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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
Full Year 2020
May 23 is the 143rd day of the year (144th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.
222 days remain until the end of the year. Contents · 1Events · 2Births · 3Deaths Events ·
1430 – Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while
leading an army to raise the Siege of Compičgne. ·
1498 – Girolamo Savonarola is
burned at the stake in Florence, Italy. ·
1533 –
The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is
declared null and void. ·
1568 –
Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, defeat Jean de
Ligne, Duke of Arenberg, and his loyalist troops in the Battle of
Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War. ·
1609 –
Official ratification of the Second Virginia
Charter takes place. ·
1618 –
The Second
Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War. ·
1701 –
After being convicted of piracy and of
murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London. ·
1706 – John
Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army
under Marshal François
de Neufville, duc de Villeroy at the Battle of Ramillies.[1] ·
1788 – South Carolina ratifies the United States
Constitution as the eighth American state. ·
1793 – Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of
the War of the
First Coalition. ·
1829 – Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna, Austrian Empire. ·
1844 –
Declaration of the Báb the evening before
the 23rd: A merchant of Shiraz announces that he is a Prophet and founds a
religious movement that would later be brutally crushed by the Persian
government. He is considered to be a forerunner of the Bahá'í Faith;
Bahá'ís celebrate the day as a holy day. ·
1846 – Mexican–American War:
President Mariano
Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on the United
States. ·
1863 –
The General
German Workers' Association, a precursor of the modern Social
Democratic Party of Germany, is founded in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony. ·
1873 –
The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West
Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police. ·
1900 – American Civil War:
Sergeant William Harvey
Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in
the Assault on
the Battery Wagner in 1863. ·
1907 –
The unicameral Parliament of
Finland gathers for its first plenary session. ·
1911 –
The New York Public
Library is dedicated. ·
1915 – World War I: Italy joins the Allies,
fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London. ·
1932 –
In Brazil, four students are shot and killed
during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas,
which resulted in the outbreak of the Constitutionalist
Revolution several weeks later. ·
1934 –
Infamous American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police
and killed in Bienville
Parish, Louisiana. ·
1934
– The Auto-Lite strike culminates
in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of
the Ohio National Guard and
6,000 picketers. ·
1939 –
The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks
off the coast of New Hampshire during
a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians.
The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the
following day. ·
1945 – World War II: Heinrich Himmler, head of the Schutzstaffel, commits suicide while
in Allied custody. ·
1945
– World War II: Germany's Flensburg Government under Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its
members are arrested by British forces. ·
1948 – Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is
assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel. ·
1949 –
Cold War: The Western occupying powers
approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state,
the Federal Republic of Germany.[2] ·
1951 – Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point
Agreement with China. ·
1960 –
A tsunami caused by an earthquake in
Chile the previous day kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii.[3] ·
1992 –
Italy's most prominent anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three body
guards are killed by the Corleonesi clan with
a half-ton bomb near Capaci, Sicily. His friend and colleague Paolo Borsellino will be assassinated
less than two months later, making 1992 a turning point in the history
of Italian Mafia prosecutions. ·
1995 –
The first version of the Java
programming language is released. ·
1998 –
The Good Friday
Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with roughly 75%
voting yes.[4] ·
2002 –
The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto Protocol is reached after its
ratification by Iceland. ·
2006 –
Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts. ·
2008 –
The International
Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau
Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a
29-year territorial dispute between
the two countries. ·
2013 –
A freeway bridge carrying Interstate 5 over
the Skagit River collapses in Mount Vernon,
Washington. ·
2014 –
Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed and another 14 injured
in a killing spree near
the campus of University
of California, Santa Barbara. ·
2015 –
At least 46 people are killed as a result of floods caused by a tornado in Texas and
Oklahoma. ·
2016 –
Two suicide bombings, conducted by the Islamic
State of Iraq and Syria, killed at least 45 potential army
recruits in Aden, Yemen. ·
2016
– Eight bombings were carried out by the Islamic
State of Iraq and Syria in Jableh and Tartus, coastline cities in Syria. One hundred eighty-four people were
killed and at least 200 people injured. ·
2017 –
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao, following the Maute's attack in Marawi. Births ·
635 – K'inich Kan Bahlam
II, Mayan king (d. 702) ·
675 – Perumbidugu
Mutharaiyar II, King of Mutharaiyar dynasty,
Tamil Nadu, India ·
1052 – Philip I of France (d.
1108) ·
1100 – Emperor Qinzong
of Song (d. 1161) ·
1127 – Uijong of Goryeo, Korean monarch of the
Goryeo dynasty (d. 1173) ·
1330 – Gongmin of Goryeo,
Korean ruler (d. 1374) ·
1586 – Paul Siefert, German composer and organist
(d. 1666) ·
1606 – Juan Caramuel y
Lobkowitz, Spanish mathematician and philosopher (d. 1682) ·
1614 – Bertholet Flemalle,
Flemish Baroque painter (d. 1675) ·
1617 – Elias Ashmole, English astrologer and
politician (d. 1692) ·
1629 – William
VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, noble of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1663) ·
1707 – Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, physician,
and zoologist (d. 1778) ·
1718 – William Hunter,
Scottish-English anatomist and physician (d. 1783) ·
1729 – Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and educator
(d. 1799) ·
1730 – Prince
Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Prussian prince and general (d.
1813) ·
1734 – Franz Mesmer, German physician and
astrologer (d. 1815) ·
1741 – Andrea Luchesi, Italian organist and
composer (d. 1801) ·
1789 – Franz Schlik, Austrian earl and general (d.
1862) ·
1790 – Jules Dumont
d'Urville, French admiral and explorer (d. 1842) ·
1790
– James Pradier,
French neoclassical sculptor (d. 1852) ·
1794 – Ignaz Moscheles, Czech pianist and composer
(d. 1870) ·
1795 – Charles Barry, English architect, designed
the Upper
Brook Street Chapel and Halifax Town Hall (d.
1860) ·
1800 – Rómulo Díaz de la
Vega, Mexican general and president (1855) (d. 1877)[5] ·
1810 – Margaret Fuller, American journalist and
critic (d. 1850) ·
1817 – Manuel Robles
Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president (d. 1862)[6] ·
1820 – James Buchanan Eads,
American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (d. 1887) ·
1820
– Lorenzo Sawyer,
American lawyer and judge (d. 1891) ·
1824 – Ambrose Burnside, American general and
politician, 30th Governor of
Rhode Island (d. 1881) ·
1834 – Jānis
Frīdrihs Baumanis, Latvian architect (d. 1891) ·
1834
– Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (d.
1890) ·
1837 – Anatole Mallet, Swiss mechanical engineer
and inventor (d. 1919) ·
1837
– Józef Wieniawski,
Polish pianist and composer (d. 1912) ·
1838 – Amaldus Nielsen, Norwegian painter (d. 1932) ·
1840 – George Throssell, Irish-Australian
politician, 2nd Premier of
Western Australia (d. 1910) ·
1844 – `Abdu'l-Bahá,
Iranian religious leader (d. 1921) ·
1848 – Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer
(d. 1896) ·
1855 – Isabella Ford, English author and activist
(d. 1924) ·
1861 – József Rippl-Rónai,
Hungarian painter (d. 1927) ·
1863 – Władysław
Horodecki, Polish architect (d. 1930) ·
1864 – William
O'Connor, American fencer (d. 1939) ·
1865 – Epitácio Pessoa,
Brazilian jurist and politician, 11th President of Brazil (d.
1942) ·
1875 – Alfred P. Sloan, American businessman and
philanthropist (d. 1966) ·
1882 – William Halpenny, Canadian pole vaulter (d.
1960) ·
1883 – Douglas Fairbanks,
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1939) ·
1884 – Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist and
demographer (d. 1965) ·
1887 – Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and
theorist (d. 1963) ·
1887
– Nikolai Vekšin,
Estonian-Russian sailor and captain (d. 1951) ·
1888 – Adriaan Roland Holst,
Dutch writer (d. 1976) ·
1888
– Zack Wheat, American baseball player and
police officer (d. 1972) ·
1889 – Ernst Niekisch, German educator and
politician (d. 1967) ·
1890 – Herbert Marshall, English-American actor and
singer (d. 1966) ·
1891 – Pär Lagerkvist,
Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1974) ·
1892 – Albert
Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer, British peer and grandfather of Diana
Spencer (d. 1975) ·
1896 – Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer
(d. 1966) ·
1897 – Jimmie Guthrie, Scottish motorcycle racer
(d. 1937) ·
1898 – Scott O'Dell, American soldier, journalist,
and author (d. 1989) ·
1898
– Josef Terboven,
German soldier and politician (d. 1945) ·
1899 – Jeralean Talley, American super-centenarian
(d. 2015) ·
1900 – Hans Frank, German lawyer and politician (d.
1946) ·
1900
– Franz Leopold
Neumann, German lawyer and theorist (d. 1954) ·
1908 – John Bardeen, American physicist and
engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1991) ·
1908
– Hélčne Boucher,
French pilot (d. 1934) ·
1910 – Margaret Wise Brown,
American author and educator (d. 1952) ·
1910
– Hugh Casson, English architect and academic
(d. 1999) ·
1910
– Scatman Crothers,
American actor and comedian (d. 1986) ·
1910
– Franz Kline, American painter and academic
(d. 1962) ·
1910
– Artie Shaw, American clarinet player,
composer, and bandleader (d. 2004) ·
1911 – Lou Brouillard, Canadian boxer (d. 1984) ·
1911
– Paul Augustin Mayer,
German cardinal (d. 2010) ·
1911
– Betty Nuthall,
English tennis player (d. 1983) ·
1912 – Jean Françaix, French pianist and composer
(d. 1997) ·
1912
– John Payne,
American actor (d. 1989) ·
1914 – Harold Hitchcock, English visionary
landscape artist (d. 2009) ·
1914
– Celestine Sibley,
American journalist and author (d. 1999) ·
1914
– Barbara
Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist, journalist,
and prominent Catholic layperson (d. 1981) ·
1915 – S. Donald Stookey,
American physicist and chemist, invented CorningWare (d. 2014) ·
1917 – Edward Norton Lorenz,
American mathematician and meteorologist (d. 2008) ·
1918 – Denis Compton, English cricketer and
sportscaster (d. 1997) ·
1919 – Robert
Bernstein, American author and playwright (d. 1988) ·
1919
– Ruth Fernández,
Puerto Rican contralto and a member of the Puerto Rican Senate (d.
2012) ·
1919
– Betty Garrett,
American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2011) ·
1920 – Helen O'Connell, American singer (d. 1993) ·
1923 – Alicia de Larrocha,
Catalan-Spanish pianist (d. 2009) ·
1923
– Irving Millman,
American virologist and microbiologist (d. 2012) ·
1924 – Karlheinz Deschner,
German author and activist (d. 2014) ·
1925 – Joshua Lederberg, American biologist and
geneticist, Nobel
Prize laureate (d. 2008) ·
1926 – Basil Salvadore
D'Souza, Indian bishop (d. 1996) ·
1926
– Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African activist
and politician (d. 1995) ·
1928 – Rosemary Clooney, American singer and
actress (d. 2002) ·
1928
– Nigel Davenport,
English actor (d. 2013) ·
1928
– Nina Otkalenko,
Russian runner (d. 2015) ·
1929 – Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish-Austrian actress (d.
1982) ·
1930 – Friedrich Achleitner,
German poet and critic (d. 2019) ·
1931 – Barbara Barrie, American actress ·
1932 – Kevork Ajemian, Syrian-French journalist and
author (d. 1998) ·
1933 – Joan Collins, English actress ·
1933
– Ove Fundin, Swedish motorcycle racer ·
1934 – Robert Moog, electronic engineer and
inventor of the Moog synthesizer (d.
2005) ·
1935 – Lasse Strömstedt,
Swedish author (d. 2009) ·
1936 – Ingeborg Hallstein,
German soprano and actress ·
1936
– Charles Kimbrough,
American actor ·
1939 – Michel Colombier, French-American composer
and conductor (d. 2004) ·
1939
– Reinhard Hauff,
German director and screenwriter ·
1940 – Bjorn Johansen,
Norwegian saxophonist (d. 2002) ·
1940
– Gérard Larrousse,
French race car driver ·
1940
– Cora Sadosky,
Argentinian mathematician and academic (d. 2010) ·
1941 – Zalman King, American director, producer,
and screenwriter (d. 2012) ·
1941
– Rod Thorn, American basketball player,
coach, and executive[7] ·
1942 – Gabriel Liiceanu, Romanian philosopher,
author, and academic ·
1942
– Kovelamudi
Raghavendra Rao, Indian director, screenwriter, and choreographer ·
1943 – Peter Kenilorea, Solomon Islands politician,
1st Prime
Minister of the Solomon Islands (d. 2016) ·
1944 – John Newcombe, Australian tennis player and
sportscaster ·
1945 – Padmarajan, Indian director, screenwriter,
and author (d. 1991) ·
1946 – David Graham,
Australian golfer ·
1947 – Jane Kenyon, American poet and translator
(d. 1995) ·
1948 – Myriam Boyer, French actress, director, and
producer ·
1949 – Daniel DiNardo, American cardinal ·
1949
– Alan García,
Peruvian lawyer and politician, 61st and 64th President of Peru (d.
2019) ·
1950 – Martin McGuinness,
Irish republican and Sinn Féin politician, Deputy
First Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 2017) ·
1951 – Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player ·
1951
– Antonis Samaras,
Greek economist and politician, 185th Prime Minister
of Greece ·
1952 – Martin Parr, English photographer and
journalist ·
1954 – Gerry
Armstrong, Northern Irish international footballer, striker[8] ·
1954
– Marvelous Marvin
Hagler, American boxer and actor ·
1955 – Luka Bloom, Irish singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1956 – Andrea Pazienza, Italian illustrator and
painter (d. 1988) ·
1956
– Ursula Plassnik,
Austrian politician and diplomat, Foreign
Minister of Austria ·
1956
– Buck Showalter,
American baseball player, coach, and manager ·
1958 – Mitch Albom, American journalist, author,
and screenwriter ·
1958
– Drew Carey, American actor, game show host,
and entrepreneur ·
1958
– Lea DeLaria, American actress and singer ·
1959 – Marcella Mesker, Dutch tennis player and
sportscaster ·
1960 – Linden Ashby, American actor ·
1961 – Daniele Massaro, Italian footballer and
manager ·
1961
– Norrie May-Welby,
Scottish Australian gender activist[9] ·
1962 – Karen Duffy, American actress ·
1963 – Viviane Baladi, Swiss mathematician ·
1964 – Ruth Metzler, Swiss lawyer and politician ·
1965 – Manuel Sanchís
Hontiyuelo, Spanish footballer ·
1965
– Tom Tykwer, German director, producer,
screenwriter, and composer ·
1965
– Melissa McBride,
American actress ·
1965
– Paul Sironen,
Australian rugby league player ·
1966 – Graeme Hick, Zimbabwean-English cricketer
and coach ·
1966
– Gary Roberts,
Canadian ice hockey player and coach ·
1967 – Luís Roberto Alves,
Mexican footballer ·
1967
– Anna Ibrisagic,
Swedish politician ·
1968 – Guinevere Turner, American actress and
screenwriter ·
1970 – Bryan Herta, American race car driver and
businessman, co-founded Bryan Herta
Autosport ·
1971 – George Osborne, English journalist and
politician, former Chancellor of
the Exchequer ·
1972 – Rubens Barrichello,
Brazilian race car driver ·
1972
– Martin Saggers,
English cricketer and umpire ·
1973 – Maxwell,
American singer-songwriter and producer ·
1974 – Jewel, American singer-songwriter,
guitarist, actress, and poet ·
1974
– Manuela Schwesig,
German politician, German Federal Minister of Family Affairs ·
1976 – Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer and manager ·
1977 – Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater ·
1978 – Scott Raynor, American drummer ·
1979 – Rasual Butler, American basketball player
(d. 2018) ·
1979
– Brian Campbell,
Canadian ice hockey player ·
1980 – Theofanis Gekas, Greek footballer ·
1980
– Ben Ross, Australian rugby league player ·
1983 – Silvio Proto, Belgian-Italian footballer ·
1984 – Hugo Almeida, Portuguese footballer ·
1985 – Sebastián Fernández,
Uruguayan footballer ·
1985
– Teymuraz Gabashvili,
Russian tennis player ·
1985
– Wim Stroetinga,
Dutch cyclist ·
1985
– Ross Wallace,
Scottish footballer ·
1986 – Ryan Coogler, American film director and
screenwriter ·
1986
– Alexei Sitnikov,
Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater ·
1986
– Alice Tait, Australian swimmer ·
1986
– Ruben Zadkovich,
Australian footballer ·
1987 – Gracie Otto, Australian actress, director,
producer, and screenwriter ·
1987
– Bray Wyatt, American wrestler ·
1988 – Rosanna Crawford, Canadian biathlete ·
1988
– Angelo Ogbonna,
Italian footballer ·
1988
– Morgan Pressel,
American golfer ·
1989 – Ezequiel Schelotto,
Italian footballer ·
1990 – Dan Evans,
British tennis player ·
1990
– Kristina Kucova,
Slovakian tennis player ·
1990
– Oliver Venno,
Estonian volleyball player ·
1991 – Aaron Donald, American football player ·
1991
– Lena Meyer-Landrut,
German singer-songwriter[10] ·
1991
– César Pinares,
Chilean footballer ·
1996 – Katharina Althaus,
German ski jumper ·
1996
– Emmanuel
Boateng, Ghanaian footballer ·
1996
– Razvan Marin,
Romanian footballer ·
1997 – Pedro Chirivella, Spanish footballer ·
1997
– Coy Craft, American footballer ·
1997
– Joe Gomez,
English footballer ·
1997
– Gustaf
Nilsson, Swedish footballer ·
1997
– Sam Timmins, New Zealand basketball player ·
1998 – Sérgio Sette Câmara,
Brazilian race car driver ·
1998
– Ross Cunningham,
Scottish footballer ·
1998
– Salwa Eid Naser,
Bahraini track and field sprinter ·
1998
– Luca De La Torre,
American footballer ·
1998
– Steve Lacy,
American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer ·
2000 – Felipe Drugovich, Brazilian race car driver ·
2000
– Jaxson Hayes,
American basketball player Deaths ·
230 – Urban I, pope of the Catholic Church ·
922 – Li Sizhao, Chinese general and governor ·
962 – Guibert of Gembloux,
Frankish abbot (b. 892) ·
1125 – Henry V, Holy
Roman Emperor (b. 1081) ·
1304 – Jehan de Lescurel,
French poet and composer ·
1338 – Alice
de Warenne, Countess of Arundel, English noble (b. 1287) ·
1370 – Toghon Temür, Mongol emperor (b. 1320) ·
1423 – Antipope Benedict
XIII (b. 1328) ·
1498 – Girolamo Savonarola,
Italian friar and preacher (b. 1452) ·
1523 – Ashikaga Yoshitane,
Japanese shōgun (b. 1466) ·
1524 – Ismail I, First Emperor of Safavid Empire (b. 1487) ·
1591 – John Blitheman, English organist and
composer (b. 1525) ·
1662 – John Gauden, English bishop (b. 1605) ·
1670 – Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b.
1610) ·
1691 – Adrien Auzout, French astronomer and
instrument maker (b. 1622) ·
1701 – William Kidd, Scottish pirate (b. 1645) ·
1749 – Abraham ben Abraham,
Polish martyr (b. 1700) ·
1752 – William
Bradford, English-American printer (b. 1663) ·
1754 – John Wood, the Elder,
English architect, designed The Circus and Queen Square (b.
1704) ·
1783 – James Otis, Jr., American lawyer and
politician (b. 1725) ·
1813 – Géraud Duroc, French general and diplomat
(b. 1772) ·
1815 – Gotthilf
Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American clergyman and botanist (b.
1753) ·
1841 – Franz Xaver von
Baader, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1765) ·
1855 – Charles Robert
Malden, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1797) ·
1857 – Augustin-Louis
Cauchy, French mathematician and academic (b. 1789) ·
1868 – Kit Carson, American general (b. 1809) ·
1886 – Leopold von Ranke,
German historian and academic (b. 1795) ·
1893 – Anton von Schmerling,
Austrian politician (b. 1805) ·
1895 – Franz Ernst Neumann,
German mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1798) ·
1906 – Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director,
playwright, and poet (b. 1828) ·
1908 – François Coppée,
French poet and author (b. 1842) ·
1920 – Svetozar
Boroević, Croatian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1856) ·
1921 – August Nilsson, Swedish shot putter
and tug of war competitor (b. 1872) ·
1934 – Clyde Barrow,
American criminal (b. 1909) ·
1934
– Mihkel Martna,
Estonian journalist and politician (b. 1860) ·
1934
– Bonnie Parker,
American criminal (b. 1910) ·
1937 – John D. Rockefeller,
American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company and Rockefeller
University (b. 1839) ·
1938 – Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (b.
1871) ·
1942 – Panagiotis Toundas,
Greek composer and conductor (b. 1886) ·
1945 – Heinrich Himmler, German commander and
politician, Reich
Minister of the Interior (b. 1900) ·
1947 – Charles-Ferdinand
Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (b. 1878) ·
1949 – Jan Frans De Boever,
Belgian painter and illustrator (b. 1872) ·
1956 – Gustav Suits, Latvian-Estonian poet and
politician (b. 1883) ·
1960 – Georges Claude, French engineer and
inventor, created Neon lighting (b.
1870) ·
1962 – Louis Coatalen, French engineer (b. 1879) ·
1963 – August Jakobson, Estonian author and
politician (b. 1904) ·
1965 – David Smith,
American sculptor (b. 1906) ·
1975 – Moms Mabley, American comedian and actor (b.
1894) ·
1979 – S. Selvanayagam, Sri Lankan geographer and
academic (b. 1932) ·
1981 – Gene Green,
American baseball player (b. 1933) ·
1981
– Rayner Heppenstall,
English author and poet (b. 1911) ·
1981
– George Jessel,
American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1898) ·
1981
– David Lewis,
Belarusian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1909) ·
1986 – Sterling Hayden, American actor (b. 1916) ·
1989 – Georgy Tovstonogov,
Russian director and producer (b. 1915) ·
1989
– Karl Koch, German
computer hacker (b. 1965) ·
1991 – Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer
(b. 1895) ·
1991
– Jean Van Houtte,
Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister
of Belgium (b. 1907) ·
1991
– Fletcher Markle,
Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1921) ·
1992 – Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer (b. 1948) ·
1992
– Giovanni Falcone,
Italian lawyer and judge (b. 1939) ·
1994 – Olav Hauge, Norwegian poet (b. 1908) ·
1996 – Kronid Lyubarsky, Russian journalist and
activist (b. 1934) ·
1998 – Telford Taylor, American general and lawyer
(b. 1908) ·
1999 – Owen Hart, Canadian-American wrestler (b.
1965) ·
2002 – Sam Snead, American golfer and journalist
(b. 1912) ·
2006 – Lloyd Bentsen, American colonel and
politician, 69th United
States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1921) ·
2006
– Kazimierz Górski,
Polish footballer and manager (b. 1921) ·
2008 – Ińaki Ochoa de Olza,
Spanish mountaineer (b. 1967) ·
2008
– Utah Phillips,
American singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1935) ·
2009 – Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean soldier and
politician, 9th President of
South Korea (b. 1946) ·
2010 – José Lima, Dominican-American baseball
player (b. 1972) ·
2010
– Simon Monjack,
English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1970) ·
2011 – Xavier Tondo, Spanish cyclist (b. 1978) ·
2012 – Paul Fussell, American historian, author,
and academic (b. 1924) ·
2013 – Epy Guerrero, Dominican baseball player,
coach, and scout (b. 1942) ·
2013
– Hayri
Kozakçıoğlu, Turkish police officer and politician,
15th Governor
of Istanbul Province (b. 1938) ·
2013
– Georges Moustaki,
Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934) ·
2013
– Flynn Robinson,
American basketball player (b. 1941) ·
2014 – Mikhail
Egorovich Alekseev, Russian linguist and academic (b. 1949) ·
2014
– Madhav Mantri,
Indian cricketer (b. 1921) ·
2015 – Anne Meara, American actress, comedian and
playwright (b. 1929) ·
2015
– Aleksey Mozgovoy,
Ukrainian sergeant (b. 1975) ·
2015
– Alicia Nash, Salvadoran-American physicist
and engineer (b. 1933) ·
2015
– John Forbes Nash,
Jr., American mathematician and academic, Nobel
Prize laureate (b. 1928) ·
2017 – Roger Moore, English actor (b. 1927) ·
2020 – Hana Kimura, Japanese professional wrestler
(b. 1997)[11] Holidays and observances o Aaron the
Illustrious (Syriac Orthodox
Church) o Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler (Episcopal Church
(USA)) o May
23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
Earliest
day on which Declaration of the Báb can
fall, while May 24 is the latest; observed on ‘Aẓamat 8 (Bahá'í Faith) ·
Earliest
day on which National Heroes' Day can
fall, while May 31 is the latest; celebrated on last Monday of May. (Turks and Caicos
Islands) |
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