Editing May 18

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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[332]] &ndash; Emperor [[Constantine the Great]] announces free distributions of food to the citizens in [[Constantinople]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Arnold Hugh Martin Jones|title=The Later Roman Empire, 284-602: A Social Economic and Administrative Survey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JnFoAAAAMAAJ|year=1964|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|page=84|isbn=978-0-608-13518-2 }}</ref>
* [[872]] &ndash; [[Louis II of Italy]] is crowned for the second time as [[Holy Roman Emperor]] at [[Rome]], at the age of 47. His first coronation was 28 years earlier, in 844, during the reign of his father [[Lothair I]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Louis II. (emperor) |volume= 17 | page= 29, see five lines from the end |quote= .... and was crowned a second time as emperor by Pope Adrian II. on the 18th of May 872}}</ref>
*[[1096]] &ndash; [[First Crusade]]: Around 800 Jews are [[Worms massacre (1096)|massacred in Worms, Germany]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Abraham David|title=A Hebrew Chronicle from Prague, C. 1615|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=024HSeMB1IEC&pg=PA73|date=8 January 2006|publisher=University of Alabama Press|isbn=978-0-8173-5290-5|pages=73}}</ref>
*[[1152]] &ndash; The future [[Henry II of England]] marries [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]]. He would become king two years later, after the death of his cousin once removed [[King Stephen of England]].
*[[1268]] &ndash; The [[Principality of Antioch]], a [[crusader states|crusader state]], falls to the [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk]] [[Sultan]] [[Baibars]] in the [[Siege of Antioch (1268)|Siege of Antioch]].
*[[1291]] &ndash; [[Fall of Acre]], the end of [[crusader states|Crusader]] presence in the [[Holy Land]].
*[[1302]] &ndash; [[Bruges Matins (massacre)|Bruges Matins]], the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in [[Bruges]] by members of the local [[Flanders|Flemish]] militia.
*[[1388]] &ndash; During the [[Battle of Buyur Lake]], General [[Lan Yu (general)|Lan Yu]] leads a [[Ming dynasty|Ming]] army forward to crush the Mongol hordes of [[Tögüs Temür]], the Khan of [[Northern Yuan]].
*[[1499]] &ndash; [[Alonso de Ojeda]] sets sail from [[Cádiz]] on his voyage to what is now [[Venezuela]].
*[[1565]] &ndash; The [[Great Siege of Malta]] begins, in which [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] forces attempt and fail to conquer [[Malta]].
*[[1593]] &ndash; Playwright [[Thomas Kyd]]'s accusations of [[Christian heresy|heresy]] lead to an arrest warrant for [[Christopher Marlowe]].
===1601–1900===
*[[1631]] &ndash; In [[Dorchester, Massachusetts]], [[John Winthrop]] takes the oath of office and becomes the first [[List of colonial governors of Massachusetts|Governor of Massachusetts]].
*[[1652]] &ndash; [[History of Rhode Island#Slavery in Rhode Island|Slavery in Rhode Island]] is abolished, although the law is not rigorously enforced.
*[[1695]] &ndash; The [[1695 Linfen earthquake]] in Shannxi, Qing dynasty causes extreme damage and kills at least 52,000 people.<ref name=NGDC>{{citation|title=Significant Earthquake Database|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/1138|author=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS)|publisher=[[National Geophysical Data Center]], [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]|doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K|year=1972|type=Data Set}}</ref>
*[[1756]] &ndash; The [[Seven Years' War]] begins when [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] declares war on [[Kingdom of France|France]].
*[[1783]] &ndash; First [[United Empire Loyalists]] reach Parrtown (later called [[Saint John, New Brunswick]]), Canada, after leaving the United States. 
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[Battle of Tourcoing]] during the [[Low Countries theatre of the War of the First Coalition|Flanders Campaign]] of the [[War of the First Coalition]].
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: The United Kingdom revokes the [[Treaty of Amiens]] and declares war on France.
*[[1804]] &ndash; [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]] is proclaimed [[Emperor of the French]] by the [[French Senate]].
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Battle of Las Piedras (1811)|Battle of Las Piedras]]: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the [[Río de la Plata]] in [[Uruguay]] led by [[José Artigas]].
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[John Bellingham]] is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging for the [[Assassination of Spencer Perceval|assassination]] of [[British Prime Minister]] [[Spencer Perceval]].
*[[1843]] &ndash; The [[Disruption of 1843|Disruption]] in [[Edinburgh]] of the [[Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900)|Free Church of Scotland]] from the [[Church of Scotland]].
*[[1848]] &ndash; Opening of the first German [[National Assembly]] ([[Frankfurt Parliament|Nationalversammlung]]) in [[Frankfurt]], Germany.
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[1860 United States presidential election|United States presidential election]]: [[Abraham Lincoln]] wins the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] [[1860 Republican National Convention|presidential nomination]] over [[William H. Seward]], who later becomes the [[United States Secretary of State]].
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces under [[Ulysses S. Grant]] begin the [[Siege of Vicksburg]] during the [[Vicksburg campaign]] in order to take full control of the [[Mississippi River]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Vicksburg|url=https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/vicksburg|website=Battlefields.org|publisher=American Battlefield Trust|access-date=May 17, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; The [[United States Supreme Court]] rules in ''[[Plessy v. Ferguson]]'' that the "[[separate but equal]]" doctrine is constitutional.
*  1896   &ndash; [[Khodynka Tragedy]]: A [[mass panic]] on [[Khodynka Field]] in Moscow during the festivities of the [[coronation]] of [[Nicholas II of Russia|Russian Tsar Nicholas II]] results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
*[[1900]] &ndash; The United Kingdom proclaims a [[protectorate]] over [[Tonga]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Minnerop |first1=Petra |last2=Wolfrum |first2=Rüdiger |last3=Lachenmann |first3=Frauke |title=International Development Law: The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law |date=2019 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-883509-7 |page=784 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HiKQDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA784 |language=en}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1912]] &ndash; The first [[Cinema of India|Indian film]], ''Shree Pundalik'' by [[Dadasaheb Torne]], is released in [[Mumbai]].
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[Selective Service Act of 1917]] is passed, giving the [[President of the United States]] the power of [[Conscription in the United States|conscription]].
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Seamus Woods]] leads an [[Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)|Irish Republican Army]] attack on the headquarters of the [[Royal Irish Constabulary]] in Belfast.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theirishstory.com/2019/08/12/michael-collins-northern-ireland-and-the-northern-offensive-may-1922/ |title=Michael Collins, Northern Ireland and the Northern Offensive, May 1922 |last=Concannon |first=Patrick |date=12 August 2019 |website=The Irish Story |publisher= |access-date=25 March 2024 |quote=}}</ref> 
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Evangelism|Evangelist]] [[Aimee Semple McPherson]] disappears in [[Venice, California]].
*[[1927]] &ndash; The [[Bath School disaster]]: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in [[Bath Charter Township, Michigan|Bath Township]], [[Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Board Votes Aid For Bath |url=https://www.clinton-county.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/2206 |publisher=www.clinton-county.org (Official Clinton County website) |newspaper=Clinton County Republican-News |access-date=March 4, 2020 |date=May 26, 1927}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Bernstein|first=Arnie|title=Bath Massacre: America's First School Bombing|date=2009|publisher=[[The University of Michigan Press]] |page=154|location=Ann Arbor, Michigan |isbn=978-0-472-03346-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=School Dynamiter First Slew Wife|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1927/05/20/archives/school-dynamiter-first-slew-wife-charred-body-of-mrs-kehoe-is-found.html|access-date=February 27, 2020|date=May 20, 1927}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last=Foster|first=Eaton|title=Children Hated By Dynamitard Neighbors Say|newspaper=The Buffalo News|publisher=United News| date=May 20, 1927| url=https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Buffalo%20NY%20Evening%20News/Buffalo%20NY%20Evening%20News%201927/Buffalo%20NY%20Evening%20News%201927%20b%20-%201563.pdf|access-date=January 19, 2020 }}</ref>
*  1927   &ndash; After being founded for 20 years, the [[Nationalist government]] approves [[Tongji University]] to be among the first national universities of the [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]].
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[New Deal]]: President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] signs an act creating the [[Tennessee Valley Authority]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Battle of Monte Cassino]]: Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as [[Fallschirmjäger (World War II)|German paratroopers]] evacuate [[Monte Cassino]].
*  1944   &ndash; [[Deportation of the Crimean Tatars|Deportation]] of [[Crimean Tatars]] by the [[Soviet Union]].
*[[1948]] &ndash; The First [[Legislative Yuan]] of the [[Republic of China (1912–49)|Republic of China]] officially convenes in [[Nanking]].
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Jacqueline Cochran]] becomes the first woman to break the [[sound barrier]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/meet-jacqueline-cochran |last1=Cochrane |first1=Dorothy |last2=Ramirez |first2=P. |title=Meet Jacqueline Cochran |date=28 October 2021 |website=[[National Air and Space Museum]] |access-date=17 May 2022}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Operation Passage to Freedom]], the evacuation of 310,000 [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]] civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the [[French Union|French]] Army from communist [[North Vietnam]] to [[South Vietnam]] following the end of the [[First Indochina War]], ends.
*[[1965]] &ndash; Israeli spy [[Eli Cohen]] is hanged in [[Damascus|Damascus, Syria]].
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Apollo program]]: [[Apollo 10]] is launched.
*[[1972]] &ndash; During approach to [[Kharkiv International Airport]], [[Aeroflot Flight 1491]] crashes near [[Ruska Lozova]], killing all 112 aboard.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Antonov 10A CCCP-11215 Kharkov Airport (HRK) |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720518-0 |access-date=2012-10-28 |website=Aviation safety Network}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight 109]] is hijacked mid-flight and the aircraft is subsequently destroyed when the hijacker's bomb explodes, killing all 82 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19730518-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-104B CCCP-42411 Chita|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-05-16}}</ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Nuclear weapons testing]]: Under project [[Smiling Buddha]], India successfully detonates its first [[nuclear weapon]] becoming the [[India and weapons of mass destruction|sixth nation to do so]].
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Likud]] party wins the [[1977 Israeli legislative election]], with [[Menachem Begin]], its founder, as the [[List of Prime Ministers of Israel|sixth Prime Minister of Israel]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/05/18/archives/likud-asks-for-unity-begin-in-trying-to-assemble-a-majority-in.html |title=LIKUD ASKS FOR UNITY |work=[[The New York Times]] |last=Farrell |first=William E. |date=18 May 1977 |access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Mount St. Helens]] [[1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens|erupts]] in [[Washington (state)|Washington]], United States, killing 57 people and causing $3&nbsp;billion in damage.
*  1980   &ndash; [[Gwangju Massacre|Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations]] calling for democratic reforms.
*[[1990]] &ndash; In France, a modified [[TGV]] train achieves a new [[Land speed record for rail vehicles|rail world speed record]] of [[TGV world speed record|515.3&nbsp;km/h]] (320.2&nbsp;mph).
*[[1991]] &ndash; Northern [[Somalia]] declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the [[Republic of Somaliland]].
*[[1993]] &ndash; Riots in [[Nørrebro]], [[Copenhagen]], caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the [[1993 Danish Maastricht Treaty referendum#Riots|Maastricht Treaty referendum]]. Police open fire against civilians for the first time since [[World War II]] and injure 11 demonstrators. 
*[[1994]] &ndash; Israeli troops finish withdrawing from the [[Gaza Strip]], ceding the area to the [[Palestinian National Authority]] to govern.
*[[2005]] &ndash; A second photo from the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] confirms that [[Pluto]] has two additional moons, [[Nix (moon)|Nix]] and [[Hydra (moon)|Hydra]].
*[[2006]] &ndash; The post [[2006 democracy movement in Nepal|Loktantra Andolan]] government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the [[Kingdom of Nepal|monarchy]] and making [[Nepal]] a secular country.
*[[2009]] &ndash; The [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam|LTTE]] are defeated by the [[Government of Sri Lanka|Sri Lankan government]], ending almost [[Sri Lankan civil war|26 years of fighting]] between the two sides.
*[[2015]] &ndash; At least 78 people die in a [[2015 Colombian landslide|landslide]] caused by heavy rains in the Colombian town of [[Salgar]].
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[2018 Santa Fe High School shooting|A school shooting]] at [[Santa Fe High School (Texas)|Santa Fe High School]] in Texas kills ten people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/18/612286146/shooting-reported-at-high-school-near-houston|title=10 People Killed In Texas High School Shooting; Suspect In Custody|website=NPR.org| date=18 May 2018 |language=en|access-date=2019-05-16| last1=Chappell | first1=Bill | last2=Romo | first2=Vanessa }}</ref>
*  2018   &ndash; [[Cubana de Aviación Flight 972]] crashes in [[Santiago de las Vegas]] after takeoff from [[José Martí International Airport]] in [[Havana]], Cuba, killing 112 of the 113 people on board.<ref name="NST">{{cite news |date=May 26, 2018 |title=19-year-old now sole survivor of Cuban plane crash |newspaper=[[New Straits Times]] |url=https://www.nst.com.my/world/2018/05/373430/19-year-old-now-sole-survivor-cuban-plane-crash |access-date=May 27, 2018}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[2020 United States presidential election|United States presidential election]]: [[Joe Biden]] launches his [[Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign|presidential campaign]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=2020 Presidential Campaigns & Candidates|url=http://www.4president.org/ocmi2020.htm|access-date=2022-01-10|website=www.4president.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Taylor|first=Jessica|date=2019-04-25|title=Biden Launches 2020 Campaign As Rescue Mission For America's 'Soul'|language=en|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/04/25/675382786/joe-biden-officially-announces-2020-presidential-run|access-date=2022-01-10}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1048]] &ndash; [[Omar Khayyám]], Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet (d. 1131)
*[[1186]] &ndash; [[Konstantin of Rostov]] (d. 1218)
*[[1450]] &ndash; [[Piero Soderini]], Italian politician and diplomat (d. 1513)
*[[1537]] &ndash; [[Guido Luca Ferrero]], Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 1585)
===1601–1900===
*[[1631]] &ndash; [[Stanislaus Papczyński]], Polish priest and saint (d. 1701)
*[[1662]] &ndash; [[George Smalridge]], English bishop (d. 1719)
*[[1692]] &ndash; ([[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]]) [[Joseph Butler]], English bishop, theologian, and apologist (d. 1752)<ref>{{cite web |title=Joseph Butler {{!}} British bishop and philosopher {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Butler |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=4 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1711]] &ndash; [[Roger Joseph Boscovich]], [[Republic of Ragusa|Ragusan]] physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1787)
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[John George Children]], English chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist (d. 1852)
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry]], Irish soldier and diplomat, [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Austria|British Ambassador to Austria]] (d. 1854)
*[[1785]] &ndash; [[John Wilson (Scottish writer)|John Wilson]], Scottish author and critic (d. 1854)
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[Frederick Augustus II of Saxony]] (d. 1854)
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Mathew Brady]], American photographer and journalist (d. 1896)
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Hofmeister]], German botanist (d. 1877)<ref name="Kaplan">{{Citation | doi=10.2307/2445841 | author1=Kaplan, Donald R | author2=Cooke, Todd J |title= The genius of Wilhelm Hofmeister: the origin of causal-analytical research in plant development | jstor=2445841 |journal= [[American Journal of Botany]] | year=1996 |volume=83 |issue= 12 |pages=1647–1660 | postscript=. }}</ref>
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Charles N. Sims]], American Methodist preacher and 3rd chancellor of [[Syracuse University]] (d. 1908)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Oliver Heaviside]], English engineer, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1925)
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[James Budd]], American lawyer and politician, 19th [[Governor of California]] (d. 1908)
*  1851   &ndash; [[Simon Kahquados]], Potawatomi political activist (d. 1930)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wxpr.org/post/remembering-life-simon-kahquados#stream/0 |title=Remembering the Life of Simon Kahquados |date=12 December 2018 |publisher=WXPR |accessdate=September 13, 2020}}</ref>
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Gertrude Käsebier]], American photographer (d. 1934)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Bernard Zweers]], Dutch composer and educator (d. 1924)
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Francis Bellamy]], American minister and author (d. 1931)
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Josephus Daniels]], American publisher and politician, 41st [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] (d. 1948)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Minakata Kumagusu]], Japanese author, biologist, naturalist and ethnologist (d. 1941) 
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Nicholas II of Russia]] (d. 1918)<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicholas II of Russia |url=https://www.bl.uk/people/nicholas-ii-of-russia |website=www.bl.uk |access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref>
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Lucy Beaumont (actress)|Lucy Beaumont]], English-American actress (d. 1937)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Katchmer |first1=George A. |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses |date=2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0905-8 |page=20 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ&q=%22Lucy+Beaumont%22+actress&pg=PA20 |access-date=February 22, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Denis Horgan]], Irish shot putter and weight thrower (d. 1922)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Bertrand Russell]], British mathematician, historian, and philosopher, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1970)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Hermann Müller (politician, born 1876)|Hermann Müller]], German journalist and politician, 12th [[Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)|Chancellor of Germany]] (d. 1931)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Johannes Terwogt]], Dutch rower (d. 1977)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Babe Adams]], American baseball player, manager, and journalist (d. 1968)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Eurico Gaspar Dutra]], Brazilian marshal and politician, 16th [[President of Brazil]] (d. 1974)
*  1883   &ndash; [[Walter Gropius]], German-American architect, designed the [[John F. Kennedy Federal Building]] (d. 1969)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Jeanie MacPherson]], American actress and screenwriter (d. 1946)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Hanna Barysiewicz]], the oldest female resident of [[Belarus]] not registered by the ''[[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of Records]]''. (d. 2007)<ref>{{Cite web |title=''World's Oldest Claimants (with at least a claimed birth date) (as of May 1, 2007)'' |url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/J.HTM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201093051/http://www.grg.org/Adams/J.HTM |archive-date=2010-12-01 |access-date=2010-06-16 |page= |via=grg.org}}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Thomas Midgley Jr.]], American chemist and engineer (d. 1944)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Rudolf Carnap]], German-American philosopher and academic (d. 1970)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Ezio Pinza]], Italian-American actor and singer (d. 1957)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Augusto César Sandino]], Nicaraguan rebel leader (d. 1934)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Eric Backman]], Swedish runner (d. 1965)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Frank Capra]], Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel]], Turkish poet, author, and playwright (d. 1973)<ref>{{cite book|first=Necat|last=Birinci|title=Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel: Inceleme-Seçmeler|location=Cağaloğlu|publisher=Boğaziçi yayınları|year=1993|language=tr|isbn=978-9-75451-102-4|page=13}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Henri Sauguet]], French composer (d. 1989)
*  1901   &ndash; [[Vincent du Vigneaud]], American biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1978)
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Meredith Willson]], American playwright and composer (d. 1984)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Jacob K. Javits]], American colonel and politician, 58th [[New York Attorney General]] (d. 1986)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/J000064 |title=JAVITS, Jacob Koppel 1904 – 1986 |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref>
*  1904   &ndash; [[Shunryū Suzuki]], Japanese-American monk and educator (d. 1971)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Ruth Alexander]], pioneering American pilot (d. 1930)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cloverfield.org/people/alexander_ru/|title=Ruth (Blaney) Alexander Elliott|website=Clover Field Register|access-date=2 August 2019}}</ref>
*  1905   &ndash; [[Hedley Verity]], English cricketer and soldier (d. 1943)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Irene Hunt]], American author and educator (d. 2001)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Fred Perry]], English tennis player and academic (d. 1995)<ref>{{cite web |title=Fred Perry: Hero from the wrong side of the tracks |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/fred-perry-hero-from-the-wrong-side-of-the-tracks-1685675.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/fred-perry-hero-from-the-wrong-side-of-the-tracks-1685675.html |archive-date=2022-05-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent |access-date=9 February 2022 |language=en |date=15 May 2009}}</ref>
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Ester Boserup]], Danish economist and author (d. 1999)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Big Joe Turner]], American blues/R&B singer (d. 1985) 
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Richard Brooks]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Perry Como]], American singer and television host (d. 2001)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Walter Sisulu]], South African politician (d. 2003)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood]], Canadian-English publisher and politician (d. 2000)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Pierre Balmain]], French fashion designer, founded [[Balmain (fashion house)|Balmain]] (d. 1982)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Boris Christoff]], Bulgarian-Italian opera singer (d. 1993)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Bill Everett]], American author and illustrator (d. 1973)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Margot Fonteyn]], British ballerina (d. 1991)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Pope John Paul II]] (d. 2005)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Anthony Storr]], English psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author (d. 2001)<ref>{{cite web |last=Stevens |first=Anthony |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/mar/20/guardianobituaries.highereducation |title=Obituary: Anthony Storr |website=[[The Guardian]] |date=20 March 2001 |access-date=2023-05-18}}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Joan Eardley]], British artist (d. 1963)<ref>{{cite ODNB |id=40309 |title=Eardley, Joan Kathleen Harding}}</ref>
*  1921   &ndash; [[Michael A. Epstein]], English pathologist and academic (d. 2024)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Bill Macy]], American actor (d. 2019)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Kai Winding]], Danish-American trombonist and composer (d. 1983)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Jean-Louis Roux]], Canadian actor and politician, 34th [[List of lieutenant governors of Quebec|Lieutenant Governor of Quebec]] (d. 2013)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Hugh Shearer]], Jamaican journalist and politician, 3rd [[Prime Minister of Jamaica]] (d. 2004)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Priscilla Pointer]], American actress (d. 2025)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Jack Whitaker]], American sportscaster (d. 2019) 
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Lillian Hoban]], American author and illustrator (d. 1998)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Richard Body]], English politician (d. 2018)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Ray Nagel]], American football player and coach (d. 2015)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Pernell Roberts]], American actor (d. 2010)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Jack Sanford]], American baseball player and coach (d. 2000)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley]], English lawyer and politician, [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] (d. 2012)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Warren Rudman]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Fred Saberhagen]], American soldier and author (d. 2007)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Don Martin (cartoonist)|Don Martin]], American cartoonist (d. 2000)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Robert Morse]], American actor (d. 2022)<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/apr/21/robert-morse-star-of-mad-men-and-broadway-dies-aged-90 | title=Robert Morse, star of Mad Men and Broadway, dies aged 90 &#124; Television &#124; the Guardian | work=The Guardian | date=21 April 2022 | last1=Duggins | first1=Alexi }}</ref>
*  1931   &ndash; [[Kalju Pitksaar]], Estonian chess player (d. 1995)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Clément Vincent]], Canadian farmer and politician (d. 2018)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Bernadette Chirac]], French politician, [[First Lady of France]]
*  1933   &ndash; [[H. D. Deve Gowda]], Indian farmer and politician, 11th [[Prime Minister of India]]
*  1933   &ndash; [[Don Whillans]], English rock climber and mountaineer (d. 1985)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Dwayne Hickman]], American actor and director (d. 2022)<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/09/obituaries/dwayne-hickman-dead.html | title=Dwayne Hickman, TV's Lovelorn Dobie Gillis, Is Dead at 87 &#124; New York Times | website=[[The New York Times]] | date=9 January 2022 | last1=Fox | first1=Margalit }}</ref>
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Pádraig Ó Snodaigh]], Irish activist and writer (d. 2025)<ref>{{cite web|title = An scríbhneoir agus an foilsitheoir Gaeilge Pádraig Ó Snodaigh tar éis bháis| date = 2025-01-02| language = Irish| website = RTÉ News| url = https://www.rte.ie/news/nuacht/2025/0102/1488873-padraig-o-snodaigh-tar-eis-bhais/}}</ref>
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Leon Ashley]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Türker İnanoğlu]], Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2024)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Michael Sandle]], English sculptor and academic
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Brooks Robinson]], American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2023)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Jacques Santer]], Luxembourger jurist and politician, 22nd [[Prime Minister of Luxembourg]]
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Janet Fish]], American painter and academic
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Patrick Cormack, Baron Cormack]], English historian, journalist, and politician (d. 2024)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Giovanni Falcone]], Italian lawyer and judge (d. 1992)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Gordon O'Connor]], Canadian general and politician, 38th [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Defence]]
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Erico Aumentado]], Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Gino Brito]], Canadian wrestler and promoter
*  1941   &ndash; [[Malcolm Longair]], Scottish astronomer, physicist, and academic
*  1941   &ndash; [[Miriam Margolyes]], English-Australian actress and singer
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Nobby Stiles]], English footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2020)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Snuka]], Fijian wrestler (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Li |first1=David K. |last2=Rosenbaum |first2=Sophia |title=Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka dead at 73 |url=https://nypost.com/2017/01/15/jimmy-superfly-snuka-dead-at-73/ |publisher=[[New York Post]] |access-date=15 May 2023 |date=15 January 2017}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Albert Hammond]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 
*  1944   &ndash; [[W. G. Sebald]], German novelist, essayist, and poet (d. 2001)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Gail Strickland]], American actress
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Frank Hsieh]], Taiwanese lawyer and politician, 40th [[Premier of the Republic of China]]
*  1946   &ndash; [[Reggie Jackson]], American baseball player and sportscaster
*  1946   &ndash; [[Gerd Langguth]], German political scientist and author (d. 2013)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[John Bruton]], Irish politician, 10th [[Taoiseach|Taoiseach of Ireland]] (d. 2024)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Joe Bonsall]], American country/gospel singer (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Friskics-Warren |first=Bill |date=2024-07-10 |title=Joe Bonsall, Tenor Voice of the Oak Ridge Boys, Dies at 76 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/10/arts/music/joe-bonsall-dead.html |access-date=2024-07-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*  1948   &ndash; [[Yi Mun-yol]], South Korean author and academic
*  1948   &ndash; [[Richard Swedberg]], Swedish sociologist and academic
*  1948   &ndash; [[Tom Udall]], American lawyer and politician, 28th [[New Mexico Attorney General]], [[United States Senator|United States Senator from New Mexico]]
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Walter Hawkins]], American gospel music singer and pastor (d. 2010)
*  1949   &ndash; [[Rick Wakeman]], English progressive rock keyboardist and songwriter
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Rod Milburn]], American hurdler and coach (d. 1997)
*  1950   &ndash; [[Mark Mothersbaugh]], American singer-songwriter and painter 
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Richard Clapton]], Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1951   &ndash; [[Jim Sundberg]], American baseball player and sportscaster
*  1951   &ndash; [[Angela Voigt]], German long jumper (d. 2013)
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Diane Duane]], American author and screenwriter
*  1952   &ndash; [[David Leakey]], English general and politician
*  1952   &ndash; [[George Strait]], American singer, guitarist and producer
*  1952   &ndash; [[Jeana Yeager]], American pilot
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Alan Kupperberg]], American author and illustrator (d. 2015)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kupperberg_a.htm |title=Alan Kupperberg |encyclopedia=[[Lambiek Comiclopedia]] |publisher=[[Lambiek]] |date=30 October 2020 |access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref>
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Wreckless Eric]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1954   &ndash; [[Eric Gerets]], Belgian footballer and manager 
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Chow Yun-fat]], Hong Kong actor and screenwriter
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Catherine Corsini]], French director and screenwriter
*  1956   &ndash; [[John Godber]], English playwright and screenwriter
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Michael Cretu]], Romanian-German keyboard player and producer 
*  1957   &ndash; [[Henrietta Moore]], English anthropologist and academic
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Rubén Omar Romano]], Argentinian-Mexican footballer and coach
*  1958   &ndash; [[Toyah Willcox]], English singer-songwriter, producer, and actress 
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Graham Dilley]], English cricketer and coach (d. 2011)
*  1959   &ndash; [[Jay Wells]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Brent Ashton]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*  1960   &ndash; [[Jari Kurri]], Finnish ice hockey player, coach, and manager
*  1960   &ndash; [[Yannick Noah]], French tennis player
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Russell Senior]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Marty McSorley]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*  1963   &ndash; [[Sam Vincent (basketball)|Sam Vincent]], American basketball player and coach
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Ignasi Guardans]], Spanish academic and politician
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Renata Nielsen]], Polish-Danish long jumper and coach
*  1966   &ndash; [[Michael Tait]], American singer-songwriter and producer 
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Nina Björk]], Swedish journalist and author
*  1967   &ndash; [[Heinz-Harald Frentzen]], German race car driver
*  1967   &ndash; [[Nancy Juvonen]], American screenwriter and producer, co-founded [[Flower Films]]
*  1967   &ndash; [[Mimi Macpherson]], Australian environmentalist, entrepreneur and celebrity
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Philippe Benetton]], French rugby player
*  1968   &ndash; [[Ralf Kelleners]], German race car driver
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Troy Cassar-Daley]], Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1969   &ndash; [[Martika]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress 
*  1969   &ndash; [[Antônio Carlos Zago]], Brazilian footballer and manager
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Javier Cárdenas (presenter)|Javier Cárdenas]], Spanish singer, television and radio presenter
*  1970   &ndash; [[Tina Fey]], American actress, producer, and screenwriter
*  1970   &ndash; [[Tim Horan]], Australian rugby player and sportscaster
*  1970   &ndash; [[Billy Howerdel]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer 
*  1970   &ndash; [[Vicky Sunohara]], Canadian former ice hockey player
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Brad Friedel]], American international soccer player, manager and sportscaster<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=13615|title=Brad Friedel|publisher=soccerbase.com|access-date=27 April 2020}}</ref>
*  1971   &ndash; [[Mark Menzies]], Scottish politician
*  1971   &ndash; [[Nobuteru Taniguchi]], Japanese race car driver
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Turner Stevenson]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Donyell Marshall]], American basketball player and coach
*  1973   &ndash; [[Aleksandr Olerski]], Estonian footballer (d. 2011)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Nelson Figueroa]], American baseball player and sportscaster
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Jem (singer)|Jem]], Welsh singer-songwriter and producer
*  1975   &ndash; [[John Higgins]], Scottish snooker player
*  1975   &ndash; [[Jack Johnson (musician)|Jack Johnson]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1975   &ndash; [[Ingvild Kjerkol]], Norwegian politician<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ingvild Kjerkol |first=Knut Are |last=Tvedt |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=21 April 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Ingvild_Kjerkol |language=no|access-date=18 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Ron Mercer]], American basketball player
*  1976   &ndash; [[Marko Tomasović (composer)|Marko Tomasović]], Croatian pianist and composer 
*  1976   &ndash; [[Oleg Tverdovsky]], Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Lee Hendrie]], English footballer
*  1977   &ndash; [[Danny Mills]], English footballer and sportscaster
*  1977   &ndash; [[Li Tie]], Chinese footballer and manager
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Ricardo Carvalho]], Portuguese footballer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Marcus Giles]], American baseball player
*  1978   &ndash; [[Charles Kamathi]], Kenyan runner
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Jens Bergensten]], Swedish video game designer, co-designed ''[[Minecraft]]''
*  1979   &ndash; [[Mariusz Lewandowski]], Polish footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Michal Martikán]], Slovak slalom canoeist<ref>{{cite web|title=Michal Martikan|url=https://www.olympic.org/michal-martikan|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=7 June 2020}}</ref>
*  1979   &ndash; [[Milivoje Novaković]], Slovenian footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Julián Speroni]], Argentinian footballer
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Reggie Evans]], American basketball player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Michaël Llodra]], French tennis player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Diego Pérez (footballer)|Diego Pérez]], Uruguayan footballer
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Mahamadou Diarra]], Malian international footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=29702|title=Mahamadou Diarra|publisher=soccerbase.com|access-date=27 April 2020}}</ref> 
*  1981   &ndash; [[Ashley Harrison]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Jason Brown (footballer)|Jason Brown]], English footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Marie-Ève Pelletier]], Canadian tennis player
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Gary O'Neil]], English footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Luis Terrero]], Dominican baseball player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Vince Young]], American football player
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Ivet Lalova]], Bulgarian sprinter
*  1984   &ndash; [[Simon Pagenaud]], French race car driver
*  1984   &ndash; [[Darius Šilinskis]], Lithuanian basketball player
*  1984   &ndash; [[Joakim Soria]], Mexican baseball player
*  1984   &ndash; [[Niki Terpstra]], Dutch cyclist
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Oliver Sin]], Hungarian painter
*  1985   &ndash; [[Henrique Sereno]], Portuguese footballer
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]], South African tennis player
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Taeyang]], South Korean singer
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Dimitri Daeseleire]], Belgian footballer
*  1990   &ndash; [[Yuya Osako]], Japanese footballer
*  1990   &ndash; [[Josh Starling]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Adwoa Aboah]], British fashion model
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Stuart Percy]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1993   &ndash; [[Jessica Watson]], Australian sailor
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Polina Edmunds]], American figure skater
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Laura Omloop]], Belgian singer-songwriter
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Ryan Sessegnon]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=94024|title=Ryan Sessegnon|publisher=soccerbase.com|access-date=27 April 2020}}</ref> 
*  2000   &ndash; [[Steven Sessegnon]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=106667|title=Steven Sessegnon|publisher=soccerbase.com|access-date=27 April 2020}}</ref> 
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Emma Navarro]], American tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emma Navarro {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/325410/emma-navarro |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Emma Navarro - Player Profile - Tennis |url=https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/emma-navarro_prs529962/person.shtml |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Eurosport |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Alina Zagitova]], Russian figure skater
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Travis Hunter (American football)|Travis Hunter]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Travis Hunter - 2024 Spring Football Roster |url=https://cubuffs.com/sports/football/roster/travis-hunter/16373 |website=cubuffs.com |access-date=May 17, 2024}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Hala Finley]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Hala Finley - Man With A Plan Cast Member |url=https://www.cbs.com/shows/man-with-a-plan/cast/215348 |website=CBS |access-date=February 25, 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hala Finley |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/hala_finley |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=February 25, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[526]] &ndash; [[Pope John I]]<ref name=JohnI>{{cite book |last1=Walsh |first1=Michael J. |title=Pocket Dictionary of Popes |date=10 May 2006 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-0-86012-420-7 |page=77 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vWP_K-lZCB0C&pg=PA77 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[893]] &ndash; [[Stephen I of Constantinople]] (b. 867)
* [[932]] &ndash; [[Ma Shaohong]], general of [[Later Tang]]
* [[947]] &ndash; [[Emperor Taizong of Liao|Emperor Taizong]] of the [[Liao Dynasty]]
* [[978]] &ndash; [[Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine|Frederick I]], duke of [[Lotharingia|Upper Lorraine]]
*[[1065]] &ndash; [[Frederick, Duke of Lower Lorraine]] (b. c. 1003)
*[[1096]] &ndash; [[Minna of Worms]], Jewish martyr killed during the [[Worms massacre (1096)]]
*[[1160]] &ndash; [[Eric IX of Sweden|Eric Jedvardsson (King Eric IX) of Sweden]] (since 1156); (b. circa 1120)
*[[1297]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Longespee]], Bishop of Salisbury
*[[1401]] &ndash; [[Vladislaus II of Opole]] (b. 1332)
*[[1410]] &ndash; [[Rupert of Germany]], Count Palatine of the Rhine (b. 1352)
*[[1550]] &ndash; [[Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine]] (b. 1498)
*[[1551]] &ndash; [[Domenico di Pace Beccafumi]], Italian painter (b. 1486)
===1601–1900===
*[[1675]] &ndash; [[Stanisław Lubieniecki]], Polish astronomer, historian, and theologian (b. 1623)
*  1675   &ndash; [[Jacques Marquette]], French-American missionary and explorer (b. 1637)
*[[1692]] &ndash; [[Elias Ashmole]], English astrologer and politician (b. 1617)
*[[1721]] &ndash; [[Maria Barbara Carillo]], victim of the [[Spanish Inquisition]] (b.1625)
*[[1733]] &ndash; [[Georg Böhm]], German organist and composer (b. 1661)
*[[1780]] &ndash; [[Charles Hardy]], English-American admiral and politician, 29th [[List of colonial governors of New York|Colonial Governor of New York]] (b. 1714)
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[Túpac Amaru II]], Peruvian indigenous rebel leader (b. 1742)
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Levy Solomons]], Canadian merchant and fur trader (b. 1730)
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Robert Rogers (soldier)|Robert Rogers]], English colonel (b. 1731)
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Pierre Beaumarchais]], French playwright and publisher (b. 1732)
*[[1800]] &ndash; [[Alexander Suvorov]], Russian general (b. 1729)
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[John Douglas (bishop of Salisbury)|John Douglas]], Scottish bishop and scholar (b. 1721)
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Elijah Craig]], American minister, inventor, and educator, invented [[Bourbon whiskey]] (b. 1738)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Richard McCarty (U.S. politician)|Richard McCarty]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1780)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Lionel Kieseritzky]], Estonian-French chess player (b. 1806)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Clarkson Frederick Stanfield|Clarkson Stanfield]], English painter (b. 1793)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Isabella Glyn]], Scottish-English actress (b. 1823)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Félix Ravaisson-Mollien]], French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)

===1901–present===
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Louis-Napoléon Casault]], Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Isaac Albéniz]], Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
*  1909   &ndash; [[George Meredith]], English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Eliza Orzeszkowa]], Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
*  1910   &ndash; [[Pauline Viardot]], French soprano and composer (b. 1821)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Gustav Mahler]], Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Chen Qimei]], Chinese revolutionary (b. 1878)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chang |first1=Nelson |last2=Chang |first2=Laurence |year=2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UI3_-7dMPIoC&pg=PA197 |title=The Zhangs from Nanxun |publisher=CF Press |page=197 |isbn=9780692008454}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Bergère |first=Marie-Claire |year=1998 |url=https://archive.org/details/sunyatsen00berg |url-access=registration |title=Sun Yat-sen |publisher=Stanford University Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/sunyatsen00berg/page/n289 268] |isbn=9780804740111}}</ref>
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran]], French physician and parasitologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1845)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Werner Sombart]], German economist and sociologist (b. 1863)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Ōnishiki Daigorō]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 28th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (b. 1883)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Hal Chase]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1883)
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Mary McLeod Bethune]], American educator and activist (b. 1875)
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Maurice Tate]], English cricketer (b. 1895)
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Jacob Fichman]], Israeli poet and critic (b. 1881)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Ernie Davis]], American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1939)
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Frank Walsh]], Australian politician, 34th [[Premier of South Australia]] (b. 1897)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh]], Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1908)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Jeannette Rankin]], American social worker and politician (b. 1880)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Harry Ricardo]], English engine designer and researcher (b. 1885)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Leroy Anderson]], American composer and conductor (b. 1908)
*[[1980]] &ndash; Victims of [[1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens|Mount St. Helens eruption]]:
**                [[Reid Blackburn]], American photographer and journalist (b. 1952)
**                [[David A. Johnston]], American volcanologist and geologist (b. 1949)
*  1980   &ndash; [[Ian Curtis]], English singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Arthur O'Connell]], American actor (b. 1908)
*  1981   &ndash; [[William Saroyan]], American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (b. 1908)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Mahdi Amel]], Lebanese journalist, poet, and academic (b. 1936)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Dorothy Ruth]], American horse breeder and author (b. 1921)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Jill Ireland]], English actress (b. 1936)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Elisha Cook, Jr.]], American actor (b. 1903)
*  1995   &ndash; [[Alexander Godunov]], Russian-American ballet dancer and actor (b. 1949)
*  1995   &ndash; [[Brinsley Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty]], Irish ufologist and historian (b. 1911)
*  1995   &ndash; [[Elizabeth Montgomery]], American actress (b. 1933)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Obaidullah Aleem]], Indian-Pakistani poet and author (b. 1939)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Augustus Pablo]], Jamaican singer, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1954)
*  1999   &ndash; [[Betty Robinson]], American runner (b. 1911)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Stephen M. Wolownik]], Russian-American composer and musicologist (b. 1946)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Irene Hunt]], American author and illustrator (b. 1907)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Davey Boy Smith]], English professional wrestler (b. 1962<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/us_sport/1997517.stm</ref>)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Elvin Jones]], American drummer and bandleader (b. 1927)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Jaan Eilart]], Estonian geographer, ecologist, and historian (b. 1933)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Pierre-Gilles de Gennes]], French physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1932)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Joseph Pevney]], American actor and director (b. 1911)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Roberto García-Calvo Montiel]], Spanish judge (b. 1942)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Dolla (rapper)|Dolla]], American rapper (b. 1987)<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|date=2009-05-19|title=Atlanta Rapper Dolla Shot Dead Outside Los Angeles Mall|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/atlanta-rapper-dolla-shot-dead-outside-los-angeles-mall-70582/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129140121/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/atlanta-rapper-dolla-shot-dead-outside-los-angeles-mall-70582/|archive-date=2020-11-29|access-date=2021-09-18|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref>
*  2009   &ndash; [[Wayne Allwine]], American voice actor, sound effects editor and Foley artist (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite web|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|date=2009-05-21|title=Wayne Allwine, voice of Mickey Mouse, dies at 62|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-wayne-allwine21-2009may21-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713004855/https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-wayne-allwine21-2009may21-story.html|archive-date=2014-07-13|access-date=2021-06-30|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US}}</ref>   
*  2009   &ndash; [[Velupillai Prabhakaran]], Sri Lankan rebel leader, founded the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] (b. 1954)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau]], German opera singer and conductor (b. 1925)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Peter Jones (drummer)|Peter Jones]], English-Australian drummer and songwriter (b. 1967)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Alan Oakley (designer)|Alan Oakley]], English bicycle designer, designed the [[Raleigh Chopper]] (b. 1927)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Aleksei Balabanov]], Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1959)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Jo Benkow]], Norwegian soldier and politician (b. 1924)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Steve Forrest (actor)|Steve Forrest]], American actor (b. 1925)
*  2013   &ndash; [[David McMillan (American football)|David McMillan]], American football player (b. 1981)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Lothar Schmid]], German chess player (b. 1928)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Dobrica Ćosić]], Serbian politician, 1st [[President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] (b. 1921)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Hans-Peter Dürr]], German physicist and academic (b. 1929)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Kaiketsu Masateru]], Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1948)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Chukwuedu Nwokolo]], Nigerian physician and academic (b. 1921)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Wubbo Ockels]], Dutch physicist and astronaut (b. 1946)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Halldór Ásgrímsson]], Icelandic accountant and politician, 22nd [[Prime Minister of Iceland]] (b. 1947)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Raymond Gosling]], English physicist and academic (b. 1926)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Jean-François Théodore]], French businessman (b. 1946)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Roger Ailes]], American businessman (b. 1940)
*  2017   &ndash; [[Chris Cornell]], American singer (b. 1964)
*  2017   &ndash; [[Jacque Fresco]], American engineer and academic (b. 1916)
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Austin Eubanks]], American addiction recovery advocate, survivor of the [[Columbine High School massacre|Columbine shooting]] (b. 1981)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-19|title=Austin Eubanks, Columbine victim who worked against painkillers, dies at 37|url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/19/austin-eubanks-columbine-victim-painkillers-dies-at-37|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611072442/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/19/austin-eubanks-columbine-victim-painkillers-dies-at-37|archive-date=2019-06-11|access-date=2021-06-30|website=[[The Guardian]]|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Ken Osmond]], American actor and police officer (b. 1943)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/ken-osmond-dead-leave-it-to-beaver-eddie-haskell-dies-actor-1234609639/ |title=Ken Osmond, 'Leave It to Beaver' Star Who Played Eddie Haskell, Dies at 76 |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=18 May 2020 |website=variety.com |access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Charles Grodin]], American actor and talk show host (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lowry |first1=Brian |title=Charles Grodin, 'Midnight Run' and 'The Heartbreak Kid' star, dead at 86 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/18/entertainment/charles-grodin-obit/index.html |website=CNN|date=18 May 2021 }}</ref>
*  2021   &ndash; [[Yolanda Tortolero]], Venezuelan politician<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|date=2021-05-19|title=Carabobo {{!}} Muere diputada opositora Yolanda Tortolero por COVID-19|url=https://elpitazo.net/centro/carabobo-muere-diputada-opositora-yolanda-tortolero-por-covid-19/|access-date=2022-01-17|website=[[El Pitazo]]|language=es}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Jim Brown]], American football player, civil rights activist, and actor (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite news | last=Babb | first=Kent | title=Jim Brown, Hall of Fame running back and actor, dies at 87 | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=May 19, 2023 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/05/19/jim-brown-nfl-dead/ | access-date=May 20, 2023}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Bruce Nordstrom]], American businessman (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rifkin |first=Glenn |date=2024-05-19 |title=Bruce Nordstrom, Who Helped Lead His Family's Retail Empire, Dies at 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/19/business/bruce-nordstrom-dead.html |access-date=2024-05-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Tony O'Reilly]], Irish rugby player and businessman (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Businessman Tony O'Reilly (88) dies after short illness |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/05/18/businessman-tony-oreilly-88-dies-after-short-illness/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Alice Stewart (commentator)|Alice Stewart]], American political commentator (b. 1966)<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Lybrand |first1=Holmes |last2=Perez |first2=Evan |last3=Iyer |first3=Kaanita |date=2024-05-18 |title=CNN political commentator Alice Stewart dies {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/18/politics/alice-stewart-cnn-commentator-dies/index.html |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury]]
**[[Eric IX of Sweden]]
**[[Felix of Cantalice]]
**[[Pope John I]]<ref name=JohnI />
**[[Venantius of Camerino]]
**[[May 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Baltic Fleet Day]] ([[Russia]])
*[[Deportation of the Crimean Tatars|Day of Remembrance of Crimean Tatar genocide]] ([[Ukraine]])
*[[Independence Day (Somaliland)]] ([[List of states with limited recognition|unrecognized]])
*[[International Museum Day]]
*[[Speech–language pathology#The profession|National Speech Pathologist Day (United States)]]
*[[Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day]] ([[Sri Lankan Tamil people|Sri Lankan Tamils]])
*[[Revival, Unity, and Poetry of Magtymguly Day]] ([[Turkmenistan]])
*[[Teacher's Day]] ([[Syria]])

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/18 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=5|day=18}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/may/18 Historical Events on May 18]

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[[Category:Days of May]]