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- | *[[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) | *[[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#Deaths|April 23]], according to the [[Julian calendar]]) | *[[1616]] – [[William Shakespeare]], English writer and actor (b. 1564) (his death is commonly accepted to be on [[April 23#Deaths|April 23]], according to the [[Julian calendar]]) | ||
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*[[1622]] – [[Pedro Páez]], Spanish Jesuit missionary (b. 1564) | *[[1622]] – [[Pedro Páez]], Spanish Jesuit missionary (b. 1564) | ||
*[[1679]] – [[James Sharp (bishop)|James Sharp]], English archbishop (assassinated) (b. 1613) | *[[1679]] – [[James Sharp (bishop)|James Sharp]], English archbishop (assassinated) (b. 1613) |
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- 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)
- 1903 – Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (d. 1977)
- 1906 – Mary Astor, Academy Award-winning American actress (d. 1987)
- 1919 – Pete Seeger, American singer
- 1933 – James Brown, American singer and dancer (d. 2006)
- 1934 – Georges Moustaki, Egyptian born Greek-French singer and songwriter
- 1934 – Frankie Valli, American singer (The Four Seasons)
- 1940 – Konrad "Conny" Plank, German record producer and musician
- 1959 – David Ball, English musician (Soft Cell)
- 1965 – Rob Brydon, Welsh comedian
Deaths
- 1481 – Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432)
- 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)
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