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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[330]] &ndash; [[Constantine the Great]] dedicates the much-expanded and rebuilt city of [[Byzantium]], changing its name to New Rome and declaring it the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Graham |first1=Alexander John |last2=Mitchell |first2=Stephen |chapter=Constantinople |title=The Oxford Classical Dictionary |editor-last1=Spawforth |editor-first1=Antony |editor-last2=Eidinow |editor-first2=Esther |editor-last3=Hornblower |editor-first3=Simon |location=Oxford, U.K. |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2012 |isbn=9780199545568 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bVWcAQAAQBAJ |page=256 |postscript=none}}; {{cite book |last=Patricios |first=Nicholas N. |title=The Sacred Architecture of Byzantium: Art, Liturgy and Symbolism in Early Christian Churches |location=London |publisher=Tauris |date=2014 |isbn=9781780762913 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_0WGEAAAQBAJ |page=1}}</ref>
*[[868]] &ndash; A copy of the [[Diamond Sūtra]] is published,<ref>{{cite book |last=Soeng |first=Mu |title=Diamond Sutra: Transforming the Way We Perceive the World |location=New York |publisher=Simon & Schuster |date=2000 |isbn=9780861711604 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ozU6AwAAQBAJ |page=58}}</ref> the earliest dated and printed book known.<ref>{{cite web |author=British Library |title=Printed copy of the Diamond Sutra |website=BL.uk |date=2023 |accessdate=May 11, 2023 |url=https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/diamond-sutra |archive-date=September 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913094027/https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/diamond-sutra |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[973]] &ndash; In the first coronation ceremony ever held for an English monarch, [[Edgar, King of England|Edgar the Peaceful]] is crowned [[List of English monarchs|King of England]], having ruled since 959 AD.<ref name=bauer>{{cite book |last=Bauer |first=Susan Wise |title=The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade |location=New York |publisher=W.W. Norton |date=2010 |isbn=9780393059755 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1u2oP2RihIgC |page=522}}</ref> His wife, [[Ælfthryth (wife of Edgar)|Ælfthryth]], is crowned queen, the first recorded coronation for a Queen of England.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hilliam |first=David |title=Kings, Queens, Bones and Bastards: Who's Who in the English Monarchy from Egbert to Elizabeth II |location=Stroud, Gloucester, U.K. |publisher=Sutton |date=2004 |isbn=9780750935531 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g5wTDQAAQBAJ |page=119}}</ref>
*[[1068]] &ndash; [[Matilda of Flanders]], wife of [[William the Conqueror]], is crowned [[List of English royal consorts|Queen of England]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Hilton |first=Lisa |title=Queens Consort: England's Medieval Queens |location=New York |publisher=Pegasus Books |date=2021 |isbn=9781639360642 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kLtCEAAAQBAJ |page=33 |postscript=none}}; {{cite book |last=Huneycutt |first=Lois L. |title=Matilda of Scotland: A Study in Medieval Queenship |location=Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K. |publisher=The Boydell Press |date=2003 |isbn=9780851159942 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6tufwLByo20C |page=51}}</ref>
*[[1258]] &ndash; [[Louis IX of France]] and [[James I of Aragon]] sign the [[Treaty of Corbeil (1258)|Treaty of Corbeil]], renouncing claims of feudal overlordship in one another's territories and separating the [[House of Barcelona]] from the politics of France.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Sanders |first=I.J. |title=The Texts of the Peace of Paris, 1259 |journal=The English Historical Review |volume=66 |issue=258 |date=January 1951 |pages=81–97 |doi=10.1093/ehr/lxvi.cclviii.81 |postscript=none}}; {{cite book |last=Abulafia |first=David |title=A Mediterranean Emporium: The Catalan Kingdom of Majorca |location=Cambridge, U.K. |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=2002 |isbn=9780521894050 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4kwR8HCb6akC |page=239 |postscript=none}}; {{cite book |last=Castellano |first=Pere Simón |chapter=Catalonia and the Secessionist Debate: How Did We Get Here? |title=States Falling Apart?: Secessionist and Autonomy Movements in Europe |editor-last1=Belser |editor-first1=Eva Maria |editor-last2=Fang-Bär |editor-first2=Alexandra |editor-last3=Massüger |editor-first3=Nina |editor-last4=Pillai |editor-first4=Rekha Oleschak |location=Bern |publisher=Stämpfli Verlag |date=2015 |isbn=9783727259890 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-KK1DwAAQBAJ |page=177}}; {{cite book |last=Shidelar |first=John C. |chapter=Catalonia |title=Medieval France: An Encyclopedia |editor-last1=Kibler |editor-first1=William W. |editor-last2=Zinn |editor-first2=Grover A. |editor-last3=Earp |editor-first3=Lawrence M. |editor-last4=Henneman |editor-first4=John Bell Jr. |location=New York |publisher=Garland Publishing |date=1995 |isbn=9780824044442 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MQoKeohhNkMC |page=341}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1713]] &ndash; [[Great Northern War]]: After losing the [[Battle of Helsinki (1713)|Battle of Helsinki]] to the Russians, the Swedish and Finnish troops burn the entire city, so that it would not remain intact in the hands of the Russians.<ref>{{cite book |first=Seppo |last=Aalto |title=Kruununkaupunki – Vironniemen Helsinki 1640–1721 |publisher=[[Finnish Literature Society]] |location=Helsinki |year=2015 |isbn=978-952-222-675-4 |language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1812]] &ndash; Prime Minister [[Spencer Perceval]] is [[Assassination of Spencer Perceval|assassinated]] by [[John Bellingham]] in the lobby of the British House of Commons.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last=Gillen |first=Mollie |title=Assassination of the Prime Minister: The shocking death of Spencer Perceval |publisher=Sidgwick and Jackson |location=London |year=1972 |isbn=978-0-283-97881-4 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/assassinationofp0000gill |pages=3–4}}</ref>
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[William Lawson (explorer)|William Lawson]], [[Gregory Blaxland]] and [[William Wentworth]] discover a [[1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains|route across the Blue Mountains]], opening up inland Australia to settlement.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lawson's journal |author=Lawson, William (1774–1850) |date=29 September 2015 |url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/exploration/blue_mountains/lawson/lawson.html |publisher=State Library of NSW |access-date=22 May 2019}}</ref>
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.<ref>Dr. Surendra Nath Sen, pages 71–73 "Eighteen Fifty-Seven", Publications Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India.</ref>
*[[1880]] &ndash; Seven people are killed in the [[Mussel Slough Tragedy]], a gun battle in California.<ref>{{cite web |ref={{harvid|Office of Historic Preservation}} | url=http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21424 | title=Kings County | work=California Historical Landmarks | publisher=California Office of Historic Preservation | access-date=2005-09-12 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; An [[Wham Paymaster robbery|attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort]] results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two [[Medal of Honor|Medals of Honor]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Upton |first1=Larry T. |last2=Ball |first2=Larry D. |date=Summer 1997 |title=Who Robbed Major Wham? Facts and Folklore behind Arizona's Great Paymaster Robbery |journal=The Journal of Arizona History |publisher=Arizona Historical Society |volume=38 |issue=2 |jstor=41696339 |page=121}}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a [[Pullman Strike|wildcat strike]].<ref>Cleveland, Grover. [https://archive.org/details/governmentinchi00clev ''The Government and the Chicago Strike of 1894''] [1904]. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1913. Page 4</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Uruguay]] becomes a signatory to the [[Buenos Aires Convention|Buenos Aires]] [[copyright]] [[treaty]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Contracting Parties/Signatories > Buenos Aires Convention |url=https://wipolex.wipo.int/en/treaties/parties/398 |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=wipolex.wipo.int}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; The [[Lubbock tornado|1970 Lubbock tornado]] kills 26 and causes $250&nbsp;million in damage.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/downtown.html |title=Downtown Tornadoes |website=www.spc.noaa.gov}}</ref>
*[[1973]] – Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg's charges for his involvement in releasing the ''[[Pentagon Papers]]'' to ''The New York Times'' are dismissed.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Correll |first=John T. |date=February 2007 |title=The Pentagon Papers |url=http://www.airforcemag.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2007/February%202007/0207pentagon.aspx |magazine=Air Force Magazine |accessdate=2018-11-04}}</ref>
*1973   &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight 6551]] crashes in [[Semey]], [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic]] (now [[Kazakhstan]]), killing all 63 aboard.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin 18B CCCP-75687 Semipalatinsk |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19730511-0 |access-date=2017-12-29 |website=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the [[Bradford City stadium fire]].<ref name="bradford remembers fire disaster">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/4506597.stm |title=Bradford remembers fire disaster |date=11 May 2005 |access-date=4 December 2008 |work=BBC Sport |first=Peter |last=Scrivener |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422112433/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/4506597.stm |archive-date=22 April 2009}}</ref>
*[[1987]] – [[Klaus Barbie]] goes on trial in [[Lyon]] for war crimes committed during [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite AV media |title=L'avocat de la terreur |publisher=La Sofica Uni Etoile 3 |year=2007 |trans-title=Terror's Advocate |location=France |authorlink=[[Barbet Schroeder|Schroeder, Barbet]]}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; After the aircraft's departure from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound [[ValuJet Airlines Flight 592]] causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 on board.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 19, 1997 |title=In-Flight Fire and Impact with Terrain, ValuJet Airlines Flight 592, DC-9-32, N904VJ, Everglades, Near Miami, Florida |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR9706.pdf |access-date=24 January 2016 |publisher=National Transportation Safety Board |id=NTSB/AAR-97/06}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Deep Blue (chess computer)|Deep Blue]], a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats [[Garry Kasparov]] in the [[Deep Blue versus Kasparov, 1997, Game 6|last game]] of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/deepblue/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403011912/http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/deepblue/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 3, 2012 |title=IBM100 - Deep Blue |date=7 March 2012 |website=www-03.ibm.com}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; India conducts [[Pokhran-II|three underground atomic tests]] in Pokhran.<ref>{{cite news |title=India releases pictures of nuclear tests |url=http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9805/17/india.nuke.tests/ |access-date=14 June 2015 |agency=CNN India Bureau |publisher=CNN India Bureau, 1998 |date=17 May 1998}}</ref>
*2000   &ndash; [[Second Chechen War]]: Chechen separatists [[Galashki ambush|ambush]] Russian paramilitary forces in the [[Republic of Ingushetia]].<ref>{{cite web |date=11 May 2000 |title=Нападение на колонну в Ингушетии: уже 19 погибших |url=https://lenta.ru/news/2000/05/11/kolonna/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105233121/https://lenta.ru/news/2000/05/11/kolonna/ |archive-date=2019-01-05 |access-date=2019-01-05 |publisher=[[Lenta.ru]] |lang=ru}}</ref>
*[[2009]] – An American soldier in [[Iraq]] [[Camp Liberty shooting|opens fire]] on a counseling center at [[Camp Liberty]] in [[Baghdad]], killing five other US soldiers and wounding three.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Londoño |first=Ernesto |date=2009-05-12 |title=U.S. Soldier in Iraq Kills 5 Comrades at Stress Clinic |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/11/AR2009051103143.html |access-date=2009-05-12 |newspaper=The Washington Post |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
*2009   &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] is launched on the [[STS-125|final mission]] to service the [[Hubble Space Telescope]].<ref name="launch2">{{Cite news |last=Watson |first=Traci |date=May 11, 2009 |title=Shuttle blasts off on Hubble mission |url=https://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2009-05-11-space-shuttle_N.htm |access-date=May 11, 2009 |work=USA Today |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>
*[[2010]] – [[David Cameron]] takes office as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] as the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] and [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] form [[Cameron–Clegg coalition|the country's first coalition government since the Second World War]].<ref name="Telegraph11May2009YoungestPM2">{{cite news |last=Hough |first=Andrew |date=11 May 2010 |title=David Cameron becomes youngest Prime Minister in almost 200 years |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/david-cameron/7712545/David-Cameron-becomes-youngest-Prime-Minister-in-almost-200-years.html |access-date=11 May 2010 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; An [[2011 Lorca earthquake|earthquake of magnitude 5.1]] hits [[Lorca, Spain]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2011/usc0003c5s/ |title=Magnitude 5.1 – Spain |work=earthquake.usgs.gov |publisher=[[USGS]] |date=11 May 2011 |access-date=11 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603070932/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2011/usc0003c5s/ |archive-date=3 June 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  2011   &ndash; The [[Istanbul Convention]] is signed in [[Istanbul]], Turkey.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Council of Europe |date=2011 |title=Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence |url=https://rm.coe.int/168008482e |website=Council of Europe Treaty Series - No. 210}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; Fifty-two people are killed in a [[2013 Reyhanlı car bombings|bombing in Reyhanlı, Turkey]].<ref name="HDN20130527">{{cite web |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/reyhanli-bombings-death-toll-reaches-52.aspx?pageID=238&nID=47671&NewsCatID=341 |title=Hurriyet daily news, 27 May 2013 |date=27 May 2013 |access-date=29 October 2014}}</ref> 
*[[2014]] &ndash; Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in [[Kinshasa]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|DRC]], in a [[2014 Stade Tata Raphaël disaster|stampede]] caused by tear gas being thrown into soccer stands by police officers.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-congo-football-stampede-idUSBREA4A0BK20140511 |title=At least 15 killed in Congo football stadium stampede |newspaper=Reuters |author=Emma Farge |date=11 May 2014}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; One hundred and ten people are killed [[11 May 2016 Baghdad bombing|in an ISIL bombing in Baghdad]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-least-29-killed-in-baghdad-car-bombing-1462960588 |title=Islamic State Claims Baghdad Bombing That Killed at Least 103 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=May 11, 2016 |access-date=May 11, 2016}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; The [[Tatmadaw|Burmese military]] executes at least 37 villagers during the [[Mon Taing Pin massacre]] in [[Sagaing Region|Sagaing]], [[Myanmar]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khin Maung Soe |date=2022-06-30 |title='They are going to kill us' |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/special/survivor-reconstructs-myanmar-atrocities/index.html |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=RFA |language=en}}</ref>
*  2022   &ndash; Palestinian-American journalist [[Shireen Abu Akleh]] is [[Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh|killed]] while covering a raid in [[Jenin]]. Israel eventually admitted and apologized for the murder, after initial denials.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eoin McSweeney |date=2023-05-13 |title='IDF apologizes for death of Al Jazeera's Shireen Abu Akleh' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/11/middleeast/idf-apology-shireen-abu-akleh-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=CNN}}</ref>
* [[2024]] – Start/Middle of the [[May 2024 solar storms|May 2024 Solar Storms]], the most powerful set of Geomagnetic storms since the [[2003 Halloween solar storms]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=On Friday night the sky danced, and we'll be talking about it for years to come. The great aurora of 10 May 2024 |url=https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/aurora-10-may-2024 |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=www.skyatnightmagazine.com |date=12 May 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; The [[Eurovision Song Contest 2024|68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest]] is held in [[Malmö]], Sweden. [[Nemo (singer)|Nemo]] from [[Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024|Switzerland]] wins with their song [[The Code (Nemo song)|"The Code"]], making them the contest's first [[Non-binary gender|non-binary]] winner.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c03drw23zewo |title=Eurovision 2024: Switzerland's Nemo wins Eurovision as UK comes 18th |last=Savage |first=Mark |website=BBC News |date=12 May 2024 |access-date=12 May 2024}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1571]] &ndash; [[Niwa Nagashige]], Japanese daimyō (d. 1637)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://samurai-world.com/niwa-nagashige/ |title=Niwa Nagashige |last=kato}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1715]] &ndash; [[Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach]], German organist (d. 1739)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Bach-Johann-Gottfried-Bernhard.htm |title=Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach [47] (Musician, Bach's Pupil) - Short Biography |website=www.bach-cantatas.com}}</ref>
*[[1752]] &ndash; [[Johann Friedrich Blumenbach]], German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist (d. 1840)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rse.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf |title=Microsoft Word - oldfells_list_jun06.doc |access-date=2019-05-13}}</ref>{{rp|94}}
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[José Mariano Salas]], Mexican general and politician (d. 1867)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/10064/Mariano%20Salas |publisher=Busca Biografias |access-date=May 27, 2019 |title=Mariano Salas |language=es}}</ref>
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel]], Swiss politician (d. 1893)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/bundesrat/mitglieder-des-bundesrates/jean-jacques-challet-venel.html |title=Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel |first=The Federal |last=Council |website=www.admin.ch}}</ref>
*  1811   &ndash; [[Chang and Eng Bunker]], Siamese-American showmen, the original [[conjoined twins]] (d. 1874)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bulwer Lytton |first1=Edward |title=The Siamese twins. A satirical tale of the times. With other poems |date=1831 |publisher=H. Colburn and R. Bentley |location=London |url=https://archive.org/details/siamesetwinsasa01lyttgoog/page/n7 |access-date=25 May 2019}}</ref>
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Charles W. Fairbanks]], American journalist and politician, 26th [[United States Vice President]] (d. 1918)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000003 |title=FAIRBANKS, Charles Warren - Biographical Information |website=bioguide.congress.gov}}</ref>
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Jack Blackham]], Australian cricketer (d. 1932)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks15/1500721h/0-dict-biogBe-Bo.html#blackham1 |title=Dictionary of Australian Biography Be-Bo |website=gutenberg.net.au}}</ref>
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Archibald Warden]], English tennis player (d. 1943)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WARDEARC01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070319004957/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WARDEARC01 |archive-date=2007-03-19 |title=Archibald Warden Olympic medals and stats |date=19 March 2007}}</ref>
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Frank Schlesinger]], American astronomer and author (d. 1943)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/BruceMedalists/Schlesinger/ |title=The Bruce Medalists: Frank Schlesinger |website=www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu |access-date=2019-05-13 |archive-date=2014-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313075926/http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/BruceMedalists/Schlesinger/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Harriet Quimby]], American pilot and screenwriter (d. 1912)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalaviation.org/our-enshrinees/quimby-harriet/ |title=Quimby, Harriet |website=National Aviation Hall of Fame |access-date=2019-05-13 |archive-date=2022-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406202258/https://www.nationalaviation.org/our-enshrinees/quimby-harriet/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Al Cabrera]], Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager (d. 1964)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cabreal01.shtml |title=Al Cabrera Stats |website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref>
*  1881   &ndash; [[Jan van Gilse]], Dutch composer and conductor (d. 1944)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1880-2000/lemmata/bwn1/gilse |title=bwn1 |first=No |last=owner |date=12 November 2013 |website=resources.huygens.knaw.nl}}</ref>
*  1881   &ndash; [[Theodore von Kármán]], Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (d. 1963)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Karman.html |title=Theodore von Kármán (1881-1963) |website=www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk}}</ref>
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Irving Berlin]], Belarusian-American pianist and composer (d. 1989)<ref>[https://bigenc.ru/music/text/3366492 "Big Russian Encyclopedia: Irving Berlin"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829115856/https://bigenc.ru/music/text/3366492 |date=2017-08-29 }} ''Ministry of Culture, Russian Federation''</ref>
*  1888   &ndash; [[Willis Augustus Lee]], American admiral (d. 1945)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/willis-lee-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417161632/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/willis-lee-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Willis Lee Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Paul Nash (artist)|Paul Nash]], British painter (d. 1946)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Nash |title=Paul Nash - British painter |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |date=7 July 2023}}</ref>
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Willie Applegarth]], English-American sprinter (d. 1958)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ap/willie-applegarth-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174358/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ap/willie-applegarth-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Willie Applegarth Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}</ref>
*  1890   &ndash; [[Helge Løvland]], Norwegian decathlete (d. 1984)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/helge-lovland |title=Helge LÖVLAND - Olympic Athletics - Norway |date=15 June 2016 |website=International Olympic Committee}}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Martha Graham]], American dancer and choreographer (d. 1991)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Debra Craine |author2=Judith Mackrell |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Dance |url=https://archive.org/details/oxforddictionary0000crai_a8h2 |url-access=registration |date=19 August 2010 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-956344-9 |page=[https://archive.org/details/oxforddictionary0000crai_a8h2/page/196 196]}}</ref>
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Jacques Brugnon]], French tennis player (d. 1978)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/jacques-brugnon |title=Jacques BRUGNON - Olympic Tennis - France |date=15 June 2016 |website=International Olympic Committee}}</ref>
*  1895   &ndash; [[Jiddu Krishnamurti]], Indian philosopher and speaker (d. 1986)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Krishnamurti's biography |url=https://kfa.org/krishnamurti-biography/ |access-date=2021-01-07 |website=Krishnamurti Foundation of America |language=en-US}}</ref>
*  1895   &ndash; [[William Grant Still]], American composer and conductor (d. 1978)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Grant-Still |title=William Grant Still - Biography & Facts |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |date=9 May 2024}}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Josip Štolcer-Slavenski]], Croatian composer and academic (d. 1955)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000025958 |title=Slavenski [Stolzer, Štolcer, Štolcer-Slavenski], Josip |work=Grove Music |year=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.25958 |last1=Bujic |first1=Bojan |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0}}</ref>
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Robert E. Gross (businessman)|Robert E. Gross]], American businessman (d. 1961)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nationalaviation.blade6.donet.com/components/content_manager_v02/view_nahf/htdocs/menu_ps.asp?NodeID=-442124333&group_ID=1134656385&Parent_ID=-1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001427/http://nationalaviation.blade6.donet.com/components/content_manager_v02/view_nahf/htdocs/menu_ps.asp?NodeID=-442124333&group_ID=1134656385&Parent_ID=-1 |archive-date=2007-09-27 |title=NAHF |date=27 September 2007}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Rose Ausländer]], poet and author (d. 1988)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sbg.ac.at/exil/articles.pdf |title=Rose Ausländer |publisher=Universität Salzburg |work=Lexikon der Österreichischen Literatur im Exil. |date=2002 |author1=Bolbecher, Siglinde |author2=Kaiser, Konstantin |access-date=11 May 2016 |page=205 |language=de}}</ref>
*  1901   &ndash; [[Gladys Rockmore Davis]], American painter (d. 1967)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.askart.com/artist_bio/artist/25129/artist.aspx |title=Gladys Rockmore Davis - Artist Biography for Gladys Rockmore Davis |website=www.askart.com}}</ref>
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Charlie Gehringer]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1993)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gehrich01.shtml |title=Charlie Gehringer Stats |website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref>
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Salvador Dalí]], Spanish artist (d. 1989)<ref>{{cite book |title=The Psychologist |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XcR9AAAAMAAJ |year=1994 |publisher=British Psychological Society |page=240}}</ref>
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Lise de Baissac]], Mauritian [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, war hero (d. 2004)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jun/01/guardianobituaries.france |title=Obituary: Lise Villameur |last=Fenton |first=Anthony Taunton |date=2004-06-01 |work=The Guardian |access-date=2019-08-04 |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*  1905   &ndash; [[Catherine Bauer Wurster]], American architect and public housing advocate (d. 1964)<ref>{{Citation |last=Larsen |first=Kristin E. |chapter=Bauer (Wurster), Catherine |date=2011-10-27 |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.t2214399 |title=Oxford Art Online}}</ref>
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Rip Sewell]], American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sewelri01.shtml |title=Rip Sewell Stats |website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref>
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Phil Silvers]], American actor and comedian (d. 1985)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Phil-Silvers |title=Phil Silvers - Biography, Credits, & Facts |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |date=25 July 2023}}</ref>
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Saadat Hasan Manto]], Pakistani author and screenwriter (d. 1955)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dareechah-e-Nigaarish - Saadat Hasan Manto (1912-1955) - One of the greatest Urdu language short story writers |url=http://www.dareechah.com/urdu_fiction_writers/saadat_hasan_manto |access-date=19 September 2018}}</ref>
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Camilo José Cela]], Spanish author and politician, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2002)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1989/cela-bio.html |title=Camilo José Cela - Biographical |website=www.nobelprize.org |access-date=2016-07-13}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Richard Feynman]], American physicist and engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1988)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1965/feynman-bio.html |title=Richard P. Feynman – Biographical |publisher=The Nobel Foundation |access-date=April 23, 2013}}</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Antony Hewish]], English astronomer and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-19992 |title=Hewish, Prof. Antony, (born 11 May 1924), FInstP; Professor of Radioastronomy, University of Cambridge, 1971–89, now Emeritus (Reader, 1969–71); Fellow of Churchill College, since 1961 |work=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO |year=2007 |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U19992 |isbn=978-0-19-954088-4 |access-date=13 May 2019 |archive-date=13 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513203910/https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-19992 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Edward J. King]], American politician, 66th [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. 2006)<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-Gov. Edward J. King, 81, Who Defeated Dukakis, Dies |date=September 19, 2006 |author=Katie Zezima |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/19/obituaries/19king.html |work=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103073845/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/19/obituaries/19king.html?ref=michaelsdukakis |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Bernard Fox (actor)|Bernard Fox]], British actor (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/64667%7C19360/Bernard-Fox/ |title=Overview for Bernard Fox |website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref>
*  1927   &ndash; [[Gene Savoy]], American explorer, author, and scholar (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gene-Savoy |title=Gene Savoy - American explorer and religious leader |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |date=9 May 2024}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Gerhard Klingenberg]], Austrian actor (d. 2024)<ref name="Leyrer">{{cite news |last=Leyrer |first=Georg |date=19 June 2024 |title=Ehemaliger Burgtheater-Direktor Gerhard Klingenberg gestorben |url=https://kurier.at/kultur/todesfall-burgtheater-direktor-gerhard-klingenberg-95-jaehrig/402915092 |access-date=19 June 2024 |newspaper=[[Kurier]] |language=de |archive-date=19 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619100847/https://kurier.at/kultur/todesfall-burgtheater-direktor-gerhard-klingenberg-95-jaehrig/402915092 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Schenk">{{cite web |url=https://www.defa-stiftung.de/defa/biografien/kuenstlerin/gerhard-klingenberg |title=Gerhard Klingenberg – Schauspieler, Regisseur |last=Schenk |first=Ralf |date=April 2021 |website=defa-stiftung.de |access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref><ref name="Zeit">{{cite news |date=19 June 2024 |title=Theaterdirektor Gerhard Klingenberg ist tot |url=https://www.zeit.de/kultur/2024-06/theaterdirektor-regisseur-gerhard-klingenberg |access-date=21 June 2024 |newspaper=[[Die Zeit]] |language=de}}</ref><ref name="oe24">{{cite news |date=19 June 2024 |language=de |title=Ehemaliger Burgtheater-Direktor Klingenberg 95-jährig gestorben |url=https://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/chronik/ehemaliger-burgtheater-direktor-klingenberg-95-jaehrig-gestorben/598261629 |newspaper=[[Österreich (newspaper)|Österreich]] |access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref>
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Edsger W. Dijkstra]], Dutch computer scientist and academic (d. 2002)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digidome.nl/edsger_wybe_dijkstra.htm |title=Edsger Wybe Dijkstra |website=Stichting Digidome |date=3 September 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041206193322/http://www.digidome.nl/edsger_wybe_dijkstra.htm |archive-date=6 December 2004}}</ref>
*  1930   &ndash; [[Basil H. Losten]], American Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite web
	| url = https://ugcc.ua/data/vidiyshov-u-vichnist-vladyka-vasyl-losten-5491/
	| title = Відійшов у вічність владика Василь Лостен
	| last = 
	| first = 
	| date = September 15, 2024
	| website = ugcc.ua
	| publisher = Українська греко-католицька церква
	| access-date = September 15, 2024
	| language = uk
}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Valentino Garavani]], Italian fashion designer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/valentino-21354709 |title=Valentino Biography |website=[[Biography.com]] |publisher=[[A&E Television Networks]] |access-date=7 May 2016 |archive-date=25 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425153530/http://www.biography.com/people/valentino-21354709 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Louis Farrakhan]], American religious leader<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.noi.org/minister-louis-farrakhan/ |title=Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan |date=14 August 2013}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Jim Jeffords]], American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000072 |title=JEFFORDS, James Merrill - Biographical Information |website=bioguide.congress.gov}}</ref>
*  1934   &ndash; [[Jack Twyman]], American basketball player (d. 2012)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jack Twyman |url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/jack-twyman |publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |access-date=1 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819044604/http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/jack-twyman/ |archive-date=19 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő]], Hungarian Olympic and world champion foil fencer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/ildiko-rejto-ujlaki |title=Ildiko REJTO-UJLAKI - Olympic Fencing - Hungary |date=14 June 2016 |website=International Olympic Committee}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Eric Burdon]], English musician<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/eric-burdon-declares-more_b_3566476 |title=Eric Burdon Declares More |first1=Steven |last1=Rosen |date=9 July 2013 |website=HuffPost}}</ref> 
*  1941   &ndash; [[Ian Redpath]], Australian cricketer and coach (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/7314.html |title=Ian Redpath |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Nancy Greene]], Canadian skier and politician<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/nancy-greene-raine/ |title=Nancy Greene |date=19 September 2011}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Hilda Pérez Carvajal]], Venezuelan biologist<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vitae.ucv.ve/?module=articulo&rv=7&n=44 |title=Hilda Pérez Carvajal Inmunoparasitóloga apasionada de la investigación++VITAE Academia Biómedica Digital |publisher=Central University of Venezuela |access-date=11 March 2016 |website=vitae.ucv.ve}}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Butch Trucks]], American drummer (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite web |last1=The Big House Museum |title=Today in band history, remembering Butch Trucks on his birthday, back where it all began...Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Georgia, May 11, 1969, a Twiggs Lyndon photo. |url=https://www.facebook.com/TheBigHouseMuseum/photos/a.212576875564/10165076656280565/?type=3&paipv=0&eav=AfaOfmGt5Vn68rMBfm8VYH8CXVj_o_0VaBv8U8eNU5P8Fy_wIypWvYPwJUyHuZjcSa0&_rdr |website=facebook.com |publisher=Facebook |access-date=11 May 2024}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Nirj Deva]], British politician<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/4556/NIRJ_DEVA/home |title=Home - Nirj DEVA - MEPs - European Parliament |website=www.europarl.europa.eu |date=11 May 1948}}</ref>
*  1948   &ndash; [[Pam Ferris]], Welsh actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fillingham |first1=Hanna |title=Celebrity birthdays 11 May: Pam Ferris, Holly Valance and Blac Chyna |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2018051148487/celebrity-birthdays-11-may/ |website=hellomagazine.com |date=11 May 2018 |publisher=Hello! |access-date=11 May 2024}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Jeremy Paxman]], English journalist and author<ref>{{cite book |contribution=PAXMAN, Jeremy Dickson |contribution-url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U30303 |title=Who's Who 2009 |edition=Online |location=Oxford |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |date=December 2008 |access-date=19 April 2009 |title-link=Who's Who (UK)}} {{Subscription or membership required}}</ref>
*  1950   &ndash; [[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]], Indian actor (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kotwani |first1=Hiren |last2=Sinha |first2=Seema |title=Sadashiv Amrapurkar was the first recipient of Filmfare's Best Actor in a villanious role |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Sadashiv-Amrapurkar-was-the-first-recipient-of-Filmfares-Best-Actor-in-a-villanious-role/articleshow/45024026.cms |access-date=4 November 2014 |work=[[The Times of India]] |publisher=[[The Times Group]] |date=4 November 2014}}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Ed Stelmach]], Canadian farmer and politician, 13th [[Premier of Alberta]]<ref name="Profile">{{cite news |title=Profile: 'Steady Eddie' takes power on his terms |url=http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/story.html?id=b9b5fc9b-cafd-4587-8175-603702bd9224&k=0 |work=Edmonton Journal |date=December 3, 2006 |access-date=2008-06-21 |first=Sarah |last=O'Donnell |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509222609/http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/story.html?id=b9b5fc9b-cafd-4587-8175-603702bd9224&k=0 |archive-date=May 9, 2009 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[John Gregory (footballer)|John Gregory]], English footballer and manager<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=3082 |title=John Gregory - Football Stats - No Club - Age 64 - 1981-1982 - Soccer Base |website=www.soccerbase.com}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[James L. Dolan]], American businessman<ref>{{cite web |title=What is James Dolan's Net Worth: How rich is the owner of the New York Knicks? |url=https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/celebrity-net-worth/2024/01/17/65a7316c268e3ec04e8b45dd.html |website=marca.com |date=17 January 2024 |publisher=Marca |access-date=11 May 2024}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Mike Nesbitt]], Northern Irish journalist and politician<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/Your-MLAs/List-of-MLAs/Nesbitt-Mike/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831111625/http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/Your-MLAs/List-of-MLAs/Nesbitt-Mike/ |archive-date=2012-08-31 |title=Northern Ireland Assembly - Nesbitt, Mike |date=31 August 2012}}</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Saki Kubota|Sayuri Kume]], Japanese singer-songwriter<ref>[https://news.1242.com/article/143927 "5月11日は「異邦人」久保田早紀の誕生日"]. News Online. [[Nippon Broadcasting System]]. 5 May 2018.</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Natasha Richardson]], English actress (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weber |first1=Bruce |title=Natasha Richardson, 45, Stage and Film Star, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/theater/19richardson.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=18 March 2009}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Tim Blake Nelson]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Tim Blake Nelson |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/139971%7C0/Tim-Blake-Nelson/#overview |publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=7 May 2023}}</ref>
*  1964   &ndash; [[Bobby Witt]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=witt--002rob |title=Bobby Witt Minor Leagues Statistics & History |website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Alberto García Aspe]], Mexican footballer and manager<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/13934/Alberto_Garcia_Aspe.html |title=Alberto García Aspe |first=Benjamin |last=Strack-Zimmermann |website=www.national-football-teams.com}}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Mitch Healey]], Australian rugby league player and coach<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/mitch-healey/summary.html |title=Mitch Healey - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project |website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org |access-date=28 November 2022}}</ref>
*  1969   &ndash; [[Simon Vroemen]], Dutch runner<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/netherlands/simon-vroemen-14029 |title=Simon VROEMEN - Profile - iaaf.org |website=www.iaaf.org}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Harold Ford Jr.]], American lawyer and politician<ref>/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000262</ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Stanley Gene]], Papua New Guinean rugby league player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/stanley-gene/summary.html |title=Stanley Gene - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project |website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Francisco Cordero]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cordefr01.shtml |access-date=9 May 2019 |title=Francisco Cordero Stats}}</ref>
*  1975   &ndash; [[Ziad Jarrah]], Lebanese terrorist, [[September 11 attacks]] (d. 2001){{cn|date=May 2024}}
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Kardinal Offishall]], Canadian rapper and record producer/executive<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p423368|pure_url=yes}} Kardinal Offishall > Overview] Allmusic. Accessed on November 16, 2009.</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Pablo Gabriel García]], Uruguayan footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=177265/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908133236/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=177265/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 8, 2015 |title=FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Pablo GARCIA |website=FIFA.com}}</ref>
*  1977   &ndash; [[Victor Matfield]], South African rugby player, coach, and sportscaster<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espnscrum.com/southafrica/rugby/player/13713.html |title=Victor Matfield |website=ESPN scrum}}</ref>
*  1977   &ndash; [[Bobby Roode]], Canadian professional wrestler<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=819 |title=Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database |website=www.wrestlingdata.com}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Laetitia Casta]], French model and actress<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Laetitia_Casta/ |title=Laetitia Casta - Fashion Model |website=The FMD - FashionModelDirectory.com}}</ref>
*1978 &ndash; [[Judy Ann Santos]], Filipino actress<ref name="Bio">{{cite web |title=Judy Ann Santos – Biography |url=http://www.officialjuday.ph/about-me/aboutjuday/ |publisher=Official Website of Judy Ann Santos |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805162045/http://www.officialjuday.ph/about-me/aboutjuday/ |archive-date=August 5, 2017 |url-status=dead |access-date=March 1, 2022}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Lauren Jackson]], Australian basketball player<ref name=wnbaprofile>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/lauren_jackson/bio.html |title=Lauren Jackson Playerfile |publisher=WNBA |access-date=2 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420043309/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/lauren_jackson/bio.html |archive-date=20 April 2012}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[JP Karliak]], American actor, voice actor and comedian<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timesleader.com/features/488156/dunmore-native-j-p-karliak-voices-wile-e-coyote-in-looney-tunes-reboot-on-cartoon-network/ |title=Dunmore native J.P. Karliak voices Wile E. Coyote in Looney Tunes reboot on Cartoon Network |date=October 8, 2015 |publisher=Times Leader |website=www.timesleader.com |accessdate=July 20, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Cory Monteith]], Canadian actor and singer (d. 2013)<ref>{{cite web |last=Judd |first=Amy |url=http://globalnews.ca/news/716058/cory-monteith-found-dead-a-look-at-his-life-and-career |title=Notice of death of Monteith |publisher=Globalnews.ca |date=July 14, 2013 |access-date=July 21, 2013}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Matt Leinart]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/players/mattleinart/profile?id=LEI453701 |title=Matt Leinart |website=NFL.com}}</ref>
*  1983   &ndash; [[Steven Sotloff]], American-Israeli journalist (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/02/steven-sotloff-profile_n_5755502.html |title=For Steven Sotloff, Covering The Middle East Was More Than A Job |work=[[Huffington Post]] |author=Cavan Sieczkowski |date=September 2, 2014 |access-date=September 3, 2014}}</ref> 
*  1983   &ndash; [[Holly Valance]],  Australian actress, singer and model<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fhm.com/girls/covergirls/holly-valance |title=Holly Valance {{pipe}} Miss Kiss-Kiss |publisher=FHM.com |access-date=10 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420064545/http://www.fhm.com/girls/covergirls/holly-valance |archive-date=20 April 2014 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Andrés Iniesta]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/22/85/78/fwc_2010_squadlists.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616010702/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/22/85/78/fwc_2010_squadlists.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 16, 2010 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) |access-date=13 September 2013 |page=29 |date=4 June 2010}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Beau Ryan]], Australian rugby league player and television host<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/beau-ryan/summary.html |title=Beau Ryan - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project |website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Abou Diaby]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/21290/Abou_Diaby.html |title=Abou Diaby |first=Benjamin |last=Strack-Zimmermann |website=www.national-football-teams.com}}</ref>
*  1986   &ndash; [[Miguel Veloso]], Portuguese footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=200201/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906083907/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=200201/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |title=FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - MIGUEL VELOSO |website=FIFA.com}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Lim Seul-ong]], South Korean singer and actor<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mnet.com/artist/149537/profile |script-title=ko:임슬옹 소개 |website=Mnet |language=ko |trans-title=Lim Seul-ong Profile |access-date=28 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428181514/http://www.mnet.com/artist/149537/profile |archive-date=28 April 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Jeremy Maclin]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MaclJe00.htm |title=Jeremy Maclin Stats |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Brad Marchand]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/brad-marchand-8473419 |title=Brad Marchand Stats and News |website=NHL.com}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Giovani dos Santos]], Mexican footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=List of players |website=tournament.fifadata.com |access-date=2019-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610160600/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=2018-06-10 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[Cam Newton]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/N/NewtCa00.htm |title=Cam Newton Stats |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Thibaut Courtois]], Belgian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Belgium |publisher=FIFA |page=3 |date=10 June 2018 |access-date=10 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610160600/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=10 June 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Pablo Sarabia]], Spanish footballer<ref>Pablo Sarabia {{FIFA player|313416|Pablo Sarabia}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Bobi (dog)|Bobi]], Portuguese [[Rafeiro do Alentejo]], [[List of longest living dogs|oldest recorded dog]] (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/oldest-dog |title=Oldest dog ever |date=10 January 2023 |publisher=Guinness World Records}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2023-02-02 |title=Oldest dog EVER record broken by 30-year-old Bobi from Portugal |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/2/oldest-dog-ever-record-broken-by-30-year-old-bobi-from-portugal-736224 |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=Guinness World Records |language=en-gb}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Maurice Harkless]], American-Puerto Rican basketball player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/players/maurice/harkless/203090 |title=Maurice Harkless stats, details, videos, and news |work=NBA.com |access-date=December 23, 2017}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Miguel Sanó]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Miguel Sanó Stats |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/miguel-sano-593934 |website=mlb.com |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=11 May 2024}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Hagos Gebrhiwet]], Ethiopian runner<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14477352 |title=Hagos Gebrhiwet |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Nene Macdonald]], Papua New Guinean rugby league player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/nene-macdonald/summary.html |title=Nene Macdonald - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project |website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org |access-date=28 November 2022}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Gelson Martins]], Portuguese footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/fcc/2017/pdf/fcc_2017_squadlists.pdf |title=FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017: List of players: Portugal |publisher=FIFA |page=7 |date=20 March 2018 |access-date=29 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112155400/http://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FCC/2017/PDF/FCC_2017_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=12 January 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Sachia Vickery]], American tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sachia Vickery &#124; Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/317443/sachia-vickery |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Adin Hill]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Adin Hill Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Salary, Title |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/h/hillad01.html |website=hockey-reference.com |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Coi Leray]], American rapper and singer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dodd |first1=Sophie |title=All About Coi Leray's Parents, Rapper Benzino and Her Mother|url=https://people.com/all-about-coi-leray-parents-8551240 |publisher=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=4 February 2024 |date=24 March 2025}}</ref>
*  1997   &ndash; [[Lana Condor]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gunn |first1=Tamantha |title=Always and Forever You'll Swoon Over Anthony De La Torre's Birthday Tribute to Lana Condor |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1330714/always-and-forever-youll-swoon-over-anthony-de-la-torres-birthday-tribute-to-lana-condor |publisher=[[E!]] |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=12 May 2022}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Viktória Kužmová]], Slovak tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Viktoria Kuzmova &#124; Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/322277/viktoria-kuzmova |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Sabrina Carpenter]], American singer and actress<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=3158326&type=carpenter |title=Sabrina Carpenter&nbsp;— Maya Hart |publisher=Disney Channel Medianet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809205931/http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=3158326&type=carpenter |archive-date=August 9, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all |access-date=May 24, 2018}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Yuki Tsunoda|Yūki Tsunoda]], Japanese racing driver<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 August 2023 |title=Profile - Yuki Tsunoda - 角田裕毅 ｜ F1 driver Yuki Tsunoda Official Site |url=https://www.yukitsunoda.com/profile/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |language=}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Fermín López]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Player Profile - Fermín López｜Real Federación Española de Fútbol Official Site |date=11 May 2003 |url=https://rfef.es/es/selecciones/jugadores/fermin-lopez-ficha-absoluta/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |language=}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Konsta Helenius]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Konsta Helenius |url=https://www.nhl.com/sabres/player/konsta-helenius-8484797 |access-date=23 September 2024 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]]}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[912]] &ndash; [[Leo VI the Wise]], [[Byzantine Emperor]], the second ruler of the [[Macedonian dynasty]] (b. 866)<ref name="Kazhdan, p. 1211">Kazhdan, p. 1211</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1610]] &ndash; [[Matteo Ricci]], Italian priest and mathematician (b. 1552)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13034a.htm |title=Matteo Ricci |last=Brucker |first=Joseph |encyclopedia=The Catholic Encyclopedia |volume=13: Revelation-Simon Stock |location=New York |publisher=Robert Appleton Company |year=1912 |access-date=17 August 2017 |oclc=174525342}}</ref>
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham]], English politician, [[Prime Minister of Great Britain]] (b. 1708)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page167.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070420212700/http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page167.asp |archive-date=2007-04-20 |title=Earl of Chatham |date=20 April 2007}}</ref>
*[[1779]] &ndash; [[John Hart (New Jersey politician)|John Hart]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1711)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000288 |title=HART, John - Biographical Information |website=bioguide.congress.gov}}</ref>
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Spencer Perceval]], English lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1762)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/spencer-perceval |title=History of Spencer Perceval - GOV.UK |website=www.gov.uk}}</ref>
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Tom Cribb]], English boxer (b. 1781)<ref name=pug>{{cite book |last1=Miles |first1=Henry Downes |title=Pugilistica: the history of British boxing containing lives of the most celebrated pugilists |date=1906 |publisher=J.Grant |location=Edinburgh |volume=1 |page=276 |url=https://archive.org/details/pugilisticahisto01mileuoft?q=tom+cribb |access-date=20 June 2018}}</ref>
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Juliette Récamier]], French businesswoman (b. 1777)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/recamier-juliette-1777-1849 |title=Récamier, Juliette (1777–1849) |encyclopedia=Women in World History |year=2002 |publisher=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]}}</ref>
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Frederick Innes]], Scottish-Australian politician, 9th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. 1816)<ref>C. M. Sullivan, '[http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040518b.htm Innes, Frederick Maitland (1816–1882)]', ''[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]]'', Volume 4, [[Melbourne University Press|MUP]], 1972, pp 458–459. Retrieved 2009-08-15</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[John Cadbury]], English businessman and philanthropist, founded the [[Cadbury|Cadbury Company]] (b. 1801)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.quakersintheworld.org/quakers-in-action/16/John-Cadbury |title=John Cadbury |website=www.quakersintheworld.org |language=en-US |access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Charles Kingston]], Australian politician, 20th [[Premier of South Australia]] (b. 1850)<ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography  |last=Playford  |first=John  |year=1983  |id=A090604b  |title= Kingston, Charles Cameron (1850 - 1908)  |access-date=2007-11-22 }}</ref>
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Karl Schwarzschild]], German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)<ref>[http://zelmanov.ptep-online.com/papers/zj-2008-b3.pdf Biography of Karl Schwarzschild] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302153030/http://zelmanov.ptep-online.com/papers/zj-2008-b3.pdf |date=2021-03-02 }} by Indranu Suhendro, ''The Abraham Zelmanov Journal'', 2008, Volume 1.</ref>{{rp|xix}}
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[George Elmslie (Australian politician)|George Elmslie]], Australian politician, 25th [[Premier of Victoria]] (b. 1861)<ref>{{cite AuDB |id2=elmslie-george-alexander-6109 |title=Elmslie, George Alexander (1861–1918) |first=Barry O |last=Jones}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[James Colosimo]], Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)<ref>{{cite web |title="Big Jim" Killed |url=https://themobmuseum.org/timeline_events/big-jim-killed/ |website=The Mob Museum |access-date=10 December 2018}}</ref>
*  1920   &ndash; [[William Dean Howells]], American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)<ref>{{LCAuth|n80002569|William Dean Howells|391|}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Juan Gris]], Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/abstract/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000034987 |title=Gris, Juan |work=Grove Art |year=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T034987 |last1=Green |first1=Christopher |isbn=978-1-884446-05-4}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Jozef Murgaš]], Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)<ref name="rcga.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.rcga.org/hall_of_famer.aspx?id=33&x=P1c4tTuOqenBqMIDKw0FSsAfqUB8m+2JbpsL8+FeHIGIqSx+FYSnOhNzctOvbMx956vLssOzddP0GFPq7k6SnTIOzuePbXJPPLyV9zXVKUV22mevOuVM+BjXWu7NU9X1/CvMhzUtdLDUcBqaVvkBiUvYfJLI60LJK9PnLu3CG3dkZKRDajCwJrqHvO4C8NEgwv2XhdJk6QQ= |title=Golf Canada - George Seymour Lyon's Hall of Fame Profile |website=www.rcga.org}}</ref>
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[George Lyon (golfer)|George Lyon]], Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)<ref name="rcga.org"/>
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Seán McCaughey]], Irish Republican, died on hunger strike (b. 1915)<ref>{{cite book |author=J. Bowyer Bell |title=The Secret Army: The Ira |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UvTD1B-WzmsC&pg=PA243 |date=1 January 1997 |publisher=Transaction Publishers |isbn=978-1-4128-3888-7 |pages=243}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Gilbert Jessop]], English cricketer (b. 1874)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/15509.html |title=Gilbert Jessop |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[John D. Rockefeller Jr.]], American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1874)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockarch.org/bio/jdrjr.php |title=Rockefeller Archive Center: Extended Biography |access-date=2019-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528154441/http://www.rockarch.org/bio/jdrjr.php |archive-date=2015-05-28 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Herbert Spencer Gasser]], American physiologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1888)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/gasser-herbert.pdf |title=hgasser |access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref>{{rp|169}}
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Janne Mustonen]], Finnish politician (b. 1901)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Janne Mustonen |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911092.aspx |publisher=[[Parliament of Finland]] |access-date=27 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415201123/https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911092.aspx |archive-date=15 April 2017 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[James E. Brewton]], American painter (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jebrewton.org/about-jim-brewton.html |title=About Jim Brewton |website=James E. Brewton Foundation, Inc., nonprofit arts organization}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Lester Flatt]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/12/archives/lester-flatt-singer-and-guitarist-in-duo-with-earl-scruggs-dies.html |title=Lester Flatt, Singer and Guitarist in Duo With Earl Scruggs, Dies |first=John |last=Rockwell |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=26 |date=May 12, 1979}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Dyre Vaa]], Norwegian sculptor and painter (b. 1903)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Dyre Vaa |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad |editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Dyre_Vaa |language=no |access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Odd Hassel]], Norwegian chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1897)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Odd_Hassel |title=Odd Hassel |publisher=Norsk biografisk leksikon |author=Tor Dahl |access-date=February 1, 2018}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Bob Marley]], Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)<ref>{{Britannica|365877}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Zenna Henderson]], American writer (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Curtis C. |year=1981 |title=Twentieth Century Science Fiction Writers |publisher=St. Martin's |location=New York |url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/classics/classics_archive/henderson/henderson_bio.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423143507/http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/classics/classics_archive/henderson/henderson_bio.html |archive-date=23 April 2008}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Chester Gould]], American cartoonist, created ''[[Dick Tracy]]'' (b. 1900)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=GO017 |title=Gould, Chester - The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture |website=www.okhistory.org}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Fritz Pollard]], American football player and coach (b. 1894)<ref>{{cfbhof|id=1262|name=Fritz Pollard}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Kim Philby]], British-Soviet double agent (b. 1912)<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/455901/Kim-Philby ''Kim Philby''] in the [[Encyclopædia Britannica|Encyclopædia Britannica Online]], retrieved 16 November 2009.</ref> 
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Stratos Dionysiou]], [[Greeks|Greek]] [[Singing|Singer]], [[composer]] and [[lyricist]] (b. 1935)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Σήμερα .gr |first=Σαν |title=Στράτος Διονυσίου |url=https://www.sansimera.gr/biographies/1623 |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=Σαν Σήμερα .gr |language=el}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Timothy Carey]], American actor, director, and producer (b. 1928)<ref name=NYT>{{cite news |work=[[The New York Times]] |title=Timothy Carey, 65, A Character Actor |date=May 17, 1994 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/17/obituaries/timothy-carey-65-a-character-actor.html}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Douglas Adams]], English novelist and screenwriter (b. 1952)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.laweekly.com/2001-05-24/news/lots-of-screamingly-funny-sentences-no-fish/ |title=Lots of Screamingly Funny Sentences. No Fish. – page 1 |last1=Lewis |first1=Judith |last2=Shulman |first2=Dave |newspaper=LA Weekly |date=24 May 2001 |access-date=20 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010233102/http://www.laweekly.com/2001-05-24/news/lots-of-screamingly-funny-sentences-no-fish/ |archive-date=10 October 2011 |url-status=live |df=dmy}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Renaude Lapointe]], Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=16809 |title=Profile |website=lop.parl.ca}}</ref>
*  2002   &ndash; [[Bill Peet]], American animator and screenwriter (b. 1915)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/18/movies/bill-peet-87-disney-artist-and-children-s-book-author.html |title=Bill Peet, 87, Disney Artist And Children's Book Author |first=Eric P. |last=Nash |newspaper=The New York Times |date=18 May 2002}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Noel Redding]], English bass player (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/15/arts/noel-redding-57-rock-bassist-who-played-with-jimi-hendrix.html |title=Noel Redding, 57, Rock Bassist Who Played With Jimi Hendrix |newspaper=The New York Times |date=15 May 2003}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Léo Cadieux]], Canadian politician, 17th [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)|Canadian Minister of National Defence]] (b. 1908)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=8294 |title=Profile |website=lop.parl.ca}}</ref>
*  2005   &ndash; [[Horton Davies]], Welsh minister and historian (b. 1916)<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |last=Saxon |first=Wolfgang |date=14 May 2005 |title=Horton M. Davies, 89, an Authority on Christianity's Impact on the Arts |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A132437721/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=8e89f73b |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=14 |via=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale in Context]]}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Floyd Patterson]], American boxer and actor (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holley |first1=Joe |title=Floyd Patterson; Heavyweight Champion Rose from Poverty |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/11/AR2006051101854.html |access-date=18 May 2019 |newspaper=New York Times |date=12 May 2006}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Malietoa Tanumafili II]], Samoan ruler (b. 1913)<ref>{{cite news |first=Fili |last=Sagapolutele |title=Samoan Head of State Passes Away |url=http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2007/05/12/samoan-head-of-state-passes-away |work=[[Pacific Magazine]] |date=12 May 2007 |access-date=12 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927175435/http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2007/05/12/samoan-head-of-state-passes-away |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[John Rutsey]], Canadian drummer (b. 1953)<ref>[https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045375/original-rush-drummer-john-rutsey-dies "Original Rush Drummer John Rutsey Dies"]. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. May 11, 2008</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Abel Goumba]], Central African physician and politician, [[Prime Minister of the Central African Republic]] (b. 1926)<ref>[http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/DEPAPA98057/-Deces-Francois-Bozize-Ange-Felix-Patasse-Abel-Goumba-Deces-d-Abel-Goumba.html "Décès d'Abel Goumba"], African Press Agency, 11 May 2009 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>
*  2009 &ndash; [[Claudio Huepe]], Chilean economist and politician, [[Ministry General Secretariat of Government (Chile)|Chilean Minister Secretary-General of Government]] (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/2009/05/11/357611/de-un-infarto-murio-en-caracas-el-ex-ministro-claudio-huepe.html |title=De un infarto murió en Caracas el ex ministro Claudio Huepe - Emol.com |first=El Mercurio |last=S.A.P |date=11 May 2009 |website=Emol}}</ref>
*  2009 &ndash; [[Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda]], Indian admiral (b. 1915)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/5551938/Admiral-Sardarilal-Nanda.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/5551938/Admiral-Sardarilal-Nanda.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Naval Obituaries: Admiral Sardarilal Nanda |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=2009-06-16 |access-date=2011-07-20}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Doris Eaton Travis]], American dancer and vaudevillian (b. 1904)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Douglas |title=Doris E. Travis, Last of the Ziegfeld Girls, Dies at 106 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 11, 2010 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/arts/dance/12travis.html}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Robert Traylor]], American basketball player (b. 1977)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=6527372 |title=Ex-NBA player Robert 'Tractor' Traylor found dead in Puerto Rico - ESPN |work=ESPN.com |date=11 May 2011 |access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Peggy Lipton]], American actress, model, and singer (b. 1946)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rottenberg |first=Josh |date=May 12, 2019 |title=Actress Peggy Lipton, star of 'The Mod Squad' and 'Twin Peaks,' dies at 72 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-me-peggy-lipton-dead-20190511-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605115856/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-me-peggy-lipton-dead-20190511-story.html |archive-date=June 5, 2019 |access-date=June 8, 2021 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
*  2019   &ndash; [[Thomas Silverstein]], American murderer (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Roberts |first=Sam |date=2019-05-21 |title=Thomas Silverstein, Killer and Most Isolated Inmate, Dies at 67 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/obituaries/thomas-silverstein-dead.html |access-date=2021-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602090925/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/obituaries/thomas-silverstein-dead.html |archive-date=2019-06-02 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Jerry Stiller]], American comedian, actor (b. 1927)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Notable deaths in 2020 |url=https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2020-idUSRTS30YSX |access-date=2020-12-17 |website=www.reuters.com}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Colt Brennan]], American quarterback<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/31427087/ex-hawaii-record-setting-qb-colt-brennan-dead-37 |title=Ex-Hawai'i record-setting QB Brennan dead at 37 |date=May 11, 2021 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref> (b. 1983)
*  2021 &ndash; [[Norman Lloyd]], American actor, producer and director (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/norman-lloyd-dead-106-1234951530/ |title=Norman Lloyd, Star of 'Saboteur' and 'St. Elsewhere,' Dies at 106 |date=May 11, 2021 |author=Mike Barnes |website=Hollywood Reporter |access-date=May 12, 2021}}</ref>
* [[2024]] &ndash; [[Susan Backlinie]], American actress and stuntwoman (b. 1946)<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Zee |first1=Michaela |last2=Kuznikov |first2=Selena |date=2024-05-12 |title=Susan Backlinie, Who Played the First Shark Attack Victim in 'Jaws,' Dies at 77 |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/susan-backlinie-dead-jaws-1235999530/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
** [[Anthimus of Rome]]<ref name=saints>{{cite web |url=http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0511.shtml |title=saintpatrickdc.org |website=www.saintpatrickdc.org |access-date=2019-05-22 |archive-date=2015-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322031054/http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0511.shtml |url-status=dead}}</ref>
** [[Gangulphus|Gangulphus of Burgundy]]<ref name=saints/>
** [[Majolus of Cluny]]<ref name=saints/>
** [[Mamertus]], the first of the [[Ice Saints]]<ref name=saints/>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/11 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=5|day=11}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/may/11 Historical Events on May 11]

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[[Category:Days of May]]