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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[224]] – The [[Battle of Hormozdgan]] is fought. [[Ardashir I]] defeats and kills [[Artabanus V of Parthia|Artabanus V]], effectively ending the [[Parthian Empire]]. * [[357]] – Emperor [[Constantius II]] enters [[Rome]] for the first time to celebrate his victory over [[Magnentius|Magnus Magnentius]]. *[[1192]] – Assassination of [[Conrad of Montferrat]] (Conrad I), [[King of Jerusalem]], in [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]], two days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by [[Hashshashin]]. *[[1253]] – [[Nichiren]], a Japanese [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] monk, propounds ''[[Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō]]'' for the first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding [[Nichiren Buddhism]]. *[[1294]] – [[Temür Khan|Temür]], grandson of [[Kublai]], is elected [[Khagan]] of the [[Mongols]] with the reigning title Oljeitu.<ref>{{cite book|last=Endicott-West|first=Elizabeth|chapter=Imperial Governance in Yüan Times|title=The History of Mongolia. Volume I: The Pre-Chinggisid Era, Chinggis Khan and the Mongol Empire|editor-last1=Sneath|editor-first1=David|editor-last2=Kaplonski|editor-first2=Christopher|location=Folkestone, Kent, UK|publisher=Global Oriental|date=2010|isbn=9781905246366|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v_V5DwAAQBAJ|page=495, fn. 60}}</ref> *[[1503]] – The [[Battle of Cerignola]] is fought. It is noted as one of the first European battles in history won by small arms fire using [[gunpowder]]. ===1601–1900=== *[[1611]] – Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal [[University of Santo Tomas]], the Catholic University of the Philippines and the largest [[Catholic higher education|Catholic university]] in the world. *[[1625]] – A combined [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] and [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] fleet of 52 ships commences the [[recapture of Bahia]] from the Dutch during the [[Dutch–Portuguese War]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Spector|first=Robert M.|chapter=Frederick Henry|title=Dictionary of World Biography. Volume 4: The 17th and 18th Centuries|editor-last=Magill|editor-first=Frank N.|location=New York|publisher=Routledge|date=1999|isbn=0893563161|page=502|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HaHdAAAAQBAJ}}</ref> *[[1758]] – The [[Maratha Confederacy|Marathas]] defeat the [[Durrani Empire|Afghans]] in the Battle of Attock and capture the city.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Advanced study in the history of modern India 1707-1813 |last=Mehta |first=Jaswant L. |date=2005 |publisher=New Dawn Press, Inc |isbn=978-1-932705-54-6 |location=Slough, Berkshire, UK |oclc=61811853}}</ref> *[[1788]] – [[Maryland]] becomes the seventh state to ratify the [[United States Constitution]]. *[[1789]] – [[Mutiny on the Bounty|Mutiny on the ''Bounty'']]: Lieutenant [[William Bligh]] and 18 sailors are set adrift, and the rebel crew returns to [[Tahiti]] briefly before setting sail for [[Pitcairn Island]]. *[[1792]] – France invades the [[Austrian Netherlands]] (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the [[French Revolutionary Wars]]. *[[1794]] – [[Sardinians]], headed by [[Giovanni Maria Angioy]], start a revolution against the [[House of Savoy|Savoy domination]], expelling Viceroy Balbiano and his officials from [[Cagliari]], the capital and largest city of the island. *[[1796]] – The [[Treaty of Paris (1796)|Armistice of Cherasco]] is signed by [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]] and [[Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia|Vittorio Amedeo III]], King of [[Kingdom of Sardinia|Sardinia]], expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast. * [[1858]] – The [[Bawani Imli massacre]], where 52 Indian freedom fighters were hanged to death on a tamarind tree by British colonial forces.<ref>{{cite web |title=Heritage tree on which 52 martyrs were hanged |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/heritage-tree-on-which-52-martyrs-were-hanged/articleshow/117379302.cms |website=The Times of India |date=20 January 2025 |access-date=28 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Bawani Imli Tree |url=https://amritmahotsav.nic.in/district-reopsitory-detail.htm?12856 |website=Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India |access-date=28 May 2025}}</ref> *[[1859]] – The sailing clipper ship [[Pomona (ship)|Pomona]] wrecked on the coast of Ireland with the loss of 424 of the 448 passengers and crew aboard.<ref>{{cite news |title=The late Fearful Wreck off Blackwater|work=Wexford Constitution|page=4|date=4 May 1859 |accessdate=30 April 2020|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001392/18590504/046/0004| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription}}</ref> *[[1869]] – Chinese and Irish laborers for the [[Central Pacific Railroad]] working on the [[First transcontinental railroad]] lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched. *[[1881]] – [[Billy the Kid]] escapes from the [[Lincoln County, New Mexico|Lincoln County]] jail in [[Mesilla, New Mexico]]. *[[1887]] – A week after being arrested by the [[Prussian Secret Police]], French police inspector [[Guillaume Schnaebelé]] is released on order of [[William I, German Emperor]], defusing a possible war. ===1901–present=== *[[1910]] – Frenchman [[Louis Paulhan]] wins the [[1910 London to Manchester air race]], the first long-distance [[Air racing|aeroplane race]] in the United Kingdom. *[[1920]] – The [[Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic]] is founded. *[[1923]] – [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]] is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium. *[[1930]] – The [[Independence Producers]] host the first [[night game]] in the history of [[Professional baseball|Organized Baseball]] in [[Independence, Kansas]]. *[[1937]] – [[South Africa]]n medical researcher [[Max Theiler]] develops the [[yellow fever]] [[vaccine]] at the [[Rockefeller Foundation]] in [[New York City]].<ref>{{Cite journal |title=The Yellow Fever Vaccine: A History |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/44853136 |journal=ResearchGate |date=June 2010 |volume=83 |pages=77–85 |language=en|last1=Frierson |first1=J. |issue=2 |pmid=20589188 |pmc=2892770 }}</ref> *[[1941]] – The [[Ustaše]] [[Gudovac massacre|massacre]] nearly 200 [[Serbs]] in the village of [[Gudovac]], the first massacre of their [[World War II persecution of Serbs|genocidal campaign]] against Serbs of the [[Independent State of Croatia]]. *[[1944]] – [[World War II]]: Nine German [[E-boat]]s attack US and UK units during [[Exercise Tiger]], the rehearsal for the [[Normandy landings]], killing 946. *[[1945]] – [[Benito Mussolini]] and his mistress [[Clara Petacci]] are shot dead by [[Walter Audisio]], a member of the [[Italian resistance movement]]. * 1945 – [[The Holocaust]]: [[Nazi Germany]] carries out its final use of [[gas chamber]]s to execute 33 Upper Austrian socialist and communist leaders in [[Mauthausen concentration camp]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=1945: Key Dates|url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/1945-key-dates|access-date=2022-01-17|website=encyclopedia.ushmm.org|language=en}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Thor Heyerdahl]] and five crew mates set out from [[Peru]] on the ''[[Kon-Tiki]]'' to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled [[Polynesia]]. *[[1948]] – [[Igor Stravinsky]] conducts the premiere of his American ballet, ''[[Orpheus (ballet)|Orpheus]]'' at the [[New York City Center]]. *[[1949]] – The [[Hukbalahap]] are accused of assassinating former [[First ladies and gentlemen of the Philippines|First Lady of the Philippines]] [[Aurora Quezon]], while she is ''en route'' to dedicate a hospital in memory of her [[Manuel L. Quezon|late husband]]; her daughter and ten others are also killed. *[[1952]] – [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] resigns as [[Supreme Allied Commander Europe|Supreme Allied Commander]] of [[NATO]] in order to campaign in the [[1952 United States presidential election]]. * 1952 – The [[Treaty of San Francisco]] comes into effect, restoring Japanese sovereignty and ending its state of war with most of the [[Allies of World War II]]. * 1952 – The [[Treaty of Taipei|Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei)]] is signed in [[Taipei]], Taiwan between Japan and the [[Republic of China]] to officially end the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]. *[[1965]] – [[United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965–66)|United States occupation of the Dominican Republic]]: American troops land in the [[Dominican Republic]] to "forestall establishment of a [[Communist]] dictatorship" and to evacuate US Army troops. *[[1967]] – [[Vietnam War]]: Boxer [[Muhammad Ali]] refuses his induction into the [[United States Army]] and is subsequently stripped of his championship and license. *[[1969]] – [[Charles de Gaulle]] resigns as [[President of France]]. *[[1970]] – [[Vietnam War]]: US President [[Richard Nixon]] formally authorizes American combat troops to take part in the [[Cambodian campaign]]. *[[1973]] – ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon]]'' by [[Pink Floyd]], recorded in [[Abbey Road Studios]] goes to number one on the [[Billboard charts|US ''Billboard'' chart]], beginning a record-breaking 741-week chart run. *[[1975]] – General [[Cao Văn Viên]], chief of the [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam|South Vietnamese military]], departs for the US as the [[People's Army of Vietnam|North Vietnamese Army]] [[1975 spring offensive|closes in on victory]].<ref>{{cite news|last=St. George|first=Donna|title=Cao Van Vien, 1921-2008|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 2, 2009|access-date=April 28, 2019|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/02/AR2009010200923.html}}</ref> *[[1977]] – The [[Red Army Faction]] trial ends, with [[Andreas Baader]], [[Gudrun Ensslin]] and [[Jan-Carl Raspe]] found guilty of four counts of [[murder]] and more than 30 counts of attempted murder. *[[1978]] – The [[President of Afghanistan]], [[Mohammad Daoud Khan]], is overthrown and [[assassination|assassinated]] in a [[Saur Revolution|coup]] led by pro-communist rebels.<ref name="Thompson">{{cite journal|url=https://americandiplomacy.web.unc.edu/2019/02/1978-revolution-in-afghanistan/|title=The 1978 Revolution in Afghanistan|last=Thompson|first=Larry Clinton|date=February 2019|journal=American Diplomacy|department=Eyewitness|access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref> *[[1983]] – The West German news magazine ''[[Stern (magazine)|Stern]]'' begins publishing excerpts from the purported [[Hitler Diaries|diaries of Adolf Hitler]], later revealed to be forgeries.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Rentschler|first=Eric|title=The Fascination of a Fake: The Hitler Diaries|journal=New German Critique|issue=90|date=Autumn 2003|page=178|publisher=Duke University Press|location=Durham, NC|jstor=3211115|doi=10.2307/3211115}}</ref> *[[1986]] – High levels of radiation resulting from the [[Chernobyl disaster]] are detected at [[Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant]] in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chernobyl haunts engineer who alerted world|date=26 April 1996|publisher=[[Cable News Network|Cable News Network, Inc.]]|url=http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9604/26/chernobyl/230pm/index2.html|work=CNN Interactive World News|access-date=28 April 2008}}</ref> *[[1988]] – Near [[Maui]], Hawaii, [[flight attendant]] Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing is blown out of [[Aloha Airlines Flight 243]], a [[Boeing 737]], and falls to her death when part of the plane's fuselage rips open in mid-flight. *[[1991]] – [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']] launches on [[STS-39]], the first unclassified shuttle mission for the [[United States Department of Defense]].<ref name="cassutt200908">{{cite news |author=Cassutt, Michael |date=August 2009 |title=Secret Space Shuttles |url=http://www.airspacemag.com/space/secret-space-shuttles-35318554/?all |access-date=April 19, 2015 |work=Air & Space magazine}}</ref> *[[1994]] – Former [[Central Intelligence Agency]] [[counterintelligence]] officer and analyst [[Aldrich Ames]] pleads guilty to giving US secrets to the [[Soviet Union]] and later Russia. *[[1996]] – [[Whitewater controversy]]: President [[Bill Clinton]] gives a 4{{frac|1|2}} hour videotaped testimony for the defense. * 1996 – [[Port Arthur massacre (Australia)|Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania]]: A gunman, [[Martin Bryant]], opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in [[Port Arthur, Tasmania]], killing 35 people and wounding 23 others. *[[2004]] – [[CBS News]] releases evidence of the [[Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse]]. The photographs show rape and abuse from the American troops over Iraqi detainees. ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 32]] – [[Otho]], Roman emperor (died 69 AD) *[[1402]] – [[Nezahualcoyotl (tlatoani)|Nezahualcoyotl]], Acolhuan philosopher, warrior, poet and ruler (died 1472) *[[1442]] – [[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]], king of England (died 1483) *[[1545]] – [[Yi Sun-sin]], Korean commander (died 1598) *[[1573]] – [[Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême]], son of [[Charles IX of France|Charles IX]] (died 1650) ===1601–1900=== *[[1604]] – [[Joris Jansen Rapelje]], Dutch settler in colonial North America (died 1662) *[[1623]] – [[Wilhelmus Beekman]], Dutch politician (died 1707) *[[1630]] – [[Charles Cotton]], English poet and author (died 1687) *[[1676]] – [[Frederick I of Sweden|Frederick I]], prince consort and king of Sweden (died 1751) *[[1715]] – [[Franz Sparry]], Austrian composer and educator (died 1767) *[[1758]] – [[James Monroe]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th [[President of the United States]] (died 1831) *[[1761]] – [[Marie Harel]], French cheesemaker (died 1844) *[[1765]] – [[Sylvestre François Lacroix]], French mathematician and academic (died 1834) *[[1819]] – [[Ezra Abbot]], American scholar and academic (died 1884) *[[1827]] – [[William Hall (VC)|William Hall]], Canadian soldier, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (died 1904) *[[1838]] – [[Tobias Asser]], Dutch lawyer and scholar, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1913) *[[1848]] – [[Ludvig Schytte]], Danish pianist, composer, and educator (died 1909) *[[1854]] – [[Hertha Marks Ayrton]], Polish-British engineer, mathematician, and physicist. (died 1923)<ref>{{cite book|first=Catharine M. C.|last=Haines|title=International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950|location=Santa Barbara|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2001|isbn=978-1-57607-090-1|page=12}}</ref> *[[1855]] – [[José Malhoa]], Portuguese painter (died 1933) *[[1863]] – [[Josiah Thomas (politician)|Josiah Thomas]], English-Australian miner and politician, 7th [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)|Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs]] (died 1933) * 1863 – [[Nikolai von Meck]], Russian engineer (died 1929) *[[1865]] – [[Charles W. Woodworth]], American entomologist and academic (died 1940) *[[1868]] – [[Lucy Booth]], English composer (died 1953) * 1868 – [[Georgy Voronoy]], Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and academic (died 1908) *[[1874]] – [[Karl Kraus (writer)|Karl Kraus]], Austrian journalist and author (died 1936) * 1874 – [[Sidney Toler]], American actor and director (died 1947) *[[1876]] – [[Nicola Romeo]], Italian engineer and businessman (died 1938) *[[1878]] – [[Lionel Barrymore]], American actor and director (died 1954) *[[1886]] – [[Erich Salomon]], German-born news photographer (died 1944) * 1886 – [[Arthur Shaw (athlete)|Art Shaw]], American hurdler (died 1955) *[[1888]] – [[Walter Tull]], English footballer and soldier (died 1918) *[[1889]] – [[António de Oliveira Salazar]], Portuguese economist and politician, 100th [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] (died 1970) *[[1896]] – [[Na Hye-sok]], South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (died 1948) * 1896 – [[Tristan Tzara]], Romanian-French poet and critic (died 1963)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hentea|first=Marius|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oRmnBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR11|title=TaTa Dada: The Real Life and Celestial Adventures of Tristan Tzara|date=2014-09-12|publisher=MIT Press|isbn=978-0-262-02754-0|pages=1–2|language=en}}</ref> *[[1897]] – [[Ye Jianying]], Chinese general and politician, [[List of Presidents of the People's Republic of China|Head of State of the People's Republic of China]] (died 1986) *[[1900]] – [[Alice Berry]], Australian activist (died 1978)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Taylor|first=Helen|title=Dame Alice Miriam Berry (1900–1978) |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/berry-dame-alice-miriam-9496|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305152309/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/berry-dame-alice-miriam-9496 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |url-status=live |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University}}</ref> * 1900 – [[Heinrich Müller (Gestapo)|Heinrich Müller]], German [[SS]] officer (died 1945)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Adams |first1=Jefferson |title=Historical Dictionary of German Intelligence |date=1 September 2009 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6320-0 |page=308 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gnEWm4kC844C&pg=PA308 |language=en}}</ref> * 1900 – [[Jan Oort]], Dutch astronomer and academic (died 1992)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Van De Hulst |first1=Hendrik Christoffel |title=Jan Hendrik Oort, 28 April 1900 - 5 November 1992 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=November 1994 |volume=40 |pages=319–326 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1994.0042|s2cid=72529108 }}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[H. B. Stallard]], English runner and surgeon (died 1973) *[[1902]] – [[Johan Borgen]], Norwegian author and critic (died 1979) *[[1906]] – [[Kurt Gödel]], Czech-American mathematician, philosopher, and academic (died 1978) * 1906 – [[Paul Sacher]], Swiss conductor and philanthropist (died 1999) *[[1908]] – [[Ethel Catherwood]], American-Canadian high jumper and javelin thrower (died 1987) * 1908 – [[Jack Fingleton]], Australian cricketer, journalist, and sportscaster (died 1981) * 1908 – [[Oskar Schindler]], Czech-German businessman (died 1974) *[[1909]] – [[Arthur Võõbus]], Estonian-American theologist and orientalist (died 1988) *[[1910]] – [[Sam Merwin, Jr.]], American author (died 1996) *[[1911]] – [[Lee Falk]], American director, producer, and playwright (died 1999) *[[1912]] – [[Odette Hallowes]], French soldier and spy (died 1995) * 1912 – [[Kaneto Shindō]], Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012) *[[1913]] – [[Rose Murphy]], American singer (died 1989) *[[1914]] – [[Michel Mohrt]], French author, historian (died 2011) *[[1916]] – [[Ferruccio Lamborghini]], Italian businessman, created [[Lamborghini]] (died 1993) *[[1917]] – [[Robert Cornthwaite (actor)|Robert Cornthwaite]], American actor (died 2006) *[[1921]] – [[Rowland Evans]], American soldier, journalist, and author (died 2001) * 1921 – [[Simin Daneshvar]], Iranian author and academic (died 2012) *[[1922]] – [[Barbara Lüdemann]], German politician (died 1992)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lüdemann, Barbara |url=https://www.lagis-hessen.de/pnd/1098435869 |access-date=2025-05-28 |website=Hessian Biography |publisher={{Ill|Hessian Institute for Regional History|de|Hessisches Institut für Landesgeschichte}}}}</ref> *[[1923]] – [[Carolyn Cassady]], American author (died 2013) * 1923 – [[William Guarnere]], American sergeant (died 2014) *[[1924]] – [[Dick Ayers]], American author and illustrator (died 2014) * 1924 – [[Blossom Dearie]], American singer and pianist (died 2009) * 1924 – [[Kenneth Kaunda]], Zambian educator and politician, first [[president of Zambia]] (died 2021)<ref>{{cite news |last=Arnold |first=Guy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/17/kenneth-kaunda-obituary |title=Kenneth Kaunda obituary |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=17 June 2021 |access-date=18 June 2021}}</ref> *[[1925]] – [[T. John Lesinski]], American judge and politician, 51st [[Lieutenant Governor of Michigan]] (died 1996) * 1925 – [[John Leonard Thorn]], English lieutenant, author, and academic (died 2023) *[[1926]] – [[James Bama]], American artist and illustrator (died 2022) * 1926 – [[Bill Blackbeard]], American historian and author (died 2011) * 1926 – [[Harper Lee]], American novelist (died 2016)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grimes |first1=William |title=Harper Lee, Author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' Dies at 89 (Published 2016) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/20/arts/harper-lee-dies.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/20/arts/harper-lee-dies.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited |access-date=7 February 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=19 February 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 1926 – [[Hulusi Sayın]], Turkish general (died 1991) *[[1928]] – [[Yves Klein]], French painter (died 1962) * 1928 – [[Eugene Merle Shoemaker]], American geologist and astronomer (died 1997) *[[1930]] – [[James Baker]], American lawyer and politician, 61st [[United States Secretary of State]] * 1930 – [[Carolyn Jones]], American actress (died 1983) *[[1933]] – [[Miodrag Radulovacki]], Serbian-American neuropharmacologist and academic (died 2014) *[[1934]] – [[Lois Duncan]], American journalist and author (died 2016) *[[1935]] – [[Pedro Ramos]], Cuban baseball player *[[1936]] – [[Tariq Aziz]], Iraqi journalist and politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iraq)|Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (died 2015) *[[1937]] – [[Saddam Hussein]], Iraqi general and politician, 5th [[President of Iraq]] (died 2006) * 1937 – [[Jean Redpath]], Scottish singer-songwriter (died 2014) * 1937 – [[John White (footballer, born 1937)|John White]], Scottish international footballer (died 1964)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerattic.com/article/john-white-spurs-he-enriched-the-game//|title=John White, Spurs: He Enriched the Game|publisher=soccerattic.com|access-date=14 April 2020|archive-date=28 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728114154/https://www.soccerattic.com/article/john-white-spurs-he-enriched-the-game/|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Madge Sinclair]], Jamaican-American actress (died 1995) *[[1941]] – [[Ann-Margret]], Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer * 1941 – [[Lucien Aimar]], French cyclist * 1941 – [[John Madejski]], English businessman and academic * 1941 – [[Karl Barry Sharpless]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate * 1941 – [[Iryna Zhylenko]], Ukrainian poet and author (died 2013) *[[1942]] – [[Mike Brearley]], English cricketer and psychoanalyst *[[1943]] – [[Aryeh Bibi]], [[Iraqi Jews|Iraqi]]-born Israeli politician *[[1944]] – [[Elizabeth LeCompte]], American director and producer * 1944 – [[Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe]], Belgian politician, 10th [[Minister-President of Wallonia]] * 1944 – [[Alice Waters]], American chef and author *[[1946]] – [[Nour El-Sherif]], Egyptian actor and producer (died 2015) * 1946 – [[Ginette Reno]], Canadian singer-songwriter and actress * 1946 – [[Larissa Grunig]], American theorist and activist *[[1947]] – [[Steve Khan]], American jazz guitarist *[[1948]] – [[Terry Pratchett]], English journalist, author, and screenwriter (died 2015) * 1948 – [[Marcia Strassman]], American actress and singer (died 2014) *[[1949]] – [[Jeremy Cooke]], English lawyer and judge * 1949 – [[Paul Guilfoyle]], American actor * 1949 – [[Bruno Kirby]], American actor and director (died 2006) *[[1950]] – [[Willie Colón]], Puerto Rican-American trombonist and producer * 1950 – [[Jay Leno]], American comedian, talk show host, and producer * 1950 – [[Steve Rider]], English journalist and sportscaster *[[1951]] – [[Tim Congdon]], English economist and politician * 1951 – [[Larry Smith (Canadian politician)|Larry Smith]], Canadian football player and politician *[[1952]] – [[Chuck Leavell]], American singer-songwriter and keyboard player * 1952 – [[Mary McDonnell]], American actress *[[1953]] – [[Roberto Bolaño]], Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist (died 2003) * 1953 – [[Kim Gordon]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1953 – [[Brian Greenhoff]], English footballer and coach (died 2013) *[[1954]] – [[Timothy Curley]], American educator * 1954 – [[Michael P. Jackson]], American politician, 3rd [[United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security|Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security]] * 1954 – [[Vic Sotto]], Filipino actor-producer, singer-songwriter, comedian and television personality * 1954 – [[Ron Zook]], American football player and coach *[[1955]] – [[Saeb Erekat]], Chief Palestinian negotiator (died 2020)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Black |first=Ian |title=Saeb Erekat obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/10/saeb-erekat-obituary |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=10 November 2020 |access-date=11 November 2020}}</ref> * 1955 – [[Eddie Jobson]], English keyboard player and violinist *[[1956]] – [[Jimmy Barnes]], Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1958]] – [[Hal Sutton]], American golfer *[[1960]] – [[Tom Browning]], American baseball player (died 2022) * 1960 – [[Elena Kagan]], American lawyer and jurist, [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]] * 1960 – [[Phil King (musician)|Phil King]], English bass player * 1960 – [[Ian Rankin]], Scottish author * 1960 – [[Jón Páll Sigmarsson]], Icelandic strongman and weightlifter (died 1993) * 1960 – [[Walter Zenga]], Italian footballer and manager *[[1963]] – [[Lloyd Eisler]], Canadian figure skater and coach * 1963 – [[Marc Lacroix (biochemist)|Marc Lacroix]], Belgian biochemist and academic *[[1964]] – [[Stephen Ames]], Trinidadian golfer * 1964 – [[Noriyuki Iwadare]], Japanese composer * 1964 – [[Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkar]], English surgeon and academic * 1964 – [[Barry Larkin]], American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster * 1964 – [[L'Wren Scott]], American model and fashion designer (died 2014) *[[1966]] – [[John Daly (golfer)|John Daly]], American golfer * 1966 – [[Too Short]], American rapper, producer and actor *[[1967]] – [[Chris White (politician)|Chris White]], English engineer and politician *[[1968]] – [[Petra Bayr]], Austrian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Recherchieren: Personen - Petra Bayr, MA MLS |url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/14835 |publisher=[[National Council (Austria)|National Council]] |access-date=11 October 2024 |location=Vienna, Austria |language=de}}</ref> * 1968 – [[Howard Donald]], English singer-songwriter and producer * 1968 – [[Andy Flower]], South-African-Zimbabwean cricketer and coach *[[1969]] – [[LeRon Perry Ellis]], American basketball player *[[1970]] – [[Richard Fromberg]], Australian tennis player * 1970 – [[Nicklas Lidström]], Swedish ice hockey player and scout * 1970 – [[Diego Simeone]], Argentinian footballer and manager *[[1971]] – [[Bridget Moynahan]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dupre |first1=Elyse |title=Tom Brady Shares Rare Public Tribute to Ex Bridget Moynahan in Honor of Her Birthday |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1264128/tom-brady-shares-rare-public-tribute-to-ex-bridget-moynahan-in-honor-of-her-birthday |publisher=[[E!]] |access-date=21 April 2023 |date=29 April 2021}}</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Violent J]], American rapper * 1972 – [[Jean-Paul van Gastel]], Dutch footballer and manager *[[1973]] – [[Jorge Garcia]], American actor and producer * 1973 – [[Andrew Mehrtens]], South African-New Zealand rugby player *[[1974]] – [[Penélope Cruz]], Spanish actress and producer * 1974 – [[Margo Dydek]], Polish basketball player and coach (died 2011) * 1974 – [[Vernon Kay]], English radio and television host * 1974 – [[Dominic Matteo]], Scottish footballer and journalist *[[1975]] – [[Michael Walchhofer]], Austrian skier *[[1977]] – [[Titus O'Neil]], American wrestler and football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Titus O'Neil |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17174121/wwe-profile-page-titus-oneil |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=21 April 2023 |date=11 August 2016}}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Lauren Laverne]], English singer and television and radio host *[[1979]] – [[Scott Fujita]], American football player and sportscaster *[[1980]] – [[Bradley Wiggins]], English cyclist *[[1981]] – [[Jessica Alba]], American model and actress *[[1982]] – [[Nikki Grahame]], English model and journalist (died 2021) * 1982 – [[Chris Kaman]], American basketball player *[[1983]] – [[Josh Brookes]], Australian motorcycle racer * 1983 – [[David Freese]], American baseball player * 1983 – [[Roger Johnson (footballer)|Roger Johnson]], English footballer * 1983 – [[Thomas Waldrom]], New Zealand-English rugby player *[[1984]] – [[Dmitri Torbinski]], Russian footballer *[[1985]] – [[Lucas Jakubczyk]], German sprinter and long jumper * 1985 – [[Deividas Stagniūnas]], Lithuanian ice dancer *[[1986]] – [[Roman Polák]], Czech ice hockey player * 1986 – [[Jenna Ushkowitz]], Korean-American actress, singer, and dancer *[[1987]] – [[Daequan Cook]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/cookda02.html|title=Daequan Cook Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Drew Gulak]], American wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Drew Gulak |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17876456/wwe-profile-page-drew-gulak |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=21 April 2023 |date=15 October 2019}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Samantha Ruth Prabhu]], Indian actress and model * 1987 – [[Bradley Johnson]], English footballer * 1987 – [[Zoran Tošić]], Serbian footballer *[[1988]] – [[Jonathan Biabiany]], French footballer * 1988 – [[Juan Mata]], Spanish footballer *[[1989]] – [[Emil Salomonsson]], Swedish footballer * 1989 – [[Kim Sung-kyu]], South Korean singer *[[1992]] – [[Blake Bortles]], American football player * 1992 – [[DeMarcus Lawrence]], American football player *[[1993]] – [[Matt Chapman]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Matt Chapman |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/matt-chapman-656305 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Eva Samková]], Czech snowboarder *[[1994]] – [[Jakob Butturff]], American bowler<ref name=JakB-PBAbio>{{cite web|url= https://www.pba.com/bowlers/bowler/44179 |title=Jakob Butturff PBA Player Bio |date=22 July 2015 |publisher=PBA.com |accessdate=October 12, 2018}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Wonpil]], South Korean musician<ref>{{cite web|title=데이식스 멤버 원필, 팬앤스타에서 준비한 특별 이벤트|url=https://m.tf.co.kr/read/starwars/2002140.htm|work=더팩트|date=2 March 2023|access-date=26 February 2025|language=ko}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Connor Clifton]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Connor Clifton |url=https://www.nhl.com/sabres/player/connor-clifton-8477365 |access-date=23 September 2024 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] }}</ref> * 1995 – [[Melanie Martinez (singer)|Melanie Martinez]], American singer *[[1997]] – [[Shane McClanahan]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Shane McClanahan |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/shane-mcclanahan-663556 |publisher=MLB |access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Denzel Ward]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Denzel Ward |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3915535/denzel-ward |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Song Yuvin|Song Yu-bin]], South Korean singer and actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Song Yuvin's profile on Naver |url=https://people.search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&sm=tab_ppn&query=%EB%A7%88%EC%9D%B4%ED%8B%B4%EC%86%A1%EC%9C%A0%EB%B9%88&os=2072619&ie=utf8&key=PeopleService |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201091816/https://people.search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&sm=tab_ppn&query=%EB%A7%88%EC%9D%B4%ED%8B%B4%EC%86%A1%EC%9C%A0%EB%B9%88&os=2072619&ie=utf8&key=PeopleService |archive-date=2020-12-01 |access-date=2019-06-06 |publisher=Naver |language=ko}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Victoria De Angelis]], Italian musician<ref>{{Cite web | title= 17 FACTS ABOUT VICTORIA DE ANGELIS | date= 14 July 2022 | url= https://vertigomag.co.uk/maneskin/17-facts-about-victoria-de-angelis | access-date=21 October 2024 | publisher= Vertigo}}</ref> * 2000 – [[Alek Thomas]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alek Thomas |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/alek-thomas-677950 |website=MLB.com |access-date=27 April 2025}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Anthony Volpe]], American baseball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anthony Volpe #11 |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/anthony-volpe-683011 |access-date=10 April 2024 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]]}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[224]] – [[Artabanus IV of Parthia]] (born 191) * [[948]] – [[Hu Jinsi]], Chinese general and prefect * [[988]] – [[Adaldag]], archbishop of [[Archbishopric of Bremen|Bremen]]<ref name="fw">{{cite book |last1=Jackson |first1=Samuel Macauley |title=New Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge |date=1914 |publisher=Funk and Wagnalls |location=London and New York |edition=3rd }}</ref> * [[992]] – [[Jawhar (general)|Jawhar as-Siqilli]], [[Fatimid]] statesman<ref>* {{EI2 | title=D̲j̲awhar al-Ṣiḳillī | first = Hussain | last = Monés | volume = 2 | pages = 494–495 | url = http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_2034}}</ref> *[[1109]] – Abbot [[Hugh of Cluny]] (born 1024)<ref>{{cite book |last=Bouchard |first=Constance Brittain |title=Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and Church in Burgundy, 980-1198 |publisher=Cornell University Press |year=1987 }}</ref> *[[1192]] – [[Conrad of Montferrat]] (born 1140) *[[1197]] – [[Rhys ap Gruffydd]], prince of [[Deheubarth]] (born 1132) *[[1257]] – [[Shajar al-Durr]], sovereign sultana of Egypt *[[1260]] – [[Luchesius Modestini]], founding member of the [[Third Order of St. Francis]] *[[1400]] – [[Baldus de Ubaldis]], Italian jurist (born 1327) *[[1489]] – [[Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland]], English politician (born 1449) *[[1533]] – [[Nicholas West]], English bishop and diplomat (born 1461) ===1601–1900=== *[[1643]] – [[Francisco de Lucena]], Portuguese politician (born 1578) *[[1710]] – [[Thomas Betterton]], English actor and manager (born 1630) *[[1716]] – [[Louis de Montfort]], French priest and saint (born 1673) *[[1726]] – [[Thomas Pitt]], English merchant and politician (born 1653) *[[1741]] – [[Magnus Julius De la Gardie]], Swedish general and politician (born 1668) *[[1772]] – [[Johann Friedrich Struensee]], German physician and politician (born 1737) *[[1781]] – [[Cornelius Harnett]], American merchant, farmer, and politician (born 1723) *[[1813]] – [[Mikhail Kutuzov]], Russian field marshal (born 1745) *[[1816]] – [[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], German philosopher, author, and academic (born 1762) *[[1841]] – [[Peter Chanel]], French priest, missionary, and martyr (born 1803) *[[1853]] – [[Ludwig Tieck]], German author and poet (born 1773) *[[1858]] – [[Johannes Peter Müller]], German physiologist and anatomist (born 1801) *[[1865]] – [[Samuel Cunard]], Canadian-English businessman, founded [[Cunard Line]] (born 1787) *[[1881]] – [[Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon]], French sculptor and photographer (born 1818) *[[1883]] – [[John Russell (parson)|John Russell]], English hunter and dog breeder (born 1795) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Cyprien Tanguay]], Canadian priest and historian (born 1819) *[[1903]] – [[Josiah Willard Gibbs]], American scientist (born 1839)<ref>{{cite web |title=J. Willard Gibbs {{!}} American scientist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-Willard-Gibbs |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=25 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1905]] – [[Fitzhugh Lee]], American general and politician, 40th [[Governor of Virginia]] (born 1835) *[[1921]] – [[Maurice Moore (Irish republican)]], executed member of the [[Irish Republican Army]] (born 1894)<ref>MacEoin, Uinseann (1997), ''The IRA in the twilight years 1923-1948'', Argenta Publications, Dublin, pg. 797, ISBN 9780951117248</ref> *[[1925]] – [[Richard Butler (Australian politician)|Richard Butler]], English-Australian politician, 23rd [[Premier of South Australia]] (born 1850) *[[1928]] – [[May Jordan McConnel]], Australian trade unionist and suffragist (born 1860)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21402766|title=Family Notices|date=6 May 1929|newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]]|issue=22,237|page=12|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=29 December 2019}}</ref> *[[1929]] – [[Hendrik van Heuckelum]], Dutch footballer (born 1879) *[[1936]] – [[Fuad I of Egypt]] (born 1868) *[[1939]] – [[Anne Walter Fearn]], American physician (born 1867)<ref>{{cite book|first=Philips|last=Clifton J.|chapter=Fearn, Anne Walter|editor-first=Edward T.|editor-last=James|title=Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary|volume=1|year=1971|isbn=978-0-67462-734-5|page=603|publisher=Harvard University Press }}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Mohammed Alim Khan]], Manghud ruler (born 1880) * 1944 – [[Frank Knox]], American journalist and politician, 46th [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] (born 1874) *[[1945]] – [[Roberto Farinacci]], Italian soldier and politician (born 1892) * 1945 – [[Hermann Fegelein]], German general (born 1906) * 1945 – [[Benito Mussolini]], Italian journalist and politician, 27th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (born 1883) *[[1946]] – [[Louis Bachelier]], French mathematician and academic (born 1870) *[[1954]] – [[Léon Jouhaux]], French union leader, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1879) *[[1956]] – [[Fred Marriott]], American race car driver (born 1872) *[[1957]] – [[Heinrich Bär]], German colonel and pilot (born 1913) *[[1962]] – [[Bennie Osler]], South African rugby player (born 1901) *[[1963]] – [[Wilhelm Weber (gymnast)|Wilhelm Weber]], German gymnast (born 1880) *[[1970]] – [[Ed Begley]], American actor (born 1901) *[[1973]] – [[Clas Thunberg]], Finnish speed skater (born 1893) *[[1976]] – [[Richard Hughes (writer)|Richard Hughes]], American author and poet (born 1900) *[[1977]] – [[Ricardo Cortez]], American actor (born 1900) * 1977 – [[Sepp Herberger]], German footballer and coach (born 1897) *[[1978]] – [[Mohammed Daoud Khan]], Afghan commander and politician, 1st [[President of Afghanistan]] (born 1909)<ref name="Thompson"/> *[[1980]] – [[Tommy Caldwell (musician)|Tommy Caldwell]], American bass player (born 1949) *[[1987]] – [[Ben Linder]], American engineer and activist (born 1959) *[[1989]] – [[Esa Pakarinen]], Finnish actor and musician (born 1911)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vintti.yle.fi/yle.fi/satumaa/satumaa/ajankohtaista/2011-01-26/esa-pakarisen-syntymasta-100-vuotta.htm|title=Esa Pakarisen syntymästä 100 vuotta|first=Airi|last=Saastamoinen|work=Satumaa|publisher=[[Yle]]|date=January 26, 2011|access-date=December 22, 2021|language=fi}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Steve Broidy]], American film producer (born 1905) *[[1992]] – [[Francis Bacon (artist)|Francis Bacon]], Irish painter (born 1909) *[[1993]] – [[Diva Diniz Corrêa]], Brazilian zoologist (born 1918) * 1993 – [[Jim Valvano]], American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1946) *[[1994]] – [[Berton Roueché]], American journalist and author (born 1910) *[[1996]] – [[Lester Sumrall]], American minister, founded [[Lester Sumrall|LeSEA]] (born 1913) *[[1997]] – [[Ann Petry]], American novelist (born 1908) *[[1998]] – [[Jerome Bixby]], American author and screenwriter (born 1923) *[[1999]] – [[Rory Calhoun]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922) * 1999 – [[Rolf Landauer]], German-American physicist and engineer (born 1927) * 1999 – [[Alf Ramsey]], English footballer and manager (born 1920) * 1999 – [[Arthur Leonard Schawlow]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1921) *[[2000]] – [[Jerzy Einhorn]], Polish-Swedish physician and politician (born 1925) * 2000 – [[Penelope Fitzgerald]], English author and poet (born 1916) *[[2002]] – [[Alexander Lebed]], Russian general and politician (born 1950) * 2002 – [[Lou Thesz]], American wrestler and trainer (born 1916) *[[2005]] – [[Percy Heath]], American bassist (born 1923) * 2005 – [[Chris Candido]], American wrestler (born 1971) * 2005 – [[Taraki Sivaram]], Sri Lankan journalist and author (born 1959) *[[2006]] – [[Steve Howe (baseball)|Steve Howe]], American baseball player (born 1958) *[[2007]] – [[Dabbs Greer]], American actor (born 1917) * 2007 – [[René Mailhot]], Canadian journalist (born 1942) * 2007 – [[Tommy Newsom]], American saxophonist and bandleader (born 1929) * 2007 – [[Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker]], German physicist and philosopher (born 1912) * 2007 – [[Bertha Wilson]], Scottish-Canadian lawyer and jurist (born 1923) *[[2009]] – [[Ekaterina Maximova]], Russian ballerina and actress (born 1939) * 2009 – [[Richard Pratt (Australian businessman)|Richard Pratt]], Polish-Australian businessman (born 1934) *[[2011]] – [[Erhard Loretan]], Swiss mountaineer (born 1959) *[[2012]] – [[Fred Allen (rugby union)|Fred Allen]], New Zealand rugby player and coach (born 1920) * 2012 – [[Matilde Camus]], Spanish poet and author (born 1919) * 2012 – [[Al Ecuyer]], American football player (born 1937) * 2012 – [[Patricia Medina]], English actress (born 1919) * 2012 – [[Milan N. Popović]], Serbian psychiatrist and author (born 1924) * 2012 – [[Aberdeen Shikoyi]], Kenyan rugby player (born 1985) *[[2013]] – [[Brad Lesley]], American baseball player (born 1958) * 2013 – [[Fredrick McKissack]], American author (born 1939) * 2013 – [[John C. Reynolds]], American computer scientist and academic (born 1935) * 2013 – [[Jack Shea (director)|Jack Shea]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928) * 2013 – [[János Starker]], Hungarian-American cellist and educator (born 1924) * 2013 – [[Paulo Vanzolini]], Brazilian singer-songwriter and zoologist (born 1924) * 2013 – [[Bernie Wood]], New Zealand journalist and author (born 1939) *[[2014]] – [[Barbara Fiske Calhoun]], American cartoonist and painter (born 1919) * 2014 – [[William Honan]], American journalist and author (born 1930) * 2014 – [[Dennis Kamakahi]], American guitarist and composer (born 1953) * 2014 – [[Edgar Laprade]], Canadian ice hockey player (born 1919) * 2014 – [[Jack Ramsay]], American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1925) * 2014 – [[Idris Sardi]], Indonesian violinist and composer (born 1938) * 2014 – [[Frederic Schwartz]], American architect, co-designed ''[[Empty Sky (memorial)|Empty Sky]]'' (born 1951) * 2014 – [[Ryan Tandy]], Australian rugby player (born 1981) *[[2015]] – [[Antônio Abujamra]], Brazilian actor and director (born 1932) * 2015 – [[Marcia Brown]], American author and illustrator (born 1918) * 2015 – [[Michael J. Ingelido]], American general (born 1916) *[[2016]] – [[Jenny Diski]], English author and screenwriter (born 1947) *[[2017]] – [[Mariano Gagnon]], American Catholic priest and author (born 1929) *[[2018]] – [[James Hylton]], American race car driver (born 1934) *[[2019]] – [[Richard Lugar]], American politician (born 1932)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/28/richard-lugar-dies-former-indiana-senator/3608748002/ |title=Former Indiana Senator Richard Lugar dies - usatoday.com |author= Maureen Groppe|date=2019-04-28|website=USA Today| access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref> * 2019 – [[John Singleton]], American film director (born 1968)<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Cynthia|last=Littleton|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/john-singleton-dies-dead-boyz-n-the-hood-1203200263/#!&referrerID=InAppShare|title='Boyz n the Hood' Director John Singleton Dies at 51|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|location=Los Angeles, California|date=April 29, 2019|via=[[MSN]]}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Michael Collins (astronaut)|Michael Collins]], American astronaut (born 1930)<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/science/michael-collins-third-man-of-the-moon-landing-dies-at-90.html|title = Michael Collins, 'Third Man' of the Moon Landing, Dies at 90|work = [[The New York Times]]|last = Goldstein|first = Richard|date = April 28, 2021|access-date = April 29, 2021}}</ref> * 2021 – [[El Risitas]], Spanish comedian (born 1956)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-28|title=Muere 'El Risitas'|url=https://sevilla.abc.es/sevilla/sevi-muere-sevilla-juan-joya-borja-risitas-202104282101_noticia.html|access-date=2021-04-29|website=sevilla|language=es}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Brian McCardie]], Scottish actor and writer (born 1965)<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 30, 2024 |title=Line of Duty actor Brian McCardie dies at 59 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4n1vzgqrl3o |access-date=May 1, 2024 |work=[[BBC]]}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Aphrodisius|Aphrodisius and companions]] **[[Gianna Beretta Molla]] **[[Kirill of Turov]] (Orthodox, added to Roman Martyrology in 1969) **[[Louis de Montfort]] **[[Pamphilus of Sulmona]] **[[Peter Chanel]] **[[Vitalis of Milan|Vitalis]] and [[Valeria of Milan]] **[[April 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Mujahideen Victory Day]] ([[Afghanistan]]) *[[National Heroes Day (Barbados)]] *[[Restoration of Sovereignty Day]] ([[Japan]]) *[[Sa die de sa Sardigna|Sardinia Day]] ([[Sardinia]]) *[[Workers' Memorial Day|Workers' Memorial Day and World Day for Safety and Health at Work]] ([[International observances|international]])<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref> **[[National Day of Mourning (Canada)|National Day of Mourning]] (Canada) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/28 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=4|day=28}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/april/28 Historical Events on April 28] {{months}} [[Category:Days of April]]
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