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Day of the year
May 15
is the 135th day of the year (136th in
leap years
) in the
Gregorian calendar
; 230 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
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]
Pre-1600
[
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]
- 221
–
Liu Bei
, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of
Shu Han
, the successor of the
Han dynasty
.
- 392
– Emperor
Valentinian II
is assassinated while advancing into
Gaul
against the
Frankish
usurper
Arbogast
. He is found hanging in his residence at
Vienne
.
- 589
– King
Authari
marries
Theodelinda
, daughter of the
Bavarian
duke
Garibald I
. A
Catholic
, she has great influence among the
Lombard
nobility.
- 756
–
Abd al-Rahman I
, the founder of the Arab dynasty that ruled the greater part of
Iberia
for nearly three centuries, becomes
emir
of
Cordova
, Spain.
[1]
- 1252
–
Pope Innocent IV
issues the
papal bull
ad extirpanda
, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of
heretics
in the
Medieval Inquisition
.
- 1525
–
Insurgent
peasants led by
Anabaptist
pastor
Thomas Muntzer
were defeated at the
Battle of Frankenhausen
, ending the
German Peasants' War
in the
Holy Roman Empire
.
- 1536
–
Anne Boleyn
, Queen of England, stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest; she is condemned to death by a specially-selected
jury
.
1601?1900
[
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]
1901?present
[
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]
- 1905
– The city of
Las Vegas
is founded in
Nevada
, United States.
[3]
- 1911
– In
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States
, the
United States Supreme Court
declares
Standard Oil
to be an "unreasonable"
monopoly
under the
Sherman Antitrust Act
and orders the company to be broken up.
- 1911 – More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the
Torreon massacre
when the forces of the
Mexican Revolution
led by
Emilio Madero
take the city of
Torreon
from the
Federales
.
- 1918
– The
Finnish Civil War
ends when the
Whites
took over
Fort Ino
, a Russian
coastal artillery
base on the
Karelian Isthmus
, from Russian troops.
[4]
- 1919
– The
Winnipeg general strike
begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of
Winnipeg
had walked off the job.
- 1919 –
Greek occupation of Smyrna
. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350
Turks
; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades.
- 1929
– A
fire
at the
Cleveland Clinic
in
Cleveland, Ohio
kills 123.
- 1932
– In an attempted
coup d'etat
, the
Prime Minister of Japan
Inukai Tsuyoshi
is
assassinated
.
- 1933
– All military aviation organizations within or under the control of the
RLM
of Germany were officially merged in a covert manner to form its
Wehrmacht
military's air arm, the
Luftwaffe
.
- 1934
– A
self coup
by
prime minister
K?rlis Ulmanis
succeeded in
Latvia
, suspending its constitution and dissolving its
Saeima
.
[5]
- 1940
–
USS
Sailfish
is recommissioned. It was originally the USS
Squalus
.
- 1940 –
World War II
: The
Battle of the Netherlands
: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped
Dutch
troops surrender to
Germany
, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
- 1940 –
Richard and Maurice McDonald
open the first
McDonald's
restaurant.
- 1941
– First flight of the
Gloster E.28/39
the first British and Allied
jet aircraft
.
- 1942
– World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
(WAAC) is signed into law.
- 1943
–
Joseph Stalin
dissolves the
Comintern
(or
Third International
).
- 1945
– World War II: The
Battle of Poljana
, the final skirmish in Europe is fought near
Prevalje
,
Slovenia
.
- 1948
– Following the expiration of
The British Mandate for Palestine
, the
Kingdom of Egypt
,
Transjordan
,
Lebanon
,
Syria
,
Iraq
and
Saudi Arabia
invade
Israel
thus starting the
1948 Arab?Israeli War
.
- 1957
– At
Malden Island
in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first
hydrogen bomb
in
Operation Grapple
.
- 1963
–
Project Mercury
: The launch of the final Mercury mission,
Mercury-Atlas 9
with astronaut
Gordon Cooper
on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in
space
, and the last American to go into space alone.
- 1970
– President
Richard Nixon
appoints
Anna Mae Hays
and
Elizabeth P. Hoisington
the first female United States Army
generals
.
- 1972
– The
Ryukyu Islands
, under
U.S. military governance
since its
conquest
in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
- 1974
–
Ma'alot massacre
: Members of the
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
attack and take hostages at an
Israeli
school; a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchildren.
- 1976
–
Aeroflot Flight 1802
crashes near
Viktorivka, Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast
, killing 52.
[6]
- 1988
–
Soviet?Afghan War
: After more than eight years of fighting, the
Soviet Army
begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from
Afghanistan
.
- 1991
–
Edith Cresson
becomes France's first female
Prime Minister
.
- 1997
– The United States government acknowledges the existence of the
"Secret War" in Laos
and dedicates the
Laos Memorial
in honor of
Hmong
and other "Secret War" veterans.
- 1997 – The
Space Shuttle
Atlantis
launches on
STS-84
to dock with the Russian space station
Mir
.
[7]
- 2001
– A
CSX
EMD SD40-2
rolls out of a train yard
in
Walbridge
, Ohio, with 47 freight cars, including some
tank cars
with flammable chemical, after its engineer fails to reboard it after setting a yard switch. It travels south driverless for 66 miles (106 km) until it was brought to a halt near
Kenton
.
[8]
The incident became the inspiration for the 2010 film
Unstoppable
.
[9]
- 2004
–
Arsenal F.C.
go an entire league campaign unbeaten in the English Premier League, joining
Preston North End F.C.
with the right to claim the title "
The Invincibles
".
- 2008
–
California
becomes the second
U.S. state
after
Massachusetts
in
2004
to legalize
same-sex marriage
after the state's own Supreme Court
rules a previous ban unconstitutional
.
[10]
- 2010
–
Jessica Watson
becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo.
[11]
- 2013
– An
upsurge in violence
in
Iraq
leaves more than 389 people dead over three days.
Births
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]
Pre-1600
[
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]
1601?1900
[
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]
- 1608
–
Rene Goupil
, French-American missionary and saint (d. 1642)
- 1633
–
Sebastien Le Prestre de Vauban
, French noble (d. 1707)
- 1645
–
George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys
, British judge (d. 1689)
- 1689
–
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
, English writer (d. 1762)
[15]
- 1720
–
Maximilian Hell
, Hungarian priest and astronomer (d. 1792)
- 1749
–
Levi Lincoln Sr.
, American lawyer and politician, 4th
United States Attorney General
(d. 1820)
- 1759
–
Maria Theresia von Paradis
, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1824)
- 1770
–
Ezekiel Hart
, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1843)
- 1773
–
Klemens von Metternich
, German-Austrian politician, 1st
State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire
(d. 1859)
- 1786
–
Dimitris Plapoutas
, Greek general and politician (d. 1864)
- 1803
–
Juan Almonte
, son of
Jose Maria Morelos
, was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a
regent
in the
Second Mexican Empire
(d. 1869)
[16]
- 1805
–
Samuel Carter
, English railway solicitor and
Member of Parliament
(MP) (d. 1878)
- 1808
–
Michael William Balfe
, Irish composer and conductor (d. 1870)
- 1817
–
Debendranath Tagore
, Indian philosopher and author (d. 1905)
- 1841
–
Clarence Dutton
, American commander and geologist (d. 1912)
- 1845
–
Elie Metchnikoff
, Russian zoologist (d. 1916)
- 1848
–
Viktor Vasnetsov
, Russian painter and illustrator (d. 1926)
- 1848 –
Carl Wernicke
, German neuropathologist. (d. 1905)
[17]
- 1854
–
Ioannis Psycharis
, Ukrainian-French philologist and author (d. 1929)
- 1856
–
L. Frank Baum
, American novelist (d. 1919)
- 1856 –
Matthias Zurbriggen
, Swiss mountaineer (d. 1917)
- 1857
–
Williamina Fleming
, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (d. 1911)
[18]
- 1859
–
Pierre Curie
, French physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize
laureate (d. 1906)
- 1862
–
Arthur Schnitzler
, Austrian author and playwright (d. 1931)
- 1863
–
Frank Hornby
, English businessman and politician, invented
Meccano
(d. 1936)
- 1869
–
Paul Probst
, Swiss target shooter (d. 1945)
- 1869 –
John Storey
, Australian politician, 20th
Premier of New South Wales
(d. 1921)
- 1873
–
Oskari Tokoi
, Finnish socialist and the Chairman of the Senate of Finland (d. 1963)
[19]
- 1882
–
Walter White
, Scottish international footballer (d. 1950)
[20]
- 1890
–
Katherine Anne Porter
, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (d. 1980)
- 1891
–
Mikhail Bulgakov
, Russian novelist and playwright (d. 1940)
- 1891 –
Hjalmar Dahl
, Finnish journalist, translator and writer (d. 1960)
[21]
- 1891 –
Fritz Feigl
, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (d. 1971)
- 1892
–
Charles E. Rosendahl
, American admiral (d. 1977)
- 1892 –
Jimmy Wilde
, Welsh boxer (d. 1969)
- 1893
–
Jose Nepomuceno
, Filipino filmmaker, founder of Philippine cinema (d. 1959)
- 1894
–
Feg Murray
, American hurdler and cartoonist (d. 1973)
- 1895
–
Prescott Bush
, American captain, banker, and politician (d. 1972)
- 1895 –
William D. Byron
, American lieutenant and politician (d. 1941)
- 1898
–
Arletty
, French model, actress, and singer (d. 1992)
- 1899
–
Jean Etienne Valluy
, French general (d. 1970)
- 1900
–
Ida Rhodes
, American mathematician, pioneer in computer programming (d. 1986)
[22]
1901?present
[
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]
- 1901
–
Xavier Herbert
, Australian author (d. 1984)
- 1901 –
Luis Monti
, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (d. 1983)
- 1902
–
Richard J. Daley
, American lawyer and politician, 48th
Mayor of Chicago
(d. 1976)
- 1902 –
Sigizmund Levanevsky
, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (d. 1937)
- 1903
–
Maria Reiche
, German mathematician and archaeologist (d. 1998)
- 1904
–
Clifton Fadiman
, American game show host and author (d. 1999)
- 1905
–
Joseph Cotten
, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1905 –
Albert Dubout
, French cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor (d. 1976)
- 1905 –
Abraham Zapruder
, American businessman and amateur photographer, filmed the
Zapruder film
(d. 1970)
- 1907
–
Sukhdev Thapar
, Indian activist (d. 1931)
- 1909
–
James Mason
, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1984)
- 1909 –
Clara Solovera
, Chilean singer-songwriter (d. 1992)
- 1910
–
Constance Cummings
, British-based American actress (d. 2005)
- 1911
–
Max Frisch
, Swiss playwright and novelist (d. 1991)
- 1911 –
Herta Oberheuser
, German physician (d. 1978)
- 1912
–
Arthur Berger
, American composer and educator (d. 2003)
- 1914
–
Turk Broda
, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1972)
- 1914 –
Angus MacLean
, Canadian farmer and politician, 25th
Premier of Prince Edward Island
(d. 2000)
- 1914 –
Norrie Paramor
, English composer, producer, and conductor (d. 1979)
- 1915
–
Hilda Bernstein
, English-South African author and activist (d. 2006)
- 1915 –
Paul Samuelson
, American economist and academic,
Nobel Prize
laureate (d. 2009)
- 1915 –
Henrik Sandberg
, Danish production manager and producer (d. 1993)
- 1916
–
Vera Gebuhr
, Danish actress (d. 2014)
- 1918
–
Eddy Arnold
, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2008)
- 1918 –
Arthur Jackson
, American lieutenant and target shooter (d. 2015)
- 1918 –
Joseph Wiseman
, Canadian-American actor (d. 2009)
- 1920
–
Michel Audiard
, French director and screenwriter (d. 1985)
- 1921
–
Federico Krutwig
, Basque writer, member of ETA and translator (d. 1998)
[23]
- 1922
–
Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt
, Russian historian and ethnographer (d. 2013)
- 1922 –
Jakucho Setouchi
, Japanese nun and author (d. 2021)
[24]
- 1923
–
Richard Avedon
, American sailor and photographer (d. 2004)
- 1923 –
John Lanchbery
, English-Australian composer and conductor (d. 2003)
- 1924
–
Maria Koepcke
, German-Peruvian ornithologist and zoologist (d. 1971)
- 1925
–
Andrei Eshpai
, Russian pianist and composer (d. 2015)
- 1925 –
Mary F. Lyon
, English geneticist and biologist (d. 2014)
- 1925 –
Carl Sanders
, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 74th
Governor of Georgia
(d. 2014)
- 1925 –
Roy Stewart
, Jamaican-English actor and stuntman (d. 2008)
- 1926
–
Clermont Pepin
, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2006)
- 1926 –
Anthony Shaffer
, English author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
- 1926 –
Peter Shaffer
, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2016)
- 1930
–
Jasper Johns
, American painter and sculptor
- 1931
–
Ken Venturi
, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2013)
- 1931 –
James Fitz-Allen Mitchell
, Vincentian politician and agronomist, 2nd
Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
(d. 2021)
[25]
- 1935
–
Don Bragg
, American pole vaulter (d. 2019)
- 1935 –
Ted Dexter
, Italian-English cricketer (d. 2021)
- 1935 –
Utah Phillips
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
- 1935 –
Akihiro Miwa
, Japanese singer, actor, director, composer, author and drag queen
- 1936
–
Anna Maria Alberghetti
, Italian-American actress and singer
- 1936 –
Mart Laga
, Estonian basketball player (d. 1977)
- 1936 –
Ralph Steadman
, English painter and illustrator
- 1936 –
Paul Zindel
, American playwright and novelist (d. 2003)
- 1937
–
Madeleine Albright
, Czech-American politician and diplomat, 64th
United States Secretary of State
(d. 2022)
[26]
- 1937 –
Karin Krog
, Norwegian singer
- 1937 –
Trini Lopez
, American singer, guitarist, and actor (d. 2020)
- 1938
–
Mireille Darc
, French actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2017)
- 1938 –
Nancy Garden
, American author (d. 2014)
[27]
- 1939
–
Dorothy Shirley
, English high jumper and educator
- 1940
–
Roger Ailes
, American businessman (d. 2017)
- 1940 –
Lainie Kazan
, American actress and singer
- 1940 –
Don Nelson
, American basketball player and coach
- 1941
–
Jaxon
, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded the
Rip Off Press
(d. 2006)
- 1942
–
Lois Johnson
, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
- 1942 –
Jusuf Kalla
, Indonesian businessman and politician, 10th
Vice President of Indonesia
- 1942 –
Doug Lowe
, Australian politician, 35th
Premier of Tasmania
- 1942 –
K. T. Oslin
, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2020)
- 1943
–
Paul Begin
, Canadian lawyer and politician
- 1943 –
Freddie Perren
, American songwriter, producer, and conductor (d. 2004)
- 1944
–
Bill Alter
, American police officer and politician
- 1944 –
Ulrich Beck
, German sociologist and academic (d. 2015)
- 1945
–
Michael Dexter
, English hematologist and academic
- 1945 –
Jerry Quarry
, American boxer (d. 1999)
- 1946
–
Thadeus Nguy?n V?n Ly
, Vietnamese priest and activist
- 1947
–
Graeham Goble
, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
- 1948
–
Kate Bornstein
, American author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist
- 1948 –
Yutaka Enatsu
, Japanese baseball player
- 1948 –
Brian Eno
, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
- 1948 –
Kathleen Sebelius
, American politician, 44th
Governor of Kansas
- 1949
–
Frank L. Culbertson Jr.
, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
- 1949 –
Robert S.J. Sparks
, English geologist and academic
- 1950
–
Jim Bacon
, Australian politician, 41st
Premier of Tasmania
(d. 2004)
- 1950 –
Jim Simons
, American golfer (d. 2005)
- 1951
–
Dennis Frederiksen
, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
- 1951 –
Chris Ham
, English political scientist and academic
- 1951 –
Frank Wilczek
, American mathematician and physicist,
Nobel Prize
laureate
- 1952
–
Chazz Palminteri
, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1953
–
George Brett
, American baseball player and coach
- 1953 –
Athene Donald
, English physicist and academic
- 1953 –
Mike Oldfield
, English-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1954
–
Diana Liverman
, English-American geographer and academic
- 1954 –
Caroline Thomson
, English journalist and broadcaster
- 1955
–
Mohamed Brahmi
, Tunisian politician (d. 2013)
- 1955 –
Lia Vissi
, Cypriot singer-songwriter and politician
- 1956
–
Andreas Loverdos
, Greek lawyer and politician,
Greek Minister of Labour
- 1956 –
Dan Patrick
, American television anchor and sportscaster
- 1956 –
Kevin Greenaugh
, American nuclear engineer (d. 2023)
- 1957
–
Meg Gardiner
, American-English author and academic
- 1957 –
Juan Jose Ibarretxe
, Spanish politician
- 1957 –
Kevin Von Erich
, American football player and wrestler
- 1958
–
Jason Graae
, American musical theater actor
- 1958 –
Ruth Marcus
, American journalist
- 1958 –
Ron Simmons
, American football player and wrestler
- 1959
–
Khaosai Galaxy
, Thai boxer and politician
- 1959 –
Luis Perez-Sala
, Spanish race car driver
- 1959 –
Beverly Jo Scott
, American-Belgian singer-songwriter
- 1960
–
Rhonda Burchmore
, Australian actress, singer, and dancer
- 1960 –
Rob Bowman
, American director and producer
- 1960 –
R. Kuhaneswaran
, Sri Lankan politician
- 1960 –
Rimas Kurtinaitis
, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
- 1961
–
Giselle Fernandez
, Mexican-American television journalist.
- 1962
–
Lisa Curry
, Australian swimmer
- 1963
–
Gavin Nebbeling
, South African footballer
[28]
- 1964
–
Lars Løkke Rasmussen
, Danish lawyer and politician, 40th
Prime Minister of Denmark
- 1965
–
Andre Abujamra
, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1965 –
Scott Tronc
, Australian rugby league player
- 1966
–
Ji?i N?mec
, Czech footballer
- 1967
–
Simen Agdestein
, Norwegian chess grandmaster and football player
- 1967 –
Laura Hillenbrand
, American journalist and author
- 1967 –
John Smoltz
, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1967 –
Madhuri Dixit
, Indian actress
- 1968
–
Cecilia Malmstrom
, Swedish academic and politician, 15th
European Commissioner for Trade
- 1968 –
Sophie Raworth
, English journalist and broadcaster
- 1969
–
Hideki Irabu
, Japanese-American baseball player (d. 2011)
- 1969 –
Emmitt Smith
, American football player and sportscaster
- 1970
–
Frank de Boer
, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1970 –
Ronald de Boer
, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1970 –
Desmond Howard
, American football player and sportscaster
- 1970 –
Alison Jackson
, English photographer, director, and screenwriter
- 1970 –
Rod Smith
, American football player
- 1970 –
Ben Wallace
, English captain and politician
- 1971
–
Karin Lu?nic
, Slovenian tennis player
- 1972
–
Danny Alexander
, Scottish politician,
Secretary of State for Scotland
- 1972 –
David Charvet
, French actor and singer
- 1974
–
Vasilis Kikilias
, Greek basketball player and politician
- 1974 –
Matthew Sadler
, English chess player and author
- 1974 –
Marko Tredup
, German footballer and manager
- 1974 –
Ahmet Zappa
, American musician and writer
- 1975
–
Ray Lewis
, American football player and sportscaster
- 1975 –
Ales Michalevic
, Belarusian lawyer and politician
- 1975 –
Janne Seurujarvi
,
Finnish Sami
politician, first Sami ever to be elected to the
Finnish Parliament
[29]
- 1976
–
Torraye Braggs
, American basketball player
- 1976 –
Mark Kennedy
, Irish footballer
- 1976 –
Jacek Krzynowek
, Polish footballer
- 1976 –
Ryan Leaf
, American football player and coach
- 1976 –
An?e Logar
, Slovenian politician
- 1976 –
Tyler Walker
, American baseball player
- 1978
–
Amy Chow
, American gymnast and pediatrician
- 1978 –
Dwayne De Rosario
, Canadian soccer player
- 1978 –
Edu
, Brazilian footballer
- 1978 –
David Krumholtz
, American actor
- 1979
–
Adolfo Bautista
, Mexican footballer
- 1979 –
Daniel Caines
, English sprinter
- 1979 –
Chris Masoe
, New Zealand rugby player
- 1979 –
Ryan Max Riley
, American skier
- 1979 –
Robert Royal
, American football player
- 1979 –
Dominic Scott
, Irish guitarist
- 1980
–
Josh Beckett
, American baseball player
- 1981
–
Patrice Evra
, French footballer
- 1981 –
Paul Konchesky
, English international footballer
[30]
- 1981 –
Justin Morneau
, Canadian baseball player
- 1981 –
Zara Phillips
, English equestrian
- 1981 –
Jamie-Lynn Sigler
, American actress and singer
- 1982
–
Veronica Campbell-Brown
, Jamaican sprinter
- 1982 –
Segundo Castillo
, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1982 –
Rafael Perez
, Dominican baseball player
- 1982 –
Layal Abboud
, Lebanese singer
- 1984
–
Jeff Deslauriers
, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 –
Sergio Jimenez
, Brazilian race car driver
- 1984 –
Samantha Noble
, Australian actress
- 1984 –
Beau Scott
, Australian rugby league player
- 1984 –
Mr Probz
, Dutch singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and record producer
[31]
- 1985
–
Cristiane
, Brazilian footballer
- 1985 –
Tania Cagnotto
, Italian diver
- 1985 –
Laura Harvey
, English football coach
- 1985 –
Tathagata Mukherjee
, Indian actor
- 1985 –
Denis Onyango
, Ugandan football goalkeeper
- 1985 –
Justine Robbeson
, South African javelin thrower
- 1986
–
Thomas Brown
, American football player
- 1986 –
Matias Fernandez
, Chilean footballer
- 1986 –
Adam Moffat
, Scottish footballer
- 1987
–
David Adams
, American baseball player
- 1987 –
Michael Brantley
, American baseball player
- 1987 –
Brian Dozier
, American baseball player
- 1987 –
Mark Fayne
, American ice hockey player
- 1987 –
Ersan ?lyasova
, Turkish basketball player
- 1987 –
Leonardo Mayer
, Argentinian tennis player
- 1987 –
Andy Murray
, Scottish tennis player
[32]
- 1988
–
Indrek Kajupank
, Estonian basketball player
- 1988 –
Scott Laird
, English footballer
- 1989
–
Susan Soonkyu Lee
, Korean-American singer and entertainer
[33]
- 1989 –
Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa
, French footballer
- 1990
–
Jordan Eberle
, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1990 –
Lee Jong-hyun
, Korean guitarist
- 1990 –
Stella Maxwell
, New Zealand model
- 1993
–
Jeremy Hawkins
, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1993 –
Toma? Kalas
, Czech international footballer
[34]
- 1996
–
Birdy
, English singer-songwriter
- 1997
–
Ousmane Dembele
, French footballer
- 1997 –
Scott Drinkwater
, Australian rugby league player
[35]
- 1998
–
Lucrezia Stefanini
, Italian tennis player
[36]
- 1999
–
Anastasia Gasanova
, Russian tennis player
[37]
- 2000
–
Dayana Yastremska
, Ukrainian tennis player
[38]
- 2002
–
Chase Hudson
, American internet celebrity, singer, actor
[39]
Deaths
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]
Pre-1600
[
edit
]
- 392
–
Valentinian II
, Roman emperor (b. 371)
- 558
–
Hilary of Galeata
, Christian monk (b. 476)
- 884
–
Marinus I
, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 830)
- 913
–
Hatto I
, German archbishop (b. 850)
- 926
–
Zhuang Zong
, Chinese emperor (b. 885)
- 973
–
Byrhthelm
, bishop of Wells
- 1036
–
Go-Ichij?
, emperor of Japan (b. 1008)
- 1157
–
Yuri Dolgorukiy
, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1099)
- 1175
–
Mleh
, prince of Armenia
- 1174
–
Nur ad-Din
, Seljuk emir of Syria (b. 1118)
- 1268
–
Peter II
, count of Savoy (b. 1203)
- 1461
–
Domenico Veneziano
, Italian painter (b. c. 1410)
- 1464
–
Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset
(b. 1436)
- 1470
–
Charles VIII
, king of Sweden (b. 1409)
- 1585
–
Niwa Nagahide
, Japanese samurai (b. 1535)
1601?1900
[
edit
]
- 1609
–
Giovanni Croce
, Italian composer and educator (b. 1557)
- 1615
–
Henry Bromley
, English politician (b. 1560)
- 1634
–
Hendrick Avercamp
, Dutch painter (b. 1585)
- 1698
–
Marie Champmesle
, French actress (b. 1642)
- 1699
–
Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet
, English politician (b. 1631)
- 1700
–
John Hale
, American minister (b. 1636)
- 1740
–
Ephraim Chambers
, English publisher (b. 1680)
- 1773
–
Alban Butler
, English priest and hagiographer (b. 1710)
- 1845
–
Braulio Carrillo Colina
, Costa Rican lawyer and politician,
Head of State of Costa Rica
(b. 1800)
- 1879
–
Gottfried Semper
, German architect and educator, designed the
Semper Opera House
(b. 1803)
- 1886
–
Emily Dickinson
, American poet and author (b. 1830)
1901?present
[
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]
- 1914
–
Ida Freund
, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
[40]
- 1919
–
Hasan Tahsin
, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
- 1924
–
Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant
, French diplomat and politician,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b. 1852)
- 1926
–
Joseph James Fletcher
, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
- 1928
–
Umegatani T?tar? I
, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th
Yokozuna
(b. 1845)
- 1935
–
Kazimir Malevich
, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
- 1937
–
Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden
, English politician,
Chancellor of the Exchequer
(b. 1864)
- 1945
–
Kenneth J. Alford
, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881)
- 1945 –
Charles Williams
, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1886)
- 1948
–
Edward J. Flanagan
, Irish-American priest, founded
Boys Town
(b. 1886)
- 1954
–
William March
, American soldier and author (b. 1893)
- 1955
–
Harry J. Capehart
, American lawyer, politician, and businessperson (b. 1881)
[41]
[42]
[43]
- 1956
–
Austin Osman Spare
, English painter and magician (b. 1886)
- 1957
–
Keith Andrews
, American race car driver (b. 1920)
- 1957 –
Dick Irvin
, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1892)
- 1963
–
John Aglionby
, English-born
Bishop of Accra
and soldier (b. 1884)
- 1964
–
Vladko Ma?ek
, Croatian lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
- 1965
–
Pio Pion
, Italian businessman (b. 1887)
- 1967
–
Edward Hopper
, American painter (b. 1882)
- 1967 –
Italo Mus
, Italian painter (b. 1892)
- 1969
–
Joe Malone
, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1890)
- 1971
–
Tyrone Guthrie
, English director, producer, and playwright (b. 1900)
- 1978
–
Robert Menzies
, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th
Prime Minister of Australia
(b. 1894)
- 1980
–
Gordon Prange
, American historian and author (b. 1910)
- 1982
–
Gordon Smiley
, American race car driver (b. 1946)
- 1984
–
Francis Schaeffer
, American pastor, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1912)
- 1985
–
Jackie Curtis
, American actress and writer (b. 1947)
- 1986
–
Elio de Angelis
, Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
- 1986 –
Theodore H. White
, American historian, journalist, and author (b. 1915)
- 1989
–
Johnny Green
, American composer and conductor (b. 1908)
- 1989 –
Luc Lacourciere
, Canadian ethnographer and author (b. 1910)
- 1991
–
Andreas Floer
, German mathematician and academic (b. 1956)
- 1991 –
Amadou Hampate Ba
, Malian ethnologist and author (b. 1901)
- 1991 –
Fritz Riess
, German race car driver (b. 1922)
- 1993
–
Salah Ahmed Ibrahim
, Sudanese poet and diplomat (b. 1933)
- 1994
–
Gilbert Roland
, American actor (b. 1905)
- 1995
–
Eric Porter
, English actor (b. 1928)
- 1996
–
Charles B. Fulton
, American lawyer and judge (b. 1910)
- 1998
–
Earl Manigault
, American basketball player (b. 1944)
- 1998 –
Naim Talu
, Turkish economist, banker, politician, 15th
Prime Minister of Turkey
(b. 1919)
- 2003
–
June Carter Cash
, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (b. 1929)
- 2006
–
Nizar Abdul Zahra
, Iraqi footballer (b. 1961)
- 2007
–
Jerry Falwell
, American pastor, founded
Liberty University
(b. 1933)
- 2008
–
Tommy Burns
, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1956)
- 2008 –
Alexander Courage
, American composer and conductor (b. 1919)
- 2008 –
Will Elder
, American illustrator (b. 1921)
- 2009
–
Bud Tingwell
, Australian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)
- 2009 –
Wayman Tisdale
, American basketball player and bass player (b. 1964)
- 2010
–
Besian Idrizaj
, Austrian footballer (b. 1987)
- 2010 –
Loris Kessel
, Swiss race car driver (b. 1950)
- 2012
–
Carlos Fuentes
, Mexican novelist and essayist (b. 1928)
- 2012 –
Arno Lustiger
, German historian and author (b. 1924)
- 2012 –
Zakaria Mohieddin
, Egyptian soldier and politician, 33rd
Prime Minister of Egypt
(b. 1918)
- 2013
–
Henrique Rosa
, Bissau-Guinean politician,
President of Guinea-Bissau
(b. 1946)
- 2014
–
Jean-Luc Dehaene
, French-Belgian politician, 63rd
Prime Minister of Belgium
(b. 1940)
- 2014 –
Noribumi Suzuki
, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
- 2015
–
Elisabeth Bing
, German-American physical therapist and author (b. 1914)
- 2015 –
Jackie Brookner
, American sculptor and educator (b. 1945)
- 2015 –
Flora MacNeil
, Scottish Gaelic singer (b. 1928)
[44]
- 2015 –
Garo Yepremian
, Cypriot-American football player (b. 1944)
[45]
- 2020
–
Fred Willard
, American actor, comedian, and writer (b. 1933)
[46]
- 2021
–
Oliver Gillie
, British journalist and scientist (b. 1937)
[47]
- 2022
–
Frank Curry
, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1950)
[48]
- 2022 –
Kay Mellor
, English actress (b. 1951)
[49]
- 2024
–
Kamla Beniwal
, Indian politician (b. 1927)
[50]
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