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{{More citations needed|date=April 2023}} {{pp-pc1}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1395]] – [[Battle of Rovine]]: The [[Wallachia]]ns defeat an invading [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] army.<ref>Ostrogorsky, George. ''History of the Byzantine State'', p. 551. Published by Rutgers University Press, 1969. {{ISBN|0-8135-1198-4}}.</ref> *[[1521]] – [[Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham]], is executed for treason.<ref>John Guy, ''Tudor England'' (1988) p. 97.</ref> *[[1527]] – [[Pánfilo de Narváez]] departs Spain to [[Narváez expedition|explore Florida]] with 600 men – by 1536 only four survive.<ref>{{Cite book |title= The Pánfilo de Narváez Expedition of 1528: Highlights of the Expedition and Determination of the Landing Place | last= MacDougald| first= James|publisher= Marsden House | year= 2018 | isbn = 978-1-4834-8671-0 | location= St. Petersburg }}</ref> *[[1536]] – [[George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford]] and four other men are executed for treason. * 1536 – [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] and [[Anne Boleyn]]'s marriage is annulled. *[[1590]] – [[Anne of Denmark]] is crowned [[Queen consort|Queen]] of [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]]. ===1601–1900=== *[[1642]] – [[Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve]] founds the [[Ville Marie de Montréal]]. *[[1648]] – An allied French and Swedish army defeats Imperial and Bavarian forces in the [[Battle of Zusmarshausen]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Thirty Years' War |volume= 26 |last= Atkinson |first= Charles Francis | pages = 852–860; see page 860, final para |quote= Battle of Zusmarshausen....at Zusmarshausen (May 17th) catching the enemy in the act of manoeuvring...}}</ref> *[[1673]] – [[Louis Jolliet]] and [[Jacques Marquette]] begin exploring the [[Mississippi River]]. *[[1756]] – [[Seven Years' War]] formally begins when [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] declares war on [[Kingdom of France|France]]. *[[1760]] – French forces [[Siege of Quebec (1760)|besieging Quebec]] retreat after the [[Royal Navy]] arrives to relieve the British garrison.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Manning|first1=Stephen|title=Quebec: The Story of Three Sieges |date=2009 |publisher=Continuum |pages=109–110 |isbn=978-0773538719}}</ref> *[[1792]] – The [[New York Stock Exchange]] is formed under the [[Buttonwood Agreement]]. *[[1805]] – [[Muhammad Ali of Egypt|Muhammad Ali]] becomes [[Wāli]] of [[Egypt]]. *[[1809]] – Emperor [[Napoleon|Napoleon I]] orders the annexation of the [[Papal States]] to the [[First French Empire|French Empire]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hanson |first=Paul R. |url= |title=Historical dictionary of the French Revolution |year=2015 |isbn=978-0-8108-7892-1 |edition=Second |location=Lanham |pages=252 |oclc=900724699}}</ref> *[[1814]] – [[Military occupation|Occupation]] of [[Monaco]] changes from French to Austrian. * 1814 – The [[Constitution of Norway]] is signed and [[Crown Prince]] [[Christian VIII of Denmark|Christian Frederick]] of Denmark is elected [[King of Norway]] by the [[Norwegian Constituent Assembly]]. *[[1859]] – Members of the [[Melbourne Football Club]] codified the [[Laws of Australian rules football#Melbourne Rules of 1859|first rules]] of [[Australian rules football]]. *[[1863]] – [[Rosalía de Castro]] publishes ''Cantares Gallegos'', the first book in the [[Galician language]]. *1863 – [[American Civil War]]: During the [[Vicksburg campaign]], [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces under [[John A. McClernand]] defeat a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] rearguard and capture around 1,700 men at the [[Battle of Big Black River Bridge]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Battle of Big Black River Bridge (May 17)|url=https://www.nps.gov/vick/learn/historyculture/bigblack.htm|website=NPS.gov|publisher=National Park Service|date=February 15, 2018|access-date=May 17, 2024}}</ref> *[[1865]] – The International Telegraph Union (later the [[International Telecommunication Union]]) is established in Paris. *[[1875]] – [[Aristides (horse)|Aristides]] wins the first [[Kentucky Derby]] with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75). *[[1900]] – The children's novel ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]'', by [[L. Frank Baum]], is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Wonderful Wizard of Oz By L.Frank Baum With Pictures by W.W. Denslow |publisher=Geo. M. Hill Co. |year= 1900 |place=Chicago |url=https://archive.org/details/wonderfulwizardo00baumiala |access-date= February 6, 2018 |via= Internet Archive }}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – Greek archaeologist [[Valerios Stais]] discovers the [[Antikythera mechanism]], an ancient mechanical [[analog computer]]. *[[1914]] – The [[Protocol of Corfu]] is signed, recognising [[Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus|full autonomy]] to [[Northern Epirus]] under nominal [[Albania]]n sovereignty. *[[1915]] – The last [[The Liberal Party (UK)|British Liberal Party]] government (led by [[H. H. Asquith]]) falls. *[[1933]] – [[Vidkun Quisling]] and [[Johan Bernhard Hjort]] form [[Nasjonal Samling]] — the [[Nazism|national-socialist]] party of Norway. *[[1937]] – [[Spanish Civil War]]: The [[Largo Caballero]] government resigns in the wake of the [[Barcelona May Days]], leading [[Juan Negrín]] to form a government, without the [[anarcho-syndicalist]] [[National Confederation of Labor|CNT]], in its stead.<ref>{{cite book|last=Graham|first=Helen|title=The Spanish Civil War. A Very Short Introduction|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2005|isbn=978-0-19-280377-1|url=https://archive.org/details/spanishcivilwarv00grah_0|page=162}}</ref> *[[1939]] – The [[Columbia Lions]] and the [[Princeton Tigers]] play in the United States' first televised sporting event, a [[college baseball|collegiate baseball]] game in New York City. *[[1940]] – [[World War II]]: Germany [[Battle of Belgium|occupies Brussels]], Belgium. *[[1943]] – World War II: [[Dambuster Raids]] commence by [[No. 617 Squadron RAF]]. *[[1953]] – [[Delta Air Lines Flight 318]] crashes near [[Marshall, Texas]], killing 19.<ref name="TSM">{{cite web |date=1996 |title=Accident Description |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19530517-0 |access-date=11 December 2022 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=}}</ref> *[[1954]] – The [[United States Supreme Court]] hands down a unanimous decision in ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]] of [[Topeka, Kansas]]'', outlawing racial segregation in public schools. *[[1967]] – [[Six-Day War]]: [[President of Egypt|President]] [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] of [[Egypt]] demands dismantling of the peace-keeping [[UN Emergency Force]] in Egypt. *[[1969]] – [[Venera program]]: [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] ''[[Venera 6]]'' begins its descent into the [[atmosphere]] of [[Venus]], sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure. *[[1973]] – [[Watergate scandal]]: Televised hearings begin in the [[United States Senate]]. *[[1974]] – [[The Troubles]]: [[Dublin and Monaghan bombings|Thirty-three civilians are killed]] and 300 injured when the [[Ulster Volunteer Force]] (UVF) detonates four car bombs in [[Dublin]] and [[Monaghan]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. * 1974 – [[Los Angeles Police Department|Police in Los Angeles]] raid the [[Symbionese Liberation Army]]'s headquarters, killing six members, including [[Camilla Hall]]. *[[1977]] – [[Nolan Bushnell]] opened the first [[Chuck E. Cheese|Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre]] (later renamed [[Chuck E. Cheese]]) in [[San Jose, California]]. *[[1980]] – General [[Chun Doo-hwan]] of South Korea [[Coup d'état of May Seventeenth|seizes control]] of the government and declares [[martial law]] in order to suppress student demonstrations. * 1980 – On the eve of presidential elections, [[Maoism|Maoist]] [[guerrilla warfare|guerrilla]] group [[Shining Path]] attacks a polling location in [[Chuschi]] (a town in [[Ayacucho]]), starting the [[Internal conflict in Peru]]. *[[1983]] – The [[United States Department of Energy|U.S. Department of Energy]] declassifies documents showing world's largest [[Mercury (element)|mercury]] pollution event in [[Oak Ridge, Tennessee]] (ultimately found to be {{convert|4.2|e6lb|disp=sqbr}}), in response to the ''Appalachian Observer'''s [[Freedom of Information Act (United States)|Freedom of Information Act]] request. * 1983 – [[Lebanon]], [[Israel]], and the United States sign an [[May 17 Agreement|agreement]] on Israeli withdrawal from [[Lebanon]]. *[[1984]] – [[Charles III of the United Kingdom|Prince Charles]] calls a proposed addition to the [[National Gallery]], London, a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend", sparking controversies on the proper role of the [[British Royal Family|Royal Family]] and the course of [[modern architecture]]. *[[1987]] – [[Iran–Iraq War]]: An [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]]i [[Dassault Mirage F1]] fighter jet [[USS Stark incident|fires two missiles]] into the U.S. Navy warship {{USS|Stark|FFG-31|6}}, killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew. *[[1990]] – The General Assembly of the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) eliminates [[homosexuality]] from the list of psychiatric diseases. *[[1992]] – Three days of [[Black May (1992)|popular protests]] against the government of [[Prime Minister of Thailand]] [[Suchinda Kraprayoon]] begin in [[Bangkok]], leading to a military crackdown that results in 52 officially confirmed deaths, hundreds of injuries, many disappearances, and more than 3,500 arrests. *[[1994]] – [[Malawi]] holds its [[1994 Malawian general election|first multi-party elections]]. *[[1995]] – [[Shawn Nelson (criminal)|Shawn Nelson]] steals an [[M60 tank]] from the [[California Army National Guard]] [[armory (military)|Armory]] in [[San Diego]] and proceeds to go on a rampage. *[[1997]] – Troops of [[Laurent-Désiré Kabila]] march into [[Kinshasa]]. [[Zaire]] is officially renamed [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. *[[2000]] – [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] and [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]] fans clash in the [[2000 UEFA Cup final riots|2000 UEFA Cup Final riots]] in Copenhagen *[[2004]] – The first legal [[same-sex marriage]]s in the U.S. are performed in the state of [[Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts#First same-sex marriages|Massachusetts]]. *[[2006]] – The aircraft carrier {{USS|Oriskany|CV-34|6}} is sunk in the [[Gulf of Mexico]] as an [[artificial reef]]. *[[2007]] – Trains from [[North Korea|North]] and South Korea cross the [[38th parallel north|38th Parallel]] in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized Zone since [[1953]]. *[[2010]] – [[Pamir Airways Flight 112]] crashes in Afghanistan's [[Shakardara District]], killing 44.<ref name="afp21052010">{{cite web |date=21 May 2010 |title=Wreckage of Afghan plane, bodies found: minister |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hEO5ufxW2PXmIudko884oc_jVcXw |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906091409/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hEO5ufxW2PXmIudko884oc_jVcXw |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 6, 2012 |access-date=21 May 2010 |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]}}</ref> *[[2014]] – A military [[2014 Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force An-74 crash|plane crash]] in northern [[Laos]] kills 17 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Air crash kills senior Lao officials, leaves power vacuum |url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/5391ba171c.html |access-date=2021-05-22 |website=Refworld |publisher=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees}}</ref> ==Births== <!-- Please do not add yourself or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. --> ===Pre-1600=== *[[1155]] – [[Jien]], Japanese monk, poet, and historian (d. 1225) *[[1443]] – [[Edmund, Earl of Rutland]] (d. 1460) *[[1451]] – [[Engelbert II of Nassau]], Count of Nassau-Vianden and Lord of Breda (1475–1504) (d. 1504) *[[1490]] – [[Albert, Duke of Prussia]], last Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (d. 1568) *[[1500]] – [[Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua]] (d. 1540) *[[1551]] – [[Martin Delrio]], Belgian occultist and theologian (d. 1601) *[[1568]] – [[Anna Vasa of Sweden]], Swedish princess (d. 1625) ===1601–1900=== *[[1610]] – [[Stefano della Bella]], Italian engraver and etcher (d. 1664)<ref>[[Dearborn-Massar|Massar, Phyllis Dearborn]] (1996). "Bella, Stefano della", vol. 3, pp. 631–634, in ''[[The Dictionary of Art]]'' (34 vols.), edited by Jane Turner. New York: Grove. {{ISBN|9781884446009}}. Also at [[Oxford Art Online]], [http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T007589 subscription required] (accessed 22 November 2010)</ref> *[[1628]] – [[Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria]] (d. 1662) *[[1636]] – [[Edward Colman (martyr)|Edward Colman]], English Catholic courtier under Charles II (d. 1678) *[[1682]] – [[Bartholomew Roberts]], Welsh pirate (d. 1722) *[[1698]] – [[Gio Nicola Buhagiar]], Maltese painter (d. 1752)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Schiavone|first1=Michael J.|title=Dictionary of Maltese Biographies Vol. 1 A–F|date=2009|publisher=Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza|location=[[Pietà, Malta|Pietà]]|isbn=9789993291329|pages=339–340}}</ref> *[[1706]] – [[Andreas Felix von Oefele]], German historian and librarian (d. 1780) *[[1718]] – [[Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness]], English politician and diplomat, [[Secretary of State for the Southern Department]] (d. 1778) *[[1732]] – [[Francesco Pasquale Ricci]], Italian violinist and composer (d. 1817) *[[1743]] – [[Seth Warner]], American colonel (d. 1784) *[[1749]] – [[Edward Jenner]], English physician and microbiologist (d. 1823)<ref name="Chase's279"/> *[[1758]] – [[Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet]], English politician (d. 1839) *[[1768]] – [[Caroline of Brunswick]] (d. 1821) * 1768 – [[Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (d. 1854) *[[1794]] – [[Anna Brownell Jameson]], Irish-English author (d. 1860) *[[1818]] – [[Ezra Otis Kendall]], American professor, astronomer and mathematician (d. 1899) *[[1821]] – [[Sebastian Kneipp]], German priest and therapist (d. 1897) *[[1835]] – [[Thomas McIlwraith]], Scottish-Australian politician, 8th [[Premier of Queensland]] (d. 1900) *[[1836]] – [[Virginie Loveling]], Belgian author and poet (d. 1923)<ref>{{cite book|first=Lia|last=Van Gemert|title=Women's Writing from the Low Countries 1200-1875: A Bilingual Anthology|location=Amsterdam|publisher=Amsterdam University Press|year=2011|page=559|isbn=978-9-08964-129-8}}</ref> *[[1845]] – [[Jacint Verdaguer]], Catalan priest and poet (d. 1902) *[[1860]] – [[Martin Kukučín]], Slovak author and playwright (d. 1928) * 1860 – [[Charlotte Barnum]], American mathematician and social activist (d. 1934) *[[1863]] – [[Léon Gérin]], Canadian lawyer, sociologist, and civil servant (d. 1951) *[[1864]] – [[Louis Richardet]], Swiss target shooter (d. 1923) * 1864 – [[Ante Trumbić]], Croatian lawyer and politician, 27th [[Mayor of Split]] (d. 1938) *[[1866]] – [[Erik Satie]], French pianist and composer (d. 1925) *[[1868]] – [[Horace Elgin Dodge]], American businessman, co-founded [[Dodge]] (d. 1920) * 1868 – [[Panagis Tsaldaris]], Greek politician, [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (d. 1936) *[[1870]] – [[Newton Moore]], Australian politician, 8th [[Premier of Western Australia]] (d. 1936) *[[1873]] – [[Henri Barbusse]], French author and journalist (d. 1935) * 1873 – [[Dorothy Richardson]], English author and journalist (d. 1957)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=McCracken |first1=Scott |title=Richardson, Dorothy (1873–1957) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM122-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}</ref> *[[1874]] – [[George Sheldon (diver)|George Sheldon]], American diver (d. 1907) *[[1882]] – [[Karl Burman]], Estonian architect and painter (d. 1965) *[[1886]] – [[Alfonso XIII of Spain]], Spanish monarch (d. 1941) *[[1888]] – [[Tich Freeman]], English cricketer (d. 1965) *[[1889]] – [[Dorothy Gibson]], American actress and singer (d. 1946) * 1889 – [[Alfonso Reyes]], Mexican author (d. 1959) *[[1891]] – [[Napoleon Zervas]], Greek general and politician (d. 1957) *[[1893]] – [[Frederick McKinley Jones]], American inventor and entrepreneur (d. 1961) *[[1895]] – [[Saul Adler]], Belarusian-English captain and parasitologist (d. 1966) * 1895 – [[Reinhold Saulmann]], Estonian sprinter and bandy player (d. 1936) *[[1897]] – [[Odd Hassel]], Norwegian chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1981) *[[1898]] – [[A. J. Casson]], Canadian painter (d. 1992) *[[1899]] – [[Carmen de Icaza]], Spanish writer (d. 1979) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Werner Egk]], German pianist and composer (d. 1983) *[[1903]] – [[Cool Papa Bell]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)<ref name="Chase's279">{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2021: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CPcCEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA280|date=27 October 2020|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-424-9|pages=279}}</ref> *[[1904]] – [[Marie-Anne Desmarest]], French author (d. 1973) *[[1906]] – [[Zinka Milanov]], Croatian-American soprano and educator (d. 1989) *[[1909]] – [[Julius Sumner Miller]], American physicist and academic (d. 1987) *[[1911]] – [[Lisa Fonssagrives]], Swedish-American model (d. 1992) * 1911 – [[Maureen O'Sullivan]], Irish-American actress (d. 1998)<ref name="Chase's279"/> *[[1912]] – [[Archibald Cox]], American lawyer and politician, 31st [[United States Solicitor General]] (d. 2004) * 1912 – [[Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner]], American inventor (d. 2006)<ref>{{cite book|author=Laura S. Jeffrey|title=American Inventors of the 20th Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OPwZVp5d5WQC|year=1996|publisher=Enslow Publishers|isbn=978-0-89490-632-9|page=29}}</ref> *[[1913]] – [[Hans Ruesch]], Swiss racing driver and author (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/sep/15/guardianobituaries.obituaries|title=Hans Ruesch|date=15 September 2007|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref> *[[1914]] – [[Robert N. Thompson]], American-Canadian chiropractor and politician (d. 1997) *[[1918]] – [[Joan Benham]], English actress (d. 1981) * 1918 – [[Birgit Nilsson]], Swedish operatic soprano (d. 2005)<ref>{{cite book|author=Birgit Nilsson|title=La Nilsson: My Life in Opera|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9dVd-ZHpKbIC&pg=PA255|year=2007|publisher=UPNE|isbn=978-1-55553-670-1|pages=255}}</ref> *[[1919]] – [[Antonio Aguilar]], Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2007) * 1919 – [[Gustav Naan]], Russian-Estonian physicist and philosopher (d. 1994) *[[1920]] – [[Harry Männil]], Estonian-Venezuelan businessman, co-founded [[ACO Group]] (d. 2010) *[[1921]] – [[Dennis Brain]], English horn player (d. 1957) * 1921 – [[Bob Merrill]], American composer and screenwriter (d. 1998) *[[1922]] – [[Jean Rédélé]], French racing driver, founded [[Alpine (automobile)|Alpine]] (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite book|author=Roy Smith|title=Alpine & Renault: The Development of the Revolutionary Turbo F1 Car 1968-1979|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=646PVGF2Bd8C&pg=PA18|date=15 November 2008|publisher=Veloce Publishing Ltd|isbn=978-1-84584-177-5|pages=18}}</ref> *[[1923]] – [[Michael Beetham]], English commander and pilot (d. 2015)<ref>{{cite book|author=Graham Pitchfork|title=The Daily Telegraph Airmen's Obituaries Book Three|year=2020|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aH3oDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA269|isbn=978-1-911667-52-0|pages=269|publisher=Casemate Publishers }}</ref> *[[1924]] – [[Roy Bentley]], English footballer (d. 2018)<ref>{{cite web|title=England players: Roy Bentley|url=http://englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersB/BioBentleyRTF.html|website=englandfootballonline|access-date=21 April 2018}}</ref> * 1924 – [[Francis Tombs, Baron Tombs]], English engineer and politician (d. 2020) *[[1926]] – [[David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie]], English-Scottish soldier and politician (d. 2023) * 1926 – [[Dietmar Schönherr]], Austrian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014) * 1926 – [[Franz Sondheimer]], German-English chemist and academic (d. 1981) *[[1929]] – [[Branko Zebec]], Croatian and Yugoslav football player and coach (d. 1988) *[[1931]] – [[Marshall Applewhite]], American cult leader, founded [[Heaven's Gate (religious group)|Heaven's Gate]] (d. 1997) * 1931 – [[Dewey Redman]], American saxophonist (d. 2006) *[[1932]] – [[Rodric Braithwaite]], English soldier and diplomat, [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Russia|British Ambassador to Russia]] * 1932 – [[Peter Burge (cricketer)|Peter Burge]], Australian cricketer (d. 2001) * 1932 – [[Ozzie Virgil Sr.]], Dominican baseball player and coach (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |date=October 2, 2024 |title=Ozzie Virgil Sr., First Dominican-Born Major Leaguer, Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/sports/baseball/ozzie-virgil-sr-dead.html |access-date=October 2, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> *[[1933]] – [[Yelena Gorchakova]], Russian javelin thrower (d. 2002) *[[1934]] – [[Friedrich-Wilhelm Kiel]], German educator and politician (d. 2022) * 1934 – [[Earl Morrall]], American football player and coach (d. 2014) * 1934 – [[Ronald Wayne]], American computer scientist, co-founded [[Apple Computer]] *[[1935]] – [[Dennis Potter]], English voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1994) *[[1936]] – [[Dennis Hopper]], American actor and director (d. 2010) *[[1937]] – [[Hazel R. O'Leary]], American lawyer and politician, 7th [[United States Secretary of Energy]] *[[1938]] – [[Jason Bernard]], American actor (d. 1996) * 1938 – [[Marcia Freedman]], Israeli activist (d. 2021) * 1938 – [[Pervis Jackson]], American R&B bass singer (d. 2008) *[[1939]] – [[Hugh Dykes, Baron Dykes]], English politician * 1939 – [[Gary Paulsen]], American author (d. 2021) *[[1940]] – [[Alan Kay]], American computer scientist and academic * 1940 – [[Reynato Puno]], Filipino lawyer and jurist, 22nd [[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines]] *[[1941]] – [[David Cope]], American composer and author * 1941 – [[Ben Nelson]], American lawyer and politician, 37th [[Governor of Nebraska]] *[[1942]] – [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]], American blues singer-songwriter and musician *[[1943]] – [[Sirajuddin of Perlis]], Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia * 1943 – [[Johnny Warren]], Australian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2004) *[[1944]] – [[Jesse Winchester]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2014) *[[1945]] – [[B.S. Chandrasekhar]], Indian cricketer * 1945 – [[Tony Roche]], Australian tennis player and coach *[[1946]] – [[Udo Lindenberg]], German singer-songwriter and drummer *[[1947]] – [[Stephen Platten]], English bishop *[[1948]] – [[Dick Gaughan]], Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1949]] – [[Bill Bruford]], English drummer, songwriter, and producer * 1949 – [[Keith (singer)|Keith]], American pop singer *[[1950]] – [[Howard Ashman]], American playwright and composer (d. 1991) * 1950 – [[Keith Bradley, Baron Bradley]], English accountant and politician * 1950 – [[Janez Drnovšek]], Slovenian economist and politician, 2nd [[President of Slovenia]] (d. 2008) * 1950 – [[Alan Johnson]], English politician, [[Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer]] * 1950 – [[Valeriya Novodvorskaya]], Russian journalist and politician (d. 2014) *[[1951]] – [[Simon Hughes]], English lawyer and politician *[[1952]] – [[Howard Hampton]], Canadian lawyer and politician *[[1954]] – [[Michael Roberts (jockey)|Michael Roberts]], South African-English jockey *[[1955]] – [[Bill Paxton]], American actor and director (d. 2017) * 1955 – [[David Townsend (musician)|David Townsend]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005) *[[1956]] – [[Sugar Ray Leonard]], American boxer<ref name="Chase's2020"/> * 1956 – [[Annise Parker]], American politician * 1956 – [[Bob Saget]], American comedian, actor, and television host (d. 2022)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Murphy|first=J. Kim|date=January 9, 2022|title=Bob Saget, 'Full House' Star, Dies at 65|work=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/bob-saget-dead-full-house-star-afv-host-1235149876/|access-date=January 9, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110013153/https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/bob-saget-dead-full-house-star-afv-host-1235149876/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1956 – [[Dave Sim]], Canadian cartoonist and author *[[1957]] – [[Pascual Pérez (baseball)|Pascual Pérez]], Dominican baseball player (d. 2012) *[[1958]] – [[Paul Di'Anno]], English rock singer-songwriter (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jiménez |first=Jesus |date=October 21, 2024 |title=Paul Di'Anno, Early Iron Maiden Frontman, Dies at 66 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/21/arts/music/paul-dianno-iron-maiden-dead.html |access-date=October 23, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[Marcelo Loffreda]], Argentine rugby player and coach *[[1960]] – [[Lou DiBella]], American boxing promoter, actor, and producer * 1960 – [[Simon Fuller]], English talent manager and producer, created the ''[[Idols (TV series)|Idols series]]'' *[[1961]] – [[Enya]], Irish singer-songwriter and producer * 1961 – [[Jamil Azzaoui]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1961 – [[Justin King (businessman)|Justin King]], English businessman *[[1962]] – [[Lise Lyng Falkenberg]], Danish journalist and author * 1962 – [[Andrew Farrar]], Australian rugby league player and coach * 1962 – [[Craig Ferguson]], Scottish-American comedian, actor, and talk show host<ref name="Chase's2020"/> * 1962 – [[Jane Moore]], English journalist and author * 1962 – [[Rosalind Picard]], American computer scientist and engineer, co-founded [[Affectiva]] *[[1963]] – [[Jon Koncak]], American basketball player * 1963 – [[Page McConnell]], American keyboard player and songwriter *[[1964]] – [[Stratos Apostolakis]], Greek footballer and coach * 1964 – [[Mauro Martini]], Italian race car driver * 1964 – [[Menno Oosting]], Dutch tennis player (d. 1999) *[[1965]] – [[Trent Reznor]], American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer<ref name="Chase's2020"/> * 1965 – [[Jeremy Vine]], English journalist and author * 1965 – [[Luann de Lesseps]], American singer and television personality<ref>{{cite web |last1=La Ferla |first1=Ruth |title=TV Royalty, but No Longer a Housewife |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/fashion/16COUNTESS.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=10 September 2024 |date=April 16, 2009}}</ref> *[[1966]] – [[Qusay Hussein]], Iraqi soldier and politician (d. 2003) * 1966 – [[Mark Kratzmann]], Australian tennis player and coach * 1966 – [[Danny Manning]], American basketball player and coach * 1966 – [[Gilles Quénéhervé]], French sprinter *[[1967]] – [[Mohamed Nasheed]], Maldivian lawyer and politician 4th [[President of the Maldives]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopædia Britannica Almanac 2010|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Incorporated|year=2009|page=61}}</ref> * 1967 – [[Patrick Ortlieb]], Austrian skier *[[1968]] – [[Dave Abbruzzese]], American rock drummer and songwriter *[[1969]] – [[Keith Hill (footballer)|Keith Hill]], English footballer and manager *[[1970]] – [[Hubert Davis]], American basketball player and coach * 1970 – [[Jordan Knight]], American singer-songwriter and actor * 1970 – [[Matt Lindland]], American mixed martial artist, wrestler, and politician * 1970 – [[Jodie Rogers]], Australian diver<ref>{{cite web |title=Jodie ROGERS - Olympic Diving {{!}} Australia |url=https://www.olympic.org/jodie-rogers |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=10 January 2020 |language=en |date=17 June 2016}}</ref> * 1970 – [[René Vilbre]], Estonian director and screenwriter *[[1971]] – [[Mark Connors]], Australian rugby player * 1971 – [[Shaun Hart]], Australian footballer, coach, and sportscaster * 1971 – [[Stella Jongmans]], Dutch athlete<ref>{{cite web |title=Athlete Profile Stella JONGMANS |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/netherlands/stella-jongmans-14291766 |website=World Athletics |access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> * 1971 – [[Queen Máxima of the Netherlands]], Dutch royal<ref>{{cite web |title=Orange Is Everywhere As Netherlands Welcomes A New King |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/04/30/180013890/orange-is-everywhere-as-dutch-welcome-new-king?t=1625576104688 |website=NPR.org | date=30 April 2013 |access-date=6 July 2021 |language=en| last1=Memmott | first1=Mark }}</ref> * 1971 – [[Gina Raimondo]], Governor of Rhode Island<ref name="Chase's2020"/> *[[1972]] – [[Barry Hayles]], English born Jamaican international footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=10659|title=Barry Hayles|publisher=soccerbase.com|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Josh Homme]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer *[[1974]] – [[Andrea Corr]], Irish singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress * 1974 – [[Wiki González]], Venezuelan baseball player * 1974 – [[Eddie Lewis (American soccer)|Eddie Lewis]], American international soccer player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=19441|title=Eddie Lewis|publisher=soccerbase.com|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> *[[1975]] – [[Marcelinho Paraíba]], Brazilian footballer * 1975 – [[Alex Wright]], German wrestler *[[1976]] – [[Kandi Burruss]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress * 1976 – [[Shayne Dunley]], Australian rugby league player * 1976 – [[José Guillén]], Dominican-American baseball player * 1976 – [[Daniel Komen]], Kenyan runner * 1976 – [[Wang Leehom]], American-Taiwanese singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director * 1976 – [[Mayte Martínez]], Spanish runner * 1976 – [[Kirsten Vlieghuis]], Dutch freestyle swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Kirsten VLIEGHUIS |url=https://www.olympic.org/kirsten-vlieghuis |website=Olympic |access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[John Foster (baseball)|John Foster]], American baseball player and coach * 1978 – [[Paddy Kenny]], English footballer * 1978 – [[Carlos Peña]], Dominican-American baseball player * 1978 – [[Magdalena Zděnovcová]], Czech tennis player *[[1979]] – [[David Jarolím]], Czech footballer * 1979 – [[Wayne Thomas (footballer, born 1979)|Wayne Thomas]], English footballer *[[1980]] – [[Davor Džalto]], Bosnian historian and philosopher * 1980 – [[Fredrik Kessiakoff]], Swedish cyclist * 1980 – [[Alistair Overeem]], Dutch mixed martial artist and kickboxer<ref>{{cite web |title=Alistair OVEREEM |url=https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/2335516/alistair-overeem |website=ESPN |access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Ariën van Weesenbeek]], Dutch drummer<ref>{{cite web |title=Members |url=http://www.epica.nl/band/members |website=EPICA |access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Beñat Albizuri]], Spanish cyclist * 1981 – [[Leon Osman]], English footballer * 1981 – [[Lim Jeong-hee]], South Korean singer * 1981 – [[Chris Skidmore]], English historian and politician * 1981 – [[Giannis Taralidis]], Greek footballer *[[1982]] – [[Matt Cassel]], American football player * 1982 – [[Dan Hardy]], English mixed martial artist * 1982 – [[Reiko Nakamura]], Japanese swimmer * 1982 – [[Tony Parker]], French-American basketball player<ref name="Chase's2020"/> * 1982 – [[Chloe Smith]], English politician *[[1983]] – [[Channing Frye]], American basketball player * 1983 – [[Chris Henry (wide receiver)|Chris Henry]], American football player (d. 2009) * 1983 – [[Nicky Hofs]], Dutch footballer * 1983 – [[Kevin Kingston]], Australian rugby league player * 1983 – [[Jeremy Sowers]], American baseball player *[[1984]] – [[Christian Bolaños]], Costa Rican footballer * 1984 – [[Christine Ohuruogu]], English runner * 1984 – [[Christine Robinson]], Canadian water polo player * 1984 – [[Passenger (singer)|Passenger]], English singer-songwriter and musician<ref name="Star">{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2012/12/07/passenger_aka_mike_rosenberg_grateful_for_ed_sheerans_support.html|title=Passenger, a.k.a. Mike Rosenberg, grateful for Ed Sheeran's support|work=thestar.com|date=7 December 2012|access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/passengermusic/status/203139368632852480|title=Twitter / passengermusic: Thank you all so much for my birthday messages xxx im having a lovely day thanks!! Manchester – you were|publisher=Twitter|date=17 May 2012|access-date=26 April 2013}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Teófilo Gutiérrez]], Colombian footballer * 1985 – [[Derek Hough]], American actor, singer, and dancer * 1985 – [[Christine Nesbitt]], Canadian speed skater * 1985 – [[Todd Redmond]], American baseball player * 1985 – [[Matt Ryan (American football)|Matt Ryan]], American football player *[[1986]] – [[Marius Činikas]], Lithuanian footballer * 1986 – [[Timo Simonlatser]], Estonian skier * 1986 – [[Jodie Taylor]], English footballer *[[1987]] – [[Edvald Boasson Hagen]], Norwegian cyclist * 1987 – [[Aleandro Rosi]], Italian footballer *[[1988]] – [[Nikki Reed]], American actress, singer, and screenwriter<ref name="Chase's2020">{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2021: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CPcCEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA280|date=27 October 2020|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-424-9|pages=280}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Mose Masoe]], New Zealand rugby league player * 1989 – [[Rain Raadik]], Estonian basketball player * 1989 – [[Tessa Virtue]], Canadian ice dancer *[[1990]] – [[Will Clyburn]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/clybuwi01.html|title=Will Clyburn Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Fabian Giefer]], German footballer * 1990 – [[Charlie Gubb]], New Zealand rugby league player * 1990 – [[Katrina Hart]], English runner * 1990 – [[Guido Pella]], Argentine tennis player *[[1991]] – [[Johanna Konta]], Australian-English tennis player * 1991 – [[Adil Omar]], Pakistani rapper and music producer * 1991 – [[Abigail Raye]], Canadian field hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Abigail Raye |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/abigail-raye/ |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |access-date=9 January 2020 |language=en |date=25 October 2011}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Julie Anne San Jose]], Filipina singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS43-YFL9 |title=Film # 007892824 Image Film # 007892824; ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS43-YFL9 — FamilySearch.org |website=[[FamilySearch]] |access-date=24 January 2017}}</ref> <!--Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information.--> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[528]] – [[Empress Dowager Hu (Northern Wei)|Empress Dowager Hu]] of [[Northern Wei]] * 528 – [[Yuan Yong]], imperial prince of Northern Wei * 528 – [[Yuan Zhao]], emperor of Northern Wei (b. 526) * [[896]] – [[Liu Jianfeng (Tang dynasty)|Liu Jianfeng]], Chinese [[warlord]] * [[924]] – [[Li Maozhen]], Chinese [[warlord]] and king (b. 856) * [[946]] – [[Al-Qa'im (Fatimid caliph)|Al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah]], Fatimid caliph (b. 893) *[[1299]] – [[Daumantas of Pskov]], Lithuanian prince (b. c. 1240) *[[1336]] – [[Emperor Go-Fushimi|Go-Fushimi]], emperor of Japan (b. 1288) *[[1365]] – [[Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg]] (b. 1328) *[[1395]] – [[Konstantin Dejanović|Konstantin Dejanović/Constantine Dragaš]], Serbian ruler (b. 1355) *[[1464]] – [[Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros]], English politician (b. 1427) *[[1510]] – [[Sandro Botticelli]], Italian painter (b. 1445) *[[1521]] – [[Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham]], Welsh politician, [[Lord High Constable of England]] (b. 1478) *[[1536]] – [[George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford]], English courtier and diplomat, [[Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports]] (b. 1504) * 1536 – [[William Brereton (groom)|William Brereton]], English courtier (b. 1487) * 1536 – [[Henry Norris (courtier)|Henry Norris]], English courtier (b. 1482) *[[1546]] – [[Philipp von Hutten]], German explorer (b. 1511) *[[1551]] – [[Shin Saimdang]], South Korean poet and calligraphist (b. 1504) *[[1558]] – [[Francisco de Sá de Miranda]], Portuguese poet (b. 1485) *[[1575]] – [[Matthew Parker]], English archbishop and academic (b. 1504) ===1601–1900=== *[[1606]] – [[False Dmitriy I]], pretender to the Russian throne (b. 1582) *[[1607]] – [[Anna d'Este]], French princess (b. 1531) *[[1626]] – [[Joan Pau Pujol]], Catalan organist and composer (b. 1570) *[[1643]] – [[Giovanni Picchi]], Italian organist and composer (b. 1571) *[[1727]] – [[Catherine I of Russia]] (b. 1684) *[[1729]] – [[Samuel Clarke]], English clergyman and philosopher (b. 1675) *[[1765]] – [[Alexis Clairaut]], French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (b. 1713) *[[1797]] – [[Michel-Jean Sedaine]], French playwright and composer (b. 1719) *[[1801]] – [[William Heberden]], English physician and scholar (b. 1710) *[[1807]] – [[John Gunby]], American general (b. 1745) *[[1809]] – [[Leopold Auenbrugger]], Austrian physician (b. 1722) *[[1822]] – [[Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu]], French general and politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1766) *[[1829]] – [[John Jay]], American politician and diplomat, 1st [[Chief Justice of the United States]] (b. 1745) *[[1838]] – [[René Caillié]], French explorer and author (b. 1799) * 1838 – [[Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord]], French politician, [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1754)<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand summary {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/summary/Charles-Maurice-de-Talleyrand-prince-de-Benevent |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=26 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1839]] – [[Archibald Alison (author)|Archibald Alison]], Scottish priest and author (b. 1757) *[[1868]] – [[Kondō Isami]], Japanese commander (b. 1834) *[[1875]] – [[John C. Breckinridge]], American lawyer and politician, 14th [[Vice President of the United States]], [[Confederate States]] general (b. 1821) *[[1879]] – [[Asa Packer]], American businessman, founded [[Lehigh University]] (b. 1805) *[[1880]] – [[Ziya Pasha]], Greek author and translator (b. 1826) *[[1886]] – [[John Deere (inventor)|John Deere]], American blacksmith and businessman, founded the [[Deere & Company]] (b. 1804) *[[1888]] – [[Giacomo Zanella]], Italian priest and poet (b. 1820) ===1901–present=== *[[1911]] – [[Frederick August Otto Schwarz]], German-American businessman, founded [[FAO Schwarz]] (b. 1836) *[[1916]] – [[Boris Borisovich Golitsyn]], Russian physicist and seismologist (b. 1862) *[[1917]] – [[Clara Ayres]], American nurse (b. 1880) * 1917 – [[Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak]] (b. 1829) *[[1919]] – [[Guido von List]], Austrian-German journalist, author, and poet (b. 1848) *[[1921]] – [[Karl Mantzius]], Danish actor and director (b. 1860) *[[1922]] – [[Dorothy Levitt]], English racing driver and journalist (b. 1882) *[[1927]] – [[Harold Geiger]], American pilot and lieutenant (b. 1884) *[[1934]] – [[Cass Gilbert]], American architect (b. 1859) *[[1935]] – [[Paul Dukas]], French composer, critic, and educator (b. 1865) *[[1936]] – [[Panagis Tsaldaris]], Greek lawyer and politician, 124th [[List of Prime Ministers of Greece|Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1868) *[[1938]] – [[Jakob Ehrlich]], Czech-Austrian academic and politician (b. 1877) *[[1943]] – [[Johanna Elberskirchen]], German author and activist (b. 1864) *[[1947]] – [[George Forbes (New Zealand politician)|George Forbes]], New Zealand farmer and politician, 22nd [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (b. 1869) *[[1951]] – [[William Birdwood]], Anglo-Indian field marshal (b. 1865) *[[1960]] – [[Jules Supervielle]], Uruguayan-French poet and author (b. 1884) *[[1963]] – [[John Wilce]], American football player, coach, and physician (b. 1888) *[[1964]] – [[Nandor Fodor]], Hungarian-American psychologist and parapsychologist (b. 1895) *[[1974]] – [[Ernest Nash]], German-American photographer and scholar (b. 1898) *[[1977]] – [[Charles E. Rosendahl]], American admiral and pilot (b. 1892) *[[1980]] – [[Gündüz Kılıç]], Turkish football player and coach (b. 1918) *[[1985]] – [[Abe Burrows]], American director, composer, and author (b. 1910) *[[1987]] – [[Gunnar Myrdal]], Swedish economist, sociologist, and politician, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1898) *[[1992]] – [[Lawrence Welk]], American accordion player and bandleader (b. 1903) *[[1995]] – [[Toe Blake]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1912) *[[1996]] – [[Kevin Gilbert (musician)|Kevin Gilbert]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1966) *[[1999]] – [[Bruce Fairbairn]], Canadian trumpet player and producer (b. 1949) * 1999 – [[Lembit Oll]], Estonian chess Grandmaster (b. 1966) *[[2000]] – [[Donald Coggan]], English archbishop (b. 1909) *[[2001]] – [[Jacques-Louis Lions]], French mathematician (b. 1928) * 2001 – [[Frank G. Slaughter]], American physician and author (b. 1908) *[[2002]] – [[László Kubala]], Hungarian-Spanish footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1927) * 2002 – [[Aşık Mahzuni Şerif]], Turkish poet and composer (b. 1940) *[[2004]] – [[Jørgen Nash]], Danish poet and painter (b. 1920) * 2004 – [[Tony Randall]], American actor (b. 1920) * 2004 – [[Ezzedine Salim]], Iraqi politician (b. 1943) *[[2005]] – [[Frank Gorshin]], American actor (b. 1934) *[[2006]] – [[Cy Feuer]], American director, producer, and composer (b. 1911) *[[2007]] – [[Lloyd Alexander]], American soldier and author (b. 1924) * 2007 – [[T. K. Doraiswamy]], Indian poet and author (b. 1921) *[[2009]] – [[Mario Benedetti]], Uruguayan journalist, author, and poet (b. 1920) * 2009 – [[Jung Seung-hye]], South Korean journalist and producer (b. 1965) *[[2010]] – [[Yvonne Loriod]], French pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1924) * 2010 – [[Walasse Ting]], Chinese-American painter and poet (b. 1929) *[[2011]] – [[Harmon Killebrew]], American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1936) *[[2012]] – [[Gideon Ezra]], Israeli geographer and politician, [[Minister in the Prime Minister's Office|Israeli Minister in the Prime Minister's Office]] (b. 1937) * 2012 – [[Patrick Mafisango]], Congolese-Rwandan footballer (b. 1980) * 2012 – [[Donna Summer]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1948) *[[2013]] – [[Philippe Gaumont]], French cyclist (b. 1973) * 2013 – [[Peter Schulz]], German politician, [[List of mayors of Hamburg|Mayor of Hamburg]] (b. 1930) * 2013 – [[Ken Venturi]], American golfer and sportscaster (b. 1931) * 2013 – [[Jorge Rafael Videla]], Argentine Commander in Chief and dictator (b. 1925) *[[2014]] – [[Gerald Edelman]], American biologist and immunologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1929) * 2014 – [[C. P. Krishnan Nair]], Indian businessman, founded [[The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts]] (b. 1922) * 2014 – [[Douangchay Phichit]], Laotian politician (b. 1944) * 2014 – [[Thongbanh Sengaphone]], Laotian politician (b. 1953) *[[2015]] – [[Chinx|Lionel Pickens]], American rapper (b. 1983)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Moyer|first=Justin|date=2015-05-18|title=Chinx Drugz, N.Y. rapper, dead at 31 after drive-by shooting|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/05/18/chinx-drugz-new-york-rapper-dead-at-31-from-gunshot-wound/|access-date=2021-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707204529/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/05/18/chinx-drugz-new-york-rapper-dead-at-31-from-gunshot-wound/|archive-date=2021-07-07|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Todor Veselinović]], Serbian football player and manager (b. 1930) *[[2019]] – [[Herman Wouk]], American author (b. 1915)<ref>{{Cite web|title='Caine Mutiny,' 'Winds of War' author Herman Wouk has died|url=https://apnews.com/1ee28153a1e54f52a516352171c7f41d|work=Associated Press|date=May 17, 2019|access-date=May 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517170220/https://apnews.com/1ee28153a1e54f52a516352171c7f41d|archive-date=May 17, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Lucky Peterson]], American blues singer, keyboardist and guitarist (b. 1964)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockandbluesmuse.com/2020/05/17/american-blues-legend-lucky-peterson-dies-at-55/|title=American Blues Legend Lucky Peterson Dies at 55|first=Martine|last=Ehrenclou|date=May 18, 2020|website=ROCK AND BLUES MUSE}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Vangelis]], Greek musician, composer (b. 1943)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-20 |title=Vangelis: Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner composer dead at 79 |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3178417/chariots-fire-composer-vangelis-dies-79 |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Bud Anderson]], American World War II flying ace (b. 1922)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |date=2024-05-18 |title=Bud Anderson, Last of World War II's 'Triple Ace' Pilots, Dies at 102 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/18/us/bud-anderson-dead.html |access-date=2024-05-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *2024 – [[Sid Going]], New Zealand rugby union footballer (b. 1943)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-20 |title=All Blacks legend Sid Going dies |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/sid-going-death-former-all-blacks-and-northland-rugby-legend-dies/RVDPYBBXDVGO7KFH7VFF5W3PAE/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |language=en-NZ}}</ref> <!--Please do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.--> ==Holidays and observances== *[[Public holidays in Malaysia|Birthday of the Raja]] ([[Perlis]]) *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Giulia Salzano]] **[[Paschal Baylon]] **[[William Hobart Hare]] ([[Episcopal Church (USA)]]) **[[Restituta]] **[[May 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Children's Day (Norway)]] *[[Constitution Day]] ([[Nauru]]) *[[Constitution Day (Norway)]]<ref>{{cite web |title=National days |url=https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/embassies/national-days/ |website=New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |access-date=17 November 2020 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> *[[Feast of ‘Aẓamat]] ([[Baháʼí Faith]], day shifts with [[March Equinox]], see [[List of observances set by the Baháʼí calendar]]) *[[Galician Literature Day]] or ''Día das Letras Galegas'' ([[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]]) *[[International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia]] *[[Liberation Day]] ([[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]) *[[Navy Day (Argentina)]] *[[World Hypertension Day]] *[[World Telecommunication and Information Society Day]] ([[International observance|International]]) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/17 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=5|day=17}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/may/17 Historical Events on May 17] {{months}} [[Category:Days of May]]
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