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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 17|17]] &ndash; [[Germanicus]] celebrates a [[Roman triumph|triumph]] in Rome for his victories over the [[Cherusci]], [[Chatti]], and other [[Germanic peoples|German tribes]] west of the [[Elbe]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Lindsay Powell|title=Germanicus: The Magnificent Life and Mysterious Death of Rome's Most Popular General|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qDERBQAAQBAJ&pg=PR33|date=25 September 2013|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=978-1-4738-2692-2|pages=33}}</ref>
* [[451]] &ndash; [[Battle of Avarayr]] between [[Armenians|Armenian]] rebels and the [[Sasanian Empire]] takes place. The Sasanids defeat the Armenians militarily but guarantee them freedom to openly practice [[Christianity]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Deirdre Holding|author2=Tom Allen|title=Armenia: with Nagorno Karabagh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Upx-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA40|date=12 December 2018|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-78477-079-2|pages=40}}</ref>
* [[946]] &ndash; [[Kingdom of England|England]] is left temporarily without a monarch after the death of King [[Edmund I]] in a street fight, resulting in Edmund's brother [[Eadred]] assuming the throne for the minority of Edmund's two sons.<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Whitelock|editor-first=Dorothy|editor-link=Dorothy Whitelock|title=English Historical Documents, Volume 1, c. 500–1042|edition=2nd |year=1979|orig-date=1st edition 1955 |publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn= 978-0-415-14366-0|page=551}}</ref>
* [[961]] &ndash; King [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]] elects his six-year-old son [[Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto II]] as [[heir apparent]] and co-ruler of the [[East Francia|East Frankish Kingdom]]. He is crowned at [[Aachen]], and placed under the tutelage of his grandmother [[Matilda of Ringelheim|Matilda]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Otto II. |volume= 20 |quote= third line "He was chosen German king at Worms in 961, crowned at Aix-la-Chapelle on the 26th of May 961"}}</ref>
*[[1135]] &ndash; [[Alfonso VII of León and Castile]] is crowned in [[León Cathedral]] as ''[[Imperator totius Hispaniae]]'' (''Emperor of all of Spain'').<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Doran|author2=Damian J. Smith|title=Pope Innocent II (1130-43): The World vs the City|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l6ZTDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA193|date=10 June 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-07831-9|pages=193}}</ref> 
*[[1293]] &ndash; An [[1293 Kamakura earthquake|earthquake strikes Kamakura, Kanagawa]], Japan, killing about 23,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/494|title= Significant Earthquake Information|last=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information|year= 1972|publisher= NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information|accessdate=30 March 2022|doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K}}</ref>
*[[1328]] &ndash; [[William of Ockham]], the [[Franciscan]] Minister-General [[Michael of Cesena]], and two other Franciscan leaders secretly leave [[Avignon]], fearing a death sentence from [[Pope John XXII]].
*[[1538]] &ndash; [[Geneva]] expels [[John Calvin]] and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in [[Strasbourg]] for the next three years.<ref>{{cite book|author=Neville Williams|title=Chronology of the Expanding World, 1492 to 1762|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hYsUAQAAIAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Helicon|isbn=978-0-09-178269-6|page=98}}</ref>
*[[1573]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Haarlemmermeer]], a naval engagement in the [[Eighty Years' War]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam).|author2=C.J. de Bruyn Kops|author3=Rijksmuseum Amsterdam|title=All the Paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam: A Completely Illustrated Catalogue|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k18kAQAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Rijksmuseum|isbn=978-90-6179-010-5|page=592}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1637]] &ndash; [[Pequot War]]: A combined English and [[Mohegan]] force under [[John Mason (c. 1600–1672)|John Mason]] attacks a village in [[Connecticut]], [[Mystic massacre|massacring]] approximately 500 [[Pequot]]s.
*[[1644]] &ndash; [[Portuguese Restoration War]]: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claim victory in the [[Battle of Montijo]].
*[[1736]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Ackia]] is fought near the present site of [[Tupelo, Mississippi]]. British and [[Chickasaw]] soldiers repel a French and [[Choctaw]] attack on the then-Chickasaw village of Ackia.
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[A Great Jubilee Day]] held at [[Trumbull, Connecticut|North Stratford, Connecticut]], celebrates the end of fighting in the [[American Revolutionary War]]. 
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[Napoleon|Napoléon Bonaparte]] assumes the title of [[King of Italy]] and is crowned with the [[Iron Crown of Lombardy]] in [[Milan Cathedral]], the [[Gothic architecture|gothic cathedral]] in [[Milan]].
*[[1821]] &ndash; Establishment of the [[Peloponnesian Senate]] by the [[Greek War of Independence|Greek rebels]].
*[[1822]] &ndash; At least 113 people die in the [[Grue Church fire]], the biggest fire disaster in Norway's history.
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Montana]] is organized as a [[United States territory]].
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Conclusion of the American Civil War]]: The [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] General [[Edmund Kirby Smith]], commander of the [[Trans-Mississippi]] division, is the last full general of the [[Confederate Army]] to surrender, at [[Galveston, Texas]].
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Impeachment of Andrew Johnson]]: President [[Andrew Johnson]] is acquitted by one vote in the [[United States Senate]].
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Boston University]] is chartered by the [[Commonwealth of Massachusetts]].
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Russian Empire|Russia]] and the United Kingdom sign the [[Treaty of Gandamak]] establishing an [[Afghan state]].
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]] is [[Coronation of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna|crowned]] as the last [[Tsar]] of [[Russian Empire|Imperial Russia]].
*  1896   &ndash; [[Charles Dow]] publishes the first edition of the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]].
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Thousand Days' War]]: The [[Colombian Conservative Party]] turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the [[Colombian Liberal Party]] in the [[Battle of Palonegro]].

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; ''[[Românul de la Pind]]'', the longest-running newspaper by and about [[Aromanians]] until [[World War II]], is founded.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-iiTDwAAQBAJ|title=Istoria jurnalismului din România în date: enciclopedie cronologică|first=Marian|last=Petcu|publisher=Elefant Online|year=2016|language=ro|isbn=9789734638543}}</ref>
*[[1908]] &ndash; The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made at [[Masjed Soleyman]] in southwest [[Persia]]. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the [[Anglo-Persian Oil Company]].
*[[1918]] &ndash; The [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]] is established.
*[[1923]] &ndash; The first [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] is held in France. Run annually in June thereafter, it became the oldest [[Endurance racing (motorsport)|endurance racing]] event in the world.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hargreaves |first=Eilidh |date=14 June 2019 |title=An insider's guide to the Le Mans 24 hours: how to experience the ultimate endurance race in style |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/travel/le-mans-24-hours-attend-style/ |url-status=live |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/travel/le-mans-24-hours-attend-style/ |archive-date=11 January 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; The last [[Ford Model T]] rolls off the [[assembly line]] after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Model T Facts |url=https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2013/08/05/model-t-facts.html |publisher=Forid |location=US |access-date=2013-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928165026/https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2013/08/05/model-t-facts.html |archive-date=2013-09-28 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1936]] &ndash; In the [[House of Commons of Northern Ireland]], [[Tommy Henderson]] begins speaking on the [[Appropriation bill]]. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Walter Reuther]] and members of the [[United Auto Workers]] (UAW) clash with [[Ford Motor Company]] security guards at the [[Ford River Rouge Complex|River Rouge Complex]] complex in [[Dearborn, Michigan]], during the [[Battle of the Overpass]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Michigan History {{!}} The Battle of the Overpass |url=http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=172 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121123938/http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=172 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 January 2013 |website=detnews.com |date=21 January 2013}}</ref>
*[[1938]] &ndash; In the United States, the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] begins its first session.
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Dunkirk evacuation|Operation Dynamo]]: In northern France, [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] forces begin a massive evacuation from [[Dunkirk]], France. The [[Battle of Dunkirk]] begins simultaneously as Allied defenders fight to slow down the [[Nazi Germany|German]] offensive.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dunkirk evacuation {{!}} Facts, Map, Photos, Numbers, Timeline, & Summary {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Dunkirk-evacuation |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=27 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1940   &ndash; World War II: The [[Siege of Calais (1940)|Siege of Calais]] ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Battle of Gazala]] begins, in present-day [[Libya]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Toppe |first=Alfred |series=FMFRP 12-96 |title=German Experiences in Desert Warfare During World War II |volume=II |orig-year=~1947 |year=1990 |publisher=Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps |location=Washington |url=https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA244832 |oclc=23705039|pages= A-8-19}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; The U.S. Congress passes [[Public Law 80-557]], which permanently establishes the [[Civil Air Patrol]] as an auxiliary of the [[United States Air Force]].
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[British Guiana]] gains independence, becoming [[Guyana]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fergusson |first1=Rosalind |title=Book of Days: A miscellany of popular antiquities in connection with the calendar |date=2004 |publisher=[[Chambers (publisher)|Chambers]] |isbn=0550100830 |page=259}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[The Beatles]]' album ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' is released.<ref>{{cite book |last=Wiener |first=Allen J. |year=1992 |title=The Beatles: The Ultimate Recording Guide |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=978-0816025114 |page=31}}</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[H-dagurinn]] in Iceland: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=1394083|title=Timarit.is|first=Landsbókasafn Íslands -|last=Háskólabókasafn|website=timarit.is}}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Apollo program]]: [[Apollo 10]] returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first crewed [[Moon landing]].
*[[1970]] &ndash; The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Tupolev Tu-144]] becomes the first commercial transport to exceed [[speed of sound|Mach 2]].
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]: The [[Pakistan Army]] [[Burunga massacre|slaughters]] at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, [[Sylhet]], Bangladesh.
*[[1972]] &ndash; The United States and the Soviet Union sign the [[Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty]].
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Prime Minister of Italy|Italian Prime Minister]] [[Arnaldo Forlani]] and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the [[Freemasonry|pseudo-masonic]] lodge [[Propaganda Due|P2 ''(Propaganda Due)'']].<ref>{{cite book|title=International Business Travel and Relocation Directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2KYwAQAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Gale Research Co.|isbn=978-0-8103-2517-3|page=442}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; An [[Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler|EA-6B Prowler]] crashes on the flight deck of the [[aircraft carrier]] {{USS|Nimitz}}, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=United States Navy |first=Ahron |last=Arendes |url=http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=7637 |title=Nimitz Remembers Lives Lost During 1981 Flight Deck Crash |work=USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Navy NewsStand |date=29 May 2003 |access-date=5 November 2007 |archive-date=29 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229164735/http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=7637 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; The 7.8 {{M|w}} [[1983 Sea of Japan earthquake|Sea of Japan earthquake]] shakes northern [[Honshu]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VIII (''Severe''). A destructive tsunami is generated that leaves about 100 people dead.<ref>{{cite book|title=Tsunami Newsletter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5ZNAQAAIAAJ|year=1985|publisher=International Tsunami Information Center|page=35}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; The [[European Community]] adopts the [[European flag]].
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Zviad Gamsakhurdia]] becomes the first elected [[President of Georgia|President]] of the [[Georgia (country)|Republic of Georgia]] in the post-Soviet era.
*  1991   &ndash; [[Lauda Air Flight 004]] breaks apart in mid-air and crashes in the [[Phu Toei National Park]] in the [[Suphan Buri Province]] of [[Thailand]], killing all 223 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 767-3Z9ER OE-LAV Phu Toey|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19910526-0|access-date=2019-05-22|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] rules in ''[[New Jersey v. New York]]'' that [[Ellis Island]], the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of [[New Jersey]], not New York.
*  1998   &ndash; The first "[[National Sorry Day]]" is held in Australia. Reconciliation events are held nationally, and attended by over a million people.
*  1998   &ndash; A [[MIAT Mongolian Airlines]] [[Harbin Y-12]] [[1998 MIAT Mongolian Airlines crash|crashes]] near [[Erdenet]], [[Orkhon Province]], Mongolia, resulting in 28 deaths.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Harbin Yunshuji Y-12 II JU-1017 Erdenet|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19980526-0|access-date=2021-05-25|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; The tugboat ''Robert Y. Love'' [[I-40 bridge disaster|collides]] with a support pier of Interstate 40 on the [[Arkansas River]] near [[Webbers Falls, Oklahoma]], resulting in 14 deaths and 11 others injured.
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines Flight 4230]] crashes in the Turkish town of [[Maçka]], killing 75.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yakolov 42D UR-42352 Maçka |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20030526-0 |access-date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[2008 South China floods|Severe flooding]] begins in eastern and southern China that will ultimately cause 148 deaths and force the evacuation of 1.3&nbsp;million.
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[George Floyd protests|Protests]] triggered by the [[murder of George Floyd|murder]] of [[George Floyd]] erupt in [[George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul|Minneapolis–Saint Paul]], later becoming widespread [[List of George Floyd protests in the United States|across the United States]] and [[List of George Floyd protests outside the United States|around the world]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/us/george-floyd-investigation.html |title=8 Minutes and 46 Seconds: How George Floyd Was Killed in Police Custody |date=May 31, 2020 |first1=Evan |last1=Hill |first2=Ainara |last2=Tiefenthäler |first3=Christiaan |last3=Triebert |first4=Drew |last4=Jordan |first5=Haley |last5=Willis |first6=Robin |last6=Stein |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; Ten people are killed in a [[2021 San Jose shooting|shooting]] at a [[Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority|VTA]] [[rail yard]] in [[San Jose, California]], United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Mass-shooting-in-San-Jose-What-we-know-so-far-16204689.php|title=San Jose shooting latest updates: Another dead in San Jose horror, 9th victim of gunman|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|first1=Vanessa|last1=Arredondo|first2=Aidin|last2=Vaziri|first3=Lauren|last3=Hernández|first4=Michael|last4=Cabanatuan|first5=Shwanika|last5=Narayan|first6=Tal|last6=Kopan|date=May 26, 2021|accessdate=May 26, 2021}}</ref>

==Births==
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===Pre-1600===
*[[1264]] &ndash; [[Prince Koreyasu|Koreyasu]], Japanese prince and shōgun (d. 1326)
*[[1478]] &ndash; [[Pope Clement VII|Clement VII]], pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1534)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Peter G. Bietenholz|author2=Thomas Brian Deutscher|title=Contemporaries of Erasmus: A Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hruQ386SfFcC&pg=PA308|date=1 January 2003|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-8577-1|pages=308}}</ref>
*[[1562]] &ndash; [[James III, Margrave of Baden-Hachberg|James III]], margrave of Baden-Hachberg (d. 1590)
*[[1566]] &ndash; [[Mehmed III]], Ottoman sultan (d. 1603)

===1601–1900===
*[[1602]] &ndash; [[Philippe de Champaigne]], Dutch-French painter (d. 1674)
*[[1623]] &ndash; [[William Petty]], English economist and philosopher (d. 1687)<ref>{{cite web |title=Petty, Sir William {{!}} Dictionary of Irish Biography |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/petty-sir-william-a7303 |website=www.dib.ie |access-date=27 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1650]] &ndash; [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire]] (d. 1722)
*[[1667]] &ndash; [[Abraham de Moivre]], French-English mathematician and theorist (d. 1754)
*[[1669]] &ndash; [[Sébastien Vaillant]], French botanist and mycologist (d. 1722)
*[[1700]] &ndash; [[Nicolaus Zinzendorf]], German bishop and saint (d. 1760)
*[[1750]] &ndash; [[William Morgan (actuary)|William Morgan]], British actuary (d. 1833)<ref>{{cite web|title=William Morgan|url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Morgan_William/|publisher=MacTutor|access-date=23 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[August Kopisch]], German poet and painter (d. 1853)
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Edmond de Goncourt]], French author and critic, founded the [[Académie Goncourt]] (d. 1896)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Bob Fitzsimmons]], English-New Zealand boxer (d. 1917)<ref>{{DNZB|McMillan|N.A.C.|2f12|Fitzsimmons, Robert|15 January 2017}}</ref>
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Robert W. Chambers]], American author and illustrator (d. 1933)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Mary of Teck]], English-born queen consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1953)<ref>{{cite book|first=James|last=Pope-Hennessy|title=Queen Mary, 1867-1953|location=London|publisher=Allen and Unwin|year=1959|oclc=872986639|page=24}}</ref>
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Olaf Gulbransson]], Norwegian painter and illustrator (d. 1958)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Percy Perrin]], English cricketer (d. 1945)<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Perrin |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/18506.html |website=Cricinfo |access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref>
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[W. Otto Miessner]], American composer and educator (d. 1967)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Adolfo de la Huerta]], Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 (d. 1955)<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/h/huerta_adolfo.htm|title=Adolfo de la Huerta|access-date=May 28, 2019|publisher=Biografias y Vidas|language=es}}</ref>
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Mamie Smith]], American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist (d. 1946)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Al Jolson]], American singer and actor (d. 1950)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Freedland |first1=Michael |title=Al Jolson |publisher=W.H. Allen |pages=17–18}}</ref>
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Ba U]], 2nd [[President of Burma]] (d. 1963)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Eugene Aynsley Goossens]], English conductor and composer (d. 1962)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Dorothea Lange]], American photographer and journalist (d. 1965)
*  1895   &ndash; [[Paul Lukas]], Hungarian-American actor and singer (d. 1971)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Ernst Bacon]], American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)
*  1898   &ndash; [[Christfried Burmeister]], Estonian speed skater (d. 1965)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Antonio Barrette]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th [[Premier of Quebec]] (d. 1968)
*  1899   &ndash; [[Muriel McQueen Fergusson]], Canadian lawyer and politician, [[Speaker of the Senate (Canada)|Canadian Speaker of the Senate]] (d. 1997)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Karin Juel]], Swedish singer, actress, and writer (d. 1976)

===1901–present===
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Tamurbek Dawletschin]], Tatar author and prisoner of war (d. 1983)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dawletschin-Linder |first=Camilla |title=Von Kasan bis Bergen-Belsen: Erinnerungen eines sowjetischen Kriegsgefangenen 1941/42 |pages=7–21 |language=de |chapter=Einführung und Kurzbiografie |date=2021 |doi=10.5771/9783835347458-7|isbn=978-3-8353-4745-8 }}</ref>
*  1904   &ndash; [[George Formby]], English singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1961)
*  1904   &ndash; [[Necip Fazıl Kısakürek]], Turkish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1983)
*  1904   &ndash; [[Vlado Perlemuter]], Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (d. 2002)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Jean Bernard (physician)|Jean Bernard]], French physician and haematologist (d. 2006)
*  1907   &ndash; [[John Wayne]], American actor, director, and producer (d. 1979)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Robert Morley]], English actor (d. 1992)
*  1908   &ndash; [[Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ]], Vietnamese politician, 1st [[Leaders of South Vietnam|Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam]] (d. 1976)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Matt Busby]], Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1994)
*  1909   &ndash; [[Adolfo López Mateos]], Mexican politician, 48th [[President of Mexico]] (d. 1969)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Imi Lichtenfeld]], Hungarian-Israeli martial artist, boxer, and gymnast (d. 1998)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Maurice Baquet]], French actor and cellist (d. 2005) 
*  1911   &ndash; [[Henry Ephron]], American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1992)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[János Kádár]], Hungarian mechanic and politician, 46th [[List of Prime Ministers of Hungary|Prime Minister of Hungary]] (d. 1989)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Jay Silverheels]], Canadian-American actor (d. 1980)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Peter Cushing]], English actor (d. 1994)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Pierre Daninos]], French author (d. 2005)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Karin Ekelund]], Swedish actress (d. 1976)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Josef Manger]], German weightlifter (d. 1991)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Frankie Manning]], American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Vernon Alley]], American bassist (d. 2004)
*  1915   &ndash; [[Antonia Forest]], English author (d. 2003)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Henriette Roosenburg]], Dutch journalist and author (d. 1972)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Rubén González (pianist)|Rubén González]], Cuban pianist (d. 2003)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Jack Cheetham]], South African cricketer (d. 1980)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Peggy Lee]], American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2002)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Inge Borkh]], German soprano (d. 2018)<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Ewen|title=Musicians Since 1900: Performers in Concert and Opera|location=New York|publisher=Wilson|year=1978|isbn=978-0-82420-565-2|page=93}}</ref>
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[James Arness]], American actor (d. 2011)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Roy Dotrice]], English actor (d. 2017)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Carmen Montejo]], Cuban-Mexican actress (d. 2013)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Alec McCowen]], English actor<ref>{{cite news|title=Birthday's today|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2011-5-26.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527150901/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2011-5-26.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 May 2011 |newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=24 May 2014|date=26 May 2011|quote=Mr Alec McCowen, actor, is 86 }}</ref> (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/feb/07/alec-mccowen-obituary |title=Alec McCowen obituary  |newspaper=The Guardian |date=7 February 2017 |access-date=7 February 2017}}</ref>
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Miles Davis]], American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1991)<ref>{{cite book|author=Ian Carr|title=Miles Davis: The Definitive Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uTgIAQAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-00-255222-6|page=1}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Jacques Bergerac]], French actor and businessman (d. 2014)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Jack Kevorkian]], American pathologist, author, and assisted suicide activist (d. 2011)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[J. F. Ade Ajayi]], Nigerian historian and academic (d. 2014)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Ernie Carroll]], Australian television personality and producer (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite news|first1=Jessica |last1=Riga |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-30/ernie-carroll-puppeteer-behind-ossie-ostrich-dead-at-92/100953062|title=Ernie Carroll, pioneering entertainer behind Ossie Ostrich, died aged 92|newspaper=ABC News|date=30 March 2022|accessdate=31 March 2022}}</ref>
*  1929   &ndash; [[Hans Freeman]],  Australian bioinorganic chemist and protein crystallographer (d. 2008)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Catherine Sauvage]], French singer and actress (d. 1998)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Karim Emami]], Indian-Iranian lexicographer and critic (d. 2005)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Eero Loone]], Estonian philosopher and academic
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Natalya Gorbanevskaya]], Russian-Polish poet and activist (d. 2013)<ref>{{cite news |title=Natalya Gorbanevskaya - obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10617528/Natalya-Gorbanevskaya-obituary.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10617528/Natalya-Gorbanevskaya-obituary.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=22 December 2021 |work=The Telegraph |date=4 February 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]], Indian actress and singer (d. 2015)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Paul E. Patton]], American politician, 59th [[Governor of Kentucky]] 
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[William Bolcom]], American pianist and composer
*  1938   &ndash; [[Andrew Clennel Palmer]], British engineer (d. 2019)<ref>{{ cite journal | last = King | first = Roger Anthony | doi = 10.1098/rsbm.2022.0015 | date = 27 July 2022 | title = Andrew Clennel Palmer. 26 May 1938—21 December 2019 | journal = [[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | volume = 73 | pages = 379–393 | s2cid = 251071307 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
*  1938   &ndash; [[Lyudmila Petrushevskaya]], Russian author and playwright
*  1938   &ndash; [[K. Bikram Singh]], Indian director and producer (d. 2013)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Teresa Stratas]], Canadian soprano and actress<ref>{{cite book |last1=Randel |first1=Don Michael |title=The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians |date=30 October 2002 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-25572-2 |page=866 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HXILEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT866 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Monique Gagnon-Tremblay]], Canadian academic and politician, [[Deputy Premier of Quebec]]
*  1940   &ndash; [[Levon Helm]], American singer-songwriter, drummer, producer, and actor (d. 2012)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Aldrich Ames]], American [[CIA]] officer and criminal
*  1941   &ndash; [[Jim Dobbin]], Scottish microbiologist and politician (d. 2014)
*  1941   &ndash; [[Cliff Drysdale]], South African tennis player and sportscaster
*  1941   &ndash; [[Imants Kalniņš]], Latvian composer 
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Erica Terpstra]], Dutch swimmer, journalist, and politician
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Phil Edmonston]], American-Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2022)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Jan Kinder]], Norwegian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Sam Posey]], American race car driver and journalist
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]], Indian lawyer and politician, 17th [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] (d. 2012)
*  1945   &ndash; [[Alistair MacDuff]], English lawyer and judge
*  1945   &ndash; [[Garry Peterson]], Canadian-American drummer 
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Neshka Robeva]], Bulgarian gymnast and coach
*  1946   &ndash; [[Mick Ronson]], English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1993)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Carol O'Connell]], American author and painter
*  1947   &ndash; [[Glenn Turner]], New Zealand cricketer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38622.html|title=Glenn Turner|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
*  [[1948]] &ndash; [[Dayle Haddon]], Canadian model and actress (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sanders |first=Hank |date=December 28, 2024 |title=Dayle Haddon, Model Who Bucked Age Discrimination, Dies at 76 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/28/us/dayle-haddon-dead.html |access-date=December 29, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
*1948 &ndash; [[Stevie Nicks]], American singer-songwriter
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Jeremy Corbyn]], British journalist and politician
*  1949   &ndash; [[Ward Cunningham]], American computer programmer, developed the first [[wiki]]
*  1949   &ndash; [[Pam Grier]], American actress 
*  1949   &ndash; [[Anne McGuire]], Scottish educator and politician
*  1949   &ndash; [[Philip Michael Thomas]], American actor<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA293|date=30 September 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-264-1|pages=293}}</ref>
*  1949   &ndash; [[Hank Williams Jr.]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>{{cite book|author1=George William Koon|author2=Bill Koon|title=Hank Williams, So Lonesome|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fPMlrotQFbcC&pg=PA40|year=2001|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-57806-283-6|pages=40}}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Ramón Calderón]], Spanish lawyer and businessman
*  1951   &ndash; [[Lou van den Dries]], Dutch mathematician
*  1951   &ndash; [[Muhammed Faris]], Syrian military aviator and cosmonaut (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |title=Interkosmos: The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program |date=2016 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |location=Cham |isbn=9783319241630 |page=225}}</ref>
*  1951   &ndash; [[Sally Ride]], American physicist and astronaut, founded [[Sally Ride Science]] (d. 2012)<ref>{{cite news |last=Grady |first=Denise |title=Obituary: American Woman Who Shattered Space Ceiling |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/science/space/sally-ride-trailblazing-astronaut-dies-at-61.html?pagewanted=all |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 23, 2012 |access-date=July 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726211528/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/science/space/sally-ride-trailblazing-astronaut-dies-at-61.html?pagewanted=all |archive-date=July 26, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1951   &ndash; [[Madeleine Taylor-Quinn]], Irish educator and politician
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Kay Hagan]], American lawyer and politician (d. 2019)<ref>{{CongLinks | congbio=H001049 | votesmart=21082 | fec=S8NC00239 | congress= }}</ref>
*  1953   &ndash; [[Don McAllister]], English footballer and manager<ref>{{cite web|title=Don McAllister|url=https://www.11v11.com/players/don-mcallister-35245/|publisher=11v11.com|access-date=26 May 2020}}</ref>
*  1953   &ndash; [[Michael Portillo]], English journalist, politician and TV presenter<ref>{{cite book|title=The Guardian Political Almanac|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cj2NAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Fourth Estate|page=26}}</ref>
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Michael Devine (hunger striker)|Michael Devine]], [[Irish Republican]] [[1981 Irish hunger strike|hunger strike]] participant (d. 1981)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bobbysandstrust.com/hungerstrikers/mickey-devine/ |title=Micky Devine, Died August 20th, 1981 |website=www.bobbysandstrust.com}}</ref>
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Alan Hollinghurst]], English novelist, poet, short story writer, and translator
*  1954   &ndash; [[Denis Lebel]], Canadian businessman and politician, 29th [[Minister of Transport (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Transport]]
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Fiona Shackleton]], English lawyer<ref>{{cite news |last=Dyer |first=Clare |title=She can give people straight answers, often ones they don't want to hear, in such a way that they take it from her |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/feb/15/law|access-date=24 September 2012 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=3 May 2021}}</ref>
*  1956   &ndash; [[Jyoti Gogte]], Indian academician<ref>{{cite book |title=Gogte [[Kulavruttanta]] |publisher=Gogte Committee|year=2006|location=[[Pune]]|language=mr|trans-title=The Gogte Family Genealogy Almanac|chapter=Belgav Gharana, Dusra|trans-chapter=The 2nd [[Noble house (term)|House]] of [[Belgaum]]|page=447}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Diomedes Díaz]], Colombian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
*  1957   &ndash; [[François Legault]], Canadian businessman and politician
*  1957   &ndash; [[Roberto Ravaglia]], Italian racing driver
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Ronnie Black]], American golfer
*  1958   &ndash; [[Arto Bryggare]], Finnish hurdler and politician
*  1958   &ndash; [[Margaret Colin]], American actress<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Playbill]]|url=http://www.playbill.com/person/margaret-colin-vault-0000063449|title=Margaret Colin|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190130064226/http://www.playbill.com/person/margaret-colin-vault-0000063449|archive-date=January 30, 2019|access-date=January 30, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Ole Bornedal]], Danish actor, director, and producer
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Dean Lukin]], Australian weightlifter
*  1960   &ndash; [[Masahiro Matsunaga]], Japanese racing driver
*  1960   &ndash; [[Romas Ubartas]], Lithuanian discus thrower
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Tarsem Singh]], Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Black (singer)|Black]], English singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
*  1962   &ndash; [[Genie Francis]], Canadian-American actress
*  1962   &ndash; [[Bobcat Goldthwait]], American actor, director, and screenwriter
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Simon Armitage]], English poet, playwright and novelist<ref>{{cite book|author=Ian Scott-Kilvert|title=British Writers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rIYYAAAAIAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Scribner|isbn=978-0-684-80656-3|page=1}}</ref>
*  1963   &ndash; [[Claude Legault]], Canadian actor and screenwriter
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Caitlín R. Kiernan]], Irish-American paleontologist and author
*  1964   &ndash; [[Lenny Kravitz]], American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor
*  1964   &ndash; [[Argiris Pedoulakis]], Greek basketball player and coach
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Helena Bonham Carter]], English actress 
*  1966   &ndash; [[Zola Budd]], South African runner
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Philip Treacy]], Irish milliner, hat designer
*  1967   &ndash; [[Mika Yamamoto]], Japanese journalist (d. 2012)
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Fernando León de Aranoa]], Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1968   &ndash; [[Frederik X of Denmark|Frederik X]], King of Denmark
*  1968   &ndash; [[Steve Sedgley]], English footballer and manager
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[John Baird (Canadian politician)|John Baird]], Canadian politician, 10th [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
*  1969   &ndash; [[Siri Lindley]], American triathlete and coach<ref>{{cite book|author=Siri Lindley|title=Surfacing: From the Depths of Self-Doubt to Winning Big and Living Fearlessly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=auyPDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT6|date=10 October 2016|publisher=VeloPress|isbn=978-1-937716-85-1|pages=6}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Nobuhiro Watsuki]], Japanese illustrator
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Zaher Andary]], Lebanese footballer
*  1971   &ndash; [[Matt Stone]], American actor, animator, screenwriter, producer, and composer
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Naomi Harris]], Canadian-American photographer
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Lars Frölander]], Swedish swimmer
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Lauryn Hill]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress 
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Paul Collingwood]], English cricketer and coach
*  1976   &ndash; [[Stephen Curry (comedian)|Stephen Curry]], Australian comedian and actor
*  1976   &ndash; [[Kenny Florian]], American mixed martial artist and sportscaster
*  1976   &ndash; [[Justin Pierre]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Nikos Chatzivrettas]], Greek basketball player
*  1977   &ndash; [[Raina Telgemeier]], American author and cartoonist
*  1977   &ndash; [[Luca Toni]], Italian footballer
*  1977   &ndash; [[Misaki Ito]], Japanese actress and model
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Fabio Firmani]], Italian footballer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Dan Parks]], Australian-Scottish rugby player
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Ashley Massaro]], American wrestler and model (d. 2019)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morin |first1=Alyssa |title=WWE and Survivor Star Ashley Massaro Dead at 39 |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1042208/wwe-and-survivor-star-ashley-massaro-dead-at-39 |publisher=[[E!]] |access-date=23 May 2023 |date=16 May 2019}}</ref>
*  1979   &ndash; [[Natalya Nazarova]], Russian sprinter
*  1979   &ndash; [[Elisabeth Harnois]], American actress
*  1979   &ndash; [[Mehmet Okur]], Turkish basketball player
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Louis-Jean Cormier]], Canadian singer and songwriter
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Anthony Ervin]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite web|title=Anthony Ervin|url=https://www.olympic.org/anthony-ervin|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=12 March 2020}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Jason Manford]], English actor, screenwriter, and television host
*  1981   &ndash; [[Ben Zobrist]], American baseball player<ref>{{baseballstats |mlb=450314 }}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Hasan Kabze]], Turkish footballer
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Demy de Zeeuw]], Dutch footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Nathan Merritt]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Monika Christodoulou]], Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1985   &ndash; [[Ashley Vincent]], English footballer
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Michel Tornéus]], Swedish long jumper
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Olcay Şahan]], Turkish footballer
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Andrea Catellani]], Italian footballer
*  1988   &ndash; [[Dani Samuels]], Australian discus thrower<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/judo/1029997/dani_samuels.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150124225051/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/judo/1029997/dani_samuels.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 24, 2015|title=Dani Samuels|website=Glasgow XX Commonwealth Games|access-date=17 April 2021}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Paula Findlay]], Canadian triathlete
*  1989   &ndash; [[Park Ye-eun]], South Korean singer<ref>{{cite web|title=핫벨트(예은) '생일잔치에 웬 미스코리아 선?' [TEN★]|url=https://tenasia.hankyung.com/article/2021052754714|work=텐아시아|date=27 May 2021|access-date=26 March 2025|language=ko}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Ah Young]], South Korean singer and actress
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Jason Adesanya]], Belgian footballer
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Gong Myung]], South Korean actor<ref>{{cite web|title=배우그룹 '서프라이즈' 공명, '안녕하세요' 출연 "격한 반응에 눈물까지…감성 풍부"|url=https://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/1KYXCVC9YN|website=Seoul Daily|date=19 July 2016|access-date=4 February 2025|language=ko}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Lara Goodall]], South African cricketer
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Mathew Barzal]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mathew Barzal |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3899946/mathew-barzal |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Micah Parsons]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Micah Parsons |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4361423/micah-parsons |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref>
*  1999   &ndash; [[Georgia Wareham]], Australian cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Georgia Wareham {{!}} Stats, Bio, Facts and Career Info|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/players/georgia-wareham/47oXCuxgs0KCpJg5_y9oZQ|access-date=2021-05-26|website=www.cricket.com.au|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2000]]  &ndash; [[Yeji (singer)|Yeji]], South Korean singer<ref>{{cite web|title=있지 예지, 생일 축하 감사...“더 큰 사랑 줄 수 있는 사람 될 것”|url=https://www.mk.co.kr/news/hot-issues/9887071|work=매일경제|date=26 May 2021|access-date=2 March 2025|language=ko}}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[604]] &ndash; [[Augustine of Canterbury]], Benedictine monk and archbishop
* [[735]] &ndash; [[Bede]], English monk, historian, and theologian
* [[818]] &ndash; [[Ali al-Ridha]], 8th of [[The Twelve Imams]]
* [[926]] &ndash; [[Yuan Xingqin]], Chinese general and governor
* [[946]] &ndash; [[Edmund I]], king of England (b. 921)
*[[1035]] &ndash; [[Berenguer Ramon I]], Spanish nobleman (b. 1005)
*[[1055]] &ndash; [[Adalbert, Margrave of Austria|Adalbert]], margrave of Austria
*[[1250]] &ndash; [[Peter I, Duke of Brittany|Peter I]], duke of Brittany
*[[1339]] &ndash; [[Aldona of Lithuania|Aldona Ona]], queen of Poland
*[[1362]] &ndash; [[Louis I of Naples|Louis I]], king of Naples (b. 1320)
*[[1421]] &ndash; [[Mehmed I]], Ottoman sultan (b. 1389)
*[[1512]] &ndash; [[Bayezid II]], Ottoman sultan (b. 1447)
*[[1536]] &ndash; [[Francesco Berni]], Italian poet (b. 1498)
*[[1552]] &ndash; [[Sebastian Münster]], German cartographer and cosmographer (b. 1488)

===1601–1900===
*[[1648]] &ndash; [[Vincent Voiture]], French poet and author (b. 1597)
*[[1653]] &ndash; [[Robert Filmer]], English theorist and author (b. 1588)
*[[1679]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria|Ferdinand Maria]], Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)
*[[1685]] &ndash; [[Charles II, Elector Palatine|Charles II]], German elector palatine (b. 1651)
*[[1702]] &ndash; [[Zeb-un-Nissa]], Mughal princess and poet (b. 1638)<ref>{{cite book|first=Jadunath|last=Sarkar|title=A Short History of Aurangzib, 1618-1707|location=New Delhi|publisher=Orient Longman|year=1979|page=14|isbn=978-0-86131-083-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EDxuAAAAMAAJ}}</ref>
*[[1703]] &ndash; [[Samuel Pepys]], English politician (b. 1633)<ref>{{cite web |title=Samuel Pepys {{!}} English diarist and naval administrator |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Pepys |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=22 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1742]] &ndash; [[Pylyp Orlyk]], Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1672) 
*[[1746]] &ndash; [[Thomas Southerne]], Irish playwright (b. 1660)
*[[1762]] &ndash; [[Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten]], German philosopher and academic (b. 1714)
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[James Burnett, Lord Monboddo]], Scottish linguist, biologist, and judge (b. 1714)
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly]], Russian field marshal and politician, [[Governor-General of Finland]] (b. 1761)
*  1818   &ndash; [[Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza]], Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader (b. 1785)
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Capel Lofft]], English lawyer (b. 1751)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Sidney Smith (Royal Navy officer)|Sidney Smith]], English admiral and politician (b. 1764)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Jakob Bernays]], German philologist and academic (b. 1824)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Abdelkader El Djezairi]], Algerian ruler (b. 1808)

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Almon Brown Strowger]], American soldier and inventor (b. 1839)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Mirza Ghulam Ahmad]], Indian religious leader, founded the [[Ahmadiyya|Ahmadiyya movement]] (b. 1835)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Jacob Riis|Jacob August Riis]], Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (b. 1849)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Victor Herbert]], Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, founded the [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers]] (b. 1859)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[William H. Shockley]], American mining engineer, amateur photographer, and hobbyist botanist (b. 1855)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archives.stanforddaily.com/1925/05/27?page=1&section=MODSMD_ARTICLE12#article|title=William H. Shockley Dies in Los Angeles|work=[[The Daily Palo Alto]]|location=[[Palo Alto, California]]|volume=67|number=63|page=1}}</ref>
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Srečko Kosovel]], Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Horatio Bottomley]], English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1897)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Charles Horace Mayo]], American physician, co-founded [[Mayo Clinic]] (b. 1865)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Edsel Ford]], American businessman (b. 1893)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Alice Tegnér]], Swedish organist, composer, and educator (b. 1864)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Julie Anne|last1=Sadie|first2=Rhian|last2=Samuel|title=The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=2006|page=457|isbn=978-0-33351-598-3}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Christian Wirth]], German [[SS]] officer (b. 1885)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Torsten Bergström]], Swedish actor and director (b. 1896)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Lincoln Ellsworth]], American explorer (b. 1880)
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Lionel Conacher]], Canadian football player and politician (b. 1900)
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Alberto Ascari]], Italian racing driver (b. 1918)
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Al Simmons]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1902)
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Philip Kassel]], American gymnast (b. 1876)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Ruben Oskar Auervaara]], Finnish fraudster (b. 1906)<ref name="soukola">Soukola, Timo: "Auervaara, Ruben Oskar (1906–1964)", [[Suomen kansallisbiografia]], volume 1, pp 443–444. Helsinki: [[Finnish Literature Society]], 2003. {{ISBN|951-746-442-8}}. [https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/8354/ Online version].</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Dilling]], American author and activist (b. 1894)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Paul Hawkins (racing driver)|Paul Hawkins]], Australian racing driver (b. 1937)
*  1969   &ndash; [[Allan Haines Loughead]], American engineer, co-founded the [[Lockheed Corporation]] (b. 1889)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Silvio Moser]], Swiss racing driver (b. 1941)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Martin Heidegger]], German philosopher and academic (b. 1889)
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Cybele Andrianou]], Greek actress (b. 1887)
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[George Brent]], Irish-American actor (b. 1904)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Peer]], American journalist (b. 1936)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Don Revie]], English footballer and manager (b. 1927)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Sonny Sharrock]], American guitarist (b. 1940)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Friz Freleng]], American animator, director, and producer (b. 1906)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Ralph Horween]], American football player and coach (b. 1896)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Paul Sacher]], Swiss conductor and philanthropist (b. 1906)
*  1999   &ndash; [[Waldo Semon]], American chemist and engineer (b. 1898)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Vittorio Brambilla]], Italian racing driver (b. 1937)
*  2001   &ndash; [[Anne Haney]], American actress (b. 1934)
*  2001   &ndash; [[Moven Mahachi]], Zimbabwean soldier and politician, [[Ministry of Defence (Zimbabwe)|Zimbabwean Minister of Defence]] (b. 1952)
*  2001   &ndash; [[Dona Massin]], Canadian actress and choreographer (b. 1917)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Mamo Wolde]], Ethiopian runner (b. 1932)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Kathleen Winsor]], American journalist and author (b. 1919)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Nikolai Chernykh]], Russian astronomer (b. 1931)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Eddie Albert]], American actor (b. 1906)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Chico Carrasquel]], Venezuelan baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Ruth Laredo]], American pianist and educator (b. 1937)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Leslie Smith (businessman)|Leslie Smith]], English businessman, co-founded [[Lesney Products]] (b. 1918)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Édouard Michelin (born 1963)|Édouard Michelin]], French businessman (b. 1963)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Kevin O'Flanagan]], Irish footballer and physician (b. 1919)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Jack Edward Oliver]], English illustrator (b. 1942)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Howard Porter (basketball)|Howard Porter]], American basketball player (b. 1948)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Sydney Pollack]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Zita Urbonaitė]], Lithuanian cyclist (b. 1973)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Mihalis Papagiannakis]], Greek journalist and politician (b. 1941)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Peter Zezel]], Canadian ice hockey and soccer player (b. 1965)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Art Linkletter]], Canadian-American radio and television host (b. 1912)
*  2010   &ndash; [[Chris Moran]], English air marshal and pilot (b. 1956) 
*  2010   &ndash; [[Kieran Phelan]], Irish politician (b. 1949)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Arisen Ahubudu]], Sri Lankan scholar, author, and playwright (b. 1920)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Arthur Decabooter]], Belgian cyclist (b. 1936)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Leo Dillon]], American illustrator (b. 1933)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Stephen Healey]], Welsh captain and footballer (b. 1982) 
*  2012   &ndash; [[Hiroshi Miyazawa]], Japanese politician (b. 1921)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Hans Schmidt (wrestler)|Hans Schmidt]], Canadian wrestler (b. 1925)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Jim Unger]], English-Canadian illustrator (b. 1937)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Ray Barnhart]], American businessman and politician (b. 1928)
*  2013   &ndash; [[John Bierwirth]], American lawyer and businessman (b. 1924)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Roberto Civita]], Italian-Brazilian businessman (b. 1936)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Tom Lichtenberg]], American football player and coach (b. 1940)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Otto Muehl]], Austrian painter (b. 1925)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Jack Vance]], American author (b. 1916)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Baselios Thoma Didymos I]], Indian metropolitan (b. 1921)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Miodrag Radulovacki]], Serbian-American academic and neuropharmacologist (b. 1933)
*  2014   &ndash; [[William R. Roy]], American physician, journalist, and politician (b. 1926)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Hooshang Seyhoun]], Iranian-Canadian architect, sculptor, and painter (b. 1920)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Vicente Aranda]], Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Les Johnson]], Australian politician and diplomat, [[List of Australian High Commissioners to New Zealand|Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand]] (b. 1924)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Robert Kraft (astronomer)|Robert Kraft]], American astronomer and academic (b. 1927)
*  2015   &ndash; [[João Lucas (footballer, born 1979)|João Lucas]], Portuguese footballer (b. 1979)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Hedy Epstein]], German-born American human rights activist and Holocaust survivor (b. 1924)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Zbigniew Brzezinski]], Polish-born American politician (b. 1928)
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Prem Tinsulanonda]], Former Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1684176/gen-prem-dies-of-heart-failure-at-98|title=Gen Prem dies|newspaper=Bangkok Post |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Andy Fletcher (musician)|Andy Fletcher]], English musician (b. 1961)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/26/entertainment/andy-fletcher-depeche-mode-death-cec/index.html|title=Depeche Mode's Andy Fletcher dies at 60|last=Marya|first=Radhika|work=[[CNN]]|date=May 26, 2022|access-date=June 3, 2022}}</ref>
*  2022   &ndash; [[Ray Liotta]], American actor (b. 1954)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61600212 |title=Goodfellas star Ray Liotta dies aged 67 |work=BBC News |date=May 26, 2022 |access-date=May 26, 2022}}</ref>
*  2022   &ndash; [[Alan White (Yes drummer)|Alan White]], English drummer (b. 1949)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-61600583 |title=Yes drummer Alan White dies aged 72|work=BBC News|date=May 26, 2022 |access-date=May 26, 2022}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
**[[Augustine of Canterbury]] ([[Anglican Communion]] and [[Eastern Orthodox]])
**[[Lambert of Vence]]
**[[Massacre in the Rue Haxo#Legacy|Martyrs of the Paris Commune]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pope Beatifies Five Priests Martyrs of the Paris Commune|url=https://www.gaudiumpress.ca/pope-beatifies-five-priests-martyrs-of-the-paris-commune/|website=gaudiumpress.ca|access-date=2024-05-26}}</ref>
**[[Peter Sanz]] (one of [[Martyr Saints of China]])
**[[Philip Neri]] 
**[[Pope Eleutherius]]
**[[Quadratus of Athens]]
**[[Zachary, Bishop of Vienne]]
**[[May 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Independence Day (Georgia)|Independence Day]], commemorates the day of the First Republic in 1918 ([[Georgia (country)|Georgia]])
*Independence Day, celebrates the independence of [[Guyana]] from the United Kingdom in 1966.
*[[Mother's Day]] (Poland)
*[[National Paper Airplane Day]] (United States)
*[[National Sorry Day]] (Australia)

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/26 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=5|day=26}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/may/26 Historical Events on May 26]

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[[Category:Days of May]]