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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[325]] &ndash; The [[First Council of Nicaea]] is formally opened, starting the first [[ecumenical council]] of the Christian Church.<ref>{{cite book|last=von Hefele|first=Charles Joseph|title=A History of the Councils of the Church From the Original Documents. Vol. 1: To the Close of the Council of Nicea, A.D. 325|translator-last=Clark|translator-first=William R.|editor-last=Clark|editor-first=William R.|location=Eugene, Ore.|publisher=Wipf & Stock|date=2007|isbn=9781556352478|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6_VJAwAAQBAJ|page=275}}</ref>
* [[491]] &ndash; Empress [[Ariadne (empress)|Ariadne]] marries [[Anastasius I Dicorus|Anastasius I]]. The widowed ''[[Augusta (honorific)|Augusta]]'' is able to choose her successor for the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] throne, after [[Zeno (emperor)|Zeno]] (late emperor) dies of [[dysentery]].
* [[685]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Dun Nechtain]] is fought between a [[Picts|Pictish]] army under King [[Bridei III]] and the invading [[Northumbrians]] under King [[Ecgfrith of Northumbria|Ecgfrith]], who are decisively defeated.
* [[794]] &ndash; While visiting the royal [[Mercia]]n court at [[Sutton Walls Hill Fort|Sutton Walls]] with a view to marrying princess [[Ælfthryth of Crowland|Ælfthryth]], King [[Æthelberht II of East Anglia]] is taken captive and [[Decapitation|beheaded]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Tavinor|first=Michael|title=Shrines of the Saints in England and Wales|location=Norwich, UK|publisher=Canterbury Press|date=2016|isbn=9781848258426|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SJLBCwAAQBAJ|page=156}}</ref>
*[[1217]] &ndash; The [[Second Battle of Lincoln]] is fought near [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]], England, resulting in the defeat of [[Louis VIII of France|Prince Louis of France]] by [[William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke]].
*[[1293]] &ndash; King [[Sancho IV of Castile]] creates the [[Estudio de Escuelas de Generales]] in [[Alcalá de Henares]].
*[[1426]] &ndash; King [[Mohnyin Thado]] formally ascends to the [[Kingdom of Ava|throne of Ava]].<ref group=note>(Aung-Thwin 2017: 84) and (Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 62): Full moon of Nayon 788 ME = 20 May 1426</ref>
*[[1449]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Alfarrobeira]] is fought, establishing the [[House of Braganza]] as a principal royal family of Portugal.
*[[1497]] &ndash; [[John Cabot]] sets sail from [[Bristol]], England, on his ship {{Ship||Matthew|1497 ship|2}} looking for a route to the west (other documents give a [[May 2]] date).
*[[1498]] &ndash; Portuguese explorer [[Vasco da Gama]] [[Discovery of the sea route to India|discovers the sea route to India]] when he arrives at [[Kozhikode]] (previously known as Calicut), India.<ref>{{cite book|last=Datta|first=Nonica|title=Indian History: Ancient and Medieval|location=New Delhi|publisher=Popular Prakashan, Mumbai|date=2003|isbn=9788179910672|page=129}}</ref>
*[[1520]] &ndash; [[Hernan Cortés]] [[Battle of Cempoala|defeats]] [[Pánfilo de Narváez]], sent by Spain to punish him for insubordination.<ref>{{cite book|first=Clifton|last=Daniel|title=Chronicle of America|publisher=Chronicle publication|year=1989|page=24|isbn=0-13-133745-9}}</ref> 
*[[1521]] &ndash; [[Ignatius of Loyola]] is seriously wounded in the [[Battle of Pampeluna]].
*[[1570]] &ndash; [[Cartography|Cartographer]] [[Abraham Ortelius]] issues ''[[Theatrum Orbis Terrarum]]'', the first modern [[atlas]].
===1601–1900===
*[[1609]] &ndash; [[Shakespeare's sonnets]] are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher [[Thomas Thorpe]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Duncan-Jones|editor-first=Katherine|chapter=Introduction|title=Shakespeare's Sonnets|location=London|publisher=Methuen Drama|date=2010|isbn=9781408143551|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aj4ZbLHM4qIC|pages=34–36}}</ref>
*[[1631]] &ndash; The city of [[Magdeburg]] in Germany is seized by forces of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] and most of its inhabitants [[Sack of Magdeburg|massacred]], in one of the bloodiest incidents of the [[Thirty Years' War]].
*[[1645]] &ndash; [[Yangzhou massacre]]: The ten day massacre of the residents of the city of [[Yangzhou]], part of the [[Transition from Ming to Qing]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Porter|first=Jonathan|title=Imperial China, 1350-1900|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|date=2016|isbn=9781442222915|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MAFiCwAAQBAJ|pages=123–124}}</ref>
*[[1714]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] leads the first performance of his cantata for Pentecost, [[Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten! BWV 172|''Erschallet, ihr Lieder'', BWV 172]], at the chapel of [[Schloss Weimar]].<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Dürr | first1 = Alfred | author-link = Alfred Dürr | last2 = Jones | first2 = Richard D. P. | author2-link = Richard D. P. Jones | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=m9JuwslMcq4C&pg=PA346 | chapter = Erschallet, ihr Lieder, BWV 172 | title = The Cantatas of J. S. Bach: With Their Librettos in German-English Parallel Text | publisher = [[Oxford University Press]] | date = 2006 | isbn = 978-0-19-929776-4 }}</ref>
*[[1741]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Cartagena de Indias]] ends in a [[Spanish Navy|Spanish]] victory and the [[Royal Navy|British]] begin [[Withdrawal (military)|withdrawal]] towards [[Jamaica]] with substantial [[Casualty (person)|losses]]. 
*[[1775]] &ndash; The [[Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence]] is allegedly signed in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]].
*[[1802]] &ndash; By the [[Law of 20 May 1802]], [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] reinstates [[slavery]] in the [[French colonial empire|French colonies]], revoking its abolition in the [[French Revolution]].
*[[1813]] &ndash; Napoleon Bonaparte leads his French troops into the [[Battle of Bautzen (1813)|Battle of Bautzen]] in [[Saxony]], Germany, against the combined armies of Russia and [[Prussia]]. The battle ends the next day with a French victory.
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The state of [[Kentucky]] proclaims its [[Country neutrality (international relations)|neutrality]], which will last until [[September 3]] when [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces enter the state.
*  1861   &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The State of North Carolina secedes from the Union.
*[[1862]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Abraham Lincoln]] signs the [[Homestead Act of 1862|Homestead Act]] into law, opening {{convert|84|e6acre|spell=in}} of public land to settlers.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rodriguez|first=Alicia C.|chapter=Homestead Act|title=The Louisiana Purchase: A Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia|editor-last=Rodriguez|editor-first=Junius P.|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2002|isbn=9781576071885|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qs7GAwwdzyQC|page=142}}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; American Civil War: [[Battle of Ware Bottom Church]]: In the [[Virginia]] [[Bermuda Hundred campaign]], 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Levi Strauss]] and [[Jacob W. Davis|Jacob Davis]] receive a U.S. [[patent]] for blue [[jeans]] with [[copper]] rivets.<ref>{{cite book|last=Mogahzy|first=Yehia El|title=Engineering Textiles: Integrating the Design and Manufacture of Textile Products|location=Cambridge, UK|publisher=Woodhead Publishing|date=2009|isbn=9781845690489|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B7GjAgAAQBAJ|page=354}}</ref>
*[[1875]] &ndash; Signing of the [[Metre Convention]] by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the [[International System of Units]].
*[[1882]] &ndash; The [[Triple Alliance (1882)|Triple Alliance]] between the German Empire, [[Austria-Hungary]] and the [[Kingdom of Italy]] is formed.
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Krakatoa]] [[1883 eruption of Krakatoa|begins to erupt]]; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[History of film|History of cinema]]: The first public display of [[Thomas Edison]]'s prototype [[kinetoscope]].

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Cuba]] gains independence from the United States. [[Tomás Estrada Palma]] becomes the country's first President.
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Jeddah (1927)|Treaty of Jeddah]]: The United Kingdom recognizes the [[sovereignty]] of King [[Ibn Saud]] in the Kingdoms of [[Hejaz]] and [[Najd|Nejd]], which later merge to become the Kingdom of [[Saudi Arabia]].
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Charles Lindbergh]] takes off for Paris from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, N.Y., aboard the [[Spirit of St. Louis]] on the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, landing {{frac|33|1|2}} hours later.<ref>{{cite web| title = Charles Lindbergh: An American Aviator | url=http://www.charleslindbergh.com/ | website = www.charleslindbergh.com/ | access-date = 19 May 2022}}</ref> 
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Amelia Earhart]] takes off from [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: The first prisoners arrive at a [[Auschwitz concentration camp|new concentration camp at Auschwitz]].
*[[1941]] &ndash; World War II: [[Battle of Crete]]: [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[Fallschirmjäger (World War II)|paratroops]] invade [[Crete]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; The [[Luttra Woman]], a [[bog body]] from the Early [[Neolithic]] period ([[Radiocarbon dating|radiocarbon-dated]] {{circa|3928–3651 BC}}),<ref>{{cite journal |title=Early Neolithic human bog finds from Falbygden, western Sweden: New isotopic, osteological and histological investigations |first1=Karl-Göran |last1=Sjögren |first2=Torbjörn |last2=Ahlström |first3=Malou |last3=Blank |first4=T. Douglas |last4=Price |first5=Karin Margarita |last5=Frei |journal=Journal of Neolithic Archaeology |issue=19 |date=2017 |pages=101 |doi=10.12766/jna.2017.4 |doi-access=free |issn=2197-649X |publisher=Institute of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology at [[Kiel University]] |location=Germany}}</ref> was discovered near [[Luttra]], Sweden.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.falkoping.se/falbygdens-museum/upptack-falbygden/historien-om-hallonflickan |title=Historien om Hallonflickan |trans-title=Story of the Raspberry Girl |lang=sv |access-date=2023-01-23 |first=Cecilia |last=Jensen |publisher=Falbygdens Museum |date=2021 |archive-date=26 August 2022 |location=[[Falköping]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826223842/https://www.falkoping.se/falbygdens-museum/upptack-falbygden/historien-om-hallonflickan |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; Generalissimo [[Chiang Kai-shek]] wins the [[1948 Chinese presidential election|1948 Republic of China presidential election]] and is sworn in as the first [[President of the Republic of China]] at [[Nanjing]].
*[[1949]] &ndash; In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the [[National Security Agency]], is established.
*[[1956]] &ndash; In [[Operation Redwing]], the first United States airborne [[hydrogen bomb]] is dropped over [[Bikini Atoll]] in the Pacific Ocean.
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Capital Airlines Flight 300]] collides in mid-air with a [[United States Air Force]] [[Lockheed T-33]] over [[Brunswick, Maryland]], killing 12.<ref name="stpttm">{{cite news |date=21 May 1958 |title=AF jet, airliner collide; 12 killed |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=99INAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RHYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4935%2C5591 |work=St. Petersburg Times |location=(Florida) |page=1 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation|Discovery]] of the [[cosmic microwave background radiation]] by [[Robert Woodrow Wilson]] and [[Arno Penzias]].
*[[1965]] &ndash; One hundred twenty-one people are killed when [[Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705]] crashes at [[Cairo International Airport]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 720-040B AP-AMH Cairo International Airport (CAI)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19650520-0|access-date=2022-02-19|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; The [[Popular Movement of the Revolution]] [[political party]] is established in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].
*[[1969]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Hamburger Hill]] in [[Vietnam]] ends.
*[[1971]] &ndash; In the [[Chuknagar massacre]], Pakistani forces massacre thousands, mostly Bengali Hindus.
*[[1980]] &ndash; In a [[1980 Quebec referendum|referendum]] in Quebec, the population rejects, with 60% of the vote, a government proposal to move towards independence from Canada.
*[[1983]] &ndash; First publications of the discovery of the [[HIV]] [[virus]] that causes [[AIDS]] in the journal ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]'' by a team of French scientists including [[Françoise Barré-Sinoussi]], [[Jean-Claude Chermann]], and [[Luc Montagnier]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Barré-Sinoussi|first1=F.|last2=Chermann|first2=J. C.|last3=Rey|first3=F.|last4=Nugeyre|first4=M. T.|last5=Chamaret|first5=S.|last6=Gruest|first6=J.|last7=Dauguet|first7=C.|last8=Axler-Blin|first8=C.|last9=Vézinet-Brun|first9=F.|last10=Rouzioux|first10=C.|last11=Rozenbaum|first11=W.|last12=Montagnier|first12=L.|title=Isolation of a T-lymphotropic retrovirus from a patient at risk for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) |journal=Science |volume=220 |issue=4599 |pages=868–871 |year=1983 |pmid=6189183 |doi=10.1126/science.6189183 |bibcode=1983Sci...220..868B}}</ref>
* 1983 &ndash; [[Church Street, Pretoria bombing|Church Street bombing]]: A car bomb planted by [[UMkhonto we Sizwe]] explodes on Church Street in South Africa's capital, [[Pretoria]], killing 19 people and injuring 217 others.
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Radio Martí]], part of the [[Voice of America]] service, begins broadcasting to [[Cuba]].
*[[1989]] &ndash; The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-[[democracy]] demonstrations, setting the scene for the [[Tiananmen Square massacre]].
*[[1990]] &ndash; The first post-[[communism|Communist]] presidential and parliamentary elections are held in [[Romania]].
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[LGBT rights in the United States|Civil rights]]: The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] rules in ''[[Romer v. Evans]]'' against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of [[Colorado]] from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of [[Homosexuality|gays and lesbians]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Hudson|first=David L.|title=Equal Protection: Documents Decoded|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2018|isbn=9781440858048|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nxVbDwAAQBAJ|page=179}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; The independence of [[East Timor]] is recognized by Portugal, formally ending 23 years of [[Indonesia]]n rule and three years of provisional UN administration (Portugal itself is the former [[Portuguese Empire|colonizer]] of East Timor until 1976).
*[[2009]] &ndash; An [[Indonesian Air Force]] [[Lockheed L-100 Hercules]] [[2009 Indonesian Air Force L-100 crash|crashes]] in [[Magetan Regency]], killing 99.<ref name="98killed">{{cite news |date=2009-05-20 |title=Indonesia says 98 killed in military plane crash |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE54J0WC20090520 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523110353/https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE54J0WC20090520 |archivedate=23 May 2009 |accessdate=2009-05-20 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Mamata Banerjee]] is sworn in as the [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]], the first woman to hold this post.<ref name="BBC20110520">{{cite news |title=Mamata Banerjee sworn in as West Bengal chief minister |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-13465915 |access-date=3 January 2021 |work=BBC News |date=20 May 2011}}</ref> 
*[[2012]] &ndash; At least 27 people are killed and 50 others injured when a [[2012 Northern Italy earthquakes|6.0-magnitude earthquake]] strikes northern Italy.
*[[2013]] &ndash; An [[Enhanced Fujita scale|EF5]] [[2013 Moore tornado|tornado]] strikes the [[Oklahoma City]] suburb of [[Moore, Oklahoma|Moore]], killing 24 people and injuring 377 others.
*[[2016]] &ndash; The government of [[Singapore]] authorised the controversial [[Capital punishment|execution]] of convicted murderer [[Kho Jabing]] for the murder of a Chinese construction worker despite the international pleas for clemency, notably from [[Amnesty International]] and the [[United Nations]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 May 2016|title=Kho Jabing hanged after bid to defer execution fails, lawyers receive ticking-off from court|url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/kho-jabing-hanged-after-bid-defer-execution-fails-lawyers-receive-ticking-court?cid=h3_referral_inarticlelinks_03092019_todayonline|website=Today Singapore|access-date=10 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=18 May 2016|url=https://theindependent.sg/un-calls-on-the-singapore-government-to-halt-the-execution-of-kho-jabing/|title=UN calls on the Singapore Government to halt the execution of Kho Jabing|website=The Independent|access-date=10 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Amnesty urges Singapore to grant Malaysian man clemency|date=2015-11-06|url=https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/amnesty-urges-singapore-grant-malaysian-man-clemency|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023133453/http://www.asiaone.com/singapore/amnesty-urges-singapore-grant-malaysian-man-clemency|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 23, 2017|website=AsiaOne|access-date=10 March 2021}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; The [[International System of Units]] (SI): The base units are redefined, making the [[International Prototype of the Kilogram|international prototype of the kilogram]] obsolete.
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Russo-Ukrainian War]]: Russia claims full control of the Ukrainian city of [[Mariupol]] after a nearly [[Siege of Mariupol|three-month siege]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Russia claims to have taken full control of Mariupol|url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-prisoners-of-war-71d0dfb842caaaad30b92671637c1f3b|author1=Becatoros, Elena|author2=Oleksandr Stashevskyi|author3=Ciaran McQuillan|website=APNews.com|date=May 20, 2022|access-date=June 8, 2022}}</ref>

==Births==
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===Pre-1600===
*[[1315]] &ndash; [[Bonne of Luxembourg]], first wife of [[John II of France]] (d. 1349)
*[[1470]] &ndash; [[Pietro Bembo]], Italian cardinal, poet, and scholar (d. 1547)
*[[1505]] &ndash; [[Levinus Lemnius]], Dutch writer (d. 1568)
*[[1531]] &ndash; [[Thado Minsaw of Ava]], Viceroy of Ava (d. 1584)
*[[1537]] &ndash; [[Hieronymus Fabricius]], Italian anatomist (d. 1619)
*[[1575]] &ndash; [[Robert Heath]], English judge and politician (d. 1649)
===1601–1900===
*[[1664]] &ndash; [[Andreas Schlüter]], German sculptor and architect (d. 1714)
*[[1726]] &ndash; [[Francis Cotes]], English painter and academic (d. 1770)
*[[1759]] &ndash; [[William Thornton]], Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the [[United States Capitol]] (d. 1828)
*[[1769]] &ndash; [[Andreas Vokos Miaoulis]], Greek admiral and politician (d. 1835)
*[[1772]] &ndash; [[Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet]], English inventor and politician, developed [[Congreve rockets]] (d. 1828)
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[Simon Fraser (explorer)|Simon Fraser]], American-Canadian fur trader and explorer (d. 1862)
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Pedro María de Anaya]], Mexican soldier. President (1847–1848) (d. 1854)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/10068/Pedro%20Maria%20Anaya|title=Pedro María Anaya|publisher=Busca Biografias|language=es|access-date=May 27, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Honoré de Balzac]], French novelist and playwright (d. 1850)
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[John Stuart Mill]], English economist, civil servant, and philosopher (d. 1873)
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Alfred Domett]], English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (d. 1887)
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[William Fargo]], American businessman and politician, co-founded [[Wells Fargo]] and [[American Express]] (d. 1881)
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Frédéric Passy]], French economist and academic, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1912)
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Cadmus M. Wilcox]], [[Confederate States Army]] general (d. 1890)
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[Antoinette Brown Blackwell]], the first woman to be ordained as a mainstream Protestant minister in the U.S. (d. 1921)
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Hector Malot]], French author (d. 1907)
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[Jules Méline]], French lawyer and politician, 65th [[Prime Minister of France]] (d. 1925)
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Emile Berliner]], German-American inventor, invented the [[Gramophone record]] (d. 1929)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[George Prendergast]], Australian politician, 28th [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 1937)
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Henri-Edmond Cross]], French Neo-Impressionist painter (d. 1910)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Eduard Buchner]], German chemist, zymologist, and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1917)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Hendrik Offerhaus]], Dutch rower (d. 1953)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Patrick Leahy (athlete)|Pat Leahy]], Irish-American jumper (d. 1927)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Hans Meerwein]], German chemist (d. 1965)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Sigrid Undset]], Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1949)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Faisal I of Iraq]] (d. 1933)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Ali Sami Yen]], Turkish footballer and manager, founded the [[Galatasaray S.K.|Galatasaray Sports Club]] (d. 1951)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Chandrashekarendra Saraswati]], Indian guru and scholar (d. 1994)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[R. J. Mitchell]], English engineer, designed the [[Supermarine Spitfire]] and [[Supermarine S.6B]] (d. 1937)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Diego Abad de Santillán]], Spanish economist and author (d. 1983)
*  1897   &ndash; [[Malcolm Nokes]], English hammer and discus thrower (d. 1986)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Eduard Ole]], Estonian painter (d. 1995)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Aleksandr Deyneka]], Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1969)
*  1899   &ndash; [[John Marshall Harlan II]], American lawyer and jurist (d. 1971)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Sumitranandan Pant]], Indian poet and author (d. 1977)
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Max Euwe]], Dutch chess player, mathematician, and author (d. 1981)
*  1901   &ndash; [[Doris Fleeson]], American journalist (d. 1970)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Margery Allingham]], English author of detective fiction (d. 1966)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Siri]], Italian cardinal (d. 1989)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Carl Mydans]], American photographer and journalist (d. 2004)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Henry Bolte]], Australian politician, 38th [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 1990)
*  1908   &ndash; [[Louis Daquin]], French actor and director (d. 1980)
*  1908   &ndash; [[Francis Raymond Fosberg]], American botanist and author (d. 1993)
*  1908   &ndash; [[James Stewart]], American actor (d. 1997)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Gardner Fox]], American author (d. 1986)
*  1911   &ndash; [[Annie M. G. Schmidt]], Dutch author and playwright (d. 1995)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Teodoro Fernández]], Peruvian footballer (d. 1996)
*  1913   &ndash; [[William Redington Hewlett]], American engineer, co-founded [[Hewlett-Packard]] (d. 2001)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Carlos J. Gradin]], Argentine Archaeologist (d. 2002)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Identifiants et référentiels pour l'Enseignement|title=Gradín, Carlos Joaquín (1918-2002)|url=https://www.idref.fr/17058741X|access-date=2021-05-23|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Gradin|first1=Carlos J.|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1025944494|title=La región pampeana: su pasado arqueológico|last2=Oliva|first2=Fernando|date=2004|publisher=Laborde|isbn=987-9459-68-7|oclc=1025944494}} In {{Cite web|last=The Library of Congress|title=Gradin, Carlos J.|url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no92033009.html|access-date=2021-06-22|website=id.loc.gov|lccn=no92033009}}</ref>
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Peter Copley]], English actor (d. 2008)
*  1915   &ndash; [[Moshe Dayan]], Israeli general and politician, 5th [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)|Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (d. 1981)
*  1915   &ndash; [[Joff Ellen]], Australian comedian and actor (d. 1999)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Owen Chadwick]], English rugby player, historian, and academic (d. 2015)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Alexey Maresyev]], Russian soldier and pilot (d. 2001)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Ondina Valla]], Italian sprinter and hurdler (d. 2006)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Tony Cliff]], Israeli-English author and activist (d. 2000)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Guy Favreau]], Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th [[Minister of Justice (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Justice]] (d. 1967)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Alexandra Boyko]], Russian tank commander (d. 1996)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Edward B. Lewis]], American biologist, geneticist, and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2004)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[George Gobel]], American comedian (d. 1991)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[John Cruickshank]], Scottish lieutenant and banker, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient 
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Wolfgang Borchert]], German author and playwright (d. 1947)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Hal Newhouser]], American baseball player and scout (d. 1998)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Hao Wang (academic)|Hao Wang]], Chinese-American logician, philosopher, and mathematician (d. 1995)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Ted Hinton (footballer)|Ted Hinton]], Northern Irish international footballer (d. 1988)<ref>{{Hugman|9059|Ted Hinton|access-date=28 April 2020}}</ref> 
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Edith Fellows]], American actress (d. 2011)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Sam Selvon]], Trinidad-born writer (d. 1994)<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/533759/Samuel-Selvon "Samuel Selvon"], Encyclopædia Britannica., retrieved 21 May 2018</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[David Chavchavadze]], English-American [[CIA]] officer and author (d. 2014)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Zelmar Michelini]], Uruguayan journalist and politician (d. 1976)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Alexei Tupolev]], Russian engineer, designed the [[Tupolev Tu-144]] (d. 2001)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Bob Sweikert]], American race car driver (d. 1956)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Bud Grant]], American football player and coach (d. 2023)
*  1927   &ndash; [[David Hedison]], American actor (d. 2019)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Franciszek Macharski]], Polish cardinal (d. 2016)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Pedro Trebbau]], German-born Venezuelan zoologist (d. 2021)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=16 January 2021|title=Falleció Pedro Trebbau, reconocido zoólogo venezolano de origen alemán|url=https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/fallecio-pedro-trebbau-reconocido-zoologo-venezolano-de-origen-aleman/|access-date=17 January 2021|website=[[El Nacional (Venezuela)|El Nacional]]|language=es-VE}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Gilles Loiselle]], Canadian politician and diplomat, 33rd [[Minister of Finance (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Finance]] (d. 2022)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Sam Etcheverry]], American football player and coach (d. 2009)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Ken Boyer]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1982)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Louis Smith (musician)|Louis Smith]], American trumpeter (d. 2016)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Constance Towers]], American actress and singer
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[José Mujica]], Uruguayan [[guerrilla]] leader and politician, 40th [[List of Presidents of Uruguay|President of Uruguay]] (d. 2025)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Anthony Zerbe]], American actor
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Dave Hill (golfer)|Dave Hill]], American golfer (d. 2011)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Derek Lampe]], English footballer<ref>{{Hugman|11307|Derek Lampe|access-date=28 April 2020}}</ref> 
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Balu Mahendra]], Sri Lankan-Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Shorty Long]], American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1969)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Stan Mikita]], Slovak-Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (d. 2018)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Sadaharu Oh]], Japanese-Taiwanese baseball player and manager
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Goh Chok Tong]], Singaporean politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Singapore]]
*  1941   &ndash; [[John Strasberg]], American actor and teacher
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Raymond Chrétien]], Canadian lawyer and diplomat, [[List of Canadian ambassadors to the United States|Canadian Ambassador to the United States]]
*  1942   &ndash; [[Lynn Davies]], Welsh sprinter and long jumper
*  1942   &ndash; [[Carlos Hathcock]], American sergeant and sniper (d. 1999)
*  1942   &ndash; [[Frew McMillan]], South African tennis player
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Albano Carrisi]], Italian singer, actor, and winemaker
*  1943   &ndash; [[Deryck Murray]], Trinidadian cricketer
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Joe Cocker]], English singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Boudewijn de Groot]], Indonesian-Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1944   &ndash; [[Keith Fletcher]], English cricketer and manager
*  1944   &ndash; [[Dietrich Mateschitz]], Austrian businessman, co-founder of [[Red Bull GmbH]] (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Megan |title=Red Bull founder and F1 team owner Dietrich Mateschitz dies aged 78 |url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/red-bull-founder-mateschitz-dies-at-78/10388607/ |website=Autosport |date=22 October 2022 |access-date=23 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Vladimiro Montesinos]], Peruvian intelligence officer
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Cher]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
*  1946   &ndash; [[Bobby Murcer]], American baseball player, coach, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2008)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Steve Currie]], English bass player (d. 1981)
*  1947   &ndash; [[Greg Dyke]], English journalist and academic
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Robert Morin]], Canadian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
*  1949   &ndash; [[Michèle Roberts]], English author and poet
*  1949   &ndash; [[Dave Thomas (actor)|Dave Thomas]], Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Andy Johns]], English-American engineer and producer (d. 2013)
*  1950   &ndash; [[Reinaldo Merlo]], Argentinian footballer and coach
*  1950   &ndash; [[Jane Parker-Smith]], English organist (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jane Parker-Smith obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/30/jane-parker-smith-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=30 July 2020 |language=en |date=30 July 2020}}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Thomas Akers]], American colonel, engineer, and astronaut
*  1951   &ndash; [[Christie Blatchford]], Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster (d. 2020)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-veteran-journalist-christie-blatchford-was-known-for-her-work-ethic/|title = Veteran journalist Christie Blatchford was known for her work ethic and wit}}</ref>
*  1951   &ndash; [[Mike Crapo]], American lawyer and politician
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Roger Milla]], Cameroonian footballer and manager
*  1952   &ndash; [[Michael Wills]], English politician, [[Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)|British Minister of Justice]]
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Robert Doyle]], Australian educator and politician, 103rd [[List of mayors and lord mayors of Melbourne|Lord Mayor of Melbourne]]
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[David Paterson]], American lawyer and politician, 55th [[Governor of New York]]
*  1954   &ndash; [[Colin Sutherland, Lord Carloway]], Scottish lawyer and judge
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Steve George (keyboardist)|Steve George]], American keyboard player and songwriter
*  1955   &ndash; [[Zbigniew Preisner]], Polish composer and producer
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Ingvar Ambjørnsen]], Norwegian-German author and critic
*  1956   &ndash; [[Gerry Peyton]], English born Irish international footballer and coach<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.11v11.com/players/gerry-peyton-24574/|title=Gerry Peyton|publisher=11v11.com|access-date=28 April 2020}}</ref> 
*  1956   &ndash; [[Douglas Preston]], American journalist and author
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Yoshihiko Noda]], Japanese lawyer and politician, 62nd [[Prime Minister of Japan]]
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Ron Reagan]], American journalist and radio host
*  1958   &ndash; [[Jane Wiedlin]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress 
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Susan Cowsill]], American singer-songwriter
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Tony Goldwyn]], American actor and director
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Clive Allen]], English international footballer and manager<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=105|title=Clive Allen|publisher=soccerbase.com|access-date=28 April 2020}}</ref> 
*  1961   &ndash; [[Nick Heyward]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[David Wells]], American baseball player and sportscaster
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Kōichirō Genba]], Japanese politician, 80th [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs]]
*  1964   &ndash; [[Edin Osmanović]], Slovenian footballer, coach, and manager
*  1964   &ndash; [[Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer]], English journalist and author
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Ted Allen]], American television host and author
*  1965   &ndash; [[Stu Grimson]], Canadian ice hockey player, sportscaster, and lawyer
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Dan Abrams]], American journalist and author
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Graham Brady]], English politician
*  1967   &ndash; [[Gabriele Muccino]], Italian director, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Timothy Olyphant]], American actor and producer
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Road Dogg]], American wrestler, producer, and soldier
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Terrell Brandon]], American basketball player
*  1970   &ndash; [[Louis Theroux]], Singaporean-English journalist and producer
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Šárka Kašpárková]], Czech triple jumper and coach
*  1971   &ndash; [[Tony Stewart]], American race car driver
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Michael Diamond (sport shooter)|Michael Diamond]], Australian shooter
*  1972   &ndash; [[Christophe Dominici]], French rugby player (d. 2020)
*  1972   &ndash; [[Busta Rhymes]], American rapper, producer, and actor
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Nathan Long (rugby league)|Nathan Long]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Allison Amend]], American novelist and short story writer
*  1974   &ndash; [[Shiboprosad Mukherjee]], Indian film director, writer and actor
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Juan Minujín]], Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Ramón Hernández]], Venezuelan-American baseball player
*  1976   &ndash; [[Tomoya Satozaki]], Japanese baseball player
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Matt Czuchry]], American actor
*  1977   &ndash; [[Leo Franco]], Argentinian footballer
*  1977   &ndash; [[Angela Goethals]], American actress
*  1977   &ndash; [[Stirling Mortlock]], Australian rugby player
*  1977   &ndash; [[Vesa Toskala]], Finnish ice hockey player
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Hristos Banikas]], Greek chess player
*  1978   &ndash; [[Pavla Hamáčková-Rybová]], Czech pole vaulter
*  1978   &ndash; [[Nils Schumann]], German runner
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Andrew Scheer]], Canadian politician, 28th [[List of Leaders of Canada's Conservative Parties|Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada]]
*  1979   &ndash; [[Jayson Werth]], American baseball player
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Austin Kearns]], American baseball player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Kassim Osgood]], American football player
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Iker Casillas]], Spanish footballer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Rachel Platten]], American singer and songwriter 
*  1981   &ndash; [[Lindsay Taylor]], American basketball player
*  1981   &ndash; [[Mark Winterbottom]], Australian race car driver
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Petr Čech]], Czech footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Imran Farhat]], Pakistani cricketer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Jessica Raine]], English actress
*  1982   &ndash; [[Daniel Ribeiro (director)|Daniel Ribeiro]], Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1983   &ndash; [[N. T. Rama Rao Jr.]], Indian Film Actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Birth date of Jr NTR |url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/jr-ntr/15411 |website=bookmyshow.com |access-date=2025-05-20}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Óscar Cardozo]], Paraguayan footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Matt Langridge]], English rower
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Mauro Rafael da Silva]], Brazilian footballer
*  1984   &ndash; [[Patrick Ewing Jr.]], American basketball player
*  1984   &ndash; [[Keith Grennan]], American football player
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Chris Froome]], Kenyan-English cyclist
*  1985   &ndash; [[Brendon Goddard]], Australian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=AFL grand final losses still haunt Goddard |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/afl/story/_/id/19505825/afl-grand-final-losses-haunt-goddard |website=ESPN.com |access-date=3 May 2020 |language=en |date=31 May 2017}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Dexter Blackstock]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Dexter Blackstock's Nottingham Forest return 'not far away' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/15841762 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=3 May 2020 |language=en-gb |date=23 November 2011}}</ref>
*  1986   &ndash; [[Stéphane Mbia]], Cameroonian footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Jiřina Svobodová]], Czech pole vaulter
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Mike Havenaar]], Japanese footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Julian Wright]], American basketball player
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Joel Moon]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{cite web |title=Joel Moon |url=https://www.nrl.com/players/world-club-challenge/leeds-rhinos/joel-moon/ |website=National Rugby League |access-date=3 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Siosia Vave]], Australian-Tongan rugby league player
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Bastian Baker]], Swiss singer, songwriter, and performer
*  1991   &ndash; [[Emre Çolak]], Turkish footballer
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Cate Campbell]], Malawian-Australian swimmer
*  1992   &ndash; [[Jack Gleeson]], Irish actor
*  1992   &ndash; [[Enes Kanter]], Turkish basketball player
*  1992   &ndash; [[Fanny Smith]], Swiss freestyle skier<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fanny Smith |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/118972 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=20 March 2024 }}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Ramy Rabia]], Egyptian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce71/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022™: List of Players: Al Ahly SC |publisher=FIFA |page=1 |date=7 February 2023 |access-date=18 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212205323/https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce71/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |archive-date=12 February 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Caroline Zhang]], American figure skater<ref>{{cite web |title=Caroline ZHANG - Olympic {{!}} United States of America |url=https://www.olympic.org/caroline-zhang |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=3 May 2020 |language=en |date=26 June 2016}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Brian Kelly (rugby league)|Brian Kelly]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Kaoru Mitoma]], Japanese footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/117732/ |title=Kaoru Mitoma |date=11 March 2025}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Jamie Chadwick]], English race car driver
*  1998   &ndash; [[Nam Nguyen]], Canadian figure skater
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[685]] &ndash; [[Ecgfrith of Northumbria]] (b. 645)
* [[794]] &ndash; [[Æthelberht II of East Anglia|Æthelberht II]], king of [[Kingdom of East Anglia|East Anglia]]
* [[965]] &ndash; [[Gero|Gero the Great]], Saxon ruler (b.c. [[900]])
*[[1062]] &ndash; [[Bao Zheng]], Chinese magistrate and mayor of [[Kaifeng]] (b. 999)
*[[1277]] &ndash; [[Pope John XXI]] (b. 1215)
*[[1285]] &ndash; [[John I of Cyprus]] (b. 1259)
*[[1291]] &ndash; Sufi Saint [[Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari|Sayyid Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari]]
*[[1366]] &ndash; [[Maria of Calabria]], Empress of Constantinople (b. 1329)
*[[1444]] &ndash; [[Bernardino of Siena]], Italian-Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1380)
*[[1449]] &ndash; [[Álvaro Vaz de Almada, 1st Count of Avranches]]
*  1449   &ndash; [[Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra]] (b. 1392)
*[[1476]] &ndash; [[Isabel Ingoldisthorpe]], English noblewoman (b. 1441)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Faris|first1=David|title=Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-century Colonists The Descent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the North American Colonies Before 1701 |date=1999 |publisher=New England Historic Genealogical Society |isbn=9780880821070 |page=77 |url=https://archive.org/details/plantagenetances0000davi/page/76/mode/2up?view=theater}}</ref>
*[[1501]] &ndash; [[Columba of Rieti]], Italian Dominican tertiary Religious Sister (b. 1467)
*[[1503]] &ndash; [[Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici]], Italian banker and politician (b. 1463)
*[[1506]] &ndash; [[Christopher Columbus]], Italian explorer, early European explorer of the [[Americas]] (b. 1451)<ref>{{cite web |title=Christopher Columbus {{!}} Biography, Voyages, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christopher-Columbus |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=21 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1550]] &ndash; [[Ashikaga Yoshiharu]], Japanese shōgun (b. 1510)
*[[1579]] &ndash; [[Isabella Markham]], English courtier (b. 1527)

===1601–1900===
*[[1622]] &ndash; [[Osman II]], Ottoman sultan (b. 1604)
*[[1645]] &ndash; [[Shi Kefa]], Chinese general and calligrapher (b. 1601)
*[[1648]] &ndash; [[Władysław IV Vasa]], Polish son of [[Sigismund III Vasa]] (b. 1595)
*[[1677]] &ndash; [[George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol]], Spanish-English politician, [[Secretary of State (England)|English Secretary of State]] (b. 1612)
*[[1713]] &ndash; [[Thomas Sprat]], English bishop (b. 1635)
*[[1717]] &ndash; [[John Trevor (speaker)|John Trevor]], Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]] (b. 1637)
*[[1722]] &ndash; [[Sébastien Vaillant]], French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)
*[[1732]] &ndash; [[Thomas Boston]], Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
*[[1782]] &ndash; [[William Emerson (mathematician)|William Emerson]], English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[Charles Bonnet]], Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Count Hieronymus von Colloredo]], Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette]], French general (b. 1757)
*[[1841]] &ndash; [[Joseph Blanco White]], Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[John Clare]], English poet (b. 1793)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[George-Étienne Cartier]], Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th [[List of Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada|Premier of East Canada]] (b. 1814)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Ana Néri]], Brazilian nurse and philanthropist (b. 1814)<ref>{{cite book|first=Lola|last=de Oliveira|title=Minhas Viagens ao Norte do Brasil: Espirito Santo, Baía, Sergipe, Alagoas, Peruambuco, Paraíba, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norke|location=Rio de Janeiro|publisher=Grafica Laemmert|date=1941|page=64|oclc=1128688745|language=PT}}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Clara Schumann]], German pianist and composer (b. 1819)
===1901–present===
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Ernest Hogan]], American actor and composer (b. 1859)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Valentine Fleming]], Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Philipp von Ferrary]], Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Bogd Khan]], Mongolian ruler (c. 1869)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Joseph Howard (Prime Minister)|Joseph Howard]], Maltese politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Malta]] (b. 1862)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Ernest Noel]], Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1831)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Verner von Heidenstam]], Swedish author and poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1859)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Hector Guimard]], French Architect (b. 1867)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Jacob Ellehammer]], Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Philipp Lenard]], Slovak-German physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1862)
*  1947   &ndash; [[Georgios Siantos]], Greek sergeant and politician (b. 1890)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Damaskinos of Athens]], Greek archbishop and politician, 137th [[List of Prime Ministers of Greece|Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1891)
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Max Beerbohm]],  English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist (b. 1872)
*  1956   &ndash; [[Zoltán Halmay]], Hungarian swimmer and trainer (b. 1881)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Josef Priller]], German colonel and pilot (b. 1915)
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Timothy (Szretter)]], a Polish [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox]] [[clergyman]], the third Metropolitan of Warsaw and all Poland (b. 1901)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mironowicz |first=Antoni |title=Kościół prawosławny na ziemiach polskich w XIX i XX wieku |publisher=Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku |year=2001 |isbn=83-7431-046-4 |location=Białystok}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Rudy Lewis]], American singer (b. 1936)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Waldo Williams]], Welsh poet and academic (b. 1904)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Renzo Pasolini]], Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1938)
*  1973   &ndash; [[Jarno Saarinen]], Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1945)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Barbara Hepworth]], English sculptor and lithographer (b. 1903)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Syd Howe]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1911)
*  1976   &ndash; [[Zelmar Michelini]], Uruguayan journalist and politician (b. 1924)
*  1976   &ndash; [[Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz]], Uruguayan politician (b. 1934)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[John Hicks]], English economist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1904)
*  1989   &ndash; [[Gilda Radner]], American actress and comedian (b. 1946)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Les Cowie]], Australian rugby league player (b. 1925)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Jon Pertwee]], English actor, portrayed the [[Third Doctor]] (b. 1919)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Robert Normann]], Norwegian guitarist (b. 1916)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Jean-Pierre Rampal]], French flute player (b. 1922)
*  2000   &ndash; [[Malik Sealy]], American basketball player and actor (b. 1970)
*  2000   &ndash; [[Yevgeny Khrunov]], Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1933)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Renato Carosone]], Italian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1920)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Stephen Jay Gould]], American paleontologist, biologist, and academic (b. 1941)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Paul Ricœur]], French philosopher and academic (b. 1913)
*  2005   &ndash; [[William Seawell]], American general (b. 1918)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Norman Von Nida]], Australian golfer (b. 1914)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Hamilton Jordan]], American politician, 8th [[White House Chief of Staff]] (b. 1944)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Arthur Erickson]], Canadian architect and urban planner, designed [[Roy Thomson Hall]] (b. 1924)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Lucy Gordon (actress)|Lucy Gordon]], American actress and model (b. 1980)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/British-Actress-Lucy-Gordon-In-Paris-Suicide-Spider-Man-3-Star-Takes-Her-Own-Life/Article/200905315285957 |title=Spider-Man's Lucy Gordon In Paris Suicide |publisher=[[Sky News]] |date=21 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603202221/http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/British-Actress-Lucy-Gordon-In-Paris-Suicide-Spider-Man-3-Star-Takes-Her-Own-Life/Article/200905315285957 |archive-date=3 June 2011}}</ref>
*  2009   &ndash; [[Pierre Gamarra]], French author, poet, and critic (b. 1919)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Randy Savage]], American wrestler and actor (b. 1952)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Leela Dube]], Indian anthropologist and scholar (b. 1923)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Robin Gibb]], Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1949)
*  2012   &ndash; [[David Littman (activist)|David Littman]], English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (b. 1933)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Ken Lyons]], American bass guitarist (b. 1953)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Eugene Polley]], American engineer, invented the [[remote control]] (b. 1915)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Andrew B. Steinberg]], American lawyer (b. 1958)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Flavio Costantini]], Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1926)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Billie Dawe]], Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1924)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Anders Eliasson]], Swedish composer (b. 1947)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Miloslav Kříž]], Czech basketball player and coach (b. 1924)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Ray Manzarek]], American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1939)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Denys Roberts]], English judge and politician (b. 1923)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Zach Sobiech]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1995)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Sandra Bem]], American psychologist and academic (b. 1944)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Ross Brown (rugby union)|Ross Brown]], New Zealand rugby player (b. 1934)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Robyn Denny]], English-French painter (b. 1930)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Arthur Gelb]], American journalist, author, and critic (b. 1924)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Prince Rupert Loewenstein]], Spanish-English businessman (b. 1933)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Barbara Murray]], English actress (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite web |title=Barbara Murray obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jun/01/barbara-murray |website=the Guardian |access-date=24 September 2020 |language=en |date=1 June 2014}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Bob Belden]], American saxophonist, composer, and producer (b. 1956)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Femi Robinson]], Nigerian actor and playwright (b. 1940)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Kho Jabing]], Malaysian convicted murderer who was executed by hanging in Singapore (b. 1984)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lum|first=Selina|date=20 May 2016|title=Convicted murderer Jabing Kho hanged after latest bid to escape gallows fails|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/convicted-murderer-jabing-kho-hanged-after-latest-bid-to-escape-gallows-fails|access-date=10 March 2021|website=The Straits Times|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Niki Lauda]], Austrian race car driver (b. 1949)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Niki Lauda, Formula One great, has died at 70|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/niki-lauda-formula-one-great-has-died-at-70/|access-date=1 November 2020|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=21 May 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Gary Wilson (writer)|Gary Wilson]], American anti-pornography activist (b. [[1956]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gary Wilson's Life |url=https://www.garywilson.life/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=www.garywilson.life}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Roger Angell]], American sportswriter and author (b. 1920)<ref>[https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/Longtime-New-Yorker-writer-editor-Roger-Angell-17187964.php Longtime New Yorker writer, editor Roger Angell dies]</ref> 
*  2022 &ndash; [[Susan Roces]], Filipino actress (b. 1941)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/449826/susan-roces-80-iconic-in-film-low-key-in-charity|title=Susan Roces, 80: Iconic in film, low key in charity|first=Marinel|last=Cruz|date=22 May 2022|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|access-date=3 September 2022|archive-date=22 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522150314/https://entertainment.inquirer.net/449826/susan-roces-80-iconic-in-film-low-key-in-charity|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  [[2024]] &ndash; [[Ivan Boesky]], American stock trader (b. 1937)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wayne |first=Leslie |date=2024-05-20 |title=Ivan F. Boesky, Rogue Trader in 1980s Wall Street Scandal, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/20/business/ivan-f-boesky-dead.html |access-date=2024-05-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
** [[Abercius and Helena]]
** [[Alcuin of York]] 
** [[Aurea of Ostia]]
** [[Austregisilus]]
** [[Baudilus]]
** [[Bernardino of Siena]]
** [[Ivo of Chartres]]
** [[Lucifer of Cagliari]]
** [[Saint Sanctan|Sanctan]]
** [[May 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Day of Remembrance (Cambodia)]]
* [[Emancipation Day (Florida)]]
* [[European Maritime Day]] ([[European Council]])
* [[Independence Day (East Timor)|Independence Restoration Day]], celebrates the independence of [[East Timor]] from [[Indonesia]] in 2002.
* [[Josephine Baker Day]] ([[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People|NAACP]])
* [[Indonesian National Awakening|National Awakening Day]] ([[Indonesia]]), and its related observances:
**[[Public holidays in Indonesia|Indonesian Doctor Day]] (Indonesia)
* [[National Day (Cameroon)]]
* [[World Bee Day]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>
* [[World Metrology Day]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|last=Aung-Thwin|first=Michael A.|title=Myanmar in the Fifteenth Century|publisher=University of Hawai'i Press|year=2017|location=Honolulu|isbn=978-0-8248-6783-6}}
* {{cite book|last=Kala|first=U|author-link=U Kala|title=[[Maha Yazawin]]|publisher=Ya-Pyei Publishing|location=Yangon|orig-year=1724|year=2006|edition=4th printing|language=Burmese|volume=1–3}}

==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/20 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=5|day=20}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/may/20 Historical Events on May 20]

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[[Category:Days of May]]