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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1256]] &ndash; The [[Augustinians|Augustinian]] [[monastic order]] is constituted at the [[Monastery of the Holy Saviour|Lecceto Monastery]] when [[Pope Alexander IV]] issues a [[papal bull]] ''Licet ecclesiae catholicae''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Flannery|first=John M.|title=The Mission of the Portuguese Augustinians to Persia and Beyond (1602-1747)|location=Lieden|publisher=Brill|date=2013|isbn=9789004243828|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fR0zAQAAQBAJ|page=40}}</ref>
*[[1415]] &ndash; Religious reformer [[John Wycliffe]] is condemned as a [[Christian heresy|heretic]] at the [[Council of Constance]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bray|first=Gerald|chapter=On the Truth of Holy Scripture (1377-1378) John Wycliffe (c. 1328-1384)|editor-last1=Kapic|editor-first1=Kelly M.|editor-last2=Madueme|editor-first2=Hans|title=Reading Christian Theology in the Protestant Tradition|location=London|publisher=Bloomsbury T&T Clark|date=2018|isbn=9780567566768|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jb1KDwAAQBAJ|page=290|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Christianson|first=Gerald|chapter=Wycliff's Ghost: The Politics of Reunion at the Council of Basel|title=Reform, Representation and Theology in Nicholas of Cusa and His Age|location=New York|publisher=Taylor & Francis|date=2012|isbn=9781003420835|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mB22EAAAQBAJ|page=91|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Fastiggi|first=Robert L.|title=The Sacrament of Reconciliation: An Anthropological and Scriptural Understanding|location=Chicago|publisher=Hillenbrand Books|date=2017|isbn=9781595250438|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pdqaDgAAQBAJ|page=96, fn. 17}}</ref>
*[[1436]] &ndash; Assassination of the Swedish rebel (later national hero) [[Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson]] (27 April [[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]]).<ref>{{cite book|last=Riis|first=Thomas|chapter=The States of Scandinavia, c. 1390-c. 1536|title=The New Cambridge Medieval History. Volume VII: c.1415-c. 1500|editor-last=Allmand|editor-first=Christopher|location=Cambridge, UK|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2015|isbn=9781107568914|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qzc8OeuSXFMC|page=682|postscript=none}}; {{cite journal|last=Harrison|first=Dick|title=Murder and Execution within the Political Sphere in Fifteenth-century Scandinavia|journal=Scandia|volume=63|issue=2|date=1997|url=https://journals.lub.lu.se/scandia/article/download/1134/919/2085&ved=2ahUKEwjf-Iro2_aFAxWJ5ckDHX3KBwIQFnoECBAQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1ZmuCwzOyw7Vc3AJLaipDf|page=261}}</ref>
*[[1471]] &ndash; [[Wars of the Roses]]: The [[Battle of Tewkesbury]]: [[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]] defeats a [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrian]] Army and kills [[Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Panton|first=Kenneth J.|title=Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Scarecrow Press|date=2011|isbn=9780810857797|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oeDwEAAAQBAJ|pages=159, 167}}</ref>
*[[1493]] &ndash; In the [[papal bull]] ''[[Inter caetera]]'', [[Pope Alexander VI]] divides the [[New World]] between Spain and Portugal along the [[Line of Demarcation]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Hébié|first=Mamadou|chapter=The Acquisition of Original Titles of Territorial Sovereignty in the Law and Practice of European Colonial Expansion|title=Research Handbook on Territorial Disputes in International Law|editor-last1=Kohen|editor-first1=Marcelo G.|editor-last2=Hébié|editor-first2=Mamadou|location=Cheltenham, UK|publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing|date=2018|isbn=9781782546863|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gaFyDwAAQBAJ|pages=48–50}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1626]] &ndash; Dutch explorer [[Peter Minuit]] arrives in [[New Netherland]] (present day [[Manhattan Island]]) aboard the ''See Meeuw''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kroessler|first=Jeffrey A.|title=New York Year By Year: A Chronology of the Great Metropolis|location=New York|publisher=New York University Press|date=2002|isbn=9780814747513|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CjWhBwAAQBAJ|page=9}}</ref>
*[[1738]] &ndash; The [[Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet|Imperial Theatrical School]], the first ballet school in Russia, is founded.<ref>{{cite book|last=Snodgrass|first=Mary Ellen|title=The Encyclopedia of World Ballet|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|date=2015|isbn=9781442245259|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DNvaCQAAQBAJ|page=175}}</ref>
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations|Rhode Island]] becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King [[George III]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Lippitt|first=Charles Warren|title=The Rhode Island Declaration of Independence, May 4 1776|location=Providence, R.I|publisher=Rhode Island Citizens Historical Association|date=1906|oclc=1599182|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YsJOAQAAIAAJ|page=30}}</ref>
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War]]: The [[Battle of Seringapatam]]: The siege of [[Seringapatam]] ends when the city is invaded and [[Tipu Sultan]] killed by the besieging British army, under the command of [[George Harris, 1st Baron Harris|General George Harris]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Rosenberg|first=Chaim M.|title=Losing America, Conquering India: Lord Cornwallis and the Remaking of the British Empire|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Company|date=2017|isbn=9781476668123|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W34yDwAAQBAJ|page=130}}</ref>
*[[1814]] &ndash; Emperor [[Napoleon]] arrives at [[Portoferraio]] on the island of [[Elba]] to begin his exile.<ref>{{cite book|last=Maclachlan|first=Archibald Neil Campbell|title=Napoleon at Fontainebleau and Elba: Being a Journal of Occurrences in 1814-1815|location=London|publisher=J. Murray|date=1869|oclc=2580699|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D978YQmcB3gC|pages=214–216}}</ref>
*  1814   &ndash; King Ferdinand VII abolishes the [[Spanish Constitution of 1812]], returning Spain to [[Absolute monarchy|absolutism]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Piqueras|first=José Antonio|chapter=The End of the Legal Slave Trade in Cuba and the Second Slavery|title=Atlantic Transformations: Empire, Politics, and Slavery During the Nineteenth Century|editor-last=Tomich|editor-first=Dale W.|location=Albany, N.Y.|publisher=State University of New York Press|date=2020|isbn=9781438477855|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9u7cDwAAQBAJ|page=83}}</ref>
*[[1836]] &ndash; Formation of [[Ancient Order of Hibernians]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Watson|first1=William E.|last2=Halus|first2=Eugene J.|title=Irish Americans: The History and Culture of a People|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2015|isbn=9781610694667|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=swPHEAAAQBAJ|page=171}}</ref>
*[[1859]] &ndash; The [[Cornwall Railway]] opens across the [[Royal Albert Bridge]] linking [[Devon]] and [[Cornwall]] in England.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Campbell|first=J.M.|title=Some New Brunel Letters|journal=The Journal of Transport History|date=November 1958|issue=4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6UJ6L326s0C&q=%22Cornwall+Railway%22+%22Royal+Albert+Bridge%22+%224+May%22+1859|page=201|doi=10.1177/002252665800300403 }}</ref>
*[[1869]] &ndash; The four-day [[Naval Battle of Hakodate]] begins. The newly formed [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] defeats the remnants of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] navy in the [[Sea of Japan]] off the city of [[Hakodate]], leading to the surrender of the [[Ezo Republic]] on May 17.<ref>{{cite book|last=Tucker|first=Spencer C.|title=The Roots and Consequences of Civil Wars and Revolutions: Conflicts That Changed World History|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC=CLIO|date=2017|isbn=9781440842931|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zBjHEAAAQBAJ|pages=269–270}}</ref>
*[[1871]] &ndash; The [[National Association of Professional Base Ball Players|National Association]], the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Thorn|first=John|title=Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|date=2012|isbn=9780743294041|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gqF84JTKCNoC|page=151}}</ref>
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Haymarket affair]]: In Chicago, United States, a [[Improvised explosive device|homemade bomb]] is thrown at [[Chicago Police Department|police]] officers trying to break up a labor rally, killing one officer. Ensuing gunfire leads to the deaths of a further seven officers and four civilians.<ref>{{cite book|last=Green|first=James R.|title=Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement, and the Bombing That Divided Gilded Age America|location=New York|publisher=Pantheon Books|date=2006|isbn=9780375422379|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi74wSzZhk8C|pages=5–8}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1904]] &ndash; The United States begins construction of the [[Panama Canal]].
*[[1910]] &ndash; The [[Royal Canadian Navy]] is created.<ref>{{cite web |title=Naval Service Act {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/naval-service-act |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=4 May 2022}}</ref>
*[[1912]] &ndash; Italy occupies the Ottoman island of [[Rhodes]].
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[May Fourth Movement]]: Student demonstrations take place in [[Tiananmen Square]] in Beijing, China, protesting the [[Treaty of Versailles]], which transferred [[Republic of China (1912–49)|Chinese]] territory to Japan.
*[[1926]] &ndash; The [[United Kingdom]] [[1926 United Kingdom general strike|general strike]] begins.
*[[1927]] &ndash; The [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] is incorporated.<ref>{{cite book |author=Robert Osborne |title=60 Years of The Oscar |publisher=[[Abbeville Publishing Group|Abbeville Press]] |year=1989 |page=8}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; Having been incarcerated at the [[Cook County Jail]] since his sentencing on October 24, 1931, [[mobster]] [[Al Capone]] is transferred to the [[United States Penitentiary, Atlanta|federal penitentiary in Atlanta]] after the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] denies his appeal for conviction of [[tax evasion]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Capone in Jail; Prison Next|work=Chicago Tribune|date=October 25, 1931|pages=1–2|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|last=Manly|first=Chesly|title=Capone Speeds to Atlanta|work=Chicago Tribune|date=May 4, 1932|pages=1–2}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Battle of the Coral Sea]] begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States [[aircraft carrier]] {{USS|Yorktown|CV-5|6}} on [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] naval forces at [[Tulagi]] Island in the [[Solomon Islands]]. The Japanese forces had [[Invasion of Tulagi (May 1942)|invaded Tulagi]] the day before.
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: [[Neuengamme concentration camp]] near [[Hamburg]] is liberated by the [[British Army]].
*  1945   &ndash; World War II: The [[German surrender at Lüneburg Heath]] is signed, coming into effect the following day. It encompasses all [[Wehrmacht]] units in the Netherlands, Denmark and northwest Germany.
*[[1946]] &ndash; In [[San Francisco Bay]], [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]] from the nearby [[Treasure Island Naval Base]] stop a [[Battle of Alcatraz|two-day riot]] at [[Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary]].  Five people are killed in the riot.
*[[1949]] &ndash; The entire [[Torino F.C.|Torino]] football team (except for two players who did not take the trip: Sauro Tomà, due to an injury and Renato Gandolfi, because of coach request) is killed in [[Superga air disaster|a plane crash]].
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Ernest Hemingway]] wins the [[Pulitzer Prize]] for ''[[The Old Man and the Sea]]''.
*[[1959]] &ndash; The [[1st Annual Grammy Awards]] are held.
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[American civil rights movement]]: The "[[Freedom Riders]]" begin a bus trip through the [[Southern United States|South]].
*  1961   &ndash; [[Malcolm Ross (balloonist)|Malcolm Ross]] and [[Victor Prather]] attain a new altitude record for manned balloon flight ascending in the [[Project Strato-Lab|Strato-Lab]] V open gondola to {{convert|113740|ft|km}}.
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: [[Kent State shootings]]: The [[Ohio National Guard]], sent to [[Kent State University]] after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the [[Cambodian Campaign]] of the United States and [[South Vietnam]].
*[[1972]] &ndash; The ''[[Don't Make A Wave Committee]]'', a fledgling [[environmental organization]] founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to "[[Greenpeace|Greenpeace Foundation]]".
*[[1973]] &ndash; The 108-story [[Sears Tower]] in Chicago is topped out at {{convert|1,451|feet}} as the [[world's tallest building]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Norris McWhirter|author2=Ross McWhirter|title=The Guinness Book of Records|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZixNAQAAIAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Guinness Superlatives|page=98|isbn=9780851125121}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; The [[South African Defence Force]] attacks a [[South West Africa People's Organization|SWAPO]] base at [[Cassinga]] in southern [[Angola]], killing about 600 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cassinga Day 2021, 2022 and 2023 in Namibia |url=https://publicholidays.africa/namibia/cassinga-day/ |website=PublicHolidays.africa |access-date=January 18, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Margaret Thatcher]] becomes the first female [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]].
*[[1982]] &ndash; Twenty sailors are killed when the British [[Type 42 destroyer]] {{HMS|Sheffield|D80|6}} is hit by an [[Argentina|Argentinian]] [[Exocet]] missile during the [[Falklands War]].
*[[1988]] &ndash; The [[PEPCON disaster]] rocks [[Henderson, Nevada]], as tons of [[Space Shuttle]] fuel detonate during a fire.
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Iran–Contra affair]]: Former [[White House]] aide [[Oliver North]] is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges; the convictions are later overturned on appeal.
*1989   &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] launches on mission [[STS-30]] to deploy the [[Venus]]-bound ''[[Magellan (spacecraft)|Magellan]]'' space probe.<ref name="STIsummary">{{cite web |last1=Legler |first1=Robert D. |last2=Floyd V. |first2=Bennett |date=September 2011 |title=Space Shuttle Missions Summary |url=https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/outreach/SignificantIncidents/assets/space-shuttle-missions-summary.pdf#page=50 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512003324/https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/outreach/SignificantIncidents/assets/space-shuttle-missions-summary.pdf |archive-date=May 12, 2020 |website=Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Program Office |publisher=NASA |pages=2–32}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Latvia]] [[On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia|declares independence]] from the [[Soviet Union]].
*[[1994]] &ndash; Israeli [[Prime Minister]] [[Yitzhak Rabin]] and [[Palestine Liberation Organization|PLO]] leader [[Yasser Arafat]] sign [[Oslo I Accord|a peace accord]], granting self-rule in the [[Gaza Strip]] and [[Jericho]].
*[[1998]] &ndash; A federal judge in [[Sacramento, California]], gives "[[Unabomber]]" [[Theodore Kaczynski]] four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the [[Capital punishment|death penalty]].
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Ken Livingstone]] becomes the [[2000 London mayoral election|first]] [[Mayor of London]] (an office separate from that of the [[Lord Mayor of London]]).
*[[2002]] &ndash; One hundred three people are killed and 51 are injured in a [[EAS Airlines Flight 4226|plane crash]] near [[Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport]] in [[Kano (city)|Kano]], Nigeria.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident BAC One-Eleven 525FT 5N-ESF Kano-Aminu Kano International Airport (KAN) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20020504-1 |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Greensburg, Kansas]] is almost completely destroyed by the [[2007 Greensburg tornado]], a 1.7-mile wide [[Enhanced Fujita scale|EF5]] [[tornado]]. It was the first-ever tornado to be rated as such with the new [[Enhanced Fujita scale]].
*[[2014]] &ndash; Three people are killed and 62 injured in a [[2014 Nairobi bus bombings|pair of bombings]] on buses in [[Nairobi, Kenya]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nairobi|first=Associated Press in|date=2014-05-04|title=Bus bombing in Nairobi leaves at least three dead|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/04/kenya-bus-bombing-nairobi-thika-highway|access-date=2021-05-22|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; The inaugural all-female motorsport series, [[W Series (championship)|W Series]], takes place at [[Hockenheimring]]. The race was won by [[Jamie Chadwick]], who would go on to become [[2019 W Series|the inaugural season's]] champion.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hockenheim W Series: Jamie Chadwick wins inaugural race|url=https://www.autosport.com/w-series/news/hockenheim-w-series-jamie-chadwick-wins-inaugural-race-5279100/5279100/|access-date=2021-06-26|website=www.autosport.com|date=4 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; Nine people are killed and thirteen injured in [[Mladenovac and Smederevo shootings|a spree shooting]] in [[Mladenovac]] and [[Smederevo]], Serbia. It is the second mass shooting in the country in two days.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Marjanovic|first1=Uros|last2=Paunovic|first2=Jelena|last3=Bilic |first3=Nikola|date=5 May 2023|title=10 žrtava pomahnitalog Uroša, upucao 25: Jauci paraju nebo nad dva sela kod Mladenovca|trans-title=10 victims of crazed Uroš, shot 25: Screams tear the sky over two villages near Mladenovac|url=https://www.telegraf.rs/vesti/hronika/3673398-prve-fotografije-policijske-akcije-kod-mladenovca|access-date=4 May 2023 |website=Telegraf|language=sr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65490418|title=Suspect arrested after second mass shooting in Serbia|last1=Bubalo|first1=Mattea|last2=Gozzi|first2=Laura|website=BBC News|date=5 May 2023|access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vaš |first=Gordana |date=2023-06-23 |title=Preminuo jedan od povređenih u masovnoj pucnjavi u Malom Orašju |url=https://n1info.rs/vesti/preminuo-jedan-od-povredjenih-u-masovnoj-pucnjavi-u-malom-orasju/ |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=N1 |language=sr-RS}}</ref>

==Births==
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===Pre-1600===
*[[1006]] &ndash; [[Khwaja Abdullah Ansari]], Persian mystic and poet (d. 1088)
*[[1559]] &ndash; [[Alice Spencer, Countess of Derby, Baroness Ellesmere and Viscountess Brackley|Alice Spencer]], English noblewoman (d. 1637)
===1601–1900===
*[[1634]] &ndash; [[Katherine Ferrers]], English aristocrat and heiress (d. 1660)
*[[1649]] &ndash; [[Chhatrasal]], Indian ruler (d. 1731)
*[[1655]] &ndash; [[Bartolomeo Cristofori]], Italian instrument maker, invented the [[piano]] (d. 1731)
*[[1677]] &ndash; [[Françoise-Marie de Bourbon]], French noblewoman (d. 1749)
*[[1715]] &ndash; [[Richard Graves]], English minister and author (d. 1804)
*[[1733]] &ndash; [[Jean-Charles de Borda]], French mathematician, physicist, and sailor (d. 1799)
*[[1752]] &ndash; [[John Brooks (governor)|John Brooks]], American soldier and politician, 11th [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. 1825)
*[[1757]] &ndash; [[Manuel Tolsá]], Spanish sculptor and first director of the [[Academy of San Carlos]] in Mexico City (d. 1816)
*[[1767]] &ndash; [[Tyagaraja]], Indian composer (d. 1847)
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[François Gérard]], French painter (d. 1837)
*[[1772]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus]], German publisher (d. 1823)
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[Horace Mann]], American educator and politician (d. 1859)
*  1796   &ndash; [[William Pennington]], American lawyer and politician, 13th [[Governor of New Jersey]], 23rd [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] (d. 1862)
*  1796   &ndash; [[William H. Prescott]], American historian and scholar (d. 1859)
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Julia Gardiner Tyler]], American wife of [[John Tyler]], 11th [[First Lady of the United States]] (d. 1889)
*  1820   &ndash; [[John Whiteaker]], American soldier, judge, and politician, 1st [[Governor of Oregon]] (d. 1902)
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Charles Boucher de Boucherville]], Canadian physician and politician, 3rd [[Premier of Quebec]] (d. 1915)
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[Thomas Henry Huxley]], English biologist, anatomist, and academic (d. 1895)
*  1825   &ndash; [[Augustus Le Plongeon]], English-American historian, photographer, and academic (d. 1908)
*[[1826]] &ndash; [[Frederic Edwin Church]], American painter (d. 1900)
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[John Hanning Speke]], English soldier and explorer (d. 1864)
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[Bianka Blume]], German opera singer (d. 1896)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kutsch|first1=Karl-Josef|last2=Riemens|first2=Leo|last3=Rost|first3=Hansjörg|author1-link=Karl-Josef Kutsch|author2-link=Leo Riemens|title=Großes Sängerlexikon Volume 4|date=22 February 2012|publisher=De Gruyter|isbn=9783598440885|page=456 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dsfq_5dFeL0C|language=de}}</ref>
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Thomas Dewing]], American painter (d. 1938)
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Alice Liddell]], English model (d. 1934)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Wang Jingwei]], Chinese politician (d. 1944)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Richard Baggallay (cricketer)|Richard Baggallay]], English army officer and cricketer (d. 1975)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/230191.html |website=ESPNCricinfo|publisher=Wisden|title= Obituaries in 1975|date=19 December 2005|access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Andrew Dasburg]], French-American painter (d. 1979)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Francis Spellman]], American cardinal (d. 1967)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-0801438|title=Spellman, Francis Joseph (1889-1967), Roman Catholic prelate |website=[[American National Biography]] |year=2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0801438 |isbn=978-0-19-860669-7 |access-date=May 4, 2021|last1=Fogarty |first1=Gerald P. }}</ref>
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Franklin Carmichael]], Canadian painter (d. 1945)

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Ronnie Aird]], English cricketer and administrator (d. 1986)
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Luther Adler]], American actor (d. 1984)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Al Dexter]], American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1984)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Lincoln Kirstein]], American soldier and playwright, co-founded the [[New York City Ballet]] (d. 1996)
*  1907   &ndash; [[Walter Walsh]], American target shooter and [[FBI]] agent (d. 2014)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark]] (d. 2007)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Maedayama Eigorō]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (d. 1971)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Jane Jacobs]], American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist (d. 2006)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Richard Proenneke]], American soldier, carpenter, and meteorologist (d. 2003)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Nick Joaquin]], Filipino writer, journalist and historian (d. 2004)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Kakuei Tanaka]], Japanese soldier and politician, 64th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (d. 1993)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Edo Murtić]], Croatian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2005)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Eugenie Clark]], American biologist and academic (d. 2015)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Eric Sykes]], British actor and comedian (d. 2012)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Maurice R. Greenberg]], American businessman and philanthropist
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Maynard Ferguson]], Canadian trumpet player and bandleader (d. 2006)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Hosni Mubarak]], Egyptian air marshal and politician, 4th [[President of Egypt]] (d. 2020)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Betsy Rawls]], American golfer (d. 2023)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Manuel Contreras]], Chilean general (d. 2015)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Audrey Hepburn]], Belgian-British actress and humanitarian (d. 1993)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Katherine Jackson]], matriarch of the Jackson family
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Harlon Hill]], American football player and coach (d. 2013)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Ron Carter]], American bassist and educator
*  1937   &ndash; [[Dick Dale]], American surf-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter (d. 2019)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Carlos Monsiváis]], Mexican journalist, author, and critic (d. 2010)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Amos Oz]], Israeli journalist and author (d. 2018)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Robin Cook (American novelist)|Robin Cook]], American physician and author
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[George Will]], American journalist and author
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Georgi Asparuhov]], Bulgarian footballer (d. 1971)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Russi Taylor]], American voice actress (d. 2019)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Robert Machray (actor)|Robert Machray]], American actor (d. 2025)<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Machray Ward |url=https://neptunesociety.com/obituaries/sherman-oaks-ca/robert-ward-12196502 |website=Neptune Society |access-date=January 13, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |date=January 14, 2025|title=Robert Machray, Veteran Stage Actor and Fire Marshal Dobbins on 'Cheers,' Dies at 79 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/robert-machray-dead-cheers-fire-marshal-dobbins-1236108638/ |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=January 14, 2025}}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[John Barnard]], English car designer
*  1946   &ndash; [[Gary Bauer]], American political activist
*  1946   &ndash; [[John Watson (racing driver)|John Watson]], British race car driver
*[[1948]] &ndash; King [[George Tupou V]] of Tonga, (d. 2012)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Colin Bass]], English bass player, songwriter, and producer
*  1951   &ndash; [[Colleen Hanabusa]], American lawyer and politician
*  1951   &ndash; [[Jackie Jackson]], American singer-songwriter and dancer<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Brackett |first1=David |title=Jackson Five |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.46615}}</ref>
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Belinda Green]], Australian beauty queen and 1972 [[Miss World]]
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Pia Zadora]], American actress and singer 
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Ryan Cayabyab]], Filipino pianist, composer, and conductor
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Ken Oberkfell]], American baseball player and coach
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Kathy Kreiner]], Canadian skier
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Keith Haring]], American painter (d. 1990)
*  1958   &ndash; [[Caroline Spelman]], English politician, [[Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs]]
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Randy Travis]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Werner Faymann]], Austrian politician, 28th [[Chancellor of Austria]]
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Jay Aston]], English singer-songwriter and dancer 
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Kate Garraway]], English journalist
*  1967   &ndash; [[Ana Gasteyer]], American actress and singer
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Will Arnett]], Canadian actor and producer
*  1970   &ndash; [[Dawn Staley]], American basketball player
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Mike Dirnt]], American bass player and songwriter 
*  1972   &ndash; [[Chris Tomlin]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hollabaugh |first1=Lorie |title=Chris Tomlin To Headline Hollywood Bowl In May |url=https://musicrow.com/2018/08/chris-tomlin-to-headline-hollywood-bowl-in-may/ |publisher=[[MusicRow]] |access-date=27 April 2023 |date=27 August 2018}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Guillermo Barros Schelotto]], Argentinian footballer and coach
*  1973   &ndash; [[John Madden (ice hockey)|John Madden]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Tony McCoy]], Northern Irish jockey and sportscaster
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Kimora Lee Simmons]], American model<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cho |first1=Diane J. |title=Notable Figures & Moments in AAPI History to Celebrate This Week, May 1 to 10 |url=https://people.com/human-interest/aapi-heritage-month-facts-may-1-10/ |website=people.com |publisher=People |access-date=6 May 2024}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Erin Andrews]], American sportscaster and journalist
*  1978   &ndash; [[Igor Biscan]], Croatian footballer and manager
*  1978   &ndash; [[James Harrison (American football)|James Harrison]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=James Harrison |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4433/james-harrison |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=27 April 2023}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Lance Bass]], American singer, dancer, and producer 
*  1979   &ndash; [[Lesley Vainikolo]], Tongan rugby player
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Andrew Raycroft]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Eric Djemba-Djemba]], Cameroon footballer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Ruth Negga]], Ethiopian-Irish actress<ref name="ruthnegga1">{{Cite interview |title=Ruth Negga Reveals She's Embarrassed By Her Birthday And Doesn't Know Why |editor-last=Tonchi |editor-first=Stefano |editor-link=Stefano Tonchi |issn=0162-9115 |oclc=1781845 |last=Negga |first=Ruth |interviewer=[[Lynn Hirschberg]] |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/watch/birthday-stories-ruth-negga-age-w-magazine |date=2017-05-04 |subject-link=Ruth Negga |type=Video interview |access-date=2024-01-14 |work=[[W (magazine)|W]] |publisher=[[Condé Nast]] (publ.) |quote=Lynn: 'What month were you born?' Ruth: 'May...May 4th.'}}</ref><ref name="ruthnegga2">{{Cite news |title=Ruth Negga: 'There are films that really mark you. ''Loving'' is one of those for me.' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jan/29/ruth-negga-loving-interview-rising-star-oscar-nomination |last=Lewis |first=Tim |date=2017-01-29 |access-date=2024-01-13 |work=[[The Guardian]] |editor-last=Viner |editor-first=Katharine |editor-link=Katharine Viner |issn=0261-3077 |eissn=1756-3224 |oclc=60623878 |quote=...a huge deal for a little-known, 35-year-old Ethiopian-Irish actor.}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Dallon Weekes]], American singer-songwriter and musician 
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Derek Roy]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Brad Maddox]], American wrestler and referee
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Ravi Bopara]], English cricketer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Fernandinho (footballer, born May 1985)|Fernandinho]], Brazilian footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Jamie Adenuga]], English MC and rapper
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Devan Dubnyk]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1986   &ndash; [[George Hill (basketball)|George Hill]], American basketball player
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Cesc Fàbregas]], Spanish footballer and manager
*  1987   &ndash; [[Jorge Lorenzo]], Spanish motorcycle racer
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Radja Nainggolan]], Belgian footballer
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Rory McIlroy]], Northern Irish golfer<!-- Rory McIlroy MBE is from Northern Ireland by his own mouth, his own words on TV -->
*  1989   &ndash; [[James van Riemsdyk]], American ice hockey player
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Brianne Jenner]], Canadian women's ice hockey player
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Victor Oladipo]], American basketball player
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Abi Masatora]], Japanese sumo wrestler
*  1994   &ndash; [[Joseph Tapine]], New Zealand rugby league player
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Rex Orange County|Alexander O'Connor]], English musician<ref>{{cite web |last1=@rexorangecounty |title=thanks for the birthday wishes |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B_0XvbNFgZ4/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link |website=instagram.com |publisher=Instagram |access-date=6 May 2024}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[408]] &ndash; [[Venerius (bishop of Milan)|Venerius]], archbishop of Milan
* [[784]] &ndash; [[Arbeo of Freising|Arbeo]], bishop of Freising
*[[1003]] &ndash; [[Herman II, Duke of Swabia|Herman II]], duke of Swabia
*[[1038]] &ndash; [[Gotthard of Hildesheim]], German bishop (b. 960)
*[[1406]] &ndash; [[Coluccio Salutati]], chancellor of Florence (b. 1331)
*[[1436]] &ndash; [[Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson]], Swedish rebel leader (27 April [[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]]).<ref>{{cite book|last=Riis|first=Thomas|chapter=The States of Scandinavia, c. 1390-c. 1536|title=The New Cambridge Medieval History. Volume VII: c.1415-c. 1500|editor-last=Allmand|editor-first=Christopher|location=Cambridge, UK|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2015|isbn=9781107568914|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qzc8OeuSXFMC|page=682|postscript=none}}; {{cite journal|last=Harrison|first=Dick|title=Murder and Execution within the Political Sphere in Fifteenth-century Scandinavia|journal=Scandia|volume=63|issue=2|date=1997|url=https://journals.lub.lu.se/scandia/article/download/1134/919/2085&ved=2ahUKEwjf-Iro2_aFAxWJ5ckDHX3KBwIQFnoECBAQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1ZmuCwzOyw7Vc3AJLaipDf|page=261}}</ref>
*[[1471]] &ndash; [[Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales]], son and heir of [[Henry VI of England]] (b. 1453)
*[[1483]] &ndash; [[George Neville, Duke of Bedford]] (b. 1457)
*[[1506]] &ndash; [[Sultan Husayn Mirza Bayqara|Husayn Mirza Bayqara]], Timurid ruler of Herat (b. 1438)
*[[1519]] &ndash; [[Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino|Lorenzo de' Medici]], duke of Urbino (b. 1492)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici, duca di Urbino {{!}} Italian ruler |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lorenzo-di-Piero-de-Medici-duca-di-Urbino |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1535]] &ndash; [[John Houghton (martyr)|John Houghton]], Carthusian monk and saint
*[[1562]] &ndash; [[Lelio Sozzini]], Italian Protestant theologian (b. 1525)
*[[1566]] &ndash; [[Luca Ghini]], Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)
*[[1571]] &ndash; [[Pierre Viret]], Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1511)

===1601–1900===
*[[1604]] &ndash; [[Claudio Merulo]], Italian organist and composer (b. 1533)
*[[1605]] &ndash; [[Ulisse Aldrovandi]], Italian naturalist (b. 1522)
*[[1615]] &ndash; [[Adriaan van Roomen]], Flemish priest and mathematician (b. 1561)
*[[1626]] &ndash; [[Arthur Lake (bishop)|Arthur Lake]], English bishop and scholar (b. 1569)
*[[1677]] &ndash; [[Isaac Barrow]], English mathematician and theologian (b. 1630)
*[[1684]] &ndash; [[John Nevison]], English criminal (b. 1639)
*[[1729]] &ndash; [[Louis Antoine de Noailles]], French cardinal (b. 1651)
*[[1734]] &ndash; [[James Thornhill]], English painter and politician (b. 1675)
*[[1737]] &ndash; [[Eustace Budgell]], English journalist and politician (b. 1686)
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick|Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick]], Prussian nobleman (b. 1714)
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[Jacques Saly]], French painter and sculptor (b. 1717)
*[[1790]] &ndash; [[Matthew Tilghman]], American politician (b. 1718)
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Tipu Sultan|Tipu]], ruler of Mysore (b. 1750)
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Nikolay Kamensky]], Russian general (b. 1776)
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Samuel Dexter]], American lawyer and politician, 4th [[United States Secretary of War]], 3rd [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] (b. 1761)
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Joseph Joubert]], French author (b. 1754)
*[[1826]] &ndash; [[Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan]], colonial governor of [[East Florida]], [[Captaincy General of Santo Domingo|Santo Domingo]] and Cuba (b. 1757)<ref name="Vicent1995">{{cite book|author=Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent|title=Pleitos de hidalguía que se conservan en el Archivo de la Real Chancillería de Valladolid: Maceira-Martinez Ballesteros|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xYxflpkFpMQC&pg=PA23|access-date=19 July 2013|year=1995|publisher=Ediciones Hidalguia|isbn=978-84-87204-69-2|page=23}}</ref>
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Denis Davydov]], Russian general and poet (b. 1784)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Joseph Diaz Gergonne]], French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1771)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Edward Clark (governor)|Edward Clark]], American lawyer and politician, 8th [[Governor of Texas]] (b. 1815)
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[John Jones Ross]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th [[Premier of Quebec]] (b. 1831)
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Gotse Delchev]], Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary [[IMRO]] (b. 1872)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Nettie Stevens]], American geneticist credited with discovering [[sex chromosomes]] (b. 1861)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nettie-Stevens|title=Nettie Stevens {{!}} American biologist and geneticist|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2019-08-12}}</ref>
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Edward Daly (Irish revolutionary)|Ned Daly]], Irish rebel commander ([[Easter Rising]]) (b. 1891)
*  1916   &ndash; [[John Murray (Victorian politician)|John Murray]], Australian politician, 23rd [[Premier of Victoria]] (b. 1851)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Willie Pearse]], Irish rebel (b. 1881)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Joseph Plunkett]], Irish rebel and writer (b. 1887)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Milan Rastislav Štefánik]], Slovak general and politician (b. 1880)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Viktor Kingissepp]], Estonian politician (b. 1888)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Ralph McKittrick]], American golfer and tennis player (b. 1877)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[E. Nesbit]], English author and poet (b. 1858)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Gina Oselio]], Norwegian opera singer (b. 1858).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Gina Oselio |encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Inger Elisabeth|last=Haavet|date=25 November 2024 |editor-last=Helle|editor-first=Knut|editor-link=Knut Helle|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=https://nbl.snl.no/Gina_Oselio|language=no |accessdate=2 April 2025}}</ref>
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Kanō Jigorō]], Japanese founder of [[judo]] (b. 1860)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Carl von Ossietzky]], German journalist and activist, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1889)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Chris McKivat]], Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1880)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Fedor von Bock]], German field marshal (b. 1880)
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Alexandre Pharamond]], French rugby player (b. 1876)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mallon |first1=Bill |title=The 1900 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary |date=11 July 2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-8952-7 |page=276 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CHYwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA276 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[George Enescu]], Romanian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1881)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Karl Robert Pusta]], Estonian politician, 4th [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1883)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Osbert Sitwell]], English-Italian author and poet (b. 1892)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[William Brown Meloney (1902–1971)|William Brown Meloney]], writer and theatrical producer (b. 1902)<ref name=NYT-1971-05-06>{{Cite news|date=1971-05-06|title=William Brown Meloney Dead; Author and Stage Producer, 69|language=en-US|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/06/archives/william-brown-meoney-dead-author-and-stageproducer-69.html|access-date=2021-02-06|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Father Chrysanthus]], Dutch arachnologist (b. 1905)<ref name="BullBritArach">{{cite journal|last=v[an] H[elsdingen] |first=P[eter] J. |date=1973 |title=Father Chrysanthus O.F.M. Cap.: 1 September 1905 – 4 May 1972 |journal=Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society |volume=2 |issue=7 |page=148 |url=https://britishspiders.org.uk/node/2313}}</ref>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Edward Calvin Kendall]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1886)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Jane Bowles]], American author and playwright (b. 1917)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Moe Howard]], American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1897)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Frank Strahan]], Australian public servant (b. 1886)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Josip Broz Tito]], Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st [[President of Yugoslavia]] (b. 1892)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[C. Loganathan]], Sri Lankan banker (b. 1913)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Nino Sanzogno]], Italian conductor and composer (b. 1911)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Diana Dors]], English actress (b. 1931)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Fikri Sönmez]], Turkish tailor and politician (b. 1938)
*  1985   &ndash; [[Clarence Wiseman]], English-Canadian 10th [[General of The Salvation Army]] (b. 1907)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Paul Butterfield]], American singer and harmonica player (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite news| author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->| title = Musician's Death Laid to Overdose| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-13-mn-6920-story.html| work = [[Los Angeles Times]]| date = June 13, 1987| access-date = December 27, 2020}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Cathryn Damon]], American actress (b. 1930)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Lillian Estelle Fisher]], American historian of Spanish America (b. 1891)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Emily Remler]], American guitarist (b. 1957)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Mohammed Abdel Wahab]], Egyptian singer-songwriter and mandolin player (b. 1902)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Gregor Mackenzie]], Scottish politician (b. 1927)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[France Štiglic]], Slovenian film director and screenwriter (b. 1919)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Connie Wisniewski]], American baseball player (b. 1922)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Porter |first1=David L. |title=Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Baseball |date=2000 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-29884-4 |page=1709 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wD4mDsrHLS8C&pg=PA1709 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Hendrik Casimir]], Dutch physicist and academic (b. 1909)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Bonnie Lee Bakley]], American model, wife of [[Robert Blake (actor)|Robert Blake]] (b. 1956)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[David Reimer]], Canadian man, born male but reassigned female and raised as a girl after a botched circumcision  (b. 1965)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/david-reimer-and-john-money-gender-reassignment-controversy-johnjoan-case|title=David Reimer and John Money Gender Reassignment Controversy: The John/Joan Case – The Embryo Project Encyclopedia|website=embryo.asu.edu}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[David Hackworth]], American colonel and journalist (b. 1930)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Fred Baur]], American chemist and founder of [[Pringles]] (b. 1918)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-04|title=He was buried in a can of Pringles|url=https://asillypoint.com/he-was-buried-in-a-can-of-pringles/|access-date=2020-09-06|website=A Silly Point|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Dom DeLuise]], American actor, director, and producer (b. 1933)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Sammy McCrory]], Northern Irish footballer (b. 1924)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Mort Lindsey]], American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1923)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Bob Stewart (television producer)|Bob Stewart]], American television producer, founded [[Stewart Tele Enterprises]] (b. 1920)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Adam Yauch]], American rapper and director (b. 1964)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Rashidi Yekini]], Nigerian footballer (b. 1963)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Otis Bowen]], American physician and politician, 44th [[Governor of Indiana]] (b. 1918)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Christian de Duve]], English-Belgian cytologist and biochemist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1917)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Javier Diez Canseco]], Peruvian sociologist and politician (b. 1948)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Mario Machado]], Chinese-American journalist and actor (b. 1935)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Morgan Morgan-Giles]], English admiral and politician (b. 1914)
*  2013   &ndash; [[César Portillo de la Luz]], Cuban guitarist and composer (b. 1922)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Dick Ayers]], American author and illustrator (b. 1924)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Elena Baltacha]], Ukrainian-Scottish tennis player (b. 1983)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Edgar Cortright]], American scientist and engineer (b. 1923)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Helga Königsdorf]], German physicist and author (b. 1938)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Ross Lonsberry]], Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1947)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Jean-Paul Ngoupandé]], Central African politician, [[Prime Minister of the Central African Republic]] (b. 1948)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[William Bast]], American screenwriter and author (b. 1931)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Ellen Albertini Dow]], American actress (b. 1913)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Marv Hubbard]], American football player (b. 1946)<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Associated Press|date=2015-05-06|title=Marv Hubbard, Three-Time Pro Bowl Fullback for Raiders, Dies at 68|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/07/sports/marv-hubbard-three-time-pro-bowl-fullback-dies-at-68.html|access-date=2020-09-06|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Bagaza]], Burundian politician (b. 1946)
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Don Shula]], American football player and coach (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29132028/dolphins-hall-fame-coach-don-shula-dies-90 |title=Dolphins Hall of Fame coach Don Shula dies at 90 |work=[[ESPN]] |date=5 May 2020 |access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref>
*  2020 &ndash; [[Greg Zanis]], American carpenter and activist (b. 1950)<ref name="CNN McLaughlin 5-4-2020">{{cite news |last1=McLaughlin |first1=Eliott C. |title=Greg Zanis, known the nation over as 'The Cross Man,' dies at 69 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/04/us/greg-zanis-obit-cross-man/index.html |access-date=May 4, 2020 |work=CNN |date=May 4, 2020}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Nick Kamen]], English model, songwriter (b. 1962)<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-05-06|title=Nick Kamen: a life in pictures|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2021/may/06/nick-kamen-a-life-in-pictures|access-date=2021-05-08|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Ron Kavana]], Irish singer, songwriter, guitarist and band leader (b. 1950)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Death Notice of Ronnie (Ron) Kavanagh (Fermoy, Cork) {{!}} rip.ie |url=https://rip.ie/death-notice/ronnie-ron-kavanagh-cork-fermoy-555418 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=rip.ie |language=en}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Frank Stella]], American painter (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Mazariegos |first1=Miranda |last2=Veltman |first2=Chloe |date=May 4, 2024 |title=Renowned painter and pioneer of minimalism Frank Stella dies at 87 |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/05/04/1112027057/frank-stella-dead-art-minimalist |access-date=May 4, 2024 |work=[[NPR]]}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*[[Anti-Bullying Day]] ([[United Nations]])
*[[Bird Day]] ([[United States]])
*[[Cassinga Day]] ([[Namibia]])
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**Blessed [[Ceferino Giménez Malla]]
**Blessed [[Michał Giedroyć]]
**[[Protestant Reformation|English Saints and Martyrs of the Reformation Era]] ([[Church of England]])
**[[F. C. D. Wyneken]] ([[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]])
**[[Saint Florian|Florian]]
**[[José María Rubio]]
**[[Judas Cyriacus]]
**[[Saint Monica|Monica of Hippo]] ([[General Roman Calendar of 1960#May|1960 Roman Catholic Calendar]])
**[[Sacerdos of Limoges]]
**[[Venerius of Milan]]
**[[May 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[History of coal miners|Coal Miners]] Day ([[India]])<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=May 3, 2020 |title=Coal Miners Day 2020: All you need to know|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/information/story/coal-miners-day-2020-all-you-need-to-know-1673926-2020-05-03|access-date=2020-09-06|magazine=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Remembrance days in Slovakia|Death of Milan Rastislav Štefánik Day]] ([[Slovakia]])
*[[Greenery Day]] ([[Japan]])
*[[International Firefighters' Day]]
*[[May Fourth Movement]] commemorations:
**[[Literary Day]] ([[Republic of China]])
**[[Youth Day (China)]]
*[[Remembrance Day for Martyrs and Disabled]] ([[Afghanistan]])
*[[Remembrance of the Dead]] ([[Netherlands]])
*[[Public holidays in Latvia|Restoration of Independence Day]] ([[Latvia]])
*[[Star Wars Day|''Star Wars'' Day]] ([[International observance]])
*[[GiveForward.com|World Give Day]]
*[[List of festivals in Fiji|Youth Day (Fiji)]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/4 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=5|day=4}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/may/4 Historical Events on May 4]

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[[Category:Days of May]]