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	==Events==		== Events ==
	*] - ] issues the ] '']'', which authorizes, but also limits, the ] of ] in the ].
	*] - ] publishes ]'s ] version of ]’s ''],'' the oldest known version of that work.
	*] - The ] ends the ].
	*] - ] marries ], ], her third husband.
	*] - ] becomes the first ]an to see ].
	*] - ] confirms his previously rejected discovery of the ] (he first discovered it on ] but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).
	*] - The ] begins.
	*] - ], a ] ], patents the world's first ].
	*] - The ] begins when ] declares war on ].
	*] - ]: the ] instructs its ] delegation to propose a ] from ], paving the way for the ].
	*] - ] proposes the ].
	*] - ]: ] declares war on ].
	*] - ] flies a glider for "about 360 ]", at a height of 5-6 meters, during one of the first attempted flights.
	*] - ]: ] enters ] in triumph.
	*] - ] survives two assassination attempts in one day.
	*] - ] declares independence from ].
	*] - Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the ], the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now ]) in ], ].
	*] - ] observes "]" during an ].
	*] - Troops of the ] take ] and crush the republican government of ].
	*] - ] is crowned King of ].
	*] - Opening of the present ] in ], ].
	*] - ] ] signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. it is later renamed the ].
	*] - ]: ], ] ends.
	* 1864 - ]: ], ] – students from the ] fight alongside the ] Army to force ] ] ] out of the ].
	*] - ]: in ], ] and ] form the ].
	*] - '']'', the first document of the ] tradition, is published by ].
	*] - The ] army retreats with heavy losses in the ].
	*] - ], is founded when 110 acres (0.4 km²), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
	*] - The last time a major earthquake happened on the ].
	*] - The ] declares ] to be an "unreasonable" ] under the ] and orders the company to be broken up.
	* 1911 - The ] is bought by Greece.
	*] - ] becomes a signatory to the ] ] ].
	*] - The ] ends.
	*] - The ] begins. By 11:00 a.m., almost the whole working population of ] had walked off the job.
	* 1919 - Greek invasion of ]. During the invasion, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 ]. The responsible are punished by the Greek Commander Aristides Stergiades. ] fires the first shot of the ].
	*] - ] adjourns as the newly elected ] meets for the first time in ].
	*] - A fire at the ] in ] kills 123.
	*] - The ]: in an attempted ], the ] of ] ] is killed.
	* 1934 - ] establishes an authoritarian government in ].
	*] - The ] is opened to public.
	*] - ] arrives back in England after a record-breaking return flight to ]
	*] - ]: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped ] troops surrender to ], marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
	*] - ] opens its first restaurant in ].
	*] - ] ] of the ] starts his record-breaking 56-game hitting streak.
	*] - World War II: in the United States, a bill creating the ] (WAAC) is signed into law.
	*] - ] dissolves the ] (or '']'').
	*] - World War II: The final skirmish in ] is fought near ], ].
	*] - ], ], ], ], ] and ] ] ].
	*] - The ] ] in ], ], asks the French government for ].
	*] - The ] is signed.
	* 1955 - The ] of ], the world's fifth highest mountain.
	*] - At ] in the ], ] tests its first ] in ]. The device fails to detonate properly.
	*] - The ] launches ].
	*] - The ] launches ].
	*] - ]: The launch of the final Mercury mission, ] with astronaut L. ] on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in ].
	* 1970 - President ] appoints ] and ] the first female ] ]s.
	* 1970 - ] and ] are killed at ] by police during ].
	*] - The island of ], under U.S. military governance since its ] in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
	* 1972 - In ], ] shoots and paralyzes ] ] ] while he is campaigning to be become President.
	*] – ]: A total of 31 people, including hostage takers, are killed.
	*] - The Soviet Union launches the ] prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.
	*] - ]: After more than eight years of fighting, the ] begins its withdrawal from ].
	*] - '']'' by ] is sold for a record $82.5 million, the ] at the time.
	*] - ] becomes France's first female ].
	*] - The United States government acknowledges the existence of the ] and dedicates the ] in honor of ] and other "Secret War" veterans.
	*] - The California Supreme Court rules in favor of ].

	==~~Births~~==		=== Pre-1600 ===
	*] - (baptism) ], Italian composer (d. ])
	*] - ], French Catholic missionary (]) (d. ])
	*] - ], Slovakian astronomer (d. ])
	*] - ], American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting ] (d. ])
	*] - Prince ], Austrian statesman (d. ])
	*] - General ], a Revolutionary in the ] (d. ])
	*] - ], Indian religious reformer (d. ])
	*] - ], Russian painter (d. ])
	*] - ], American author (d. ])
	*] - ], Scottish-born astronomer (d. ])
	*] - ], French physicist, ] laureate (d. ])
	*] - ], Austrian dramatist and narrator (d. ])
	*] - ], American author (d. ])
	*] - ], Russian writer (d. ])
	* 1891 - ], Austria-born chemist (d. ])
	*] - ], boxer (d. ])
	*] - ], U.S. Congressman (d. ])
	*] - ], French model and actress (d. ])
	*] - ], French general (d. ])
	*] - ], Argentine-Italian footballer (d. ])
	*] - ], Mayor of ] (d. ])
	*] - ], German-born mathematician and archaeologist (d. ])
	*] - ], American actor (d. ])
	*] - ], Indian freedom fighter (d. ])
	*] - ], English actor (d. ])
	*] - ], British ] (d. ])
	*] - ], Swiss author (d. ])
	* 1911 - ], Nazi doctor (d. ])
	*] - ], American composer (d. ])
	*] - ], ice hockey goaltender (d. ])
	* 1914 - ], (adopted birthdate) Nepalese ] who accompanied ] to the top of ] (d. ])
	*] - ], English-born South African author, artist, and activist (d. ])
	* 1915 - ], Italian director and screenwriter
	* 1915 - ], American economist, ] laureate
	* 1915 - ], French button accordionist (d. ])
	*] - ], American country music singer (d. ])
	* 1918 - ], Canadian actor
	*] - ], Japanese writer and Buddhist nun
	*] - ], American photographer (d. ])
	* 1923 - ], English composer (d. ])
	* 1923 - ], Indian actor (d. ])
	*] - ], ornithologist (d. ])
	*] - ], English playwright (d. ])
	* 1926 - ], English playwright
	*] - ], American painter
	*] - ], American golfer
	*] - ], Italian-born actress
	* 1936 - ], American clown and activist
	* 1936 - ], British cartoonist
	* 1936 - ], American writer (d. ])
	*] - ], ]
	* 1937 - ], American musician
	*] - ], French actress
	* 1938 - ], American singer
	*] - ], British athlete
	*] - ], American actress and singer
	* 1940 - ], American basketball coach, currently of the ]
	*] - ], American musician
	*] - ], vice- president of ] and Chairman of the ] Party.
	* 1942 - ], 35th ]
	*] - ], German sociologist
	* 1944 - ], ]
	*] - ], Swedish singer
	* 1945 - ], heir to the Portuguese crown
	*] - ], Australian musician, singer/songwriter, and record producer (co-founding member of ])
	*] - ], English musician and record producer
	* 1948 - ], Japanese professional baseball pitcher
	*] - ], American actor
	*] - ], American physicist, ] laureate
	*] - ], American actor, writer and director
	*] - ], American baseball player
	* 1953 - ], English composer
	*] - ], American thinker
	*] - ], American actor
	*] - ], American sportscaster
	*] - ], Basque Lehendakari (Prime Minister)
	* 1957 - ], American professional wrestler
	*] - ], American professional wrestler
	*] - ], English singer and songwriter (])
	* 1959 - ], Thai boxer
	* 1959 - ], Spanish racing driver
	*] - ], American film director
	*] - ], British ] (d. ])
	*] - ], American musician
	* 1965 - ], Brazilian footballer
	*] - ], English musician (])
	*] - ], Indian actress
	* 1967 - ], baseball player
	*] - ], Swedish politician
	* 1968 - ], American musician
	*] - ], Japanese baseball player
	* 1969 - ], American football player
	* 1969 - ], Syrian singer
	*] - ], Welsh Musician
	* 1970 - ], Dutch football player
	* 1970 - ], Dutch football player
	* 1970 - ], American football player
	* 1970 - ], American football player
	*] - ], American strength athlete
	*] - ], French actor
	*] - ], Mexican engineer
	*] - ], Greek basketball player
	* 1974 - ], American musician
	*] - ], American football player
	*] - ], Mexican footballer
	* 1976 - ], American basketball player
	* 1976 - ], Polish footballer
	* 1976 - ], American football player
	* 1976 - ], baseball player
	*] - ], American gymnast
	* 1978 - ], Canadian footballer
	* 1978 - ], Canadian actress
	* 1978 - ], Brazilian footballer
	* 1978 - ], American actor
	* 1978 - ], American model (d. ])
	*] - ], American baseball player
	* 1980 - ], American actor
	*] - ], French-Senegalese footballer
	* 1981 - ], Canadian baseball player
	* 1981 - ], British royal and ]
	* 1981 - ], American actress
	*] - ], American actress
	* 1982 - ], Jamaican athlete
	* 1982 - ], Ecuadorian footballer
	* 1982 - ], Japanese actor
	* 1982 - ], American dancer, singer and actress (])
	*] - ], American guitarist (])
	*] - ], Brazilian racing driver
	*] - ], Brazilian footballer
	*] - ], Chilean footballer
	* 1986 - ], Scottish football player
	*] - ], Turkish basketball player
	* 1987 - ], Filipina Actress and Singer
	* 1987 - ], Scottish tennis player
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			* ] – ], Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of ], the successor of the ].
	==Deaths==
			* ] – Emperor ] is assassinated while advancing into ] against the ] usurper ]. He is found hanging in his residence at ].
	* ] - ]
			* ] – King ] marries ], daughter of the ]n duke ]. A ], she has great influence among the ] nobility.
	*] - ] of Japan (b. ])
			* ] – ], the founder of the Arab dynasty that ruled the greater part of ] for nearly three centuries, becomes ] of ], Spain.<ref>Ahmed ibn Muhammad al-Maqqari. ''The History of the Mohammedan Dynasties in Spain'', 96. Al-Maqqari quotes from historian ]'s ''Muktabis'' when detailing Abd al-Rahman's flight from Syria.</ref>
	*] - ], Russian prince
			* ] – ] issues the ] '']'', which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of ] in the ].
	*] - ], ruler of Syria (b. ])
			* ] – ] peasants led by ] pastor ] were defeated at the ], ending the ] in the ].
	*] - ], German robber baron
			* ] – ], Queen of England, stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest; she is condemned to death by a specially-selected ].
	*] - ] (b. ])
	*] - ], Japanese warlord (b. ])
	*] - ], Tsarevich (b. ])
	*] - ], Italian composer (b. ])
	*] - ], Dutch painter (b. ])
	*] - ], French actress (b. ])
	*] - ], English Jesuit and privy councilor (b. ])
	*] - ], British general and Governor of Gibraltar
	*] - ], English encyclopaedist (b. ])
	*] - ], King of Burma (b. ])
	*] - ], English Catholic priest and writer (b. ])
	*] - ], ] (b. ])
	*] - ], German architect (b. ])
	*] - ], American poet (b. ])
	*] - ], French diplomat, recipient of the ] (b. ])
	*] - ], Polish/Ukrainian artist (b. ])
	*] - ], British politician (b. ])
	*] - ], Dutch author and ] (b. ])
	*] - ], UK writer (b. ])
	*] - ], American priest and founder of Boys Town (b. ])
	*] - ], American writer (b. ])
	*] - ], English magician (b. ])
	*] - ], American painter (b. ])
	*] - ], English director, producer, and writer (b. ])
	*] - Sir ], twelfth ] (b. ])
	*] - ], American race car driver (b. ])
	*] - ], American theologian, philosopher, and pastor (b. ])
	*] - ], American writer (b. ])
	* 1986 - ], Italian race car driver (b. ])
	*] - ], American songwriter (b. ])
	*] - ], German mathematician (b. ])
	* 1991 - ], English actor (b. ])
	*] - ], Filipino race car driver (b. ])
	*] - ], Sudanese writer, poet, and diplomat (b. ])
	*] - ], Mexican actor (b. ])
	*] - ], British actor (b. ])
	*] - ], American jurist (b. ])
	*] - ], American basketball player (b. ])
	*] - ], American musician and singer (b. ])
	* 2003 - ], British gangster (b. ])
	*] - ], Quebec Chief Justice (b. ])
	*] - ], American evangelist (b. ])
	* 2007 - ], American actress and activist, daughter of ] (b. ])
	*] - ], Scottish footballer (b. ])
	* 2008 - ], Northern Irish motorcycle racer, younger brother of ] (b. ])
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			=== 1601–1900 ===
	==Holidays and observances==
	* International ]s' Day
	*] - ]. Celebrations for the anniversary of the independence begin on ], ].
	*] - ] in honor of ] held.
	*] in ], ], ] and ] (]).
	*] - ].
	*] - Day of ].
	*] in ] ''(Día del Maestro)'' and ] (스승의 날).
	*] in ].
	In the ]:
	* ]
	* ]
	* ]
	* ]
	* ]
	* ]
	* ] (in ])
	In the ]
	* ]

			* ] – ] is sighted by English navigator ].<ref>{{cite book\|last=Brereton\|first=John\|title=A Brief and true Relation of the Discoverie of the North Part of Virginia …\|location=London\|publisher=Georg. Bishop\|year=1602\|pages=3–4}} reprinted in {{cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/forerunnersandc01ygoog\|editor-last=Levermore\|editor-first=Charles Herbert\|title=Forerunners and Competitors of the Pilgrims and Puritans: or, Narratives of Voyages Made by Persons Other than the Pilgrims and Puritans of the Bay Colony to the Shores of New England during the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century, 1601–1625, with Especial Reference to the Labors of Captain John Smith in Behalf of the Settlement of New England\|location=Brooklyn, New York\|publisher=The Society\|year=1912\|lccn=a17000511}}</ref>
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			* ] – ] confirms his previously rejected discovery of the ] (he first discovered it on ] but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).
	*
			* ] – The ] is ratified, by which Spain acknowledges Dutch sovereignty.
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			* ] – ]: ] proposes the ].
	*
			* ] – Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now ], ], Pennsylvania).
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			* ] – ] observes "]" during an ].
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			* ] – The ] is finally extinguished.
			* 1850 – The ] is ratified, ending "the existing differences" between ] and ].
			* ] – The first ] is proclaimed, although the discovery had been made three months earlier.
			* ] – American Civil War: ], ]: Students from the ] fight alongside the ] army to force ] General ] out of the ].
			* ] – ] defends ] and property rights in the encyclical '']'', the beginning of modern ].

			=== 1901–present ===
	]

			* ] – The city of ] is founded in ], United States.<ref>{{cite book\| url=http://dwgateway.library.unr.edu/keck/histtopoNV/Origin_of_Place_Names_Files/1941NevadaOriginofNames-pt1.pdf\| title=Origin of Place Names: Nevada\| publisher=] \| author=Federal Writers' Project\| year=1941\| page=16}}</ref>
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			* ] – In '']'', the ] declares ] to be an "unreasonable" ] under the ] and orders the company to be broken up.
			* 1911 – More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the ] when the forces of the ] led by ] take the city of ] from the ].
			* ] – The ] ends when the ] took over ], a Russian ] base on the ], from Russian troops.<ref>{{Citation\|last1=Keränen\|first1=Jorma\|last2=Tiainen\|first2=Jorma\|last3=Ahola\|first3=Matti\|last4=Ahola\|first4=Veikko\|last5=Frey\|first5=Stina\|last6=Lempinen\| first6=Jorma\|last7=Ojanen\|first7=Eero\|last8=Paakkonen\| first8=Jari\|last9=Talja\|first9=Virpi\|last10=Väänänen\|first10=Juha\|year=1992\|title=Suomen itsenäistymisen kronikka\|pages=123–137\|place=Jyväskylä\|publisher=Gummerus\|isbn=951-20-3800-5\|language=fi}}</ref>
			* ] – A seventeen-year-old ], Jesse Washington, is infamously ] in ], ], USA, after being ] of ] and ].{{Sfn\|SoRelle\|2007\|pp=183–84}}
			* ] – The ] begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of ] had walked off the job.
			* 1919 – ]. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 ]; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades.
			* ] – A ] at the ] in ] kills 123.
			* ] – In an attempted ], the ] ] is ].
			* ] – All military aviation organizations within or under the control of the ] of Germany were officially merged in a covert manner to form its ] military's air arm, the ].
			* ] – A ] by ] ] succeeded in ], suspending its constitution and dissolving its ].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=The Emergence of an Authoritarian Regime in Latvia, 1932–1934 – Janis Rogainis \|url=https://www.lituanus.org/1971/71_3_03.htm \|access-date=2023-04-14 \|website=www.lituanus.org}}</ref>
			* ] – {{USS\|Sailfish\|SS-192\|6}} is recommissioned. It was originally the USS ''Squalus''.
			* 1940 – ]: The ]: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped ] troops surrender to ], marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
			* 1940 – ] open the first ] restaurant.
			* ] – First flight of the ] the first British and Allied ].
			* ] – World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the ] (WAAC) is signed into law.
			* ] – ] dissolves the ] (or ''Third International'').
			* ] – World War II: The ], the final skirmish in Europe is fought near ], ].
			* ] – Following the expiration of ], the ], ], ], ], ] and ] invade ] thus starting the ].
			* ] – At ] in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first ] in ].
			* ] – ]: The launch of the final Mercury mission, ] with astronaut ] on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in ], and the last American to go into space alone.
			* ] – President ] appoints ] and ] the first female United States Army ]s.
			* ] – The ], under ] since its ] in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
			* ] – ]: Members of the ] attack and take hostages at an ]i school; a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchildren.
			* ] – ] crashes near ], killing 52.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|last=Ranter \|first=Harro \|title=ASN Aircraft accident Antonov 24RV CCCP-46534 Chernigov \|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19760515-0 \|access-date=2017-03-20 \|website=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
			* ] – ]: After more than eight years of fighting, the ] begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from ].
			* ] – ] becomes France's first female ].
			* ] – The United States government acknowledges the existence of the ] and dedicates the ] in honor of ] and other "Secret War" veterans.
			* 1997 – The ] launches on ] to dock with the Russian space station '']''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-84.html\|title=STS-84\|last=Warnock\|first=Lynda\|website=www.nasa.gov\|publisher=NASA\|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref>
			* ] – A ] ] ] in ], Ohio, with 47 freight cars, including some ]s with flammable chemical, after its engineer fails to reboard it after setting a yard switch. It travels south driverless for 66 miles (106 km) until it was brought to a halt near ].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=CSX 8888-"Crazy Eights"\|url=http://www.wvncrails.org/csx-8888-crazy-eights.html\|access-date=2021-06-26\|website=WVNC Rails\|language=en}}</ref> The incident became the inspiration for the 2010 film '']''.<ref>{{Cite web\|first=Amy\|last=Worden\|title=Pennsylvania man lived the drama that inspired 'Unstoppable'\|url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/20101112_Pennsylvania_man_lived_the_drama_that_inspired__Unstoppable_.html\|access-date=2021-06-26\|website=www.inquirer.com\|date=12 November 2010 \|language=en}}</ref>
			* ] – ] go an entire league campaign unbeaten in the English Premier League, joining ] with the right to claim the title "]".
			* ] – ] becomes the second ] after ] in ] to legalize ] after the state's own Supreme Court ].<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Liptak\|first=Adam\|date=2008-05-16\|title=California Court Affirms Right to Gay Marriage\|language=en-US\|work=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/us/15cnd-marriage.html\|access-date=2021-05-15\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
			* ] – ] becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2010-05-15\|title=Jessica Watson, the girl who sailed round the world, comes home to cheers\|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/15/jessica-watson-sailed-world-home\|access-date=2021-05-15\|website=the Guardian\|language=en}}</ref>
			* ] – An ] in ] leaves more than 389 people dead over three days.
			* ] – The ] commemorates the Palestinian ] for the first time.<ref>{{Cite magazine \|last=Syed \|first=Armani \|date=2023-05-15 \|title=Why the U.N. Is Commemorating the Nakba This Year \|url=https://time.com/6279800/united-nations-nakba-palestinians/ \|access-date=2024-08-06 \|magazine=TIME \|language=en}}</ref>

			== Births ==

			=== Pre-1600 ===

			* ] – ], Korean king of ] (d. 1450)<ref>{{cite book\|author=Richard Saccone\|title=Koreans to Remember: Fifty Famous People who Helped Shape Korea\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wh5yAAAAMAAJ\|year=1993\|publisher=Hollym International\|isbn=978-1-56591-007-2\|page=49}}</ref>
			* ] – ] (d. 1581){{citation needed\|date=May 2020}}
			* ] – ], Dutch sculptor and architect (d. 1621)<ref>{{cite book\|author=Harry S. Ashmore\|title=Encyclopaedia Britannica: a new survey of universal knowledge\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yQ5GAQAAIAAJ\|year=1961\|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica\|page=358}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Italian priest and composer (d. 1643)<ref>{{cite book\|author1=Stanley Sadie\|author2=Alison Latham\|title=The Cambridge Music Guide\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KO7yTQqryNUC&pg=PA145\|date=5 April 1990\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|isbn=978-0-521-39942-5\|pages=145}}</ref>

			=== 1601–1900 ===

			* ] – ], French-American missionary and saint (d. 1642)
			* ] – ], French noble (d. 1707)
			* ] – ], British judge (d. 1689)
			* ] – ], English writer (d. 1762)<ref>Grundy, Isobel. ''Lady Mary Wortley Montague'', p. 5. Oxford University Press, 1999. Print.</ref>
			* ] – ], Hungarian priest and astronomer (d. 1792)
			* ] – ], American lawyer and politician, 4th ] (d. 1820)
			* ] – ], Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1824)<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Paradis, Maria Theresia von {{!}} Encyclopedia.com \|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/paradis-maria-theresia-von-0 \|access-date=2024-11-16 \|website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1843)
			* ] – ], German-Austrian politician, 1st ] (d. 1859)
			* ] – ], Greek general and politician (d. 1864)
			* ] – ], son of ], was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a ] in the ] (d. 1869)<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/10089/Juan%20Nepomuceno%20Almonte\|title=Juan Nepomuceno Almonte\|publisher=Busca Biografias\|language=es\|access-date=May 29, 2019}}</ref>
			* ] – ], English railway solicitor and ] (MP) (d. 1878)
			* ] – ], Irish composer and conductor (d. 1870)
			* ] – ], Indian philosopher and author (d. 1905)
			* ] – ], American commander and geologist (d. 1912)
			* ] – ], Russian zoologist (d. 1916)
			* ] – ], Russian painter and illustrator (d. 1926)
			* 1848 – ], German neuropathologist. (d. 1905)<ref name= FJU>{{cite web\| url= http://www.ling.fju.edu.tw/neurolng/wernicke.htm\| title= Carl Wernicke: Biography\| website= fju.edu.tw\| publisher= ] \| place= New Taipei City, Taiwan\| access-date= January 17, 2017}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Ukrainian-French philologist and author (d. 1929)
			* ] – ], American novelist (d. 1919)
			* 1856 – ], Swiss mountaineer (d. 1917)
			* ] – ], Scottish-American astronomer and academic (d. 1911)<ref>{{cite book\|first1=Deborah\|last1=Todd\|first2=Joseph\|last2=Angelo\|title=A to Z of Scientists in Space and Astronomy\|location=New York\|publisher=Facts of File\|year=2003\|page=117\|isbn=978-0-81604-639-3}}</ref>
			* ] – ], French physicist and academic, ] laureate (d. 1906)<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Chavaudra \|first1=Jean \|title=Pierre and Marie Curie-Sklodowska \|journal=Medical Physics \|date=November 1995 \|volume=22 \|issue=11 \|pages=1877–1887 \|doi=10.1118/1.597443}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Austrian author and playwright (d. 1931)
			* ] – ], English businessman and politician, invented ] (d. 1936)
			* ] – ], Swiss target shooter (d. 1945)
			* 1869 – ], Australian politician, 20th ] (d. 1921)
			* ] – ], Finnish socialist and the Chairman of the Senate of Finland (d. 1963)<ref></ref>
			* ] – ], Scottish international footballer (d. 1950)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.11v11.com/players/walter-white-48632/\|title=Walter White\|publisher=11v11.com\|access-date=25 April 2020}}</ref>
			* ] – ], American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (d. 1980)
			* ] – ], Russian novelist and playwright (d. 1940)
			* 1891 – ], Finnish journalist, translator and writer (d. 1960)<ref> – Svenskt översättarlexikon (in Swedish)</ref>
			* 1891 – ], Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (d. 1971)
			* ] – ], American admiral (d. 1977)
			* 1892 – ], Welsh boxer (d. 1969)
			* ] – ], Filipino filmmaker, founder of Philippine cinema (d. 1959)
			* ] – ], American hurdler and cartoonist (d. 1973)
			* ] – ], American captain, banker, and politician (d. 1972)
			* 1895 – ], American lieutenant and politician (d. 1941)
			* ] – ], French model, actress, and singer (d. 1992)
			* ] – ], French general (d. 1970)
			* ] – ], American mathematician, pioneer in computer programming (d. 1986)<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/notablewomeninma00morr\|title=Notable women in mathematics : a biographical dictionary\|date=1998\|publisher=Greenwood Press\|others=Morrow, Charlene, 1948–, Perl, Teri.\|isbn=9780313291319\|location=Westport, Conn.\|oclc=36768082\|url-access=registration}}</ref>

			=== 1901–present ===

			* ] – ], Australian author (d. 1984)
			* 1901 – ], Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (d. 1983)
			* ] – ], American lawyer and politician, 48th ] (d. 1976)
			* 1902 – ], Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (d. 1937)
			* ] – ], German mathematician and archaeologist (d. 1998)<ref name=madrb>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-maria-reiche-1164151.html\|title = Obituary: Maria Reiche\|website = ] \| date = 22 October 2011}}</ref>
			* ] – ], American game show host and author (d. 1999)
			* ] – ], American actor (d. 1994)
			* 1905 – ], French cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor (d. 1976)
			* 1905 – ], American businessman and amateur photographer, filmed the ] (d. 1970)
			* ] – ], Indian activist (d. 1931)
			* ] – ], English actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1984)
			* 1909 – ], Chilean singer-songwriter (d. 1992)<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2009-08-29 \|title=musicapopular.cl {{!}} La enciclopedia de la música chilena en Internet \|url=http://www.musicapopular.cl/3.0/index2.php?op=Artista&id=367 \|access-date=2024-11-09 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090829073843/http://www.musicapopular.cl/3.0/index2.php?op=Artista&id=367 \|archive-date=29 August 2009 }}</ref>
			* ] – ], British-based American actress (d. 2005)<ref>{{Cite ODNB \|title=The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography \|date=2004-09-23 \|editor-last=Matthew \|editor-first=H. C. G. \|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/96197 \|access-date=2024-11-09 \|place=Oxford \|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/96197 \|editor2-last=Harrison \|editor2-first=B. \|editor3-last=Goldman \|editor3-first=L.}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Swiss playwright and novelist (d. 1991)
			* 1911 – ], German physician (d. 1978)
			* ] – ], American composer and educator (d. 2003)
			* ] – ], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1972)
			* 1914 – ], Canadian farmer and politician, 25th ] (d. 2000)
			* 1914 – ], English composer, producer, and conductor (d. 1979)
			* ] – ], English-South African author and activist (d. 2006)<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Hilda Bernstein {{!}} South African History Online \|url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/hilda-bernstein \|access-date=2024-11-09 \|website=www.sahistory.org.za}}</ref>
			* 1915 – ], American economist and academic, ] laureate (d. 2009)
			* 1915 – ], Danish production manager and producer (d. 1993)
			* ] – ], Danish actress (d. 2014)<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Vera Gebuhr \|url=https://www.dfi.dk/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/person/vera-gebuhr \|access-date=2024-11-09 \|website=www.dfi.dk \|language=da}}</ref>
			* ] – ], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2008)
			* 1918 – ], American lieutenant and target shooter (d. 2015)
			* 1918 – ], Canadian-American actor (d. 2009)
			* ] – ], French director and screenwriter (d. 1985)
			* ] – ], Basque writer, member of ETA and translator (d. 1998)<ref>{{cite web \|title=Federico Krutwig Sagredo politikaria 1921eko maiatzaren 15ean jaio zen \|url=https://www.euskonews.eus/0485zbk/efem48503eu.html \|website=Euskonews}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Russian historian and ethnographer (d. 2013)
			* 1922 – ], Japanese nun and author (d. 2021)<ref name="Rich 11-26-2021">{{cite news \|last1=Rich \|first1=Motoko \|last2=Inoue \|first2=Makiko \|title=Jakucho Setouchi, 99, Dies; Buddhist Priest Wrote of Sex and Love \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/world/asia/jakucho-setouchi-dead.html \|access-date=27 November 2021 \|work=] \| date=26 November 2021}}</ref>
			* ] – ], American sailor and photographer (d. 2004)
			* 1923 – ], English-Australian composer and conductor (d. 2003)
			* ] – ], German-Peruvian ornithologist and zoologist (d. 1971)<ref name="Auk">{{cite journal\|author1=Rea, Amadeo M. \|author2=Kostritsky, B. León \|year=1973 \|title=Obituary: Maria Emilie Anna von Mikulicz-Radecki Koepcke \|journal=] \| volume=90 \|issue=3 \|pages= 735–736 \|url=http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v090n03/p0735-p0739.pdf \|doi=10.2307/4084200\|jstor=4084200 }}</ref>
			* ] – ], Russian pianist and composer (d. 2015)
			* 1925 – ], English geneticist and biologist (d. 2014)<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2015-02-03 \|title=Mary Lyon, geneticist - obituary \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11387229/Mary-Lyon-geneticist-obituary.html \|access-date=2024-11-09 \|website=The Telegraph \|language=en}}</ref>
			* 1925 – ], American soldier, pilot, and politician, 74th ] (d. 2014)
			* 1925 – ], Jamaican-English actor and stuntman (d. 2008)
			* ] – ], Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2006)
			* 1926 – ], English author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
			* 1926 – ], English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2016)
			* ] – ], American painter and sculptor
			* ] – ], American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2013)
			* 1931 – ], Vincentian politician and agronomist, 2nd ] (d. 2021)<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Sir James Mitchell\|url=https://www.interactioncouncil.org/index.php/about-us/members/members/sir-james-mitchell\|access-date=2021-05-12\|website=]}}</ref>
			* ] – ], American pole vaulter (d. 2019)
			* 1935 – ], Italian-English cricketer (d. 2021)
			* 1935 – ], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
			* 1935 – ], Japanese singer, actor, director, composer, author and drag queen
			* ] – ], Italian-American actress and singer
			* 1936 – ], Estonian basketball player (d. 1977)
			* 1936 – ], English painter and illustrator
			* 1936 – ], American playwright and novelist (d. 2003)
			* ] – ], Czech-American politician and diplomat, 64th ] (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite web \|title=Madeleine Albright obituary \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/23/madeleine-albright-obituary \|website=the Guardian \|access-date=24 March 2022 \|language=en \|date=23 March 2022}}</ref>
			* 1937 – ], Norwegian singer<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Jazz \|first=All About \|date=2022-03-12 \|title=Karin Krog Musician – All About Jazz \|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/karin-krog/ \|access-date=2024-11-09 \|website=All About Jazz Musicians \|language=en}}</ref>
			* 1937 – ], American singer, guitarist, and actor (d. 2020)
			* ] – ], French actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2017)<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2013-02-13 \|title=Mireille Darc – AlloCiné \|url=https://archive.today/20130213114815/http://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=4937&nopub=1.html \|access-date=2024-11-09 \|website=archive.ph}}</ref>
			* 1938 – ], American author (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite web \|title=Nancy Garden: The author whose novel Annie on My Mind was credited \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/nancy-garden-the-author-whose-novel-annie-on-my-mind-was-credited-with-helping-gay-teenagers-feel-9603448.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/nancy-garden-the-author-whose-novel-annie-on-my-mind-was-credited-with-helping-gay-teenagers-feel-9603448.html \|archive-date=2022-05-12 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live \|website=The Independent \|access-date=14 February 2020 \|language=en \|date=14 July 2014}}</ref>
			* ] – ], English high jumper and educator
			* ] – ], American businessman (d. 2017)
			* 1940 – ], American actress and singer<ref>{{Cite web \|title=archives.nypl.org – Lainie Kazan papers \|url=https://archives.nypl.org/the/21777 \|access-date=2024-11-09 \|website=archives.nypl.org}}</ref>
			* 1940 – ], American basketball player and coach
			* ] – ], American illustrator and publisher, co-founded the '']'' (d. 2006)
			* ] – ], American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
			* 1942 – ], Indonesian businessman and politician, 10th ]
			* 1942 – ], Australian politician, 35th ]
			* 1942 – ], American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2020)
			* ] – ], Canadian lawyer and politician
			* 1943 – ], American songwriter, producer, and conductor (d. 2004)
			* ] – ], American police officer and politician
			* 1944 – ], German sociologist and academic (d. 2015)
			* ] – ], English hematologist and academic
			* 1945 – ], American boxer (d. 1999)
			* ] – ], Vietnamese priest and activist
			* ] – ], Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
			* ] – ], Japanese baseball player
			* 1948 – ], English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
			* 1948 – ], American politician, 44th ]
			* ] – ], American captain, pilot, and astronaut
			* 1949 – ], English geologist and academic
			* ] – ], Australian politician, 41st ] (d. 2004)
			* 1950 – ], American golfer (d. 2005)
			* ] – ], American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
			* 1951 – ], English political scientist and academic
			* 1951 – ], American mathematician and physicist, ] laureate
			* ] – ], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
			* ] – ], American baseball player and coach
			* 1953 – ], English physicist and academic<ref name="whoswho">{{Who's Who \| title=Donald, Prof. Dame Athene Margaret \| id = U13890 \|year=2024\|publisher= ] \| author=Anon\|edition = 176th\|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U13890\|location=Oxford\|isbn=9781399409452\|oclc=1402257203\|pages=2736}}</ref>
			* 1953 – ], English-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
			* ] – ], English-American geographer and academic
			* 1954 – ], English journalist and broadcaster<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2012-07-30 \|title=Miss Caroline Thomson Authorised Biography – Debrett's People of Toda… \|url=https://archive.today/20120730075448/http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/t/10135/Caroline+Agnes.aspx \|access-date=2024-11-09 \|website=archive.ph}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Tunisian politician (d. 2013)
			* 1955 – ], Cypriot singer-songwriter and politician
			* ] – ], Greek lawyer and politician, ]
			* 1956 – ], American television anchor and sportscaster
			* 1956 – ], American nuclear engineer (d. 2023)
			* ] – ], American-English author and academic
			* 1957 – ], Spanish politician
			* 1957 – ], American football player and wrestler
			* ] – ], American musical theater actor
			* 1958 – ], American journalist<ref></ref>
			* 1958 – ], American football player and wrestler
			* ] – ], Thai boxer and politician
			* 1959 – ], Spanish race car driver
			* 1959 – ], American-Belgian singer-songwriter
			* ] – ], Australian actress, singer, and dancer
			* 1960 – ], American director and producer
			* 1960 – ], Sri Lankan politician
			* 1960 – ], Lithuanian basketball player and coach
			* ] – ], Mexican-American television journalist.
			* ] – ], Australian swimmer<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Lisa Curry {{!}} Sport Australia Hall of Fame \|url=https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/lisa-curry/ \|access-date=2024-11-09 \|language=en-US}}</ref>
			* ] – ], South African footballer<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=5793\|title=Gavin Nebbeling\|publisher=soccerbase.com\|access-date=25 April 2020}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Danish lawyer and politician, 40th ]
			* ] – ], Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
			* 1965 – ], Australian rugby league player
			* ] – ], Czech footballer
			* ] – ], Norwegian chess grandmaster and football player
			* 1967 – ], American journalist and author
			* 1967 – ], American baseball player and sportscaster
			* 1967 – ], Indian actress<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2015-05-15 \|title=Happy Birthday Madhuri Dixit: 'Dhak Dhak' girl turns 48 \|url=https://indianexpress.com/photos/entertainment-gallery/happy-birthday-madhuri-dixit-dhak-dhak-girl-turns-47/#2madhuri_dixit_parents \|access-date=2024-11-09 \|website=The Indian Express \|language=en}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Swedish academic and politician, 15th ]
			* 1968 – ], English journalist and broadcaster
			* ] – ], Japanese-American baseball player (d. 2011)
			* 1969 – ], American football player and sportscaster
			* ] – ], Dutch footballer and manager
			* 1970 – ], Dutch footballer and manager
			* 1970 – ], American football player and sportscaster
			* 1970 – ], English photographer, director, and screenwriter
			* 1970 – ], American football player
			* 1970 – ], English captain and politician
			* ] – ], Slovenian tennis player
			* ] – ], Scottish politician, ]
			* 1972 – ], French actor and singer
			* ] – ], Greek basketball player and politician
			* 1974 – ], English chess player and author
			* 1974 – ], German footballer and manager
			* 1974 – ], American musician and writer
			* ] – ], American football player and sportscaster
			* 1975 – ], Belarusian lawyer and politician
			* 1975 – ], ] politician, first Sami ever to be elected to the ]<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.eurotrib.com/story/2007/11/5/8342/36983 \|title= Minority MEPs?\|author= NordicStorm \|date= 5 November 2007\|publisher= The European Tribune\|accessdate=14 March 2012}}</ref>
			* ] – ], American basketball player
			* 1976 – ], Irish footballer
			* 1976 – ], Polish footballer
			* 1976 – ], American football player and coach
			* 1976 – ], Slovenian politician
			* 1976 – ], American baseball player
			* ] – ], American gymnast and pediatrician
			* 1978 – ], Canadian soccer player
			* 1978 – ], Brazilian footballer
			* 1978 – ], American actor
			* ] – ], Mexican footballer
			* 1979 – ], English sprinter
			* 1979 – ], New Zealand rugby player
			* 1979 – ], American skier
			* 1979 – ], American football player
			* 1979 – ], Irish guitarist
			* ] – ], American baseball player
			* ] – ], French footballer
			* 1981 – ], English international footballer<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=12185\|title=Paul Konchesky\|publisher=soccerbase.com\|access-date=25 April 2020}}</ref>
			* 1981 – ], Canadian baseball player
			* 1981 – ], English equestrian
			* 1981 – ], American actress and singer
			* ] – ], Jamaican sprinter
			* 1982 – ], Ecuadorian footballer
			* 1982 – ], Dominican baseball player
			* 1982 – ], Lebanese singer
			* ] – ], Canadian ice hockey player
			* 1984 – ], Brazilian race car driver
			* 1984 – ], Australian actress
			* 1984 – ], Australian rugby league player
			* 1984 – ], Dutch singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and record producer<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mr-probz-mn0000666075/biography\|title=Mr. Probz \| Biography & History\| website=] }}</ref>
			* ] – ], Brazilian footballer
			* 1985 – ], Italian diver
			* 1985 – ], English football coach
			* 1985 – ], Indian actor
			* 1985 – ], Ugandan football goalkeeper
			* 1985 – ], South African javelin thrower
			* ] – ], American football player
			* 1986 – ], Chilean footballer
			* 1986 – ], Scottish footballer
			* ] – ], American baseball player
			* 1987 – ], American baseball player
			* 1987 – ], American baseball player
			* 1987 – ], American ice hockey player
			* 1987 – ], Turkish basketball player
			* 1987 – ], Argentinian tennis player
			* 1987 – ], Scottish tennis player<ref>{{cite web \|title=Andy Murray's road to US Open win and first Grand Slam \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/18726985 \|website=BBC Sport \|access-date=28 April 2020 \|language=en-gb \|date=11 September 2012}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Estonian basketball player
			* 1988 – ], English footballer
			* ] – ], Korean-American singer and entertainer<ref>{{cite web \|title=The Birth of Susan Soonkyu Lee \|url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/susan_soonkyu_lee_born_1989_19290280 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809082252/https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/susan_soonkyu_lee_born_1989_19290280 \|archive-date=August 9, 2014 \|access-date=December 16, 2018 \|website=] \| language=en}}</ref>
			* 1989 – ], French footballer
			* ] – ], Canadian ice hockey player
			* 1990 – ], Korean guitarist
			* 1990 – ], New Zealand model
			* ] – ], New Zealand rugby league player
			* 1993 – ], Czech international footballer<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=55256\|title=Tomáš Kalas\|publisher=soccerbase.com\|access-date=25 April 2020}}</ref>
			* ] – ], English singer-songwriter
			* ] – ], French footballer
			* 1997 – ], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Scott-Drinkwater/summary.html\|title=Scott Drinkwater\|publisher=Rugby League Project\|accessdate=3 September 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903014818/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/scott-drinkwater/summary.html\|archive-date=3 September 2018\|url-status=live}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Italian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Lucrezia Stefanini {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official \|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/323149/lucrezia-stefanini \|access-date=2022-10-17 \|website=Women's Tennis Association \|language=en}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Russian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Anastasia Gasanova {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official \|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/322333/anastasia-gasanova \|access-date=2022-10-17 \|website=Women's Tennis Association \|language=en}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Ukrainian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Dayana Yastremska {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official \|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/324261/dayana-yastremska \|access-date=2022-10-17 \|website=Women's Tennis Association \|language=en}}</ref>
			* ] – ], American internet celebrity, singer, actor<ref>{{Cite web\|title=How old is Lil Huddy?\|url=https://www.popbuzz.com/internet/viral/lil-huddy-chase-hudson/age/\|access-date=2021-05-08\|website=PopBuzz\|language=en}}</ref>
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			== Deaths ==

			=== Pre-1600 ===

			* ] – ], Roman emperor (b. 371)
			* ] – ], Christian monk (b. 476)
			* ] – ], pope of the Catholic Church (b. 830)
			* ] – ], German archbishop (b. 850)
			* ] – ], Chinese emperor (b. 885)
			* ] – ], bishop of Wells
			* ] – ], emperor of Japan (b. 1008)
			* ] – ], Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1099)
			* ] – ], prince of Armenia
			* ] – ], Seljuk emir of Syria (b. 1118)
			* ] – ], count of Savoy (b. 1203)
			* ] – ], Italian painter (b. c. 1410)
			* ] – ] (b. 1436)
			* ] – ], king of Sweden (b. 1409)
			* ] – ], Japanese samurai (b. 1535)

			=== 1601–1900 ===

			* ] – ], Italian composer and educator (b. 1557)
			* ] – ], English politician (b. 1560)
			* ] – ], Dutch painter (b. 1585)
			* ] – ], French actress (b. 1642)
			* ] – ], English politician (b. 1631)
			* ] – ], American minister (b. 1636)
			* ] – ], English publisher (b. 1680)
			* ] – ], English priest and hagiographer (b. 1710)
			* ] – ], Costa Rican lawyer and politician, ] (b. 1800)
			* ] – ], German architect and educator, designed the ] (b. 1803)
			* ] – ], American poet and author (b. 1830)

			=== 1901–present ===

			* ] – ], Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hJc8afOZV0QC&q=Ida+Freund+15+April+1863&pg=PA301\|title=The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History\|last1=Rubinstein\|first1=William D.\|last2=Jolles\|first2=Michael\|last3=Rubinstein\|first3=Hilary L.\|author-link1=William Rubinstein\|author-link3=Hilary L. Rubinstein\|date=2011\|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan\|isbn=9781403939104\|pages=301\|language=en}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
			* ] – ], French diplomat and politician, ] laureate (b. 1852)
			* ] – ], Australian biologist (b. 1850)
			* ] – ], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th ] (b. 1845)
			* ] – ], Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
			* ] – ], English politician, ] (b. 1864)
			* ] – ], English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881)
			* 1945 – ], English author, poet, and critic (b. 1886)
			* ] – ], Irish-American priest, founded ] (b. 1886)
			* ] – ], American soldier and author (b. 1893)
			* ] – ], American lawyer, politician, and businessperson (b. 1881)<ref name="WVAH 1">{{cite web \|url= http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1096605&Type=Death \|title= Death Record Detail: Harry J. Capehart \|year= 2020 \|publisher= West Virginia Archives and History, West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History \|access-date= October 25, 2020 \|archive-date= October 27, 2020 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201027163540/http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1096605&Type=Death \|url-status= live }}</ref><ref name="Bluefield Daily Telegraph 3">{{cite news \| title = Harry J. Capehart \| newspaper = ] \| location = ] \| date = May 19, 1955 \| page = 4 \| url = https://newspaperarchive.com/obituary-clipping-may-19-1955-2043945/ \| access-date = November 1, 2020 \| via = ] \| archive-date = November 1, 2020 \| archive-url = https://archive.today/20201101190951/https://newspaperarchive.com/obituary-clipping-may-19-1955-2043945/ \| url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Bluefield Daily Telegraph 1">{{cite news \| title = Harry J. Capehart \| newspaper = ] \| location = ] \| date = May 18, 1955 \| page = 2 \| url = https://newspaperarchive.com/obituary-clipping-may-18-1955-2043923/ \| access-date = November 1, 2020 \| via = ] \| archive-date = November 1, 2020 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201101145700/https://newspaperarchive.com/obituary-clipping-may-18-1955-2043923/ \| url-status = live }}</ref>
			* ] – ], English painter and magician (b. 1886)
			* ] – ], American race car driver (b. 1920)
			* 1957 – ], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1892)
			* ] – ], English-born ] and soldier (b. 1884)
			* ] – ], Croatian lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
			* ] – ], Italian businessman (b. 1887)
			* ] – ], American painter (b. 1882)
			* 1967 – ], Italian painter (b. 1892)
			* ] – ], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1890)
			* ] – ], English director, producer, and playwright (b. 1900)
			* ] – ], Australian lawyer and politician, 12th ] (b. 1894)
			* ] – ], American historian and author (b. 1910)
			* ] – ], American race car driver (b. 1946)
			* ] – ], American pastor, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1912)
			* ] – ], American actress and writer (b. 1947)
			* ] – ], Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
			* 1986 – ], American historian, journalist, and author (b. 1915)
			* ] – ], American composer and conductor (b. 1908)
			* 1989 – ], Canadian ethnographer and author (b. 1910)
			* ] – ], German mathematician and academic (b. 1956)
			* 1991 – ], Malian ethnologist and author (b. 1901)
			* 1991 – ], German race car driver (b. 1922)
			* ] – ], Sudanese poet and diplomat (b. 1933)
			* ] – ], American actor (b. 1905)
			* ] – ], English actor (b. 1928)
			* ] – ], American lawyer and judge (b. 1910)
			* ] – ], American basketball player (b. 1944)
			* 1998 – ], Turkish economist, banker, politician, 15th ] (b. 1919)
			* ] – ], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (b. 1929)
			* ] – ], Iraqi footballer (b. 1961)
			* ] – ], American pastor, founded ] (b. 1933)
			* ] – ], Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1956)
			* 2008 – ], American composer and conductor (b. 1919)
			* 2008 – ], American illustrator (b. 1921)
			* ] – ], Australian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)
			* 2009 – ], American basketball player and bass player (b. 1964)
			* ] – ], Austrian footballer (b. 1987)
			* 2010 – ], Swiss race car driver (b. 1950)
			* ] – ], Mexican novelist and essayist (b. 1928)
			* 2012 – ], German historian and author (b. 1924)
			* 2012 – ], Egyptian soldier and politician, 33rd ] (b. 1918)
			* ] – ], Bissau-Guinean politician, ] (b. 1946)
			* ] – ], French-Belgian politician, 63rd ] (b. 1940)
			* 2014 – ], Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
			* ] – ], German-American physical therapist and author (b. 1914)
			* 2015 – ], American sculptor and educator (b. 1945)
			* 2015 – ], Scottish Gaelic singer (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite web \|title=Flora MacNeil obituary \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/20/flora-macneil \|website=the Guardian \|access-date=24 December 2020 \|language=en \|date=20 May 2015}}</ref>
			* 2015 – ], Cypriot-American football player (b. 1944)<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Stout\|first=David\|date=2015-05-17\|title=Garo Yepremian, Whose Kicks Outshined One Pass, Dies at 70\|language=en-US\|work=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/sports/football/garo-yepremian-70-dies-his-kicks-outshined-a-pass.html\|access-date=2021-05-16\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
			* ] – ] American ] expert, publisher of pet books, and entrepreneur (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://theviolinchannel.com/controversial-string-instrument-collector-herbert-axelrod-died/\|title=Controversial String Instrument Collector Herbert Axelrod Has Died\|publisher=Classical Music News\|date=May 18, 2017\|access-date=May 19, 2017}}</ref>
			* ] – ], American actor, comedian, and writer (b. 1933)<ref>Kreps, Daniel (May 20, 2020). "". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 20, 2020.</ref>
			* ] – ], British journalist and scientist (b. 1937)<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-05-21\|title=Oliver Gillie obituary\|url=http://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/may/21/oliver-gillie-obituary\|access-date=2021-05-21\|website=The Guardian\|language=en}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1950)<ref></ref>
			* 2022 – ], English actress (b. 1951)<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2022-05-17 \|title=Kay Mellor obituary \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/may/17/kay-mellor-obituary \|access-date=2022-06-16 \|website=the Guardian \|language=en}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Indian politician (b. 1927)<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2024-05-16 \|title=Kamla Beniwal, Congress veteran whose tenure as governor was marked by run-ins with Gujarat govt under Narendra Modi, dies at 97 \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/kamla-beniwal-congress-veteran-tenure-governor-run-ins-gujarat-govt-narendra-modi-dies-97-9331760/ \|access-date=2024-05-16 \|website=The Indian Express \|language=en}}</ref>
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Day of the year

May 15 is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 230 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

221 – Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty.
392 – Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbogast. He is found hanging in his residence at Vienne.
589 – King Authari marries Theodelinda, daughter of the Bavarian duke Garibald I. A Catholic, she has great influence among the Lombard nobility.
756 – Abd al-Rahman I, the founder of the Arab dynasty that ruled the greater part of Iberia for nearly three centuries, becomes emir of Cordova, Spain.
1252 – Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad extirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition.
1525 – Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Müntzer were defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest; she is condemned to death by a specially-selected jury.

1601–1900

1602 – Cape Cod is sighted by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold.
1618 – Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).
1648 – The Peace of Münster is ratified, by which Spain acknowledges Dutch sovereignty.
1791 – French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
1817 – Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
1836 – Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse.
1849 – The Sicilian revolution of 1848 is finally extinguished.
1850 – The Arana–Southern Treaty is ratified, ending "the existing differences" between Great Britain and Argentina.
1851 – The first Australian gold rush is proclaimed, although the discovery had been made three months earlier.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.
1891 – Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.

1901–present

1905 – The city of Las Vegas is founded in Nevada, United States.
1911 – In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
1911 – More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
1918 – The Finnish Civil War ends when the Whites took over Fort Ino, a Russian coastal artillery base on the Karelian Isthmus, from Russian troops.
1916 – A seventeen-year-old farmworker, Jesse Washington, is infamously lynched in Waco, Texas, USA, after being convicted of rape and murder.
1919 – The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.
1919 – Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades.
1929 – A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
1932 – In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated.
1933 – All military aviation organizations within or under the control of the RLM of Germany were officially merged in a covert manner to form its Wehrmacht military's air arm, the Luftwaffe.
1934 – A self coup by prime minister Kārlis Ulmanis succeeded in Latvia, suspending its constitution and dissolving its Saeima.
1940 – USS Sailfish is recommissioned. It was originally the USS Squalus.
1940 – World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
1940 – Richard and Maurice McDonald open the first McDonald's restaurant.
1941 – First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft.
1942 – World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
1943 – Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).
1945 – World War II: The Battle of Poljana, the final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia.
1948 – Following the expiration of The British Mandate for Palestine, the Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invade Israel thus starting the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
1957 – At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
1963 – Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to go into space alone.
1970 – President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army generals.
1972 – The Ryukyu Islands, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
1974 – Ma'alot massacre: Members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine attack and take hostages at an Israeli school; a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchildren.
1976 – Aeroflot Flight 1802 crashes near Viktorivka, Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, killing 52.
1988 – Soviet–Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan.
1991 – Édith Cresson becomes France's first female Prime Minister.
1997 – The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans.
1997 – The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-84 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
2001 – A CSX EMD SD40-2 rolls out of a train yard in Walbridge, Ohio, with 47 freight cars, including some tank cars with flammable chemical, after its engineer fails to reboard it after setting a yard switch. It travels south driverless for 66 miles (106 km) until it was brought to a halt near Kenton. The incident became the inspiration for the 2010 film Unstoppable.
2004 – Arsenal F.C. go an entire league campaign unbeaten in the English Premier League, joining Preston North End F.C. with the right to claim the title "The Invincibles".
2008 – California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.
2010 – Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo.
2013 – An upsurge in violence in Iraq leaves more than 389 people dead over three days.
2023 – The UN commemorates the Palestinian Nakba Day for the first time.

Births

Pre-1600

1397 – Sejong the Great, Korean king of Joseon (d. 1450)
1531 – Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (d. 1581)
1565 – Hendrick de Keyser, Dutch sculptor and architect (d. 1621)
1567 – Claudio Monteverdi, Italian priest and composer (d. 1643)

1601–1900

1608 – René Goupil, French-American missionary and saint (d. 1642)
1633 – Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, French noble (d. 1707)
1645 – George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, British judge (d. 1689)
1689 – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (d. 1762)
1720 – Maximilian Hell, Hungarian priest and astronomer (d. 1792)
1749 – Levi Lincoln Sr., American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Attorney General (d. 1820)
1759 – Maria Theresia von Paradis, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1824)
1770 – Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1843)
1773 – Klemens von Metternich, German-Austrian politician, 1st State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire (d. 1859)
1786 – Dimitris Plapoutas, Greek general and politician (d. 1864)
1803 – Juan Almonte, son of José María Morelos, was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a regent in the Second Mexican Empire (d. 1869)
1805 – Samuel Carter, English railway solicitor and Member of Parliament (MP) (d. 1878)
1808 – Michael William Balfe, Irish composer and conductor (d. 1870)
1817 – Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author (d. 1905)
1841 – Clarence Dutton, American commander and geologist (d. 1912)
1845 – Élie Metchnikoff, Russian zoologist (d. 1916)
1848 – Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter and illustrator (d. 1926)
1848 – Carl Wernicke, German neuropathologist. (d. 1905)
1854 – Ioannis Psycharis, Ukrainian-French philologist and author (d. 1929)
1856 – L. Frank Baum, American novelist (d. 1919)
1856 – Matthias Zurbriggen, Swiss mountaineer (d. 1917)
1857 – Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (d. 1911)
1859 – Pierre Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1906)
1862 – Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (d. 1931)
1863 – Frank Hornby, English businessman and politician, invented Meccano (d. 1936)
1869 – Paul Probst, Swiss target shooter (d. 1945)
1869 – John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1921)
1873 – Oskari Tokoi, Finnish socialist and the Chairman of the Senate of Finland (d. 1963)
1882 – Walter White, Scottish international footballer (d. 1950)
1890 – Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (d. 1980)
1891 – Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright (d. 1940)
1891 – Hjalmar Dahl, Finnish journalist, translator and writer (d. 1960)
1891 – Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (d. 1971)
1892 – Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral (d. 1977)
1892 – Jimmy Wilde, Welsh boxer (d. 1969)
1893 – José Nepomuceno, Filipino filmmaker, founder of Philippine cinema (d. 1959)
1894 – Feg Murray, American hurdler and cartoonist (d. 1973)
1895 – Prescott Bush, American captain, banker, and politician (d. 1972)
1895 – William D. Byron, American lieutenant and politician (d. 1941)
1898 – Arletty, French model, actress, and singer (d. 1992)
1899 – Jean Étienne Valluy, French general (d. 1970)
1900 – Ida Rhodes, American mathematician, pioneer in computer programming (d. 1986)

1901–present

1901 – Xavier Herbert, Australian author (d. 1984)
1901 – Luis Monti, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (d. 1983)
1902 – Richard J. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1976)
1902 – Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (d. 1937)
1903 – Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (d. 1998)
1904 – Clifton Fadiman, American game show host and author (d. 1999)
1905 – Joseph Cotten, American actor (d. 1994)
1905 – Albert Dubout, French cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor (d. 1976)
1905 – Abraham Zapruder, American businessman and amateur photographer, filmed the Zapruder film (d. 1970)
1907 – Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (d. 1931)
1909 – James Mason, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1984)
1909 – Clara Solovera, Chilean singer-songwriter (d. 1992)
1910 – Constance Cummings, British-based American actress (d. 2005)
1911 – Max Frisch, Swiss playwright and novelist (d. 1991)
1911 – Herta Oberheuser, German physician (d. 1978)
1912 – Arthur Berger, American composer and educator (d. 2003)
1914 – Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1972)
1914 – Angus MacLean, Canadian farmer and politician, 25th Premier of Prince Edward Island (d. 2000)
1914 – Norrie Paramor, English composer, producer, and conductor (d. 1979)
1915 – Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author and activist (d. 2006)
1915 – Paul Samuelson, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
1915 – Henrik Sandberg, Danish production manager and producer (d. 1993)
1916 – Vera Gebuhr, Danish actress (d. 2014)
1918 – Eddy Arnold, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2008)
1918 – Arthur Jackson, American lieutenant and target shooter (d. 2015)
1918 – Joseph Wiseman, Canadian-American actor (d. 2009)
1920 – Michel Audiard, French director and screenwriter (d. 1985)
1921 – Federico Krutwig, Basque writer, member of ETA and translator (d. 1998)
1922 – Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt, Russian historian and ethnographer (d. 2013)
1922 – Jakucho Setouchi, Japanese nun and author (d. 2021)
1923 – Richard Avedon, American sailor and photographer (d. 2004)
1923 – John Lanchbery, English-Australian composer and conductor (d. 2003)
1924 – Maria Koepcke, German-Peruvian ornithologist and zoologist (d. 1971)
1925 – Andrei Eshpai, Russian pianist and composer (d. 2015)
1925 – Mary F. Lyon, English geneticist and biologist (d. 2014)
1925 – Carl Sanders, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 74th Governor of Georgia (d. 2014)
1925 – Roy Stewart, Jamaican-English actor and stuntman (d. 2008)
1926 – Clermont Pépin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2006)
1926 – Anthony Shaffer, English author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1926 – Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1930 – Jasper Johns, American painter and sculptor
1931 – Ken Venturi, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2013)
1931 – James Fitz-Allen Mitchell, Vincentian politician and agronomist, 2nd Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (d. 2021)
1935 – Don Bragg, American pole vaulter (d. 2019)
1935 – Ted Dexter, Italian-English cricketer (d. 2021)
1935 – Utah Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
1935 – Akihiro Miwa, Japanese singer, actor, director, composer, author and drag queen
1936 – Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-American actress and singer
1936 – Mart Laga, Estonian basketball player (d. 1977)
1936 – Ralph Steadman, English painter and illustrator
1936 – Paul Zindel, American playwright and novelist (d. 2003)
1937 – Madeleine Albright, Czech-American politician and diplomat, 64th United States Secretary of State (d. 2022)
1937 – Karin Krog, Norwegian singer
1937 – Trini Lopez, American singer, guitarist, and actor (d. 2020)
1938 – Mireille Darc, French actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2017)
1938 – Nancy Garden, American author (d. 2014)
1939 – Dorothy Shirley, English high jumper and educator
1940 – Roger Ailes, American businessman (d. 2017)
1940 – Lainie Kazan, American actress and singer
1940 – Don Nelson, American basketball player and coach
1941 – Jaxon, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded the Rip Off Press (d. 2006)
1942 – Lois Johnson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1942 – Jusuf Kalla, Indonesian businessman and politician, 10th Vice President of Indonesia
1942 – Doug Lowe, Australian politician, 35th Premier of Tasmania
1942 – K. T. Oslin, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2020)
1943 – Paul Bégin, Canadian lawyer and politician
1943 – Freddie Perren, American songwriter, producer, and conductor (d. 2004)
1944 – Bill Alter, American police officer and politician
1944 – Ulrich Beck, German sociologist and academic (d. 2015)
1945 – Michael Dexter, English hematologist and academic
1945 – Jerry Quarry, American boxer (d. 1999)
1946 – Thadeus Nguyễn Văn Lý, Vietnamese priest and activist
1947 – Graeham Goble, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
1948 – Yutaka Enatsu, Japanese baseball player
1948 – Brian Eno, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1948 – Kathleen Sebelius, American politician, 44th Governor of Kansas
1949 – Frank L. Culbertson Jr., American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1949 – Robert S.J. Sparks, English geologist and academic
1950 – Jim Bacon, Australian politician, 41st Premier of Tasmania (d. 2004)
1950 – Jim Simons, American golfer (d. 2005)
1951 – Dennis Frederiksen, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1951 – Chris Ham, English political scientist and academic
1951 – Frank Wilczek, American mathematician and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1952 – Chazz Palminteri, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1953 – George Brett, American baseball player and coach
1953 – Athene Donald, English physicist and academic
1953 – Mike Oldfield, English-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1954 – Diana Liverman, English-American geographer and academic
1954 – Caroline Thomson, English journalist and broadcaster
1955 – Mohamed Brahmi, Tunisian politician (d. 2013)
1955 – Lia Vissi, Cypriot singer-songwriter and politician
1956 – Andreas Loverdos, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Labour
1956 – Dan Patrick, American television anchor and sportscaster
1956 – Kevin Greenaugh, American nuclear engineer (d. 2023)
1957 – Meg Gardiner, American-English author and academic
1957 – Juan José Ibarretxe, Spanish politician
1957 – Kevin Von Erich, American football player and wrestler
1958 – Jason Graae, American musical theater actor
1958 – Ruth Marcus, American journalist
1958 – Ron Simmons, American football player and wrestler
1959 – Khaosai Galaxy, Thai boxer and politician
1959 – Luis Pérez-Sala, Spanish race car driver
1959 – Beverly Jo Scott, American-Belgian singer-songwriter
1960 – Rhonda Burchmore, Australian actress, singer, and dancer
1960 – Rob Bowman, American director and producer
1960 – R. Kuhaneswaran, Sri Lankan politician
1960 – Rimas Kurtinaitis, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
1961 – Giselle Fernández, Mexican-American television journalist.
1962 – Lisa Curry, Australian swimmer
1963 – Gavin Nebbeling, South African footballer
1964 – Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Danish lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Denmark
1965 – André Abujamra, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965 – Scott Tronc, Australian rugby league player
1966 – Jiří Němec, Czech footballer
1967 – Simen Agdestein, Norwegian chess grandmaster and football player
1967 – Laura Hillenbrand, American journalist and author
1967 – John Smoltz, American baseball player and sportscaster
1967 – Madhuri Dixit, Indian actress
1968 – Cecilia Malmström, Swedish academic and politician, 15th European Commissioner for Trade
1968 – Sophie Raworth, English journalist and broadcaster
1969 – Hideki Irabu, Japanese-American baseball player (d. 2011)
1969 – Emmitt Smith, American football player and sportscaster
1970 – Frank de Boer, Dutch footballer and manager
1970 – Ronald de Boer, Dutch footballer and manager
1970 – Desmond Howard, American football player and sportscaster
1970 – Alison Jackson, English photographer, director, and screenwriter
1970 – Rod Smith, American football player
1970 – Ben Wallace, English captain and politician
1971 – Karin Lušnic, Slovenian tennis player
1972 – Danny Alexander, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
1972 – David Charvet, French actor and singer
1974 – Vasilis Kikilias, Greek basketball player and politician
1974 – Matthew Sadler, English chess player and author
1974 – Marko Tredup, German footballer and manager
1974 – Ahmet Zappa, American musician and writer
1975 – Ray Lewis, American football player and sportscaster
1975 – Ales Michalevic, Belarusian lawyer and politician
1975 – Janne Seurujärvi, Finnish Sami politician, first Sami ever to be elected to the Finnish Parliament
1976 – Torraye Braggs, American basketball player
1976 – Mark Kennedy, Irish footballer
1976 – Jacek Krzynówek, Polish footballer
1976 – Ryan Leaf, American football player and coach
1976 – Anže Logar, Slovenian politician
1976 – Tyler Walker, American baseball player
1978 – Amy Chow, American gymnast and pediatrician
1978 – Dwayne De Rosario, Canadian soccer player
1978 – Edu, Brazilian footballer
1978 – David Krumholtz, American actor
1979 – Adolfo Bautista, Mexican footballer
1979 – Daniel Caines, English sprinter
1979 – Chris Masoe, New Zealand rugby player
1979 – Ryan Max Riley, American skier
1979 – Robert Royal, American football player
1979 – Dominic Scott, Irish guitarist
1980 – Josh Beckett, American baseball player
1981 – Patrice Evra, French footballer
1981 – Paul Konchesky, English international footballer
1981 – Justin Morneau, Canadian baseball player
1981 – Zara Phillips, English equestrian
1981 – Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress and singer
1982 – Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaican sprinter
1982 – Segundo Castillo, Ecuadorian footballer
1982 – Rafael Pérez, Dominican baseball player
1982 – Layal Abboud, Lebanese singer
1984 – Jeff Deslauriers, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Sérgio Jimenez, Brazilian race car driver
1984 – Samantha Noble, Australian actress
1984 – Beau Scott, Australian rugby league player
1984 – Mr Probz, Dutch singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and record producer
1985 – Cristiane, Brazilian footballer
1985 – Tania Cagnotto, Italian diver
1985 – Laura Harvey, English football coach
1985 – Tathagata Mukherjee, Indian actor
1985 – Denis Onyango, Ugandan football goalkeeper
1985 – Justine Robbeson, South African javelin thrower
1986 – Thomas Brown, American football player
1986 – Matías Fernández, Chilean footballer
1986 – Adam Moffat, Scottish footballer
1987 – David Adams, American baseball player
1987 – Michael Brantley, American baseball player
1987 – Brian Dozier, American baseball player
1987 – Mark Fayne, American ice hockey player
1987 – Ersan İlyasova, Turkish basketball player
1987 – Leonardo Mayer, Argentinian tennis player
1987 – Andy Murray, Scottish tennis player
1988 – Indrek Kajupank, Estonian basketball player
1988 – Scott Laird, English footballer
1989 – Susan Soonkyu Lee, Korean-American singer and entertainer
1989 – Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, French footballer
1990 – Jordan Eberle, Canadian ice hockey player
1990 – Lee Jong-hyun, Korean guitarist
1990 – Stella Maxwell, New Zealand model
1993 – Jeremy Hawkins, New Zealand rugby league player
1993 – Tomáš Kalas, Czech international footballer
1996 – Birdy, English singer-songwriter
1997 – Ousmane Dembélé, French footballer
1997 – Scott Drinkwater, Australian rugby league player
1998 – Lucrezia Stefanini, Italian tennis player
1999 – Anastasia Gasanova, Russian tennis player
2000 – Dayana Yastremska, Ukrainian tennis player
2002 – Chase Hudson, American internet celebrity, singer, actor

Deaths

Pre-1600

392 – Valentinian II, Roman emperor (b. 371)
558 – Hilary of Galeata, Christian monk (b. 476)
884 – Marinus I, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 830)
913 – Hatto I, German archbishop (b. 850)
926 – Zhuang Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 885)
973 – Byrhthelm, bishop of Wells
1036 – Go-Ichijō, emperor of Japan (b. 1008)
1157 – Yuri Dolgorukiy, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1099)
1175 – Mleh, prince of Armenia
1174 – Nur ad-Din, Seljuk emir of Syria (b. 1118)
1268 – Peter II, count of Savoy (b. 1203)
1461 – Domenico Veneziano, Italian painter (b. c. 1410)
1464 – Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (b. 1436)
1470 – Charles VIII, king of Sweden (b. 1409)
1585 – Niwa Nagahide, Japanese samurai (b. 1535)

1601–1900

1609 – Giovanni Croce, Italian composer and educator (b. 1557)
1615 – Henry Bromley, English politician (b. 1560)
1634 – Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)
1698 – Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)
1699 – Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet, English politician (b. 1631)
1700 – John Hale, American minister (b. 1636)
1740 – Ephraim Chambers, English publisher (b. 1680)
1773 – Alban Butler, English priest and hagiographer (b. 1710)
1845 – Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, Head of State of Costa Rica (b. 1800)
1879 – Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
1886 – Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)

1901–present

1914 – Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
1919 – Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
1924 – Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
1926 – Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
1928 – Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
1935 – Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
1937 – Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)
1945 – Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881)
1945 – Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1886)
1948 – Edward J. Flanagan, Irish-American priest, founded Boys Town (b. 1886)
1954 – William March, American soldier and author (b. 1893)
1955 – Harry J. Capehart, American lawyer, politician, and businessperson (b. 1881)
1956 – Austin Osman Spare, English painter and magician (b. 1886)
1957 – Keith Andrews, American race car driver (b. 1920)
1957 – Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1892)
1963 – John Aglionby, English-born Bishop of Accra and soldier (b. 1884)
1964 – Vladko Maček, Croatian lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
1965 – Pio Pion, Italian businessman (b. 1887)
1967 – Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882)
1967 – Italo Mus, Italian painter (b. 1892)
1969 – Joe Malone, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1890)
1971 – Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and playwright (b. 1900)
1978 – Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
1980 – Gordon Prange, American historian and author (b. 1910)
1982 – Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946)
1984 – Francis Schaeffer, American pastor, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1912)
1985 – Jackie Curtis, American actress and writer (b. 1947)
1986 – Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
1986 – Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author (b. 1915)
1989 – Johnny Green, American composer and conductor (b. 1908)
1989 – Luc Lacourcière, Canadian ethnographer and author (b. 1910)
1991 – Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1956)
1991 – Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Malian ethnologist and author (b. 1901)
1991 – Fritz Riess, German race car driver (b. 1922)
1993 – Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese poet and diplomat (b. 1933)
1994 – Gilbert Roland, American actor (b. 1905)
1995 – Eric Porter, English actor (b. 1928)
1996 – Charles B. Fulton, American lawyer and judge (b. 1910)
1998 – Earl Manigault, American basketball player (b. 1944)
1998 – Naim Talu, Turkish economist, banker, politician, 15th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1919)
2003 – June Carter Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (b. 1929)
2006 – Nizar Abdul Zahra, Iraqi footballer (b. 1961)
2007 – Jerry Falwell, American pastor, founded Liberty University (b. 1933)
2008 – Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1956)
2008 – Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (b. 1919)
2008 – Will Elder, American illustrator (b. 1921)
2009 – Bud Tingwell, Australian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)
2009 – Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and bass player (b. 1964)
2010 – Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer (b. 1987)
2010 – Loris Kessel, Swiss race car driver (b. 1950)
2012 – Carlos Fuentes, Mexican novelist and essayist (b. 1928)
2012 – Arno Lustiger, German historian and author (b. 1924)
2012 – Zakaria Mohieddin, Egyptian soldier and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1918)
2013 – Henrique Rosa, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1946)
2014 – Jean-Luc Dehaene, French-Belgian politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1940)
2014 – Noribumi Suzuki, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
2015 – Elisabeth Bing, German-American physical therapist and author (b. 1914)
2015 – Jackie Brookner, American sculptor and educator (b. 1945)
2015 – Flora MacNeil, Scottish Gaelic singer (b. 1928)
2015 – Garo Yepremian, Cypriot-American football player (b. 1944)
2017 – Herbert R. Axelrod American tropical fish expert, publisher of pet books, and entrepreneur (b. 1927)
2020 – Fred Willard, American actor, comedian, and writer (b. 1933)
2021 – Oliver Gillie, British journalist and scientist (b. 1937)
2022 – Frank Curry, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1950)
2022 – Kay Mellor, English actress (b. 1951)
2024 – Kamla Beniwal, Indian politician (b. 1927)

Holidays and observances

Aoi Matsuri (Kyoto)
Army Day (Slovenia)
Christian feast day:
- Achillius of Larissa
- Athanasius of Alexandria (Coptic Church)
- Dymphna
- Hallvard Vebjørnsson (Roman Catholic Church)
- Hesychius of Cazorla
- Hilary of Galeata
- Isidore the Laborer, celebrated with festivals in various countries, the beginning of bullfighting season in Madrid.
- Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (Roman Catholic Church)
- Peter, Andrew, Paul, and Denise (Roman Catholic Church)
- Reticius (Roman Catholic Church)
- Sophia of Rome (Roman Catholic church)
- May 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Constituent Assembly Day (Lithuania)
Independence Day (Paraguay), celebrates the independence of Paraguay from Spain in 1811. Celebrations for the anniversary of the independence begin on Flag Day, May 14.
International Conscientious Objectors Day
International Day of Families (International)
La Corsa dei Ceri begins on the eve of the feast day of Saint Ubaldo. (Gubbio)
Mother's Day (Paraguay)
Nakba Day (Palestinian communities)
Peace Officers Memorial Day (United States)
Republic Day (Lithuania)
Teachers' Day (Colombia, Mexico and South Korea)

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