May 25 is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years A leap year is a year containing one or more extra days (or, in the case of lunisolar calendars, an extra month) in order to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical or seasonal year. For example, in the Gregorian calendar, February in a leap year has 29 days instead of the usual 28 so the year lasts 366 days instead of the usual 3) in the Gregorian calendar The Gregorian calendar is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, on 24 February 1582 by the papal bull Inter gravissimas. There are 220 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 1085 – Alfonso VI of Castile Alfonso VI , nicknamed the Brave (El Bravo) or the Valiant, was King of León from 1065 to 1109 and King of Castile from 1072 following the death of his brother Sancho II. In 1077 he proclaimed himself "Emperor of all Spain". Much romance has gathered around his name takes Toledo, Spain Toledo is a municipality located in central Spain, 70 km south of Madrid. It is the capital of the province of Toledo and of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986 for its extensive cultural and monumental heritage as one of the former capitals of the Spanish Empire and place of back from the Moors The description Moors has referred to several historic and modern populations of Muslim people of Berber, Black African and Arab descent from North Africa, some of whom came to conquer and occupy the Iberian Peninsula for nearly 800 years. The North Africans termed it Al Andalus, comprising most of what is now Spain and Portugal. Moors are not.
• 1420 Year 1420 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar – Henry the Navigator The Infante Henrique, Duke of Viseu (Portuguese pronunciation: [ẽˈʁik]; Porto, March 4, 1394 – November 13, 1460 in Sagres) was an infante (prince) of the Portuguese House of Aviz and an important figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire, being responsible for the beginning of the European worldwide explorations. He is known in is appointed governor of the Order of Christ Founded in 1318, the Military Order of Christ was the heritage of the Knights Templar in Portugal, after the suppression of the Templars in 1312.
• 1521 Year 1521 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar – The Diet of Worms The Diet of Worms was a general assembly of the Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire that took place in Worms, a small town on the Rhine River located in what is now Germany. It was conducted from 28 January to 25 May 1521, with Emperor Charles V presiding. Although other issues were dealt with at the Diet of Worms, it is most memorable for ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I of Spain, of the Spanish realms from 1516 until his abdication in 1556. On the eve of his death in 1558, his realm, which has been described as one in which the sun never sets, spanned almost 4 million square kilometers, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther Martin Luther changed the course of Western civilization by initiating the Protestant Reformation. As a priest and theology professor, he confronted indulgence salesmen with his 95 Theses in 1517. Luther strongly disputed their claim that freedom from God's punishment of sin could be purchased with money. His refusal to retract all of his writings an outlaw Though the judgment of outlawry is now obsolete , romanticised outlaws became stock characters in several fictional settings. This was particularly so in the United States, where outlaws were popular subjects of newspaper coverage and stories in the 19th century, and 20th century fiction and Western movies. Thus, "outlaw" is still.
• 1659 Year 1659 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar) – Richard Cromwell Richard Cromwell was the third son of Oliver Cromwell, and was the second Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, for just under nine months, from 3 September 1658 until 25 May 1659 resigns as Lord Protector The title of Lord Protector was originally used by royal princes or other nobles exercising an individual regency while the English monarch was still a minor or otherwise unable to rule of England England /ˈɪŋɡlənd/ is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population, while its mainland territory occupies most of the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain. England is bordered by Scotland to the north, Wales to the west and the North Sea, Irish Sea, Celtic Sea, following the restoration of the Long Parliament The Long Parliament is the name of the English Parliament called by Charles I, on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through a unique Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth of England The Commonwealth of England was the republican government which ruled first England and Wales, and then Ireland and Scotland from 1649 to 1660. Some would call this government a "crowned" republican government. After the English Civil War and the regicide of Charles I, its existence was initially declared in An Act declaring England to.
• 1738 Year 1738 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar) – A treaty between Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( /ˌpɛnsɨlˈveɪnjə/ ), often colloquially referred to as PA (its postal abbreviation, which succeeds the archaic Penn. and Penna. as common abbreviations) by natives and Northeasterners, is a state located in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and and Maryland Maryland ( /ˈmɛrələnd/ ) is a state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east. Historically it was part of the Chesapeake Colonies where planters cultivated tobacco as a cash crop dependent on ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
• 1787 Year 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar) – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the sixth-most-populous city in the United States, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention The Philadelphia Convention took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to address problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain. Although the Convention was purportedly intended only to revise the Articles to write a new Constitution The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States. It is the foundation and source of the legal authority underlying the existence of the United States of America and the Federal Government of the United States. It provides the framework for the organization of the United States Government. The document for the United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the. George Washington The Continental Congress appointed Washington commander-in-chief of the American revolutionary forces in 1775. The following year, he forced the British out of Boston, lost New York City, and crossed the Delaware River in New Jersey, defeating the surprised enemy units later that year. As a result of his strategy, Revolutionary forces captured the presides.
• 1809 Year 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar) – A group of patriots in Charcas (Today's Sucre Sucre is the constitutional capital of Bolivia, seat of the Supreme Court (Corte Suprema de Justicia), and capital of the Chuquisaca department. Located in the south-central part of the country, Sucre lies at an altitude of 2750m (9,000ft). Its lower altitude gives the city a warm temperate climate year-round) revolt agaist Joseph Bonaparte Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte, King of Naples and Sicily, King of Spain and the Indies, Comte de Survilliers was the elder brother of Napoleon I of France, who made him King of Naples and Sicily (1806–1808) and later King of Spain as Joseph I of Spain. He was king of Spain from 6 June 1808 to 11 December 1813, but from 13 June 1812 he was back in's reign, starting the South American Independence War
• 1810 Year 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar) – In the May Revolution, citizens of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital, and largest city, of Argentina, currently the third-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. It is located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent. The city of Buenos Aires is not part of Buenos Aires Province, nor expel the Viceroy during the Semana de Mayo.
• 1837 Year 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar) – The Patriots of Lower Canada The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841). It covered the southern portion of the modern-day Province of Quebec, Canada, and the Labrador region of the modern-day Province of Newfoundland and Labrador (Quebec Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario, James Bay and Hudson Bay, to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay, to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador) rebel against the British The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border, sharing it with for freedom.
• 1865 Year 1865 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar) – In Mobile, Alabama Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern U.S. state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 198,915 during the 2000 census. Mobile is the principal municipality of the Mobile Metropolitan, 300 are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
• 1878 Year 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar) – Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass that Loved a Sailor is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It opened at the Opera Comique in London, England, on 25 May 1878 and ran for 571 performances, which was the second-longest run of any musical theatre piece up to that time. H.M.S. Pinafore was Gilbert and opens at the Opera Comique Opéra comique is a French genre of opera that contains spoken dialogue, and sometimes recitatives, in addition to arias. It emerged out of the popular 'opéra comiques en vaudevilles' of the Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent (and to a lesser extent the Comédie-Italienne), which combined existing popular tunes with spoken sections. The in London London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been an influential city for two millennia and its history goes back to its founding by the Romans. The city's core, the ancient City of London, still retains its limited medieval boundaries. However, since at least the nineteenth century, the name "London" has also referred.
• 1895 Year 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar) – Playwright, poet, and novelist Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish playwright, poet and author of numerous short stories and one novel. Known for his biting wit, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. Several of his plays continue to be widely performed, especially The is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
• 1895 – The Republic of Formosa The Republic of Formosa was a short-lived republic that existed on the island of Taiwan in 1895 between the formal cession of Taiwan by the Qing Dynasty of China to the Empire of Japan by the Treaty of Shimonoseki and its invasion and occupation by Japanese troops. The Republic was proclaimed on 23 May 1895 and extinguished on 21 October, when the is formed, with Tang Ching-sung Tang Ching-sung (1841-1903)，was a Chinese general and statesman. He commanded the Yunnan Army in the Sino-French War (August 1884–April 1885), and made an important contribution to China's military effort in Tonkin (northern Vietnam) by persuading the Black Flag leader Liu Yung-fu to serve under Chinese command. His intelligent, though as the president.
• 1914 Year 1914 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar) – The United Kingdom's House of Commons The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 646 members, who are known as "Members of Parliament" or MPs. Members are passes the Home Rule Act The Home Rule Act of 1914, also known as the Third Home Rule Bill, and formally known as the Government of Ireland Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5 c. 90), was a British Act of Parliament intended to provide self-government ("home rule") for Ireland within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for devolution in Ireland.
• 1925 – Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
• 1926 – Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the Paris-based government-in-exile of Ukrainian People's Republic.
• 1935 – Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks five world records and ties a sixth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
• 1936 – The Remington Rand strike, led by the American Federation of Labor, begins.
• 1938 – Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante takes place, with 313 deaths.
• 1940 – World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk begins.
• 1946 – The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their king.
• 1953 – Nuclear testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
• 1953 – The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
• 1955 – In the United States, a night time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.
• 1955 – First ascent of Kangchenjunga (8,586 m.), the third highest mountain in the world, by a British expedition.
• 1961 – Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces before a special joint session of Congress his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the moon" before the end of the decade.
• 1963 – In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Organisation of African Unity is established.
• 1966 – Explorer program: Explorer 32 launches.
• 1966 – The first prominent DaZiBao during the Cultural Revolution in China is posted at Peking University.
• 1967 – Celtic F.C. becomes the first United Kingdom team to reach a European Cup final and also the first to win it, beating Inter Milan 2-1.
• 1977 – Star Wars is released. It rapidly becomes a cult classic and is the start of a six-movie franchise.
• 1979 – American Airlines Flight 191: In Chicago, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport killing 271 on board and two people on the ground.
• 1981 – In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
• 1982 – HMS Coventry is sunk during the Falklands War.
• 1985 – Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.
• 1997 – A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koromah.
• 1999 – The United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details the People's Republic of China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades.
• 2000 – Liberation Day of Lebanon. Israel withdraws its army from most of the Lebanese territory after 22 years of its first invasion in 1978.
• 2001 – 32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer, of Boulder, Colorado, becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
• 2002 – China Airlines Flight 611: A Boeing 747-200 breaks apart in mid-air and plunges into the Taiwan Strait killing 225 people.
• 2002 – A train crash in Tenga, Mozambique kills 197 people.
• 2008 – An EF5 tornado ravages through Parkersburg, Iowa, only the seventh in the state since 1918, killing 5 and causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in physical damage.
• 2009 – North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device. Following the nuclear test, Pyongyang also conducted several missile tests bulding tensions in the international community.

Births

• 1048 – Emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085)
• 1334 – Emperor Sukō (d. 1398)
• 1458 – Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)
• 1606 – Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
• 1661 – Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)
• 1713 – John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1792)
• 1725 – Samuel Ward, American politician (d. 1776)
• 1783 – Philip Pendleton Barbour, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1841)
• 1803 – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English novelist and playwright (d. 1873)
• 1803 – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and philosopher (d. 1882)
• 1818 – Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian (d. 1897)
• 1845 – Lip Pike, American baseball player (d. 1893)
• 1846 – Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (d. 1923)
• 1846 – Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and writer(d. 1900)
• 1848 – Johann Baptist Singenberger, Swiss composer, music teacher, editor and publisher (d. 1924)
• 1852 – William Muldoon, wrestler (d. 1933)
• 1856 – Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (d. 1942)
• 1860 – James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (d. 1944)
• 1865 – John Mott, American YMCA leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1955)
• 1865 – Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)
• 1877 – Billy Murray, American singer (d. 1954)
• 1878 – Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, American entertainer (d. 1949)
• 1879 – Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Canadian-born publisher (d. 1964)
• 1880 – Jean Alexandre Barré, French neurologist (d. 1967)
• 1882 – Marie Doro, American actress (d. 1956)
• 1886 – Philip Murray, U.S. (Scottish-born) labor leader (d. 1952)
• 1886 – Rash Behari Bose, leader against the British Raj in India (d. 1945)
• 1887 – Pio of Pietrelcina, Catholic saint (d. 1968)
• 1888 – Miles Malleson, English actor (d. 1969)
• 1889 – Igor Sikorsky, Russian inventor (d. 1972)
• 1892 – Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav resistance leader and later president (d. 1980)
• 1897 – Gene Tunney, American heavyweight champion (d. 1978)
• 1898 – Bennett Cerf, American publisher, TV personality (d. 1971)
• 1899 – Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher (d. 1976)
• 1900 – Alain Grandbois, French Canadian poet (d. 1975)
• 1903 – Binnie Barnes, British actress (d. 1998)
• 1907 – U Nu, Burmese politician (d. 1995)
• 1908 – Theodore Roethke, American poet (d. 1963)
• 1909 – Alfred Kubel, German politician (d. 1999)
• 1909 – Marie Menken, American experimental filmmaker and socialite (d. 1970)
• 1912 – Princess Dukhye of Korea (d. 1989)
• 1913 – Richard Dimbleby, British journalist and broadcaster (d. 1965)
• 1917 – Theodore Hesburgh, American educator and theologian
• 1917 – Steve Cochran, American actor (d. 1965)
• 1918 – Claude Akins, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1921 – Jack Steinberger, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1921 – Hal David, American lyricist and songwriter
• 1922 – Enrico Berlinguer, Italian politician (d. 1984)
• 1922 – Kitty Kallen, American big band singer
• 1924 – István Nyers, Hungarian footballer (d. 2005)
• 1925 – Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet (d. 1974)
• 1925 – Jeanne Crain, American actress (d. 2003)
• 1925 – Don Liddle, baseball player (d. 2000)
• 1927 – Robert Ludlum, American writer (d. 2001)
• 1929 – Beverly Sills, American soprano (d. 2007)
• 1929 – Warren Frost, American actor
• 1931 – Georgi Grechko, Russian cosmonaut
• 1931 – Aili Jõgi, Estonian freedom fighter
• 1931 – Irwin Winkler, American film producer and director
• 1932 – John Gregory Dunne, American writer (d. 2003)
• 1932 – K.C. Jones, Former professional basketball player and coach
• 1932 – W. P. Kinsella, Canadian writer
• 1933 – Ray Spencer, English footballer
• 1933 – Basdeo Panday, 5th Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago
• 1935 – Cookie Gilchrist, American football player
• 1935 – Victoria Shaw, Australian-born American actress (d. 1988)
• 1936 – Tom T. Hall, American singer and songwriter
• 1938 – Raymond Carver, American writer (d. 1988)
• 1939 – Dixie Carter, American actress
• 1939 – Ian McKellen, English actor
• 1941 – Vladimir Voronin, President of Moldova
• 1943 – Jessi Colter, American singer
• 1943 – John "Poli" Palmer, British rock musician (Family)
• 1944 – Frank Oz, English-born puppeteer and director
• 1944 – Pierre Bachelet, French singer and songwriter (d. 2005)
• 1944 – John Bunnell, former Sheriff of Multnomah County, Oregon and TV personality
• 1944 – Robert MacPherson, American mathematician
• 1946 – David A. Hargrave, RPG designer
• 1947 – Karen Valentine, American actress
• 1948 – Klaus Meine, German musician (Scorpions)
• 1949 – Jamaica Kincaid, Antiguan-born novelist
• 1951 – Bob Gale, American screenwriter
• 1952 – Al Sarrantonio, American writer
• 1952 – Gordon Smith, American politician and U.S Senator from Oregon
• 1952 – Jeffrey Bewkes, American media executive
• 1953 – Eve Ensler, American playwright
• 1953 – Daniel Passarella, Argentine footballer
• 1953 – Stan Sakai, Japanese-American cartoonist (Usagi Yojimbo)
• 1955 – Alistair Burt, British politician
• 1956 – Sugar Minott, Jamaican singer
• 1956 – David P. Sartor, American music composer
• 1956 – Tatsutoshi Goto, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1957 – Edward Lee, American writer
• 1957 – Robert Picard, French Canadian ice hockey player
• 1958 – Carrie Newcomer, American folksinger
• 1958 – Paul Weller, British musician
• 1959 – Manolis Kefalogiannis, Greek politician
• 1959 – Rick Wamsley, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1959 – Julian Clary, British television personality
• 1960 – Amy Klobuchar, American politician and U.S Senator from Minnesota
• 1960 – Anthea Turner, British television personality
• 1962 – Rick Nattress, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1963 – Mike Myers, Canadian actor and comedian
• 1963 – Eha Rünne, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower
• 1964 – Ivan Bella, Slovak cosmonaut
• 1964 – David Shaw, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 – George Hickenlooper, American documentary film-maker
• 1966 – Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands
• 1967 – Poppy Z. Brite, American author
• 1968 – Kendall Gill, American basketball player
• 1969 – Anne Heche, American actress
• 1969 – Stacy London, American fashion consultant
• 1969 – Glen Drover, Canadian guitar player (Megadeth)
• 1970 – Joey Eischen, American baseball player
• 1970 – Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush, American actresses
• 1970 – Jamie Kennedy, American actor
• 1970 – Satsuki Yukino, Seiyuu
• 1971 – Marco Cappato, Italian politician
• 1971 – Justin Henry, American actor
• 1972 – Octavia Spencer, American actress
• 1973 – Demetri Martin, American comedian
• 1973 – Molly Sims, American model and actress
• 1973 – Daz Dillinger, American hip-hop performer
• 1974 – Frank Klepacki, American musician
• 1974 – Miguel Tejada, Dominican baseball player
• 1975 – Lauryn Hill, American singer
• 1976 – Tarik Glenn, American football player
• 1976 – Cillian Murphy, Irish actor
• 1976 – Ethan Suplee, American actor
• 1976 – Sandra Nasic, German singer (Guano Apes)
• 1977 – Giel Beelen, Dutch radio DJ
• 1978 – Brian Urlacher, American football player
• 1979 – Carlos Bocanegra, American footballer
• 1979 – Jonny Wilkinson, English rugby player
• 1979 – Caroline Ouellette, French Canadian ice-hockey player
• 1979 – Sam Sodje, Nigerian footballer
• 1980 – Jae Hee, South Korean actor
• 1980 – David Navarro, Spanish footballer
• 1980 – Joe King (guitarist), Co-founder and guitarist for The Fray
• 1982 – Luke Webster, Australian rules footballer
• 1982 – Adam Boyd, English footballer
• 1982 – Daniel Braaten, Norwegian footballer
• 1982 – Ryan Gallant, American skateboarder
• 1982 – Jason Kubel, American baseball player
• 1983 – Kunal Khemu, Indian actor
• 1984 – Marion Raven, Norwegian singer-songwriter (M2M)
• 1984 – Luke Ball, Australian rules footballer
• 1984 – Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, 2005 Miss World
• 1984 – Kyle Brodziak, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Shawne Merriman, American football player
• 1984 – Kostas Martakis, Greek singer
• 1985 – Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer and actress
• 1986 – Yoan Gouffran, French footballer
• 1986 – Geraint Thomas, Welsh cyclist
• 1986 – Lauren Crace, English Actress
• 1986 – Juri Ueno, Japanese actress
• 1987 – Timothy Derijck, Belgian footballer
• 1987 – Yves De Winter, Belgian goalkeeper
• 1990 – Nikita Filatov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1993 – Dilley sextuplets, American sextuplets

Deaths

• 615 – Pope Boniface IV
• 709 – Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne (b. c. 639)
• 735 – Bede, English historian and monk
• 967 – Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 926)
• 992 – Mieszko I first lord and knight of Poland, duke of Polans (b. c. 935)
• 1085 – Pope Gregory VII
• 1261 – Pope Alexander IV
• 1452 – John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1555 – Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (b. 1508)
• 1555 – Henry II of Navarre (b. 1503)
• 1595 – Valens Acidalius, German critic and poet (b. 1567)
• 1632 – Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572)
• 1667 – Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (b. 1620)
• 1681 – Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright (b. 1600)
• 1693 – Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette, French writer (b. 1634)
• 1741 – Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (b. 1660)
• 1786 – Peter III of Portugal, consort of Queen Maria I of Portugal (b. 1717)
• 1789 – Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist (b. 1751)
• 1797 – John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719)
• 1805 – William Paley, English philosopher (b. 1743)
• 1848 – Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797)
• 1849 – Benjamin d'Urban, British general and colonial administrator (b. 1777)
• 1899 – Rosa Bonheur, French realist painter and sculptor (d. 1822)
• 1912 – Austin Lane Crothers, American politician (b. 1860)
• 1917 – Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet (b. 1891)
• 1919 – Madame C. J. Walker, American philanthropist and tycoon (b. 1867)
• 1924 – Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (b. 1889)
• 1926 – Symon Petlura, Ukrainian politician and statesman (b. 1879)
• 1927 – Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1876)
• 1930 – Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848)
• 1934 – Gustav Holst, English composer (b. 1874)
• 1935 – Sir Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer (b. 1868)
• 1940 – Joe De Grasse, American film director (b. 1873)
• 1942 – Emanuel Feuermann, Austrian-American Cellist (b. 1902)
• 1943 – Nils von Dardel, Swedish post-impressionist painter (b. 1888)
• 1951 – Paula von Preradović, Croatian-born writer (b. 1887)
• 1954 – Robert Capa, Hungarian-born photojournalist (b. 1913)
• 1965 – Sonny Boy Williamson, (Alec "Rice" Miller) American Blues singer, songwriter, and musician (b. 1899)
• 1968 – Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1977 – Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (b. 1904)
• 1979 – John Arthur Spenkelink, American murderer (b. 1949)
• 1981 – Fredric Warburg, British publisher and author (b. 1898)
• 1983 – Idris I, Libyan King (b. 1889)
• 1983 – Jean Rougeau, French Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1925)
• 1983 – Black Jack Stewart, Canadian NHL hockey player (b. 1917)
• 1986 – Chester Bowles, American politician (b. 1901)
• 1988 – Ernst Ruska, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 1994 – Sonny Sharrock, American jazz guitarist (b. 1940)
• 1995 – Dany Robin, French actress (b. 1927)
• 1996 – Renzo De Felice, Italian historian (b. 1929)
• 1996 – Bradley Nowell, American singer and guitarist (Sublime) (b. 1968)
• 2000 – Nicholas Clay, British actor (b. 1946)
• 2002 – Pat Coombs, English actress (b. 1926)
• 2003 – Jeremy Michael Ward, American musician (The Mars Volta) (b. 1976)
• 2004 – Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (b. 1917)
• 2005 – Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician (b. 1929)
• 2005 – Robert Jankel, British coachbuilder (b. 1938)
• 2005 – Graham Kennedy, Australian television personality (b. 1934)
• 2005 – Ruth Laredo, American pianist (b. 1937)
• 2005 – Gregory Scott Johnson, American murderer (b. 1965)
• 2006 – Desmond Dekker, Jamaican ska musician (b. 1941)
• 2007 – Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor and host (b. 1931)
• 2008 – J. R. Simplot, American potato farmer (b. 1909)
• 2009 – Haakon Lie, Norwegian politician (b. 1905)

Holidays and observances

• African Union: Africa Day
• Various African countries: African Liberation Day
• Argentina: May Revolution Day/National Day
• Jordan: Independence Day
• Lebanon: Liberation Day
• Palmerston Island: Palmerston Gospel Day
• United States: National Missing Children's Day
• Geek Pride Day
• Scientology: Integrity Day

• The former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: Day of Youth is celebrated on Josip Broz Tito's birthday
• Ancient Latvia: Urbanas Diena
• Saint Urban's Day (d. 240)
• Saint Bede the Venerable (d. 735)
• Saint Pope Gregory VII (d. 1085)
• Star Wars fans: Star Wars Day

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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