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| - | == Art and culture == | + | |colspan="3" | |
| - | *[[1593]] - [[Playwright]] [[Thomas Kyd]]'s accusations of [[Christian heresy|heresy]] lead to an arrest warrant for [[Christopher Marlowe]]. | + | |- |
| - | *[[1804]] - [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon Bonaparte]] is proclaimed [[Emperor of the French]]. | + | ! style="text-align:right; width:310px;"| << [[May 17]] |
| - | *[[1917]] - ''[[Parade]]'' [[ballet]] by [[Erik Satie]] and [[Jean Cocteau]] premiered in Paris. | + | ! style="width:125px;"| |
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Mods and Rockers]] jailed after seaside [[riot]]s in the U. K.. | + | ! style="text-align:left; width:310px;"| [[May 19]] >> |
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| - | == Births == | + | |
| - | *[[1883]] - [[Walter Gropius]], German architect | + | |
| - | *[[1912]] - [[Perry Como]], American singer | + | |
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Alton Miller]], American [[techno]] and [[house music]] musician. | + | |
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| - | == Deaths == | + | |
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Ian Curtis]], English musician, singer and lyricist ([[Joy Division]]) (b. [[1956]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1999]] - [[Augustus Pablo]], Jamaican singer (b. [[1954]]) | + | |
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| ==Events== | ==Events== | ||
| - | *[[1152]] – [[Henry II of England]] marries [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]]. | ||
| - | *[[1268]] – The [[Principality of Antioch]], a [[crusader states|crusader state]], falls to the [[Mamluk]] [[Sultan]] [[Baibars]] in the [[Capture of Antioch|Battle of Antioch]]. | ||
| - | *[[1302]] – [[Bruges Matins (history)|Bruges Matins]], the nocturnal massacre of the [[France|French]] garrison in [[Bruges]] by members of the local [[Flanders|Flemish]] militia. | ||
| *[[1498]] – [[Vasco da Gama]] reaches the port of [[Calicut, India]]. | *[[1498]] – [[Vasco da Gama]] reaches the port of [[Calicut, India]]. | ||
| *[[1593]] – [[Playwright]] [[Thomas Kyd]]'s accusations of [[Christian heresy|heresy]] lead to an arrest warrant for [[Christopher Marlowe]]. | *[[1593]] – [[Playwright]] [[Thomas Kyd]]'s accusations of [[Christian heresy|heresy]] lead to an arrest warrant for [[Christopher Marlowe]]. | ||
| - | *[[1631]] – In [[Dorchester, Massachusetts]], [[John Winthrop]] takes the oath of office and becomes the first [[Governor of Massachusetts]]. | ||
| *[[1652]] – [[Rhode Island]] passes the first law in [[North America]] making [[slavery]] illegal. | *[[1652]] – [[Rhode Island]] passes the first law in [[North America]] making [[slavery]] illegal. | ||
| - | *[[1765]] – Fire destroys a large part of [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]. | ||
| - | *[[1783]] – First [[United Empire Loyalists]] reach Parrtown, [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]], [[New Brunswick]], [[Canada]] after leaving the [[United States]]. | ||
| - | *[[1803]] – [[Napoleonic Wars]]: The [[United Kingdom]] revokes the [[Treaty of Amiens]] and declares war on France. | ||
| *[[1804]] – [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon Bonaparte]] is proclaimed [[Emperor of the French]] by the [[French Senate]]. | *[[1804]] – [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon Bonaparte]] is proclaimed [[Emperor of the French]] by the [[French Senate]]. | ||
| - | *[[1811]] – [[Battle of Las Piedras]]: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the [[Río de la Plata]] in [[Uruguay]] lead by [[Jose Artigas]]. | ||
| - | *[[1843]] – the [[Disruption of 1843|Disruption]] in Edinburgh of the [[Free Church of Scotland (1843-1900)|Free Church of Scotland]] from the [[Church of Scotland]]. | ||
| - | *[[1848]] – Opening of the first [[Germany|German]] [[National Assembly]] ([[Frankfurt Parliament|Nationalversammlung]]) in [[Frankfurt]], Germany. | ||
| - | *[[1863]] – [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Vicksburg]] begins. | ||
| - | *[[1869]] – Surrender and dissolution of the [[Ezo Republic]] to [[Japan]]. | ||
| - | *[[1896]] – The [[United States Supreme Court]] rules in ''[[Plessy v. Ferguson]]'' that [[separate but equal]] is constitutional. | ||
| - | * 1896 – [[Khodynka Tragedy]]: A [[mass panic]] on [[Khodynka Field]] in [[Moscow]] during the festivities of the [[coronation]] of [[Nicholas II of Russia|Russian Tsar Nicholas II]] results in the deaths of 1,389 people. | ||
| *[[1897]] – [[Dracula]], a novel by [[Ireland|Irish]] author [[Bram Stoker]] is published. | *[[1897]] – [[Dracula]], a novel by [[Ireland|Irish]] author [[Bram Stoker]] is published. | ||
| - | *[[1900]] – The United Kingdom proclaims a [[protectorate]] over [[Tonga]]. | + | *[[1917]] - ''[[Parade]]'' [[ballet]] by [[Erik Satie]] and [[Jean Cocteau]] premiered in Paris. |
| - | *[[1910]] – The [[Earth]] passes through the tail of [[Comet Halley]]. | + | *[[1964]] - [[Mods and Rockers]] jailed after seaside [[riot]]s in the U. K.. |
| - | *[[1917]] – [[World War I]]: The [[Selective Service Act of 1917]] is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of [[conscription]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1926]] – [[Evangelism|Evangelist]] [[Aimee Semple McPherson]] disappears while visiting a [[Venice, California]] beach. | + | |
| - | *[[1927]] – The [[Bath School Disaster]]: Forty-five people are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in [[Michigan]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1933]] – [[New Deal]]: President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] signs an act creating the [[Tennessee Valley Authority]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1944]] – [[World War II]]: [[Battle of Monte Cassino]] – Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[paratroopers]] ("[[Fallschirmjäger]]") evacuate [[Monte Cassino]]. | + | |
| - | * 1944 – Deportation of [[Crimean Tatars]] by the [[Soviet Union]] government. | + | |
| - | *[[1948]] – The First [[Legislative Yuan]] of the [[Republic of China]] officially convenes in [[Nanking]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1953]] – [[Jackie Cochran]] becomes the first woman to break the [[sound barrier]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1958]] – An [[F-104 Starfighter]] sets a world speed record of 2,259.82 km/h (1,404.19 mph). | + | |
| - | *[[1959]] – Launching of the [[National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire]] in [[Conakry]], [[Guinea]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1969]] – [[Apollo program]]: [[Apollo 10]] is launched. | + | |
| - | *[[1974]] – [[Nuclear test]]: Under project [[Smiling Buddha]], India successfully detonates its first [[nuclear weapon]] becoming the sixth nation to do so. | + | |
| - | * 1974 – Completion of the [[Warsaw radio mast]], the tallest construction ever built at the time. It later collapses on [[August 8]], [[1991]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1980]] – [[1980 Mount St. Helens eruption]]: [[Mount St. Helens]] erupts in [[Washington]], killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage. | + | |
| - | * 1980 – [[Gwangju Massacre]]: [[Students]] in [[Gwangju]], [[South Korea]] begin demonstrations, calling for democratic reforms. | + | |
| - | *[[1983]] – In Ireland, the [[Irish Government|government]] launches a crackdown, with the leading Dublin pirate [[Radio Nova (Ireland)|Radio Nova]] being put off the air. | + | |
| - | *[[1990]] – In France, a modified [[TGV]] [[train]] achieves a new [[Land speed record for railed vehicles|rail world speed record]] of [[TGV world speed record|515.3km/h]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1991]] – Northern [[Somalia]] declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the [[Republic of Somaliland]] but is unrecognised by the international community. | + | |
| - | *[[1992]] – The [[Archivist of the United States]] officially announces the [[Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1993]] – [[European Union|EU]]-riots in [[Nørrebro]], [[Copenhagen]] caused by the approval of the four [[Denmark|Danish]] exceptions in the [[Danish_Maastricht_Treaty_referendum%2C_1993#Riots|Maastricht Treaty referendum]]. Police opened fire against civilians for the first time since [[World War II]] and injured 11 demonstrators. In total 113 bullets were fired. | + | |
| - | *[[1998]] – ''[[United States v. Microsoft]]:'' The [[United States Department of Justice]] and 20 [[U.S. state]]s file an [[antitrust]] case against [[Microsoft]]. | + | |
| - | *[[2006]] – The post [[2006 democracy movement in Nepal|Loktantra Andolan]] government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making [[Nepal]] a secular country. | + | |
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| - | *[[1048]] – [[Omar Khayyám]], Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. 1131) | ||
| - | *[[1186]] – [[Konstantin of Rostov]], Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218) | ||
| - | *[[1474]] – [[Isabella d'Este]], Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539) | ||
| *[[1610]] – [[Stefano della Bella]], Italian printmaker (d. 1664) | *[[1610]] – [[Stefano della Bella]], Italian printmaker (d. 1664) | ||
| - | *[[1616]] – [[Johann Jakob Froberger]], German composer (d. 1667) | ||
| - | *[[1662]] ([[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]]) – [[George Smalridge]], English bishop of Bristol (d. 1719) | ||
| - | *[[1692]] ([[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]]) – [[Joseph Butler]], English bishop and philosopher (d. 1752) | ||
| - | *[[1711]] – [[Rudjer Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]], Croatian atomic theorist (d. 1787) | ||
| - | *[[1777]] – [[John George Children]], British chemist, mineralogist and zoologist (d. 1852) | ||
| - | *[[1778]] – [[Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry]] (d. 1854) | ||
| - | *[[1785]] – [[John Wilson (Scottish writer)|John Wilson]], Scottish writer (d. 1854) | ||
| - | *[[1797]] – [[Frederick Augustus II of Saxony]] (d. 1854) | ||
| - | *[[1850]] – [[Oliver Heaviside]], English physicist (d. 1925) | ||
| - | *[[1851]] – [[James Budd]], Governor of California (d. 1908) | ||
| - | *[[1854]] – [[Bernard Zweers]], Dutch composer and music teacher (d. 1924) | ||
| *[[1868]] – [[Nicholas II of Russia]], Tsar of Russia (d. 1918) | *[[1868]] – [[Nicholas II of Russia]], Tsar of Russia (d. 1918) | ||
| *[[1872]] – [[Bertrand Russell|Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell]], English mathematician, writer and philosopher, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] (d. 1970) | *[[1872]] – [[Bertrand Russell|Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell]], English mathematician, writer and philosopher, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] (d. 1970) | ||
| - | *[[1876]] – [[Hermann Müller (politician)|Hermann Müller]], [[Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)|Chancellor of Germany]] (d. 1931) | + | *[[1883]] – [[Walter Gropius]], German architect (d. 1969) |
| - | *[[1882]] – [[Babe Adams]], American baseball player (d. 1968) | + | |
| - | *[[1883]] – [[Eurico Gaspar Dutra]], [[President of Brazil]] (d. 1974) | + | |
| - | * 1883 – [[Walter Gropius]], German architect (d. 1969) | + | |
| - | *[[1887]] – [[Jeanie MacPherson]], American actress and screenwriter (d. 1946) | + | |
| - | *[[1889]] – [[Thomas Midgley]], American chemist and inventor (d. 1944) | + | |
| - | *[[1891]] – [[Rudolf Carnap]], German philosopher (d. 1970) | + | |
| - | *[[1892]] – [[Ezio Pinza]], Italian-born bass (d. 1957) | + | |
| *[[1897]] – [[Frank Capra]], American film producer, director, and writer (d. 1991) | *[[1897]] – [[Frank Capra]], American film producer, director, and writer (d. 1991) | ||
| - | *[[1901]] – [[Vincent du Vigneaud]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate]] (d. 1978) | + | *[[1912]] – [[Perry Como]], American singer (d. 2001) |
| - | *[[1902]] – [[Meredith Willson]], American composer (d. 1984) | + | *[[1913]] – [[Charles Trenet]], French singer and songwriter (d. 2001) |
| - | *[[1904]] – [[Jacob K. Javits]], American politician (d. 1986) | + | *[[1918]] – [[Massimo Girotti]], Italian actor (d. 2003) |
| - | *[[1905]] – [[Hedley Verity]], English cricketer (d. 1943) | + | |
| - | *[[1907]] – [[Carl Mydans]], American photographer (d. 2004) | + | |
| - | *[[1909]] – [[Fred Perry]], British former tennis player (d. 1995) | + | |
| - | *[[1911]] – [[Big Joe Turner]], American blues singer (d. 1985) | + | |
| - | *[[1912]] – [[Richard Brooks]], American film director, writer and producer (d. 1992) | + | |
| - | * 1912 – [[Perry Como]], American singer (d. 2001) | + | |
| - | * 1912 – [[Walter Sisulu]], South African anti-apartheid activist (d. 2003) | + | |
| - | *[[1913]] – [[Jane Birdwood]], British anti-Semitic activist (d. 2000) | + | |
| - | * 1913 – [[Charles Trenet]], French singer and songwriter (d. 2001) | + | |
| - | * 1913 – [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]], Fifth [[President of India]] (d. 1996) | + | |
| - | *[[1914]] – [[Pierre Balmain]], French fashion designer (d. 1982) | + | |
| - | *[[1918]] – [[George Welch (pilot)|George Welch]], American pilot and war hero (d. 1954) | + | |
| - | * 1918 – [[Massimo Girotti]], Italian actor (d. 2003) | + | |
| *[[1919]] – Dame [[Margot Fonteyn]], English ballet dancer (d. 1991) | *[[1919]] – Dame [[Margot Fonteyn]], English ballet dancer (d. 1991) | ||
| *[[1920]] – [[Pope John Paul II]] (d. 2005) | *[[1920]] – [[Pope John Paul II]] (d. 2005) | ||
| - | * 1920 – [[Lucia Mannucci]], Italian singer ([[Quartetto Cetra]]) | ||
| - | *[[1922]] – [[Gerda Boyesen]], Norwegian-born body psychotherapist (d. 2005) | ||
| - | * 1922 – [[Bill Macy]], American actor | ||
| - | * 1922 – [[Kai Winding]], Danish-born musician (d. 1983) | ||
| - | *[[1923]] – [[Hugh Shearer]], [[Prime Minister of Jamaica]] (d. 2004) | ||
| - | * 1923 – [[Jean-Louis Roux]], French Canadian actor and artistic director | ||
| - | *[[1924]] – [[Priscilla Pointer]], American actress | ||
| - | * 1924 – [[Jack Whitaker (sportscaster)|Jack Whitaker]], American sportscaster | ||
| - | *[[1926]] – [[Dirch Passer]], Danish actor (d. 1980) | ||
| - | *[[1928]] – [[Pernell Roberts]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1929]] – [[Jack Sanford]], American baseball player (d. 2000) | ||
| - | *[[1930]] – [[Warren Rudman]], American politician | ||
| - | *[[1931]] – [[Don Martin]], American cartoonist (d. 2000) | ||
| - | * 1931 – [[Robert Morse]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1933]] – [[Bernadette Chirac]], French politician | ||
| - | *[[1934]] – [[Dwayne Hickman]], American actor and television executive | ||
| - | *[[1937]] – [[Brooks Robinson]], American baseball player | ||
| - | * 1937 – [[Jacques Santer]], Luxembourg statesman | ||
| - | *[[1939]] – [[Giovanni Falcone]], Italian magistrate (d. 1992) | ||
| - | * 1939 – [[Gordon O'Connor]], Canadian politician | ||
| - | *[[1940]] – [[Gaston Laperse]], Belgian [[stone sculpture|stone sculptor]] | ||
| - | *[[1941]] – [[Lobby Loyde]], Australian guitarist and songwriter (d. 2007) | ||
| - | * 1941 – [[Miriam Margolyes]], British actress | ||
| - | *[[1942]] – [[Albert Hammond]], British musician and composer | ||
| - | * 1942 – [[Nobby Stiles]], English footballer | ||
| - | *[[1943]] – [[James Reiher]], American professional wrestler | ||
| *[[1944]] – [[W. G. Sebald]], German-born writer (d. 2001) | *[[1944]] – [[W. G. Sebald]], German-born writer (d. 2001) | ||
| - | *[[1946]] – [[Bruce Gilbert]], English musician ([[Wire (band)|Wire]]) | + | *[[1950]] – [[Mark Mothersbaugh]], American composer, musician, and singer ([[Devo]]) |
| - | * 1946 – [[Frank Hsieh]], former Premier of Taiwan | + | *[[1966]] – [[Alton Miller]], American [[techno]] and [[house music]] musician. |
| - | * 1946 – [[Reggie Jackson]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | * 1946 – [[Andreas Katsulas]], American actor (d. 2006) | + | |
| - | *[[1947]] – [[John Bruton]], ninth [[Taoiseach]] of the [[Republic of Ireland]] | + | |
| - | *[[1948]] – [[Tom Udall]], American politician | + | |
| - | * 1948 – [[Yi Munyol]], South Korean writer | + | |
| - | *[[1949]] – [[Rick Wakeman]], English composer and musician ([[Yes (band)|Yes]]) | + | |
| - | * 1949 – [[Bill Wallace]], Canadian musician ([[The Guess Who]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1950]] – [[Thomas Gottschalk]], German television show host | + | |
| - | * 1950 – [[Mark Mothersbaugh]], American composer, musician, and singer ([[Devo]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1951]] – [[Jim Sundberg]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | *[[1952]] – [[Diane Duane]], American writer | + | |
| - | * 1952 – [[George Strait]], American musician | + | |
| - | * 1952 – [[Jeana Yeager]], American aviator | + | |
| - | *[[1954]] – [[Reinhold Heil]], German composer | + | |
| - | *[[1955]] – [[Chow Yun-Fat]], Hong Kong actor | + | |
| - | *[[1957]] – [[Michael Cretu]], German musician ([[Enigma (musical project)|Enigma]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1958]] – [[Toyah Willcox]], English actor and singer | + | |
| - | *[[1959]] – [[Jay Wells]], Canadian ice hockey player | + | |
| - | *[[1960]] – [[Jari Kurri]], Finnish ice hockey player | + | |
| - | * 1960 – [[Yannick Noah]], French tennis player | + | |
| - | *[[1961]] – [[Jim Bowden]], American baseball executive | + | |
| - | *[[1962]] – [[Mike Whitmarsh]], American Volleyball Player | + | |
| - | * 1962 – [[Nanne Grönvall]], Swedish singer | + | |
| - | * 1962 – [[Sandra Cretu]], German singer | + | |
| - | * 1962 – [[Mike Darnell]], American television executive | + | |
| - | *[[1963]] – [[Marty McSorley]], hockey player | + | |
| - | *[[1965]] – [[Ingo Schwichtenberg]], German drummer (d. 1995) | + | |
| - | *[[1966]] – [[Michael Tait]], American musician ([[dc Talk]], [[Tait (band)|Tait]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1967]] – [[Heinz-Harald Frentzen]], German F1 driver | + | |
| - | * 1967 – [[Rob Base]], American rapper | + | |
| - | *[[1969]] – [[Martika]], Cuban-American singer | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] – [[Tina Fey]], American writer/actress | + | |
| - | *[[1971]] – [[Brad Friedel]], American soccer player | + | |
| - | * 1971 – [[Desiree Horton]], American helicopter pilot/television reporter | + | |
| - | * 1971 – [[Nobuteru Taniguchi]], Japanese racing driver | + | |
| - | *[[1972]] – [[Turner Stevenson]], Canadian ice hockey player | + | |
| - | *[[1973]] – [[Dario Franchitti]], Scottish racecar driver | + | |
| - | *[[1974]] – [[Nelson Figueroa]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | *[[1975]] – [[John Higgins (snooker)|John Higgins]], Scottish snooker player | + | |
| - | * 1975 – [[Jack Johnson (musician)|Jack Johnson]], American musician | + | |
| - | * 1975 – [[Peter Iwers]], Swedish bass player ([[In Flames]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1976]] – [[Oleg Tverdovsky]], Ukrainian ice hockey player | + | |
| - | *[[1977]] – [[Lee Hendrie]], English footballer | + | |
| - | * 1977 – [[Danny Mills]], English footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1978]] – [[Ricardo Carvalho]], Portuguese footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1978]] – [[Marcus Giles]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | *[[1979]] – [[Mariusz Lewandowski]], Polish footballer | + | |
| - | * 1979 – [[Michal Martikán]], Slovak slalom canoiest | + | |
| - | * 1979 – [[David Nail]], country singer | + | |
| - | * 1979 – [[Julián Speroni]], Argentine footballer | + | |
| - | * 1979 – [[Milivoje Novakovič]], Slovenian footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1980]] – [[Jeff Roehl]], American football player | + | |
| - | * 1980 – [[Ali Zafar]], [[Pakistan]]i singer and model | + | |
| - | *[[1980]] – [[Aileen Campbell]], Scottish Politician | + | |
| - | *[[1981]] – [[Mahamadou Diarra]], Malian footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1982]] – [[Jason Brown (football (soccer) player)|Jason Brown]], English footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1983]] – [[Gary O'Neil]], English footballer | + | |
| - | * 1983 – [[Luis Terrero]], Dominican baseball player | + | |
| - | * 1983 – [[Vince Young]], American football player | + | |
| - | *[[1984]] – [[Scarlett Keegan]], American model and actress | + | |
| - | * 1984 – [[Joakim Soria]], Mexican baseball player | + | |
| - | * 1984 – [[Niki Terpstra]], Dutch cyclist | + | |
| - | *[[1986]] – [[Ryan Lamb]], English rugby union player | + | |
| - | *[[1987]] – [[Luisana Lopilato]], Argentine actress and model | + | |
| - | *[[1988]] – [[Ryan Cooley]], Canadian television actor | + | |
| - | * 1988 – [[Koji Seto]] Japanese actor and singer | + | |
| - | *[[1992]] – [[Spencer Breslin]], American actor | + | |
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | *[[1401]] – [[Władysław Opolczyk]] ({{lang-de|Ladislaus von Oppel}}, [[count palatine]] of [[Hungary]] [[1367]]-[[1372]], [[governor]] of [[Halych-Volhynia]] [[1372]] – [[1378]], [[count palatine]] of [[Poland]] | ||
| - | *[[1450]] – [[Sejong the Great of Joseon]], ruler of Korea (b. 1397) | ||
| - | *[[1550]] – [[John, Cardinal of Lorraine]], French churchman (b. 1498) | ||
| - | *[[1551]] – [[Domenico di Pace Beccafumi]], Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486) | ||
| - | *[[1584]] – [[Ikeda Motosuke]], Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559) | ||
| - | *[[1675]] – [[Stanisław Lubieniecki]], Polish astronomer (b. 1623) | ||
| - | * 1675 – [[Jacques Marquette]], French Jesuit missionary and explorer (b. 1637) | ||
| - | *[[1692]] – [[Elias Ashmole]], English antiquarian (b. 1617) | ||
| - | *[[1733]] – [[Georg Böhm]], German organist (b. 1761) | ||
| - | *[[1780]] – [[Charles Hardy]], British governor of Newfoundland | ||
| - | *[[1781]] – [[Túpac Amaru II]], Peruvian Indian revolutionary, a descendant of the last Inca ruler, [[Túpac Amaru]] (b. 1742) | ||
| - | *[[1799]] – [[Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais]], French playwright (b. 1732) | ||
| - | *[[1800]] – [[Alexander Suvorov]], Russian general (b. 1729) | ||
| - | *[[1807]] – [[John Douglas (bishop)|John Douglas]], Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (b. 1721) | ||
| - | *[[1808]] – [[Elijah Craig]], American minister and inventor | ||
| - | *[[1829]] – [[Maria Josepha of Saxony]], queen consort of Spain (b. 1803) | ||
| - | *[[1844]] – [[Richard McCarty (US politician)|Richard McCarty]], American politician (b. 1780) | ||
| - | *[[1889]] – [[Isabella Glyn]] Dallas, Scottish Shakepearean actress (b. 1823) | ||
| - | *[[1900]] – [[Jean Gaspard Felix Ravaisson-Mollien]], French philosopher (b. 1813) | ||
| *[[1909]] – [[George Meredith]], English novelist and poet (b. 1828) | *[[1909]] – [[George Meredith]], English novelist and poet (b. 1828) | ||
| - | * 1909 – [[Isaac Albéniz]], Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860) | ||
| - | *[[1910]] – [[Pauline Viardot]], French mezzo-soprano and composer (b. 1821) | ||
| - | * 1910 – [[Eliza Orzeszkowa]], Polish novelist (b. 1841) | ||
| *[[1911]] – [[Gustav Mahler]], Austrian composer (b. 1860) | *[[1911]] – [[Gustav Mahler]], Austrian composer (b. 1860) | ||
| - | *[[1922]] – [[Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran]], French physician, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. 1845) | ||
| - | *[[1927]] – [[Andrew Kehoe]], American mass murderer (b. 1872) | ||
| *[[1941]] – [[Werner Sombart]], German economist and sociologist (b. 1863) | *[[1941]] – [[Werner Sombart]], German economist and sociologist (b. 1863) | ||
| - | *[[1955]] – [[Mary McLeod Bethune]], American educator and activist (b. 1875) | ||
| - | *[[1956]] – [[Maurice Tate]], English cricketer (b. 1895) | ||
| - | *[[1963]] – [[Ernie Davis]], American football player (b. 1939) | ||
| - | *[[1967]] – [[Andy Clyde]], American actor (b. 1892) | ||
| - | *[[1971]] – [[Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh]], Russian mathematician (b. 1908) | ||
| - | *[[1973]] – [[Jeannette Rankin]], first U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1880) | ||
| - | *[[1975]] – [[Leroy Anderson]], American composer (b. 1908) | ||
| *[[1980]] – [[Ian Curtis]], English musician, singer and lyricist ([[Joy Division]]) (b. 1956) | *[[1980]] – [[Ian Curtis]], English musician, singer and lyricist ([[Joy Division]]) (b. 1956) | ||
| - | * 1980 – [[Harry Truman (volcano victim)|Harry Truman]], victim of [[1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens|Mount St. Helens eruption]] (b. 1896) | + | *[[1981]] – [[William Saroyan]], American author (b. 1908) |
| - | * 1980 – [[David A. Johnston]], a U.S. Volcanologist was also a victim of [[1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens|Mount St. Helens eruption]] (b. 1949) | + | |
| - | * 1980 – [[Reid Blackburn]], a photojournalist for [[National Geographic]] was also a victim of [[1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens|Mount St. Helens eruption]] (b. 1952) | + | |
| - | *[[1981]] – [[Arthur O'Connell]], American actor (b. 1908) | + | |
| - | * 1981 – [[William Saroyan]], American author (b. 1908) | + | |
| - | *[[1988]] – [[Daws Butler]], American voice actor (b. 1916) | + | |
| - | *[[1990]] – [[Jill Ireland]], English actress (b. 1936) | + | |
| - | *[[1992]] – [[Skip Stephenson]], American TV personality (b. 1940) | + | |
| - | * 1992 – [[Marshall Thompson]], American actor (b. 1925) | + | |
| *[[1995]] – [[Elisha Cook, Jr.]], American actor (b. 1903) | *[[1995]] – [[Elisha Cook, Jr.]], American actor (b. 1903) | ||
| - | * 1995 – [[Alexander Godunov]], Russian ballet dancer and actor (b. 1949) | ||
| - | * 1995 – [[Elizabeth Montgomery]], American actress (b. 1933) | ||
| - | *[[1997]] – [[Bridgette Andersen]], American actress (b. 1975) | ||
| *[[1999]] – [[Augustus Pablo]], Jamaican singer (b. 1954) | *[[1999]] – [[Augustus Pablo]], Jamaican singer (b. 1954) | ||
| - | * 1999 – [[Betty Robinson]], American runner (b. 1911) | ||
| - | *[[2000]] – [[Stephen M. Wolownik]], Russian musician and arranger (b. 1946) | ||
| - | * 2000 – Maulana [[Yousuf Ludhianvi]], Muslim scholar | ||
| - | *[[2002]] – [[Davey Boy Smith]], English professional wrestler (b. 1962) | ||
| - | *[[2003]] – [[Anna Santisteban]], Puerto Rican beauty contest organizer (b. 1914) | ||
| - | * 2003 – [[Barb Tarbox]], Canadian anti-smoking crusader (b. 1961) | ||
| *[[2004]] – [[Elvin Jones]], American jazz drummer (b. 1927) | *[[2004]] – [[Elvin Jones]], American jazz drummer (b. 1927) | ||
| - | * 2004 – [[Serge Turgeon]], Quebec actor and union leader (b. 1946) | + | |
| - | *[[2006]] – [[Andrew Martinez]], [[University of California|U.C. Berkeley]]'s "Naked Guy" (b. 1972) | + | |
| - | *[[2007]] – [[Pierre-Gilles de Gennes]], French physicist (b. 1932) | + | |
| - | * 2007 – [[Yoyoy Villame]], Philippine novelty singer and movie actor (b. 1932) | + | |
| - | *[[2008]] – [[Joseph Pevney]], American television director | + | |
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Events
- 1498 – Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicut, India.
- 1593 – Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
- 1652 – Rhode Island passes the first law in North America making slavery illegal.
- 1804 – Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate.
- 1897 – Dracula, a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker is published.
- 1917 - Parade ballet by Erik Satie and Jean Cocteau premiered in Paris.
- 1964 - Mods and Rockers jailed after seaside riots in the U. K..
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Births
- 1610 – Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (d. 1664)
- 1868 – Nicholas II of Russia, Tsar of Russia (d. 1918)
- 1872 – Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, English mathematician, writer and philosopher, Nobel laureate (d. 1970)
- 1883 – Walter Gropius, German architect (d. 1969)
- 1897 – Frank Capra, American film producer, director, and writer (d. 1991)
- 1912 – Perry Como, American singer (d. 2001)
- 1913 – Charles Trenet, French singer and songwriter (d. 2001)
- 1918 – Massimo Girotti, Italian actor (d. 2003)
- 1919 – Dame Margot Fonteyn, English ballet dancer (d. 1991)
- 1920 – Pope John Paul II (d. 2005)
- 1944 – W. G. Sebald, German-born writer (d. 2001)
- 1950 – Mark Mothersbaugh, American composer, musician, and singer (Devo)
- 1966 – Alton Miller, American techno and house music musician.
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Deaths
- 1909 – George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
- 1911 – Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
- 1941 – Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (b. 1863)
- 1980 – Ian Curtis, English musician, singer and lyricist (Joy Division) (b. 1956)
- 1981 – William Saroyan, American author (b. 1908)
- 1995 – Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (b. 1903)
- 1999 – Augustus Pablo, Jamaican singer (b. 1954)
- 2004 – Elvin Jones, American jazz drummer (b. 1927)
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