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Day of the year
May 1 is the 121st day of the year (122nd in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 244 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1707 – The
Act of Union joining England and Scotland to form the
Kingdom of Great Britain takes effect.
[2]
1753 – Publication of Species Plantarum by
Linnaeus , and the formal start date of
plant taxonomy adopted by the
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature .
1807 – The
Slave Trade Act 1807 takes effect, abolishing the slave trade within the British Empire.
[3]
1820 – Execution of the
Cato Street Conspirators , who plotted to kill the
British
Cabinet and
Prime Minister
Lord Liverpool .
[4]
1840 – The
Penny Black , the first official adhesive
postage stamp , is issued in the
United Kingdom .
1844 –
Hong Kong Police Force , the world's second modern
police force and Asia's first, is established.
1846 – The few remaining
Mormons left in
Nauvoo, Illinois , formally dedicate the
Nauvoo Temple .
1851 –
Queen Victoria opens
The Great Exhibition at
The Crystal Palace in London.
1863 – American Civil War: The
Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
[5]
1865 – The
Empire of Brazil ,
Argentina , and
Uruguay sign the
Treaty of the Triple Alliance .
1866 – The
Memphis Race Riots begin. In three days time, 46 blacks and two whites were killed. Reports of the atrocities influenced passage of the
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution .
[6]
1885 – The original
Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
1886 – Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the
Haymarket affair in
Chicago , in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as
International Workers' Day in many countries.
1894 –
Coxey's Army , the first significant American
protest march , arrives in
Washington, D.C .
[7]
1896 –
Naser al-Din ,
Shah of Iran , is assassinated in
Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine by
Mirza Reza Kermani , a follower of
Jamal al-Din al-Afghani .
[8]
1898 –
Spanish–American War :
Battle of Manila Bay : The
Asiatic Squadron of the
United States Navy destroys the
Pacific Squadron of the
Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
[9]
1900 – The
Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in
Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst
mining accident in United States history.
1901–present
1915 – The
RMS Lusitania departs from
New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the
North Atlantic . Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of
Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
1919 – German troops enter
Munich to suppress the
Bavarian Soviet Republic .
1921 – The
Jaffa riots commence.
[10]
1925 – The
All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest
trade union in the world, with 134 million members.
1929 – The 7.2 Mw
Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum
Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent ), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.
1930 – "Pluto" is officially proposed for the name of
the newly discovered dwarf planet by
Vesto Slipher in the
Lowell Observatory Observation Circular . The name quickly catches on.
[11]
1931 – The
Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
1945 –
World War II : German radio broadcasts news of
Adolf Hitler 's death, falsely stating that he has "fallen at his command post in the
Reich Chancellery fighting to the last breath against
Bolshevism and for Germany". The
Soviet flag is raised over the Reich Chancellery, by order of
Stalin .
1945 – World War II: Up to 2,500 people die in a
mass suicide in Demmin following the advance of the
Red Army .
1946 – Start of three-year
Pilbara strike of
Indigenous Australians .
1947 –
Portella della Ginestra massacre against
May Day celebrations in
Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader
Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.
1956 – The
polio vaccine developed by
Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
1957 – A
Vickers VC.1 Viking
crashes while attempting to return to
Blackbushe Airport in
Yateley , killing 34.
[12]
1960 –
Cold War :
U-2 incident :
Francis Gary Powers , in a
Lockheed U-2
spyplane , is shot down over the
Sverdlovsk Oblast ,
Soviet Union , sparking a diplomatic crisis.
1961 – The
Prime Minister of Cuba ,
Fidel Castro , proclaims
Cuba a
socialist nation and abolishes elections.
1970 –
Vietnam War : Protests erupt in response to U.S. and
South Vietnamese forces attacking
Vietnamese communists in a
Cambodian Campaign .
1971 –
Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of
U.S. passenger rail service .
[13]
1975 – The
Särkänniemi Amusement Park opens in
Tampere ,
Finland .
[14]
1978 – Japan's
Naomi Uemura , travelling by
dog sled , becomes the first person to reach the
North Pole alone.
1982 –
Operation Black Buck : The
Royal Air Force attacks the
Argentine Air Force during
Falklands War .
1990 –
Angolan Civil War : The
MPLA and
UNITA agree to the
Bicesse Accords , which are formally signed on May 31 in
Lisbon .
[15]
[16]
1993 –
Sri Lankan President
Ranasinghe Premadasa is
assassinated in
Colombo in a
suicide bombing carried out by the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam .
[17]
1994 – Three-time
Formula One
champion
Ayrton Senna is
killed in an accident during the
San Marino Grand Prix .
[18]
1999 – The body of British climber
George Mallory is found on
Mount Everest , 75 years after his
disappearance in 1924 .
[19]
2003 –
Invasion of Iraq : In what becomes known as the "
Mission Accomplished " speech, on board the
USS Abraham Lincoln (off the coast of
California ), U.S. President
George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in
Iraq have ended".
2004 –
Cyprus ,
Czech Republic ,
Estonia ,
Hungary ,
Latvia ,
Lithuania ,
Malta ,
Poland ,
Slovakia , and
Slovenia join the
European Union , celebrated at the residence of the
Irish President in
Dublin .
2009 –
Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.
[20]
2011 –
Pope John Paul II is
beatified by his successor,
Pope Benedict XVI .
2018 –
Syrian civil war : The
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) resumes the
Deir ez-Zor campaign in order to clear the remnants of the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the
Iraq–Syria border .
[21]
[22]
2019 –
Naxalite attack in
Gadchiroli district of India: Sixteen army soldiers, including a driver,
killed in an IED blast . Naxals targeted an anti-Naxal operations team.
[23]
2019 –
Naruhito
ascends to the throne of Japan succeeding his father
Akihito , beginning the
Reiwa period.
[24]
Births
Pre-1600
1218 –
John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)
1218 –
Rudolf I of Germany (d. 1291)
[25]
1285 –
Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel , English politician (d. 1326)
1326 –
Rinchinbal Khan , Mongolian emperor (d. 1332)
1488 –
Sidonie of Bavaria , eldest daughter of Duke Albrecht IV of Bavaria-Munich (d. 1505)
1527 –
Johannes Stadius , German astronomer, astrologer, mathematician (d. 1579)
1545 –
Franciscus Junius , French theologian (d. 1602)
1579 –
Wolphert Gerretse , Dutch-American farmer, co-founded
New Netherland (d. 1662)
1582 –
Marco da Gagliano , Italian composer (d. 1643)
1585 –
Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill , Belarusian saint (d. 1612)
1591 –
Johann Adam Schall von Bell , German missionary and astronomer (d. 1666)
1594 –
John Haynes , English-American politician, 1st Governor of the Colony of Connecticut (d. 1653)
1601–1900
1602 –
William Lilly , English astrologer (d. 1681)
1672 –
Joseph Addison , English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician (d. 1719)
1730 –
Joshua Rowley , English admiral (d. 1790)
1735 –
Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen , Dutch admiral and philanthropist (d. 1819)
1751 –
Judith Sargent Murray , American poet and playwright (d. 1820)
1764 –
Benjamin Henry Latrobe , English-American architect, designed the
United States Capitol (d. 1820)
1769 –
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington , Irish-English field marshal and politician,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1852)
1783 –
Phoebe Hinsdale Brown , American hymnwriter (d. 1861)
[26]
1803 –
James Clarence Mangan , Irish poet and author (d. 1849)
1811 –
Andreas Laskaratos , Greek satirical poet and writer (d. 1901)
[27]
1821 –
Henry Ayers , English-Australian politician, 8th
Premier of South Australia (d. 1897)
1824 –
Alexander William Williamson , English chemist and academic (d. 1904)
1825 –
Johann Jakob Balmer , Swiss mathematician and physicist (d. 1898)
1825 –
George Inness , American painter and educator (d. 1894)
1827 –
Jules Breton , French painter (d. 1906)
1829 –
José de Alencar , Brazilian author and playwright (d. 1877)
1829 –
Frederick Sandys , English painter and illustrator (d. 1904)
1830 –
Guido Gezelle , Belgian priest and poet (d. 1899)
1831 –
Emily Stowe , Canadian physician and activist (d. 1903)
[28]
1847 –
Henry Demarest Lloyd , American journalist and politician (d. 1903)
1848 –
Adelsteen Normann , Norwegian painter (d. 1919)
1850 –
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (d. 1942)
1852 –
Calamity Jane , American frontierswoman and professional scout (d. 1903)
1852 –
Santiago Ramón y Cajal , Spanish neuroscientist and pathologist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934)
1853 –
Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin , Ukrainian-American journalist, actor, and playwright (d. 1909)
1855 –
Cecilia Beaux , American painter and academic (d. 1942)
[29]
1857 –
Theo van Gogh , Dutch art dealer (d. 1891)
1859 –
Jacqueline Comerre-Paton , French painter and sculptor (d. 1955)
1862 –
Marcel Prévost , French novelist and playwright (d. 1941)
1864 –
Anna Jarvis , American founder of
Mother's Day (d. 1948)
[30]
1871 –
Seakle Greijdanus , Dutch theologian and scholar (d. 1948)
1871 –
Emiliano Chamorro Vargas , President of Nicaragua (d. 1966)
1872 –
Hugo Alfvén , Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter (d. 1960)
1872 –
Sidónio Pais , Portuguese soldier and politician, 4th
President of Portugal (d. 1918)
1874 –
Romaine Brooks , American-French painter and illustrator (d. 1970)
1874 –
Paul Van Asbroeck , Belgian target shooter (d. 1959)
1875 –
Dave Hall , American runner (d. 1972)
1881 –
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin , French priest, palaeontologist, and philosopher (d. 1955)
1884 –
Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe , English race car driver and politician (d. 1964)
1885 –
Clément Pansaers , Belgian poet (d. 1922)
1885 –
Ralph Stackpole , American sculptor and painter (d. 1973)
1887 –
Alan Cunningham , Anglo-Irish general and diplomat,
High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan (d. 1983)
1890 –
Clelia Lollini , Italian physician (d. 1963 or 1964)
[31]
1891 –
Lillian Estelle Fisher , American historian of Spanish America (d. 1988)
[32]
1895 –
May Hollinworth , Australian theatre producer and director (d. 1968)
[33]
1895 –
Nikolai Yezhov ,
Soviet secret police official, head of the
NKVD (d. 1940)
1896 –
Herbert Backe , German agronomist and politician (d. 1947)
1896 –
Mark W. Clark , American general (d. 1984)
1896 –
J. Lawton Collins , American general (d. 1987)
1898 –
Alfred Schmidt , Estonian weightlifter (d. 1972)
1900 –
Ignazio Silone , Italian journalist and politician (d. 1978)
1900 –
Aleksander Wat , Polish poet and writer (d. 1967)
1901–present
1901 –
Sterling Allen Brown , American poet, academic, and critic (d. 1989)
1901 –
Heinz Eric Roemheld , American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1985)
1901 –
Antal Szerb , Hungarian scholar and author (d. 1945)
1905 –
Henry Koster , German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1988)
1906 –
Horst Schumann , German
SS officer and physician (d. 1983)
1907 –
Hayes Alvis , American bassist (d. 1972)
1907 –
Kate Smith , American singer and actress (d. 1986)
1908 –
Giovannino Guareschi , Italian journalist and author (d. 1968)
1908 –
Morris Kline , American mathematician and academic (d. 1992)
1909 –
Endel Puusepp , Estonian-Soviet military pilot and politician (d. 1996)
1909 –
Yiannis Ritsos , Greek poet and playwright (d. 1990)
1910 –
Behice Boran , Turkish sociologist and politician (d. 1987)
1910 –
Raya Dunayevskaya , Ukrainian-American philosopher and activist (d. 1987)
1910 –
Dirk Andries Flentrop , Dutch organ builder (d. 2003)
1910 –
J. Allen Hynek , American astronomer and ufologist (d. 1986)
1910 –
Nejdet Sançar , Turkish literature teacher (d. 1975)
1911 –
Wilfred Watson , English-Canadian poet, playwright and educator (d. 1998)
1912 –
Otto Kretschmer , German admiral (d. 1998)
1913 –
Louis Nye , American actor (d. 2005)
1913 –
Walter Susskind , Czech-English pianist, conductor, and educator (d. 1980)
1914 –
Jaap van der Poll , Dutch javelin thrower (d. 2010)
1915 –
Hanns Martin Schleyer , German business executive (d. 1977)
1916 –
Antoni Bazaniak , Polish sprint canoeist (d. 1979)
1916 –
Glenn Ford , Canadian-American actor and producer (d. 2006)
1917 –
John Beradino , American baseball player and actor (d. 1996)
1917 –
Ulric Cross , Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (d. 2013)
1917 –
Danielle Darrieux , French actress and singer (d. 2017)
1917 –
Ahron Soloveichik , Russian rabbi and scholar (d. 2001)
1918 –
Gersh Budker , Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (d. 1977)
1918 –
Jack Paar , American comedian, author and talk show host (d. 2004)
1918 –
Dimitri Papadimos , Greek photographer (d. 1994)
[34]
1919 –
Manna Dey , Indian singer and composer (d. 2013)
1919 –
Mohammed Karim Lamrani , Moroccan businessman and politician, 7th
Prime Minister of Morocco (d. 2018)
1919 –
Dan O'Herlihy , Irish-American actor (d. 2005)
1921 –
Vladimir Colin , Romanian journalist and author (d. 1991)
1922 –
Alastair Gillespie , Canadian scholar and politician (d. 2018)
1923 –
Joseph Heller , American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1999)
1923 –
Antônio Maria Mucciolo , Italian-Brazilian archbishop (d. 2012)
1923 –
Marcel Rayman , Polish soldier (d. 1944)
1924 –
Evelyn Boyd Granville , American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic
[35] (d. 2023)
1924 –
Karel Kachyňa , Czech director and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1924 –
Terry Southern , American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1925 –
Chuck Bednarik , American lieutenant and football player (d. 2015)
1925 –
Scott Carpenter , American commander, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2013)
1925 –
Sardar Fazlul Karim , Bangladeshi philosopher, scholar, and academic (d. 2014)
1926 –
Peter Lax , Hungarian-American mathematician and academic
1927 –
Greta Andersen , Danish swimmer (d. 2023)
[36]
1927 –
Gary Bertini , Israeli conductor and composer (d. 2005)
1927 –
Laura Betti , Italian actress (d. 2004)
[37]
1927 –
Bernard Vukas , Yugoslav-Croatian footballer (d. 1983)
1927 –
Albert Zafy , Malagasy politician, 3rd President of Madagascar (d. 2017)
1928 –
Sonny James , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
1928 –
Delfim Netto , Brazilian economist
1929 –
Ralf Dahrendorf , German-English sociologist and politician (d. 2009)
1929 –
Sonny Ramadhin , Trinidadian cricketer (d. 2022)
1930 –
Ollie Matson , American sprinter and football player (d. 2011)
1930 –
Richard Riordan , American lieutenant and politician, 39th
Mayor of Los Angeles and publisher (d. 2023)
1930 –
Little Walter Jacobs, American blues harp player and singer (d. 1968)
1931 –
Naim Attallah , Palestinian author (d. 2021)
1932 –
Tabibar Rahman Sarder , Bangladeshi politician. (d. 2010)
1932 –
Sandy Woodward , English admiral (d. 2013)
1934 –
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas , Mexican politician
1934 –
Tang Chang , Thai artist (d. 1990)
1934 –
Shirley Horn , American singer and pianist (d. 2005)
1934 –
Phillip King , Tunisian-English sculptor (d. 2021)
1934 –
John Meillon , Australian actor (d. 1989)
1936 –
Danièle Huillet , French filmmaker (d. 2006)
1936 –
Hans E. Wallman , Swedish director, producer, and composer (d. 2014)
1937 –
Una Stubbs , English actress and dancer (d. 2021)
[38]
1939 –
Judy Collins , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1939 –
Wilhelmina Cooper , Dutch model (d. 1980)
1939 –
Victor Davies , Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor
1943 –
Vassal Gadoengin , Nauruan politician (d. 2004)
1943 –
Joe Walsh , Irish politician,
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (d. 2014)
1945 –
Rita Coolidge , American singer-songwriter
1945 –
Carson Whitsett , American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2007)
1946 –
Joanna Lumley , English actress, voice-over artist, author, and activist
1946 –
John Woo , Hong Kong director, producer, and screenwriter
1947 –
Jacob Bekenstein , Mexican-born Israeli-American theoretical physicist (d. 2015)
1947 –
Sergio Infante , Chilean-Swedish poet and author
1948 –
Györgyi Balogh , Hungarian sprinter
1948 –
Patricia Hill Collins , American sociologist and scholar
1949 –
Jim Clench , Canadian bass player (d. 2010)
1949 –
Tim Hodgkinson , English saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
[39]
1949 –
Paul Teutul Sr. , American motorcycle designer, co-founded
Orange County Choppers
1950 –
Dann Florek , American actor and director
1950 –
Danny McGrain , Scottish footballer and coach
1951 –
Gordon Greenidge , Barbadian cricketer and coach
1951 –
Geoff Lees , English race car driver
1951 –
Sally Mann , American photographer
1952 –
Richard Blundell , English economist and academic
1952 –
Kim Lewison , English lawyer and judge
1952 –
Peter Smith , Malaysian-born English academic and judge
1953 –
Glen Ballard , American songwriter and producer
1954 –
Ray Parker Jr. , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1954 –
Joel Rosenberg , Canadian-American author and activist (d. 2011)
1955 –
Alex Cunningham , Scottish politician
1955 –
Martin O'Donnell , American composer
1955 –
Ray Searage , American baseball player and coach
1956 –
Phil Foglio , American illustrator
1956 –
Catherine Frot , French actress
[40]
1957 –
Rick Darling , Australian cricketer
1957 –
Uberto Pasolini , Italian banker, director, and producer
1959 –
Yasmina Reza , French actress and playwright
1959 –
Lawrence Seeff , South African cricketer and basket weaver
1960 –
Steve Cauthen , American jockey and sportscaster
1961 –
Sultan Günal-Gezer , Dutch politician
[41]
1961 –
Clint Malarchuk , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961 –
Marilyn Milian , American judge
1961 –
Vasiliy Sidorenko , Russian hammer thrower
1962 –
Maia Morgenstern , Romanian actress
1962 –
Ted Sundquist , American football player, coach, and manager
1964 –
Yvonne van Gennip , Dutch speed skater
1966 –
Olaf Thon , German footballer and manager
1967 –
Tim McGraw , American singer-songwriter and actor
1968 –
Oliver Bierhoff , German footballer and manager
1968 –
D'arcy Wretzky , American bass player and singer
1969 –
Wes Anderson , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1969 –
Mary Lou McDonald , Irish politician
[42]
1969 –
Billy Owens , American basketball player
1970 –
Bernard Butler , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1970 –
Sacha Perry , American jazz pianist and composer
[43]
1971 –
Ethan Albright , American football player
1971 –
Stuart Appleby , Australian golfer
1971 –
Kim Grant , South African tennis player
1971 –
Artur Kohutek , Polish hurdler and soldier
1971 –
Ajith Kumar , Indian film actor in Tamil cinema and race car driver
1972 –
Ramzi bin al-Shibh , Yemeni terrorist
1972 –
Julie Benz , American actress
1972 –
Yoon Hae-young , South Korean actress
[44]
1973 –
Peter Baah , English footballer and manager
[45]
1973 –
Mike Jesse , German footballer
1973 –
Curtis Martin , American football player
1973 –
Oliver Neuville , German footballer
1975 –
Austin Croshere , American basketball player and sportscaster
1975 –
Marc-Vivien Foé , Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003)
1975 –
Nina Hossain , English journalist
1975 –
Alexey Smertin , Russian international footballer
[46]
1976 –
Patricia Stokkers , Dutch swimmer
1977 –
Vera Lischka , Austrian swimmer and politician
1978 –
James Badge Dale , American actor
1978 –
Michael Russell , American tennis player
[47]
1979 –
Mauro Bergamasco , Italian rugby player
1979 –
Roman Lyashenko , Russian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
1980 –
Marvin Cabrera , Mexican footballer
1980 –
Rob Davison , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1980 –
Inês Henriques , Portuguese race walker
1980 –
Jan Heylen , Belgian race car driver
1980 –
Jay Reatard , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
1980 –
Yuliya Tabakova , Russian athlete
1981 –
Manny Acosta , Panamanian baseball player
1981 –
Derek Asamoah , Ghanaian footballer
1981 –
Alexander Hleb , Belarusian footballer
1981 –
Wes Welker , American football player
1982 –
Beto , Portuguese footballer
1982 –
Jamie Dornan , Northern Irish model and actor
1982 –
Mark Farren , Irish footballer (d. 2016)
1982 –
Tommy Robredo , Spanish tennis player
1982 –
Darijo Srna , Croatian footballer
1982 –
Katya Zamolodchikova , American drag queen
1983 –
Alain Bernard , French swimmer
1983 –
Park Hae-jin , South Korean actor
[48]
1983 –
Craig Williams , American wrestler
1984 –
David Backes , American ice hockey player
1984 –
Mišo Brečko , Slovenian footballer
1984 –
Patrick Eaves , American ice hockey player
1984 –
Alexander Farnerud , Swedish footballer
1984 –
Farah Fath , American actress
1984 –
Keiichiro Koyama , Japanese singer and actor
1984 –
Víctor Montaño , Colombian footballer
1984 –
Mark Seaby , Australian footballer
1985 –
Shahriar Nafees , Bangladeshi cricketer
1986 –
Christian Benítez , Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2013)
1986 –
Adam Casey , Australian footballer
1986 –
Lee Chang-min , South Korean singer
1986 –
Jesse Klaver , Dutch politician
1986 –
Brent Stanton , Australian footballer
1987 –
Leonardo Bonucci , Italian footballer
1987 –
Glen Coffee , American football player
1987 –
Iván DeJesús Jr. , Puerto Rican baseball player
1987 –
Marcus Drum , Australian footballer
1987 –
Jerome Dyson , American basketball player
[49]
1987 –
Amir Johnson , American basketball player
1987 –
Ryan Mathews , American football player
1987 –
Saidi Ntibazonkiza , Burundian footballer
1987 –
Shahar Pe'er , Israeli tennis player
1987 –
Marissa Ponich , Canadian fencer
[50]
1988 –
Maria Balaba , Latvian figure skater
1988 –
Maxim Gustik , Belarusian freestyle skier
1988 –
Teodor Peterson , Swedish cross-country skier
1988 –
Anushka Sharma , Indian actress and film producer
1989 –
Alejandro Arribas , Spanish footballer
1989 –
Poļina Jeļizarova , Latvian runner
1989 –
Victoria Monét , American singer-songwriter
[51]
1990 –
Uriel Álvarez , Mexican footballer
1990 –
Diego Contento , German footballer
1990 –
Scooter Gennett , American baseball player
1990 –
Caitlin Stasey , Australian actress
[52]
1991 –
Marcus Stroman , American baseball player
1991 –
Daniel Talbot , British sprinter
1992 –
Hani , South Korean singer and actress
1992 –
Trevor Philp , Canadian alpine skier
1992 –
Bradley Roby , American football player
1993 –
Jean-Christophe Bahebeck , French footballer
1993 –
Ifeoma Nwoye , Nigerian wrestler
[53]
1994 –
Wallace Oliveira , Brazilian footballer
1995 –
Collin Seedorf , Dutch footballer
1996 –
Christopher J. Alexis Jr. , Grenadian road cyclist
1996 –
William Nylander , Canadian-Swedish ice hockey player
[54]
1996 –
Daniel Saifiti , Australian-Fijian rugby league player
1996 –
Jacob Saifiti , Australian-Fijian rugby league player
1996 –
Michael Seaton , Jamaican footballer
2004 –
Charli D'Amelio , American social media influencer and dancer
2005 –
Linda Fruhvirtová , Czech tennis player
[55]
Deaths
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1668 –
Frans Luycx , Flemish painter (b. 1604)
1730 –
François de Troy , French painter and engraver (b. 1645)
[59]
1731 –
Johann Ludwig Bach , German violinist and composer (b. 1677)
1738 –
Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle , English politician,
First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1669)
1772 –
Gottfried Achenwall , Polish-German historian, economist, and jurist (b. 1719)
1813 –
Jean-Baptiste Bessières , French general (b. 1768)
1838 –
Antoine Louis Dugès , French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
1856 –
John Wilbur , American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
1873 –
David Livingstone , Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
1899 –
Ludwig Büchner , German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
1901–present
1904 –
Antonín Dvořák , Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
1907 –
Grigorios Maraslis , Greek philanthropist (b. 1831)
[60]
1913 –
John Barclay Armstrong , American lieutenant (b. 1850)
1920 –
Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
1935 –
Henri Pélissier , French cyclist (b. 1889)
1943 –
Johan Oscar Smith , Norwegian religious leader, founded the
Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
1944 –
Napoleon Soukatzidis , Greek communist and trade unionist (b. 1909)
[61]
1945 –
Joseph Goebbels , German lawyer and politician,
Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
1945 –
Magda Goebbels , German wife of
Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)
1953 –
Everett Shinn , American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)
1956 –
LeRoy Samse , American pole vaulter (b. 1883)
1960 –
Charles Holden , English architect, designed the
Bristol Central Library (b. 1875)
1963 –
Lope K. Santos , Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
1965 –
Spike Jones , American singer and bandleader (b. 1911)
1968 –
Jack Adams , Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1895)
1968 –
Harold Nicolson , English author and politician (b. 1886)
1970 –
Yi Un , Korean prince (b. 1897)
1973 –
Asger Jorn , Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1914)
1976 –
T. R. M. Howard , American surgeon and activist (b. 1908)
1976 –
Alexandros Panagoulis , Greek poet and politician (b. 1939)
1978 –
Aram Khachaturian , Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1903)
1982 –
William Primrose , Scottish viola player and educator (b. 1903)
1984 –
Jüri Lossmann , Estonian-Swedish runner (b. 1891)
1985 –
Denise Robins , English journalist and author (b. 1897)
1986 –
Hylda Baker , English comedian, actress and music hall performer (b. 1905)
1986 –
Hugo Peretti , American songwriter and producer (b. 1916)
1988 –
Ben Lexcen , Australian sailor and architect (b. 1936)
1989 –
Sally Kirkland , American journalist (b. 1912)
1989 –
V. M. Panchalingam , Sri Lankan civil servant (b. 1930)
1989 –
Patrice Tardif , Canadian farmer and politician (b. 1904)
1990 –
Sergio Franchi , Italian-American tenor and actor (b. 1926)
1991 –
Richard Thorpe , American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
1993 –
Pierre Bérégovoy , French metallurgist and politician,
Prime Minister of France (b. 1925)
1993 –
Ranasinghe Premadasa , Sri Lankan politician, 3rd
President of Sri Lanka (b. 1924)
1994 –
Ayrton Senna , Brazilian race car driver (b. 1960)
1995 –
Antonio Salemme , Italian-American painter (b. 1892)
1997 –
Fernand Dumont , Canadian sociologist, philosopher, and poet (b. 1927)
1998 –
Eldridge Cleaver , American author and activist (b. 1935)
2000 –
Steve Reeves , American bodybuilder and actor (b. 1926)
2002 –
Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh , Indian poet and author (b. 1908)
2003 –
Miss Elizabeth , American wrestler and manager (b. 1960)
2003 –
Wim van Est , Dutch cyclist (b. 1923)
2005 –
Kenneth Clark , American psychologist and academic (b. 1914)
2008 –
Anthony Mamo , Maltese judge and politician, 1st
President of Malta (b. 1909)
2008 –
Philipp von Boeselager , German soldier and economist (b. 1917)
2010 –
Helen Wagner , American actress (b. 1918)
2011 –
Henry Cooper , English boxer (b. 1934)
2011 –
Ted Lowe , English sportscaster (b. 1920)
2012 –
James Kinley , Canadian engineer and politician, 29th
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (b. 1925)
2012 –
Mordechai Virshubski , German-Israeli lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
2013 –
Chris Kelly , American rapper (b. 1978)
2013 –
Pierre Pleimelding , French footballer and manager (b. 1952)
2014 –
Adamu Atta , Nigerian lawyer and politician, 5th
Governor of Kwara State (b. 1927)
2014 –
Radhia Cousot , Tunisian-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1947)
2014 –
Assi Dayan , Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1945)
2014 –
Juan de Dios Castillo , Mexican footballer and coach (b. 1951)
2015 –
Geoff Duke , English-Manx motorcycle racer (b. 1923)
2015 –
Vafa Guluzade , Azerbaijani political scientist, academic, and diplomat (b. 1940)
2015 –
María Elena Velasco , Mexican actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1940)
2015 –
Grace Lee Whitney , American actress (b. 1930)
[62]
2021 –
Olympia Dukakis , American actress (b. 1931)
[63]
2023 –
Gordon Lightfoot , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938)
[64]
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