Events

Pre-1600

• 1104 King Baldwin I of Jerusalem begins the siege of Acre, then held by the Fatimids.

• 1527 Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance.

• 1536 The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Spanish.

• 1541 King Henry VIII orders English-language Bibles be placed in every church. In 1539 the Great Bible would be provided for this purpose.

• 1542 Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.

• 1594 The Dutch city of Coevorden, held by the Spanish, falls to a Dutch and English force.

1601–1900

• 1659 English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.

• 1682 Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles.

• 1757 Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.

• 1757 The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).

• 1757 English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.

• 1782 Construction begins on the Grand Palace, the royal residence of the King of Siam in Bangkok, at the command of King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.

• 1801 Captain Thomas Cochrane in the 14-gun captures the 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo.

• 1835 James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the New York Herald.

• 1840 The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

• 1857 The East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British in the lead up to the War of Indian Independence.

• 1861 American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.

• 1863 American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with a major defeat of the Union's Army of the Potomac under Joseph Hooker by the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee.

• 1877 Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.

• 1882 Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.

• 1882 The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.

• 1889 The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.

1901–present

• 1901 The first issue of Gorkhapatra, the oldest still running state-owned Nepali newspaper, is published.

• 1906 The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).

• 1910 George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.

• 1915 Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.

• 1915 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: The SY Aurora breaks loose from its anchorage during a gale, beginning a 312-day ordeal.

• 1916 Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.

• 1916 Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.

• 1933 The Deutsche Studentenschaft attack Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, later burning many of its books.

• 1935 New Deal: Under the authority of the newly-enacted Federal Emergency Relief Administration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 7034 to create the Works Progress Administration.

• 1937 Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.

• 1940 John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.

• 1941 At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.

• 1941 The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.

• 1942 World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.

• 1945 World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.

• 1945 World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.

• 1949 EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.

• 1954 Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.

• 1960 More than 20million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.

• 1966 Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England.

• 1972 Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara after being convicted of attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.

• 1975 During a lull in fighting, 100,000 Armenians gather in Beirut for the 60th anniversary commemorations of the Armenian genocide.

• 1976 The 6.5 Friuli earthquake affects Northern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 900–978 dead and 1,700–2,400 injured.

• 1983 The Hitler Diaries are revealed as a hoax after being examined by new experts.

• 1984 One hundred and three Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul.

• 1988 All thirty-six passengers and crew are killed when Widerøe Flight 710 crashes into Mt. Torghatten in Brønnøy.

• 1994 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.

• 1996 The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.

• 1997 The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.

• 1998 Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his fifth career start.

• 1998 Steve Jobs of Apple Inc. unveils the first iMac.

• 1999 The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.

• 2001 During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.

• 2002 Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum.

• 2004 The final episode of the television sitcom Friends is aired.

• 2010 In just 36 minutes, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunges nearly 1,000 points in what is known as the 2010 Flash Crash.

• 2013 Three women, kidnapped and missing for more than a decade, are found alive in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States.

• 2023 The coronation of Charles III and Camilla as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms is held in Westminster Abbey, London.

• 2023 Eight people are killed and seven injured in a mass shooting in Allen, Texas. The perpetrator is killed by a police officer.

Births

Pre-1600

• 973 Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1024)

• 1464 Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Polish princess (died 1512)

• 1493 Girolamo Seripando, Italian theologian and cardinal (died 1563)

• 1501 Marcellus II, pope of the Catholic Church (died 1555)

• 1574 Innocent X, pope of the Catholic Church (died 1655)

• 1580 Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, French noble (died 1637)

1601–1900

• 1635 Johann Joachim Becher, German physician and alchemist (died 1682)

• 1668 Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright (died 1747)

• 1680 Jean-Baptiste Stuck, Italian-French cellist and composer (died 1755)

• 1713 Charles Batteux, French philosopher and academic (died 1780)

• 1714 Anton Raaff, German tenor (died 1797)

• 1742 Jean Senebier, Swiss pastor and physiologist (died 1809)

• 1758 André Masséna, French general (died 1817)

• 1758 Maximilien Robespierre, French politician (died 1794)

• 1769 Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1824)

• 1769 Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (died 1834)

• 1781 Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher and author (died 1832)

• 1797 Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer (died 1882)

• 1800 Roman Sanguszko, Polish general (died 1881)

• 1827 Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (died 1891)

• 1836 Max Eyth, German engineer and author (died 1906)

• 1843 Grove Karl Gilbert, American geologist and academic (died 1918)

• 1848 Henry Edward Armstrong, English chemist and academic (died 1937)

• 1851 Aristide Bruant, French singer and actor (died 1925)

• 1856 Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst (died 1939)

• 1856 Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (died 1920)

• 1861 Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (died 1931)

• 1868 Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (died 1927)

• 1869 Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and central banker, 8th and 11th Governor of the Bank of Japan (died 1932)

• 1870 Walter Rutherford, Scottish golfer (died 1936)

• 1871 Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1935)

• 1871 Christian Morgenstern, German author and poet (died 1914)

• 1872 Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (died 1934)

• 1872 Djemal Pasha, Ottoman general (died 1922)

• 1879 Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (died 1952)

• 1879 Hendrik van Heuckelum, Dutch footballer (died 1929)

• 1880 Winifred Brunton, English-South African painter and illustrator (died 1959)

• 1880 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German-Swiss painter (died 1938)

• 1883 Alberto Collo, Italian actor (died 1955)

• 1895 Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and author (died 1974)

• 1895 Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian soldier and politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (died 1946)

• 1895 Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (died 1926)

• 1896 Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (died 1966)

• 1897 Paul Alverdes, German author and poet (died 1979)

• 1898 Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (died 1945)

1901–present

• 1902 Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter (died 1957)

• 1903 Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant (died 1977)

• 1904 Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (died 1984)

• 1904 Catherine Lacey, English actress (died 1979)

• 1904 Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (died 1978)

• 1906 André Weil, French mathematician and academic (died 1998)

• 1907 Peter Barnes, Executed Irish Republican (died 1940)

• 1907 Weeb Ewbank, American football player and coach (died 1998)

• 1911 Guy des Cars, French journalist and author (died 1993)

• 1913 Carmen Cavallaro, American pianist (died 1989)

• 1913 Stewart Granger, English-American actor (died 1993)

• 1915 Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1985)

• 1915 Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author (died 1986)

• 1916 Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer (died 1997)

• 1918 Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, emir of Abu Dhabi and first president of the United Arab Emirates (died 2004)

• 1920 Kamisese Mara, Fijian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Fiji (died 2004)

• 1923 Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2002)

• 1924 Nestor Basterretxea, Spanish painter and sculptor (died 2014)

• 1924 Patricia Helen Kennedy, American socialite, activist, and author (died 2006)

• 1929 Rosemary Cramp, English archaeologist and academic (died 2023)

• 1929 Paul Lauterbur, American chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)

• 1930 David Carpenter, American serial killer

• 1931 Willie Mays, American baseball player and coach (died 2024)

• 1932 Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, English lieutenant and politician (died 2020)

• 1934 Richard Shelby, American lawyer and politician

• 1937 Rubin Carter, American-Canadian boxer (died 2014)

• 1942 Ariel Dorfman, Argentinian author, playwright, and academic

• 1943 Andreas Baader, German terrorist, co-founded the Red Army Faction (died 1977)

• 1943 Milton William Cooper, American conspiracy theorist and author (died 2001)

• 1943 James Turrell, American sculptor and illustrator

• 1944 Masanori Murakami, Japanese baseball player

• 1945 Jimmie Dale Gilmore, American country singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer

• 1945 Bob Seger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1947 Alan Dale, New Zealand actor

• 1947 Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher and author

• 1950 Jeffery Deaver, American journalist and author

• 1951 Samuel Doe, Liberian sergeant and politician, 21st President of Liberia (died 1990)

• 1952 Chiaki Mukai, Japanese physician and astronaut

• 1952 Gerrit Zalm, Dutch economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands

• 1953 Alexander Akimov, Ukrainian Chernobyl worker (died 1986)

• 1953 Tony Blair, British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

• 1953 Graeme Souness, Scottish international footballer and manager

• 1954 Dora Bakoyannis, Greek politician, 120th Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs

• 1955 Tom Bergeron, American television host

• 1955 John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Defence

• 1959 Charles Hendry, English politician

• 1960 Keith Dowding, English political scientist, philosopher, and academic

• 1960 Roma Downey, Irish-American actress and producer

• 1960 John Flansburgh, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1960 Anne Parillaud, French actress

• 1961 George Clooney, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1961 Tom Hunter, Scottish businessman and philanthropist

• 1961 Frans Timmermans, Dutch politician and diplomat, First Vice President of the European Commission

• 1963 Alessandra Ferri, Italian ballerina

• 1965 Leslie Hope, Canadian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1968 Lætitia Sadier, French singer and keyboard player

• 1969 Jim Magilton, Northern Irish footballer and coach

• 1971 Chris Shiflett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1972 Martin Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1976 Iván de la Peña, Spanish footballer

• 1977 Mark Eaton, American ice hockey player and coach

• 1977 Chantelle Newbery, Australian diver

• 1978 John Abraham, American football player

• 1978 Tony Estanguet, French slalom canoeist

• 1978 Fredrick Federley, Swedish journalist and politician

• 1979 Gerd Kanter, Estonian discus thrower

• 1979 Jon Montgomery, Canadian skeleton racer and television host

• 1980 Brooke Bennett, American swimmer

• 1980 Dimitris Diamantidis, Greek professional basketball player

• 1980 Ricardo Oliveira, Brazilian footballer

• 1982 Jason Witten, American football player

• 1983 Dani Alves, Brazilian footballer

• 1983 Gabourey Sidibe, American actress

• 1983 Trinley Thaye Dorje, Tibetan religious leader, the 17th Karmapa Lama

• 1985 Chris Paul, American basketball player

• 1986 Goran Dragic, Slovenian basketball player

• 1987 Dries Mertens, Belgian footballer

• 1987 Meek Mill, American rapper

• 1987 Gerardo Parra, Venezuelan baseball player and coach

• 1987 Adrienne Warren, American actress

• 1988 Ryan Anderson, American basketball player

• 1988 Dakota Kai, New Zealand professional wrestler

• 1989 Dominika Cibulková, Slovak tennis player

• 1989 Cameron Heyward, American football player

• 1990 Jose Altuve, Venezuelan baseball player

• 1990 Péter Gulácsi, Hungarian footballer

• 1992 Brendan Gallagher, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1992 Baekhyun, South Korean musician and actor

• 1992 Jonas Valančiūnas, Lithuanian basketball player

• 1993 Gustavo Gómez, Paraguayan footballer

• 1993 Naomi Scott, English actress and singer

• 1994 Mateo Kovačić, Croatian international footballer

• 1997 Maymay Entrata, Filipino model, entertainer and singer-songwriter

• 1997 Ranz Kyle, Filipino social media personality and entertainer

• 1997 Duncan Scott, Scottish swimmer

• 1998 Luigi Mangione, suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

• 1999 Pato O'Ward, Mexican racing driver

• 2002 Cole Palmer, English footballer

• 2002 Angel Reese, American basketball player

• 2006 Sadie Sandler, American actress

• 2019 Prince Archie of Sussex

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 698 Eadberht, bishop of Lindisfarne

• 850 Ninmyō, Japanese emperor (born 808)

• 932 Qian Liu, Chinese warlord and king (born 852)

• 988 Dirk II, count of Frisia and Holland

• 1002 Ealdwulf, Archbishop of York, Abbot of Peterborough and Bishop of Worcester

• 1187 Ruben III, Prince of Armenia (born 1145)

• 1236 Roger of Wendover, Benedictine monk and chronicler

• 1471 Edmund Beaufort, English commander (born 1438)

• 1471 Thomas Tresham, Speaker of the House of Commons

• 1475 Dieric Bouts, Flemish painter (born 1415)

• 1483 Queen Jeonghui, Korean regent (born 1418)

• 1502 James Tyrrell, English knight (born 1450)

• 1527 Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Count of Montpensier and Dauphin of Auvergne (born 1490)

• 1540 Juan Luís Vives, Spanish scholar (born 1492)

• 1596 Giaches de Wert, Flemish-Italian composer (born 1535)

1601–1900

• 1631 Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, English historian and politician, founded the Cotton library (born 1570)

• 1638 Cornelius Jansen, Dutch-French bishop and theologian (born 1585)

• 1708 François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop (born 1623)

• 1757 Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1683)

• 1757 Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (born 1684)

• 1782 Christine Kirch, German astronomer and academic (born 1696)

• 1840 Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (born 1792)

• 1859 Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (born 1769)

• 1862 Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (born 1817)

• 1867 Socrates Nelson, American businessman and politician (born 1814)

• 1877 Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (born 1804)

• 1882 Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (born 1829)

• 1882 Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (born 1836)

• 1888 Abraham Joseph Ash, American rabbi (born c. 1813)

1901–present

• 1905 Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (born 1831)

• 1907 Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (born 1830)

• 1910 Edward VII of the United Kingdom (born 1841)

• 1911 René Vallon, French aviator (born 1880)

• 1919 L. Frank Baum, American novelist (born 1856)

• 1939 Konstantin Somov, Russian-French painter and illustrator (born 1869)

• 1949 Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1862)

• 1951 Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist (born 1869)

• 1952 Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (born 1870)

• 1959 Maria Dulęba, Polish actress (born 1881)

• 1959 Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic (born 1907)

• 1961 Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (born 1895)

• 1963 Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (born 1881)

• 1963 Ted Weems, American violinist, trombonist, and bandleader (born 1901)

• 1963 Monty Woolley, American raconteur, actor, and director (born 1888)

• 1967 Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator (born 1885)

• 1970 Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general (born 1879)

• 1973 Ernest MacMillan, Canadian conductor and composer (born 1893)

• 1975 József Mindszenty, Hungarian cardinal (born 1892)

• 1980 María Luisa Bombal, Chilean writer (born 1910)

• 1983 Ezra Jack Keats, American author and illustrator (born 1916)

• 1983 Kai Winding, Danish-American trombonist and composer (born 1922)

• 1984 Mary Cain, American journalist and politician (born 1904)

• 1984 Bonner Pink, English politician (born 1912)

• 1987 William J. Casey, American politician, 13th Director of Central Intelligence (born 1913)

• 1989 Earl Blaik, American football player and coach (born 1897)

• 1990 Charles Farrell, American actor (born 1900)

• 1991 Wilfrid Hyde-White, English actor (born 1903)

• 1992 Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress and singer (born 1901)

• 1993 Ann Todd, English actress and producer (born 1909)

• 1995 Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (born 1956)

• 2000 Gordon McClymont, Australian ecologist and academic (born 1920)

• 2002 Murray Adaskin, Canadian violinist, composer, conductor, and educator (born 1906)

• 2002 Otis Blackwell, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1932)

• 2002 Pim Fortuyn, Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician (born 1948)

• 2002 Bjørn Johansen, Norwegian saxophonist (born 1940)

• 2003 Art Houtteman, American baseball player and journalist (born 1927)

• 2004 Virginia Capers, American actress and singer (born 1925)

• 2004 Philip Kapleau, American monk and educator (born 1912)

• 2004 Barney Kessel, American guitarist and composer (born 1923)

• 2006 Grant McLennan, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1958)

• 2006 Lorne Saxberg, Canadian journalist (born 1958)

• 2007 Enéas Carneiro, Brazilian physician and politician (born 1938)

• 2007 Curtis Harrington, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1926)

• 2009 Kevin Grubb, American race car driver (born 1978)

• 2010 Robin Roberts, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1926)

• 2012 James R. Browning, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (born 1918)

• 2012 James Isaac, American director and producer (born 1960)

• 2012 Jean Laplanche, French psychoanalyst and author (born 1924)

• 2013 Giulio Andreotti, Italian journalist and politician, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (born 1919)

• 2013 Severo Aparicio Quispe, Peruvian bishop (born 1923)

• 2013 Michelangelo Spensieri, Italian-Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1949)

• 2014 Wil Albeda, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs (born 1925)

• 2014 William H. Dana, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (born 1930)

• 2014 Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (born 1940)

• 2014 Billy Harrell, American baseball player and scout (born 1928)

• 2014 Antony Hopkins, English pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1921)

• 2014 Maria Lassnig, Austrian painter and academic (born 1919)

• 2014 Farley Mowat, Canadian environmentalist and author (born 1921)

• 2015 Novera Ahmed, Bangladeshi sculptor (born 1930)

• 2015 Denise McCluggage, American race car driver and journalist (born 1927)

• 2015 Jim Wright, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born 1922)

• 2016 Patrick Ekeng, Cameroonian footballer (born 1990)

• 2016 Reg Grundy, Australian businessman (born 1923)

• 2021 Kentaro Miura, Japanese manga artist (born 1966)

• 2022 George Pérez, American comic book artist and writer (born 1954)

• 2024 Bernard Pivot, French journalist, interviewer and host (born 1935)

• 2024 Brian Wenzel, Australian actor (born 1929)

• 2026 Ted Turner, American media mogul (born 1938)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

• Dominic Savio

• Evodius of Antioch (Roman Catholic Church)

• François de Laval

• Jacinto Vera (Roman Catholic Church)

• Lucius of Cyrene

• Blessed Maria Caterina Troiani

• Peter Nolasco

• Petronax of Monte Cassino

• Blessed Rosa Maria Benedetta Gattorno Custo

St George's Day related observances (Eastern Orthodox Church):

• Day of Bravery, also known as Gergyovden (Bulgaria)

• Đurđevdan (Gorani, Roma)

• Yuri's Day in the Spring (Russian Orthodox Church)

• St John before the Latin Gate

• May 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• International No Diet Day

• Martyrs' Day (Lebanon and Syria)

• National Azulejo Day (Portugal)

• The first day of Hıdırellez (Turkey)

References

External links

• BBC: On This Day

• Historical Events on May 6