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Acontecimientos (54)

  1. 311The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.
  2. 1305Roger de Flor, leader of the mercenary Catalan Company, is murdered, leading to widespread pillaging by the mercenaries in Thrace.
  3. 1315Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois.
  4. 1492Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration. He is named admiral of the ocean sea, viceroy and governor of any territory he discovers.
  5. 1513Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII.
  6. 1598Juan de Oñate begins the conquest of Santa Fe de Nuevo México.
  7. 1598Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots.
  8. 1636Eighty Years' War: Dutch Republic forces recapture a strategically important fort from Spain after a nine-month siege.
  9. 1789On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first President of the United States.
  10. 1803Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.
  11. 1812The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana.
  12. 1838Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation.
  13. 1859Charles Dickens publishes the first edition of his literary magazine, All the Year Round, containing the first installment of his best-selling classic, A Tale of Two Cities.
  14. 1863A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
  15. 1864American Civil War: Confederate forces led by General E. Kirby Smith attack federal troops retreating across the Saline at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas.
  16. 1871The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
  17. 1885Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
  18. 1897J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
  19. 1900Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
  20. 1905Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
  21. 1925Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc, is sold to Dillon, Read & Co. for US$146 million plus $50 million for charity.
  22. 1927The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
  23. 1937The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
  24. 1939The 1939–40 New York World's Fair opens.
  25. 1939NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
  26. 1943World War II: The British submarine surfaces near Huelva to cast adrift a dead man dressed as a courier and carrying false invasion plans.
  27. 1945World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for less than 40 hours.
  28. 1945World War II: Soviet soldiers raise the first Soviet flag over the Reichstag. The Victory Banner will be raised the next day.
  29. 1945World War II: Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp near Barth, Germany is liberated by Soviet soldiers, freeing nearly 9,000 American and British airmen.
  30. 1947In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
  31. 1948In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
  32. 1956Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.
  33. 1957Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery enters into force.
  34. 1961K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
  35. 1963The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom.
  36. 1973Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon fires White House Counsel John Dean; other top aides, most notably H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, resign.
  37. 1975Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Dương Văn Minh.
  38. 1979Eruption of Mount Marapi: Mount Marapi, a complex volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, erupts. Between 80 and 100 people are killed.
  39. 1980Beatrix is inaugurated as Queen of the Netherlands following the abdication of Juliana.
  40. 1980The Iranian Embassy siege begins in London.
  41. 1982The Bijon Setu massacre occurs in Calcutta, India.
  42. 1989The Monkseaton shootings occur in Tyne and Wear, England. One is killed and 16 are injured.
  43. 1993CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.
  44. 1994Formula One racing driver Roland Ratzenberger is killed in a crash during the qualifying session of the San Marino Grand Prix run at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari outside Imola, Italy.
  45. 1999Neo-Nazi David Copeland carries out the last of his three nail bombings in London at the Admiral Duncan gay pub, killing three people and injuring 79 others.
  46. 2000Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.
  47. 2004U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers committing war crimes against Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.
  48. 2008Two skeletal remains found near Yekaterinburg are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei and Anastasia, two of the children of the last Tsar of Russia, whose entire family was executed at Yekaterinburg by the Bolsheviks.
  49. 2009Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
  50. 2009Seven civilians and the perpetrator are killed and another ten injured at a Queen's Day parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands in an attempted assassination on Queen Beatrix.
  51. 2012An overloaded ferry capsizes on the Brahmaputra River in India killing at least 108 people. At least 150 more are missing and presumed dead.
  52. 2013Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.
  53. 2014A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others.
  54. 2021Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.

Nacimientos (212)

  1. 1310King Casimir III of Poland (died 1368)
  2. 1331Gaston III, Count of Foix (died 1391)
  3. 1383Anne of Gloucester, English countess, granddaughter of King Edward III of England (died 1438)
  4. 1425William III, Landgrave of Thuringia (died 1482)
  5. 1504Francesco Primaticcio, Italian painter (died 1570)
  6. 1553Louise of Lorraine, Queen of France (died 1601)
  7. 1623François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop and saint (died 1708)
  8. 1651Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest and saint (died 1719)
  9. 1662Mary II, Queen of England and Scotland (died 1694)
  10. 1664François Louis, Prince of Conti (died 1709)
  11. 1710Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (died 1795)
  12. 1723Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist and philosopher (died 1806)
  13. 1758Emmanuel Vitale, Maltese commander and politician (died 1802)
  14. 1770David Thompson, English-Canadian cartographer and explorer (died 1857)
  15. 1777Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician and physicist (died 1855)
  16. 1799Joseph Dart, American businessman and entrepreneur (died 1879)
  17. 1803Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (died 1879)
  18. 1829Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic (died 1884)
  19. 1839Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian general and politician, 2nd President of Brazil (died 1895)
  20. 1848Eugène Simon, French naturalist (died 1924)
  21. 1857Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist and eugenicist (died 1940)
  22. 1857Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist (died 1920)
  23. 1865Max Nettlau, German historian and academic (died 1944)
  24. 1866Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel, American pioneer dentist (died 1936)
  25. 1869Hans Poelzig, German architect, designed the IG Farben Building and Großes Schauspielhaus (died 1936)
  26. 1870Franz Lehár, Hungarian composer (died 1948)
  27. 1870Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1944)
  28. 1874Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish priest and author (died 1949)
  29. 1876Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (died 1937)
  30. 1877Léon Flameng, French cyclist (died 1917)
  31. 1877Alice B. Toklas, American memoirist (died 1967)
  32. 1878Władysław Witwicki, Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator, historian (of philosophy and art) and artist (died 1948)
  33. 1879Richárd Weisz, Hungarian Olympic champion wrestler (died 1945)
  34. 1880Charles Exeter Devereux Crombie, Scottish cartoonist (died 1967)
  35. 1883Jaroslav Hašek, Czech soldier and author (died 1923)
  36. 1883Luigi Russolo, Italian painter and composer (died 1947)
  37. 1884Olof Sandborg, Swedish actor (died 1965)
  38. 1888John Crowe Ransom, American poet, critic, and academic (died 1974)
  39. 1893Harold Breen, Australian public servant (died 1966)
  40. 1893Joachim von Ribbentrop, German politician, 14th German Reich Minister for Foreign Affairs, executed Nuremberg war criminal (died 1946)
  41. 1895Philippe Panneton, Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (died 1960)
  42. 1896Reverend Gary Davis, American singer and guitarist (died 1972)
  43. 1896Hans List, Austrian scientist and businessman, founded the AVL Engineering Company (died 1996)
  44. 1897Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (died 1983)
  45. 1900Erni Krusten, Estonian author and poet (died 1984)
  46. 1901Simon Kuznets, Belarusian-American economist, statistician, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1985)
  47. 1902Theodore Schultz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
  48. 1905Sergey Nikolsky, Russian mathematician and academic (died 2012)
  49. 1908Eve Arden, American actress (died 1990)
  50. 1908Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic professor of law and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (died 1970)
  51. 1908Frank Robert Miller, Canadian air marshal and politician (died 1997)
  52. 1909F. E. McWilliam, Irish sculptor and educator (died 1992)
  53. 1909Juliana of the Netherlands (died 2004)
  54. 1910Levi Celerio, Filipino pianist, violinist, and composer (died 2002)
  55. 1914Charles Beetham, American middle-distance runner (died 1997)
  56. 1914Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter, actor, and painter (died 2008)
  57. 1916Paul Kuusberg, Estonian journalist and author (died 2003)
  58. 1916Claude Shannon, American mathematician and engineer (died 2001)
  59. 1916Robert Shaw, American conductor (died 1999)
  60. 1917Bea Wain, American singer (died 2017)
  61. 1920Duncan Hamilton, Irish-English race car driver and pilot (died 1994)
  62. 1920Gerda Lerner, Austrian-American historian and woman's history author (died 2013)
  63. 1920Tom Moore, British army officer and fundraiser (died 2021)
  64. 1921Roger L. Easton, American scientist, co-invented the GPS (died 2014)
  65. 1922Anton Murray, South African cricketer (died 1995)
  66. 1923Percy Heath, American bassist (died 2005)
  67. 1923Kagamisato Kiyoji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 42nd Yokozuna (died 2004)
  68. 1924Sheldon Harnick, American lyricist (died 2023)
  69. 1924Uno Laht, Estonian KGB officer and author (died 2008)
  70. 1925Corinne Calvet, French actress (died 2001)
  71. 1925Johnny Horton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1960)
  72. 1926Shrinivas Khale, Indian composer (died 2011)
  73. 1926Cloris Leachman, American actress and comedian (died 2021)
  74. 1928Hugh Hood, Canadian author and academic (died 2000)
  75. 1928Orlando Sirola, Italian tennis player (died 1995)
  76. 1930Félix Guattari, French psychotherapist and philosopher (died 1992)
  77. 1933Charles Sanderson, Baron Sanderson of Bowden, English politician
  78. 1934Jerry Lordan, English singer-songwriter (died 1995)
  79. 1934Don McKenney, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2022)
  80. 1937Tony Harrison, English poet and playwright (died 2025)
  81. 1938Gary Collins, American actor and talk show host (died 2012)
  82. 1938Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak director and screenwriter (died 2023)
  83. 1938Larry Niven, American author and screenwriter
  84. 1940Jeroen Brouwers, Dutch journalist and writer (died 2022)
  85. 1940Michael Cleary, Australian rugby player and politician
  86. 1940Ülo Õun, Estonian sculptor (died 1988)
  87. 1940Burt Young, American actor and painter (died 2023)
  88. 1941Stavros Dimas, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs
  89. 1941Max Merritt, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter (died 2020)
  90. 1942Sallehuddin of Kedah, Sultan of Kedah
  91. 1943Frederick Chiluba, Zambian politician, 2nd President of Zambia (died 2011)
  92. 1943Bobby Vee, American pop singer-songwriter (died 2016)
  93. 1944Jon Bing, Norwegian author, scholar, and academic (died 2014)
  94. 1944Jill Clayburgh, American actress (died 2010)
  95. 1945J. Michael Brady, British radiologist
  96. 1945Annie Dillard, American novelist, essayist, and poet (died 2026)
  97. 1945Mimi Fariña, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist (died 2001)
  98. 1945Michael J. Smith, American pilot, and astronaut (died 1986)
  99. 1946King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
  100. 1946Bill Plympton, American animator, producer, and screenwriter
  101. 1946Don Schollander, American swimmer
  102. 1947Paul Fiddes, English theologian and academic
  103. 1947Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  104. 1947Tom Køhlert, Danish footballer and manager
  105. 1947Mats Odell, Swedish economist and politician, Swedish Minister for Financial Markets
  106. 1948Wayne Kramer, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (died 2024)
  107. 1948Margit Papp, Hungarian athlete
  108. 1948Pierre Pagé, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  109. 1948Robert Tarjan, American computer scientist and mathematician
  110. 1949Phil Garner, American baseball player and manager (died 2026)
  111. 1949António Guterres, Portuguese academic and politician, 114th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th Secretary-General of the United Nations
  112. 1949Karl Meiler, German tennis player (died 2014)
  113. 1952Jacques Audiard, French director and screenwriter
  114. 1952Jack Middelburg, Dutch motorcycle racer (died 1984)
  115. 1953Merrill Osmond, American singer and bass player
  116. 1954Jane Campion, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter
  117. 1954Kim Darroch, English diplomat, UK Permanent Representative to the European Union
  118. 1954Frank-Michael Marczewski, German footballer
  119. 1955Nicolas Hulot, French journalist and environmentalist
  120. 1955David Kitchin, English lawyer and judge
  121. 1955Pradeep Sarkar, Indian director and screenwriter (died 2023)
  122. 1955Zlatko Topčić, Bosnian writer and screenwriter
  123. 1956Lars von Trier, Danish director and screenwriter
  124. 1957Wonder Mike, American rapper and songwriter
  125. 1958Charles Berling, French actor, director, and screenwriter
  126. 1959Stephen Harper, Canadian economist and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Canada
  127. 1960Geoffrey Cox, English lawyer and politician
  128. 1960Kerry Healey, American academic and politician, 70th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
  129. 1961Arnór Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer
  130. 1961Isiah Thomas, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
  131. 1963Andrew Carwood, English tenor and conductor
  132. 1963Michael Waltrip, American race car driver and sportscaster
  133. 1964Tony Fernandes, Malaysian-Indian businessman, co-founded Tune Group
  134. 1964Ian Healy, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
  135. 1964Lorenzo Staelens, Belgian footballer and manager
  136. 1964Abhishek Chatterjee, Indian actor (died 2022)
  137. 1965Daniela Costian, Romanian-Australian discus thrower
  138. 1965Adrian Pasdar, American actor
  139. 1966Jeff Brown, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  140. 1966Dave Meggett, American football player and coach
  141. 1967Phil Chang, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
  142. 1967Philipp Kirkorov, Bulgarian-born Russian singer, composer and actor
  143. 1967Turbo B, American rapper
  144. 1969Warren Defever, American bass player and producer
  145. 1969Justine Greening, English accountant and politician, Secretary of State for International Development
  146. 1969Paulo Jr., Brazilian bass player
  147. 1972Takako Tokiwa, Japanese actress
  148. 1973Leigh Francis, English comedian and actor
  149. 1974Christian Tamminga, Dutch athlete
  150. 1975Johnny Galecki, American actor
  151. 1976Davian Clarke, Jamaican sprinter
  152. 1976Amanda Palmer, American singer-songwriter and pianist
  153. 1976Daniel Wagon, Australian rugby league player
  154. 1976Victor Glover, American astronaut
  155. 1977Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio, American politician
  156. 1977Meredith L. Patterson, American technologist, journalist, and author
  157. 1978Liljay, Taiwanese singer
  158. 1979Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer
  159. 1980Luis Scola, Argentinian basketball player
  160. 1980Jeroen Verhoeven, Dutch footballer
  161. 1981Nicole Kaczmarski, American basketball player
  162. 1981John O'Shea, Irish footballer
  163. 1981Kunal Nayyar, British-Indian actor
  164. 1981Justin Vernon, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer
  165. 1982Kirsten Dunst, American actress
  166. 1982Drew Seeley, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
  167. 1983Chris Carr, American football player
  168. 1983Tatjana Hüfner, German luger
  169. 1983Marina Tomić, Slovenian hurdler
  170. 1983Troy Williamson, American football player
  171. 1984Seimone Augustus, American basketball player
  172. 1984Shawn Daivari, American wrestler and manager
  173. 1984Risto Mätas, Estonian javelin thrower
  174. 1984Lee Roache, English footballer
  175. 1985Brandon Bass, American basketball player
  176. 1985Gal Gadot, Israeli actress and model
  177. 1985Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American journalist, singer, and prostitute
  178. 1986Dianna Agron, American actress and singer
  179. 1986Martten Kaldvee, Estonian biathlete
  180. 1987Alipate Carlile, Australian footballer
  181. 1987Chris Morris, South African cricketer
  182. 1987Rohit Sharma, Indian cricketer
  183. 1988Andy Allen, Australian chef
  184. 1988Sander Baart, Dutch field hockey player
  185. 1988Ana de Armas, Cuban actress
  186. 1988Liu Xijun, Chinese singer
  187. 1988Oh Hye-ri, South Korean taekwondo athlete
  188. 1989Jang Wooyoung, South Korean singer and actor
  189. 1990Jonny Brownlee, English triathlete
  190. 1990Mac DeMarco, Canadian singer-songwriter
  191. 1990Kaarel Kiidron, Estonian footballer
  192. 1990Paula Ribó, Spanish singer-songwriter and actress
  193. 1991Chris Kreider, American ice hockey player
  194. 1991Travis Scott, American rapper and producer
  195. 1992Marcel Bauer, German politician
  196. 1992Goodnight Chicken, Taiwanese YouTuber
  197. 1992Marc-André ter Stegen, German footballer
  198. 1993Dion Dreesens, Dutch swimmer
  199. 1993Martin Fuksa, Czech canoeist
  200. 1994Chae Seo-jin, South Korean actress
  201. 1994Wang Yafan, Chinese tennis player
  202. 1996Luke Friend, English singer
  203. 1997Adam Ryczkowski, Polish footballer
  204. 1998Georgina Amorós, Spanish actress
  205. 1999Jorden van Foreest, Dutch chess grandmaster
  206. 1999Krit Amnuaydechkorn, Thai actor and singer
  207. 2000Yui Hiwatashi, Japanese singer
  208. 2000Dean James, Indonesian footballer
  209. 2002Anna Cramling, Spanish-Swedish chess player
  210. 2002Teden Mengi, English footballer
  211. 2003Emily Carey, British actress
  212. 2003Jung Yun-seok, South Korean actor

Fallecimientos (107)

  1. 125An, Chinese emperor (born 94)
  2. 535Amalasuntha, Ostrogothic queen and regent
  3. 783Hildegard of the Vinzgau, Frankish queen
  4. 1002Eckard I, German nobleman
  5. 1030Mahmud of Ghazni, Ghaznavid emir (born 971)
  6. 1063Ren Zong, Chinese emperor (born 1010)
  7. 1131Adjutor, French knight and saint
  8. 1305Roger de Flor, Italian military adventurer (born 1267)
  9. 1341John III, duke of Brittany (born 1286)
  10. 1439Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, English commander (born 1382)
  11. 1524Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, French soldier (born 1473)
  12. 1544Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chancellor of England (born 1488)
  13. 1550Tabinshwehti, Burmese king (born 1516)
  14. 1632Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (born 1559)
  15. 1632Sigismund III Vasa, Swedish-Polish son of John III of Sweden (born 1566)
  16. 1637Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimyō (born 1571)
  17. 1655Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (born 1617)
  18. 1660Petrus Scriverius, Dutch historian and scholar (born 1576)
  19. 1672Marie of the Incarnation, French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the Ursulines of Quebec (born 1599)
  20. 1696Robert Plot, English chemist and academic (born 1640)
  21. 1712Philipp van Limborch, Dutch theologian and author (born 1633)
  22. 1733Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes, Portuguese diplomat (born 1676)
  23. 1736Johann Albert Fabricius, German scholar and author (born 1668)
  24. 1758François d'Agincourt, French organist and composer (born 1684)
  25. 1792John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (born 1718)
  26. 1795Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist and author (born 1716)
  27. 1806Onogawa Kisaburō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 5th Yokozuna (born 1758)
  28. 1841Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author (born 1758)
  29. 1847Charles, Austrian commander and duke of Teschen (born 1771)
  30. 1863Jean Danjou, French Army officer, killed in action at the Battle of Camarón (born 1828)
  31. 1864John B. Cocke, Confederate States Army officer, killed in action at the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry (born )
  32. 1865Robert FitzRoy, English admiral, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand (born 1805)
  33. 1870Thomas Cooke, Canadian bishop and missionary (born 1792)
  34. 1875Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (born 1766)
  35. 1879Emma Smith, American religious leader (born 1804)
  36. 1883Édouard Manet, French painter (born 1832)
  37. 1891Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist and author (born 1823)
  38. 1899Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (born 1824)
  39. 1900Casey Jones, American railroad engineer (born 1864)
  40. 1903Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (born 1831)
  41. 1910Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic (born 1856)
  42. 1926Bessie Coleman, American pilot (born 1892)
  43. 1936A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (born 1859)
  44. 1939Frank Haller, American boxer (born 1883)
  45. 1943Eddy Hamel, American footballer (born 1902)
  46. 1943Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist and academic (born 1860)
  47. 1943Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (born 1858)
  48. 1945Eva Braun, German photographer and office and lab assistant, wife of Adolf Hitler (born 1912)
  49. 1945Adolf Hitler, Austrian-German politician and author, dictator of Nazi Germany (born 1889)
  50. 1953Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist and author (born 1874)
  51. 1956Alben W. Barkley, American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (born 1877)
  52. 1970Jacques Presser, Dutch historian, writer and poet (born 1899)
  53. 1970Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (born 1934)
  54. 1972Gia Scala, English-American model and actress (born 1934)
  55. 1973Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright (born 1911)
  56. 1974Agnes Moorehead, American actress (born 1900)
  57. 1980Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican journalist and politician, 1st Governor of Puerto Rico (born 1898)
  58. 1982Lester Bangs, American journalist and author (born 1949)
  59. 1983George Balanchine, Russian dancer and choreographer (born 1904)
  60. 1983Muddy Waters, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and bandleader (born 1913)
  61. 1983Edouard Wyss-Dunant, Swiss physician and mountaineer (born 1897)
  62. 1986Robert Stevenson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1905)
  63. 1989Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1929)
  64. 1993Tommy Caton, English footballer (born 1962)
  65. 1994Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver (born 1960)
  66. 1994Richard Scarry, American author and illustrator (born 1919)
  67. 1995Maung Maung Kha, Burmese colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Burma (born 1920)
  68. 1998Nizar Qabbani, Syrian-English poet, publisher, and diplomat (born 1926)
  69. 2000Poul Hartling, Danish politician, 36th Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1914)
  70. 2002Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, German philanthropist, founded the Gründerzeit Museum (born 1928)
  71. 2003Mark Berger, American economist and academic (born 1955)
  72. 2003Possum Bourne, New Zealand race car driver (born 1956)
  73. 2005Phil Rasmussen, American lieutenant and pilot (born 1918)
  74. 2006Jean-François Revel, French philosopher (born 1924)
  75. 2006Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian author and academic (born 1925)
  76. 2007Kevin Mitchell, American football player (born 1971)
  77. 2007Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk, Inuk writer (born 1931)
  78. 2007Tom Poston, American actor, comedian, and game show panelist (born 1921)
  79. 2007Gordon Scott, American film and television actor (born 1926)
  80. 2008Juancho Evertsz, Dutch Antillean politician (born 1923)
  81. 2009Henk Nijdam, Dutch cyclist (born 1935)
  82. 2011Dorjee Khandu, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (born 1955)
  83. 2011Evald Okas, Estonian painter (born 1915)
  84. 2011Ernesto Sabato, Argentinian physicist, author, and painter (born 1911)
  85. 2012Tomás Borge, Nicaraguan poet and politician, co-founded the Sandinista National Liberation Front (born 1930)
  86. 2012Alexander Dale Oen, Norwegian swimmer (born 1985)
  87. 2012Giannis Gravanis, Greek footballer (born 1958)
  88. 2012Benzion Netanyahu, Russian-Israeli historian and academic (born 1910)
  89. 2013Roberto Chabet, Filipino painter and sculptor (born 1937)
  90. 2013Shirley Firth, Canadian skier (born 1953)
  91. 2013Viviane Forrester, French author and critic (born 1925)
  92. 2014Khaled Choudhury, Indian painter and set designer (born 1919)
  93. 2014Julian Lewis, English biologist and academic (born 1946)
  94. 2014Carl E. Moses, American businessman and politician (born 1929)
  95. 2014Ian Ross, Australian journalist (born 1940)
  96. 2015Ben E. King, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1938)
  97. 2016Daniel Berrigan, American priest and activist (born 1921)
  98. 2016Harry Kroto, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1939)
  99. 2017Belchior, Brazilian singer and composer (born 1946)
  100. 2019Peter Mayhew, English-American actor (born 1944)
  101. 2020Tony Allen, Nigerian drummer and composer (born 1940)
  102. 2020Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor, film director and producer (born 1952)
  103. 2021Anthony Payne, English composer (born 1936)
  104. 2022Naomi Judd, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1946)
  105. 2022Mino Raiola, Italian football agent (born 1967)
  106. 2023Jock Zonfrillo, Scottish television presenter and chef (born 1976)
  107. 2024Paul Auster, American writer and film director (born 1947)

Celebraciones (15)

  1. Armed Forces Day (Georgia)
  2. Camarón Day (French Foreign Legion)
  3. Children's Day (Mexico)
  4. Consumer Protection Day (Thailand)
  5. Honesty Day (United States)
  6. International Jazz Day (UNESCO)
  7. Martyrs' Day (Pakistan)
  8. May Eve, the eve of the first day of summer in the Northern hemisphere (see May 1):
  9. Beltane begins at sunset in the Northern hemisphere, Samhain begins at sunset in the Southern hemisphere. (Neo-Druidic Wheel of the Year)
  10. Walpurgis Night (Central and Northern Europe)
  11. National Persian Gulf Day (Iran)
  12. Reunification Day (Vietnam)
  13. Rincon Day (Bonaire)
  14. Russian State Fire Service Day (Russia)
  15. Teachers' Day (Paraguay)

Santoral (14)

  1. Adjutor
  2. Aimo
  3. Amator, Peter and Louis
  4. Donatus of Evorea
  5. Eutropius of Saintes
  6. Marie Guyart (Anglican Church of Canada and Catholic Church)
  7. Maximus of Rome
  8. Blessed Miles Gerard
  9. Pomponius of Naples
  10. Pope Pius V
  11. Quirinus of Neuss
  12. Sarah Josepha Hale (Episcopal Church)
  13. Suitbert the Younger
  14. April 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)