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| *[[1989]] – [[Christine Jorgensen]], American transsexual (b. 1926) | *[[1989]] – [[Christine Jorgensen]], American transsexual (b. 1926) | ||
| *[[1991]] – [[Jerzy Kosiński]], Polish-born writer (b. 1933) | *[[1991]] – [[Jerzy Kosiński]], Polish-born writer (b. 1933) | ||
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| - | * 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 Cardinal O'Connor|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]] – [[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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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)
- 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)
- 1987 – Dalida, French singer (b. 1933)
- 1989 – Christine Jorgensen, American transsexual (b. 1926)
- 1991 – Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-born writer (b. 1933)
- 2006 – Karel Appel, Dutch painter (b. 1921)
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