May 14

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Events

Pre-1600

1027 – Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the effective ruler of England.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1465 – During the 1465 Moroccan revolution which overthrows the Marinid dynasty, the Jewish mellah is attacked by the population of Fez, though the extent of the massacre is debated.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1509 – Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Republic of Venice.<ref>Mallett, Michael; Shaw, Christine (2012). The Italian Wars, 1494-1559: War, State and Society in Early Modern Europe, Pearson, p. 89.</ref>

1601–1900

1607 – English colonists establish "James Fort", which would become Jamestown, Virginia, the earliest permanent English settlement in the Americas.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1608 – The Protestant Union, a coalition of Protestant German states, is founded to defend the rights, land and safety of each member against the Catholic Church and Catholic German states.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1610 – Henry IV of France is assassinated by Catholic zealot François Ravaillac, and Louis XIII ascends the throne.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1643 – Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
1747 – War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
1796 – Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1800 – The 6th United States Congress recesses, and the process of moving the Federal government of the United States from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., begins the following day.<ref>Template:Cite book; Template:Cite book</ref>
1804 – William Clark and 42 men depart from Camp Dubois to join Meriwether Lewis at St Charles, Missouri, marking the beginning of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Template:'s historic journey up the Missouri River.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1811 – Paraguay: Pedro Juan Caballero, Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor.
1836 – The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
1857 – Mindon Min was crowned as King of Burma in Mandalay, Burma.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1863 – American Civil War: During the Vicksburg campaign, Union forces drive Confederates under Joseph E. Johnston out of Jackson, Mississippi in the Battle of Jackson.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1868 – Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1870 – The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1878 – The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.<ref>Template:Cite book; Template:Cite book</ref>
1879 – The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Template:Ship.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

1900 – Opening of World Amateur championship at the Paris Exposition Universelle, also known as Olympic Games.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1913 – Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
1915 – The May 14 Revolt takes place in Lisbon, Portugal.<ref>Gallagher, Tom (1983). Portugal: A Twentieth Century Interpretation. Manchester, England: Manchester University Press.</ref>
1918 – Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the Two-minute silence.
1925 – Mrs Dalloway, one of Virginia Woolf's earliest and best-known novels, was published.<ref>Shearn, Amy (2016-05-14). ""What a lark! What a plunge!": Celebrating Mrs. Dalloway". JSTOR.</ref>
1931 – Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1935 – The Constitution of the Philippines is ratified by a popular vote.
1939 – Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
1940 – World War II: Rotterdam, Netherlands is bombed by the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany despite a ceasefire, killing about 900 people and destroying the historic city center.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1943 – World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks Template:Ship off the coast of Queensland.
1948 – Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
1951 – Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1953 – Approximately 7,100 brewery workers in Milwaukee perform a walkout, marking the start of the 1953 Milwaukee brewery strike.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1955 – Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
1961 – Civil rights movement: A white mob twice attacks a Freedom Riders bus near Anniston, Alabama, before fire-bombing the bus and attacking the civil rights protesters who flee the burning vehicle.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1970 – Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of the Red Army Faction.
1973 – Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1977 – A Dan-Air Boeing 707 leased to IAS Cargo Airlines crashes on approach to Lusaka International Airport in Lusaka, Zambia, killing six people.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1980 – Salvadoran Civil War: the Sumpul River massacre occurs in Chalatenango, El Salvador.
1987 – Fijian Prime Minister Timoci Bavadra is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2004 – The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2004 – Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Mary Donaldson are married at Copenhagen Cathedral.<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Dead link Template:Cbignore</ref>
2004 – Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4815 crashes into the Amazon rainforest during approach to Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus, Brazil, killing 33 people.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2008 – Battle of Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester city centre between Zenit supporters and Rangers supporters and the Greater Manchester Police, 39 policemen injured, one police-dog injured and 39 arrested.
2010 – Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on the STS-132 mission to deliver the first shuttle-launched Russian ISS component — Rassvet. This was originally slated to be the final launch of Atlantis, before Congress approved STS-135.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012 – Agni Air Flight CHT crashes in Nepal after a failed go-around, killing 15 people.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2021 – China successfully lands Zhurong, the country's first Mars rover.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2022 – Ten people are killed in a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

1316 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)
1553 – Margaret of Valois, Queen of France (d. 1615)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1574 – Francesco Rasi, Italian singer-songwriter, theorbo player, and poet (d. 1621)
1592 – Alice Barnham, wife of statesman Francis Bacon (d. 1650)

1601–1900

1630 – Katakura Kagenaga, Japanese samurai (d. 1681)
1652 – Johann Philipp Förtsch, German composer (d. 1732)
1657 – Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, Indian(Maratha) emperor (d. 1689)
1666 – Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)
1679 – Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1764)
1699 – Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian general (d. 1786)
1701 – William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (d. 1782)
1710 – Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (d. 1771)
1725 – Ludovico Manin, the last Doge of Venice (d. 1802)
1727 – Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (d. 1788)
1737 – George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Irish-English politician and diplomat, Governor of Grenada (d. 1806)
1752 – Timothy Dwight IV, American minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1817)
1752 – Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist and author (d. 1828)
1761 – Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1816)
1771 – Robert Owen, Welsh businessman and social reformer (d. 1858)
1771 – Thomas Wedgwood, English photographer (d. 1805)
1781 – Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer, German historian and academic (d. 1873)
1794 – Fanny Imlay, daughter of British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft (d. 1816)
1814 – Charles Beyer, German-English engineer, co-founded Beyer, Peacock & Company (d. 1876)
1817 – Alexander Kaufmann, German poet and educator (d. 1893)
1820 – James Martin, Irish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1886)
1830 – Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author (d. 1905)
1832 – Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (d. 1903)
1851 – Anna Laurens Dawes, American author and anti-suffragist (d. 1938)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1852 – Henri Julien, Canadian illustrator (d. 1908)
1863 – John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (d. 1932)
1867 – Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Bavaria (d. 1919)
1868 – Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (d. 1935)
1869 – Arthur Rostron, English captain (d. 1940)
1872 – Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinal (d. 1961)
1878 – J. L. Wilkinson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1964)
1879 – Fred Englehardt, American jumper (d. 1942)
1880 – Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971)
1881 – Lionel Hill, Australian politician, 30th Premier of South Australia (d. 1963)
1881 – George Murray Hulbert, American judge and politician (d. 1950)
1885 – Otto Klemperer, German composer and conductor (d. 1973)
1887 – Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (d. 1943)
1888 – Archie Alexander, American mathematician and engineer (d. 1958)
1893 – Louis Verneuil, French actor and playwright (d. 1952)
1897 – Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 1959)
1897 – Ed Ricketts, American biologist and ecologist (d. 1948)
1899 – Charlotte Auerbach, German-Scottish folklorist, geneticist, and zoologist (d. 1994)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1899 – Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist and academic (d. 1993)
1899 – Earle Combs, American baseball player and coach (d. 1976)
1900 – Hal Borland, American journalist and author (d. 1978)
1900 – Walter Rehberg, Swiss pianist and composer (d. 1957)
1900 – Cai Chang, Chinese first leader of All-China Women's Federation (d. 1990)
1900 – Leo Smit, Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1943)
1900 – Edgar Wind, German-English historian, author, and academic (d. 1971)

1901–present

1901 – Robert Ritter, German psychologist and physician (d. 1951)
1903 – Billie Dove, American actress (d. 1997)
1904 – Hans Albert Einstein, Swiss-American engineer and educator (d. 1973)
1904 – Marcel Junod, Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (d. 1961)
1905 – Jean Daniélou, French cardinal and theologian (d. 1974)
1905 – Herbert Morrison, American journalist (d. 1989)
1905 – Antonio Berni, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver (d. 1981)
1907 – Ayub Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 2nd President of Pakistan (d. 1974)
1907 – Johnny Moss, gambler and professional poker player, first winner of the World Series of Poker (d. 1995)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1910 – Ne Win, Burmese army general and politician, 4th President of Burma (d. 2002)
1914 – Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani journalist, poet, and politician (d. 1983)
1914 – William Tutte, British codebreaker and mathematician (d. 2002) <ref name="mactutor">Template:MacTutor Biography</ref>
1916 – Robert F. Christy, Canadian-American physicist and astronomer (d. 2012)
1916 – Marco Zanuso, Italian architect and designer (d. 2001)
1917 – Lou Harrison, American composer and critic (d. 2003)
1921 – Richard Deacon, American actor (d. 1984)
1922 – Franjo Tuđman, Croatian historian and politician, 1st President of Croatia (d. 1999)
1923 – Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2019)
1923 – Mrinal Sen, Bangladeshi-Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2018)
1925 – Sophie Kurys, American baseball player (d. 2013)
1925 – Patrice Munsel, American soprano and actress (d. 2016)
1926 – Eric Morecambe, English comedian and actor (d. 1984)
1927 – Herbert W. Franke, Austrian scientist and author (d. 2022)
1928 – Frederik H. Kreuger, Dutch engineer, author, and academic (d. 2015)
1929 – Barbara Branden, Canadian-American author (d. 2013)
1929 – Henry McGee, English actor and singer (d. 2006)
1929 – Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1930 – William James, Australian general and physician (d. 2015)
1931 – Alvin Lucier, American composer and academic (d. 2021)
1933 – Siân Phillips, Welsh actress and singer
1935 – Ethel Johnson, American professional wrestler (d. 2018)<ref name=genzilenger>Template:Cite news</ref>
1936 – Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1973)
1936 – Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1987)
1937 – Vic Flick, English guitarist (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1940 – H. Jones, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1982)
1942 – Byron Dorgan, American lawyer and politician
1942 – Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green, English businessman and politician (d. 2014)
1942 – Tony Pérez, Cuban-American baseball player and manager
1943 – Jack Bruce, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1943 – Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Icelandic academic and politician, 5th President of Iceland
1943 – Eddie Low, New Zealand country singer and musician (d. 2024)<ref name=":2">Template:Cite web</ref>
1944 – Gene Cornish, Canadian-American guitarist
1944 – George Lucas, American director, producer, and screenwriter, founded Lucasfilm
1944 – David Kelly, Welsh scientist (d. 2003)
1945 – Francesca Annis, English actress
1945 – Yochanan Vollach, Israeli footballer
1947 – Ana Martín, Mexican actress, singer, producer and former model (Miss Mexico 1963)<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
1948 – Bob Woolmer, Indian-English cricketer and coach (d. 2007)
1952 – David Byrne, Scottish singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1952 – Michael Fallon, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Defence
1952 – Donald R. McMonagle, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1952 – Robert Zemeckis, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1953 – Tom Cochrane, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955 – Zofija Mazej Kukovič, Slovenian electrical engineer and minister of health 2007–8<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1955 – Dennis Martínez, Nicaraguan baseball player and coach
1955 – Big Van Vader, American wrestler and football player (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1956 – Hazel Blears, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
1956 – Steve Hogarth, English singer-songwriter and keyboardist
1958 – Christine Brennan, American journalist and author
1958 – Rudy Pérez, Cuban-born American composer and music producer <ref name="TV y Novelas1">TV y Novelas. Reportage: El Elegido por los Grandes (Magazine in Spanish: The chosen by the Great) Pages: 62 - 64. Number 14. June 9, 2001.</ref>
1959 – Carlisle Best, Barbadian cricketer
1959 – Patrick Bruel, French actor, singer, and poker player
1959 – Robert Greene, American author and translator
1959 – Rick Vaive, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1959 – Heather Wheeler, English politician
1960 – Anne Clark, English singer-songwriter and poet
1960 – Frank Nobilo, New Zealand golfer
1960 – Ronan Tynan, Irish tenor
1961 – Tim Roth, English actor and director
1961 – Alain Vigneault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1962 – Ian Astbury, English-Canadian singer-songwriter
1962 – C.C. DeVille, American guitarist, songwriter, and actor
1962 – Danny Huston, Italian-American actor and director
1963 – Pat Borders, American baseball player and coach
1964 – Suzy Kolber, American sportscaster and producer
1964 – Alan McIndoe, Australian rugby league player<ref name="encyc">Template:Cite book</ref>
1966 – Mike Inez, American rock bass player and songwriter
1966 – Fab Morvan, French singer-songwriter, dancer and model
1966 – Raphael Saadiq, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1967 – Tony Siragusa, American football player and journalist (d. 2022)
1968 – Greg Davies Welsh actor, comedian, writer and presenter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1969 – Cate Blanchett, Australian actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1969 – Sabine Schmitz, German race car driver and sportscaster (d. 2021)
1971 – Sofia Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1971 – Martin Reim, Estonian footballer and manager
1972 – Ike Moriz, German-South African singer-songwriter, producer and actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1972 – Kirstjen Nielsen, American attorney, 6th United States Secretary of Homeland Security<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1973 – Natalie Appleton, Canadian singer and actress
1973 – Fraser Nelson, Scottish journalist
1975 – Nicki Sørensen, Danish cyclist
1975 – Gulmurod Khalimov, Tajikistani police commander turned Islamic State mercenary outlaw<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1976 – Martine McCutcheon, English actress and singer
1977 – Roy Halladay, American baseball player (d. 2017)
1977 – Ada Nicodemou, Australian actress
1978 – Brent Harvey, Australian footballer
1978 – Eddie House, American basketball player
1979 – Dan Auerbach, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1979 – Clinton Morrison, Irish international footballer
1980 – Júlia Sebestyén, Hungarian figure skater
1981 – Pranav Mistry, Indian computer scientist, invented SixthSense
1983 – Anahí, Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1983 – Frank Gore, American football player
1983 – Tatenda Taibu, Zimbabwean cricketer
1983 – Amber Tamblyn, American actress, author, model, director
1984 – Gary Ablett, Jr., Australian footballer
1984 – Olly Murs, English singer-songwriter
1984 – Mark Zuckerberg, American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Facebook
1985 – Dustin Lynch, American singer-songwriter
1985 – Sam Perrett, New Zealand rugby league player
1985 – Zack Ryder, American wrestler
1986 – Clay Matthews III, American football player
1987 – François Steyn, South African rugby player
1989 – Rob Gronkowski, American football player
1993 – Miranda Cosgrove, American actress and singer
1993 – Kyle Freeland, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – Kristina Mladenovic, French tennis player
1994 – Marquinhos, Brazilian footballer
1994 – Pernille Blume, Danish swimmer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Bronte Campbell, Malawian-Australian swimmer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Rose Lavelle, American soccer player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Blake Brockington, American trans man and activist (d. 2015)
1996 – Martin Garrix, Dutch DJ
1996 – Pokimane, Moroccan-Canadian internet personality<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – Rúben Dias, Portuguese footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001 – Jack Hughes, American hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2002 – Zach Edey, Canadian basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

649 – Pope Theodore I
934 – Zhu Hongzhao, Chinese general and governor
964 – Pope John XII (b. 927)
1080 – Walcher, Bishop of Durham
1219 – William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, English soldier and politician (b. 1147)
1576 – Tahmasp I, Shah of Persia (b. 1514)

1601–1900

1603 – Magnus II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1543)
1608 – Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)
1610 – Henry IV of France (b. 1553)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1643 – Louis XIII of France (b. 1601)
1649 – Friedrich Spanheim, Swiss theologian and academic (b. 1600)
1667 – Georges de Scudéry, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1601)
1688 – Antoine Furetière, French scholar, lexicographer, and author (b. 1619)
1754 – Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French playwright and producer (b. 1692)
1761 – Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1710)
1847 – Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist and composer (b. 1805)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1860 – Ludwig Bechstein, German author (b. 1801)
1873 – Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (b. 1797)
1878 – Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)
1881 – Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1889 – Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)
1893 – Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)

1901–present

1906 – Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
1912 – Frederik VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
1912 – August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
1918 – James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)
1919 – Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
1923 – N. G. Chandavarkar, Indian jurist and politician (b. 1855)
1923 – Charles de Freycinet, French engineer and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
1931 – David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)
1934 – Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (b. 1872)
1935 – Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)
1936 – Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (b. 1861)
1940 – Emma Goldman, Lithuanian author and activist (b. 1869)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1940 – Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (b. 1902)
1943 – Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
1945 – Heber J. Grant, American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)
1945 – Wolfgang Lüth, Latvian-German captain (b. 1913)
1945 – Isis Pogson, English astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1852)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1953 – Yasuo Kuniyoshi, American painter and photographer (b. 1893)
1954 – Heinz Guderian, Prussian-German general (b. 1888)
1956 – Joan Malleson, English physician (b. 1889)
1957 – Marie Vassilieff, Russian-French painter (b. 1884)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1959 – Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (b. 1897)
1959 – Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (b. 1862)
1960 – Lucrezia Bori, Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1887)
1962 – Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1880)
1965 – Frances Perkins, American workers-rights advocate, U.S. Secretary of Labor (b. 1880)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1968 – Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (b. 1882)
1969 – Enid Bennett, Australian-American actress (b. 1893)
1969 – Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (b. 1888)
1970 – Billie Burke, American actress and singer (b. 1884)
1973 – Jean Gebser, German linguist, philosopher, and poet (b. 1905)
1976 – Keith Relf, English singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and producer (b. 1943)
1979 – Jean Rhys, Dominican-English novelist (b. 1890)
1980 – Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (b. 1912)
1982 – Hugh Beaumont, American actor (b. 1909)
1983 – Roger J. Traynor, American academic and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California (b. 1900)
1983 – Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican politician, 46th President of Mexico (b. 1900)
1984 – Ted Hicks, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (b. 1910)
1984 – Walter Rauff, German SS officer (b. 1906)
1987 – Rita Hayworth, American actress and dancer (b. 1918)
1987 – Vitomil Zupan, Slovenian poet and playwright (b. 1914)
1988 – Willem Drees, Dutch politician and historian, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958) (b. 1886)
1991 – Aladár Gerevich, Hungarian fencer (b. 1910)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Jiang Qing, Chinese revolutionary, actress, and politician, member of the Gang of Four (b. 1914)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992 – Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing (b. 1899)
1993 – William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1908)
1994 – Cihat Arman, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1915)
1994 – W. Graham Claytor Jr., American businessman, lieutenant, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1914)
1995 – Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
1997 – Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician and author (b. 1934)
1997 – Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian violinist and composer (b. 1925)
1998 – Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist and environmentalist (b. 1890)
1998 – Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (b. 1915)
2000 – Keizō Obuchi, Japanese politician, 84th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937)
2001 – Paul Bénichou, French writer, intellectual, critic, and literary historian (b. 1908)
2001 – Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (b. 1919)
2003 – Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player and coach (b. 1940)
2003 – Wendy Hiller, English actress (b. 1912)
2003 – Robert Stack, American actor and producer (b. 1919)
2004 – Anna Lee, English-American actress (b. 1913)
2005 – Jimmy Martin, American musician (b. 1927)
2006 – Lew Anderson, American actor and saxophonist (b. 1922)
2006 – Stanley Kunitz, American poet and translator (b. 1905)
2006 – Eva Norvind, Mexican actress, director, and producer (b. 1944)
2007 – Mary Scheier, American sculptor and educator (b. 1908)
2007 – Ülo Jõgi, Estonian historian and author (b. 1921)
2010 – Frank J. Dodd, American businessman and politician, president of the New Jersey Senate (b. 1938)
2010 – Norman Hand, American football player (b. 1972)
2010 – Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1918)
2012 – Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian author and screenwriter (b. 1931)
2012 – Mario Trejo, Argentinian poet, playwright, and journalist (b. 1926)
2013 – Wayne Brown, American accountant and politician, 14th Mayor of Mesa (b. 1936)
2013 – Arsen Chilingaryan, Armenian footballer and manager (b. 1962)
2013 – Asghar Ali Engineer, Indian author and activist (b. 1939)
2013 – Ray Guy, Canadian journalist (b. 1939)
2014 – Jeffrey Kruger, English-American businessman (b. 1931)
2014 – Emanuel Raymond Lewis, American librarian and author (b. 1928)
2014 – Morvin Simon, New Zealand historian, composer, and conductor (b. 1944)
2015 – B.B. King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1925)
2015 – Micheál O'Brien, Irish footballer and hurler (b. 1923)
2015 – Stanton J. Peale, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1937)
2015 – Franz Wright, Austrian-American poet and translator (b. 1953)
2016 – Darwyn Cooke, American comic book writer and artist (b. 1962)
2017 – Powers Boothe, American actor (b. 1948)
2018 – Tom Wolfe, American author (b. 1931)
2019 – Tim Conway, American actor, writer, and comedian (b. 1933)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2019 – Grumpy Cat, American cat and internet meme celebrity (b. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2023 – Doyle Brunson, American poker player (b. 1933)<ref name="Brunson">Schoen, David. "Poker legend Doyle Brunson dies at 89". Las Vegas Review-Journal. May 14, 2023. Retrieved on 2023-05-14.</ref>
2024 – Don Perlin, American comic book artist, writer, and editor (b. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024 – Netiporn Sanesangkhom, Thai political activist (b. 1995)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:
Earliest day on which the first day of Sanja Matsuri can fall, while May 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third weekend of May. (Sensō-ji, Tokyo)
Independence Day (Paraguay)
Hastings Banda's Birthday (Malawi)
National Unification Day (Liberia)
The first day of Izumo-taisha Shrine Grand Festival. (Izumo-taisha)

References

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External links

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