Events

Pre-1600

• 363 The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city.

• 526 A catastrophic earthquake hits Antioch, killing several thousands including patriarch Euphrasius.

• 757 Election of pope Paul I following the death of pope Stephen II in the previous month.

• 1108 Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under the command of Tamim ibn Yusuf defeat a Castile and León alliance under the command of Prince Sancho Alfónsez.

• 1138 Antipope Victor IV gives up his claim to the papacy due to the instigation of Bernard of Clairvaux.

• 1167 Battle of Monte Porzio: A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel.

• 1176 Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.

• 1233 Mongol–Jin war: The Mongols enter Kaifeng after a successful siege and begin looting in the fallen capital of the Jin dynasty.

• 1328 Philip VI is crowned King of France.

• 1416 Battle of Gallipoli: The Venetians under Pietro Loredan defeat a much larger Ottoman fleet off Gallipoli.

• 1453 Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Roman Empire after over 2,000 years.

• 1555 The Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire sign a peace treaty to end the Ottoman–Safavid War of 1532–1555.

1601–1900

• 1658 Battle of Samugarh: Decisive battle in the struggle for the throne during the Mughal war of succession (1658–1659).

• 1660 English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland.

• 1733 The right of settlers in New France to enslave natives is upheld at Quebec City.

• 1780 American Revolutionary War: At the Waxhaws Massacre, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.

• 1790 Rhode Island becomes the last of North America's original Thirteen Colonies to ratify the Constitution and become one of the United States.

• 1798 United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are executed as rebels by the British Army in County Kildare, Ireland.

• 1807 Mustafa IV becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.

• 1825 The Coronation of Charles X of France takes place in Reims Cathedral, the last-ever coronation of a French monarch.

• 1851 Sojourner Truth delivers her famous Ain't I a Woman? speech at the Woman's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.

• 1852 Jenny Lind leaves New York after her two-year American tour.

• 1861 The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.

• 1864 Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.

• 1867 The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

• 1886 The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.

• 1900 N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.

1901–present

• 1903 In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.

• 1913 Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a near-riot.

• 1914 The ocean liner sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.

• 1918 Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.

• 1919 Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin.

• 1920 The Louth flood of 1920, a severe flash flood in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth, results in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been described as one of the most significant flood disasters in the United Kingdom during the 20th century.

• 1931 Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by a Royal Italian Army firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.

• 1932 World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.

• 1935 First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.

• 1945 First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber.

• 1947 United Airlines Flight 521 crashes at LaGuardia Airport, killing 43.

• 1948 United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is founded.

• 1950 The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

• 1953 Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.

• 1962 Chinese police open fire on protesters in Yining, Xinjiang, killing at least five people and wounding a dozen others.

• 1964 The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

• 1964 Having deposed them in a January coup South Vietnamese leader Nguyễn Khánh has rival Generals Trần Văn Đôn and Lê Văn Kim convicted of "lax morality".

• 1973 Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.

• 1974 SETA, a Finnish LGBT rights organisation, is founded in Helsinki.

• 1982 Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.

• 1982 Falklands War: The British Army defeats the Argentine Army at the Battle of Goose Green.

• 1985 Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.

• 1985 Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.

• 1988 U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

• 1989 Signing of an agreement between Egypt and the United States that allows for the manufacture of F-16 Falcon parts in Egypt.

• 1990 The Congress of People's Deputies of Russia elects Boris Yeltsin as President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

• 1993 The Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant is held in war-torn Sarajevo drawing global attention to the plight of its citizens.

• 1999 Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.

• 1999 Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.

• 2001 The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.

• 2004 The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.

• 2005 France rejects the Constitution of the European Union in a national referendum.

• 2008 A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.

• 2012 A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people.

• 2015 One World Observatory at One World Trade Center opens.

• 2020 An oil spill in Norilsk releases 17,500 tons of diesel oil into nearby rivers.

• 2021 A Cessna Citation I/SP crashes into Percy Priest Lake in Tennessee, killing all six people on board, including actor Joe Lara and his wife Gwen Shamblin Lara.

• 2022 Tara Air Flight 197 crashes in Nepal's Mustang District, killing 22.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1421 Charles, Prince of Viana (died 1461)

• 1443 Victor, Duke of Münsterberg, Reichsgraf, Duke of Münsterberg and Opava, Count of Glatz (died 1500)

• 1504 Antun Vrančić, Croatian archbishop (died 1573)

• 1555 George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes, English general and administrator (died 1629)

• 1568 Virginia de' Medici, Italian princess (died 1615)

• 1594 Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal (died 1632)

1601–1900

• 1627 Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French princess (died 1693)

• 1630 Charles II of England (died 1685)

• 1675 Humphry Ditton, English mathematician and philosopher (died 1715)

• 1716 Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French zoologist and mineralogist (died 1800)

• 1722 James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish soldier and politician (died 1773)

• 1730 Jackson of Exeter, English organist and composer (died 1803)

• 1736 Patrick Henry, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Virginia (died 1799)

• 1780 Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (died 1855)

• 1794 Johann Heinrich von Mädler, German astronomer and selenographer (died 1874)

• 1797 Louise-Adéone Drölling, French painter (died 1836)

• 1823 John H. Balsley, American carpenter and inventor (died 1895)

• 1860 Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (died 1909)

• 1871 Clark Voorhees, American painter (died 1933)

• 1873 Rudolf Tobias, Estonian organist and composer (died 1918)

• 1874 G. K. Chesterton, English essayist, poet, and playwright (died 1936)

• 1880 Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (died 1936)

• 1892 Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author (died 1938)

• 1893 Max Brand, American journalist and author (died 1944)

• 1894 Beatrice Lillie, Canadian-English actress, singer and writer (died 1989)

• 1894 Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1969)

• 1897 Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1957)

• 1899 Douglas Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Defence (died 1987)

1901–present

• 1902 Harry Kadwell, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1999)

• 1903 Bob Hope, English-American actor, singer, and producer (died 2003)

• 1904 Hubert Opperman, Australian cyclist and politician (died 1996)

• 1905 Sebastian Shaw, English actor, director, and playwright (died 1994)

• 1906 T. H. White, Indian-English author (died 1964)

• 1907 Hartland Molson, Canadian captain and politician (died 2002)

• 1908 Diana Morgan, Welsh-English playwright and screenwriter (died 1996)

• 1910 Aleksandr Laktionov, Soviet painter (died 1972)

• 1910 Ralph Metcalfe, American sprinter and politician (died 1978)

• 1913 Tony Zale, American boxer (died 1997)

• 1914 Stacy Keach Sr., American actor (died 2003)

• 1914 Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese-Indian mountaineer (died 1986)

• 1915 Karl Münchinger, German conductor and composer (died 1990)

• 1917 John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (died 1963)

• 1917 Marcel Trudel, Canadian historian, author, and academic (died 2011)

• 1919 Jacques Genest, Canadian physician and academic (died 2018)

• 1920 John Harsanyi, Hungarian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2000)

• 1920 Clifton James, American actor (died 2017)

• 1921 Norman Hetherington, Australian cartoonist and puppeteer (died 2010)

• 1922 Edith Roger, Norwegian dancer and choreographer (died 2023)

• 1922 Joe Weatherly, American race car driver (died 1964)

• 1922 Iannis Xenakis, Greek-French composer, engineer, and theorist (died 2001)

• 1923 Bernard Clavel, French author (died 2010)

• 1923 John Parker, 6th Earl of Morley, English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Devon (died 2015)

• 1923 Eugene Wright, American jazz bassist (died 2020)

• 1924 Lars Bo, Danish author and illustrator (died 1999)

• 1924 Miloslav Kříž, Czech basketball player and coach (died 2013)

• 1924 Pepper Paire, American baseball player (died 2013)

• 1926 Katie Boyle, Italian-English actress and television host (died 2018)

• 1926 Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe, Queen Consort of Tonga (died 2017)

• 1926 Abdoulaye Wade, Senegalese academic and politician, 3rd President of Senegal

• 1927 Jean Coutu, Canadian pharmacist and businessman, founded the Jean Coutu Group

• 1928 Freddie Redd, American jazz pianist and composer (died 2021)

• 1929 Harry Frankfurt, American philosopher and academic (died 2023)

• 1929 Peter Higgs, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)

• 1929 Roberto Vargas, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2014)

• 1932 Paul R. Ehrlich, American biologist and author (died 2026)

• 1932 Richie Guerin, American basketball player and coach

• 1933 Helmuth Rilling, German conductor and educator (died 2026)

• 1933 Tarquinio Provini, Italian motorcycle racer (died 2005)

• 1934 Bill Vander Zalm, Dutch-Canadian businessman and politician, 28th Premier of British Columbia

• 1935 André Brink, South African author and playwright (died 2015)

• 1935 Sylvia Robinson, American singer and producer (died 2011)

• 1937 Charles W. Pickering, American lawyer and judge

• 1937 Irmin Schmidt, German keyboard player and composer

• 1937 Alwin Schockemöhle, German show-jumper

• 1937 Harry Statham, American basketball player and coach

• 1938 Christopher Bland, English businessman and politician (died 2017)

• 1938 Fay Vincent, American lawyer and businessman, 8th Commissioner of Baseball (died 2025)

• 1939 Pete Smith, Australian radio and television announcer

• 1939 Al Unser, American race car driver (died 2021)

• 1940 Taihō Kōki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 48th Yokozuna (died 2013)

• 1940 Farooq Leghari, Pakistani politician, 8th President of Pakistan (died 2010)

• 1941 Doug Scott, English mountaineer and author (died 2020)

• 1941 Bob Simon, American journalist (died 2015)

• 1942 Pierre Bourque, Canadian businessman and politician, 40th Mayor of Montreal

• 1942 Kevin Conway, American actor and director (died 2020)

• 1943 Robert W. Edgar, American educator and politician (died 2013)

• 1944 Bob Benmosche, American businessman (died 2015)

• 1944 Quentin Davies, English soldier and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2025)

• 1945 Gary Brooker, English singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2022)

• 1945 Peter Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie, Scottish lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland (died 2013)

• 1945 Julian Le Grand, English economist and author

• 1945 Martin Pipe, English jockey and trainer

• 1945 Joyce Tenneson, American photographer

• 1945 Jean-Pierre Van Rossem, Belgian scholar and author (died 2018)

• 1946 Fernando Buesa, Spanish politician (died 2000)

• 1947 Anthony Geary, American actor (died 2025)

• 1948 Michael Berkeley, English composer and radio host

• 1948 Keith Gull, English microbiologist and academic

• 1949 Robert Axelrod, American actor and screenwriter (died 2019)

• 1949 Brian Kidd, English footballer and manager

• 1949 Francis Rossi, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1950 Rebbie Jackson, American singer and actress

• 1951 Larry Blackmon, American singer-songwriter and producer

• 1953 Danny Elfman, American film composer, singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

• 1954 Robert Beaser, American composer and educator

• 1954 Jerry Moran, American lawyer and politician

• 1955 Frank Baumgartl, German runner (died 2010)

• 1955 John Hinckley Jr., American attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan

• 1955 David Kirschner, American animator, producer, and author

• 1955 Gordon Rintoul, Scottish historian and curator

• 1955 Ken Schrader, American race car driver and sportscaster

• 1956 Mark Lyall Grant, English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations

• 1956 La Toya Jackson, American singer-songwriter and actress

• 1957 Steven Croft, English bishop and theologian

• 1957 Jeb Hensarling, American lawyer and politician

• 1957 Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iranian film director

• 1958 Annette Bening, American actress

• 1958 Juliano Mer-Khamis, Israeli actor, director, and activist (died 2011)

• 1958 Uwe Rapolder, German footballer and coach

• 1958 Mike Stenhouse, American baseball player and sportscaster

• 1959 Rupert Everett, English actor and novelist

• 1959 Mel Gaynor, English drummer

• 1959 Steve Hanley, Irish-English bass player and songwriter

• 1960 Thomas Baumer, Swiss economist and academic

• 1960 Mike Freer, English politician

• 1961 Melissa Etheridge, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist

• 1961 John Miceli, American drummer

• 1962 Fandi Ahmad, Singaporean footballer, coach, and manager

• 1962 Eric Davis, American baseball player

• 1962 Carol Kirkwood, Scottish weather presenter

• 1962 Chloé Sainte-Marie, Canadian actress and singer

• 1963 Blaze Bayley, English singer-songwriter

• 1963 Zhu Jianhua, Chinese high jumper

• 1963 Ukyo Katayama, Japanese race car driver

• 1963 Claude Loiselle, Canadian ice hockey player and manager

• 1964 Howard Mills III, American academic and politician

• 1964 Oswaldo Negri Jr., Brazilian race car driver

• 1966 Natalie Nougayrède, French journalist

• 1967 Noel Gallagher, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1967 Mike Keane, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1967 Steven Levitt, American economist, author, and academic

• 1968 Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician

• 1968 Tate George, American basketball player

• 1968 Jessica Morden, English politician

• 1968 Hida Viloria, American activist

• 1970 Natarsha Belling, Australian journalist

• 1970 Roberto Di Matteo, Italian footballer and manager

• 1971 Éric Lucas, Canadian boxer

• 1971 Bernd Mayländer, German race car driver

• 1971 Filipa Pinto, Portuguese politician

• 1971 Jo Beth Taylor, Australian television host and actress

• 1971 Rob Womack, English shot putter and discus thrower

• 1972 Laverne Cox, American actress and LGBT advocate

• 1972 Bill Curley, American basketball player and coach

• 1972 Simon Jones, English singer and bass player

• 1972 John Simon, Australian rugby league player

• 1973 Tomoko Kaneda, Japanese voice actress, singer, and radio personality

• 1973 Mark Lee, American guitarist and songwriter

• 1973 Alpay Özalan, Turkish footballer

• 1973 Myf Warhurst, Australian radio and television host

• 1974 Steve Cardenas, American martial artist and retired actor

• 1974 Stephen Larkham, Australian rugby player and coach

• 1974 Aaron McGruder, American author and cartoonist

• 1974 Jenny Willott, English politician

• 1975 Jason Allison, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1975 Mel B, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

• 1975 Sven Kubis, German footballer

• 1975 Sarah Millican, English comedian

• 1975 Anthony Wall, English golfer

• 1975 Daniel Tosh, American comedian, television host, actor, writer, and executive producer

• 1976 Caçapa, Brazilian footballer and manager

• 1976 Jerry Hairston Jr., American baseball player and sportscaster

• 1976 Raef LaFrentz, American basketball player

• 1976 Yegor Titov, Russian footballer

• 1977 Massimo Ambrosini, Italian footballer

• 1977 Marco Cassetti, Italian footballer

• 1977 António Lebo Lebo, Angolan footballer

• 1978 Pelle Almqvist, Swedish singer-songwriter

• 1978 Sébastien Grosjean, French tennis player

• 1978 Adam Rickitt, English singer

• 1979 Arne Friedrich, German footballer

• 1979 Brian Kendrick, American wrestler

• 1979 John Rheinecker, American baseball player (died 2017)

• 1980 Ernesto Farías, Argentinian footballer

• 1981 Andrey Arshavin, Russian footballer

• 1982 Nataliya Dobrynska, Ukrainian heptathlete

• 1982 Matt Macri, American baseball player

• 1982 Kim Tae-kyun, South Korean baseball player

• 1984 Carmelo Anthony, American basketball player

• 1984 Nia Jax, Australian-American professional wrestler

• 1984 Funmi Jimoh, American long jumper

• 1984 Dhar Mann, American entrepreneur, film producer and YouTuber

• 1984 Andreas Schäffer, German footballer

• 1984 Ina Wroldsen, Norwegian singer and songwriter

• 1985 Nathan Horton, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1987 Lina Andrijauskaitė, Lithuanian long jumper

• 1987 Jon Holland, Australian cricketer

• 1987 Issac Luke, New Zealand rugby league player

• 1987 Kelvin Maynard, Dutch footballer (died 2019)

• 1987 Noah Reid, Canadian actor, musician, producer, and screenwriter

• 1987 Rui Sampaio, Portuguese footballer

• 1988 Muath Al-Kasasbeh, Jordanian captain and pilot (died 2015)

• 1988 Cheng Fei, Chinese gymnast

• 1988 Tobin Heath, American soccer player

• 1988 Steve Mason, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1989 Ezekiel Ansah, Ghanaian-American football player

• 1989 Diego Barisone, Argentinian footballer (died 2015)

• 1989 Riley Keough, American model and actress

• 1990 Joe Biagini, American baseball pitcher

• 1990 Erica Garner, American civil rights activist (died 2017)

• 1991 Yaime Perez, Cuban discus thrower

• 1991 Tan Zhongyi, Women's World Chess Champion, 2017–2018

• 1992 Sarah Moundir, Swiss tennis player

• 1992 Gregg Sulkin, English actor

• 1993 Jana Čepelová, Slovak tennis player

• 1993 Maika Monroe, American actress and kiteboarder

• 1993 Grete Šadeiko, Estonian heptathlete

• 1995 Konosuke Takeshita, Japanese professional wrestler

• 1997 Tyler Nevin, American baseball player

• 1998 Markelle Fultz, American basketball player

• 1998 Austin Reaves, American basketball player

• 1999 Park Ji-hoon, South Korean actor and singer

• 2000 Gennaro Nigro, American soccer player

• 2000 Adam Zdrójkowski, Polish actor and television presenter

• 2001 Puka Nacua, American football player

• 2001 Andrew Torgashev, American figure skater

• 2002 Paul Skenes, American baseball player

• 2006 Gukesh Dommaraju, Indian chess player

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 931 Jimeno Garcés of Pamplona

• 1040 Renauld I, Count of Nevers

• 1259 Christopher I of Denmark (born 1219)

• 1311 James II of Majorca (born 1243)

• 1320 Pope John VIII of Alexandria, Coptic pope

• 1327 Jens Grand, Danish archbishop (born c. 1260)

• 1379 Henry II of Castile (born 1334)

• 1405 Philippe de Mézières, French soldier and author (born 1327)

• 1425 Hongxi Emperor of China (born 1378)

• 1453 Ulubatlı Hasan, Ottoman commander (born 1428)

• 1453 Constantine XI Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (born 1404)

• 1500 Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer and navigator (born 1451)

• 1500 Thomas Rotherham, English cleric and minister (born 1423)

• 1546 David Beaton, Scottish cardinal and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (born 1494)

• 1593 John Penry, Welsh martyr (born 1559)

1601–1900

• 1660 Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician and academic (born 1615)

• 1691 Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (born 1629)

• 1790 Israel Putnam, American general (born 1718)

• 1796 Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish general and politician (born 1720)

• 1814 Joséphine de Beauharnais, French empress, first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte (born 1763)

• 1829 Humphry Davy, English-Swiss chemist and academic (born 1778)

• 1847 Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general (born 1766)

• 1862 Franz Mirecki, Polish composer, music conductor, and music teacher (born 1791)

• 1866 Winfield Scott, American general, lawyer, and politician (born 1786)

• 1873 Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (born 1870)

• 1892 Bahá'u'lláh, Persian religious leader, founded the Baháʼí Faith (born 1817)

• 1896 Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and academic (born 1814)

1901–present

• 1903 Bruce Price, American architect, designed the Château Frontenac and American Surety Building (born 1845)

• 1910 Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1837)

• 1911 W. S. Gilbert, English playwright and poet (born 1836)

• 1919 Robert Bacon, American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State (born 1860)

• 1921 Abbott Handerson Thayer, American painter and educator (born 1849)

• 1935 Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer (born 1874)

• 1939 Ursula Ledóchowska, Austrian-Polish nun and saint, founded the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (born 1865)

• 1941 Léo-Pol Morin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (born 1892)

• 1942 John Barrymore, American actor (born 1882)

• 1946 Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer, commandant of the Dachau concentration camp, executed war criminal (born 1905)

• 1948 May Whitty, English actress (born 1865)

• 1951 Fanny Brice, American singer and comedian (born 1891)

• 1951 Dimitrios Levidis, Greek-French soldier and composer (born 1885)

• 1957 James Whale, English director (born 1889)

• 1958 Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)

• 1968 Arnold Susi, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Education (born 1896)

• 1970 John Gunther, American journalist and author (born 1901)

• 1970 Eva Hesse, American artist (born 1936)

• 1972 Moe Berg, American baseball player, coach, and spy (born 1902)

• 1972 Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic (born 1878)

• 1973 George Harriman, English businessman (born 1908)

• 1977 Ba Maw, Burmese politician, Prime Minister of Burma (born 1893)

• 1979 Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter, co-founder of United Artists (born 1892)

• 1981 Nina Negri, Argentine-French painter and engraver (born 1901)

• 1982 Romy Schneider, German-French actress (born 1938)

• 1983 Arvīds Pelše, Latvian-Russian historian and politician (born 1899)

• 1987 Charan Singh, Indian politician, 5th Prime Minister of India (born 1902)

• 1988 Salem bin Laden, Saudi Arabian businessman (born 1946)

• 1989 George C. Homans, American sociologist and academic (born 1910)

• 1991 Margaret Barr (choreographer), Australian choreographer and teacher of dance-drama (born 1904)

• 1992 Rogério Lemgruber, Brazilian criminal, founder of Comando Vermelho (born 1952)

• 1993 Billy Conn, American boxer (born 1917)

• 1994 Erich Honecker, German lawyer and politician, leader of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) (born 1912)

• 1994 Lady May Abel Smith, member of the British Royal Family (born 1906)

• 1996 Tamara Toumanova, American ballerina and actress (born 1919)

• 1997 Jeff Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1966)

• 1998 Barry Goldwater, American general, activist, and politician (born 1909)

• 2003 David Jefferies, English motorcycle racer (born 1972)

• 2004 Archibald Cox, American lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General (born 1912)

• 2004 Samuel Dash, American academic and politician (born 1925)

• 2005 John D'Amico, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (born 1937)

• 2005 Hamilton Naki, South African surgeon (born 1926)

• 2005 George Rochberg, American soldier and composer (born 1918)

• 2006 Jacques Bouchard, Canadian businessman (born 1930)

• 2006 Katarína Kolníková, Slovak actress (born 1921)

• 2007 Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1938)

• 2007 Lois Browne-Evans, Bermudian lawyer and politician (born 1927)

• 2008 Paula Gunn Allen, American writer (born 1939)

• 2008 Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1987)

• 2008 Harvey Korman, American actor and comedian (born 1927)

• 2010 Dennis Hopper, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1936)

• 2011 Sergei Bagapsh, Abkhazian politician, 2nd President of Abkhazia (born 1949)

• 2011 Bill Clements, American soldier and politician, 42nd Governor of Texas (born 1917)

• 2011 Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian academic and politician, 14th President of Hungary (born 1931)

• 2012 Mark Minkov, Russian composer (born 1944)

• 2012 Kaneto Shindo, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1912)

• 2012 Doc Watson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1923)

• 2013 Richard Ballantine, American-English journalist and author (born 1940)

• 2013 Françoise Blanchard, French actress (born 1954)

• 2013 Andrew Greeley, American priest, sociologist, and author (born 1928)

• 2013 Mulgrew Miller, American pianist and composer (born 1955)

• 2013 Henry Morgentaler, Polish-Canadian physician and activist (born 1923)

• 2013 Franca Rame, Italian actress and playwright (born 1928)

• 2013 Ludwig G. Strauss, German physician and academic (born 1949)

• 2013 Wali-ur-Rehman, Pakistani commander (born 1970)

• 2014 Christine Charbonneau, Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1943)

• 2014 Walter Jakob Gehring, Swiss biologist and academic (born 1939)

• 2014 Peter Glaser, Czech-American scientist and engineer (born 1923)

• 2014 Miljenko Prohaska, Croatian composer and conductor (born 1925)

• 2014 William M. Roth, American businessman (born 1916)

• 2015 Henry Carr, American football player and sprinter (born 1942)

• 2015 Doris Hart, American tennis player (born 1925)

• 2015 Betsy Palmer, American actress (born 1926)

• 2017 Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and politician, Military Leader of Panama (born 1934)

• 2017 Mordechai Tzipori, Israeli Lieutenant General and minister (born 1924)

• 2017 Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Greek politician and prime minister (born 1918)

• 2020 Maikanti Baru, Nigerian engineer, former chief of state oil firm. (born 1959)

• 2021 Gavin MacLeod, American actor, Christian activist, and author (born 1931)

• 2021 Mark Eaton, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1957)

• 2021 B. J. Thomas, American singer (born 1942)

• 2021 Cornelius Sim, Bruneian cardinal (born 1951)

• 2022 Ronnie Hawkins, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist. (born 1935)

• 2022 Sidhu Moosewala, Indian singer, rapper, actor and politician. (born 1993)

• 2024 Bob Rogers, Australian radio and television host (born 1926)

• 2025 Bernie Kerik, American police officer, 40th Police Commissioner of New York City and interior minister of the Iraqi Coalition Provisional Authority (born 1955)

Holidays and observances

• Army Day (Argentina)

• Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh (Baháʼí Faith) (Only if Baháʼí Naw-Rúz falls on March 21 of the Gregorian calendar)

Christian feast day:

• Bona of Pisa

• Hypomone (Eastern Orthodox Church)

• Joseph Gérard

• Maximin of Trier

• Pope Alexander of Alexandria (Eastern Orthodox Church)

• Pope Paul VI

• Richard Thirkeld

• Theodosia of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodox Church)

• Ursula Ledóchowska

• May 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers (International)

Oak Apple Day (England), and its related observance:

• Castleton Garland Day (Castleton)

• Veterans Day (Sweden)

• Democracy Day (Nigeria)

References

External links

• BBC: On This Day

• Historical Events on May 29