Events

Pre-1600

• 639 Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assault Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace.

• 715 Pope Gregory II is elected.

• 934 The Byzantine Empire reconquers Melitene under the leadership of John Kourkouas.

• 1051 Henry I of France marries the Rus' princess, Anne of Kiev.

• 1445 John II of Castile defeats the Infantes of Aragon at the First Battle of Olmedo.

• 1499 Catherine of Aragon is married by proxy to Arthur, Prince of Wales. Catherine is 13 and Arthur is 12.

• 1535 French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's two sons (whom Cartier had kidnapped during his first voyage).

• 1536 Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.

• 1542 The Prome Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in present-day Myanmar.

1601–1900

• 1643 Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.

• 1649 An Act of Parliament declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament. England would be a republic for the next eleven years.

• 1655 The Invasion of Jamaica begins during the Anglo-Spanish War.

• 1674 John III Sobieski becomes king of Poland-Lithuania.

• 1743 Jean-Pierre Christin develops the centigrade temperature scale.

• 1749 King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.

• 1776 American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.

• 1780 New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, is observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.

• 1798 Napoleon Bonaparte and his expedition force leave France to invade Egypt.

• 1802 Napoleon Bonaparte founds the Legion of Honour.

• 1828 U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, sparking outrage in the South and leading to the Nullification crisis.

• 1845 Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England.

• 1848 Mexican–American War: Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for US$15million.

• 1883 Buffalo Bill's first Buffalo Bill's Wild West opens in Omaha, Nebraska.

• 1900 Great Britain annexes Tonga Island.

• 1900 Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.

1901–present

• 1911 Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.

• 1917 The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.

• 1919 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.

• 1921 The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.

• 1922 The Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union is established.

• 1933 Finnish cavalry general C. G. E. Mannerheim is appointed the field marshal.

• 1934 Zveno and the Bulgarian Army engineer a coup d'état and install Kimon Georgiev as the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria.

• 1942 World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor for repairs.

• 1943 Winston Churchill's second wartime address to the U.S. Congress

• 1945 Syrian demonstrators in Damascus are fired upon by French troops injuring twelve, leading to the Levant Crisis.

• 1950 A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city.

• 1959 The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.

• 1961 Venera program: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data).

• 1961 At Silchar Railway Station, Assam, 11 Bengalis die when police open fire on protesters demanding state recognition of Bengali language in the Bengali Language Movement.

• 1962 A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday".

• 1963 The New York Post Sunday Magazine publishes Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail.

• 1971 Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.

• 1986 The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

• 1991 Croatians vote for independence in a referendum.

• 1993 SAM Colombia Flight 501 crashes on approach to José María Córdova International Airport in Medellín, Colombia, killing 132.

• 1996 Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on mission STS-77.

• 1997 The Sierra Gorda biosphere, the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, is established as a result of grassroots efforts.

• 2000 Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-101 to resupply the International Space Station.

• 2007 President of Romania Traian Băsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension.

• 2007 A mass shooting starts in Moscow, Idaho, which would leave 3 non-shooters dead and 3 more injured, before the shooter committed suicide the next day.

• 2010 The Royal Thai Armed Forces concludes its crackdown on protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship leaders.

• 2012 Three gas cylinder bombs explode in front of a vocational school in the Italian city of Brindisi, killing one person and injuring five others.

• 2012 A car bomb explodes near a military complex in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, killing nine people.

• 2015 The Refugio oil spill deposited 142,800 U.S. gallons (3,400 barrels) of crude oil onto an area in California considered one of the most biologically diverse coastlines of the west coast.

• 2016 EgyptAir Flight 804 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while traveling from Paris to Cairo, killing all on board.

• 2018 The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is held at St George's Chapel, Windsor, with an estimated global audience of 1.9billion.

• 2024 A helicopter crash in Iran leaves 8 people dead, including the country's president Ebrahim Raisi & foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1400 John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton, English soldier and politician (died 1462)

• 1462 Baccio D'Agnolo, Italian woodcarver, sculptor and architect (died 1543)

• 1476 (or 1474) Helena of Moscow, Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania and Queen consort of Poland (died 1513)

• 1593 Claude Vignon, French painter (died 1670)

1601–1900

• 1616 Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist and composer (died 1667)

• 1639 Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland, English soldier and noble (died 1665)

• 1700 José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda, Spanish sergeant and politician (died 1770)

• 1724 Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (died 1779)

• 1744 Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German-born Queen to George III of the United Kingdom (died 1818)

• 1762 Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic (died 1814)

• 1773 Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (died 1854)

• 1795 Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1873)

• 1827 Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French academic and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1896)

• 1832 James Watney, Jr., English politician, brewer and cricketer (died 1886)

• 1857 John Jacob Abel, American biochemist and pharmacologist (died 1938)

• 1861 Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (died 1931)

• 1871 Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (died 1963)

• 1874 Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer and soldier (died 1955)

• 1878 Alfred Laliberté, Canadian sculptor and painter (died 1953)

• 1879 Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (died 1964)

• 1880 Albert Richardson, English architect and educator, designed the Manchester Opera House (died 1964)

• 1881 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (official birthday), Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey (died 1938)

• 1884 David Munson, American runner (died 1953)

• 1886 Francis Biddle, American lawyer and judge, 58th United States Attorney General (died 1968)

• 1887 Ion Jalea, Romanian soldier and sculptor (died 1983)

• 1889 Tản Đà, Vietnamese poet and author (died 1939)

• 1889 Henry B. Richardson, American archer (died 1963)

• 1890 Eveline Adelheid von Maydell, German-American illustrator (died 1962)

• 1890 Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of Vietnam (died 1969)

• 1891 Oswald Boelcke, German captain and pilot (died 1916)

• 1893 H. Bonciu, Romanian author, poet, and journalist (died 1950)

• 1897 Frank Luke, American lieutenant and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1918)

• 1898 Julius Evola, Italian philosopher and painter (died 1974)

• 1899 Lothar Rădăceanu, Romanian journalist, linguist, and politician (died 1955)

1901–present

• 1902 Lubka Kolessa, Ukrainian-Canadian pianist and educator (died 1997)

• 1903 Ruth Ella Moore, American scientist (died 1994)

• 1904 Sven Thofelt, Swedish modern pentathlete and épée fencer (died 1993)

• 1906 Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (died 2007)

• 1908 Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (died 1956)

• 1908 Merriam Modell, American author (died 1994)

• 1908 Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter (died 1982)

• 1909 Nicholas Winton, English banker and humanitarian (died 2015)

• 1910 Alan Melville, South African cricketer (died 1983)

• 1913 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India (died 1996)

• 1914 Max Perutz, Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002)

• 1914 Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2005)

• 1914 John Vachon, American photographer and journalist (died 1975)

• 1915 Renée Asherson, English actress (died 2014)

• 1918 Abraham Pais, Dutch-American physicist, historian, and academic (died 2000)

• 1919 Georgie Auld, Canadian-American saxophonist, clarinet player, and bandleader (died 1990)

• 1919 Mitja Ribičič, Italian-Slovenian soldier and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (died 2013)

• 1920 Tina Strobos, Dutch psychiatrist known for rescuing Jews during World War II (died 2012)

• 1921 Leslie Broderick, English lieutenant and pilot (died 2013)

• 1921 Harry W. Brown, American colonel and pilot (died 1991)

• 1921 Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2002)

• 1921 Yuri Kochiyama, American activist (died 2014)

• 1921 Karel van het Reve, Dutch historian and author (died 1999)

• 1922 Arthur Gorrie, Australian hobby shop proprietor (died 1992)

• 1924 Sandy Wilson, English composer and songwriter (died 2014)

• 1925 Pol Pot, Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia (died 1998)

• 1925 Malcolm X, American minister and activist (died 1965)

• 1926 Edward Parkes, English engineer and academic (died 2019)

• 1926 Peter Zadek, German director and screenwriter (died 2009)

• 1927 Serge Lang, French-American mathematician, author and academic (died 2005)

• 1928 Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (died 1982)

• 1928 Thomas Kennedy, English air marshal (died 2013)

• 1928 Gil McDougald, American baseball player and coach (died 2010)

• 1928 Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach (died 2015)

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

• 1929 Richard Larter, Australian painter (died 2014)

• 1929 John Stroger, American politician (died 2008)

• 1930 Eugene Genovese, American historian and author (died 2012)

• 1930 Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright and director (died 1965)

• 1931 Bob Anderson, English race car driver (died 1967)

• 1931 Trevor Peacock, English actor, screenwriter and songwriter (died 2021)

• 1932 Alma Cogan, English singer (died 1966)

• 1932 Paul Erdman, American economist and author (died 2007)

• 1932 Bill Fitch, American basketball player and coach (died 2022)

• 1932 Elena Poniatowska, Mexican intellectual and journalist

• 1933 Edward de Bono, Maltese physician, author, and academic (died 2021)

• 1934 Ruskin Bond, Indian author and poet

• 1934 Jim Lehrer, American journalist and author (died 2020)

• 1935 David Hartman, American journalist and television personality

• 1937 Pat Roach, English wrestler (died 2004)

• 1938 Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese politician (died 1989)

• 1938 Herbie Flowers, English musician (died 2024)

• 1938 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Ukrainian long jumper and coach

• 1939 Livio Berruti, Italian sprinter

• 1939 James Fox, English actor

• 1939 Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong-American actress and makeup artist

• 1939 Jānis Lūsis, Latvian javelin thrower and coach (died 2020)

• 1939 Dick Scobee, American pilot, and astronaut (died 1986)

• 1940 Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist

• 1940 Mickey Newbury, American country/pop singer-songwriter (died 2002)

• 1941 Nora Ephron, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)

• 1941 Igor Judge, Baron Judge, Maltese-English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (died 2023)

• 1942 Gary Kildall, American computer scientist, founded Digital Research Inc. (died 1994)

• 1942 Robert Kilroy-Silk, English television host and politician

• 1943 Eddie May, English footballer and manager (died 2012)

• 1943 Shirrel Rhoades, American author, publisher, and academic

• 1944 Peter Mayhew, English-American actor (died 2019)

• 1945 Pete Townshend, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1946 Claude Lelièvre, Belgian activist

• 1946 Michele Placido, Italian actor and director

• 1946 André the Giant, French-American wrestler and actor (died 1993)

• 1947 Paul Brady, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1947 Christopher Chope, English lawyer and politician

• 1947 David Helfgott, Australian pianist

• 1948 Grace Jones, Jamaican-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

• 1949 Dusty Hill, American singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2021)

• 1949 Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath, English politician

• 1949 Archie Manning, American football player

• 1950 Tadeusz Ślusarski, Polish pole vaulter (died 1998)

• 1951 Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter (died 2001)

• 1951 Dick Slater, American wrestler (died 2018)

• 1952 Charlie Spedding, English runner

• 1952 Bert van Marwijk, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager

• 1953 Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge, Scottish lawyer and judge

• 1953 Shavarsh Karapetyan, Armenian finswimmer

• 1953 Florin Marin, Romanian footballer and manager

• 1953 Victoria Wood, English actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (died 2016)

• 1954 Rick Cerone, American baseball player and sportscaster

• 1954 Lena Einhorn, Swedish director, writer and physician

• 1954 Hōchū Ōtsuka, Japanese voice actor

• 1954 Phil Rudd, Australian-New Zealand drummer

• 1955 James Gosling, Canadian-American computer scientist, created Java

• 1956 Oliver Letwin, English philosopher and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

• 1956 Martyn Ware, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer

• 1957 Bill Laimbeer, American basketball player and coach

• 1957 James Reyne, Nigerian-Australian singer-songwriter

• 1961 Vadim Cojocaru, Moldovan politician (died 2021)

• 1961 Gregory Poirier, American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1961 Wayne Van Dorp, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1963 Filippo Galli, Italian footballer and manager

• 1964 Peter Jackson, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster (died 1997)

• 1964 John Lee, South Korean-American football player

• 1964 Miloslav Mečíř, Slovak tennis player

• 1965 Maile Flanagan, American actress, producer, and screenwriter

• 1966 Marc Bureau, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

• 1966 Jodi Picoult, American author and educator

• 1966 Polly Walker, English actress

• 1967 Alexia, Italian singer

• 1967 Geraldine Somerville, Irish-born English actress

• 1968 Kyle Eastwood, American actor and bass player

• 1970 Stuart Cable, Welsh drummer (died 2010)

• 1970 K. J. Choi, South Korean golfer

• 1970 Regina Narva, Estonian chess player

• 1970 Nia Zulkarnaen, Indonesian actress, singer and producer

• 1971 Ross Katz, American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1971 Andres Salumets, Estonian biologist, biochemist, and educator

• 1972 Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer-songwriter

• 1972 Claudia Karvan, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter

• 1973 Dario Franchitti, Scottish race car driver

• 1974 Andrew Johns, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster

• 1974 Emma Shapplin, French soprano

• 1974 Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Indian actor

• 1975 Pretinha, Brazilian footballer

• 1975 London Fletcher, American football player

• 1975 Josh Paul, American baseball player and manager

• 1975 Jonas Renkse, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1976 Ed Cota, American basketball player

• 1976 Kevin Garnett, American basketball player

• 1977 Manuel Almunia, Spanish footballer

• 1977 Wouter Hamel, Dutch singer and guitarist

• 1977 Brandon Inge, American baseball player

• 1977 Natalia Oreiro, Uruguayan singer-songwriter and actress

• 1978 Marcus Bent, English footballer

• 1978 Dave Bus, Dutch footballer

• 1979 Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer

• 1979 Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer

• 1979 Shooter Jennings, American country singer, songwriter

• 1980 Tony Hackworth, English footballer

• 1981 Luciano Figueroa, Argentinian footballer

• 1981 Yo Gotti, American rapper

• 1981 Michael Leighton, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1981 Sina Schielke, German sprinter

• 1981 Klaas-Erik Zwering, Dutch swimmer

• 1982 Kevin Amankwaah, English footballer

• 1982 Pål Steffen Andresen, Norwegian footballer

• 1982 Klaas Vantornout, Belgian cyclist

• 1983 Michael Che, American comedian

• 1983 Jessica Fox, English actress

• 1984 Marcedes Lewis, American football player

• 1985 Malakai Black, Dutch professional wrestler

• 1986 Mario Chalmers, American basketball player

• 1987 Michael Angelakos, American singer-songwriter and producer

• 1987 David Edgar, Canadian soccer player

• 1987 Mariano Torres, Argentinian footballer

• 1991 Jordan Pruitt, American singer-songwriter

• 1992 Michele Camporese, Italian footballer

• 1992 Ola John, Dutch footballer

• 1992 Felise Kaufusi, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player

• 1992 Evgeny Kuznetsov, Russian ice hockey player

• 1992 Marshmello, American electronic music producer and DJ

• 1992 Sam Smith, English singer-songwriter

• 1992 Heather Watson, British tennis player

• 1992 Lainey Wilson, American singer-songwriter

• 1994 Carlos Guzmán, Mexican footballer

• 1995 Taane Milne, New Zealand rugby league player

• 1996 Michael Carcone, Canadian ice hockey player

• 2001 Elizabeth Mandlik, American tennis player

• 2002 Riccardo Calafiori, Italian footballer

• 2002 Rafa Marín, Spanish footballer

• 2003 Jojo Siwa, American dancer, singer, actress, and YouTube personality

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 804 Alcuin, English monk and scholar (born 735)

• 956 Robert, archbishop of Trier

• 988 Dunstan, English archbishop and saint (born 909)

• 1102 Stephen, Count of Blois (born 1045)

• 1125 Vladimir II Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kiev

• 1164 Saint Bashnouna, Egyptian saint and martyr

• 1218 Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor

• 1296 Pope Celestine V (born 1215)

• 1303 Saint Ivo of Kermartin, French canon lawyer (born 1253)

• 1319 Louis, Count of Évreux (born 1276)

• 1389 Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Muscovy (born 1350)

• 1396 John I of Aragon (born 1350)

• 1526 Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (born 1464)

• 1531 Jan Łaski, Polish archbishop and diplomat (born 1456)

• 1536 Anne Boleyn, Queen Consort of England (1533–1536); second wife of Henry VIII

1601–1900

• 1601 Costanzo Porta, Italian composer (born 1528)

• 1609 García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete (born 1535)

• 1610 Thomas Sanchez, Spanish priest and theologian (born 1550)

• 1623 Mariam-uz-Zamani, Empress of the Mughal Empire (born 1542)

• 1637 Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (born 1588)

• 1715 Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1661)

• 1777 Button Gwinnett, British-born American politician and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (born 1735)

• 1786 John Stanley, English organist and composer (born 1712)

• 1795 Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 4th Governor of New Hampshire (born 1729)

• 1795 James Boswell, Scottish biographer (born 1740)

• 1798 William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician (born 1722)

• 1821 Camille Jordan, French lawyer and politician (born 1771)

• 1825 Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French philosopher and theorist (born 1760)

• 1831 Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Estonian-German physician, botanist, and entomologist (born 1793)

• 1864 Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (born 1804)

• 1865 Sengge Rinchen, Mongolian general (born 1811)

• 1872 John Baker, English-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of South Australia (born 1813)

• 1876 Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician (born 1801)

• 1885 Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (born 1809)

• 1895 José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and philosopher (born 1853)

• 1898 William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1809)

1901–present

• 1901 Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African general and politician, 1st President of the South African Republic (born 1819)

• 1903 Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricketer (born 1856)

• 1904 Auguste Molinier, French librarian and historian (born 1851)

• 1904 Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (born 1839)

• 1906 Gabriel Dumont, Canadian Métis leader (born 1837)

• 1907 Benjamin Baker, English engineer, designed the Forth Bridge (born 1840)

• 1912 Bolesław Prus, Polish journalist and author (born 1847)

• 1915 John Simpson Kirkpatrick, English-Australian soldier (born 1892)

• 1918 Gervais Raoul Lufbery, French-American soldier and pilot (born 1885)

• 1935 T. E. Lawrence, British colonel and archaeologist (born 1888)

• 1936 Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall, British Islamic scholar (born 1875)

• 1939 Ahmet Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish journalist and publicist (born 1869)

• 1943 Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator (born 1865)

• 1945 Philipp Bouhler, German soldier and politician (born 1889)

• 1946 Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist (born 1869)

• 1950 Daniel Ciugureanu, Romanian physician and politician, Prime Minister of Moldova (born 1884)

• 1954 Charles Ives, American composer and educator (born 1874)

• 1958 Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian (born 1870)

• 1958 Archie Scott Brown, Scottish race car driver (born 1927)

• 1958 Ronald Colman, English actor (born 1891)

• 1962 Gabriele Münter, German painter (born 1877)

• 1963 Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (born 1871)

• 1969 Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player (born 1901)

• 1971 Ogden Nash, American poet (born 1902)

• 1978 Albert Kivikas, Estonian-Swedish journalist and author (born 1898)

• 1980 Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian (born 1906)

• 1983 Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission (born 1902)

• 1984 John Betjeman, English poet and academic (born 1906)

• 1985 Maqbular Rahman Sarkar, Bangladeshi academic (born 1928)

• 1986 Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (born 1931)

• 1987 James Tiptree, Jr., American psychologist and author (born 1915)

• 1989 Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator (born 1910)

• 1994 Jacques Ellul, French sociologist, philosopher, and academic (born 1912)

• 1994 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist, 37th First Lady of the United States (born 1929)

• 1994 Luis Ocaña, Spanish cyclist (born 1945)

• 1996 John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (born 1917)

• 1998 Sōsuke Uno, Japanese soldier and politician, 75th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1922)

• 2001 Alexey Maresyev, Russian soldier and pilot (born 1916)

• 2001 Susannah McCorkle, American singer (born 1946)

• 2002 John Gorton, Australian lieutenant and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1911)

• 2002 Walter Lord, American historian and author (born 1917)

• 2004 Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress and screenwriter (born 1907)

• 2007 Bernard Blaut, Polish footballer and coach (born 1940)

• 2007 Dean Eyre, New Zealand politician (born 1914)

• 2008 Vijay Tendulkar, Indian playwright and screenwriter (born 1928)

• 2009 Robert F. Furchgott, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)

• 2009 Nicholas Maw, English composer and academic (born 1935)

• 2009 Clint Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1913)

• 2011 Garret FitzGerald, Irish lawyer and politician, 8th Taoiseach of Ireland (born 1926)

• 2011 Jeffrey Catherine Jones, American artist (born 1944)

• 2012 Bob Boozer, American basketball player (born 1937)

• 2012 Tamara Brooks, American conductor and educator (born 1941)

• 2012 Ian Burgess, English race car driver (born 1930)

• 2012 Gerhard Hetz, German-Mexican swimmer (born 1942)

• 2012 Phil Lamason, New Zealand soldier and pilot (born 1918)

• 2013 G. Sarsfield Ford, American lawyer and jurist (born 1933)

• 2013 Robin Harrison, English-Canadian pianist and composer (born 1932)

• 2013 Neil Reynolds, Canadian journalist and politician (born 1940)

• 2014 Simon Andrews, English motorcycle racer (born 1982)

• 2014 Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (born 1926)

• 2014 Sam Greenlee, American author and poet (born 1930)

• 2014 Vincent Harding, American historian and scholar (born 1931)

• 2014 Gabriel Kolko, American historian and author (born 1932)

• 2014 Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Polish boxer (born 1934)

• 2015 Bruce Lundvall, American businessman (born 1935)

• 2015 Ted McWhinney, Australian-Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1924)

• 2015 Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, socialite; 31st Second Lady of the United States (born 1926)

• 2015 Robert S. Wistrich, English historian, author, and academic (born 1945)

• 2016 Alan Young, English-born Canadian-American actor (born 1919)

• 2016 Morley Safer, Canadian-born American journalist (born 1931)

• 2017 Nawshirwan Mustafa, General coordinator of the Movement for Change (Gorran) (born 1944)

• 2017 Stanislav Petrov, Lt. Colonel in Soviet Air Defence Forces (born 1939)

• 2018 Zhengzhang Shangfang, Chinese linguist (born 1933)

• 2021 Paul Mooney, American comedian (born 1941)

• 2023 Andy Rourke, English bassist (born 1964)

• 2024 Christian Malanga, Congolese politician, businessman and military officer (born 1983)

2024 Victims in the 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash:

• Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iranian politician (born 1964)

• Ebrahim Raisi, 8th President of Iran (born 1960)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

• Calocerus (Eastern Orthodox Church)

• Crispin of Viterbo

• Dunstan (Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church; commemoration, Anglicanism)

• Ivo of Kermartin

• Joaquina Vedruna de Mas

• Maria Bernarda Bütler

• Peter Celestine

• Pudentiana (Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)

• Blessed Umiliana de' Cerchi

• May 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Pontian Greek Genocide Remembrance Day (Greece)

• Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day (Turkey, Northern Cyprus)

• Remembrance Day (Sri Lanka)

• Hồ Chí Minh's Birthday (Vietnam)

• Malcolm X Day (United States of America)

• National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)

• Hepatitis Testing Day (United States)

• Mother's Day (Kyrgyzstan)

References

External links

• BBC: On This Day

• Historical Events on May 19