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{{Redirect|22nd of May|the 2010 Belgian thriller film|22nd of May (film)}} {{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[192]] – [[Dong Zhuo]] is assassinated by his adopted son [[Lü Bu]].<ref>{{cite book|last=de Crespigny|first=Rafe|author-link=Rafe de Crespigny|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms 23-220 AD|date=2007|publisher=Brill|location=Leiden|isbn=9789004156050|page=158}}</ref> * [[760]] – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of [[Halley's Comet]]. * [[853]] – A Byzantine fleet [[Sack of Damietta (853)|sacks and destroys]] undefended [[Damietta]] in [[Egypt]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Venning|first=Timothy|title=A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire|location=Basingstoke, UK|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|date=2006|isbn=9780230505865|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NjVaCwAAQBAJ|page=257}}</ref> *[[1176]] – The Hashshashin ([[Order of Assassins|Assassins]]) attempt to assassinate [[Saladin]] near [[Aleppo]]. *[[1200]] – King [[John, King of England|John of England]] and King [[Philip II of France]] sign the [[Treaty of Le Goulet]]. *[[1246]] – [[Henry Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia|Henry Raspe]] is elected [[anti-king]] of the [[Kingdom of Germany]] in opposition to [[Conrad IV of Germany|Conrad IV]]. *[[1254]] – [[Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)|Serbian King]] [[Stefan Uroš I]] and the [[Republic of Venice]] sign a peace treaty. *[[1370]] – [[Brussels massacre]]: An estimated 13 Jews are murdered and the rest of the Jewish community is banished from [[Brussels]], Belgium, for allegedly desecrating consecrated [[Sacramental bread|Host]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Jacob|first=Heinrich Eduard|title=Six Thousand Years of Bread: Its Holy and Unholy History|location=New York|publisher=Skyhorse Publishing|date=2007|isbn=9781602391246|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTO1aUu14sAC|pages=168–170}}</ref> *[[1377]] – [[Pope Gregory XI]] issues five [[papal bull]]s to denounce the [[doctrine]]s of English [[theology|theologian]] [[John Wycliffe]]. *[[1455]] – Start of the [[Wars of the Roses]]: At the [[First Battle of St Albans]], [[Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York|Richard, Duke of York]], defeats and captures King [[Henry VI of England]]. *[[1520]] – The [[Massacre in the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan|massacre at the festival of Tóxcatl]] takes place during the [[Fall of Tenochtitlan]], resulting in turning the Aztecs against the Spanish.<ref>Revista de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM Volume 49, Issues 522-527 p 40</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1629]] – [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand II]] and [[List of Danish monarchs|Danish King]] [[Christian IV of Denmark|Christian IV]] sign the [[Treaty of Lübeck]] ending Danish intervention in the [[Thirty Years' War]]. *[[1762]] – Sweden and [[Prussia]] sign the [[Treaty of Hamburg (1762)|Treaty of Hamburg]]. * 1762 – [[Trevi Fountain]] is officially completed and inaugurated in Rome.<ref>{{cite book|last=Carlson|first=Victor|title=Hubert Robert: Drawings and Watercolors|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=National Gallery of Art|date=1978|oclc=299971200|page=9|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last1=d'Onofrio|first1=Cesare|last2=Dellacher|first2=Max|title=Le fontane di Roma: con documenti e disegni inediti|location=Rome|publisher=Staderini Editioni|date=1957|oclc=249113666|page=viii|postscript=none}}; {{cite journal|last=Cooke|first=H. L.|title=The Documents Relating to the Fountain of Trevi|journal=Art Bulletin|volume=38|issue=3|date=1956|pages=149–173 at 168|doi=10.1080/00043079.1956.11408329}}</ref> *[[1766]] – A [[1766 Istanbul earthquake|large earthquake]] causes heavy damage and loss of life in [[Istanbul]] and the Marmara region.<ref name="Ambraseys2000">{{Cite journal|title=Seismicity of the Sea of Marmara (Turkey) since 1500|author1=N. N. Ambraseys|author-link=Nicholas Ambraseys|author2=J. A. Jackson|language=en|journal=Geophysical Journal International|volume=141|issue=3|pages=F1|date=June 2000|bibcode=2000GeoJI.141F...1A|doi=10.1046/j.1365-246x.2000.00137.x|doi-access=free}}</ref> *[[1804]] – The [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]] officially begins as the [[Corps of Discovery]] departs from St. Charles, Missouri. *[[1807]] – A [[grand jury]] indicts former [[Vice President of the United States]] [[Aaron Burr]] on a charge of [[treason]]. *[[1809]] – On the second and last day of the [[Battle of Aspern-Essling]] (near [[Vienna]], Austria), [[Napoleon]] I is defeated in a major battle for the first time in his career, and repelled by an enemy army for the first time in a decade. *[[1816]] – A mob in [[Littleport, Cambridgeshire]], England, [[Ely and Littleport riots of 1816|riots]] over high unemployment and rising grain costs, and the riots spread to [[Ely, Cambridgeshire|Ely]] the next day. *[[1819]] – {{SS|Savannah}} leaves port at [[Savannah, Georgia]], United States, on a voyage to become the first [[steamship]] to cross the Atlantic Ocean. *[[1826]] – {{HMS|Beagle}} departs on its first voyage. *[[1840]] – The [[penal transportation]] of British [[convict]]s to the [[New South Wales]] [[colony]] is abolished. *[[1846]] – The [[Associated Press]] is formed in [[New York City]] as a non-profit news cooperative. *[[1848]] – [[History of Martinique#1815–1899|Slavery is abolished]] in [[Martinique]]. *[[1849]] – Future [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] is issued a [[patent]] for an [[Abraham Lincoln's patent|invention to lift boats]], making him the only U.S. president to ever hold a patent. *[[1856]] – [[United States House of Representatives|Congressman]] [[Preston Brooks]] of [[South Carolina]] [[Caning of Charles Sumner|severely beats]] [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Charles Sumner]] of [[Massachusetts]] with a cane in the hall of the [[United States Senate]] for a speech Sumner had made regarding [[Southern United States|Southerners]] and [[slavery in the United States|slavery]]. *[[1863]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces begin the [[Siege of Port Hudson]] which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history. *[[1864]] – American Civil War: After ten weeks, the [[Union Army]]'s [[Red River Campaign]] ends in failure. *[[1866]] – [[Oliver Winchester]] founded the Winchester Repeating Arms. *[[1872]] – [[Reconstruction Era]]: President [[Ulysses S. Grant]] signs the [[Amnesty Act]] into law, restoring full [[civil and political rights]] to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers. *[[1874]] – Verdi's [[Requiem (Verdi)|Requiem]] was first performed at [[San Marco, Milan|San Marco]] in Milan on the first anniversary of [[Alessandro Manzoni|Manzoni]]'s death.<ref>[http://www.giuseppeverdi.it/visInglese/page.asp?IDCategoria=3648&IDSezione=25716 ''Messa da Requiem''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000140/http://www.giuseppeverdi.it/visInglese/page.asp?IDCategoria=3648&IDSezione=25716 |date=2013-12-31 }}, on giuseppeverdi.it. Retrieved 29 December 2013</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1905]] – The [[Sultan of the Ottoman Empire]] [[Abdul Hamid II]] establishes the [[Ullah millet]] for the [[Aromanians]] of the empire. For this reason, the [[Aromanian National Day]] is sometimes celebrated on this day,<ref name="aro">{{cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/34296221|title=The ethnicity of Aromanians after 1990: the identity of a minority that behaves like a majority|first=Thede|last=Kahl|author-link=Thede Kahl|journal=Ethnologia Balkanica|volume=6|pages=145–169|year=2002}}</ref> although most do so on [[May 23]] instead, which is when this event was publicly announced.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.armanami.org/blog/nikola-minov-why-dont-all-aromanians-celebrate-may-23-as-their-national-day/|title=Nikola Minov: Why don't all Aromanians celebrate May 23 as their national day?|publisher=[[Trâ Armânami Association of French Aromanians]]|date=24 May 2020|access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref> *[[1906]] – The [[Wright brothers]] are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "[[Airplane|Flying-Machine]]". *[[1915]] – [[Lassen Peak]] erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano besides [[Mount St. Helens]] to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century. * 1915 – Three trains collide in the [[Quintinshill rail disaster]] near [[Gretna Green]], Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246. *[[1926]] – [[Chiang Kai-shek]] replaces the communists in [[Kuomintang]] China.{{Vague|date=May 2024}} *[[1927]] – Near [[Xining]], China, an 8.3 magnitude [[1927 Gulang earthquake|earthquake]] causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes. *[[1939]] – [[World War II]]: Germany and Italy sign the [[Pact of Steel]]. *[[1941]] – During the [[Anglo-Iraqi War]], British troops take [[Fallujah]]. *[[1942]] – [[History of Mexico#"Revolution to evolution", 1940–1970|Mexico enters the Second World War]] on the side of the Allies. *[[1943]] – [[Joseph Stalin]] disbands the [[Comintern]]. *[[1947]] – [[Cold War]]: The [[Truman Doctrine]] goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece. *[[1948]] – Finnish President [[J. K. Paasikivi]] releases [[Yrjö Leino]] from his duties as [[Minister of the Interior (Finland)|interior minister]] after the [[Parliament of Finland|Finnish parliament]] adopted a motion of censure of Leino with connection to his illegal handing over of nineteen people to the [[Soviet Union]] in 1945.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-44417003.html|title=Nach tschechischem Vorbild |trans-title=According to the Czech model |date=29 May 1948|publisher=[[Der Spiegel]] |volume=22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Olli |last=Leino |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AiMOAQAAIAAJ&q=Olle+Leino,+%22Kuka+oli+Yrjö+Leino%22 |title=Kuka oli Yrjö Leino |trans-title=Who was Yrjö Leino? |date=1973 |location=Helsinki |publisher=Tammi |isbn=9513026523 }}</ref><ref>"Paasikiven päiväkirjat I, 1944-1948" ("The Diaries of President J.K. Paasiki Vol. I, 1944-1948"), published 1985, Seppo Zetterberg et al., Ed., "Suomen historian pikkujättiläinen" ("The Little Giant of Finnish History"), 2003</ref> *[[1957]] – South Africa's government approves of [[apartheid|racial separation]] in universities. *[[1958]] – The [[1958 riots in Ceylon]] become a watershed in the race relations of various ethnic communities of Sri Lanka. The total deaths are estimated at 300, mostly [[Tamils]]. *[[1960]] – The [[1960 Valdivia earthquake|Great Chilean earthquake]], measuring 9.5 on the [[moment magnitude scale]], hits southern [[Chile]], becoming the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. *[[1962]] – [[Continental Airlines Flight 11]] crashes in [[Unionville, Missouri]] after bombs explode on board, killing 45. *[[1963]] – Greek left-wing politician [[Grigoris Lambrakis]] is clubbed over the head, causing his death five days later. *[[1964]] – U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] launches his [[Great Society]] program. *[[1967]] – Egypt closes the [[Straits of Tiran]] to Israeli shipping. * 1967 – [[L'Innovation Department Store fire|L'Innovation]] department store in [[Brussels]], Belgium, burns down, resulting in 323 dead or missing and 150 injured, the most devastating fire in Belgian history. *[[1968]] – The nuclear-powered [[submarine]] {{USS|Scorpion|SSN-589|6}} sinks with 99 men aboard, {{convert|400|nmi|km}} southwest of the [[Azores]]. *[[1969]] – [[Apollo 10]]'s [[Apollo Lunar Module|Lunar Module]] flies within {{convert|8.4|nmi|km|lk=in|0}} of the [[Moon]]'s surface. *[[1972]] – Ceylon adopts a [[Sri Lankan Constitution of 1972|new constitution]], becoming a [[republic]] and changing its name to [[Sri Lanka]]. * 1972 – Over 400 women in [[Derry]], Northern Ireland attack the offices of [[Sinn Féin]] following the shooting by the [[Irish Republican Army]] of a young British soldier on leave. *[[1987]] – [[Hashimpura massacre]] occurs in [[Meerut]], India. * 1987 – First ever [[1987 Rugby World Cup|Rugby World Cup]] kicks off with [[New Zealand Rugby Union|New Zealand]] playing [[Italy national rugby union team|Italy]] at [[Eden Park]] in [[Auckland]], New Zealand. *[[1990]] – [[Yemen Arab Republic|North]] and [[South Yemen]] are [[Yemeni unification|unified]] to create the Republic of [[Yemen]]. *[[1992]] – [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Croatia]] and [[Slovenia]] join the [[United Nations]]. *[[1994]] – A worldwide trade embargo against [[Haiti]] goes into effect to punish its military rulers for not reinstating the country's ousted elected leader, [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]]. *[[1996]] – The Burmese military regime jails 71 supporters of [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] in a bid to block a pro-democracy meeting. *[[1998]] – A U.S. federal judge rules that [[United States Secret Service|U.S. Secret Service]] agents can be compelled to testify before a [[grand jury]] concerning the [[Lewinsky scandal]] involving President [[Bill Clinton]]. *[[2000]] – In [[Sri Lanka]], over 150 [[Sri Lankan Tamil people|Tamil]] rebels are killed over two days of fighting for control in [[Jaffna]]. *[[2002]] – [[Civil rights movement]]: A jury in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], convicts former [[Ku Klux Klan]] member [[Bobby Frank Cherry]] of the [[1963]] murder of four girls in the [[16th Street Baptist Church bombing]]. *[[2010]] – [[Air India Express Flight 812]], a [[Boeing 737]] crashes over a cliff upon landing at [[Mangalore]], India, killing 158 of 166 people on board, becoming the deadliest crash involving a Boeing 737 until the crash of [[Lion Air Flight 610]]. * 2010 – [[Inter Milan]] beat [[Bayern Munich]] 2–0 in the [[UEFA Champions League]] final in [[Madrid]], Spain to become the first, and so far only, Italian team to win the historic treble (Serie A, Coppa Italia, Champions League). *[[2011]] – [[2011 Joplin tornado|An EF5 tornado]] strikes [[Joplin, Missouri]], killing 158 people and wreaking $2.8 billion in damages, the costliest and seventh-deadliest single tornado in U.S. history. *[[2012]] – [[Tokyo Skytree]] opens to the public. It is the [[List of tallest towers|tallest tower in the world]] (634 m), and the second tallest man-made structure on Earth after [[Burj Khalifa]] (829.8 m). * 2012 – [[SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2]] launches a [[Dragon capsule]] on a [[Falcon 9]] rocket in the first commercial flight to the [[International Space Station]].<ref name="Day 4 and beyond NYT">{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Kenneth |date=26 May 2012 |title=First Private Craft Docks With Space Station |page=A12 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/26/science/space/space-x-capsule-docks-at-space-station.html?_r=2&ref=science |url-status=dead |access-date=26 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809014738/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/26/science/space/space-x-capsule-docks-at-space-station.html?_r=2&ref=science |archive-date=9 August 2021}}</ref> * [[2013]] – [[Fusilier]] [[Lee Rigby]] is murdered by 2 [[Islamic extremism|Islamic extremists]] in [[Woolwich]], [[South London|Southeast London]] *[[2014]] – General [[Prayut Chan-o-cha]] becomes interim leader of Thailand in a military [[2014 Thai coup d'état|coup d'état]], following six months of political turmoil. * 2014 – An [[May 2014 Ürümqi attack|explosion]] occurs in [[Ürümqi]], capital of China's far-western [[Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region|Xinjiang]] region, resulting in at least 43 deaths and 91 injuries. *[[2015]] – The [[Republic of Ireland]] becomes the first nation in the world to utilise a public referendum to [[2015 Irish constitutional referendums|legalise gay marriage]]. *[[2017]] – Twenty-two people are killed at an [[Ariana Grande]] concert in the [[Manchester Arena bombing|2017 Manchester Arena bombing]]. * 2017 – United States [[President Donald Trump]] visits the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]] in [[Jerusalem]] and becomes the first sitting U.S. president to visit the [[Western Wall]]. *[[2020]] – [[Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303]] crashes in [[Model Colony, Karachi|Model Colony]] near [[Jinnah International Airport]] in [[Karachi]], Pakistan, killing 98 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A320-214 AP-BLD Karachi-Jinnah International Airport (KHI)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20200522-0|access-date=2021-05-09|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[2021]] – Hypothermia kills 21 runners in the 100 km (60-mile) [[Gansu ultramarathon disaster]] in China.<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Associated Press|date=2021-05-23|title=Extreme Weather Kills 21 Runners in Chinese Mountain Ultramarathon|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/extreme-weather-kills-21-runners-in-chinese-mountain-race-11621774245|access-date=2021-05-24|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== * [[626]] – [[Itzam K'an Ahk I]], Mayan king (died 686) *[[1009]] – [[Su Xun]], Chinese writer (died 1066) *[[1408]] – [[Annamacharya]], Hindu saint (died 1503) *[[1539]] – [[Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford]] (died 1621) ===1601–1900=== *[[1622]] – [[Louis de Buade de Frontenac]], French soldier and governor (died 1698) *[[1644]] – [[Gabriël Grupello]], Flemish Baroque sculptor (died 1730) *[[1650]] – [[Richard Brakenburgh]], Dutch Golden Age painter (died 1702) *[[1665]] – [[Magnus Stenbock]], Swedish field marshal and Royal Councillor (died 1717) *[[1694]] – [[Daniel Gran]], Austrian painter (died 1757) *[[1715]] – [[François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis]], French cardinal and diplomat (died 1794) *[[1733]] – [[Hubert Robert]], French painter (died 1808) *[[1752]] – [[Louis Legendre]], French butcher and politician (died 1797) *[[1762]] – [[Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst]], English politician (died 1834) *[[1770]] – [[Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom]] (died 1840) *[[1772]] – [[Ram Mohan Roy]], Indian philosopher and reformer (died 1833) *[[1779]] – [[Johann Nepomuk Schödlberger]], Austrian painter (died 1853) *[[1782]] – [[Hirose Tansō]], Japanese neo-Confucian scholar, teacher, writer (died 1856) *[[1783]] – [[William Sturgeon]], English physicist and inventor, invented the [[electromagnet]] and [[electric motor]] (died 1850) *[[1808]] – [[Gérard de Nerval]], French poet and translator (died 1855) *[[1811]] – [[Giulia Grisi]], Italian soprano (died 1869) * 1811 – [[Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle]], English politician (died 1864) *[[1813]] – [[Richard Wagner]], German composer (died 1883) *[[1814]] – [[Amalia Lindegren]], Swedish painter (died 1891) *[[1820]] – [[Worthington Whittredge]], American painter (died 1910) *[[1828]] – [[Albrecht von Graefe (ophthalmologist)|Albrecht von Graefe]], German ophthalmologist and academic (died 1870) *[[1831]] – [[Henry Vandyke Carter]], English anatomist and surgeon (died 1897) *[[1833]] – [[Félix Bracquemond]], French painter and etcher (died 1914) * 1833 – [[Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla]], Spanish politician, [[Prime Minister of Spain]] (died 1895) *[[1841]] – [[Catulle Mendès]], French poet, author, and playwright (died 1909) *[[1844]] – [[Mary Cassatt]], American painter and educator (died 1926) *[[1846]] – [[Rita Cetina Gutiérrez]], Mexican poet, educator, and activist (died 1908) *[[1848]] – [[Fritz von Uhde]], German painter and educator (died 1911) *[[1849]] – [[Aston Webb]], English architect and academic (died 1930) *[[1858]] – [[Belmiro de Almeida]], Brazilian painter, illustrator, sculptor (died 1935) *[[1859]] – [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], British writer (died 1930) * 1859 – [[Tsubouchi Shōyō]], Japanese author, playwright, and educator (died 1935) *[[1864]] – [[Willy Stöwer]], German author and illustrator (died 1931) *[[1868]] – [[Augusto Pestana (politician)|Augusto Pestana]], Brazilian engineer and politician (died 1934) *[[1874]] – [[Daniel François Malan]], South African clergyman and politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of South Africa]] (died 1959) *[[1876]] – [[Julius Klinger]], Austrian painter and illustrator (died 1942) *[[1879]] – [[Warwick Armstrong]], Australian cricketer and journalist (died 1947) * 1879 – [[Jean Cras]], French admiral and composer (died 1932) * 1879 – [[Symon Petliura]], Ukrainian statesman and independence leader (died 1926) *[[1880]] – [[Francis de Miomandre]], French author and translator (died 1959) *[[1884]] – [[Wilhelmina Hay Abbott]], Scottish suffragist and feminist (died 1957)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Elizabeth|last1=Ewan|first2=Rosemary J.|last2=Pipes|first3=Jane|last3=Rendall|first4=Sian|last4=Reynolds|title=Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|year=2018|isbn=978-1-47443-627-4|page=3}}</ref> *[[1885]] – [[Giacomo Matteotti]], Italian lawyer and politician (died 1924) * 1885 – [[Soemu Toyoda]], Japanese admiral (died 1957) *[[1887]] – [[A. W. Sandberg]], Danish film director and screenwriter (died 1938) *[[1891]] – [[Johannes R. Becher]], German politician, novelist, and poet (died 1958) *[[1894]] – [[Friedrich Pollock]], German sociologist and philosopher (died 1970) *[[1897]] – [[Robert Neumann (writer)|Robert Neumann]], German and English-speaking author (died 1975) *[[1900]] – [[Juan Arvizu]], Mexican lyric opera tenor and bolero vocalist (died 1985) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Maurice J. Tobin]], American politician, 6th [[United States Secretary of Labor]] (died 1953) *[[1902]] – [[Jack Lambert (footballer, born 1902)|Jack Lambert]], English footballer and manager (died 1940)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://spartacus-educational.com/ARESNALlambert.htm|title=Jack Lambert|publisher=spartacus-educational.com|access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref> * 1902 – [[Al Simmons]], American baseball player and coach (died 1956) *[[1904]] – [[Uno Lamm]], Swedish electrical engineer and inventor (died 1989) *[[1905]] – [[Bodo von Borries]], German physicist and academic, co-invented the [[electron microscope]] (died 1956) * 1905 – [[Tom Driberg]], British politician (died 1976) *[[1907]] – [[Hergé]], Belgian author and illustrator (died 1983) * 1907 – [[Laurence Olivier]], English actor, director, and producer (died 1989) *[[1908]] – [[Horton Smith]], American golfer and captain (died 1963) *[[1909]] – [[Bob Dyer]], American-Australian radio and television host (died 1984)<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dyer-robert-neal-bob-12449|title = Australian Dictionary of Biography| chapter=Dyer, Robert Neal (Bob) (1909–1984) |publisher = National Centre of Biography, Australian National University}}</ref> * 1909 – [[Margaret Mee]], English illustrator and educator (died 1988) *[[1912]] – [[Herbert C. Brown]], English-American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2004) *[[1913]] – [[Rafael Gil]], Spanish director and screenwriter (died 1986) * 1913 – [[Dominique Rolin]], Belgian author (died 2012) *[[1914]] – [[Max Kohnstamm]], Dutch historian and diplomat (died 2010) * 1914 – [[Sun Ra]], American pianist, composer, bandleader, poet (died 1993) *[[1917]] – [[George Aratani]], American businessman and philanthropist (died 2013) * 1917 – [[Jean-Louis Curtis]], French author (died 1995) *[[1919]] – [[Paul Vanden Boeynants]], Belgian businessman and politician, 55th [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] (died 2001) *[[1920]] – [[Thomas Gold]], Austrian-American astrophysicist and academic (died 2004) *[[1921]] – [[George S. Hammond]], American scientist (died 2005) *[[1922]] – [[Quinn Martin]], American screenwriter and producer (died 1987) *[[1924]] – [[Charles Aznavour]], French-Armenian singer-songwriter and actor (died 2018) *[[1925]] – [[Jean Tinguely]], Swiss painter and sculptor (died 1991) *[[1927]] – [[Michael Constantine]], American actor (died 2021) * 1927 – [[Peter Matthiessen]], American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded ''[[The Paris Review]]'' (died 2014) * 1927 – [[George Andrew Olah]], Hungarian-American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2017) *[[1928]] – [[Serge Doubrovsky]], French theorist and author (died 2017) * 1928 – [[John Mackenzie (film director)|John Mackenzie]], Scottish director and producer (died 2011) * 1928 – [[T. Boone Pickens]], American businessman (died 2019) * 1928 – [[Hiroshi Sano]], Japanese novelist (died 2013) *[[1929]] – [[Ahmed Fouad Negm]], Egyptian poet (died 2013) *[[1930]] – [[Kenny Ball]], English jazz trumpet player, vocalist, and bandleader (died 2013) * 1930 – [[Marisol Escobar]], French-American sculptor (died 2016) * 1930 – [[Harvey Milk]], American lieutenant and politician (died 1978) *[[1932]] – [[Robert Spitzer (psychiatrist)|Robert Spitzer]], American psychiatrist and academic (died 2015) *[[1933]] – [[Fred Anderson (rugby league)|Fred Anderson]], Australian-South African rugby league player (died 2012)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/fred-anderson/summary.html|title = Fred Anderson - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project}}</ref> * 1933 – [[Chen Jingrun]], Chinese mathematician and academic (died 1996) *[[1934]] – [[Peter Nero]], American pianist and conductor (died 2023) *[[1935]] – [[Billy Rayner]], Australian rugby league player (died 2006)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/billy-rayner/summary.html|title = Billy Rayner - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project}}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[George H. Heilmeier]], American engineer (died 2014)<ref>{{cite news |title=George Heilmeier dies; a principal developer of liquid-crystal display technology |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/george-heilmeier-a-principal-developer-of-liquid-crystal-display-technology-dies-at-77/2014/05/03/987e9fec-d2d6-11e3-aae8-c2d44bd79778_story.html |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=16 October 2024}}</ref> *[[1937]] – [[Facundo Cabral]], Argentinian singer-songwriter (died 2011) *1937 – [[Tomáš Janovic]], Slovak writer (died 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tomáš Janovic |url=https://www.litcentrum.sk/autor/tomas-janovic |website=Slovenské literárne centrum |language=sk |date=11 March 2019}}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Richard Benjamin]], American actor and director * 1938 – [[Susan Strasberg]], American actress (died 1999) *[[1939]] – [[Paul Winfield]], American actor (died 2004) *[[1940]] – [[Kieth Merrill]], American filmmaker * 1940 – [[E. A. S. Prasanna]], Indian cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/32357.html|title=Erapalli Prasanna profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos}}</ref> * 1940 – [[Michael Sarrazin]], Canadian actor (died 2011) * 1940 – [[Bernard Shaw (journalist)|Bernard Shaw]], American journalist (died 2022) * 1940 – [[Mick Tingelhoff]], American football player (died 2021) *[[1941]] – [[Menzies Campbell]], Scottish sprinter and politician *[[1942]] – [[Roger Brown (basketball, born 1942)|Roger Brown]], American basketball player (died 1997)<ref>{{cite web|title=Roger Brown|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/roger-brown|publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=1 March 2020}}</ref> * 1942 – [[Ted Kaczynski]], American academic and mathematician turned anarchist and serial murderer ([[Unabomber]]) (died 2023) * 1942 – [[Barbara Parkins]], Canadian actress * 1942 – [[Richard Oakes (activist)|Richard Oakes]], Native American civil rights activist (died 1972) *[[1943]] – [[Betty Williams (Nobel laureate)|Betty Williams]], Northern Irish peace activist, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2020) * 1943 – [[Tommy John]], American baseball player *[[1944]] – [[John Flanagan (author)|John Flanagan]], Australian fantasy author *[[1945]] – [[Bob Katter]], Australian politician *[[1946]] – [[George Best]], Northern Irish footballer and manager (died 2005) * 1946 – [[Michael Green (physicist)|Michael Green]], English physicist and academic * 1946 – [[Howard Kendall]], English footballer and manager (died 2015) * 1946 – [[Andrei Marga]], Romanian philosopher, political scientist, politician * 1946 – [[Lyudmila Zhuravleva]], Russian-Ukrainian astronomer *[[1948]] – [[Tomás Sánchez]], Cuban painter and engraver * 1948 – [[Nedumudi Venu]], Indian actor and screenwriter (died 2021) *[[1949]] – [[Cheryl Campbell]], English actress * 1949 – [[Valentin Inzko]], Austrian diplomat *[[1950]] – [[Bernie Taupin]], English singer-songwriter and poet *[[1951]] – [[Kenneth Bianchi]], American serial killer and rapist<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/kenneth-bianchi | title=Kenneth Bianchi - Hillside Strangler, Childhood & Crimes | date=3 October 2023 }}</ref> *[[1953]] – [[François Bon]], French writer * 1953 – [[Cha Bum-kun]], South Korean footballer and manager * 1953 – [[Paul Mariner]], English footballer, coach, and manager (died 2021) *[[1954]] – [[Barbara May Cameron]], Native American human rights activist (died 2002)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c83t9kc3/entire_text/|title=Cameron (Barbara) Papers|website=www.oac.cdlib.org|access-date=2020-01-07}}</ref> * 1954 – [[Shuji Nakamura]], Japanese-American physicist and engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[1955]] – [[Iva Davies]], Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/iva-davies-mn0000093014/biography|title = Iva Davies | Biography & History|website = [[AllMusic]]}}</ref> *[[1956]] – [[Lucie Brock-Broido]], American poet (died 2018) *[[1957]] – [[Lisa Murkowski]], American lawyer and politician *[[1959]] – [[David Blatt]], Israeli-American basketball player and coach * 1959 – [[Olin Browne]], American golfer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/58/olin-browne|title=Olin Browne}}</ref> * 1959 – [[Morrissey]], English singer-songwriter and performer * 1959 – [[Kwak Jae-yong]], South Korean director and screenwriter * 1959 – [[Mehbooba Mufti]], Indian politician *[[1960]] – [[Hideaki Anno]], Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter *[[1962]] – [[Andrew Magee]], French-American golfer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europeantour.com/players/andrew-magee-114/|title=Andrew MAGEE - Players - European Tour}}</ref> * 1962 – [[Brian Pillman]], American football player and wrestler (died 1997) *[[1963]] – [[Claude Closky]], French contemporary artist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.beauxartsparis.fr/en/study/faculty-profiles/621-claude-closky-en|title=Claude CLOSKY|website=www.beauxartsparis.fr|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[Jay Carney]], American journalist, 29th [[White House Press Secretary]] *[[1966]] – [[Johnny Gill]], American singer-songwriter and producer * 1966 – [[Wang Xiaoshuai]], Chinese director and screenwriter *[[1968]] – [[Graham Linehan]], Irish comedy writer and activist *[[1969]] – [[Michael Kelly (actor)|Michael Kelly]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=Patricia |title=House of Cards star Michael Kelly celebrates birthday in Dublin pub O'Donoghue's |url=https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/house-of-cards-star-michael-kelly-celebrates-birthday-in-dublin-pub-odonoghues/34736543.html |publisher=[[Irish Independent]] |access-date=18 May 2023 |date=22 May 2016}}</ref> * 1969 – [[Cathy McMorris Rodgers]], American lawyer and politician *[[1970]] – [[Naomi Campbell]], English model * 1970 – [[Brody Stevens]], American comedian and actor (died 2019) *[[1972]] – [[Max Brooks]], American author and screenwriter *[[1973]] – [[Nikolaj Lie Kaas]], Danish actor *[[1974]] – [[Sean Gunn]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chichizola |first1=Corey |title=James Gunn Shares A+ Guardians Of The Galaxy Throwback For Brother Sean's Birthday |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2567918/james-gunn-shares-guardians-of-the-galaxy-throwback-brother-seans-birthday |publisher=[[CinemaBlend]] |access-date=18 May 2023 |date=24 May 2021}}</ref> * 1974 – [[Garba Lawal]], Nigerian footballer * 1974 – [[Henrietta Ónodi]], Hungarian Olympic gymnast * 1974 – [[Arseniy Yatsenyuk]], Ukrainian politician * 1974 – [[Canek Sánchez Guevara]], Cuban author and dissident (died 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/canek-sanchez-guevara-the-grandson-of-che-guevara-who-became-an-anticastro-dissident-10009463.html|title=Canek Sanchez Guevara: The grandson of Che Guevara who became an anti-Castro dissident|first=Phil|last=Davison|date=29 January 2015|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=10 July 2023}}</ref> * 1974 – [[Anne Beathe Tvinnereim]], Norwegian politician<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Anne Beathe Tvinnereim |first=Knut Are |last=Tvedt |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=10 January 2024 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Anne_Beathe_Tvinnereim |language=no|access-date=18 March 2024}}</ref> *[[1975]] – [[Salva Ballesta]], Spanish footballer and manager *[[1976]] – [[Christian Vande Velde]], American cyclist *[[1977]] – [[Pat Smullen]], Irish jockey (died 2020)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goracing.ie/racing-statistics/jockeys/data/?jid=1865 |title=Pat Smullen |website=www.goracing.ie}}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Ginnifer Goodwin]], American actress * 1978 – [[Katie Price]], English television personality and glamour model *[[1979]] – [[Nazanin Boniadi]], Iranian-American actress * 1979 – [[Tihomir Dovramadjiev]], Bulgarian [[Chess boxing|Chess boxer]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 May 2022 |title=Edubilla / Global Education Needz. Tihomir Dovramadjiev / born date |url=http://www.edubilla.com/sport/chess-boxing/players/tihomir-dovramadjiev/ }}</ref> * 1979 – [[Maggie Q]], American actress *[[1980]] – [[Tarin Bradford]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/tarin-bradford/summary.html|title=Tarin Bradford - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Sharice Davids]], American politician * 1980 – [[Lucy Gordon (actress)|Lucy Gordon]], British actress and model (died 2009) *[[1981]] – [[Bryan Danielson]], American wrestler * 1981 – [[Bassel Khartabil]], Syrian computer programmer and engineer (died 2015) * 1981 – [[Jürgen Melzer]], Austrian tennis player * 1981 – [[Mark O'Meley]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/mark-o-meley/summary.html|title = Mark O'Meley - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Erin McNaught]], Australian model and actress * 1982 – [[Apolo Ohno]], American speed skater * 1982 – [[Hong Yong-jo]], North Korean footballer *[[1983]] – [[Natasha Kai]], American soccer player and Olympic medalist *[[1984]] – [[Clara Amfo]], English television and radio presenter * 1984 – [[Karoline Herfurth]], German actress * 1984 – [[Didier Ya Konan]], Ivorian footballer * 1984 – [[Dustin Moskovitz]], American entrepreneur, co-founder of [[Facebook]] *[[1985]] – [[Tranquillo Barnetta]], Swiss footballer * 1985 – [[Mauro Boselli]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Mauro Boselli|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/mauro-boselli/13884/|website=Soccerway|access-date=22 May 2025}}</ref> me * 1985 – [[Tao Okamoto]], Japanese model and actress *[[1986]] – [[Julian Edelman]], American football player * 1986 – [[Matt Jarvis]], English footballer * 1986 – [[Tatiana Volosozhar]], Russian figure skater *[[1987]] – [[Novak Djokovic]], Serbian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Novak Djokovic {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=ATP Tour}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Arturo Vidal]], Chilean footballer *[[1988]] – [[Heida Reed]], Icelandic-British actress *[[1989]] – [[Corey Dickerson]], American baseball player *[[1990]] – [[Wyatt Roy]], Australian politician *[[1991]] – [[Joel Obi]], Nigerian footballer * 1991 – [[Suho]], South Korean singer and actor *[[1992]] – [[Anna Baryshnikov]], American actress<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/anna-baryshnikov|title=Anna Baryshnikov - Interview Magazine|website=www.interviewmagazine.com|date=18 July 2016|access-date=2020-04-14}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Florian Luger]], Austrian male model * 1994 – [[Athena Manoukian]], Greek-Armenian singer and songwriter *[[1997]] – [[Lauri Markkanen]], Finnish basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Lauri Markkanen Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft ... |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/markkla01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |access-date=May 21, 2024}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Samile Bermannelli]], Brazilian fashion model<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/fashion/news/a38819/watch-this-face-samile-bermannelli/|title=Watch This Face: Samile Bermannelli|website=www.harpersbazaar.co.uk|date=12 December 2016|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Samuel Chukwueze]], Nigerian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Samuel Chukwueze|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/samuel-chukwueze/425644/|website=Soccerway|access-date=22 May 2025}}</ref> * 1999 – [[Femke Huijzer]], Dutch model<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/dutch-model-femke-huijzer-chanel-resort-2018|title=Meet Femke Huijzer, Dutch Model and Chanel Resort 2017 Breakout|website=www.vogue.com|date=3 May 2017 |access-date=2020-04-14}}</ref> * 1999 – [[Hōshōryū Tomokatsu]], Mongolian sumo wrestler<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataRikishi/profile/3842/|title=Rikishi profile- Hoshoryu Tomokatsu|website=sumo.or.jp|access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Julián Carranza]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Julián Carranza|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/julian-carranza/|website=[[Major League Soccer]]|access-date=22 May 2025}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Enzo Barrenechea]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Enzo Barrenechea|url=https://www.valenciacf.com/enzo-barrenechea|website=[[Valencia CF]]|access-date=22 May 2025}}</ref> * 2001 – [[Emma Chamberlain]], American internet personality<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bromwich|first=Jonah Engel|date=July 9, 2019|title=The Evolution of Emma Chamberlain|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/style/emma-chamberlain-youtube.html|access-date=June 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713071634/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/style/emma-chamberlain-youtube.html|archive-date=July 13, 2019|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2001 – [[Joshua Zirkzee]], Dutch footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Joshua Zirkzee|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/50848/Joshua-Zirkzee/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=22 May 2025}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Anthony Richardson (American football)|Anthony Richardson]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Anthony Richardson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft ... |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RichAn03.htm |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=May 21, 2024}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Peyton Elizabeth Lee]], American actress<ref>{{Cite web|title=Peyton Elizabeth Lee - Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/peyton_elizabeth_lee|access-date=2021-06-11|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|language=en}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[192]] – [[Dong Zhuo]], Chinese warlord and politician (born 138) * [[337]] – [[Constantine the Great]], Roman emperor (born 272) * [[748]] – [[Empress Genshō]] of Japan (born 683) *[[1068]] – [[Emperor Go-Reizei]] of Japan (born 1025) *[[1310]] – [[Saint Humility]], founder of the [[Vallombrosians|Vallumbrosan religious order]] of nuns (born c.1226) *[[1409]] – [[Blanche of England]], sister of King Henry V (born 1392) *[[1455]] – [[Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset]], English commander (born 1406) * 1455 – [[Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford]], Lancastrian commander (born 1414) * 1455 – [[Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland]], English commander (born 1393) *[[1457]] – [[Rita of Cascia]], Italian nun and saint (born 1381) *[[1490]] – [[Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent]], English administrator, nobleman and magnate (born 1416) *[[1538]] – [[John Forest]], English friar and martyr (born 1471) *[[1540]] – [[Francesco Guicciardini]], Italian historian and politician (born 1483) *[[1545]] – [[Sher Shah Suri]], Indian ruler (born 1486) *[[1553]] – [[Giovanni Bernardi]], Italian sculptor and engraver (born 1495) ===1601–1900=== *[[1602]] – [[Renata of Lorraine]] (born 1544) *[[1609]] – [[Pieter Willemsz. Verhoeff]], Dutch captain (born 1573) *[[1666]] – [[Gaspar Schott]], German physicist and mathematician (born 1608) *[[1667]] – [[Pope Alexander VII]] (born 1599) *[[1745]] – [[François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie]], French general (born 1671) *[[1760]] – [[Baal Shem Tov]], Polish rabbi and author (born 1700) *[[1772]] – [[Durastante Natalucci]], Italian historian and academic (born 1687) *[[1795]] – [[Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg]], Prussian politician, [[List of foreign ministers of Prussia|Foreign Minister of Prussia]] (born 1725) *[[1802]] – [[Martha Washington]], First, First Lady of the United States (born 1731)<ref>{{cite web |title=Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis (1731-1802), first lady |url=https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-0200333 |website=American National Biography |year=2000 |access-date=22 January 2022 |language=en |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0200333|isbn=978-0-19-860669-7 |last1=Crompton |first1=Samuel Willard }}</ref> *[[1851]] – [[Mordecai Manuel Noah]], American journalist and diplomat (born 1755) *[[1859]] – [[Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies]] (born 1810) *[[1861]] – [[Thornsbury Bailey Brown]], American soldier (born 1829) *[[1868]] – [[Julius Plücker]], German mathematician and physicist (born 1801) *[[1885]] – [[Victor Hugo]], French novelist, poet, and playwright (born 1802) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Gaetano Bresci]], Italian-American anarchist, assassin of [[Umberto I of Italy]] (born 1869) *[[1910]] – [[Jules Renard]], French author and playwright (born 1864) *[[1932]] – [[Augusta, Lady Gregory]], Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the [[Abbey Theatre]] (born 1852) *[[1933]] – [[Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav]], Mongolian politician, 10th [[List of Prime Ministers of Mongolia|Prime Minister of Mongolia]] (born 1894) *[[1938]] – [[William Glackens]], American painter and illustrator (born 1870) *[[1939]] – [[Ernst Toller]], German playwright and author (born 1893) * 1939 – [[Jiří Mahen]], Czech author and playwright (born 1882) *[[1948]] – [[Claude McKay]], Jamaican writer and poet (born 1889) *[[1954]] – [[Chief Bender]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1884) *[[1965]] – [[Christopher Stone (broadcaster)|Christopher Stone]], English radio host (born 1882) *[[1966]] – [[Tom Goddard]], English cricketer (born 1900) *[[1967]] – [[Langston Hughes]], American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright (born 1902) * 1967 – [[Charlotte Serber]], American Librarian of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos site (born 1911)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/peacewarreminisc00serb/page/203|title=Peace & war : reminiscences of a life on the frontiers of science|last=(Robert)|first=Serber, R.|date=1998|publisher=Columbia University Press|others=Crease, Robert P.|isbn=0231105460|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/peacewarreminisc00serb/page/203 203–204]|oclc=37631186|url-access=registration}}</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Cecil Day-Lewis]], Anglo-Irish poet and author (born 1904) * 1972 – [[Margaret Rutherford]], English actress (born 1892) *[[1974]] – [[Irmgard Flügge-Lotz]], German-American mathematician and aerospace engineer (born 1903) *[[1975]] – [[Lefty Grove]], American baseball player (born 1900) *[[1982]] – [[Cevdet Sunay]], Turkish general and politician, 5th [[President of Turkey]] (born 1899) *[[1983]] – [[Albert Claude]], Belgian biologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1899) * 1983 – [[Erna Scheffler]], German lawyer and [[List of justices of the Federal Constitutional Court|justice of the Federal Constitutional Court]] (born 1893)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Döring |first=Linn Katharina |date=2014 |title=Erna Scheffler, die erste Juristin am Bundesverfassungsgericht |url=https://www.freilaw.de/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/download_doering_erna_scheffler.pdf |journal=Freilaw |language=de |volume=2014 |issue=3 |pages=49–51 [51]}}</ref> *[[1984]] – [[Karl-August Fagerholm]], Finnish politician, ''[[valtioneuvos]]'', the [[Speaker of the Parliament of Finland|Speaker of the Parliament]] and the [[Prime Minister of Finland]] (born 1901)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blf.fi/artikel.php?id=637|title=FAGERHOLM, Karl-August (1901–1984)|first=Mikko|last=Majander|website=Biografiskt lexikon för Finland|access-date=December 31, 2021|language=sv}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Wolfgang Reitherman]], German-American animator, director, and producer (born 1909) *[[1988]] – [[Giorgio Almirante]], Italian journalist and politician (born 1914) *[[1989]] – [[Steven De Groote]], South African pianist and educator (born 1953) *[[1990]] – [[Rocky Graziano]], American boxer (born 1922) *[[1991]] – [[Lino Brocka]], Filipino director and screenwriter (born 1939)<ref>{{cite news|date=22 May 1991 |title=Filipino Film Director Lino Brocka Dies in Car Accident |url=https://apnews.com/article/0aea6453e6e82e05cc6ca5cda06342e0 |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=26 May 2022}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Shripad Amrit Dange]], Indian lawyer and politician (born 1899) * 1991 – [[Stan Mortensen]], English footballer and manager (born 1921) *[[1992]] – [[Zellig Harris]], American linguist and academic (born 1909) *[[1993]] – [[Mieczysław Horszowski]], Polish-American pianist and composer (born 1892) *[[1997]] – [[Alziro Bergonzo]], Italian architect and painter (born 1906) * 1997 – [[Alfred Hershey]], American biochemist and geneticist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1908) *[[1998]] – [[John Derek]], American actor, director, and photographer (born 1926) * 1998 – [[José Enrique Moyal]], Israeli physicist and engineer (born 1910) *[[2000]] – [[Davie Fulton]], Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1916) *[[2004]] – [[Richard Biggs]], American actor (born 1960) * 2004 – [[Mikhail Voronin]], Russian gymnast (born 1945) *[[2005]] – [[Charilaos Florakis]], Greek politician (born 1914) * 2005 – [[Thurl Ravenscroft]], American voice actor and singer (born 1914) *[[2006]] – [[Lee Jong-wook]], South Korean physician and diplomat (born 1945) *[[2007]] – [[Pemba Doma Sherpa]], Nepalese mountaineer (born 1970) *[[2008]] – [[Robert Asprin]], American soldier and author (born 1946) *[[2010]] – [[Martin Gardner]], American mathematician, cryptographer, and author (born 1914) *[[2011]] – [[Joseph Brooks (songwriter)|Joseph Brooks]], American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (born 1938) *[[2012]] – [[Muzafar Bhutto]], Pakistani politician (born 1970) * 2012 – [[Wesley A. Brown]], American lieutenant and engineer (born 1927) *[[2013]] – [[Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt]], Russian historian and ethnographer (born 1922) *[[2015]] – [[Marques Haynes]], American basketball player and coach (born 1926) * 2015 – [[Vladimir Katriuk]], Ukrainian-Canadian [[SS]] officer (born 1921) *[[2016]] – [[Bata Živojinović|Velimir "Bata" Živojinović]], Serbian actor and politician (born 1933) *[[2017]] – [[Nicky Hayden]], American motorcycle racer (born 1981)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/motor/2017/05/17/superbike-race-nicky-hayden-hit-by-car-bicycle-italy/101803180/|title=American Superbike rider Nicky Hayden hit by car while cycling|website=[[USA Today]]|date=2017-05-17|access-date=2020-02-28}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Judith Kerr]], German-born British writer and illustrator (born 1923) *[[2020]] – [[Denise Cronenberg]], Canadian costume designer (born 1938)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/denise-cronenberg-dead-dead-ringers-incredible-hulk-costume-designer-was-81-1298112|title = Denise Cronenberg, Costume Designer for 'Dead Ringers' and 'The Incredible Hulk,' Dies at 81|website = [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date = 11 June 2020}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Dervla Murphy]], Irish touring cyclist and author (born 1931)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-26 |title=Dervla Murphy obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2022/may/26/dervla-murphy-obituary |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[David Wilkie (swimmer)|David Wilkie]], Scottish swimmer (born 1954)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-22 |title=David Wilkie: Olympic champion swimmer dies aged 70 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/swimming/articles/c3ggndekv8lo |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *[[Abolitionism|Abolition Day]] ([[Martinique]]) *[[Aromanian National Day]]<ref name="aro" /> (marginal, celebration on May 23 is more common) *Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]: **[[Castus and Emilius]] **[[Saint Fulk|Fulk]] **[[Saint Humility|Humilita]] **[[Michael Hồ Đình Hy]] (one of [[Vietnamese Martyrs]]) **[[Quiteria]] **[[Rita of Cascia]] **[[Romanus of Subiaco]] **[[May 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Harvey Milk Day]] ([[California]]) *[[International Day for Biological Diversity]] ([[International observance|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> *[[United States National Maritime Day]] *[[National Sovereignty Day (Haiti)]] *[[Republic Day (Sri Lanka)]] *[[Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari]] ([[Ukraine]]) *[[Unity Day (Yemen)]], celebrates the unification of North and South Yemen into the Republic of [[Yemen]] in 1990. *[[World Goth Day]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Ohanesian |first=Liz |url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2011/05/world_goth_day.php |title=Sunday is World Goth Day! DJ Cruel Britannia and Martin Oldgoth on "Darkly-Inclined Lifestyles" - Los Angeles Music - West Coast Sound |publisher=Blogs.laweekly.com |date=2011-05-20 |access-date=2012-05-31}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/22 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=5|day=22}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/may/22 Historical Events on May 22] {{months}} [[Category:Days of May]]
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