the first regular Norwegian newspaper (1763–1920).
11. 1787After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
12. 1798United Irishmen Rebellion: Battle of Carlow begins; executions of suspected rebels at Carnew and at Dunlavin Green take place.
13. 1807Outbreak of the Kabakçı Mustafa rebellion in response to intentions of sultan Selim III to reform the Ottoman army.
14. 1809Chuquisaca Revolution: Patriot revolt in Chuquisaca (modern-day Sucre) against the Spanish Empire, sparking the Latin American wars of independence.
15. 1810May Revolution: Citizens of Buenos Aires expel Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros during the "May Week", starting the Argentine War of Independence.
16. 1819The Argentine Constitution of 1819 is promulgated.
17. 1833The Chilean Constitution of 1833 is promulgated.
18. 1865In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
19. 1878Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
20. 1895Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
21. 1895The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Jingsong as its president.
22. 1914The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
23. 1925Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching human evolution in Tennessee.
24. 1926Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
25. 1933The Walt Disney Company cartoon Three Little Pigs premieres at Radio City Music Hall, featuring the hit song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"
26. 1935Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
27. 1938Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
28. 1940World War II: The German 2nd Panzer Division captures the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer; the surrender of the last French and British troops marks the end of the Battle of Boulogne.
29. 1946The Emirate of Transjordan becomes independent from the United Kingdom as the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan after ratifying the Treaty of London and making their Amir, Abdullah I, their King.
30. 1953Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
31. 1953The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
32. 1955In the United States, a night-time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas as part of a larger outbreak across the Great Plains, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado ever to occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.
33. 1955First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: On the British Kangchenjunga expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reach the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day.
34. 1961Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of the U.S. Congress, that the United States "should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."
35. 1963The Organisation of African Unity is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
36. 1966Explorer program: Explorer 32 launches.
37. 1968The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, is dedicated.
38. 1971Joetha Collier, a recent high school graduate, is killed in a shooting in Drew, Mississippi, attracting extensive attention from the media and civil rights activists.
39. 1973In protest against the dictatorship in Greece, the captain and crew on Greek naval destroyer mutiny and refuse to return to Greece, instead anchoring at Fiumicino, Italy.
40. 1977Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is released in US theaters.
41. 1977The Chinese government removes a decade-old ban on William Shakespeare's work, effectively ending the Cultural Revolution started in 1966.
42. 1978The first of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor injuries.
43. 1979John Spenkelink, a convicted murderer, is executed in Florida; he is the first person to be executed in the state after the reintroduction of capital punishment in 1976.
44. 1979American Airlines Flight 191: A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, killing all 271 on board and two people on the ground.
45. 1981In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
46. 1982Falklands War: HMS Coventry is sunk by Argentine Air Force A-4 Skyhawks.
47. 1985Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.
48. 1986The Hands Across America event takes place.
49. 1997A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koroma.
50. 1999The United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades.
51. 2000Liberation Day of Lebanon: Israel withdraws its army from Lebanese territory (with the exception of the disputed Shebaa farms zone) 18 years after the invasion of 1982.
52. 2001Erik Weihenmayer becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, with Dr. Sherman Bull.
53. 2002China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Taiwan Strait, with the loss of all 225 people on board.
54. 2008NASA's Phoenix lander touches down in the Green Valley region of Mars to search for environments suitable for water and microbial life.
55. 2009North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device, after which Pyongyang also conducts several missile tests, building tensions in the international community.
56. 2011Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her 25-year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
57. 2012The SpaceX Dragon 1 becomes the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station.
58. 2013Suspected Maoist rebels kill at least 28 people and injure 32 others in an attack on a convoy of Indian National Congress politicians in Chhattisgarh, India.
59. 2018The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes enforceable in the European Union.
60. 2018Ireland votes to repeal the Eighth Amendment of their constitution that prohibits abortion in all but a few cases, choosing to replace it with the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland.

Nacimientos (237)

1. 1048Emperor Shenzong of Song (died 1085)
2. 1320Toghon Temür, Mongolian emperor (died 1370)
3. 1334Emperor Sukō of Japan (died 1398)
4. 1416Jakobus ("James"), Count of Lichtenburg (died 1480)
5. 1417Catherine of Cleves, Duchess consort regent of Guelders (died 1479)
6. 1550Camillus de Lellis, Italian saint and nurse (died 1614)
7. 1606Charles Garnier, French missionary and saint (died 1649)
8. 1661Claude Buffier, Polish-French historian and philosopher (died 1737)
9. 1713John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1792)
10. 1725Samuel Ward, American politician, 31st and 33rd Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (died 1776)
11. 1783Philip P. Barbour, American farmer and politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1841)
12. 1791Minh Mạng, Vietnamese emperor (died 1841)
13. 1803Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (died 1873)
14. 1803Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (died 1882)
15. 1818Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (died 1897)
16. 1818Louise de Broglie, Countess d'Haussonville, French essayist and biographer (died 1882)
17. 1830Trebor Mai (né Robert Williams), Welsh poet (died 1877)
18. 1846Naim Frashëri, Albanian-Turkish poet and translator (died 1900)
19. 1848Johann Baptist Singenberger, Swiss composer, educator, and publisher (died 1924)
20. 1852William Muldoon, American wrestler and trainer (died 1933)
21. 1856Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general (died 1942)
22. 1860James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic (died 1944)
23. 1865John Mott, American evangelist and saint, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1955)
24. 1865Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1943)
25. 1865Mathilde Verne, English pianist and educator (died 1936)
26. 1867Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter (died 1950)
27. 1869Robbie Ross, Canadian journalist and art critic (died 1918)
28. 1878Bill Robinson, American actor and dancer ("Bojangles") (died 1949)
29. 1879Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Canadian-English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (died 1964)
30. 1879C. C. Martindale, English Jesuit priest (died 1963)
31. 1879William Stickney, American golfer (died 1944)
32. 1880Jean Alexandre Barré, French neurologist and academic (died 1967)
33. 1882Marie Doro, American actress (died 1956)
34. 1883Carl Johan Lind, Swedish hammer thrower (died 1965)
35. 1886Rash Behari Bose, Indian soldier and activist (died 1945)
36. 1886Philip Murray, Scottish-American miner and labor leader (died 1952)
37. 1887Padre Pio, Italian priest and saint (died 1968)
38. 1888Miles Malleson, English actor and screenwriter (died 1969)
39. 1889Günther Lütjens, German admiral (died 1941)
40. 1889Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aircraft designer, founded Sikorsky Aircraft (died 1972)
41. 1893Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, American country musician (died 1968)
42. 1897Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer (died 1972)
43. 1897Gene Tunney, American boxer and soldier (died 1978)
44. 1898Bennett Cerf, American publisher and television game show panelist; co-founded Random House (died 1971)
45. 1899Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, author, and flute player (died 1976)
46. 1899Panka Pelishek, Bulgarian pianist and music teacher (died 1990)
47. 1900Alain Grandbois, Canadian poet and author (died 1975)
48. 1900George Lennon, Irish Republican Army leader during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War (died 1991)
49. 1907U Nu, Burmese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Burma (died 1995)
50. 1908Theodore Roethke, American poet (died 1963)
51. 1909Alfred Kubel, German politician, 5th Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (died 1999)
52. 1912Dean Rockwell, American commander, wrestler, and coach (died 2005)
53. 1913Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot (died 1957)
54. 1913Richard Dimbleby, English journalist and producer (died 1965)
55. 1916Brian Dickson, Canadian captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th Chief Justice of Canada (died 1998)
56. 1916Giuseppe Tosi, Italian discus thrower (died 1981)
57. 1917Steve Cochran, American film, television and stage actor (died 1965)
58. 1917Theodore Hesburgh, American priest, theologian, and academic (died 2015)
59. 1920Arthur Wint, Jamaican runner and diplomat (died 1992)
60. 1921Hal David, American songwriter and composer (died 2012)
61. 1921Kitty Kallen, American singer (died 2016)
62. 1921Jack Steinberger, German-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2020)
63. 1922Enrico Berlinguer, Italian politician (died 1984)
64. 1924István Nyers, French-Hungarian footballer (died 2005)
65. 1925Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet and author (died 1974)
66. 1925Jeanne Crain, American actress (died 2003)
67. 1925Eldon Griffiths, English journalist and politician (died 2014)
68. 1925Don Liddle, American baseball player (died 2000)
69. 1925Claude Pinoteau, French film director and screenwriter (died 2012)
70. 1926Claude Akins, American actor (died 1994)
71. 1926William Bowyer, English painter and academic (died 2015)
72. 1926Phyllis Gotlieb, Canadian author and poet (died 2009)
73. 1926Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach (died 2013)
74. 1926David Wynne, English sculptor and painter (died 2014)
75. 1927Robert Ludlum, American soldier and author (died 2001)
76. 1927Norman Petty, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 1984)
77. 1929Beverly Sills, American soprano and actress (died 2007)
78. 1930Sonia Rykiel, French fashion designer (died 2016)
79. 1931Herb Gray, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (died 2014)
80. 1931Georgy Grechko, Russian engineer and astronaut (died 2017)
81. 1931Irwin Winkler, American director and producer
82. 1931Makrand Mehta, Indian historian (died 2024)
83. 1932John Gregory Dunne, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (died 2003)
84. 1932K.C. Jones, American basketball player and coach (died 2020)
85. 1933Sarah Marshall, English-American actress (died 2014)
86. 1933Basdeo Panday, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (died 2024)
87. 1933Ray Spencer, English footballer (died 2016)
88. 1933Jógvan Sundstein, Faroese accountant and politician, 7th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 2024)
89. 1935John Ffowcs Williams, Welsh engineer and academic (died 2020)
90. 1935Cookie Gilchrist, American football player (died 2011)
91. 1935W. P. Kinsella, Canadian novelist and short story writer (died 2016)
92. 1935Victoria Shaw, Australian actress (died 1988)
93. 1936Tom T. Hall, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021)
94. 1936Rusi Surti, Indian cricketer (died 2013)
95. 1937Tom Phillips, English painter and academic (died 2022)
96. 1938Raymond Carver, American short story writer and poet (died 1988)
97. 1938Margaret Forster, English historian, author, and critic (died 2016)
98. 1938Geoffrey Robinson, English businessman and politician
99. 1938Yury Semyonov, Russian economist and politician (died 2024)
100. 1939Dixie Carter, American actress and singer (died 2010)
101. 1939Ian McKellen, English actor
102. 1940Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese photographer
103. 1941Rudolf Adler, Czech filmmaker (died 2025)
104. 1941Uta Frith, German developmental psychologist
105. 1941Vladimir Voronin, Moldovan economist and politician, 3rd President of Moldova
106. 1943Jessi Colter, American singer-songwriter and pianist
107. 1943John Palmer, English keyboard player
108. 1943Leslie Uggams, American actress and singer
109. 1944Digby Anderson, English journalist and philosopher
110. 1944Pierre Bachelet, French singer-songwriter (died 2005)
111. 1944Charlie Harper, English singer-songwriter and producer
112. 1944Robert MacPherson, American mathematician and academic
113. 1944Frank Oz, English-born American puppeteer, filmmaker, and actor
114. 1944Chris Ralston, English rugby player
115. 1946Bill Adam, Scottish-Canadian racing driver
116. 1946David A. Hargrave, American game designer, created Arduin (died 1988)
117. 1947Karen Valentine, American actress
118. 1947Catherine G. Wolf, American psychologist and computer scientist (died 2018)
119. 1948Bülent Arınç, Turkish lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
120. 1948Marianne Elliott, Northern Irish historian, author, and academic
121. 1948Klaus Meine, German rock singer-songwriter
122. 1949Jamaica Kincaid, Antiguan-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist
123. 1949Barry Windsor-Smith, English painter and illustrator
124. 1950Robby Steinhardt, American rock violinist and singer (died 2021)
125. 1951Bob Gale, American director, producer, and screenwriter
126. 1952Jeffrey Bewkes, American businessman
127. 1952Nick Fotiu, American ice hockey player and coach
128. 1952David Jenkins, Trinidadian-Scottish runner
129. 1952Al Sarrantonio, American author and publisher
130. 1952Gordon H. Smith, American businessman and politician
131. 1953Eve Ensler, American playwright and producer
132. 1953Daniel Passarella, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
133. 1953Stan Sakai, Japanese-American author and illustrator
134. 1953Gaetano Scirea, Italian footballer (died 1989)
135. 1954John Beck, English footballer and manager
136. 1954Murali, Indian actor, producer, and politician (died 2009)
137. 1955Alistair Burt, English lawyer and politician
138. 1956Stavros Arnaoutakis, Greek politician
139. 1956Larry Hogan, American politician, 62nd Governor of Maryland
140. 1956Kevin Lynch, Irish Republican (died during the 1981 Irish hunger strike)
141. 1956David P. Sartor, American composer and conductor
142. 1957Alastair Campbell, English journalist and author
143. 1957Edward Lee, American author
144. 1957Robert Picard, Canadian ice hockey player
145. 1958Dorothy Straight, American children's author
146. 1958Paul Weller, English singer, songwriter and musician
147. 1959Julian Clary, English comedian, actor, and author
148. 1959Manolis Kefalogiannis, Greek politician
149. 1959Rick Wamsley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
150. 1960Amy Klobuchar, American lawyer and politician
151. 1960Anthea Turner, English journalist and television host
152. 1962Ric Nattress, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
153. 1963George Hickenlooper, American director and producer (died 2010)
154. 1963Mike Myers, Canadian-American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
155. 1963Ludovic Orban, Romanian engineer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of Romania
156. 1964David Shaw, Canadian-American ice hockey player
157. 1965Yahya Jammeh, Gambian colonel and politician, President of the Gambia
158. 1967Luc Nilis, Belgian footballer and manager
159. 1967Michael de Adder, Canadian editorial cartoonist
160. 1967Mark Rosewater, head designer of Magic: the Gathering
161. 1967Andrew Sznajder, Canadian tennis player
162. 1968Kendall Gill, American basketball player, boxer, and sportscaster
163. 1969Glen Drover, Canadian guitarist and songwriter
164. 1969Anne Heche, American actress (died 2022)
165. 1969Karen Bernstein, Canadian voice actress
166. 1969Stacy London, American journalist and author
167. 1970Robert Croft, Welsh-English cricketer and sportscaster
168. 1970Jamie Kennedy, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
169. 1970Octavia Spencer, American actress and author
170. 1971Stefano Baldini, Italian runner
171. 1971Marco Cappato, Italian politician
172. 1971Juraj Droba, Slovak politician
173. 1972Karan Johar, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
174. 1973Daz Dillinger, American rapper and producer
175. 1973Molly Sims, American model and actress
176. 1974Dougie Freedman, Scottish footballer and manager
177. 1974Frank Klepacki, American drummer and composer
178. 1974Miguel Tejada, Dominican-American baseball player
179. 1975Blaise Nkufo, Congolese-Swiss footballer
180. 1976Stefan Holm, Swedish high jumper
181. 1976Erki Pütsep, Estonian cyclist
182. 1976Ethan Suplee, American actor
183. 1976Cillian Murphy, Irish actor
184. 1976Miguel Zepeda, Mexican footballer
185. 1977Andre Anis, Estonian footballer
186. 1977Alberto Del Rio, Mexican-American mixed martial artist and wrestler
187. 1978Adam Gontier, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
188. 1978Brian Urlacher, American football player
189. 1979Carlos Bocanegra, American footballer and executive
190. 1979Sayed Moawad, Egyptian footballer
191. 1979Caroline Ouellette, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
192. 1979Sam Sodje, English-Nigerian footballer
193. 1979Jonny Wilkinson, English rugby player
194. 1979Chris Young, American baseball pitcher
195. 1980David Navarro, Spanish footballer
196. 1981Michalis Pelekanos, Greek basketball player
197. 1981Matt Utai, New Zealand rugby league player
198. 1982Adam Boyd, English footballer
199. 1982Daniel Braaten, Norwegian footballer
200. 1982Ryan Gallant, American skateboarder
201. 1982Roger Guerreiro, Polish footballer
202. 1982Justin Hodges, Australian rugby league player
203. 1982Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenyan runner
204. 1982Jason Kubel, American baseball player
205. 1982Stacey Pensgen, American figure skater and meteorologist
206. 1982Luke Webster, Australian footballer
207. 1984Luke Ball, Australian footballer
208. 1984Kyle Brodziak, Canadian ice hockey player
209. 1984A. J. Foyt IV, American race car driver
210. 1984Shawne Merriman, American football player
211. 1985Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer and actress
212. 1985Demba Ba, Senegalese footballer
213. 1985Gert Kams, Estonian footballer
214. 1985Roman Reigns, American football player and wrestler
215. 1986Edewin Fanini, Brazilian footballer
216. 1986Yoan Gouffran, French footballer
217. 1986Takahiro Hōjō, Japanese actor and musician
218. 1986Geraint Thomas, Welsh cyclist
219. 1987Timothy Derijck, Belgian footballer
220. 1987Yves De Winter, Belgian footballer
221. 1987Moritz Stehling, German footballer
222. 1987Kamil Stoch, Polish ski jumper
223. 1988Dávid Škutka, Slovak footballer
224. 1988Cameron van der Burgh, South African swimmer
225. 1990Bo Dallas, American wrestler
226. 1990Nikita Filatov, Russian ice hockey player
227. 1993James Porter, English cricketer
228. 1993Norman Powell, American basketball player
229. 1994Matt Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
230. 1994Aly Raisman, American gymnast
231. 1995Kagiso Rabada, South African cricketer
232. 1996David Pastrňák, Czech ice hockey player
233. 1999Brec Bassinger, American actress
234. 1999Ibrahima Konaté, French footballer
235. 2000Claire Liu, American tennis player
236. 2001Chloé Lukasiak, American actress and dancer
237. 2002Cam Ward, American football player

Fallecimientos (104)

1. 675Li Hong, Chinese prince (born 652)
2. 709Aldhelm, English-Latin bishop, poet, and scholar (born 639)
3. 803Higbald of Lindisfarne, English bishop
4. 912Xue Yiju, chancellor of Later Liang
5. 916Flann Sinna, king of Meath
6. 939Yao Yanzhang, general of Chu
7. 986Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Muslim astronomer (born 903)
8. 992Mieszko I of Poland (born 935)
9. 1085Pope Gregory VII (born 1020)
10. 1261Pope Alexander IV (born 1185)
11. 1452John Stafford, English archbishop and politician
12. 1555Gemma Frisius, Dutch physician, mathematician, and cartographer (born 1508)
13. 1555Henry II of Navarre (born 1503)
14. 1558Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen (born 1510)
15. 1595Valens Acidalius, German poet and critic (born 1567)
16. 1607Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, Italian Carmelite nun and mystic (born 1566)
17. 1632Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (born 1572)
18. 1667Gustaf Bonde, Finnish-Swedish politician, 5th Lord High Treasurer of Sweden (born 1620)
19. 1681Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish poet and playwright (born 1600)
20. 1741Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German bishop and theologian (born 1660)
21. 1786Peter III of Portugal (born 1717)
22. 1789Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist and physician (born 1751)
23. 1797John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (born 1719)
24. 1805William Paley, English priest and philosopher (born 1743)
25. 1849Benjamin D'Urban, English general and politician, Governor of British Guiana (born 1777)
26. 1895Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, and jurist (born 1822)
27. 1899Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (born 1822)
28. 1912Austin Lane Crothers, American educator and politician, 46th Governor of Maryland (born 1860)
29. 1917Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (born 1891)
30. 1919Eliza Pollock, American archer (born 1840)
31. 1919Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company (born 1867)
32. 1924Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and illustrator (born 1889)
33. 1926Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (born 1879)
34. 1927Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1876)
35. 1930Randall Davidson, Scottish-English archbishop (born 1848)
36. 1934Gustav Holst, English trombonist, composer, and educator (born 1874)
37. 1937Henry Ossawa Tanner, American-French painter and illustrator (born 1859)
38. 1939Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer and academic (born 1868)
39. 1942Emanuel Feuermann, Ukrainian-American cellist and educator (born 1902)
40. 1943Nils von Dardel, Swedish painter (born 1888)
41. 1948Witold Pilecki, Polish officer and Resistance leader (born 1901)
42. 1951Paula von Preradović, Croatian poet and author (born 1887)
43. 1954Robert Capa, Hungarian photographer and journalist (born 1913)
44. 1957Leo Goodwin, American swimmer, diver, and water polo player (born 1883)
45. 1968Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (born 1881)
46. 1969Elisabeth Geleerd, Dutch-American psychoanalyst (born 1909)
47. 1970Tom Patey, Scottish mountaineer and author (born 1932)
48. 1977Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author (born 1904)
49. 1979Itzhak Bentov, Czech-Israeli engineer, mystic, and author (born 1923)
50. 1979Amédée Gordini, Italian-born French racing driver and sports car manufacturer (born 1899)
51. 1979John Spenkelink, American murderer (born 1949)
52. 1981Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian physicist and astronomer (born 1912)
53. 1981Fredric Warburg, English author and publisher (born 1898)
54. 1983Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Turkish author, poet, and playwright (born 1904)
55. 1983Idris of Libya (born 1889)
56. 1983Jack Stewart, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1917)
57. 1986Chester Bowles, American journalist and politician, 22nd Under Secretary of State (born 1901)
58. 1990Vic Tayback, American actor (born 1930)
59. 1995Élie Bayol, French racing driver (born 1914)
60. 1995Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player and coach, Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer 1996 (born 1948)
61. 1995Dany Robin, French actress (born 1927)
62. 1996Renzo De Felice, Italian historian and author (born 1929)
63. 2003Sloan Wilson, American author and poet (born 1920)
64. 2004Roger Williams Straus, Jr., American publisher, co-founded Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publishing Company (born 1917)
65. 2005Sunil Dutt, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician (born 1929)
66. 2005Robert Jankel, English businessman, founded Panther Westwinds (born 1938)
67. 2005Graham Kennedy, Australian television host and actor (born 1934)
68. 2005Ismail Merchant, Indian-born film producer and director (born 1936)
69. 2005Zoran Mušič, Slovene painter and illustrator (born 1909)
70. 2007Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor, comedian, and director (born 1931)
71. 2007Uładzimir Katkoŭski, Belarusian blogger, web designer and website creator (born 1976)
72. 2008J. R. Simplot, American businessman, founded Simplot (born 1909)
73. 2008Veikko Uusimäki, Finnish actor and theater councilor (born 1921)
74. 2009Haakon Lie, Norwegian politician (born 1905)
75. 2010Alexander Belostenny, Ukrainian basketball player (born 1959)
76. 2010Michael H. Jordan, American businessman (born 1936)
77. 2010Alan Hickinbotham, Australian footballer and coach (born 1925)
78. 2010Gabriel Vargas, Mexican painter and illustrator (born 1915)
79. 2010Jarvis Williams, American football player and coach (born 1965)
80. 2011Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer and coach (born 1944)
81. 2012William Hanley, American author and screenwriter (born 1931)
82. 2012Peter D. Sieruta, American author and critic (born 1958)
83. 2012Lou Watson, American basketball player and coach (born 1924)
84. 2013Mahendra Karma, Indian politician (born 1950)
85. 2013Nand Kumar Patel, Indian politician (born 1953)
86. 2014David Allen, English cricketer (born 1935)
87. 2014Marcel Côté, Canadian economist and politician (born 1942)
88. 2014Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general and politician, 1st President of Poland (born 1923)
89. 2014Herb Jeffries, American singer and actor (born 1913)
90. 2014Toaripi Lauti, Tuvaluan educator and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Tuvalu (born 1928)
91. 2014Matthew Saad Muhammad, American boxer and trainer (born 1954)
92. 2015George Braden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of the Northwest Territories (born 1949)
93. 2015Robert Lebel, Canadian bishop (born 1924)
94. 2018Kaduvetti Guru, Indian politician and Veera Vanniyar caste leader (born 1961)
95. 2019Claus von Bülow, Danish-British socialite (born 1926)
96. 2020George Floyd, African American man murdered by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin (born 1973)
97. 2021John Warner, American attorney and politician (born 1927)
98. 2021Lois Ehlert, American author and illustrator (born 1934)
99. 2022Morton L. Janklow, American literary agent (born 1930)
100. 2024Grayson Murray, American professional golfer (born 1993)
101. 2024Albert S. Ruddy, Canadian film producer (born 1930)
102. 2024Richard M. Sherman, American songwriter (born 1928)
103. 2024Johnny Wactor, American actor (born 1986)
104. 2026Sonny Rollins, American jazz musician (born 1930)

Celebraciones (11)

1. Africa Day (African Union)
2. African Liberation Day (African Union, Rastafari)
3. First National Government / National Day (Argentina)
4. Geek Pride Day (geek culture)
5. Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Jordan from the United Kingdom in 1946.
6. Last bell (Russia, post-Soviet countries)
7. Liberation Day (Lebanon)
8. International Missing Children's Day and its related observances:
9. National Missing Children's Day (United States),
10. National Tap Dance Day (United States)
11. Towel Day in honour of the work of the writer Douglas Adams

Santoral (14)

1. Aldhelm
2. Bede
3. Canius
4. Cristóbal Magallanes
5. Denis Ssebuggwawo Wasswa
6. Dionysius of Milan
7. Dúnchad mac Cinn Fáelad
8. Gerard of Lunel
9. Madeleine Sophie Barat
10. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi
11. Maximus (Mauxe) of Évreux
12. Pope Gregory VII
13. Zenobius of Florence
14. May 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)