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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
Full Year 2020
May 17 is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.
228 days remain until the end of the year. Contents · 1Events · 2Births · 3Deaths Events[edit] ·
1395 – Battle of Rovine: The Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman army.[1] ·
1536 – George
Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford and four other men are executed
for treason. ·
1536
– Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's marriage is annulled. ·
1590 – Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland. ·
1642 – Paul
de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve (1612–1676) founds
the Ville Marie de
Montréal. ·
1673 – Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette begin
exploring the Mississippi River. ·
1792 –
The New York Stock
Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement. ·
1805 – Muhammad Ali becomes Wāli of Egypt. ·
1809 –
Emperor Napoleon I orders the annexation of
the Papal States to
the French Empire. ·
1814 – Occupation of Monaco changes from French to Austrian. ·
1814
– The Constitution of
Norway is signed and Crown Prince Christian
Frederick of Denmark is elected King of Norway by the Norwegian
Constituent Assembly. ·
1859 –
Members of the Melbourne
Football Club codified the first
rules of Australian
rules football. ·
1863 – Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares
Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language. ·
1865 –
The International Telegraph Union (later the International
Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris. ·
1875 – Aristides wins
the first Kentucky Derby with
the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75) ·
1900 – Second Boer War: British troops
relieve Mafeking. ·
1900
– The children's novel The Wonderful
Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the
United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.[2] ·
1902 –
Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera
mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer. ·
1914 –
The Protocol of Corfu is
signed, recognising full
autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty. ·
1915 –
The last British Liberal
Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls. ·
1933 – Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling — the national-socialist party of Norway. ·
1939 –
The Columbia Lions and
the Princeton Tigers play
in the United States' first televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York
City. ·
1940 – World War II: Germany occupies Brussels,
Belgium. ·
1943 –
World War II: Dambuster Raids commence
by No. 617 Squadron RAF. ·
1954 –
The United States
Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v.
Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, outlawing racial
segregation in public schools. ·
1967 – Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in
Egypt. ·
1969 – Venera program: Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into
the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before
being crushed by pressure. ·
1973 – Watergate scandal:
Televised hearings begin in the United States Senate. ·
1974 – The Troubles: Thirty-three
civilians are killed and 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer
Force (UVF) detonates four car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Republic of Ireland. ·
1974
– Police in
Los Angeles raid the Symbionese
Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall. ·
1977 – Nolan Bushnell opened the first Chuck E. Cheese's in San Jose, California. ·
1980 –
General Chun Doo-hwan of
South Korea seizes
control of the government and declares martial law in order to suppress
student demonstrations. ·
1980
– On the eve of presidential elections, Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path attacks a polling location
in Chuschi (a town in Ayacucho), starting the Internal
conflict in Peru. ·
1983 –
The U.S.
Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world's
largest mercury pollution
event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately
found to be 4.2 million pounds [1.9 kt]), in response to the Appalachian
Observer's Freedom
of Information Act request. ·
1983
– Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal
from Lebanon. ·
1984 – Prince Charles calls
a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London, a "monstrous
carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend", sparking
controversies on the proper role of the Royal Family and
the course of modern architecture. ·
1987 – Iran–Iraq War:
An Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter
jet fires two missiles into
the U.S. Navy warship USS Stark,
killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew. ·
1990 –
The General Assembly of the World Health
Organization (WHO) eliminates homosexuality from the list of
psychiatric diseases. ·
1992 –
Three days of popular protests against
the government of Prime Minister
of Thailand Suchinda Kraprayoon begin
in Bangkok, leading to a military crackdown
that results in 52 officially confirmed deaths, hundreds of injuries, many
disappearances, and more than 3,500 arrests. ·
1994 – Malawi holds its first
multi-party elections. ·
1995 – Shawn Nelson steals
an M60 tank from the California
Army National Guard Armory in San Diego and proceeds to go on a
rampage. ·
1997 –
Troops of Laurent Kabila march
into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic
Republic of the Congo. ·
2000 – Arsenal and Galatasaray fans
clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup
Final riots in Copenhagen ·
2004 –
The first legal same-sex marriages in
the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts. ·
2006 –
The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is
sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as
an artificial reef. ·
2007 –
Trains from North and
South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in
a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains
have crossed the Demilitarized Zone since 1953. ·
2014 –
A plane crash in northern Laos kills
17 people. Births[edit] ·
1155 – Jien,
Japanese monk, poet, and historian (d. 1225) ·
1443 – Edmund, Earl of
Rutland (d. 1460) ·
1451 – Engelbert II of
Nassau, Count of Nassau-Vianden and Lord of Breda (1475–1504) (d.
1504) ·
1490 – Albert, Duke of
Prussia, last Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (d. 1568) ·
1500 – Federico
II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (d. 1540) ·
1551 – Martin Delrio, Belgian occultist and
theologian (d. 1601) ·
1568 – Anna Vasa of Sweden,
Swedish princess (d. 1625) ·
1610 – Stefano della Bella,
Italian engraver and etcher (d. 1664)[3] ·
1628 – Ferdinand
Charles, Archduke of Austria (d. 1662) ·
1636 – Edward Colman, English Catholic courtier
under Charles II (d. 1678) ·
1682 – Bartholomew Roberts,
Welsh pirate (d. 1722) ·
1698 – Gio Nicola Buhagiar,
Maltese painter (d. 1752)[4] ·
1706 – Andreas Felix
von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780) ·
1718 – Robert
Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician and
diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (d.
1778) ·
1732 – Francesco
Pasquale Ricci, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1817) ·
1743 – Seth Warner, American colonel (d. 1784) ·
1749 – Edward Jenner, English physician and
microbiologist (d. 1823) ·
1758 – Sir John
St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English politician (d. 1839) ·
1768 – Caroline of
Brunswick (d. 1821) ·
1768
– Henry
Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general and
politician, Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1854) ·
1794 – Anna Brownell Jameson,
Irish-English author (d. 1860) ·
1818 – Ezra Otis Kendall,
American professor, astronomer and mathematician (d. 1899) ·
1821 – Sebastian Kneipp, German priest and
therapist (d. 1897) ·
1835 – Thomas McIlwraith,
Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of
Queensland (d. 1900) ·
1836 – Virginie Loveling,
Belgian author and poet (d. 1923) ·
1836
– Wilhelm Steinitz,
Austrian-American chess player (d. 1900) ·
1845 – Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan priest and poet
(d. 1902) ·
1860 – Martin Kukučín,
Slovak author and playwright (d. 1928) ·
1860
– Charlotte Barnum,
American mathematician and social activist (d. 1934) ·
1863 – Léon Gérin, Canadian lawyer, sociologist,
and civil servant (d. 1951) ·
1864 – Louis Richardet, Swiss target shooter (d.
1923) ·
1864
– Ante Trumbić,
Croatian lawyer and politician, 27th Mayor of Split (d. 1938) ·
1866 – Erik Satie, French pianist and composer (d.
1925) ·
1868 – Horace Elgin Dodge,
American businessman, co-founded Dodge (d. 1920) ·
1868
– Panagis Tsaldaris,
Greek politician, Prime Minister
of Greece (d. 1936) ·
1870 – Newton Moore, Australian politician,
8th Premier of
Western Australia (d. 1936) ·
1873 – Henri Barbusse, French author and journalist
(d. 1935) ·
1873
– Dorothy Richardson,
English author and journalist (d. 1957) ·
1874 – George Sheldon,
American diver (d. 1907) ·
1882 – Karl Burman, Estonian architect and painter
(d. 1965) ·
1886 – Alfonso XIII of
Spain, Spanish monarch (d. 1941) ·
1888 – Tich Freeman, English cricketer (d. 1965) ·
1889 – Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer
(d. 1946) ·
1889
– Alfonso Reyes,
Mexican author (d. 1959) ·
1891 – Napoleon Zervas, Greek general and
politician (d. 1957) ·
1893 – Frederick
McKinley Jones, American inventor and entrepreneur (d. 1961) ·
1895 – Saul Adler, Belarusian-English captain and
parasitologist (d. 1966) ·
1895
– Reinhold Saulmann,
Estonian sprinter and bandy player (d. 1936) ·
1897 – Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and
academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1981) ·
1898 – A. J. Casson, Canadian painter (d. 1992) ·
1899 – Carmen de Icaza, Spanish writer (d. 1979) ·
1901 – Werner Egk, German pianist and composer (d.
1983) ·
1903 – Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player and
manager (d. 1991) ·
1904 – Marie-Anne Desmarest,
French author (d. 1973) ·
1906 – Zinka Milanov, Croatian-American soprano and
educator (d. 1989) ·
1909 – Julius Sumner Miller,
American physicist and academic (d. 1987) ·
1911 – Lisa Fonssagrives,
Swedish-American model (d. 1992) ·
1911
– Maureen O'Sullivan,
Irish-American actress (d. 1998) ·
1912 – Archibald Cox, American lawyer and
politician, 31st United
States Solicitor General (d. 2004) ·
1912
– Ace Parker, American baseball and football
player (d. 2013) ·
1912
– Mary
Beatrice Davidson Kenner, American inventor (d. 2006) ·
1913 – Hans Ruesch, Swiss racing driver and author
(d. 2007)[5] ·
1914 – Robert N. Thompson,
American-Canadian chiropractor and politician (d. 1997) ·
1918 – Joan Benham, English actress (d. 1981) ·
1918
– Birgit Nilsson,
Swedish operatic soprano (d. 2005) ·
1919 – Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer-songwriter,
producer, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2007) ·
1919
– Merle Miller,
American author and screenwriter (d. 1986) ·
1919
– Gustav Naan, Russian-Estonian physicist and
philosopher (d. 1994) ·
1920 – Harry Männil, Estonian-Venezuelan
businessman, co-founded ACO Group (d.
2010) ·
1921 – Dennis Brain, English composer (d. 1957) ·
1921
– Bob Merrill, American composer and
screenwriter (d. 1998) ·
1922 – Jean Rédélé,
French racing driver, founded Alpine (d.
2007)[6] ·
1923 – Michael Beetham, English commander and pilot
(d. 2015)[7] ·
1924 – Roy Bentley, English footballer (d. 2018)[8] ·
1924
– Francis Tombs,
Baron Tombs, English engineer and politician (d. 2020) ·
1926 – David
Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, English-Scottish soldier and
politician ·
1926
– Dietmar Schönherr,
Austrian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014) ·
1926
– Franz Sondheimer,
German-English chemist and academic (d. 1981) ·
1929 – Branko Zebec, Yugoslav football player and
coach (d. 1988) ·
1931 – Marshall Applewhite,
American cult leader, founded Heaven's
Gate (d. 1997) ·
1931
– Dewey Redman,
American saxophonist (d. 2006) ·
1932 – Rodric Braithwaite,
English soldier and diplomat, British Ambassador to Russia ·
1932
– Peter Burge,
Australian cricketer (d. 2001) ·
1933 – Yelena Gorchakova,
Russian javelin thrower (d. 2002) ·
1934 – Friedrich-Wilhelm
Kiel, German educator and politician ·
1934
– Earl Morrall,
American football player and coach (d. 2014) ·
1934
– Ronald Wayne,
American computer scientist, co-founded Apple Inc. ·
1935 – Dennis Potter, English voice actor,
director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1994) ·
1936 – Dennis Hopper, American actor and director
(d. 2010) ·
1937 – Hazel R. O'Leary,
American lawyer and politician, 7th United
States Secretary of Energy ·
1938 – Jason Bernard, American actor (d. 1996) ·
1938
– Marcia Freedman,
Israeli activist ·
1938
– Pervis Jackson,
American R&B bass singer (d. 2008) ·
1939 – Hugh Dykes, Baron
Dykes, English politician ·
1939
– Gary Paulsen,
American author ·
1940 – Alan Kay, American computer scientist and
academic ·
1940
– Reynato Puno,
Filipino lawyer and jurist, 22nd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines ·
1941 – David Cope, American composer and author ·
1941
– Ben Nelson, American lawyer and politician,
37th Governor of Nebraska ·
1942 – Taj Mahal,
American blues singer-songwriter and musician ·
1943 – Sirajuddin of Perlis,
Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia ·
1943
– Johnny Warren,
Australian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2004) ·
1944 – Jesse Winchester, American
singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2014) ·
1945 – B.S. Chandrasekhar,
Indian cricketer ·
1945
– Tony Roche, Australian tennis player and
coach ·
1946 – Udo Lindenberg, German singer-songwriter and
drummer ·
1947 – Stephen Platten, English bishop ·
1948 – Dick Gaughan, Scottish singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1949 – Bill Bruford, English drummer, songwriter,
and producer ·
1949
– Keith, American
pop singer ·
1950 – Howard Ashman, American playwright and
composer (d. 1991) ·
1950
– Keith
Bradley, Baron Bradley, English accountant and politician ·
1950
– Janez Drnovšek,
Slovenian economist and politician, 2nd President of
Slovenia (d. 2008) ·
1950
– Alan Johnson,
English politician, Shadow
Chancellor of the Exchequer ·
1950
– Valeriya
Novodvorskaya, Russian journalist and politician (d. 2014) ·
1951 – Simon Hughes, English lawyer and politician ·
1952 – Howard Hampton, Canadian lawyer and
politician ·
1954 – Michael Roberts,
South African-English jockey ·
1955 – Bill Paxton, American actor and director (d.
2017) ·
1955
– David Townsend,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005) ·
1956 – Sugar Ray Leonard,
American boxer ·
1956
– Annise Parker,
American politician ·
1956
– Bob Saget, American comedian, actor, and
television host ·
1956
– Dave Sim, Canadian cartoonist and author ·
1957 – Pascual Pérez,
Dominican baseball player (d. 2012) ·
1958 – Paul Di'Anno, English rock singer-songwriter ·
1959 – Marcelo Loffreda, Argentine rugby player and
coach ·
1960 – Lou DiBella, American boxing promoter,
actor, and producer ·
1960
– Simon Fuller,
English talent manager and producer, created the Idols series ·
1961 – Enya,
Irish singer-songwriter and producer ·
1961
– Jamil Azzaoui,
Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1961
– Justin King,
English businessman ·
1962 – Lise Lyng Falkenberg,
Danish journalist and author ·
1962
– Andrew Farrar,
Australian rugby league player and coach ·
1962
– Craig Ferguson,
Scottish-American comedian, actor, and talk show host ·
1962
– Jane Moore, English journalist and author ·
1962
– Rosalind Picard,
American computer scientist and engineer, co-founded Affectiva ·
1963 – Jon Koncak, American basketball player ·
1963
– Page McConnell,
American keyboard player and songwriter ·
1964 – Stratos Apostolakis,
Greek footballer and coach ·
1964
– Mauro Martini,
Italian race car driver ·
1964
– Menno Oosting,
Dutch tennis player (d. 1999) ·
1965 – Trent Reznor, American singer-songwriter,
multi-instrumentalist, and producer ·
1965
– Jeremy Vine, English journalist and author ·
1966 – Qusay Hussein, Iraqi soldier and politician
(d. 2003) ·
1966
– Mark Kratzmann,
Australian tennis player and coach ·
1966
– Danny Manning,
American basketball player and coach ·
1966
– Gilles Quénéhervé,
French sprinter ·
1967 – Nancy Benoit, American professional
wrestling valet and model (d. 2007) ·
1967
– Mohamed Nasheed,
Maldivian lawyer and politician 4th President of
the Maldives ·
1967
– Patrick Ortlieb,
Austrian skier ·
1968 – Dave Abbruzzese, American rock drummer and
songwriter ·
1969 – Keith Hill,
English footballer and manager ·
1970 – Hubert Davis, American basketball player and
coach ·
1970
– Jordan Knight,
American singer-songwriter and actor ·
1970
– Matt Lindland,
American mixed martial artist, wrestler, and politician ·
1970
– Jodie Rogers,
Australian diver[9] ·
1970
– René Vilbre,
Estonian director and screenwriter ·
1971 – Mark Connors, Australian rugby player ·
1971
– Shaun Hart, Australian footballer, coach,
and sportscaster ·
1971
– Stella Jongmans,
Dutch athlete[10] ·
1971
– Queen
Máxima of the Netherlands, Dutch royal ·
1971
– Gina Raimondo,
Governor of Rhode Island ·
1972 – Barry Hayles, English born Jamaican
international footballer[11] ·
1973 – Josh Homme, American singer-songwriter,
guitarist, and producer ·
1974 – Andrea Corr, Irish singer-songwriter,
pianist, and actress ·
1974
– Wiki González,
Venezuelan baseball player ·
1974
– Eddie Lewis,
American international soccer player[12] ·
1975 – Marcelinho Paraíba,
Brazilian footballer ·
1975
– Alex Wright, German wrestler ·
1976 – Kandi Burruss, American singer-songwriter,
producer, and actress ·
1976
– Shayne Dunley,
Australian rugby league player ·
1976
– José Guillén,
Dominican-American baseball player ·
1976
– Daniel Komen,
Kenyan runner ·
1976
– Wang Leehom, American-Taiwanese
singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director ·
1976
– Mayte Martínez,
Spanish runner ·
1976
– Kirsten Vlieghuis,
Dutch freestyle swimmer[13] ·
1978 – John Foster,
American baseball player and coach ·
1978
– Paddy Kenny, English footballer ·
1978
– Carlos Peña,
Dominican-American baseball player ·
1978
– Magdalena
Zděnovcová, Czech tennis player ·
1979 – David Jarolím, Czech footballer ·
1979
– Wayne Thomas,
English footballer ·
1980 – Davor Džalto, Bosnian historian and
philosopher ·
1980
– Fredrik Kessiakoff,
Swedish cyclist ·
1980
– Alistair Overeem,
Dutch mixed martial artist and kickboxer[14] ·
1980
– Ariën van Weesenbeek,
Dutch drummer[15] ·
1981 – Beñat Albizuri,
Spanish cyclist ·
1981
– Leon Osman, English footballer ·
1981
– Lim Jeong-hee,
South Korean singer ·
1981
– Chris Skidmore,
English historian and politician ·
1981
– Giannis Taralidis,
Greek footballer ·
1982 – Matt Cassel, American football player ·
1982
– Dan Hardy, English mixed martial artist ·
1982
– Reiko Nakamura,
Japanese swimmer ·
1982
– Tony Parker, French-American basketball
player ·
1982
– Chloe Smith, English politician ·
1983 – Channing Frye, American basketball player ·
1983
– Chris Henry,
American football player (d. 2009) ·
1983
– Nicky Hofs, Dutch footballer ·
1983
– Kevin Kingston,
Australian rugby league player ·
1983
– Jeremy Sowers,
American baseball player ·
1984 – Christian Bolaños,
Costa Rican footballer ·
1984
– Christine Ohuruogu,
English runner ·
1984
– Christine Robinson,
Canadian water polo player ·
1984
– Passenger,
English singer-songwriter and musician[16][17] ·
1985 – Teófilo Gutiérrez,
Colombian footballer ·
1985
– Derek Hough, American actor, singer, and
dancer ·
1985
– Christine Nesbitt,
Canadian speed skater ·
1985
– Todd Redmond,
American baseball player ·
1985
– Matt Ryan,
American football player ·
1986 – Marius Činikas,
Lithuanian footballer ·
1986
– Timo Simonlatser,
Estonian skier ·
1986
– Jodie Taylor,
English footballer ·
1987 – Edvald Boasson Hagen,
Norwegian cyclist ·
1987
– Aleandro Rosi,
Italian footballer ·
1988 – Nikki Reed, American actress, singer, and
screenwriter ·
1988
– Jennison
Myrie-Williams, English footballer ·
1989 – Mose Masoe, New Zealand rugby league player ·
1989
– Rain Raadik, Estonian basketball player ·
1989
– Tessa Virtue,
Canadian ice dancer ·
1990 – Fabian Giefer, German footballer ·
1990
– Charlie Gubb, New
Zealand rugby league player ·
1990
– Katrina Hart,
English runner ·
1990
– Guido Pella, Argentine tennis player ·
1991 – Johanna Konta, Australian-English tennis
player ·
1991
– Adil Omar, Pakistani rapper and music producer ·
1991
– Abigail Raye,
Canadian field hockey player[18] Deaths[edit] ·
528 – Empress
Dowager Hu of Northern Wei ·
528
– Yuan Yong, imperial prince of Northern Wei ·
528
– Yuan Zhao, emperor of Northern Wei (b. 526) ·
896 – Liu Jianfeng,
Chinese warlord ·
924 – Li Maozhen, Chinese warlord and king (b. 856) ·
946 – Al-Qa'im bi-Amr
Allah, Fatimid caliph (b. 893) ·
1299 – Daumantas of Pskov,
Lithuanian prince (b. c. 1240) ·
1336 – Go-Fushimi,
emperor of Japan (b. 1288) ·
1365 – Louis
II, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) ·
1395 – Konstantin
Dejanović/Constantine Dragaš, Serbian ruler (b. 1355) ·
1464 – Thomas de
Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English politician (b. 1427) ·
1510 – Sandro Botticelli,
Italian painter (b. 1445) ·
1521 – Edward
Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, Welsh politician, Lord High
Constable of England (b. 1478) ·
1536 – George
Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford, English courtier and
diplomat, Lord
Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1504) ·
1536
– William Brereton,
English courtier (b. 1487) ·
1536
– Henry Norris,
English courtier (b. 1482) ·
1546 – Philipp von Hutten,
German explorer (b. 1511) ·
1551 – Shin Saimdang, South Korean poet and
calligraphist (b. 1504) ·
1558 – Francisco de
Sá de Miranda, Portuguese poet (b. 1485) ·
1575 – Matthew Parker, English archbishop and
academic (b. 1504) ·
1606 – False Dmitriy I, pretender to the Russian
throne (b. 1582) ·
1607 – Anna d'Este, French princess (b. 1531) ·
1626 – Joan Pau Pujol, Catalan organist and
composer (b. 1570) ·
1643 – Giovanni Picchi, Italian organist and
composer (b. 1571) ·
1727 – Catherine I of
Russia (b. 1684) ·
1729 – Samuel Clarke, English clergyman and
philosopher (b. 1675) ·
1765 – Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician,
astronomer, and geophysicist (b. 1713) ·
1797 – Michel-Jean Sedaine,
French playwright and composer (b. 1719) ·
1801 – William Heberden, English physician and
scholar (b. 1710) ·
1807 – John Gunby, American general (b. 1745) ·
1809 – Leopold Auenbrugger,
Austrian physician (b. 1722) ·
1822 – Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de
Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister
of France (b. 1766) ·
1829 – John Jay, American politician and diplomat,
1st Chief
Justice of the United States (b. 1745) ·
1838 – René Caillié,
French explorer and author (b. 1799) ·
1838
– Charles
Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French bishop and
politician, Prime Minister
of France (b. 1754) ·
1839 – Archibald
Alison, Scottish priest and author (b. 1757) ·
1868 – Kondō Isami, Japanese commander (b.
1834) ·
1875 – John C. Breckinridge,
American lawyer and politician, 14th Vice
President of the United States, Confederate States general
(b. 1821) ·
1879 – Asa Packer, American businessman,
founded Lehigh University (b.
1805) ·
1880 – Ziya Pasha, Greek author and translator (b.
1826) ·
1886 – John Deere,
American blacksmith and businessman, founded the Deere & Company (b. 1804) ·
1888 – Giacomo Zanella, Italian priest and poet (b.
1820) ·
1911 – Frederick
August Otto Schwarz, German-American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (b. 1836) ·
1916 – Boris
Borisovich Golitsyn, Russian physicist and seismologist (b. 1862) ·
1917 – Clara Ayres, American nurse (b. 1880) ·
1917
– Charles
Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829) ·
1919 – Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist,
author, and poet (b. 1848) ·
1921 – Karl Mantzius, Danish actor and director (b.
1860) ·
1922 – Dorothy Levitt, English racing driver and
journalist (b. 1882) ·
1927 – Harold Geiger, American pilot and lieutenant
(b. 1884) ·
1934 – Cass Gilbert, American architect (b. 1859) ·
1935 – Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, and
educator (b. 1865) ·
1936 – Panagis Tsaldaris,
Greek lawyer and politician, 124th Prime
Minister of Greece (b. 1868) ·
1938 – Jakob Ehrlich, Czech-Austrian academic and
politician (b. 1877) ·
1943 – Johanna
Elberskirchen, German author and activist (b. 1864) ·
1947 – George
Forbes, New Zealand farmer and politician, 22nd Prime
Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869) ·
1951 – William Birdwood, Anglo-Indian field marshal
(b. 1865) ·
1960 – Jules Supervielle,
Uruguayan-French poet and author (b. 1884) ·
1963 – John Wilce, American football player, coach,
and physician (b. 1888) ·
1964 – Nandor Fodor, Hungarian-American
psychologist and parapsychologist (b. 1895) ·
1974 – Ernest Nash, German-American photographer
and scholar (b. 1898) ·
1977 – Charles E. Rosendahl,
American admiral and pilot (b. 1892) ·
1980 – Gündüz
Kılıç, Turkish football player and coach (b. 1918) ·
1985 – Abe Burrows, American director, composer,
and author (b. 1910) ·
1987 – Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist,
sociologist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1898) ·
1992 – Lawrence Welk, American accordion player and
bandleader (b. 1903) ·
1995 – Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and
coach (b. 1912) ·
1996 – Kevin Gilbert,
American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1966) ·
1999 – Bruce Fairbairn, Canadian trumpet player and
producer (b. 1949) ·
1999
– Lembit Oll, Estonian chess Grandmaster (b.
1966) ·
2000 – Donald Coggan, English archbishop (b. 1909) ·
2001 – Jacques-Louis Lions,
French mathematician (b. 1928) ·
2001
– Frank G. Slaughter,
American physician and author (b. 1908) ·
2002 – László Kubala,
Hungarian-Spanish footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1927) ·
2002
– Aşık
Mahzuni Şerif, Turkish poet and composer (b. 1940) ·
2004 – Jørgen Nash, Danish poet and painter (b.
1920) ·
2004
– Tony Randall,
American actor (b. 1920) ·
2004
– Ezzedine Salim,
Iraqi politician (b. 1943) ·
2005 – Frank Gorshin, American actor (b. 1934) ·
2006 – Cy Feuer, American director, producer, and
composer (b. 1911) ·
2007 – Lloyd Alexander, American soldier and author
(b. 1924) ·
2007
– T. K. Doraiswamy,
Indian poet and author (b. 1921) ·
2009 – Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist,
author, and poet (b. 1920) ·
2009
– Jung Seung-hye,
South Korean journalist and producer (b. 1965) ·
2010 – Yvonne Loriod, French pianist, composer, and
educator (b. 1924) ·
2010
– Walasse Ting,
Chinese-American painter and poet (b. 1929) ·
2011 – Harmon Killebrew, American baseball player
and sportscaster (b. 1936) ·
2012 – Gideon Ezra, Israeli geographer and
politician, Israeli
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office (b. 1937) ·
2012
– Patrick Mafisango,
Congolese-Rwandan footballer (b. 1980) ·
2012
– Donna Summer,
American singer-songwriter (b. 1948) ·
2013 – Philippe Gaumont, French cyclist (b. 1973) ·
2013
– Peter Schulz,
German politician, Mayor of
Hamburg (b. 1930) ·
2013
– Ken Venturi, American golfer and
sportscaster (b. 1931) ·
2013
– Jorge Rafael Videla,
Argentine general and politician, 42nd President of
Argentina (b. 1925) ·
2014 – Gerald Edelman, American biologist and
immunologist, Nobel
Prize laureate (b. 1929) ·
2014
– C. P. Krishnan Nair,
Indian businessman, founded The
Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts (b. 1922) ·
2014
– Douangchay Phichit,
Laotian politician (b. 1944) ·
2014
– Thongbanh Sengaphone,
Laotian politician (b. 1953) ·
2017 – Todor
Veselinović, Serbian football player and manager (b. 1930) ·
2019 – Herman Wouk, American author (b. 1915)[19] ·
2020 – Lucky Peterson, American blues singer,
keyboardist and guitarist (b. 1964)[20] Holidays and observances[edit] ·
Birthday of
the Raja (Perlis) ·
Christian feast day: o William Hobart Hare (Episcopal Church
(USA)) o May
17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
Earliest
date on which Trinity Sunday can
fall, while June 20 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday after Pentecost. (Western Christianity) ·
Feast of
‘Aẓamat (Bahá'í Faith, day
shifts with March Equinox,
see List of observances set by the Baháʼí calendar) ·
Galician
Literature Day or Día das Letras Galegas (Galicia) ·
National
Day Against Homophobia (Canada) ·
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and
Biphobia also known as IDAHOT[21] ·
Liberation Day (Democratic
Republic of the Congo) ·
World
Information Society Day (International) |
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