Events

Pre-1600

• 919 The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom.

• 1218 The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.

• 1276 Magnus Ladulås is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral.

• 1487 The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowned in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII's reign.

• 1567 Erik XIV of Sweden and his guards murder five incarcerated Swedish nobles.

• 1595 Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.

1601–1900

• 1607 Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in North America, is founded.

• 1621 The Protestant Union is formally dissolved.

• 1626 Peter Minuit buys Manhattan.

• 1667 The French Royal Army crosses the border into the Spanish Netherlands, starting the War of Devolution opposing France to the Spanish Empire and the Triple Alliance.

• 1683 The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum.

• 1689 The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting dissenting Protestants but excluding Roman Catholics.

• 1738 John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.

• 1798 The Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins.

• 1813 South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator").

• 1822 Battle of Pichincha: Antonio José de Sucre secures the independence of the Presidency of Quito.

• 1832 The First Kingdom of Greece is declared in the London Conference.

• 1844 Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from a committee room in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland, to inaugurate a commercial telegraph line between Baltimore and Washington D.C.

• 1856 John Brown and his men kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.

• 1861 American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia, with Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth becoming the first Union officer to be killed during the war.

• 1873 Patrick Francis Healy becomes the first black president of a predominantly white university in the United States.

• 1883 The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.

• 1900 Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.

1901–present

• 1930 Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).

• 1935 The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 at Crosley Field.

• 1940 Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.

• 1940 Acting on the orders of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, NKVD agent Iosif Grigulevich orchestrates an unsuccessful assassination attempt on exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in Coyoacán, Mexico.

• 1941 World War II: Battle of the Atlantic: In the Battle of the Denmark Strait, the German battleship Bismarck sinks the pride of the Royal Navy, , killing all but three crewmen.

• 1944 Börse Berlin building burns down after being hit in an air raid during World War II.

• 1944 Congress of Përmet occurs which establishes a provisional government in Albania in areas under partisan control, the first independent Albanian government since 1939. In honor of this the national emblem of Albania inscribed this date from 1946 until 1992.

• 1948 Arab–Israeli War: Egypt captures the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechai, but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later.

• 1956 The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.

• 1958 United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.

• 1960 Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt.

• 1961 American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus.

• 1962 Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.

• 1967 Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel.

• 1967 Belle de Jour, directed by Luis Buñuel, is released.

• 1976 The Judgment of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.

• 1981 Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós Aguilera, his wife, and his presidential committee die in an aircraft accident while travelling from Quito to Zapotillo minutes after the president gave a famous speech regarding the 24 de mayo anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha.

• 1982 Liberation of Khorramshahr: Iranians recapture the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran–Iraq War.

• 1988 Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, is enacted.

• 1991 Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel.

• 1992 The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests.

• 1992 The ethnic cleansing in Kozarac, Bosnia and Herzegovina begins when Serbian militia and police forces enter the town.

• 1993 Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia.

• 1993 Roman Catholic Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo and five other people are assassinated in a shootout at Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport in Mexico.

• 1994 Four men are convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993; each one is sentenced to 240 years in prison.

• 1995 While attempting to return to Leeds Bradford Airport in the United Kingdom, Knight Air Flight 816 crashes in Dunkeswick, North Yorkshire, killing all 12 people on board.

• 1999 The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.

• 2000 Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.

• 2002 Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.

• 2014 A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, injuring 324 people.

• 2014 At least three people are killed in a shooting at Brussels' Jewish Museum of Belgium.

• 2019 Twenty-two students die in a fire in Surat (India).

• 2019 Under pressure over her handling of Brexit, British Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation as Leader of the Conservative Party, effective as of June 7.

• 2022 A mass shooting occurs at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, United States, resulting in the deaths of 21 people, including 19 children.

• 2026 A suicide bombing targeting a shuttle train in Quetta, Balochistan, killed at least 48 people and injured 98 others.

Births

Pre-1600

• 15 BC Germanicus, Roman general (died 19)

• 1335 Margaret of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary (died 1349)

• 1494 Pontormo, Italian painter (died 1557)

• 1522 John Jewel, English bishop (died 1571)

• 1544 William Gilbert, English physician, physicist, and astronomer (died 1603)

• 1576 Elizabeth Carey, Lady Berkeley, English courtier (died 1635)

1601–1900

• 1616 John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, Scottish politician, Secretary of State, Scotland (died 1682)

• 1628 Marek Sobieski, Polish noble (died 1652)

• 1669 Emerentia von Düben, Swedish royal favorite (died 1743)

• 1671 Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1737)

• 1686 Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-German physicist and engineer, developed the Fahrenheit scale (died 1736)

• 1689 Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1769)

• 1743 Jean-Paul Marat, Swiss-French physician, journalist, and politician (died 1793)

• 1789 Cathinka Buchwieser, German operatic singer and actress (died 1828)

• 1794 William Whewell, English priest and philosopher (died 1866)

• 1803 Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish biologist and paleontologist (died 1866)

• 1810 Abraham Geiger, German rabbi and scholar (died 1874)

• 1816 Emanuel Leutze, German-American painter (died 1868)

• 1819 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (died 1901)

• 1830 Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (died 1897)

• 1855 Arthur Wing Pinero, English actor, director, and playwright (died 1934)

• 1861 Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta (died 1940)

• 1863 George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (died 1938)

• 1868 Charlie Taylor, American engineer and mechanic (died 1956)

• 1870 Benjamin N. Cardozo, American lawyer and judge (died 1938)

• 1870 Jan Smuts, South African lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa (died 1950)

• 1874 Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (died 1878)

• 1875 Robert Garrett, American discus thrower and shot putter (died 1961)

• 1878 Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American psychologist and engineer (died 1972)

• 1879 H. B. Reese, American candy maker, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (died 1956)

• 1886 Paul Paray, French organist, composer, and conductor (died 1979)

• 1887 Mick Mannock, Irish soldier and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1918)

• 1891 William F. Albright, American archaeologist, philologist, and scholar (died 1971)

• 1892 Elizabeth Foreman Lewis, American author and educator (died 1958)

• 1893 Walter Baade, German astronomer (died 1960)

• 1895 Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr., American publisher, founded Advance Publications (died 1979)

• 1899 Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (died 1938)

• 1899 Henri Michaux, Belgian-French poet and painter (died 1984)

• 1900 Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter (died 1984)

1901–present

• 1901 José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager (died 1968)

• 1902 Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician (died 1954)

• 1902 Sylvia Daoust, Canadian sculptor (died 2004)

• 1904 Chūhei Nambu, Japanese jumper and journalist (died 1997)

• 1905 George Nakashima, American woodworker and architect (died 1990)

• 1905 Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1984)

• 1909 Wilbur Mills, American banker and politician (died 1992)

• 1910 Jimmy Demaret, American golfer (died 1983)

• 1913 Joe Abreu, American baseball player and soldier (died 1993)

• 1914 Lilli Palmer, German-American actress (died 1986)

• 1916 Roden Cutler, Australian lieutenant and politician, 32nd Governor of New South Wales (died 2002)

• 1917 Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, English lawyer and judge (died 2013)

• 1918 Coleman Young, American politician, 66th Mayor of Detroit (died 1997)

• 1921 Gertraud Gruber, German beautician and businesswoman (died 2022)

• 1922 Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress (died 1986)

• 1924 Philip Pearlstein, American soldier and painter (died 2022)

• 1925 Carmine Infantino, American illustrator and educator (died 2013)

• 1925 Mai Zetterling, Swedish actress and director (died 1994)

• 1926 Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor and screenwriter (died 2025)

• 1928 William Trevor, Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer (died 2016)

• 1930 Robert Bateman, Canadian naturalist and painter

• 1932 Arnold Wesker, English playwright and producer (died 2016)

• 1933 Jane Byrne, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Chicago (died 2014)

• 1933 Réal Giguère, Canadian television host and actor (died 2019)

• 1933 Aharon Lichtenstein, French-Israeli rabbi and author (died 2015)

• 1935 Joan Micklin Silver, American director and screenwriter (died 2020)

• 1936 Harold Budd, American composer and poet (died 2020)

• 1937 Maryvonne Dupureur, French runner and educator (died 2008)

• 1937 Archie Shepp, American saxophonist and composer

• 1938 Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (died 2016)

• 1938 Tommy Chong, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1940 Joseph Brodsky, Russian-American poet and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1996)

• 1941 Bob Dylan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist, writer, and producer; Nobel Prize laureate

• 1941 Patricia Hollis, Baroness Hollis of Heigham, English academic and politician (died 2018)

• 1942 Ali Bacher, South African cricketer and manager

• 1942 Hannu Mikkola, Finnish race car driver (died 2021)

• 1942 Ichirō Ozawa, Japanese lawyer and politician, Japanese Minister of Home Affairs

• 1943 Gary Burghoff, American actor

• 1944 Patti LaBelle, American singer-songwriter and actress

• 1944 Dominique Lavanant, French actress

• 1945 Terry Callier, American soul, folk and jazz guitarist and singer-songwriter (died 2012)

• 1945 Steven Norris, English engineer and politician

• 1945 Richard Ottaway, English lieutenant and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

• 1945 Priscilla Presley, American actress and businesswoman

• 1946 Tansu Çiller, Turkish politician, Prime Minister of Turkey

• 1946 Jesualdo Ferreira, Portuguese footballer and manager

• 1946 Irena Szewińska, Russian-Polish sprinter (died 2018)

• 1947 Albert Bouchard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer

• 1947 Mike De Leon, Filipino director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer

• 1947 Mike Reid, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and American football player

• 1947 Waddy Wachtel, American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and record producer

• 1947 Martin Winterkorn, German businessman

• 1948 Richard Dembo, French director and screenwriter (died 2004)

• 1949 Jim Broadbent, English actor

• 1949 Roger Deakins, English cinematographer

• 1953 Alfred Molina, English actor

• 1955 Rosanne Cash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1955 Philippe Lafontaine, Belgian singer and songwriter

• 1955 Rajesh Roshan, Indian composer

• 1956 R. B. Bernstein, American constitutional historian (died 2023)

• 1956 Dominic Grieve, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales

• 1956 Michael Jackson, Irish archbishop

• 1958 Chip Ganassi, American race car driver, team owner and businessman

• 1959 Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish-American ice hockey player (died 1985)

• 1959 Barry O'Farrell, Australian politician, 43rd Premier of New South Wales

• 1960 Guy Fletcher, English keyboard player, guitarist, and producer

• 1960 Bill Harrigan, Australian rugby league referee and sportscaster

• 1960 Kristin Scott Thomas, English actress

• 1961 Lorella Cedroni, Italian philosopher and theorist (died 2013)

• 1961 Alain Lemieux, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach

• 1962 Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican-American boxer (died 2012)

• 1962 Gene Anthony Ray, American actor, dancer, and choreographer (died 2003)

• 1963 Ivan Capelli, Italian race car driver and sportscaster

• 1963 Michael Chabon, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter

• 1963 Joe Dumars, American basketball player

• 1963 Rich Rodriguez, American football player and coach

• 1963 Valerie Taylor, American computer scientist and educator

• 1964 Liz McColgan, Scottish educator and runner

• 1964 Adrian Moorhouse, English swimmer

• 1964 Isidro Pérez, Mexican boxer (died 2013)

• 1964 Pat Verbeek, Canadian ice hockey player and manager

• 1965 John C. Reilly, American actor

• 1965 Shinichirō Watanabe, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1966 Eric Cantona, French footballer and actor

• 1966 Ricky Craven, American race car driver and sportscaster

• 1967 Tamer Karadağlı, Turkish actor

• 1967 Andrey Borodin, Russian-English economist and businessman

• 1967 Eric Close, American actor

• 1967 Heavy D, Jamaican-American rapper, producer, and actor (died 2011)

• 1967 Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan-American baseball player and manager

• 1969 Martin McCague, Northern Irish-English cricketer

• 1969 Jacob Rees-Mogg, English politician

• 1969 Rich Robinson, American guitarist and songwriter

• 1969 Mandar Agashe, Indian music director and businessman

• 1971 Kris Draper, Canadian ice hockey player and manager

• 1972 Greg Berlanti, American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1973 Rodrigo, Argentinian singer-songwriter (died 2000)

• 1973 Bartolo Colón, Dominican-American baseball player

• 1973 Shirish Kunder, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1973 Vladimír Šmicer, Czech footballer and manager

• 1974 Sébastien Foucan, French runner and actor

• 1974 Masahide Kobayashi, Japanese baseball player and coach

• 1974 Magnus Manske, German biochemist and computer programmer, developed MediaWiki

• 1975 Will Sasso, Canadian actor and comedian

• 1975 Marc Gagnon, Canadian speed skater

• 1975 Giannis Goumas, Greek footballer and coach

• 1975 Maria Lawson, English singer-songwriter

• 1976 Alessandro Cortini, Italian-American singer and keyboard player

• 1976 Catherine Cox, New Zealand-Australian netball player

• 1976 Silje Vige, Norwegian singer

• 1977 Jeet Gannguli, Indian score composer, music director and singer

• 1978 Elijah Burke, American wrestler

• 1978 Johan Holmqvist, Swedish ice hockey player

• 1978 Brad Penny, American baseball player

• 1978 Rose, French singer, songwriter and composer

• 1979 Tracy McGrady, American basketball player

• 1979 Kareem McKenzie, American football player

• 1980 Jason Babin, American football player

• 1980 Anthony Minichiello, Australian rugby league player

• 1981 Andy Lee, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter

• 1982 Issah Gabriel Ahmed, Ghanaian footballer

• 1982 Rian Wallace, American football player

• 1983 Custódio Castro, Portuguese footballer

• 1983 Pedram Javaheri, Iranian-American meteorologist and journalist

• 1983 Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean model and actress (died 2009)

• 1984 Sarah Hagan, American actress

• 1984 Dmitri Kruglov, Estonian footballer

• 1984 Masaya Takahashi, Japanese wrestler

• 1985 Tim Bridgman, English race car driver

• 1986 Mark Ballas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, dancer, and actor

• 1986 Giannis Kontoes, Greek footballer

• 1987 Guillaume Latendresse, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1988 Artem Anisimov, Russian ice hockey player

• 1988 Monica Lin Brown, American sergeant

• 1988 Billy Gilman, American musician

• 1988 Lucian Wintrich, American political artist and White House correspondent

• 1988 Denis Petrić, Slovenian footballer

• 1989 G-Eazy, American rapper

• 1989 Andrew Jordan, English race car driver

• 1989 Kalin Lucas, American basketball player

• 1990 Mattias Ekholm, Swedish ice hockey player

• 1990 Joey Logano, American race car driver

• 1991 Aled Davies, Welsh discus thrower

• 1991 Cody Eakin, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1992 Marcus Bettinelli, English footballer

• 1994 Rodrigo De Paul, Argentine footballer

• 1994 Jarell Martin, American basketball player

• 1994 Emma McKeon, Australian swimmer

• 1994 Emily Nicholl, Scottish netball player

• 1994 Daiya Seto, Japanese swimmer

• 1994 Emily Temple Wood, American 2016 Wikipedian of the Year award

• 1996 Shu Uchida, Japanese voice actress

• 1999 Tarjei Sandvik Moe, Norwegian actor

• 2001 Emily Austin, journalist and social media influencer

• 2002 Saim Ayub, Pakistani cricketer

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 688 Ségéne, bishop of Armagh (born c. 610)

• 1089 Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury

• 1136 Hugues de Payens, first Grand Master of the Knights Templar (born c. 1070)

• 1153 David I of Scotland (born 1083)

• 1201 Theobald III, Count of Champagne (born 1179)

• 1351 Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman, Moroccan sultan (born 1297)

• 1408 Taejo of Joseon (born 1335)

• 1425 Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (born 1362)

• 1456 Ambroise de Loré, French commander (born 1396)

• 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (born 1473)

1601–1900

• 1612 Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1563)

• 1627 Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet and cleric (born 1561)

• 1632 Robert Hues, English mathematician and geographer (born 1553)

• 1665 Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Spanish Franciscan abbess and mystic (born 1602)

• 1734 Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (born 1660)

• 1792 George Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, English admiral and politician, 16th Governor of Newfoundland (born 1718)

• 1806 John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, Scottish field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire (born 1723)

• 1843 Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic (born 1765)

• 1848 Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German author and composer (born 1797)

• 1861 Elmer E. Ellsworth, American colonel (born 1837)

• 1872 Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter and illustrator (born 1794)

• 1879 William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist (born 1805)

• 1881 Samuel Palmer, English painter and illustrator (born 1805)

1901–present

• 1901 Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (born 1824)

• 1908 Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (born 1821)

• 1915 John Condon, Irish-English soldier (born 1896)

• 1919 Amado Nervo, Mexican poet, journalist, and educator (born 1870)

• 1923 Rolf Skår, Norwegian engineer (born 1941)

• 1929 Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer (born 1863)

• 1939 Fanny Searls, American biologist (born 1851)

• 1941 Lancelot Holland, English admiral (born 1887)

• 1945 Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal and pilot (born 1892)

• 1948 Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1885)

• 1949 Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect, designed Lenin's Mausoleum and Moscow Kazanskaya railway station (born 1873)

• 1950 Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English field marshal and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (born 1883)

• 1951 Thomas N. Heffron, American actor, director, screenwriter (born 1872)

• 1956 Martha Annie Whiteley, English chemist and mathematician (born 1866)

• 1958 Frank Rowe, Australian public servant (born 1895)

• 1959 John Foster Dulles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 52nd United States Secretary of State (born 1888)

• 1963 Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1918)

• 1965 Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (born 1908)

• 1974 Duke Ellington, American pianist and composer (born 1899)

• 1976 Denise Pelletier, Canadian actress (born 1923)

• 1979 Ernest Bullock, English organist, composer, and educator (born 1890)

• 1981 Herbert Müller, Swiss race car driver (born 1940)

• 1984 Vince McMahon Sr., American wrestling promoter and businessman, founded WWE (born 1914)

• 1988 Freddie Frith, English motorcycle road racer (born 1909)

• 1990 Arthur Villeneuve, Canadian painter (born 1910)

• 1991 Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1944)

• 1992 Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese race car driver (born 1956)

• 1995 Harold Wilson, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1916)

• 1996 Thomas F. Connolly, American admiral (born 1909)

• 1996 Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor (born 1934)

• 1996 Joseph Mitchell, American journalist and author (born 1908)

• 1997 Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (born 1923)

• 2000 Kurt Schork, American journalist and scholar (born 1947)

• 2000 Majrooh Sultanpuri, Indian poet and songwriter (born 1919)

• 2002 Wallace Markfield, American author (born 1926)

• 2003 Rachel Kempson, English actress (born 1910)

• 2004 Henry Ries, German-American photographer (born 1917)

• 2004 Milton Shulman, Canadian author and critic (born 1913)

• 2004 Edward Wagenknecht, American critic and educator (born 1900)

• 2005 Carl Amery, German activist and author (born 1922)

• 2005 Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist and poet (born 1913)

• 2005 Guy Tardif, Canadian academic and politician (born 1935)

• 2006 Henry Bumstead, American art director and production designer (born 1915)

• 2006 Claude Piéplu, French actor (born 1923)

• 2008 Dick Martin, American actor, comedian, and director (born 1922)

• 2008 Jimmy McGriff, American organist and bandleader (born 1936)

• 2008 – Andrew Stephen Wilson, British-American astronomer (born 1947)

• 2009 Jay Bennett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1963)

• 2010 Ray Alan, English ventriloquist, actor, and screenwriter (born 1930)

• 2010 Paul Gray, American bass player and songwriter (born 1972)

• 2010 Raymond V. Haysbert, American businessman and activist (born 1920)

• 2010 Petr Muk, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1965)

• 2010 Anneliese Rothenberger, German soprano and actress (born 1926)

• 2011 Huguette Clark, American heiress, painter, and philanthropist (born 1906)

• 2011 Hakim Ali Zardari, Indian-Pakistani businessman and politician (born 1930)

• 2012 Klaas Carel Faber, Dutch-German SS officer (born 1922)

• 2012 Kathi Kamen Goldmark, American journalist and author (born 1948)

• 2012 Jacqueline Harpman, Belgian psychoanalyst and author (born 1929)

• 2012 Juan Francisco Lombardo, Argentinian footballer (born 1925)

• 2012 Lee Rich, American production manager and producer (born 1918)

• 2013 Helmut Braunlich, German-American violinist and composer (born 1929)

• 2013 Ron Davies, Welsh footballer (born 1942)

• 2013 Gotthard Graubner, German painter (born 1930)

• 2013 Haynes Johnson, American journalist and author (born 1931)

• 2013 Pyotr Todorovsky, Ukrainian-Russian director and screenwriter (born 1925)

• 2014 David Allen, English cricketer (born 1935)

• 2014 Stormé DeLarverie, known as the "Rosa Parks of the lesbian community" (born 1920)

• 2014 Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, Iranian businessman (born 1969)

• 2014 Knowlton Nash, Canadian journalist and author (born 1927)

• 2014 John Vasconcellos, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (born 1932)

• 2015 Dean Carroll, English rugby player (born 1962)

• 2015 Kenneth Jacobs, Australian lawyer and judge (born 1917)

• 2015 Tanith Lee, English author (born 1947)

• 2018 John "TotalBiscuit" Bain, English gaming commentator and critic (born 1984)

• 2018 Gudrun Burwitz, daughter of Margarete Himmler and Heinrich Himmler (born 1929)

• 2023 Tina Turner, American-Swiss rock and pop singer, dancer, actress and author (born 1939)

• 2024 Doug Ingle, American musician (born 1945)

• 2024 Kabosu, Japanese dog and Internet meme celebrity (born 2005)

• 2025 Gary Pierce, English footballer (born 1951)

Holidays and observances

• Aldersgate Day/Wesley Day (Methodism)

• Battle of Pichincha Day (Ecuador)

• Bermuda Day (Bermuda), celebrated on the nearest weekday if May 24 falls on the weekend.

Christian feast day:

• Anna Pak Agi (one of The Korean Martyrs)

• Donatian and Rogatian

• Jackson Kemper (Episcopal Church)

• Joanna

• Juan de Prado

• Blessed Louis-Zéphirin Moreau

• Mary, Help of Christians

• Sarah (celebrated by the Romani people of Camargue)

• Simeon Stylites the Younger

• Vincent of Lérins

• May 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Commonwealth Day (Belize)

• Independence Day (Eritrea), celebrates the independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia in 1993.

• Lubiri Memorial Day (Buganda)

Saints Cyril and Methodius Day (Eastern Orthodox Church, Julian Calendar) and its related observance:

• Bulgarian Education and Culture and Slavonic Literature Day (Bulgaria)

• Saints Cyril and Methodius, Slavonic Enlighteners' Day (North Macedonia)

Victoria Day; celebrated on Monday on or before May 24. (Canada), and its related observance:

• National Patriots' Day or Journée nationale des patriotes (Quebec)

References

External links

• BBC: On This Day

• Historical Events on May 24