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  • July 22- History, Events, Births, Deaths Holidays and Observances On This Day

    • 838 – Battle of Anzen: The Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids.
    • 1099 – First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem.
    • 1209 – Massacre at Béziers: The first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade.
    • 1298 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Falkirk: King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeat William Wallace and his Scottish schiltrons outside the town of Falkirk.
    • 1342 – St. Mary Magdalene’s flood is the worst such event on record for central Europe.
    • 1443 – Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl in the Old Zürich War.
    • 1456 – Ottoman wars in Europe: Siege of Belgrade: John Hunyadi, Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary, defeats Mehmet II of the Ottoman Empire.
    • 1484 – Battle of Lochmaben Fair: A 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas are defeated by Scots forces loyal to Albany’s brother James III of Scotland; Douglas is captured.
    • 1499 – Battle of Dornach: The Swiss decisively defeat the army of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.
    • 1587 – Roanoke Colony: A second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
    • 1598 – William Shakespeare’s play, The Merchant of Venice, is entered on the Stationers’ Register. By decree of Queen Elizabeth, the Stationers’ Register licensed printed works, giving the Crown tight control over all published material.
    • 1686 – Albany, New York is formally chartered as a municipality by Governor Thomas Dongan.
    • 1706 – The Acts of Union 1707 are agreed upon by commissioners from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which, when passed by each countries’ Parliaments, led to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
    • 1793 – Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.
    • 1796 – Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio “Cleveland” after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party.
    • 1797 – Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Battle between Spanish and British naval forces during the French Revolutionary Wars. During the Battle, Rear-Admiral Nelson is wounded in the arm and the arm had to be partially amputated.
    • 1802 – Emperor Gia Long conquers Hanoi and unified Viet Nam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.
    • 1805 – Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Cape Finisterre: An inconclusive naval action is fought between a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve of Spain and a British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder.
    • 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular War: Battle of Salamanca: British forces led by Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) defeat French troops near Salamanca, Spain.
    • 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta: Outside Atlanta, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill.
    • 1893 – Katharine Lee Bates writes “America the Beautiful” after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
    • 1894 – The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the ‘official’ victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his 3 hp petrol engined Peugeot.
    • 1916 – Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
    • 1921 – Rif War: The Spanish Army suffers its worst military defeat in modern times to the Berbers of the Rif region of Spanish Morocco.
    • 1933 – Aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City, completing the first solo flight around the world in seven days, 18 hours and 49 minutes.
    • 1937 – New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
    • 1942 – The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.
    • 1942 – The Holocaust in Poland: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins.
    • 1943 – World War II: Allied forces capture Palermo during the Allied invasion of Sicily.
    • 1943 – World War II: Axis occupation forces violently disperse a massive protest in Athens, killing 22.
    • 1944 – The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland.
    • 1946 – King David Hotel bombing: A Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths.
    • 1962 – Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
    • 1963 – Crown Colony of Sarawak gains self-governance.
    • 1976 – Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during imperial Japan’s conquest of the country in the Second World War.
    • 1977 – Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
    • 1983 – Martial law in Poland is officially revoked.
    • 1990 – Greg LeMond, an American road racing cyclist, wins his third Tour de France after leading the majority of the race. It was LeMond’s second consecutive Tour de France victory.
    • 1992 – Near Medellín, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States.
    • 1993 – Great Flood of 1993: Levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.
    • 1997 – The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
    • 2003 – Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein’s sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay’s 14-year-old son, and a bodyguard.
    • 2005 – Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the 21 July 2005 London bombings.
    • 2011 – 2011 Norway attacks: first a bomb blast which targeted government buildings in central Oslo, followed by a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya.
    • 2013 – 2013 Dingxi earthquakes, a series of earthquakes in Dingxi, China, kills at least 89 people and injures more than 500 others.

    Births on July 22

    • 1210 – Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (d. 1238)
    • 1437 – John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton, English Baron (d. 1498)
    • 1476 – Zhu Youyuan, Ming Dynasty politician (d. 1519)
    • 1478 – Philip I of Castile (d. 1506)
    • 1531 – Leonhard Thurneysser, scholar and elector of Brandenburg (d. 1595)
    • 1535 – Katarina Stenbock, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1621)
    • 1552 – Anthony Browne, Sheriff of Surrey and Kent (d. 1592)
    • 1552 – Mary Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton, Lady of English peer and others (d. 1607)
    • 1559 – Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian priest and saint (d. 1619)
    • 1615 – Marguerite of Lorraine, princess of Lorraine, duchess of Orléans (d. 1672)
    • 1618 – Johan Nieuhof, Dutch traveler (d. 1672)
    • 1621 – Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (d. 1683)
    • 1630 – Madame de Brinvilliers, French aristocrat (d. 1676)
    • 1647 – Margaret Mary Alacoque, French nun, mystic and saint (d. 1690)
    • 1651 – Ferdinand Tobias Richter, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1711)
    • 1711 – Georg Wilhelm Richmann, German-Russian physicist and academic (d. 1753)
    • 1713 – Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, designed the Panthéon (d. 1780)
    • 1733 – Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and historian (d. 1790)
    • 1755 – Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1839)
    • 1784 – Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1846)
    • 1839 – Jakob Hurt, Estonian theologist and linguist (d. 1907)
    • 1844 – William Archibald Spooner, English priest and scholar (d. 1930)
    • 1848 – Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1914)
    • 1849 – Emma Lazarus, American poet and educator (d. 1887)
    • 1856 – Octave Hamelin, French philosopher (d. 1907)
    • 1862 – Cosmo Duff-Gordon, Scottish fencer (d. 1931)
    • 1863 – Alec Hearne, English cricketer (d. 1952)
    • 1878 – Janusz Korczak, Polish pediatrician and author (d. 1942)
    • 1881 – Augusta Fox Bronner, American psychologist, specialist in juvenile psychology (d. 1966)
    • 1882 – Edward Hopper, American painter and etcher (d. 1967)
    • 1884 – Odell Shepard, American poet and politician, 66th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (d. 1967)
    • 1886 – Hella Wuolijoki, Estonian-Finnish author (d. 1954)
    • 1887 – Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
    • 1888 – Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic (d. 1950)
    • 1888 – Selman Waksman, Jewish-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
    • 1889 – James Whale, English director (d. 1957)
    • 1890 – Rose Kennedy, American philanthropist (d. 1995)
    • 1892 – Jack MacBryan, English cricketer and field hockey player (d. 1983)
    • 1893 – Jesse Haines, American baseball player and coach (d. 1978)
    • 1893 – Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist and author (d. 1990)
    • 1895 – León de Greiff, Colombian poet, journalist, and diplomat (d. 1976)
    • 1898 – Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet, short story writer, and novelist (d. 1943)
    • 1899 – Sobhuza II of Swaziland (d. 1982)
    • 1908 – Amy Vanderbilt, American author (d. 1974)
    • 1909 – Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (d. 2014)
    • 1909 – Dorino Serafini, Italian racing driver (d. 2000)
    • 1910 – Ruthie Tompson, American animator and artist
    • 1913 – Gorni Kramer, Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader (d. 1995)
    • 1915 – Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Indian-Pakistani politician and diplomat (d. 2000)
    • 1916 – Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1984)
    • 1916 – Marcel Cerdan, French boxer (d. 1949)
    • 1921 – William Roth, American lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
    • 1923 – Bob Dole, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
    • 1923 – César Fernández Ardavín, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
    • 1924 – Margaret Whiting, American singer (d. 2011)
    • 1925 – Jack Matthews, American author, playwright, and academic (d. 2013)
    • 1925 – Joseph Sargent, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)
    • 1926 – Bryan Forbes, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
    • 1926 – Wolfgang Iser, German scholar, literary theorist (d. 2007)
    • 1927 – Johan Ferner, Norwegian sailor (d. 2015)
    • 1928 – Orson Bean, American actor (d. 2020)
    • 1928 – Jimmy Hill, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2015)
    • 1929 – John Barber, English racing driver (d. 2015)
    • 1929 – Leonid Stolovich, Russian-Estonian philosopher and academic (d. 2013)
    • 1929 – Neil Welliver, American painter (d. 2005)
    • 1929 – Baselios Thomas I, Indian bishop
    • 1931 – Leo Labine, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
    • 1932 – Oscar de la Renta, Dominican-American fashion designer (d. 2014)
    • 1932 – Tom Robbins, American novelist
    • 1934 – Junior Cook, American saxophonist (d. 1992)
    • 1934 – Louise Fletcher, American actress
    • 1934 – Leon Rotman, Romanian canoeist
    • 1935 – Tom Cartwright, English-Welsh cricketer and coach (d. 2007)
    • 1936 – Don Patterson, American organist (d. 1988)
    • 1936 – Harold Rhodes, English cricketer
    • 1936 – Geraldine Claudette Darden, American mathematician
    • 1937 – Chuck Jackson, American R&B singer and songwriter
    • 1937 – Yasuhiro Kojima, Japanese-American wrestler and manager (d. 1999)
    • 1937 – John Price, English cricketer
    • 1937 – Vasant Ranjane, Indian cricketer (d. 2011)
    • 1938 – Terence Stamp, English actor
    • 1940 – Judith Walzer Leavitt, American historian and academic
    • 1940 – Alex Trebek, Canadian-American game show host and producer
    • 1941 – Estelle Bennett, American singer (d. 2009)
    • 1941 – Vaughn Bodē, American illustrator (d. 1975)
    • 1941 – George Clinton, American singer-songwriter and producer
    • 1941 – David M. Kennedy, American historian and author
    • 1942 – Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, English-Australian politician (d. 2012)
    • 1942 – Peter Habeler, Austrian mountaineer and skier
    • 1942 – Les Johns, Australian rugby league player and coach
    • 1943 – Masaru Emoto, Japanese author and activist (d. 2014)
    • 1943 – Kay Bailey Hutchison, American lawyer and politician
    • 1943 – Bobby Sherman, American singer-songwriter and actor
    • 1944 – Rick Davies, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
    • 1944 – Sparky Lyle, American baseball player and manager
    • 1944 – Anand Satyanand, New Zealand lawyer, judge, and politician, 19th Governor-General of New Zealand
    • 1945 – Philip Cohen, English biochemist and academic
    • 1946 – Danny Glover, American actor, director, and producer
    • 1946 – Paul Schrader, American director and screenwriter
    • 1946 – Rolando Joven Tria Tirona, Filipino archbishop
    • 1946 – Johnson Toribiong, Palauan lawyer and politician, 7th President of Palau
    • 1947 – Albert Brooks, American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter
    • 1947 – Gilles Duceppe, Canadian politician
    • 1947 – Don Henley, American singer-songwriter and drummer
    • 1949 – Alan Menken, American pianist and composer
    • 1949 – Lasse Virén, Finnish runner and police officer
    • 1950 – S. E. Hinton, American author
    • 1951 – Richard Bennett, American guitarist and producer
    • 1951 – J. V. Cain, American football player (d. 1979)
    • 1951 – Patriarch Daniel of Romania
    • 1953 – Brian Howe, English singer-songwriter
    • 1954 – Al Di Meola, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
    • 1954 – Steve LaTourette, American lawyer and politician (d. 2016)
    • 1954 – Lonette McKee, American actress and singer
    • 1954 – Ingrid Daubechies, Belgian physicist and mathematician
    • 1955 – Richard J. Corman, American businessman, founded the R.J. Corman Railroad Group (d. 2013)
    • 1955 – Willem Dafoe, American actor
    • 1956 – Mick Pointer, English neo-progressive rock drummer (Marillion; Arena)
    • 1956 – Scott Sanderson, American baseball player and sportscaster
    • 1957 – Dave Stieb, American baseball player
    • 1958 – Tatsunori Hara, Japanese baseball player and coach
    • 1958 – David Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1984)
    • 1960 – Jon Oliva, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
    • 1961 – Calvin Fish, English racing driver and sportscaster
    • 1961 – Keith Sweat, American singer-songwriter and producer
    • 1962 – Alvin Robertson, American basketball player
    • 1962 – Martine St. Clair, Canadian singer and actress
    • 1963 – Emilio Butragueño, Spanish footballer
    • 1963 – Emily Saliers, American singer-songwriter and musician
    • 1964 – Will Calhoun, American rock drummer (Living Colour)
    • 1964 – Bonnie Langford, English actress and dancer
    • 1964 – John Leguizamo, Colombian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
    • 1964 – David Spade, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
    • 1965 – Derrick Dalley, Canadian educator and politician
    • 1965 – Shawn Michaels, American wrestler, trainer, and actor
    • 1965 – Richard B. Poore, New Zealand humanitarian
    • 1965 – Doug Riesenberg, American football player and coach
    • 1966 – Tim Brown, American football player and manager
    • 1967 – Lauren Booth, English journalist and activist
    • 1967 – Rhys Ifans, Welsh actor
    • 1969 – Despina Vandi, German-Greek singer and actress
    • 1970 – Jason Becker, American guitarist and songwriter
    • 1970 – Steve Carter, Australian rugby league player
    • 1970 – Sergei Zubov, Russian ice hockey player and coach
    • 1972 – Franco Battaini, Italian Motor Cycle racer
    • 1972 – Colin Ferguson, Canadian actor, director, and producer
    • 1972 – Seth Fisher, American illustrator (d. 2006)
    • 1972 – Keyshawn Johnson, American football player and sportscaster
    • 1973 – Brian Chippendale, American singer and drummer
    • 1973 – Mike Sweeney, American baseball player and sportscaster
    • 1973 – Ece Temelkuran, Turkish journalist and author
    • 1973 – Rufus Wainwright, American-Canadian singer-songwriter
    • 1974 – Franka Potente, German actress
    • 1977 – Ezio Galon, Italian rugby player
    • 1977 – Ingo Hertzsch, German footballer
    • 1977 – Gustavo Nery, Brazilian footballer
    • 1978 – Runako Morton, Nevisian cricketer (d. 2012)
    • 1978 – Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer
    • 1979 – Lucas Luhr, German racing driver
    • 1979 – Yadel Martí, Cuban baseball player
    • 1980 – Dirk Kuyt, Dutch footballer
    • 1980 – Kate Ryan, Belgian singer-songwriter
    • 1980 – Tablo, South Korean-Canadian rapper
    • 1982 – Nuwan Kulasekara, Sri Lankan cricketer
    • 1983 – Aldo de Nigris, Mexican footballer
    • 1983 – Dries Devenyns, Belgian cyclist
    • 1983 – Steven Jackson, American football player
    • 1983 – Andreas Ulvo, Norwegian pianist
    • 1984 – Stewart Downing, English footballer
    • 1985 – Jessica Abbott, Australian swimmer
    • 1985 – Takudzwa Ngwenya, Zimbabwean-American rugby player
    • 1985 – Akira Tozawa, Japanese wrestler
    • 1986 – Stevie Johnson, American football player
    • 1987 – Denis Gargaud Chanut, French slalom canoeist
    • 1987 – Charlotte Kalla, Swedish skier
    • 1988 – William Buick, Norwegian-British flat jockey
    • 1988 – Paul Coutts, Scottish footballer
    • 1988 – Thomas Kraft, German footballer
    • 1988 – Sercan Temizyürek, Turkish footballer
    • 1989 – Keegan Allen, American actor, photographer and musician
    • 1991 – Matty James, English footballer
    • 1992 – Anja Aguilar, Filipino actress and singer
    • 1992 – Selena Gomez, American singer and actress
    • 1992 – Carolin Schnarre, German Paralympic equestrian
    • 1993 – Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Kyrgyzstani-American terrorist
    • 1994 – Jaz Sinclair, American film and television actress
    • 1995 – Ezekiel Elliott, American football player
    • 1995 – Armaan Malik, Indian playback singer, composer and songwriter
    • 1996 – Skyler Gisondo, American actor
    • 2002 – Prince Felix of Denmark
    • 2013 – Prince George of Cambridge

    Deaths on July 22

    • 698 – Wu Chengsi, nephew of Chinese sovereign Wu Zetian
    • 1258 – Meinhard I, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol (b. c. 1200)
    • 1274 – Henry I of Navarre, Count of Champagne and Brie and King of Navarre
    • 1298 – Sir John de Graham, Scottish soldier at the Battle of Falkirk
    • 1362 – Louis, Count of Gravina (b. 1324)
    • 1376 – Simon Langham, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1310)
    • 1387 – Frans Ackerman, Flemish politician (b. 1330)
    • 1461 – Charles VII of France (b. 1403)
    • 1525 – Richard Wingfield, English courtier and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1426)
    • 1540 – John Zápolya, Hungarian king (b. 1487)
    • 1550 – Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra (b. 1481)
    • 1581 – Richard Cox, English bishop (b. 1500)
    • 1619 – Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian priest and saint (b. 1559)
    • 1645 – Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (b. 1587)
    • 1676 – Pope Clement X (b. 1590)
    • 1726 – Hugh Drysdale, English-American politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia
    • 1734 – Peter King, 1st Baron King, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1669)
    • 1789 – Joseph Foullon de Doué, French politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1715)
    • 1802 – Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (b. 1771)
    • 1824 – Thomas Macnamara Russell, English admiral
    • 1826 – Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1746)
    • 1832 – Napoleon II, French emperor (b. 1811)
    • 1833 – Joseph Forlenze, Italian ophthalmologist and surgeon (b. 1757)
    • 1864 – James B. McPherson, American general (b. 1828)
    • 1869 – John A. Roebling, German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge (b. 1806)
    • 1902 – Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Polish cardinal (b. 1822)
    • 1903 – Cassius Marcellus Clay, American publisher, lawyer, and politician, United States Ambassador to Russia (b. 1810)
    • 1904 – Wilson Barrett, English actor and playwright (b. 1846)
    • 1906 – William Snodgrass, Canadian minister and academic (b. 1827)
    • 1908 – Randal Cremer, English politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1828)
    • 1915 – Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer and inventor, developed Standard time (b. 1827)
    • 1916 – James Whitcomb Riley, American poet and author (b. 1849)
    • 1918 – Indra Lal Roy, Indian lieutenant and first Indian fighter aircraft pilot (b. 1898)
    • 1920 – William Kissam Vanderbilt, American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1849)
    • 1922 – Jōkichi Takamine, Japanese-American chemist and academic (b. 1854)
    • 1932 – J. Meade Falkner, English author and poet (b. 1858)
    • 1932 – Reginald Fessenden, Canadian inventor and academic (b. 1866)
    • 1932 – Errico Malatesta, Italian activist and author (b. 1853)
    • 1932 – Flo Ziegfeld, American actor and producer (b. 1867)
    • 1934 – John Dillinger, American gangster (b. 1903)
    • 1937 – Ted McDonald, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1891)
    • 1940 – George Fuller, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1861)
    • 1940 – Albert Young, American boxer and promoter (b. 1877)
    • 1948 – Rūdolfs Jurciņš, Latvian basketball player (b. 1909)
    • 1950 – William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
    • 1958 – Mikhail Zoshchenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and author (b. 1895)
    • 1967 – Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (b. 1878)
    • 1968 – Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist and cartoonist (b. 1908)
    • 1969 – Judy Garland, american actress, singer, dancer, and vaudevillian (b. 1922)
    • 1970 – George Johnston, Australian journalist and author (b. 1912)
    • 1974 – Wayne Morse, American lawyer and politician (b. 1900)
    • 1979 – J. V. Cain, American football player (b. 1951)
    • 1979 – Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1929)
    • 1986 – Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator (b. 1905)
    • 1986 – Ede Staal, Dutch singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
    • 1987 – Fahrettin Kerim Gökay, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1900)
    • 1990 – Manuel Puig, Argentinian author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
    • 1990 – Eduard Streltsov, Soviet footballer (b. 1937)
    • 1992 – David Wojnarowicz, American painter, photographer, and activist (b. 1954)
    • 1995 – Harold Larwood, English-Australian cricketer (b. 1904)
    • 1996 – Rob Collins, English keyboard player (b. 1956)
    • 1998 – Fritz Buchloh, German footballer and coach (b. 1909)
    • 2000 – Eric Christmas, English-born Canadian actor (b. 1916)
    • 2000 – Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1925)
    • 2000 – Raymond Lemieux, Canadian chemist and academic (b. 1920)
    • 2000 – Claude Sautet, French director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
    • 2001 – Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (b. 1909)
    • 2004 – Sacha Distel, French singer and guitarist (b. 1933)
    • 2004 – Illinois Jacquet, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1922)
    • 2005 – Eugene Record, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
    • 2006 – Dika Newlin, American composer, singer-songwriter, and pianist (d. 1923)
    • 2006 – José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountaineer (b. 1965)
    • 2007 – Mike Coolbaugh, American baseball player and coach (b. 1972)
    • 2007 – Jarrod Cunningham, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1968)
    • 2007 – László Kovács, Hungarian-American director and cinematographer (b. 1933)
    • 2007 – Rollie Stiles, American baseball player (b. 1906)
    • 2008 – Estelle Getty, American actress (b. 1923)
    • 2009 – Richard M. Givan, American lawyer and judge (b. 1921)
    • 2009 – Peter Krieg, German director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1947)
    • 2010 – Kenny Guinn, American banker and politician, 27th Governor of Nevada (b. 1936)
    • 2011 – Linda Christian, Mexican-American actress (b. 1923)
    • 2011 – Cees de Wolf, Dutch footballer (b. 1945)
    • 2012 – Ding Guangen, Chinese engineer and politician (b. 1929)
    • 2012 – George Armitage Miller, American psychologist and academic (b. 1920)
    • 2012 – Frank Pierson, American director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
    • 2013 – Natalie de Blois, American architect, co-designed the Lever House (b. 1921)
    • 2013 – Dennis Farina, American policeman and actor (b. 1944)
    • 2013 – Lawrie Reilly, Scottish footballer (b. 1928)
    • 2013 – Rosalie E. Wahl, American lawyer and judge (b. 1924)
    • 2014 – Johann Breyer, German SS officer (b. 1925)
    • 2014 – Louis Lentin, Irish director and producer (b. 1933)
    • 2014 – Nitzan Shirazi, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1971)
    • 2018 – Frank Havens, American canoeist (b. 1924)

    Holidays and observances on July 22

    • Birthday of the Late King Sobhuza (Swaziland)
    • Christian feast day:
      • Abd-al-Masih
      • Joseph of Tiberias (or of Palestine)
      • Markella
      • Mary Magdalene
      • Nohra (Maronite Church)
      • July 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
    • Earliest day on which Parents’ Day can fall, while 28 July is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Sunday in July. (United States)
    • National Press Day (Azerbaijan)
    • Pi Approximation Day, see also March 14
    • Ratcatcher’s Day
    • Revolution Day (The Gambia)

    • Sarawak Self-government Day (Sarawak, Malaysia)

  • June 29 – History, Events, Births, Deaths, Holidays and Observances On This Day

    • 226 – Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei.
    • 1149 – Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.
    • 1194 – Sverre is crowned King of Norway, leading to his excommunication by the Catholic Church and civil war.
    • 1444 – Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll.
    • 1534 – Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island.
    • 1613 – The Globe Theatre in London, built by William Shakespeare‘s playing company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, burns to the ground.
    • 1644 – Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.
    • 1659 – At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Prince Trubetskoy.
    • 1786 – Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
    • 1807 – Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos.
    • 1850 – Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
    • 1864 – At least 99 people, mostly German and Polish immigrants, are killed in Canada’s worst railway disaster after a train fails to stop for an open drawbridge and plunges into the Rivière Richelieu near St-Hilaire, Quebec.
    • 1874 – Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled “Who’s to Blame?” leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
    • 1880 – France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as “Etablissements de français de l’Océanie”.
    • 1881 – In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
    • 1888 – George Edward Gouraud records Handel’s Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
    • 1889 – Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
    • 1915 – The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
    • 1916 – British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
    • 1922 – France grants 1 km2 at Vimy Ridge “freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes”.
    • 1927 – The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
    • 1945 – The Soviet Union annexes the Czechoslovak province of Carpathian Ruthenia.
    • 1950 – Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.
    • 1956 – The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
    • 1972 – The United States Supreme Court rules in the case Furman v. Georgia that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
    • 1974 – Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan Peron is terminally ill.
    • 1974 – Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.
    • 1975 – Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer.
    • 1976 – The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
    • 1976 – The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin.
    • 1987 – Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, was bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London, England.
    • 1995 – Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.
    • 1995 – The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho District of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.
    • 2002 – Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.
    • 2006 – Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush’s plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.
    • 2007 – Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.
    • 2012 – A derecho sweeps across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power.
    • 2014 – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declared its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq.

    Births on June 29

    • 1136 – Petronilla of Aragon (d. 1173)
    • 1326 – Murad I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1389)
    • 1398 – John II of Aragon and Navarre (d. 1479)
    • 1443 – Anthony Browne, English knight (d. 1506)
    • 1482 – Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (d. 1517)
    • 1488 – Pedro Pacheco de Villena, Catholic cardinal (d. 1560)
    • 1517 – Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (d. 1585)
    • 1525 – Peter Agricola, German humanist, theologian, diplomat and statesman (d. 1585)
    • 1528 – Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1589)
    • 1543 – Christine of Hesse, Duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1604)
    • 1596 – Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680)
    • 1621 – Willem van der Zaan, Dutch Admiral (d. 1669)
    • 1686 – Pietro Paolo Troisi, Maltese artist (d. 1743)
    • 1746 – Joachim Heinrich Campe, German linguist, author, and educator (d. 1818)
    • 1768 – Vincenzo Dimech, Maltese sculptor (d. 1831)
    • 1787 – Lavinia Stoddard, American poet, school founder (d. 1820)
    • 1793 – Josef Ressel, Czech-Austrian inventor, invented the propeller (d. 1857)
    • 1798 – Willibald Alexis, German author and poet (d. 1871)
    • 1798 – Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet and philosopher (d. 1837)
    • 1801 – Frédéric Bastiat, French economist and theorist (d. 1850)
    • 1803 – John Newton Brown, American minister and author (d. 1868)
    • 1818 – Angelo Secchi, Italian astronomer and academic (d. 1878)
    • 1819 – Thomas Dunn English, American poet, playwright, and politician (d. 1902)
    • 1833 – Peter Waage, Norwegian chemist and academic (d. 1900)
    • 1835 – Celia Thaxter, American poet and story writer (d. 1894)
    • 1844 – Peter I of Serbia (d. 1921)
    • 1849 – Pedro Montt, Chilean lawyer and politician, 15th President of Chile (d. 1910)
    • 1849 – Sergei Witte, Russian politician, 1st Chairmen of Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire (d. 1915)
    • 1849 – John Hunn, American businessman and politician, 51st Governor of Delaware (d. 1926)
    • 1858 – George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer, co-designed the Panama Canal (d. 1928)
    • 1858 – Julia Lathrop, American activist and politician (d. 1932)
    • 1861 – William James Mayo, American physician and surgeon, co-founded the Mayo Clinic (d. 1939)
    • 1863 – Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1934)
    • 1866 – Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (d. 1939)
    • 1868 – George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and journalist (d. 1938)
    • 1870 – Joseph Carl Breil, American tenor, composer, and director (d. 1926)
    • 1873 – Leo Frobenius, German ethnologist and archaeologist (d. 1938)
    • 1879 – Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Italian cardinal (d. 1970)
    • 1880 – Ludwig Beck, German general (d. 1944)
    • 1881 – Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent (d. 1929)
    • 1881 – Curt Sachs, German-American composer and musicologist (d. 1959)
    • 1882 – Henry Hawtrey, English runner (d. 1961)
    • 1882 – Franz Seldte, German captain and politician, Reich Minister for Labour (d. 1947)
    • 1886 – Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1963)
    • 1888 – Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster (d. 1927)
    • 1889 – Willie Macfarlane, Scottish-American golfer (d. 1961)
    • 1890 – Robert Laurent, American sculptor and academic (d. 1970)
    • 1890 – Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, Dutch supercentenarian (d. 2005)
    • 1893 – Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Indian economist and statistician (d. 1972)
    • 1893 – Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer and educator (d. 1958)
    • 1897 – Fulgence Charpentier, Canadian journalist and publisher (d. 2001)
    • 1898 – Yvonne Lefébure, French pianist and educator (d. 1986)
    • 1900 – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French poet and pilot (d. 1944)
    • 1901 – Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (d. 1967)
    • 1903 – Alan Blumlein, English engineer, developed the H2S radar (d. 1942)
    • 1904 – Witold Hurewicz, Polish mathematician (d. 1956)
    • 1906 – Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Ukrainian general (d. 1945)
    • 1906 – Heinz Harmel, German general (d. 2000)
    • 1908 – Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor (d. 1975)
    • 1908 – Erik Lundqvist, Swedish javelin thrower (d. 1963)
    • 1910 – Frank Loesser, American composer and conductor (d. 1969)
    • 1910 – Burgess Whitehead, American baseball player (d. 1993)
    • 1911 – Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (d. 2004)
    • 1911 – Katherine DeMille, Canadian-American actress (d. 1995)
    • 1911 – Bernard Herrmann, American composer and conductor (d. 1975)
    • 1912 – José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1958)
    • 1912 – Émile Peynaud, French oenologist and academic (d. 2004)
    • 1912 – John Toland, American historian and author (d. 2004)
    • 1913 – Earle Meadows, American pole vaulter (d. 1992)
    • 1914 – Rafael Kubelík, Czech-American conductor and composer (d. 1996)
    • 1914 – Christos Papakyriakopoulos, Greek-American mathematician and academic (d. 1976)
    • 1916 – Ruth Warrick, American actress and activist (d. 2005)
    • 1917 – Ling Yun, Chinese politician (d. 2018)
    • 1918 – Heini Lohrer, Swiss ice hockey player (d. 2011)
    • 1918 – Gene La Rocque, U.S admiral (d. 2016)
    • 1918 – Francis W. Nye, United States Air Force major general (d. 2019)
    • 1919 – Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Mexican cardinal (d. 2008)
    • 1919 – Walter Babington Thomas, Commander of British Far East Land Forces (d. 2017)
    • 1919 – Slim Pickens, American actor and rodeo performer (d. 1983)
    • 1920 – César Rodríguez Álvarez, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1995)
    • 1920 – Ray Harryhausen, American animator and producer (d. 2013)
    • 1920 – Nicole Russell, Duchess of Bedford (d. 2012)
    • 1921 – Frédéric Dard, French author and screenwriter (d. 2000)
    • 1921 – Jean Kent, English actress (d. 2013)
    • 1921 – Reinhard Mohn, German businessman (d. 2009)
    • 1921 – Harry Schell, French-American race car driver (d. 1960)
    • 1922 – Ralph Burns, American songwriter, bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and pianist (d. 2001)
    • 1922 – Vasko Popa, Serbian poet and academic (d. 1991)
    • 1922 – John William Vessey, Jr., American general (d. 2016)
    • 1923 – Chou Wen-chung, Chinese-American composer and educator (d. 2019)
    • 1924 – Ezra Laderman, American composer and educator (d. 2015)
    • 1924 – Roy Walford, American pathologist and gerontologist (d. 2004)
    • 1924 – Philip H. Hoff, American politician (d. 2018)
    • 1925 – Francis S. Currey, American World War II Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2019)
    • 1925 – Giorgio Napolitano, Italian journalist and politician, 11th President of Italy
    • 1925 – Chan Parker, American dancer and author (d. 1999)
    • 1925 – Jackie Lynn Taylor, American actress (d. 2014)
    • 1925 – Cara Williams, American actress
    • 1926 – Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler, 3rd Emir of Kuwait (d. 2006)
    • 1926 – Julius W. Becton, Jr., U.S lieutenant general
    • 1926 – Roger Stuart Bacon, Nova Scotia politician
    • 1926 – Bobby Morgan, American professional baseball player
    • 1927 – Pierre Perrault, Canadian director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
    • 1927 – Marie Thérèse Killens, Canadian politician
    • 1928 – Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (d. 1999)
    • 1928 – Jean-Louis Pesch, French author and illustrator
    • 1928 – Radius Prawiro, Indonesian economist and politician (d. 2005)
    • 1929 – Pat Crawford Brown, American actress
    • 1929 – Pete George, American weightlifter
    • 1929 – Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author (d. 2006)
    • 1930 – Ernst Albrecht, German economist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (d. 2014)
    • 1930 – Robert Evans, American actor and producer (d. 2019)
    • 1930 – Viola Léger, American-Canadian actress and politician
    • 1930 – Sławomir Mrożek, Polish-French author and playwright (d. 2013)
    • 1931 – Sevim Burak, Turkish author (d. 1983)
    • 1932 – Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, British jurist; Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
    • 1933 – Bob Shaw, American baseball player and manager (d. 2010)
    • 1933 – John Bradshaw, American theologian and author (d. 2016)
    • 1934 – Corey Allen, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2010)
    • 1935 – Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos, Greek captain and businessman (d. 2011)
    • 1935 – Katsuya Nomura, Japanese baseball player and manager
    • 1936 – Harmon Killebrew, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2011)
    • 1939 – Alan Connolly, Australian cricketer
    • 1939 – Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, Brazilian footballer and coach
    • 1940 – Vyacheslav Artyomov, Russian composer
    • 1940 – John Dawes, Welsh rugby player and coach
    • 1941 – John Boccabella, American baseball player
    • 1941 – Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian-American activist (d. 1998)
    • 1942 – Charlotte Bingham, English author and screenwriter
    • 1942 – Mike Willesee, Australian journalist and producer (d. 2019)
    • 1943 – Little Eva, American singer (d. 2003)
    • 1943 – Louis Nicollin, French entrepreneur and chairman of Montpellier HSC (d. 2017)
    • 1944 – Gary Busey, American actor
    • 1944 – Andreu Mas-Colell, Spanish economist, academic, and politician
    • 1944 – Seán Patrick O’Malley, American cardinal
    • 1945 – Chandrika Kumaratunga, Sri Lankan journalist and politician, 5th President of Sri Lanka
    • 1946 – Ernesto Pérez Balladares, Panamanian politician, 33rd President of Panama
    • 1946 – Egon von Fürstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (d. 2004)
    • 1947 – Richard Lewis, American actor and screenwriter
    • 1948 – Sean Bergin, South African-Dutch saxophonist and flute player (d. 2012)
    • 1948 – Fred Grandy, American actor and politician
    • 1948 – Ian Paice, English drummer, songwriter, and producer
    • 1948 – Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar, Kenyan-English politician
    • 1949 – Dan Dierdorf, American football player and sportscaster
    • 1949 – Joan Clos, Spanish anesthesiologist and politician, 116th Mayor of Barcelona
    • 1949 – Ann Veneman, American lawyer and politician, 27th United States Secretary of Agriculture
    • 1950 – Bobby London, American illustrator
    • 1951 – Craig Sager, American sportscaster (d. 2016)
    • 1953 – Don Dokken, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
    • 1953 – Colin Hay, Scottish-Australian singer and guitarist
    • 1954 – Rick Honeycutt, American baseball player and coach
    • 1954 – Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior, Brazilian footballer, coach, and manager
    • 1955 – Charles J. Precourt, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
    • 1956 – Nick Fry, English economist and businessman
    • 1956 – David Burroughs Mattingly, American illustrator and painter
    • 1956 – Pedro Guerrero, Dominican-American baseball player and manager
    • 1956 – Pedro Santana Lopes, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of Portugal
    • 1956 – Pyotr Vasilevsky, Belarusian footballer and manager (d. 2012)
    • 1957 – Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Turkmen dentist and politician, 2nd President of Turkmenistan
    • 1957 – María Conchita Alonso, Cuban-Venezuelan singer and actress
    • 1957 – Robert Forster, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
    • 1957 – Michael Nutter, American politician, 98th Mayor of Philadelphia
    • 1957 – Terry Wyatt, English physicist and academic
    • 1958 – Dieter Althaus, German politician
    • 1958 – Rosa Mota, Portuguese runner
    • 1961 – Sharon Lawrence, American actress, singer, and dancer
    • 1962 – Amanda Donohoe, English actress
    • 1962 – Joan Laporta, Spanish lawyer and politician
    • 1962 – George D. Zamka, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
    • 1963 – Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist
    • 1964 – Stedman Pearson, English singer-songwriter and dancer
    • 1965 – Tripp Eisen, American guitarist
    • 1965 – Paul Jarvis, English cricketer
    • 1966 – Yoko Kamio, Japanese author and comic artist
    • 1967 – Jeff Burton, American race car driver
    • 1967 – Melora Hardin, American actress and singer
    • 1967 – Seamus McGarvey, Northern Irish cinematographer
    • 1968 – Brian d’Arcy James, American actor and musician
    • 1968 – Theoren Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player
    • 1968 – Judith Hoag, American actress and educator
    • 1969 – Claude Béchard, Canadian politician (d. 2010)
    • 1969 – Pavlos Dermitzakis, Greek footballer and manager
    • 1969 – Tōru Hashimoto, Japanese lawyer and politician
    • 1970 – Melanie Paschke, German sprinter
    • 1970 – Emily Skinner, American actress and singer
    • 1971 – Matthew Good, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
    • 1973 – George Hincapie, American cyclist
    • 1976 – Daniel Carlsson, Swedish race car driver
    • 1976 – Bret McKenzie, New Zealand comedian, actor, musician, songwriter, and producer
    • 1977 – Sotiris Liberopoulos, Greek footballer
    • 1977 – Zuleikha Robinson, English actress
    • 1978 – Nicole Scherzinger, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
    • 1979 – Matthew Bode, Australian footballer
    • 1979 – Andy O’Brien, English footballer
    • 1979 – Marleen Veldhuis, Dutch swimmer
    • 1980 – Katherine Jenkins, Welsh soprano and actress
    • 1981 – Luke Branighan, Australian rugby league player
    • 1981 – Joe Johnson, American basketball player
    • 1981 – Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentinian race car driver (d. 2005)
    • 1981 – Shmuly Yanklowitz, American rabbi, author, and educator
    • 1982 – Dusty Hughes, American baseball player
    • 1982 – Lily Rabe, American actress
    • 1983 – Aundrea Fimbres, American singer-songwriter and dancer
    • 1983 – Jeremy Powers, American cyclist
    • 1984 – Aleksandr Shustov, Russian high jumper
    • 1985 – Quintin Demps, American football player
    • 1986 – José Manuel Jurado, Spanish footballer
    • 1986 – Edward Maya, Romanian singer-songwriter and producer
    • 1988 – Éver Banega, Argentinian footballer
    • 1990 – Kim Little, Scottish footballer
    • 1990 – Yann M’Vila, French footballer
    • 1991 – Suk Hyun-jun, South Korean footballer
    • 1991 – Kawhi Leonard, American basketball player
    • 1991 – Addison Timlin, American actress
    • 1993 – Harrison Gilbertson, Australian actor
    • 1994 – Camila Mendes, American actress and model
    • 1996 – Joseph Manu, New Zealand rugby league player
    • 1998 – Michael Porter Jr., American basketball player
    • 2006 – Sam Lavagnino, American child voice actor

    Deaths on June 29

    • 226 – Cao Pi, Chinese emperor (b. 187)
    • 884 – Yang Shili, general of the Tang Dynasty
    • 976 – Gero, archbishop of Cologne
    • 1059 – Bernard II, Duke of Saxony (b. 995)
    • 1149 – Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch (b. 1115)
    • 1153 – Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles
    • 1252 – Abel, King of Denmark (b. 1218)
    • 1293 – Henry of Ghent, philosopher (b. c.1217)
    • 1315 – Ramon Llull, Spanish philosopher (b. 1235)
    • 1344 – Joan of Savoy, duchess consort of Brittany, throne claimant of Savoy (b. 1310)
    • 1374 – Jan Milíč of Kroměříž, Czech priest and reformer
    • 1432 – Janus of Cyprus (b. 1375)
    • 1509 – Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby (b. 1443)
    • 1520 – Moctezuma II, Aztec ruler (b. 1466)
    • 1575 – Baba Nobuharu, Japanese samurai (b. 1515)
    • 1594 – Niels Kaas, Danish politician, Chancellor of Denmark (b. 1535)
    • 1626 – Scipione Cobelluzzi, Italian cardinal and archivist (b. 1564)
    • 1646 – Laughlin Ó Cellaigh, Gaelic-Irish Lord
    • 1725 – Arai Hakuseki, Japanese philosopher, academic, and politician (b. 1657)
    • 1729 – Edward Taylor, American-English poet, pastor, and physician (b. circa 1642)
    • 1744 – André Campra, French composer and conductor (b. 1660)
    • 1764 – Ralph Allen, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1693)
    • 1779 – Anton Raphael Mengs, German painter (b. 1728)
    • 1831 – Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, Prussian minister and politician (b. 1757)
    • 1840 – Lucien Bonaparte, French prince (b. 1775)
    • 1852 – Henry Clay, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State (b. 1777)
    • 1853 – Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, French botanist and academic (b. 1797)
    • 1855 – John Gorrie, American physician and humanitarian (b. 1803)
    • 1860 – Thomas Addison, English physician and endocrinologist (b. 1793)
    • 1861 – Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet and translator (b. 1806)
    • 1873 – Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1824)
    • 1875 – Ferdinand I of Austria (b. 1793)
    • 1895 – Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist (b. 1825)
    • 1900 – Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1827)
    • 1907 – Konstantinos Volanakis, Greek painter and academic (b. 1837)
    • 1919 – José Gregorio Hernández Venezuelan physician and educator (b. 1864)
    • 1931 – Nérée Beauchemin, Canadian poet and physician (b. 1850)
    • 1933 – Roscoe Arbuckle, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1887)
    • 1935 – Jack O’Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1873)
    • 1936 – János Szlepecz, Slovene priest and missionary (b. 1872)
    • 1940 – Paul Klee, Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1879)
    • 1941 – Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1860)
    • 1942 – Paul Troje, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1864)
    • 1949 – Themistoklis Sofoulis, Greek politician, 115th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1860)
    • 1955 – Max Pechstein, German painter and academic (b. 1881)
    • 1960 – Frank Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1885)
    • 1962 – Charles Lyon Chandler, American historian (b. 1883)
    • 1964 – Eric Dolphy, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1928)
    • 1967 – Primo Carnera, Italian boxer and actor (b. 1906)
    • 1967 – Jayne Mansfield, American actress (b. 1933)
    • 1969 – Moise Tshombe, Congolese accountant and politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1919)
    • 1971 – Nestor Mesta Chayres, Mexican operatic tenor and bolero vocalist (b. 1908)
    • 1975 – Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
    • 1978 – Bob Crane, American actor (b. 1928)
    • 1979 – Lowell George, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1945)
    • 1980 – Jorge Basadre, Peruvian historian (b. 1903)
    • 1981 – Russell Drysdale, English-Australian painter (b. 1912)
    • 1982 – Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer, founded Balmain (b. 1914)
    • 1982 – Henry King, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1886)
    • 1986 – Frank Wise, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1897)
    • 1990 – Irving Wallace, American author and screenwriter (b. 1916)
    • 1992 – Mohamed Boudiaf, Algerian soldier and politician, President of Algeria (b. 1919)
    • 1993 – Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
    • 1994 – Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor and educator (b. 1908)
    • 1995 – Lana Turner, American actress (b. 1921)
    • 1997 – William Hickey, American actor (b. 1927)
    • 1998 – Horst Jankowski, German pianist and composer (b. 1936)
    • 1999 – Karekin I, Syrian-Armenian patriarch (b. 1950)
    • 1999 – Allan Carr, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1937)
    • 2000 – Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor and director (b. 1922)
    • 2002 – Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (b. 1928)
    • 2003 – Katharine Hepburn, American actress (b. 1907)
    • 2004 – Bernard Babior, American physician and biochemist (b. 1935)
    • 2004 – Alvin Hamilton, Canadian lieutenant and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1912)
    • 2006 – Fabián Bielinsky, Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1959)
    • 2006 – Randy Walker, American football player and coach (b. 1954)
    • 2007 – Fred Saberhagen, American soldier and author (b. 1930)
    • 2007 – Joel Siegel, American journalist and critic (b. 1943)
    • 2009 – Joe Bowman, American, target shooter and boot-maker (b. 1925)
    • 2011 – K. D. Sethna, Indian poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic (b. 1904)
    • 2012 – Yong Nyuk Lin, Singaporean politician, Singaporean Minister of Health (b. 1918)
    • 2012 – Vincent Ostrom, American political scientist and academic (b. 1919)
    • 2012 – Juan Reccius, Chilean triple jumper (b. 1911)
    • 2012 – Floyd Temple, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1926)
    • 2013 – Peter Fitzgerald, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1937)
    • 2013 – Jack Gotta, American-Canadian football player, coach, and manager (b. 1929)
    • 2013 – Margherita Hack, Italian astrophysicist and author (b. 1922)
    • 2013 – Gilma Jiménez, Colombian politician (b. 1956)
    • 2014 – Damian D’Oliveira, South African cricketer (b. 1960)
    • 2014 – Dermot Healy, Irish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1947)
    • 2015 – Hisham Barakat, Egyptian lawyer and judge (b. 1950)
    • 2015 – Josef Masopust, Czech footballer and coach (b. 1931)
    • 2015 – Charles Pasqua, French businessman and politician, French Minister of the Interior (b. 1927)
    • 2016 – Jan Hettema, Springbok cyclist and five times South African National Rally Champion (b. 1933)
    • 2017 – Louis Nicollin, French entrepreneur and chairman of Montpellier HSC from 1974 to his death (b. 1943)
    • 2017 – Dave Semenko, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1957)
    • 2018 – Steve Ditko, American comic writer and illustrator (b. 1927)
    • 2020 – Carl Reiner, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)

    Holidays and observances on June 29

    • Christian feast day:
      • Cassius of Narni
      • Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Western Christianity), and its related observances:
        • Haro Wine Festival (Haro, La Rioja)
        • l-Imnarja (Malta)
      • June 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
    • Engineer’s Day (Ecuador)
    • Independence Day (Seychelles), celebrates the independence of Seychelles from the United Kingdom in 1976.
    • Veterans’ Day (Netherlands)

  • June 5 – History, Events, Births, Deaths, Holidays and Observances On This Day

    • 1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights.
    • 1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles of Salerno.
    • 1288 – The Battle of Worringen ends the War of the Limburg Succession, with John I, Duke of Brabant, being one of the more important victors.
    • 1610 – The masque Tethys’ Festival is performed at Whitehall Palace to celebrate the investiture of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales.
    • 1644 – The Qing dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor take Beijing during the collapse of the Ming dynasty.
    • 1798 – The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread the United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated.
    • 1817 – The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched.
    • 1829 – HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba.
    • 1832 – The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis Philippe.
    • 1837 – Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
    • 1849 – Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy by the signing of a new constitution.
    • 1851 – Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly, starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper.
    • 1862 – As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
    • 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
    • 1873 – Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
    • 1883 – The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
    • 1888 – The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
    • 1893 – The trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
    • 1900 – Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
    • 1915 – Denmark amends its constitution to allow women’s suffrage.
    • 1916 – Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
    • 1916 – World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
    • 1917 – World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as “Army registration day”.
    • 1940 – World War II: After a brief lull in the Battle of France, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the River Somme in Operation Fall Rot (“Case Red”).
    • 1941 – World War II: Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing.
    • 1942 – World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
    • 1944 – World War II: More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.
    • 1945 – The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.
    • 1946 – A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people.
    • 1947 – Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
    • 1949 – Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand’s Parliament.
    • 1956 – Elvis Presley introduces his new single, “Hound Dog”, on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
    • 1959 – The first government of Singapore is sworn in.
    • 1963 – The British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns in a sex scandal known as the “Profumo affair”.
    • 1963 – Movement of 15 Khordad: Protests against the arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini by the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In several cities, masses of angry demonstrators are confronted by tanks and paratroopers.
    • 1964 – DSV Alvin is commissioned.
    • 1967 – The Six-Day War begins: Israel launches surprise strikes against Egyptian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border.
    • 1968 – Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan.
    • 1975 – The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
    • 1975 – The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum on membership of the European Economic Community (EEC).
    • 1976 – The Teton Dam in Idaho, United States, collapses.
    • 1981 – The “Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report” of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that five people in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS.
    • 1983 – More than 100 people are killed when the Russian river cruise ship Aleksandr Suvorov collides with a girder of the Ulyanovsk Railway Bridge. The collision caused a freight train to derail, further damaging the vessel yet the ship remained afloat and was eventually restored and returned to service.
    • 1984 – Operation Blue Star: Under orders from India’s prime minister, Indira Gandhi, the Indian Army begins an invasion of the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion.
    • 1989 – The Tank Man halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
    • 1993 – Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK, fall into the sea following a landslide.
    • 1995 – The Bose–Einstein condensate is first created.
    • 1997 – The Second Republic of the Congo Civil War begins.
    • 1998 – A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants. The strike lasts seven weeks.
    • 2000 – The Six-Day War in Kisangani begins in Kisangani, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, between Ugandan and Rwandan forces. A large part of the city is destroyed.
    • 2001 – Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm causes $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the second costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
    • 2003 – A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50 °C (122 °F) in the region.
    • 2004 – Noël Mamère, Mayor of Bègles, celebrates marriage for two men for the first time in France.
    • 2006 – Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
    • 2009 – After 65 straight days of civil disobedience, at least 31 people are killed in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near Bagua, Peru.
    • 2013 – A building collapse in Philadelphia kills six and wounds 14 other people.
    • 2015 – An earthquake with a moment magnitude of 6.0 struck Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia killing 18 people, including hikers and mountain guides on Mount Kinabalu, after mass landslides that occurred during the earthquake. This is the strongest earthquake to strike Malaysia since 1975.
    • 2017 – Montenegro becomes the 29th member of the NATO.
    • 2017 – Six Arab countries—Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates—cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region.

    Births on June 5

    • 1341 – Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of King Edward III of England and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (d. 1402)
    • 1412 – Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, Italian ruler (d. 1478)
    • 1493 – Justus Jonas, German priest and academic (d. 1555)
    • 1523 – Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1573)
    • 1554 – Benedetto Giustiniani, Italian clergyman (d. 1621)
    • 1587 – Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, English colonial administrator and admiral (d. 1658)
    • 1596 – Peter Wtewael, Dutch Golden Age painter (d. 1660)
    • 1640 – Pu Songling, Chinese author (d. 1715)
    • 1646 – Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1684)
    • 1660 – Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1744)
    • 1757 – Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher (d. 1808)
    • 1760 – Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (d. 1852)
    • 1771 – Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (d. 1851)
    • 1781 – Christian Lobeck, German scholar and academic (d. 1860)
    • 1801 – William Scamp, English architect and engineer (d. 1872)
    • 1819 – John Couch Adams, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1892)
    • 1830 – Carmine Crocco, Italian soldier (d. 1905)
    • 1850 – Pat Garrett, American sheriff (d. 1908)
    • 1862 – Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)
    • 1868 – James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish rebel leader (d. 1916)
    • 1870 – Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor (d. 1935)
    • 1876 – Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and academic (d. 1957)
    • 1877 – Willard Miller, Canadian-American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1959)
    • 1878 – Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (d. 1923)
    • 1879 – Robert Mayer, German-English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1985)
    • 1883 – John Maynard Keynes, English economist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1946)
    • 1884 – Ralph Benatzky, Czech-Swiss composer (d. 1957)
    • 1884 – Ivy Compton-Burnett, English author (d. 1969)
    • 1884 – Frederick Lorz, American runner (d. 1914)
    • 1892 – Jaan Kikkas, Estonian weightlifter (d. 1944)
    • 1894 – Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-English publisher and academic (d. 1976)
    • 1895 – William Boyd, American actor and producer (d. 1972)
    • 1895 – William Roberts, English soldier and painter (d. 1980)
    • 1898 – Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian shoe designer, founded Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A. (d. 1960)
    • 1898 – Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (d. 1936)
    • 1899 – Otis Barton, American diver, engineer, and actor, designed the bathysphere (d. 1992)
    • 1899 – Theippan Maung Wa, Burmese writer (d. 1942)
    • 1900 – Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
    • 1902 – Arthur Powell Davies, American minister, author, and activist (d. 1957)
    • 1905 – Wayne Boring, American illustrator (d. 1987)
    • 1912 – Dean Amadon, American ornithologist and author (d. 2003)
    • 1912 – Eric Hollies, English cricketer (d. 1981)
    • 1913 – Conrad Marca-Relli, American-Italian painter and academic (d. 2000)
    • 1914 – Beatrice de Cardi, English archaeologist and academic (d. 2016)
    • 1916 – Sid Barnes, Australian cricketer (d. 1973)
    • 1916 – Eddie Joost, American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)
    • 1919 – Richard Scarry, American-Swiss author and illustrator (d. 1994)
    • 1920 – Marion Motley, American football player and coach (d. 1999)
    • 1920 – Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American journalist and author (d. 1974)
    • 1922 – Paul Couvret, Dutch-Australian soldier, pilot, and politician (d. 2013)
    • 1922 – Sheila Sim, English actress (d. 2016)
    • 1923 – Jorge Daponte, Argentinian racing driver (d. 1963)
    • 1923 – Roger Lebel, Canadian actor (d. 1994)
    • 1923 – Daniel Pinkham, American organist and composer (d. 2006)
    • 1924 – Lou Brissie, American baseball player and scout (d. 2013)
    • 1924 – Art Donovan, American football player and radio host (d. 2013)
    • 1925 – Bill Hayes, American actor and singer
    • 1926 – Paul Soros, Hungarian-American engineer and businessman (d. 2013)
    • 1928 – Robert Lansing, American actor (d. 1994)
    • 1928 – Umberto Maglioli, Italian racing driver (d. 1999)
    • 1928 – Tony Richardson, English-American director and producer (d. 1991)
    • 1930 – Alifa Rifaat, Egyptian author (d. 1996)
    • 1931 – Yves Blais, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1998)
    • 1931 – Jacques Demy, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
    • 1931 – Jerzy Prokopiuk, Polish anthropologist and philosopher
    • 1932 – Christy Brown, Irish painter and author (d. 1981)
    • 1932 – Dave Gold, American businessman, founded the 99 Cents Only Stores (d. 2013)
    • 1933 – Bata Živojinović, Serbian actor and politician (d. 2016)
    • 1934 – Vilhjálmur Einarsson, Icelandic triple jumper, painter, and educator (d. 2019)
    • 1934 – Bill Moyers, American journalist, 13th White House Press Secretary
    • 1937 – Hélène Cixous, French author, poet, and critic
    • 1938 – Moira Anderson, Scottish singer
    • 1938 – Karin Balzer, German hurdler (d. 2019)
    • 1938 – Roy Higgins, Australian jockey (d. 2014)
    • 1939 – Joe Clark, Canadian journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Canada
    • 1939 – Margaret Drabble, English novelist, biographer, and critic
    • 1941 – Martha Argerich, Argentinian pianist
    • 1941 – Erasmo Carlos, Brazilian singer-songwriter
    • 1941 – Spalding Gray, American writer, actor, and monologist (d. 2004)
    • 1941 – Robert Kraft, American businessman, founded The Kraft Group
    • 1941 – Jeff Rooker, Baron Rooker, English academic and politician, Minister of State for Immigration
    • 1941 – Gudrun Sjödén, Swedish designer
    • 1942 – Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatoguinean lieutenant and politician, 2nd President of Equatorial Guinea
    • 1943 – Abraham Viruthakulangara, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Nagpur, Maharashtra, India (d. 2018)
    • 1944 – Whitfield Diffie, American cryptographer and academic
    • 1945 – John Carlos, American runner and football player
    • 1945 – André Lacroix, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
    • 1946 – John Du Cann, English guitarist (d. 2001)
    • 1946 – Bob Grant, Australian rugby league player
    • 1946 – Patrick Head, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Williams F1
    • 1946 – Wanderléa, Brazilian singer and television host
    • 1947 – Laurie Anderson, American singer-songwriter and violinist
    • 1947 – Tom Evans, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1983)
    • 1947 – David Hare, English director, playwright, and screenwriter
    • 1947 – Freddie Stone, American singer, guitarist, and pastor
    • 1949 – Ken Follett, Welsh author
    • 1949 – Elizabeth Gloster, English lawyer and judge
    • 1949 – Alexander Scrymgeour, 12th Earl of Dundee, Scottish politician
    • 1950 – Ronnie Dyson, American singer and actor (d. 1990)
    • 1950 – Abraham Sarmiento, Jr., Filipino journalist and activist (d. 1977)
    • 1951 – Suze Orman, American financial adviser, author, and television host
    • 1952 – Pierre Bruneau, Canadian journalist and news anchor
    • 1952 – Carole Fredericks, American singer (d. 2001)
    • 1952 – Nicko McBrain, English drummer and songwriter
    • 1953 – Kathleen Kennedy, American film producer, co-founded Amblin Entertainment
    • 1954 – Alberto Malesani, Italian footballer and manager
    • 1954 – Phil Neale, English cricketer, coach, and manager
    • 1954 – Nancy Stafford, American model and actress
    • 1955 – Edino Nazareth Filho, Brazilian footballer and manager
    • 1956 – Richard Butler, English singer-songwriter
    • 1956 – Kenny G, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
    • 1957 – Charles Nolan, American fashion designer (d. 2011)
    • 1958 – Avigdor Lieberman, Moldavian-Israeli soldier and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel
    • 1958 – Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, Comorian businessman and politician, President of Comoros
    • 1959 – Mark Ella, Australian rugby player
    • 1959 – Werner Schildhauer, German runner
    • 1960 – Boris Dugan, Estonian footballer and coach
    • 1960 – Claire Fox, English author and academic
    • 1961 – Anke Behmer, German heptathlete
    • 1961 – Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (d. 1999)
    • 1961 – Anthony Burger, American singer and pianist (d. 2006)
    • 1961 – Aldo Costa, Italian engineer
    • 1961 – Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis player and coach
    • 1962 – Jeff Garlin, American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter
    • 1962 – Tõnis Lukas, Estonian historian and politician, 34th Estonian Minister of Education
    • 1964 – Lisa Cholodenko, American director and screenwriter
    • 1964 – Karl Sanders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
    • 1965 – Michael E. Brown, American astronomer and author
    • 1965 – Sandrine Piau, French soprano
    • 1965 – Alfie Turcotte, American ice hockey player
    • 1967 – Matt Bullard, American basketball player and sportscaster
    • 1967 – Joe DeLoach, American sprinter
    • 1967 – Ray Lankford, American baseball player
    • 1967 – Ron Livingston, American actor
    • 1968 – Ed Vaizey, English lawyer and politician, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries
    • 1969 – Brian McKnight, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
    • 1970 – Martin Gélinas, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
    • 1971 – Susan Lynch, Northern Irish actress
    • 1971 – Alex Mooney, American politician
    • 1971 – Takaya Tsubobayashi, Japanese racing driver
    • 1971 – Mark Wahlberg, American model, actor, producer, and rapper
    • 1972 – Yogi Adityanath, Indian priest and politician
    • 1972 – Paweł Kotla, Polish conductor and academic
    • 1973 – Lamon Brewster, American boxer
    • 1973 – Gella Vandecaveye, Belgian martial artist
    • 1974 – Mervyn Dillon, Trinidadian cricketer
    • 1974 – Scott Draper, Australian tennis player and golfer
    • 1974 – Russ Ortiz, American baseball player
    • 1975 – Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Lithuanian-American basketball player
    • 1975 – Duncan Patterson, English drummer and keyboard player
    • 1975 – Sandra Stals, Belgian runner
    • 1976 – Giannis Giannoulis, Canadian basketball player
    • 1976 – Torry Holt, American football player and sportscaster
    • 1977 – Liza Weil, American actress
    • 1978 – Fernando Meira, Portuguese footballer
    • 1979 – Stefanos Kotsolis, Greek footballer
    • 1979 – Matthew Scarlett, Australian footballer
    • 1979 – Pete Wentz, American singer-songwriter, bass player, actor, and fashion designer
    • 1979 – Jason White, American race car driver
    • 1980 – Mike Fisher, Canadian ice hockey player
    • 1980 – Antonio García, Spanish racing driver
    • 1981 – Serhat Akın, Turkish footballer
    • 1981 – Sébastien Lefebvre, Canadian singer and guitarist
    • 1982 – Ryan Dallas Cook, American trombonist (d. 2005)
    • 1983 – Marques Colston, American football player
    • 1984 – Robert Barbieri, Canadian-Italian rugby player
    • 1984 – Eric Traoré, Senegalese footballer
    • 1985 – Jeremy Abbott, American figure skater
    • 1985 – Ekaterina Bychkova, Russian tennis player
    • 1986 – Dave Bolland, Canadian ice hockey player
    • 1986 – Vernon Gholston, American football player
    • 1987 – Marcus Thornton, American basketball player
    • 1988 – Alessandro Salvi, Italian footballer
    • 1989 – Cam Atkinson, American ice hockey player
    • 1989 – Megumi Nakajima, Japanese voice actress and singer
    • 1990 – Radko Gudas, Czech ice hockey defenceman
    • 1991 – Sören Bertram, German footballer
    • 1992 – Joazhiño Arroe, Peruvian footballer
    • 1992 – Emily Seebohm, Australian swimmer
    • 1993 – Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Samoan-New Zealand rugby league player
    • 1995 – Troye Sivan, South African–born Australian singer-songwriter, actor, and YouTuber
    • 1995 – Ross Wilson, English table tennis player
    • 1997 – Sam Darnold, American football player
    • 1998 – Yulia Lipnitskaya, Russian figure skater

    Deaths on June 5

    • 301 – Sima Lun, Chinese emperor (b. 249)
    • 535 – Epiphanius, patriarch of Constantinople
    • 567 – Theodosius I, patriarch of Alexandria
    • 708 – Jacob of Edessa, Syrian bishop (b. 640)
    • 754 – Eoban, bishop of Utrecht
    • 754 – Boniface, English missionary and martyr (b. 675)
    • 879 – Ya’qub ibn al-Layth, Persian emir (b. 840)
    • 928 – Louis the Blind, king of Provence
    • 1017 – Sanjō, emperor of Japan (b. 976)
    • 1118 – Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester, Norman nobleman and politician (b. 1049)
    • 1296 – Edmund Crouchback, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1245)
    • 1310 – Amalric, prince of Tyre
    • 1316 – Louis X, king of France (b. 1289)
    • 1383 – Dmitry of Suzdal, Russian grand prince (b. 1324)
    • 1400 – Frederick I, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
    • 1424 – Braccio da Montone, Italian nobleman (b. 1368)
    • 1434 – Yuri IV, Russian grand prince (b. 1374)
    • 1443 – Ferdinand, Portuguese prince (b. 1402)
    • 1445 – Leonel Power, English composer
    • 1530 – Mercurino Gattinara, Italian statesman and jurist (b. 1465)
    • 1568 – Lamoral, Count of Egmont (b. 1522)
    • 1625 – Orlando Gibbons, English organist and composer (b. 1583)
    • 1667 – Francesco Sforza Pallavicino, Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1607)
    • 1716 – Roger Cotes, English mathematician and academic (b. 1682)
    • 1722 – Johann Kuhnau, German organist and composer (b. 1660)
    • 1738 – Isaac de Beausobre, French pastor and theologian (b. 1659)
    • 1740 – Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, English politician and courtier (b. 1671)
    • 1791 – Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-Canadian general and politician, 22nd Governor of Quebec (b. 1718)
    • 1816 – Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer and educator (b. 1741)
    • 1825 – Odysseas Androutsos, Greek soldier (b. 1788)
    • 1826 – Carl Maria von Weber, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1786)
    • 1866 – John McDouall Stuart, Scottish explorer and surveyor (b. 1815)
    • 1899 – Antonio Luna, Filipino general (b. 1866)
    • 1900 – Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1871)
    • 1906 – Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (b. 1842)
    • 1910 – O. Henry, American short story writer (b. 1862)
    • 1913 – Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (b. 1851)
    • 1916 – Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish-born British field marshal and politician, Secretary of State for War (b. 1850)
    • 1920 – Rhoda Broughton, Welsh-English author (b. 1840)
    • 1921 – Will Crooks, English trade unionist and politician (b. 1852)
    • 1921 – Georges Feydeau, French playwright (b. 1862)
    • 1930 – Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete (b. 1880)
    • 1930 – Pascin, Bulgarian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1885)
    • 1934 – Emily Dobson, Australian philanthropist (b. 1842)
    • 1934 – William Holman, English-Australian politician, 19th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1871)
    • 1947 – Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish-American actor and director (b. 1884)
    • 1967 – Arthur Biram, Israeli philologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1878)
    • 1967 – Harry Brown, Australian public servant (b. 1878)
    • 1993 – Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1933)
    • 1996 – Acharya Kuber Nath Rai, Indian poet and scholar (b. 1933)
    • 1997 – J. Anthony Lukas, American journalist and author (b. 1933)
    • 1998 – Jeanette Nolan, American actress (b. 1911)
    • 1998 – Sam Yorty, American soldier and politician, 37th Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1909)
    • 1999 – Mel Tormé, American singer-songwriter (b. 1925)
    • 2000 – Don Liddle, American baseball player (b. 1925)
    • 2002 – Dee Dee Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1951)
    • 2003 – Jürgen Möllemann, German soldier and politician, 10th Vice-Chancellor of Germany (b. 1945)
    • 2003 – Manuel Rosenthal, French composer and conductor (b. 1904)
    • 2004 – Iona Brown, English violinist and conductor (b. 1941)
    • 2004 – Ronald Reagan, American actor and politician, 40th President of the United States (b. 1911)
    • 2005 – Adolfo Aguilar Zínser, Mexican scholar and politician (b. 1949)
    • 2006 – Frederick Franck, Dutch-American painter, sculptor, and author (b. 1909)
    • 2006 – Edward L. Moyers, American businessman (b. 1928)
    • 2009 – Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1978)
    • 2012 – Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer and screenwriter (b. 1920)
    • 2012 – Hal Keller, American baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
    • 2012 – Mihai Pătrașcu, Romanian-American computer scientist (b. 1982)
    • 2012 – Charlie Sutton, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1924)
    • 2013 – Helen McElhone, Scottish politician (b. 1933)
    • 2013 – Stanisław Nagy, Polish cardinal (b. 1921)
    • 2013 – Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, Irish republican activist and politician (b. 1932)
    • 2013 – Michel Ostyn, Belgian physiologist and physician (b. 1924)
    • 2014 – Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi, Iraqi commander (b. 1971)
    • 2014 – Don Davis, American songwriter and producer (b. 1938)
    • 2014 – Reiulf Steen, Norwegian journalist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications (b. 1933)
    • 2015 – Tariq Aziz, Iraqi journalist and politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1936)
    • 2015 – Alan Bond, English-Australian businessman (b. 1938)
    • 2015 – Richard Johnson, English actor (b. 1927)
    • 2015 – Roger Vergé, French chef and author (b. 1930)
    • 2016 – Jerome Bruner, American psychologist (b. 1915)
    • 2017 – Andy Cunningham, English actor (b. 1950)
    • 2017 – Cheick Tioté, Ivorian footballer (b. 1986)
    • 2018 – Kate Spade, American fashion designer (b. 1962)

    Holidays and observances on June 5

    • Arbor Day (New Zealand)
    • Christian feast day:
      • Boniface (Roman Catholic Church)
      • Dorotheus of Tyre
      • Genesius, Count of Clermont
      • Blessed Meinwerk
      • June 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
    • Constitution Day (Denmark)
    • Father’s Day (Denmark)
    • Feast of Núr, the first day of the fifth month of the Bahá’í calendar (Bahá’í Faith) (only if Bahá’í Naw-Rúz falls on March 21)
    • Indian Arrival Day (Suriname)
    • Khordad Movement Anniversary (Iran) (Only if March equinox falls on March 20)
    • Liberation Day (Seychelles)
    • President’s Day (Equatorial Guinea)
    • Reclamation Day (Azerbaijan)
    • World Day Against Speciesism (International)
    • World Environment Day (International)

  • June 1 – History, Events, Births, Deaths, Holidays and Observances On This Day

    • 1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu.
    • 1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed king of Castile and León.
    • 1298 – Residents of Riga and Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Livonian Order in the Battle of Turaida.
    • 1495 – A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of Scotch whisky
    • 1533 – Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England.
    • 1535 – Combined forces loyal to Charles V attack and expel the Ottomans from Tunis during the Conquest of Tunis.
    • 1648 – The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at the Battle of Maidstone in the Second English Civil War.
    • 1649 – Start of the Sumuroy Revolt: Filipinos in Northern Samar led by Agustin Sumuroy revolt against Spanish colonial authorities.
    • 1670 – In Dover, England, Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover, which will force England into the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
    • 1676 – Battle of Öland: allied Danish-Dutch forces defeat the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, during the Scanian War (1675–79).
    • 1679 – The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog.
    • 1773 – Wolraad Woltemade rescues 14 sailors at the Cape of Good Hope from the sinking ship De Jonge Thomas by riding his horse into the sea seven times. He drowned on his eighth attempt.
    • 1779 – The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins.
    • 1792 – Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
    • 1794 – The battle of the Glorious First of June is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars.
    • 1796 – Tennessee is admitted as the 16th state of the United States.
    • 1812 – War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.
    • 1813 – Capture of USS Chesapeake.
    • 1815 – Napoleon promulgates a revised Constitution after it passes a plebiscite.
    • 1831 – James Clark Ross becomes the first European at the North Magnetic Pole.
    • 1849 – Territorial Governor Alexander Ramsey declared the Territory of Minnesota officially established.
    • 1855 – The American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua.
    • 1857 – Charles Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du mal is published.
    • 1861 – American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought.
    • 1862 – American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: The Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
    • 1868 – The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
    • 1879 – Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
    • 1890 – The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith’s tabulating machine to count census returns.
    • 1913 – The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
    • 1916 – Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
    • 1918 – World War I: Western Front: Battle of Belleau Wood: Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
    • 1922 – The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
    • 1929 – The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
    • 1930 – The Deccan Queen is introduced as first intercity train between Bombay VT (Now Mumbai CST) and Poona (Pune) to run on electric locomotives.
    • 1939 – First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft.
    • 1941 – World War II: The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
    • 1941 – The Farhud, a massive pogrom in Iraq, starts and as a result, many Iraqi Jews are forced to leave their homes.
    • 1943 – BOAC Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing British actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation that it was actually an attempt to kill British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
    • 1946 – Ion Antonescu, “Conducator” (“Leader”) of Romania during World War II, is executed.
    • 1950 – The Chinchaga fire ignites. By September, it would become the largest single fire on record in North America.
    • 1958 – Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
    • 1961 – The Canadian Bank of Commerce and Imperial Bank of Canada merge to form the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the largest bank merger in Canadian history.
    • 1962 – Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel.
    • 1964 – Kenya becomes a republic with Jomo Kenyatta (1897 – 22 August 1978) as its first President (1964 to 1978).
    • 1974 – The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.
    • 1975 – The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan was founded by Jalal Talabani, Nawshirwan Mustafa, Fuad Masum and others.
    • 1978 – The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.
    • 1979 – The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
    • 1980 – Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
    • 1988 – European Central Bank is founded in Brussels.
    • 1988 – The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty comes into effect.
    • 1990 – Cold War: George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production.
    • 1993 – Dobrinja mortar attack: Thirteen are killed and 133 wounded when Serb mortar shells are fired at a soccer game in Dobrinja, west of Sarajevo.
    • 1994 – Republic of South Africa becomes a Commonwealth republic.
    • 1999 – American Airlines Flight 1420 slides and crashes while landing at Little Rock National Airport, killing 11 people on a flight from Dallas to Little Rock.
    • 2001 – Nepalese royal massacre: Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shoots and kills several members of his family including his father and mother.
    • 2001 – Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.
    • 2004 – Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols is sentenced to 161 consecutive life terms without the possibility of a parole, breaking a Guinness World Record.
    • 2008 – A fire on the back lot of Universal Studios breaks out, destroying the attraction King Kong Encounter and a large archive of master tapes for music and film, the full extent of which was not revealed until 2019.
    • 2009 – Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed.
    • 2009 – General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.
    • 2011 – A rare tornado outbreak occurs in New England; a strong EF3 tornado strikes Springfield, Massachusetts, during the event, killing four people.
    • 2011 – Space Shuttle Endeavour makes its final landing after 25 flights.
    • 2015 – A ship carrying 458 people capsizes on Yangtze river in China’s Hubei province, killing 400 people.

    Births on June 1

    • 1134 – Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (d. 1158)
    • 1300 – Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, English politician, Lord Marshal of England (d. 1338)
    • 1451 – Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney (d. 1508)
    • 1460 – Enno I, Count of East Frisia, German noble (d. 1491)
    • 1480 – Tiedemann Giese, Polish bishop (d. 1550)
    • 1498 – Maarten van Heemskerck, Dutch painter (d. 1574)
    • 1522 – Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert, Dutch writer and scholar (d. 1590)
    • 1563 – Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English politician, Secretary of State for England (d. 1612)
    • 1612 – Frans Post, Dutch painter (d. 1680)
    • 1633 – Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer and academic (d. 1687)
    • 1637 – Jacques Marquette, French missionary and explorer (d. 1675)
    • 1653 – Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (d. 1704)
    • 1675 – Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist and playwright (d. 1755)
    • 1762 – Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish priest and missionary, founded the Irish Christian Brothers (d. 1844)
    • 1765 – Christiane Vulpius, mistress and wife of Johann Wolfgang Goethe (d. 1816)
    • 1770 – Friedrich Laun, German author (d. 1849)
    • 1790 – Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian actor and playwright (d. 1836)
    • 1796 – Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (d. 1832)
    • 1800 – Edward Deas Thomson, Australian educator and politician, Chief Secretary of New South Wales (d. 1879)
    • 1801 – Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1877)
    • 1804 – Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (d. 1857)
    • 1808 – Henry Parker, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of New South Wales (d. 1881)
    • 1815 – Otto of Greece (d. 1862)
    • 1819 – Francis V, Duke of Modena (d. 1875)
    • 1822 – Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden, English portrait photographer (d. 1865)
    • 1825 – John Hunt Morgan, American general (d. 1864)
    • 1831 – John Bell Hood, American general (d. 1879)
    • 1833 – John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer, judge, and politician, Attorney General of Kentucky (d. 1911)
    • 1843 – Henry Faulds, Scottish physician and missionary, developed fingerprinting (d. 1930)
    • 1844 – John J. Toffey, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1911)
    • 1869 – Richard Wünsch, German philologist (d. 1915)
    • 1873 – Elena Alistar, Bessarabian politician (d. 1955)
    • 1874 – Yury Nikolaevich Voronov, Russian botanist (d. 1931)
    • 1878 – John Masefield, English author and poet (d. 1967)
    • 1879 – Max Emmerich, American triathlete and gymnast (d. 1956)
    • 1882 – Nicolae Bivol, Moldovan businessman and politician, Mayor of Chișinău (d. 1940)
    • 1887 – Clive Brook, English actor (d. 1974)
    • 1889 – James Daugherty, American author, illustrator, and painter (d. 1974)
    • 1889 – Charles Kay Ogden, English linguist and philosopher (d. 1957)
    • 1890 – Frank Morgan, American actor (d. 1949)
    • 1892 – Amanullah Khan, sovereign of the Kingdom of Afghanistan, (d. 1960)
    • 1899 – Edward Charles Titchmarsh, English mathematician and academic (d. 1963)
    • 1901 – Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and manager (d. 1990)
    • 1901 – Tom Gorman, Australian rugby league player (d. 1978)
    • 1901 – John Van Druten, English-American playwright and director (d. 1957)
    • 1903 – Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop and martyr (d. 1973)
    • 1903 – Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist and academic (d. 1986)
    • 1905 – Robert Newton, English-American actor (d. 1956)
    • 1907 – Jan Patočka, Czech philosopher (d. 1977)
    • 1907 – Frank Whittle, English airman and engineer, developed the jet engine (d. 1996)
    • 1908 – Julie Campbell Tatham, American author (d. 1999)
    • 1909 – Yechezkel Kutscher, Slovakian-Israeli philologist and linguist (d. 1971)
    • 1910 – Gyula Kállai, Hungarian communist leader, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People’s Republic of Hungary (d. 1996)
    • 1912 – Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, author, and mountaineer (d. 1987)
    • 1913 – Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician (d. 2007)
    • 1915 – John Randolph, American actor (d. 2004)
    • 1916 – Jean Jérôme Hamer, Belgian Cardinal (d. 1996)
    • 1917 – William Standish Knowles, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)
    • 1920 – Robert Clarke, American actor and producer (d. 2005)
    • 1921 – Nelson Riddle, American composer and bandleader (d. 1985)
    • 1922 – Joan Caulfield, American model and actress (d. 1991)
    • 1922 – Povel Ramel, Swedish singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2007)
    • 1924 – William Sloane Coffin, American minister and activist (d. 2006)
    • 1925 – Dilia Díaz Cisneros, Venezuelan teacher (d. 2017)
    • 1926 – Johnny Berry, English footballer (d. 1994)
    • 1926 – Andy Griffith, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
    • 1926 – Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (d. 1962)
    • 1926 – George Robb, English international footballer and teacher (d. 2011)
    • 1926 – Richard Schweiker, American soldier and politician, 14th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (d. 2015)
    • 1928 – Georgy Dobrovolsky, Ukrainian pilot and astronaut (d. 1971)
    • 1928 – Steve Dodd, Australian actor and composer (d. 2014)
    • 1928 – Bob Monkhouse, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2003)
    • 1929 – Nargis, Indian actress (d. 1981)<ref”>Dilip Kumar (28 July 2014). Dilip Kumar: The Substance and the Shadow. Hay House, Inc. p. 137. ISBN 978-93-81398-96-8.</ref>
    • 1929 – James H. Billington, American academic and Thirteenth Librarian of Congress (d. 2018)
    • 1930 – John Lemmon, English logician and philosopher (d. 1966)
    • 1930 – Richard Levins, American ecologist and geneticist (d. 2016)
    • 1930 – Matt Poore, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2020)
    • 1930 – Edward Woodward, English actor (d. 2009)
    • 1931 – Walter Horak, Austrian footballer (d. 2019)
    • 1932 – Frank Cameron, New Zealand cricketer
    • 1932 – Christopher Lasch, American historian and critic (d. 1994)
    • 1933 – Haruo Remeliik, Palauan politician, 1st President of Palau (d. 1985)
    • 1933 – Charles Wilson, American lieutenant and politician (d. 2010)
    • 1934 – Pat Boone, American singer-songwriter and actor
    • 1934 – Peter Masterson, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2018)
    • 1934 – Doris Buchanan Smith, American author (d. 2002)
    • 1935 – Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, English architect, founded Foster and Partners
    • 1935 – Reverend Ike, American minister and television host (d. 2009)
    • 1935 – Jack Kralick, American baseball player (d. 2012)
    • 1935 – Percy Adlon, German director, screenwriter and producer
    • 1935 – John C. Reynolds, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2013)
    • 1936 – Anatoly Albul, Soviet and Russian wrestler (d. 2013)
    • 1936 – André Bourbeau, Canadian politician (d. 2018)
    • 1936 – Bekim Fehmiu, Bosnian actor (d. 2010)
    • 1936 – Gerald Scarfe, English illustrator and animator
    • 1937 – Morgan Freeman, American actor and producer
    • 1937 – Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress
    • 1937 – Colleen McCullough, Australian neuroscientist and author (d. 2015)
    • 1939 – Cleavon Little, American actor and comedian (d. 1992)
    • 1940 – René Auberjonois, American actor (d. 2019)
    • 1940 – Katerina Gogou, Greek writer and actress (d. 1993)
    • 1940 – Kip Thorne, American physicist, astronomer, and academic
    • 1941 – Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (d. 2015)
    • 1941 – Toyo Ito, Japanese architect, designed the Torre Realia BCN and Hotel Porta Fira
    • 1941 – Alexander V. Zakharov, Russian physicist and astronomer
    • 1942 – Parveen Kumar, Pakistani-English physician and academic
    • 1943 – Orietta Berti, Italian singer and actress
    • 1943 – Richard Goode, American pianist
    • 1943 – Lorrie Wilmot, South African cricketer (d. 2004)
    • 1944 – Colin Blakemore, British neurobiologist
    • 1944 – Robert Powell, English actor
    • 1945 – Jim McCarty, American blues rock guitarist
    • 1945 – Linda Scott, American singer
    • 1945 – Lydia Shum, Chinese-Hong Kong actress (d. 2008)
    • 1945 – Kerry Vincent, Australian chef and author
    • 1945 – Frederica von Stade, American soprano and actress
    • 1946 – Brian Cox, Scottish actor
    • 1947 – Ron Dennis, English businessman, founded the McLaren Group
    • 1947 – Jonathan Pryce, Welsh actor and singer
    • 1947 – Ronnie Wood, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
    • 1948 – Powers Boothe, American actor (d. 2017)
    • 1948 – Tomáš Halík, Czech Roman Catholic priest, philosopher, theologian and scholar
    • 1948 – Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
    • 1948 – Juhan Viiding, Estonian poet and actor (d. 1995)
    • 1950 – Perrin Beatty, Canadian businessman and politician
    • 1950 – Charlene, American singer-songwriter
    • 1950 – Jean Lambert, English educator and politician
    • 1950 – Michael McDowell, American author and screenwriter (d. 1999)
    • 1952 – Şenol Güneş, Turkish footballer and manager
    • 1952 – David Lan, South African-English director and playwright
    • 1952 – Mihaela Loghin, Romanian shot putter
    • 1953 – Ronnie Dunn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
    • 1953 – Ted Field, American entrepreneur and race car driver
    • 1954 – Jill Black, English lawyer and judge
    • 1955 – Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 2016)
    • 1955 – Lorraine Moller, New Zealand runner
    • 1955 – Tony Snow, American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (d. 2008)
    • 1956 – Patrick Besson, French writer and journalist
    • 1956 – Lisa Hartman Black, American actress
    • 1956 – Petra Morsbach, German author
    • 1958 – Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Mongolian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Mongolia
    • 1958 – Gennadiy Valyukevich, Belarusian triple jumper (d. 2019)
    • 1959 – Martin Brundle, English racing driver and sportscaster
    • 1959 – Alan Wilder, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
    • 1960 – Simon Gallup, English musician (The Cure)
    • 1960 – Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2012)
    • 1960 – Sergey Kuznetsov, Russian footballer and manager
    • 1960 – Giorgos Lillikas, Cypriot politician, 8th Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs
    • 1960 – Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast (d. 2006)
    • 1961 – Paul Coffey, Canadian ice hockey player
    • 1961 – Mark Curry, American actor
    • 1961 – Werner Günthör, Swiss shot putter and bobsledder
    • 1961 – John Huston, American golfer
    • 1961 – Peter Machajdík, Slovakian-German pianist and composer
    • 1963 – Vital Borkelmans, Belgian footballer
    • 1963 – Miles J. Padgett, Scottish physicist and academic
    • 1963 – David Westhead, English actor and producer
    • 1965 – Larisa Lazutina, Russian skier
    • 1965 – Olga Nazarova, Russian sprinter
    • 1965 – Nigel Short, English chess player and journalist
    • 1966 – Greg Schiano, American football player and coach
    • 1968 – Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer
    • 1968 – Jeff Hackett, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
    • 1968 – Mathias Rust, German aviator
    • 1969 – Luis García Postigo, former Mexican footballer
    • 1969 – Teri Polo, American actress
    • 1970 – Georgie Gardner, Australian journalist and television host
    • 1970 – Alexi Lalas, American soccer player, manager, and sportscaster
    • 1971 – Mario Cimarro, Cuban-American actor and singer
    • 1973 – Frédérik Deburghgraeve, Belgian swimmer
    • 1973 – Adam Garcia, Australian actor
    • 1973 – Derek Lowe, American baseball player
    • 1973 – Heidi Klum, German-American model, fashion designer, and producer
    • 1974 – Alanis Morissette, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress
    • 1974 – Michael Rasmussen, Danish cyclist
    • 1974 – Sarah Teather, English politician
    • 1974 – Akis Zikos, Greek footballer and coach
    • 1975 – Michal Grošek, Czech-Swiss ice hockey player and coach
    • 1975 – Frauke Petry, German politician
    • 1975 – Ēriks Rags, Latvian javelin thrower
    • 1976 – Marlon Devonish, English sprinter and coach
    • 1976 – Kōhei Murakami, Japanese actor
    • 1977 – Andrea Bogart, American actress
    • 1977 – Arsen Gitinov, Russian and Kyrgyzstani freestyle wrestler
    • 1977 – Danielle Harris, American actress
    • 1977 – Brad Wilkerson, American baseball player and coach
    • 1977 – Sarah Wayne Callies, American actress
    • 1978 – Antonietta Di Martino, Italian high jumper
    • 1978 – Matthew Hittinger, American poet and author
    • 1979 – Santana Moss, American football player
    • 1979 – Markus Persson, Swedish game designer, founded Mojang
    • 1981 – Brandi Carlile, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
    • 1981 – Amy Schumer, American actress
    • 1981 – Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan-American baseball player
    • 1981 – Aleksei Mikhailovich Uvarov, Russian footballer
    • 1982 – Justine Henin, Belgian tennis player
    • 1983 – Tetyana Hamera-Shmyrko, Ukrainian runner
    • 1983 – Tõnis Sahk, Estonian long jumper
    • 1984 – Jean Beausejour, Chilean footballer
    • 1984 – Olivier Tielemans, Dutch racing driver
    • 1985 – Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopian runner
    • 1985 – Mário Hipólito, Angolan footballer
    • 1985 – Dinesh Karthik, Indian cricketer
    • 1985 – Nick Young, American basketball player
    • 1985 – Sam Young, American basketball player
    • 1986 – Moses Ndiema Masai, Kenyan runner
    • 1986 – Chinedu Obasi, Nigerian footballer
    • 1986 – Ben Smith, New Zealand rugby player
    • 1987 – Zoltán Harsányi, Slovakian footballer
    • 1987 – Jerel McNeal, American basketball player
    • 1987 – Yarisley Silva, Cuban pole vaulter
    • 1988 – Javier Hernández, Mexican footballer
    • 1989 – Nataliya Goncharova, Ukrainian/Russian volleyball player
    • 1989 – Sammy Alex Mutahi, Kenyan runner
    • 1990 – Miller Bolaños, Ecuadoran footballer
    • 1990 – Kennie Chopart, Danish footballer
    • 1990 – Carlota Ciganda, Spanish golfer
    • 1990 – Martin Pembleton, English footballer
    • 1990 – Bianca Perie, Romanian hammer thrower
    • 1991 – Tyrone Roberts, Australian rugby league player
    • 1993 – Sam Anas, American ice hockey player
    • 1994 – Kagayaki Taishi, Japanese sumo wrestler
    • 1996 – Edvinas Gertmonas, Lithuanian footballer
    • 1996 – Tom Holland, English actor
    • 1999 – Dmitri Aliev, Russian figure skater

    Deaths on June 1

    • 195 BC – Emperor Gaozu of Han (b. 256 BC)
    • 193 – Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor (b. 133)
    • 352 – Ran Min, “Heavenly Prince” (Tian Wang) during the Sixteen Kingdoms
    • 654 – Pyrrhus, patriarch of Constantinople
    • 829 – Li Tongjie, general of the Tang Dynasty
    • 847 – Xiao, empress of the Tang Dynasty
    • 896 – Theodosius Romanus, Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch
    • 932 – Thietmar, duke of Saxony
    • 1146 – Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess regent of Brittany (b. 1068)
    • 1186 – Minamoto no Yukiie, Japanese warlord
    • 1220 – Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (b. 1176)
    • 1310 – Marguerite Porete, French mystic
    • 1354 – Kitabatake Chikafusa (b. 1293)
    • 1434 – King Wladislaus II of Poland
    • 1571 – John Story, English martyr (b. 1504)
    • 1616 – Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1543)
    • 1625 – Honoré d’Urfé, French author and poet (b. 1568)
    • 1639 – Melchior Franck, German composer (b. 1579)
    • 1660 – Mary Dyer, English-American martyr (b. 1611)
    • 1662 – Zhu Youlang, Chinese emperor (b. 1623)
    • 1681 – Cornelis Saftleven, Dutch genre painter (b. 1607)
    • 1710 – David Mitchell, Scottish admiral and politician (b. 1642)
    • 1740 – Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (b. 1657)
    • 1769 – Edward Holyoke, American pastor and academic (b. 1689)
    • 1773 – Wolraad Woltemade, South African folk hero (b. 1708)
    • 1795 – Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (b. 1744)
    • 1815 – Louis-Alexandre Berthier, French general and politician, French Minister of War (b. 1753)
    • 1823 – Louis-Nicolas Davout, French general and politician, French Minister of War (b. 1770)
    • 1826 – J. F. Oberlin, French pastor and philanthropist (b. 1740)
    • 1830 – Swaminarayan, Indian religious leader (b. 1781)
    • 1833 – Oliver Wolcott Jr., American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Treasury, 24th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1760)
    • 1841 – David Wilkie, Scottish painter and academic (b. 1785)
    • 1846 – Pope Gregory XVI (b. 1765)
    • 1861 – John Quincy Marr, American captain (b. 1825)
    • 1864 – Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel, led the Taiping Rebellion (b. 1812)
    • 1868 – James Buchanan, American lawyer and politician, 15th President of the United States (b. 1791)
    • 1872 – James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American publisher, founded the New York Herald (b. 1795)
    • 1873 – Joseph Howe, Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1804)
    • 1876 – Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and journalist (b. 1848)
    • 1879 – Napoléon, Prince Imperial of France (b. 1856)
    • 1908 – Allen Butler Talcott, American painter (b. 1867)
    • 1927 – Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (b. 1860)
    • 1927 – J. B. Bury, Irish historian, philologist, and scholar (b. 1861)
    • 1934 – Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet, English colonel and polo player (b. 1867)
    • 1935 – Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Romanian-Hungarian general (d. 1857)
    • 1938 – Ödön von Horváth, Croatian-French author and playwright (b. 1901)
    • 1941 – Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic (b. 1873)
    • 1941 – Hugh Walpole, New Zealand-English author (b. 1884)
    • 1943 – Leslie Howard, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
    • 1943 – Wilfrid Israel, English-German businessman and philanthropist (b. 1899)
    • 1946 – Ion Antonescu, Romanian marshal and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1882)
    • 1948 – Alex Gard, Russian-American cartoonist (b. 1900)
    • 1952 – John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1859)
    • 1953 – Emanuel Vidović, Croatian painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
    • 1954 – Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish-German journalist and author (b. 1869)
    • 1960 – Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1883)
    • 1960 – Paula Hitler, German-Austrian sister of Adolf Hitler (b. 1896)
    • 1962 – Adolf Eichmann, a German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (b. 1906)
    • 1963 – Walter Lee, Australian politician, 24th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1874)
    • 1965 – Curly Lambeau, American football player and coach, founded the Green Bay Packers (b. 1898)
    • 1966 – Papa Jack Laine, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1873)
    • 1968 – Helen Keller, American author and activist (b. 1880)
    • 1968 – André Laurendeau, Canadian playwright, journalist, and politician (b. 1912)
    • 1969 – Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1904)
    • 1971 – Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian and academic (b. 1892)
    • 1979 – Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
    • 1980 – Arthur Nielsen, American businessman, founded the ACNielsen company (b. 1897)
    • 1981 – Carl Vinson, American lawyer and politician (b. 1883)
    • 1983 – Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (b. 1903)
    • 1985 – Richard Greene, English actor and soldier (b. 1918)
    • 1986 – Jo Gartner, Austrian racing driver (b. 1958)
    • 1987 – Rashid Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1921)
    • 1988 – Herbert Feigl, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1902)
    • 1989 – Aurelio Lampredi, Italian engineer, designed the Ferrari Lampredi engine (b. 1917)
    • 1991 – David Ruffin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
    • 1996 – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian politician, 6th President of India (b. 1913)
    • 1999 – Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (b. 1910)
    • 2000 – Tito Puente, American drummer, composer, and producer (b. 1923)
    • 2001 – Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist, created Dennis the Menace (b. 1920)
    • 2001 – notable victims of the Nepalese royal massacre
      • Aishwarya of Nepal (b. 1949)
      • Birendra of Nepal (b. 1945)
      • Dhirendra of Nepal (b. 1950)
      • Prince Nirajan of Nepal (b. 1978)
      • Princess Shruti of Nepal (b. 1976)
    • 2002 – Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (b. 1969)
    • 2004 – William Manchester, American historian and author (b. 1922)
    • 2005 – Hilda Crosby Standish, American physician (b. 1902)
    • 2005 – George Mikan, American basketball player and coach (b. 1924)
    • 2006 – Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
    • 2007 – Tony Thompson, American singer and songwriter (Hi-Five) (b. 1975)
    • 2008 – Tommy Lapid, Israeli journalist and politician, 17th Justice Minister of Israel (b. 1931)
    • 2008 – Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer, founded Saint Laurent Paris (b. 1936)
    • 2009 – Bob Christie, American race car driver (b. 1924)
    • 2009 – Vincent O’Brien, Irish horse trainer (b. 1917)
    • 2010 – Kazuo Ohno, Japanese dancer (b. 1906)
    • 2010 – Andrei Voznesensky, Russian poet (b. 1933)
    • 2011 – Haleh Sahabi, Iranian humanitarian and activist (b. 1957)
    • 2012 – Faruq Z. Bey, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1942)
    • 2012 – Pádraig Faulkner, Irish educator and politician, 19th Irish Minister of Defence (b. 1918)
    • 2012 – Milan Gaľa, Slovak politician (b. 1953)
    • 2013 – James Kelleher, Canadian lawyer and politician, 33rd Solicitor General of Canada (b. 1930)
    • 2014 – Ann B. Davis, American actress (b. 1926)
    • 2014 – Valentin Mankin, Ukrainian sailor (b. 1938)
    • 2015 – Charles Kennedy, Scottish journalist and politician (b. 1959)
    • 2015 – Joan Kirner, Australian educator and politician, 42nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1938)
    • 2015 – Nicholas Liverpool, Dominican lawyer and politician, 6th President of Dominica (b. 1934)
    • 2015 – Jacques Parizeau, Canadian economist and politician, 26th Premier of Quebec (b. 1930)
    • 2015 – Jean Ritchie, American singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
    • 2018 – Sinan Sakić, Serbian pop-folk singer (b. 1956)
    • 2019 – Ani Yudhoyono, Indonesian politician, 6th First Lady of Indonesia. (b. 1952)

    Holidays and observances on June 1

    • Children’s Day (International), and its related observances:
      • The Day of Protection of Children Rights (Armenia)
      • Mothers’ and Children’s Day (Mongolia)
    • Christian feast day:
      • Annibale Maria di Francia
      • Crescentinus
      • Fortunatus of Spoleto
      • Herculanus of Piegaro
      • Íñigo of Oña
      • Justin Martyr (Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran)
      • Ronan of Locronan
      • June 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
    • Earliest day on which Canadian Forces Day can fall, while June 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in June. (Canada)
    • Earliest day on which Father’s Day can fall, while June 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in June. (Lithuania)
    • Earliest day on which June Holiday can fall, while June 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday in June. (Ireland)
    • Earliest day on which Labour Day can fall, while June 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Friday in June. (The Bahamas)
    • Earliest day on which Teacher’s Day can fall, while June 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in June. (Hungary)
    • Earliest day on which the Queen’s Birthday can fall, while June 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday in June. (New Zealand, Cook Islands, Fiji)
    • Earliest day on which Seamen’s Day can fall, while June 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in June. (Iceland)
    • Earliest day on which Western Australia Day can fall, while June 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in June. (Western Australia)
    • Global Day of Parents (International)
    • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Samoa from New Zealand in 1962.
    • Madaraka Day (Kenya)
    • National Maritime Day (Mexico)
    • National Tree Planting Day (Cambodia)
    • Pancasila Day (Indonesia)
    • President’s Day (Palau)
    • The beginning of Crop over, celebrated until the first Monday of August. (Barbados)
    • Victory Day (Tunisia)
    • World Milk Day (International)

  • May 22 – History, Events, Births, Deaths, Holidays and Observances On This Day

    • 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu.
    • 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet.
    • 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt.
    • 1176 – The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to assassinate Saladin near Aleppo.
    • 1200 – King John of England and King Philip II of France sign the Treaty of Le Goulet.
    • 1246 – Henry Raspe is elected anti-king of the Kingdom of Germany in opposition to Conrad IV.
    • 1254 – Serbian King Stefan Uroš I and the Republic of Venice sign a peace treaty.
    • 1370 – Brussels massacre: Hundreds of Jews are murdered and the rest of the Jewish community is banished from Brussels, Belgium, for allegedly desecrating consecrated Host.
    • 1377 – Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe.
    • 1455 – Start of the Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.
    • 1520 – The massacre at the festival of Tóxcatl takes place during the Fall of Tenochtitlan, resulting in turning the Aztecs against the Spanish.
    • 1629 – Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and Danish King Christian IV sign the Treaty of Lübeck ending Danish intervention in the Thirty Years’ War.
    • 1762 – Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
    • 1762 – Trevi Fountain is officially completed and inaugurated in Rome.
    • 1766 – A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region.
    • 1804 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition officially begins as the Corps of Discovery departs from St. Charles, Missouri.
    • 1807 – A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.
    • 1809 – On the second and last day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling (near Vienna, Austria), Napoleon I is repelled by an enemy army for the first time.
    • 1816 – A mob in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England, riots over high unemployment and rising grain costs, and the riots spread to Ely the next day.
    • 1819 – SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
    • 1826 – HMS Beagle departs on its first voyage.
    • 1840 – The penal transportation of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.
    • 1848 – Slavery is abolished in Martinique.
    • 1849 – Future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is issued a patent for an invention to lift boats, making him the only U.S. president to ever hold a patent.
    • 1856 – Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina severely beats Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made regarding Southerners and slavery.
    • 1863 – American Civil War: Union forces begin the Siege of Port Hudson which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.
    • 1864 – American Civil War: After ten weeks, the Union Army’s Red River Campaign ends in failure.
    • 1872 – Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
    • 1900 – The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
    • 1906 – The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their “Flying-Machine”.
    • 1915 – Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano besides Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century.
    • 1915 – Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
    • 1926 – Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
    • 1927 – Near Xining, China, an 8.3 magnitude earthquake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world’s most destructive earthquakes.
    • 1939 – World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.
    • 1941 – During the Anglo-Iraqi War, British troops take Fallujah.
    • 1942 – Mexico enters the Second World War on the side of the Allies.
    • 1943 – Joseph Stalin disbands the Comintern.
    • 1947 – Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
    • 1957 – South Africa’s government approves of racial separation in universities.
    • 1958 – The 1958 riots in Ceylon become a watershed in the race relations of various ethnic communities of Sri Lanka. The total deaths is estimated at 300, mostly Tamils.
    • 1960 – The Great Chilean earthquake, measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, hits southern Chile, becoming the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
    • 1962 – Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board.
    • 1963 – Greek left-wing politician Grigoris Lambrakis is shot in an assassination attempt, and dies five days later.
    • 1964 – Lyndon B. Johnson launches the Great Society.
    • 1967 – Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping.
    • 1967 – L’Innovation department store in Brussels, Belgium, burns down, resulting in 323 dead or missing and 150 injured, the most devastating fire in Belgian history.
    • 1968 – The nuclear-powered submarine USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard, 400 miles southwest of the Azores.
    • 1969 – Apollo 10’s lunar module flies within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the moon’s surface.
    • 1972 – Ceylon adopts a new constitution, becoming a republic and changing its name to Sri Lanka, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
    • 1972 – Over 400 women in Derry, Northern Ireland attack the offices of Sinn Féin following the shooting by the Irish Republican Army of a young British soldier on leave.
    • 1987 – Hashimpura massacre occurs in Meerut, India.
    • 1987 – First ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing Italy at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand.
    • 1990 – North and South Yemen are unified to create the Republic of Yemen.
    • 1992 – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia join the United Nations.
    • 1994 – A worldwide trade embargo against Haiti goes into effect to punish its military rulers for not reinstating the country’s ousted elected leader, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
    • 1996 – The Burmese military regime jails 71 supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi in a bid to block a pro-democracy meeting.
    • 1998 – A U.S. federal judge rules that U.S. Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the Lewinsky scandal involving President Bill Clinton.
    • 2000 – In Sri Lanka, over 150 Tamil rebels are killed over two days of fighting for control in Jaffna.
    • 2002 – Civil rights movement: A jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murder of four girls in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
    • 2010 – Air India Express Boeing 737 crashes over a cliff upon landing at Mangalore, India, killing 158 of 166 people on board, becoming the deadliest crash involving a Boeing 737.
    • 2010 – Inter Milan beat Bayern Munich 2–0 in the Uefa Champions League final in Madrid, Spain to become the first, and so far only, Italian team to win the historic treble (Serie A, Coppa Italia, Champions League).
    • 2011 – An EF5 tornado strikes Joplin, Missouri, killing 158 people and wreaking $2.8 billion in damages, the costliest and seventh-deadliest single tornado in U.S. history.
    • 2012 – Tokyo Skytree opens to the public. It is the tallest tower in the world (634 m), and the second tallest man-made structure on Earth after Burj Khalifa (829.8 m).
    • 2014 – General Prayut Chan-o-cha becomes interim leader of Thailand in a military coup d’état, following six months of political turmoil.
    • 2014 – An explosion occurs in Ürümqi, capital of China’s far-western Xinjiang region, resulting in at least 43 deaths and 91 injuries.
    • 2015 – The Republic of Ireland becomes the first nation in the world to legalize gay marriage in a public referendum.
    • 2017 – Twenty-two people are killed at an Ariana Grande concert in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing.
    • 2017 – United States President Donald Trump visits the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and becomes the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Western Wall.

    Births on May 22

    • 626 – Itzam K’an Ahk I, Mayan king (d. 686)
    • 1009 – Su Xun, Chinese writer (d. 1066)
    • 1408 – Annamacharya, Hindu saint (d. 1503)
    • 1539 – Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford (d. 1621)
    • 1622 – Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French soldier and governor (d. 1698)
    • 1644 – Gabriël Grupello, Flemish Baroque sculptor (d. 1730)
    • 1650 – Richard Brakenburgh, Dutch Golden Age painter (d. 1702)
    • 1694 – Daniel Gran, Austrian painter (d. 1757)
    • 1715 – François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and diplomat (d. 1794)
    • 1733 – Hubert Robert, French painter (d. 1808)
    • 1752 – Louis Legendre, French butcher and politician (d. 1797)
    • 1762 – Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, English politician (d. 1834)
    • 1770 – Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)
    • 1772 – Ram Mohan Roy, Indian philosopher and reformer (d. 1833)
    • 1782 – Hirose Tansō, Japanese neo-Confucian scholar, teacher, writer (d. 1856)
    • 1783 – William Sturgeon, English physicist and inventor, invented the electromagnet and electric motor (d. 1850)
    • 1808 – Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator (d. 1855)
    • 1811 – Giulia Grisi, Italian soprano (d. 1869)
    • 1811 – Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle, English politician (d. 1864)
    • 1813 – Richard Wagner, German composer (d. 1883)
    • 1814 – Amalia Lindegren, Swedish painter (d. 1891)
    • 1820 – Worthington Whittredge, American painter (d. 1910)
    • 1828 – Albrecht von Graefe, German ophthalmologist and academic (d. 1870)
    • 1831 – Henry Vandyke Carter, English anatomist and surgeon (d. 1897)
    • 1833 – Félix Bracquemond, French painter and etcher (d. 1914)
    • 1833 – Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, Spanish politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1895)
    • 1841 – Catulle Mendès, French poet, author, and playwright (d. 1909)
    • 1844 – Mary Cassatt, American painter and educator (d. 1926)
    • 1846 – Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (d. 1908)
    • 1848 – Fritz von Uhde, German painter and educator (d. 1911)
    • 1849 – Aston Webb, English architect and academic (d. 1930)
    • 1858 – Belmiro de Almeida, Brazilian painter, illustrator, sculptor (d. 1935)
    • 1859 – Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (d. 1930)
    • 1859 – Tsubouchi Shōyō, Japanese author, playwright, and educator (d. 1935)
    • 1864 – Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (d. 1931)
    • 1868 – Augusto Pestana, Brazilian engineer and politician (d. 1934)
    • 1874 – Daniel François Malan, South African clergyman and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1959)
    • 1876 – Julius Klinger, Austrian painter and illustrator (d. 1942)
    • 1879 – Warwick Armstrong, Australian cricketer and journalist (d. 1947)
    • 1879 – Jean Cras, French admiral and composer (d. 1932)
    • 1879 – Symon Petliura, Ukrainian statesman and independence leader (d. 1926)
    • 1880 – Francis de Miomandre, French author and translator (d. 1959)
    • 1885 – Giacomo Matteotti, Italian lawyer and politician (d. 1924)
    • 1885 – Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral (d. 1957)
    • 1887 – A. W. Sandberg, Danish film director and screenwriter (d. 1938)
    • 1891 – Johannes R. Becher, German politician, novelist, and poet (d. 1958)
    • 1894 – Friedrich Pollock, German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1970)
    • 1897 – Robert Neumann, German and English-speaking author (d. 1975)
    • 1900 – Juan Arvizu, Mexican lyric opera tenor and bolero vocalist (d.1985)
    • 1901 – Maurice J. Tobin, American politician, 6th United States Secretary of Labor (d. 1953)
    • 1902 – Jack Lambert, English footballer and manager (d. 1940)
    • 1902 – Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach (d. 1956)
    • 1904 – Uno Lamm, Swedish electrical engineer and inventor (d. 1989)
    • 1905 – Bodo von Borries, German physicist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope (d. 1956)
    • 1905 – Tom Driberg, British politician (d. 1976)
    • 1907 – Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator (d. 1983)
    • 1907 – Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer (d. 1989)
    • 1908 – Horton Smith, American golfer and captain (d. 1963)
    • 1909 – Margaret Mee, English illustrator and educator (d. 1988)
    • 1912 – Herbert C. Brown, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
    • 1913 – Rafael Gil, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 1986)
    • 1913 – Dominique Rolin, Belgian author (d. 2012)
    • 1914 – Max Kohnstamm, Dutch historian and diplomat (d. 2010)
    • 1914 – Sun Ra, American pianist, composer, bandleader, poet (d. 1993)
    • 1917 – George Aratani, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
    • 1917 – Jean-Louis Curtis, French author (d. 1995)
    • 1919 – Paul Vanden Boeynants, Belgian businessman and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2001)
    • 1920 – Thomas Gold, Austrian-American astrophysicist and academic (d. 2004)
    • 1921 – George S. Hammond, American scientist (d. 2005)
    • 1922 – Quinn Martin, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1987)
    • 1924 – Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2018)
    • 1925 – Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (d. 1991)
    • 1927 – Michael Constantine, American actor
    • 1927 – Peter Matthiessen, American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded The Paris Review (d. 2014)
    • 1927 – George Andrew Olah, Hungarian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)
    • 1928 – Serge Doubrovsky, French theorist and author (d. 2017)
    • 1928 – John Mackenzie, Scottish director and producer (d. 2011)
    • 1928 – T. Boone Pickens, American businessman (d. 2019)
    • 1928 – Hiroshi Sano, Japanese novelist (d. 2013)
    • 1929 – Ahmed Fouad Negm, Egyptian poet (d. 2013)
    • 1930 – Kenny Ball, English jazz trumpet player, vocalist, and bandleader (d. 2013)
    • 1930 – Marisol Escobar, French-American sculptor (d. 2016)
    • 1930 – Harvey Milk, American lieutenant and politician (d. 1978)
    • 1932 – Robert Spitzer, American psychiatrist and academic (d. 2015)
    • 1933 – Chen Jingrun, Chinese mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
    • 1934 – Peter Nero, American pianist and conductor
    • 1936 – George H. Heilmeier, American engineer (d. 2014)
    • 1937 – Facundo Cabral, Argentinian singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
    • 1938 – Richard Benjamin, American actor and director
    • 1938 – Susan Strasberg, American actress (d. 1999)
    • 1939 – Paul Winfield, American actor (d. 2004)
    • 1940 – Kieth Merrill, American filmmaker
    • 1940 – Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor (d. 2011)
    • 1940 – Bernard Shaw, American journalist
    • 1940 – Mick Tingelhoff, American Pro Football Hall of Famer
    • 1941 – Menzies Campbell, Scottish sprinter and politician
    • 1942 – Roger Brown, American basketball player (d. 1997)
    • 1942 – Ted Kaczynski, American academic and mathematician turned anarchist and serial murderer (Unabomber)
    • 1942 – Barbara Parkins, Canadian actress
    • 1942 – Richard Oakes, Native American civil rights activist (d. 1972)
    • 1943 – Betty Williams, Northern Irish peace activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2020)
    • 1943 – Tommy John, American baseball player
    • 1944 – John Flanagan, Australian fantasy author
    • 1945 – Bob Katter, Australian politician
    • 1946 – George Best, Northern Irish footballer and manager (d. 2005)
    • 1946 – Michael Green, English physicist and academic
    • 1946 – Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (d. 2015)
    • 1946 – Andrei Marga, Romanian philosopher, political scientist, politician
    • 1946 – Lyudmila Zhuravleva, Russian-Ukrainian astronomer
    • 1948 – Tomás Sánchez, Cuban painter and engraver
    • 1948 – Nedumudi Venu, Indian actor and screenwriter
    • 1949 – Cheryl Campbell, English actress
    • 1949 – Valentin Inzko, Austrian diplomat
    • 1950 – Bernie Taupin, English singer-songwriter and poet
    • 1953 – François Bon, French writer
    • 1953 – Cha Bum-kun, South Korean footballer and manager
    • 1953 – Paul Mariner, English footballer, coach, and manager
    • 1954 – Barbara May Cameron, Native American human rights activist (d. 2002)
    • 1954 – Shuji Nakamura, Japanese-American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
    • 1956 – Lucie Brock-Broido, American poet (d. 2018)
    • 1957 – Lisa Murkowski, American lawyer and politician
    • 1959 – David Blatt, Israeli-American basketball player and coach
    • 1959 – Morrissey, English singer-songwriter and performer
    • 1959 – Kwak Jae-yong, South Korean director and screenwriter
    • 1959 – Mehbooba Mufti, Indian politician
    • 1960 – Hideaki Anno, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter
    • 1962 – Brian Pillman, American football player and wrestler (d. 1997)
    • 1963 – Claude Closky, French contemporary artist
    • 1965 – Jay Carney, American journalist, 29th White House Press Secretary
    • 1966 – Johnny Gill, American singer-songwriter and producer
    • 1966 – Wang Xiaoshuai, Chinese director and screenwriter
    • 1968 – Graham Linehan, Irish comedian, actor, and author
    • 1969 – Cathy McMorris Rodgers, American lawyer and politician
    • 1970 – Naomi Campbell, English model
    • 1970 – Brody Stevens, American comedian and actor (d. 2019)
    • 1972 – Max Brooks, American author and screenwriter
    • 1973 – Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Danish actor
    • 1974 – Garba Lawal, Nigerian footballer
    • 1974 – Henrietta Ónodi, Hungarian Olympic gymnast
    • 1974 – Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukrainian politician
    • 1975 – Salva Ballesta, Spanish footballer and manager
    • 1976 – Christian Vande Velde, American cyclist
    • 1978 – Ginnifer Goodwin, American actress
    • 1978 – Katie Price, English television personality and glamour model
    • 1979 – Maggie Q, American actress
    • 1979 – Nazanin Boniadi, Iranian-American actress
    • 1980 – Sharice Davids, American politician
    • 1980 – Lucy Gordon, British actress and model (d. 2009)
    • 1981 – Daniel Bryan, American wrestler
    • 1981 – Bassel Khartabil, Syrian computer programmer and engineer (d. 2015)
    • 1981 – Jürgen Melzer, Austrian tennis player
    • 1982 – Erin McNaught, Australian model and actress
    • 1982 – Apolo Ohno, American speed skater
    • 1982 – Hong Yong-jo, North Korean footballer
    • 1983 – Natasha Kai, American soccer player and Olympic medalist
    • 1984 – Karoline Herfurth, German actress
    • 1984 – Didier Ya Konan, Ivorian footballer
    • 1984 – Dustin Moskovitz, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Facebook
    • 1985 – Tranquillo Barnetta, Swiss footballer
    • 1985 – Tao Okamoto, Japanese model and actress
    • 1986 – Julian Edelman, American football player
    • 1986 – Matt Jarvis, English footballer
    • 1986 – Tatiana Volosozhar, Russian figure skater
    • 1987 – Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player
    • 1987 – Arturo Vidal, Chilean footballer
    • 1988 – Heida Reed, Icelandic-British actress
    • 1989 – Corey Dickerson, American baseball player
    • 1990 – Wyatt Roy, Australian politician
    • 1991 – Joel Obi, Nigerian footballer
    • 1991 – Suho, South Korean singer and actor
    • 1992 – Anna Baryshnikov, American actress
    • 1994 – Florian Luger, Austrian male model
    • 1998 – Samile Bermannelli, Brazilian fashion model
    • 1999 – Camren Bicondova, American actress
    • 1999 – Femke Huijzer, Dutch model

    Deaths on May 22

    • 192 – Dong Zhuo, Chinese warlord and politician (b. 138)
    • 337 – Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (b. 272)
    • 748 – Empress Genshō of Japan (b. 683)
    • 1067 – Constantine X, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1006)
    • 1068 – Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (b. 1025)
    • 1310 – Saint Humility, founder of the Vallumbrosan religious order of nuns (b. c.1226)
    • 1409 – Blanche of England, sister of King Henry V (b. 1392)
    • 1455 – Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, English commander (b. 1406)
    • 1455 – Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, Lancastrian commander (b. 1414)
    • 1455 – Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English commander (b. 1393)
    • 1457 – Rita of Cascia, Italian nun and saint (b. 1381)
    • 1490 – Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent, English administrator, nobleman and magnate (b. 1416)
    • 1538 – John Forest, English friar and martyr (b. 1471)
    • 1540 – Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian and politician (b. 1483)
    • 1545 – Sher Shah Suri, Indian ruler (b. 1486)
    • 1553 – Giovanni Bernardi, Italian sculptor and engraver (b. 1495)
    • 1602 – Renata of Lorraine (b. 1544)
    • 1609 – Pieter Willemsz. Verhoeff, Dutch captain (b. 1573)
    • 1666 – Gaspar Schott, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1608)
    • 1667 – Pope Alexander VII (b. 1599)
    • 1745 – François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French general (b. 1671)
    • 1760 – Baal Shem Tov, Polish rabbi and author (b. 1700)
    • 1772 – Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian and academic (b. 1687)
    • 1795 – Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg, Prussian politician, Foreign Minister of Prussia (b. 1725)
    • 1802 – Martha Washington, First, First Lady of the United States (b. 1731)
    • 1851 – Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (b. 1755)
    • 1859 – Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
    • 1861 – Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
    • 1868 – Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
    • 1885 – Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)
    • 1901 – Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
    • 1910 – Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
    • 1932 – Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
    • 1933 – Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
    • 1938 – William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
    • 1939 – Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)
    • 1939 – Jiří Mahen, Czech author and playwright (b. 1882)
    • 1954 – Chief Bender, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1884)
    • 1965 – Christopher Stone, English radio host (b. 1882)
    • 1966 – Tom Goddard, English cricketer (b. 1900)
    • 1967 – Langston Hughes, American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright (b. 1902)
    • 1967 – Charlotte Serber, American Librarian of the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos site (b. 1911)
    • 1972 – Cecil Day-Lewis, Anglo-Irish poet and author (b. 1904)
    • 1972 – Margaret Rutherford, English actress (b. 1892)
    • 1974 – Irmgard Flügge-Lotz, German-American mathematician and aerospace engineer (b. 1903)
    • 1975 – Lefty Grove, American baseball player (b. 1900)
    • 1982 – Cevdet Sunay, Turkish general and politician, 5th President of Turkey (b. 1899)
    • 1983 – Albert Claude, Belgian biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
    • 1985 – Wolfgang Reitherman, German-American animator, director, and producer (b. 1909)
    • 1988 – Giorgio Almirante, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1914)
    • 1989 – Steven De Groote, South African pianist and educator (b. 1953)
    • 1990 – Rocky Graziano, American boxer (b. 1922)
    • 1991 – Shripad Amrit Dange, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1899)
    • 1991 – Stan Mortensen, English footballer and manager (b. 1921)
    • 1992 – Zellig Harris, American linguist and academic (b. 1909)
    • 1993 – Mieczysław Horszowski, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1892)
    • 1997 – Alziro Bergonzo, Italian architect and painter (b. 1906)
    • 1997 – Alfred Hershey, American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
    • 1998 – John Derek, American actor, director, and photographer (b. 1926)
    • 1998 – José Enrique Moyal, Israeli physicist and engineer (b. 1910)
    • 2000 – Davie Fulton, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1916)
    • 2004 – Richard Biggs, American actor (b. 1960)
    • 2004 – Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (b. 1945)
    • 2005 – Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician (b. 1914)
    • 2005 – Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and singer (b. 1914)
    • 2006 – Lee Jong-wook, South Korean physician and diplomat (b. 1945)
    • 2007 – Pemba Doma Sherpa, Nepalese mountaineer (b. 1970)
    • 2008 – Robert Asprin, American soldier and author (b. 1946)
    • 2010 – Martin Gardner, American mathematician, cryptographer, and author (b. 1914)
    • 2011 – Joseph Brooks, American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (b. 1938)
    • 2012 – Muzafar Bhutto, Pakistani politician (b. 1970)
    • 2012 – Wesley A. Brown, American lieutenant and engineer (b. 1927)
    • 2013 – Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt, Russian historian and ethnographer (b. 1922)
    • 2015 – Marques Haynes, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
    • 2015 – Vladimir Katriuk, Ukrainian-Canadian SS officer (b. 1921)
    • 2016 – Velimir “Bata” Živojinović, Serbian actor and politician (b. 1933)
    • 2017 – Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer (b. 1981)
    • 2019 – Judith Kerr, German-born British writer and illustrator (b. 1923)
    • 2020 – Denise Cronenberg, Canadian costume designer (b. 1938)

    Holidays and observances on May 22

    • Abolition Day (Martinique)
    • Christian feast day:
      • Castus and Emilius
      • Fulk
      • Humilita
      • Michael Hồ Đình Hy (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)
      • Quiteria
      • Rita of Cascia
      • Romanus of Subiaco
      • May 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
    • Harvey Milk Day (California)
    • International Day for Biological Diversity (International)
    • United States National Maritime Day
    • National Sovereignty Day (Haiti)
    • Republic Day (Sri Lanka)
    • Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari (Ukraine)
    • Unity Day (Yemen), celebrates the unification of North and South Yemen into the Republic of Yemen in 1990.
    • World Goth Day

  • May 5 – History, Events, Births, Deaths, Holidays and Observances On This Day

    This day marks the approximate midpoint of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere (starting the season at the March equinox).

    May 5 in History

    • 553 – The Second Council of Constantinople begins
    • 1215 – Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta.
    • 1260 – Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.
    • 1494 – Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica and claims it for Spain.
    • 1640 – King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.
    • 1654 – Cromwell’s Act of Grace, aimed at reconciliation with the Scots, proclaimed in Edinburgh.
    • 1672 – In preparation for the Franco-Dutch War, Louis XIV of France personally inspects his troops at Charleroi in one of the most magnificent displays of military power in the seventeenth century.
    • 1762 – Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
    • 1789 – In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
    • 1809 – Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
    • 1809 – The Swiss canton of Aargau allows citizenship to Jews.
    • 1811 – Peninsular War: In the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro, the British-Portuguese Army repels an attempt by the French Army of Portugal to relieve the besieged city of Almeida.
    • 1821 – Emperor Napoleon dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
    • 1835 – The first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen.
    • 1860 – Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy.
    • 1862 – Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
    • 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
    • 1865 – American Civil War: The Confederate District of the Gulf surrenders about 4,000 men at Citronelle, Alabama.
    • 1865 – American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
    • 1866 – Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
    • 1877 – American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
    • 1886 – The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
    • 1891 – The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
    • 1904 – Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
    • 1905 – The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
    • 1912 – Pravda, the “voice” of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
    • 1920 – Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder.
    • 1925 – Scopes Trial: Serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
    • 1927 – To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is first published.
    • 1936 – Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
    • 1940 – World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London.
    • 1940 – World War II: Norwegian Campaign: Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to German forces after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.
    • 1941 – Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots’ Victory Day.
    • 1945 – World War II: The German surrender at Lüneburg Heath becomes effective, encompassing all German armed forces opposing the 21st Army Group in northwestern Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands.
    • 1945 – World War II: Dönitz gives Löhr permission to seek an armistice with the Western Allies to preserve a communist free Austria and recognising first, from a German standpoint, the separation of Austria from Germany undoing the Anschluss.
    • 1945 – World War II: The Prague uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation.
    • 1945 – World War II: A Fu-Go balloon bomb launched by the Japanese Army kills six people near Bly, Oregon.
    • 1945 – World War II: Battle of Castle Itter, the only battle in which American and German troops fought cooperatively.
    • 1946 – The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
    • 1950 – Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned as King of Thailand.
    • 1955 – The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect.
    • 1961 – Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.
    • 1964 – The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.
    • 1972 – Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.
    • 1973 – Secretariat wins the 1973 Kentucky Derby in 1:59​2⁄5, an as-yet unbeaten record.
    • 1980 – Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.
    • 1981 – Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27.
    • 1985 – Ronald Reagan visits the military cemetery at Bitburg and the site of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where he makes a speech.
    • 1987 – Iran–Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America
    • 1991 – A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after police shoot a Salvadoran man.
    • 1992 – Armand Césari Stadium disaster in Bastia (Corsica): Eighteen people are killed and 2,300 are injured when one of the terraces collapses before a football match between SC Bastia and Olympique de Marseille.
    • 1993 – Three eight-year-old boys are murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas, Ultimately leading to the conviction of the West Memphis Three.
    • 1994 – The signing of the Bishkek Protocol between Armenia and Azerbaijan effectively freezes the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
    • 1994 – American teenager Michael P. Fay is caned in Singapore for theft and vandalism.
    • 1998 – A Peruvian Air Force Boeing 737 operating for Occidental Petroleum crashes on approach to Alférez FAP Alfredo Vladimir Sara Bauer Airport in Andoas, Peru, killing 75 people.
    • 2006 – The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.
    • 2007 – Kenya Airways Flight 507 crashes after takeoff from Douala International Airport in Douala, Cameroon, killing all 114 aboard, making it the deadliest aircraft disaster in Cameroon.
    • 2010 – Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek government-debt crisis.
    • 2014 – Eleven people are missing after a Chinese cargo ship collides with a Marshall Islands registered container ship off the coast of Hong Kong.
    • 2014 – Twenty-two people die after two boats carrying refugees collide in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Greece.
    • 2019 – A Russian jet plane burst into flames while attempting an emergency landing at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow killing at least 41 people.
    • 2020 – The National Telecommunications Commission issued a Cease and desist order to ABS-CBN Corporation to stop the operation of it’s free TV and radio stations.

    Births on May 5

    • 1210 – Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)
    • 1282 – Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena (d. 1322)
    • 1310 – Preczlaw of Pogarell, Cardinal and Bishop of Wrocław (d. 1376)
    • 1352 – Rupert of Germany, Count Palatine of the Rhine (d. 1410)
    • 1479 – Guru Amar Das, Indian 3rd Sikh Guru (d. 1574)
    • 1504 – Stanislaus Hosius, Polish cardinal (d. 1579)
    • 1530 – Gabriel, comte de Montgomery, French nobleman (d. 1574)
    • 1542 – Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (d. 1623)
    • 1582 – John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1628)
    • 1684 – Françoise Charlotte d’Aubigné, French wife of Adrien Maurice de Noailles (d. 1739)
    • 1747 – Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792)
    • 1749 – Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, French pianist and composer (d. 1794)
    • 1764 – Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician (d. 1812)
    • 1800 – Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (d. 1864)
    • 1813 – Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and author (d. 1855)
    • 1818 – Karl Marx, German philosopher, sociologist, and journalist (d. 1883)
    • 1826 – Eugénie de Montijo, French wife of Napoleon III (d. 1920)
    • 1830 – John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company (d. 1906)
    • 1832 – Hubert Howe Bancroft, American ethnologist and historian (d. 1918)
    • 1833 – Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer and academic (d. 1905)
    • 1834 – Viktor Hartmann, Russian painter and architect (d. 1873)
    • 1843 – William George Beers, Canadian dentist and patriot (d. 1900)
    • 1846 – Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)
    • 1858 – John L. Leal, American physician (d. 1914)
    • 1859 – Charles B. Hanford, American Shakespearean actor (d. 1926)
    • 1864 – Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (d. 1922)
    • 1865 – Helen Maud Merrill, American litterateur and poet (d. 1943)
    • 1866 – Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman (d. 1938)
    • 1869 – Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator (d. 1937)
    • 1869 – Hans Pfitzner, German composer and conductor (d. 1949)
    • 1874 – Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1941)
    • 1882 – Sylvia Pankhurst, English women’s suffrage movement leader and socialist activist (d. 1960)
    • 1883 – Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (d. 1950)
    • 1883 – Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler, American mathematician (d. 1966)
    • 1884 – Chief Bender, American baseball player and coach (d. 1954)
    • 1885 – Kingsley Fairbridge, South African-Australian scholar and politician (d. 1924)
    • 1887 – Mervyn S. Bennion, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1941)
    • 1889 – Herbie Taylor, South African cricketer and soldier (d. 1973)
    • 1890 – Christopher Morley, American journalist and author (d. 1957)
    • 1892 – Dorothy Garrod, British archaeologist (d. 1968)
    • 1898 – Elsie Eaves, American engineer (d. 1983)
    • 1898 – Blind Willie McTell, American Piedmont blues singer and guitar player (d. 1959)
    • 1899 – Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1982)
    • 1900 – Helen Redfield, American geneticist (d. 1988)
    • 1903 – James Beard, American chef and author (d. 1985)
    • 1905 – Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator (d. 1986)
    • 1906 – Charles Exbrayat, French author and screenwriter (d. 1989)
    • 1907 – Daryna Dmytrivna Polotniuk, Bukovinian (Ukrainian) journalist and author (d. 1982)
    • 1908 – Kurt Böhme, German opera singer (d. 1989)
    • 1909 – Miklós Radnóti, Hungarian poet and author (d. 1944)
    • 1910 – Leo Lionni, American author and illustrator (d. 1999)
    • 1911 – Gilles Grangier, French director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
    • 1911 – Andor Lilienthal, Russian-Hungarian chess player (d. 2010)
    • 1911 – Pritilata Waddedar, Indian educator and activist (d. 1932)
    • 1913 – Duane Carter, American race car driver (d. 1993)
    • 1914 – Tyrone Power, American actor (d. 1958)
    • 1915 – Alice Faye, American actress and singer (d. 1998)
    • 1916 – Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India (d. 1994)
    • 1917 – Pío Leyva, Cuban singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
    • 1918 – Egidio Galea, Maltese Roman Catholic priest (d. 2005)
    • 1919 – Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1999)
    • 1921 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
    • 1922 – Irene Gut Opdyke, Polish nurse and humanitarian (d. 2003)
    • 1923 – William C. Campbell, American golfer (d. 2013)
    • 1923 – James Gilbert, Scottish television producer and director (d. 2016)
    • 1923 – Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Canadian mathematician (d. 2017)
    • 1923 – Richard Wollheim, English philosopher and academic (d. 2003)
    • 1925 – Leo Ryan, American soldier, educator, and politician (d. 1978)
    • 1927 – Pat Carroll, American actress
    • 1929 – Ilene Woods, American actress (d. 2010)
    • 1930 – Hans Abramson, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
    • 1931 – Greg, Belgian author and illustrator (d. 1999)
    • 1932 – Stan Goldberg, American illustrator (d. 2014)
    • 1932 – Bob Said, American race car driver and bobsled racer (d. 2002)
    • 1933 – Igor Kashkarov, Russian high jumper
    • 1933 – Collie Smith, Jamaican cricketer (d. 1959)
    • 1934 – Henri Konan Bédié, Ivorian politician, 2nd President of Côte d’Ivoire
    • 1934 – Victor Garland, Australian accountant and politician, 26th Australian Minister for Veterans’ Affairs
    • 1935 – Eddie Linden, Scottish poet and magazine editor
    • 1935 – Bernard Pivot, French journalist, talk show host, and producer
    • 1935 – Robert Rehme, American film producer
    • 1936 – Sandy Baron, American actor and comedian (d. 2001)
    • 1936 – Patrick Gowers, English composer and educator (d. 2014)
    • 1936 – Ervin Lázár, Hungarian author (d. 2006)
    • 1937 – Delia Derbyshire, English musician, arranger and composer (d. 2001)
    • 1938 – Michael Murphy, American actor
    • 1938 – Barbara Wagner, Canadian figure skater and coach
    • 1939 – Ray Gosling, English journalist, author, and activist (d. 2013)
    • 1940 – Lance Henriksen, American actor
    • 1940 – Michael Lindsay-Hogg, American director and producer
    • 1941 – Alexander Ragulin, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2004)
    • 1942 – István Bujtor, Hungarian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
    • 1942 – Jean Corston, Baroness Corston, English lawyer and politician
    • 1942 – Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon, English politician (d. 2015)
    • 1942 – Tammy Wynette, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)
    • 1943 – Michael Palin, English actor and screenwriter
    • 1943 – Ignacio Ramonet, Spanish journalist and author
    • 1944 – Bo Larsson, Swedish footballer
    • 1944 – John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor and screenwriter
    • 1944 – Roger Rees, Welsh-American actor and director (d. 2015)
    • 1945 – Kurt Loder, American journalist, author, and critic
    • 1945 – Dianne Willcocks, English sociologist and academic
    • 1946 – Jim Kelly, American actor, athlete, and martial artist
    • 1946 – Aydın Menderes, Turkish politician (d. 2011)
    • 1948 – Bella van der Spiegel-Hage, Dutch cyclist
    • 1948 – Bill Ward, English drummer and songwriter
    • 1949 – Eppie Bleeker, Dutch speed skater
    • 1950 – Rex Caldwell, American golfer
    • 1950 – Maggie MacNeal, Dutch singer
    • 1951 – Rudolf Finsterer, German rugby player and coach
    • 1951 – Toomas Vilosius, Estonian physician and politician, 2nd Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia
    • 1952 – Ed Lee, American politician and attorney, 43rd Mayor of San Francisco (d. 2017)
    • 1952 – Jorge Llopart, Spanish race walker
    • 1952 – Willem Witteveen, Dutch scholar and politician (d. 2014)
    • 1955 – Jon Butcher, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and freelance multimedia producer
    • 1956 – Steve Scott, American runner and coach
    • 1957 – Richard E. Grant, Swazi-English actor, director, and screenwriter
    • 1957 – Peter Howitt, English actor, director, and screenwriter
    • 1957 – Aad van Mil, Dutch water polo player
    • 1958 – Ron Arad, Israeli colonel and pilot (d. 1986)
    • 1958 – Robert DiPierdomenico, Australian footballer and sportscaster
    • 1958 – Vanessa Downing, Australian actress
    • 1958 – Jack Wishna, American businessman, co-founded Rockcityclub (d. 2012)
    • 1959 – Bobby Ellsworth, American singer and bass player
    • 1959 – Ian McCulloch, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
    • 1959 – Steve Stevens, American guitarist and songwriter
    • 1959 – Brian Williams, American journalist
    • 1960 – Doug Hawkins, Australian footballer and sportscaster
    • 1961 – Marg Downey, Australian actress
    • 1961 – Hiroshi Hase, Japanese wrestler and politician
    • 1961 – Rob Williams, American basketball player (d. 2014)
    • 1962 – Kaoru Wada, Japanese composer and conductor
    • 1963 – James LaBrie, Canadian singer-songwriter
    • 1963 – Simon Rimmer, English chef and author
    • 1963 – Scott Westerfeld, American author and composer
    • 1964 – Jean-François Copé, French politician, French Minister of Budget
    • 1964 – Heike Henkel, German high jumper
    • 1964 – Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)
    • 1964 – Minami Takayama, Japanese voice actress and singer
    • 1964 – Efrat Mishori, Israeli poet and filmmaker
    • 1965 – Glenn Seton, Australian race car driver
    • 1966 – Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer
    • 1966 – Sergei Stanishev, Bulgarian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
    • 1966 – Josh Weinstein, American screenwriter and producer
    • 1967 – Adam Hughes, American author and illustrator
    • 1967 – Alexis Sinduhije, Burundian journalist and politician
    • 1969 – Pieter Muller, South African rugby player
    • 1970 – Kyan Douglas, American television host and author
    • 1970 – Todd Newton, American game show host
    • 1971 – Harold Miner, American basketball player
    • 1971 – Mike Redmond, American baseball player and manager
    • 1972 – James Cracknell, English rower
    • 1972 – Žigmund Pálffy, Slovakian ice hockey player
    • 1972 – Mikael Renberg, Swedish ice hockey player
    • 1975 – Meb Keflezighi, American runner
    • 1976 – Dieter Brummer, Australian actor
    • 1976 – Jean-François Dumoulin, Canadian race car driver
    • 1976 – Anastasios Pantos, Greek footballer
    • 1976 – Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentinian footballer and sportscaster
    • 1978 – Morgan Pehme, American director, producer, and screenwriter
    • 1979 – Vincent Kartheiser, American actor
    • 1980 – Yossi Benayoun, Israeli footballer
    • 1980 – Hank Green, American entrepreneur, educator, and vlogger
    • 1980 – DerMarr Johnson, American basketball player
    • 1981 – Craig David, English singer-songwriter, musician and producer
    • 1981 – Danielle Fishel, American actress
    • 1982 – Ferrie Bodde, Dutch footballer
    • 1982 – Wouter D’Haene, Belgian sprinter
    • 1982 – Randall Gay, American football player
    • 1982 – Corey Parker, Australian rugby league footballer
    • 1983 – James Anyon, English cricketer
    • 1983 – Henry Cavill, English actor
    • 1983 – Mabel Gay, Cuban triple jumper
    • 1983 – Annie Villeneuve, Canadian singer-songwriter
    • 1983 – Scott Ware, American football player
    • 1984 – Johanna Hedva, Korean-American artist and genderqueer activist
    • 1984 – Wade MacNeil, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
    • 1984 – Christian Valdez, Mexican footballer
    • 1985 – Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress and singer
    • 1985 – Emanuele Giaccherini, Italian footballer
    • 1985 – Tsepo Masilela, South African footballer
    • 1985 – Marcos Rogério Oliveira Duarte, Brazilian footballer
    • 1985 – Terrence Wheatley, American football player
    • 1987 – Graham Dorrans, Scottish footballer
    • 1988 – Adele, English singer-songwriter
    • 1988 – Mervyn Westfield, English cricketer
    • 1989 – Chris Brown, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
    • 1991 – Xenofon Fetsis, Greek footballer
    • 1991 – Raúl Jiménez, Mexican footballer
    • 1992 – Loïck Landre, French footballer
    • 1994 – Celeste, English singer
    • 1998 – Aryna Sabalenka, Belarusian tennis player
    • 1999 – Nathan Chen, American figure skater
    • 1999 – Justin Kluivert, Dutch footballer

    Deaths on May 5

    • 465 – Gerontius, Archbishop of Milan
    • 1194 – Casimir II the Just, Polish son of Bolesław III Wrymouth (b. 1138)
    • 1243 – Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent, English justiciar (b. c. 1160)
    • 1306 – Constantine Palaiologos, Byzantine general (b. 1261)
    • 1309 – Charles II of Naples (b. 1254)
    • 1316 – Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, daughter of King Edward I of England (b. 1282)
    • 1338 – Prince Tsunenaga, son of the Japanese Emperor (b. 1324)
    • 1380 – Saint Philotheos, Coptic martyr
    • 1432 – Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola, Italian adventurer
    • 1525 – Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (b. 1463)
    • 1582 – Charlotte of Bourbon, Princess consort of Orange, married to William I of Orange (b. 1547)
    • 1586 – Henry Sidney, Irish politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1529)
    • 1671 – Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, English general and politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (b. 1602)
    • 1672 – Samuel Cooper, English painter and linguist (b. 1609)
    • 1700 – Angelo Italia, Italian architect (b. 1628)
    • 1705 – Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1640)
    • 1760 – Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician (b. 1720)
    • 1766 – Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (b. 1684)
    • 1808 – Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher (b. 1757)
    • 1821 – Napoleon, French general and emperor (b. 1769)
    • 1827 – Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b. 1750)
    • 1833 – Sophia Campbell, English-Australian painter (b. 1777)
    • 1855 – Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1786)
    • 1859 – Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (b. 1805)
    • 1860 – Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (b. 1804)
    • 1883 – John O’Shanassy, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1818)
    • 1892 – August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
    • 1896 – Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
    • 1902 – Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
    • 1907 – Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
    • 1913 – Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
    • 1916 – John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)
    • 1916 – Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)
    • 1921 – Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
    • 1924 – A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)
    • 1931 – Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)
    • 1942 – Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)
    • 1947 – Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1917)
    • 1957 – Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (b. 1878)
    • 1959 – Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
    • 1962 – Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
    • 1965 – Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (b. 1915)
    • 1965 – John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)
    • 1971 – Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887)
    • 1973 – Zekai Özger, Turkish poet and academic (b. 1948)
    • 1977 – Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
    • 1981 – Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer and hunger striker (b. 1954)
    • 1983 – Horst Schumann, German physician (b. 1901)
    • 1983 – John Williams, English-American actor (b. 1903)
    • 1985 – Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed the Bailey bridge (b. 1901)
    • 1988 – Michael Shaara, American author and academic (b. 1928)
    • 1993 – Irving Howe, American literary and social critic (b. 1920)
    • 1994 – Mário Quintana, Brazilian poet and translator (b. 1906)
    • 1995 – Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and coach (b. 1911)
    • 1999 – Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
    • 2000 – Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (b. 1914)
    • 2000 – Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1940)
    • 2001 – Morris Graves, American painter and educator (b. 1910)
    • 2001 – Clifton Hillegass, American publisher, created CliffsNotes (b. 1918)
    • 2002 – Hugo Banzer, Bolivian general and politician, 62nd President of Bolivia (b. 1926)
    • 2002 – Paul Wilbur Klipsch, American engineer, founded Klipsch Audio Technologies (b. 1904)
    • 2002 – George Sidney, American director and producer (b. 1916)
    • 2003 – Sam Bockarie, Sierra Leonean commander (b. 1964)
    • 2003 – Walter Sisulu, South African activist and politician (b. 1912)
    • 2006 – Naushad Ali, Indian composer and producer (b. 1919)
    • 2006 – Atıf Yılmaz, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
    • 2007 – Theodore Harold Maiman, American-Canadian physicist and engineer, created the laser (b. 1927)
    • 2008 – Irv Robbins, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (b. 1917)
    • 2008 – Jerry Wallace, American singer and guitarist (b. 1928)
    • 2010 – Giulietta Simionato, Italian soprano (b. 1910)
    • 2010 – Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Nigerian academic and politician, 13th President of Nigeria (b. 1951)
    • 2011 – Claude Choules, English-Australian soldier (b. 1901)
    • 2011 – Yosef Merimovich, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1924)
    • 2011 – Dana Wynter, British actress (b. 1931)
    • 2012 – Surendranath, Indian cricketer (b. 1937)
    • 2012 – Carl Johan Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (b. 1916)
    • 2012 – Aatos Erkko, Finnish journalist and publisher (b. 1932)
    • 2012 – George Knobel, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1922)
    • 2012 – Roy Padayachie, South African lawyer and politician, South African Minister of Communications (b. 1950)
    • 2013 – Sarah Kirsch, German poet and author (b. 1935)
    • 2013 – Robert Ressler, American FBI agent and author (b. 1937)
    • 2014 – Michael Otedola, Nigerian journalist and politician, 9th Governor of Lagos State (b. 1926)
    • 2015 – Jobst Brandt, American cyclist, engineer, and author (b. 1935)
    • 2015 – Hans Jansen, Dutch linguist, academic, and politician (b. 1942)
    • 2017 – Binyamin Elon, Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician (b. 1954)
    • 2017 – Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Mauritanian politician (b. 1953)

    Holidays and observances on May 5

    • Children’s Day (Japan, South Korea)
    • Christian feast day:
      • Angelus of Jerusalem
      • Aventinus of Tours
      • Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice
      • Frederick the Wise (Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod)
      • Hilary of Arles
      • Jutta of Kulmsee
      • Stanisław Kazimierczyk
      • May 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
    • Cinco de Mayo (Mexico, United States)
    • Constitution Day (Kyrgyzstan)
    • Europe Day (Council of Europe)
    • Feast of al-Khadr or Saint George (Palestinian)
    • Indian Arrival Day (Guyana)
    • International Midwives’ Day (International)
    • Liberation Day (Denmark, Netherlands)
    • Lusophone Culture Day (Community of Portuguese Language Countries)
    • World Portuguese language day (International)
    • Martyrs’ Day (Albania)
    • Patriots’ Victory Day (Ethiopia)
    • Senior Citizens Day (Palau)
    • Tango no sekku (Japan)

  • April 30 – History, Events, Births, Deaths, Holidays and Observances On This Day

    • 311 – The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.
    • 313 – Battle of Tzirallum: Emperor Licinius defeats Maximinus II and unifies the Eastern Roman Empire.
    • 642 – Chindasuinth is proclaimed king by the Visigothic nobility and bishops.
    • 1315 – Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois.
    • 1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.
    • 1513 – Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII.
    • 1557 – Mapuche leader Lautaro is killed by Spanish forces at the Battle of Mataquito in Chile.
    • 1598 – Juan de Oñate begins the conquest of Santa Fe de Nuevo México.
    • 1598 – Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots.
    • 1636 – Eighty Years’ War: Dutch Republic forces recapture a strategically important fort from Spain after a nine-month siege.
    • 1671 – Petar Zrinski, the Croatian Ban from the Zrinski family, is executed.
    • 1789 – On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
    • 1803 – Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.
    • 1812 – The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana.
    • 1838 – Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation.
    • 1863 – A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
    • 1871 – The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
    • 1885 – Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York’s first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
    • 1897 – J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
    • 1900 – Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
    • 1904 – The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World’s Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
    • 1905 – Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
    • 1925 – Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Co. for US$146 million plus $50 million for charity.
    • 1927 – The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women’s federal prison in the United States.
    • 1927 – Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
    • 1937 – The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
    • 1938 – The animated cartoon short Porky’s Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
    • 1939 – The 1939–40 New York World’s Fair opens.
    • 1939 – NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s N.Y. World’s Fair opening day ceremonial address.
    • 1943 – World War II: The British submarine HMS Seraph surfaces near Huelva to cast adrift a dead man dressed as a courier and carrying false invasion plans.
    • 1945 – World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for less than 40 hours. Soviet soldiers raise the Victory Banner over the Reichstag building.
    • 1945 – World War II: Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp near Barth, Germany is liberated by Soviet soldiers, freeing nearly 9000 American and British airmen.
    • 1947 – In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
    • 1948 – In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
    • 1956 – Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.
    • 1957 – Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery entered into force.
    • 1961 – K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
    • 1963 – The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company’s refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom.
    • 1966 – The Church of Satan is formed in The Black House, San Francisco.
    • 1973 – Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that White House Counsel John Dean has been fired and that other top aides, most notably H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, have resigned.
    • 1975 – Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Dương Văn Minh.
    • 1980 – Beatrix is inaugurated as Queen of the Netherlands following the abdication of Juliana.
    • 1980 – The Iranian Embassy siege begins in London.
    • 1982 – The Bijon Setu massacre occurs in Calcutta, India.
    • 1993 – CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.
    • 1994 – Formula One racing driver Roland Ratzenberger is killed in a crash during the qualifying session of the San Marino Grand Prix run at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari outside Imola, Italy.
    • 2000 – Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.
    • 2004 – U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.
    • 2008 – Two skeletal remains found near Yekaterinburg, Russia are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei and Anastasia, two of the children of the last Tsar of Russia, whose entire family was executed at Yekaterinburg by the Bolsheviks.
    • 2009 – Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
    • 2009 – Seven civilians and the perpetrator are killed and another ten injured at a Queen’s Day parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands in an attempted assassination on Queen Beatrix.
    • 2012 – An overloaded ferry capsizes on the Brahmaputra River in India killing at least 103 people.
    • 2013 – Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.
    • 2014 – A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others.

    Births on April 30

    • 1245 – Philip III of France (d. 1285)
    • 1310 – King Casimir III of Poland (d. 1368)
    • 1331 – Gaston III, Count of Foix (d. 1391)
    • 1383 – Anne of Gloucester, English countess, granddaughter of King Edward III of England (d. 1438)
    • 1425 – William III, Landgrave of Thuringia (d. 1482)
    • 1504 – Francesco Primaticcio, Italian painter (d. 1570)
    • 1553 – Louise of Lorraine (d. 1601)
    • 1623 – François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop and saint (d. 1708)
    • 1651 – Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest and saint (d. 1719)
    • 1662 – Mary II of England (d. 1694)
    • 1664 – François Louis, Prince of Conti (d. 1709)
    • 1710 – Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795)
    • 1723 – Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist and philosopher (d. 1806)
    • 1758 – Emmanuel Vitale, Maltese commander and politician (d. 1802)
    • 1770 – David Thompson, English-Canadian cartographer and explorer (d. 1857)
    • 1777 – Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1855)
    • 1803 – Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (d. 1879)
    • 1829 – Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic (d. 1884)
    • 1857 – Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist and eugenicist (d. 1940)
    • 1857 – Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist (d. 1920)
    • 1865 – Max Nettlau, German historian and academic (d. 1944)
    • 1866 – Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel, American pioneer dentist (d. 1936)
    • 1869 – Hans Poelzig, German architect, designed the IG Farben Building and Großes Schauspielhaus (d. 1936)
    • 1870 – Franz Lehár, Hungarian composer (d. 1948)
    • 1870 – Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1944)
    • 1874 – Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish priest and author (d. 1949)
    • 1876 – Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (d. 1937)
    • 1877 – Léon Flameng, French cyclist (d. 1917)
    • 1877 – Alice B. Toklas, American memoirist (d. 1967)
    • 1878 – Władysław Witwicki, Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator, historian (of philosophy and art) and artist (d. 1948)
    • 1880 – Charles Exeter Devereux Crombie, Scottish cartoonist (d. 1967)
    • 1883 – Jaroslav Hašek, Czech soldier and author (d. 1923)
    • 1883 – Luigi Russolo, Italian painter and composer (d. 1947)
    • 1884 – Olof Sandborg, Swedish actor (d. 1965)
    • 1888 – John Crowe Ransom, American poet, critic, and academic (d. 1974)
    • 1893 – Harold Breen, Australian public servant (d. 1966)
    • 1893 – Joachim von Ribbentrop, German soldier and politician, 14th German Reich Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1946)
    • 1895 – Philippe Panneton, Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (d. 1960)
    • 1896 – Reverend Gary Davis, American singer and guitarist (d. 1972)
    • 1896 – Hans List, Austrian scientist and businessman, founded the AVL Engineering Company (d. 1996)
    • 1897 – Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (d. 1983)
    • 1900 – Erni Krusten, Estonian author and poet (d. 1984)
    • 1901 – Simon Kuznets, Belarusian-American economist, statistician, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
    • 1902 – Theodore Schultz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
    • 1905 – Sergey Nikolsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 2012)
    • 1908 – Eve Arden, American actress (d. 1990)
    • 1908 – Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic professor of law and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1970)
    • 1908 – Frank Robert Miller, Canadian air marshal and politician (d. 1997)
    • 1909 – F. E. McWilliam, Irish sculptor and educator (d. 1992)
    • 1909 – Juliana of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
    • 1910 – Levi Celerio, Filipino pianist, violinist, and composer (d. 2002)
    • 1914 – Charles Beetham, American middle-distance runner (d. 1997)
    • 1914 – Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter, actor, and painter (d. 2008)
    • 1916 – Paul Kuusberg, Estonian journalist and author (d. 2003)
    • 1916 – Claude Shannon, American mathematician and engineer (d. 2001)
    • 1916 – Robert Shaw, American conductor (d. 1999)
    • 1917 – Bea Wain, American singer (d. 2017)
    • 1920 – Duncan Hamilton, Irish-English race car driver and pilot (d. 1994)
    • 1920 – Tom Moore, British army officer and fundraiser
    • 1921 – Roger L. Easton, American scientist, co-invented the GPS (d. 2014)
    • 1922 – Anton Murray, South African cricketer (d. 1995)
    • 1923 – Percy Heath, American bassist (d. 2005)
    • 1923 – Kagamisato Kiyoji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 42nd Yokozuna (d. 2004)
    • 1924 – Uno Laht, Estonian KGB officer and author (d. 2008)
    • 1925 – Corinne Calvet, French actress (d. 2001)
    • 1925 – Johnny Horton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1960)
    • 1926 – Shrinivas Khale, Indian composer (d. 2011)
    • 1926 – Cloris Leachman, American actress and comedian
    • 1928 – Hugh Hood, Canadian author and academic (d. 2000)
    • 1928 – Orlando Sirola, Italian tennis player (d. 1995)
    • 1930 – Félix Guattari, French psychotherapist and philosopher (d. 1992)
    • 1933 – Charles Sanderson, Baron Sanderson of Bowden, English politician
    • 1934 – Jerry Lordan, English singer-songwriter (d. 1995)
    • 1934 – Don McKenney, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
    • 1937 – Tony Harrison, English poet and playwright
    • 1938 – Gary Collins, American actor and talk show host (d. 2012)
    • 1938 – Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak director and screenwriter
    • 1938 – Larry Niven, American author and screenwriter
    • 1940 – Jeroen Brouwers, Dutch journalist and writer
    • 1940 – Michael Cleary, Australian rugby player and politician
    • 1941 – Stavros Dimas, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs
    • 1941 – Max Merritt, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
    • 1942 – Sallehuddin of Kedah, Sultan of Kedah
    • 1943 – Frederick Chiluba, Zambian politician, 2nd President of Zambia (d. 2011)
    • 1943 – Bobby Vee, American pop singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
    • 1944 – Jon Bing, Norwegian author, scholar, and academic (d. 2014)
    • 1944 – Jill Clayburgh, American actress (d. 2010)
    • 1945 – J. Michael Brady, British radiologist
    • 1945 – Annie Dillard, American novelist, essayist, and poet
    • 1945 – Mimi Fariña, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist (d. 2001)
    • 1945 – Michael J. Smith, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1986)
    • 1946 – King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
    • 1946 – Bill Plympton, American animator, producer, and screenwriter
    • 1946 – Don Schollander, American swimmer
    • 1947 – Paul Fiddes, English theologian and academic
    • 1947 – Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
    • 1947 – Tom Køhlert, Danish footballer and manager
    • 1947 – Mats Odell, Swedish economist and politician, Swedish Minister for Financial Markets
    • 1948 – Wayne Kramer, American guitarist and singer-songwriter
    • 1948 – Pierre Pagé, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
    • 1948 – Margit Papp, Hungarian athlete
    • 1949 – Phil Garner, American baseball player and manager
    • 1949 – António Guterres, Portuguese academic and politician, 114th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th Secretary-General of the United Nations
    • 1949 – Karl Meiler, German tennis player (d. 2014)
    • 1952 – Jacques Audiard, French director and screenwriter
    • 1952 – Jack Middelburg, Dutch motorcycle racer (d. 1984)
    • 1953 – Merrill Osmond, American singer and bass player
    • 1954 – Jane Campion, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter
    • 1954 – Kim Darroch, English diplomat, UK Permanent Representative to the European Union
    • 1954 – Frank-Michael Marczewski, German footballer
    • 1955 – Nicolas Hulot, French journalist and environmentalist
    • 1955 – David Kitchin, English lawyer and judge
    • 1955 – Zlatko Topčić, Bosnian writer and screenwriter
    • 1956 – Lars von Trier, Danish director and screenwriter
    • 1957 – Wonder Mike, American rapper and songwriter
    • 1958 – Charles Berling, French actor, director, and screenwriter
    • 1959 – Stephen Harper, Canadian economist and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Canada
    • 1960 – Geoffrey Cox, English lawyer and politician
    • 1960 – Kerry Healey, American academic and politician, 70th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
    • 1961 – Arnór Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer
    • 1961 – Isiah Thomas, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
    • 1963 – Andrew Carwood, English tenor and conductor
    • 1963 – Michael Waltrip, American race car driver and sportscaster
    • 1964 – Tony Fernandes, Malaysian-Indian businessman, co-founded Tune Group
    • 1964 – Ian Healy, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
    • 1964 – Lorenzo Staelens, Belgian footballer and manager
    • 1964 – Abhishek Chatterjee, Indian actor
    • 1965 – Daniela Costian, Romanian-Australian discus thrower
    • 1965 – Adrian Pasdar, American actor
    • 1966 – Jeff Brown, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
    • 1966 – Dave Meggett, American football player and coach
    • 1967 – Phil Chang, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
    • 1969 – Warren Defever, American bass player and producer
    • 1969 – Justine Greening, English accountant and politician, Secretary of State for International Development
    • 1969 – Paulo Jr., Brazilian bass player
    • 1972 – Takako Tokiwa, Japanese actress
    • 1973 – Leigh Francis, English comedian and actor
    • 1974 – Christian Tamminga, Dutch athlete
    • 1975 – Johnny Galecki, American actor
    • 1976 – Davian Clarke, Jamaican sprinter
    • 1976 – Amanda Palmer, American singer-songwriter and pianist
    • 1976 – Daniel Wagon, Australian rugby league player
    • 1977 – Jeannie Haddaway, American politician
    • 1977 – Meredith L. Patterson, American technologist, journalist, and author
    • 1978 – Liljay, Taiwanese singer
    • 1979 – Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer
    • 1980 – Luis Scola, Argentinian basketball player
    • 1980 – Jeroen Verhoeven, Dutch footballer
    • 1981 – Nicole Kaczmarski, American basketball player
    • 1981 – John O’Shea, Irish footballer
    • 1981 – Kunal Nayyar, British-Indian actor
    • 1981 – Justin Vernon, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer
    • 1982 – Kirsten Dunst, American actress
    • 1982 – Drew Seeley, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
    • 1983 – Chris Carr, American football player
    • 1983 – Tatjana Hüfner, German luger
    • 1983 – Marina Tomić, Slovenian hurdler
    • 1983 – Troy Williamson, American football player
    • 1984 – Seimone Augustus, American basketball player
    • 1984 – Shawn Daivari, American wrestler and manager
    • 1984 – Risto Mätas, Estonian javelin thrower
    • 1984 – Lee Roache, English footballer
    • 1985 – Brandon Bass, American basketball player
    • 1985 – Gal Gadot, Israeli actress and model
    • 1985 – Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American journalist, singer, and prostitute
    • 1986 – Dianna Agron, American actress and singer
    • 1986 – Martten Kaldvee, Estonian biathlete
    • 1987 – Alipate Carlile, Australian footballer
    • 1987 – Chris Morris, South African cricketer
    • 1987 – Rohit Sharma, Indian cricketer
    • 1988 – Andy Allen, Australian chef
    • 1988 – Sander Baart, Dutch field hockey player
    • 1988 – Liu Xijun, Chinese singer
    • 1988 – Oh Hye-ri, South Korean taekwondo athlete
    • 1989 – Jang Wooyoung, South Korean singer and actor
    • 1990 – Jonny Brownlee, English triathlete
    • 1990 – Mac DeMarco, Canadian singer-songwriter
    • 1990 – Kaarel Kiidron, Estonian footballer
    • 1991 – Chris Kreider, American ice hockey player
    • 1992 – Travis Scott, American rapper and producer
    • 1992 – Marc-André ter Stegen, German footballer
    • 1993 – Dion Dreesens, Dutch swimmer
    • 1993 – Martin Fuksa, Czech canoeist
    • 1994 – Chae Seo-jin, South Korean actress
    • 1994 – Wang Yafan, Chinese tennis player
    • 1996 – Luke Friend, English singer
    • 1997 – Adam Ryczkowski, Polish footballer
    • 1999 – Jorden van Foreest, Dutch chess grandmaster
    • 2000 – Yui Hiwatashi, Japanese singer
    • 2003 – Jung Yun-Seok, South Korean actor

    Deaths on April 30

    • AD 65 – Lucan, Roman poet (b. 39)
    • 125 – An, Chinese emperor (b. 94)
    • 535 – Amalasuntha, Ostrogothic queen and regent
    • 783 – Hildegard of the Vinzgau, Frankish queen
    • 1002 – Eckard I, German nobleman
    • 1030 – Mahmud of Ghazni, Ghaznavid emir (b. 971)
    • 1063 – Ren Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 1010)
    • 1131 – Adjutor, French knight and saint
    • 1305 – Roger de Flor, Italian military adventurer (b. 1267)
    • 1341 – John III, duke of Brittany (b. 1286)
    • 1439 – Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, English commander (b. 1382)
    • 1524 – Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, French soldier (b. 1473)
    • 1544 – Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1488)
    • 1550 – Tabinshwehti, Burmese king (b. 1516)
    • 1632 – Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (b. 1559)
    • 1632 – Sigismund III Vasa, Swedish-Polish son of John III of Sweden (b. 1566)
    • 1637 – Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimyō (b. 1571)
    • 1655 – Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617)
    • 1660 – Petrus Scriverius, Dutch historian and scholar (b. 1576)
    • 1672 – Marie of the Incarnation, French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the Ursulines of Quebec (b. 1599)
    • 1696 – Robert Plot, English chemist and academic (b. 1640)
    • 1712 – Philipp van Limborch, Dutch theologian and author (b. 1633)
    • 1736 – Johann Albert Fabricius, German scholar and author (b. 1668)
    • 1758 – François d’Agincourt, French organist and composer (b. 1684)
    • 1792 – John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1718)
    • 1795 – Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist and author (b. 1716)
    • 1806 – Onogawa Kisaburō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 5th Yokozuna (b. 1758)
    • 1841 – Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author (b. 1758)
    • 1847 – Charles, Austrian commander and duke of Teschen (b. 1771)
    • 1863 – Jean Danjou, French captain (b. 1828)
    • 1865 – Robert FitzRoy, English admiral, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand (b. 1805)
    • 1870 – Thomas Cooke, Canadian bishop and missionary (b. 1792)
    • 1875 – Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766)
    • 1879 – Emma Smith, American religious leader (b. 1804)
    • 1883 – Édouard Manet, French painter (b. 1832)
    • 1891 – Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist and author (b. 1823)
    • 1900 – Casey Jones, American engineer (b. 1863)
    • 1903 – Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (b. 1831)
    • 1910 – Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic (b. 1856)
    • 1936 – A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (b. 1859)
    • 1939 – Frank Haller, American boxer (b. 1883)
    • 1943 – Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1860)
    • 1943 – Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (b. 1858)
    • 1953 – Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1874)
    • 1956 – Alben W. Barkley, American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (b. 1877)
    • 1970 – Jacques Presser, Dutch historian, writer and poet (b. 1899)
    • 1970 – Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (b. 1934)
    • 1972 – Gia Scala, English-American model and actress (b. 1934)
    • 1973 – Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright (b. 1911)
    • 1974 – Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b. 1900)
    • 1980 – Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican journalist and politician, 1st Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1898)
    • 1982 – Lester Bangs, American journalist and author (b. 1949)
    • 1983 – George Balanchine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)
    • 1983 – Muddy Waters, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and bandleader (b. 1913)
    • 1983 – Edouard Wyss-Dunant, Swiss physician and mountaineer (b. 1897)
    • 1986 – Robert Stevenson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1905)
    • 1989 – Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
    • 1993 – Tommy Caton, English footballer (b. 1962)
    • 1994 – Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver (b. 1960)
    • 1994 – Richard Scarry, American author and illustrator (b. 1919)
    • 1995 – Maung Maung Kha, Burmese colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1920)
    • 1998 – Nizar Qabbani, Syrian-English poet, publisher, and diplomat (b. 1926)
    • 2000 – Poul Hartling, Danish politician, 36th Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1914)
    • 2002 – Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, German philanthropist, founded the Gründerzeit Museum (b. 1928)
    • 2003 – Mark Berger, American economist and academic (b. 1955)
    • 2003 – Possum Bourne, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1956)
    • 2005 – Phil Rasmussen, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1918)
    • 2006 – Jean-François Revel, French philosopher (b. 1924)
    • 2006 – Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian author and academic (b. 1925)
    • 2007 – Kevin Mitchell, American football player (b. 1971)
    • 2007 – Tom Poston, American actor, comedian, and game show panelist (b. 1921)
    • 2007 – Gordon Scott, American film and television actor (b. 1926)
    • 2008 – John Cargher, English-Australian journalist and author (b. 1919)
    • 2008 – Juancho Evertsz, Dutch Antillean politician (b. 1923)
    • 2009 – Henk Nijdam, Dutch cyclist (b. 1935)
    • 2011 – Dorjee Khandu, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (b. 1955)
    • 2011 – Evald Okas, Estonian painter (b. 1915)
    • 2011 – Ernesto Sabato, Argentinian physicist, author, and painter (b. 1911)
    • 2012 – Tomás Borge, Nicaraguan poet and politician, co-founded the Sandinista National Liberation Front (b. 1930)
    • 2012 – Alexander Dale Oen, Norwegian swimmer (b. 1985)
    • 2012 – Giannis Gravanis, Greek footballer (b. 1958)
    • 2012 – Benzion Netanyahu, Russian-Israeli historian and academic (b. 1910)
    • 2012 – Sicelo Shiceka, South African politician (b. 1966)
    • 2013 – Roberto Chabet, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1937)
    • 2013 – Shirley Firth, Canadian skier (b. 1953)
    • 2013 – Viviane Forrester, French author and critic (b. 1925)
    • 2013 – Mike Gray, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1935)
    • 2014 – Khaled Choudhury, Indian painter and set designer (b. 1919)
    • 2014 – Julian Lewis, English biologist and academic (b. 1946)
    • 2014 – Carl E. Moses, American businessman and politician (b. 1929)
    • 2014 – Ian Ross, Australian journalist (b. 1940)
    • 2015 – Lennart Bodström, Swedish politician (b. 1928)
    • 2015 – Ben E. King, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1938)
    • 2015 – Steven Goldmann, Canadian director and producer (b. 1961)
    • 2016 – Daniel Berrigan, American priest and activist (b. 1921)
    • 2016 – Harry Kroto, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1939)
    • 2019 – Peter Mayhew, English-American actor (b. 1944)
    • 2020 – Tony Allen, Nigerian drummer and composer (b. 1940)

    Holidays and observances on April 30

    • Armed Forces Day (Georgia)
    • Birthday of the King Carl XVI Gustaf, one of the official flag days of Sweden.
    • Camarón Day (French Foreign Legion)
    • Children’s Day (Mexico)
    • Christian feast day:
      • Adjutor
      • Aimo
      • Amator, Peter and Louis
      • Donatus of Evorea
      • Eutropius of Saintes
      • Marie Guyart (Anglican Church of Canada)
      • Marie of the Incarnation (Ursuline)
      • Maximus of Rome
      • Blessed Miles Gerard
      • Pomponius of Naples
      • Pope Pius V
      • Quirinus of Neuss
      • Sarah Josepha Hale (Episcopal Church)
      • Suitbert the Younger
      • April 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
    • Consumer Protection Day (Thailand)
    • Earliest day on which Ascension Day can fall, while June 3 is the latest; celebrated 40 days after Easter (Christianity), and its related observances:
      • Festa della Sensa (Venice)
      • Global Day of Prayer (Western Christianity)
      • Sheep Festival (Cameroon)
    • Honesty Day (United States)
    • International Jazz Day (UNESCO)
    • Martyrs’ Day (Pakistan)
    • May Eve, the eve of the first day of summer in the Northern hemisphere (see May 1):
      • Beltane begins at sunset in the Northern hemisphere, Samhain begins at sunset in the Southern hemisphere. (Neo-Druidic Wheel of the Year)
      • Carodejnice (Czech Republic and Slovakia)
      • Walpurgis Night (Central and Northern Europe)
    • National Persian Gulf Day (Iran)
    • Reunification Day (Vietnam)
    • Russian State Fire Service Day (Russia)
    • Teachers’ Day (Paraguay)

  • April 6 – History, Events, Births, Deaths, Holidays and Observances On This Day

    • 46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) at the Battle of Thapsus.
    • 402 – Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia.
    • 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Ayyubids of Egypt capture King Louis IX of France in the Battle of Fariskur.
    • 1320 – The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.
    • 1327 – The poet Petrarch first sees his idealized love, Laura, in the church of Saint Clare in Avignon.
    • 1385 – John, Master of the Order of Aviz, an illegitimate son of Peter I of Portugal, is made king John I of Portugal.
    • 1453 – Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (Istanbul), which falls on May 29.
    • 1580 – One of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place.
    • 1652 – At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town.
    • 1712 – The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 begins near Broadway.
    • 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
    • 1782 – King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) establishes the Chakri dynasty.
    • 1793 – During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.
    • 1808 – John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America’s first millionaire.
    • 1812 – British forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington assault the fortress of Badajoz. This would be the turning point in the Peninsular War against Napoleon-led France.
    • 1814 – Nominal beginning of the Bourbon Restoration; anniversary date that Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
    • 1830 – Church of Christ, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement, is organized by Joseph Smith and others at either Fayette or Manchester, New York.
    • 1841 – U.S. President John Tyler is sworn in, two days after having become President upon William Henry Harrison’s death.
    • 1860 – The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, later renamed Community of Christ, is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois.
    • 1861 – First performance of Arthur Sullivan’s debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
    • 1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
    • 1865 – American Civil War: The Battle of Sailor’s Creek: Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia during the Appomattox Campaign.
    • 1866 – The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.
    • 1869 – Celluloid is patented.
    • 1888 – Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
    • 1893 – Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
    • 1895 – Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
    • 1896 – In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
    • 1909 – Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary’s claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
    • 1911 – During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
    • 1917 – World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson’s address to Congress).
    • 1926 – Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
    • 1929 – Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
    • 1930 – At the end of the Salt March, Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, “With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire.”
    • 1936 – Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
    • 1941 – World War II: Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece).
    • 1945 – World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.
    • 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Slater’s Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end.
    • 1947 – The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
    • 1957 – Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
    • 1965 – Launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.
    • 1968 – In Richmond, Indiana’s downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
    • 1968 – Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.
    • 1970 – Newhall massacre: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout.
    • 1972 – Vietnam War: Easter Offensive: American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.
    • 1973 – Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
    • 1973 – The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.
    • 1974 – The Swedish pop band ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Waterloo”, launching their international career.
    • 1979 – Student protests break out in Nepal.
    • 1984 – Members of Cameroon’s Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.
    • 1992 – The Bosnian War begins.
    • 1994 – The Rwandan genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.
    • 1997 – In Greene County, Tennessee, the Lillelid murders occurs when a group of young people abduct and kidnap a religious family before shooting them dead on a rural suburban road.
    • 1998 – Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.
    • 1998 – Travelers Group announces an agreement to undertake the $76 billion merger between Travelers and Citicorp, and the merger is completed on October 8, of that year, forming Citibank.
    • 2004 – Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.
    • 2005 – Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.
    • 2008 – The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.
    • 2009 – A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L’Aquila, Italy, killing 307.
    • 2010 – Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India.
    • 2011 – In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 victims of Los Zetas were exhumed from several mass graves.
    • 2012 – Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali.
    • 2017 – U.S. military launches 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an airbase in Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an “aggression”, adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties.
    • 2018 – A bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior ice hockey team collides with a semi-truck in Saskatchewan, Canada, killing 16 people and injuring 13 others.

    Births on April 6

    • 1135 – Maimonides, Jewish philosopher, Torah scholar, physician and astronomer (March 30 also proposed, d. 1204)
    • 1342 – Infanta Maria, Marchioness of Tortosa
    • 1483 – Raphael, Italian painter and architect (d. 1520)
    • 1573 – Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg, German noble (d. 1643)
    • 1632 – Maria Leopoldine of Austria (d. 1649)
    • 1651 – André Dacier, French scholar and academic (d. 1722)
    • 1660 – Johann Kuhnau, German organist and composer (d. 1722)
    • 1664 – Arvid Horn, Swedish general and politician, Governor of Västerbotten County (d. 1742)
    • 1671 – Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet and playwright (d. 1741)
    • 1672 – André Cardinal Destouches, French composer (d. 1749)
    • 1706 – Louis de Cahusac, French playwright and composer (d. 1759)
    • 1708 – Johann Georg Reutter, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1772)
    • 1725 – Pasquale Paoli, French soldier and politician (d. 1807)
    • 1726 – Gerard Majella, Italian saint (d. 1755)
    • 1741 – Nicolas Chamfort, French author and playwright (d. 1794)
    • 1766 – Wilhelm von Kobell, German painter and educator (d. 1853)
    • 1773 – James Mill, Scottish historian, economist, and philosopher (d. 1836)
    • 1787 – Celestina Cordero, Puerto Rican educator (d. 1862)
    • 1810 – Philip Henry Gosse, English biologist and academic (d. 1888)
    • 1812 – Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author (d. 1870)
    • 1815 – Robert Volkmann, German organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1883)
    • 1818 – Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Norwegian journalist and poet (d. 1870)
    • 1820 – Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author (d. 1910)
    • 1823 – Joseph Medill, Canadian-American publisher and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1899)
    • 1824 – George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1906)
    • 1826 – Gustave Moreau, French painter and academic (d. 1898)
    • 1844 – William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1913)
    • 1851 – Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (d. 1932)
    • 1852 – Will Crooks, English trade unionist and politician (d. 1921)
    • 1855 – Charles Huot, Canadian painter and illustrator (d. 1930)
    • 1857 – Arthur Wesley Dow, American painter and photographer (d. 1922)
    • 1860 – René Lalique, French sculptor and jewellery designer (d. 1945)
    • 1861 – Stanislas de Guaita, French poet and author (d. 1897)
    • 1864 – William Bate Hardy, English biologist and academic (d. 1934)
    • 1866 – Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (d. 1931)
    • 1869 – Levon Shant, Armenian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1951)
    • 1878 – Erich Mühsam, German author, poet, and playwright (d. 1934)
    • 1881 – Karl Staaf, Swedish pole vaulter and hammer thrower (d. 1953)
    • 1884 – J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer (d. 1927)
    • 1886 – Athenagoras I of Constantinople (d. 1972)
    • 1886 – Walter Dandy, American physician and neurosurgeon (d. 1946)
    • 1886 – Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, Indian ruler (d. 1967)
    • 1888 – Hans Richter, Swiss painter, illustrator, and director (d. 1976)
    • 1888 – Gerhard Ritter, German historian and academic (d. 1967)
    • 1890 – Anthony Fokker, Dutch engineer and businessman, founded Fokker Aircraft Manufacturer (d. 1939)
    • 1892 – Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American businessman, founded the Douglas Aircraft Company (d. 1981)
    • 1892 – Lowell Thomas, American journalist and author (d. 1981)
    • 1895 – Dudley Nichols, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1960)
    • 1898 – Jeanne Hébuterne, French painter and author (d. 1920)
    • 1900 – Leo Robin, American composer and songwriter (d. 1984)
    • 1901 – Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian activist (d. 1925)
    • 1902 – Julien Torma, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1933)
    • 1903 – Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player and manager (d. 1962)
    • 1903 – Harold Eugene Edgerton, American engineer and academic (d. 1990)
    • 1904 – Kurt Georg Kiesinger, German lawyer, politician and Chancellor of Germany (d. 1988)
    • 1904 – Erwin Komenda, Austrian car designer and engineer (d. 1966)
    • 1908 – Marcel-Marie Desmarais, Canadian preacher, missionary, and author (d. 1994)
    • 1909 – William M. Branham, American minister and theologian (d. 1965)
    • 1909 – Hermann Lang, German race car driver (d. 1987)
    • 1910 – Barys Kit, Belarusian-American rocket scientist (d. 2018)
    • 1911 – Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
    • 1913 – Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune, American geographer and academic (d. 1993)
    • 1915 – Tadeusz Kantor, Polish director, painter, and set designer (d. 1990)
    • 1916 – Phil Leeds, American actor (d. 1998)
    • 1916 – Vincent Ellis McKelvey, American geologist and author (d. 1987)
    • 1917 – Leonora Carrington, English-Mexican painter and author (d. 2011)
    • 1918 – Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia (d. 1982)
    • 1919 – Georgios Mylonas, Greek politician, 11th Greek Minister of Culture (d. 1998)
    • 1920 – Jack Cover, American pilot and physicist, invented the Taser gun (d. 2009)
    • 1920 – Edmond H. Fischer, Swiss-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
    • 1921 – Wilbur Thompson, American shot putter (d. 2013)
    • 1922 – Gordon Chater, English-Australian comedian and actor (d. 1999)
    • 1923 – Herb Thomas, American race car driver (d. 2000)
    • 1926 – Sergio Franchi, Italian-American singer and actor (d. 1990)
    • 1926 – Gil Kane, Latvian-American author and illustrator (d. 2000)
    • 1926 – Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical minister and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 2014)
    • 1926 – Randy Weston, American jazz pianist and composer (d. 2018)
    • 1927 – Gerry Mulligan, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 1996)
    • 1928 – James Watson, American biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate
    • 1929 – Willis Hall, English playwright and author (d. 2005)
    • 1929 – Joi Lansing, American model, actress and nightclub singer (d. 1972)
    • 1929 – André Previn, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2019)
    • 1931 – Ram Dass, American author and educator (d. 2019)
    • 1931 – Ivan Dixon, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008)
    • 1932 – Connie Broden, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
    • 1932 – Helmut Griem, German actor and director (d. 2004)
    • 1933 – Roy Goode, English lawyer and academic
    • 1933 – Tom C. Korologos, American journalist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Belgium
    • 1933 – Eduardo Malapit, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Kauai (d. 2007)
    • 1934 – Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor (d. 1996)
    • 1934 – Anton Geesink, Dutch martial artist and wrestler (d. 2010)
    • 1934 – Guy Peellaert, Belgian painter, illustrator, and photographer (d. 2008)
    • 1935 – Douglas Hill, Canadian author and critic (d. 2007)
    • 1936 – Helen Berman, Dutch-Israeli painter and illustrator
    • 1936 – Jean-Pierre Changeux, French neuroscientist, biologist, and academic
    • 1937 – Merle Haggard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
    • 1937 – Tom Veivers, Australian cricketer and politician
    • 1937 – Billy Dee Williams, American actor, singer, and writer
    • 1938 – Paul Daniels, English magician and television host (d. 2016)
    • 1938 – Roy Thinnes, American television and film actor
    • 1939 – André Ouellet, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
    • 1939 – John Sculley, American businessman, co-founded Zeta Interactive
    • 1940 – Homero Aridjis, Mexican journalist, author, and poet
    • 1940 – Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., Mexican-American actor and producer (d. 2011)
    • 1941 – Christopher Allsopp, English economist and academic
    • 1941 – Phil Austin, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
    • 1941 – Hans W. Geißendörfer, German director and producer
    • 1941 – Don Prudhomme, American race car driver and manager
    • 1941 – Gheorghe Zamfir, Romanian flute player and composer
    • 1942 – Barry Levinson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
    • 1942 – Anita Pallenberg, Italian-English model, actress, and fashion designer (d. 2017)
    • 1943 – Max Clifford, English journalist and publicist (d. 2017)
    • 1943 – Roger Cook, New Zealand-English journalist and academic
    • 1943 – Ian MacRae, New Zealand rugby player
    • 1943 – Mitchell Melton, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
    • 1944 – Felicity Palmer, English operatic soprano
    • 1945 – Rodney Bickerstaffe, English trade union leader (d. 2017)
    • 1945 – Peter Hill, English journalist
    • 1946 – Paul Beresford, New Zealand-English dentist and politician
    • 1947 – John Ratzenberger, American actor and director
    • 1947 – André Weinfeld, French-American director, producer, and screenwriter
    • 1947 – Mike Worboys, English mathematician and computer scientist
    • 1949 – Alyson Bailes, English academic and diplomat (d. 2016)
    • 1949 – Patrick Hernandez, French singer-songwriter
    • 1949 – Ng Ser Miang, Singaporean athlete, entrepreneur and diplomat
    • 1949 – Horst Ludwig Störmer, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
    • 1950 – Claire Morissette, Canadian cycling activist (d. 2007)
    • 1950 – Cleo Odzer, American anthropologist and author (d. 2001)
    • 1951 – Bert Blyleven, Dutch-American baseball player and sportscaster
    • 1951 – Jean-Marc Boivin, French skier, mountaineer, and pilot (d. 1990)
    • 1951 – Pascal Rogé, French pianist
    • 1951 – Phil Schaap, American jazz disc jockey and historian
    • 1952 – Udo Dirkschneider, German singer-songwriter
    • 1952 – Marilu Henner, Greek-Polish American actress and author
    • 1952 – Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 1992)
    • 1953 – Patrick Doyle, Scottish actor and composer
    • 1953 – Christopher Franke, German-American drummer and songwriter
    • 1955 – Rob Epstein, American director and producer
    • 1955 – Michael Rooker, American actor, director, and producer
    • 1955 – Cathy Jones, Canadian actress, comedian, and writer
    • 1956 – Michele Bachmann, American lawyer and politician
    • 1956 – Normand Corbeil, Canadian composer (d. 2013)
    • 1956 – Mudassar Nazar, Pakistani cricketer
    • 1956 – Lee Scott, English politician
    • 1956 – Sebastian Spreng, Argentinian-American painter and journalist
    • 1956 – Dilip Vengsarkar, Indian cricketer and coach
    • 1957 – Giorgio Damilano, Italian race walker and coach
    • 1957 – Maurizio Damilano, Italian race walker and coach
    • 1957 – Jaroslava Maxová, Czech soprano and educator
    • 1957 – Paolo Nespoli, Italian soldier, engineer, and astronaut
    • 1958 – Graeme Base, Australian author and illustrator
    • 1959 – Gail Shea, Canadian politician
    • 1960 – Warren Haynes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
    • 1960 – Richard Loe, New Zealand rugby player
    • 1960 – John Pizzarelli, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
    • 1961 – Rory Bremner, Scottish actor and screenwriter
    • 1961 – Peter Jackson, English footballer and manager
    • 1962 – Iris Häussler, German sculptor and academic
    • 1962 – Marco Schällibaum, Swiss footballer, coach, and manager
    • 1963 – Rafael Correa, Ecuadorian economist and politician, 54th President of Ecuador
    • 1965 – Black Francis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
    • 1965 – Sterling Sharpe, American football player and sportscaster
    • 1966 – Vince Flynn, American author (d. 2013)
    • 1966 – Young Man Kang, South Korean-American director and producer
    • 1967 – Julian Anderson, English composer and educator
    • 1967 – Kathleen Barr, Canadian voice actress and singer
    • 1967 – Tanya Byron, English psychologist and academic
    • 1967 – Jonathan Firth, English actor
    • 1968 – Archon Fung, American political scientist, author, and academic
    • 1968 – Affonso Giaffone, Brazilian race car driver
    • 1969 – Bret Boone, American baseball player and manager
    • 1969 – Bison Dele, American basketball player (d. 2002)
    • 1969 – Philipp Peter, Austrian race car driver
    • 1969 – Paul Rudd, American actor
    • 1969 – Spencer Wells, American geneticist and anthropologist
    • 1970 – Olaf Kölzig, South African-German ice hockey player and coach
    • 1970 – Roy Mayorga, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
    • 1970 – Huang Xiaomin, Chinese swimmer
    • 1972 – Anders Thomas Jensen, Danish director and screenwriter
    • 1972 – Dickey Simpkins, American basketball player and sportscaster
    • 1973 – Donnie Edwards, American football player
    • 1973 – Randall Godfrey, American football player
    • 1973 – Rie Miyazawa, Japanese model and actress
    • 1973 – Sun Wen, Chinese footballer
    • 1975 – Zach Braff, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
    • 1975 – Hal Gill, American ice hockey player
    • 1976 – Candace Cameron Bure, American actress and talk show panelist
    • 1976 – James Fox, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
    • 1976 – Chris Hoke, American football player
    • 1976 – Georg Hólm, Icelandic bass player
    • 1976 – Hirotada Ototake, Japanese author and educator
    • 1977 – Ville Nieminen, Finnish ice hockey player
    • 1977 – Andy Phillips, American baseball player and coach
    • 1978 – Imani Coppola, American singer-songwriter and violinist
    • 1978 – Robert Glasper, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
    • 1978 – Tim Hasselbeck, American football player and sportscaster
    • 1978 – Myleene Klass, Austrian/Filipino-English singer, pianist, and model
    • 1978 – Martín Méndez, Uruguayan bass player and songwriter
    • 1978 – Blaine Neal, American baseball player
    • 1978 – Igor Semshov, Russian footballer
    • 1979 – Lord Frederick Windsor, English journalist and financier
    • 1979 – Clay Travis, American sports journalist, blogger, and broadcaster
    • 1980 – Tommi Evilä, Finnish long jumper
    • 1980 – Tanja Poutiainen, Finnish skier
    • 1980 – Antonio Thomas, American wrestler
    • 1981 – Robert Earnshaw, Welsh footballer
    • 1981 – Jeff Faine, American football player
    • 1981 – Alex Suarez, American bass player
    • 1982 – Travis Moen, Canadian ice hockey player
    • 1982 – Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Spanish actor
    • 1983 – Mehdi Ballouchy, Moroccan footballer
    • 1983 – Jerome Kaino, New Zealand rugby player
    • 1983 – Mitsuru Nagata, Japanese footballer
    • 1983 – Remi Nicole, English singer-songwriter and actress
    • 1983 – James Wade, English darts player
    • 1983 – Katie Weatherston, Canadian ice hockey player
    • 1984 – Max Bemis, American singer-songwriter
    • 1984 – Michaël Ciani, French footballer
    • 1984 – Siboniso Gaxa, South African footballer
    • 1984 – Diana Matheson, Canadian soccer player
    • 1985 – Clarke MacArthur, Canadian ice hockey player
    • 1985 – Frank Ongfiang, Cameroonian footballer
    • 1985 – Sinqua Walls, American basketball player and actor
    • 1986 – Nikolas Asprogenis, Cypriot footballer
    • 1986 – Aaron Curry, American football player
    • 1986 – Goeido Gotaro, Japanese sumo wrestler
    • 1986 – Ryota Moriwaki, Japanese footballer
    • 1987 – Benjamin Corgnet, French footballer
    • 1987 – Heidi Mount, American model
    • 1987 – Juan Adriel Ochoa, Mexican footballer
    • 1987 – Levi Porter, English footballer
    • 1987 – Hilary Rhoda, American model
    • 1988 – Jucilei, Brazilian footballer
    • 1988 – Leigh Adams, Australian footballer
    • 1988 – Daniele Gasparetto, Italian footballer
    • 1988 – Carlton Mitchell, American football player
    • 1988 – Fabrice Muamba, Congolese-English footballer
    • 1988 – Ivonne Orsini, Puerto Rican-American model and television host, Miss World Puerto Rico 2008
    • 1990 – Lachlan Coote, Australian rugby league player
    • 1990 – Charlie McDermott, American actor
    • 1990 – Andrei Veis, Estonian footballer
    • 1992 – Ken, South Korean singer
    • 1992 – Julie Ertz, American soccer player
    • 1994 – Adrián Alonso, Mexican actor
    • 1995 – Darya Lebesheva, Belarusian tennis player
    • 1998 – Peyton List, American actress and model

    Deaths on April 6

    • 861 – Prudentius, bishop of Troyes
    • 885 – Saint Methodius, Byzantine missionary and saint (b. 815)
    • 887 – Pei Che, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
    • 943 – Liu Churang, Chinese general and chief of staff (b. 881)
    • 943 – Nasr II, ruler (amir) of the Samanid Empire (b. 906)
    • 1147 – Frederick II, duke of Swabia (b. 1090)
    • 1199 – Richard I, king of England (b. 1157)
    • 1231 – William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
    • 1250 – Guillaume de Sonnac, Grand Master of the Knights Templar
    • 1252 – Peter of Verona, Italian priest and saint (b. 1206)
    • 1340 – Basil, emperor of Trebizond (Turkey)
    • 1362 – James I, count of La Marche (b. 1319)
    • 1376 – Preczlaw of Pogarell, Cardinal and Bishop of Wrocław (b. 1310)
    • 1490 – Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to 1490 (b. 1443)
    • 1520 – Raphael, Italian painter and architect (b. 1483)
    • 1523 – Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English nobleman (b. 1479)
    • 1528 – Albrecht Dürer, German painter, engraver, and mathematician (b. 1471)
    • 1551 – Joachim Vadian, Swiss scholar and politician (b. 1484)
    • 1571 – John Hamilton, Scottish archbishop and academic (b. 1512)
    • 1590 – Francis Walsingham, English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1532)
    • 1593 – Henry Barrowe, English Puritan and separatist (b. 1550)
    • 1605 – John Stow, English historian and author (b. 1525)
    • 1621 – Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford (b. 1539)
    • 1641 – Domenico Zampieri (Domenichino), Italian painter (b. 1581)
    • 1655 – David Blondel, French minister, historian, and scholar (b. 1591)
    • 1676 – John Winthrop the Younger, English politician, 1st Governor of Connecticut (b. 1606)
    • 1686 – Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, Irish-English politician (b. 1614)
    • 1707 – Willem van de Velde the Younger, Dutch-English painter (b. 1633)
    • 1755 – Richard Rawlinson, English minister and historian (b. 1690)
    • 1790 – Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1719)
    • 1825 – Vladimir Borovikovsky, Ukrainian-Russian painter and educator (b. 1757)
    • 1829 – Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (b. 1802)
    • 1833 – Adamantios Korais, Greek philosopher and scholar (b. 1748)
    • 1838 – José Bonifácio de Andrada, Brazilian poet, academic, and politician (b. 1763)
    • 1860 – James Kirke Paulding, American author and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1778)
    • 1862 – Albert Sidney Johnston, American general (b. 1803)
    • 1883 – Benjamin Wright Raymond, American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago (b. 1801)
    • 1886 – William Edward Forster, English businessman, philanthropist, and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1818)
    • 1899 – Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (b. 1809)
    • 1906 – Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician, 6th County Governor of Møre og Romsdal (b. 1849)
    • 1913 – Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (b. 1835)
    • 1923 – Kabalega, King of Bunyoro (b.1853)
    • 1927 – Florence Earle Coates, American poet (b. 1850)
    • 1935 – Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright (b. 1869)
    • 1944 – Rose O’Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer (b. 1874)
    • 1947 – Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician (b. 1896)
    • 1950 – Louis Wilkins, American pole vaulter (b. 1882)
    • 1953 – Idris Davies, Welsh poet and author (b. 1905)
    • 1959 – Leo Aryeh Mayer, Polish-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1895)
    • 1961 – Jules Bordet, Belgian microbiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
    • 1963 – Otto Struve, Ukrainian-American astronomer and academic (b. 1897)
    • 1970 – Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (b. 1933)
    • 1971 – Igor Stravinsky, Russian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1882)
    • 1974 – Willem Marinus Dudok, Dutch architect (b. 1884)
    • 1974 – Hudson Fysh, Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas Airways Limited (b. 1895)
    • 1977 – Kōichi Kido, Japanese politician, 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan (b. 1889)
    • 1979 – Ivan Vasilyov, Bulgarian architect, designed the SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library (b. 1893)
    • 1983 – Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri, Indian General who served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 1962 to 1966 and the Military Governor of Hyderabad State from 1948 to 1949. (b. 1908)
    • 1992 – Isaac Asimov, American science fiction writer (b. 1920)
    • 1994 – Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan banker and politician, 3rd President of Rwanda (b. 1937)
    • 1994 – Cyprien Ntaryamira, Burundian politician, 5th President of Burundi (b. 1955)
    • 1995 – Ioannis Alevras, Greek banker and politician, President of Greece (b. 1912)
    • 1996 – Greer Garson, English-American actress (b. 1904)
    • 1998 – Norbert Schmitz, German footballer (b. 1958)
    • 1998 – Tammy Wynette, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
    • 1999 – Red Norvo, American vibraphone player and composer (b. 1908)
    • 2000 – Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian politician, 1st President of Tunisia (b. 1903)
    • 2001 – Charles Pettigrew, American singer-songwriter (b. 1963)
    • 2003 – David Bloom, American journalist (b. 1963)
    • 2003 – Anita Borg, American computer scientist and educator; founded Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (b. 1949)
    • 2003 – Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian cardinal (b. 1912)
    • 2003 – Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer, educator, and activist (b. 1927)
    • 2004 – Lou Berberet, American baseball player (b. 1929)
    • 2004 – Larisa Bogoraz, Russian linguist and activist (b. 1929)
    • 2005 – Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (b. 1923)
    • 2006 – Maggie Dixon, American basketball player and coach (b. 1977)
    • 2006 – Francis L. Kellogg, American soldier and diplomat (b. 1917)
    • 2006 – Stefanos Stratigos, Greek actor and director (b. 1926)
    • 2007 – Luigi Comencini, Italian director and producer (b. 1916)
    • 2009 – J. M. S. Careless, Canadian historian and academic (b. 1919)
    • 2009 – Shawn Mackay, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1982)
    • 2010 – Wilma Mankiller, American tribal leader (b. 1945)
    • 2010 – Corin Redgrave, English actor (b. 1939)
    • 2011 – Gerald Finnerman, American director and cinematographer (b. 1931)
    • 2012 – Roland Guilbault, American admiral (b. 1934)
    • 2012 – Thomas Kinkade, American painter and illustrator (b. 1958)
    • 2012 – Fang Lizhi, Chinese astrophysicist and academic (b. 1936)
    • 2012 – Sheila Scotter, Australian fashion designer and journalist (b. 1920)
    • 2012 – Reed Whittemore, American poet and critic (b. 1919)
    • 2013 – Hilda Bynoe, Grenadian physician and politician, 2nd Governor of Grenada (b. 1921)
    • 2013 – Bill Guttridge, English footballer and manager (b. 1931)
    • 2013 – Bigas Luna, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1946)
    • 2013 – Ottmar Schreiner, German lawyer and politician (b. 1946)
    • 2014 – Mary Anderson, American actress (b. 1918)
    • 2014 – Jacques Castérède, French pianist and composer (b. 1926)
    • 2014 – Liv Dommersnes, Norwegian actress (b. 1922)
    • 2014 – Mickey Rooney, American soldier, actor, and dancer (b. 1920)
    • 2014 – Chuck Stone, American soldier, journalist, and academic (b. 1924)
    • 2014 – Massimo Tamburini, Italian motorcycle designer, co-founded Bimota (b. 1943)
    • 2015 – Giovanni Berlinguer, Italian lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
    • 2015 – James Best, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
    • 2015 – Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter and conductor (b. 1918)
    • 2015 – Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
    • 2016 – Merle Haggard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)
    • 2017 – Don Rickles, American actor and comedian (b. 1926)
    • 2019 – Michael O’Donnell, British physician, journalist, author and broadcaster (b. 1928)

    Holidays and observances on April 6

    • Chakri Day, commemorating the establishment of the Chakri dynasty. (Thailand)
    • Christian feast day:
      • Albrecht Dürer and Lucas Cranach (Lutheran Church).
      • Brychan
      • Eutychius of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodox Church)
      • Marcellinus of Carthage
      • Pope Celestine I (Catholic Church)
      • Pope Sixtus I
      • April 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
    • International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
    • National Fisherman Day (Indonesia)
    • New Beer’s Eve (United States)
    • Tartan Day (United States & Canada)

  • March 23 – History, Events, Births, Deaths, Holidays and Observances On This Day

    • 1400 – The Trần dynasty of Vietnam is deposed, after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule, by Hồ Quý Ly, a court official.
    • 1540 – Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the last religious community to be closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
    • 1568 – The Peace of Longjumeau is signed, ending the second phase of the French Wars of Religion.
    • 1708 – James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth as part of the planned French invasion of Britain.
    • 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – “Give me liberty, or give me death!” – at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia.
    • 1801 – Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death inside his bedroom at St. Michael’s Castle.
    • 1806 – After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their “Corps of Discovery” begin their arduous journey home.
    • 1821 – Greek War of Independence: Battle and fall of city of Kalamata.
    • 1848 – The ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded.
    • 1857 – Elisha Otis’s first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.
    • 1862 – American Civil War: The First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marks the start of Stonewall Jackson’s Valley Campaign. Although a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond.
    • 1868 – The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.
    • 1879 – War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
    • 1885 – Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
    • 1888 – In England, The Football League, the world’s oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
    • 1889 – The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
    • 1901 – Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
    • 1905 – Eleftherios Venizelos calls for Crete’s union with Greece, and begins what is to be known as the Theriso revolt.
    • 1909 – Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
    • 1918 – First World War: On the third day of the German Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming prisoners of war
    • 1919 – In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
    • 1931 – Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian independence movement.
    • 1933 – The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
    • 1935 – Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
    • 1939 – The Hungarian air force attacks the headquarters of the Slovak air force in Spišská Nová Ves, killing 13 people and beginning the Slovak–Hungarian War.
    • 1940 – The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All-India Muslim League.
    • 1956 – Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. This date is now celebrated as Republic Day in Pakistan.
    • 1965 – NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States’ first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).
    • 1977 – The first of The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) is videotaped with British journalist David Frost interviewing former United States President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes.
    • 1978 – The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line.
    • 1980 – Archbishop Óscar Romero of El Salvador gives his famous speech appealing to men of the El Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing the Salvadorans.
    • 1982 – Guatemala’s government, headed by Fernando Romeo Lucas García is overthrown in a military coup by right-wing General Efraín Ríos Montt.
    • 1983 – Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.
    • 1991 – The Revolutionary United Front, with support from the special forces of Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front of Liberia, invades Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow Joseph Saidu Momoh, sparking the 11-year Sierra Leone Civil War.
    • 1994 – At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto Martínez.
    • 1994 – A United States Air Force (USAF) F-16 aircraft collides with a USAF C-130 at Pope Air Force Base and then crashes, killing 24 United States Army soldiers on the ground. This later became known as the Green Ramp disaster.
    • 1994 – Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed into the Kuznetsk Alatau mountain, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, killing 75.
    • 1996 – Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President.
    • 1999 – Gunmen assassinate Paraguay’s Vice President Luis María Argaña.
    • 2001 – The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
    • 2003 – Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq.
    • 2008 – Official opening of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India
    • 2009 – FedEx Express Flight 80: A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from Guangzhou, China crashes at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport, killing both the captain and the co-pilot.
    • 2018 – President of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns from the presidency amid a mass corruption scandal before certain impeachment by the opposition-majority Congress of Peru.
    • 2019 – The Kazakh capital of Astana was renamed to Nur-Sultan.
    • 2019 – The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces declared military victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant after four years of fighting, although the group maintains a scattered presence and sleeper cells across Syria and Iraq.

    Births on March 23

    • 1338 – Emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan (d. 1374)
    • 1430 – Margaret of Anjou (d. 1482)
    • 1514 – Lorenzino de’ Medici, Italian writer and assassin (d. 1548)
    • 1599 – Thomas Selle, German composer (d. 1663)
    • 1614 – Jahanara Begum, Mughal princess (d. 1681)
    • 1643 – Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, Spanish Dominican lay sister and mystic (d. 1731)
    • 1699 – John Bartram, American botanist and explorer (d. 1777)
    • 1732 – Princess Marie Adélaïde of France (d. 1800)
    • 1749 – Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1827)
    • 1750 – Johannes Matthias Sperger, Austrian bassist and composer (d. 1812)
    • 1754 – Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer (d. 1802)
    • 1769 – Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general and diplomat (d. 1832)
    • 1769 – William Smith, English geologist and cartographer (d. 1839)
    • 1823 – Schuyler Colfax, American journalist and politician, 17th Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
    • 1826 – Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (d. 1917)
    • 1834 – Julius Reubke, German pianist and composer (d. 1858)
    • 1838 – Marie Adam-Doerrer, Swiss women’s rights activist and unionist (d. 1908)
    • 1842 – Friedrich Amelung, Estonian-German historian, businessman and composer (d. 1909)
    • 1842 – Susan Jane Cunningham, American mathematician (d. 1921)
    • 1858 – Ludwig Quidde, German activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
    • 1862 – Nathaniel Reed, American criminal (d. 1950)
    • 1868 – Dietrich Eckart, German journalist and politician (d. 1923)
    • 1869 – Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (d. 1964)
    • 1869 – Calouste Gulbenkian, Turkish-Armenian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1955)
    • 1872 – Michael Joseph Savage, Australian-New Zealand union leader and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1940)
    • 1874 – Grantley Goulding, English hurdler (d. 1947)
    • 1874 – J. C. Leyendecker, German-American painter and illustrator (d. 1951)
    • 1876 – Ziya Gökalp, Turkish sociologist, poet and activist (d. 1924)
    • 1876 – Thakin Kodaw Hmaing, Burmese poet, writer and political leader (d. 1964)
    • 1878 – Franz Schreker, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1934)
    • 1880 – Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician, Finnish Minister of the Interior (d. 1922)
    • 1881 – Lacey Hearn, American sprinter (d. 1969)
    • 1881 – Roger Martin du Gard, French novelist and paleographer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
    • 1881 – Hermann Staudinger, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
    • 1882 – Emmy Noether, Jewish German-American mathematician, physicist and academic (d. 1935)
    • 1884 – Joseph Boxhall, English sailor (d. 1967)
    • 1885 – Platt Adams, American jumper and politician (d. 1961)
    • 1885 – Roque González Garza, Mexican general and acting president (1915) (d. 1962)
    • 1886 – Frank Irons, American long jumper (d. 1942)
    • 1887 – Josef Čapek, Czech painter and poet (d. 1945)
    • 1887 – Rudolf Kinau, German author (d. 1975)
    • 1887 – Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1927)
    • 1887 – Sidney Hillman, Lithuanian-born American labor leader (d. 1946)
    • 1891 – Po Kya, Burmese author and educationist (d. 1942)
    • 1893 – Cedric Gibbons, Irish-American art director and production designer (d. 1960)
    • 1893 – Gopalswamy Doraiswamy Naidu, Indian engineer and businessman (d. 1974)
    • 1894 – Arthur Grimsdell, English international footballer wing half and cricketer (d. 1963)
    • 1895 – Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian and educator (d. 2001)
    • 1895 – Dane Rudhyar, French-American astrologer, author and composer (d. 1985)
    • 1898 – Louis Adamic, Slovenian-American author, translator and politician (d. 1951)
    • 1898 – Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset, Duchess of Parma (d. 1984)
    • 1899 – Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (d. 1943)
    • 1900 – Erich Fromm, German psychologist and sociologist (d. 1980)
    • 1901 – Bon Maharaja, Indian guru and religious writer (d. 1982)
    • 1903 – Frank Sargeson, New Zealand author (d. 1982)
    • 1904 – Joan Crawford, American film actress (d. 1977)
    • 1905 – Lale Andersen, German chanson singer-songwriter (d. 1972)
    • 1907 – Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)
    • 1909 – Charles Werner, American cartoonist (d. 1997)
    • 1910 – Jerry Cornes, English runner, colonial officer and educator (d. 2001)
    • 1910 – Akira Kurosawa, Japanese director, producer and screenwriter (d. 1998)
    • 1912 – Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic (d. 1996)
    • 1912 – Neil McCorkell, English-South African cricketer and coach (d. 2013)
    • 1912 – Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer (d. 1977)
    • 1913 – Abidin Dino, Turko-French painter and illustrator (d. 1993)
    • 1914 – Milbourne Christopher, American magician and author (d. 1984)
    • 1915 – Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe (d. 2014)
    • 1915 – Vasily Zaytsev, Russian captain (d. 1991)
    • 1917 – Harry Cranbrook Allen, English historian (d. 1998)
    • 1918 – Stanley Armour Dunham, American sergeant (d. 1992)
    • 1918 – Helene Hale, American politician (d. 2013)
    • 1918 – Naoki Kazu, Japanese football player (d.1940s)
    • 1919 – Carl Graffunder, American architect and educator (d. 2013)
    • 1920 – Neal Edward Smith, American pilot, lawyer and politician
    • 1920 – Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and manager (d. 2013)
    • 1921 – Donald Campbell, English race car driver (d. 1967)
    • 1921 – Peter Lawler, Australian public servant (d. 2017)
    • 1922 – Marty Allen, American comedian and actor (d. 2018)
    • 1922 – Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor (d. 1990)
    • 1923 – Angelo Ingrassia, American soldier and judge (d. 2013)
    • 1924 – Rodney Mims Cook, Sr., American lieutenant and politician (d. 2013)
    • 1924 – Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor, invented Liquid Paper (d. 1980)
    • 1924 – Olga Kennard, English crystallographer and academic
    • 1924 – John Madin, English architect (d. 2012)
    • 1925 – David Watkin, English cinematographer (d. 2008)
    • 1929 – Roger Bannister, English runner, neurologist and academic (d. 2018)
    • 1929 – Michael Manser, English architect and engineer (d. 2016)
    • 1931 – Yevgeny Grishin, Russian speed skater (d. 2005)
    • 1931 – Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess player and author (d. 2016)
    • 1931 – Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Russian skier (d. 2013)
    • 1932 – Don Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player
    • 1933 – Norman Bailey, English opera singer and educator
    • 1933 – Philip Zimbardo, American psychologist and academic
    • 1934 – Ludvig Faddeev, Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 2017)
    • 1934 – Mark Rydell, American actor, director and producer
    • 1935 – Barry Cryer, English comedian, actor and screenwriter
    • 1936 – Jannis Kounellis, Greek painter and sculptor (d. 2017)
    • 1937 – Craig Breedlove, American race car driver
    • 1937 – Tony Burton, American actor, comedian, boxer and football player (d. 2016)
    • 1937 – Robert Gallo, American physician and academic
    • 1938 – Jon Finlayson, Australian actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)
    • 1942 – Michael Haneke, Austrian director, producer and screenwriter
    • 1942 – Jimmy Miller, American record producer and musician (d. 1994)
    • 1942 – Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian, scholar and activist (d. 1980)
    • 1943 – Andrew Crockett, Scottish-English economist and banker (d. 2012)
    • 1943 – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish singer, author and director (d. 2001)
    • 1944 – B. P. Gavrilov, Russian rugby player (d. 2006)
    • 1944 – Tony McPhee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
    • 1944 – Michael Nyman, English composer of minimalist music and pianist
    • 1945 – Franco Battiato, Italian singer-songwriter and director
    • 1945 – David Grisman, American mandolin player and composer
    • 1946 – Alan Bleasdale, English screenwriter and producer
    • 1947 – Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, American author
    • 1948 – Wasim Bari, Pakistani cricketer
    • 1948 – Marie Malavoy, German-Canadian educator and politician
    • 1949 – Ric Ocasek, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (d. 2019)
    • 1950 – Corinne Cléry, French actress
    • 1950 – Phil Lanzon, English keyboard player and songwriter
    • 1950 – Ahdaf Soueif, Egyptian author and translator
    • 1951 – Ron Jaworski, American football player and sportscaster
    • 1951 – Adrian Reynard, English businessman, founded Reynard Motorsport
    • 1952 – Francesco Clemente, Italian painter and illustrator
    • 1952 – Kent Lambert, New Zealand rugby player
    • 1952 – Kim Stanley Robinson, American author
    • 1952 – Rex Tillerson, American businessman, engineer and diplomat; 69th United States Secretary of State
    • 1953 – Bo Díaz, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1990)
    • 1953 – Chaka Khan, American singer-songwriter
    • 1953 – Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Indian zoologist and businesswoman
    • 1954 – Geno Auriemma, Italian-American basketball player and coach
    • 1954 – Kenneth Cole, American fashion designer, founded Kenneth Cole Productions
    • 1954 – Paul Price, English born, Welsh international footballer, defender and manager
    • 1955 – Moses Malone, American basketball player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
    • 1956 – José Manuel Barroso, Portuguese academic and politician, 115th Prime Minister of Portugal
    • 1957 – Lucio Gutiérrez, Ecuadorian politician, 52nd President of Ecuador
    • 1957 – Robbie James, Welsh footballer and manager (d. 1998)
    • 1957 – Amanda Plummer, American actress
    • 1958 – Etienne De Wilde, Belgian cyclist
    • 1958 – Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
    • 1958 – Hugh Grant, Scottish business executive
    • 1959 – Catherine Keener, American actress
    • 1960 – Nicol Stephen, Baron Stephen, Scottish lawyer and politician, 2nd Deputy First Minister of Scotland
    • 1961 – Roger Crisp, English philosopher and academic
    • 1961 – Craig Green, New Zealand rugby player
    • 1961 – Helmi Johannes, Indonesian journalist and producer
    • 1962 – Steve Redgrave, English rower
    • 1963 – Míchel, Spanish footballer and manager
    • 1963 – Juan Ramón López Caro, Spanish footballer and manager
    • 1963 – Ana Fidelia Quirot, Cuban runner
    • 1964 – Hope Davis, American actress
    • 1965 – Gary Whitehead, American poet and painter
    • 1966 – Lorenzo Daniel, American sprinter
    • 1966 – Vasilis Vouzas, Greek footballer and manager
    • 1968 – Damon Albarn, English singer-songwriter, producer and actor
    • 1968 – Mike Atherton, English cricketer and journalist
    • 1968 – Fernando Hierro, Spanish footballer and manager
    • 1968 – Pierre Palmade, French actor and screenwriter
    • 1971 – Yasmeen Ghauri, Canadian model
    • 1971 – Gail Porter, Scottish model and television host
    • 1971 – Alexander Selivanov, Russian ice hockey player
    • 1971 – Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Japanese wrestler
    • 1972 – Jonas Björkman, Swedish-Monégasque tennis player and coach
    • 1972 – Joe Calzaghe, Welsh boxer
    • 1972 – Judith Godrèche, French actress and author
    • 1973 – Jerzy Dudek, Polish footballer
    • 1973 – Wim Eyckmans, Belgian race car driver
    • 1973 – Jason Kidd, American basketball player and coach
    • 1974 – Randall Park, American actor, director and screenwriter
    • 1975 – Burak Gürpınar, Turkish drummer
    • 1975 – Andy Turner, English footballer, winger and manager
    • 1976 – Chris Hoy, Scottish cyclist and race car driver
    • 1976 – Smriti Irani, Indian actress, producer and politician, Indian Minister of Human Resource Development
    • 1976 – Dougie Lampkin, English motorcycle racer
    • 1976 – Michelle Monaghan, American actress
    • 1976 – Joel Peralta, Dominican baseball player
    • 1976 – Keri Russell, American actress
    • 1976 – Ricardo Zonta, Brazilian race car driver
    • 1976 – Sa Beining, Chinese host
    • 1977 – Miklos Perlus, Canadian actor and screenwriter
    • 1978 – Simon Gärdenfors, Swedish illustrator
    • 1978 – Walter Samuel, Argentinian footballer
    • 1979 – Mark Buehrle, American baseball player
    • 1979 – Donncha O’Callaghan, Irish rugby player
    • 1981 – Erin Crocker, American race car driver
    • 1981 – Tony Peña, Jr., Dominican baseball player
    • 1981 – Shelley Rudman, English bobsledder
    • 1981 – Giuseppe Sculli, Italian footballer
    • 1981 – Brett Young, American country music singer
    • 1982 – José Contreras Arrau, Chilean footballer
    • 1982 – Andrea Musacco, Italian footballer
    • 1982 – Evgeni Striganov, Estonian ice dancer
    • 1983 – Hakan Balta, Turkish footballer
    • 1983 – Mo Farah, Somali-English runner
    • 1983 – Sascha Riether, German international footballer
    • 1983 – Jerome Thomas, English footballer
    • 1984 – Ryan Araña, Filipino basketball player
    • 1984 – Brandon Marshall, American football player
    • 1985 – Maurice Jones-Drew, American football player
    • 1985 – Bethanie Mattek-Sands, American tennis player
    • 1986 – Patrick Bordeleau, Canadian ice hockey player
    • 1986 – Andrea Dovizioso, Italian motorcycle racer
    • 1986 – Brett Eldredge, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
    • 1986 – Kangana Ranaut, Indian actress
    • 1987 – Alan Toovey, Australian footballer
    • 1988 – Dellin Betances, American baseball player
    • 1988 – Jason Kenny, English cyclist
    • 1988 – Michal Neuvirth, Czech ice hockey player
    • 1989 – Ayesha Curry, Canadian-American chef, author and television personality
    • 1989 – Nikola Gulan, Serbian footballer
    • 1989 – Sarah McKenna, English rugby player
    • 1989 – Luis Fernando Silva, Mexican footballer
    • 1990 – Jaime Alguersuari, Spanish race car driver
    • 1990 – Robert Zickert, German footballer
    • 1991 – Gregg Wylde, Scottish footballer
    • 1992 – Tolga Ciğerci, German-Turkish footballer
    • 1992 – Kyrie Irving, Australian-American basketball player
    • 1993 – Kyle Lovett, Australian rugby league player
    • 1993 – Aytaç Kara, Turkish footballer
    • 1994 – Nick Powell, English footballer
    • 1995 – Kevin Kauber, Estonian footballer
    • 1995 – Jan Lisiecki, Canadian pianist
    • 1995 – Ozan Tufan, Turkish footballer
    • 1996 – Alexander Albon, Thai-British race car driver

    Deaths on March 23

    • 851 – Zhou Chi, Chinese historian and politician (b. 793)
    • 1022 – Zhen Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 968)
    • 1103 – Eudes I, duke of Burgundy (b. 1058)
    • 1361 – Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, English politician, Lord High Steward of England (b. 1310)
    • 1369 – Peter, king of Castile and León (b. 1334)
    • 1483 – Yolande, duchess of Lorraine (b. 1428)
    • 1548 – Itagaki Nobukata, Japanese samurai (b. 1489)
    • 1555 – Julius III, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1487)
    • 1559 – Gelawdewos, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1521)
    • 1596 – Henry Unton, English diplomat (b. 1557)
    • 1606 – Justus Lipsius, Flemish philologist and scholar (b. 1547)
    • 1618 – James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish police officer and politician (b. 1575)
    • 1629 – Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland, English landowner and politician (b. 1580)
    • 1675 – Anthoni van Noordt, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1619)
    • 1680 – Nicolas Fouquet, French politician (b. 1615)
    • 1742 – Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French historian and author (b. 1670)
    • 1747 – Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French general (b. 1675)
    • 1748 – Johann Gottfried Walther, German organist and composer (b. 1684)
    • 1754 – Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian and critic (b. 1693)
    • 1783 – Charles Carroll, English barrister and politician (b. 1723)
    • 1801 – Paul I, Russian emperor (b. 1754)
    • 1842 – Stendhal, French novelist (b. 1783)
    • 1862 – Manuel Robles Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president, 1858–1859 (b. 1817)
    • 1883 – Arthur Macalister, Scottish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Queensland (b. 1818)
    • 1884 – Henry C. Lord, American businessman (b. 1824)
    • 1910 – Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author (b. 1820)
    • 1914 – Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès, Lebanese saint (b. 1832)
    • 1923 – Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian poet and author (b. 1869)
    • 1927 – Paul César Helleu, French painter and etcher (b. 1859)
    • 1931 – Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)
    • 1931 – Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (b. 1907)
    • 1931 – Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (b. 1907)
    • 1953 – Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
    • 1953 – Oskar Luts, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1887)
    • 1955 – Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian politician, 12th President of Brazil (b. 1875)
    • 1960 – Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (b. 1881)
    • 1960 – Said Nursî, Turkish theologian and scholar (b. 1878)
    • 1961 – Albert Bloch, American painter and educator (b. 1882)
    • 1961 – Jack Russell, English cricketer (b. 1887)
    • 1963 – Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and logician (b. 1887)
    • 1964 – Peter Lorre, American actor (b. 1904)
    • 1965 – Mae Murray, American actress, dancer, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
    • 1968 – Edwin O’Connor, American journalist and author (b. 1918)
    • 1972 – Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer, founded Balenciaga (b. 1895)
    • 1973 – Bertram Stevens, Australian accountant and politician, 25th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1889)
    • 1978 – Haim Ernst Wertheimer, Israeli biochemist and academic (b. 1893)
    • 1979 – Ted Anderson, English footballer (b. 1911)
    • 1980 – Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist and academic (b. 1928)
    • 1981 – Beatrice Tinsley, English-New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist (b. 1941)
    • 1981 – Mike Hailwood, English motorcyclist (b. 1940)
    • 1985 – Richard Beeching, Baron Beeching, English physicist and engineer (b. 1913)
    • 1985 – Peter Charanis, Greek-American scholar and educator (b. 1908)
    • 1987 – Olev Roomet, Estonian singer and violinist (b. 1901)
    • 1990 – John Dexter, English director and producer (b. 1925)
    • 1991 – Margaret Atwood Judson, American historian and author (b. 1899)
    • 1991 – Parkash Singh, Indian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1913)
    • 1992 – Friedrich Hayek, Austrian-German economist, philosopher, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
    • 1992 – Ron Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1949)
    • 1994 – Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican economist and politician (b. 1950)
    • 1994 – Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (b. 1921)
    • 1995 – Davie Cooper, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1956)
    • 1999 – Luis María Argaña, Paraguayan judge and politician, Vice President of Paraguay (b. 1932)
    • 1999 – Osmond Borradaile, Canadian director and cinematographer (b. 1898)
    • 2001 – Rowland Evans, American journalist (b. 1921)
    • 2001 – Margaret Jones, British archaeologist (b. 1916)
    • 2001 – Robert Laxalt, American author (b. 1923)
    • 2001 – David McTaggart, Canadian badminton player and environmentalist (b. 1932)
    • 2002 – Eileen Farrell, American soprano (b. 1920)
    • 2002 – Ben Hollioake, Australian-English cricketer (b. 1977)
    • 2003 – Fritz Spiegl, Austrian-English flute player and journalist (b. 1926)
    • 2004 – Rupert Hamer, Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 39th Premier of Victoria (b. 1916)
    • 2006 – David B. Bleak, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1932)
    • 2006 – Desmond Doss, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
    • 2006 – Cindy Walker, American singer-songwriter and dancer (b. 1918)
    • 2007 – Paul Cohen, American mathematician and theorist (b. 1934)
    • 2007 – Eric Medlen, American race car driver (b. 1973)
    • 2008 – Vaino Vahing, Estonian psychiatrist, author, and playwright (b. 1940)
    • 2009 – Ghukas Chubaryan, Armenian sculptor (b. 1923)
    • 2009 – Raúl Macías, Mexican boxer and trainer (b. 1934)
    • 2011 – Jean Bartik, American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1924)
    • 2011 – Rosario Morales, Puerto Rican poet and writer (b.1930)
    • 2011 – Elizabeth Taylor, American-British actress, socialite and humanitarian (b. 1932)
    • 2012 – Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, Somalian politician, President of Somalia (b. 1934)
    • 2012 – Jim Duffy, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1937)
    • 2012 – Naji Talib, Iraqi politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Iraq (b. 1917)
    • 2012 – Lonnie Wright, American basketball and football player (b. 1945)
    • 2013 – Boris Berezovsky, Russian-born Soviet-British mathematician and businessman (b. 1946)
    • 2013 – Onofre Corpuz, Filipino economist, historian, and academic (b. 1926)
    • 2013 – Virgil Trucks, American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)
    • 2013 – Joe Weider, Canadian-American bodybuilder and publisher, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (b. 1919)
    • 2014 – Dave Brockie, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1963)
    • 2014 – Jaroslav Šerých, Czech painter and illustrator (b. 1928)
    • 2014 – Adolfo Suárez, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1932)
    • 2015 – Gian Vittorio Baldi, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
    • 2015 – Lee Kuan Yew, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1923)
    • 2015 – Bobby Lowther, American basketball player and lieutenant (b. 1923)
    • 2015 – Lil’ Chris, English singer-songwriter, actor, and television personality (b. 1990)
    • 2016 – Joe Garagiola, Sr., American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1926)
    • 2016 – Ken Howard, American actor (b. 1944)

    Holidays and observances on March 23

    • Christian feast day:
      • Gregory the Illuminator (Episcopal Church)
      • Gwinear
      • Joseph Oriol
      • Ottone Frangipane
      • Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès (Maronite Church)
      • Turibius of Mogrovejo
      • Victorian, Frumentius and Companions
      • March 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
    • Day of Hungarian-Polish Friendship (Hungary and Poland)
    • Day of the Sea (Bolivia)
    • Earliest day on which Easter Monday can fall, while April 26 is the latest; celebrated on Monday after Easter. (Western Christianity)
      • Family Day (South Africa)
      • Śmigus-Dyngus (Poland, Ukraine), Polish diaspora communities)
    • Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Day (Azerbaijan)
    • Pakistan Day (Pakistan)
    • Promised Messiah Day (Ahmadiyya)
    • World Meteorological Day

  • March 4- History, Events, Births, Deaths, Holidays and Observances On This Day

    • AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth).
    • 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.
    • 852 – Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources.
    • 938 – Translation of the relics of martyr Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs.
    • 1152 – Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of Germany.
    • 1238 – The Battle of the Sit River is fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Rus’.
    • 1351 – Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam.
    • 1386 – Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila) is crowned King of Poland.
    • 1461 – Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his House of York cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV.
    • 1493 – Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal, aboard his ship Niña from his voyage to what are now The Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean.
    • 1519 – Hernán Cortés arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and its wealth.
    • 1628 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter.
    • 1665 – English King Charles II declares war on the Netherlands marking the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
    • 1675 – John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England.
    • 1681 – Charles II grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania.
    • 1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
    • 1789 – In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect. The United States Bill of Rights is written and proposed to Congress.
    • 1790 – France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
    • 1791 – The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
    • 1791 – Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state.
    • 1794 – The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress.
    • 1797 – John Adams is inaugurated as the 2nd President of the United States of America, becoming the first President to begin his presidency on March 4.
    • 1804 – Castle Hill Rebellion: Irish convicts rebel against British colonial authority in the Colony of New South Wales.
    • 1813 – Cyril VI of Constantinople is elected Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
    • 1814 – Americans defeat British forces at the Battle of Longwoods between London, Ontario and Thamesville, near present-day Wardsville, Ontario.
    • 1837 – The city of Chicago is incorporated.
    • 1848 – Carlo Alberto di Savoia signs the Statuto Albertino that will later represent the first constitution of the Regno d’Italia.
    • 1849 – President-Elect Zachary Taylor and Vice President-Elect Millard Fillmore did not take their respective oaths of office (they did so the following day), leading to the erroneous theory that outgoing President pro tempore of the United States Senate David Rice Atchison had assumed the role of acting president for one day.
    • 1861 – The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the “Stars and Bars”) is adopted.
    • 1865 – The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
    • 1882 – Britain’s first electric trams run in east London.
    • 1890 – The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520 m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
    • 1899 – Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39 ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) inland, killing over 300.
    • 1908 – The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
    • 1909 – U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution’s Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
    • 1913 – First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
    • 1913 – The United States Department of Labor is formed.
    • 1917 – Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
    • 1933 – Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the 32nd President of the United States.
    • 1933 – Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet.
    • 1933 – The Parliament of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure – Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates an authoritarian rule by decree.
    • 1941 – World War II: The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands; the first large scale British Commando raid.
    • 1943 – World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the south-west Pacific comes to an end.
    • 1943 – World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, begins. It ends on 6 March with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion and the liberation of the town of Grevena.
    • 1944 – World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.
    • 1957 – The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
    • 1960 – The French freighter La Coubre explodes in Havana, Cuba, killing 100.
    • 1962 – A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon, killing 111 – the worst crash of a DC-7.
    • 1966 – A Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people.
    • 1966 – In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles’ John Lennon declares that the band is “more popular than Jesus now”.
    • 1970 – French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
    • 1974 – People magazine is published for the first time in the United States as People Weekly.
    • 1976 – The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London by the British parliament.
    • 1977 – The 1977 Vrancea earthquake in eastern and southern Europe kills more than 1,500, mostly in Bucharest, Romania.
    • 1980 – Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe’s first black prime minister.
    • 1985 – The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for AIDS infection, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States.
    • 1986 – The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley’s Comet and the first images of its nucleus.
    • 1990 – American basketball player Hank Gathers dies after collapsing during the semifinals of a West Coast Conference Tournament game.
    • 1996 – A derailed train in Weyauwega, Wisconsin (USA) causes the emergency evacuation of 2,300 people for 16 days.
    • 1998 – Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.
    • 2001 – BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA.
    • 2002 – Afghanistan: Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers and 200 Al-Qaeda Fighters are killed as American forces attempt to infiltrate the Shah-i-Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission.
    • 2009 – The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.
    • 2012 – A series of explosions is reported at a munitions dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, killing at least 250 people.
    • 2015 – At least 34 miners die in a suspected gas explosion at the Zasyadko coal mine in the rebel-held Donetsk region of Ukraine.
    • 2018 – Former MI6 spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter are poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England, causing a diplomatic uproar that results in mass-expulsions of diplomats from all countries involved.
    • 2019 – The Indian Attack submarine was spotted by the Pakistan Navy.
    • 2020 – Former Daredevil Nik Wallenda is the first person to walk over the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua.

    Births on March 4

    • 895 – Liu Zhiyuan, founder of the Later Han Dynasty (d. 948)
    • 977 – Al-Musabbihi, Fatimid historian and official (d. 1030)
    • 1188 – Blanche of Castile, French queen consort (d. 1252)
    • 1394 – Henry the Navigator, Portuguese explorer (d. 1460)
    • 1484 – George, margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1543)
    • 1492 – Francesco de Layolle, Italian organist and composer (d. 1540)
    • 1502 – Elisabeth of Hesse, princess of Saxony (d. 1557)
    • 1519 – Hindal Mirza, Mughal emperor (d. 1551)
    • 1526 – Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (d. 1596)
    • 1602 – Kanō Tan’yū, Japanese painter (d. 1674)
    • 1634 – Kazimierz Łyszczyński, Polish philosopher (d. 1689)
    • 1651 – John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, English lawyer, jurist, and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1716)
    • 1655 – Fra Galgario, Italian painter (d. 1743)
    • 1665 – Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694)
    • 1678 – Antonio Vivaldi, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1741)
    • 1702 – Jack Sheppard, English criminal (d. 1724)
    • 1706 – Lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect, designed the Hermitage Hunting Lodge and Gammel Holtegård (d. 1759)
    • 1715 – James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, English historian and politician (d. 1763)
    • 1719 – George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot, English politician (d. 1777)
    • 1729 – Anne d’Arpajon, French wife of Philippe de Noailles (d. 1794)
    • 1745 – Charles Dibdin, English actor, playwright, and composer (d. 1814)
    • 1745 – Casimir Pulaski, Polish-American general (d. 1779)
    • 1756 – Henry Raeburn, Scottish painter and educator (d. 1823)
    • 1760 – William Payne, English painter (d. 1830)
    • 1760 – Hugh Ronalds, British nurseryman who cultivated and documented 300 varieties of apples (d. 1833)
    • 1769 – Muhammad Ali, Ottoman military leader and pasha (d. 1849)
    • 1770 – Joseph Jacotot, French philosopher and academic (d. 1840)
    • 1778 – Robert Emmet, Irish commander (d. 1803)
    • 1781 – Rebecca Gratz, American educator and philanthropist (d. 1869)
    • 1782 – Johann Rudolf Wyss, Swiss philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1830)
    • 1792 – Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (d. 1886)
    • 1793 – Karl Lachmann, German philologist and critic (d. 1851)
    • 1814 – Napoleon Collins, Rear Admiral of the United States Navy during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War (d. 1875)
    • 1817 – Edwards Pierrepont, American lawyer and politician, 34th United States Attorney General (d. 1892)
    • 1820 – Francesco Bentivegna, Italian rebel leader (d. 1856)
    • 1822 – Jules Antoine Lissajous, French mathematician and academic (d. 1880)
    • 1823 – George Caron, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1902)
    • 1826 – August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist, ethnographer, and theologian (d. 1907)
    • 1826 – John Buford, American general (d. 1863)
    • 1826 – Elme Marie Caro, French philosopher and academic (d. 1887)
    • 1826 – Theodore Judah, American engineer, founded the Central Pacific Railroad (d. 1863)
    • 1828 – Owen Wynne Jones, Welsh clergyman and poet (d. 1870)
    • 1838 – Paul Lacôme, French pianist, cellist, and composer (d. 1920)
    • 1847 – Carl Josef Bayer, Austrian chemist and academic (d. 1904)
    • 1851 – Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (d. 1911)
    • 1854 – Napier Shaw, English meteorologist and academic (d. 1945)
    • 1856 – Alfred William Rich, English painter, author, and educator (d. 1921)
    • 1861 – Arthur Cushman McGiffert, American theologian and author (d. 1933)
    • 1862 – Jacob Robert Emden, Swiss astrophysicist and meteorologist (d. 1940)
    • 1863 – R. I. Pocock, English zoologist and archaeologist (d. 1947)
    • 1863 – John Henry Wigmore, American academic and jurist (d. 1943)
    • 1864 – David W. Taylor, American admiral, architect, and engineer (d. 1940)
    • 1866 – Eugène Cosserat, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1931)
    • 1867 – Jacob L. Beilhart, American activist, founded the Spirit Fruit Society (d. 1908)
    • 1867 – Charles Pelot Summerall, senior United States Army officer (d. 1955)
    • 1870 – Thomas Sturge Moore, English author and poet (d. 1944)
    • 1871 – Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician and engineer (d. 1945)
    • 1873 – Guy Wetmore Carryl, American journalist and poet (d. 1904)
    • 1873 – John H. Trumbull, American colonel and politician, 70th Governor of Connecticut (d. 1961)
    • 1875 – Mihály Károlyi, Hungarian politician, President of the Hungary (d. 1955)
    • 1875 – Enrique Larreta, Argentinian historian and author (d. 1961)
    • 1876 – Léon-Paul Fargue, French poet and author (d. 1947)
    • 1876 – Theodore Hardeen, Hungarian-American magician (d. 1945)
    • 1877 – Alexander Goedicke, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1957)
    • 1877 – Fritz Graebner, German geographer and ethnologist (d. 1934)
    • 1877 – Garrett Morgan, African-American inventor (d. 1963)
    • 1878 – Takeo Arishima, Japanese author and critic (d. 1923)
    • 1878 – Egbert Van Alstyne, American pianist and songwriter (d. 1951)
    • 1879 – Bernhard Kellermann, German author and poet (d. 1951)
    • 1880 – Channing Pollock, American playwright and critic (d. 1946)
    • 1881 – Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian educator and activist (d. 1924)
    • 1881 – Thomas Sigismund Stribling, American lawyer and author (d. 1965)
    • 1881 – Richard C. Tolman, American physicist and chemist (d. 1948)
    • 1882 – Nicolae Titulescu, Romanian academic and politician, 61st Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1941)
    • 1883 – Maude Fealy, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1971)
    • 1883 – Robert Emmett Keane, American actor (d. 1981)
    • 1883 – Sam Langford, Canadian-American boxer (d. 1956)
    • 1884 – Red Murray, American baseball player (d. 1958)
    • 1884 – Lee Shumway, American actor (d. 1959)
    • 1886 – Paul Bazelaire, French cellist and composer (d. 1958)
    • 1888 – Rafaela Ottiano, Italian-American actress (d. 1942)
    • 1888 – Jeff Pfeffer, American baseball player (d. 1972)
    • 1888 – Emma Richter, German paleontologist (d. 1956)
    • 1888 – Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (d. 1931)
    • 1889 – Oscar Chisini, Italian mathematician and statistician (d. 1967)
    • 1889 – Oren E. Long, American soldier and politician, 10th Territorial Governor of Hawaii (d. 1965)
    • 1889 – Pearl White, American actress (d. 1938)
    • 1889 – Robert William Wood, English-American painter (d. 1979)
    • 1890 – Norman Bethune, Canadian soldier and physician (d. 1939)
    • 1891 – Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (d. 1961)
    • 1893 – Charles Herbert Colvin, American engineer, co-founded the Pioneer Instrument Company (d. 1985)
    • 1893 – Adolph Lowe, German sociologist and economist (d. 1995)
    • 1894 – Charles Corm, Lebanese businessman and philanthropist (d. 1963)
    • 1895 – Milt Gross, American animator, director, and screenwriter (d. 1953)
    • 1896 – Kai Holm, Danish actor and director (d. 1985)
    • 1897 – Lefty O’Doul, American baseball player and manager (d. 1969)
    • 1898 – Georges Dumézil, French philologist and academic (d. 1986)
    • 1898 – Hans Krebs, German general (d. 1945)
    • 1899 – Peter Illing, Austrian born, British film and television actor (d. 1966)
    • 1899 – Emilio Prados, Spanish poet and author (d. 1962)
    • 1900 – Herbert Biberman, American director and screenwriter (d. 1971)
    • 1901 – Wilbur R. Franks, Canadian scientist, invented the g-suit (d. 1986)
    • 1901 – Charles Goren, American bridge player and author (d. 1991)
    • 1901 – Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Malagasy-French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1937)
    • 1902 – Rachel Messerer, Lithuanian-Russian actress (d. 1993)
    • 1902 – Russell Reeder, American soldier and author (d. 1998)
    • 1903 – William C. Boyd, American immunologist and chemist (d. 1983)
    • 1903 – Malcolm Dole, American chemist and academic (d. 1990)
    • 1903 – Dorothy Mackaill, English-American actress and singer (d. 1990)
    • 1903 – John Scarne, American magician and author (d. 1985)
    • 1904 – Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish admiral and politician, 69th President of the Government of Spain (d. 1973)
    • 1904 – George Gamow, Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist (d. 1968)
    • 1904 – Joseph Schmidt, Austrian-Hungarian tenor and actor (d. 1942)
    • 1906 – Meindert DeJong, Dutch-American soldier and author (d. 1991)
    • 1906 – Avery Fisher, American violinist and engineer, founded Fisher Electronics (d. 1994)
    • 1906 – Georges Ronsse, Belgian cyclist and manager (d. 1969)
    • 1907 – Edgar Barrier, American actor (d. 1964)
    • 1908 – T. R. M. Howard, American surgeon and activist (d. 1976)
    • 1908 – Thomas Shaw, American singer and guitarist (d. 1977)
    • 1909 – Harry Helmsley, American businessman (d. 1997)
    • 1909 – George Edward Holbrook, American chemist and engineer (d. 1987)
    • 1910 – Tancredo Neves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Brazil (d. 1985)
    • 1911 – Charles Greville, 7th Earl of Warwick, English actor (d. 1984)
    • 1912 – Afro Basaldella, Italian painter and academic (d. 1976)
    • 1912 – Ferdinand Leitner, German conductor and composer (d. 1996)
    • 1912 – Carl Marzani, Italian-American activist and publisher (d. 1994)
    • 1913 – Taos Amrouche, Algerian singer and author (d. 1976)
    • 1913 – John Garfield, American actor and singer (d. 1952)
    • 1914 – Barbara Newhall Follett, American author (d. 1939)
    • 1914 – Ward Kimball, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
    • 1914 – Robert R. Wilson, American physicist, sculptor, and architect (d. 2000)
    • 1915 – László Csatáry, Hungarian art dealer (d. 2013)
    • 1915 – Frank Sleeman, Australian lieutenant and politician, Lord Mayor of Brisbane (d. 2000)
    • 1915 – Carlos Surinach, Spanish-Catalan composer and conductor (d. 1997)
    • 1916 – William Alland, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1997)
    • 1916 – Giorgio Bassani, Italian author and poet (d. 2000)
    • 1916 – Hans Eysenck, German-English psychologist and theorist (d. 1997)
    • 1917 – Clyde McCullough, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1982)
    • 1918 – Kurt Dahlmann, German pilot, lawyer, and journalist (d. 2017)
    • 1918 – Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player (d. 2012)
    • 1919 – Buck Baker, American race car driver (d. 2002)
    • 1919 – Tan Chee Khoon, Malaysian physician and politician (d. 1996)
    • 1920 – Jean Lecanuet, French politician, French Minister of Justice (d. 1993)
    • 1920 – Alan MacNaughtan, Scottish-English actor (d. 2002)
    • 1921 – Halim El-Dabh, Egyptian-American composer and educator (d. 2017)
    • 1921 – Joan Greenwood, English actress (d. 1987)
    • 1921 – Dinny Pails, English-Australian tennis player (d. 1986)
    • 1922 – Richard E. Cunha, American director and cinematographer (d. 2005)
    • 1922 – Dina Pathak, Indian actor and director (d. 2002)
    • 1923 – Russell Freeburg, American journalist and author
    • 1923 – Francis King, English author and poet (d. 2011)
    • 1923 – Patrick Moore, English astronomer and television host (d. 2012)
    • 1924 – Kenneth O’Donnell, American soldier and politician (d. 1977)
    • 1925 – Alan R. Battersby, English chemist and academic (d. 2018)
    • 1925 – Paul Mauriat, French conductor and composer (d. 2006)
    • 1926 – Henri de Contenson, French archaeologist and academic (d. 2019)
    • 1926 – Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma, French businessman, soldier and race car driver (d. 2018)
    • 1926 – Richard DeVos, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Amway (d. 2018)
    • 1926 – Pascual Pérez, Argentinian boxer (d. 1977)
    • 1926 – Don Rendell, English saxophonist and flute player (d. 2015)
    • 1927 – Phil Batt, American soldier and politician, 29th Governor of Idaho
    • 1927 – Thayer David, American actor (d. 1978)
    • 1927 – Jacques Dupin, French poet and critic (d. 2012)
    • 1927 – Robert Orben, American magician and author
    • 1927 – Dick Savitt, American tennis player and businessman
    • 1928 – Samuel Adler, German-American composer and conductor
    • 1928 – Alan Sillitoe, English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (d. 2010)
    • 1929 – Bernard Haitink, Dutch violinist and conductor
    • 1929 – Peter Swerling, American theoretician and engineer (d. 2000)
    • 1931 – Wally Bruner, American journalist and television host (d. 1997)
    • 1931 – Bob Johnson, American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1991)
    • 1931 – William Henry Keeler, American cardinal (d. 2017)
    • 1931 – Alice Rivlin, American economist and politician (d. 2019)
    • 1932 – Sigurd Jansen, Norwegian pianist, composer, and conductor
    • 1932 – Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist, photographer, and poet (d. 2007)
    • 1932 – Miriam Makeba, South African singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2008)
    • 1932 – Ed Roth, American illustrator (d. 2001)
    • 1932 – Frank Wells, American businessman (d. 1994)
    • 1933 – Nino Vaccarella, Italian race car driver
    • 1934 – Mario Davidovsky, Argentinian-American composer and academic (d. 2019)
    • 1934 – John Duffey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1996)
    • 1934 – Anne Haney, American actress (d. 2001)
    • 1934 – Barbara McNair, American singer and actress (d. 2007)
    • 1934 – Sandra Reynolds, South African tennis player
    • 1934 – Janez Strnad, Slovenian physicist and academic (d. 2015)
    • 1935 – Edward Dębicki, Ukrainian-Polish poet and composer
    • 1935 – Bent Larsen, Danish chess player and author (d. 2010)
    • 1936 – Eric Allandale, Dominican trombonist and songwriter (d. 2001)
    • 1936 – Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver (d. 1968)
    • 1936 – Aribert Reimann, German pianist and composer
    • 1937 – José Araquistáin, Spanish footballer
    • 1937 – William Deverell, Canadian lawyer, author, and activist
    • 1937 – Graham Dowling, New Zealand cricketer
    • 1937 – Leslie H. Gelb, American journalist and author (d. 2019)
    • 1937 – Yuri Senkevich, Russian physician and explorer (d. 2003)
    • 1937 – Barney Wilen, French saxophonist and composer (d. 1996)
    • 1937 – Richard B. Wright, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2017)
    • 1938 – Anton Balasingham, Sri Lankan-English negotiator (d. 2006)
    • 1938 – Alpha Condé, Guinean politician, President of Guinea
    • 1938 – Allan Kornblum, American police officer and judge (d. 2010)
    • 1938 – Angus MacLise, American drummer and composer (d. 1979)
    • 1938 – Don Perkins, American football player and sportscaster
    • 1938 – Paula Prentiss, American actress
    • 1938 – Adam Daniel Rotfeld, Polish academic and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs
    • 1939 – Jack Fisher, American baseball player
    • 1939 – Robert Shaye, American film producer
    • 1940 – Wolfgang Hoffmann-Riem, German scholar and judge
    • 1940 – David Plante, American novelist
    • 1941 – John Hancock, American film and television actor (d. 1992)
    • 1941 – Adrian Lyne, English director, producer, and screenwriter
    • 1941 – James Zagel, American lawyer and judge
    • 1942 – Gloria Gaither, American singer-songwriter
    • 1942 – Charles C. Krulak, American general
    • 1942 – David Matthews, American keyboard player and composer
    • 1942 – Lynn Sherr, American journalist and author
    • 1942 – James Gustave Speth, American lawyer and politician
    • 1942 – Zorán Sztevanovity, Serbian-Hungarian singer-songwriter and guitarist
    • 1943 – Lucio Dalla, Italian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2012)
    • 1943 – Aldo Rico, Argentinian commander and politician
    • 1944 – Harvey Postlethwaite, English engineer (d. 1999)
    • 1944 – Anthony Ichiro Sanda, Japanese-American physicist and academic
    • 1944 – Len Walker, English footballer and manager
    • 1944 – Bobby Womack, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
    • 1945 – Tommy Svensson, Swedish footballer and manager
    • 1945 – Gary Williams, American basketball player and coach
    • 1946 – Michael Ashcroft, English businessman and politician
    • 1946 – Danny Frisella, American baseball player (d. 1977)
    • 1946 – Haile Gerima, Ethiopian born US filmmaker
    • 1946 – Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, American journalist and author
    • 1947 – David Franzoni, American screenwriter and film producer
    • 1947 – Jan Garbarek, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
    • 1947 – Bob Lewis, American guitarist
    • 1947 – Pēteris Plakidis, Latvian pianist and composer (d. 2017)
    • 1948 – Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, New Zealand-Australian author
    • 1948 – James Ellroy, American writer
    • 1948 – Tom Grieve, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
    • 1948 – Mike Moran, English musician, songwriter and record producer
    • 1948 – Jean O’Leary, American nun and activist (d. 2005)
    • 1948 – Chris Squire, English singer-songwriter and bass guitarist (d. 2015)
    • 1948 – Shakin’ Stevens, British singer-songwriter
    • 1949 – Sergei Bagapsh, Abkhazian politician, 2nd President of Abkhazia (d. 2011)
    • 1949 – Carroll Baker, Canadian singer-songwriter
    • 1950 – Ofelia Medina, Mexican actress and screenwriter
    • 1950 – Rick Perry, American captain and politician, 47th Governor of Texas
    • 1950 – Safet Plakalo, Bosnian author and playwright (d. 2015)
    • 1951 – Edelgard Bulmahn, German educator and politician, German Federal Minister of Education and Research
    • 1951 – Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, South Korean-American author, director, and producer (d. 1982)
    • 1951 – Kenny Dalglish, Scottish footballer and manager
    • 1951 – Pete Haycock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
    • 1951 – Peter O’Sullivan, Welsh international footballer, winger
    • 1951 – Sam Perlozzo, American baseball player and manager
    • 1951 – Chris Rea, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
    • 1951 – Glenis Willmott, English scientist and politician
    • 1951 – Zoran Žižić, Montenegrin politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (d. 2013)
    • 1952 – Peter Kuhfeld, English painter
    • 1952 – Ronn Moss, American singer-songwriter and actor
    • 1952 – Svend Robinson, American-Canadian lawyer and politician
    • 1952 – Umberto Tozzi, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
    • 1953 – John Edwards, Australian director and producer
    • 1953 – Emilio Estefan, Cuban-American drummer and producer
    • 1953 – Paweł Janas, Polish footballer and manager
    • 1953 – Ray Price, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
    • 1953 – Reinhold Roth, German motorcycle racer
    • 1953 – Chris Smith, American lawyer and politician
    • 1953 – Agustí Villaronga, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter
    • 1953 – Daniel Woodrell, American novelist and short story writer
    • 1954 – Timur Apakidze, Russian general and pilot (d. 2001)
    • 1954 – Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Korean American author (d. 1982)
    • 1954 – François Fillon, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France
    • 1954 – Peter Jacobsen, American golfer and sportscaster
    • 1954 – Catherine O’Hara, Canadian-American actress and comedian
    • 1954 – Irina Ratushinskaya, Russian poet and author (d. 2017)
    • 1955 – Tim Costello, Australian minister and politician
    • 1955 – Joey Jones, Welsh footballer and manager
    • 1957 – Nicholas Coleridge, English journalist and businessman
    • 1957 – Ron Fassler, American film and television actor and author
    • 1957 – Mykelti Williamson, American actor and director
    • 1958 – Patricia Heaton, American actress
    • 1958 – Massimo Mascioletti, Italian rugby player and coach
    • 1958 – Tina Smith, American politician, junior senator of Minnesota
    • 1959 – Rick Ardon, Australian journalist
    • 1959 – Plamen Getov, Bulgarian footballer
    • 1960 – Chonda Pierce, American comedian
    • 1961 – Ray Mancini, American boxer
    • 1961 – Steven Weber, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
    • 1961 – Roger Wessels, South African golfer and educator
    • 1962 – Simon Bisley, English author and illustrator
    • 1962 – Paul Canoville, English footballer
    • 1962 – Stephan Reimertz, German historian and author
    • 1963 – Jason Newsted, American heavy metal singer-songwriter and bass player
    • 1964 – Dave Colclough, Welsh computer programmer and poker player (d. 2016)
    • 1964 – Brian Crowley, Irish lawyer and politician
    • 1964 – Tom Lampkin, American baseball player and sportscaster
    • 1964 – Paolo Virzì, Italian director and screenwriter
    • 1965 – Greg Alexander, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
    • 1965 – Paul W. S. Anderson, English director, producer, and screenwriter
    • 1965 – Andrew Collins, English journalist and screenwriter
    • 1965 – Khaled Hosseini, Afghan-born American novelist
    • 1965 – Yury Lonchakov, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
    • 1965 – John Murphy British film composer
    • 1966 – Emese Hunyady, Hungarian speed skater
    • 1966 – Kevin Johnson, American basketball player and politician, 55th Mayor of Sacramento
    • 1966 – Fiona Ma, American accountant and politician
    • 1966 – Helmut Mayer, Austrian skier
    • 1966 – Glen Nissen, Australian rugby league player
    • 1966 – Dav Pilkey, American author and illustrator
    • 1966 – Grand Puba, American rapper
    • 1966 – Mike Small, American golfer and coach
    • 1967 – Daryll Cullinan, South African cricketer and coach
    • 1967 – Evan Dando, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
    • 1967 – Ivan Lewis, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
    • 1967 – Terry Matterson, Australian rugby league player and coach
    • 1967 – Dave Rayner, English cyclist (d. 1994)
    • 1967 – Sam Taylor-Johnson, English filmmaker and photographer
    • 1967 – Kubilay Türkyilmaz, Swiss footballer
    • 1967 – Tim Vine, English comedian, actor, and author
    • 1968 – Giovanni Carrara, Venezuelan baseball player
    • 1968 – Jorge Celedón, Colombian singer
    • 1968 – Patsy Kensit, English model and actress
    • 1968 – Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greek banker and politician, Prime Minister of Greece
    • 1968 – Graham Westley, English footballer and manager
    • 1969 – Pierluigi Casiraghi, Italian footballer and manager
    • 1969 – Wayne Collins, English footballer, midfielder
    • 1969 – Annie Yi, Taiwanese singer, actress, and writer
    • 1970 – Àlex Crivillé, Spanish motorcycle racer
    • 1970 – Will Keen, English actor
    • 1970 – Caroline Vis, Dutch tennis player
    • 1971 – Iain Baird, Canadian soccer player and manager
    • 1971 – Claire Baker, Scottish politician
    • 1971 – Emily Bazelon, American journalist
    • 1971 – Jason Croot, English actor and director
    • 1971 – Anders Kjølholm, Danish bass player
    • 1971 – Satoshi Motoyama, Japanese race car driver
    • 1971 – Geraldine O’Rawe, Northern Irish actress
    • 1972 – Katherine Center, American journalist and author
    • 1972 – Nocturno Culto, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
    • 1972 – Robert Smith, American football player and sportscaster
    • 1972 – Ivy Queen, Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, rapper, actress and record producer
    • 1972 – Jos Verstappen, Dutch race car driver
    • 1972 – Alison Wheeler, English singer-songwriter
    • 1973 – Massimo Brambilla, Italian footballer and coach
    • 1973 – Phillip Daniels, American football player and coach
    • 1973 – Valery Kobelev, Russian ski jumper
    • 1973 – Penny Mordaunt, English lieutenant and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
    • 1973 – Linus of Hollywood, American singer-songwriter and producer
    • 1973 – Len Wiseman, American director, producer, and screenwriter
    • 1973 – Chandra Sekhar Yeleti, Indian director and screenwriter
    • 1974 – Crowbar, American wrestler
    • 1974 – Mladen Krstajić, Serbian footballer and manager
    • 1974 – Karol Kučera, Slovak tennis player
    • 1974 – Ariel Ortega, Argentinian footballer
    • 1974 – Tommy Phelps, South Korean-American baseball player and coach
    • 1974 – ICS Vortex, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
    • 1974 – David Wagner, American tennis player and educator
    • 1974 – Bill Young, Australian rugby player
    • 1975 – Mats Eilertsen, Norwegian bassist and composer
    • 1975 – Patrick Femerling, German basketball player
    • 1975 – Antti Aalto, Finnish ice hockey player
    • 1975 – Kristi Harrower, Australian basketball player
    • 1975 – Hawksley Workman, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
    • 1976 – Robbie Blake, English footballer
    • 1976 – Tommy Jönsson, Swedish footballer
    • 1977 – Nacho Figueras, Argentinian polo player and model
    • 1977 – Traver Rains, American fashion designer and photographer
    • 1978 – Pierre Dagenais, Canadian ice hockey player
    • 1978 – Denis Dallan, Italian rugby player and singer
    • 1978 – Jean-Marc Pelletier, American ice hockey player
    • 1979 – Sarah Stock, Canadian wrestler and trainer
    • 1980 – Rohan Bopanna, Indian tennis player
    • 1980 – Omar Bravo, Mexican footballer
    • 1980 – Suzanna Choffel, American singer-songwriter
    • 1980 – Giedrius Gustas, Lithuanian basketball player
    • 1980 – Scott Hamilton, New Zealand rugby player and coach
    • 1980 – Jack Hannahan, American baseball player
    • 1980 – Michael Henrich, American ice hockey player
    • 1980 – Phil McGuire, Scottish footballer and manager
    • 1980 – Aja Volkman, American singer-songwriter
    • 1981 – Ariza Makukula, Portuguese footballer
    • 1981 – Helen Wyman, English cyclist
    • 1982 – Landon Donovan, American soccer player and coach
    • 1982 – Cate Edwards, American lawyer and author
    • 1982 – Ludmila Ezhova, Russian gymnast
    • 1982 – Yasemin Mori, Turkish singer
    • 1983 – Samuel Contesti, French-Italian figure skater
    • 1983 – Adam Deacon, English film actor, rapper, writer and director
    • 1983 – Jaque Fourie, South African rugby player
    • 1983 – Drew Houston, American billionaire and Internet entrepreneur
    • 1984 – Josh Bowman, English actor
    • 1984 – Tamir Cohen, Israeli footballer
    • 1984 – Anders Grøndal, Norwegian race car driver
    • 1984 – Spencer Larsen, American football player
    • 1984 – Jeremy Loops, South African singer-songwriter and record producer
    • 1984 – Raven Quinn, American singer-songwriter
    • 1984 – Zak Whitbread, American-English footballer
    • 1985 – Jake Buxton, English footballer
    • 1985 – Chinedum Ndukwe, American football player
    • 1985 – Whitney Port, American fashion designer and author
    • 1986 – Steven Burke, English road and track cyclist
    • 1986 – Tom De Mul, Belgian footballer
    • 1986 – Mike Krieger, Brazilian-American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Instagram
    • 1986 – Siim Roops, Estonian footballer
    • 1986 – Bohdan Shust, Ukrainian footballer
    • 1986 – Manu Vatuvei, New Zealand rugby league player
    • 1986 – Margo Harshman, American actress
    • 1987 – Ben McKinley, Australian footballer
    • 1987 – Cameron Wood, Australian footballer
    • 1987 – Tamzin Merchant, English actress
    • 1988 – Gal Mekel, Israeli basketball player
    • 1988 – Laura Siegemund, German tennis player
    • 1988 – Adam Watts, English footballer
    • 1989 – Benjamin Kiplagat, Ugandan long-distance runner
    • 1990 – Andrea Bowen, American actress
    • 1990 – Draymond Green, American basketball player
    • 1990 – Paddy Madden, Irish footballer
    • 1990 – Fran Mérida, Spanish footballer
    • 1992 – Nick Castellanos, American baseball player
    • 1992 – Erik Lamela, Argentinian international footballer, midfielder
    • 1992 – Bernd Leno, German footballer
    • 1992 – Karl Mööl, Estonian footballer
    • 1993 – Bobbi Kristina Brown, American singer and actress (d. 2015)
    • 1993 – Richard Peniket, English footballer
    • 1994 – Callum Harriott, English footballer
    • 1994 – AJ Tracey, British hip-hop artist and record producer
    • 1995 – Chlöe Howl, British singer-songwriter
    • 1995 – Bill Milner, English actor
    • 1996 – Lukas Webb, Australian rules footballer
    • 2002 – Jacob Hopkins, American actor

    Deaths on March 4

    • 306 – Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia, Christian martyrs
    • 480 – Landry of Sées, French bishop and saint
    • 561 – Pelagius I, pope of the Catholic Church
    • 934 – Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah, Fatimid caliph (b. 873)
    • 1172 – Stephen III, king of Hungary (b. 1147)
    • 1193 – Saladin, founder of the Ayyubid Sultanate (b. 1137)
    • 1238 – Joan of England, queen of Scotland (b. 1210)
    • 1238 – Yuri II, Russian Grand Prince (b. 1189)
    • 1303 – Daniel of Moscow, Russian Grand Duke (b. 1261)
    • 1314 – Jakub Świnka, Polish priest and archbishop
    • 1371 – Jeanne d’Évreux, queen consort of France (b. 1310)
    • 1388 – Thomas Usk, English author
    • 1484 – Saint Casimir, Polish prince (b. 1458)
    • 1496 – Sigismund, archduke of Austria (b. 1427)
    • 1583 – Bernard Gilpin, English priest and theologian (b. 1517)
    • 1604 – Fausto Sozzini, Italian theologian and educator (b. 1539)
    • 1615 – Hans von Aachen, German painter and educator (b. 1552)
    • 1710 – Louis III, duke of Bourbon (b. 1668)
    • 1733 – Claude de Forbin, French admiral and politician (b. 1656)
    • 1744 – John Anstis, English historian and politician (b. 1669)
    • 1762 – Johannes Zick, German painter (b. 1702)
    • 1793 – Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre (b. 1725)
    • 1795 – John Collins, American politician, 3rd Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1717)
    • 1805 – Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (b. 1725)
    • 1807 – Abraham Baldwin, American minister, lawyer, and politician (b. 1754)
    • 1811 – Mariano Moreno, Argentinian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1778)
    • 1832 – Jean-François Champollion, French philologist and scholar (b. 1790)
    • 1851 – James Richardson, English explorer (b. 1809)
    • 1852 – Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-Russian short story writer, novelist, and playwright (b. 1809)
    • 1853 – Thomas Bladen Capel, English admiral (b. 1776)
    • 1853 – Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1774)
    • 1858 – Matthew C. Perry, American naval commander (b. 1794)
    • 1864 – Thomas Starr King, American minister and politician (b. 1824)
    • 1866 – Alexander Campbell, Irish-American minister and theologian (b. 1788)
    • 1872 – Carsten Hauch, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1790)
    • 1883 – Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1812)
    • 1888 – Amos Bronson Alcott, American philosopher and educator (b. 1799)
    • 1903 – Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English author (b. 1834)
    • 1906 – John Schofield, American general and politician, 28th United States Secretary of War (b. 1831)
    • 1915 – William Willett, English inventor, founded British Summer Time (b. 1856)
    • 1916 – Franz Marc, German painter (b. 1880)
    • 1925 – Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German pianist and composer (b. 1854)
    • 1925 – James Ward, English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1843)
    • 1925 – John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
    • 1927 – Ira Remsen, American chemist and academic (b. 1846)
    • 1938 – George Foster Peabody, American banker and philanthropist (b. 1852)
    • 1938 – Jack Taylor, American baseball player (b. 1874)
    • 1940 – Hamlin Garland, American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer (b. 1860)
    • 1941 – Ludwig Quidde, German activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
    • 1944 – Fannie Barrier Williams, American educator and activist (b. 1855)
    • 1944 – Louis Buchalter, American mob boss (b. 1897)
    • 1944 – Louis Capone, Italian-American gangster (b. 1896)
    • 1944 – René Lefebvre, French businessman (b. 1879)
    • 1945 – Lucille La Verne, American actress (b. 1872)
    • 1945 – Mark Sandrich, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
    • 1948 – Antonin Artaud, French actor and director (b. 1896)
    • 1949 – Clarence Kingsbury, English cyclist (b. 1882)
    • 1952 – Charles Scott Sherrington, English neurophysiologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
    • 1954 – Noel Gay, English composer and songwriter (b. 1898)
    • 1960 – Herbert O’Conor, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 51st Governor of Maryland (b. 1896)
    • 1963 – William Carlos Williams, American poet, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1883)
    • 1969 – Nicholas Schenck, Russian-American businessman (b. 1881)
    • 1972 – Harold Barrowclough, New Zealand general, lawyer, and politician, 8th Chief Justice of New Zealand (b. 1894)
    • 1972 – Charles Biro, American author and illustrator (b. 1911)
    • 1974 – Adolph Gottlieb, American painter and sculptor (b. 1903)
    • 1976 – John Marvin Jones, American judge and politician (b. 1882)
    • 1976 – Walter H. Schottky, Swiss-German physicist and engineer (b. 1886)
    • 1977 – Anatol E. Baconsky, Romanian poet, author, and critic (b. 1925)
    • 1977 – Nancy Tyson Burbidge, Australian botanist and curator (b. 1912)
    • 1977 – Andrés Caicedo, Colombian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1951)
    • 1977 – William Paul, American lawyer and politician (b. 1885)
    • 1977 – Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German jurist and politician, German Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1887)
    • 1978 – Wesley Bolin, American businessman and politician, 15th Governor of Arizona (b. 1909)
    • 1978 – Joe Marsala, American clarinet player and songwriter (b. 1907)
    • 1979 – Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer and educator (b. 1926)
    • 1980 – Alan Hardaker, English lieutenant and businessman (b. 1912)
    • 1981 – Torin Thatcher, American actor (b. 1905)
    • 1981 – Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer, German admiral (b. 1900)
    • 1986 – Albert L. Lehninger, American biochemist and academic (b. 1917)
    • 1986 – Richard Manuel, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1943)
    • 1986 – Elizabeth Smart, Canadian poet and author (b. 1913)
    • 1987 – Seibo Kitamura, Japanese sculptor (b. 1884)
    • 1988 – Beatriz Guido, Argentine author and screenwriter (b. 1924)
    • 1989 – Tiny Grimes, American guitarist (b. 1916)
    • 1990 – Hank Gathers, American basketball player (b. 1967)
    • 1991 – Godfrey Bryan, English cricketer (b. 1902)
    • 1992 – Art Babbitt, American animator and director (b. 1907)
    • 1992 – Pare Lorentz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1905)
    • 1993 – Art Hodes, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (b. 1904)
    • 1993 – Tomislav Ivčić, Croatian singer-songwriter and politician (b. 1953)
    • 1993 – Izaak Kolthoff, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1894)
    • 1993 – Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment (b. 1929)
    • 1994 – John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor (b. 1950)
    • 1994 – George Edward Hughes, Irish-Scottish philosopher and author (b. 1918)
    • 1995 – Matt Urban, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
    • 1996 – Minnie Pearl, American entertainer (b. 1912)
    • 1996 – John Sauer, American football player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1925)
    • 1997 – Joe Baker-Cresswell, English captain (b. 1901)
    • 1997 – Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1916)
    • 1998 – Ivan Dougherty, Australian general (b. 1907)
    • 1999 – Harry Blackmun, American lawyer and judge (b. 1908)
    • 1999 – Del Close, American actor and educator (b. 1934)
    • 1999 – Miłosz Magin, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1929)
    • 2000 – Hermann Brück, German-Scottish physicist and astronomer (b. 1905)
    • 2000 – Michael Noonan, New Zealand-Australian author and screenwriter (b. 1921)
    • 2000 – Ta-You Wu, Chinese physicist and academic (b. 1907)
    • 2001 – Gerardo Barbero, Argentinian chess player (b. 1961)
    • 2001 – Jean René Bazaine, French painter and author (b. 1904)
    • 2001 – Fred Lasswell, American cartoonist (b. 1916)
    • 2001 – Jim Rhodes, American businessman and politician, 61st Governor of Ohio (b. 1909)
    • 2001 – Harold Stassen, American educator and politician, 25th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1907)
    • 2002 – Ugnė Karvelis, Lithuanian author and translator (b. 1935)
    • 2002 – Elyne Mitchell, Australian skier and author (b. 1913)
    • 2002 – Velibor Vasović, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
    • 2003 – Jaba Ioseliani, Georgian playwright, academic, and politician (b. 1926)
    • 2003 – Sébastien Japrisot, French author, screenwriter, and director (b. 1931)
    • 2004 – Claude Nougaro, French singer-songwriter (b. 1929)
    • 2005 – Nicola Calipari, Italian general (b. 1953)
    • 2005 – Yuriy Kravchenko, Ukrainian police officer and politician (b. 1951)
    • 2005 – Carlos Sherman, Uruguayan-Belarusian author and activist (b. 1934)
    • 2006 – John Reynolds Gardiner, American author and engineer (b. 1944)
    • 2006 – Edgar Valter, Estonian author and illustrator (b. 1929)
    • 2007 – Thomas Eagleton, American lawyer and politician, 38th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (b. 1929)
    • 2007 – Tadeusz Nalepa, Polish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
    • 2007 – Ian Wooldridge, English journalist (b. 1932)
    • 2008 – Gary Gygax, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (b. 1938)
    • 2008 – Leonard Rosenman, American composer and conductor (b. 1924)
    • 2009 – Yvon Cormier, Canadian wrestler (b. 1938)
    • 2009 – Horton Foote, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1916)
    • 2009 – George McAfee, American football player (b. 1918)
    • 2010 – Raimund Abraham, Austrian architect and educator, designed the Austrian Cultural Forum New York (b. 1933)
    • 2010 – Johnny Alf, Brazilian pianist and composer (b. 1929)
    • 2010 – Vladislav Ardzinba, Abkhazian historian and politician, 1st President of Abkhazia (b. 1945)
    • 2010 – Fred Wedlock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
    • 2011 – Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Nepalese journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1924)
    • 2011 – Vivienne Harris, English journalist and publisher, co-founded the Jewish Telegraph (b. 1921)
    • 2011 – Ed Manning, American basketball player and coach (b. 1943)
    • 2011 – Arjun Singh, Indian politician (b. 1930)
    • 2011 – Alenush Terian, Iranian astronomer and physicist (b. 1920)
    • 2011 – Simon van der Meer, Dutch-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
    • 2012 – Paul McBride, Scottish lawyer and politician (b. 1965)
    • 2012 – Don Mincher, American baseball player (b. 1938)
    • 2013 – Lillian Cahn, Hungarian-American businesswoman, co-founded Coach, Inc. (b. 1923)
    • 2013 – Mickey Moore, Canadian-American actor and director (b. 1914)
    • 2013 – Toren Smith, Canadian businessman, founded Studio Proteus (b. 1960)
    • 2014 – Mark Freidkin, Russian author and poet (b. 1953)
    • 2014 – Elaine Kellett-Bowman, English lawyer and politician (b. 1923)
    • 2014 – Jack Kinzler, American engineer (b. 1920)
    • 2014 – Wu Tianming, Chinese director and producer (b. 1939)
    • 2015 – Dušan Bilandžić, Croatian historian and politician (b. 1924)
    • 2015 – Ray Hatton, English-American runner, author, and academic (b. 1932)
    • 2016 – Bud Collins, American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1929)
    • 2016 – Pat Conroy, American author (b. 1945)
    • 2016 – P. A. Sangma, Indian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1947)
    • 2016 – Zhou Xiaoyan, Chinese soprano and educator (b. 1917)
    • 2017 – Clayton Yeutter, American politician (b. 1930)
    • 2018 – Davide Astori, Italian soccer player (b. 1987)
    • 2019 – Keith Flint, English singer (The Prodigy) (b. 1969)
    • 2019 – Luke Perry, American actor (b. 1966)
    • 2020 – Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian politician and diplomat

    Holidays and observances on March 4

    • Christian feast day:
      • Adrian of Nicomedia
      • Casimir
      • Felix of Rhuys
      • Giovanni Antonio Farina (Catholic Church)
      • Blessed Humbert III, Count of Savoy (Roman Catholic Church)
      • Paul Cuffee (Episcopal Church)
      • Peter of Pappacarbone
      • Blessed Zoltán Meszlényi
      • March 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
    • St Casimir’s Day (Poland and Lithuania)