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| *[[1836]] - [[Edgar Allan Poe]] marries his 13-year-old cousin [[Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe|Virginia]]. | *[[1836]] - [[Edgar Allan Poe]] marries his 13-year-old cousin [[Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe|Virginia]]. | ||
| + | *[[1920]] – In [[Rome]], [[Pope Benedict XV]] [[canonization|canonizes]] [[Joan of Arc]] as a [[saint]]. | ||
| + | *[[1929]] – In [[Hollywood, California]], the first [[Academy Awards]] are handed out. | ||
| *[[1960]] - ''[[Peeping Tom (film)|Peeping Tom]]'' gets its cinematic release. | *[[1960]] - ''[[Peeping Tom (film)|Peeping Tom]]'' gets its cinematic release. | ||
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| *[[1984]] - [[Andy Kaufman]], American comedian and actor | *[[1984]] - [[Andy Kaufman]], American comedian and actor | ||
| *[[1992]] - [[Marisa Mell]], Austrian actress | *[[1992]] - [[Marisa Mell]], Austrian actress | ||
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| - | *[[1204]] – [[Baldwin I of Constantinople|Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders]] is crowned as the first [[Emperor]] of the [[Latin Empire]]. | ||
| - | *[[1527]] – The Florentines drive out the [[Medici]] for a second time and [[Florence]] re-establishes itself as a [[republic]]. | ||
| - | *[[1532]] – [[Sir]] [[Thomas More]] resigns as [[Lord Chancellor]] of [[England]]. | ||
| - | *[[1568]] – [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary Queen of Scots]] flees to England. | ||
| - | *[[1770]] – 14-year old [[Marie Antoinette]] marries 15-year-old [[Louis XVI of France|Louis-Auguste]] who later becomes king of [[France]]. | ||
| - | *[[1771]] – The [[Battle of Alamance]], a pre-[[American Revolution|American Revolutionary War]] battle between local [[militia]] and a group of rebels called "[[The Regulators]]", occurs in present-day [[Alamance County, North Carolina]]. | ||
| - | *[[1777]] – [[Lachlan McIntosh]] and [[Button Gwinnett]] shoot each other during a [[duel]] near [[Savannah, Georgia]]. Gwinnett, a signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]], dies three days later. | ||
| - | *[[1811]] – [[Peninsular War]] – The allies [[Spain]], [[Portugal]] and [[Great Britain|Britain]], defeat the French at the [[Battle of Albuera]]. | ||
| - | *[[1815]] – The Governor of [[New South Wales]], [[Lachlan Macquarie]], officially names the town of [[Blackheath, New South Wales|Blackheath]] in the upper [[Blue Mountains (Australia)|Blue Mountains]]. | ||
| - | *[[1822]] – [[Greek War of Independence]]: The [[Turkey (country)|Turks]] capture the [[Greece|Greek]] town of [[Souli]]. | ||
| - | *[[1836]] – [[Edgar Allan Poe]] marries his 13-year-old cousin [[Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe|Virginia]]. | ||
| - | *[[1843]] – The first major [[wagon train]] heading for the [[Pacific Northwest]] sets out on the [[Oregon Trail]] with one thousand pioneers from [[Elm Grove, Missouri]]. | ||
| - | *[[1866]] – The [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] eliminates the [[half dime]] coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or [[nickel (U.S. coin)|nickel]]. | ||
| - | *[[1866]] – [[Charles Elmer Hires]] invents [[root beer]]. | ||
| - | *[[1868]] – [[President of the United States|President]] [[Andrew Johnson]] is acquitted in his [[impeachment]] trial by one vote in the [[United States Senate]]. | ||
| - | *[[1874]] – A [[flood]] on the [[Mill River (Hampshire Co., Massachusetts)|Mill River]] in [[Massachusetts]] destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people. | ||
| - | *[[1877]] – [[May 16, 1877 political crisis]] in France. | ||
| - | *[[1910]] – The United States Congress authorizes the creation of the [[United States Bureau of Mines]]. | ||
| - | *[[1914]] – The first ever [[Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup]] final is played. [[Brooklyn Field Club]] defeats [[Brooklyn Celtic]] 2-1. | ||
| - | *[[1918]] – The [[Sedition Act of 1918]] is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government an imprisonable offense. | ||
| - | *[[1919]] – A [[navy|naval]] [[Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company|Curtiss]] aircraft [[NC-4]] commanded by [[Albert Cushing Read]] leaves [[Trepassey]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]], for [[Lisbon]] via the [[Azores]] on the first [[transatlantic]] flight. | ||
| - | *[[1920]] – In [[Rome]], [[Pope Benedict XV]] [[canonization|canonizes]] [[Joan of Arc]] as a [[saint]]. | ||
| - | *[[1929]] – In [[Hollywood, California]], the first [[Academy Awards]] are handed out. | ||
| - | *[[1943]] – [[Holocaust]]: The [[Warsaw Ghetto Uprising]] ends. | ||
| - | *[[1948]] – [[Chaim Weizmann]] is elected the first [[President of Israel]]. | ||
| - | *[[1951]] – The first regularly scheduled [[transatlantic flights]] begin between [[John F Kennedy International Airport]] in [[New York City]] and [[Heathrow Airport]] in [[London]], operated by [[El Al Israel Airlines]]. | ||
| - | *[[1960]] – [[Nikita Khrushchev]] demands an apology from U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] for [[U-2 spy plane]] flights over the [[Soviet Union]] thus ending a [[Great Offices of State|Big Four]] summit in [[Paris]]. | ||
| - | *[[1960]] – [[Theodore Maiman]] operates the first [[optics|optical]] [[laser]], at [[Hughes Research Laboratories]] in [[Malibu, California]]. | ||
| - | *[[1965]] – The [[Campbell Soup Company]] introduces [[SpaghettiOs]] under its [[Franco-American (Campbell's)|Franco-American]] brand. | ||
| - | *[[1966]] – The [[Communist Party of China]] issues the '[[Cultural_Revolution#1966:_The_16_Points_and_the_Red_Guards|May 16 Notice]]', marking the beginning of the [[Cultural Revolution]]. | ||
| - | *[[1969]] – [[Venera program]]: [[Venera 5]], a Soviet [[spaceprobe]], lands on [[Venus]]. | ||
| - | *[[1974]] – [[Josip Broz Tito]] is re-elected president of the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]. This time he is elected [[president for life|for life]]. | ||
| - | *[[1975]] – [[India]] annexes [[Sikkim]] after the mountain state holds a [[referendum]] in which the [[popular vote]] was in favour of merging with India. | ||
| - | * 1975 – [[Junko Tabei]] becomes the first woman to reach the summit of [[Mount Everest]]. | ||
| - | *[[1983]] – [[Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement]] rebels against the Sudanese government. | ||
| - | *[[1986]] – The [[Seville Statement on Violence]] is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for [[UNESCO]], in [[Seville]], Spain. | ||
| - | *[[1988]] – A report by [[United States]]' [[Surgeon General of the United States|Surgeon General]] [[C. Everett Koop]] states that the [[addiction|addictive]] properties of [[nicotine]] are similar to those of [[heroin]] and [[cocaine]]. | ||
| - | *[[1992]] – [[STS-49]]: [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]] lands safely after a successful maiden voyage. | ||
| - | *[[2003]] – In [[Casablanca]], [[Morocco]], 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the [[2003 Casablanca bombings|Casablanca terrorist attacks]]. | ||
| - | *[[2004]] – The Day of Mourning at [[Bykivnia]] forest, just outside of [[Kiev]], [[Ukraine]]. Here during 1930s and early 1940s [[communist]] [[bolsheviks]] executed over 100,000 Ukrainian civilians. | ||
| - | *[[2005]] – [[Kuwait]] permits [[women's suffrage]] in a 35-23 [[National Assembly of Kuwait|National Assembly]] vote. | ||
| - | *[[2006]] – A large [[earthquake]] (7.4 on the [[Richter magnitude scale|Richter scale]]) occurs near [[New Zealand]]. | ||
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| - | *[[2007]] – [[Alex Salmond]] is elected [[First Minister of Scotland]]. He is the first [[Scottish National Party]] leader to be elected as First Minister after winning a historic victory at the [[Scottish Parliament election, 2007|Scottish general election]] on the [[3rd May]]. | ||
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Events
- 1836 - Edgar Allan Poe marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia.
- 1920 – In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc as a saint.
- 1929 – In Hollywood, California, the first Academy Awards are handed out.
- 1960 - Peeping Tom gets its cinematic release.
Births
- 1898 - Tamara de Lempicka, Polish Art Deco painter
- 1944 - Billy Cobham, American virtuoso drummer
- 1946 - Robert Fripp, English guitarist King Crimson
- 1962 - Lisa Yuskavage, American figurative painter
Deaths
- 1703 - Charles Perrault, French fairy tale writer
- 1953 - Django Reinhardt, Belgian musician
- 1984 - Andy Kaufman, American comedian and actor
- 1992 - Marisa Mell, Austrian actress
Births
- 1490 – Duke Albert of Prussia (d. 1568)
- 1578 – Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)
- 1611 – Pope Innocent XI (d. 1689)
- 1710 – William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)
- 1718 – Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)
- 1763 – Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist (d. 1829)
- 1788 – Friedrich Rückert, German Poet, Translator and Orientalist (d. 1866)
- 1801 – William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State, bought Alaska at 2 ¢/acre (d. 1872)
- 1821 – Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d. 1894)
- 1824 – Levi P. Morton, United States Vice President under Benjamin Harrison (d. 1920)
- 1827 – Pierre Cuypers, Dutch architect (d. 1921)
- 1831 – David E. Hughes, American musician (d. 1900)
- 1845 – Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1916)
- 1860 – Herman Webster Mudgett, American Serial Killer (d. 1896)
- 1891 – Richard Tauber, Austrian tenor (d. 1948)
- 1898 – Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-born painter (d. 1980)
- 1898 – Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese film director (d. 1956)
- 1905 – Henry Fonda, American actor (d. 1982)
- 1906 – Alfred Pellan, French Canadian painter (d. 1988)
- 1906 – Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer (d. 2001)
- 1906 – Margret Rey, author and illustrator (d. 1996)
- 1909 – Margaret Sullavan, American actress (d. 1960)
- 1910 – Olga Berggolts, Russian poet (d. 1975)
- 1910 – Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter (d. 1972)
- 1912 – Studs Terkel, American writer (d. 2008)
- 1913 – Woody Herman, American musician and band leader (d. 1987)
- 1914 – Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and author
- 1916 – Adriana Caselotti, American actress (d. 1997)
- 1917 – Juan Rulfo, Mexican novelist (d. 1986)
- 1917 – James C. Murray, American politician (d. 1999)
- 1917 – George Gaynes, American actor
- 1918 – Wilf Mannion, English former footballer (d. 2000)
- 1919 – Liberace, American pianist (d. 1987)
- 1919 – Ramon Margalef, Spanish scientist (d. 2004)
- 1920 – Martine Carol, French actress (d. 1967)
- 1921 – Harry Carey, Jr., American actor
- 1923 – Merton Miller, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2000)
- 1925 – Bobbejaan Schoepen, Belgian entertainer
- 1926 – Ronald Podrow, British peace activist (d. 2004)
- 1927 – Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer
- 1928 – Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)
- 1929 – John Conyers, American politician
- 1929 – Claude Morin, French Canadian politician
- 1929 – Adrienne Rich, American writer
- 1930 – Betty Carter, American jazz singer (d. 1998)
- 1930 – Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist (d. 2000)
- 1931 – Jack Dodson, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1931 – Denise Filiatrault, French Canadian actress and director
- 1931 – Natwar Singh, Indian politician
- 1931 – Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., American politician
- 1931 – Hana Brady, Killed during Holocaust
- 1935 – James Bolam, English actor
- 1936 – Roy Hudd, English radio and television actor
- 1936 – Karl Lehmann, German Catholic cardinal
- 1937 – Yvonne Craig, American actress
- 1944 – Billy Cobham, American virtuoso drummer
- 1944 – Danny Trejo, American actor
- 1945 – Nicky Chinn, English songwriter (Sweet, Suzi Quatro)
- 1945 – Alan Flusser, American clothing designer
- 1946 – Robert Fripp, English guitarist (King Crimson)
- 1946 – Roger Earl, English rock drummer (Savoy Brown, Foghat)
- 1947 – Bill Smitrovich, American actor
- 1948 – Katia Dandoulaki, Greek actress
- 1948 – Judy Finnegan, English TV presenter (Richard & Judy)
- 1948 – Adrian Legg, English guitarist
- 1950 – J. Georg Bednorz, German physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1950 – Ray Condo, Canadian rockabilly musician
- 1951 – Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer
- 1951 – Jonathan Richman, American proto-punk icon
- 1952 – James Herndon, American media psychologist
- 1953 – Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor
- 1954 – Dafydd Williams, Canadian physician and astronaut
- 1955 – Olga Korbut, Belarussian gymnast
- 1955 – Jack Morris, American baseball player
- 1955 – Hazel O'Connor, English singer
- 1955 – Debra Winger, American actress
- 1959 – Mare Winningham, American actress
- 1960 – Landon Deireragea, Nauruan politician
- 1961 – Kevin McDonald, Canadian comedian and actor
- 1961 – Charles Wright, American professional wrestler
- 1963 – Jon Coffelt, American artist
- 1963 – Mercedes Echerer, Austrian actress and politician
- 1964 – John Salley, American basketball player
- 1964 – Boyd Tinsley, American violinist (Dave Matthews Band)
- 1964 – Edit Berces, Hungarian marathon runner
- 1965 – Krist Novoselic, American musician, author, and activist
- 1966 – Janet Jackson, American singer
- 1966 – Scott Reeves, American actor and singer
- 1966 – Thurman Thomas, American football player
- 1968 – Ralph Tresvant, American singer (New Edition)
- 1968 – Chingmy Yau, Hong Kong actress
- 1969 – David Boreanaz, American actor
- 1969 – Tucker Carlson, American television commentator
- 1969 – Tracey Gold, American actress
- 1969 – Steve Lewis, American athlete
- 1970 – Gabriela Sabatini, Argentine tennis player
- 1970 – Danielle Spencer, Australian singer and actress
- 1971 – Rachel Goswell, English singer and songwriter (Slowdive, Mojave 3)
- 1972 – Derek Mears, American actor
- 1972 – Khary Payton, American actor
- 1973 – Special Ed, American rapper
- 1973 – Tori Spelling, American actress
- 1973 – Jason Acuña, American television personality
- 1974 – Laura Pausini, Italian pop singer
- 1974 – Sonny Sandoval, American singer (P.O.D.)
- 1975 – Tony Kakko, Finnish singer (Sonata Arctica)
- 1975 – Tonéx, American singer
- 1976 – Brian Langtry, American lacrosse player
- 1976 – Dirk Nannes, Dutch/Australian cricketer
- 1977 – Dolcenera, Italian singer
- 1977 – Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1978 – David Ford, English singer/songwriter
- 1978 – Lionel Scaloni, Argentine footballer
- 1979 – McKenzie Lee, English pornographic actress
- 1980 – Mikel Alonso, Spanish footballer
- 1980 – Michael Ryan, American ice hockey player
- 1980 – Melanie Lofton, American Journalist
- 1981 – Jim Sturgess, English actor
- 1982 – Joo Ji Hoon, Korean actor and model
- 1982 – Łukasz Kubot, Polish tennis player
- 1982 – Hanna Mariën, Belgian athlete
- 1983 – Nancy Ajram, Lebanese singer
- 1983 – Mince Fratelli, Scottish Drummer (The Fratellis)
- 1983 – Kyle Wellwood, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983 – Daniel Kerr, Australian football player (AFL)
- 1984 – Mickie Knuckles, American female professional wrestler
- 1984 – Jensen Lewis, American baseball player
- 1985 – Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian actor
- 1985 – Anja Mittag, German footballer
- 1985 – Corey Perry, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 – Okura Tadayoshi, Japanese singer (Kanjani8)
- 1986 – Megan Fox, American actress
- 1986 – Andy Keogh, Irish footballer
- 1998 – Ariel Waller, Canadian child actress
Deaths
- 583 – Saint Brendan, Irish navigator (b. 484)
- 1265 – Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)
- 1569 – Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr
- 1620 – William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)
- 1657 – Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)
- 1667 – Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)
- 1669 – Pietro da Cortona, Italian architect (b. 1596)
- 1691 – Jacob Leisler, American colonist (b. 1640)
- 1703 – Charles Perrault, French author (b. 1628)
- 1778 – Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat (b. 1718)
- 1782 – Daniel Solander, Swedish botanist (b. 1736)
- 1790 – Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (b. 1720)
- 1830 – Joseph Fourier, French scientist (b. 1768)
- 1891 – Ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821)
- 1913 – Louis Perrier, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1849)
- 1920 – Levi P. Morton, United States Vice President under Benjamin Harrision (b. 1824)
- 1926 – Mehmed VI, last Ottoman Sultan (b. 1861)
- 1943 – Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist (b. 1865)
- 1944 – George Ade, American author (b. 1866)
- 1947 – Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1861)
- 1953 – Django Reinhardt, Belgian musician (b. 1910)
- 1954 – Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (b. 1893)
- 1955 – James Agee, American writer (b. 1909)
- 1956 – H. B. Reese, American confectioner (b. 1876)
- 1957 – Eliot Ness, American federal agent (b. 1903)
- 1959 – Elisha Scott, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1894)
- 1961 – George A. Malcolm, American jurist & educator (b. 1881)
- 1969 – Robert R., American AIDS victim (b. 1954)
- 1975 – Al Helfer, American radio sportscaster (b. 1911)
- 1979 – A. Philip Randolph, American civil rights activist (b. 1889)
- 1981 – Ernie Freeman, American pianist and arranger (b. 1922)
- 1984 – Andy Kaufman, American comedian (b. 1949)
- 1984 – Irwin Shaw, American author (b. 1913)
- 1985 – Margaret Hamilton, American actress (b. 1902)
- 1988 – Charles Keeping, English illustrator (b. 1924)
- 1990 – Sammy Davis, Jr., American entertainer (b. 1925)
- 1990 – Jim Henson, American puppeteer (b. 1936)
- 1992 – Chalino Sanchez, Mexican musician (b. 1960)
- 1993 – Marv Johnson, American R&B and soul singer (b. 1938)
- 1996 – Jeremy Michael Boorda, American admiral (b. 1939)
- 1997 – Elbridge Durbrow, American diplomat (b. 1903)
- 2000 – Bodacious the Bull Famous rodeo bull (b. 1988)
- 2001 – Brian Pendleton, English musician (The Pretty Things) (b. 1944)
- 2002 – Alec Campbell, the last surviving ANZAC (b. 1899)
- 2002 – Big Dick Dudley, American professional wrestler (b. 1968)
- 2003 – Mark McCormack, American businessman (b. 1930)
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