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{{about|the date|the US-based revolutionary organization|May 19th Communist Organization}} {{pp-pc1}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== <!-- Please do not add release dates for books, movies, albums, video games or similar media. 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=== * [[639]] – [[Ashina Jiesheshuai]] and his tribesmen assaulted [[Emperor Taizong of Tang|Emperor Taizong]] at Jiucheng Palace. * [[715]] – [[Pope Gregory II]] is elected.<ref>{{cite book|author=Philip Hughes|title=History of the Church: Volume 2: The Church In The World The Church Created: Augustine To Aquinas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OiTUAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA448|date=1 January 1979|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-7220-7982-9|pages=448}}</ref> * [[934]] – The [[Byzantine Empire]] reconquers [[Melitene]] under the leadership of [[John Kourkouas]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vest |first1=Bernd Andreas |title=Geschichte der Stadt Melitene und der umliegenden Gebiete: vom Vorabend der arabischen bis zum Abschluss der türkischen Eroberung (um 600-1124) |date=2007 |publisher=Dr. Kovač |isbn=978-3-8300-2575-7 |page=901 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EnAsAQAAIAAJ |access-date=16 November 2024 |language=de}}</ref> *[[1051]] – [[Henry I of France]] marries the [[Kievan Rus'|Rus']] princess, [[Anne of Kiev]].<ref>{{cite book|author=William Mendel Newman|title=The Kings, the Court, and the Royal Power in France in the Eleventh Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v-pnAAAAMAAJ|year=1929|publisher=H. Cléder|page=23}}</ref> *[[1445]] – [[John II of Castile]] defeats the [[Infantes of Aragon]] at the [[First Battle of Olmedo]]. *[[1499]] – [[Catherine of Aragon]] is [[Proxy marriage|married by proxy]] to [[Arthur, Prince of Wales]]. Catherine is 13 and Arthur is 12. *[[1535]] – French explorer [[Jacques Cartier]] sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and [[Chief Donnacona]]'s two sons (whom Cartier had kidnapped during his first voyage). *[[1536]] – [[Anne Boleyn]], the second wife of [[Henry VIII of England]], is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest. *[[1542]] – The [[Prome Kingdom]] falls to the [[Taungoo Dynasty]] in present-day [[Myanmar]]. ===1601–1900=== *[[1643]] – [[Thirty Years' War]]: French forces under the [[Louis, Grand Condé|duc d'Enghien]] decisively defeat Spanish forces at the [[Battle of Rocroi]], marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power. *[[1649]] – An [[Act of Parliament]] declaring England a [[Commonwealth of England|Commonwealth]] is passed by the [[Long Parliament]]. England would be a [[republic]] for the next eleven years. *[[1655]] – The [[Invasion of Jamaica]] begins during the [[Anglo-Spanish War (1654–60)|Anglo-Spanish War]]. *[[1743]] – [[Jean-Pierre Christin]] developed the [[centigrade temperature scale]]. *[[1749]] – King [[George II of Great Britain]] grants the [[Ohio Company]] a charter of land around the forks of the [[Ohio River]]. *[[1776]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: A [[Continental Army]] garrison surrenders in the [[Battle of The Cedars]]. *[[1780]] – [[New England's Dark Day]], an unusual darkening of the day sky, was observed over the [[New England]] states and parts of [[Canada]]. *[[1802]] – [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]] founds the [[Legion of Honour]]. *[[1828]] – U.S. President [[John Quincy Adams]] signs the [[Tariff of 1828]] into law, protecting [[wool]] manufacturers in the United States. *[[1845]] – Captain Sir [[John Franklin]] and his [[Franklin's lost expedition|ill-fated Arctic expedition]] depart from [[Greenhithe, Kent|Greenhithe]], England. *[[1848]] – [[Mexican–American War]]: Mexico ratifies the [[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]] thus ending the war and ceding [[California]], [[Nevada]], [[Utah]] and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for US$15 million. *[[1883]] – [[Buffalo Bill]]'s first ''Buffalo Bill's Wild West'' opens in Omaha, Nebraska.<ref name="WDL">{{cite web |url = http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11200/ |title = William "Buffalo Bill" Cody |work = [[World Digital Library]] |year = 1917 |access-date = June 1, 2013 }}</ref> *[[1900]] – [[Great Britain]] annexes [[Tonga Island]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=14|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref> * 1900 – [[Second Boer War]]: British troops relieve [[Siege of Mafeking|Mafeking]]. ===1901–present=== *[[1911]] – [[Parks Canada]], the world's first [[national park]] service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior. *[[1917]] – The Norwegian football club [[Rosenborg BK]] is founded. *[[1919]] – [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]] lands at [[Samsun]] on the [[Anatolia]]n [[Black Sea]] coast, initiating what is later termed the [[Turkish War of Independence]]. *[[1921]] – The [[United States Congress]] passes the [[Emergency Quota Act]] establishing national quotas on immigration. *[[1922]] – The [[Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union]] is established. *[[1933]] – Finnish cavalry general [[C. G. E. Mannerheim]] is appointed the [[field marshal]].<ref>{{cite book| title=Uusi Pikkujättiläinen |page=404| publisher= WSOY | year=1986| isbn = 951-0-12416-8 |language=fi}}</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Zveno]] and the [[Bulgarian Army]] engineer a [[Bulgarian coup d'état of 1934|coup d'état]] and install [[Kimon Georgiev]] as the new [[List of Prime Ministers of Bulgaria|Prime Minister of Bulgaria]]. *[[1942]] – [[World War II]]: In the aftermath of the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]], [[Task Force 16]] heads to [[Pearl Harbor]] for repairs. *[[1943]] – Winston Churchill's [[Winston Churchill's address to Congress (1943)|second wartime address]] to the U.S. Congress<ref>{{Cite web |title=MR CHURCHILL SPEAKS TO CONGRESS. ON 19 MAY 1943, MR CHURCHILL MADE A 55 MINUTE SPEECH TO CONGRESS IN WASHINGTON, WHICH WAS BROADCAST TO THE WORLD. |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205149632 |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=Imperial War Museums |language=en}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Syrian]] demonstrators in [[Damascus]] are fired upon by French troops injuring twelve, leading to the [[Levant Crisis]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Thomas|first1=Martin|title=The French Empire at War, 1940-1945 Studies in Imperialism|date=2007|publisher=Manchester University Press|pages=123–24 |isbn=9780719065194}}</ref> *[[1950]] – A barge containing munitions destined for [[Pakistan]] [[South Amboy powder pier explosion|explodes]] in the harbor at [[South Amboy, New Jersey]], devastating the city. * 1950 – [[Egypt]] announces that the [[Suez Canal]] is closed to [[Israel]]i ships and commerce. *[[1959]] – The [[People's Army of Vietnam|North Vietnamese Army]] establishes [[Group 559]], whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain [[supply line]]s to [[South Vietnam]]; the resulting route is the [[Ho Chi Minh trail]]. *[[1961]] – [[Venera program]]: ''[[Venera 1]]'' becomes the first man-made object to fly by another planet by passing [[Venus]] (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data). * 1961 – At [[Silchar]] Railway Station, [[Assam]], 11 Bengalis die when police open fire on protesters demanding state recognition of Bengali language in the [[Bengali Language Movement#Legacy|Bengali Language Movement]]. *[[1962]] – A birthday salute to U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]] takes place at [[Madison Square Garden (1925)|Madison Square Garden]], New York City. The highlight is [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s [[Happy Birthday, Mr. President|rendition]] of "[[Happy Birthday to You|Happy Birthday]]". *[[1963]] – The ''New York Post Sunday Magazine'' publishes [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]'s [[Letter from Birmingham Jail]]. *[[1971]] – [[Mars probe program]]: ''[[Mars 2]]'' is launched by the [[Soviet Union]]. *[[1986]] – The [[Firearm Owners Protection Act]] is signed into law by U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]]. *[[1991]] – [[Croatia]]ns vote for independence in a [[1991 Croatian independence referendum|referendum]]. *[[1993]] – [[SAM Colombia Flight 501]] crashes on approach to [[José María Córdova International Airport]] in [[Medellín]], Colombia, killing 132.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-46 HK-2422X Medellín|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19930519-0|access-date=2021-04-25|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Space Shuttle program]]: ''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour]]'' is launched on mission [[STS-77]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Warnock|first=Lynda|title=STS-77|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-77.html|access-date=2021-05-11|website=www.nasa.gov|publisher=NASA}}</ref> *[[1997]] – The [[Sierra Gorda biosphere]], the most [[Ecosystem diversity|ecologically diverse]] region in Mexico, is established as a result of [[grassroots]] efforts. *[[2000]] – Space Shuttle program: [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] is launched on mission [[STS-101]] to resupply the [[International Space Station]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Warnock|first=Lynda|title=STS-101|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-101.html|access-date=2021-05-15|website=www.nasa.gov|publisher=NASA}}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[President of Romania]] [[Traian Băsescu]] survives an [[2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum|impeachment referendum]] and returns to office from suspension. *[[2010]] – The [[Royal Thai Armed Forces]] concludes its [[2010 Thai military crackdown|crackdown]] on [[2010 Thai political protests|protests]] by forcing the surrender of [[United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship]] leaders. *[[2012]] – Three gas cylinder bombs [[2012 Brindisi school bombing|explode]] in front of a vocational school in the Italian city of [[Brindisi]], killing one person and injuring five others. * 2012 – A car bomb [[2012 Deir ez-Zor bombing|explodes]] near a military complex in the [[Syria]]n city of [[Deir ez-Zor]], killing nine people. *[[2015]] – The [[Refugio oil spill]] deposited 142,800 U.S. gallons (3,400 barrels) of [[crude oil]] onto an area in [[California]] considered one of the most biologically diverse coastlines of the [[West Coast of the United States|west coast]]. *[[2016]] – [[EgyptAir Flight 804]] crashes into the [[Mediterranean Sea]] while traveling from [[Paris]] to [[Cairo]], killing all on board. *[[2018]] – The [[wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle]] is held at [[St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle|St George's Chapel]], [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]], with an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion. *[[2024]] – [[2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash| A helicopter crash]] in [[Iran]] leaves 8 people dead, including the country's president [[Ebrahim Raisi]] & foreign minister [[Hossein Amir-Abdollahian]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/iran-helicopter-incident-latest-rescuers-search-for-irans-president-after-crash-13139430|title=Iran president death latest: Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister killed in helicopter crash; enemy Israel denies involvement|website=Sky News|access-date=20 May 2024|language=en}}</ref> <!-- Please do not add release dates for books, movies, albums, video games or similar media. 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. --> ==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=== *[[1400]] – [[John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton]], English soldier and politician (d. 1462)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/stourton-john-ii-1400-62|title=STOURTON, John II (1400-62), of Stourton, Wilts.|website=History of Parliament Online|access-date=30 May 2019}}</ref> *[[1462]] – [[Baccio D'Agnolo]], Italian [[woodcarver]], [[sculpture|sculptor]] and [[architect]] (d. 1543)<ref>{{cite book|author1=William Darrach Halsey|author2=Emanuel Friedman|title=Collier's Encyclopedia, with Bibliography and Index|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g8UJAAAAIAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Macmillan Educational Company|page=436}}</ref> *[[1476]] (or [[1474]]) – [[Helena of Moscow]], Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania and Queen consort of Poland (d. 1513)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Anne Commire|author2=Deborah Klezmer|title=Women in World History: Harr-I|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gDsOAQAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Yorkin Publications|isbn=978-0-7876-4066-8|page=178}}</ref> *[[1593]] – [[Claude Vignon]], French painter (d. 1670)<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Denison Champlin|author2=Charles Callahan Perkins|title=Cyclopedia of painters and paintings|url=https://archive.org/details/cyclopediaofpain03cham_0|url-access=registration|year=1969|publisher=Kennikat Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/cyclopediaofpain03cham_0/page/368 368]|isbn=9780804605359}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1616]] – [[Johann Jakob Froberger]], German organist and composer (d. 1667) *[[1639]] – [[Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland]], English soldier and noble (d. 1665) *[[1700]] – [[José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda]], Spanish sergeant and politician (d. 1770) *[[1724]] – [[Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol]], English admiral and politician, [[Chief Secretary for Ireland]] (d. 1779) *[[1744]] – [[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]], German-born Queen to [[George III of the United Kingdom]] (d. 1818)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Universal Scots Almanack: For the Year 1790, ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ye23DSS2q1kC&pg=PA113|year=1790|publisher=John Robertson, and sold by all the booksellers|pages=113}}</ref> *[[1762]] – [[Johann Gottlieb Fichte]], German philosopher and academic (d. 1814) *[[1773]] – [[Arthur Aikin]], English chemist and mineralogist (d. 1854) *[[1795]] – [[Johns Hopkins]], American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1873) *[[1827]] – [[Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour]], French academic and politician, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (France)|French Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (d. 1896) *[[1832]] – [[James Watney junior|James Watney, Jr.]], English politician, brewer and cricketer (d. 1886) *[[1857]] – [[John Jacob Abel]], American biochemist and pharmacologist (d. 1938) *[[1861]] – [[Nellie Melba]], Australian soprano and actress (d. 1931) *[[1871]] – [[Walter Russell]], American painter, sculptor, and author (d. 1963) *[[1874]] – [[Gilbert Jessop]], English cricketer and soldier (d. 1955) *[[1878]] – [[Alfred Laliberté]], Canadian sculptor and painter (d. 1953) *[[1879]] – [[Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor]], American-English politician (d. 1964) *[[1880]] – [[Albert Richardson (architect)|Albert Richardson]], English architect and educator, designed the [[Manchester Opera House]] (d. 1964) *[[1881]] – [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]] (official birthday), Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st [[President of Turkey]] (d. 1938) *[[1884]] – [[David Curtiss Munson|David Munson]], American runner (d. 1953) *[[1886]] – [[Francis Biddle]], American lawyer and judge, 58th [[United States Attorney General]] (d. 1968) *[[1887]] – [[Ion Jalea]], Romanian soldier and sculptor (d. 1983) *[[1889]] – [[Tản Đà]], Vietnamese poet and author (d. 1939) * 1889 – [[Henry B. Richardson]], American archer (d. 1963) *[[1890]] – [[Eveline Adelheid von Maydell]], German-American illustrator (d. 1962) * 1890 – [[Ho Chi Minh]], Vietnamese politician, 1st [[President of Vietnam]] (d. 1969) *[[1891]] – [[Oswald Boelcke]], German captain and pilot (d. 1916) *[[1893]] – [[H. Bonciu]], Romanian author, poet, and journalist (d. 1950) *[[1897]] – [[Frank Luke]], American lieutenant and pilot, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 1918) *[[1898]] – [[Julius Evola]], Italian philosopher and painter (d. 1974) *[[1899]] – [[Lothar Rădăceanu]], Romanian journalist, linguist, and politician (d. 1955) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Lubka Kolessa]], Ukrainian-Canadian pianist and educator (d. 1997) *[[1903]] – [[Ruth Ella Moore]], American scientist (d. 1994) *[[1904]] – [[Sven Thofelt]], Swedish modern pentathlete and épée fencer (d. 1993)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sven Thofelt |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/23459 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=14 March 2024 }}</ref> *[[1906]] – [[Bruce Bennett]], American shot putter and actor (d. 2007) *[[1908]] – [[Manik Bandopadhyay]], Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1956) * 1908 – [[Merriam Modell]], American author (d. 1994) * 1908 – [[Percy Williams (sprinter)|Percy Williams]], Canadian sprinter (d. 1982) *[[1909]] – [[Nicholas Winton]], English banker and humanitarian (d. 2015) *[[1910]] – [[Alan Melville]], South African cricketer (d. 1983) *[[1913]] – [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]], Indian lawyer and politician, 6th [[President of India]] (d. 1996) *[[1914]] – [[Max Perutz]], Austrian-English biologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2002) * 1914 – [[Alex Shibicky]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005) * 1914 – [[John Vachon]], American photographer and journalist (d. 1975) *[[1915]] – [[Renée Asherson]], English actress (d. 2014) *[[1918]] – [[Abraham Pais]], Dutch-American physicist, historian, and academic (d. 2000) *[[1919]] – [[Georgie Auld]], Canadian-American saxophonist, clarinet player, and bandleader (d. 1990) * 1919 – [[Mitja Ribičič]], Italian-Slovenian soldier and politician, 25th [[Prime Minister of Yugoslavia]] (d. 2013) *[[1920]] – [[Tina Strobos]], Dutch psychiatrist known for rescuing Jews during World War II (d. 2012)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/nyregion/dr-tina-strobos-who-harbored-jews-from-the-nazis-dies-at-91.html|title=Dr. Tina Strobos, Who Harbored Jews From the Nazis, Dies at 91|last=Berger|first=Joseph|date=2012-02-29|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-04-22|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[1921]] – [[Leslie Broderick]], English lieutenant and pilot (d. 2013) * 1921 – [[Harry W. Brown (pilot)|Harry W. Brown]], American colonel and pilot (d. 1991) * 1921 – [[Daniel Gélin]], French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2002) * 1921 – [[Yuri Kochiyama]], American activist (d. 2014) * 1921 – [[Karel van het Reve]], Dutch historian and author (d. 1999) *[[1922]] – [[Arthur Gorrie]], Australian hobby shop proprietor (d. 1992) *[[1924]] – [[Sandy Wilson]], English composer and songwriter (d. 2014) *[[1925]] – [[Pol Pot]], Cambodian general and politician, 29th [[Prime Minister of Cambodia]] (d. 1998) * 1925 – [[Malcolm X]], American minister and activist (d. 1965) *[[1926]] – [[Edward Parkes]], English engineer and academic (d. 2019) * 1926 – [[Peter Zadek]], German director and screenwriter (d. 2009) *[[1927]] – [[Serge Lang]], French-American mathematician, author and academic (d. 2005) *[[1928]] – [[Colin Chapman]], English engineer and businessman, founded [[Lotus Cars]] (d. 1982) * 1928 – [[Thomas Kennedy (RAF officer)|Thomas Kennedy]], English air marshal (d. 2013) * 1928 – [[Gil McDougald]], American baseball player and coach (d. 2010) * 1928 – [[Dolph Schayes]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2015) *[[1929]] – [[Helmut Braunlich]], German-American violinist and composer (d. 2013) * 1929 – [[Richard Larter]], Australian painter (d. 2014) * 1929 – [[John Stroger]], American politician (d. 2008) *[[1930]] – [[Eugene Genovese]], American historian and author (d. 2012) * 1930 – [[Lorraine Hansberry]], American playwright and director (d. 1965) *[[1931]] – [[Bob Anderson (racing driver)|Bob Anderson]], English race car driver (d. 1967) * 1931 – [[Trevor Peacock]], English actor, screenwriter and songwriter (d. 2021) *[[1932]] – [[Alma Cogan]], English singer (d. 1966) * 1932 – [[Paul Erdman]], American economist and author (d. 2007) * 1932 – [[Bill Fitch]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2022) * 1932 – [[Elena Poniatowska]], Mexican intellectual and journalist *[[1933]] – [[Edward de Bono]], Maltese physician, author, and academic (d. 2021) *[[1934]] – [[Ruskin Bond]], Indian author and poet * 1934 – [[Jim Lehrer]], American journalist and author (d. 2020) *[[1935]] – [[David Hartman (TV personality)|David Hartman]], American journalist and television personality *[[1937]] – [[Pat Roach]], English wrestler (d. 2004) *[[1938]] – [[Moisés da Costa Amaral]], East Timorese politician (d. 1989) * 1938 – [[Herbie Flowers]], English musician (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=2024-09-08 |title=Herbie Flowers, Bassist on Lou Reed's 'Walk on the Wild Side,' Dead at 86 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/herbie-flowers-bassist-walk-on-the-wild-side-space-oddity-dead-obit-1235097538/ |access-date=2024-09-09 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> * 1938 – [[Igor Ter-Ovanesyan]], Ukrainian long jumper and coach *[[1939]] – [[Livio Berruti]], Italian sprinter * 1939 – [[James Fox]], English actor * 1939 – [[Nancy Kwan]], Hong Kong-American actress and makeup artist * 1939 – [[Jānis Lūsis]], Latvian javelin thrower and coach (d. 2020) * 1939 – [[Dick Scobee]], American pilot, and astronaut (d. 1986)<ref>{{cite web |title=Space Shuttle Challenger Fast Facts |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/15/us/space-shuttle-challenger-fast-facts/index.html |website=CNN |date=16 September 2013 |access-date=4 December 2021}}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[Jan Janssen]], Dutch cyclist * 1940 – [[Mickey Newbury]], American country/pop singer-songwriter (d. 2002) *[[1941]] – [[Nora Ephron]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) * 1941 – [[Igor Judge, Baron Judge]], Maltese-English lawyer and judge, [[Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales]] (d. 2023) *[[1942]] – [[Gary Kildall]], American computer scientist, founded [[Digital Research|Digital Research Inc.]] (d. 1994) * 1942 – [[Robert Kilroy-Silk]], English television host and politician *[[1943]] – [[Eddie May]], English footballer and manager (d. 2012) * 1943 – [[Shirrel Rhoades]], American author, publisher, and academic *[[1944]] – [[Peter Mayhew]], English-American actor (d. 2019) *[[1945]] – [[Pete Townshend]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1946]] – [[Claude Lelièvre]], Belgian activist * 1946 – [[Michele Placido]], Italian actor and director * 1946 – [[André the Giant]], French-American wrestler and actor (d. 1993) *[[1947]] – [[Paul Brady]], Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1947 – [[Christopher Chope]], English lawyer and politician * 1947 – [[David Helfgott]], Australian pianist *[[1948]] – [[Grace Jones]], Jamaican-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress *[[1949]] – [[Dusty Hill]], American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2021) * 1949 – [[Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath]], English politician * 1949 – [[Archie Manning]], American football player *[[1950]] – [[Tadeusz Ślusarski]], Polish pole vaulter (d. 1998) *[[1951]] – [[Joey Ramone]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2001) * 1951 – [[Dick Slater]], American wrestler (d. 2018) *[[1952]] – [[Charlie Spedding]], English runner * 1952 – [[Bert van Marwijk]], Dutch footballer, coach, and manager *[[1953]] – [[Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge]], Scottish lawyer and judge * 1953 – [[Shavarsh Karapetyan]], Armenian finswimmer * 1953 – [[Florin Marin]], Romanian footballer and manager * 1953 – [[Victoria Wood]], English actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/apr/20/victoria-wood-obituary |last=Jeffries |first=Stuart |title=Victoria Wood obituary |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=20 April 2016 |access-date=1 June 2022}}</ref> *[[1954]] – [[Rick Cerone]], American baseball player and sportscaster * 1954 – [[Lena Einhorn]], Swedish director, writer and physician<ref>{{cite news |title=Lena Einhorn |url=https://www.svd.se/lena-einhorn |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |access-date=16 October 2020 |language=sv |date=27 February 2005}}</ref> * 1954 – [[Hōchū Ōtsuka]], Japanese voice actor * 1954 – [[Phil Rudd]], Australian-New Zealand drummer *[[1955]] – [[James Gosling]], Canadian-American computer scientist, created [[Java (programming language)|Java]] *[[1956]] – [[Oliver Letwin]], English philosopher and politician, [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] * 1956 – [[Martyn Ware]], English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer *[[1957]] – [[Bill Laimbeer]], American basketball player and coach * 1957 – [[James Reyne]], Nigerian-Australian singer-songwriter *[[1961]] – [[Vadim Cojocaru]], Moldovan politician (d. 2021) * 1961 – [[Gregory Poirier]], American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1961 – [[Wayne Van Dorp]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1963]] – [[Filippo Galli]], Italian footballer and manager *[[1964]] – [[Peter Jackson (rugby league)|Peter Jackson]], Australian rugby league player and sportscaster (d. 1997) * 1964 – [[John Lee (placekicker)|John Lee]], South Korean-American football player * 1964 – [[Miloslav Mečíř]], Slovak tennis player *[[1965]] – [[Maile Flanagan]], American actress, producer, and screenwriter *[[1966]] – [[Marc Bureau (ice hockey)|Marc Bureau]], Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster * 1966 – [[Jodi Picoult]], American author and educator * 1966 – [[Polly Walker]], English actress *[[1967]] – [[Alexia (Italian singer)|Alexia]], Italian singer * 1967 – [[Geraldine Somerville]], Irish-born English actress *[[1968]] – [[Kyle Eastwood]], American actor and bass player *[[1970]] – [[Stuart Cable]], Welsh drummer (d. 2010) * 1970 – [[K. J. Choi]], South Korean golfer * 1970 – [[Regina Narva]], Estonian chess player * 1970 – [[Nia Zulkarnaen]], Indonesian actress, singer and producer *[[1971]] – [[Ross Katz]], American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1971 – [[Andres Salumets]], Estonian biologist, biochemist, and educator *[[1972]] – [[Jenny Berggren]], Swedish singer-songwriter * 1972 – [[Claudia Karvan]], Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter *[[1973]] – [[Dario Franchitti]], Scottish race car driver *[[1974]] – [[Andrew Johns]], Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster * 1974 – [[Emma Shapplin]], French soprano * 1974 – [[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]], Indian actor *[[1975]] – [[Pretinha]], Brazilian footballer * 1975 – [[London Fletcher]], American football player * 1975 – [[Josh Paul]], American baseball player and manager * 1975 – [[Jonas Renkse]], Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer *[[1976]] – [[Ed Cota]], American basketball player * 1976 – [[Kevin Garnett]], American basketball player *[[1977]] – [[Manuel Almunia]], Spanish footballer * 1977 – [[Wouter Hamel]], Dutch singer and guitarist * 1977 – [[Brandon Inge]], American baseball player * 1977 – [[Natalia Oreiro]], Uruguayan singer-songwriter and actress *[[1978]] – [[Marcus Bent]], English footballer * 1978 – [[Dave Bus]], Dutch footballer *[[1979]] – [[Andrea Pirlo]], Italian footballer * 1979 – [[Diego Forlán]], Uruguayan footballer * 1979 – [[Shooter Jennings]], American country singer, songwriter<ref>{{Cite web|last=Edwards|first=Clayton|date=2021-05-19|title=Happy Birthday Shooter Jennings: Singer, Songwriter, and Son of Outlaw Legends|url=https://outsider.com/news/country-music/happy-birthday-shooter-jennings-singer-songwriter-son-outlaw-legends/|access-date=2021-07-04|website=Outsider|language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Tony Hackworth]], English footballer *[[1981]] – [[Luciano Figueroa]], Argentinian footballer * 1981 – [[Yo Gotti]], American rapper * 1981 – [[Michael Leighton]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1981 – [[Sina Schielke]], German sprinter * 1981 – [[Klaas-Erik Zwering]], Dutch swimmer *[[1982]] – [[Kevin Amankwaah]], English footballer * 1982 – [[Pål Steffen Andresen]], Norwegian footballer * 1982 – [[Klaas Vantornout]], Belgian cyclist *[[1983]] – [[Michael Che]], American comedian * 1983 – [[Jessica Fox (actress)|Jessica Fox]], English actress *[[1984]] – [[Marcedes Lewis]], American football player *[[1985]] – [[Malakai Black]], Dutch professional wrestler *[[1986]] – [[Mario Chalmers]], American basketball player *[[1987]] – [[Michael Angelakos]], American singer-songwriter and producer * 1987 – [[David Edgar (footballer)|David Edgar]], Canadian soccer player * 1987 – [[Mariano Torres]], Argentinian footballer *[[1991]] – [[Jordan Pruitt]], American singer-songwriter *[[1992]] – [[Michele Camporese]], Italian footballer * 1992 – [[Ola John]], Dutch footballer * 1992 – [[Felise Kaufusi]], New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player * 1992 – [[Evgeny Kuznetsov]], Russian ice hockey player * 1992 – [[Marshmello]], American electronic music producer and DJ<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/marshmello-mn0001374210/biography |title=Marshmello – Biography & History |last=Collar |first=Matt |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=May 19, 2019}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Sam Smith (singer)|Sam Smith]], English singer-songwriter * 1992 – [[Heather Watson]], British tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heather Watson {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/316981/heather-watson |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Lainey Wilson]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.biography.com/musicians/a46027447/lainey-wilson |title=Lainey Wilson: Biography, Country Singer, 2025 Grammy Nominee |website=Biography |date=February 1, 2025 |access-date=April 30, 2025}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Carlos Guzmán]], Mexican footballer *[[1995]] – [[Taane Milne]], New Zealand rugby league player *[[1996]] – [[Michael Carcone]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Carcone Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Salary, Title |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/c/carcomi01.html |website=hockey-reference.com |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Elizabeth Mandlik]], American tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elizabeth Mandlik {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/326379/elizabeth-mandlik |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Riccardo Calafiori]], Italian footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Happy birthday Riccardo Calafiori! |url=https://www.asroma.com/en/news/60976/happy-birthday-riccardo-calafiori |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=www.asroma.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[JoJo Siwa|Jojo Siwa]], American dancer, singer, actress, and YouTube personality<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 20, 2021|title=JoJo Siwa's Girlfriend Kylie Prew Celebrates Her Birthday With Sweet Message to Her "Soulmate"|url=https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1271606/jojo-siwas-girlfriend-kylie-prew-celebrates-her-birthday-with-sweet-message-to-her-soulmate|access-date=June 8, 2021|website=E! Online}}</ref> <!--Please do not add yourself, 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=== * [[804]] – [[Alcuin]], English monk and scholar (b. 735) * [[956]] – [[Robert (archbishop of Trier)|Robert]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier|Trier]] * [[988]] – [[Dunstan]], English archbishop and saint (b. 909) *[[1102]] – [[Stephen, Count of Blois]] (b. 1045) *[[1125]] – [[Vladimir II Monomakh]], [[Grand Duke]] of [[Kyiv]] *[[1164]] – [[Saint Bashnouna]], [[Egypt]]ian [[saint]] and [[martyr]] *[[1218]] – [[Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor]] *[[1296]] – [[Pope Celestine V]] (b. 1215) *[[1303]] – Saint [[Ivo of Kermartin]], French canon lawyer (b. 1253) *[[1319]] – [[Louis, Count of Évreux]] (b. 1276) *[[1389]] – [[Dmitry Donskoy]], Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350) *[[1396]] – [[John I of Aragon]] (b. 1350)<ref>Joseph F. O'Callaghan, ''A History of Medieval Spain'', (Cornell University Press, 1975), 682.</ref> *[[1526]] – [[Emperor Go-Kashiwabara]] of Japan (b. 1464) *[[1531]] – [[Jan Łaski (1456–1531)|Jan Łaski]], Polish archbishop and diplomat (b. 1456) *[[1536]] – [[Anne Boleyn]], Queen of England (1533–1536); second wife of [[Henry VIII of England]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Anne Boleyn |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/anne-boleyn-2nd-wife-of-henry-viii |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=8 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1601]] – [[Costanzo Porta]], Italian composer (b. 1528) *[[1609]] – [[García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete]] (b. 1535) *[[1610]] – [[Thomas Sanchez]], Spanish priest and theologian (b. 1550) *[[1623]] – [[Mariam-uz-Zamani]], Empress of the Mughal Empire (b. 1542) *[[1637]] – [[Isaac Beeckman]], Dutch scientist and philosopher (b. 1588) *[[1715]] – [[Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax]], English poet and politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (b. 1661) *[[1777]] – [[Button Gwinnett]], British-born American politician and signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]] (b. 1735)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Deaton |first=Stan |date=August 1, 2019 |orig-date=January 23, 2004 |title=Button Gwinnett |url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/button-gwinnett-1735-1777/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250220143428/https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/button-gwinnett-1735-1777/ |archive-date=February 20, 2025 |access-date=March 27, 2025 |website=[[New Georgia Encyclopedia]]}}</ref> *[[1786]] – [[John Stanley (composer)|John Stanley]], English organist and composer (b. 1712) *[[1795]] – [[Josiah Bartlett]], American physician and politician, 4th [[Governor of New Hampshire]] (b. 1729) * 1795 – [[James Boswell]], Scottish biographer (b. 1740) *[[1798]] – [[William Byron, 5th Baron Byron]], English lieutenant and politician (b. 1722) *[[1821]] – [[Camille Jordan (politician)|Camille Jordan]], French lawyer and politician (b. 1771) *[[1825]] – [[Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon]], French philosopher and theorist (b. 1760) *[[1831]] – [[Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz]], Estonian-German physician, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1793) *[[1864]] – [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]], American novelist and short story writer (b. 1804) *[[1865]] – [[Sengge Rinchen]], Mongolian general (b. 1811) *[[1872]] – [[John Baker (Australian politician)|John Baker]], English-Australian politician, 2nd [[Premier of South Australia]] (b. 1813) *[[1876]] – [[Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer]], Dutch historian and politician (b. 1801) *[[1885]] – [[Peter W. Barlow]], English engineer (b. 1809) *[[1895]] – [[José Martí]], Cuban journalist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1853) *[[1898]] – [[William Ewart Gladstone]], English lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1809) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Marthinus Wessel Pretorius]], South African general and politician, 1st [[List of Presidents of the South African Republic|President of the South African Republic]] (b. 1819) *[[1903]] – [[Arthur Shrewsbury]], English cricketer (b. 1856) *[[1904]] – [[Auguste Molinier]], French librarian and historian (b. 1851) * 1904 – [[Jamsetji Tata]], Indian businessman, founded [[Tata Group]] (b. 1839)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lala |first1=Russi M. |title=For the Love of India: The Life and Times of Jamsetji Tata |date=2006 |publisher=Penguin Books India |location=New Delhi |isbn=9780143062066 |page=209}}</ref> *[[1906]] – [[Gabriel Dumont (Métis leader)|Gabriel Dumont]], Canadian [[Métis people (Canada)|Métis]] leader (b. 1837) *[[1907]] – [[Benjamin Baker (engineer)|Benjamin Baker]], English engineer, designed the [[Forth Bridge]] (b. 1840) *[[1912]] – [[Bolesław Prus]], Polish journalist and author (b. 1847) *[[1915]] – [[John Simpson Kirkpatrick]], English-Australian soldier (b. 1892) *[[1918]] – [[Gervais Raoul Lufbery]], French-American soldier and pilot (b. 1885) *[[1935]] – [[T. E. Lawrence]], British colonel and archaeologist (b. 1888) *[[1936]] – [[Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall]], British Islamic scholar (b. 1875) *[[1939]] – [[Ahmet Ağaoğlu]], Azerbaijani-Turkish journalist and publicist (b. 1869) *[[1943]] – [[Kristjan Raud]], Estonian painter and illustrator (b. 1865) *[[1945]] – [[Philipp Bouhler]], German soldier and politician (b. 1889) *[[1946]] – [[Booth Tarkington]], American novelist and dramatist (b. 1869) *[[1950]] – [[Daniel Ciugureanu]], Romanian physician and politician, [[Prime Minister of Moldova]] (b. 1884) *[[1954]] – [[Charles Ives]], American composer and educator (b. 1874) *[[1958]] – [[Jadunath Sarkar]], Indian historian (b. 1870) *[[1958]] – [[Archie Scott Brown]], Scottish race car driver (b. 1927) * 1958 – [[Ronald Colman]], English actor (b. 1891) *[[1963]] – [[Walter Russell]], American painter, sculptor, and author (b. 1871) *[[1962]] – [[Gabriele Münter]], German painter (b. 1877)<ref>{{cite book|first=Werner|last=Haftmann|title=Painting In The Twentieth Century|location=London|publisher=Praeger Publishers|year=1966|page=409|isbn=978-0-27588-730-8}}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[Coleman Hawkins]], American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1901) *[[1971]] – [[Ogden Nash]], American poet (b. 1902) *[[1978]] – [[Albert Kivikas]], Estonian-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1898) *[[1980]] – [[Joseph Schull]], Canadian playwright and historian (b. 1906) *[[1983]] – [[Jean Rey (politician)|Jean Rey]], Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd [[President of the European Commission]] (b. 1902) *[[1984]] – [[John Betjeman]], English poet and academic (b. 1906) *[[1985]] – [[Maqbular Rahman Sarkar]], Bangladeshi academic (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sadullapur.gaibandha.gov.bd/site/page/2d14761e-18fd-11e7-9461-286ed488c766/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%20%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC|title=সাদুল্লাপুর উপজেলা, প্রখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব|website=[[Bangladesh National Portal]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200822045101/http://sadullapur.gaibandha.gov.bd/site/page/2d14761e-18fd-11e7-9461-286ed488c766/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%20%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC|archive-date=22 August 2020|access-date=22 August 2020|language=bn}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Jimmy Lyons]], American saxophonist (b. 1931) *[[1987]] – [[James Tiptree, Jr.]], American psychologist and author (b. 1915) *[[1989]] – [[Yiannis Papaioannou]], Greek composer and educator (b. 1910) *[[1994]] – [[Jacques Ellul]], French sociologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1912) * 1994 – [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]], American journalist, 37th [[First Lady of the United States]] (b. 1929) * 1994 – [[Luis Ocaña]], Spanish cyclist (b. 1945) *[[1996]] – [[John Beradino]], American baseball player and actor (b. 1917) *[[1998]] – [[Sōsuke Uno]], Japanese soldier and politician, 75th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. 1922) *[[2001]] – [[Alexey Maresyev]], Russian soldier and pilot (b. 1916) * 2001 – [[Susannah McCorkle]], American singer (b. 1946) *[[2002]] – [[John Gorton]], Australian lieutenant and politician, 19th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. 1911) * 2002 – [[Walter Lord]], American historian and author (b. 1917) *[[2004]] – [[Mary Dresselhuys]], Dutch actress and screenwriter (b. 1907) *[[2007]] – [[Bernard Blaut]], Polish footballer and coach (b. 1940) * 2007 – [[Dean Eyre]], New Zealand politician (b. 1914) *[[2008]] – [[Vijay Tendulkar]], Indian playwright and screenwriter (b. 1928) *[[2009]] – [[Robert F. Furchgott]], American biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1916) * 2009 – [[Nicholas Maw]], English composer and academic (b. 1935) *[[2009]] – [[Clint Smith]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1913) *[[2011]] – [[Garret FitzGerald]], Irish lawyer and politician, 8th [[Taoiseach|Taoiseach of Ireland]] (b. 1926) * 2011 – [[Jeffrey Catherine Jones]], American artist (b. 1944) *[[2012]] – [[Bob Boozer]], American basketball player (b. 1937) * 2012 – [[Tamara Brooks]], American conductor and educator (b. 1941) * 2012 – [[Ian Burgess]], English race car driver (b. 1930) * 2012 – [[Gerhard Hetz]], German-Mexican swimmer (b. 1942) * 2012 – [[Phil Lamason]], New Zealand soldier and pilot (b. 1918) *[[2013]] – [[G. Sarsfield Ford]], American lawyer and jurist (b. 1933) * 2013 – [[Robin Harrison (pianist)|Robin Harrison]], English-Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1932) * 2013 – [[Neil Reynolds]], Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1940) *[[2014]] – [[Simon Andrews (motorcycle racer)|Simon Andrews]], English motorcycle racer (b. 1982) * 2014 – [[Jack Brabham]], Australian race car driver (b. 1926) * 2014 – [[Sam Greenlee]], American author and poet (b. 1930) * 2014 – [[Vincent Harding]], American historian and scholar (b. 1931) * 2014 – [[Gabriel Kolko]], American historian and author (b. 1932) * 2014 – [[Zbigniew Pietrzykowski]], Polish boxer (b. 1934) *[[2015]] – [[Bruce Lundvall]], American businessman (b. 1935) * 2015 – [[Ted McWhinney]], Australian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1924) * 2015 – [[Happy Rockefeller]], American philanthropist, socialite; 31st [[Second Lady of the United States]] (b. 1926) * 2015 – [[Robert S. Wistrich]], English historian, author, and academic (b. 1945) *[[2016]] – [[Alan Young]], English-born Canadian-American actor (b. 1919) * 2016 – [[Morley Safer]], Canadian-born American journalist (b. 1931) *[[2017]] – [[Nawshirwan Mustafa]], General coordinator of the [[Movement for Change]] (Gorran) (b. 1944) * 2017 – [[Stanislav Petrov]], Lt. Colonel in [[Soviet Air Defence Forces]] (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Myre |first1=Greg |title=Stanislav Petrov, 'The Man Who Saved The World,' Dies At 77 |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/18/551792129/stanislav-petrov-the-man-who-saved-the-world-dies-at-77 |access-date=October 27, 2020 |publisher=NPR |date=September 18, 2017 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Zhengzhang Shangfang]], Chinese linguist (b. 1933) *[[2021]] – [[Paul Mooney (comedian)|Paul Mooney]], American comedian (b. 1941)<ref>{{Cite web|author=Marianne Garvey|title=Paul Mooney, actor and comedian, has died|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/19/entertainment/paul-mooney-obit/index.html|access-date=2021-05-21|website=CNN|date=19 May 2021 }}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Andy Rourke]], English bassist (b. 1964)<ref name="Marshall 2023">{{cite news |last1=Marshall |first1=Alex |date=19 May 2023 |title=Andy Rourke, Bassist for the Smiths, Dies at 59 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/arts/music/andy-rourke-the-smiths-dead.html |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Christian Malanga]], Congolese politician, businessman and military officer (b. 1983)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Princewill |first=Nimi |date=2024-05-20 |title=Americans involved in foiled deadly coup, DR Congo military says |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/20/africa/americans-involved-in-drc-foiled-deadly-coup-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash|Victims in the 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash]]:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iran helicopter crash: What we know about how Ebrahim Raisi died |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nnd23d505o |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=www.bbc.com |date=20 May 2024 |language=en-GB}}</ref> ** [[Hossein Amir-Abdollahian]], Iranian politician (b. 1964) ** [[Ebrahim Raisi]], 8th President of Iran (b. 1960) <!--Do not add your own name or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not trust "this year in history" websites fote information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.--> ==Holidays and observances== * Christian [[feast day]]: ** [[Calocerus]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church]]) ** [[Crispin of Viterbo]] ** [[Dunstan]] ([[Roman Catholic Church]], [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]; commemoration, [[Anglicanism]]) ** [[Ivo of Kermartin]] ** [[Joaquina Vedruna de Mas]] ** [[Maria Bernarda Bütler]] ** [[Pope Celestine V|Peter Celestine]] ** [[Pudentiana]] ([[Roman Catholic Church]], [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]) ** [[May 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] * [[Greek genocide#Political recognition|Pontian Greek Genocide Remembrance Day]] (Greece)<ref>{{Cite web |date=1998 |title=Η 19η Μαΐου, καθιερώνεται ως ημέρα μνήμης της γενοκτονίας των Ελλήνων του Πόντου |url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wG2VoOPmnoFKHdtvSoClrL8EhFB1EBb5qvtIl9LGdkF53UIxsx942CdyqxSQYNuqAGCF0IfB9HI6qSYtMQEkEHLwnFqmgJSA5UkHEKavWyL4FoKqSe4BlOTSpEWYhszF8P8UqWb_zFijBzUbULkCtz17uu3hfDg79-6rYFCqPQcdSrigxEsoine |website=Government Gazette of the Hellenic Republic}}</ref> * [[Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day]] ([[Turkey]], [[Northern Cyprus]]) * [[Remembrance Day (Sri Lanka)]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=National War Heroes' Day commemoration event gets underway |url=https://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=90659 |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=www.adaderana.lk |language=en}}</ref> * [[Ho Chi Minh|Hồ Chí Minh's Birthday]] ([[Vietnam]]) * [[Malcolm X Day]] (United States of America) * [[AIDS.gov|National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day]] (United States) * [[Hepatitis Testing Day]] (United States) * [[Mother's Day]] ([[Kyrgyzstan]]) == References == {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/19 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=5|day=19}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/may/19 Historical Events on May 19] {{months}} [[Category:Days of May]]
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