Events

Pre–1600

• 46 BC Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) at the Battle of Thapsus.

• 402 Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia.

• 945 Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII crowns his son Romanos II as co-emperor.

• 1320 The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.

• 1453 Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople. The city falls on May 29 and is renamed Istanbul.

• 1580 One of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place.

1601–1900

• 1652 At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town.

• 1712 The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 begins near Broadway.

• 1776 American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.

• 1782 King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) establishes the Chakri dynasty.

• 1793 During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.

• 1800 The Treaty of Constantinople establishes the Septinsular Republic, the first autonomous Greek state since the Fall of the Byzantine Empire. (Under the Old Style calendar then still in use in the Ottoman Empire, the treaty was signed on 21 March.)

• 1808 John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America's first millionaire.

• 1812 British forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington assault the fortress of Badajoz. This would be the turning point in the Peninsular War against Napoleon-led France.

• 1814 Nominal beginning of the Bourbon Restoration; anniversary date that Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.

• 1830 Church of Christ, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement, is organized by Joseph Smith and others at either Fayette or Manchester, New York.

• 1841 U.S. President John Tyler is sworn in, two days after having become president upon William Henry Harrison's death.

• 1860 The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, later renamed Community of Christ, is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois.

• 1862 American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.

• 1865 American Civil War: The Battle of Sailor's Creek: Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia, during the Appomattox Campaign.

• 1866 The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.

• 1896 In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.

1901–present

• 1909 Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.

• 1911 During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).

• 1917 World War I: The United States declares war on Germany.

• 1918 Finnish Civil War: The battle of Tampere ends.

• 1926 Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).

• 1929 Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.

• 1930 At the end of the Salt March, Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire."

• 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.

• 1941 World War II: Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece).

• 1945 World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.

• 1945 World War II: The Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end.

• 1947 The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.

• 1948 The Finno-Soviet Treaty is signed in Moscow.

• 1957 The flag carrier airline of Greece for decades, Olympic Airways, is founded by Aristotle Onassis following the acquisition of "TAE - Greek National Airlines".

• 1958 Capital Airlines Flight 67 crashes in Tittabawassee Township, Michigan, near Freeland Tri-City Airport, killing 47.

• 1965 Launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.

• 1968 In the downtown district of Richmond, Indiana, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.

• 1968 Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Party leadership election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon afterward.

• 1970 Newhall massacre: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout.

• 1972 Vietnam War: Easter Offensive: American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.

• 1973 Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.

• 1973 The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.

• 1974 In Brighton, United Kingdom, ABBA wins the 1974 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with "Waterloo", the first of a joint-record seven Swedish wins.

• 1974 The first California Jam festival takes place at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California. Co-headlined by Deep Purple and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. The festival set what were then records for the loudest amplification system ever installed, the highest paid attendance, and highest gross in history.

• 1984 Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.

• 1985 Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiry is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Field Marshal Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab.

• 1992 The Bosnian War begins.

• 1994 The Rwandan genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.

• 1997 In Greene County, Tennessee, the Lillelid murders occur.

• 1998 Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.

• 2004 Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.

• 2005 Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.

• 2008 The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.

• 2009 A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.

• 2010 Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India.

• 2011 In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 victims of Los Zetas were exhumed from several mass graves.

• 2012 Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali.

• 2017 U.S. military launches 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base in Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties.

• 2018 A bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior ice hockey team collides with a semi-truck in Saskatchewan, Canada, killing 16 people and injuring 13 others.

• 2026 The crew of Artemis II makes the first crewed circumlunar flight since Apollo 17 in 1972, returning humanity to the Moon's vicinity and breaking Apollo 13's record by ~4,000 miles as the furthest crewed spaceflight.

Births

Pre–1600

• 1135 Maimonides, Jewish philosopher, Torah scholar, physician and astronomer (March 30 also proposed, died 1204)

• 1342 Infanta Maria, Marchioness of Tortosa

• 1573 Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg, German noble (died 1643)

1601–1900

• 1632 Maria Leopoldine of Austria (died 1649)

• 1651 André Dacier, French scholar and academic (died 1722)

• 1660 Johann Kuhnau, German organist and composer (died 1722)

• 1664 Arvid Horn, Swedish general and politician, Governor of Västerbotten County (died 1742)

• 1671 Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet and playwright (died 1741)

• 1672 André Cardinal Destouches, French composer (died 1749)

• 1706 Louis de Cahusac, French playwright and composer (died 1759)

• 1708 Johann Georg Reutter, Austrian organist and composer (died 1772)

• 1725 Pasquale Paoli, French soldier and politician (died 1807)

• 1726 Gerard Majella, Italian saint (died 1755)

• 1741 Nicolas Chamfort, French author and playwright (died 1794)

• 1766 Wilhelm von Kobell, German painter and educator (died 1853)

• 1773 James Mill, Scottish historian, economist, and philosopher (died 1836)

• 1787 Celestina Cordero, Puerto Rican educator (died 1862)

• 1810 Philip Henry Gosse, English biologist and academic (died 1888)

• 1812 Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author (died 1870)

• 1815 Robert Volkmann, German organist, composer, and conductor (died 1883)

• 1818 Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Norwegian journalist and poet (died 1870)

• 1820 Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author (died 1910)

• 1823 Joseph Medill, Canadian-American publisher and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (died 1899)

• 1824 George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1906)

• 1826 Gustave Moreau, French painter and academic (died 1898)

• 1844 William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (died 1913)

• 1851 Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (died 1932)

• 1852 Will Crooks, English trade unionist and politician (died 1921)

• 1855 Charles Huot, Canadian painter and illustrator (died 1930)

• 1857 Arthur Wesley Dow, American painter and photographer (died 1922)

• 1860 René Lalique, French sculptor and jewellery designer (died 1945)

• 1861 Stanislas de Guaita, French poet and author (died 1897)

• 1864 William Bate Hardy, English biologist and academic (died 1934)

• 1866 Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (died 1931)

• 1869 Levon Shant, Armenian author, poet, and playwright (died 1951)

• 1871 Prince Alexander John of Wales, British Prince

• 1878 Erich Mühsam, German author, poet, and playwright (died 1934)

• 1881 Karl Staaf, Swedish pole vaulter and hammer thrower (died 1953)

• 1884 J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer (died 1927)

• 1886 Athenagoras I of Constantinople (died 1972)

• 1886 Walter Dandy, American physician and neurosurgeon (died 1946)

• 1886 Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, Indian ruler (died 1967)

• 1888 Hans Richter, Swiss painter, illustrator, and director (died 1976)

• 1888 Gerhard Ritter, German historian and academic (died 1967)

• 1890 Anthony Fokker, Dutch engineer and businessman, founded Fokker Aircraft Manufacturer (died 1939)

• 1892 Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American businessman, founded the Douglas Aircraft Company (died 1981)

• 1892 Lowell Thomas, American journalist and author (died 1981)

• 1895 Dudley Nichols, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1960)

• 1898 Jeanne Hébuterne, French painter and author (died 1920)

• 1900 Leo Robin, American composer and songwriter (died 1984)

1901–present

• 1901 Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian activist (died 1925)

• 1902 Julien Torma, French author, poet, and playwright (died 1933)

• 1903 Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player and manager (died 1962)

• 1903 Harold Eugene Edgerton, American engineer and academic (died 1990)

• 1904 Kurt Georg Kiesinger, German lawyer, politician and Chancellor of Germany (died 1988)

• 1904 Erwin Komenda, Austrian car designer and engineer (died 1966)

• 1906 Virginia Hall, American who was a spy in France for the UK and US during WWII (died 1982)

• 1908 Marcel-Marie Desmarais, Canadian preacher, missionary, and author (died 1994)

• 1908 Ernie Lombardi, American baseball player (died 1977)

• 1909 William M. Branham, American minister and theologian (died 1965)

• 1909 Hermann Lang, German race car driver (died 1987)

• 1910 Barys Kit, Belarusian-American rocket scientist (died 2018)

• 1911 Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979)

• 1913 Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune, American geographer and academic (died 1993)

• 1915 Tadeusz Kantor, Polish director, painter, and set designer (died 1990)

• 1916 Phil Leeds, American actor (died 1998)

• 1916 Vincent Ellis McKelvey, American geologist and author (died 1987)

*19171917 – Leonora CarringtonLeonora Carrington, English-Mexican painter and author (died 2011)

• 1918 Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia (died 1982)

• 1919 Georgios Mylonas, Greek politician, 11th Greek Minister of Culture (died 1998)

• 1920 Jack Cover, American pilot and physicist, invented the Taser gun (died 2009)

• 1920 Edmond H. Fischer, Swiss-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)

• 1921 Wilbur Thompson, American shot putter (died 2013)

• 1922 Gordon Chater, English-Australian comedian and actor (died 1999)

• 1923 Herb Thomas, American race car driver (died 2000)

• 1926 Sergio Franchi, Italian-American singer and actor (died 1990)

• 1926 Gil Kane, Latvian-American author and illustrator (died 2000)

• 1926 Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical minister and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland (died 2014)

• 1926 Randy Weston, American jazz pianist and composer (died 2018)

• 1927 Gerry Mulligan, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (died 1996)

• 1928 James Watson, American biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025)

• 1929 Willis Hall, English playwright and author (died 2005)

• 1929 Joi Lansing, American model, actress and nightclub singer (died 1972)

• 1929 André Previn, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2019)

• 1929 Christos Sartzetakis, Greek jurist, supreme justice and President of Greece (died 2022)

• 1930 Qiu Dahong, Chinese coastal and offshore engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (died 2025)

• 1931 Ram Dass, American author and educator (died 2019)

• 1931 Ivan Dixon, American actor, director, and producer (died 2008)

• 1932 Connie Broden, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2013)

• 1932 Helmut Griem, German actor and director (died 2004)

• 1933 Roy Goode, English lawyer and academic

• 1933 Tom C. Korologos, American journalist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Belgium (died 2024)

• 1933 Eduardo Malapit, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Kauai (died 2007)

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

• 1934 Anton Geesink, Dutch martial artist and wrestler (died 2010)

• 1934 Guy Peellaert, Belgian painter, illustrator, and photographer (died 2008)

• 1935 Douglas Hill, Canadian author and critic (died 2007)

• 1936 Helen Berman, Dutch-Israeli painter and illustrator

• 1936 Jean-Pierre Changeux, French neuroscientist, biologist, and academic

• 1937 Merle Haggard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)

• 1937 Tom Veivers, Australian cricketer and politician

• 1937 Billy Dee Williams, American actor, singer, and writer

• 1938 Paul Daniels, English magician and television host (died 2016)

• 1938 Roy Thinnes, American television and film actor

• 1939 André Ouellet, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs

• 1939 John Sculley, American businessman, co-founded Zeta Interactive

• 1940 Homero Aridjis, Mexican journalist, author, and poet

• 1940 Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., Mexican-American actor and producer (died 2011)

• 1941 Christopher Allsopp, English economist and academic

• 1941 Phil Austin, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2015)

• 1941 Hans W. Geißendörfer, German director and producer

• 1941 Angeliki Laiou, Greek-American Byzantinist and politician (died 2008)

• 1941 Don Prudhomme, American race car driver and manager

• 1941 Gheorghe Zamfir, Romanian flute player and composer

• 1942 Barry Levinson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1942 Anita Pallenberg, Italian-English model, actress, and fashion designer (died 2017)

• 1943 Max Clifford, English journalist and publicist (died 2017)

• 1943 Roger Cook, New Zealand-English journalist and academic (died 2026)

• 1943 Ian MacRae, New Zealand rugby player

• 1943 Mitchell Melton, American lawyer and politician (died 2013)

• 1944 Felicity Palmer, English operatic soprano

• 1944 Charles Sobhraj, French serial killer

• 1945 Rodney Bickerstaffe, English trade union leader (died 2017)

• 1945 Peter Hill, English journalist

• 1946 Paul Beresford, New Zealand-English dentist and politician

• 1947 John Ratzenberger, American actor and director

• 1947 André Weinfeld, French-American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1947 Mike Worboys, English mathematician and computer scientist

• 1949 Alyson Bailes, English academic and diplomat (died 2016)

• 1949 Patrick Hernandez, French singer-songwriter

• 1949 Ng Ser Miang, Singaporean athlete, entrepreneur and diplomat

• 1949 Horst Ludwig Störmer, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1950 Claire Morissette, Canadian cycling activist (died 2007)

• 1950 Cleo Odzer, American anthropologist and author (died 2001)

• 1951 Bert Blyleven, Dutch-American baseball player and sportscaster

• 1951 Jean-Marc Boivin, French skier, mountaineer, and pilot (died 1990)

• 1951 Pascal Rogé, French pianist

• 1952 Udo Dirkschneider, German singer-songwriter

• 1952 Marilu Henner, Greek-Polish American actress and author

• 1952 Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (died 1992)

• 1953 Patrick Doyle, Scottish actor and composer

• 1953 Christopher Franke, German-American drummer and songwriter

• 1955 Rob Epstein, American director and producer

• 1955 Michael Rooker, American actor, director, and producer

• 1955 Cathy Jones, Canadian actress, comedian, and writer

• 1956 Michele Bachmann, American lawyer and politician

• 1956 Normand Corbeil, Canadian composer (died 2013)

• 1956 Mudassar Nazar, Pakistani cricketer

• 1956 Lee Scott, English politician

• 1956 Sebastian Spreng, Argentinian-American painter and journalist

• 1956 Dilip Vengsarkar, Indian cricketer and coach

• 1957 Giorgio Damilano, Italian race walker and coach

• 1957 Maurizio Damilano, Italian race walker and coach

• 1957 Jaroslava Maxová, Czech soprano and educator

• 1957 Paolo Nespoli, Italian soldier, engineer, and astronaut

• 1958 Graeme Base, Australian author and illustrator

• 1959 Gail Shea, Canadian politician

• 1960 Warren Haynes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1960 Richard Loe, New Zealand rugby player

• 1960 John Pizzarelli, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1961 Rory Bremner, Scottish impressionist and comedian

• 1961 Peter Jackson, English footballer and manager

• 1962 Iris Häussler, German sculptor and academic

• 1962 Marco Schällibaum, Swiss footballer, coach, and manager

• 1963 Rafael Correa, Ecuadorian economist and politician, 54th President of Ecuador

• 1964 Tim Walz, American politician, Governor of Minnesota & vice presidential candidate

• 1965 Black Francis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1965 Sterling Sharpe, American football player and sportscaster

• 1966 Vince Flynn, American author (died 2013)

• 1966 Young Man Kang, South Korean-American director and producer

• 1967 Julian Anderson, English composer and educator

• 1967 Kathleen Barr, Canadian voice actress and singer

• 1967 Tanya Byron, English psychologist and academic

• 1967 Jonathan Firth, English actor

• 1968 Archon Fung, American political scientist, author, and academic

• 1968 Affonso Giaffone, Brazilian race car driver

• 1969 Bret Boone, American baseball player and manager

• 1969 Bison Dele, American basketball player (died 2002)

• 1969 Philipp Peter, Austrian race car driver

• 1969 Paul Rudd, American actor

• 1969 Spencer Wells, American geneticist and anthropologist

• 1970 Olaf Kölzig, South African-German ice hockey player and coach

• 1970 Roy Mayorga, American drummer, songwriter, and producer

• 1970 Huang Xiaomin, Chinese swimmer

• 1972 Anders Thomas Jensen, Danish director and screenwriter

• 1972 Dickey Simpkins, American basketball player and sportscaster

• 1973 Donnie Edwards, American football player

• 1973 Randall Godfrey, American football player

• 1973 Rie Miyazawa, Japanese model and actress

• 1973 Sun Wen, Chinese footballer

• 1975 Zach Braff, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1975 Hal Gill, American ice hockey player

• 1976 Candace Cameron Bure, American actress and talk show panelist

• 1976 James Fox, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

• 1976 Chris Hoke, American football player

• 1976 Georg Hólm, Icelandic bass player

• 1976 Hirotada Ototake, Japanese author and educator

• 1977 Ville Nieminen, Finnish ice hockey player

• 1977 Andy Phillips, American baseball player and coach

• 1978 Imani Coppola, American singer-songwriter and violinist

• 1978 Robert Glasper, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

• 1978 Tim Hasselbeck, American football player and sportscaster

• 1978 Myleene Klass, Austrian/Filipino-English singer, pianist, and model

• 1978 Martín Méndez, Uruguayan bass player and songwriter

• 1978 Blaine Neal, American baseball player

• 1978 Igor Semshov, Russian footballer

• 1979 Lord Frederick Windsor, English journalist and financier

• 1979 Clay Travis, American sports journalist, blogger, and broadcaster

• 1980 Tommi Evilä, Finnish long jumper

• 1980 Tanja Poutiainen, Finnish skier

• 1981 Robert Earnshaw, Welsh footballer

• 1981 Jeff Faine, American football player

• 1981 Lucas Licht, Argentine footballer

• 1981 Alex Suarez, American bass player

• 1982 Travis Moen, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1982 Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Spanish actor

• 1983 Mehdi Ballouchy, Moroccan footballer

• 1983 Jerome Kaino, New Zealand rugby player

• 1983 Mitsuru Nagata, Japanese footballer

• 1983 Remi Nicole, English singer-songwriter and actress

• 1983 James Wade, English darts player

• 1983 Katie Weatherston, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1984 Max Bemis, American singer-songwriter

• 1984 Michaël Ciani, French footballer

• 1984 Siboniso Gaxa, South African footballer

• 1984 Diana Matheson, Canadian soccer player

• 1985 Fatau Dauda, Ghanaian footballer

• 1985 Clarke MacArthur, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1985 Frank Ongfiang, Cameroonian footballer

• 1985 Sinqua Walls, American basketball player and actor

• 1986 Nikolas Asprogenis, Cypriot footballer

• 1986 Aaron Curry, American football player

• 1986 Goeido Gotaro, Japanese sumo wrestler

• 1986 Ryota Moriwaki, Japanese footballer

• 1987 Benjamin Corgnet, French footballer

• 1987 Heidi Mount, American model

• 1987 Levi Porter, English footballer

• 1987 Hilary Rhoda, American model

• 1988 Jucilei, Brazilian footballer

• 1988 Leigh Adams, Australian footballer

• 1988 Daniele Gasparetto, Italian footballer

• 1988 Carlton Mitchell, American football player

• 1988 Fabrice Muamba, Congolese-English footballer

• 1988 Ivonne Orsini, Puerto Rican model and television host, Miss World Puerto Rico 2008

• 1990 Lachlan Coote, Australian rugby league player

• 1990 Charlie McDermott, American actor

• 1990 Andrei Veis, Estonian footballer

• 1992 Ken, South Korean singer

• 1992 Julie Ertz, American soccer player

• 1992 Huh Chan-mi, South Korean singer

• 1994 Adrián Alonso, Mexican actor

• 1995 Darya Lebesheva, Belarusian tennis player

• 1996 Al-Musrati, Libyan footballer

• 1997 Mingyu, South Korean singer and rapper

• 1998 Nicolás González, Argentine footballer

• 1998 Peyton List, American actress and model

• 1998 Spencer List, American actor

• 1998 Nahuel Molina, Argentine footballer

• 2000 Shaheen Afridi, Pakistani cricketer

• 2000 Maxence Lacroix, French footballer

• 2001 Oscar Piastri, Australian racing driver

• 2001 Moritz Seider, German ice hockey player

• 2002 Andrea Botez, Canadian-American chess player, commentator, Twitch streamer and YouTuber

• 2002 Leyre Romero Gormaz, Spanish tennis player

• 2009 Shaylee Mansfield, deaf American actress and YouTuber

• 2009 Valentina Tronel, French child singer

Deaths

Pre–1600

• 861 Prudentius, bishop of Troyes

• 885 Saint Methodius, Byzantine missionary and saint (born 815)

• 887 Pei Che, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty

• 943 Liu Churang, Chinese general and chief of staff (born 881)

• 943 Nasr II, ruler (amir) of the Samanid Empire (born 906)

• 1147 Frederick II, duke of Swabia (born 1090)

• 1174 Umara al-Yamani, Yemeni poet and historian (born 1121)

• 1199 Richard I, king of England (born 1157)

• 1231 William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

• 1250 Guillaume de Sonnac, Grand Master of the Knights Templar

• 1252 Peter of Verona, Italian priest and saint (born 1206)

• 1340 Basil, emperor of Trebizond (Turkey)

• 1362 James I, count of La Marche (born 1319)

• 1376 Preczlaw of Pogarell, Cardinal and Bishop of Wrocław (born 1310)

• 1490 Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to 1490 (born 1443)

• 1520 Raphael, Italian painter and architect (born 1483)

• 1523 Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English nobleman (born 1479)

• 1528 Albrecht Dürer, German painter, engraver, and mathematician (born 1471)

• 1551 Joachim Vadian, Swiss scholar and politician (born 1484)

• 1571 John Hamilton, Scottish archbishop and academic (born 1512)

• 1590 Francis Walsingham, English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1532)

• 1593 Henry Barrowe, English Puritan and separatist (born 1550)

1601–1900

• 1605 John Stow, English historian and author (born 1525)

• 1621 Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford (born 1539)

• 1641 Domenico Zampieri (Domenichino), Italian painter (born 1581)

• 1655 David Blondel, French minister, historian, and scholar (born 1591)

• 1670 Leonora Baroni, Italian composer (born 1611)

• 1676 John Winthrop the Younger, English politician, 1st Governor of Connecticut (born 1606)

• 1686 Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, Irish-English politician (born 1614)

• 1707 Willem van de Velde the Younger, Dutch-English painter (born 1633)

• 1755 Richard Rawlinson, English minister and historian (born 1690)

• 1790 Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (born 1719)

• 1825 Vladimir Borovikovsky, Ukrainian-Russian painter and educator (born 1757)

• 1827 Nikolis Apostolis, Greek naval commander during the Greek War of Independence (born 1770)

• 1829 Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (born 1802)

• 1833 Adamantios Korais, Greek philosopher and scholar (born 1748)

• 1838 José Bonifácio de Andrada, Brazilian poet, academic, and politician (born 1763)

• 1860 James Kirke Paulding, American author and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (born 1778)

• 1862 Albert Sidney Johnston, American general (born 1803)

• 1883 Benjamin Wright Raymond, American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago (born 1801)

• 1886 William Edward Forster, English businessman, philanthropist, and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (born 1818)

• 1899 Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (born 1809)

1901–present

• 1906 Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician, 6th County Governor of Møre og Romsdal (born 1849)

• 1913 Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (born 1835)

• 1927 Florence Earle Coates, American poet (born 1850)

• 1935 Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright (born 1869)

• 1944 Rose O'Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer (born 1874)

• 1947 Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician (born 1896)

• 1950 Louis Wilkins, American pole vaulter (born 1882)

• 1953 Idris Davies, Welsh poet and author (born 1905)

• 1959 Leo Aryeh Mayer, Polish-Israeli scholar and academic (born 1895)

• 1961 Jules Bordet, Belgian microbiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1870)

• 1963 Otto Struve, Ukrainian-American astronomer and academic (born 1897)

• 1970 Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (born 1933)

• 1971 Igor Stravinsky, Russian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1882)

• 1974 Willem Marinus Dudok, Dutch architect (born 1884)

• 1974 Hudson Fysh, Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas Airways Limited (born 1895)

• 1977 Kōichi Kido, Japanese politician, 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan (born 1889)

• 1979 Ivan Vasilyov, Bulgarian architect, designed the SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library (born 1893)

• 1983 Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri, Indian General who served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 1962 to 1966 and the Military Governor of Hyderabad State from 1948 to 1949. (born 1908)

• 1992 Isaac Asimov, American science fiction writer (born 1920)

• 1994 Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan banker and politician, 3rd President of Rwanda (born 1937)

• 1994 Cyprien Ntaryamira, Burundian politician, 5th President of Burundi (born 1955)

• 1995 Ioannis Alevras, Greek banker and politician, President of Greece (born 1912)

• 1996 Greer Garson, English-American actress (born 1904)

• 1998 Norbert Schmitz, German footballer (born 1958)

• 1998 Tammy Wynette, American singer-songwriter (born 1942)

• 1999 Red Norvo, American vibraphone player and composer (born 1908)

• 2000 Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian politician, 1st President of Tunisia (born 1903)

• 2001 Charles Pettigrew, American singer-songwriter (born 1963)

• 2003 David Bloom, American journalist (born 1963)

• 2003 Anita Borg, American computer scientist and educator; founded Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (born 1949)

• 2003 Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian cardinal (born 1912)

• 2003 Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer, educator, and activist (born 1927)

• 2003 Dino Yannopoulos, Greek stage director of the Metropolitan Opera (born 1919)

• 2004 Lou Berberet, American baseball player (born 1929)

• 2004 Larisa Bogoraz, Russian linguist and activist (born 1929)

• 2005 Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (born 1923)

• 2005 Anthony F. DePalma, American orthopedic surgeon and professor (born 1904)

• 2006 Maggie Dixon, American basketball player and coach (born 1977)

• 2006 Francis L. Kellogg, American soldier and diplomat (born 1917)

• 2006 Stefanos Stratigos, Greek actor and director (born 1926)

• 2007 Luigi Comencini, Italian director and producer (born 1916)

• 2009 J. M. S. Careless, Canadian historian and academic (born 1919)

• 2009 Shawn Mackay, Australian rugby player and coach (born 1982)

• 2010 Wilma Mankiller, American tribal leader (born 1945)

• 2010 Corin Redgrave, English actor (born 1939)

• 2011 Gerald Finnerman, American director and cinematographer (born 1931)

• 2012 Roland Guilbault, American admiral (born 1934)

• 2012 Thomas Kinkade, American painter and illustrator (born 1958)

• 2012 Fang Lizhi, Chinese astrophysicist and academic (born 1936)

• 2012 Sheila Scotter, Australian fashion designer and journalist (born 1920)

• 2012 Reed Whittemore, American poet and critic (born 1919)

• 2013 Hilda Bynoe, Grenadian physician and politician, 2nd Governor of Grenada (born 1921)

• 2013 Bill Guttridge, English footballer and manager (born 1931)

• 2013 Bigas Luna, Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1946)

• 2013 Ottmar Schreiner, German lawyer and politician (born 1946)

• 2014 Mary Anderson, American actress (born 1918)

• 2014 Jacques Castérède, French pianist and composer (born 1926)

• 2014 Liv Dommersnes, Norwegian actress (born 1922)

• 2014 Mickey Rooney, American soldier, actor, and dancer (born 1920)

• 2014 Chuck Stone, American soldier, journalist, and academic (born 1924)

• 2014 Massimo Tamburini, Italian motorcycle designer, co-founded Bimota (born 1943)

• 2015 Giovanni Berlinguer, Italian lawyer and politician (born 1924)

• 2015 James Best, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1926)

• 2015 Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter and conductor (born 1918)

• 2015 Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1929)

• 2016 Merle Haggard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1937)

• 2017 Don Rickles, American actor and comedian (born 1926)

• 2019 Michael O'Donnell, British physician, journalist, author and broadcaster (born 1928)

• 2020 Al Kaline, American baseball player, broadcaster and executive (born 1934)

• 2021 Hans Küng, Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and author (born 1928)

• 2021 Alcee Hastings, American politician (born 1936)

• 2022 Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian and Soviet politician (born 1946)

• 2022 Jill Knight, British politician (born 1923)

• 2024 Joseph E. Brennan, American politician, 70th Governor of Maine (born 1934)

• 2025 Clem Burke, American drummer (born 1954)

• 2025 Jay North, American actor (born 1951)

• 2026 Nick Pope, British UFO writer (born 1965)

Holidays and observances

• Chakri Day, commemorating the establishment of the Chakri dynasty. (Thailand)

Christian feast day:

• Albrecht Dürer and Lucas Cranach (Lutheran Church).

• Brychan

• Eutychius of Constantinople

• Galla of Rome

• Marcellinus of Carthage

• Notker the Stammerer

• Blessed Pierina Morosini

• Pope Sixtus I

• April 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

• National Fisherman Day (Indonesia)

• New Beer's Eve (United States)

• Tartan Day (United States & Canada)

• Waltzing Matilda Day (Australia)

• International Asexuality Day

Other

• April 6 Youth Movement

• (starts 6April)

References

External links

• BBC: On This Day

• Historical Events on April 6