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Acontecimientos (50)

  1. 585 a. C.A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated. It is also the earliest event of which the precise date is known.
  2. 621Battle of Hulao: Li Shimin, the son of the Chinese emperor Gaozu, defeats the numerically superior forces of Dou Jiande near the Hulao Pass (Henan). This victory decides the outcome of the civil war that followed the Sui dynasty's collapse in favour of the Tang dynasty.
  3. 934English king Æthelstan begins his invasion of Scotland.
  4. 1242Avignonet massacre: A group of Cathars, with the probable connivance of Count Raymond VII of Toulouse, murder the inquisitor William Arnaud and eleven of his companions.
  5. 1347Marriage of Byzantine Emperor John V Palaiologos and Helena Kantakouzene.
  6. 1533The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid.
  7. 1588The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port.)
  8. 1644English Civil War: Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby.
  9. 1754French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
  10. 1802In Guadeloupe, 400 rebellious slaves, led by Louis Delgrès, blow themselves up rather than submit to Napoleon's troops.
  11. 1830U.S. President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act which denies Native Americans their land rights and forcibly relocates them.
  12. 1871The Paris Commune falls after two months.
  13. 1892In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
  14. 1905Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
  15. 1907The first Isle of Man TT race is held.
  16. 1918The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence.
  17. 1926The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
  18. 1932In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer.
  19. 1934Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
  20. 1936Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
  21. 1937Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer, is founded.
  22. 1940World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
  23. 1940World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first Allied infantry victory of the War.
  24. 1948Daniel François Malan is elected as Prime Minister of South Africa. He later goes on to implement Apartheid.
  25. 1958Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an army post in El Uvero.
  26. 1961Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International.
  27. 1962The Soviet Kosmos 5 satellite is launched.
  28. 1964The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is founded, with Yasser Arafat elected as its first leader.
  29. 1968Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 892 crashes near Nala Sopara in India, killing 30.
  30. 1974Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.
  31. 1975Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States.
  32. 1975At Brampton Centennial Secondary School, student Michael Slobodian kills two people and injures 13 others before committing suicide.
  33. 1977The Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky, is engulfed by fire, killing 165 people inside.
  34. 1979Konstantinos Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community.
  35. 1987An 18-year-old West German pilot, Mathias Rust, evades Soviet Union air defences and lands a private plane in Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
  36. 1991The capital city of Addis Ababa falls to the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, ending both the Derg regime in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Civil War.
  37. 1995The 7.0 Neftegorsk earthquake shakes the former Russian settlement of Neftegorsk with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Total damage was $64.1–300 million, with 1,989 deaths and 750 injured. The settlement was not rebuilt.
  38. 1996U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, Jim McDougal and Susan McDougal, and the Governor of Arkansas, Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud.
  39. 1998Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually.
  40. 1999In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display.
  41. 2002The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City.
  42. 2003Peter Hollingworth resigns as Governor-General of Australia following criticism of his handling of child sexual abuse allegations during his tenure as Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane.
  43. 2004The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq's interim government.
  44. 2008The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.
  45. 2010In West Bengal, India, the Jnaneswari Express train derailment and subsequent collision kills 148 passengers.
  46. 2011Malta votes on the introduction of divorce; the proposal was approved by 53% of voters, resulting in a law allowing divorce under certain conditions being enacted later in the year.
  47. 2012The Arkankergen massacre in Kazakhstan's Alakol District kills 15 people.
  48. 2013Start of the Gezi Park protests in Turkey.
  49. 2016Harambe, a gorilla, is shot to death after grabbing a three-year-old boy in his enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, resulting in widespread criticism and sparking various internet memes.
  50. 2017Former Formula One driver Takuma Sato wins his first Indianapolis 500, the first Japanese and Asian driver to do so. Double world champion Fernando Alonso retires from the race with an engine issue in his first entry of the event.

Nacimientos (206)

  1. 1140Xin Qiji, Chinese poet, general, and politician (died 1207)
  2. 1371John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (died 1419)
  3. 1588Pierre Séguier, French politician, Lord Chancellor of France (died 1672)
  4. 1589Robert Arnauld d'Andilly, French writer (died 1674)
  5. 1663António Manoel de Vilhena, Grand Master of the Order of Saint John (died 1736)
  6. 1676Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician and academic (died 1754)
  7. 1692Geminiano Giacomelli, Italian composer (died 1740)
  8. 1738Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician (died 1814)
  9. 1759William Pitt the Younger, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1806)
  10. 1763Manuel Alberti, Argentinian priest and journalist (died 1811)
  11. 1764Edward Livingston, American jurist and politician, 11th United States Secretary of State (died 1836)
  12. 1779Thomas Moore, Irish poet and composer (died 1852)
  13. 1807Louis Agassiz, Swiss-American paleontologist and geologist (died 1873)
  14. 1818P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (died 1893)
  15. 1828Ratmalane Sri Dharmaloka Thera, Buddhist monk and scholar, founder of Vidyalankara Pirivena (died 1885)
  16. 1836Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1916)
  17. 1836Alexander Mitscherlich, German chemist and academic (died 1918)
  18. 1837George Ashlin, Irish architect, co-designed St Colman's Cathedral (died 1921)
  19. 1837Tony Pastor, American impresario, variety performer and theatre owner (died 1908)
  20. 1841Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (died 1887)
  21. 1853Carl Larsson, Swedish painter and author (died 1919)
  22. 1858Carl Richard Nyberg, Swedish inventor and businessman, developed the blow torch (died 1939)
  23. 1872Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist and mountaineer (died 1917)
  24. 1878Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer (died 1945)
  25. 1879Milutin Milanković, Serbian mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (died 1958)
  26. 1883Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian poet and politician (died 1966)
  27. 1883Clough Williams-Ellis, English-Welsh architect, designed the Portmeirion Village (died 1978)
  28. 1884Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd and 4th President of Czechoslovakia (died 1948)
  29. 1886Santo Trafficante Sr., Italian-American mobster (died 1954)
  30. 1888Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Estonia (died 1942)
  31. 1888Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot, English author and educator (died 1947)
  32. 1888Jim Thorpe, American decathlete, football player, and coach (died 1953)
  33. 1889Richard Réti, Slovak-Czech chess player and author (died 1929)
  34. 1892Minna Gombell, American actress (died 1973)
  35. 1900Tommy Ladnier, American trumpet player (died 1939)
  36. 1903S. L. Kirloskar, Indian businessman, founded Kirloskar Group (died 1994)
  37. 1906Henry Thambiah, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and diplomat, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada (died 1997)
  38. 1908Léo Cadieux, Canadian journalist and politician, 17th Canadian Minister of National Defence (died 2005)
  39. 1908Ian Fleming, English journalist and author, created James Bond (died 1964)
  40. 1909Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2005)
  41. 1910Georg Gaßmann, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (died 1987)
  42. 1910Rachel Kempson, English actress (died 2003)
  43. 1910T-Bone Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1975)
  44. 1911Bob Crisp, South African cricketer (died 1994)
  45. 1911Thora Hird, English actress (died 2003)
  46. 1911Fritz Hochwälder, Austrian playwright (died 1986)
  47. 1912Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (died 1992)
  48. 1912Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian physicist and astronomer (died 1981)
  49. 1912Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1990)
  50. 1914W. G. G. Duncan Smith, English captain and pilot (died 1996)
  51. 1915Joseph Greenberg, American linguist and academic (died 2001)
  52. 1916Walker Percy, American novelist and essayist (died 1990)
  53. 1917Barry Commoner, American biologist, academic, and politician (died 2012)
  54. 1917Papa John Creach, American violinist (died 1994)
  55. 1918Johnny Wayne, Canadian comedian (died 1990)
  56. 1921D. V. Paluskar, Indian Hindustani classical musician (died 1955)
  57. 1921Heinz G. Konsalik, German journalist and author (died 1999)
  58. 1921Tom Uren, Australian soldier, boxer, and politician (died 2015)
  59. 1922Lou Duva, American boxer, trainer, and manager (died 2017)
  60. 1922Roger Fisher, American author and academic (died 2012)
  61. 1922Tuomas Gerdt, Finnish soldier (died 2020)
  62. 1923György Ligeti, Hungarian-Austrian composer and educator (died 2006)
  63. 1923N. T. Rama Rao, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician, 10th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (died 1996)
  64. 1924Edward du Cann, English naval officer and politician (died 2017)
  65. 1924Paul Hébert, Canadian actor (died 2017)
  66. 1925Bülent Ecevit, Turkish journalist, scholar, and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Turkey (died 2006)
  67. 1925Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German opera singer and conductor (died 2012)
  68. 1928Sally Forrest, American actress and dancer (died 2015)
  69. 1929Patrick McNair-Wilson, English politician (died 2025)
  70. 1930Edward Seaga, American-Jamaican academic and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Jamaica (died 2019)
  71. 1931Carroll Baker, American actress
  72. 1931Gordon Willis, American cinematographer (died 2014)
  73. 1932Tim Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, English politician, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries (died 2020)
  74. 1933John Karlen, American actor (died 2020)
  75. 1933Zelda Rubinstein, American actress and activist (died 2010)
  76. 1936Claude Forget, Canadian academic and politician
  77. 1936Ole K. Sara, Norwegian politician (died 2013)
  78. 1936Betty Shabazz, American educator and activist (died 1997)
  79. 1938Jerry West, American basketball player, coach, and executive (died 2024)
  80. 1939Maeve Binchy, Irish novelist (died 2012)
  81. 1940David Brewer, English politician, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (died 2023)
  82. 1940Shlomo Riskin, American rabbi and academic, founded the Lincoln Square Synagogue
  83. 1941Beth Howland, American actress and singer (died 2015)
  84. 1942Stanley B. Prusiner, American neurologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
  85. 1943Terry Crisp, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  86. 1944Faith Brown, English actress and singer
  87. 1944Rudy Giuliani, American lawyer and politician, 107th mayor of New York City
  88. 1944Gladys Knight, American singer-songwriter and actress
  89. 1944Sondra Locke, American actress and director (died 2018)
  90. 1944Rita MacNeil, Canadian singer and actress (died 2013)
  91. 1944Patricia Quinn, British actress and singer
  92. 1944Gary Stewart, American singer-songwriter (died 2003)
  93. 1944Billy Vera, American singer-songwriter and actor
  94. 1945Patch Adams, American physician and author, founded the Gesundheit! Institute
  95. 1945John N. Bambacus, American military veteran (USMC) and politician
  96. 1945John Fogerty, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  97. 1945Jean Perrault, Canadian politician, Mayor of Sherbrooke, Quebec
  98. 1945Helena Shovelton, English physician
  99. 1946Bruce Alexander, English actor
  100. 1946Skip Jutze, American baseball player
  101. 1946Janet Paraskeva, Welsh politician
  102. 1946K. Satchidanandan, Indian poet and critic
  103. 1946William Shawcross, English journalist and author
  104. 1947Zahi Hawass, Egyptian archaeologist and academic
  105. 1947Lynn Johnston, Canadian author and illustrator
  106. 1947Leland Sklar, American singer-songwriter and bass player
  107. 1948Michael Field, Australian politician, 38th Premier of Tasmania
  108. 1948Pierre Rapsat, Belgian singer and songwriter (died 2002)
  109. 1949Martin Kelner, English journalist, author, comedian, singer, actor and radio presenter
  110. 1949Wendy O. Williams, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (died 1998)
  111. 1950Errol Thompson, Canadian ice hockey player
  112. 1952Roger Briggs, American pianist, composer, conductor, and educator
  113. 1953Pierre Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
  114. 1954João Carlos de Oliveira, Brazilian jumper (died 1999)
  115. 1954Youri Egorov, Russian pianist and composer (died 1988)
  116. 1954Charles Saumarez Smith, English historian and academic
  117. 1954Péter Szilágyi, Hungarian conductor and politician (died 2013)
  118. 1954John Tory, Canadian lawyer and politician, 65th Mayor of Toronto
  119. 1955Mark Howe, Canadian-American ice hockey player
  120. 1955Laura Amy Schlitz, American author and librarian
  121. 1956Jerry Douglas, American guitarist and producer
  122. 1956Jeff Dujon, Jamaican cricketer
  123. 1956Markus Höttinger, Austrian racing driver (died 1980)
  124. 1956Peter Wilkinson, English admiral
  125. 1957Colin Barnes, English footballer
  126. 1957Kirk Gibson, American baseball player and manager
  127. 1957Ben Howland, American basketball player and coach
  128. 1959Risto Mannisenmäki, Finnish racing driver
  129. 1960Mary Portas, English journalist and author
  130. 1960Mark Sanford, American military veteran (USAF) and politician, 115th Governor of South Carolina
  131. 1962Randy Pedersen, American bowler and sportscaster (died 2026)
  132. 1963Houman Younessi, Australian-American biologist and academic (died 2016)
  133. 1964Jeff Fenech, Australian boxer and trainer
  134. 1964Armen Gilliam, American basketball player and coach (died 2011)
  135. 1964Zsa Zsa Padilla, Filipino singer and actress
  136. 1964Phil Vassar, American singer-songwriter
  137. 1964Duane Ward, American baseball player (died 2026)
  138. 1965Chris Ballew, American singer-songwriter and bass player
  139. 1965Mary Coughlan, Irish politician
  140. 1966Roger Kumble, American director, screenwriter, and playwright
  141. 1966Miljenko Jergović, Bosnian novelist and journalist
  142. 1966Gavin Robertson, Australian cricketer
  143. 1967Glen Rice, American basketball player
  144. 1968Kylie Minogue, Australian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
  145. 1969Mike DiFelice, American baseball player and manager
  146. 1969Rob Ford, Canadian politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto (died 2016)
  147. 1969Justin Kirk, American actor
  148. 1970Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (died 2002)
  149. 1971Isabelle Carré, French actress and singer
  150. 1971Ekaterina Gordeeva, Russian figure skater and sportscaster
  151. 1971Marco Rubio, American lawyer and politician
  152. 1972Doriva, Brazilian footballer and manager
  153. 1972Michael Boogerd, Dutch cyclist and manager
  154. 1973Marco Paulo Faria Lemos, Portuguese footballer and manager
  155. 1974Hans-Jörg Butt, German footballer
  156. 1974Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer
  157. 1975Maura Johnston, American journalist, critic, and academic
  158. 1976Steven Bell, Australian rugby league player
  159. 1976Zaza Enden, Georgian-Turkish wrestler, basketball player, and coach
  160. 1976Roberto Goretti, Italian footballer
  161. 1976Glenn Morrison, Australian rugby league player and coach
  162. 1976Liam O'Brien, American voice actor
  163. 1977Elisabeth Hasselbeck, American talk show host and author
  164. 1978Jake Johnson, American actor
  165. 1979Abdulaziz al-Omari, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 11 (died 2001)
  166. 1979Ronald Curry, American football player and coach
  167. 1980Miguel Pérez, Spanish footballer
  168. 1980Lucy Shuker, English tennis player
  169. 1981Laura Bailey, American voice actress
  170. 1981Daniel Cabrera, Dominican-American baseball player
  171. 1981Eric Ghiaciuc, American football player
  172. 1981Adam Green, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  173. 1982Alexa Davalos, French-American actress
  174. 1982Jhonny Peralta, Dominican-American baseball player
  175. 1983Steve Cronin, American soccer player
  176. 1983Humberto Sánchez, Dominican-American baseball player
  177. 1983Roman Atwood, American YouTuber
  178. 1983Krista Kosonen, Finnish actress
  179. 1985Colbie Caillat, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  180. 1985Pablo Andrés González, Argentinian footballer
  181. 1985Kostas Mendrinos, Greek footballer
  182. 1985Carey Mulligan, English actress
  183. 1986Berrick Barnes, Australian rugby player
  184. 1986Bryant Dunston, American-Armenian basketball player
  185. 1986Michael Oher, American football player
  186. 1986Seth Rollins, American wrestler
  187. 1986Ingmar Vos, Dutch decathlete
  188. 1987T.J. Yates, American football player
  189. 1988NaVorro Bowman, American football player
  190. 1988Percy Harvin, American football player
  191. 1988Craig Kimbrel, American baseball player
  192. 1988David Perron, Canadian ice hockey player
  193. 1990Kyle Walker, English footballer
  194. 1990Riquna Williams, American basketball player
  195. 1991Danielle Lao, American tennis player
  196. 1993Daniel Alvaro, Australian rugby league player
  197. 1993Bárbara Luz, Portuguese tennis player
  198. 1994Alec Benjamin, American singer and songwriter
  199. 1994John Stones, English footballer
  200. 1995Lukas Gage, American actor
  201. 1998Kim Dahyun, South Korean rapper and singer
  202. 1998De'Anthony Melton, American basketball player
  203. 1999Cameron Boyce, American actor (died 2019)
  204. 1999Jodie Burrage, British tennis player
  205. 2000Phil Foden, English footballer
  206. 2000Risi Pouri-Lane, New Zealand rugby sevens player

Fallecimientos (92)

  1. 576Germain of Paris, French bishop and saint (born 496)
  2. 741Ucha'an K'in B'alam, Mayan king
  3. 926Kong Qian, official of Later Tang
  4. 926Li Jiji, prince of Later Tang
  5. 1023Wulfstan, English archbishop
  6. 1279William Wishart, Scottish bishop
  7. 1327Robert Baldock, Lord Privy Seal and Lord Chancellor of England
  8. 1357Afonso IV of Portugal (born 1291)
  9. 1427Henry IV, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (born 1397)
  10. 1556Saitō Dōsan, Japanese samurai (born 1494)
  11. 1626Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (born 1561)
  12. 1651Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent, English politician (born 1594)
  13. 1672John Trevor, Welsh politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (born 1626)
  14. 1727Juan de Ayala y Escobar, Governor of Spanish Florida (1716–1718) (born 1635)
  15. 1747Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French author (born 1715)
  16. 1750Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (born 1720)
  17. 1787Leopold Mozart, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1719)
  18. 1805Luigi Boccherini, Italian cellist and composer (born 1743)
  19. 1808Richard Hurd, English bishop (born 1720)
  20. 1811Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for War (born 1742)
  21. 1831William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, Scottish-English admiral (born 1756)
  22. 1843Noah Webster, American lexicographer (born 1758)
  23. 1849Anne Brontë, English novelist and poet (born 1820)
  24. 1864Simion Bărnuțiu, Romanian historian and politician (born 1808)
  25. 1878John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1792)
  26. 1904Kicking Bear, Native American tribal leader (born 1846)
  27. 1916Ivan Franko, Ukrainian economist, journalist, and poet (born 1856)
  28. 1927Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage designer (born 1878)
  29. 1930Frank Cowper, English yachtsman, author and illustrator (born 1849)
  30. 1937Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish ophthalmologist and psychologist (born 1870)
  31. 1946Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury (born 1858)
  32. 1947August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician (born 1907)
  33. 1952Philippe Desranleau, Canadian archbishop (born 1882)
  34. 1953Tatsuo Hori, Japanese author and poet (born 1904)
  35. 1964Terry Dillon, American football player (born 1941)
  36. 1968Fyodor Okhlopkov, Russian sergeant and sniper (born 1908)
  37. 1971Audie Murphy, American soldier and actor, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1925)
  38. 1972Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (born 1894)
  39. 1975Ezzard Charles, American boxer (born 1921)
  40. 1976Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and sculptor (born 1914)
  41. 1980Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician and academic (born 1895)
  42. 1981Mary Lou Williams, American pianist and composer (born 1910)
  43. 1981Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal (born 1901)
  44. 1982H. Jones, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1940)
  45. 1983Erastus Corning 2nd, American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany (born 1909)
  46. 1984Eric Morecambe, English actor and comedian (born 1926)
  47. 1984D'Urville Martin, American actor and director (born 1939)
  48. 1986Edip Cansever, Turkish poet and author (born 1928)
  49. 1988Sy Oliver, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (born 1910)
  50. 1990Julius Eastman, American composer (born 1940)
  51. 1994Julius Boros, American golfer (born 1920)
  52. 1994Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American author and academic (born 1916)
  53. 1998Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor and comedian (born 1948)
  54. 1999Michael Barkai, Israeli commander (born 1935)
  55. 1999B. Vittalacharya, Indian director and producer (born 1920)
  56. 2000George Irving Bell, American physicist, biologist, and mountaineer (born 1926)
  57. 2001Joe Moakley, American lawyer and politician (born 1927)
  58. 2001Francisco Varela, Chilean biologist and philosopher (born 1946)
  59. 2002Mildred Benson, American journalist and author (born 1905)
  60. 2003Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Russian engineer and astronaut (born 1933)
  61. 2003Ilya Prigogine, Russian-Belgian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)
  62. 2003Martha Scott, American actress (born 1912)
  63. 2004Michael Buonauro, American author and illustrator (born 1979)
  64. 2004John Tolos, Greek-Canadian wrestler (born 1930)
  65. 2006Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian ski jumper and author (born 1920)
  66. 2007Jörg Immendorff, German painter, sculptor, and academic (born 1945)
  67. 2007Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Agriculture (born 1945)
  68. 2008Beryl Cook, English painter and illustrator (born 1926)
  69. 2010Gary Coleman, American actor (born 1968)
  70. 2011Gino Valenzano, Italian racing driver (born 1920)
  71. 2012Bob Edwards, English journalist (born 1925)
  72. 2012Yuri Susloparov, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (born 1958)
  73. 2013Viktor Kulikov, Russian commander (born 1921)
  74. 2013Eddie Romero, Filipino director, producer, screenwriter, and National Artist for Cinema and Broadcast Arts (born 1924)
  75. 2013Gerd Schmückle, German general (born 1917)
  76. 2014Maya Angelou, American memoirist and poet (born 1928)
  77. 2014Stan Crowther, English footballer (born 1935)
  78. 2014Oscar Dystel, American publisher (born 1912)
  79. 2014Malcolm Glazer, American businessman (born 1928)
  80. 2014Bob Houbregs, Canadian-American basketball player and manager (born 1932)
  81. 2014Isaac Kungwane, South African footballer (born 1971)
  82. 2015Steven Gerber, American pianist and composer (born 1948)
  83. 2015Johnny Keating, Scottish trombonist, composer, and producer (born 1927)
  84. 2015Reynaldo Rey, American actor and screenwriter (born 1940)
  85. 2016Harambe, Cincinnati Zoo western lowland gorilla (born 1999)
  86. 2018Neale Cooper, Scottish footballer (born 1963)
  87. 2018Jens Christian Skou, Danish medical doctor and Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
  88. 2018Cornelia Frances, English-Australian actress (born 1941)
  89. 2021Mark Eaton, American basketball player (born 1957)
  90. 2022Patricia Brake, English actress (born 1942)
  91. 2023David Breaer, English politician, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (born 1940)
  92. 2026Claude Lemieux, heavy-hitting retired NHL forward and four-time Stanley Cup winner (born 1965)

Celebraciones (7)

  1. Armed Forces Day (Croatia)
  2. Downfall of the Derg (Ethiopia)
  3. Flag Day (Philippines)
  4. Menstrual Hygiene Day
  5. Republic Day (Nepal)
  6. TDFR Republic Day, celebrates the declaration of independence of the First Republic of Armenia and the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic from the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic in 1918. (Azerbaijan and Armenia)
  7. Youm-e-Takbir (Pakistan)

Santoral (10)

  1. Bernard of Menthon
  2. Germain of Paris
  3. John Calvin (Episcopal Church)
  4. Blessed Lanfranc
  5. Blessed Margaret Pole
  6. Blessed Maria Bagnesi
  7. Blessed Thomas Ford
  8. Ubaldesca Taccini
  9. William of Gellone
  10. May 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)