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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[192]] &ndash; [[Dong Zhuo]] is assassinated by his adopted son [[Lü Bu]].<ref>{{cite book|last=de Crespigny|first=Rafe|author-link=Rafe de Crespigny|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms 23-220 AD|date=2007|publisher=Brill|location=Leiden|isbn=9789004156050|page=158}}</ref>
* [[760]] &ndash; Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of [[Halley's Comet]].
* [[853]] &ndash; A Byzantine fleet [[Sack of Damietta (853)|sacks and destroys]] undefended [[Damietta]] in [[Egypt]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Venning|first=Timothy|title=A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire|location=Basingstoke, UK|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|date=2006|isbn=9780230505865|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NjVaCwAAQBAJ|page=257}}</ref>
*[[1176]] &ndash; The Hashshashin ([[Order of Assassins|Assassins]]) attempt to assassinate [[Saladin]] near [[Aleppo]].
*[[1200]] &ndash; King [[John, King of England|John of England]] and King [[Philip II of France]] sign the [[Treaty of Le Goulet]].
*[[1246]] &ndash; [[Henry Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia|Henry Raspe]] is elected [[anti-king]] of the [[Kingdom of Germany]] in opposition to [[Conrad IV of Germany|Conrad IV]].
*[[1254]] &ndash; [[Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)|Serbian King]] [[Stefan Uroš I]] and the [[Republic of Venice]] sign a peace treaty.
*[[1370]] &ndash; [[Brussels massacre]]: An estimated 13 Jews are murdered and the rest of the Jewish community is banished from [[Brussels]], Belgium, for allegedly desecrating consecrated [[Sacramental bread|Host]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Jacob|first=Heinrich Eduard|title=Six Thousand Years of Bread: Its Holy and Unholy History|location=New York|publisher=Skyhorse Publishing|date=2007|isbn=9781602391246|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTO1aUu14sAC|pages=168–170}}</ref>
*[[1377]] &ndash; [[Pope Gregory XI]] issues five [[papal bull]]s to denounce the [[doctrine]]s of English [[theology|theologian]] [[John Wycliffe]].
*[[1455]] &ndash; Start of the [[Wars of the Roses]]: At the [[First Battle of St Albans]], [[Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York|Richard, Duke of York]], defeats and captures King [[Henry VI of England]].
*[[1520]] &ndash; The [[Massacre in the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan|massacre at the festival of Tóxcatl]] takes place during the [[Fall of Tenochtitlan]], resulting in turning the Aztecs against the Spanish.<ref>Revista de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM Volume 49, Issues 522-527 p 40</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1629]] &ndash; [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand II]] and [[List of Danish monarchs|Danish King]] [[Christian IV of Denmark|Christian IV]] sign the [[Treaty of Lübeck]] ending Danish intervention in the [[Thirty Years' War]].
*[[1762]] &ndash; Sweden and [[Prussia]] sign the [[Treaty of Hamburg (1762)|Treaty of Hamburg]].
*  1762   &ndash; [[Trevi Fountain]] is officially completed and inaugurated in Rome.<ref>{{cite book|last=Carlson|first=Victor|title=Hubert Robert: Drawings and Watercolors|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=National Gallery of Art|date=1978|oclc=299971200|page=9|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last1=d'Onofrio|first1=Cesare|last2=Dellacher|first2=Max|title=Le fontane di Roma: con documenti e disegni inediti|location=Rome|publisher=Staderini Editioni|date=1957|oclc=249113666|page=viii|postscript=none}}; {{cite journal|last=Cooke|first=H. L.|title=The Documents Relating to the Fountain of Trevi|journal=Art Bulletin|volume=38|issue=3|date=1956|pages=149–173 at 168|doi=10.1080/00043079.1956.11408329}}</ref>
*[[1766]] &ndash; A [[1766 Istanbul earthquake|large earthquake]] causes heavy damage and loss of life in [[Istanbul]] and the Marmara region.<ref name="Ambraseys2000">{{Cite journal|title=Seismicity of the Sea of Marmara (Turkey) since 1500|author1=N. N. Ambraseys|author-link=Nicholas Ambraseys|author2=J. A. Jackson|language=en|journal=Geophysical Journal International|volume=141|issue=3|pages=F1|date=June 2000|bibcode=2000GeoJI.141F...1A|doi=10.1046/j.1365-246x.2000.00137.x|doi-access=free}}</ref>
*[[1804]] &ndash; The [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]] officially begins as the [[Corps of Discovery]] departs from St. Charles, Missouri.
*[[1807]] &ndash; A [[grand jury]] indicts former [[Vice President of the United States]] [[Aaron Burr]] on a charge of [[treason]].
*[[1809]] &ndash; On the second and last day of the [[Battle of Aspern-Essling]] (near [[Vienna]], Austria), [[Napoleon]] I is defeated in a major battle for the first time in his career, and repelled by an enemy army for the first time in a decade.
*[[1816]] &ndash; A mob in [[Littleport, Cambridgeshire]], England, [[Ely and Littleport riots of 1816|riots]] over high unemployment and rising grain costs, and the riots spread to [[Ely, Cambridgeshire|Ely]] the next day.
*[[1819]] &ndash; {{SS|Savannah}} leaves port at [[Savannah, Georgia]], United States, on a voyage to become the first [[steamship]] to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
*[[1826]] &ndash; {{HMS|Beagle}} departs on its first voyage.
*[[1840]] &ndash; The [[penal transportation]] of British [[convict]]s to the [[New South Wales]] [[colony]] is abolished.
*[[1846]] &ndash; The [[Associated Press]] is formed in [[New York City]] as a non-profit news cooperative.
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[History of Martinique#1815–1899|Slavery is abolished]] in [[Martinique]].
*[[1849]] &ndash; Future [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] is issued a [[patent]] for an [[Abraham Lincoln's patent|invention to lift boats]], making him the only U.S. president to ever hold a patent.
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[United States House of Representatives|Congressman]] [[Preston Brooks]] of [[South Carolina]] [[Caning of Charles Sumner|severely beats]] [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Charles Sumner]] of [[Massachusetts]] with a cane in the hall of the [[United States Senate]] for a speech Sumner had made regarding  [[Southern United States|Southerners]] and [[slavery in the United States|slavery]].
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces begin the [[Siege of Port Hudson]] which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.
*[[1864]] &ndash; American Civil War: After ten weeks, the [[Union Army]]'s [[Red River Campaign]] ends in failure.
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Oliver Winchester]] founded the Winchester Repeating Arms
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Reconstruction Era]]: President [[Ulysses S. Grant]] signs the [[Amnesty Act]] into law, restoring full [[civil and political rights]] to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
*[[1874]] &ndash; Verdi's [[Requiem (Verdi)|Requiem]] was first performed at [[San Marco, Milan|San Marco]] in Milan on the first anniversary of [[Alessandro Manzoni|Manzoni]]'s death.<ref>[http://www.giuseppeverdi.it/visInglese/page.asp?IDCategoria=3648&IDSezione=25716 ''Messa da Requiem''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000140/http://www.giuseppeverdi.it/visInglese/page.asp?IDCategoria=3648&IDSezione=25716 |date=2013-12-31 }}, on giuseppeverdi.it. Retrieved 29 December 2013</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1905]] &ndash; The [[Sultan of the Ottoman Empire]] [[Abdul Hamid II]] establishes the [[Ullah millet]] for the [[Aromanians]] of the empire. For this reason, the [[Aromanian National Day]] is sometimes celebrated on this day,<ref name="aro">{{cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/34296221|title=The ethnicity of Aromanians after 1990: the identity of a minority that behaves like a majority|first=Thede|last=Kahl|author-link=Thede Kahl|journal=Ethnologia Balkanica|volume=6|pages=145–169|year=2002}}</ref> although most do so on [[May 23]] instead, which is when this event was publicly announced.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.armanami.org/blog/nikola-minov-why-dont-all-aromanians-celebrate-may-23-as-their-national-day/|title=Nikola Minov: Why don't all Aromanians celebrate May 23 as their national day?|publisher=[[Trâ Armânami Association of French Aromanians]]|date=24 May 2020|access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>
*[[1906]] &ndash; The [[Wright brothers]] are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "[[Airplane|Flying-Machine]]".
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Lassen Peak]] erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano besides [[Mount St. Helens]] to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century.
*  1915   &ndash; Three trains collide in the [[Quintinshill rail disaster]] near [[Gretna Green]], Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Chiang Kai-shek]] replaces the communists in [[Kuomintang]] China.{{Vague|date=May 2024}}
*[[1927]] &ndash; Near [[Xining]], China, an 8.3 magnitude [[1927 Gulang earthquake|earthquake]] causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Germany and Italy sign the [[Pact of Steel]].
*[[1941]] &ndash; During the [[Anglo-Iraqi War]], British troops take [[Fallujah]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[History of Mexico#"Revolution to evolution", 1940–1970|Mexico enters the Second World War]] on the side of the Allies.
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Joseph Stalin]] disbands the [[Comintern]].
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: The [[Truman Doctrine]] goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
*[[1948]] &ndash; Finnish President [[J. K. Paasikivi]] releases [[Yrjö Leino]] from his duties as [[Minister of the Interior (Finland)|interior minister]] in 1948 after the [[Parliament of Finland|Finnish parliament]] adopted a motion of censure of Leino with connection to his illegal handing over of nineteen people to the [[Soviet Union]] in 1945.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-44417003.html|title=Nach tschechischem Vorbild |trans-title=According to the Czech model |date=29 May 1948|publisher=[[Der Spiegel]] |volume=22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Olli |last=Leino |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AiMOAQAAIAAJ&q=Olle+Leino,+%22Kuka+oli+Yrjö+Leino%22 |title=Kuka oli Yrjö Leino |trans-title=Who was Yrjö Leino? |date=1973 |location=Helsinki |publisher=Tammi |isbn=9513026523 }}</ref><ref>"Paasikiven päiväkirjat I, 1944-1948" ("The Diaries of President J.K. Paasiki Vol. I, 1944-1948"), published 1985, Seppo Zetterberg et al., Ed., "Suomen historian pikkujättiläinen" ("The Little Giant of Finnish History"), 2003</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; South Africa's government approves of [[apartheid|racial separation]] in universities.
*[[1958]] &ndash; The [[1958 riots in Ceylon]] become a watershed in the race relations of various ethnic communities of Sri Lanka. The total deaths are estimated at 300, mostly [[Tamils]].
*[[1960]] &ndash; The [[1960 Valdivia earthquake|Great Chilean earthquake]], measuring 9.5 on the [[moment magnitude scale]], hits southern [[Chile]], becoming the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Continental Airlines Flight 11]] crashes in [[Unionville, Missouri]] after bombs explode on board, killing 45.
*[[1963]] &ndash; Greek left-wing politician [[Grigoris Lambrakis]] is clubbed over the head, causing his death five days later.
*[[1964]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] launches his [[Great Society]] program.
*[[1967]] &ndash; Egypt closes the [[Straits of Tiran]] to Israeli shipping.
*  1967   &ndash; [[L'Innovation Department Store fire|L'Innovation]] department store in [[Brussels]], Belgium, burns down, resulting in 323 dead or missing and 150 injured, the most devastating fire in Belgian history.
*[[1968]] &ndash; The nuclear-powered [[submarine]] {{USS|Scorpion|SSN-589|6}} sinks with 99 men aboard, 400 miles southwest of the [[Azores]].
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Apollo 10]]'s [[Apollo Lunar Module|Lunar Module]] flies within {{convert|8.4|nmi|km|lk=in|0}} of the [[Moon]]'s surface.
*[[1972]] &ndash; Ceylon adopts a [[Sri Lankan Constitution of 1972|new constitution]], becoming a [[republic]] and changing its name to [[Sri Lanka]].
*  1972   &ndash; Over 400 women in [[Derry]], Northern Ireland attack the offices of [[Sinn Féin]] following the shooting by the [[Irish Republican Army]] of a young British soldier on leave.
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Hashimpura massacre]] occurs in [[Meerut]], India.
*  1987   &ndash; First ever [[1987 Rugby World Cup|Rugby World Cup]] kicks off with [[New Zealand Rugby Union|New Zealand]] playing [[Italy national rugby union team|Italy]] at [[Eden Park]] in [[Auckland]], New Zealand.
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Yemen Arab Republic|North]] and [[South Yemen]] are [[Yemeni unification|unified]] to create the Republic of [[Yemen]].
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Croatia]] and [[Slovenia]] join the [[United Nations]].
*[[1994]] &ndash; A worldwide trade embargo against [[Haiti]] goes into effect to punish its military rulers for not reinstating the country's ousted elected leader, [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]].
*[[1996]] &ndash; The Burmese military regime jails 71 supporters of [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] in a bid to block a pro-democracy meeting.
*[[1998]] &ndash; A U.S. federal judge rules that [[United States Secret Service|U.S. Secret Service]] agents can be compelled to testify before a [[grand jury]] concerning the [[Lewinsky scandal]] involving President [[Bill Clinton]].
*[[2000]] &ndash; In [[Sri Lanka]], over 150 [[Sri Lankan Tamil people|Tamil]] rebels are killed over two days of fighting for control in [[Jaffna]]. 
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Civil rights movement]]: A jury in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], convicts former [[Ku Klux Klan]] member [[Bobby Frank Cherry]] of the [[1963]] murder of four girls in the [[16th Street Baptist Church bombing]].
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Air India Express Flight 812]], a [[Boeing 737]] crashes over a cliff upon landing at [[Mangalore]], India, killing 158 of 166 people on board, becoming the deadliest crash involving a Boeing 737 until the crash of [[Lion Air Flight 610]].
*  2010   &ndash; [[Inter Milan]] beat [[Bayern Munich]] 2–0 in the [[UEFA Champions League]] final in [[Madrid]], Spain to become the first, and so far only, Italian team to win the historic treble (Serie A, Coppa Italia, Champions League). 
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[2011 Joplin tornado|An EF5 tornado]] strikes [[Joplin, Missouri]], killing 158 people and wreaking $2.8&nbsp;billion in damages, the costliest and seventh-deadliest single tornado in U.S. history.
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Tokyo Skytree]] opens to the public. It is the [[List of tallest towers|tallest tower in the world]] (634 m), and the second tallest man-made structure on Earth after [[Burj Khalifa]] (829.8 m).
*  2012   &ndash; [[SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2]] launches a [[Dragon capsule]] on a [[Falcon 9]] rocket in the first commercial flight to the [[International Space Station]].<ref name="Day 4 and beyond NYT">{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Kenneth |date=26 May 2012 |title=First Private Craft Docks With Space Station |page=A12 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/26/science/space/space-x-capsule-docks-at-space-station.html?_r=2&ref=science |url-status=dead |access-date=26 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809014738/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/26/science/space/space-x-capsule-docks-at-space-station.html?_r=2&ref=science |archive-date=9 August 2021}}</ref>
*  [[2013]] – [[Fusilier]] [[Lee Rigby]] is murdered by 2 [[Islamic extremism|Islamic extremists]] in [[Woolwich]], [[South London|Southeast London]]
*[[2014]] &ndash; General [[Prayut Chan-o-cha]] becomes interim leader of Thailand in a military [[2014 Thai coup d'état|coup d'état]], following six months of political turmoil.
*  2014   &ndash; An [[May 2014 Ürümqi attack|explosion]] occurs in [[Ürümqi]], capital of China's far-western [[Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region|Xinjiang]] region, resulting in at least 43 deaths and 91 injuries.
*[[2015]] &ndash; The [[Republic of Ireland]] becomes the first nation in the world to utilise a public referendum to [[2015 Irish constitutional referendums|legalise gay marriage]].
*[[2017]] &ndash; Twenty-two people are killed at an [[Ariana Grande]] concert in the [[Manchester Arena bombing|2017 Manchester Arena bombing]].
*  2017   &ndash; United States [[President Donald Trump]] visits the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]] in [[Jerusalem]] and becomes the first sitting U.S. president to visit the [[Western Wall]].
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303]] crashes in [[Model Colony, Karachi|Model Colony]] near [[Jinnah International Airport]] in [[Karachi]], Pakistan, killing 98 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A320-214 AP-BLD Karachi-Jinnah International Airport (KHI)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20200522-0|access-date=2021-05-09|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; Hypothermia kills 21 runners in the 100&nbsp;km (60-mile) [[Gansu ultramarathon disaster]] in China.<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Associated Press|date=2021-05-23|title=Extreme Weather Kills 21 Runners in Chinese Mountain Ultramarathon|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/extreme-weather-kills-21-runners-in-chinese-mountain-race-11621774245|access-date=2021-05-24|issn=0099-9660}}</ref>
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==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [[626]] &ndash; [[Itzam K'an Ahk I]], Mayan king (d. 686)
*[[1009]] &ndash; [[Su Xun]], Chinese writer (d. 1066)
*[[1408]] &ndash; [[Annamacharya]], Hindu saint (d. 1503)
*[[1539]] &ndash; [[Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford]] (d. 1621)
===1601–1900===
*[[1622]] &ndash; [[Louis de Buade de Frontenac]], French soldier and governor (d. 1698)
*[[1644]] &ndash; [[Gabriël Grupello]], Flemish Baroque sculptor (d. 1730)
*[[1650]] &ndash; [[Richard Brakenburgh]], Dutch Golden Age painter (d. 1702)
*[[1665]] &ndash; [[Magnus Stenbock]], Swedish field marshal and Royal Councillor (d. 1717)
*[[1694]] &ndash; [[Daniel Gran]], Austrian painter (d. 1757)
*[[1715]] &ndash; [[François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis]], French cardinal and diplomat (d. 1794)
*[[1733]] &ndash; [[Hubert Robert]], French painter (d. 1808)
*[[1752]] &ndash; [[Louis Legendre]], French butcher and politician (d. 1797)
*[[1762]] &ndash; [[Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst]], English politician (d. 1834)
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom]] (d. 1840)
*[[1772]] &ndash; [[Ram Mohan Roy]], Indian philosopher and reformer (d. 1833)
*[[1779]] &ndash; [[Johann Nepomuk Schödlberger]], Austrian painter (d. 1853)
*[[1782]] &ndash; [[Hirose Tansō]], Japanese neo-Confucian scholar, teacher, writer (d. 1856)
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[William Sturgeon]], English physicist and inventor, invented the [[electromagnet]] and [[electric motor]] (d. 1850)
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Gérard de Nerval]], French poet and translator (d. 1855)
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Giulia Grisi]], Italian soprano (d. 1869)
*  1811   &ndash; [[Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle]], English politician (d. 1864)
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Richard Wagner]], German composer (d. 1883)
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Amalia Lindegren]], Swedish painter (d. 1891)
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Worthington Whittredge]], American painter (d. 1910)
*[[1828]] &ndash; [[Albrecht von Graefe (ophthalmologist)|Albrecht von Graefe]], German ophthalmologist and academic (d. 1870)
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Henry Vandyke Carter]], English anatomist and surgeon (d. 1897)
*[[1833]] &ndash; [[Félix Bracquemond]], French painter and etcher (d. 1914)
*  1833   &ndash; [[Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla]], Spanish politician, [[Prime Minister of Spain]] (d. 1895)
*[[1841]] &ndash; [[Catulle Mendès]], French poet, author, and playwright (d. 1909)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Mary Cassatt]], American painter and educator (d. 1926)
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Rita Cetina Gutiérrez]], Mexican poet, educator, and activist (d. 1908)
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Fritz von Uhde]], German painter and educator (d. 1911)
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Aston Webb]], English architect and academic (d. 1930)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Belmiro de Almeida]], Brazilian painter, illustrator, sculptor (d. 1935)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], British writer (d. 1930)
*  1859   &ndash; [[Tsubouchi Shōyō]], Japanese author, playwright, and educator (d. 1935)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Willy Stöwer]], German author and illustrator (d. 1931)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Augusto Pestana (politician)|Augusto Pestana]], Brazilian engineer and politician (d. 1934)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Daniel François Malan]], South African clergyman and politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of South Africa]] (d. 1959)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Julius Klinger]], Austrian painter and illustrator (d. 1942)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Warwick Armstrong]], Australian cricketer and journalist (d. 1947)
*  1879   &ndash; [[Jean Cras]], French admiral and composer (d. 1932)
*  1879   &ndash; [[Symon Petliura]], Ukrainian statesman and independence leader (d. 1926)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Francis de Miomandre]], French author and translator (d. 1959)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Wilhelmina Hay Abbott]], Scottish suffragist and feminist (d. 1957)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Elizabeth|last1=Ewan|first2=Rosemary J.|last2=Pipes|first3=Jane|last3=Rendall|first4=Sian|last4=Reynolds|title=Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|year=2018|isbn=978-1-47443-627-4|page=3}}</ref>
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Giacomo Matteotti]], Italian lawyer and politician (d. 1924)
*  1885   &ndash; [[Soemu Toyoda]], Japanese admiral (d. 1957)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[A. W. Sandberg]], Danish film director and screenwriter (d. 1938)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Johannes R. Becher]], German politician, novelist, and poet (d. 1958)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Pollock]], German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1970)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Robert Neumann (writer)|Robert Neumann]], German and English-speaking author (d. 1975)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Juan Arvizu]], Mexican lyric opera tenor and bolero vocalist (d. 1985)
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Maurice J. Tobin]], American politician, 6th [[United States Secretary of Labor]] (d. 1953)
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Jack Lambert (footballer, born 1902)|Jack Lambert]], English footballer and manager (d. 1940)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://spartacus-educational.com/ARESNALlambert.htm|title=Jack Lambert|publisher=spartacus-educational.com|access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref>
*  1902   &ndash; [[Al Simmons]], American baseball player and coach (d. 1956)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Uno Lamm]], Swedish electrical engineer and inventor (d. 1989)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Bodo von Borries]], German physicist and academic, co-invented the [[electron microscope]] (d. 1956)
*  1905   &ndash; [[Tom Driberg]], British politician (d. 1976)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Hergé]], Belgian author and illustrator (d. 1983)
*  1907   &ndash; [[Laurence Olivier]], English actor, director, and producer (d. 1989)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Horton Smith]], American golfer and captain (d. 1963)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Bob Dyer]], American-Australian radio and television host (d. 1984)<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dyer-robert-neal-bob-12449|title = Australian Dictionary of Biography| chapter=Dyer, Robert Neal (Bob) (1909–1984) |publisher = National Centre of Biography, Australian National University}}</ref>
*  1909   &ndash; [[Margaret Mee]], English illustrator and educator (d. 1988)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Herbert C. Brown]], English-American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2004)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Rafael Gil]], Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 1986)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Dominique Rolin]], Belgian author (d. 2012)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Max Kohnstamm]], Dutch historian and diplomat (d. 2010)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Sun Ra]], American pianist, composer, bandleader, poet (d. 1993)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[George Aratani]], American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Jean-Louis Curtis]], French author (d. 1995)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Paul Vanden Boeynants]], Belgian businessman and politician, 55th [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] (d. 2001)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Thomas Gold]], Austrian-American astrophysicist and academic (d. 2004)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[George S. Hammond]], American scientist (d. 2005)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Quinn Martin]], American screenwriter and producer (d. 1987)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Charles Aznavour]], French-Armenian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2018)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Jean Tinguely]], Swiss painter and sculptor (d. 1991)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Michael Constantine]], American actor (d. 2021)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Peter Matthiessen]], American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded ''[[The Paris Review]]'' (d. 2014)
*  1927   &ndash; [[George Andrew Olah]], Hungarian-American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2017)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Serge Doubrovsky]], French theorist and author (d. 2017)
*  1928   &ndash; [[John Mackenzie (film director)|John Mackenzie]], Scottish director and producer (d. 2011)
*  1928   &ndash; [[T. Boone Pickens]], American businessman (d. 2019)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Hiroshi Sano]], Japanese novelist (d. 2013)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Ahmed Fouad Negm]], Egyptian poet (d. 2013)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Kenny Ball]], English jazz trumpet player, vocalist, and bandleader (d. 2013) 
*  1930   &ndash; [[Marisol Escobar]], French-American sculptor (d. 2016)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Harvey Milk]], American lieutenant and politician (d. 1978)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Robert Spitzer (psychiatrist)|Robert Spitzer]], American psychiatrist and academic (d. 2015)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Fred Anderson (rugby league)|Fred Anderson]], Australian-South African rugby league player (d. 2012)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/fred-anderson/summary.html|title = Fred Anderson - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project}}</ref>
*  1933   &ndash; [[Chen Jingrun]], Chinese mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Peter Nero]], American pianist and conductor (d. 2023)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Billy Rayner]], Australian rugby league player (d. 2006)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/billy-rayner/summary.html|title = Billy Rayner - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project}}</ref>
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[George H. Heilmeier]], American engineer (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite web |title=George Heilmeier dies; a principal developer of liquid-crystal display technology |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/george-heilmeier-a-principal-developer-of-liquid-crystal-display-technology-dies-at-77/2014/05/03/987e9fec-d2d6-11e3-aae8-c2d44bd79778_story.html |website=Washington Post |access-date=16 October 2024}}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Facundo Cabral]], Argentinian singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
*1937  &ndash; [[Tomáš Janovic]], Slovak writer (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tomáš Janovic |url=https://www.litcentrum.sk/autor/tomas-janovic |website=Slovenské literárne centrum |language=sk |date=11 March 2019}}</ref>
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Richard Benjamin]], American actor and director
*  1938   &ndash; [[Susan Strasberg]], American actress (d. 1999)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Paul Winfield]], American actor (d. 2004)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Kieth Merrill]], American filmmaker
*  1940   &ndash; [[E. A. S. Prasanna]], Indian cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/32357.html|title=Erapalli Prasanna profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos}}</ref>
*  1940   &ndash; [[Michael Sarrazin]], Canadian actor (d. 2011)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Bernard Shaw (journalist)|Bernard Shaw]], American journalist (d. 2022)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Mick Tingelhoff]], American football player (d. 2021)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Menzies Campbell]], Scottish sprinter and politician
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Roger Brown (basketball, born 1942)|Roger Brown]], American basketball player (d. 1997)<ref>{{cite web|title=Roger Brown|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/roger-brown|publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=1 March 2020}}</ref>
*  1942   &ndash; [[Ted Kaczynski]], American academic and mathematician turned anarchist and serial murderer ([[Unabomber]]) (d. 2023)
*  1942   &ndash; [[Barbara Parkins]], Canadian actress
*  1942   &ndash; [[Richard Oakes (activist)|Richard Oakes]], Native American civil rights activist (d. 1972)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Betty Williams (Nobel laureate)|Betty Williams]], Northern Irish peace activist, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2020)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Tommy John]], American baseball player
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[John Flanagan (author)|John Flanagan]], Australian fantasy author
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Bob Katter]], Australian politician
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[George Best]], Northern Irish footballer and manager (d. 2005)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Michael Green (physicist)|Michael Green]], English physicist and academic
*  1946   &ndash; [[Howard Kendall]], English footballer and manager (d. 2015)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Andrei Marga]], Romanian philosopher, political scientist, politician
*  1946   &ndash; [[Lyudmila Zhuravleva]], Russian-Ukrainian astronomer
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Tomás Sánchez]], Cuban painter and engraver
*  1948   &ndash; [[Nedumudi Venu]], Indian actor and screenwriter (d. 2021)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Cheryl Campbell]], English actress
*  1949   &ndash; [[Valentin Inzko]], Austrian diplomat
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Bernie Taupin]], English singer-songwriter and poet
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Kenneth Bianchi]], American serial killer and rapist<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/kenneth-bianchi | title=Kenneth Bianchi - Hillside Strangler, Childhood & Crimes | date=3 October 2023 }}</ref>
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[François Bon]], French writer
*  1953   &ndash; [[Cha Bum-kun]], South Korean footballer and manager
*  1953   &ndash; [[Paul Mariner]], English footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2021)
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Barbara May Cameron]], Native American human rights activist (d. 2002)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c83t9kc3/entire_text/|title=Cameron (Barbara) Papers|website=www.oac.cdlib.org|access-date=2020-01-07}}</ref>
*  1954   &ndash; [[Shuji Nakamura]], Japanese-American physicist and engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Iva Davies]], Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/iva-davies-mn0000093014/biography|title = Iva Davies &#124; Biography & History|website = [[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Lucie Brock-Broido]], American poet (d. 2018)
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Lisa Murkowski]], American lawyer and politician
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[David Blatt]], Israeli-American basketball player and coach
*  1959   &ndash; [[Olin Browne]], American golfer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/58/olin-browne|title=Olin Browne}}</ref>
*  1959   &ndash; [[Morrissey]], English singer-songwriter and performer 
*  1959   &ndash; [[Kwak Jae-yong]], South Korean director and screenwriter
*  1959   &ndash; [[Mehbooba Mufti]], Indian politician
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Hideaki Anno]], Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Andrew Magee]], French-American golfer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europeantour.com/players/andrew-magee-114/|title=Andrew MAGEE - Players - European Tour}}</ref>
*  1962   &ndash; [[Brian Pillman]], American football player and wrestler (d. 1997)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Claude Closky]], French contemporary artist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.beauxartsparis.fr/en/study/faculty-profiles/621-claude-closky-en|title=Claude CLOSKY|website=www.beauxartsparis.fr|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Jay Carney]], American journalist, 29th [[White House Press Secretary]]
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Johnny Gill]], American singer-songwriter and producer
*  1966   &ndash; [[Wang Xiaoshuai]], Chinese director and screenwriter
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Graham Linehan]], Irish comedy writer and activist
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Michael Kelly (actor)|Michael Kelly]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=Patricia |title=House of Cards star Michael Kelly celebrates birthday in Dublin pub O'Donoghue's |url=https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/house-of-cards-star-michael-kelly-celebrates-birthday-in-dublin-pub-odonoghues/34736543.html |publisher=[[Irish Independent]] |access-date=18 May 2023 |date=22 May 2016}}</ref>
*  1969   &ndash; [[Cathy McMorris Rodgers]], American lawyer and politician
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Naomi Campbell]], English model
*  1970   &ndash; [[Brody Stevens]], American comedian and actor (d. 2019)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Max Brooks]], American author and screenwriter
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Nikolaj Lie Kaas]], Danish actor
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Sean Gunn]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chichizola |first1=Corey |title=James Gunn Shares A+ Guardians Of The Galaxy Throwback For Brother Sean's Birthday |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2567918/james-gunn-shares-guardians-of-the-galaxy-throwback-brother-seans-birthday |publisher=[[CinemaBlend]] |access-date=18 May 2023 |date=24 May 2021}}</ref>
*  1974   &ndash; [[Garba Lawal]], Nigerian footballer
*  1974   &ndash; [[Henrietta Ónodi]], Hungarian Olympic gymnast
*  1974   &ndash; [[Arseniy Yatsenyuk]], Ukrainian politician
*  1974   &ndash; [[Canek Sánchez Guevara]], Cuban author and dissident (d. 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/canek-sanchez-guevara-the-grandson-of-che-guevara-who-became-an-anticastro-dissident-10009463.html|title=Canek Sanchez Guevara: The grandson of Che Guevara who became an anti-Castro dissident|first=Phil|last=Davison|date=29 January 2015|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=10 July 2023}}</ref>
*  1974   &ndash; [[Anne Beathe Tvinnereim]], Norwegian politician<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Anne Beathe Tvinnereim |first=Knut Are |last=Tvedt |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=10 January 2024 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Anne_Beathe_Tvinnereim |language=no|access-date=18 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Salva Ballesta]], Spanish footballer and manager
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Christian Vande Velde]], American cyclist	
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Pat Smullen]], Irish jockey (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goracing.ie/racing-statistics/jockeys/data/?jid=1865 |title=Pat Smullen |website=www.goracing.ie}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Ginnifer Goodwin]], American actress
*  1978   &ndash; [[Katie Price]], English television personality and glamour model
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Nazanin Boniadi]], Iranian-American actress
*  1979   &ndash; [[Tihomir Dovramadjiev]], Bulgarian [[Chess boxing|Chess boxer]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 May 2022 |title=Edubilla / Global Education Needz. Tihomir Dovramadjiev / born date |url=http://www.edubilla.com/sport/chess-boxing/players/tihomir-dovramadjiev/ }}</ref>
*  1979   &ndash; [[Maggie Q]], American actress
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Tarin Bradford]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/tarin-bradford/summary.html|title=Tarin Bradford - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project}}</ref>
*  1980   &ndash; [[Sharice Davids]], American politician
*  1980   &ndash; [[Lucy Gordon (actress)|Lucy Gordon]], British actress and model (d. 2009)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Bryan Danielson]], American wrestler
*  1981   &ndash; [[Bassel Khartabil]], Syrian computer programmer and engineer (d. 2015)
*  1981   &ndash; [[Jürgen Melzer]], Austrian tennis player
*  1981   &ndash; [[Mark O'Meley]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/mark-o-meley/summary.html|title = Mark O'Meley - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Erin McNaught]], Australian model and actress
*  1982   &ndash; [[Apolo Ohno]], American speed skater
*  1982   &ndash; [[Hong Yong-jo]], North Korean footballer
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Natasha Kai]], American soccer player and Olympic medalist
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Clara Amfo]], English television and radio presenter
*  1984   &ndash; [[Karoline Herfurth]], German actress
*  1984   &ndash; [[Didier Ya Konan]], Ivorian footballer
*  1984   &ndash; [[Dustin Moskovitz]], American entrepreneur, co-founder of [[Facebook]]
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Tranquillo Barnetta]], Swiss footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Tao Okamoto]], Japanese model and actress
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Julian Edelman]], American football player 
*  1986   &ndash; [[Matt Jarvis]], English footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Tatiana Volosozhar]], Russian figure skater
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Novak Djokovic]], Serbian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Novak Djokovic {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=ATP Tour}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Arturo Vidal]], Chilean footballer
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Heida Reed]], Icelandic-British actress
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Corey Dickerson]], American baseball player
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Wyatt Roy]], Australian politician
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Joel Obi]], Nigerian footballer
*  1991   &ndash; [[Suho]], South Korean singer and actor
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Anna Baryshnikov]], American actress<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/anna-baryshnikov|title=Anna Baryshnikov - Interview Magazine|website=www.interviewmagazine.com|date=18 July 2016|access-date=2020-04-14}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Florian Luger]], Austrian male model
*  1994   &ndash; [[Athena Manoukian]], Greek-Armenian singer and songwriter
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Lauri Markkanen]], Finnish basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Lauri Markkanen Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft ... |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/markkla01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |access-date=May 21, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Samile Bermannelli]], Brazilian fashion model<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/fashion/news/a38819/watch-this-face-samile-bermannelli/|title=Watch This Face: Samile Bermannelli|website=www.harpersbazaar.co.uk|date=12 December 2016|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Femke Huijzer]], Dutch model<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/dutch-model-femke-huijzer-chanel-resort-2018|title=Meet Femke Huijzer, Dutch Model and Chanel Resort 2017 Breakout|website=www.vogue.com|date=3 May 2017 |access-date=2020-04-14}}</ref>
*  1999   &ndash; [[Hōshōryū Tomokatsu]], Mongolian sumo wrestler<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataRikishi/profile/3842/|title=Rikishi profile- Hoshoryu Tomokatsu|website=sumo.or.jp|access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Emma Chamberlain]], American internet personality<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bromwich|first=Jonah Engel|date=July 9, 2019|title=The Evolution of Emma Chamberlain|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/style/emma-chamberlain-youtube.html|access-date=June 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713071634/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/style/emma-chamberlain-youtube.html|archive-date=July 13, 2019|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Anthony Richardson (American football)|Anthony Richardson]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Anthony Richardson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft ... |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RichAn03.htm |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=May 21, 2024}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Peyton Elizabeth Lee]], American actress<ref>{{Cite web|title=Peyton Elizabeth Lee - Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/peyton_elizabeth_lee|access-date=2021-06-11|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|language=en}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[192]] &ndash; [[Dong Zhuo]], Chinese warlord and politician (b. 138)
* [[337]] &ndash; [[Constantine the Great]], Roman emperor (b. 272)
* [[748]] &ndash; [[Empress Genshō]] of Japan (b. 683)
*[[1068]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-Reizei]] of Japan (b. 1025)
*[[1310]] &ndash; [[Saint Humility]], founder of the [[Vallombrosians|Vallumbrosan religious order]] of nuns (b. c.1226)
*[[1409]] &ndash; [[Blanche of England]], sister of King Henry V (b. 1392)
*[[1455]] &ndash; [[Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset]], English commander (b. 1406)
*  1455   &ndash; [[Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford]], Lancastrian commander (b. 1414)
*  1455   &ndash; [[Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland]], English commander (b. 1393)
*[[1457]] &ndash; [[Rita of Cascia]], Italian nun and saint (b. 1381)
*[[1490]] &ndash; [[Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent]], English administrator, nobleman and magnate (b. 1416)
*[[1538]] &ndash; [[John Forest]], English friar and martyr (b. 1471)
*[[1540]] &ndash; [[Francesco Guicciardini]], Italian historian and politician (b. 1483)
*[[1545]] &ndash; [[Sher Shah Suri]], Indian ruler (b. 1486)
*[[1553]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Bernardi]], Italian sculptor and engraver (b. 1495)
===1601–1900===
*[[1602]] &ndash; [[Renata of Lorraine]] (b. 1544)
*[[1609]] &ndash; [[Pieter Willemsz. Verhoeff]], Dutch captain (b. 1573)
*[[1666]] &ndash; [[Gaspar Schott]], German physicist and mathematician (b. 1608)
*[[1667]] &ndash; [[Pope Alexander VII]] (b. 1599)
*[[1745]] &ndash; [[François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie]], French general (b. 1671)
*[[1760]] &ndash; [[Baal Shem Tov]], Polish rabbi and author (b. 1700)
*[[1772]] &ndash; [[Durastante Natalucci]], Italian historian and academic (b. 1687)
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg]], Prussian politician, [[List of foreign ministers of Prussia|Foreign Minister of Prussia]] (b. 1725)
*[[1802]] &ndash; [[Martha Washington]], First, First Lady of the United States (b. 1731)<ref>{{cite web |title=Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis (1731-1802), first lady |url=https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-0200333 |website=American National Biography |year=2000 |access-date=22 January 2022 |language=en |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0200333|isbn=978-0-19-860669-7 |last1=Crompton |first1=Samuel Willard }}</ref>
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Mordecai Manuel Noah]], American journalist and diplomat (b. 1755)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies]] (b. 1810)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Thornsbury Bailey Brown]], American soldier  (b. 1829)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Julius Plücker]], German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Victor Hugo]], French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Gaetano Bresci]], Italian-American anarchist, assassin of [[Umberto I of Italy]] (b. 1869)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Jules Renard]], French author and playwright (b. 1864)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Augusta, Lady Gregory]], Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the [[Abbey Theatre]] (b. 1852)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav]], Mongolian politician, 10th [[List of Prime Ministers of Mongolia|Prime Minister of Mongolia]] (b. 1894)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[William Glackens]], American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Ernst Toller]], German playwright and author (b. 1893)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Jiří Mahen]], Czech author and playwright (b. 1882)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Claude McKay]], Jamaican writer and poet (b. 1889)
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Chief Bender]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1884)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Christopher Stone (broadcaster)|Christopher Stone]], English radio host (b. 1882)
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Tom Goddard]], English cricketer (b. 1900)
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Langston Hughes]], American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright (b. 1902)
*  1967   &ndash; [[Charlotte Serber]], American Librarian of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos site (b. 1911)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/peacewarreminisc00serb/page/203|title=Peace & war : reminiscences of a life on the frontiers of science|last=(Robert)|first=Serber, R.|date=1998|publisher=Columbia University Press|others=Crease, Robert P.|isbn=0231105460|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/peacewarreminisc00serb/page/203 203–204]|oclc=37631186|url-access=registration}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Cecil Day-Lewis]], Anglo-Irish poet and author (b. 1904)
*  1972   &ndash; [[Margaret Rutherford]], English actress (b. 1892)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Irmgard Flügge-Lotz]], German-American mathematician and aerospace engineer (b. 1903)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Lefty Grove]], American baseball player (b. 1900)
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Cevdet Sunay]], Turkish general and politician, 5th [[President of Turkey]] (b. 1899)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Albert Claude]], Belgian biologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1899)
*  1983   &ndash; [[Erna Scheffler]], German lawyer and [[List of justices of the Federal Constitutional Court|justice of the Federal Constitutional Court]] (b. 1893)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Döring |first=Linn Katharina |date=2014 |title=Erna Scheffler, die erste Juristin am Bundesverfassungsgericht |url=https://www.freilaw.de/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/download_doering_erna_scheffler.pdf |journal=Freilaw |language=de |volume=2014 |issue=3 |pages=49–51 [51]}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Karl-August Fagerholm]], Finnish politician, ''[[valtioneuvos]]'', the [[Speaker of the Parliament of Finland|Speaker of the Parliament]] and the [[Prime Minister of Finland]] (b. 1901)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blf.fi/artikel.php?id=637|title=FAGERHOLM, Karl-August (1901–1984)|first=Mikko|last=Majander|website=Biografiskt lexikon för Finland|access-date=December 31, 2021|language=sv}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Wolfgang Reitherman]], German-American animator, director, and producer (b. 1909)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Giorgio Almirante]], Italian journalist and politician (b. 1914)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Steven De Groote]], South African pianist and educator (b. 1953)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Rocky Graziano]], American boxer (b. 1922)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Lino Brocka]], Filipino director and screenwriter (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite news|date=22 May 1991 |title=Filipino Film Director Lino Brocka Dies in Car Accident |url=https://apnews.com/article/0aea6453e6e82e05cc6ca5cda06342e0 |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=26 May 2022}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Shripad Amrit Dange]], Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1899)
*  1991   &ndash; [[Stan Mortensen]], English footballer and manager (b. 1921)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Zellig Harris]], American linguist and academic (b. 1909)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Mieczysław Horszowski]], Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1892)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Alziro Bergonzo]], Italian architect and painter (b. 1906)
*  1997   &ndash; [[Alfred Hershey]], American biochemist and geneticist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1908)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[John Derek]], American actor, director, and photographer (b. 1926)
*  1998   &ndash; [[José Enrique Moyal]], Israeli physicist and engineer (b. 1910)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Davie Fulton]], Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1916)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Richard Biggs]], American actor (b. 1960)
* 2004    &ndash; [[Mikhail Voronin]], Russian gymnast (b. 1945)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Charilaos Florakis]], Greek politician (b. 1914)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Thurl Ravenscroft]], American voice actor and singer (b. 1914)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Lee Jong-wook]], South Korean physician and diplomat (b. 1945)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Pemba Doma Sherpa]], Nepalese mountaineer (b. 1970)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Robert Asprin]], American soldier and author (b. 1946)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Martin Gardner]], American mathematician, cryptographer, and author (b. 1914)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Joseph Brooks (songwriter)|Joseph Brooks]], American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (b. 1938)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Muzafar Bhutto]], Pakistani politician (b. 1970)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Wesley A. Brown]], American lieutenant and engineer (b. 1927)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt]], Russian historian and ethnographer (b. 1922)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Marques Haynes]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Vladimir Katriuk]], Ukrainian-Canadian [[SS]] officer (b. 1921)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Bata Živojinović|Velimir "Bata" Živojinović]], Serbian actor and politician (b. 1933)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Nicky Hayden]], American motorcycle racer (b. 1981)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/motor/2017/05/17/superbike-race-nicky-hayden-hit-by-car-bicycle-italy/101803180/|title=American Superbike rider Nicky Hayden hit by car while cycling|website=[[USA Today]]|date=2017-05-17|access-date=2020-02-28}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Judith Kerr]], German-born British writer and illustrator (b. 1923)
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Denise Cronenberg]], Canadian costume designer (b. 1938)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/denise-cronenberg-dead-dead-ringers-incredible-hulk-costume-designer-was-81-1298112|title = Denise Cronenberg, Costume Designer for 'Dead Ringers' and 'The Incredible Hulk,' Dies at 81|website = [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date = 11 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Dervla Murphy]], Irish touring cyclist and author (b. 1931)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-26 |title=Dervla Murphy obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2022/may/26/dervla-murphy-obituary |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[David Wilkie (swimmer)|David Wilkie]], Scottish swimmer (b. 1954)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-22 |title=David Wilkie: Olympic champion swimmer dies aged 70 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/swimming/articles/c3ggndekv8lo |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*[[Abolitionism|Abolition Day]] ([[Martinique]])
*[[Aromanian National Day]]<ref name="aro" /> (marginal, celebration on May 23 is more common)
*Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
**[[Castus and Emilius]]
**[[Saint Fulk|Fulk]]
**[[Saint Humility|Humilita]]
**[[Michael Hồ Đình Hy]] (one of [[Vietnamese Martyrs]]) 
**[[Quiteria]]
**[[Rita of Cascia]]
**[[Romanus of Subiaco]]
**[[May 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Harvey Milk Day]] ([[California]])
*[[International Day for Biological Diversity]] ([[International observance|International]])<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>
*[[United States National Maritime Day]]
*[[National Sovereignty Day (Haiti)]]
*[[Republic Day (Sri Lanka)]]
*[[Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari]] ([[Ukraine]])
*[[Unity Day (Yemen)]], celebrates the unification of North and South Yemen into the Republic of [[Yemen]] in 1990.
*[[World Goth Day]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Ohanesian |first=Liz |url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2011/05/world_goth_day.php |title=Sunday is World Goth Day! DJ Cruel Britannia and Martin Oldgoth on "Darkly-Inclined Lifestyles" - Los Angeles Music - West Coast Sound |publisher=Blogs.laweekly.com |date=2011-05-20 |access-date=2012-05-31}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/22 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=5|day=22}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/may/22 Historical Events on May 22]

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[[Category:Days of May]]