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Art and culture

• 1938 - Hitler arrives in Rome to sign an alliance with Mussolini, the chance meeting between two fictional characters in Un Giornata Particolare takes place on May 8.
• 1938 - American cinema, United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. ruled in the United States.
• 1968 - The First International Exhibition of Erotic Art opens in Lund, Sweden.

Births

• 1469 - Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian statesman and political philosopher

• 1933 - James Brown, American popular music performer

Deaths

• 1987 - Dalida, Egyptian-born singer, on May 3, 1987 she died as a result of an overdose of sleeping pills leaving behind ...
• 1991 - Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-born writer
• 2006 - Karel Appel, Dutch painter

Events

• 1494 – Christopher Columbus first sights land that will be called Jamaica.
• 1808 – Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are fired upon near Príncipe Pío hill.
• 1915 – The poem In Flanders Fields is written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.
• 1916 – The leaders of the Easter Rising are executed in Dublin.
• 1928 – Japanese atrocities in Jinan, China.
• 1937 – Gone with the Wind, a novel by Margaret Mitchell, wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
• 1960 – The Off-Broadway musical comedy, The Fantasticks, opens in New York City's Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time.
• 1978 – The first unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.
• 2003 – New Hampshire's famous Old Man of the Mountain collapses.

Births

• 1469 – Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and political author (d. 1527)
• 1877 – Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst (d. 1925)
• 1879 – Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman (d. 1950)
• 1886 – Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (d. 1971)
• 1888 – Beulah Bondi, American actress (d. 1981)
• 1891 – Tadeusz Peiper, Polish poet (d. 1969)
• 1892 – George Paget Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
• 1893 – Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian writer and public benefactor (d. 1975)
• 1895 – Cornelius Van Til, philosopher and Christian apologist (d. 1987)
• 1896 – Dodie Smith, English novelist and playwright (d. 1990)
• 1896 – Karl Allmenroder, German World War I Ace (d. 1917)
• 1898 – Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1978)
• 1901 – Gino Cervi, Italian actor (d. 1974)
• 1902 – Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
• 1903 – Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (d. 1977)
• 1905 – Werner Fenchel, German mathematician (d. 1988)
• 1906 – Anna E. Roosevelt, American radio personality, daughter of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (d. 1975)
• 1906 – Mary Astor, Academy Award-winning American actress (d. 1987)
• 1910 – Norman Corwin, American radio pioneer
• 1912 – Virgil Fox, American organist (d. 1980)
• 1913 – William Inge, American playwright (d. 1973)
• 1915 – Stu Hart, Canadian professional wrestler and trainer (d. 2003)
• 1916 – Léopold Simoneau, French Canadian tenor (d. 2006)
• 1917 – Betty Comden, American lyricist (d. 2006)
• 1918 – Ted Bates, English former footballer (d. 2003)
• 1919 – John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist (d. 2004)
• 1919 – Pete Seeger, American singer
• 1920 – John Lewis, American jazz pianist and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 2001)
• 1921 – Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (d. 1989)
• 1921 – Joe Ames, American singer (d. 2007)
• 1922 – Len Shackleton, English former footballer (d. 2000)
• 1923 – Ralph Hall, American politician
• 1923 – George Hadjinikos, Greek pianist and conductor
• 1924 – Yehuda Amichai, Israeli poet (d. 2000)
• 1924 – Ken Tyrrell, English founder of eponymous F1 racing team (d. 2001)
• 1928 – Dave Dudley, American singer (d. 2003)
• 1932 – Robert Osborne, American film historian
• 1933 – James Brown, American singer and dancer (d. 2006)
• 1933 – Steven Weinberg, American physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1933 – Alex Cord, American actor
• 1934 – Henry Cooper, English boxer
• 1934 – Georges Moustaki, Egyptian born Greek-French singer and songwriter
• 1934 – Frankie Valli, American singer (The Four Seasons)
• 1935 – Ron Popeil, American inventor
• 1937 – Nélida Piñon, Brazilian writer
• 1938 – Chris Cannizzaro, American baseball player
• 1940 – Konrad "Conny" Plank, German record producer and musician
• 1940 – Clemens Westerhof, Dutch football manager
• 1941 – Edward "Monk" Malloy, American university president
• 1942 – Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast
• 1942 – Dave Marash, American journalist
• 1942 – C.L. Otter, American politician, governor of Idaho
• 1943 – Jim Risch, American politician, junior senator of Idaho
• 1945 – Davey Lopes, American baseball player and coach
• 1946 – Norm Chow, American football coach
• 1946 – Greg Gumbel, American broadcaster
• 1946 – Silvino Francisco, South African snooker player
• 1948 – Chris Mulkey, American actor
• 1947 – Doug Henning, Canadian magician (d. 2000)
• 1949 – Ron Wyden, American politician
• 1951 – Christopher Cross, American musician
• 1951 – Tatyana Tolstaya, Russian writer
• 1951 – Tuula Palaste-Eerola, Finnish architect and politician
• 1952 – Charles Baldwin, American political figure
• 1952 – Caitlin Clarke. American actress (d. 2004)
• 1952 – Allan Wells, British athlete
• 1954 – Gary Young, American drummer (Pavement)
• 1955 – David Hookes, Australian cricketer (d. 2004)
• 1956 – Marc Bellemare, French Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1957 – Rod Langway, American ice hockey player
• 1958 – Kevin Kilner, American actor
• 1958 – Sandi Toksvig, Danish born writer and broadcaster
• 1958 – Susanna Kwan, Hong Kong singer
• 1959 – David Ball, English musician (Soft Cell)
• 1959 – Uma Bharati, Indian politician
• 1959 – Ben Elton, British comedian and author
• 1960 – Amy Steel, American actress
• 1961 – Steve McClaren, English football manager
• 1961 – Joe Murray, American cartoonist
• 1961 – David Vitter, American politician
• 1962 – Anders Graneheim, Swedish bodybuilder
• 1963 – Jeff Hornacek, American basketball player
• 1963 – Jamie Reeves, British strongman
• 1963 – Sally Whittaker, English actress
• 1964 – Ron Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 – Rob Brydon, Welsh comedian
• 1965 – Nina Garcia, Colombian-American fashion expert and television personality
• 1965 – John Jensen, Danish footballer
• 1966 – Peter Abbay, American actor
• 1966 – Firdous Bamji, Indian-American actor
• 1966 – Darren Morgan, Welsh snooker player
• 1968 – Shane Minor, American singer
• 1969 – Daryl F. Mallett, American writer/editor
• 1970 – Jeffrey Sebelia, American fashion designer
• 1971 – Damon Dash, American label executive
• 1971 – Josey Scott, American singer (Saliva)
• 1972 – Shonie Carter, American MMA fighter
• 1972 – Suzi Suzuki, former Japanese adult actress
• 1973 – Brad Martin, American musician.
• 1974 – Princess Haya bint Hussein of Jordan
• 1974 – Peter Everitt, Australian Football League football player
• 1975 – Willie Geist, American television personality
• 1975 – Dulé Hill, American actor
• 1975 – Maksim Mrvica, Croatian pianist
• 1975 – Eva Santolaria, Spanish actress
• 1976 – Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player
• 1977 – Mashima Hiro, Japanese Mangaka of Rave Master and Fairy Tail
• 1977 – Ryan Dempster, American baseball player
• 1978 – Paul Banks, American vocalist (Interpol)
• 1978 – Christina Hendricks, American actress
• 1978 – Autumn Phillips, member of the British royal family
• 1978 – Lawrence Tynes, American football player
• 1979 – Steve Mack, American professional wrestler
• 1980 – Zuzana Ondrášková, Czech tennis player
• 1980 – Marcel Vigneron, American chef (Top Chef)
• 1981 – Farrah Franklin, American singer (former member of Destiny's Child)
• 1982 – Igor Olshansky, Ukrainian-born American football player
• 1983 – Joseph Addai, American football player
• 1983 – Romeo Castelen, Dutch footballer
• 1983 – Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer
• 1983 – Myriam Fares, Lebanese singer
• 1984 – Nam Sang-mi, South Korean actress and model
• 1984 – Cheryl Burke, American professional dancer
• 1985 – Greg Raposo, American pop/rock singer

Deaths

• 1152 – Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105)
• 1160 – Peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c. 1100)
• 1270 – King Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206)
• 1294 – John I, Duke of Brabant
• 1481 – Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432)
• 1598 – Anna Guarini, Italian singer (b. 1563)
• 1606 – Henry Garnet, English Jesuit (executed) (b. 1555)
• 1616 – William Shakespeare, English writer and actor (b. 1564) (his death is commonly accepted to be on April 23, according to the Julian calendar)
• 1622 – Pedro Páez, Spanish Jesuit missionary (b. 1564)
• 1679 – James Sharp, English archbishop (assassinated) (b. 1613)
• 1693 – Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier (b. 1607)
• 1704 – Heinrich Ignaz Biber, Bohemian composer (b. 1644)
• 1724 – John Leverett the Younger, American President of Harvard (b. 1662)
• 1750 – John Willison, Scottish minister and writer (b. 1680)
• 1752 – Samuel Ogle, British provincial Governor of Maryland (b. c.1692)
• 1758 – Pope Benedict XIV (b. 1675)
• 1763 – George Psalmanazar, British impostor (b. 1679)
• 1764 – Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher (b. 1712)
• 1779 – John Winthrop, American astronomer (b. 1714)
• 1793 – Martin Gerbert, German theologian and historian (b. 1720)
• 1839 – Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (b. 1771)
• 1856 – Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer (b. 1803)
• 1918 – Charlie Soong, Christian Missionary
• 1921 – Théodore Pilette, Belgian racing driver (b. 1883)
• 1942 – Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873)
• 1958 – Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1969 – Zakir Hussain, 3rd President of India, (b. 1897)
• 1972 – Bruce Cabot, American film actor (b. 1904)
• 1987 – Dalida, French singer (b. 1933)
• 1988 – Lev Semenovich Pontryagin, Russian mathematician (b. 1908)
• 1989 – Christine Jorgensen, American transsexual (b. 1926)
• 1989 – Edward Ochab, Polish Communist politician (b. 1906)
• 1991 – Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-born writer (b. 1933)
• 1991 – Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer and composer (b. 1907)
• 1992 – George Murphy, American dancer, actor and politician (b. 1902)
• 1994 – Ezra Taft Benson, thirteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)
• 1996 – Alex Kellner, American baseball player (b. 1924)
• 1996 – Jack Weston, American actor (b. 1924)
• 1997 – Sébastien Enjolras, French racing driver (b. 1976)
• 1997 – Narciso Yepes, Spanish classical guitarist (b. 1927)
• 1999 – Joe Adcock, American baseball player (b. 1927)
• 1999 – Steve Chiasson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1967)
• 2000 – John Joseph Cardinal O'Connor, Catholic Archbishop of New York (b. 1920)
• 2001 – Billy Higgins, American drummer (b. 1936)
• 2002 – Barbara Castle, British politician (b. 1910)
• 2002 – Evgeny Svetlanov, Russian composer and pianist (b. 1928)
• 2003 – Suzy Parker, American actress (b. 1932)
• 2004 – Anthony Ainley, British actor (b. 1932)
• 2004 – Ken Downing, British racing driver (b. 1917)
• 2004 – Darrell Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1928)
• 2006 – Karel Appel, Dutch painter (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Pramod Mahajan, Indian politician (b. 1949)
• 2006 – Earl Woods, Athlete and father of Tiger Woods (b. 1932)
• 2007 – Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (b. 1913)
• 2007 – Wally Schirra, American astronaut (b. 1923)
• 2007 – Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician (b. 1932)
• 2008 – Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo, Spanish former Primer Minister (b. 1926)