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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[351]] &ndash; The [[Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus]] breaks out after his arrival at [[Antioch]].<ref>Socrates Scholasticus, ''Historia ecclesiastica'' ii.28.2</ref>
* [[558]] &ndash; In [[Constantinople]], the [[dome]] of the [[Hagia Sophia]] collapses, twenty years after its construction.<ref>{{cite book|author=Nadine Schibille|title=Hagia Sophia and the Byzantine Aesthetic Experience|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n-oGDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA50|date=22 April 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-12415-3|pages=50}}</ref> [[Justinian I]] immediately orders that the dome be rebuilt.
*[[1274]] &ndash; In France, the [[Second Council of Lyon]] opens; it ratified a decree to regulate the election of the [[Pope]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Chronicle of the Twenty-Four Generals of the Order of Friars Minor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wshYVi3KM4C&pg=RA3-PA77|publisher=Ordo Fratrum Minorum|pages=3}}</ref>
*[[1342]] &ndash; In [[Avignon]], France, Cardinal Pierre Roger is [[1342 papal conclave|elected]] [[Pope]] and takes the name [[Pope Clement VI|Clement VI]].<ref>{{cite web |author-link=Salvador Miranda (historian) |last=Miranda |first=Salvador |title=Conclave of May 5 - 7, 1342 (Clement VI) |url=https://cardinals.fiu.edu/conclave-xiv.htm#1342 |work=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church |publisher=[[Florida International University]] |oclc=53276621 }}</ref>
*[[1487]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Málaga (1487)|Siege of Málaga]] commences during the Spanish [[Reconquista]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Harry W. Hazard|author2=Kenneth Meyer Setton|title=The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J6v9jhUd-r8C&pg=PA452|year=1975|publisher=Univ of Wisconsin Press|isbn=978-0-299-06670-3|pages=452}}</ref>
*[[1544]] &ndash; The [[Burning of Edinburgh]] by an English army is the first action of the [[Rough Wooing]].<ref>Joseph Bain, ''Hamilton Papers'', vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1890), p. 369.</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1625]] &ndash; [[Death and funeral of James VI and I|State funeral]] of [[James VI and I]] (1566–1625) is held at [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref>Jennifer Woodward, ''The Theatre of Death: The Ritual Management of Royal Funerals in Renaissance England ''(Boydell, 1997), p. 175.</ref>
*[[1664]] &ndash; Inaugural celebrations begin at [[Louis XIV of France]]'s new [[Palace of Versailles]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Stephen Varick Dock|title=Costume & Fashion in the Plays of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière: A Seventeenth-century Perspective|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G7tcAAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Slatkine|isbn=978-2-05-101196-9|page=114}}</ref>
*[[1685]] &ndash; [[Battle of Vrtijeljka]] between rebels and Ottoman forces.
*[[1697]] &ndash; [[Stockholm]]'s royal castle (dating back to [[Middle Ages|medieval]] times) is destroyed by fire. It is replaced in the 18th century by the current [[Stockholm Palace|Royal Palace]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Mårten Snickare|title=Tessin: Nicodemus Tessin the Younger : Royal Architect and Visionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TBzqAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Nationalmuseum|isbn=978-91-7100-671-4|page=111}}</ref>
*[[1718]] &ndash; The city of [[New Orleans]] is founded by [[Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Ambe J. Njoh|title=French Urbanism in Foreign Lands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r64vCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA21|date=10 December 2015|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-25298-8|pages=21}}</ref>
*[[1763]] &ndash; [[Pontiac's War]] begins with [[Pontiac (Ottawa leader)|Pontiac]]'s attempt to [[Siege of Fort Detroit|seize]] [[Fort Detroit]] from the British.
*[[1765]] &ndash; [[HMS Victory]] is launched at [[Chatham Dockyard]], Kent. She is not commissioned until 1778.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Royal Navy- HMS Victory |url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/features/trafalgar-day/hms-victory#:~:text=HMS%20Victory%20HMS%20Victory%2C%20the,Trafalgar%20on%2021%20October%201805.}}</ref>
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: [[Maximilien Robespierre|Robespierre]] introduces the [[Cult of the Supreme Being]] in the [[National Convention]] as the new [[state religion]] of the [[French First Republic]].
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: A French force attempting to dislodge a small British garrison on the [[Îles Saint-Marcouf]] is  [[Battle of the Îles Saint-Marcouf|repulsed with heavy losses]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Woodman | first = Richard | author-link = Richard Woodman | year = 2001 | title = The Sea Warriors | publisher = Constable Publishers | pages =103–04 |isbn = 1-84119-183-3}}</ref>
*[[1824]] &ndash; World premiere of [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]'s [[Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)|Ninth Symphony]] in [[Vienna]], Austria. The performance is conducted by [[Michael Umlauf]] under the composer's supervision.<ref>{{cite book | first=Peter | last=Clive | title=Beethoven and his World: a Biographical Dictionary | place=New York | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=2006 | isbn=978-0-19816-672-6 | page=375}}</ref>
*[[1832]] &ndash; Greece's independence is recognized by the [[Treaty of London, 1832|Treaty of London]]. 
*[[1840]] &ndash; The [[Great Natchez Tornado]] strikes [[Natchez, Mississippi]] killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest [[tornado]] in United States history.
*[[1846]] &ndash; The ''[[Cambridge Chronicle]]'', America's oldest surviving weekly newspaper, is published for the first time in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Army of the Potomac]], under General [[Ulysses S. Grant]], breaks off from the [[Battle of the Wilderness]] and moves southwards.
*  1864   &ndash; The world's oldest surviving [[clipper]] ship, the ''[[City of Adelaide (1864)|City of Adelaide]]'' is launched by [[William Pile (shipbuilder)|William Pile, Hay and Co.]] in Sunderland, England, for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia.
*[[1895]] &ndash; In [[Saint Petersburg]], Russian scientist [[Alexander Stepanovich Popov]] demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov [[lightning]] detector—a primitive [[radio receiver]]. In some parts of the former [[Soviet Union]] the anniversary of this day is celebrated as [[Radio Day]].

===1901–present===
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: German [[submarine]] {{SMU|U-20|Germany|2}} [[Sinking of the RMS Lusitania|sinks]] [[RMS Lusitania|RMS ''Lusitania'']], killing 1,199 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the [[German Empire]].
*  1915   &ndash; The [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]] accedes to 13 of the [[Twenty-One Demands#Japanese ultimatum|21 Demands]], extending the [[Empire of Japan]]{{'s}} control over [[Manchuria]] and the Chinese economy.<ref>{{cite book|last=Elleman|first=Bruce A.|title=Wilson and China: A Revised History of the Shandong Question|location=Armonk, N.Y.|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|date=2002|isbn=9780765610508|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=udvEJWHC_eUC|page=18}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Polish–Soviet War]]: [[Kiev offensive (1920)|Kyiv offensive]]: [[Second Polish Republic|Polish]] troops led by [[Józef Piłsudski]] and [[Edward Rydz-Śmigły]] and assisted by a symbolic [[Ukrainian People's Republic|Ukrainian]] force capture [[Kyiv]] only to be driven out by the [[Red Army]] counter-offensive a month later.
*  1920   &ndash; [[Treaty of Moscow (1920)|Treaty of Moscow]]: [[Russian SFSR|Soviet Russia]] recognizes the independence of the [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]] only to invade the country six months later.
*[[1930]] &ndash; The 7.1 {{M|w}} [[1930 Salmas earthquake|Salmas earthquake]] shakes northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''). Up to three-thousand people were killed.
*[[1931]] &ndash; The stand-off between criminal [[Francis Crowley]] and 300 members of the [[New York Police Department]] takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street, [[New York City]].
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Spanish Civil War]]: The German [[Condor Legion]], equipped with [[Heinkel He 51]] biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist [[Francisco Franco]]'s forces.
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Norway Debate]] in the [[British House of Commons]] begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister [[Neville Chamberlain]] with [[Winston Churchill]] three days later.
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: During the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]], United States Navy [[aircraft carrier]] aircraft attack and sink the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] [[light aircraft carrier]] [[Japanese aircraft carrier Shōhō|Shōhō]]; the battle marks the first time in naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships.
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: Last German [[U-boat]] attack of the war, two freighters are sunk off the [[Firth of Forth]], Scotland.
*  1945   &ndash; World War II: ''[[Generalfeldmarschall]]'' [[Wilhelm Keitel]] signs [[German Instrument of Surrender|unconditional surrender terms]] at [[Reims]], France, ending Germany's participation in the war. The document takes effect the next day.
*[[1946]] &ndash; Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed [[Sony]]) is founded.<ref>{{cite book|last=Grayson|first=Robert|title=Sony: The Company and Its Founders|location=Minneapolis|publisher=ABDO Publishing|date=2013|isbn=9781617833359|url=https://archive.org/details/sonycompanyitsfo0000gray|url-access=registration|pages=[https://archive.org/details/sonycompanyitsfo0000gray/page/27 27]–28}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; The [[Council of Europe]] is founded during the [[Hague Congress (1948)|Hague Congress]].
*[[1952]] &ndash; The concept of the [[integrated circuit]], the basis for all modern computers, is first published by [[Geoffrey Dummer]].
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Indochina War]]: The [[Battle of Dien Bien Phu]] ends in a French defeat and a Viet Minh victory (the battle began on March 13).
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: [[U-2 Crisis of 1960]]: Soviet leader [[Nikita Khrushchev]] announces that his nation is holding American [[Lockheed U-2|U-2]] pilot [[Gary Powers]].
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Pacific Air Lines Flight 773|Pacific Airlines Flight 773]] is hijacked by [[Francisco Gonzales]] and crashes in [[Contra Costa County, California]], killing 44.<ref name="CAB1964">{{cite web |date=October 28, 1964 |title=Accident Report, Pacific Air Lines incident of May 7, 1964, File No: 1-0017 |url=http://dotlibrary.specialcollection.net/Document?db=DOT-AIRPLANEACCIDENTS&query=(select+773) |access-date=March 20, 2021 |publisher=[[Civil Aeronautics Board]]}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; Canadian [[Patrick Morrow]] becomes the first person to climb each of the [[Seven Summits]].
*[[1991]] &ndash; A [[Bright Sparklers Fireworks disaster|fire and explosion occurs at a fireworks factory]] at [[Sungai Buloh]], Malaysia, killing 26.<ref>{{Cite news |title=NST175: The bright sparklers tragedy |work=[[New Straits Times]] |url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2020/08/613814/nst175-bright-sparklers-tragedy |access-date=May 9, 2022}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Michigan]] ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the [[United States Constitution]] making the [[Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution|27th Amendment]] law. This amendment bars the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] from giving itself a mid-term pay raise.
*  1992   &ndash; [[Space Shuttle program]]: The [[Space Shuttle]] ''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]]'' is launched on its first mission, [[STS-49]].
*  1992   &ndash; Three employees at a [[McDonald's]] Restaurant in [[Sydney, Nova Scotia]], Canada, are [[Sydney River McDonald's murders|brutally murdered]] and a fourth permanently disabled after a botched robbery. It is the first "fast-food murder" in Canada.
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Edvard Munch]]'s painting ''[[The Scream]]'' is recovered undamaged after being stolen from the [[National Gallery of Norway]] in February.<ref>{{cite news|title='The Scream' recovered in Norway|work=UPI|date=May 7, 1994|access-date=May 7, 2019|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/05/07/The-Scream-recovered-in-Norway/1525768283200/}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Mercedes-Benz]] buys [[Chrysler]] for US$40&nbsp;billion and forms [[DaimlerChrysler]] in the largest industrial merger in history.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lipin|first=Steven|title=Chrysler, Daimler-Benz Announce World's Largest Industrial Merger|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=May 7, 1998|access-date=May 7, 2019|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB894421909383679000}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Pope John Paul II]] travels to [[Romania]], becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]] country since the [[East–West Schism|Great Schism]] in 1054.
*  1999   &ndash; [[Kosovo War]]: Three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a [[NATO]] aircraft inadvertently [[United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade|bombs the Chinese embassy]] in [[Belgrade|Belgrade, Serbia]]. 
*  1999   &ndash; In [[Guinea-Bissau]], President [[João Bernardo Vieira]] is ousted in a [[military coup]].
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Putin]] is inaugurated as president of Russia.
*[[2002]] &ndash; An [[EgyptAir Flight 843|EgyptAir Boeing 737-500]] crashes on approach to [[Tunis–Carthage International Airport]], killing 14 people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20020507-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-566 SU-GBI Tunis-Carthage Airport (TUN)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref>
*  2002   &ndash; A [[China Northern Airlines Flight 6136|China Northern Airlines MD-82]] plunges into the [[Yellow Sea]], killing 112 people.
*[[2004]] &ndash; American businessman [[Nick Berg]] is [[decapitation|beheaded]] by Islamist militants. The act is recorded on videotape and released on the Internet.<ref>{{cite book|last=Zuhur|first=Sherifa|chapter=Al Qaeda in Iraq|title=U.S. Conflicts in the 21st Century: Afghanistan War, Iraq War, and the War on Terror. Volume 2: I to S|editor-last1=Tucker|editor-first1=Spencer|editor-last2=Pierpaoli|editor-first2=Paul G.|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2016|isbn=9781440838781|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d8EnCwAAQBAJ|page=66}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*Before [[160]] &ndash; [[Julia Maesa]], Roman noblewoman (d. 224)<ref>{{cite book|author=A. D. Lee|title=Pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity: A Sourcebook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RfBWCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA16|date=11 August 2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-40862-8|pages=16}}</ref> 
*[[1488]] &ndash; [[John III of the Palatinate]], archbishop of Regensburg (d. 1538)
*[[1530]] &ndash; [[Louis, Prince of Condé (1530–1569)|Louis, Prince of Condé]] (d. 1569)<ref>{{cite book|title=History of the Princes de Condé in the XVIth and XVIIth Centuries: Louis de Bourbon|url=https://archive.org/details/historyprincesd01bortgoog|year=1872|publisher=R. Bentley|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyprincesd01bortgoog/page/n38 14]}}</ref>
*[[1553]] &ndash; [[Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia]] (d. 1618)

===1601–1900===
*[[1605]] &ndash; [[Patriarch Nikon of Moscow]] (d. 1681)
*[[1643]] &ndash; [[Stephanus Van Cortlandt]], American politician, 10th [[Mayor of New York City]] (d. 1700)
*[[1700]] &ndash; [[Gerard van Swieten]], Dutch-Austrian physician (d. 1772)
*[[1701]] &ndash; [[Carl Heinrich Graun]], German tenor and composer (d. 1759)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Oscar Thompson|author2=Nicolas Slonimsky|title=The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dHEkAQAAMAAJ|year=1958|publisher=Dodd, Mead|page=2385}}</ref>
*[[1711]] &ndash; [[David Hume]], Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (d. 1776)<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas Guggenheim|title=Preclassical Monetary Theories|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GNsvAAAAMAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Pinter Publishers|isbn=978-0-86187-958-8|page=68}}</ref>
*[[1724]] &ndash; [[Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser]], French-Austrian field marshal (d. 1797)
*[[1740]] &ndash; [[Nikolai Arkharov]], Russian police officer and general (d. 1814)
*[[1748]] &ndash; [[Olympe de Gouges]], French playwright and philosopher (d. 1793)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Englishwoman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kYye3zSwa5sC|year=1910|publisher=G. Richards|page=165}}</ref>
*[[1751]] &ndash; [[Stephen Badlam]], American artisan and military officer (d. 1815)<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Nash |first=Susan Higginson |date=January 26, 1958 |title=Badlam Famed Dorchester Cabinet Maker |pages=7 |work=[[Boston Herald]] |url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/badlam-famed-dorchester-cabinet-maker/cbnqbgittqltpchprnzhkkgoliqgdrzg_ip-10-166-46-104_1700872831162}}</ref>
*[[1763]] &ndash; [[Józef Poniatowski]], Polish general (d. 1813)
*[[1767]] &ndash; [[Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia]] (d. 1820)
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[William Bainbridge]], American commodore (d. 1833)
*[[1787]] &ndash; [[Jacques Viger (1787–1858)|Jacques Viger]], Canadian archaeologist and politician, 1st [[mayor of Montreal]] (d. 1858)
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Robert Browning]], English poet and playwright (d. 1889)<ref>{{cite book|author=Harold Bloom|title=Robert Browning|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-eDem_w7AcAC&pg=PA12|year=2009|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-1582-5|pages=12}}</ref>
*[[1833]] &ndash; [[Johannes Brahms]], German pianist and composer (d. 1897)<ref>{{cite book|author=Johannes Brahms|title=Johannes Brahms: Life and Letters|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=07f0MCZusp8C&pg=PA1|year=2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-924773-8|pages=1}}</ref>
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Joseph Gurney Cannon]], American lawyer and politician, 40th [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] (d. 1926)
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Karl Mauch]], German geographer and explorer (d. 1875)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]], Russian composer and educator (d. 1893)
*[[1845]] &ndash; [[Mary Eliza Mahoney]], American nurse and activist (d. 1926)
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery]], English politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (d. 1929)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[William A. MacCorkle]], American lawyer and politician, 9th [[Governor of West Virginia]] (d. 1930)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Tom Norman]], English businessman (d. 1930)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Rabindranath Tagore]], Indian author and poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1941)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kumar |first1=Siva |title=Tagore, Rabindranath (1861–1940) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM1633-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}</ref>
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Władysław Reymont]], Polish novelist, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1925)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[William Hoyt (athlete)|Bill Hoyt]], American pole vaulter (d. 1951)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Pandurang Vaman Kane]], Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, [[Bharat Ratna]] awardee (d. 1972)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[George E. Wiley]], American cyclist (d. 1954)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Willem Elsschot]], Belgian author and poet (d. 1960)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[George "Gabby" Hayes]], American actor (d. 1969)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Viktor Puskar]], Estonian colonel (d. 1943)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Harry McShane]], Scottish engineer and activist (d. 1988)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Archibald MacLeish]], American poet, playwright, and lawyer (d. 1982)
*  1892   &ndash; [[Josip Broz Tito]], Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st [[President of Yugoslavia]] (d. 1980)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Frank J. Selke]], Canadian ice hockey coach and manager (d. 1985)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Kathleen McKane Godfree]], English tennis and badminton player (d. 1992)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Alfred Gerrard]], English sculptor and academic (d. 1998)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Gary Cooper]], American actor (d. 1961)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gary Cooper {{!}} American actor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gary-Cooper |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=6 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Nikolay Zabolotsky]], Russian-Soviet poet and translator (d. 1958)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Syvarth |first1=Kristina |title=Zabolotsky, Nikolai Alexeevich (1903–1958) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM700-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}</ref>
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Philip Baxter]], Welsh-Australian chemical engineer (d. 1989)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gissing |first1=Philip |title=Baxter, Sir John Philip (1905–1989) |chapter=Sir John Philip Baxter (1905–1989) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/baxter-sir-john-philip-12185 |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=9 August 2020}}</ref>
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Edwin H. Land]], American scientist and inventor, co-founded the [[Polaroid Corporation]] (d. 1991)
*  1909   &ndash; [[Dorothy Sunrise Lorentino]], Native American teacher (d. 2005)<ref>{{cite journal|editor1-last=Night Owl|editor1-first=Gary|title=Dorothy Sunrise Lorentino|journal=Wotanging Ikche|date=August 13, 2005|volume=13|issue=33|url=https://archive.org/stream/wotanging_ikche_2005#page/n1765/mode/1up/search/%22Dorothy+Sunrise%22|access-date=28 July 2017|publisher=Native American News|location=Marietta, Georgia}}</ref> 
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Ishirō Honda]], Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Simon Ramo]], American physicist and engineer (d. 2016)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Domenico Bartolucci]], Italian cardinal and composer (d. 2013)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Lenox Hewitt]], Australian public servant (d. 2020)
*  1917   &ndash; [[David Tomlinson (actor)|David Tomlinson]], English actor (d. 2000)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Eva Perón]], Argentinian actress, 25th [[First Lady of Argentina]] (d. 1952)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Rendra Karno]], Indonesian actor (d. 1985)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Darren McGavin]], American actor and director (d. 2006)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Anne Baxter]], American actress (d. 1985)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Ruth Prawer Jhabvala]], German-American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Dick Williams]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2011)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Babe Parilli]], American football player and coach (d. 2017)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Teresa Brewer]], American singer (d. 2007)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Gene Wolfe]], American author (d. 2019)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Pete Domenici]], American lawyer and politician, 37th [[Mayor of Albuquerque]] (d. 2017)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Derek Taylor]], English journalist and author  (d. 1997)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Johnny Unitas]], American football player and sportscaster (d. 2002)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Michael Hopkins (architect)|Michael Hopkins]], English architect (d. 2023)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Tony O'Reilly]], Irish rugby player and businessman (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Businessman Sir Anthony O'Reilly dies after short illness |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7225dy596eo |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=www.bbc.com |date=19 May 2024 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Sidney Altman]], Canadian-American biologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2022)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Ruggero Deodato]], Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2022)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Ruud Lubbers]], Dutch economist and politician, [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (d. 2018)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Johnny Maestro]], American pop/doo-wop singer (d. 2010)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Angela Carter]], English novelist and short story writer  (d. 1992)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Terry Allen (artist)|Terry Allen]], American singer and painter 
*  1943   &ndash; [[John Bannon]], Australian academic and politician, 39th [[Premier of South Australia]] (d. 2015)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Peter Carey (novelist)|Peter Carey]], Australian novelist and short story writer
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Christy Moore]], Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1945   &ndash; [[Robin Strasser]], American actress
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Thelma Houston]], American R&B/disco singer and actress
*  1946   &ndash; [[Marv Hubbard]], American football player (d. 2015)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Bill Kreutzmann]], American drummer
*  1946   &ndash; [[Michael Rosen]], English author and poet
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[John Coates (sports administrator)|John Dowling Coates]], Australian lawyer, sports administrator and businessman
*  1950   &ndash; [[Tim Russert]], American television journalist and lawyer (d. 2008)
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Amy Heckerling]], American director, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Jan Peter Balkenende]], Dutch jurist and politician, [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]]
*  1956   &ndash; [[Anne Dudley]], English pianist and composer 
*  1956   &ndash; [[Nicholas Hytner]], English director and producer<ref>{{cite book|author=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|title=Encyclopaedia Britannica Almanac 2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kd2bAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA52|date=1 January 2010|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|isbn=978-1-61535-329-3|pages=52}}</ref>
*  1956   &ndash; [[Jean Lapierre]], Canadian talk show host and politician (d. 2016) 
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Anne Marie Rafferty]], English nurse and academic
*  1958   &ndash; [[William Ridenour]], American politician<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wvlegislature.gov/House/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Ridenour |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=www.wvlegislature.gov |title=West Virginia House of Delegates }}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham]], Iraqi-English surgeon and academic
*  1960   &ndash; [[Almudena Grandes]], Spanish author (d. 2021)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Sue Black (forensic anthropologist)|Sue Black]], Scottish anthropologist and academic
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Owen Hart]], Canadian wrestler (d. 1999)
*  1965   &ndash; [[Norman Whiteside]], Northern Irish footballer and manager
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Roberto d'Amico (politician)|Roberto d'Amico]], Belgian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Les Députés: Roberto D'Amico |url=https://www.lachambre.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=fr&cfm=cvview54.cfm?key=07182&lactivity=56 |publisher=[[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]] |access-date=31 August 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=fr}}</ref>
*  1967   &ndash; [[Martin Bryant]], Australian mass murderer
*  1967   &ndash; [[Joe Rice]], American colonel and politician
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Traci Lords]], American actress and singer
*  1968   &ndash; [[Lisa Raitt]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th [[Minister of Transport (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Transport]]
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Eagle-Eye Cherry]], Swedish singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite book|author=Joel Whitburn|title=Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PSYKAQAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Record Research|isbn=978-0-89820-155-0|page=126}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Thomas Piketty]], French economist<ref>{{cite book|author=Steven Pressman|title=Understanding Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pd6oCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA4|date=5 October 2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-38003-0|pages=4}}</ref> 
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Frank Trigg]], American mixed martial artist and wrestler
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Breckin Meyer]], American actor, writer, and producer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Clements |first1=Erin |title=Breckin Meyer's Birthday: 'Clueless' Actor Turns 39 |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/breckin-meyer-birthday_n_3231635 |publisher=[[HuffPost]] |access-date=28 April 2023 |date=7 May 2013}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Calvin Booth]], American basketball player and executive<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/playerfile/calvin_booth/bio.html |title=Calvin Booth Bio |website=NBA |access-date=11 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204143203/http://www.nba.com/playerfile/calvin_booth/bio.html |archive-date=4 February 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  1976   &ndash; [[Stacey Jones]], New Zealand rugby league player<ref>{{cite web |title=Stacey Jones |url=https://www.nrl.com/hall-of-fame/players/stacey-jones/ |website=Hall of Fame |access-date=6 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref> 
*  1976   &ndash; [[Michael P. Murphy]], American lieutenant, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 2005)
*  1976   &ndash; [[Ayelet Shaked]], former Israeli Minister of Justice
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Shawn Marion]], American basketball player
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Katie Douglas (basketball)|Katie Douglas]], American basketball player
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[James Loney]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=James Loney Stats |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/james-loney-425766 |website=mlb.com |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=6 May 2024}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Kevin Owens]], Canadian wrestler
*  1984   &ndash; [[Alex Smith]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alex Smith |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/8416/alex-smith |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=28 April 2023}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[J Balvin]], Colombian singer-songwriter and producer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kreps |first1=Daniel |title=J Balvin Celebrates His Birthday With New Song '7 De Mayo' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin/j-balvin-new-song-7-de-mayo-1166703/ |publisher=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=28 April 2023 |date=7 May 2021}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Matt Helders]], English drummer 
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Aidy Bryant]], American actress and comedian<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gelhoren |first1=Giovana |title='Saturday Night Live' Stars Wish 'Angel' Aidy Bryant a Happy 35th Birthday |url=https://people.com/tv/aidy-bryant-35th-birthday-saturday-night-live-stars-shrill-snl/ |publisher=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=28 April 2023 |date=7 May 2022}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Mark Reynolds (footballer, born 1987)|Mark Reynolds]], Scottish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Inverness Reds - Mark Reynolds |url=https://www.invernessreds.co.uk/player/mark-reynolds/ |website=Inverness Reds |access-date=6 May 2020 |date=7 May 1987}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Earl Thomas]], American football player<ref>{{cite web|title=Earl Thomas|url= http://www.nfl.com/player/earlthomas/2508080/profile|website=NFL.com|access-date=7 May 2020|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Sydney Leroux]], Canadian-American footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Sydney Leroux |url=https://angelcity.com/club/roster/sydney-leroux |website=angelcity.com |publisher=Angel City FC |access-date=6 May 2024}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Alexander Ludwig]], Canadian actor and musician<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gillibrand |first1=Abigail |title=Vikings star Alexander Ludwig hopes coronavirus storm will pass soon as he celebrates birthday in lockdown |url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/05/10/vikings-star-alexander-ludwig-hopes-coronavirus-storm-will-pass-soon-celebrates-birthday-lockdown-12681579/ |publisher=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |access-date=28 April 2023 |date=10 May 2020}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Will Ospreay]], English wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Will Ospreay |url=https://www.njpw1972.com/profile/1421 |publisher=[[New Japan Pro Wrestling]] |access-date=28 April 2023}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Ajla Tomljanovic]], Australian tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/315232/ajla-tomljanovic|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Ajla Tomljanovic|publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Seko Fofana]], Ivorian international footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=79133|title=Seko Fofana|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Faker (gamer)|Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok]], South Korean ''[[League of Legends]]'' gamer<ref>{{cite news |last1=McNicol |first1=Andrew |title=Who is Faker, the 'Unkillable Demon King' of esports? |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3172859/faker-lee-sang-hyeok-biography-family-net-worth-league-legends |access-date=March 6, 2023 |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |date=April 2, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=March 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306002153/https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3172859/faker-lee-sang-hyeok-biography-family-net-worth-league-legends |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Daria Kasatkina]], Russian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tennis Daria Kasatkina - ESPN |url=http://m.espn.com/general/tennis/playercard?playerId=2191&src=desktop |website=m.espn.com |access-date=6 May 2020 |language=EN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Daria Kasatkina {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/322082/daria-kasatkina |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref>
*  1997   &ndash;  [[Youri Tielemans]], Belgian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Youri Tielemans |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/5865/ |website=premierleague.com |publisher=English Premier League |access-date=6 May 2024}}</ref>
*  1997    &ndash; [[Cameron Young]], American golfer<ref>{{cite web |title=Cameron Young PGA TOUR Bio |url=https://www.pgatour.com/player/57366/cameron-young/bio |website=pgatour.com |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=6 May 2024}}</ref>
*[[1998]]  &ndash; [[MrBeast]], American YouTuber<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 7, 2021|title=Thanks for all the birthday wishes! I feel so old now that I'm 23 lol|url=https://twitter.com/MrBeast/status/1390664021561458688|access-date=May 14, 2021|website=[[Twitter]]|language=en}}</ref>
*  1998   &ndash; [[Dani Olmo]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Daniel Olmo |url=https://rbleipzig.com/en/first-team/team/dani-olmo/ |website=rbleipzig.com |publisher=RB Leipzig |access-date=6 May 2024}}</ref>
*  1998 &ndash; [[Jesse Puljujärvi]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jesse-puljujarvi-8479344 |title=Jesse Puljujarvi #13|author=<!--Not stated-->|website=NHL.com|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=March 26, 2022}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Tommy Fury]], English boxer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Netherton |first=Alexander |date=23 April 2022 |title=What time is the Tommy Fury vs. Daniel Bocianski fight tonight? Ringwalks, running order, streaming, how to watch Fury vs. Bocianski |url=https://www.dazn.com/en-IE/news/boxing/what-time-is-the-tommy-fury-vs-daniel-bocianski-fight-tonight-ringwalks-running-order-streaming-how-to-watch-fury-vs-bocianski/1qs18gipaiovp1nhgfi5l3ol8i |access-date=22 July 2022 |website=[[DAZN]] }}</ref>
*  1999   &ndash; [[Cody Gakpo]], Dutch footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Cody Gakpo |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/32894/Cody-Gakpo/overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=25 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Jake Bongiovi]], American model and actor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a39449574/millie-bobby-brown-jake-bongiovi-relationship-timeline/|website=Cosmopolitan.com|title=Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi's relationship timeline|first1= Emily|last1=GULLA|first2=Lia|last2=Mappoura|date=August 12, 2022|accessdate=April 15, 2023}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Ashlyn Krueger]], American tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ashlyn Krueger {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/329409/ashlyn-krueger |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref>
*  2004   &ndash; [[Minji (singer)|Minji]], South Korean singer<ref>{{cite web|title=뉴진스 민지, 하이브-민희진 사태 후 첫 심경 고백…"울지 마요" [TEN이슈]|url=https://tenasia.hankyung.com/article/2024050713784#_enliple|work=텐아시아|date=7 May 2024|access-date=8 March 2025|language=ko}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[721]] &ndash; [[John of Beverley]], bishop of [[Diocese of York|York]]<ref name=Beverley>{{cite web |title=Saint John of Beverley {{!}} English bishop |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-John-of-Beverley |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=7 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[833]] &ndash; [[Ibn Hisham]], Egyptian Muslim historian
* [[973]] &ndash; [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. 912)
*[[1014]] &ndash; [[Bagrat III of Georgia|Bagrat III]], 1st King of Georgia (b. 960)
*[[1092]] &ndash; [[Remigius de Fécamp]], English monk and bishop 
*[[1166]] &ndash; [[William I of Sicily]]
*[[1202]] &ndash; [[Hamelin de Warenne, Earl of Surrey]]
*[[1205]] &ndash; [[Ladislaus III of Hungary]] (b. 1201)
*[[1234]] &ndash; [[Otto I, Duke of Merania]] (b. c. 1180)
*[[1243]] &ndash; [[Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel]]
*[[1427]] &ndash; [[Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr]], English priest (b. 1352)
*[[1494]] &ndash; [[Eskender]], [[Emperor of Ethiopia]] (b. 1471)
*[[1523]] &ndash; [[Franz von Sickingen]], German knight (b. 1481)
*[[1539]] &ndash; [[Ottaviano Petrucci]], Italian printer (b. 1466)
===1601–1900===
*[[1617]] &ndash; [[David Fabricius]], German astronomer and theologian (b. 1564)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Trimble |first1=Virginia |last2=Williams |first2=Thomas R. |last3=Bracher |first3=Katherine |last4=Jarrell |first4=Richard |last5=Marché |first5=Jordan D. |last6=Ragep |first6=F. Jamil |title=Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers |date=2007 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-0-387-30400-7 |page=353 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t-BF1CHkc50C&pg=PA353 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1667]] &ndash; [[Johann Jakob Froberger]], German organist and composer (b. 1616)
*[[1682]] &ndash; [[Feodor III of Russia]] (b. 1661)
*[[1685]] &ndash; [[Bajo Pivljanin]] (b. 1630)
*[[1718]] &ndash; [[Mary of Modena]] (b. 1658)
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[Pietro Nardini]], Italian violinist and composer (b. 1722)
*[[1800]] &ndash; [[Niccolò Piccinni]], Italian composer (b. 1728)
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne]], Irish-English politician, [[Prime Minister of Great Britain]] (b. 1737)<ref>{{cite web |title=History of William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne - GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/william-petty-2nd-earl-of-shelburne |website=www.gov.uk |access-date=1 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Jabez Bowen]], American colonel and politician, 45th [[Deputy Governor of Rhode Island]] (b. 1739)
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[Antonio Salieri]], Italian composer and conductor (b. 1750)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Caspar David Friedrich]], German painter and educator (b. 1774)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux]], Scottish lawyer and politician, [[Lord Chancellor|Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain]] (b. 1778)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Alexander Loyd]], American carpenter and politician, 4th [[Mayor of Chicago]] (b. 1805)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[William Buell Sprague]], American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[C. F. W. Walther]], German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[H. H. Holmes]], American serial killer (b. 1861)

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Agostino Roscelli]], Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Albert Ball]], English fighter pilot (b. 1896)<ref>{{cite web |title=Albert Ball {{!}} British pilot {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albert-Ball |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=7 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Max Wagenknecht]], German pianist and composer (b. 1857)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Alluri Sitarama Raju]], Indian activist (b. 1897/1898) 
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme]], English businessman and politician (b. 1851)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Ernst A. Lehmann]], German captain and author (b. 1886) 
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Octavian Goga]], Romanian politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1881)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[George Lansbury]], English journalist and politician (b. 1859)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[James George Frazer]], Scottish-English anthropologist and academic (b. 1854)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Felix Weingartner]], Croatian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Fethi Okyar]], Turkish colonel and politician, 2nd [[List of Prime Ministers of Turkey|Prime Minister of Turkey]] (b. 1880)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Herbert Macaulay]], Nigerian journalist and politician (b. 1864)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Warner Baxter]], American actor (b. 1889)
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Margaret Larkin]], American writer and poet (b. 1899)
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Mihkel Lüdig]], Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1880)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Alison Uttley]], English children's book writer (b. 1884)
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Mort Weisinger]], American journalist and author (b. 1915)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Haldun Taner]], Turkish playwright and author (b. 1915)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Colin Blakely]], Northern Irish actor (b. 1930)
*  1987   &ndash; [[Paul Popham]], American soldier and activist, co-founded [[Gay Men's Health Crisis]] (b. 1941)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Sam Tambimuttu]], Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Clement Greenberg]], American art critic (b. 1909)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Ray McKinley]], American drummer, singer, and bandleader ([[Glenn Miller Orchestra]]) (b. 1910)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Allan McLeod Cormack]], South African-English physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1924)
*  1998   &ndash; [[Eddie Rabbitt]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.]], American captain, actor, and producer (b. 1909)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Jacques de Bourbon-Busset]], French author and politician (b. 1912)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Waldemar Milewicz]], Polish journalist (b. 1956)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Tristan Egolf]], American author and activist (b. 1971)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Peter W. Rodino|Peter Rodino]], American captain and politician (b. 1909)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Otilino Tenorio]], Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1980)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Richard Carleton]], Australian journalist (b. 1943)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Joan C. Edwards]], American singer and philanthropist (b. 1918)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Isabella Blow]], English magazine editor (b. 1958)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Diego Corrales]], American boxer (b. 1977)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Octavian Paler]], Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1926)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Yahweh ben Yahweh]], American cult leader, founded the [[Nation of Yahweh]] (b. 1935)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[David Mellor (designer)|David Mellor]], English designer (b. 1930)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Danny Ozark]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1923)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Seve Ballesteros]], Spanish golfer (b. 1957)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Willard Boyle]], Canadian physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1924)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Big George]], English songwriter, producer, and radio host (b. 1957)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Victor Nosach]], Soviet historian (b. 1929)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gup.ru/events/news/detail.php?ID=162925|title=Летописец Российских профсоюзов|publisher=www.gup.ru|language=ru|accessdate=2018-12-26}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Sammy Barr]], Scottish trade union leader (b. 1931)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Ferenc Bartha]], Hungarian economist and politician (b. 1943)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Dennis E. Fitch]], American captain and pilot (b. 1942)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Ferruccio Mazzola]], Italian footballer and manager (b. 1948)
*  2013   &ndash; [[George Sauer, Jr.]], American football player (b. 1943)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Neville McNamara]], Australian air marshal (b. 1923)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Colin Pillinger]], English astronomer, chemist, and academic (b. 1943)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Dick Welteroth]], American baseball player (b. 1927)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Frank DiPascali]], American businessman (b. 1956)
*  2015   &ndash; [[John Dixon (cartoonist)|John Dixon]], Australian-American author and illustrator (b. 1929)
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Aase Foss Abrahamsen]], Norwegian writer (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Aase Foss Abrahamsen |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date= 22 August 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Aase_Foss_Abrahamsen |language=no|access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Steve Albini]], American musician, record producer, audio engineer, and music journalist (b. 1962)<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Corcoran |first1=Nina |last2=Monroe |first2=Jazz |date=May 8, 2024 |title=Steve Albini, Storied Producer and Icon of the Rock Underground, Dies at 61 |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/steve-albini-storied-producer-and-icon-of-the-rock-underground-dies-at-61/ |access-date=May 8, 2024 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref>

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==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Agathius|Agathius of Byzantium]]
**[[Agostino Roscelli]]
**[[Pope Benedict II]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Walsh |first1=Michael J. |title=Pocket Dictionary of Popes |date=10 May 2006 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-0-86012-420-7 |page=14 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vWP_K-lZCB0C&pg=PA14 |language=en}}</ref>
**[[Flavia Domitilla (saint)|Flavia Domitilla]]
**[[Gisela of Hungary]]
**[[Harriet Starr Cannon]] ([[Episcopal Church (USA)]])
**[[John of Beverley]]<ref name=Beverley />
**[[Rose Venerini]]
**[[Stanislaus of Szczepanów|Stanislaus]] ([[Roman Martyrology]])
**[[May 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Defender of the Fatherland Day (Kazakhstan)]]
*[[Dien Bien Phu Victory Day]] ([[Vietnam]])
*[[Radio Day]], commemorating the work of [[Alexander Stepanovich Popov|Alexander Popov]] (Russia, [[Bulgaria]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lovell |first1=Stephen |title=Russia in the Microphone Age: A History of Soviet Radio, 1919-1970 |date=2015 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-872526-8 |page=145 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5NqmCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA145 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/7 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=5|day=7}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/may/7 Historical Events on May 7]

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[[Category:Days of May]]